第1部分：阅读理解（第1～5题，每题1分，共5分）
根据下列文章,请回答 1～5 题。

第 1 题 By saying "an uphill battle" ,the author means____
A．a tough task.
B．a easy job.
C．an upgrade class.
D．climbing a hill.

第 2 题　We can learn from the text that_____
A．the political circle will offer the help to the high schools.
B．giving a presentation is beneficial to students.
C．teaching methods have to be changed.
D．students are afraid to talk to strangers.

第 3 题　The author believes that________
A．the divisions among people result from their property.
B．a high-caliber science student graduates from a ordinary high school.
C．the small alterations should be done immediately.
D．the society’s help to inner-city schools is inadequate.

第 4 题　It is the author’s opinion that __ will improve the life of inner city people.
A．offering more education programs to students
B．helping to clean up the ghettos physically
C．taking measures to help extreme poor students

第 5 题　It can be concluded from the author’s remarks that______
A．we should educate more high schools students.
B．the obstacles in teachers’ way should be moved away.
C．the decaying school buildings should be reconstructed.
D．we should build up more high schools in our city.
D．bringing up more engineering students