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| 第1题：DespiteDenmark’s manifest virtues,Danes never talk about how proud they are to beDanes. This would sound weird inDanish. WhenDanes talk to foreigners aboutDenmark, they always begin by commenting on its tininess, its unimportance, the difficulty of its language, the general small-mindedness and self-indulgence of their countrymen and the high taxes. NoDane would look you in the eye and say, "Denmark is a great country. " You’re supposed to figure this out for yourself. It is the land of the silk safety net, where almost half the national budget goes toward smoothing out life’s inequalities, and there is plenty of money for schools, day care, retraining programs, job seminars--Danes love seminars: Three days at a study center hearing about waste management is almost as good as a ski trip. It is a culture bombarded byEnglish, in advertising, pop music, the Internet, and despite all theEnglish thatDanish absorbs--there is noDanishAcademy to defend against it--old dialects persist in Jutland that can barely be understood byCopenhageners. It is the land where, as the saying goes, "Few have too much and fewer have too little," and a foreigner is struck by the sweet egalitarianism that prevails, where the lowliest clerk gives you a level gaze, where Sir and Madame have disappeared from common usage, even Mr. and Mrs. It’s a nation of recyelers--about 55% ofDanish garbage gets made into something new--and no nuclear power plants. It’s a nation of tireless planners. Trains run on time. Things operate well in general. Such a nation of overaehievers--a brochure from the Ministry ofBusiness and Industry says, "Denmark is one of the world’s cleanest and most organized countries, with virtually no pollution, crime, or poverty.Denmark is the most corruption-flee society in the Northern hemisphere. " So, of course, one’s heart lifts at any sighting ofDanish sleazy. skinhead graffiti on buildings ("Foreigners Out ofDenmark!"), broken beer bottles in the gutters, drunken teenagers slumped in the park. Nonetheless, it is an orderly lanD、You drive through aDanish town, it comes to an end at a stone wall, and on the other side is a field of barley, a nice clean line: town here, country there. It is not a nation of jaywalkers. People stand on the curb and wait for the red light to change, even if it’s 2A、m. and there’s not a car in sight. However,Danes don’t think of themselves as a waiting-at-2-a, m. -for-the-green-light people-that’s how they see Swedes and Germans.Danes see themselves as jazzy people, improvisers, more free spirited than Swedes, but the truth is (though one should not say it) thatDanes are very much like Germans and Swedes. Orderliness is a main selling point.Denmark has few natural resources, limited manufacturing capability; its future inEurope will be as a broker, banker, and distributor of goods. You send your goods by container ship toCopenhagen, and these bright, young,English-speaking, utterly honest, highly disciplined people will get your goods around to Scandinavia, theBaltic States, and RussiA、Airports, seaports, highways, and rail lines are ultramodern and well-maintaineD、 The orderliness of the society doesn’t mean thatDanish lives are less messy or lonely than yours or mine, and noDane would tell you so. You can hear plenty about bitter family feuds and the sorrows of alcoholism and about perfectly sensible people who went off one day and killed themselves.An orderly society cannot exempt its members from the hazards of life. But there is a sense of entitlement and security thatDanes grow up with.Certain things are yours by virtue of citizenship, and you shouldn’t feel bad for taking what you’re entitled to, you’re as good as anyone else. The rules of the welfare system are clear to everyone, the benefits you get if you lose your job, the steps you take to get a new one; and the orderliness of the system makes it possible for the country to weat |
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| 第2题：Can the Internet help patients jump the line at the doctor’s office The Silicon ValleyEmployers Forum, a sophisticated group of technology companies, is launching a pilot program to test online "virtual visits" between doctors at three big local medical groups and about 6, 000 employees and their families. The six employers taking part in the Silicon Valley initiative, including heavy hitters such as Oracle andCisco Systems, hope that online visits will mean employees won’t have to skip work to tend to minor ailments or to follow up on chronic conditions. "With our long commutes and traffic, driving 40 miles to your doctor in your hometown can be a big chunk of time," saysCindyConway, benefits director atCadenceDesign Systems, one of the participating companies. Doctors aren’t clamoring to chat with patients online for free; they spend enough unpaid time on the phone. Only 1 in 5 has everE-mailed a patient, and just 9 percent are interested in doing so, according to the research firmCyberDialogue. "We are not stupid," says Stifling Somers, executive director of the Silicon Valley employers group. "Doctors getting paid is a critical piece in getting this to work." In the pilot program, physicians will get $ 20 per online consultation, about what they get for a simple office visit. Doctors also fear they’ll be swamped by ramblingE-mails that tell everything but what’s needed to make a diagnosis. So the new program will use technology supplied by Healinx, anAlameda,Calif.-based start-up. Healinx’s "Smart Symptom Wizard" questions patients and turns answers into a succinct message. The company has online dialogues for 60 common conditions. The doctor can then diagnose the problem and outline a treatment plan, which could includeE-mailing a prescription or a face-to-face visit. CanE-mail replace the doctor’s office Many conditions, such as persistent cough, require a stethoscope to discover what’s wrong and to avoid a malpractice suit.Even LarryBonham, head of one of the doctor’s groups in the pilot, believes the virtual doctor’s visits offer a "very narrow" sliver of service between phone calls to an advice nurse and a visit to the cliniC、 The pilot program, set to end in nine months, also hopes to determine whether online visits will boost worker productivity enough to offset the cost of the service. So far, the Internet’s record in the health field has been underwhelming. The experiment is "a huge roll of the dice for Healinx," notes MichaelBarrett, an analyst at Internet consulting firm Forester Research. If the "Web visits" succeed, expect some HMOs (Health Maintenance Organizations) to pay for online visits. If doctors, employers, and patients aren’t satisfied, figure on one moreE-health start-up to stand down. According to Paragraph 2, doctors are ______.A．reluctant to serve online for nothing B．not interested in Web consultation C．too tired to talk to the patients online D、content with $ 20 paid per Web visit |
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| 第3题：Questions 27—30 are based on the passage about sign language. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 27—30. What would a NativeAmerican do when he wanted to show that he saw many animalsA．He would run away to hide. B．He would send signals with a mirror. C．He would set a fire. D．He would ride a small horse in a large circle. |
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| 第4题： According to the author. Americans' cultural blindness and linguistic ignorance will ______. A．affect their image in the new era B．Cut themselves off from the outside world C．limit their role in world affairs D．weaken the position of the US dollar |
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| 第5题：Next to SirAndrew in the club-room sitsCaptain Sentry, a gentleman of great courage, good understanding, but invincible modesty. He is one of those that deserve very well, but are very awkward at putting their talents within the observation of such as should take notice of them. He was some years a captain, and behaved himself with great gallantry in several engagements and at several sieges; but having a small estate of his own, and being next heir to Sir Roger, he has quitted a way of life in which no man can rise suitably to his merit, who is not something of a courtier as well as a soldier. I have heard him often lament that in a profession where merit is placed in so conspicuous a view, impudence should get the better of modesty. When he had talked to this purpose; I never heard him make a sour expression, but frankly confess that he left the world because he was not fit for it. A、strict honesty, and an even regular behavior, are in themselves obstacles to him that must press through crowds, who endeavour at the same end with himself, the favor of a commander. He will, however, in his way of talk excuse generals for not disposing according to men’s desert, or inquiring into it; for, says he, that the great man who has a mind to help me, has as many, to break through to come at me, as I have to come at him. therefore he will conclude that the man who would make a figure, especially in a military way, must get over all false modesty, and assist his patron against the importunity of other pretenders, by a proper assurance in his own vindication. He says it is a civil cowardice to be backward in asserting what you ought to expect, as it is a military fear to be slow in attacking when it is your duty. With this candour does the gentleman speak of himself and others. The same frankness’ runs through all his conversation. The military part of his life has furnished him with many adventures, in the relation of which he is very agreeable to the company; for be is never overbearing, though accustomed to command men in the utmost degree below him; nor ever too obsequious, from a habit of obeying men highly above him. Captain Sentry retired to the country because he was ______. A、bitter about his rank B．Sir Roger’s heir C．too modest to be noticed by his superiors D．accustomed to obeying people above him |
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