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What does the future hold for the problem of housing A good (1) depends, of course, on the meaning of" future". If one is thinking in (2) of science fiction and the space age (3) at least possible to assume that man will have solved such trivial and earthly problems as housing. Writers of science fiction have (4) the suggestion that men will live in great comfort, with every (5) device to make life smooth, healthy and easy, (6) not happy. But they have not said what his house will be made of.The problems of the next generation or two can more readily be imagined. Scientists have already pointed out that (7) something is done either to restrict the world’s rapid growth in population or to discover and develop new sources of food (or both), millions of people will be dying of starvation or, (8) , suffering from under feeding before this (9) is out. But nobody has worked out any plan for housing these growing populations. Admittedly the worse situations will occur in the (10) parts of the world, where housing can be of light structure, or in backward areas where standards are (11) low. But even the minimum shelter requires materials of (12) kind, and in the crowded, bulging towns the low-standard" housing" of flattened petrol mans and dirty canvas is far more wasteful (13) ground space than can be tolerated.Since the war, Hong Kong has suffered the kind of crisis which is likely to (14) in many other places during the next generation. (15) millions of refugees arrived to (16) the already growing population and emergency steps had to be taken to prevent squalor and disease and the (17) of crime. Hong Kong is only one small part of what will certainly become a vast problem and not (18) a housing problem, because when population grows at this rate there are (19) problems of education, transport, water supply and so on. Not every area may have the same resources as Hong Kong to (20) and the search for quicker and cheaper methods of construction must never cease. 12()

A. every
B. some
C. this
D. certain

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In 1879, Richard Henry Pratt founded the Carlisle Indian School, a remarkable 40-year chapter in this country’s failed social policy regarding Native Americans. Pratt’s faith could be simply described as: "Kill the Indian, Save the Man!" to eradicate any manifestations of their native culture. When four decades of forcible education ended in 1918, it wasn’t clear what Pratt’s experiment had killed and what it had saved. But there was one indisputably notable legacy-- the Carlisle football team. In the early 20th century, the Carlisle Indians ascended to the pinnacle(顶点) of the collegiate game. In those years, it began to engage all the Ivy football powers on the gridiron(运动场). And from 1911 to 1913, including the season in which the legendary Jim Thorpe returned from the Olympics to score 25 touchdowns, Carlisle had a 38-3 record, including a 27-6 rout of West Point. Washington Post sportswriter Sally Jenkins has produced a fascinating new book, "The Real All Americans": The Team That Changed a Game, a People, a Nation (Doubleday. $24.95), that examines the Carlisle legend in wonderful detail. At the turn of the century, football was exploding on the college scene, particularly at the Ivy elites, where the sons of the gentry could prepare for the rigors of leadership on the gridiron. They preferred their football brutal. Conversely, the Carlisle team was undermanned and seriously undersized. But Carlisle was blessed with gifted athletes and a wizard of a coach, Pop Warner. Because Carlisle couldn’t match the brute force of its rivals, Warner created an entirely new brand of football, relying on speed, deception and guile. In that 1903 Harvard game, Carlisle used the hidden ball trick to score on the second-half kickoff. While the return man pretended to cradle the ball, another player had it tucked into a pocket sewn inside the back of his jersey and ran unmolested 103 yards for a touchdown. Carlisle developed new blocking techniques that compensated for its size disadvantage: the spiral throw that put the long pass, with its premium(优势) on speed, into the offense and a repertoire of fakes; reverses and misdirection that remain a central part of the game. It took brains to concoct the schemes and intelligence to execute them. These innovations did not go unrecognized. After Carlisle trounced Army in 1912, The New York Times hailed the conquerors from Carlisle for playing "the most perfect brand of football ever seen in America." Still, today this country celebrates football like no other sport. Jenkins does a marvelous job of making an intimate connection between our beloved, modern game and the unlikely team that, a century ago, helped make it what it is today. By saying" Kill the Indian, Save the Man", Pratt probably means ______.

A. to kill all the Indians in America and save American whites.
B. to remove the Indian culture from Indians without killing them.
C. to eliminate American natives in order to save the rest of Americans.
D. to indoctrinate Indians with the western culture to protect Americans.

An experienced immigration agent can foretell what problems may arise and give his client pieces of advice ______.

What does the future hold for the problem of housing A good (1) depends, of course, on the meaning of" future". If one is thinking in (2) of science fiction and the space age (3) at least possible to assume that man will have solved such trivial and earthly problems as housing. Writers of science fiction have (4) the suggestion that men will live in great comfort, with every (5) device to make life smooth, healthy and easy, (6) not happy. But they have not said what his house will be made of.The problems of the next generation or two can more readily be imagined. Scientists have already pointed out that (7) something is done either to restrict the world’s rapid growth in population or to discover and develop new sources of food (or both), millions of people will be dying of starvation or, (8) , suffering from under feeding before this (9) is out. But nobody has worked out any plan for housing these growing populations. Admittedly the worse situations will occur in the (10) parts of the world, where housing can be of light structure, or in backward areas where standards are (11) low. But even the minimum shelter requires materials of (12) kind, and in the crowded, bulging towns the low-standard" housing" of flattened petrol mans and dirty canvas is far more wasteful (13) ground space than can be tolerated.Since the war, Hong Kong has suffered the kind of crisis which is likely to (14) in many other places during the next generation. (15) millions of refugees arrived to (16) the already growing population and emergency steps had to be taken to prevent squalor and disease and the (17) of crime. Hong Kong is only one small part of what will certainly become a vast problem and not (18) a housing problem, because when population grows at this rate there are (19) problems of education, transport, water supply and so on. Not every area may have the same resources as Hong Kong to (20) and the search for quicker and cheaper methods of construction must never cease. 6()

A. if
B. but
C. yet
D. although

Has America gone insane Season six for American Idol has caused us to ask some fundamental questions about the reality television phenomenon. Show judge Simon Cowell repeatedly chides(斥责) contestants," This is a singing competition. But is it really When talented singers such as Gina Glocksen are voted off in favor of a tone-deaf Sanjaya Malakar, with his trainwreck performances, the question is whether Idol is really a singing competition, or something altogether different. Although Sanjaya was only in the middle of the pack for last week’s vote, on the Web he was the most searched for Idol contestant of the season, garnering(获得) more than twice the volume of searches than his nearest rival (not counting the continuing quests for racy photos of Antonella Barba, who is no longer in the competition). Theories abound as to Sanjaya’s staying power on the show, from suggestions of a flood of offshore voting to the texting power of pre-pubescent girls. There is one theory that can actually be quantified by Internet data: shock-jock Howard Stern’s campaigning for show-spoiler site Vote for the Worst" to support voting for the entertaining contestants who the producers would hate to see win on American Idol, according to site creator Dave Della Terza, who teaches a course in reality television at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Ill. While Votefortheworst.com is small compared to the official American Idol site, the fact that it gets nearly a fifth as many online visits gives it the strength to sway a vote. Vote for the Worst is gaining strength, with over a 50% growth since last season, which can be attributed largely to the self-proclaimed "King of All Media." But what does the American public think of the unlikely Idol star Of all of the searches for Sanjaya over the last four weeks, 41% were searching on variations of his name," Sanjaya, or" Sanjaya Malakar, and various misspellings. At least 2.9% searched for information on Sanjaya’s sister, who didn’t make the cut on the show. The next most popular search topic regarded questions about Sanjaya’s sexual orientation, with searches such as "Sanjaya Malakar gay", "Sanjaya gay" and" is Sanjaya gay What’s missing are searches related to Sanjaya’s musical selection or talent. The Sanjaya phenomenon, while amusing, highlights the biggest challenge to reality shows that depend on a public vote for show outcome. It’s not a singing contest, or even a popularity contest; it’s become a race to see who can make the biggest spectacle. In that context, Sanjaya has the advantage. What can be inferred about Votefortheworst.com from the text

A. it is a website whose founder Howard Stern is a popular figure.
B. it valuates the Idol contestants in the same way as the TV producers.
C. it is powerful enough to influence the outcome of American Idol.
D. it is almost as popular as the American Idol official website.

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