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As always, I am pleased to be here at the National Press Club for my (1) Speech. This is the seventh time I have had the (2) to give this speech, and over the years I have talked about a wide range of issues: (3) , reading, setting high expectations, improving the teaching profession, and (4) the American high school -- to name just a few.
I have just returned from a five-day, (5) tour of schools in rural America. We started in Monroe, Louisiana, and finished (6) later in Paducah, Kentucky. What I noticed most about the trip was the weather. Every time I (7) my Success Express School Bus, the local people who came to greet me (8) that the record for (9) had just been broken in their community. In each place, the temperature was always between (10) degrees.
Now, I have very good people on my staff. But the next time we plan a (11) , I’m going to have a (12) on my staff. I took this bus trip through rural America to make an important point that the (13) of children in our nation’s small towns cannot be ignored. Twenty-five percent of all our school children live in (14) all over America.
When it comes to our children, let’s always remember that children everywhere have (15) and (16) . Yet, schools in small towns too often have to (17) because of limited resources and a (18) . On my trip I put a p focus on the issues that matter in rural America, with a particular emphasis on (19) schools, reducing class size, and overcoming the (20) .

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参考答案:great ambitious

解析:

[分析]: 名词短语。 该短语意为“远大志向”。本题考查并列结构。本句中and后要求填入名词短语与其前面的big dreams形式并列,意义相同。

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In the early 80’s, I walked across the Burrard Bridge in Vancouver. Not alone, however. With me were more than 50,000 persons, mostly of my generation, on the Walk for Peace. Loving peace, I think, is one of three important qualities of my generation. 

That desire for peace has been an important characteristic of my generation for a long time. I grew up in the 60’s and early 70’s. At that time, many of us took part in demonstrations(示威游行) against the Vietnam War. Many people of my generation have devoted their lives to world peace, and lately we have seen success: US and Russian nuclear weapons are half their 1980 levels and nuclear disarmament(裁减军备) is agreed upon worldwide. 

Another characteristic of my generation is our participation in the “marriage revolution”. We were the first generation that had access to safe and reliable birth control. The idea of “free love” made it easier for men and women to safely express their love before marriage. The marriage revolution gave us power, especially to women, and the world was changed forever. 

The most important characteristic, however, is that many of us are deeply concerned about the environment. The results of my generation’s activities can be seen everywhere.

Although not all of us have participated, it is sure that we will continue to have a large impact on North America. We are nearing 50 years old, an age where people of my generation will become successful in politics and then, who knows what changes will come.

59. Which of the following does not belong to the characteristics of the author’s generation?

A. Travelling peacefully.            B. The wish for peace.

C. Belief in the idea of “free love”.   D. Protecting the environment.

60. “My generation” may be people born between ________.

A. the 50s and 60s                             B. the 60s and 70s

C. the 70s and 80s                                  D. the 80s and 90s

61. The passage implies that ________.

A. most of the author’s generation died for world peace

B. all the countries agreed to remove the nuclear weapons

C. the demonstrations against the Vietnam War achieved success

D. some of the author’s generation may have greater influence on the country