The United States government’s support of slavery was based on an overpowering practicality. Before America even had a history it was busy creating a (67) ethnic class for it to look down (68) . The history of black people in the United States begins with the birth of (69) . African Americans were (70) not just as a lower class of people, but simply as property, creating an (71) for equality that may never (72) Slaves were subjected to the poorest of living (73) , whippings not uncommon, and often having tight knit families, mothers and daughters, fathers and sons split when sold (74) from each other. Early slave resistance was often to the effect of (75) property, running away or just working (76) but sometimes went as far as killing masters and burning (77) buildings. In some instances masters were fast to (78) themselves from this by making lower class whites overseers, hoping they would (79) the brunt of the slave’s (80) . The United States would eventually (81) in the great pressure placed on it to (82) slavery. With slavery ended black and white people were able to live together as (83) . Some would say that this is still not the fact, since oppression (压迫) of (84) people did not end until today and widespread discrimination against them was constant. (85) slavery remained in the memories of African Americans, they still lived in fear from race related (86) . In the 1930s some African Americans began to align themselves.
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The United States government’s support of slavery was based on an overpowering practicality. Before America even had a history it was busy creating a (67) ethnic class for it to look down (68) . The history of black people in the United States begins with the birth of (69) . African Americans were (70) not just as a lower class of people, but simply as property, creating an (71) for equality that may never (72) Slaves were subjected to the poorest of living (73) , whippings not uncommon, and often having tight knit families, mothers and daughters, fathers and sons split when sold (74) from each other. Early slave resistance was often to the effect of (75) property, running away or just working (76) but sometimes went as far as killing masters and burning (77) buildings. In some instances masters were fast to (78) themselves from this by making lower class whites overseers, hoping they would (79) the brunt of the slave’s (80) . The United States would eventually (81) in the great pressure placed on it to (82) slavery. With slavery ended black and white people were able to live together as (83) . Some would say that this is still not the fact, since oppression (压迫) of (84) people did not end until today and widespread discrimination against them was constant. (85) slavery remained in the memories of African Americans, they still lived in fear from race related (86) . In the 1930s some African Americans began to align themselves.
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Passage One Security experts were not surprised by the FBI’s warning last week that more than 1 million credit card numbers have been stolen from e-commerce websites in the last 12 months by crackers who took advantage of a hole that could have been patched with software that was made available three years ago. It is believed that most of the dirty work was being done by organized hacking groups in Russia and the Ukraine. Many of their peers in the Western world say Eastern Europe’s computer crackers and hackers axe the most skillful in the world--far superior to the so-called "script kiddies" who have gained a ’fair amount of notoriety(臭名昭著). "We call Russia the Hackzone because there are so many of us here, and we are so good at what we do," said a self-described cracker living in Moscow. He claims he is often hired to "have fun" with the websites and networks of his employer’s competitors. He is paid 3,000 rubles(卢布) per job--about $ 104 American. It may not sound like much, but a college professor gets paid about $ 150 per month. The Russian hacking scene is incredibly sophisticated, These guys are excellent programmers and they really understand networks--how to get in and out without a trace, which makes it unusual that they have been at the center of some notorious computer crime cases. To the Moscow residents, who describe them as "secret security guy", cracking and hacking are important parts of the underground culture in Russia, as they are in many other countries. But they feel that there is more approval for Russia’s crackers throughout Russia than there is elsewhere. When they were in school, in the 1980s, they were encouraged to hack American software. They had to dissect(仔细研究) tile programs to understand them so that they could make them work on their systems. It is believed that many Russian teenagers start cracking because they want to get on the Internet but can’t afford the costs of the service. So they learn how to steal passwords. Farther more, they can’t afford to spend two months’ salary on a copy of Microsoft Office. But they can spend a half-month salary and get a CD burner that lets them make many copies of software. What is the better investment The sentence "them is more approval for Russia’s crackers throughout Russian than there is else- where" (Para. 4) means that ______.
A. there are more crackers in Russia
B. there are crackers everywhere in Russia
C. Russia’s crackers get more support in their country
D. people in Russia all approve of this behavior
Questions 11 to 18 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
A. She should be careful about her money.
B. She shouldn’t buy anything from that department store.
C. She should do a part-time job in order to buy it.
D. She can buy the yellow suit when she saves enough money.
Passage Two When delivering a lecture on ethics in journalism, tile senior correspondent for CNN said that we’re entered into a new era, where the ethics of journalism no longer value truth in the same-way it was valued 20 years ago. There is such an appetite for immediate information that deadlines hardly exist any more. Viewers receive the information nearly as quickly as the reporters do. The problem lies in the fact that viewers get sucked in by the pictures. Those first impressions of a story are lasting, even if they are misleading. Sometimes first impressions are accurate. Sometimes they’re not. The journalists are in the business of getting it right. Take the role scandal has played in the media for example. There’s been a push away from substance and towards sensationalism, a prominent example being the extensive coverage of the Simpson trial; people get drawn in by the celebrity. Such coverage contributed to the’ coarsening (粗鄙) of our culture. People forever lowered the bar by covering that scandal the way we did. The corporate element and the growth of news outlets have also contributed to the negative changes. The increase in the number of reporters, stations and networks has heightened competition, turning the focus away from news towards big business and profitability(收益率). Can you do a good journalism and still remain economically profitable You can to a point. But do you cover the civil wars in Africa or the latest developments in the Eliot Spitzer affair The truth is, Spitzer draws and holds a much larger audience, and this is big business now. But the answer lies in proportional coverage. We have to cover a little of both. The journalists need to make an argument as to how to remedy the recent problems with news coverage. It is time to redefine journalism. Conscientious journalists from all media should strive to serve the public with thoroughness and honesty, and they are the cornerstone of a journalist’s credibility, because without credibility, the journalists are nothing. The Simpson trial is taken as an example to show ______.
A. the focus of news has been changed into the seeking of sensation
B. people take less notice to coverage about scandals
C. the extensive coverage has a lot of negative effects
D. people are often cheated by the inaccurate news