Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage. The president of the United States has one of the toughest jobs in the world. Hardly anyone else is watched so closely by so many people. Reporters follow the president patiently, eager for his opinion on everything from nuclear warheads to the outcome of a football match. The president must be careful at all times that his answers to reporters’ questions reflect his policies. In addition, wherever the president may go, he never for a moment escapes the responsibilities of his office. The evening news may show him on a working vacation, but the work is always with him. The job seems to demand a person of outstanding ability, so you might think the US Constitution (宪法) would contain a long list of job qualifications. However, it lists only three. Article Ⅱ , Section 1 of the Constitution states that the President must: 1. be a natural-born citizen of the United States ; 2. be at least 35 years old; 3. have been the resident of the United States for 14 years. While Constitution lists only three qualifications for the President, the voters certainly consider many others. Among these are intelligence, good health, experience in government, ability to lead others, knowledge of national and world affairs, personality, ability to speak well, and persuasiveness. The President is the Chief Executive of the United States and heads the executive branch of the Government. However, the President must share power with members of the other two branches of Government: the legislative. (立法的) branch, or the Congress; and the judicial (司法的) branch, or the federal courts. The Constitution states the powers and duties of the Presidency; it also tells how each branch of the Government is to check the powers of the other two in order to balance the powers and prevent any single branch from abusing its power. This system of checks and balances was designed by the writers of the Constitution because they did not want any one person or branch of the Government to gain too much power. The best title for this passage would be ______.
A Good System
B. A Difficult Job
C. The US President and the Constitution
D. Three Branches of the US Government
Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are bused on the passage you’ve just heard.
A. To show some men depend on a particular food.
B. To show the diet of some people is still primitive.
C. To show different people eat different foods.
D. To show the adaptability of man in terms of his diet.
There are more than forty universities in Britain--nearly twice as many as in 1960. During the 1960s eight (67) new ones were founded, and ten other new ones were created by (68) old colleges of technology into universities. In the same period the number of students (69) doubled, from 70000 to over 200000. By 1973 about 10% of men aged from eighteen to twenty-one were n universities and about 5% of women. All the universities are (70) institutions. Each has its own governing councils, (71) some local businessmen and local politicians as (72) as a few academics (大学教师). The state began to (73) grants to them fifty years ago, and by 1970 eachuniversity (74) nearly all its (75) from state grants. Students have to pay (76) and living costs, but every student may receive from the local authority of the place where he lives a personal (77) which is enough to pay his full costs, including lodging and food (78) his parents can well (79) them. Most students take jobs in the summer for about six weeks, (80) they do not normally do outside work (81) the academic year. The Department of Education takes (82) for the payment which covers the whole expenditure of the university, but it does not (83) direct control. It canhave an important (84) on new developments through its power to (85) funds, but it takes the advice of the University Grants Committee, a body which is mainly (86) of academics.
A. before
B. during
C. after
D. until
Passage Three Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
A. His father.
B. His manager of the country music club.
C. A business woman.
D. His brother.