2007年6月
You hear the refrain all the time: the U.S. economy looks good statistically, but it doesn’t feel good. Why doesn’t ever-greater wealth promote ever-greater happiness? It is a question that dates at least to the appearance in 1958 of The Affluent (富裕的)
52. What question does John Kenneth Galbraith rai in his book The Affluent Society? B
B) Why affluence doesn’t guarantee happiness.
53. According to Galbraith, people feel discontented becau __D__.
D) materialism has run wild in modern society
54. Why do people feel squeezed when their average income ris considerably? A
A) Their material pursuits have gone far ahead of their earnings.
55. What does Louis Uchitelle mean by “the disposable American” (Line 3, Para. 5)? D
D) Workers who no longer have cure jobs.
56. What has affluence brought to American society? C
C) New conflicts and complaints.
Questions 57 to 61 are bad on the following passage.
The u of deferential (敬重的) language is symbolic of the Confucian ideal of the woman, which dominates conrvative gender norms in Japan.
57. The first paragraph describes in detail ____B____.
B) the Confucian influence on gender norms in Japan
58. What change has been obrved in today’s young Japane women? B
B) The u fewer of the deferential linguistic forms.
59. How do some people react to women’s appropriation of men’s language forms as re
ported in the Japane media? D
D) They express strong disapproval.
人为什么会出汗60. According to Yoshiko Matsumoto, the linguistic behavior obrved in today’s young women _____B___.
B) has been true of all past generations
61. The author believes that the u of asrtive language by young Japane women is _____C___.
C) one of their strategies to compete in a male-dominated society
2007年12月
Like most people, I’ve long understood that I will be judged by my occupation, that my profession is a gauge people u to e how smart or talented I am.
52. The author was disappointed to find that ___________________.
C) one’s occupation affects the way one is treated as a person
53. What does the author intend to say by the example in the cond paragraph?
A) Some customers simply show no respect to tho who rve them.
54. How did the author feel when waiting tables at the age of 19?
D) She found it natural for professionals to treat her as inferior.
55. What does the author imply by saying “…many of my customers didn’t get the difference between rver and rvant” (Lines 3-4, Para.7)?
B) Tho working in the rvice industry shouldn’t be treated as rvants.
56. The author says she’ll one day take her clients to dinner in order to _______.
A) e what kind of person they are
Passage Two
What’s hot for 2007 among the very rich? A S7.3 million diamond ring. A trip to Tanzania to hunt wild animals. Oh. and income inequality.
57. What is the current topic of common interest among the very rich in America? C
C) The inequality in the distribution of wealth.
58. What do we learn from Mortimer Zuckerman’s lamentation? C
C) The American nation is becoming more and more divided despite its wealth.
59. From the fifth paragraph we can learn that ______B______.管理小故事
B) the very rich are politically nsitive
回望青春60. What is the real reason for plutocrats to express solidarity with the middle class? 皮皮虾怎么剥C
C) They want to gain support for global economic integration.
61. What may happen if the United States places obstacles in the way of foreign investor小头像图片
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s and foreign goods? D
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D) Foreign countries will place the same economic barriers in return.
2008年6月
Imagine waking up and finding the value of your asts has been halved. No, you’re not an investor in one of tho hedge funds that failed completely.
52. Why do Americans feel humiliated? C
C) Their currency has slumped
53.How does the current dollar affect the life of ordinary Americans? C
C) They have to spend more money when buying imported goods.
54 How do many Europeans feel about the U.S with the devalued dollar? D
D) They think of it as a good tourist destination.
55 what is the author’s advice to Americans? C
C)西游记的故事They vacation at home rather than abroad
56 What does the author imply by saying “currencies don’t turn on a dime” (Line 2,Para 7)? A
