单选题Passage1When American soldiers return home from war with disabilities, they often suffer twice-first from their combat injuries, next from the humiliation of government dependency.Wounded veterans learn they have two basic choices: They can receive almost $3,000 month in disability benefits along with medical care and access to other various welfare programs, or they can try to find a job. Especially in this economy, it's no wonder that many find that first option hard to turn down.Mark Duggan, an economics professor at Stanford University, reports that enrollment in U.S. veterans' disability programs rose from 2.3 million in 2001 to 3.9 million in 2014. The percentage of veterans receiving benefits doubled, from 8.9% in 2001 to 18% in 2014. Disability services for veterans now consume $59 billion of the $151 billion department of Veterans Affairs budget.In the 1980s and 1990s, male veterans were more likely to be in the labor force than non-veterans. But since 2000, that has changed dramatically. Now there is a 4% gap between veteran and non-veteran labor participation, with veteran participation lower.Navy SEAL Eric Greitens, founder of The Mission Continues, explains how soldiers who served their country are transformed into welfare receivers who live off their country.When veterans come home from war they are going through a tremendous change in identity, he says.Then the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and others, encourage them to view themselves as disabled.By the time they come to Greitens' non-profit organization,We meet a number of veterans who see themselves as charity cases and are not sure anymore what they have to contribute.There are also more practical factors driving the disability boom. One is the expansion of qualification criteria. In 2000, for instance, type 2 diabetes was added as a disability because of evidence linking exposure to Agent Orange with the onset of the disease. Heart disease has also been added to the list.Another possible factor is that younger veterans seem less against welfare than their parents'generation. Veterans who have served since the 1990s are much more likely to sign up for disability than their older counterparts;1 in 4 younger veterans is on disability, versus just 1 in 7 of those over age 54.We shouldn't go back to the bad-old days when veterans were afraid to admit weakness. But Lt. Col. Daniel Gade is one of many veterans who think our disability system is harmful psychologically, to former soldiers. Gade lost his leg in combat in 2005 and now teaches at West Point. He recently gave a talk to disabled veterans at Ft. Carson, Colo., in which he urged them to rejoin the workforce.People who stay home because they are getting paid enough to get by on disability are worse off,he warned.They are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol. They are more likely to live alone.What a waste of human potential, especially since most veterans on disability still have their prime working years ahead of them when they' re discharged.We could solve this problem by changing the way we view-and label-veterans with disabilities. As Gade noted in a recent article,Veterans should be viewed as resources, not as damaged goods.He recommended that efforts to help veterans should begin by recognizing their abilities rather than focusing only on their disabilities, and should serve the ultimate aim of moving wounded soldiers to real self-sufficiency.On a more practical note, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs could reallocate resources to spend more on job training and less on disability. Current placement programs are sadly inadequate.We are good at sending soldiers off to war. Yet when these young men and women return home, they are essentially told,We' ll give you enough for a reasonably comfortable life, but we won't help you find a job.It is unreasonable that we are condemning thousands of young veterans who served their country to life on the dole rather than enabling them to reenter the workforce with the necessary accommodations.What is the author's attitude toward current placement programs？AReasonable.BPositive.CNeutral.DCritical.
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Passage1When American soldiers return home from war with disabilities, they often suffer twice-first from their combat injuries, next from the humiliation of government dependency.Wounded veterans learn they have two basic choices: They can receive almost $3,000 month in disability benefits along with medical care and access to other various welfare programs, or they can try to find a job. Especially in this economy, it's no wonder that many find that first option hard to turn down.Mark Duggan, an economics professor at Stanford University, reports that enrollment in U.S. veterans' disability programs rose from 2.3 million in 2001 to 3.9 million in 2014. The percentage of veterans receiving benefits doubled, from 8.9% in 2001 to 18% in 2014. Disability services for veterans now consume $59 billion of the $151 billion department of Veterans Affairs budget.In the 1980s and 1990s, male veterans were more likely to be in the labor force than non-veterans. But since 2000, that has changed dramatically. Now there is a 4% gap between veteran and non-veteran labor participation, with veteran participation lower.Navy SEAL Eric Greitens, founder of The Mission Continues, explains how soldiers who served their country are transformed into welfare receivers who live off their country.When veterans come home from war they are going through a tremendous change in identity, he says.Then the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and others, encourage them to view themselves as disabled.By the time they come to Greitens' non-profit organization,We meet a number of veterans who see themselves as charity cases and are not sure anymore what they have to contribute.There are also more practical factors driving the disability boom. One is the expansion of qualification criteria. In 2000, for instance, type 2 diabetes was added as a disability because of evidence linking exposure to Agent Orange with the onset of the disease. Heart disease has also been added to the list.Another possible factor is that younger veterans seem less against welfare than their parents'generation. Veterans who have served since the 1990s are much more likely to sign up for disability than their older counterparts;1 in 4 younger veterans is on disability, versus just 1 in 7 of those over age 54.We shouldn't go back to the bad-old days when veterans were afraid to admit weakness. But Lt. Col. Daniel Gade is one of many veterans who think our disability system is harmful psychologically, to former soldiers. Gade lost his leg in combat in 2005 and now teaches at West Point. He recently gave a talk to disabled veterans at Ft. Carson, Colo., in which he urged them to rejoin the workforce.People who stay home because they are getting paid enough to get by on disability are worse off,he warned.They are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol. They are more likely to live alone.What a waste of human potential, especially since most veterans on disability still have their prime working years ahead of them when they' re discharged.We could solve this problem by changing the way we view-and label-veterans with disabilities. As Gade noted in a recent article,Veterans should be viewed as resources, not as damaged goods.He recommended that efforts to help veterans should begin by recognizing their abilities rather than focusing only on their disabilities, and should serve the ultimate aim of moving wounded soldiers to real self-sufficiency.On a more practical note, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs could reallocate resources to spend more on job training and less on disability. Current placement programs are sadly inadequate.We are good at sending soldiers off to war. Yet when these young men and women return home, they are essentially told,We' ll give you enough for a reasonably comfortable life, but we won't help you find a job.It is unreasonable that we are condemning thousands of young veterans who served their country to life on the dole rather than enabling them to reenter the workforce with the necessary accommodations.What is the author's attitude toward current placement programs？
A
Reasonable.
B
Positive.
C
Neutral.
D
Critical.
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Popular breakfast foods in the United States, as in many other countries around the world, include coffee, milk, juice, eggs and bread. Some other breakfast items served in the United States are thought by many to be traditionally American. However, they actually come from other countries.A very popular breakfast food in America is the pancake---a thin, flat cake made out of flour and often served with maple syrup. The idea of the pancake is very old. In fact, pancakes were made long ago in ancient China.Bagels, a round thick bread with a hole in the middle, are also popular for breakfast in America. Polish people in the late 1600s came up with the idea for the first bagels and this new kind of bread soon took off across Eastern Europe.In the late 1800s, thousands of Jews from Eastern Europe traveled to the United States and brought the recipe for bagels with them. Today, New York bagels are said to be the best in the world. Many people have them with cream cheese for breakfast on the go.Doughnuts (usually spelled “donut” in the United States) came from France. They were served to American soldiers in France during World War Ⅰ(第一次世界大战). After the war, American soldiers asked cooks in the United States to make doughnuts for them. Now, served with coffee, they are a very popular breakfast food across the United States.41. This reading is mainly about _______.A. famous places in the United States to eat breakfastB. popular American breakfast foods coming from ChinaC. the most popular types of pancakes in the United StatesD. the history of popular breakfast foods in the United States
Which of the following is true about doughnuts?A. It was first made by the French.B. The soldiers invented them in World War Ⅰ.C. Only soldiers eat them in the Untied States.D. It is round with a hole in the middle.
From this passage we know that______.A. every American cannot have guns.B. only soldiers and police can have guns.C. every American citizen can own guns.D. teachers have no money to buy guns.
The Romantic Period, one of the most important periods in the history of American literature, stretches from the end of ______________ to the outbreak of ____________. A.the 17th century … the American War of IndependenceB.the 18th century … the American Civil WarC.the 17th century … the American Civil WarD.the 18th century … the U.S.– Mexican War
Which of the following can be inferred from Paragraph 3 about Bauhaus?A．It was founded by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.B．Its designing concept was affected by World War II.C．Most American architects used to be associated with it.D．It had a great influence upon American architectrue.
根据下面材料，回答第 1～20 题：Millions of Americans and foreigners see GI.Joe as a mindless war toy, the symbol of American military adventurism, but that’s not how it used to be. To the men and women who 1 in World WarⅡand the people they liberated, the GI. was the 2 man grown into hero, the poor farm kid torn away from his home, the guy who 3 all the burdens of battle, who slept in cold foxholes, who went without the 4 of food and shelter, who stuck it out and drove back the Nazi reign of murder. This was not a volunteer soldier, not someone well paid, 5 an average guy up 6 the best trained, best equipped, fiercest, most brutal enemies seen in centuries.His name isn't much. GI. is just a military abbreviation 7 .Government Issue, and it was on all of the articles 8 to soldiers. And Joe? A common name for a guy who never 9 it to the top. Joe Blow, Joe Palooka. Joe Magrac...a working class name. The United States has 10 had a president or vice-president or secretary of state Joe.G.I. Joe had a 11 career fighting German, Japanese, and Korean troops. He appears as a character. or a 12 of American personalities, in the 1945 movie The Story of G.I. Joe, based on the last days of war correspondent Emie Pyle. Some of the soldiers Pyle 13 portrayed themselves in the film. Pyle was famous for covering the 14 side of the war, writing about the dirt-snow-and-mud soldiers not how many miles were 15 or what towns were captured or liberated. His reports 16 the “Willie” cartoons of famed Stars and Stripes artist Bill Maulden. Both men 17 the dirt and exhaustion of war, the 18 of civilization that the soldiers shared with each other and the civilians: coffee, tobacco, whiskey, shelter, sleep. 19 Egypt, France, and a dozen more countries, G.I. Joe was any American soldier, 20 the most important person in their lives.第 1 题 [A] performed[B] served[C] rebelled[D] betrayed
From this passage we know that ______.A. every American cannot have gunsB. only soldiers and police can have gunsC. every American citizen can own gunsD. teachers have no money to buy guns
At the 1893 Columbian Exposition,a World Fair held in Chicago,chocolate-making machinery?made in Germany was displayed．It caught the eye of M．S．Hershey,who saw the potential for?chocolate．He installed chocolate machinery in his factory in Lancaster,and produced his first?chocolate bars in 1594．Other Americans began mixing in other materials to make up new candy bars throughout the end?of the 1890′s and the early 1900′s．But it was World WarⅠthat really brought attention to the?candy bar．The U．S．Army Quartermaster Corps requested various American chocolate manufacturers to?provide 20 to 40 pound blocks of chocolate to be shipped to quartermaster bases．The blocks were?cut into smaller pieces and distributed to American soldiers in Europe．Eventually the task of making?smaller pieces was turned back to the manufacturers．By the end of the war when the soldiers arrived?home,the American candy bar business was assured．Why?Because the returning soldiers had?grown fond of chocolate candy and wanted more of the same．As a result,from that time on and?through the 1920′s,candy bar manufacturers became established throughout the United States,and?as many as 40,000 different candy bars appeared on the scene．The original candy bar industry had its start on the eastern coast in such cities as Philadelphia,Boston,and New York．The industry soon spread to the Midwest because shipping and raw materials?such as sugar,corn syrup,and milk were easily available．Chicago became the seat of the candy bar?industry and is even today an important base．What does the underlined word"seat"in the last paragraph most probably mean?《》（）A.Focus．B.Position．C.Chair．D.Center．
At the 1893 Columbian Exposition,a World Fair held in Chicago,chocolate-making machinery?made in Germany was displayed．It caught the eye of M．S．Hershey,who saw the potential for?chocolate．He installed chocolate machinery in his factory in Lancaster,and produced his first?chocolate bars in 1594．Other Americans began mixing in other materials to make up new candy bars throughout the end?of the 1890′s and the early 1900′s．But it was World WarⅠthat really brought attention to the?candy bar．The U．S．Army Quartermaster Corps requested various American chocolate manufacturers to?provide 20 to 40 pound blocks of chocolate to be shipped to quartermaster bases．The blocks were?cut into smaller pieces and distributed to American soldiers in Europe．Eventually the task of making?smaller pieces was turned back to the manufacturers．By the end of the war when the soldiers arrived?home,the American candy bar business was assured．Why?Because the returning soldiers had?grown fond of chocolate candy and wanted more of the same．As a result,from that time on and?through the 1920′s,candy bar manufacturers became established throughout the United States,and?as many as 40,000 different candy bars appeared on the scene．The original candy bar industry had its start on the eastern coast in such cities as Philadelphia,Boston,and New York．The industry soon spread to the Midwest because shipping and raw materials?such as sugar,corn syrup,and milk were easily available．Chicago became the seat of the candy bar?industry and is even today an important base．Which event brought the booming of American candy bar business?《》（）A.The adding of new materials．B.The demand in the army during WWI．C.The purchase of new machines．D.The appearance of smaller candy bars．
At the 1893 Columbian Exposition,a World Fair held in Chicago,chocolate-making machinery?made in Germany was displayed．It caught the eye of M．S．Hershey,who saw the potential for?chocolate．He installed chocolate machinery in his factory in Lancaster,and produced his first?chocolate bars in 1594．Other Americans began mixing in other materials to make up new candy bars throughout the end?of the 1890′s and the early 1900′s．But it was World WarⅠthat really brought attention to the?candy bar．The U．S．Army Quartermaster Corps requested various American chocolate manufacturers to?provide 20 to 40 pound blocks of chocolate to be shipped to quartermaster bases．The blocks were?cut into smaller pieces and distributed to American soldiers in Europe．Eventually the task of making?smaller pieces was turned back to the manufacturers．By the end of the war when the soldiers arrived?home,the American candy bar business was assured．Why?Because the returning soldiers had?grown fond of chocolate candy and wanted more of the same．As a result,from that time on and?through the 1920′s,candy bar manufacturers became established throughout the United States,and?as many as 40,000 different candy bars appeared on the scene．The original candy bar industry had its start on the eastern coast in such cities as Philadelphia,Boston,and New York．The industry soon spread to the Midwest because shipping and raw materials?such as sugar,corn syrup,and milk were easily available．Chicago became the seat of the candy bar?industry and is even today an important base．What is this passage mainly about?《》（）A.A World Fair held in Chicago in 1893．B.The popularity of the American candy bar industry．C.The candy bar industry during World War I．D.The spread of the candy bar business to the Midwest．
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Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941．The United States was mad at the Japanese so they made many Japanese-Americans leave their homes．They were put in camps with barbed wire around the outside of the camps.Many Japanese-American young men were called into the army．Some of them joined the US Military Intelligence Service or MIS．The MIS was a secret group that fought the Japanese soldiers．This secret group translated important maps and papers．They questioned Japanese prisoners．Another task they did was to translate diaries written in Japanese.Sometimes Japanese soldiers hid in caves to hide from the Americans．The MIS would try to get the scared soldiers to leave the caves．This was known as"cave flushing."Some of the soldiers would give up and leave the caves.Other Japanese would jump to their deaths.The MIS never got awards for their efforts until the year 2000．Then they were rewarded for their brave acts in World War II．It took almost sixty years for them to be honored.Gayle Yamada has made a film about the brave Japanese-American MIS．The film is called"Uncommon Courage"and is a true story．Hopefully,Yamada's film and the movie,"Pearl Harbor,"will not cause people to hate Japanese-Americans or any other race.The MIS finally received recognition__.A.during President Kennedy's termB.fifty years laterC.ten years agoD.last year from President Clinton
Millions of Americans and foreigners see G.I.Joe as a mindless war toy,the symbol of American military adventurism,but that’s not how it used to be.To the men and women who 1 in World WarⅡand the people they liberated,the G.I.was the 2 man grown into hero,the poor farm kid torn away from his home,the guy who 3 all the burdens of battle,who slept in cold foxholes,who went without the 4 of food and shelter,who stuck it out and drove back the Nazi reign of murder.This was not a volunteer soldier,not someone well paid,5 an average guy up 6 the best trained,best equipped,fiercest,most brutal enemies seen in centuries.His name isn't much.GI.is just a military abbreviation 7.Government Issue,and it was on all of the articles 8 to soldiers.And Joe?A common name for a guy who never 9 it to the top.Joe Blow,Joe Palooka.Joe Magrac...a working class name.The United States has 10 had a president or vice-president or secretary of state Joe.G.I.Joe had a 11 career fighting German,Japanese,and Korean troops.He appears as a character.or a 12 of American personalities,in the 1945 movie The Story of G.I.Joe,based on the last days of war correspondent Emie Pyle.Some of the soldiers Pyle 13 portrayed themselves in the film.Pyle was famous for covering the 14 side of the war,writing about the dirt-snow-and-mud soldiers not how many miles were 15 or what towns were captured or liberated.His reports 16 the“Willie”cartoons of famed Stars and Stripes artist Bill Maulden.Both men 17 the dirt and exhaustion of war,the 18 of civilization that the soldiers shared with each other and the civilians:coffee,tobacco,whiskey,shelter,sleep.19 Egypt,France,and a dozen more countries,G.I.Joe was any American soldier,20 the most important person in their lives.20选？A.on the contraryB.by this meansC.from the outsetD.at that point
根据以下材料，回答The American Revolution was not arevolution in the sense of a radical or total change. It was not a sudden andviolent overturning of the political and social framework, such as lateroccurred in France and Russia, when both were already independent nations.Significant changes were ushered in, but they were not breathtaking. Whathappened was accelerated evolution rather than outright revolution. During theconflict itself people went on working and praying, marrying and playing. Mostof them were not seriously disturbed by the actual fighting, and many of themore isolated communities scarcely knew that a war was on.America′s War of Independence heralded thebirth of three modem nations. One was Canada, which received its first largeinflux of English-speaking population from the thousands of loyalists who fledthere from the United States. Another was Australia, which became a penalcolony now that America was no longer available for prisoners and debtors. Thethird new comer--the United States--based itself squarely on republican principles.Yet even the political overturn was not asrevolutionary as one might suppose. In some states, notable Connecticut andRhode Island, the war largely ratified a colonial self-rule alreadyexisting.British officials, everywhere ousted, were replaced by a home-growngoverning class, which promptly sought a local substitute for king andParliament.Which of the following would be thebest title for the passage?A.The United States: An Isolated CommunityB.Surprising Events During the AmericanRevolutionC.Canada and the American War ofIndependenceD.The American Revolution: Evolution NotRevolution
American war time objectives were（）Athe total defeat of Axis powersBthe establishment of a postwar world order under American leadershipCcoordination of war efforts of the Soviet Union,Britain and the United StatesDBoth A and B
American war time objectives were（）A、the total defeat of Axis powersB、the establishment of a postwar world order under American leadershipC、coordination of war efforts of the Soviet Union,Britain and the United StatesD、Both A and B
单选题According to the passage, which of the following statements can be made about the content of Weird Fantasy and The Crypt of Terror?ATheir adult-oriented content was not suitable for young readers.BTheir grim and gritty content was a market response to the demands of soldiers home from World War II.CThey frequently depicted violence and criminal behavior, but shied away from sexuality or drug abuse.DTheir sales surpassed those of previous best-selling titles such as Superman or Barman.EThe publication of Weird Tales # 1 coincided with the end of the Golden Age of comic books.
问答题“Home, sweet home” is a phrase that expresses an essentialattitude in the United States. Whether the reality of life in thefamily house is sweet or no sweet, the cherished ideal of home (1) _______has great importance for many people. This ideal is a vital part of the American dream. This dream,dramatized in the history of nineteenth century European settlersof the American West, was to find a piece of place, build a house (2) _______for one’s family, and started a farm. These small households were (3) _______portraits of independence: the entire family—mother, father, children,even grandparents—live in a small house and working together to (4) _______support each other. Anyone understood the life-and-death importance (5) _______of family cooperation and hard work. Although most people in theUnited States no longer live on farms, but the ideal of home ownership (6) _______is just as strong in the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth.When U. S soldiers came home before World War II, for example, (7) _______they dreamed of buying houses and starting families. But there was (8) _______a tremendous boom in home building. The new houses, typically inthe suburbs, were often small and more or less identical, but it satisfied (9) _______a deep need. Many regarded the single-family house the basis of their (10) _______way of life.
问答题“Home, sweet home” is a phrase that expresses an essential attitude in theUnited States. Whether the reality of life in the family house is sweet or no sweet. The 1．____cherished ideal of home has great importance for many people. This ideal is a vital part of the American dream. This dream, dramatized in the history of nineteenth century European settlers of the American West, was in find a piece of place, build a house for one’s family, and start a farm. These small households2．____were portraits of independence: the entire family—mother, father, children, even 3．____grandparents—live in a small house and working together to support each other. 4．____Anyone understood the life and death, importance of family cooperation and hard work. 5．____ Although most people in the United States no longer live on farms, but the ideal 6．____of home ownership is just as strong in the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth. When U.S. soldiers came home before World War II. for example, they dreamed 7．____of buying houses and starting families. But there was a tremendous boom in home 8．____building. The new houses, typically it the suburbs, were often small and more or lessidentical, but it satisfied a deep need. Many regarded the single-family house as the 9．____basis their way of life. 10．____
单选题The American and British armies ______.Ahave experimented with cluster bombs in the recent war in Iraq.Bhave suffer great casualties from cluster bombs used by its enemies.Chave planned to use cluster bombs in future war fairs.Dhas been accused by the human rights group for using cluster bombs in the past.
单选题During the war, the government（）many soldiers from the workers and farmers.AadoptedBcollectedCintegratedDrecruited
单选题Millions of American soldiers fought _____ in the World War II.AexternallyBaboardCbroadlyDoverseas
单选题Passage1When American soldiers return home from war with disabilities, they often suffer twice-first from their combat injuries, next from the humiliation of government dependency.Wounded veterans learn they have two basic choices: They can receive almost $3,000 month in disability benefits along with medical care and access to other various welfare programs, or they can try to find a job. Especially in this economy, it's no wonder that many find that first option hard to turn down.Mark Duggan, an economics professor at Stanford University, reports that enrollment in U.S. veterans' disability programs rose from 2.3 million in 2001 to 3.9 million in 2014. The percentage of veterans receiving benefits doubled, from 8.9% in 2001 to 18% in 2014. Disability services for veterans now consume $59 billion of the $151 billion department of Veterans Affairs budget.In the 1980s and 1990s, male veterans were more likely to be in the labor force than non-veterans. But since 2000, that has changed dramatically. Now there is a 4% gap between veteran and non-veteran labor participation, with veteran participation lower.Navy SEAL Eric Greitens, founder of The Mission Continues, explains how soldiers who served their country are transformed into welfare receivers who live off their country.When veterans come home from war they are going through a tremendous change in identity, he says.Then the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and others, encourage them to view themselves as disabled.By the time they come to Greitens' non-profit organization,We meet a number of veterans who see themselves as charity cases and are not sure anymore what they have to contribute.There are also more practical factors driving the disability boom. One is the expansion of qualification criteria. In 2000, for instance, type 2 diabetes was added as a disability because of evidence linking exposure to Agent Orange with the onset of the disease. Heart disease has also been added to the list.Another possible factor is that younger veterans seem less against welfare than their parents'generation. Veterans who have served since the 1990s are much more likely to sign up for disability than their older counterparts;1 in 4 younger veterans is on disability, versus just 1 in 7 of those over age 54.We shouldn't go back to the bad-old days when veterans were afraid to admit weakness. But Lt. Col. Daniel Gade is one of many veterans who think our disability system is harmful psychologically, to former soldiers. Gade lost his leg in combat in 2005 and now teaches at West Point. He recently gave a talk to disabled veterans at Ft. Carson, Colo., in which he urged them to rejoin the workforce.People who stay home because they are getting paid enough to get by on disability are worse off,he warned.They are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol. They are more likely to live alone.What a waste of human potential, especially since most veterans on disability still have their prime working years ahead of them when they' re discharged.We could solve this problem by changing the way we view-and label-veterans with disabilities. As Gade noted in a recent article,Veterans should be viewed as resources, not as damaged goods.He recommended that efforts to help veterans should begin by recognizing their abilities rather than focusing only on their disabilities, and should serve the ultimate aim of moving wounded soldiers to real self-sufficiency.On a more practical note, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs could reallocate resources to spend more on job training and less on disability. Current placement programs are sadly inadequate.We are good at sending soldiers off to war. Yet when these young men and women return home, they are essentially told,We' ll give you enough for a reasonably comfortable life, but we won't help you find a job.It is unreasonable that we are condemning thousands of young veterans who served their country to life on the dole rather than enabling them to reenter the workforce with the necessary accommodations.In Gade's opinion，the veterans who receive welfare from the government tend To_______.Asave more trouble for the governmentBlead a miserable and unhappy lifeCincreasingly depend on the governmentDsuffer the humiliation of their combat injuries
单选题Passage1When American soldiers return home from war with disabilities, they often suffer twice-first from their combat injuries, next from the humiliation of government dependency.Wounded veterans learn they have two basic choices: They can receive almost $3,000 month in disability benefits along with medical care and access to other various welfare programs, or they can try to find a job. Especially in this economy, it's no wonder that many find that first option hard to turn down.Mark Duggan, an economics professor at Stanford University, reports that enrollment in U.S. veterans' disability programs rose from 2.3 million in 2001 to 3.9 million in 2014. The percentage of veterans receiving benefits doubled, from 8.9% in 2001 to 18% in 2014. Disability services for veterans now consume $59 billion of the $151 billion department of Veterans Affairs budget.In the 1980s and 1990s, male veterans were more likely to be in the labor force than non-veterans. But since 2000, that has changed dramatically. Now there is a 4% gap between veteran and non-veteran labor participation, with veteran participation lower.Navy SEAL Eric Greitens, founder of The Mission Continues, explains how soldiers who served their country are transformed into welfare receivers who live off their country.When veterans come home from war they are going through a tremendous change in identity, he says.Then the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and others, encourage them to view themselves as disabled.By the time they come to Greitens' non-profit organization,We meet a number of veterans who see themselves as charity cases and are not sure anymore what they have to contribute.There are also more practical factors driving the disability boom. One is the expansion of qualification criteria. In 2000, for instance, type 2 diabetes was added as a disability because of evidence linking exposure to Agent Orange with the onset of the disease. Heart disease has also been added to the list.Another possible factor is that younger veterans seem less against welfare than their parents'generation. Veterans who have served since the 1990s are much more likely to sign up for disability than their older counterparts;1 in 4 younger veterans is on disability, versus just 1 in 7 of those over age 54.We shouldn't go back to the bad-old days when veterans were afraid to admit weakness. But Lt. Col. Daniel Gade is one of many veterans who think our disability system is harmful psychologically, to former soldiers. Gade lost his leg in combat in 2005 and now teaches at West Point. He recently gave a talk to disabled veterans at Ft. Carson, Colo., in which he urged them to rejoin the workforce.People who stay home because they are getting paid enough to get by on disability are worse off,he warned.They are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol. They are more likely to live alone.What a waste of human potential, especially since most veterans on disability still have their prime working years ahead of them when they' re discharged.We could solve this problem by changing the way we view-and label-veterans with disabilities. As Gade noted in a recent article,Veterans should be viewed as resources, not as damaged goods.He recommended that efforts to help veterans should begin by recognizing their abilities rather than focusing only on their disabilities, and should serve the ultimate aim of moving wounded soldiers to real self-sufficiency.On a more practical note, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs could reallocate resources to spend more on job training and less on disability. Current placement programs are sadly inadequate.We are good at sending soldiers off to war. Yet when these young men and women return home, they are essentially told,We' ll give you enough for a reasonably comfortable life, but we won't help you find a job.It is unreasonable that we are condemning thousands of young veterans who served their country to life on the dole rather than enabling them to reenter the workforce with the necessary accommodations.How does Mark Duggan prove his opinion in the passage?ABy performing experiments.BBy giving examples.CBy listing figures.DBy analyzing cause and effect.
单选题From this passage we know that ______.Aevery American cannot have gunsBonly soldiers and police can have gunsCevery American citizen can own gunsDteachers have no money to buy guns
多选题The American Civil War began after the Confederate States of America seceded from the Union, in essence dividing the United States into two ______ countries.AconcordantBalliedCdistinctDdiscreteEunitedFbanded
单选题American war time objectives were（）Athe total defeat of Axis powersBthe establishment of a postwar world order under American leadershipCcoordination of war efforts of the Soviet Union,Britain and the United StatesDBoth A and B