阅读训练

Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension(Reading in depth)(25minntes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a ward bank Read the passage through carefully before making your choices Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each them on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage,One in six.

Believe it or not, that's the number of Americans who struggle with hanger To make tomorrow a little better, Feeding Action Month. As part of its 30 Ways in 30 Days program, It's asking 48_ across the country to help the more than 200 food banks and 61,000 agencies in its network provide low-income individuals and families with the fuel they need to 49_ .It's the kind of work that's done every day at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in San Antonio, People who 50_ at its front door on the first and third Thursdays of each month aren't looking for God-they're there for something to eat, St. Andrew's runs a food pantry(食品堂)that 51_ the city and several of the 52_ towns. Janet Drane is its manager.In the wake of the 53_ .the number of families in need of food assistance began to grow. It is 54_ that 49 million Americans are unsure of where they will find their next meal What's most surprising is that 36% of them live in 55_ where at least one adult is working."It used to be that one job was all you needed." says St. Andrew's Drane."The people we see now have three or four part-time jobs and they're still right on the edge 56_ ."

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

A)survive I)formally
B) surrounding J)financially
C)serves K)domestic
D)reviewed L)competition
E)reported M)communities
F)recession N)circling
G)households O)accumulate
H)gather
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这篇文章谈论的是校园盗窃。从校园相关话题的角度而言，复合式听的内容非常贴近生活，是考生所熟悉的。具体听写内容，单词仍然以一句话的主干内容为主，即名词和动词；而句子听写的长度和停顿间隔仍与往年一致，即18词左右，且每句间隔1-2句。所以，复合式听写难度与往年持平。但是考生们应考和平时听写时，都需要特别注意细节，如名词复数的变化，emergency的复数emergencies； 难词的拼写calculator(计算器)、theft(盗窃)。

47. E. domestic
48. C. communities
49. O. survive
50. H. gather
51. M. serves
52. N. surroundings
53. J. recession
54. K. reported
55. I. households
56. F. financially