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The United States is already one year into a depression That was the news this week from the Na-tional Bureau of Economic Research. The downturn is the longest since a depression that began in 1981and lasted sixteen months.
Economists generally wait for production to shrink for six months in a row before they declare a re-cession. But the bureau, a private group, uses a wider set of information to measure the economy. Thenews only confirmed what many people already knew: that the world"s largest economy is weak and maynot recover soon.
Worsening conclitions have led to a big drop in spending, especially on costly products like new cars. Even Japanese automaker Toyota saw its sales fall thirty - four percent in the United States in November from a year ago.
The heads of Chrysler, Ford and General Motors retumed to Congress this week to again ask for federal aid. Congressional leaders denounced(指责) them two weeks ago after they came in private jets with no clear plans for saving their industry. This time, the chiefs drove to Washington in fuel- saving hybrid vehicles. And their companies presented detailed restructuring plans. The reguest for aid has risen from twenty-five billion dollars two weeks ago to thirty-four billion in loans and credit lines.
G.M. wants almost half of that, and says it needs four billion dollars this month. It warned that without support it cannot continue to operate.
Ford is in a better position, But the sharing of suppliers means it could be affected if G.M. or
Chrysler fails. Ford is asking for a nine billion dollar credit line in case it needs it.
Chrysler is the smallest and most trouble of America"s Big Three. It says it needs a seven billion dollar loan by the end of the month.
Two days of congressional hearings began Thursday in the Senate Banking Committee. The chairman, Democrat Chris Dodd, said he would support helping the automakers for the good of the economy.
But the committee"s top Republican, Richard Shelby, continued to express opposition to a bailout(贿政援助).
A main root of the world financial crisis is the weak housing market in the United States. The Trea-sury Department has been under pressure to help troubled homeowners. Now comes news that the depart-ment is developing a plan aimed at reducing interest rates on mortgage loans(汽车贷款) for some buyers of homes. That could be good for homeowners trying to sell.
小题1:From the first two paragraphs, we know .
A.the United States is expected to recover soon |
B.the depression has lasted more than 16 months |
C.the depression is much more severe than expected |
D.the depression will last no more than 6 months |
A.Because the government had no extra money to help. |
B.Because they didn"t have a ciear plan to save their industry. |
C.Because they had wasted too much on costly new cars. |
D.Because they had enough money to save their industry. |
A.G.M. | B.Toyota. | C.Chrysler. | D.Ford. |
A.was for | B.was against | C.didn"t care about | D.took no notice of |
A.The hearings on Thursday agreed on a federal aid to the automakers. |
B.The main cause of the crisis is weak housing market in the U.S.. |
C.The government is taking measures to save t he housing market. |
D.The Treasury Department had to help the troubled homeowners. |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:A
解析
小题1:主旨大意题。由1,2段可知美国经济复苏无力,情况比预料的还要严重。
小题2:细节题。根据文章第四段Congressional leaders denounced(指责) them two weeks ago after they came in private jets with no clear plans for saving their industry.
小题3:细节题。第四段中The reguest for aid has risen from twenty-five billion dollars two weeks ago to thirty-four billion in loans and credit lines.这些企业要求的贷款大约是340亿美元。第五段G.M. wants almost half of that。第六段Ford is in a better position, Chrysler is the smallest and most trouble of America"s Big Three. B项丰田公司是日本的。所以选择A。
小题4:细节题。根据倒数第二段But the committee"s top Republican, Richard Shelby, continued to express opposition to a bailout(贿政援助).
小题5:细节题。文章倒数2,3段清楚显示并非完全同意,有人反对。
核心考点
试题【The United States is already one year into a depression That was the news this w】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Scotland is not easily defined. In certain moments, this quiet land of lakes and grasses and mountains changes before your very eyes. When evening gently sweeps the hillside into orange light, the rivers, teeming with fish, can turn into streams of gold . As you settle down with just a fishing pole and a basket on the bank of River Orchy, near the Inverlochy Castle , any frustration(烦恼) will float away as gently as the circling water. It’s just you and purple, pink, white flowers, seeking a perfect harmony. If you are a new comer to fishing, learning the basics from a fishing guide may leave you with a lifetime’s fun. For many, fishing is more than a sport; it is an art.
Scotland offers interesting place where you can rest after a long day’s fishing. Set against a wild mountain and hidden behind woodland, the beautiful Inverlochy Castle Hotel below the Nevis is a perfect place to see the beauty of Scotland’s mountains. Ben Nevis is the highest of all British mountains, and reaching its 1343-metre top is a challenge. But it’s not just what goes up matters; what comes down is unique. More than 900 metres high, on the mountain’s north face, lies an all-important source of pure water. Its name comes from the Gaelic language “usquebaugh” or “water of life”; and it is the single most important ingredient(原料) in Scotland’s best known drink: whisky.
小题1:The story of Queen Victoria is to show that _____.
A.the queen is rich in tour experience |
B.the Castle is a good place to go in Scotland |
C.tasting whisky is better than going fishing |
D.1873 is a special year for the queen |
A.By giving descriptions. | B.By following time order. |
C.By analyzing causes. | D.By making comparisons. |
A.The Inverlochy Castle Hotel . |
B.The beauty of its surroundings. |
C.The water from the mountain. |
D.The challenge up to its top. |
A.To introduce Scottish traditions to tourists. |
B.To show the attractions of Scotland to readers. |
C.To explore geographical characteristics of Scotland. |
D.To describe the pleasures of life in Scotland. |
Keynes was surely correct that only a small part of total spending is decided by the desire for superiority. He was greatly mistaken, however, in seeing this desire as the only source of insatiable demands.
Decisions to spend are also driven by ideas of quality which can influence the demands for almost all goods, including even basic goods like food. When a couple goes out for an anniversary dinner, for example, the thought of feeling superior to others probably never comes to them. Their goal is to share a special meal that stands out from other meals.
There are no obvious limits to the escalation of demand for quality. For example, Porsche, a famous car producer, has a model which was considered perhaps the best sport car on the market Priced at over $120,000, it handles perfectly well and has great speed acceleration. But in 2004, the producer introduced some changes which made the model slightly better in handling and acceleration. People who really care about cars find these small improvements exciting. To get them, however, they must pay almost four times the price.
By placing the desire to be superior to others at the heart of his description of insatiable demands, Keynes actually reduced such demands. However, the desire for higher quality has no natural limits.
小题1:According to the passage, John Keynes believed that_______.
A.desire is the root of both absolute and relative needs |
B.absolute needs come from our sense of superiority |
C.relative needs alone lead to insatiable demands |
D.absolute needs are stronger than relative needs |
A.They want to show their superiority. |
B.They find specialty important to meals. |
C.Their demands for food are not easily satisfied. |
D.Their choice of dinner is |
A.Understanding. | B.Increase | C.Difference | D.Study |
A.absolute needs have no limits |
B.demands for quality are not insatiable |
C.human desires influence ideas of quality |
D.relative needs decide most of our spending |
Our faces show emotions (情感), but we should not attempt to “read” people from another culture as we would “read” someone from our own culture. The fact that members of one culture do not express their emotions as openly as do members of another does not mean that they do not experience emotions. Rather, there are cultural differences in the amount of facial expressions permitted. For example, in public and in formal situations many Japanese do not show their emotions as freely as Americans do. When with friends, Japanese and Americans seem to show their emotions similarly.
It is difficult to generalize about Americans and facial expressiveness because of personal and cultural differences in the United States. People from certain cultural backgrounds in the United States seem to be more facially expressive than others. The key is to try not to judge people whose ways of showing emotion are different. If we judge according to our own cultural habits, we may make the mistake of “reading” the other person incorrectly.
小题1:What does the smile usually mean in the U.S.?
A.Love. | B.Politeness. | C.Joy. | D.Thankfulness. |
A.show friendliness to strangers |
B.be used to hide true feelings |
C.be used in the wrong places |
D.show personal habits |
A.Learn about their relations with others. |
B.Understand their cultural backgrounds. |
C.Find out about their past experience. |
D.Figure out what they will do next. |
A.Cultural Differences | B.Smiles and Relationship |
C.Facial Expressiveness | D.Habits and Emotions |
Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of “rubbish talk”. The contents on his show are as surprising as can be. For example, the show takes the ever-common talk show titles of love, sex, cheating, and hate, to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is about the dark side of society, yet people are willing to eat up the troubles of other people’s lives.
Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes TV talk show to its top. But Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show is mainly about the improvement of society and different quality(质量) of life. Contents are from teaching your children lessons, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors.
Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being poured into society. Jerry ends every show with a “final word”. He makes a small speech about the entire idea of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable.
Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show’s main viewers are middleclass Americans. Most of these people have the time, money, and ability to deal with life’s tough problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of a connection with the young adults of society. These are 18-to-21-year-olds whose main troubles in life include love, relationship, sex, money and drug. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned through the show’s exploitation.
小题1:Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey are ______.
A.more interesting. | B.very popular. |
C.more detailed. | D.more formal. |
A.remain interested in them. |
B.are ready to face up to them. |
C.remain cold to them. |
D.are willing to get away from them. |
A.A new type of robot. | B.Nation hatred(憎恨). |
C.Family income planning. | D.Street accident. |
A.have become the only ones of its kind. |
B.exploit the weaknesses in human nature. |
C.appear at different times of the day. |
D.attract different people. |
A University of Illinois study follows the lives of 81 valedictorians and salutatorians (致词的学生代表) who graduated a decade ago from public and private high schools in the state.
Tales of Success and Failure
The study found tales of success and failure. The research on 46 women and 35 men found that some were doctors and scientists, one was a drug addict, another was a waitress with emotional problems.
"There is a popular idea about people who do well in school doing well in life," said Terry Denny, professor of education. Denny conducted the study with Karen Arnold, a former graduate student of Denny" s who is now a professor at Boston College. Denny and Arnold contacted the 81 students before graduation, and then followed up with interviews nearly every other year. They also sent them questionnaires in the mail.
Varied Careers
One-third of the students are lawyers, or have a doctorate. Nineteen are in business and 15 are engineers or computer scientists. Others include a farmer, a stock broker, and an aerobics instructor.
Arnold says many of the students have only average positions in the work world and that "most are not headed for greatness in their careers." Denny, however, says that it is too early to make such predictions. "Who expects someone to be on the Supreme Court at the age of 28 or to be the discoverer of an important scientific invention right after college?" he said. "These students are just getting started in life. They are just beginning to find out what life is all about."
小题1:What can we conclude from Paragraph 1?
A.Mike got married before he went to college. |
B.Lynn was honored by a law firm in the city. |
C.Mike was not so lucky as Lynn after graduating from college. |
D.Mike and Lynn both graduated first in their high school class. |
A.Denny was her professor |
B.Arnold did well at school. |
C.Denny interviewed some students |
D.Arnold helped Denny in the research |
A.Successful Careers for College Graduates |
B.Success in Education Predicts Success in Later Life |
C.High School Honors Not Always Key to Life Success |
D.A study on Successful Jobs and College Graduates |
A.College graduates | B.Reporters |
C.Professors and researchers | D.Teachers |
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