Most people say that the USA is making progress in fighting

AIDS, but they don't know there's cure and strongly disagree that 【S1】______.

"the AIDS epidemic is over, " a new survey finds:

The findings, relieved Thursday by the Kaiser Family Foun- 【S2】______.

dation, reassure activists who have worried that public concern

about AIDS might disappear in night to recent news about ad- 【S3】______.

vances in treatment and declines in deaths.

"While people are very pessimistic about the advances, 【S4】______.

they're still realistic about the fact that there is no cure, "

says Sophia Chang, director of HIV programs at the founda-

tion.

The Kaiser Family Foundation did find in its survey that 【S5】______.

the number of people ranked AIDS as the country's top health 【S6】______.

problem has fallen.

In the poll, 38% says it's the top concern, down from 【S7】______.

44% in a 1996 poll. Other findings from Kaiser, which poll 【S8】______.

more than 1, 200 adults in September and October and asked

additional question of another 1, 000 adults in November 【S9】______.

show that 52% say that the country is making progress

against AIDS, up from 32 % in 1995. Daniel Zingale, director

of AIDS Action Council, says, " I'm encouraged that the Amer-

ican people are getting the message what the AIDS epidemic 【S10】______.

isn't over. I hope the decision-makers in Washington are get-

ting the same message. We have seen signs of complacency (满足)."

【S1】

If memories failed to fade, ______.

Canadian media often cite excessive fishing by overseas fleets, primarily because of ______.

Section B

Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.

The number of parents teaching their offspring at home will increase if the current public school system continues to be viewed as an irrelevant institution that can hinder a child's ability to learn.

The rise of home-schooling reflects broadening dissatisfaction with formal education in the US. Discontent is high for two reasons. First, public schools are turning out a poor product--illiterate and unprepared graduates. For example, American 13-year-olds have been documented as having math skills that rank below their counterparts in 14 other developed countries. One survey noted that just one-third of high school juniors could place the Civil War in the correct half-century. Equally troubling, public schools have become scenes where drugs are sold, teachers are robbed, and homemade bombs are found in lockers.

Compounding the situation, teachers' unions, school officials, and many politicians adamantly(坚决地) oppose the use of public monies(钱) for innovative solutions, such as vouchers and charter schools. Those alternatives, although not a panacea(万能) for all the present problems, are at least promising vehicles that could help poor and middle-income parents to find better schools for their children and break up the monopoly of a "one-size-fits-all" philosophy of education.

In light of the educational quagmire(沼泽) the US finds itself in, many parents, impatient for reform, are taking matters into their own hands. One alternative that is gaining growing public acceptance is the educational option known as home-schooling. Home-schooling is defined simply as the "education of school-aged children at home rather than at a school". Home-schoolers believe that students who receive instruction simultaneously from the home and the community at large will be more culturally sophisticated than those whose bulk of learning experience is confined to a school. Home-schooling families believe they are using their liberties well and wisely. The American can-do spirit is evident in the home-schools and households parents manage simultaneously. Those families, however, could use some further deregulation, be it through home-school tax credits or a loosening of compulsory attendance school laws, to make their task easier.

According to the text, the number of children being schooled at home has increased because ______.

A．children don't want to go to school

B．parents are dissatisfied with pubic schools

C．home-schooled children learn better

D．public schools are too crowded

听力原文： [29] Moving away from newspapers, let's now focus on magazines. Now the first magazine was a little periodical called The Review, and it was started in London in 1704. It looked a lot like the newspapers of the time. But in terms of its content, it was much different. [30] Newspapers were concerned mainly with news events, but The Review focused on important domestic issues of the day, as well as the policies of the government. Now in England at that time, people could still be thrown in jail for publishing articles that were critical of the king. And that's what happened to Daniel Defoe. He was the outspoken founder of The Review. Defoe actually wrote the first issue of The Review from prison. You see, he had been arrested because of his writings that criticized the policies of the Church of England, which was headed by the king. After his release, Defoe continued to produce The Review and the magazine started to appear on a more frequent schedule, about three times a week. It didn't take long for other magazines to start popping up. [31] In 1709, a magazine called The Tattler began publication. This new magazine contained a mixture of news, poetry, political analysis, and philosophical essays.

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A．Early newspapers in England.

B．The early history of magazines.

C．The life of Daniel Defoe.

D．Differences between newspapers and magazines.