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1、YESUSE更新更快出分更稳CZ13助橙ACT 程序Exam : YESUSE-05Time 2020-12Version : DEMOPART 1 -英语Passage IChanging the Face of Journalism“The nation and its news media are going in opposite directions, and the public is paying the price,5, in 2013, Dori Maynard wrote this. She was following up on her point that althou
2、gh people of color make up nearly 40 percent of the US population, while only about 12 percent of full-time daily news journalists are people of color. Her whos an award-winning African American journalist, Maynard became a Nieman fellow at Harvard UniversHy in 1993.For much of her journalism career
3、, she was involved with the Maynard Institute, a journalism-education institute in Oakland, California. (The institute was founded in 1977 by her father, Robert C. Maynard, former editor of the Oakland Tribune.) Conversely, the organization is dedicated to recruiting and training people of color to
4、become journalists. By the time Dori Maynard became president of the institute in 2001, she was already passionately committed to this mission.Diversity among journalists in the United States must increase, Maynard believed, if the industry is going to meet itsl ethical obligation to provide a wide
5、audience credible and accurate news. She argued that a reporters cultural background inevitably influences his or her perspective on current events. More diversity in newsrooms will naturally lead to more complete, cuanced, and sensitive news coverage of all communities, specifically communities of
6、color expressly. This, in turn, will better our society as a whole; well gain a richer understanding of each others lives, she explained.Under Dori Maynards leadership, the Maynard Institute trained hundreds of minority reporters. The institute also has helped them get hired and heard. Many former t
7、rainees now reports for influential newspapers such as the New York Times and the Washington Post. Dori Maynard helped show the journalism industry that presenting the culturally diverse voices of the United States through inclusive news stories written by people of color is 130ssi61n.1.A. NO CHANGE
8、B. in 2013, that statement was written by Dori Maynard.C. this is something Dori Maynard wrote in 2013.D. Dori Maynard wrote in 2013.Answer: D2.A. NO CHANGEB. does makeC. is makingD. MakesAnswer: A3.A. NO CHANGEB. AndC. ButD. DELETE the underlined portionAnswer: D4.A. NO CHANGEB. HerselfC. HersD. He
9、rAnswer: B5. Given that all the choices are accurate, which one most clearly introduces the focus of the essay?A. NO CHANGEB. advocated diversity within newsrooms for the sake of fairer representation of all communities.C. reported news across the United States, from California to Michigan to Massac
10、husetts.D. was a member of the Society of Professional Journalists.Answer: BPART 2 数学1. Which of the following expressions is equivalent to the expression below? -7(5a -切 + 3(-8d + a)A. -38a-31bB. -34a - 25bC.-34a-17bD.-32a-25bE. -32a-17bAnswer: E2. For BilTs birthday party, his parents will pay $35
11、 for the cake plus $15 per person for catering expenses. They will spend at most a total of $300 for his party. The greatest integer in the solution set of one of the following inequalities gives the maximum number of people, p, who can attend the party.Which one?A. p + 50 300B. p(15p + 35)300C. (35
12、 + 15)p300D. 15p 300E. 15p+35-A. 13B.17C.18D. 22E. 26Answer: D5. A certain committee is composed of 9 juniors and 11 seniors. Two different members of the committee will be randomly selected for 2 different leadership roles. Given that the 1st member who w川 be selected is a senior, what is the proba
13、bility that the 2nd member who will be selected is a junior?9a.Tq9B.2010C.1910D.2011E.20Answer: APART 3 -阅读Passage ILITERARY NARRATIVE: This passage is from the essay “In-Betweens” by Diana Abu-Jaber.The narrator moves to Jordan with her Jordanian father, American mother, and two younger sisters.One
14、 night after my sisters and I are in bed and the baby cats have ceased their crying, my parents come to our room, whispering and nudging each other, their smiles sly, as if they shared a private joke. They shake us out of sleep and say, “Cmon, were going to do something!”We yawn, slide out of the wa
15、rm caves of our beds; our parents are gesturing us out the front door, their laughter lowered and mesmerizing. Then we are running across the stone courtyardmy sisters and I barefooted in cotton pajamas, the stones waxy beneath our feet. The neighbors and the street are all asleep, the buildings shu
16、t up, rose-tinted under a brassy, round moon. In one corner of the courtyard, tilted under the staircase to the upper floors, is the scooter, its red gleam muted now, private and soft. For a moment I think of my grandmother back in New Jersey, who wears a lipstick in the same fluid tones: red shot t
17、hrough with an undercurrent of blue. I look back at it as my parents open the car. We drive through parts of the city that Tve never seen before, where the lights glow like melted butter and the girls on the sidewalks are wearing brimmed hats and high heels. Men smile and turn to watch our car passi
18、ng: I watch back, hands pressed to the window. Then we race beyond the glowing streets they dwindle to a starand the road ahead of us is long and dusty blue and smells like a warm, blue must, like the heat of a sheeps back.When we finally get out of the car, theres a gravel lot, an expanse of foldin
19、g chairs, patios, sparkly restaurants wedged in a long crescent along a flat blackness like gleaming enamel. Dad holds his hand out toward the gleam. uAnd what did I promise you kids?n he asks, though I recall no promises related to anything like this. Its the Dead Sea!”Weve come, as usual, with no
20、preparation, so my parents let us run into the water in our underpants一 like theJordanian kids around us. The salt water is satiny, so soft and dense it seems to bend beneath our arms. My father, who is generally afraid of the water,comes out and shows us how you can sit in the sea. He lazes back in
21、 it, and my sister tows him around by his hair while he makes boat sounds. One of the restaurants on the lip of the water has a string of red lights that drop their reflections in the moon lit water; they make me think of the lonely red scooter. After a while, I straggle out of the water, yanking up
22、 my soggy underpants with their sprung elastic waistband. Mom is stretched out on a canvas chaise longue, holding a drink with a little parasol on the side. She wraps me shivering into a beach towel and makes room for me beside her on the lounge.I blink out of my towel cave at this new place around
23、us, then touch my mothers ribs through her cotton shirt. Mom, how long do you have to be best friends with someone if you*re best friends? She flitters at my bangs; theyre drying stiff with salt. uWell, honey, I don5t think theres any rules about that. I guess you can be best friends with someone yo
24、ur whole life if youre lucky.” “Are you and Dad best friends?”Its hard to make out her expression under the cherry lights. She seems to be thinking about it, staring out to where Dad is still drifting around, piping and tooting like a tugboat.“You have to do whatever your best friend says, right?HNo
25、w I can see her faceamused and wary. uWhy do you say that?”“Dad said to come to Jordan,right?nThere is even less sound now than before, if that is possible, just a slip of waves on the shore, a sighing wash like the sound of someone saying hush,hush, or the rustle of the palm fronds arching over the
26、 sand. “Your father. needed us to come here, he needed to seewhat it felt like/5“What does it feel like?551 ask quietly, not quite knowing what l5m asking, just following the path of the questions.“i don5t think“ she starts, then stops. My father is climbing out of the dark wash of the sea. I dont t
27、hink it feels the way he remembers it.”I put my hands on her waistsomething that feels a little like a spark of alarm bounces through me. “Does he know that?That it doesnt feel the same?”She looks over her shoulder, my fathers shadow falling toward us in a long, cool slip as he walks beneath theneon
28、 lights. uHeJs still finding out.”The medicinal waters of the DeadSea roll behind us, and the wild, heavy scent of honey, rocks, and thyme tempers the air. People come to dip themselves in these waters, to be cured of everything from skin ailments to spiritual wasting. I breathe it in deeply and sen
29、se a sort of dawning sweetnessof loss and nostalgia.Reprinted by permission of The Joy Harris Literary Agency, Inc.1. The point of view from which the passage is told is best described as that of a first person narrator who:A. relates the actions of several characters but reveals only her own inner
30、thoughts.B. focuses on interpreting the behavior of one of her sisters.C. both relates the actions of and shares the inner thoughts of her mother, father, and sisters.D. retells a story that has been told to her by someone else.Answer: A2. Which of the following statements best captures a main theme
31、 of the passage?A. It isnt hard to understand what makes someone a best friend.B. A dramatic life change can be both exciting and difficult.C. Trips that are taken spontaneously are the most enjoyable trips.D. Older siblings can help younger siblings understand a new situation.Answer: B3. It can mos
32、t reasonably be inferred that which of the following objects referred to in the passage has a special but unexplained significance to the narrator?A. The canvas chaise longueB. The cotton pajamasC. The brassy, round moonD. The red scooterAnswer: D4. The narrators question “Mom, how long do you have
33、to be best friends with someone if you,re best friends?55 (the highlighted phrase) leads the two into a discussion about the:A. dynamics of the relationship between the narrators mother and father.B. narrators new best friend and how long their friendship might last.C. characteristics of the narrato
34、rs relationship with one of her sisters, who is her best friend.D. narrators belief that a person should have several close friends, not just one best friend.Answer: A5. It can most reasonably be inferred from the passage that, with regard to the narrators fathers feelings about having returned to J
35、ordan, the narrators mother believes she is:A. more aware of his feelings than he himself is yet.B. more surprised by his feelings than the girls are.C. less worried about his feelings than the girls are.D. less aware of his feelings than he himself is yet.3Answer: APART 4 -科学Passage IScientists con
36、ducted a study to examine the caching (storing food) and feeding behaviors of gray squirrels.Prior to the study, acorns were collected from a park and sorted into types, first according to the species of tree they grew onred oak, pin oak, or white oakand then according to whether the acorn was undam
37、aged, /nfesfec/(contained insect larvae), or s/7e/ec/(shell removed). Each acorn was stored at 2 until the day it was to be used.StudyThe study was conducted over 75 consecutive autumn days. Beginning at the same time each morning, 225 acorns were placed, one at a time, at a given location in the pa
38、rk where the acorns had been collected. Each of the 9 acorn types was presented an equal number of times, and the order in which the acorns were presented was random. All the acorns were picked up by squirrels within 1 minute. Table 1 shows, for each acorn type, the percent of acorns that were cache
39、d, eaten, or rejected (dropped after being picked up) by the squirrels.Table 1Acorn typePercent of acorns:cachedeatenrejectedUndamaged red oak52444Infested red oak40564Shelled red oak32608Undamaged pin oak246412Infested pin oak24688Shelled pin oak206416Undamaged white oak12880Infested white oak24760
40、Shelled white oak20764In addition, for each red oak acorn that was not rejected, the average distance (including both horizontal and vertical) the squirrel traveled before caching or eating the acorn was determined (see Table 2).Table 2Acorn typeAverage distance traveled (m) before:cachingeatingUnda
41、maged red oak Infested red oak Shelled red oak11.412.510.422.220.215.0Adapted from M. A. Steele et al., Caching and Feeding Decisions by Sciurus carolinensis: Responses to Weevil-Infested Acorns.n 1996 by American Society of Mammalogists.1. The study was most likely designed to answer which of the f
42、ollowing questions about squirrel behavior?A. Does the presence of insect larvae in acorns increase the amount of protein consumed by squirrels?B. Are squirrels more likely to reject acorns that are infested or acorns that are shelled?C. Does the percent of acorns cached by squirrels vary from seaso
43、n to season?D. Are squirrels more likely to travel a greater distance during the morning or during the afternoon?Answer: B2. Which of the following factors was held constant during the study?A. Percent of acorns that were cachedB. Time of day scientists began placing acorns at the parkC. Order in wh
44、ich the acorn types were presentedD. Distance a squirrel traveled before eating acornsAnswer: B3. Which of the following statements about pin oak acorns is consistent with the results of the study?A. Shelled pin oak acorns were eaten more frequently than infested pin oak acorns.B. Shelled pin oak ac
45、orns were rejected less frequently than undamaged pin oak acorns.C. Undamaged pin oak acorns and infested pin oak acorns were cached 24% of the time.D. Undamaged pin oak acorns were cached 64% of the time, and infested pin oak acorns were cached 68% of the time.Answer: C4 According to Table 2, befor
46、e eating shelled red oak acorns, the squirrels traveled an average distance of:A. 10.4 m.B. 11.4 m.C. 12.5 m.D. 15.0 m.Answer: D5. Which of the following statements comparing the distances squirrels traveled before eating infested acorns to the distances they traveled before caching infested acorns
47、is supported by the results in Table2 ? On average, the distance traveled before:A. eating was farther than the distance traveled before caching for infested red oak acorns.B. caching was farther than the distance traveled before eating for infested red oak acorns.C. eating was farther than the distance traveled before caching for inf