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Part 1.阅读理解 A The city of Rome has passed a new law to prevent cruelty to animals. All goldfish bowls are no longer allowed and dog owners must walk their dogs. This comes after a national law was passed to give prison sentences to people who desert cats or dogs. “The civilization of a city can be measured by this,” said Monica Cirinna, the councilor(议员) behind the new law. “It’s good to do whatever we can for our animals who in exchange for a little love fill our existence with their attention,” she told a Rome newspaper. The newspaper reported that round bowls don’t give enough oxygen for fish and may make them go blind. “Rome has tried to protect fish more than anywhere else in the world. It stands out for recognizing that fish are interesting animals who deserve(值得) our respect and compassion every bit as much as dogs and cats and other animals,” said Karin Robertson, a director of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Last year a law was passed in Italy that gives people who desert pets big fines(罚款) and prison sentences. Since then local governments have added their own animal protection rules. The northern city of Turin passed a law in April to give pet owners fines of up to $ 598 if they do not walk their dogs three times a day. The new law in Rome also says that owners mustn’t leave their dogs in hot cars or cut their dog’s tails to make them look lovelier. The law also gives legal recognition to the “cat ladies” who feed homeless cats. The cats live all over the city from ancient ruins to modern office car parks. 1．The new law passed in Rome will __________.
A．help improve fishing environment B．guarantee better conditions for goldfish C．stop people from catching goldfish D．discourage keeping goldfish at home 2．People in Rome believe that the civilization of a city can be judged by its __________. A．exchanges with other cities B．protection for ancient ruins C．awareness of animal protection D．recognition of animal lovers 3．The underlined word “compassion” in Paragraph 6 is the closest in meaning to _______. A．pity B．praise C．suppor D．popularity 4．People may break the law in Turin if they _________. A．keep their dogs or cats in cars B．feed homeless animals in car parks C．raise their cats near ancient ruins D．shut their dogs home all day long B A month after Hurricane Katrina, I returned home in New Orleans. There lay my house, reduced to waist-high rains, smelly and dirty. Before the trip, I’d had my car fixed. When the office employee of the garage was writing up the bill, she noticed my Louisiana license plate. “You from New Orleans?” she asked. I said I was, “No charge,” She said, and firmly shook her head when I reached for my wallet. The next day I went for a haircut, and the same thing happened. As my wife was studying in Florida, we decided to move there and tried to find a rental house that we could afford while also paying off a mortgage（抵押贷款）on our ruined house. We looked at many places, but none was satisfactory. We’d began to accept that we’d have to live in extremely reduced circumstances for a while, when I got a very curious e-mail from a James Kennedy in California. He’d read some pieces I’d written about our sufferings for Slate, the online magazine, and wanted to give us (“no conditions attached”) a new house across the lake from New Orleans. It sounded too good to be true, but I replied, thanking him for his exceptional generosity, that we have no plans to go back. Then a poet at the University of Florida offered to let his house to me while he went to England on his one-year paid leave. The rent was rather reasonable. I mentioned the poet’s offer to James Kennedy, and the next day he sent a check covering our entire rent for eight months. Throughout this painful experience , the kindness of strangers ha s done much to bring back my faith in humanity .It’s almost worth losing you worldly possessions to be reminded that people are really nice when given half a chance. 5．The garage employee’s attitude toward the author was that of . A．unconcern B．sympathy C．doubt D．tolerance 6．What do we know about James Kennedy? A．He was a written of an online magazine. B．He was a poet at the University of Florida. C．He offered the author a new house free of charge. D．He learned about the author’s sufferings via e-mail. 7. It can be inferred from the text that . A．the author’s family was in financial difficulty B．rents were comparatively reasonable despite the disaster C．houses were difficult to find in the hurricane-stricken area D．the mortgage on the ruined house was paid off by the bank 8．The author learned from his experience that . A．worldly possessions can be given up when necessary B．generosity should be encouraged in some cases C．people benefit from their sad stories D．human beings are kind after all. C Princeton University Location The University is in Princeton, New Jersey. It is an hour's train ride south of New York City and an hour's train ride north of Philadelphia. Students There are 4,600 undergraduates (本科生). There are also 1,900 graduate students, but Princeton is unusual among universities in having a student body made up largely of undergraduates. Faculty Princeton has about 700 full-time Faculty members (教员). There are another 300 or so part -time and visiting faculty. All faculty members at Princeton are expected to teach and research. Degrees Princeton offers two undergraduate degrees: the bachelor (学士) of arts (AB) degree and the bachelor of science in engineering (BSE) degree. Academic Year All academic year runs from September to late May and lasts two terms (fall and spring). A normal course load is four or five&
