2002年同等学力外国语水平考试真题(2)

Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes ,25 points)
Directions : There are five passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, c and D. Choose the best one and mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

Passage 1
John Grisham was born on February 2, 1955, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, in the USA. His father was a construction worker and moved his family all around the southern states of America, stopping wherever he could find work. Eventually they settled in Mississippi. Graduating from law school in 1981, Grisham practiced law for nearly a decade in Southaven, specializing in criminal defense and personal injury litigation (诉讼). In 1983, he was elected to the state House of Representatives and served until 1990.
One day at the Dessoto County courthouse, Grisham heard the horrifying testimony of a 12-year-old rape victim. He decided to write a novel exploring what would have happened if the girl’s father had murdered her attackers. He proceeded to get up every morning at 5 a.m. to work on the novel, called A Time to Kill, which was published in 1988. Grisham’s next novel, The Firm, was one of the biggest hits of 1991, spending 47 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. Grisham lives with his wife and two children, dividing their time between their Victorian home on a 67 acre farm in Mississippi and a 204 acre plantation near Charlottesville, Virginia.
When he’s not writing, Grisham devotes time to charitable causes, including mission trips with his church group. As a child he dreamt of becoming a professional baseball player, and now serves as the local Little League commissioner. He has built six ballfields on his property and hosts children from 26Little League teams.

46. John Grisham is ________ at present.
A. a writer B. a lawyer
C. a professional baseball player D. a congressman

47. What inspired Grisham to write his first novel?
A. A case of murder.
B. A case of rape
C. His father’s experience
D. His life on the farm

48. The story of the novel A Time to Kill would probably focus on __________ ?
A. how the girl was attacked
B. the circumstances of the rape
C. how the girl’s father took revenge
D. how the case of rape was settled

49. Which of the following is NOT true of the novel The Firm ?
A. It was popular at the time of publication
B. It earned Grisham great fame.
C. It brought Grisham wealth
D. It was carried by The New York Times as a series.

50. It can be inferred from the passage that Grisham has built ballfields on his property ________.
A. to achieve his life’s goal as a professional baseball player
B. to coach children in baseball
C. It brought Grisham wealth
D. It provide facilities of baseball training.

Passage 2
A quality education is the ultimate liberator. It can free people from poverty, giving them the power to greatly improve their lives and take a productive place in society. It can also free communities and countries, allowing them to leap forward into periods of wealth and social unity that otherwise would not be possible.
For this reason, the international community has committed itself to getting all the world’s children into primary school by 2015, a commitment known as Education for All.
Can education for all be achieved by 2015? The answer is definitely “yes,” although it is a difficult task. If we know measure the goal in terms of children successfully completing a minimum of five years of primary school, instead of just enrolling for classes, which used to be the measuring stick for education, then the challenge becomes even more difficult. Only 32 countries were formerly believed to be at risk of not achieving education for all on the basis of enrollment rates. The number rises to 88 if completion rates are used as the criterion.
Still, the goal is achievable with the right policies and the right support from the international community. 59 of the 88 countries at risk can reach universal primary completion by 2015 if they bring the efficiency and quality of their education systems into line with standards observed in higher-performing systems. They also need significant increases in external financing and technical support. The 29 countries lagging farthest behind will not reach the goal without unprecedented rates of progress. But this is attainable with creative solution, including use of information technologies, flexible and targeted foreign aid, and fewer people living in poverty.
A key lesson of experience about what makes development effective is that a country’s capacity to use aid well depends heavily on its policies, institutions and management. Where a country scores well on these criteria, foreign assistance can be highly effective.

51. In the first paragraph, the author suggests that a quality education can __________ .
A. free countries from foreign rules
B. speed up social progress
C. give people freedom
D. liberate people from any exploitation

52. Ideally, the goal of the program of Education for All is to ______ by 2015.
A. get all the world’s children to complete primary school
B. enroll all the world’s children into primary school
C. give quality education to people of 88 countries
D. support those committed to transforming their education systems

53. _________ countries are now at risk of not achieving education for all on the basis of completion rates.
A. 32 B. 59 C. 29 D. 88

54. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT mentioned as the right policy?
A. Raising the efficiency of education systems.
B. Improving the quality of education.
C. Using information technologies.
D. Building more primary school.

55. As can be gathered from the last paragraph, foreign aid _________ .
A. may not be highly effective
B. is provided only when some criteria are met
C. alone makes development possible
D. is most effective for those countries lagging farthest behind

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