2012年上海市长宁区高三英语一模试卷 (1)(3)

graduate.

65.What is the aim of this Finance Park?

A . To raise enough money for the secondary schools in Virginia.

B. To enable students to apply money management knowledge to practice.

C. To provide students in Virginia with special chances for Advanced Placement.

D. To direct students in Washington,D.C. to learn more about money management.

66.Who is expected to spend a whole day in the Finance Park?

A .Young people all over Virginia.

B. Junior students in Washington,D.C.

C. Eighth graders in Fairfax County.

D. Eighth graders' parents in Virginia.

67.What can we learn from this passage?

A . Extra curriculum is necessary in secondary schools.

B. Fairfax County Public Schools set a good example.

C. An organization helps youth in U.S. for financial success.

D. Financial Literacy is very popular in Washington,D.C.

68.It can be inferred from the passage that _________________.

A . Alice Reilly developed a budget for 18 items in the Finance Park.

B. ED Grenier was against building more finance parks in U.S.A.

C. Sam did quite well in managing his budge in the Finance Park.

D. Anthony came to know that adult life wasn't as good as expected.

(B)

The American Family Immigration History Center is an exciting new interactive area at the Ellis

Island Immigration Museum where more than 100 million Americans may search for their

family’s beginnings in the New World. Now, for the first time, the passengers records of the ships

that landed some 22 million immigrants, crewmembers and other passengers at the Port of New

York and Ellis Island from 1892 to 1924 have been computerized, making it easier than ever to

discover your own family history.

Five years in the making, the center was developed and funded by the Statue of the

Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc., which was responsible for the restoration and preservation

of the Statue of the Liberty and Ellis Island, and the creation of the Immigration Museum.

For visitors to the Museum, the excitement begins at a welcoming kiosk where you can enter

ancestors’ names and see if their arrival records are included in the database and are available in

the History Center in the Museum’s West Wing. Once inside the Center itself, in the very place

where your ancestors (grand-grandparents) may have ended their long journey, you and your

family can log on the one of 41 computers, type in name, and, within seconds, set in motion your

own special journey of discovery.

Imagine the excitement you’ll share with your family as you use the latest technology to sort

through a vast computerized archive(档案馆) with millions of records, and see your family’s own

personal story in America come to life before your eyes.

Millions of hours were spent creating this vast database and, if you find your ancestors’ names,

you’ll discover answers to questions you’ve always wondered about… What ship did my family

members take? When did they arrive? How old were they? Were they married? Then, take these

valuable records and create your own Family History Scrapbook, preserving forever the story of

the past while keeping the legacy of your family alive.

69.Why is it easier for visitors to find their family histories in the History Center?

A . More clerks are employed there.

B. All of its documents are computerized.

C. Facilities of the museum are restored.

D. Workers are more creative than before.

70.Who sponsors the restoration of the American Family Immigration History Center?

A. Families whose family histories are kept here.

B.National Park Service in the United States.

C.Local government and visitors to the Museum.

D.The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.

71.The word "kiosk" in the passage is most probably_______________.

A . a museum assistant B. an advertisement C. a self-service device D. a receptionist

(C)

German Prime Minister Otto Von Bismarck may be most famous for his military and diplomatic

talent, but his contributions includes many of today’s social insurance programs. During the

middle of the 19th century, Germany, along with other European nations, experienced an

unprecedented rash of workplace deaths and accidents as a result of growing industrialization.

Motivated in part by Christian sympathy for the helpless as well as a practical political impulse(冲

动) to get the support of the socialist labor movement, Chancellor Bismarck created the world’s

first workers’ compensation（赔偿） law in 1884.

By 1908, the United States was the only industrial nation in the world that lacked workers’

compensation insurance. America’s injured workers could sue for damages in a court of law, but

they still faced a number of tough legal barriers. For example, employees had to prove that their

injuries directly resulted from employer negligence and that they themselves were ignorant about

potential hazards in the workplace. The first state workers’ compensation law in this country

passed in 1911, and the program soon spread throughout the nation.

After World War II, benefit payments to American workers did not keep up with the cost of

living. In fact, real benefit levels were lower in the 1970s than they were in the 1940s, and in most

states the maximum benefit was below the poverty level for a family of four. In 1970, President

Richard Nixon set up a national commission to study the problems of workers’ compensation. Two

years later, the commission issued 19 key recommendations, including one that called for

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