第3部分：概括大意与完成句子(第23～30题，每题1分，共8分)

　　下面这篇短文后有2项测试任务：(1)第23～26题要求从所给的6个选取项中为第1～4段选择1个正确的小标题;(2)第27～30题材要求从所给的6个选项中选择4个正确选项，分别完成每个句子。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

　　English and English Community

　　1　There is no doubt that English is a useful language. The people who speak English today make up the largest speech community in the world with the exception of speakers of Chinese.

　　2　A speech community is similar to other kinds of communities. The people who make up the community share a common language. Often they live side by side, as they-do in a neighborhood (街坊), a village, or a city. More often they form a whole country. National boundaries, however, are not always the same as the boundaries of a speech community. A speech community is any group of people who speak the same language no matter where they happen to live.

　　3　We may say that anyone who speaks English belongs to the English speech community. For convenience (方便), we may divide the speakers into two groups: one in which the speakers use English as their native language, the other in which the speakers learn English as a second language for the purpose of education, commerce, and so on.

　　4　Learning a second language extends one's vision and expands the mind. The history and literature of a second language record the real and fictional (虚构的) lives of people and their culture; a knowledge of them adds to our ability to understand and to feel as they feel. Learning English as a second language provides another means of communication through which the window of the entire English speech community becomes a part of our heritage.

　　23 Paragraph 1　　　　　.

　　24 Paragraph 2　　　　　.

　　25 Paragraph 3　　　　　.

　　26 Paragraph 4　　　　　.

　　A　Threat Posed by English

　　B　Definition of a Speech Community

　　C　Benefits of Learning a Second Language

　　D　Advantages of Learning Chinese

　　E　Two Groups of the English Speech Community

　　F　A Widely Used Language

　　27 Overall there are more speakers of Chinese than of　　　　　.

　　28 The boundaries of a speech community may be different from　　　　　.

　　29 People who live in different places may belong to　　　　　.

　　30 Many people learn English as　　　　　.

　　A　a second language

　　B　the same language

　　C　the same speech community

　　D　any other language

　　E　national boundaries

　　F　a part of one's heritage

　　第4部分：阅读理解(第31～45题，每题3分，共45分)

　　下面有3篇短文，每篇幅短文后有5道题，每题材后面有4个选项。请仔细阅读短文并根据短文回答其后面的问题，从4个选项中选择一个最佳答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

　　第一篇

　　U.S. Blacks Hard-hit by Cancer

　　Death rates for cancer are falling for all Americans, but black Americans are still more likely to die of cancer than whites, the American Cancer Society said Monday.

　　In a special report on cancer and blacks, the organization said blacks are usually diagnosed with cancer later than whites, and they are more likely to die of the disease.

　　This could be because of unequal (不平等的) access to medical care, because blacks are more likely to have other diseases as well, and perhaps because of differences in the biology (生物学) of the cancer itself, the report added.

　　"In general, black Americans have less hope of surviving five years after diagnosis than whites for all cancer sites' and all stages of diagnosis," the report said.

　　"In describing cancer statistics for black Americans, this report recognizes that many of the differences associated with race may be caused by unfair social and economic differences and unequal access to medical care."

　　The cancer society said blacks should be encouraged to get check-ups (体格检查) earlier, when cancer is more treatable, and it Said more research is needed to see if biological differences play a role.

　　"The new statistics emphasize the continuing importance of wiping out these unfair social differences through public policy and education efforts," the organization said in a statement.

　　But it also noted a drop in cancer death rates.

　　"Cancer death rates in both sexes; for all sites combined have dropped greatly among black Americans since 1992, as have incidence rates (发生率)," said the report.

　　31 Black Americans are more likely to die of cancer than

　　A　people in other countries.

　　B　white Americans.

　　C　all other Americans.

　　D　their ancestors.

　　32 Which may NOT be a reason for higher cancer death rates among US blacks?

　　A　Unequal access to medical care.

　　B　Greater probability of having other diseases.

　　C　Differences in the biology of the cancer.

　　D　Early diagnosis.

　　33 Cancer is more treatable if it is detected

　　A　in an early stage.

　　B　in a late stage:

　　C　all of a sudden.

　　D　together with other diseases.

　　34 Public policy and education efforts may help to do away with

　　A　death rates.

　　B　various cancers.

　　C　unfair social differences.

　　D　biological differences.

　　35 Since 1992, cancer death rates among black Americans

　　A　have been going up and down.

　　B　have remained stable. C　have increased.

　　D　have fallen.