Cara Lang is 13. She lives in Boston, Massachus英语翻译

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Rick goes to Boston ___ 1 ___ a meeting. The meeting is in Prince’s Building on ___ 2 ___ Street, and Rick wants to be there on time. However, it is Rick’s first time to visit the city, ___ 3 ___ he doesn’t know his way around. When he sees an old couple sitting on a bench, he goes up to ask for ___ 4 ___. The couple kindly tell Rick to ___ 5 ___ the underground and to get ___ 6 ___ at Prince Station. Rick follows their direction, gets off at Prince Station and walks east for two blocks. An hour later, he is disappointed(失望的) to find that he is ___ 7 ___ 41st Street, not 44th Street. The ___ 8 ___ misheard(听错) him and gave him the __ _9_ __ direction. Another hour later, when a policeman takes him back, he sees the old couple again. They are still ___ 10 ___ on the bench, right in front of Prince’s Building.

小题1:	A．of B．for C．at D．in

小题2:	A．4th B．41st C．45th D．44th

小题3:	A．so B．because C．but D．or

小题4:	A．time B．meeting C．direction D．bus

小题5:	A．go B．leave C．get D．take

小题6:	A．on B．off C．to D．up

小题7:	A．up B．down C．on D．to

小题8:	A．man B．woman C．policeman D．old couple

小题9:	A．right B．wrong C．old D．new

小题10:

A．eating B．talking C．playing D．sitting

---Although she didn’t know Boston well, she made her way _______to the Home Circle Building.
　

A．easy enough

B．enough easy

C．enough easily

D．easily enough

A neighbor of mine, while visiting his mother in Boston, took her to a shoe store to buy a new pair of shoes. While she was trying on different styles, my neighbor took the manager aside. “When she picks out a pair that she likes,” he said, “Just tell her that the price is 12 dollars. I’ll pay the regular(正常的)price. I don’t care how much it is.”
The following week, my neighbor was walking by the shoe store and the manager recognized him and called him in.
“What’s the problem?” asked my neighbor as he entered the store.
“Wasn’t my check any good?”
“That’s not it,” answered the manager, “The problem is that your mother is bringing all her friends in for those 12-dollar shoes!”
小题1:My neighbor went to Boston ________.

A．to buy shoes for his mother

B．to see his mother

C．to pay for the shoes he had bought for his mother

D．to see the manager of the shoe store

小题2:The regular price my neighbor had paid must be _______.

A．12 dollars	B．lower than 12 dollars
C．higher than 12 dollars	D．unknown to himself at all

小题3:It seems very probable that my neighbor wanted to _______.

A．please his mother	B．cheat his mother
C．cheat the manager	D．please his mother’s friends

小题4:The manager called my neighbor in when he saw him because______.

A．he didn’t have enough shoes for his customers(顾客)

B．my neighbor’s mother had taken a wrong pair of shoes

C．there was something wrong with his check

D．he found it hard to satisfy his customers

小题5:What do we know about the character(个性) of my neighbor’s mother?

A．She would like to buy expensive things.

B．She would like to buy cheap things.

C．She would like to help others when they’re in trouble.

D．She would like to have her son pay for her shopping.

Abby Subark is a mother of two from Boston. “For my kids, I’m nervous. I don’t know if they’ll be able to achieve their American dream.” She may be right. More than hard work or education, the best way to get rich in America is to be born rich.
It is the case that somebody who is in the upper third of income, poor scores, in the bottom on tests when they are in eighth grade, is more likely to go to college and finish college than a poor kid with the top scores. That’s what the working persons’ children are up against.
The Economic Policy Institute finds it would take a poor couple with 2 children 9 or 10 generations to achieve middle class status. That’s about 200 years. The hallmark (特征) of American opportunity has always been the ability to do better than your parents. But compared with similar developed countries, the United States ranks fifth out of six for so-called intergenerational mobility (变动).
If you look at the mechanisms (机制) for upward mobility that were so readily available 50 years ago, they are becoming out of reach, like plentiful factory jobs with good wages and affordable education and health care.
White families are twice as likely as blacks to be upwardly mobile. For most people in America today, where you end up depends on where you start.
If you started in the middle-income class, about 40 to 45 percent of what you are making right now is due to the fact that your parents were in the middle-income class. The rest is up to you.
But for the millions of people who find themselves below the poverty line and the millions more who are the working poor, their starting point for the American dream leaves them painfully far away from the middle class.
小题1:The main idea of the passage is _______.

A．How the middle class comes about in the U.S.

B．It’s hard to realize the American dream for the poor.

C．Wealth and social status depend on family background.

D．Upward mobility in America is never easy.

小题2:Which of the statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．People used to have job opportunities and welfare for upward mobility.

B．A great many poor people can hardly realize their American dream.

C．You can make all your dreams come true in America if born rich.

D．Rich kids are more likely to go to college than poor kids.

小题3:The underlined sentence “where you end up depends on where you start” most probably means _______.

A．Your starting point cannot determine your destination.

B．Only a high goal can ensure success.

C．One’s birth has nothing to do with his fate.

D．One’s family lays solid foundation for his future achievements.

小题4:Why is Abby Subark nervous?

A．Her kids don’t want to compare with other rich kids in achievements.

B．Her kids don’t want to achieve success at all.

C．Her kids can achieve success through hard work and education.

D．Her kids can’t reach their goal without a rich family.

小题5:What can we infer after reading the passage?　

A．Poverty causes people much pain.

B．People below the poverty line can never be in the middle class.

C．Lower starting point makes it hard for people to realize their dream.

D．Poor people’s starting point is too low.