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8.Unemployment will certainly be in double-digits next year--and may remain there for some time.And for every person who (50)C as unemployed in the Bureau of Labor Statistics'household survey,you can bet there's another either too (51)A to look for work or working part time who'd rather have a full-time job or else taking home less pay than before.And there's yet another person who's more fearful that he or she will be the (52)Bto lose a job.(53)D,10percent unemployment really means 20percent underemployment or anxious employment,all of which translates (54)Dinto late payments on mortgages,credit cards,auto and student loans,and loss of health insurance.It also means sleeplessness for tens of millions of Americans,and,of course,(55)Apurchases.
Unemployment of this magnitude and duration also translates into ugly (56)C,because fear and anxiety are (57)Bgrounds for the political resentment against immigrants,blacks,the poor,government leaders,business leaders,Jews and other easy (58)B.It's already started.Next year is a mid-term election.Be prepared for worse.
So why is unemployment and underemployment so high?And why is it (59)Dto remain high for some time?Because,as noted,people who are worried about their jobs or have no jobs,and who are also trying to (60)A from under a pile of debt,are not going to do a lot of shopping.And businesses that don't have customers aren't going to do a lot of new (61)C.And foreign nations also suffering high 62)Baren't going to buy a lot of our goods and services.And without customers,companies won't (63)D.They'll cut payrolls instead.
This brings us to the obvious question:Who's going to buy the stuff we make or the services we provide,and therefore bring jobs back?There's only one (64)C left:The government.
50.A.keeps to | B.sticksto | C.shows up | D.attaches |
51.A.discouraged | B.timid | C.sure | D.upset |
52.A.first | B.next | C.last | D.only |
53.A.On the other hand | B.By contrast | C.As a whole | D.In other words |
54.A.enormously | B.definitely | C.exactly | D.directly |
55.A.fewer | B.more | C.better | D.worse |
56.A.economics | B.trades | C.politics | D.industries |
57.A.necessary | B.fertile | C.scarce | D.heated |
58.A.opponents | B.targets | C.victims | D.potentials |
59.A.due | B.able | C.equal | D.likely |
60.A.get out | B.get around | C.get into | D.get off |
61.A.programming | B.planning | C.investing | D.advertising |
62.A.signature | B.unemployment | C.crisis | D.inefficiency |
63.A.rent | B.run | C.sell | D.hire |
64.A.manufacturer | B.applicant | C.buyer | D.employer |
分析 本文是一篇政治经济类阅读,主要讲述了失业率明年可能会上升到两位数,并持续一段时间,本文就此展开讨论,写出了失业率过高导致的一系列问题和由此引发的一系列状况.最后得出一个结论,在失业率高的情况下,谁来买我们的东西或我们提供的服务,带来就业?答案是政府.
解答 50.答案:C.考查短语辨析.A.保持;B.坚持;C.出现;D.附加.句意:对每一个在劳工统计局调查中失业的人来说.根据句意及所给选项,应填shows up.故选C.
51.答案:A.考查形容词词义辨析.A.气馁的;B.胆小的;C.确定的;D.沮丧的.句意:你可以打赌没有一个灰心丧气寻找工作或兼职工作而宁愿有一个全职工作或回家时间比以前少.根据句意及所给选项,应填discouraged.故选A.
52.答案:B.考查句意理解.句意:还有另一个人害怕他或她自己将成为下一个失去工作的人.根据句意及所给选项知,应填next.故选B.
53.答案:D.考查短语辨析.A.另一方面;B.相反地;C.总之;D.换言之.句意:换言之,10%的失业率20%指的是就业不足或焦虑就业.根据句意及所给选项知,应填in other words.故选D.
54.答案:D.考查副词词义辨析.A.巨大地;B.肯定地;C.准确地;D.直接地.句意:所有这些将直接转化为晚支付抵押贷款.根据句意及所给选项知,此处应填directly.故选D.
55.答案:A.考查句意理解.句意:这也意味着数以百万计的美国人失眠,当然,还有,更少的购买.根据句意及所给选项知,此处应填fewer.故选A.
56.答案:C.考查名词词义辨析.A.经济;B.贸易;C.政治;D.工业.句意:失业率的大小和持续时间也会转化为恶劣的政治.根据句意及下文内容知,此处应填politics.故选C.
57.答案:B.考查形容词词义辨析.A.必需的;B.肥沃的;C.稀缺的;D.加热的.句意:因为恐惧和焦虑是孕育政治怨恨的肥沃土壤.根据句意及所给选项,此处应填fertile.故选B.
58.答案:B.考查名词词义辨析.A.对手;B.目标;C.受害者;D.潜力.根据句意及所给选项知,此处应填targets.故选B.
59.答案:D.考查固定搭配.be likely to意为"可能做…",固定搭配.句意:为什么失业率和就业不足率可能会一直很高呢?故选D.
60.答案:A.考查动词短语辨析.A.出去;B.绕过;C.进入;D.下车.句意:人担心他们的工作或者没有工作,还试图摆脱一堆债务.根据句意及所给选项知,此处应填get out.故选A.
61.答案:C.考查动词词义辨析.句意:企业没有客户不会做很多新的投资.根据句意及所给选项知,此处应填investing.故选C.
62.答案:B.考查名词词义辨析.A.签名;B.失业;C.危机;D.效率低下.句意:外国国家遭受高失业率也不会买很多我们的产品和服务.根据句意及选项知,此处应填unemployment.故选B.
63.答案:D.考查动词词义辨析.句意:没有顾客,公司也不会雇佣.根据句意及所给选项知,此处应填hire.故选D.
64.答案:C.考查名词词义辨析.A.制造者;B.应用者;C.买家;D.雇主.句意:仅仅只有一个买家,那就是政府.根据句意及所给选项知,此处应填buyer.故选C.
点评 本文是一篇说明文,题目涉及名词,动词,形容词,副词词义辨析,固定用法及短语辨析,做题时应结合文章上下文内容并根据所给选项的含义进行分析,从而得出正确答案.切记胡乱猜测,一定要做到有理有据.
The student had written down."Go to the (44)D of the building.Drop the barometer and (45)Dthe seconds until it drops on the sidewalk below.(46)B use the formula(公式)for acceleration by gravity to (47)C the height of the building."
Of course,with the help of a barometer,the (48)B expected the student to use air pressure as a tool for measuring height.So he couldn't (49)Dthat part of the test.
When the student brought up that his answer (50)A solve the question being asked,the professor promised he would let the student answer the question again with a different (51)D.And if the student solved the problem (52)C,he would award him the marks for the question.
Immediately the student (53)Bthat he would use the barometer to knock on the (54)C of the landlord in the building.When the landlord answered the door.he would ask,"How (55)D is this building?"
At once,the professor (56)C what the student was doing.He asked him if he knew of any (57)C methods to reach the answer.The student answered that he would (58)A a long string to the barometer and measure the length of the string.
The professor decided to (59)D the student the marks.As the story goes,the student was young Niels Bohr,later becoming the famous (60)C and discovering the nature of electrons inside atoms.
41.A.outstanding | B.otherwise | C.obvious | D.actual |
42.A.understood | B.asked | C.graded | D.fooled |
43.A.measure | B.build | C.meet | D.climb |
44.A.front | B.back | C.inside | D.top |
45.A.follow | B.1eave | C.adjust | D.count |
46.A.Thus | B.Then | C.Although | D.Therefore |
47.A.deliver | B.divide | C.determine | D.defend |
48.A.friend | B.tester | C.manager | D.1awyer |
49.A.answer | B.reach | C.fail | D.pass |
50.A.did | B.could | C.might | D.would |
51.A.barometer | B.tool | C.test | D.method |
52.A.immediately | B.slowly | C.again | D.easily |
53.A.believed | B.responded | C.proposed | D.challenged |
54.A.roof | B.wall | C.door | D.bell |
55.A.much | B.old | C.big | D.tall |
56.A.wondered | B.asked | C.saw | D.doubted |
57.A.great | B.scientific | C.other | D.known |
58.A.tie | B.put | C.give | D.pull |
59.A.avoid | B.accept | C.abandon | D.award |
60.A.biologist | B.dentist | C.physicist | D.artist |
A.poisoned B.destruction C.survived D.increased E.especially F.chemicals G.concern H.decline I.occasionally J.sensitive |
The most serious aspect of amphibian loss,however,goes beyond the amphibians themselves.Scientists are beginning to think about what amphibian (42)decline means for the planet as a whole.If the earth is becoming unlivable for amphibians,is it also becoming unlivable for other kinds of animals and human beings as well?
Scientists now believe that amphibian decline is due to several environmental factors.One of these factors is the (43)destruction of habitat,the natural area where an animal lives.Amphibians are very (44)sensitive to changes in their habitat.If they cannot find the right conditions,they will not lay their eggs.These days,as wild areas are covered with houses,roads,farms,or factories,many kinds of amphibians are no longer laying eggs.
There are a number of other factors in amphibian decline.Pollution is one of them.In many industrial areas,air pollution has (45)poisoned the rain,which then falls on ponds and kills the frogs that live there.In farming areas,the heavy use of (46)chemicals on crops has also killed off amphibians.Another factor is that air pollution has led to (47)increased levels of ultraviolet (UV) light.This endangers amphibians,which seem to be (48)especially sensitive to UV light.
All these reasons for the disappearance of amphibians are also good reasons for more general (49)concern.These factors affect human beings,too.
A. | look into | B. | make out | C. | put in | D. | take on |