2005年12月大学英语四级试题(B卷)
t’s finances. Coffman says he wants to know whether district officials hid the budget shortage until after the November election., when voters approved a $212 million bond issue for schools.
In Frederick, students’ parents are buying classroom supplies and offering to pay for groceries and utilities to keep first-year teachers and principals in their jobs.
Some $36,000 has been raised in donations from Safeway. A Chevrolet dealership donated $10,000 and forgave the district’s $10,750 bill for renting the driver educating cars. IBM contributed 4,500 packs of paper.
“We employ thousands of people in this community,” said Mitch Carson, a hospital chief executive, who helped raise funds. “We have children in the school, and we see how they could be affected.”
At Creek High School, three students started a website that displays newspaper articles, district information and an email forum(论坛)。
“Rumors about what’s happening to the district are moving at lighting speed,” said a student. “We wanted to know the truth, and spread that around instead.”
36.What has happened to the Vrain School District?
A)Lots of teachers in the district are planning to quit.
B)Many administrative personnel have been laid off.
C)A huge financial problem has arisen.
D)Many schools there are mismanaged.
37.How did the residents in the Vrain School District respond to the budget shortage?
A) They demanded a through investigation.
B) They pooled their efforts to help solve it.
C) They accused those responsible for it.
D)They felt somewhat helpless about it.
38.In the view of State Treasurer Mike Coffman, the educational budget shortage is_________.
A)irreversible
B)insolvable
C)unavoidable
D)unthinkable
39.Why did Coffman request an investigation?
A)To make sure that the school principals were innocent.
B)To see if there was a deliberate cover-up of the problem.
C)To find out the extent of the consequences of the case.
D)To stop the voters approving the $212 million bong issue.
40.Three high school students started a website in order to__________.
A)keep people properly informed of the crisis
B)expose officials who neglected their duties
C)appeal to the public for contributions and donations
D)attract greater public attention to their needs
Part III Vocabulary (20minutes)
41."This light is too______ for me to read by. Don’t we have a brighter bulb some where": said the elderly man.
A) dim B) slight C)mild D)minute
42.The more a nation's companies _______factories abroad, the smaller that country's recorded exports will be.
A)lie B) locate C)spot D)stand
43.Mr.Smith asked his secretary to ______a new paragraph in the annual report she was typing.
A) invade B)install C)insert D)inject
44.The old paper mil
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