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赤峰市电视广播电视大学考试试卷

201?学年度第学期?课程：英语报刊选读?考卷编号：A

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Partone:TranslatethefollowingintoChineseorexplaininEnglish(每小题2分，共30分)

1．TheHouseofLords????????????2．SocialSecurity

3．CapitolAill?????????????????4．Speaker

5．Fund—raisingparty?????????????6．Seniorcitizen

7．WestinghouseScienceTalentSearch

8．Asia—Pacificsummit???????????9．Sovereignty

10．BritishForeignSecretary

11．Christian??????????????????12．economicrecession

13．royalfamily?????????????????14．theCommonwealth

15．spokesman

Parttwo:ReadingComprehension(共70分)

CampaignstrategistshaveagreedtofocustofocusontheSenate,whereleadershopetocompleteworkonthebudgetpackagebyMay1.“WefeltthatiftheSenatedefeatedtheproposal,itwouldnotevencomeupintheHouse,”saysJohnRother,legislativedirectorforthe18—million—memberAmericanAssociationofRetiredpersons.

TargetedmainlyareRepublicans,whocontroltheSenate,withparticularemphasisonthe21whofacere—electionnextyear.Thenextelectionloomslargeinthelobbyists’strategy.“WeshallnotforgetifCongressbehavesinanunfriendlyfashiontotheseniorcitizensoftheUnitedStates,”warnsJacobClayman,presidentoftheNCSC,whichrepresents4.5millionpersons.“Weshallremember—and1986isjustaroundthecorner.”EricShulman,legislativedirectorfortheNCSC,explains:“Thoseupforreelectionwillhavetheirearsclosesttotheground—andwearemakingasmuchofarumbleaswecan.WeseethisissuebeingwonorlostnotinWashingtonbutoutinthecountryside.”AddsArthurFlemming,formerU.S.commissioneronagingandnowalobbyistfortheelderly:”“It’sthegrassrootsthatconveythemessagemosteffectively.”

I．Choosetherightanswertoeachquestion（每小题5分，共20分）

1．……whereleadershopetocomplete…

A．Ho