普高专升本英语（阅读理解）模拟题2019年(20)
(总分150,考试时间120分钟)
阅读理解
It is a matter of common obrvation that although incomes keep going up over the years, people never em to become much better off. Prices are rising continuously. This condition is termed one of inflation; the money supply is becoming inflated so that each unit of it becomes less valuable. People have grown accustomed in recent years to higher and higher rates of inflation. What could be bought ten years ago for one dollar now costs well over two dollars. Prent indications are that this rate of inflation is tending to ri rather than to fall. If in the real world our money incomes go up at the same rate as prices one might think that inflation does not matter. But it does. When money is losing value it lacks one of the qualities of a good money—stability to value. It is no longer acceptable as a store of value; and it becomes an unsuitable standard of deferred(延期的) payments. Nobody wants to hold a wasting ast(资产), so people try to get rid of money as quickly as
possible. Inflation therefore stimulates consumer spending, and prevents people from saving.
1. Inflation is a situation in which______.
A. employment no longer becomes a problem
B. people are better paid
C. we find our money worth more
D. money keeps losing its value
2. According to the author, inflation______ .
A. is **mon at the prent time
B. can be avoided if people save money
C. is just reasonable
D. ldom happens
3. According to the passage, if incomes and prices ri together______.
A. inflation will po no problem
B. inflation will remain to be a problem
C. the business will prosper
D. money will hold its value
4. When money los its value______.
A. it is no longer stable
B. goods will lo their value
C. incomes will keep rising
D. people refu to accept it
5. In a period of inflation, people are likely to______.
A. keep money in the bank
B. invest heavily in the stock market
C. stop spending money
D. spend money and not bother to save
But the success of science, both its intellectual excitement and its practical application, depends upon the lf-correcting character of science. There must be a way of testing any valid idea. It must be possible to reproduce any valid experiment. The character or beliefs of scientists are irrelevant; all that matters is whether the evidence supports their contentions(观点). Arguments from authority simply do not count; too many authorities have been mistaken too often. I would like to e the very effective scientific modes of **municated by the schools and the media(传播媒介); and it would certainly be an astonishment and delight to e them introduced into politics. Scientists have been know
n to change their **pletely and publicly when prented with new evidence or new argument. I cannot recall the last time a politician displayed a similar openness and willingness to change.
6. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The rewards of scientific discoveries.
B. Practical applications of an abstract theory.
C. An important characteristics of science.
D. Some similarities between politics and science.
7. According to the passage, if a scientist repeats an experiment veral times and does not produce similar results each time, the experiment must be______.
A. **plex
B. scientific
C. incorrectly recorded
D. invalid
8. According to the passage, which of the following is most esntial to scientists' work?
A. Character.
B. Authority.
C. Beliefs.
D. Evidence.
9. The author implies that in science, arguments from authority are______.
A. not decisive
B. precious
C. doubtful
D. misleading
10. According to the author, a politician tends to______.
A. think much of the media
B. accept new arguments
C. avoid admitting his mistakes
D. stick to the laws
In the United States many have been told that anyone can become rich and successful if he works hard and has some good luck.
Yes, when one becomes rich he wants people to know it. And even he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That's what "Keeping up with the Jones" is about. The expression was first ud in 1913 by a young American by the name of Arthur Momand. Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do th
ings to keep up with their neighbors; they try to look as rich and as successful as their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a ries of short stories. He called it "Keeping Up with the Jones", becau "Jones" is a **mon name in the United States. "Keeping Up with the Jones" came to mean keeping up with the people around you. Momand's ries appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.
