For generations here in the deepest South, th...

For generations here in the deepest South, there had been a great taboo（禁忌）: publicly crossing the color line for love．Less than 45 years ago, marriage between blacks and whites was illegal, and it has been forbidden for much of the time since．

So when a great job about an hour’s drive north of the Gulf Coast attracted him, Jeffrey Norwood, a black college basketball coach, had reservations．He was in a serious relationship with a woman who was white and Asian．

“You’re thinking about a life in South Mississippi?” his father said in a skeptical voice, recalling days when a black man could face mortal（致命的） danger just being seen with a woman of another race, regardless of intentions．"Are you sure?"

But on visits to Hattiesburg, the younger Mr. Norwood said he liked what he saw: growing diversity．So he moved, married, and, with his wife, had a baby girl, who was counted on the last census（人口普查） as black, white and Asian．Taylor Rae Norwood, three, is one of thousands of mixed-race children who have made this state home to one of the nation's most rapidly expanding multiracial populations, up 70 percent between 2000 and 2010, according to new data from the Census Bureau．

In the first comprehensive accounting of multiracial Americans since statistics were first collected about them in 2000, reporting from the 2010 census, made public in recent days, shows that the nation’s mixed-race population is growing far more quickly than many researchers had estimated, particularly in the South and parts of the Midwest．That conclusion is based on the bureau’s analysis of 42 states; the data from the remaining eight states will be released soon．

In North Carolina, the mixed-race population doubled．In Georgia, it grew by more than 80 percent, and by nearly as much in Kentucky and Tennessee．In Indiana, Iowa and South Dakota, the multiracial population increased by about 70percent．

Census officials estimated the national multiracial growth rate was about 35 percent since2000 according to the known result, when seven million people ----- 2．4 percent of the population chose more than one race．

1.If a black man married a white woman 50years ago, the worst result was that _____．

A．he was sentenced to death

B．he was considered to be immoral

C．he was criticized by the public

D．he was treated as a lawbreaker

2.The underlined word “serious” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by “____”．

A．stable　　　　　 B．bad　　　　　　 C．mixed　　　　　　 D．dangerous

3.What can we infer from Paragraph 4?

A．Jeffrey Norwood was born in Hattiesburg and grew up there．

B．Taylor Rae Norwood’s mother is a white-Asian．

C．70 percent of the people in Mississippi are multiracial．

D．Mississippi has the largest multiracial population in the US．

4.Which of the following states had the fastest growth rate of mixed-race population?

A．Georgia．　　 　　　 B．Tennessee．

C．North Carolina．　　 D．South Dakota．

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For generations here in the deepest South, there had been a great taboo（禁忌）: publicly crossing the color line for love. Less than 45 years ago, marriage between blacks and whites was illegal, and it has been forbidden for much of the time since.

So when a great job about an hour’s drive north of the Gulf Coast attracted him, Jeffrey Norwood, a black college basketball coach, had reservations. He was in a serious relationship with a woman who was white and Asian.

“You’re thinking about a life in South Mississippi?” his father said in a skeptical voice, recalling days when a black man could face mortal（致命的） danger just being seen with a woman of another race, regardless of intentions. "Are you sure?"

But on visits to Hattiesburg, the younger Mr. Norwood said he liked what he saw: growing diversity. So he moved, married, and, with his wife, had a baby girl, who was counted on the last census（人口普查） as black, white and Asian. Taylor Rae Norwood, three, is one of thousands of mixed-race children who have made this state home to one of the nation's most rapidly expanding multiracial populations, up 70 percent between 2000 and 2010, according to new data from the Census Bureau.

In the first comprehensive accounting of multiracial Americans since statistics were first collected about them in 2000, reporting from the 2010 census, made public in recent days, shows that the nation’s mixed-race population is growing far more quickly than many researchers had estimated, particularly in the South and parts of the Midwest. That conclusion is based on the bureau’s analysis of 42 states; the data from the remaining eight states will be released soon.

In North Carolina, the mixed-race population doubled. In Georgia, it grew by more than 80 percent, and by nearly as much in Kentucky and Tennessee. In Indiana, Iowa and South Dakota, the multiracial population increased by about 70percent.

Census officials estimated the national multiracial growth rate was about 35 percent since2000 according to the known result, when seven million people ----- 2.4 percent of the population ------ chose more than one race.

1.If a black man married a white woman 50 years ago, the worst result was that _____.

A．he was sentenced to death                B．he was considered to be immoral

C．he was criticized by the public              D．he was treated as a lawbreaker

2.The underlined word “serious” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by “____”.

A．stable            B．bad              C．mixed            D．dangerous

3.What can we infer from Paragraph 4?

A．Jeffrey Norwood was born in Hattiesburg and grew up there.

B．Taylor Rae Norwood’s mother is a white-Asian.

C．70 percent of the people in Mississippi are multiracial.

D．Mississippi has the largest multiracial population in the US.

4.Which of the following states had the fastest growth rate of mixed-race population?

A．Georgia.          B．Tennessee.        C．North Carolina.     D．South Dakota.

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For generations here in the deepest South, there had been a great taboo（禁忌）: publicly crossing the color line for love. Less than 45 years ago, marriage between blacks and whites was illegal, and it has been forbidden for much of the time since.

So when a great job about an hour’s drive north of the Gulf Coast attracted him, Jeffrey Norwood, a black college basketball coach, had reservations. He was in a serious relationship with a woman who was white and Asian.

“You’re thinking about a life in South Mississippi?” his father said in a skeptical voice, recalling days when a black man could face mortal（致命的） danger just being seen with a woman of another race, regardless of intentions. "Are you sure?"

But on visits to Hattiesburg, the younger Mr. Norwood said he liked what he saw: growing diversity. So he moved, married, and, with his wife, had a baby girl, who was counted on the last census（人口普查） as black, white and Asian. Taylor Rae Norwood, three, is one of thousands of mixed-race children who have made this state home to one of the nation's most rapidly expanding multiracial populations, up 70 percent between 2000 and 2010, according to new data from the Census Bureau.

In the first comprehensive accounting of multiracial Americans since statistics were first collected about them in 2000, reporting from the 2010 census, made public in recent days, shows that the nation’s mixed-race population is growing far more quickly than many researchers had estimated, particularly in the South and parts of the Midwest. That conclusion is based on the bureau’s analysis of 42 states; the data from the remaining eight states will be released soon.

In North Carolina, the mixed-race population doubled. In Georgia, it grew by more than 80 percent, and by nearly as much in Kentucky and Tennessee. In Indiana, Iowa and South Dakota, the multiracial population increased by about 70percent.

Census officials estimated the national multiracial growth rate was about 35 percent since2000 according to the known result, when seven million people ----- 2.4 percent of the population chose more than one race.

1.If a black man married a white woman 50years ago, the worst result was that _____.

A. he was sentenced to death　　　　　　 B. he was considered to be immoral

C. he was criticized by the public　　　　 D. he was treated as a lawbreaker

2.The underlined word “serious” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by “____”.

A. stable　　　　　　 B. bad　　　　　　 C. mixed　　　　　 D. dangerous

3.What can we infer from Paragraph 4?

A. Jeffrey Norwood was born in Hattiesburg and grew up there.

B. Taylor Rae Norwood’s mother is a white-Asian.

C.70 percent of the people in Mississippi are multiracial.

D. Mississippi has the largest multiracial population in the US.

4.Which of the following states had the fastest growth rate of mixed-race population?

A. Georgia.　　　　 B. Tennessee.　　　　 C. North Carolina.　　　　 D. South Dakota.

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There is no denying that for more than a generation college education has been accepted without the slightest doubt. All high school graduates ought to go, says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence, because college will help them earn more money, become “better” people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don’t go.

But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone. And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who don’t fit the pattern are becoming more numerous, and more obvious. College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students interfere with each other’s experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the fierce competition so as to get admitted into graduate schools. Others find no stimulation (激励) in their studies, and consequently have to drop out, which is often encouraged by college administrators.

Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves--they are spoiled and they are expecting too much. But that’s a condemnation（谴责）of the students as a whole, and doesn’t explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right. We have been told that young people have to go to college because our economy can’t absorb an army of untrained eighteen-year-olds. But disappointed graduates are learning that it can no longer absorb an army of trained twenty-two-year-olds, either.

Some campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school. We may have been looking at all those surveys and statistics upside down, it seems, and through the rosy(玫瑰般的) glow of our own remembered college experiences. Perhaps college doesn’t make people intelligent,ambitious, happy,liberal, or quick to learn things—maybe it is just the other way around, and intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are merely the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place. And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not. This is heresy (异端邪说) to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is good, more has to be much better. But contrary evidence is beginning to come up.

1.According to the first paragraph, ___________________.

A. people now no longer challenge college education.

B. people still have a low opinion of college education.

C. the author thinks youngsters should all go to college.

D. people have great expectations for college education.

2.More young people drop out of college because _________.

A. they are no longer motivated in their studies.

B. they can start selling shoes and driving taxis.

C. they compete for admission to graduate schools.

D. college administrators encourage them to do so.

3.Who does the author think is to blame for campus unhappiness?

A. young students who are all spoiled and expecting too much.

B. our society that can’t offer enough jobs to college graduates.

C. our society that has not enough jobs for high school graduates.

D. young people as well as our society are to blame for all this.

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE about those surveys statistics?

A.They proved wrong as being comtradictory to our college experiences.

B.They are so convincing that we think of our rosy college experiences.

C.They may have been misread because of our rosy college experiences.

D.They proved high school graduates are smarter than college graduates

5.What is the meaning of the underlined sentence in Paragraph4?

A.It is a different way

B.It is just the opposite

C.It is the wrong way

D.There’s no other way

6.What is the main purpose of this passage?

A.To inform young people college education is no longer important now.

B.To prove college education doesn’t make young people more intelligent

C.To argue against the idea that college is the first choice for all youngsters

D.To tell young people that there’s something wrong with college education

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Had it not been for the haze（霾）weather phenomenon, there ________fewer car accidents in Beijing then．

A．would have been                B．were

C．may be                        D．would be

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If it 　　　　 the climate, I would stay here much longer.

A. is not for     　　 B. had not been for　　 　 C. were not for　　     D. would not be for

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If it　　　　 the climate, I would stay here much longer．

A．is not for    B．had not been for　　 C．were not for　　     D．would not be for

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If it　　　　 the climate, I would stay here much longer．

A．is not for　　　　 B．had not been fo

C．were not for　　　 D．would not be for

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Living in South Africa, I had always taken the wildlife pretty much for granted. Not to say that we were surrounded by it, but the accessibility of game parks and wildlife sanctuaries（避难所，庇护所） always made it seem like a natural part of the environment. For this reason, I suppose that the way my European friends used to talk to me, wasn’t so strange after all. They would ask me what I thought at the time were really silly questions which got on my nerves. They’d say things like ‘Do you have a pet baboon?’ or ‘Do you travel to school by elephant?’.

When Amanda, a friend of mine who was visiting from England, invited me to join her and a group of friends on a wildlife expedition, I was not filled with enthusiasm. However, from the moment we entered the gates of the Zaluzi game reserve, I knew that this was not going to be anything like I had expected. We had been traveling along the National Road when, suddenly, we turned onto a dirt track which seemed to be hidden in the middle of nowhere. Amazingly, the scenery changed dramatically. The civilized environment took on a wild, chaotic（混沌的；一片混乱的） aspect and continued to do so as we walked deeper into the bush.

After having a good night’s sleep at one of the reserve’s bungalows, we were woken at the crack of dawn. After a quick breakfast we piled into a jeep and set off. Our guide assured us that the early start was necessary in order to have the best chance of seeing what was really worthwhile. Armed with just a thermos of coffee, we set out towards the shore of a small lake where it was expected that we could see that animals that used it as their morning watering hole.

On the way to our destination, we topped a hill and there, against the emerging morning light, were a group of animals. It was a stunning sight. As we moved closer, the animals did not appear to be alarmed by our presence. Pet baboons aside, I had never before come within such close range of a pride of lions. It did cross my mind, however, that we might be in a certain amount of danger. When I asked Timothy, our game ranger, if we were actually in any danger, he replied straightforwardly that one is never entirely safe in the bush, but his knowledge and experience allowed him to anticipate any danger with reasonable accuracy.

However, the following day there was some cause for alarm. Not having started out so early, we missed the sightings of the day before. We decided to drive around for a while, hoping to come across something of interest. Suddenly our tracker perched up on the back of our vehicle, signaled to the driver to halt and at the same moment I realized that this time we had stumbled right into a pride of lions. The driver promptly turned off the engine and in a low voice warned us to remain seated and not to make any abrupt movements. The lions were picking at what looked like the remains of a zebra. Timothy, later told us how much to our advantage this was. Had their bellies not been full, their reaction to us would surely have been otherwise. As the nearest lion was less than three meters away from the jeep, I considered that we had been very lucky indeed.

All in all, it was a wonderful trip. Our near miss with the lions was without a doubt the highlight, but what it taught me yet again was how easy it is to be indifferent to our surroundings and not to have a full appreciation of the beauty around us.

1.How did the writer feel about the questions her European friends asked?

A. ridiculous      B. annoyed       C. strange     D. embarrassed

2.When did the writer’s attitude change about the expedition?

A. When she was traveling along the dirt track.

B. When she received her invitation.

C. When she arrived at the game reserve.

D. When her friend arrived from England.

3.What does the underlined word ‘It’ (in the fourth paragraph) refer to?

A. the pride of lions     B. the destination

C. the top of the hill     D. the morning light

4.Timothy’s experience as a game ranger was valuable because he ______________

A. could supply a straightforward answer to any question.

B. knew how to frighten the animals.

C. knew the game reserve well.

D. could identify trouble in advance.

5.What does the writer mean by the underlined sentence ‘we had been very lucky indeed’ in the fifth paragraph?

A. They had seen the lions up close.    B. They hadn’t been attacked.

C. They had a good guide with them.   D. They had gone on a trip.

6.What conclusion does the writer of the text come to?

A. We often do not realize how attractive our environment really is.

B. It is not clever to unnecessarily put ourselves in dangerous situations.

C. We don’t respect wild animals enough.

D. We should protect our surroundings.

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If it for his invitation the other day, I should not be here now.

A. had not been　　　　　　　　　　 B. should not be

C. were not to be　　 　　　　 　 D. should not have been

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