这一段共2句话。第一句指出Coffman要求调查地区财务。第二句是一个长句，主结构是Coffman says ……这样一个主谓宾结构。宾语从句中依然嵌套一个宾语从句he wants to know whether……后面内容的意思是“是否地区官员掩盖了预算短缺问题，直到十一月投票发生以后……”后半句是一个非限制性定语从句，when指代的是十一月投票，意思是在十一月投票中，“投票者通过了二亿一千二百万美元的学校公债事项。”这样，Coffman所怀疑的就是地区官员有可能在十一月投票中掩盖了预算短缺问题，以使公债事项得以通过。
A，看是否有故意掩盖问题的行为。这一说法与文意一致。
B，看一看此事的后果严重到什么程度。这个说法没有着落点。
C，确定学校官员是无辜的。文章没有提到类似的内容。
D，阻止选民通过二亿一千二百万美元的公债事项。理解文意可知，这一公债事项早在十一月投票就已经通过，现在不可能再去阻止。
30. Three high school students started a website in order to ________.
A) attract greater public attention to their needs
B) appeal to the public for contributions and donations
C) expose officials who neglected their duties
D) keep people properly informed of the crisis(D)
题目问三家高中的学生开设了一家网站，其目的是什么。
A， 吸引更多的公共关注，以为己用。
B， 呼吁公众捐献物资。
C， 揭露玩忽职守的官员们。
D， 使人们随时得知此次危机事件的真实进展。
文章提到学生建设网站之事是在最后一段。At Creek High School, three students started a website that displays newspaper articles, district information and an email forum (论坛)。 “Rumors about what’s happening to the district are moving at lighting speed,” said a student. “We wanted to know the truth, and spread that around instead.”
第一句叙述了学生们建设网站的事实，第二句引用了学生们的原话，解释了建设网站的原因。前一句意思是“关于这个地区发生了什么的谣言传得向闪电一样快”，后一句的意思是“我们想去了解真相，然后把真相传播出去。”注意后一句里面使用的时态：wanted用的是一般过去时，表示这一想法是建设网站之初的想法，而不是现在的想法，这样就可推断出这一想法就是建站的目的。四个选项中只有D符合这个意思。
Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
“Humans should not try to avoid stress any more than they would shun food, love or exercise.” Said Dr. Hans Selye, the first physician to document the effects of stress on the body. While here’s on question that continuous stress is harmful, several studies suggest that challenging situations in which you’re able to rise to the occasion can be good for you.
In a 2001 study of 158 hospital nurses, those who faced considerable work demands but coped with the challenge were more likely to say they were in good health than those who felt they stress that you can manage also boost immune (免疫的) function. In a study at the Academic Center for Dentistry in Amsterdam, researchers put volunteers through two stressful experiences. In the first, a timed task that required memorizing a list followed by a short test, subjects through a gory (血淋淋的) video on surgical procedures. Those who did well on the memory test had an increase in levels of immunoglobulin A, an antibody that’s the body’s first line of defense against germs. The video-watchers experienced a downturn in the antibody.
Stress prompts the body to produce certain stress hormones. In short bursts these hormones have a positive effect, including improved memory function. “They can help nerve cells handle information and put it into storage,” says Dr. Bruce McEwen of Rockefeller University in New York. But in the long run these hormones can have a harmful effect on the body and brain.
“Sustained stress is not good for you,” says Richard Morimoto, a researcher at Northwestern University in Illinois studying the effects of stress on longevity, “It’s the occasional burst of stress or brief exposure to stress that could be protective.”
31. The passage is mainly about ________.
A) the benefits of manageable stress
B) stay away from
C) run out of
D) put up with(D)
