A．biography of John Paul Jones
B．criticism of John Paul Jones
C．history of the United States Navy
D．comparison of the American and Russian navies
47、 "Desperate" means________.
A．in great need
B．reckless
C．hopeless
D．skillful
48、根據(jù)下面內(nèi)容，回答48-67題：
Companies that employ illegal immigrants are to be named and shamed in a further attempt to crack down on people smuggling.The move by the Home Office comes four months after officials launched a concerted effort to identify and prosecute companies breaking the law.More than 200 companies have already been fined for hiring illegal labor. The Home Office says names of companies and directors are to be published on the UK Border Agency website. The agency will publish how many illegal immigrants the company was employing and how much it was fined.
By May this year there had been 137 prosecutions under the new rules leading to fines totaling500,000--almost 3,000 per firm.The total number of prosecutions was 10 times more than were carried out in 2007, and double the total for the previous decade.
Immigration chiefs are also switching their focus from small-time illegal employers,such as takeaway restaurants, in an effort to major organized criminal enterprises supplying illegal labor, often relying on international networks to smuggle people into the UK.
Some 7,500 immigration officers will be re-organized into more localized teams with police and customs officials in an effort to better target what the Home Office says are illegal working hotspots.
These could include areas of the economy where there is a high demand for labor including agriculture,construction and hospitality.Nobody knows how many people are working without permission in theUK--although estimates put the number of illegal residents at more than 500,000.
Trade Union leaders have also raised concerns about the government's strategy, arguing that it could drive the worst employers further underground, penalizing exceptionally poor workers unable to break out of a situation they did not necessarily choose.
What has happened in the first four months of the campaign to crack down on companies hiring illegal workers?
A．Nothing. The campaign is still in its beginning stage.
B．7,500 immigration officers will be re-organized into more localized teams.
C．200 companies have been fined.
D．3,000 small-time illegal employers have been cracked down.
49、 What steps will officials take to "shame" these companies?
A．They will publish their names as well as the details of the offence online.
B．They will shut down their business.
C．They will inform the police about the illegal hiring.
D．They will give poor workers working permission.
50、 Immigration officials are now focusing on________.
A．small-time illegal employers
B．fining individual workers
C．large-scale organized criminal operations
D．the government's strategy
51、 Trade Union officials fear that this new campaign (戰(zhàn)役) might end up unjustly penalizing ________, by driving the employers further underground.
A．employers
B．workers
C．illegal residents
D．companies
52、根據(jù)下面內(nèi)容，回答52-71題：
Today, the Indianapolis 500, one of the "world's most famous car races, takes about four hours to run. If the Indy 500 had been held in 1895, it would have taken almost three days. The horseless carriage had just been invented a short time before. Top Speeds back then were much lower than they are today. For most people, just seeing a car move without a horse pulling it was thrilling enough. The driver's main concern was making sure the car didn't break down.
One of the first car races was held in Chicago on Thanksgiving Day in 1895. Folks crowded the streets to gawk at the new machines. The route of the race went through the heart of town. The cars were to go out to a nearby suburb and back. The race covered a distance of about 54 miles. That's less than one-tenth the distance at Indy. The drivers cranked up their engines and prayed that they wouldn't break down. Then they were off. The race proved too much for some of the cars. Perhaps they couldn't withstand the high speeds. The winner of the contest was J. Frank Duryea. He finished the race a bit more than seven hours after he started. He had covered the grueling distance at an average speed of 7.5 miles per hour. That is slower than a modern marathoner can go on foot. Even so, as Duryea finished, the crowd went wild.
This passage deals with_________.
A．the Indianapolis 500
B．a(chǎn) new kind of car
C．a(chǎn)n early auto race
D．the streets of Chicago
53、 Some cars didn't finish the race in Chicago because_________.
A．their engines broke down
B．the drivers were afraid of the high speed
C．the brakes jammed
D．they ran out of gas
54、 What can you conclude about the public's attitude toward auto race?
A．They were more impressed with slower speed.
B．They thought cars were unnecessary.
C．They enjoyed just seeing the cars.
D．They were easily bored.
55、 In this passage the word "gawk" means_________.
A．laugh
B．stare
C．frown
D．glare
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