Is the following statement true or false？ A one-sided entry will be detected by an imbalance in the trial balance.

What Will Be is an impressive and visionary guide to the future, filled with insights on how information technology will transform. our lives and our world in the new century.

The author, Michael Dertouzos, stands (1)_____ from many of the forecasters and commentators who bombard us daily with (2)_____ of this future. For twenty years he has led one of the world's (3)_____ research laboratories, whose members have brought the world (4)_____ computers, the Ether Net, and start-up companies.

As a visionary, his (5)_____ have been on the mark: In 1981, he described the (6)_____ of an Information Marketplace as "a twenty-first-century village marketplace where people and computers buy, sell, and freely exchange information and information services." That's a (7)_____ description of the Internet as we know it today.

Naturally, we do not agree on all the (8)_____ ways the new world will (9)_____ or affect us. This is as it should be. There is plenty of room for (10)_____ ideas and debate concerning the rich and promising setting ahead. What's more important is that people become (11)_____, and form. their own opinions, about the changes (12)_____.

When it (13)_____ to that future world, what we do (14)_____ far outweighs our differences New businesses will be created and new (15)_____ will be made in the (16)_____ areas of activity this book describes. More important, radical changes in hardware, software, and infrastructure will (17)_____ in ways large and small our social lives, our families, our jobs, our health, our environment, our economy, and even the (18)_____ we see for ourselves in the universe. Whoever (19)_____ the coming Information Revolution?—that's (20)_____ all of us—needs to know What Will Be.

A．beyond

B．behind

C．apart

D．out

Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

When your parents advise you to “get an education” in order to raise your income，they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower for your society，but not so much that you prove an embarrassment to your society.

Get a high school diploma，at least. Without that，you will be occupationally dead unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison，and you can successfully dropout in grade school.

Get a college degree，if possible. With a B. A. ，you are on the launching pad. But now you have to start to put on the brakes. If you go for a master's degree，make sure it is an M. B. A. ，and is famous. Law of diminishing returns begins to take effect.

Do you know，for instance，that long-haul truck drivers earn more per year than full professors? Yes，the average 1977 salary for those truckers was $ 24，000. While the full professors managed to earn just $ 23，030.

A Ph. D. is the highest degree you can get. Except for a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes，if you pursue such a degree in any other field，you will face a dim future. There are more Ph. D. s unemployed or underemployed in this country than any other part of the world.

If you become a doctor of philosophy in English or history or anthropology or political science or languages or-worst of all-in philosophy. you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. Not for our needs，mind you，but for our demands.

Thousands of Ph. D. s are selling shoes，driving cars，waiting on table，and endlessly filling out applications month after month. They may also take a job in some high school or backwater college that pays much less than the janitor earns.

You can equate the level of income with the level of education only so far. Far enough，that is，to make you useful to the gross national product. but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you.

According to the writer，what the society expects of education is to turn out people who______.

A. will not be a disgrace to society

B. will become loyal citizens

C. can take care of themselves

D. can meet the nation's demands as a source of manpower

Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Before 1949, Americans didn't use any card.

B．There are from 15,000 to 19,000 different cards available in his country.

C．The revolution of credit card that began in 1949 with an embarrassed businessman.

D．The first to turn a profit was Bank of America's Bank Americard.

Part A

Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)

Forget Iraq and budget deficits. The most serious political problem on both sides of the Atlantic is none of these. It is a difficulty that has dogged the ruling classes for millennia. It is the servant problem.

In Britain David Blunkett, the home secretary, has resigned over an embarrassment (or one of many embarrassments, in a story involving his ex-girlfriend, her husband, two pregnancies and some DNA) concerning a visa for a Filipina nanny employed by his mistress. His office speeded it through for reasons unconnected to the national shortage of unskilled labour. Mr. Blunkett resigned ahead of a report by Sir Alan Budd, an economist who is investigating the matter at the government's request.

In America Bernard Kerik, the president's nominee for the Department of Homeland Security, withdrew last week because he had carelessly employed a Mexican nanny whose Play-Doh skills were in better order than her paperwork. Mr. Kerik also remembered that he hadn't paid her taxes. The nominee has one or two other "issues" (an arrest warrant in 1998, and allegations of dodgy business dealings and extra-marital affairs). But employing an illegal nanny would probably have been enough to undo him, as it has several other cabinet and judicial appointees in recent years.

There is an easy answer to the servant problem—obvious to economists, if not to the less clear-sighted. Perhaps Sir Alan, a dismal scientist of impeccable rationality, will be thoughtful enough to point it out in his report.

Parents are not the only people who have difficulty getting visas for workers. All employers face restrictive immigration policies which raise labour costs. Some may respond by trying to fiddle the immigration system, but most deal with the matter by exporting jobs. In the age of the global economy, the solution to the servant problem is simple: rather than importing the nanny, offshore the children.

According to the text, the servant problem is to the ruling class what

A．the political problem to the ruler.

B．the embarrassment to the home secretary.

C．the chronic ailment to the patient.

D．the government's request to the economist.

听力原文： A great deal of attention is being paid to digital divide -- the division of the world into the info rich and the info poor. That divide does exist today. I lectured about this looming danger 20 years ago. What was less visible then are now the new, positive forces that work against the digital divide. There are reasons to be optimistic.

There are technological reasons to hope the digital divide will narrow. As the Internet becomes more commercialized, it is in the interest of business to universalize access -- after all, the more people on-line, the more potential customers there are. More and more governments, afraid of falling behind ,want to spread Internet access. Within the next decade or two, one to two billion people on the planet will be netted together. So the digital divide will narrow rather than widen in the years ahead. And that is very good news because Internet may well be the most powerful tool for combating world poverty.

Of course, the use of the Internet isn't the only way to defeat poverty nor the only tool we have. But it has enormous potential.

To take advantage of this tool, some poor countries should get over their prejudices against foreign investment. Take American history for example. When the United States first built its basic structures, it didn’t have the capital to do so. Many basic facilities like road, harbors, highways, ports, etc. were built with foreign investment. The English, the Germans, the Dutch and the French all invested and financed them. Now Americans own them all. The same would be true in any where for that matter. The more foreign capital you have to build your basic facilities, an electronic basic structure in particular the better off you' re going to be. So it’s wise to build the energy and telecom facilities thus to take full advantages of the Internet.

Digital divide is something ______.

A．the world must guard against

B．considered positive today

C．getting worse due to the Internet

D．the rich countries are responsible for

About Aerographite, which of the following is TRUE?

A．Air in this material is its own weight.

B．It is light because it"s airy.

C．It is as light as helium balloon.

D．Air makes it heavier than other materials.

According to South Koreans new visa regulations, native speakers of English who intend to teach English in South Korea will be required to undergo criminal record checks，medical and drug tests, provide sealed academic transcripts and have their university diplomas inspected? The Korea Times has reported.The tightened regulations will affect an estimated 17000 foreigners that hold E-2 visas specifically for foreign language teachers. The most controversial requirement is that English teachers residing outside South Korea will have to have an interview at a South Korean embassy before taking up their teaching posts.For applicants living in remote areas in Canada? Australia or the US，this is an additional travel burden、Meanwhile, foreign teachers currently living in South Korea must leave the country after their one-year contracts end and renew their visas at a South Korean embassy in their home country or third country.Before the changes, they could renew their visas by visiting a neighboring country and return without additional documentation. The visa changes are a reaction to public concern about the suitability of some foreign teachers.A report from the South Korean Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development shows between 2001 and August of this year, 1481 foreign language teachers have been caught for a range of offenses including forged degrees, visa violations and general lawbreaking. But the changes are likely to slow up the supply of teachers to South Koreans English language education sector.According to Michael Duffy, manager of a teacher placement service in South Korea， applicants have to spend a few hundred dollars and several months on getting affidavits for documents.“South Korea has put up too many hoops to jump through.” he said，adding that foreigners would seek work elsewhere.Most foreigners wonder if the experience of working in South Korea will be worth the burden of the paper work and increasing restrictions.“I don’t think (South) Korea has thought this through.” said Scott Mclnnis，a Canadian teacher based in Incheon near Seoul、“This is a reactionary move by the government that will have strong implications for the EFL community.” As part of efforts to ease the discontent, the South Korean Ministry of Justice has granted a three-month grace period for current E-2 visa holders to prepare the necessary documents. Which of the following is NOT required of an E-2 visa applicant?A.To pass a Korean language test

B.To undergo a medical test.

C.To provide sealed school reports

D.To undergo a drug test.

Before the change of visas regulation，foreign teachers living in South Korean can__________to teach again.A.have an interview again at a South Korean embassy

B.return to their own country to renew their visas

C.visit a neighboring country if they wanted to renew their visas

D.produce additional documentation to renew their visas

In paragraph 4, the word “reactionary move” in the sentence means ____________.A.conflicting ideas

B.opposing opinions

C.subversive activities

D.disapproving actions

What does EFL refer to?A.English Foreign language learner

B.English as a second language

C.Learning of English as a foreign language

D.English as a foreign language

The new visa policy aims at________.A.limiting too many foreigners entering into South Korean to teach English

B.improving foreign language teaching in South Korea

C.easing the discontent of the South Korean people to the government

D.slowing up the supply of English teachers to South Korea

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！

第二篇

Dancing in the Streets

If there is one thing certain to get Brazilians on their feet，it is the Rio Carnival(狂欢节)．

Held in Rio de Janeiro．the country’s biggest city．the carnival began on February 20 when the mayor gave key of the city to Rei Momo—the Lord of Misrule(无序之皇)

On his orders，each year people turn the city into a paradise of dance and music．The

following six days are so fun of parades，street dancing，fantastic clothes and partying(聚会)that

many people forget about eating and sleeping

“It was the passion of the carnival that attracted me to Brazil and made me settle down in

Rio．”said Bob Nadkarni．a British man who has lived in the city for several years For many

Brazilians．the centrepiece of the carnival is samba(桑巴舞)，a typical Brazilian dance．Every

year,tens of thousands of visitors and locals show off their passion and energy iu the streets．

following the beat(节拍)of the Latin music．

The climax to this street party is the float(彩车)parade，in which floats decorated with tons

of fresh flowers by various samba schools and local communities move through the city．On the

top of each float stands the candidate for the Drum Queen，who is chosen at the end of the party．

while most people are free to enjoy the celebrations。Rio’s police officers have to keep a

clear head．Following the murder of three offlcers in a gunfight early last week，the Brazilian

Government has tightened security in Rio．The street fighting，robbery and sex crimes that

accompany the carnival are very difficult to police．

Carnivals began in ancient Rome as a celebration at which people fed wild wolves，in honour of the city’s founder who was said to have been raised by a she—wolf．Brazil gave new life to this tradition and so．despite the troubles．the carnival will remain a symbol of the country’s culture．

36 According to the passage．during the Carnival people in Rio did all of the following

EXCEPT

A dancing in the streets．

B putting on colorful clothes

C eating a lot of food．

D holding exciting parades．