大学英语四级题库_大学英语题库

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Section A
Think before you post. You might not be aware of how much information you’re (47) .
That’s the message from the founders of Please Rob Me, a website launched last week that (48) just how easy it is to rob people blind on the basis of the information they’re posting on the Web. The site uses streams of data from Foursquare, a(n) (49) popular location-based social network that is based on a game-like premise (前提). Players use smart phones or laptops to "check in" to a location, (50) their position on a map for friends using the service to see. The more often you check in, the better your chances of being declared the mayor of a (51) location, be it a restaurant, bar, office or even your own home.
The problem comes when users also post these locations to Twitter, says Boy van Amstel, one of the founders of Please Rob Me. Then the information becomes (52) available, making it possible for a robber to keep a close watch on when you say you’re in your home or not.
So how can you keep yourself off Please Rob Me and, more important, keep your home out of the police notebook A little foresight goes a long way. Sites like Foursquare and its competitors don’t post your location unless you give it to them, nor is it posted to Twitter without your (53) . It’s always up to the user to (54) what to post. Are you going to get robbed because you’re oversharing It’s (55) . But Please Rob Me shows that sometimes a little (56) online can go a long way.
A) illustrates B) likely C) publicly D) particular E) decide
F) excessively G) realize H) caution I) typical J) increasingly
K) revealing L) unlikely M) means N) consent O) recording

答案： K

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Section A
Think before you post. You might not be aware of how much information you’re (47) .
That’s the message from the founders of Please Rob Me, a website launched last week that (48) just how easy it is to rob people blind on the basis of the information they’re posting on the Web. The site uses streams of data from Foursquare, a(n) (49) popular location-based social network that is based on a game-like premise (前提). Players use smart phones or laptops to "check in" to a location, (50) their position on a map for friends using the service to see. The more often you check in, the better your chances of being declared the mayor of a (51) location, be it a restaurant, bar, office or even your own home.
The problem comes when users also post these locations to Twitter, says Boy van Amstel, one of the founders of Please Rob Me. Then the information becomes (52) available, making it possible for a robber to keep a close watch on when you say you’re in your home or not.
So how can you keep yourself off Please Rob Me and, more important, keep your home out of the police notebook A little foresight goes a long way. Sites like Foursquare and its competitors don’t post your location unless you give it to them, nor is it posted to Twitter without your (53) . It’s always up to the user to (54) what to post. Are you going to get robbed because you’re oversharing It’s (55) . But Please Rob Me shows that sometimes a little (56) online can go a long way.
A) illustrates B) likely C) publicly D) particular E) decide
F) excessively G) realize H) caution I) typical J) increasingly
K) revealing L) unlikely M) means N) consent O) recording

答案： A

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Section A
Think before you post. You might not be aware of how much information you’re (47) .
That’s the message from the founders of Please Rob Me, a website launched last week that (48) just how easy it is to rob people blind on the basis of the information they’re posting on the Web. The site uses streams of data from Foursquare, a(n) (49) popular location-based social network that is based on a game-like premise (前提). Players use smart phones or laptops to "check in" to a location, (50) their position on a map for friends using the service to see. The more often you check in, the better your chances of being declared the mayor of a (51) location, be it a restaurant, bar, office or even your own home.
The problem comes when users also post these locations to Twitter, says Boy van Amstel, one of the founders of Please Rob Me. Then the information becomes (52) available, making it possible for a robber to keep a close watch on when you say you’re in your home or not.
So how can you keep yourself off Please Rob Me and, more important, keep your home out of the police notebook A little foresight goes a long way. Sites like Foursquare and its competitors don’t post your location unless you give it to them, nor is it posted to Twitter without your (53) . It’s always up to the user to (54) what to post. Are you going to get robbed because you’re oversharing It’s (55) . But Please Rob Me shows that sometimes a little (56) online can go a long way.
A) illustrates B) likely C) publicly D) particular E) decide
F) excessively G) realize H) caution I) typical J) increasingly
K) revealing L) unlikely M) means N) consent O) recording

答案： J

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Section A
Think before you post. You might not be aware of how much information you’re (47) .
That’s the message from the founders of Please Rob Me, a website launched last week that (48) just how easy it is to rob people blind on the basis of the information they’re posting on the Web. The site uses streams of data from Foursquare, a(n) (49) popular location-based social network that is based on a game-like premise (前提). Players use smart phones or laptops to "check in" to a location, (50) their position on a map for friends using the service to see. The more often you check in, the better your chances of being declared the mayor of a (51) location, be it a restaurant, bar, office or even your own home.
The problem comes when users also post these locations to Twitter, says Boy van Amstel, one of the founders of Please Rob Me. Then the information becomes (52) available, making it possible for a robber to keep a close watch on when you say you’re in your home or not.
So how can you keep yourself off Please Rob Me and, more important, keep your home out of the police notebook A little foresight goes a long way. Sites like Foursquare and its competitors don’t post your location unless you give it to them, nor is it posted to Twitter without your (53) . It’s always up to the user to (54) what to post. Are you going to get robbed because you’re oversharing It’s (55) . But Please Rob Me shows that sometimes a little (56) online can go a long way.
A) illustrates B) likely C) publicly D) particular E) decide
F) excessively G) realize H) caution I) typical J) increasingly
K) revealing L) unlikely M) means N) consent O) recording

答案： O

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Section B
Passage One

Pregnancy mothers are getting a new tool to help keep themselves and their babies healthy: pregnancy tips sent directly to their cell phones.
The so-called text4baby campaign is the first free, health education program in the U.S. to harness the reach of mobile phones, according to its sponsors. Organizers say texting is an effective means of delivering wellness tips because 90 percent of people in the U.S. have cell phones.
"Especially if you start talking about low-income people, cell phones are the indispensable tool for reaching them and engaging them about their health," said Paul Meyer, president of Voxiva, a company which operates health texting programs in Africa, Latin America and India.
Studies in those countries have shown that periodic texts can reduce smoking and other unhealthy behaviors in pregnant mothers.
Meyer said the U.S. program, run by Voxiva, will be the largest health-related texting program ever undertaken.
Under the new service, mothers-to-be who text "BABY" to a specified number will receive weekly text messages, timed to their due date or their baby’s birth date. The messages, which have been scanned by government and nonprofit heahlth experts, deal with nutrition, immunization and birth defect prevention, among other topics. The messages will continue through the baby’s first birthday.
Text4baby is expected to be announced Thursday morning by officials from the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy. Government officials will be publicizing the campaign in speeches and promotional materials.
Organizers hope the effort can curb premature (早产的) births, which can be caused by poor nutrition, excessive stress, smoking and drinking alcohol. About 500,000 babies are born prematurely in the U.S. each year. The nonprofit is among the sponsors of the campaign.
"The real scary thing is that we’re an industrialized nation and we’re not doing very well on infant death rate, and we know prematurity is a big part of that," said the group’s director, Judy Meehan.
Currently the U.S. ranks 30th worldwide for infant death rate, according to Meehan, behind most Western European nations.
Researchers at the George Washington University have agreed to evaluate the effectiveness of text4baby by measuring health trends for mothers and newborns.
The word "harness" in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by "______".

A．take advantage of
B．be independent of
C．produce an effect on
D．expand the range of

答案： A

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Passage Two

As a group of young African immigrants struggles to adapt to life in the United States, an after-school drama program at White Oak Middle School aims to make their lives easier by first making them a little harder.
Project X is a program that uses drama, dance, poetry and other creative outlets to help students discuss the tough and sometimes painful problems they face as pre-teen immigrants with significant language barriers. A final unveiling of their creation will be performed for friends and family at the end of the year at Imagination Stage.
Wanjiru Kamau, coordinator of White Oak’s African Club said it’s important to give troubles to group members to help them find their place at the school. "It comforts those who are uncomfortable, and it discomforts those who are comfortable," Kaman said of Project X.
Kamau teamed up with Imagination Stage after she noticed that many African students seemed uncomfortable talking about problems, such as being laughed at by their fellow students about how they look and talk. When most of the kids join the club, they speak little or no English, Kamau said. Each week, the club typically draws five to 10 students who are originally from Africa for discussion sessions and the Project X program.
"We’re going to express ourselves through our words and our actions, and that’s powerful," said teaching artist Meg Green as she introduced fill-in-the-blank poems the students wrote about their identities.
One student, Franck Ketchouang, 13, wrote, "I am from the world; I am love," which drew oohs and aahs from the group. Ketchouang has been in the United States less than a year, said Program Coordinator Chad Dike. When Ketchouang started attending Project X, he had been in the United States for two months and spoke no English. Now he’s one of the group’s most outgoing members and helps translate instructions from English to Creole for the group’s newest member, who is from Haiti.
Many people will give up when there’s a language barrier, "but these students prove them wrong," Kamau said. "You do have something to give. You are important. When TV, media, etc. are bringing them down, this program is bringing them up."
Project X is intended for helping the young African immigrants to______.

A．get over language barriers
B．overcome tough problems
C．enrich after-school life
D．become more creative

答案： B

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Section A
Think before you post. You might not be aware of how much information you’re (47) .
That’s the message from the founders of Please Rob Me, a website launched last week that (48) just how easy it is to rob people blind on the basis of the information they’re posting on the Web. The site uses streams of data from Foursquare, a(n) (49) popular location-based social network that is based on a game-like premise (前提). Players use smart phones or laptops to "check in" to a location, (50) their position on a map for friends using the service to see. The more often you check in, the better your chances of being declared the mayor of a (51) location, be it a restaurant, bar, office or even your own home.
The problem comes when users also post these locations to Twitter, says Boy van Amstel, one of the founders of Please Rob Me. Then the information becomes (52) available, making it possible for a robber to keep a close watch on when you say you’re in your home or not.
So how can you keep yourself off Please Rob Me and, more important, keep your home out of the police notebook A little foresight goes a long way. Sites like Foursquare and its competitors don’t post your location unless you give it to them, nor is it posted to Twitter without your (53) . It’s always up to the user to (54) what to post. Are you going to get robbed because you’re oversharing It’s (55) . But Please Rob Me shows that sometimes a little (56) online can go a long way.
A) illustrates B) likely C) publicly D) particular E) decide
F) excessively G) realize H) caution I) typical J) increasingly
K) revealing L) unlikely M) means N) consent O) recording

答案： D

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Passage Two

As a group of young African immigrants struggles to adapt to life in the United States, an after-school drama program at White Oak Middle School aims to make their lives easier by first making them a little harder.
Project X is a program that uses drama, dance, poetry and other creative outlets to help students discuss the tough and sometimes painful problems they face as pre-teen immigrants with significant language barriers. A final unveiling of their creation will be performed for friends and family at the end of the year at Imagination Stage.
Wanjiru Kamau, coordinator of White Oak’s African Club said it’s important to give troubles to group members to help them find their place at the school. "It comforts those who are uncomfortable, and it discomforts those who are comfortable," Kaman said of Project X.
Kamau teamed up with Imagination Stage after she noticed that many African students seemed uncomfortable talking about problems, such as being laughed at by their fellow students about how they look and talk. When most of the kids join the club, they speak little or no English, Kamau said. Each week, the club typically draws five to 10 students who are originally from Africa for discussion sessions and the Project X program.
"We’re going to express ourselves through our words and our actions, and that’s powerful," said teaching artist Meg Green as she introduced fill-in-the-blank poems the students wrote about their identities.
One student, Franck Ketchouang, 13, wrote, "I am from the world; I am love," which drew oohs and aahs from the group. Ketchouang has been in the United States less than a year, said Program Coordinator Chad Dike. When Ketchouang started attending Project X, he had been in the United States for two months and spoke no English. Now he’s one of the group’s most outgoing members and helps translate instructions from English to Creole for the group’s newest member, who is from Haiti.
Many people will give up when there’s a language barrier, "but these students prove them wrong," Kamau said. "You do have something to give. You are important. When TV, media, etc. are bringing them down, this program is bringing them up."
How well the members learn in the Project X program is demonstrated by______.

A．their annual creative performances
B．their annual scores gained at school
C．the comments of friends and family
D．the comments of the program teachers

答案： A

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Section B
Passage One

Pregnancy mothers are getting a new tool to help keep themselves and their babies healthy: pregnancy tips sent directly to their cell phones.
The so-called text4baby campaign is the first free, health education program in the U.S. to harness the reach of mobile phones, according to its sponsors. Organizers say texting is an effective means of delivering wellness tips because 90 percent of people in the U.S. have cell phones.
"Especially if you start talking about low-income people, cell phones are the indispensable tool for reaching them and engaging them about their health," said Paul Meyer, president of Voxiva, a company which operates health texting programs in Africa, Latin America and India.
Studies in those countries have shown that periodic texts can reduce smoking and other unhealthy behaviors in pregnant mothers.
Meyer said the U.S. program, run by Voxiva, will be the largest health-related texting program ever undertaken.
Under the new service, mothers-to-be who text "BABY" to a specified number will receive weekly text messages, timed to their due date or their baby’s birth date. The messages, which have been scanned by government and nonprofit heahlth experts, deal with nutrition, immunization and birth defect prevention, among other topics. The messages will continue through the baby’s first birthday.
Text4baby is expected to be announced Thursday morning by officials from the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy. Government officials will be publicizing the campaign in speeches and promotional materials.
Organizers hope the effort can curb premature (早产的) births, which can be caused by poor nutrition, excessive stress, smoking and drinking alcohol. About 500,000 babies are born prematurely in the U.S. each year. The nonprofit is among the sponsors of the campaign.
"The real scary thing is that we’re an industrialized nation and we’re not doing very well on infant death rate, and we know prematurity is a big part of that," said the group’s director, Judy Meehan.
Currently the U.S. ranks 30th worldwide for infant death rate, according to Meehan, behind most Western European nations.
Researchers at the George Washington University have agreed to evaluate the effectiveness of text4baby by measuring health trends for mothers and newborns.
What do we know about Africa, Latin America and India

A．They are among the profitable markets.
B．Women seldom care about their health.
C．People there are relatively poor.
D．Cell phones are popular there.

答案： C

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Section A
Think before you post. You might not be aware of how much information you’re (47) .
That’s the message from the founders of Please Rob Me, a website launched last week that (48) just how easy it is to rob people blind on the basis of the information they’re posting on the Web. The site uses streams of data from Foursquare, a(n) (49) popular location-based social network that is based on a game-like premise (前提). Players use smart phones or laptops to "check in" to a location, (50) their position on a map for friends using the service to see. The more often you check in, the better your chances of being declared the mayor of a (51) location, be it a restaurant, bar, office or even your own home.
The problem comes when users also post these locations to Twitter, says Boy van Amstel, one of the founders of Please Rob Me. Then the information becomes (52) available, making it possible for a robber to keep a close watch on when you say you’re in your home or not.
So how can you keep yourself off Please Rob Me and, more important, keep your home out of the police notebook A little foresight goes a long way. Sites like Foursquare and its competitors don’t post your location unless you give it to them, nor is it posted to Twitter without your (53) . It’s always up to the user to (54) what to post. Are you going to get robbed because you’re oversharing It’s (55) . But Please Rob Me shows that sometimes a little (56) online can go a long way.
A) illustrates B) likely C) publicly D) particular E) decide
F) excessively G) realize H) caution I) typical J) increasingly
K) revealing L) unlikely M) means N) consent O) recording

答案： C

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Passage Two

As a group of young African immigrants struggles to adapt to life in the United States, an after-school drama program at White Oak Middle School aims to make their lives easier by first making them a little harder.
Project X is a program that uses drama, dance, poetry and other creative outlets to help students discuss the tough and sometimes painful problems they face as pre-teen immigrants with significant language barriers. A final unveiling of their creation will be performed for friends and family at the end of the year at Imagination Stage.
Wanjiru Kamau, coordinator of White Oak’s African Club said it’s important to give troubles to group members to help them find their place at the school. "It comforts those who are uncomfortable, and it discomforts those who are comfortable," Kaman said of Project X.
Kamau teamed up with Imagination Stage after she noticed that many African students seemed uncomfortable talking about problems, such as being laughed at by their fellow students about how they look and talk. When most of the kids join the club, they speak little or no English, Kamau said. Each week, the club typically draws five to 10 students who are originally from Africa for discussion sessions and the Project X program.
"We’re going to express ourselves through our words and our actions, and that’s powerful," said teaching artist Meg Green as she introduced fill-in-the-blank poems the students wrote about their identities.
One student, Franck Ketchouang, 13, wrote, "I am from the world; I am love," which drew oohs and aahs from the group. Ketchouang has been in the United States less than a year, said Program Coordinator Chad Dike. When Ketchouang started attending Project X, he had been in the United States for two months and spoke no English. Now he’s one of the group’s most outgoing members and helps translate instructions from English to Creole for the group’s newest member, who is from Haiti.
Many people will give up when there’s a language barrier, "but these students prove them wrong," Kamau said. "You do have something to give. You are important. When TV, media, etc. are bringing them down, this program is bringing them up."
What do we know about the Imagination Stage

A．It’s established by Kamau for Project X.
B．It’s operated once at the end of each year.
C．It’s a project designed by White Oak Middle School.
D．It’s a cooperative partner of White Oak’s African Club.

答案： D

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Section B
Passage One

Pregnancy mothers are getting a new tool to help keep themselves and their babies healthy: pregnancy tips sent directly to their cell phones.
The so-called text4baby campaign is the first free, health education program in the U.S. to harness the reach of mobile phones, according to its sponsors. Organizers say texting is an effective means of delivering wellness tips because 90 percent of people in the U.S. have cell phones.
"Especially if you start talking about low-income people, cell phones are the indispensable tool for reaching them and engaging them about their health," said Paul Meyer, president of Voxiva, a company which operates health texting programs in Africa, Latin America and India.
Studies in those countries have shown that periodic texts can reduce smoking and other unhealthy behaviors in pregnant mothers.
Meyer said the U.S. program, run by Voxiva, will be the largest health-related texting program ever undertaken.
Under the new service, mothers-to-be who text "BABY" to a specified number will receive weekly text messages, timed to their due date or their baby’s birth date. The messages, which have been scanned by government and nonprofit heahlth experts, deal with nutrition, immunization and birth defect prevention, among other topics. The messages will continue through the baby’s first birthday.
Text4baby is expected to be announced Thursday morning by officials from the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy. Government officials will be publicizing the campaign in speeches and promotional materials.
Organizers hope the effort can curb premature (早产的) births, which can be caused by poor nutrition, excessive stress, smoking and drinking alcohol. About 500,000 babies are born prematurely in the U.S. each year. The nonprofit is among the sponsors of the campaign.
"The real scary thing is that we’re an industrialized nation and we’re not doing very well on infant death rate, and we know prematurity is a big part of that," said the group’s director, Judy Meehan.
Currently the U.S. ranks 30th worldwide for infant death rate, according to Meehan, behind most Western European nations.
Researchers at the George Washington University have agreed to evaluate the effectiveness of text4baby by measuring health trends for mothers and newborns.
The Text4baby program is aimed at helping pregnancy women______.

A．in the U.S.
B．in poor countries
C．all over the world
D．in Western European nations

答案： A

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Section A
Think before you post. You might not be aware of how much information you’re (47) .
That’s the message from the founders of Please Rob Me, a website launched last week that (48) just how easy it is to rob people blind on the basis of the information they’re posting on the Web. The site uses streams of data from Foursquare, a(n) (49) popular location-based social network that is based on a game-like premise (前提). Players use smart phones or laptops to "check in" to a location, (50) their position on a map for friends using the service to see. The more often you check in, the better your chances of being declared the mayor of a (51) location, be it a restaurant, bar, office or even your own home.
The problem comes when users also post these locations to Twitter, says Boy van Amstel, one of the founders of Please Rob Me. Then the information becomes (52) available, making it possible for a robber to keep a close watch on when you say you’re in your home or not.
So how can you keep yourself off Please Rob Me and, more important, keep your home out of the police notebook A little foresight goes a long way. Sites like Foursquare and its competitors don’t post your location unless you give it to them, nor is it posted to Twitter without your (53) . It’s always up to the user to (54) what to post. Are you going to get robbed because you’re oversharing It’s (55) . But Please Rob Me shows that sometimes a little (56) online can go a long way.
A) illustrates B) likely C) publicly D) particular E) decide
F) excessively G) realize H) caution I) typical J) increasingly
K) revealing L) unlikely M) means N) consent O) recording

答案： N

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Section B
Passage One

Pregnancy mothers are getting a new tool to help keep themselves and their babies healthy: pregnancy tips sent directly to their cell phones.
The so-called text4baby campaign is the first free, health education program in the U.S. to harness the reach of mobile phones, according to its sponsors. Organizers say texting is an effective means of delivering wellness tips because 90 percent of people in the U.S. have cell phones.
"Especially if you start talking about low-income people, cell phones are the indispensable tool for reaching them and engaging them about their health," said Paul Meyer, president of Voxiva, a company which operates health texting programs in Africa, Latin America and India.
Studies in those countries have shown that periodic texts can reduce smoking and other unhealthy behaviors in pregnant mothers.
Meyer said the U.S. program, run by Voxiva, will be the largest health-related texting program ever undertaken.
Under the new service, mothers-to-be who text "BABY" to a specified number will receive weekly text messages, timed to their due date or their baby’s birth date. The messages, which have been scanned by government and nonprofit heahlth experts, deal with nutrition, immunization and birth defect prevention, among other topics. The messages will continue through the baby’s first birthday.
Text4baby is expected to be announced Thursday morning by officials from the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy. Government officials will be publicizing the campaign in speeches and promotional materials.
Organizers hope the effort can curb premature (早产的) births, which can be caused by poor nutrition, excessive stress, smoking and drinking alcohol. About 500,000 babies are born prematurely in the U.S. each year. The nonprofit is among the sponsors of the campaign.
"The real scary thing is that we’re an industrialized nation and we’re not doing very well on infant death rate, and we know prematurity is a big part of that," said the group’s director, Judy Meehan.
Currently the U.S. ranks 30th worldwide for infant death rate, according to Meehan, behind most Western European nations.
Researchers at the George Washington University have agreed to evaluate the effectiveness of text4baby by measuring health trends for mothers and newborns.
What is the purpose of the Text4baby program

A．To warn women against bad habits.
B．To let people care about prematurity.
C．To improve babies’ nutrition.
D．To reduce infant death rate.

答案： D

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Passage Two

As a group of young African immigrants struggles to adapt to life in the United States, an after-school drama program at White Oak Middle School aims to make their lives easier by first making them a little harder.
Project X is a program that uses drama, dance, poetry and other creative outlets to help students discuss the tough and sometimes painful problems they face as pre-teen immigrants with significant language barriers. A final unveiling of their creation will be performed for friends and family at the end of the year at Imagination Stage.
Wanjiru Kamau, coordinator of White Oak’s African Club said it’s important to give troubles to group members to help them find their place at the school. "It comforts those who are uncomfortable, and it discomforts those who are comfortable," Kaman said of Project X.
Kamau teamed up with Imagination Stage after she noticed that many African students seemed uncomfortable talking about problems, such as being laughed at by their fellow students about how they look and talk. When most of the kids join the club, they speak little or no English, Kamau said. Each week, the club typically draws five to 10 students who are originally from Africa for discussion sessions and the Project X program.
"We’re going to express ourselves through our words and our actions, and that’s powerful," said teaching artist Meg Green as she introduced fill-in-the-blank poems the students wrote about their identities.
One student, Franck Ketchouang, 13, wrote, "I am from the world; I am love," which drew oohs and aahs from the group. Ketchouang has been in the United States less than a year, said Program Coordinator Chad Dike. When Ketchouang started attending Project X, he had been in the United States for two months and spoke no English. Now he’s one of the group’s most outgoing members and helps translate instructions from English to Creole for the group’s newest member, who is from Haiti.
Many people will give up when there’s a language barrier, "but these students prove them wrong," Kamau said. "You do have something to give. You are important. When TV, media, etc. are bringing them down, this program is bringing them up."
According to the author, what Franck Ketchouang wrote was______.

A．silly
B．simple
C．remarkable
D．disputable

答案： C

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Section A
Think before you post. You might not be aware of how much information you’re (47) .
That’s the message from the founders of Please Rob Me, a website launched last week that (48) just how easy it is to rob people blind on the basis of the information they’re posting on the Web. The site uses streams of data from Foursquare, a(n) (49) popular location-based social network that is based on a game-like premise (前提). Players use smart phones or laptops to "check in" to a location, (50) their position on a map for friends using the service to see. The more often you check in, the better your chances of being declared the mayor of a (51) location, be it a restaurant, bar, office or even your own home.
The problem comes when users also post these locations to Twitter, says Boy van Amstel, one of the founders of Please Rob Me. Then the information becomes (52) available, making it possible for a robber to keep a close watch on when you say you’re in your home or not.
So how can you keep yourself off Please Rob Me and, more important, keep your home out of the police notebook A little foresight goes a long way. Sites like Foursquare and its competitors don’t post your location unless you give it to them, nor is it posted to Twitter without your (53) . It’s always up to the user to (54) what to post. Are you going to get robbed because you’re oversharing It’s (55) . But Please Rob Me shows that sometimes a little (56) online can go a long way.
A) illustrates B) likely C) publicly D) particular E) decide
F) excessively G) realize H) caution I) typical J) increasingly
K) revealing L) unlikely M) means N) consent O) recording

答案： E

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Section B
Passage One

Pregnancy mothers are getting a new tool to help keep themselves and their babies healthy: pregnancy tips sent directly to their cell phones.
The so-called text4baby campaign is the first free, health education program in the U.S. to harness the reach of mobile phones, according to its sponsors. Organizers say texting is an effective means of delivering wellness tips because 90 percent of people in the U.S. have cell phones.
"Especially if you start talking about low-income people, cell phones are the indispensable tool for reaching them and engaging them about their health," said Paul Meyer, president of Voxiva, a company which operates health texting programs in Africa, Latin America and India.
Studies in those countries have shown that periodic texts can reduce smoking and other unhealthy behaviors in pregnant mothers.
Meyer said the U.S. program, run by Voxiva, will be the largest health-related texting program ever undertaken.
Under the new service, mothers-to-be who text "BABY" to a specified number will receive weekly text messages, timed to their due date or their baby’s birth date. The messages, which have been scanned by government and nonprofit heahlth experts, deal with nutrition, immunization and birth defect prevention, among other topics. The messages will continue through the baby’s first birthday.
Text4baby is expected to be announced Thursday morning by officials from the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy. Government officials will be publicizing the campaign in speeches and promotional materials.
Organizers hope the effort can curb premature (早产的) births, which can be caused by poor nutrition, excessive stress, smoking and drinking alcohol. About 500,000 babies are born prematurely in the U.S. each year. The nonprofit is among the sponsors of the campaign.
"The real scary thing is that we’re an industrialized nation and we’re not doing very well on infant death rate, and we know prematurity is a big part of that," said the group’s director, Judy Meehan.
Currently the U.S. ranks 30th worldwide for infant death rate, according to Meehan, behind most Western European nations.
Researchers at the George Washington University have agreed to evaluate the effectiveness of text4baby by measuring health trends for mothers and newborns.
Compared with the U.S., most Western European nations______

A．have higher infant death rates
B．do better on infant death rates
C．do more studies on Text4baby
D．pay less attention to Text4baby

答案： B

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Passage Two

As a group of young African immigrants struggles to adapt to life in the United States, an after-school drama program at White Oak Middle School aims to make their lives easier by first making them a little harder.
Project X is a program that uses drama, dance, poetry and other creative outlets to help students discuss the tough and sometimes painful problems they face as pre-teen immigrants with significant language barriers. A final unveiling of their creation will be performed for friends and family at the end of the year at Imagination Stage.
Wanjiru Kamau, coordinator of White Oak’s African Club said it’s important to give troubles to group members to help them find their place at the school. "It comforts those who are uncomfortable, and it discomforts those who are comfortable," Kaman said of Project X.
Kamau teamed up with Imagination Stage after she noticed that many African students seemed uncomfortable talking about problems, such as being laughed at by their fellow students about how they look and talk. When most of the kids join the club, they speak little or no English, Kamau said. Each week, the club typically draws five to 10 students who are originally from Africa for discussion sessions and the Project X program.
"We’re going to express ourselves through our words and our actions, and that’s powerful," said teaching artist Meg Green as she introduced fill-in-the-blank poems the students wrote about their identities.
One student, Franck Ketchouang, 13, wrote, "I am from the world; I am love," which drew oohs and aahs from the group. Ketchouang has been in the United States less than a year, said Program Coordinator Chad Dike. When Ketchouang started attending Project X, he had been in the United States for two months and spoke no English. Now he’s one of the group’s most outgoing members and helps translate instructions from English to Creole for the group’s newest member, who is from Haiti.
Many people will give up when there’s a language barrier, "but these students prove them wrong," Kamau said. "You do have something to give. You are important. When TV, media, etc. are bringing them down, this program is bringing them up."
The passage is written mainly to ______.

A．call for more attention to immigrants
B．inspire immigrants to never give up
C．advocate White Oak’s African Club
D．introduce the Project X program

答案： D

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Section A
Think before you post. You might not be aware of how much information you’re (47) .
That’s the message from the founders of Please Rob Me, a website launched last week that (48) just how easy it is to rob people blind on the basis of the information they’re posting on the Web. The site uses streams of data from Foursquare, a(n) (49) popular location-based social network that is based on a game-like premise (前提). Players use smart phones or laptops to "check in" to a location, (50) their position on a map for friends using the service to see. The more often you check in, the better your chances of being declared the mayor of a (51) location, be it a restaurant, bar, office or even your own home.
The problem comes when users also post these locations to Twitter, says Boy van Amstel, one of the founders of Please Rob Me. Then the information becomes (52) available, making it possible for a robber to keep a close watch on when you say you’re in your home or not.
So how can you keep yourself off Please Rob Me and, more important, keep your home out of the police notebook A little foresight goes a long way. Sites like Foursquare and its competitors don’t post your location unless you give it to them, nor is it posted to Twitter without your (53) . It’s always up to the user to (54) what to post. Are you going to get robbed because you’re oversharing It’s (55) . But Please Rob Me shows that sometimes a little (56) online can go a long way.
A) illustrates B) likely C) publicly D) particular E) decide
F) excessively G) realize H) caution I) typical J) increasingly
K) revealing L) unlikely M) means N) consent O) recording

答案： L

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Section A
Think before you post. You might not be aware of how much information you’re (47) .
That’s the message from the founders of Please Rob Me, a website launched last week that (48) just how easy it is to rob people blind on the basis of the information they’re posting on the Web. The site uses streams of data from Foursquare, a(n) (49) popular location-based social network that is based on a game-like premise (前提). Players use smart phones or laptops to "check in" to a location, (50) their position on a map for friends using the service to see. The more often you check in, the better your chances of being declared the mayor of a (51) location, be it a restaurant, bar, office or even your own home.
The problem comes when users also post these locations to Twitter, says Boy van Amstel, one of the founders of Please Rob Me. Then the information becomes (52) available, making it possible for a robber to keep a close watch on when you say you’re in your home or not.
So how can you keep yourself off Please Rob Me and, more important, keep your home out of the police notebook A little foresight goes a long way. Sites like Foursquare and its competitors don’t post your location unless you give it to them, nor is it posted to Twitter without your (53) . It’s always up to the user to (54) what to post. Are you going to get robbed because you’re oversharing It’s (55) . But Please Rob Me shows that sometimes a little (56) online can go a long way.
A) illustrates B) likely C) publicly D) particular E) decide
F) excessively G) realize H) caution I) typical J) increasingly
K) revealing L) unlikely M) means N) consent O) recording

答案： H

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