出自:沈阳建筑大学大学英语3
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Americans are making more money than ever, but they are also working harder than ever to achieve their financial goals.1____an era of record corporate profits, the American middle class is becoming increasingly 2____about their economic security.
In the Depression years, the song was: "Brother, can you spare me a dime?" Now, the song would 3____: “Brother, can you spare me some health insurance” or “Brother, can you spare me 4____outsourcing?”
According to a recent poll only 18 percent of Americans 5____they have achieved the coveted梦寐以求的“American Dream”.
The “American Dream” is firmly 6____in work. It is tied to a job. Americans define the “American Dream” 7____basic economic security. The cornerstones were wages that 8____a family, affordable quality healthcare, opportunities for your children, respect 9____the work you do, and retirement security.
10 __, 31 percent of working Americans say they have incurred招致 debt to pay for essential necessities. 11__ , American corporate profits are soaring. The average CEO of America’s 500 top companies earned 262 times the pay of the average worker.
12__ U.S. wealth has increased over the past decade. But the middle class is not 13____its slice of the American economic pie. The household incomes have risen, 14__ . Americans are working harder than ever in order to achieve those gains. And many families 15____unpredictable futures.
Major income losses are increasingly 16 __, as more Americans lose their jobs to outsourcing外包 or company downsizing裁员. 17__ , health care costs are rising dramatically, leaving a 18____46 million Americans without health insurance.
Many believe the only way to help American workers 19____for success in the new global economy is to make high quality education more affordable 20____all Americans.
1. A) In B) On C) At D) For
2. A) careful B) anxious C) angry D) eager
3. A) write B) come C) go D) sound
4. A) of B) to C) beyond D) from
5. A) believe B) express C) regard D) know
6. A) found B) based C) fixed D) rooted
7. A) as B) at C) on D) for
8. A) support B) hold C) help D) provide
9. A) to B) for C) With D) by
10. A) Thus B) Still C) Besides D) Yet
11. A) Moreover B) Meanwhile C) Therefore D) Though
12. A) Complete B) Whole C) Total D) Entire
13. A) cutting B) getting C) having D) sharing
14. A) as B) for C) but D) while
15. A) face B) plan C) meet D) stand
16. A) general B) ordinary C) natural D) common
17. A) Thus B) Further C) Instead D) Although
18. A) rated B) estimated C) expected D) supposed
19. A) prepare B) adjust C) fit D) settle
20. A) for B) to C) with D) by
阅读理解题) People do not analyze every problem they meet. Sometimes they try to remember a solution from the last time they had a similar problem. They often accept the opinions or ideas of other people. Other times they begin to act without thinking. They try to find a solution by trial and error. However, when all these methods fail, the person with a problem has to start analyzing. There are six stages in analyzing a problem.
First the person must recognize that there is a problem. For example, Sam’s bicycle is broken, and he cannot read it to class as he usually does. Sam must see that there is a problem with his bicycle.
Next the thinker must define the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must find out the reason why it does not work. For instance, he must determine if the problem is with the gears, the brakes, or the frame. He must make his problem more specific.
Now the person must look for information that will make the problem clearer and lead to possible solutions. For instance, suppose Sam decided that his bike does not work because there is something wrong with the gear wheels. At this time, he can look in his bicycle repair book and read about gears. He can talk to his friends at the bike shop. He can look at his gears carefully.
After studying the problem, the person should have several suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as an illustration. His suggestions might be: put oil on the gear wheels; buy new gear wheels and replace the old ones; tighten or loosen the gear wheels.
Eventually one suggestion seems to be the solution to the problem. Sometimes the final idea comes very suddenly because the thinker suddenly sees something new or sees something in a new way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees that there is a piece of chewing gum between the gear wheels. He immediately realizes the solution to his problem: he must clean the gear wheels.
Finally the solution is tested. Sam cleans the gear wheels and finds that afterwards his bicycle works perfectly. In short , he has solved the problem.
(1). (单选题) What is the best title for this passage?(本题2.0分)
A、 Six Stages for Repairing Sam’s Bicycle
B、 Possible Ways to Problem-solving
C、 Necessities of Problem Analysis
D、 Suggestions for Analyzing a Problem
(阅读理解题)I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me whispered something, but I didn’t understand. So I leaned over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen. She showed me that hers was out of ink and would not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk.
Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were dismissed（解散）. As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about what it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to stand on your own two feet and be responsible (负责任) for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized（强调） the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating（欺骗） themselves. She made me promise that I would think seriously（认真地） about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.
Later on, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl’s test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. Even if I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued（继续） to believe that I had cheated on the test.
(1). (单选题) The story took place（发生） exactly ____________ .(本题2.0分)
A、 in the teacher’s office
B、 in an exam room
C、 in the school
D、 in the language lab