They are among the 250, 000 people under the age of 25 who are out of work in the Netherlands, a group that makes up 40 percent of the nation’s unemployed．A storm of anger boils up at the government-sponsored （政府資助的） youth center, even among those who are continuing their studies．
“We study for jobs that don’t exist,” Nicollets Steggerda, 23, said．
After thirty years of prosperity, unemployment among 10 member nations of the European Community has reached as much as 11 percent, affecting a total of 12．3 million people, and the number is climbing．
The bitter disappointment long expressed by British youths is spreading across the Continent．The title of a rock song “No Future” can now be seen written on the brick walls of closed factories in Belgium and France．
One form of protest（抗議） tends to put the responsibility for a country’s economic troubles on the large numbers of “guest workers” from Third World nations, people welcomed in Western Europe in the years of prosperity．
Young Europeans, brought up in an extended period of economic success and general stability, seem to be similar to Americans more than they do their own parents．Material enjoyment has given them a sense of expectation, even the right to a standard of living that they see around them．
“And so we pass the days at the discos, or meet people at the café, and sit and stare,” said Isabella Cault．"There is usually not much conversation．You look for happiness．Sometimes you even find it．”
小題1:Unemployment in the Netherlands has affected _______
A．one million peopleB．250,000 people
C．1ess than half of the population D．a(chǎn)bout 0.6 million people
小題2:What Nicollete Steggerda said （Para．2） means that ________．
A．the students cannot get work after graduation
B．what the students learn is more than necessary
C．the students’ aim in study is not clear
D．school education is not sufficient
小題3:The underlined word ‘‘it” in the last paragraph most probably refers to ________．
A．material enjoymentB．a(chǎn) sense of expectation
C．happinessD．a(chǎn) job

小題1:D
小題1:A
小題1:C
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B．bus
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B．castle
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A．with words only B．in many different ways
C．in letters and drawings D．with smiles, tears and hands
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A．questions　B．examples C．tears and smiles D．messages
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A．books and magazines B．TV and filmsC．newspapers　D．radio
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A．understand the world and other people better around us.
B．teach each other to speak, write, read and draw.
C．know what other people are thinking about
D．learn about mountains,blue sea and other things.
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A．The relationship between Mark and Steve.
B．The important lesson Mark learned in school
C．Steve’s important role in mark’s growing process.
D．Mark and Steve’s respect for living things.
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C．he felt frightened D．he knelt before her
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C．Sympathy for people with problems.D．The value of honesty.
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C．The value of the honesty.D．Care for the property of others.
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B．Mark lost the small dog his father carved somewhere.
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A．a(chǎn)nalyze graduates’ difficulties in finding jobs
B．lead to the topic of the article—“ant tribe”
C．tell readers a story about those big cities
D．show a clever way of dealing with pressure
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A．they have no diplomas from good universities
B．their majors do not meet the needs of society
C．those from rural areas are not treated equally
D．they do not have necessary professional skills
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A．they live in narrow and small places in groups
B．they work hard but earn little for survival
C．they are in a world judged by the jungle law
D．they are pleased with being nameless and underpaid
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On the day Apple debuted the often-delayed white-colored iPhone 4, the company's marketing department gave a nod to the product's troubled history．
"Finally．" read the big headline Thursday above a picture of the white phone on the homepage of Apple．com．
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As CNN reported last month, earlier test models of the white iPhone 4 produced unclear photos, especially when the flash（閃光燈） was used．Its whiteness confused the proximity sensor （距離傳感器） , which detects when the phone is held next to someone's head and turns off the touch screen to save battery life．
These problems weren't present in older iPhones that came in white because they didn't have flash photography; the proximity sensor was unaffected because the front side of previous models was black．
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Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White predicts that the white model could help drive sales of Apple's phones．He says Apple could sell 1 million to 1．5 million every three months until the next iPhone model is unveiled, which is expected to be this fall．
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A．it's always sold out due to its popularity
B．it met some problems concerning design and manufacture
C．it lacked white manufacturing materials
D．its proximity sensor can't save battery life
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A．There are multi-colored models of iPhone 4．
B．The same design problems were also found in older white iPhones．
C．IPhone4 will be launched this fall．
D．Originally designers thought they could solve the problems before iPhone 4 was launched．
小題3:What would be the best title for this passage?
A．Why the White iPhone 4 Took So Long
B．The History of iPhone 4
C．The Attraction of White iPhone 4
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