专插本英语阅读冲刺教材第二课
第二课
Directions: In this section, there are four passages, each of which is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. Choose the best answer and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Passage 1
Governments at all levels face a tough task in better managing and serving migrant populations.
The municipal government of Shanghai carried out a residence certificate system in 2002, granting migrant laborers some treatments enjoyed by their urban counterparts. In Shenzhen, the residence certificate has included health-care, education and many other contents. The government of Beijing is also working on a local regulation about migrant population management that has aroused much attention.
It is not only a specific issue of migrant population management and service but also an issue concerning social welfare, public products, management mechanisms and human rights.
For more than half a century, permanent residence registration has been the sole criterion for one to enjoy urban public products such as health-care, education, employment and social security. Migrant workers, though contributing to the local economy, can't enjoy such products equally. Sometimes they are even guarded or discriminated against.
Migrant populations cannot have a sense of belonging to the city they live in, which is no good for social order and stability and will bring negative impacts to the management.
Scientific, rational and just social policies and laws will build our society in a positive way. Migrant laborers, especially those who have realized stable employment in the city, should be granted treatment equal to their urban counterparts.
31. How long has the permanent residence registration been the sole criterion?
A. For more than 20 years.
B. For more than 40 years.
C. For more than 50 years.
D. For more than 100 years.
32. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. It is in 2002 that the municipal government of Shanghai carried out a residence certificate system.
B. It is in Shenzhen that the residence certificate has included health-care, education and many other contents.
C. It is the compulsory education of migrant children that all municipal governments should pay attention to.
D. It is in Beijing that the government is working on a local regulation about migrant population management.
33. We can infer from the passage that .
A. migrant populations want to settle in cities
B. migrant workers play an important role in local economy
C. migrant workers are all trouble-makers
D. migrant workers will move out of cities sooner or later
34. What's the author's purpose in writing the passage?
A. To argue for the importance of equal rights for all citizens.
B. To explain the importance of migrant workers.
C. To show the importance of social stability.
D. To indicate the importance of municipal governments of all cities.
35. The best title for the passage is .
A. Equal Rights for Migrants
B. Social Order and Stability
C. Migrant Population Management
D. Migrant Population Service
Passage 2
Although one might not think so from some of the criticism of it, advertising is essential to the kind of society in which people in the United Kingdom, and a very considerable proportion of the world live. Advertising is indispensable as a means of communicating with others, of telling them about the goods and services that are provided, and of which most of them would never get to hear at all if it were not for advertising. And advertising is extremely helpful to promote a rising standard of living.
In talking about advertising, one should not think only in terms of a commercial on television, or an advertisement in the newspapers or periodicals. In its widest sense, advertising includes a host of other activities such as packaging, shop displays and-in the sense of communication-even the spoken word of the salesman. After all, the resources of advertising are to be found in the market place.
For many years it was considered that it was enough to produce goods and supply services. It is only more recently that it has become increasingly understood that the manufacture of goods is a waste of resources unless those goods can be sold at a fair price within a reasonable time span. In the competitive society in which we live, it is important that we go out and sell what we have, and advertising plays an important role in this aspect, whether selling at home or in export markets.
About two percent of the UK gross national product is relied on advertising. But it must not be thought that this advertising tries to sell goods to consumers who do not want them. Certainly, advertising does try to attract the interest of the potential consumers, but if the article when purchased does not match up to the standards that the advertising suggests that it will, it is obviously exceedingly unlikely that the article will sell well.
36. According to the text, advertising is important to .
A. every potential consumer in the world
B. large countries in the world
C. people with a high standard of living
D. a large number of people in the world
37. Advertising has its origins in .
A. shop window displays and the wrapping of goods
B. face to face contact between sellers and buyers
C. the communicative abilities of a trained sales person
D. articles in newspapers and magazines
38. People have realized that resources are wasted if goods .
A. are not of lasting value B. are not sold at a high price
C. remain unsold for a long time D. remained unsold in export markets
39. The text makes a point that goods will sell well if .
A. advertisements show the true value of them
B. enough money is spent on advertising
C. advertisements are well designed
D. they are of high quality
40. The best title of this passage would be .
A. Benefits of Advertising
B. A Brief History of Advertising in the UK
C. Limitations of Adrertising
D. Production and Advertising
Passage 3
In ancient times the most important examinations were spoken, not written. In the schools of ancient Greece and Rome, testing usually consisted of saying poetry aloud or giving speeches.
In the European universities of the Middle Ages, students who were working for advanced degrees had to discuss questions in their field of study with people who had made a special study of the subject.This custom exists today as part of the process of testing candidates for the doctor's degree.
Generally, however, modern examinations are written. Two types of tests are commonly used in modern schools. The first type is sometimes called an "objective" test. It is intended to deal with facts,not personal opinions. To make up an objective test the teacher writes a series of questions, each of which has only one correct answer. Along with each question the teacher writes the correct answer and also three statements that look like answers to students who have not leamed the material properly.The student has just one task: he must recognize the correct answer and copy its letter(or number)on his examination paper.
For testing a student's memory of facts and details, the objective test has advantages. It can be scored very quickly by the teacher or even by a machine. In a short time the teacher can find out a great deal about the student's range of knowledge. For testing some kinds of learning, however, such a test is not very satisfactory. A lucky student may guess the correct answer without really knowing the material.
41. This passage is mainly about .
A. examinations in ancient times B. modern examinations
C. how to do well in an examination D. how to set questions for an examination
42. To get a doctor's degree, one has to .
A. say poetry aloud B. give speeches
C. discuss questions in his field with experts D. both A and B
43. The objective test is not very satisfactory because .
A. it is easy and quick to score
B. the teacher can find out a great deal about the student's range of knowledge in a short time
C. it shows how deeply the student has thought about the subject
D. it contains element of luck
44. Which of the following statements about the objective test is NOT true?
A. Students who have not learned the material properly may fail to recognize the correct answer.
B. Each question has more than one correct answer.
C. A lucky student may guess the correct answer without really knowing the material.
D. The objective test has advantages for testing a student's memory of facts and details.
45. The next paragraph will probably deal with .
A. the other type of examination
B. the advantages of the objective test
C. how students guess the correct answers without really knowing the material
D. examinations in the ancient times
Passage 4
In Britain arrangements for inviting and entertaining guests at a wedding are usually the responsibility of the bride's family. In most cases it is mainly friends and relations of both families who are invited but when the bride's father is a businessman of some kind, the wedding reception may provide a useful occasion for establishing social connections with clients or, customers and other people whose goods will may be of advantage to him. It is, however, the bride's mother who has the job of sending out the formal printed invitation cards.
In the case of a church wedding, the priest of each parish in which the ceremony bride and bride-groom live is normally informed about a month in advance of the ceremony so that an announcement of the coming wedding can be made in church on each of three Sundays before it takes place. Anyone who may know of an existing marriage of either partner is ordered to give information about it, though this means of avoiding bigamy(重婚罪)must have been more effective in the days when people moved about the world less than they do today. Often up to a hundred or more people attend the religious service and the bride usually wears the traditional long white dress and veil, while her bride-maids, who are often children,wear long dress in attractive colors. This may also happen in the case of a civil wedding in a register office but is probably less usual.
The reception which follows may be held in a restaurant, a local hall or, when there are few guests,in the bride's own home. Refreshments are provided, a special iced wedding-cake is cut (usually to the accompaniment of speeches) and distributed to the guests, toasts are drunk and dancing may follow. At some point in the celebrations, the bride goes to change into everyday clothes and then leaves the party with her husband to go on their honeymoon, the journey they will make together, often in romantic surroundings abroad.
46. According to the passage some guests may be invited because .
A. they are likely to be annoyed if they are not
B. they may give valuable presents
C. their presence could provide future benefits
D. they may help with the expenses of the wedding
47. What possible difference is suggested between a church and a civil wedding?
A. Civil weddings are less commonly followed by a reception.
B. It is less usual for guests to attend the civil wedding ceremonies.
C. Guests at civil weddings are less formally dressed.
D. Less attention could be paid at the latter to convention and charming effect.
48. Why are the arrangements for a church wedding usually made some time before?
A. To allow the necessary length of time for publishing the wedding.
B. To provide time for organizing the reception.
C. To make sure that the guests can arrange to be free on the day.
D. To ensure a thorough investigation of the couple's existing marital status.
49. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the wedding reception?
A. Speeches may be given in the wedding reception.
B. The wedding reception may be held in the bride's home.
C. Guests are asked to dress formally to attend the wedding reception.
D. Guests may dance in the wedding reception.
50. The couple leave for their honeymoon .
A. after the church or register office ceremony
B. immediately after the cake has been cut and the speeches made
C. at the end of the reception
D. as soon as the bride is ready to leave
