第 31 题：Reading Comprehension:
Congress makes the laws in the United States. It has two parts, which are more or less equal in power. They are known as the House of Representatives and the Senate. The House of Representatives is larger than the Senate whose 100 members (two from each state) serve for six years. The 435 members of the House are elected every two years, and the number from each state is determined by the population of the state. For example, California, which has a large population, has 43 representatives, while the State of Nevada has only one.
The House and Senate are divided into small groups which take care of special matters such as education or foreign affairs. The most important work of Congress is often done in these groups, which are called subcommittees.
According to the Constitution of the United States, a senator must be at least 30 years old and he must have been a citizen of the United States for nine years at the time of his election. To be elected to the House a person must be 25 years old and must have been a United States citizen for seven years. At the present time, members of Congress include businessmen, farmers, teachers, and especially lawyers. In general, senators are better known than representatives because they are fewer in number and serve for a longer time. Many American presidents served in Congress before they became president.
1小题>
In the U.S. Congress, the House of Representatives and the Senate are________.
A not equal. The House is more powerful
B almost equal in power
C not equal. The Senate is far more powerful
D different. The House is more important
2小题>
The members of the Senate are elected for________years.
A two
B three
C four
D six
3小题>
The number of the members in the House from each state________.
A is fixed, two from each state
B depends on how many people the state has
C depends on the size of the state
D depends on the location of the state
4小题>
To be elected to the Senate a person must________.
A be at least 25 years old
B be at least 30 years old
C have been a citizen for seven years
D be a lawyer
5小题>
Which of the following is true?
A A representative serves for two years.
B To become a senator is easier than to become a representative.
C A senator performs his duties for a shorter time than a representative.
D All presidents were representatives and then senators before becoming president of the United States.
第 32 题：Cloze:
In the popular mind, the Internet is the realization of the global village, where the flow of information and ideas is unimpeded by distance or national barriers. Much has been written _____(1) the technology and the benefits that this system of unregulated information exchange will bring. But____(2) has been very little discussion about the languages — human, not computer languages____(3) are being used on the Internet.
Central____(4) the ideology of the emerging Internet community is the freedom of the individual users to express____(5) as they like. Nevertheless,____(6) recently, it has been very difficult to communicate through the Internet in any language_____(7) could not be expressed in the standard English alphabet as defined____(8) the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII).
English is already the premier____(9) of science and technology worldwide. The peculiar restriction of____(10) able to communicate with only the limited ASCII character set has worked to further encourage the_____(11) English, especially by those_____(12) native language is not normally expressed in some version of____(13) Roman alphabet.
In fact, it seems to be typical that_____(14) accessing a network in a non-English speaking country_____(15) is often presented with a choice of the local language(s) or English. Many of the national networks that have now linked____(16) to the Internet are used____(17) scientific and technical communication,____(18) a rapidly growing portion of the Internet''s community are non-professional people.
Familiarity with English may be assumed____(19) a linguist or a physicist, but growing____(20) of users with no English language skills are joining the net in____(21) of the dominance of English in message forums and mail lists. Messages____(22) the Usenet newsgroups are overwhelmingly____(23) in English, and the bulk of the moderated mailing lists (including____(24) Linguist Discussion List, and international E-mail discussion list for linguists) are conducted in ____(25).
