"The La Brea Tar Pits" in paragraph 4 probably signifies things that ______.
A．can be traced back to the prehistoric age
B．are traps for those who want to inquire
C．are located in one place forever
D．don't deserve full investigation
A: Daivd said he bought a new BMW for 5,000!
B: __ sounds pretty cheap to me!
A: Well, that's what he said.
A．Are you sure？
B．Come to think of it.
C．Do you think so？
D．Is he crazy？
Text 2 ' With a new Congress drawing near ,Democrats and Republicans are busily designing competing economic stimulus packages. The Republicans are sure to offer tax cuts ,the Democrats – among other things - financial relief for the states. There is one measure ,however ,that would provide not only an immediate boost to the economy but also immediate relief to those most in need :a carefully crafted extension of the federal unemployment insurance program. The Senate approved such an extension before it adjourned in November. The House of Representatives refused to go along. It was among the greatest failures of the 107th Congress. One consequence is that jobless benefits for an estimated 780,000 Americans will abruptly stop Tomorrow ,even though most recipients have not yet exhausted their benefits. President Bush failed to show any leadership on this matter during the November Congress. Later, he finally asked Congress to extend the program for these workers and to make the benefits effective from Dec.28. That's not enough. The way unemployment insurance typically works is that states provide laid- off workers with 26 weeks of benefits, followed by 13 weeks of federal aid. Under Mr. Bush's scheme ,federal benefits would be extended only for those who were already receiving them on Dec. 28. The extension would not cover the jobless workers who will exhaust their regular state-funded benefits after Dec.28 - an estimated 95,000 every week - but will receive no federal help unless the program is re-authorized. By the end of March,1.2 million workers could fall into this catego-ry. The Senate saw this problem coming ,and under the leadership of Hillary Rodham Clinton for New York and Don Nickles of Oklahoma ,passed a bill that would not only have covered people al- ready enrolled in the federal program but provided 13 weeks of assistance for those losing their state benefits in the new year. The House ,for largely trivial reasons ,refused to go along. Bill Frist ,the new Senate majority leader ,says he is looking for ways to put a kinder ,gentler face on the Republican Party. Passing the Clinton-Nickles bill would be a good way to begin. The House should then follow suit. One of the House's complaints last year was that ,at $ 5 billion ,the Clinton-Nickles bill was too expensive. That's ridiculous ,considering the costs of the tax cuts that House Republicans have in mind. The unemployment rate last month stood at 6 percent ,the highest since mid-1994. The country could use a $ 5 billion shot in the arm right about now. So could a lot of increasingly desperate peo-ple.
According to the author,the proposed extension is[ A] what the coming Congress should reconsider. [B] excluded from the economic stimulus packages. [ C] a relief program carefully designed by the House. [ D] put forward by both Republicans and Democrats.
A: We just came back from hoenix. And we had the best vacation is years.
B: __ I'm glad to hear it.
A．Oh, my goodness!
B．How was it'？
C．Oh, there you go again.
D．Good for you.
第二节 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6~7题。
Where does the conversation take place？[A] On the phone. [B]In the street. [C]In a restaurant.
According to the author, people's opinions of leadership are on the whole quite ______.
A．divided
B．original
C．misleading
D．sophisticated
