D)

    Taxes（税）are a big part in the United States. Most Americans pay city taxes, state taxes, social security（安全）taxes, sales taxes ﹒﹒﹒,and the list seems endless.

　　The biggest tax for most Americans is that on the money they earn --- the income tax. The personal income tax is called a "progressive tax" because it takes more from those who earn more. For example, a person who earns about 3,500 dollars a tear will pay a tax of only about 3.5 % of earning, but of the same person earned 85, 000 dollars a year, he would pay an income tax of 35%.

　　Over the years the income tax has become more and mote difficult for people to understand. Almost one half of all Americans now have to pay experts to prepare their tax reports in fact, preparing taxes and giving tax advice have become a big industry in America.

47. Most Americans pay ________.

Ａ．taxes which are too many to list.
Ｂ．taxes either to the cities or the states they live in.
Ｃ．so many kinds of taxes that they even don't know the names.
Ｄ．several kinds of taxes.

48. Social security tax is collected from _______.

Ａ．those who have broken the law.
Ｂ．those who often make trouble,
Ｃ．those whose lives and property are in danger.
Ｄ．Every citizen living in the area in question(所在).

49. What is a " progressive tax"? A "progressive tax" is the tax _______.

Ａ．collected for social progress.
Ｂ．that increases with each passing year.
Ｃ．that is collected from those who earn most.
Ｄ．that varies（变化）according to how much money a person earns.

50. Why do almost one half of all Americans have to pay experts?

Ａ．Because the list of taxes seems endless.
Ｂ． Because they would rather spend their time and energy elsewhere.
Ｃ． Because they find their knowledge about taxes is so limited that they are unable to write tax report all by themselves.
Ｄ． Because paying experts to prepare their tax report and asking for tax advice have become
very popular.

(E)

More than 6000 children were expelled(开除) from US school last year for bringing guns and bombs to school, the US Department of Education said on May 8.

The department gave a report to the expulsions(开除) as saying handguns accounted for 58 percent of the 6093 expulsions in 1996---97, against 7 percent for rifles(步枪) or shotguns and 35 percent for other types of firearms.

"The report is a clear sign that out nation's public schools are cracking down(严惩) on students who bring guns to school," Education Secretary Richard Riley said in a statement." We need to be tough-minded about keeping guns out of our schools and do everything to keep our children safe."

In March1997, an 11 years old boy and 13 years old boy using handguns and rifles shot dead four children and a teacher at a school in Jonesboro, Arkansas. In October, two were killed and seven wounded in a shooting at a Mississippi school. Two months later, a 14 years old boy killed three high school students and wounded five in Dasucah, Kentucky.

Most of the expulsions, 56 percent, were from high school, which have students from about age 13. 34 percent were from junior high schools and 9percent were from elementary schools, the report said.

51. From the first paragraph we can infer that in the US schools _______.

A. students enjoy shooting B. students are eager to be solider.
C. safety is a problem D. students can make guns.

52. The report from the US Department of Education of Education shows that ________.

Ａ．the number of the expulsions is not large.
Ｂ．the number of the expulsion is wrong.
Ｃ．there are soldiers hiding among the students.
Ｄ．guns are out of control in US schools.

53. The main idea of paragraph four shows us ______.

Ａ．some examples of shoot in US schools.
Ｂ．the American's feeling.
Ｃ．some famous schools.
Ｄ．that some teachers were killed by students.

54. How many students were shot dead in 1997 in US schools?

A. 10 B. 9 C. 12 D. 22

55. From this passage we know that ________.

Ａ．every American cannot have guns.
Ｂ．only soldiers and police can have guns.
Ｃ．every American citizen can own guns.
Ｄ．teachers have no money to buy guns.

第四部分：写作

第一节：短文改错

　　此题要求改正所给短文中　错误。对标有题号　每一行作出判断:如无错误,在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√); 如有错误(每行只有一个错误), 则按下列情况改正:
多一个词: 把多余　词用斜线（\）划掉, 在该行右边横线上写出该词,并也用斜线划掉。
　　缺一个词: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),在该行右边横线上写出该加　词。
　　错一个词: 在错　词下划一横线,在该行右边横线上写出改正后　词。
注意: 原行没有错　不要改。

Most smokers want to stop smoke. Many of            56. _______
them have tried more than once but failed .         57. _______
Although they know smoking may kill them and        58. _______
cause a serious illness yet they can give it up .   59. _______
The reason to it is that tobacco contains nicotine  60. _______
that is a drug which gets one into habit of smoking 61. _______
Because you start taking the drug, it is hard to stop. 62. _______
If you go without it for an hour or two, it         63. _______
begin to feel bad . The only thing can stop         64. _______
you feeling bad is the drug containing in           65. _______

第二节：书面表达

假如你叫李华 , 现正在美国读博士学位 . 你　美国朋友 Maris Staley 告诉你他原先就读　中学需要一名教中文　教师 , 你写信给校长 Mr. Smith 介绍自己　情况 . 请安以下内容写一封信 . 开头以为你写出.

李华 ：男 ，30 出生地：中国成都市

出生年月：1969. 10. 20 健康状况：良

学位：教育硕士

受教育背景：1987-1991 四川大学学习英语 ；1991-1993 纽约州立大学学习教育获硕士学位（Master's degree ）

工作经历：1993-1997 在纽约Central High School 教书；1997-now 在华盛顿Lincoln High School 教书 。

*****
Dear Mr. Smith ，

Keys:

1-10 CDCAC CBBAB

11-20 BCCAB BCDDA

21-30 BCCDA DABCC

31-40 CBBAD DDBAB

41-50 CCCAA BADDC

51-55 CDABC

56. smoke →　smoking 57. √ 58. and → or 59. can → can't / can not

60. to → for(of) 61. habit 前面加the 62. Because → Once / If

63. 第二个it → you 64. thing后加that 65. containing → contained

Dear Mr Smith,

Recently Mr friend Maria Stalcy, who was once your student, told me that your school needed a Chinese teacher. I was very glad at the news for I feel like teaching students Chinese in the United States.

I was born in Chengdu, China on November 20, 1969. I studied English in Sichuan University from 1987 to 1991. After graduation I came to U.s. in 1991 and began to study in New York University in the same year. I took education as my major and in 1993 I got my Master's degree. After that I began to work in high school. From 1995 to 1997 I teach in Central High School in New York. Since 1997 I have teaching in Lincoln High School in Washington. I am an experienced teacher and I am healthy.

I hope to hear from you soon.