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1、 Born to win2006年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题Section IUse of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)The homeless make up a growing percentage of Americas population. homelessness has reached such proportions
2、 that local governments cant possibly . To help homeless people independence, the federal government must support job training programs, the minimum wage, and fund more low-cost housing. everyone agrees on the number of Americans who are homeless. Estimates anywhere from 600,000 to 3 million. the fi
3、gure may vary, analysts do agree on another matter: that the number of the homeless is . One of the federal governments studies that the number of the homeless will reach nearly 19 million by the end of this decade.Finding ways to this growing homeless population has become increasingly difficult. w
4、hen homeless individuals manage to find a that will give them three meals a day and a place to sleep at night, a good number still spend the bulk of each day the street. Part of the problem is that many homeless adults are addicted to alcohol or drugs. And a significant number of the homeless have s
5、erious mental disorders. Many others, not addicted or mentally ill, simply lack the everyday skills needed to turn their lives . Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are programs that address the many needs of the homeless. Edward Zlotkowski, direct
6、or of community service at Bentley College in Massachusetts, it, “There has to be of programs. Whats needed is a package deal.”1.A IndeedB LikewiseC Therefore（A）D Furthermore2.A standB copeC approve（B）D retain3.A inB forC with（D）D toward4.A raiseB addC take（A）D keep5.A generallyB almostC hardly（D）D
7、not6.A coverB changeC range（C）D differ7.A Now thatB AlthoughC Provided（B）D Except that8.A inflatingB expandingC increasing（C）D extending9.A predictsB displaysC proves（A）D discovers10.A assistB trackC sustain（A）D dismiss11.A HenceB ButC Even（C）D Only12.A lodgingB shelterC dwelling（B）D house13.A searc
8、hingB strollingC crowding（D）D wandering14.A whenB onceC while（C）D whereas15.A lifeB existenceC survival（C）D maintenance16.A aroundB overC on（A）D up17.A complexB comprehensiveC complementary（B） D compensating18.A SoB SinceC As（C）D Thus19.A putsB interpretsC assumes（A）D makes20.A supervisionB manipula
9、tionC regulation（D）D coordinationSection IIReading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C, or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text 1In spite of “endless talk of difference,” American society is an amazi
10、ng machine for homogenizing people. There is “the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse, and the casualness and absence of deference” characteristic of popular culture. People are absorbed into “a culture of consumption” launched by the 19th-century department stores that offered “vast arr
11、ays of goods in an elegant atmosphere. Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite,” these were stores “anyone could enter, regardless of class or background. This turned shopping into a public and democratic act.” The mass media, advertising and sports are other forces for homogeniz
12、ation.Immigrants are quickly fitting into this common culture, which may not be altogether elevating but is hardly poisonous. Writing for the National Immigration Forum, Gregory Rodriguez reports that todays immigration is neither at unprecedented levels nor resistant to assimilation. In 1998 immigr
13、ants were 9.8 percent of population; in 1900, 13.6 percent. In the 10 years prior to 1990, 3.1 immigrants arrived for every 1,000 residents; in the 10 years prior to 1890, 9.2 for every 1,000. Now, consider three indices of assimilation - language, home ownership and intermarriage.The 1990 Census re
14、vealed that “a majority of immigrants from each of the fifteen most common countries of origin spoke English well or very well after ten years of residence.” The children of immigrants tend to be bilingual and proficient in English. “By the third generation, the original language is lost in the majo
15、rity of immigrant families.” Hence the description of America as a “graveyard” for languages. By 1996 foreign-born immigrants who had arrived before 1970 had a home ownership rate of 75.6 percent, higher than the 69.8 percent rate among native-born Americans.Foreign-born Asians and Hispanics “have higher rates of intermarriage than do U.S.-born whi
