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Passage 1
I got my first driver’s license(执照) in 1953 by taking driver education in my first year at Central High School in charlotte, North Carolina. Four years later when it was time to renew my license I was a married woman. Henry and I were living in Baltimore, Maryland. Two weeks before my 20th birthday. Henry drove me to the motor vehicle office on a hot July afternoon. When I got to the office and showed to the man behind the counter my North Carolina driver’s license ready to renew, the man told me that I was under age by Maryland law since I was not yet 21. “Mr. Henry Smith, your husband, will have to sign for you,” he said.
I argued, pointing to a very large belly of mine, “I am married. I am having a baby. Why should I have to have someone sign for me to drive?’ He answered coldly, “it’s the law, madam?”
Henry encouraged me to calm down, just go ahead and get the license and be done with it.
“No” I said. I refused to have him sign for me. So I left without a Maryland license.
I called the North Carolina Motor Vehicle Office and renewed my NC license by mail—using my name Susan Brown. And thus it was for the next twelve years. Since Henry was in the army I could drive under my home state license. By the time Henry
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www.100xuexi.com 圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 left the army we were once again living in Maryland and I had to take the Maryland driver’s exam. Since then I just go in and renew every four years — sign the name Susan Brown have my new picture taken, and walk out with a license to drive. 1. Susan got her first driver's license_____. A. before she got married to Henry B. when she was twenty years old C. after she finished high school D. when she just moved to Maryland
2. Susan failed to renew her license the first time in Maryland because_____. A. she was forbidden to drive by Maryland law B. she lacked driving experience in Maryland C. she was to give birth to a baby soon D. she insisted on signing for herself
3. We can infer from the text that in the U.S. _____. A. American males should serve in the army B. different states my have different laws
C. people have to renew their licenses in their home states
D. women should adopt their husbands’ family names after marriage
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www.100xuexi.com 【文章大意】
圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 Susan在高中一年级时就考取了北卡罗来纳州的驾照，可是当她后来搬到了马里兰州想重新申请驾照时，却因未达到法定年龄而只能用其丈夫的名字申请。但她拒绝了这种申请方式。在若干年后她才申请到了有着自己签名的马里兰州的驾照。
答案详解
1.A 细节理解题。根据第一段第一句可知Susan在1953年也就是在高中一年级时就考取
了驾照。故A项正确。
2.D 细节理解题。根据文章第三段可知Susan坚持要签自己的名字，而非让丈夫代签，所
以最后离开了，并没有拿到马里兰州的驾照，即D项正确。
3.B 推理判断题。文章第一段提到Susan在高中时就在北卡罗来纳州取得了驾照；而在马
里兰州必须满21岁才能拿到驾照，故可推断在美国不同的州有不同的法律。
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Passage 2
圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 About twenty of us had been fortunate enough to receive invitations to a film-studio(影棚) to take part in a crowd-scene. Although our \for a short time, we could see quite a number of interesting things.
We all stood at the far end of the studio as workmen prepared the scene, setting up trees at the edge of a winding path. Very soon, bright lights were turned on and the big movie-camera was wheeled into position. The director shouted something to the camera operator and then went to speak to the two famous actors nearby. Since it was hot in the studio, it came as a surprise to us to see one of the actors put on a heavy overcoat and start walking along the path. A big fan began blowing tiny white feathers down on him, and soon the trees were covered in \trees. The picture looked so real that it made us feel cold.
The next scene was a complete contrast (对比). The way it was filmed was quite unusual. Pictures taken on an island in the Pacific were shown on a glass screen (幕). An actor and actress stood in front of the scene so that they looked as if they were at the water’s edge on an island. By a simple trick like this, palm trees, sandy beaches, and blue, clear skies had been brought into the studio!
Since it was our turn next, we were left wondering what scene would be prepared for us. For a full three minutes in our lives we would be experiencing the excitement of being film “stars”!
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www.100xuexi.com 1. Who is the author? A. A cameraman. B. A film director. C. A crowd-scene actor.
圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 D. A workman for scene setting. 2. What made the author feel cold? A. The heavy snowfall. B. The man-made scene. C. The low temperature. D. The film being shown.
3. What would happen in the \A. A new scene would be filmed. B. More stars would act in the film. C. The author would leave the studio. D. The next scene would be prepared.
【文章大意】
本文讲述了作者作为群众演员在摄影棚里的新奇体验。第一个是风雪交加的场景，虽然
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