福建省泉州七中2014届高三上学期第二次月考英语试题试卷(5)

C. It enables you to reconnect with your acquaintance.
D. It gives you a prescription to treat nomophobia.
68. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Solutions to nomophobia.        B. New mobile phone technology.
C. Disadvantages of mobile phone.   D. Attitude toward mobile phone.

D
The candidate longing for election to the highest office in the United States must be native-born American citizen who is at least 35 years old and who has lived in the United States for at least 14 years. The election course is complicated, and the road to the Oval Office is long.
Potential candidates must present papers stating their intention to seek their party’s recommendation; delegates then choose from among those running some months later at the national conferences. Before that, however, each state holds a primary election that determines how the state’s voters want the party’s delegates to vote. Methods of choosing the delegates vary from state to state. At the conferences, there are speeches and often heated discussions. It may take several rounds of voting before delegates can agree on a candidate. On the final day of the meeting, the presidential candidate announces his or her choice for vice president.
Election Day, by law, is the Tuesday that follows the first Monday in November. On this day, registered voters may cast their votes for president, vice president, and candidates for other federal,state, and local offices. The popular vote, however, does not determine who will be president. The president is chosen by a vote of the Electoral College, a group of 538 citizens from the 50 states and the District of Columbia who are chosen to cast votes for the president and vice president.
The rules for choosing electors, as with the delegates, vary. Each state also decides whether its electoral votes must reflect the popular vote. The number of electors in each state is determined by the number of representatives and senators that a state sends to Congress and, therefore, may change every 10 years, depending on the results of the United States census (人口普查). The winner must get at least 270 of the electoral votes when the Electoral College meets in December of the election year. The election results are not official, however, until the following January, when Congress meets in a joint conference to count the electoral votes.
At the end of the road to the Oval Office is the swearing-in ceremony, at which the new or reelected president takes the oath of office on January 20.
69. Which of the following is not a requirement for candidates for the presidency of the USA?
A. Minimum age of thirty-five years old.    
B. Native of the United States of America.
C. Previous experience in an elective office.
D. Bottom residency of fourteen years in the States.
70. According to the passage, we can conclude that _______.
A. ways to select the delegates of each state are very much the same in the USA.
B. the candidate who wins the popular vote will be the winner of the election
C. the change of a state’s population barely has effects on the presidential election.
D. the presidents of the United States are theoretically picked by the citizens directly.
71. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
A. The Various Ways of Presidential Election in the USA
B. The Qualifications for Being the President of the USA
C. The Process of the Election for the President of the USA
D. The Rules for Choosing Presidential Candidates in the USA
E
Tess still stood hesitating like a swimmer about to make his dive，hardly knowing whether to return or move forward, when a figure came out from the dark door of the tent．It was a tall young man，smoking．
He had an almost black face, though red and smooth. His moustache was black with curled points，though he could not be more than twenty-three or-four. There was all unusual force in his face，and in his daring rolling eyes.
“Well，my beauty，what can I do for you?”said he，coming forward. And seeing that she was quite at a loss: “Never mind me，I am Mr．d’Urberville．Have you come to see me or my mother？”
This differed greatly from what Tess had expected. She had dreamed of an aged and dignified face．She tried to keep calm and answered --- “I came to see your mother， sir.”
“I am afraid you cannot see her---she is ill in bed,”replied the representative of the house；for this was Mr. Alec，the only son of the noble family． “What is the business you wish to see her about？”
“It isn’t business --- it is ---I can hardly say what！”
“Pleasure？”
“Oh no．Why，sir，if I tell you，it will seem…”
Tess’s sense of a certain ridicule was now so strong that despite her general discomfort at being here，her rosy lips curved（弯曲）towards a smile，much to the attraction of the young man.
“It is so foolish,”she stammered（结结巴巴地说）; “I fear I can＇t tell you！”
“Never mind；I like foolish things．Try again，my dear，”said he kindly.
“Mother asked me to come，” Tess continued; “and， indeed，I was in the mind to do so myself． But I did not think it would be like this. I came，sir，to tell you that we are of the same family as you.”
“Ho!Poor relations？”
“Yes.”
“Stokes？”
“No；d’Urbervilles．”
“Ay，ay；I mean d’Urbervilles.”
“Our names are worn away to Durbeyfield；but we have several proofs that we are d’Urbervilles．The local scholars hold the view that we are，…and…and we have an old seal（印章）and a silver spoon marked with the same castle as yours. So mother said we ought to make ourselves known to you， as we’ve lost our horse by a bad accident；we can hardly make a living.”