Whatever hesays, you can be sure that he is thinking the ______(oppose).

Thestudy’sultimateaim,hesays,isto“weakenconventionalnotionsofrace”thatcauseracialprejudice.“that”means_______________________ A: weakenconventionalnotionsofrace B: conventionalnotionsofrace C: race D: ultimateaim

SoonafterstartinghisjobassupervisoroftheMemphis,Tenn.,publicschools,KrinerCashorderedanassessmentofhisnewdistrict’s104,000students.Whatmostconcernedhimwasthatthenumberofstudentsconsidered“highlymobile,”meaningtheyhadmovedatleastonceduringtheschoolyear,hadballoonedto34,000.Atleastl,500studentswerehomeless—probablymore.Itledhimtothinkoveranunusualsuggestion:Whatifthebestwaytohelpkidsinpoverty-strickenurbanneighborhoodsistogetthemout? CashisnowcallingforMemphistocreatearesidential.schoolfor300to400kidswhoseparentsareinfinancialdistress.Hisproposalisattheforefront(最前线)ofabroadernationaltrend.Publicboardingschoolsarehardlyanewconcept.Butpubliclyfinancingboardingschoolsforinnercitykidsisaverydifferentsuggestion. IfCash’sdreambecomesareality,itwillprobablylookalotlikeSEED(SchoolsforEducationalEvolutionandDevelopment),whose320studentsliveoncampusfivedaysaweek. Perhapstheprovocative(引起争论的)aspectofCash’sproposalistofocusonstudentsingrade3through5.Homelessnessisgrowingsharplyamongkidsatthatcriticalage,whenmuchoftheireducationalfoundationisset,Cashsays.Hisaim:topreventilliteracyandclearotherlearningroadblocksearly,sotheproblem“won’tmigrateintomiddleandhighschool.”Studentswillremainoncampusyear-round.“Itsoundsveryexciting,butthedevilisinthedetails”saysEllenBassuk,presidentoftheNationalCenteronFamilyHomelessnessinNewton,Mass.“What’sitliketoseparateathird-orfifth-graderfromtheirparents?” ItmayhelptoconsidertheexperienceofSEEDstudentMansurMuhammad,17.Whenhearrivedsevenyearsago,thefirstfewweeksweretough.ButMuhammadhasn’tlookedback.Hemaintainsa8.2GPAandreshelvesbooksintheschool’slibraryfor$160everycoupleofdays,whenhe’snotinhisroomlisteningtoraporclassicalmusicandwritingpoetry.Inspiredbyateacher,Muhammadisworkingonabook.“Itwasalongroadformetogethere,”hesays,“andIhavealongwaytogo.” “Inner-citykids”aremostprobablychildrenwho_____.

SoonafterstartinghisjobassupervisoroftheMemphis,Tenn.,publicschools,KrinerCashorderedanassessmentofhisnewdistrict’s104,000students.Whatmostconcernedhimwasthatthenumberofstudentsconsidered“highlymobile,”meaningtheyhadmovedatleastonceduringtheschoolyear,hadballoonedto34,000.Atleastl,500studentswerehomeless—probablymore.Itledhimtothinkoveranunusualsuggestion:Whatifthebestwaytohelpkidsinpoverty-strickenurbanneighborhoodsistogetthemout? CashisnowcallingforMemphistocreatearesidential.schoolfor300to400kidswhoseparentsareinfinancialdistress.Hisproposalisattheforefront(最前线)ofabroadernationaltrend.Publicboardingschoolsarehardlyanewconcept.Butpubliclyfinancingboardingschoolsforinnercitykidsisaverydifferentsuggestion. IfCash’sdreambecomesareality,itwillprobablylookalotlikeSEED(SchoolsforEducationalEvolutionandDevelopment),whose320studentsliveoncampusfivedaysaweek. Perhapstheprovocative(引起争论的)aspectofCash’sproposalistofocusonstudentsingrade3through5.Homelessnessisgrowingsharplyamongkidsatthatcriticalage,whenmuchoftheireducationalfoundationisset,Cashsays.Hisaim:topreventilliteracyandclearotherlearningroadblocksearly,sotheproblem“won’tmigrateintomiddleandhighschool.”Studentswillremainoncampusyear-round.“Itsoundsveryexciting,butthedevilisinthedetails”saysEllenBassuk,presidentoftheNationalCenteronFamilyHomelessnessinNewton,Mass.“What’sitliketoseparateathird-orfifth-graderfromtheirparents?” ItmayhelptoconsidertheexperienceofSEEDstudentMansurMuhammad,17.Whenhearrivedsevenyearsago,thefirstfewweeksweretough.ButMuhammadhasn’tlookedback.Hemaintainsa8.2GPAandreshelvesbooksintheschool’slibraryfor$160everycoupleofdays,whenhe’snotinhisroomlisteningtoraporclassicalmusicandwritingpoetry.Inspiredbyateacher,Muhammadisworkingonabook.“Itwasalongroadformetogethere,”hesays,“andIhavealongwaytogo.” WhatdidCashIntendtodowiththekidsinpoverty-strickenurbanneighborhoodsto“getthemout”?

SoonafterstartinghisjobassupervisoroftheMemphis,Tenn.,publicschools,KrinerCashorderedanassessmentofhisnewdistrict’s104,000students.Whatmostconcernedhimwasthatthenumberofstudentsconsidered“highlymobile,”meaningtheyhadmovedatleastonceduringtheschoolyear,hadballoonedto34,000.Atleastl,500studentswerehomeless—probablymore.Itledhimtothinkoveranunusualsuggestion:Whatifthebestwaytohelpkidsinpoverty-strickenurbanneighborhoodsistogetthemout? CashisnowcallingforMemphistocreatearesidential.schoolfor300to400kidswhoseparentsareinfinancialdistress.Hisproposalisattheforefront(最前线)ofabroadernationaltrend.Publicboardingschoolsarehardlyanewconcept.Butpubliclyfinancingboardingschoolsforinnercitykidsisaverydifferentsuggestion. IfCash’sdreambecomesareality,itwillprobablylookalotlikeSEED(SchoolsforEducationalEvolutionandDevelopment),whose320studentsliveoncampusfivedaysaweek. Perhapstheprovocative(引起争论的)aspectofCash’sproposalistofocusonstudentsingrade3through5.Homelessnessisgrowingsharplyamongkidsatthatcriticalage,whenmuchoftheireducationalfoundationisset,Cashsays.Hisaim:topreventilliteracyandclearotherlearningroadblocksearly,sotheproblem“won’tmigrateintomiddleandhighschool.”Studentswillremainoncampusyear-round.“Itsoundsveryexciting,butthedevilisinthedetails”saysEllenBassuk,presidentoftheNationalCenteronFamilyHomelessnessinNewton,Mass.“What’sitliketoseparateathird-orfifth-graderfromtheirparents?” ItmayhelptoconsidertheexperienceofSEEDstudentMansurMuhammad,17.Whenhearrivedsevenyearsago,thefirstfewweeksweretough.ButMuhammadhasn’tlookedback.Hemaintainsa8.2GPAandreshelvesbooksintheschool’slibraryfor$160everycoupleofdays,whenhe’snotinhisroomlisteningtoraporclassicalmusicandwritingpoetry.Inspiredbyateacher,Muhammadisworkingonabook.“Itwasalongroadformetogethere,”hesays,“andIhavealongwaytogo.” AccordingtoCash,Grades3through5________.

SECTION5:READINGTEST(30minutes)<br/>Directions:<em>ReadthefollowingpassagesandthenanswerINCOMPLETESENTENCESthequestionswhichfolloweachpassage.UseonlyinformationfromthepassageyouhavejustreadandwriteyouranswerinthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.</em><br/><em>Questions1~4</em><br/>AFormercolleaguerelishedtellingmelastweekabouttwoforthcomingnewadditionstothepopulation.Hiswifeisfittopopwithidenticaltwingirls.<br/>Heandoursisterpublication,TheTimes,gotmethinking:couldthetwinslivetobe150?Times2posedthisveryquestionalongsideaphotographofathumb-suckingnewborn.Decrepitudeisnolongerinevitable,itsaid.Sciencewillhelpustostoptherot.Thereis,somescientistssay,arealDorianGrayamongus—someonewho,throughamixtureofgoodgenes,healthylifestyleandtimelymedicalinterventions,willgivetheimpressionofstayingyoungthroughoutanextraordinarilylonglife.<br/>Iwasstillponderingthelikelihoodoflivingto150whenIwaspresentedwithanotherbigquestion:justhowdidDerrenBrowndoit?Inatelevisionstunt,heclaimedtohavepredictedthesixwinningLottonumbers,sparkinganonlineguessinggameabouthowitwasachieved.&nbsp;Indeed,”DerrenBrown”and“lottery”werethetwotopsearched-forkeywordsonthewebthatleduserstotimesonline.co.uk.Dozensoftheorieswereoffered—fromcameratrickerytosimplesleightofhand.<br/>Evenactuarieswerespeakingaboutit.CliveGrimley,apartneratBarnettWaddingham,boughtintothemostpopulartheory.“AccordingtosomeoneonYouTube,heusedsplit-screentechnologytogivetheimpressionthattheballswereintheliveshot,wheninfacttheywereastaticimage,”hemused.“Theleft-handsideo&#91;thescreen,whichshowedthenumberedballsinarow,wasafrozenimage.Inreality,anassistantwasputtingthebailsinplaceduringthe30-seconddelaybetweenthembeingdrawnandBrownrevealinghisnumbers.LikeEdwardNortoninTheIllusionist,it’sallatrick.“Justasillusory,hesays,areprotectionsofretirementincome.Pensionerstodaycanexpecttospendathirdoftheirlivesinretirement—afigurethatcouldgrowtohalfourlifeormore,aswealldielater.<br/>Itmaysoundgoodintheory,butGrimleyhassomesoberingviews:thestatepensionagewillhavetorocket,agrowingnumberofpeoplewillbeforcedtotake“theglidepath”—graduallywindingdownintoretirementratherthanstoppingworkaltogetherimmediately—andtheonusforfundingourlatteryearswillincreasinglyfallonourownshoulders.TheNHSwillcrumbleunderthepressure,with100-pluspensionersbatteringdownthedoorsatdoctors’surgeries.<br/>Earlyevidencestacksuphisargument.Itisalreadyproposedthatthestatepensionageforwomenwillriseto65by2020,makingitequaltothatofmen.Forbothsexes,itwillriseto68by2046.Thatwillhefarfromsufficient,though.“Increasestostateretirementagearegoingtohavetobefairlyradical—Idon’tthinkanyonewantstoadmitjusthowradical,”saidGrimley.<br/>Whenyoureachthemagicage-whateverthatmayhe—youcouldbesorelydisappointed.TheInstituteofDirectorssaidlastweekthatthegovernmentshouldfreezethestatepensiontohelpcutitsgrowingbudgetdeficit,andfreezes—orcuts—couldsoonbecomethenorm.<br/>Howmuchyoustandtogetfrompersonalpensionsavingscouldbeashock,too:Annuityrateshavedroppedalmost10%sincelastsummer,pusheddownbythegovernment’sattemptstoreflatetheeconomy.Ithaspumped$175billionintothefinancialsystembybuyingupgilts.Thishaspushedgiltpricesupandyieldsdownbyasmuchas50to100basispoints,anditisthesethatdetermineannuityrates.<br/>Moreover,thesortofincomeyoucanexpectfromyourpensionpotisalsodeterminedbylifeexpectancy.Clearly,thelongeryou’reexpectedtolive,thelowertheannuityrate.Threedecadesago,in1980,benchmarkannuityratesfora65-year-oldmanwerealmost16%.Today,they’relessthanhalfthatat7%—knocking$9,000ayearoffwhatyou’dgetfora$100,000pot.Whatifinanother30yearsthey’rejust3%?Thatwouldknockoffanother$4,000,givingyouapitiful$3,000ayearforevery$100,000ofpensionsavings.Nevermindthetwins.I’dbettergetonwithcrackingthecodeforpredictingthenumbersofthoseLottoballs.<br/>1.Whydoestheauthorintroducethetopicofthelikelihoodoflivingto150atthebeginningofthepassage?<br/>2.Whatis“theglidepath”(para.5)?Whatisthepossibleeffectoftaking“theglidepath”?<br/>3.WhydoestheauthormentionthepredictionofLottonumbersinthepassage?<br/>4.GiveabriefsummaryoftheissueofpersonalpensionsavingsintheUnitedKingdomintroducedinthepassage.