题目内容

  There is much discussion today about whether economic growth is desirable. At an early period, our desire for material wealth may have been justified. Now, however, this desire for more than we need is causing serious problems. Even though we have good intentions, we may be producing too much, too fast.

  Those who criticize economic growth argue that we must slow down. They believe that society is approaching certain limits on growth. These include the fixed supply of natural resources, the possible negative effects of industry on the natural environment, and the continuing increase in the world's population. As society reaches these limits, economic growth can no longer continue, and the quality of life will decrease.

  People who want more economic growth, on the other hand, argue that even at the present growth rate there are still many poor people in the world. These proponents of economic growth believe that only more growth can create the capital(资金)needed to improve the quality of life in the world. Furthermore, they argue that only continued growth can provide the financial resources required to protect our natural surroundings from industrialization.

  This debate over the desirability of continued economic growth is of vital importance to business and industry. If those who argue against economic growth are correct, the problems they mention cannot be ignored. To find a solution, economists and the business community must pay attention to these problems and continue discussing them with one another.

(1) According to those who argue against economic growth we must slow down for the following reasons except that ________

[  ]

A.our natural surroundings are in danger of being destroyed by industry.

B.the fixed supply of natural resources marks a point beyond which economic growth cannot continue.

C.the world population is ever increasing.

D.more efforts should be made to improve the quality of our material life.

(2) It can be inferred that the underlined word“proponents” (paragraph 3) most probably means ____.

[  ]

A.arguments in support of something

B.disagreements

C.people who argue against something

D.people who argue for something

(3) The passage is mainly about _______.

[  ]

A. the contradiction(矛盾)between economists and the business community

B.the present debate on economic growth

C.the importance of the debate on economic growth

D.the advantages and disadvantages of economic growth

(4) We may infer from the passage that ______.

[  ]

A.the author describes the case as it is

B.the author is for economic growth

C.the author is against continued economic growth

D.the author is very much worried about the problems caused by continued economic growth

答案:D;A;B;A
解析:

(1) 短文的第二段开头就指出:反对经济增长的人们认为经济增长需要慢下来,接下来便叙述原因,第2句至第4句叙述了ABC三项的内容,只有D项没有提到。

(2) 本题考查学生猜测词义的能力。由本词所在的句子内容可知,proponents of economic growth相信经济增长可为提高全世界的生活质量,创造所需要的资金,因此能推断出proponents of economic growth是支持经济增长的人。据此也能猜出proponents的意思应为“支持者”。

(3) 本题是对文章主旨大意的考查。本文第一段的第一句即为本文的主题句,“关于是否需要经济增长,存在着许多争论。”下文主要叙述辩论双方对此问题的不同看法。

(4) 作者在本文中始终没有表明自己对此问题的态度,只是实事求是地对此进行了叙述。


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           When sailors are allowed ashore (登岸) after a long time at sea, they sometimes get drunk and cause trouble. 1 this reason, the navy (海军) 2 has its police in big ports. 3 sailors cause trouble, the police come and      4them.

           One day, the police in a big seaport received a telephone call 5 a bar(酒吧)in the town. The barman said that a big sailor had got drunk and      6 the furniture in the bar. The officer 7 the police guard that     evening said that he 8 immediately.                   

       Now, officers who 9 and punish the sailors who were      10 drunk usually choose 11 policeman they could find to go with them.      12 this particular officer did not do this. Instead, he chose the smallest and 13 man he could find to go to the bar with him and 14 the sailor.   Another officer who      15 there was surprised when he saw the officer of the guard choose      16 small man. 17 he said to him. "Why 18 you take     a big man with you? You have to fight the sailor who 19."    

                   

       "Yes, you are 20 right," answered the officer of the guard. "That is exactly      21 I 22 this small man. If you saw two policemen coming      23 you, and one of them was 24 the other, which one      25 you attack(攻击)?"                   

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
  

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  Tadatoyo Yamamoto is a Japanese businessman.He  1 the US from time to time.While he was  2 at a hotel on a visit to Chicago,he put his bag on the  3 .A few minutes  4 ,Mr Yamamoto reached down for it,but it was  5 .Inside it were about 900,his passport(护照),  6 of his family,and his  7 tickets to Japan.

   But three weeks  8 he returned to Tokyo,Mr Yamamoto  9 an envelope.There was  10 inside but his passport,his airline tickets,photos of his family and  11 orders for more than 900 and a  12 from Mr Joseph Loveras.It said:

  “I  13 this money order and the things will make you believe in the  14 of Chicago.”

    The next  15 he travelled to the US,Mr Yamamoto  16 Mr Loveras.He was a 67-year-old sick man with a total  17 of 493 a month.

    He explained that he  18 the bag on a street corner and  19 the money and the tickets in the top part of the  20 .He changed the money into money orders and  21 his own money to send it to Japan.

    Mr Yamamoto was very  22 by what Mr Loveras had done. “I asked him  23 he would go to all the trouble to return  24 to me.He told me that if he had not done it,it would have made him feel bad for the rest of his  25 .”

    Now they have become friends,and Mr Yamamoto visits Mr Loveras every time he is in the US.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

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A.looking   

  

B.living   

  

C.telephoning   

  

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3.   

  

  

  

  

  

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B.floor   

  

C.car   

  

D.computer   

  

4.   

  

  

  

  

  

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B.ago   

  

C.before   

  

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5.   

  

  

  

  

  

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A.open   

  

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D.gone   

  

6.   

  

  

  

  

  

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A.information   

  

B.photos   

  

C.names   

  

D.letters   

  

7.   

  

  

  

  

  

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In the middle of the night, Peter’s wife suddenly fell ill. She couldn’t help crying, “Oh, my stomach! Get the   1    !”

Peter, awaking from a deep sleep, thought his wife was only having a    2    dream.

“Stop that noise, ” he said to her. He turned over and tried to go to   3   again, but his wife still cried out, “On, help! help! I’m sure I’m   4    . ”

Peter got out of bed and started   5    , but he could not find him any clothes.

“Where is my shirt? ” he asked. His wife was   6    ill to tell him, and she could only cry, “Oh, my    7   stomach!”

As soon as he had put his clothes    8    , he said, “Now, my dear, are you quite   9  

that you need the doctor?  Surely you can wait   10   morning, can’t you? ”

“No, I can’t. Go, go, go, ”his wife shouted, “    11    you will find me dead    12  

the morning. ”

So Peter went out into the dark street. He had only gone a few meters   13   he heard his wife calling him again.

“I’m   14   again now, and I shall not want the doctor, ” she said, softly.

Hearing this, he started running as   15    as he could towards the doctor’s. When he arrived there, he knocked at the door loudly enough to wake   16    around.

The doctor put his sleepy head out of the bedroom window and said, “Er?  Who’s there? ”

“Oh, Doctor, ”Peter called up to him, “I’ve very   17    news for you. My wife    18  

ill with a terrible stomachache. I was on my way to bring you to her, but she called me back to say the trouble had suddenly   19    her. So you need not come. Go back to    20   now, and sleep well!”

1. A. driver                                   B. nurse

C. doctor                                     D. child

2. A. terrible                                     B. interesting

C. surprising                                    D. wonderful

3. A. bed                                       B. sleep

C. dream                                       D. hospital

4. A. walking                                   B. dying

C. aching                                       D. sleeping

5. A. dressing                                  ; B. wearing

C. raising                                       D. working

6. A. very                                         B. so

C. too                                         D. quite

7. A. good                                     B. bad

C. wrong                                       D. poor

8. A. down                                    B. off

C. on                                        D. up

9. A. surprised                                      B. afraid

C. certain                                         D. worried

10. A. before                                    B. for

C. to                                            D. until

11. A. and                                      B. but

C. so                                         D. or

12. A. after                                    B. in

C. before                                       D. until

13. A. after                                    B. when

C. before                                       D. while

14. A. good                                      B. wrong

C. all right                                     D. right

15. A. fast                                     B. slowly

C. hurriedly                                     D. happily

16. A. everyone                                  B. someone

C. no one                                         D. doctors

17. A. good                                    B. bad

C. necessary                                    D. ill

18. A. fell                                         B. stayed

C. grew                                       D. failed

19. A. gone off                                   B. missed

C. pleased                                      D. left

20. A. your home                                 B. your bedroom

C. your dream                                  D. bed

 

In the middle of the night, Peter’s wife suddenly fell ill. She couldn’t help crying, “Oh, my stomach! Get the   1    !”

Peter, awaking from a deep sleep, thought his wife was only having a    2    dream.

“Stop that noise, ” he said to her. He turned over and tried to go to   3   again, but his wife still cried out, “On, help! help! I’m sure I’m   4    . ”

Peter got out of bed and started   5    , but he could not find him any clothes.

“Where is my shirt? ” he asked. His wife was   6    ill to tell him, and she could only cry, “Oh, my    7   stomach!”

As soon as he had put his clothes    8    , he said, “Now, my dear, are you quite   9  

that you need the doctor?  Surely you can wait   10   morning, can’t you? ”

“No, I can’t. Go, go, go, ”his wife shouted, “    11    you will find me dead    12  

the morning. ”

So Peter went out into the dark street. He had only gone a few meters   13   he heard his wife calling him again.

“I’m   14   again now, and I shall not want the doctor, ” she said, softly.

Hearing this, he started running as   15    as he could towards the doctor’s. When he arrived there, he knocked at the door loudly enough to wake   16    around.

The doctor put his sleepy head out of the bedroom window and said, “Er?  Who’s there? ”

“Oh, Doctor, ”Peter called up to him, “I’ve very   17    news for you. My wife    18  

ill with a terrible stomachache. I was on my way to bring you to her, but she called me back to say the trouble had suddenly   19    her. So you need not come. Go back to    20   now, and sleep well!”

1. A. driver                                   B. nurse

C. doctor                                     D. child

2. A. terrible                                     B. interesting

C. surprising                                    D. wonderful

3. A. bed                                       B. sleep

C. dream                                       D. hospital

4. A. walking                                   B. dying

C. aching                                       D. sleeping

5. A. dressing                                   B. wearing

C. raising                                       D. working

6. A. very                                         B. so

C. too                                         D. quite

7. A. good                                     B. bad

C. wrong                                       D. poor

8. A. down                                    B. off

C. on                                        D. up

9. A. surprised                                      B. afraid

C. certain                                         D. worried

10. A. before                                    B. for

C. to                                            D. until

11. A. and                                      B. but

C. so                                         D. or

12. A. after                                    B. in

C. before                                       D. until

13. A. after                                    B. when

C. before                                       D. while

14. A. good                                    B. wrong

C. all right                                     D. right

15. A. fast                                     B. slowly

C. hurriedly                                     D. happily

16. A. everyone                                  B. someone

C. no one                                         D. doctors

17. A. good                                    B. bad

C. necessary                                    D. ill

18. A. fell                                         B. stayed

C. grew                                       D. failed

19. A. gone off                                   B. missed

C. pleased                                      D. left

20. A. your home                                 B. your bedroom

C. your dream                                  D. bed

 

Around the world more and more people are taking part in dangerous sports and activities. Of course, there have  1  been people who have looked for   2  —those who have climbed the highest mountains, explored unknown parts of the world or sailed in   3  across the greatest oceans. Now, however, there are people who   4  an immediate pleasure from a   5  activity which may only last   6   or even seconds.

I would consider bungee jumping   7  good example of   8  . You   9  a high place (perhaps a bridge or a hot-air balloon)200 meters above the ground   10  an elastic(有弹性的)rope   11  your   12  . You fall at up to 150 kilometers an hour until the ropes   13  you from hitting the ground. It is said that 2 million people around the world have now tried bungee jumping. Other activities   14  most people would say are as dangerous as bungee jumping   15  jumping from tall buildings and diving into the sea from the top of high rocks.

  16  do people take part in such activities as these? Some psychologists(心理学家)suggest that it is   17  life in modern societies has become safe and boring. Not very long ago, people’s lives were constantly in danger. They had to go out and hunt for food, and life was a continuous battle for survival(生存).

Nowadays, according to many people, life offers   18  excitement. They live and work in relatively   19  condition —— they buy food in shops; and there are doctors and hospitals to look after them if they become ill. The answer for some of these people is to look for   20  in activities as bungee jumping.

1. A. not                              B. never

C. always                                   D. usual

2. A. ease                                   B. adventure

C. happiness                            D. knowledge

3. A. large ship                         B. safe boat

C. small boat                            D. safe ship

4A. search                             B. look through

C. look for                             D. in search of

5. A. danger                           B. safe

C. angry                              D. dangerous

6. A. a few hours                       B. some time

C. a day                              D. a few minutes

7. A. to be                              B. is

C. being                              D. to being

8. A. such activity             B. a such activity

C. so an activity               D. such an activity

9. A. climb up                          B. jump from

C. jump off                            D. find

10. A. with                            B. by

C. and                               D. use

11. A. is tied with                       B. ties to

C. tied to                             D. tied with

12. A. arms                            B. ankles

C. hands                              D. legs

13. A. makes                            B. gets

C. has                               D. stops

14. A. as dangerous as            B. so dangerous as

C. too dangerous as              D. very dangerous as

15. A. includes                                B. including

C. include                              D. included

16. A. When                            B. Why

C. where                             D. How

17. A. because                              B. that

C. because of                           D. for

18. A. much                           B. little

C. many                              D. more

19. A. happy                            B. safe

C. exciting                             D. dangerous

20. A. wealth                           B. safety

C. danger                                   D. pleasure

 

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