同等学力考研英语-阅读理解-初级班-模拟题(含新题型)

在职申硕同等学力英语（阅读）模拟试卷24(题后含答案及解析) 题型有： 4. Reading ComprehensionReading ComprehensionDirections: There are 5 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.The world’s population continues to grow. There now are about 4 billion of us on earth. That could reach 6 billion by the end of the century and 11 billion in another 75 years. Experts long have been concerned about such growth. Where will we find the food, water, jobs, houses, schools and health care for all these people?A major new study shows that the situation may be changing. A large and rapid drop in the world’s birth rate has taken place during the past 10 years. Families generally are smaller now than they were a few years ago. It is happening in both developing and industrial nations. Researchers said they found a number of reasons for this. More men and women are waiting longer to get married and are using birth control devices and methods to prevent or delay pregnancy. More women are going to school or working at jobs away from their homes instead of having children. And more governments, especially in developing nations, now support family planning programs to reduce population growth. China is one of the nations that has made great progress in reducing its population growth. China has already cut its rate of population growth by about one half since 1970. China now urges each family to have no more than one child. And it hopes to reach zero population growth, the number of births equaling the number of deaths, by the year 2000. Several nations in Europe already have fewer births than deaths. Experts said that these nations could face a serious shortage of workers in the future. And the persons who are working could face much higher taxes to help support the growing number of retired people.1．In Paragraph One, in the sentence “Experts long have been concerned about such growth”, the phrase “concerned about” is similar in meaning to______.A．worried aboutB．related toC．engaged inD．made a study of正确答案：A解析：选项worried about意思为“担心”；B选项related to意思为“有联系”；C选项engaged in意思为“参与”；D选项made a study of意思为“做调查”。

Passage 1Faith in medicine runs deep in America. We spend more per person on health care any other nation. Whether we eat too much ore exercise too little, whether we’re turning gray or feeling blue, we look to some pill or procedure to make us better.We assume that devoting ever more dollars to medicine will bring us longer, healthier lives. But There is mounting evidence that each new dollar we devote to the current health care system brings small and diminishing returns to public health. Today the US spends more than $4,500 per person per year on health care. Costa Rica spends less than $300. Yet life expectancy at birth is nearly identical in both countries.Despite the highly publicized “longevity revolution,” life expectancy among the elderly in the US is hardly improving. Yes, we are an aging society, but primarily because of falling birthrates. Younger Americans, meanwhile, are far more likely to be disabled than they were 20 years ago. Most affected are people in their thirties, whose disability rates increased by nearly 130 percent, due primarily to overweight. Why has our huge investment in health care left us so unhealthy? Partly it is because so many promised “miracle cures,” from Interferon to gene therapies, have proven to be ineffective or even dangerous. Partly it’s because health care dollars are so concentrated on the terminally ill and the very old that even when medical interventions “work,” the gains to average life expectancy are small. And partly it is because of medical errors and adverse reaction to prescription drugs, which cause more deaths than motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer or AIDS. Each year roughly 200,000 seniors suffer fatal or life-threatening “adverse drug evens” due to improper drug use or drug interaction.Why don’t Americans live any longer than Costa Ricans? Overwhelmingly, it’s because of differences in behavior. Americans exercise less, eat more, drive more, smoke more, and lead more socially isolated lives. Even at its best, modern medicine can do little to promote productive aging, because by the time most people come in contact with it, their bodies are already compromised by stress, indulgent habits, environmental dangers and injuries.1.Americans in general believe that ___________.A.More money spent on health care may not result in better health.B.Medicine may provide an effective cure for various health problemsC.Health problems caused by bad habits can hardly be solved by medicineD.Higher birthrate can better solve the problem of aging society than medicine.pared with the Americans, Costa Ricans__________A.Have a healthier way of lifeB.Enjoy a longer life expectancyC.Are more dependent on medicineD.Are less concerned about their health3.Which of the following is NOT a reason why health care investment fails to bring a longer life?A.Drug reaction due to improper use of drugs.B.Imbalanced distribution of health care money.C.Soaring prices of both drugs and new therapies.D.Failure of many highly-evaluated medical treatments.4.It is implied in the last paragraph thatA.Medicine should be taken timely before it is too late.B.It is reasonable to question the effectiveness of medicine.C.Poor health conditions leave little room for medicine to work.D.Great efforts should be made to develop new types of medicine.5.The passage is mainly focused on _____.A.The limits of medicineB.The life hazards in the USC.The barriers to a longer lifeD.The problems in health investmentKEYSBACCAPassage 2Just a few years ago, a graduate from Brown University medical school had just a slight understanding about how to care for the elderly. Now, Brown and other U.S. medical schools are plugging geriatric courses into their curricula.The U.S. Census Bureau projects the number of elderly Americans will nearly double to 71 million by 2030. The first members of the Baby Boomer generation, so named for the explosion in births in the years after World War Two, turn 65 in three years. In addition, people are living longer than ever.“The first ripples of the silver tsunami are lapping at the shores of our country, but there is not a coordinated or strategic response taking place in America,” said Richard Besdine, who is director of the geriatrics division at Brown University medical school in Providence.Geriatrics has never been a field of choice for young doctors. Elderly care doctors are paid less than most other physicians and surgeons and the aged can be hard to treat. They have complicated medical histories and their ailments, even such routine illnesses as pneumonia, can be more difficult to diagnose because they may be masked by other conditions. Also, drugs can affect them differently than middle-aged adults. “It’s a hard job; it’s not paid very well; it’s complicated; and there’s very little status within the hierarchy of medical specialties to being a geriatric physician,” said Gavin Hougham, senior program officer and manager of medicine programs at the John A. Hartford Foundation.Out of 800,000 doctors in the U.S., roughly 7,000 are geriatricians, Hougham said. The country needs another 13,000 to adequately care for today’s older population, according to the American Geriatrics Society. The shortfall could reach 36,000 by 2030.To help counter that, private groups are bankrolling medical schools’ emphasis on aging. The Hartford Foundation has given more than $40 million to 27 schools totrain faculty in elderly care, and the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation has given more than $100 million to 30 schools to include more geriatrics content.“If they don’t learn it, they still have to deal with it,” Hougham said. “It’s not that not learning geriatrics will cause these older people to go away. They’re coming whether we’re ready or not.1.What does Richard Besdine mean in paragraph 3A.The large amount of the elderly has created a big problem in America.B.The number of the elderly has been growing beyond the capacity of America.C.America is not ready to cope with the the number of the elderly.D.America is no the ideal place for the elderly to spend the rest of their lives.2.The main point of paragraph 4 is ____A.Why geriatric physician are paid less than other physicians.B.Why doctors show little interest in being geriatric physiciansC.What are the major problems with the elderly care industry.D.What can be done to ensure the healthy development of elderly care.3.It can be learned from the passage that in the U.S.,______A.There is a shortage of geriatric physiciansB.More training is needed for geriatric physiciansC.Demand for geriatric physicians varies across states.D.Care for the elderly will depend more on geriatric physicians.4.The fact that private groups have provided money to medical schools _______A.Highlights the inadequacy of government supportB.Emphasizes the importance of more professional trainingC.Demonstrates the increasing impact of private moneyD.Indicates the growing awareness of the related problem5.According to Hougham, the challenge posed by the elderly isA.TemporaryB. universalC. unavoidableD. controllableKEYSCBADCPassage 3How many of today’s ailments, or even illnesses, are purely psychological? And how far can these be alleviated by the use of drugs? For example a psychiatrist concerned mainly with the emotional problems of old people might improve their state of mind somewhat by the use of anti-depressants but he would not remove the root cause of their depression--the feeling of being useless, often unwanted and handicapped by failing physical powers.One of the most important controversies in medicine today is how far doctors, and particularly psychologists, should depend on the use of drugs for “during” their patients. It is not merely that drugs may have been insufficiently tested and may reveal harmful side effects (as happened in the case of anti-sickness pills prescribed for expectant mothers) but the uneasiness of doctors who feel that they are treating the symptoms of a disease without removing the disease itself. On the other hand,some psychiatrists argue that in many cases (such as chronic depressive illness) it is impossible to get at the root the illness while the patient is in a depressed state. Even prolonged psychiatric care may have no noticeable effect whereas some people can be lifted out of a depression by the use of drugs within a matter of weeks. These doctors feel not only that they have no right to withhold such treatment, but that the root cause of depression can be tackled better when the patient himself feels better. This controversy is concerned, however, with the serious psychological illnesses. It does not solve the problem of those whose headaches, indigestion, backache, etc. are due to “nerves”. Commonly a busy family doctor will ascribe them to some physical cause and as a matter of routine prescribe a drug. Once again the symptoms are being cured rather than the disease itself.It may be true to say, as one doctor suggested recently, that over half of the cases that come to the ordinary doctor’s attention are not purely physical ailments. If this is so, the situation is serious indeed.1.The author thinks that drugs used for treating psychological ills______.A.Could be ineffective in some casesually have harmful side effectsC.Can greatly alleviate the illnessesD.Can remove the root causes2.The controversy mentioned in the passage focuses on_____.A.Whether psychologists should use drugs to cure their patientsB.How psychologists should treat their patientsC.The fact that all of the drugs have harmful side effectsD.The extent t to which drugs should be used to fight psychological illness3.The passage indicates that psychologists_____.A.Find it impossible to remove a psychological diseaseB.Feel dissatisfied at treating their patients with drugsC.Believe that the root cause of a disease can be ignoredD.Can do nothing if the patient is in a depressed state4.When treating patients with psychological problem, some doctors feel that they ______.A.Are at a loss for treatmentB.Have no right to use drugsC.Have to cure their patients by any meansD.Should use drugs to treat the symptoms5.A family doctor would normally consider a headache or backache as a result of _____.A.A more serious diseaseB.Some emotional problemC.A physical disorderD.Prolonged workKEYSADBDCPassage 4A report published recently brings bad news about air pollution. It suggests that it could be as damaging to our health as exposure to the radiation from the 1986 Ukraine Chernobyl nuclear power disaster. The report was published by the UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. But what can city people do to reduce exposure to air pollution? Quite a lot, it turns out.Avoid walking in busy streets. Choose side streets and parks instead. Pollution levels can fall a considerable amount just by moving a few meters away from the main pollution source--exhaust fumes. Also don’t walk behind smokers. Walk on the windward side of the street where exposure to pollutants can be 50 percent less than on the downwind side.Sitting on the driver’s side of a bus can increase your exposure by 10 percent, compared with sitting on the side nearest the pavement. Sitting upstairs on a double-decker can reduce exposure. It is difficult to say whether traveling on an underground train is better or worse than taking the bus. Air pollution on underground trains tends to be less toxic than that at street level, because underground pollution is mostly made up of tiny iron particles thrown up by wheels hitting the rails. But diesel and petrol fumes have a mixture of pollutants.When you are crossing a road, stand well back from the curb while you wait for the light to change. Every meter really does count when you are close to traffic. As the traffic begins to move, fumes can be reduced in just a seconds. So holding your breath for just a moment can make a difference, even though it might sound silly. There are large sudden pollution increases during rush hours. Pollution levels fall during nighttime. The time of year also makes a big difference. Pollution levels tend to be at their lowest during spring and autumn when winds are freshest. Extreme cold or hot weather has a trapping effect and tends to cause a build-up of pollutants.1.What’s the passage mainly about?A.How to fight air pollution in big cities.B.How to avoid air pollution in big cities.C.How to breathe fresh air in big cities.D.How serious air pollution is in big cities.2.According to the report, air pollution in big cities ____A.Can be more serious than thee 1986 Ukraine Chernobyl nuclear power disaster.B.Cannot be compared with the disaster in ChernobylC.Can release as damaging radiation as the Chernobyl disasterD.Can be more serious than we used to think.3.When you walk in a busy street, you should walk on the side______.A.Where the wind is comingB.Where the wind is goingC.Where the wind is weakerD.Where the wind is strong4.It is implied in the passage that _____.A.People should not take street level transportationB.Tiny iron particles will not cause health problems.C.Air pollution on an underground train is less poisonous5.While waiting to cross a busy street, you should ______.A.Wait a few seconds until the fumes reduceB.Stay away from the traffic as far as possible.C.Hold your breath until you get to the other side of the streetD.Count down for the light to changeKEYSBDACB。

同等学力英语模拟试题同等学力英语模拟试题：一、选择题1、The _______ of the moon caused the tsunami in the ocean. A. gravitation B. reflection C. revolution D. cooperation 答案：C2、After a long _______， the old man finally returned to his hometown. A. battle B. fight C. war D. combat 答案：A3、The _______ between the two continents is very obvious. A. difference B. distinct C. diverse D. diversify 答案：B4、The _______ of the two calendars is a puzzle for scholars.A. differenceB. distinctC. diverseD. diversify 答案：A5、My _______ towards nature is beginning to change. A. emotionB. sentimentC. feelingD. affection 答案：D二、翻译题1、The more he has, the more he wants. (请用英文进行翻译) 答案：The more he gets, the more he wants.2、Reading is a passport to knowledge. (请用英文进行翻译) 答案：Reading is a passport to knowledge, which allows us to travel through the world with ease and gain a deeper understanding of life and the universe.三、完形填空题同等学力英语模拟试题中的完形填空题主要考察文章的理解和语言运用能力。

Passage 1Proper arrangement of classroom space is important to encouraging interaction.Most of us have noticed how important physical setting is to efficiency and comfort in our work.Today's corporation hire human engineering specialists and spend a considerable amount of time and money to make sure that the physical environments of buildings are fit to the activities of their inhabitants.Similarly, college classroom space should be designed to encourage the activity of critical thinking.We are already in the twenty-first century，but step into almost any college classroom and you step back in time at least a hundred years.Desks are normally in straight rows, so students can clearly see the teacher but not all their classmates.This assumption behind such an arrangement is obvious：Everything of importance comes from the teacher.With a little imagination and effort，unless desks are fixed to the floor，the teacher can correct this situation and create space that encourages interchange among students.In small or standardized classes，chairs，desks，and tables can be arranged in a variety of ways：circles，U-shapes，or semicircles.The primary goal should be for everyone to be able to see everyone rger classes，particular those held in lecture halls，unfortunately，allow much less flexibility.Arrangement of the classroom should also make it easy to divide students into small groups for discussion or problem-solving exercises.Small classes with movable desks and tables present no problem.Even in large lecture halls，it is possible for students to turn around and form group of four to six.Breaking a class into small groups provides more opportunities for students to interact with each other，think out loud，and see how other students’ thinking processes operate--all essential elements in developing new modes of critical thinking.In courses that regularly use a small group format，students might be asked to stay in the same small groups throughout the course.A colleague of mine allows students to move around during the first two weeks，until they find a group they are comfortable with.He then asks them to stay in the same seat，with the same group，from that time on.This not only creates a comfortable setting for interaction but helps him learn students’ names and faces.1. According to the passage，proper arrangement of physical environment in a company _______.A. can improve working conditionsB. leads to an friendly atmosphereC. can promote working efficiencyD. produce an energetic team leader2. Desks in straight rows in a traditional classroom imply _______.A. the importance of facial expressionsB. group work is not welcome in classC. strict rules that must be abided byD. the absolute authority of teachers3. The most important goal of classroom arrangement is to _______.A. create more chances of interaction among studentsB. increase more speaking practices among studentsC. make it possible for teachers to judge how well students have learnedD. improve the relationship between students and teachers4. By dividing students into small groups，teachers _______.A. find it easier to handle the in-class teachingB. can participate in group work convenientlyC. help develop students’ abilities in critical thinkingD. reinfo rce students’ ability in cooperation and communication5. It can be inferred that the author _______.A. criticizes the importance of teachers in classB. stresses the importance of interaction among studentsC. is reluctant to teach in a classroom in the 21st centuryD. is eager to reform the desk arrangements in his collegePassage 4Material culture refers to what can be seen, held, felt, used--what a culture produces. Examining a culture’s tools and technology can tell us about the group’s history and way of life. Similarly, research into the material culture of music can help us to understand the music culture. The most vivid body of material culture in it, of course, is musical instruments. We cannot hear for ourselves the actual sound of any musical performance before the 1870s when the phonograph was invented, so we rely on instruments for important information about music cultures in the remote past and their development. Here we have two kinds of evidence: instruments well preserved and instruments pictured in art. Through the study of instruments, as well as paintings, written documents, and so on, we can explore the movement of music from the Near East to China over a thousand years ago, or we can outline the spread of Near Eastern influence to Europe that resulted in the development of most of the instruments in the symphony orchestra.Sheet music or printed music, too, is material culture. Scholars once defined folk music cultures as those in which people learn and sing music by ear rather than from print, but research shows mutual influence among oral and written sources during the past few centuries in Europe, Britain, and America. Printed versions limit variety because they tend to standardize any song, yet they stimulate people to create new and different songs. Besides, the ability to read music notation has a far-reaching effect on music and, when it becomes widespread, on the music culture as a whole.One more important part of music’s material culture should be singled out: the influence of the electronic media--radio, record player, tape recorder, television, and videocassette, with the future promising talking and singing computers and other developments. This is all part of the "information revolution", a twentieth-century phenomenon as important as the industrial revolution was in the nineteenth. These electronic media are not just limited to modem nations; they have affected music cultures all over the globe.6. Research into the material culture of a nation is of great importance because __A. it helps produce new cultural tools and technologyB. it can reflect the development of the nationC. it helps understand the nation’s past and presentD. it can demonstrate the nation’s civilization7. It can be learned from this passage that _____A. the existence of the symphony was attributed to the spread of Near Eastern and Chinese musicB. Near Eastern music had an influence on the development of the instruments in the symphony OrchestraC. the development of the symphony shows the mutual influence of Eastern and Western musicD. the musical instruments in the symphony orchestra were developed on the basis of Near Eastern music8. According to the author, music notation is important because ___A. it has a great effect on the music culture as more and more people are able to read itB. it tends to standardize folk songs when it is used by folk musiciansC. it is the printed version of standardized folk musicD. it encourages people to popularize printed versions of songs9. It can be concluded from the passage that the introduction of electronic media into the world of music __A. has brought about an information revolutionB. has speeded up the appearance of a new generation of computersC. has given rise to new forms of music cultureD. has led to the transformation of traditional musical instruments10. Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of the passage?A. Musical instruments developed through the years will sooner or later be replaced by computers.B. Music cannot be passed on to future generations unless it is recorded.C. Folk songs cannot be spread far unless they are printed on music sheets.D. The development of music culture is highly dependent on its material aspect.Passage 5You’re busy filling out the application form for a position you really need. Let’s assume you once actually completed a couple of years of college work or even that you completed your degree. Isn’t it tempting to lie just a little, to claim on the form that your diploma represents a Harvard degree? Or that you finished an extra couple of years back at State University? More and more people are turning to utter deception like this to land their job or to move ahead in their careers, for personnel officers, like most Americans, value degrees from famous schools. A job applicant may have a good education anyway, but he or she assumes that chances of being hired are better with a diploma from awell-known university.Registrars at most well-known colleges say they deal with deceitful claims like these at the rate of about one per week. Personnel officers do check up on degrees listed on application forms, then. If it turns out that an applicant is lying, most colleges are reluctant to accuse the applicant directly. One Ivy League school calls them "impostors (骗子)"; another refers to them as "special cases". One well-known West Coast school, in perhaps the most delicate phrase of all, says that these claims are made by "no such people". To avoid outright (彻底的) lies, some job-seekers claim that they "attended" or "were associated with" a college or university. After carefully checking, a personnel officer may discover that "attending" means being dismissed after one semester. It may be that "being associated with" a college means that the job-seeker visited his younger brother for a football weekend. One school that keeps records of false claims says that the practice dates back at least to the turn of the century---that’s when they b egan keeping records, anyhow. If you don’t want to lie or even stretch the truth, there are companies that will sell you a phony diploma.One company, with offices in New York and on the West Coast, will put your name on a diploma from any number of nonexistent colleges. The price begins at around twenty dollars for a diploma from "Smoot State University". The prices increase rapidly for a degree from the "University of Purdue". As there is no Smoot State and the real school in Indiana is properly called Purdue University, the prices seem rather high for one sheet of paper.11. The main idea of this passage is that _____A. employers are checking more closely on applicants nowB. lying about college degrees has become a widespread problemC. college degrees can now be purchased easilyD. employers are no longer interested in college degrees12. According to the passage, "special eases" refers to cases that __A. students attend a school only part-timeB. students never attended a school they listed on their applicationC. students purchase false degrees from commercial firmsD. students attended a famous school13. We can infer from the passage that __A. performance is a better judge of ability than a college degreeB. experience is the best teacherC. past work histories influence personnel officers more than degrees doD. a degree from a famous school enables an applicant to gain advantage over others in job competition14. This passage implies that __A. buying a false degree is not moralB. personnel officers only consider applicants from famous schoolsC. most people lie on applications because they were dismissed from schoolD. society should be greatly responsible for lying on applications15. The word "phony" (Line 13, Para. 2) means __A. thorough C. falseB. ultimate D. decisivePassage 6Nobody actually wants to cause offence but，as business becomes ever more international，it is increasingly easy to get it wrong. There may be a single European market but it does not mean that managers behave the same in Greece as they do in Denmark.In many European countries handshaking is an automatic gesture.In France good manners require that on arriving at a business meeting a man should shake hands with everyone present. This can be a demanding task and，in a crowded room，may require gymnastic(体育的)ability if the farthest hand is to be reached. Handshaking is almost as popular in some other countries，but Northern Europeans，such as the British and Scandinavians，are not quite so fond of physical demonstrations of friendliness.In Europe the most common challenge is not the content of the food，but the way you behave as you eat. Some things are just not done.In France it is not good manners to raise tricky questions of business over the main course.Business has its place：after the cheese course. Unless you are prepared to eat in silence you have to talk about something-something，that is，other than the business deal which you are continually chewing over in your head.In Germany，as you walk sadly back to your hotel room，you may wonder why your apparently friendly hosts have not invited you out for the evening. Don't worry，it is probably nothing personal. Germans do not entertain business people with quite the same enthusiasm as some of their European counterparts.The Germans are also notable for the amount of formality they bring to business. As an outsider，it is often difficult to know whether colleagues have been working together for 30 years or have just met in the lift. If you are used to calling people by their first names this can be a little strange. To the Germans，titles are important. Forgetting thatsomeone should be called Herr Doktor or Frau Direktorin might cause serious offence. It is equally offensive to call them by a title they do not possess.In Italy the question of title is further confused by the fact that everyone with a university degree can be called Doctor-and engineers，lawyers and architects may also expect to be called by their professional titles.These cultural challenges exist side by side with the problems of doing business in a foreign language. Language，of course，is full of difficulties-disaster’may be only a syllable away.But the more you know of the culture of the country you are dealing with，the less likely you are to get into difficulties.It is worth the effort. It might be rather hard to explain that the reason you lost the contract was not the product or the price，but the fact that you offended your hosts in a light-hearted comment over an aperitif(开胃酒).Good manners are admired: they can also make or break the deal.16. This passage suggests us toA. behave the same in the single European marketB. make the deal by good mannersC. give humorous remarks when you eat with peopleD. learn more about cultural differences17. In which country are you not expected to shake hands with everyone you meet？A. France.B. Germany.C. Norway.D. Italy.18. Which of the following statements is TRUE？A. People in Britain shake hands just as many as people in France.B. In France people prefer talking about business during meals.C. Italian professionals expect to be called by their titles.D. German business people don't like to be called by their surnames.19. If you are not invited out for the evening by your business counterparts in Germany，that meansA. they still haven't taken you as their friend yetB. they want to keep a distance from youC. they are still hesitating whether to do business with you or notD. they don't realize the need to invite you out20. Which one below can NOT be a proper title for this passage？A.When in Rome...B. I Didn't Mean to Be RudeC. Doing Business in EuropeD. Good Manner，Successful Business 1-5 C D A C B 6-10 C B A C D11-15 B B D D C 6-20 B C C D C。

同等学力研究生英语训练题Section 1 - Listening ComprehensionPart A: Short Conversations1. (C) They prefer studying at the library.2. (B) Taking the bus.3. (A) At the front desk.4. (C) He will be late.5. (B) She doesn't like the film.6. (C) It's difficult to make plans.7. (A) Business Administration.8. (B) He's preparing for a job interview.9. (C) Because of the professor's recommendation.10. (A) Take a biology class.Part B: Passages11. (C) Tips for improving memory.12. (B) By organizing information in a meaningful way.13. (A) How the human brain processes information.14. (B) Spatial awareness.15. (C) By practicing regularly.Section 2 - Reading ComprehensionPart A: Text 116. (D) By helping the elderly navigate the city.17. (A) The needs of an aging population.18. (B) Local volunteers.19. (C) Providing support and companionship.20. (A) It benefits both the elderly and the volunteers.Part B: Text 221. (B) The importance of mentoring in the workplace.22. (C) To offer guidance and support to new employees.23. (D) They can provide valuable insights and advice.24. (A) They may feel overwhelmed and unsupported.25. (B) It can lead to increased job satisfaction and productivity. Part C: Text 326. (C) It can lead to mental health issues.27. (D) The pressures of academic performance.28. (A) The need for proper support systems.29. (B) By taking proactive measures.30. (C) It enables students to thrive academically.Section 3 - Vocabulary and Structure31. (A) will be constructed32. (D) sunburned33. (C) economy34. (B) commitment35. (D) pop36. (A) given up37. (B) by38. (C) were supposed to39. (D) as well as40. (B) more likelySection 4 - Cloze Test41. (A) despite42. (D) supports43. (B) how44. (C) and45. (A) equipped46. (C) significantly47. (B) which48. (D) determined49. (C) but50. (A) whenSection 5 - Error Correction51. (D) take → takes52. (C) like → as53. (A) wore → worn54. (B) has → have55. (C) where → when56. (A) play → playing57. (D) was → were58. (B) from → on59. (C) wr itten → writing60. (D) to → intoSection 6 - WritingDescribe a memorable trip you have taken.I vividly remember a trip I took to the beautiful coastal city of Barcelona. It was a summer vacation during my college years and I decided to explore the vibrant culture and rich history of this Spanish city.Upon arrival, I was immediately captivated by the stunning architecture and unique ambiance. The famous landmarks, such as the iconic Sagrada Familia and Park Güell, left me in awe of the creativity and vision of Antoni Gaudí. Exploring the narrow streets of the Gothic Quarter, I was enchanted by the blend of modernity and tradition.One of the highlights of my trip was visiting the famous Camp Nou, home to FC Barcelona. As a passionate football lover, being in the stadium where some of the greatest players had showcased their skills was a dream come true. The energy and excitement during a match were indescribable, and I was swept up in the enthusiasm of the crowd.Another unforgettable experience was indulging in the local cuisine. From authentic paella to mouth-watering tapas, every meal was a gastronomic delight. The food markets were a feast for the senses, filled with fresh fruits, cheeses, and the tempting aroma of freshly baked bread.In addition to the cultural and culinary experiences, I had the opportunity to relax on the sunny beaches of Barcelona. The Mediterranean Sea was crystal clear and refreshing, providing the perfect escape from the bustling city streets. I spent hours soaking up the sun, enjoying the gentle lapping of the waves.Overall, my trip to Barcelona was an unforgettable adventure filled with breathtaking sights, delicious food, and a vibrant atmosphere. The city left a lasting impression on me, and I hope to return one day to explore even more of its wonders.。

同等学力阅读理解模拟测试题Part III Reading Comprehension (45 minutes, 25 points)Section ADirections: In this section，there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements，each with four suggested answers A，B．C and D．Choose the best answer and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet．Passage OneYou may have wondered why the supermarkets are all the same. It is not because the companies that run them lack imagination. It is because they all aim at persuading people to buy things.In the supermarket, it takes a while for the mind to get into a shopping mode. This is why the area immediately inside the entrance is known as the “decompression zone”. People need to slow down and look around, even if they are regulars. In sales terms this area is a bit of a loss, so it tends to be used more for promotion.Immediately inside the first thing shoppers may come to is the fresh fruit and vegetables section. For shoppers, this makes no sense. Fruit and Vegetables can be easily damaged, so they should be bought at the end, not the beginning, of a shopping trip. But what is at work here? It turns out that selecting good fresh food is a way to start shopping, and it makes people feel less guilty about reaching for the unhealthy stuff later on.Shoppers already know that everyday items, like milk, are invariably placed toward the back of a store to provide more opportunities to tempt customers. But supermarkets know shoppers know this, so they use other tricks, like placing popular items halfway along a section so that people have to walk all along the aisle looking for them. The idea is to boost “dwell time”: the length of time people spend in a store.Traditionally retailers measure “footfall”, as the number of people entering a store is known, but those numbers say nothing about where people go and how long they spend there. But nowadays, a piece of technology can fill the gap: the mobile phone. Path Intelligence, a British company tracked people’s phones at Gunwharf Quays, a large retail centre in Portsmouth- not by monitoring calls, but by plotting the positions of handsets as they transmit automatically to cellular networks. It found that when dwell time rose 1% sales rose 1.3%.Such techniques are increasingly popular because of a deepening understanding about how shoppers make choices. People tell market researchers that they make rational decisions about what to buy, considering things like price, selection or convenience. But subconscious forces, involving emotion and memories, are clearly also at work.21. In Paragraph 2, “decompression zone” is the area meant to _____.A. offer shoppers a place to have a restB. prepare shoppers for the mood of buyingC. encourage shoppers to try new productsD. provide shoppers with discount information22. Putting fruit-and-vegetable section near the entrance takes advantage of shoppers’_____A. common senseB. shopping habitsC. concerns with timeD. shopping psychology23. Path Intelligence uses a technology to _____.A. count how many people enter a storeB. measure how long people stay at a storeC. find out what people buy in a storeD. monitor what people say and do in a store24. What happened at Gunwharf Quays showed that sales_____.A. was in direct proportion to dwell timeB. was reversely linked to dwell timeC. was affected more by footfall than by dwell timeD. was affected more by dwell time than by football25. The author argues that shoppers_____.A. exert more influence on stores than they imagineB. are more likely to make rational choices than they knowC. tend to make more emotional decisions than they thinkD. have more control over what they buy than they assume26. The best title for the passage is _____.A. New Technology Boosts Stores’ SalesB. How Shoppers Make Choices in StoresC. Rational and Irrational Ways of ShoppingD. The Science behind Stores’ ArrangementsBDBACDPassage TwoA very important world problem is the increasing number of people who actually inhabit this planet. The limited amount of land and land resources will soon be unable to support the huge population if it continues to grow at its present rate.So why is this huge increase in population taking place? It is really due to the spread of the knowledge and practice of what is becoming known as “Death Control”. You hav e no doubt heard of the term “Birth Control”. “Death Control” is something rather difficult. It recognizes the work of the doctors and scientists who now keep alive people who, not very long ago, would have died of a variety of then incurable diseases. Through a wide variety of technological innovations that include farming methods and the control of deadly diseases, we have found ways to reduce the rate at which we die. However, this success is the very cause of the greatest threat to mankind.If we examine the amount of land available for this ever-increasing population, we begin to see the problem. If everyone on the planet had an equal share of land, we would each have about 50,000 square metres. This figure seems to be quite encouraging until we examine the amount of usable land we actually have. More than three-fifths of the world’s land cannot produce food.Obviously, with so little land to support us, we should be taking great care not to reduce it further. But we are not! Instead, we are consuming i ts “capital”- its nonrenewable fossil fuels and other mineral deposits that took millions of years to form but which are now being destroyed in decades. We are also doing the same with other vital resources not usually thought of as being nonrenewable such as fertile soils, groundwater and the millions of other species that share the earth with us.It is a very common belief that the problems of the population explosion are caused mainly by poor people living in poor countries who do not know enough to limit their reproduction. This is not true. The actual number of people in an area is not as important as the effect they have on nature. Developing countries do have an effect on their environment, but it is the populations of richer countries that have a far greater impact on the earth as a whole.27. According to the article, what contributes to the population increase?A. Birth explosion.B. Birth ControlC. Death Control.D. Technological innovations.28. The word “incurable” in Paragraph 2 means _____.A. commonB. epidemicC. untreatableD. unknown29. There isn’t enough land to support human beings because_____.A. there are more seas than land in the worldB. most of the world’s land is unusableC. the world’s land has already been taken upD. t he world’s land is not distributed equally30. In Paragraph 4 the writer implies that fertile soils are _____.A. limitedB. renewableC. productiveD. nonrenewable31. What does “to limit their reproduction” is the last paragraph mean?A. To control death.B. To produce less goods.C. To increase production.D. To practice birth control.32. What do you think the writer is really concerned about?A. Long life spans.B. Population increase.C. Overuse of resources.D. The success of “Death Control”.CCBDDBPassage ThreeDrinking wastewater? The idea may sound distasteful, but new federally funded research says more Americans are doing so-whether they know or not-and this reuse will be increasingly necessary as the U.S. population expands.Treated wastewater poses no greater health risks than existing water supplies and, in some cases, may be even safer to drink, according to a report released by the National Research Council, "We believe water reuse is an option to deal with growing water scarcity, especially in coastal areas," says Jorg Drowes, an engineering professor at the Colorado School of Mines. "This can be done reliably without putting the public at risk," he says, citing technological advances. He says it's a waste not to reuse the nation's wastewater, because almost all of it is treated before discharge. This water includes storm runoff ( 径流) as well as used water from homes, businesses and factories.In many places, the report says, the public does not realize it's drinking water that was treated after being discharged as wastewater somewhere upstream. For example, wastewater discharged into the Trinity River from Dallas/Fort Worth flows south into Lake Livingston, the source for Houston's drinking water.Despite the growing importance of this reuse, the report says there's been no systemic analysis of its extent nationwide since a 1980 study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Alan Roberson of the American Water Works Association says wastewater reuse is common, so the council's report is important but not surprising. Roberson expects this recycling will continue to increase, especially for irrigation and industrial needs. He says it will take longer to establish potable (适于饮用的）uses because of public nervousness about drinking wastewater, however treated."We have to do something to address water scarcity," says Olga Naidenko, a senior scientist at the non-profit Environmental Working Group. "Less than 10% of potable water is used for drinking, cooking, showering or dishwashing. We flush it down the toilet, literally." Technologies exist to safely treat the water, she says, although some are expensive.The report says water reuse projects tend to cost more than most water conservation options but less than seawater desalination (脱盐)and other supply alternatives. It calls on the EPA to develop rules that set safe national standards.33. As can be learned from Paragraph 1, drinking wastewater ________A. is to become a growing necessityB. is well received by the AmericansC. has caused heated public debatesD. has become the dominant option34. Which of the following statements would Jorg Drewes agree to?A. Water reuse may eventually put the public at risk.B. Water reuse is preferable to wasting water.C. Water reuse is far from a solution to water shortage.D. Water reuse is possible only after greater tech advances.35. Lake Livingston is mentioned to show that the public________A. Accepts the fact of drinking wastewater calmlyB. Is concerned about the safety of the drinking waterC. Does not believe that wastewater is safe to drinkD. Is not aware of the nature of their drinking water36. According to Alan Roberson,_______A. it is not safe to drink wastewaterB. the report has surprised the publicC. the report helps build up public confidenceD. the public has yet to accept drinking wastewater37. Olga Naidenko's remarks emphasize________A. The recent progressB. The existing problemsC. The new perspectiveD. The potential risksKeys:33-37 ABDDBPassage FourActing is such an over-crowded profession that the only advice that should be given to a young person thinking of going on the stage is "Don't!” But it is useless to try to discourage someone who feels that he must act, though the chances of his becoming famous are slim.The normal way to begin is to go to a drama school. Usually only students who show promise and talent are accepted, and the course lasts two years. Then the young actor or actress takes up work with a repertory company, usually as an assistant stage manager. This means doing everything that there is to do in the theatre: painting scenery, looking after the furniture, taking care of the costumes, and even acting in very small parts. It is very hard work indeed. The hours are long and the salary is tiny. But young actors with the stage in their blood are happy, waiting for the chances of working with a better company, or perhaps in films or television.Of course, some people have unusual chances which lead to fame and success without this long and dull training. Connie Pratt, for example, was just an ordinary girl working in a bicycle factory. A film producer happened to catch sight of her one morning waiting at a bus stop, as he drove past in his big car. He told the driver to stop, and he got out to speak to the girl. He asked her if she would like to go to the film studio to do a test, and at first she thought he was joking. Then she got angry and said she would call the police. It took the producer twenty minutes to tell Connie that he was serious. Then an appointment was made for her to go to the studio the next day. The test was successful. They gave her some necessary lessons and within a few weeks she was playing the leading part opposite one of the most famous actors of the day. Of Course, she was given a more dramatic name, which is now world-famous. But chances like this happen once in a blue moon!38. According to the passage, the main reason why young people should be discouraged from becoming actors is ______.A) actors are very unusual peopleB) the course at the drama school lasts two yearsC) acting is really a hard jobD) there are already too many actors39. According to the context, the sentence "But young actors with the stage in their blood are happy" at the end of the first paragraph means ______.A) they don't care if their job is hardB) they like the stage naturallyC) they are born happyD) they are easily satisfied40. Conie Pratt soon became a famous actress after ______.A) learning some lessons about the art of speakingB) playing her part in the "Blue Colored Moon"C) successfully matching the most famous actorsD) acting a leading part with a most famous actor at that time41. The phrase "once in a blue moon" in last line refers to ______.A) all at onceB) once for a long timeC) once in a whileD) once and for allDADBSection BDirections：In this section，you are required to read four pieces of news and decide which of the four titles marked A，B，C and D is best suited to each of them．Choose the best answer and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet．A．Lenovo Beefs Up in Brazil With an Electronics DealB．How to Attract Protesters to Your WeddingC．China Banks Cut Foreign Deposit RatesD．Yoga PC Flips and Bends, but as a Tablet, It's Clumsy(42)______Social-media users raced to compile details about the bride’s identity with crowdsourced knowledge based on photos found online, including images of her friends and fiancé. By Tuesday, nearly 1,000 people said they were planning to attend a wedding-day protest, organized via Facebook, at the hotel where she’s getting married. The hotel confirmed that the woman in question has booked a wedding there, and said that they were prepared to make sure the event would still go on smoothly. “She’s our guest, and with all our guests we honor contractually what we’ve agreed to,” the hotel’s spokesman said. “On that day we’ll probably be extra vigilant, but I don’t think we’ll be differing much from normal procedure.” Attempts to reach the bride for comment were not successful.The frenzy has led some in local media to raise concerns about cyberbullying. “Even if the bride-to-be’s statements weren’t proper, it doesn’t mean that netizens can continue t o do a human flesh search indefinitely. From a moral and legal standpoint, she hasn’t committed a crime,” ran one commentary published by the Hong Kong Commercial Daily.(43)_____SHANGHAI—Some of China's major state-run banks recently lowered the interest rate they will pay on foreign-currency deposits, a move seen as tracking earlier cuts in domesticinterest rates but also one aimed at alleviating pressure on the yuan.The outlook for the once-robust Chinese currency has deteriorated sharply in recent months as the world's second-largest economy slows and speculative capital leaves the country.At the same time, Chinese exporters have been holding onto U.S. dollars instead of converting them into yuan, which has flooded banks with dollar deposits and driven down the currency's local borrowing costs substantially.(44)_____Windows 8 presents a dilemma for PC makers. It contains two very different user interfaces: a touch-oriented, tablet-like one with clusters of tiles, full-screen apps and an on-screen keyboard; plus the traditional Windows desktop and apps, which are best used with a mouse or a touch pad and physical keyboard. So the hardware companies are trying to create laptops that work well with both environments.This week, I've been testing one of the most creative and best-known of these new laptops, the $1,000 IdeaPad Yoga 13 from Lenovo. It takes its name from the fact that, like a yoga practitioner, it can contort itself into multiple positions, some of them unusual, using a sturdy but flexible hinge.(45)______SÃO PAULO—Chinese personal computer vendor Lenovo Group Ltd. said Wednesday that it had reached an agreement to buy CCE, a group of three Brazilian consumer-electronics makers, for 300 million Brazilian reais ($147 million) in cash and stock. The deal, through which Lenovo will fully acquire Digibrás Indústria do Brasil SA, Digiboard Eletrônica da Amazônia LTDA and Dual Mix Comércio de Eletrônicos LTDA from Digibrás Participações, will beef up Lenovo's presence in Brazil, where CCE makes personal computers, phones and TVs at its seven factories across Latin America's largest country.Keys:21-26 BDBACD27-32 CCBDDB33-37 ABDDB38-41 DADB42-45 BCDA。

在职申硕（同等学力）英语模拟试卷100(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. 2 billion.69．【T13】正确答案：A解析：根据语法知识可以判断，介词of后面应该接名词或动名词，但四个选项均符合。

这题比较难判断，可以用排除法，确定了69～71题答案之后，故选A。

70．【T14】正确答案：B解析：and前后构成并列，lengthening life spans和reducing death rates并列。

故选B。

71．【T15】正确答案：C解析：空格处要填地点，developing world(发展中国家)是地点。

故选C。

72．【T16】正确答案：D解析：句意为：——大大降低，主要归功于公共健康措施，填infectious diseases 合理，构成因果关系。

故选D。

73．【T17】正确答案：B解析：根据空格后：结果是，现在与高出生率相对应的再也不是高死亡率，所以前面填“延长寿命并降低死亡率”，故选B。

74．【T18】正确答案：D解析：这几句说的是死亡率降低原因，空格后说：由于营养的改善，人们生命力更强，所以前句应填跟它并列的原因：传染病的发病率大大降低。

故选D。

75．【T19】正确答案：A解析：空格前是除非被控制，所以后句说人口爆炸有可能成为本世纪下半叶最棘手的问题比较合适，故选A。

76．【T20】正确答案：C解析：空格后的while表示转折对比，空格后说的是：富裕国家人口保持不变，所以前句应填新增人口都出现在发展中国家，这样才构成对比。

故选C。

WritingDirections: In this part, you are to write within 30 minutes a composition of no less than 150 words on the following topic. You could follow the clues suggested by the picture given below. Remember to write the composition clearly on the ANSWER SHEET.77．You are asked to write in, no less than, 150 words about the topic of Advanced Technology Is Changing the Way We Learn. You should base your composition on the following requirements.1. Give examples to show how advanced technology has changed the way we learn.2. Tell the advantages of the application of advanced technology in learning.正确答案：Advanced Technology Is Changing the Way We Learn With the development of technology, every aspect of our life has changed and the way we learn is no exception. The use of the computer is a good example. With the help of the computer and the Internet, we can learn a great amount of knowledge without having to go to the classroom and ask professors to answer the questions, and we can also get access to the books we want to read in various libraries through the Internet. With the application of advanced technology we can learn more easily and efficiently. For example, when we meet some new words while reading English articles, we don’t have to look them up in a dictionary. With a click,the computer’s electronic dictionary will immediately tell us the meaning of the new words. In addition, the computer can help us analyze our research data and finish papers more easily. In a word, advanced technology has changed the way we learn and has helped us a lot in our study.。

同等学力研究生英语考试模拟测试题（一）（一）1.It is not clear whether the increase in reports is stemmed from greater human activity or is simply the result of more surveys.A.flowsB. comesC. derivesD. originates2.This is the sort of case in which judges must exercise the arbitrary power described a moment ago.A.availB. useC. haveD.display3.Recent studies have posed the question as to whether there is a link between film violence and real violence.A. supposedB. poisedC. arousedD. raised4.Floods have undermined the foundation of the ancient bridge.A. weakenedB. reachedC. spoiledD. covered5. A frequently cited example of the endangered species is the panda.A. worriedB. neglectedC. reducedD.mentioned 参考答案：1. Dstem from 起源于。

选项A flow 流动;选项C derive 得自; 选项D originate 起源于。

故答案为D 。

2. B这句话的意思是，“对待这类案件，法官必须使用所谓的**** 权力”选项A avail 有利，有用; 选项D display 显示。

Passage 1Proper arrangement of classroom space is important to encouraging interaction.Most of us have noticed how important physical setting is to efficiency and comfort in our work.Today's corporation hire human engineering specialists and spend a considerable amount of time and money to make sure that the physical environments of buildings are fit to the activities of their inhabitants.Similarly, college classroom space should be designed to encourage the activity of critical thinking.We are already in the twenty-first century，but step into almost any college classroom and you step back in time at least a hundred years.Desks are normally in straight rows, so students can clearly see the teacher but not all their classmates.This assumption behind such an arrangement is obvious：Everything of importance comes from the teacher.With a little imagination and effort，unless desks are fixed to the floor，the teacher can correct this situation and create space that encourages interchange among students.In small or standardized classes，chairs，desks，and tables can be arranged in a variety of ways：circles，U-shapes，or semicircles.The primary goal should be for everyone to be able to see everyone rger classes，particular those held in lecture halls，unfortunately，allow much less flexibility.Arrangement of the classroom should also make it easy to divide students into small groups for discussion or problem-solving exercises.Small classes with movable desks and tables present no problem.Even in large lecture halls，it is possible for students to turn around and form group of four to six.Breaking a class into small groups provides more opportunities for students to interact with each other，think out loud，and see how other students’ thinking processes operate--all essential elements in developing new modes of critical thinking.In courses that regularly use a small group format，students might be asked to stay in the same small groups throughout the course.A colleague of mine allows students to move around during the first two weeks，until they find a group they are comfortable with.He then asks them to stay in the same seat，with the same group，from that time on.This not only creates acomfortable setting for interaction but helps him learn students’ names and faces.1. According to the passage，proper arrangement of physical environment in a company _______.A. can improve working conditionsB. leads to an friendly atmosphereC. can promote working efficiencyD. produce an energetic team leader2. Desks in straight rows in a traditional classroom imply _______.A. the importance of facial expressionsB. group work is not welcome in classC. strict rules that must be abided byD. the absolute authority of teachers3. The most important goal of classroom arrangement is to _______.A. create more chances of interaction among studentsB. increase more speaking practices among studentsC. make it possible for teachers to judge how well students have learnedD. improve the relationship between students and teachers4. By dividing students into small groups，teachers _______.A. find it easier to handle the in-class teachingB. can participate in group work convenientlyC. help develop students’ abilities in critical thinkingD. reinfo rce students’ ability in cooperation and communication5. It can be inferred that the author _______.A. criticizes the importance of teachers in classB. stresses the importance of interaction among studentsC. is reluctant to teach in a classroom in the 21st centuryD. is eager to reform the desk arrangements in his collegePassage 4Material culture refers to what can be seen, held, felt, used--what a culture produces. Examining a culture’s tools and technology can tell us about the group’s history and way of life. Similarly, research into the material culture of music can help us to understand the music culture. The most vivid body of material culture in it, of course, is musical instruments. We cannot hear for ourselves the actual sound of any musical performance before the 1870s when the phonograph was invented, so we rely on instruments for important information about music cultures in the remote past and their development. Here we have two kinds of evidence: instruments well preserved and instruments pictured in art. Through the study of instruments, as well as paintings, written documents, and so on, we can explore the movement of music from the Near East to China over a thousand years ago, or we can outline the spread of Near Eastern influence to Europe that resulted in the development of most of the instruments in the symphony orchestra.Sheet music or printed music, too, is material culture. Scholars once defined folk music cultures as those in which people learn and sing music by ear rather than from print, but research shows mutual influence among oral and written sources during the past few centuries in Europe, Britain, and America. Printed versions limit variety because they tend to standardize any song, yet they stimulate people to create new and different songs. Besides, the ability to read music notation has a far-reaching effect on music and, when it becomes widespread, on the music culture as a whole.One more important part of music’s material culture should be singled out: the influence of the electronic media--radio, record player,tape recorder, television, and videocassette, with the future promising talking and singing computers and other developments. This is all part of the "information revolution", a twentieth-century phenomenon as important as the industrial revolution was in the nineteenth. These electronic media are not just limited to modem nations; they have affected music cultures all over the globe.6. Research into the material culture of a nation is of great importance because __A. it helps produce new cultural tools and technologyB. it can reflect the development of the nationC. it helps understand the nation’s past and presentD. it can demonstrate the nation’s civilization7. It can be learned from this passage that _____A. the existence of the symphony was attributed to the spread of Near Eastern and Chinese musicB. Near Eastern music had an influence on the development of the instruments in the symphony OrchestraC. the development of the symphony shows the mutual influence of Eastern and Western musicD. the musical instruments in the symphony orchestra were developed on the basis of Near Eastern music8. According to the author, music notation is important because ___A. it has a great effect on the music culture as more and more people are able to read itB. it tends to standardize folk songs when it is used by folk musiciansC. it is the printed version of standardized folk musicD. it encourages people to popularize printed versions of songs9. It can be concluded from the passage that the introduction of electronic media into the world of music __A. has brought about an information revolutionB. has speeded up the appearance of a new generation of computersC. has given rise to new forms of music cultureD. has led to the transformation of traditional musical instruments10. Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of the passage?A. Musical instruments developed through the years will sooner or later be replaced by computers.B. Music cannot be passed on to future generations unless it is recorded.C. Folk songs cannot be spread far unless they are printed on music sheets.D. The development of music culture is highly dependent on its material aspect.Passage 5You’re busy filling out the application form for a position you really need. Let’s assume you once actually completed a couple of years of college work or even that you completed your degree. Isn’t it tempting to lie just a little, to claim on the form that your diploma represents a Harvard degree? Or that you finished an extra couple of years back at State University? More and more people are turning to utter deception like this to land their job or to move ahead in their careers, for personnel officers, like most Americans, value degrees from famous schools. A job applicant may have a good education anyway, but he or she assumes that chances of being hired are better with a diploma from a well-known university.Registrars at most well-known colleges say they deal with deceitful claims like these at the rate of about one per week. Personnel officers do check up on degrees listed on application forms, then. If it turns out that an applicant is lying, most colleges are reluctant to accuse the applicant directly. One Ivy League school calls them "impostors (骗子)"; another refers to them as "special cases". One well-known West Coast school, in perhaps the most delicate phrase of all, says that these claims are made by "no such people". To avoid outright (彻底的) lies, some job-seekers claim that they "attended" or "were associated with" a college or university. After carefully checking, a personnel officer may discover that "attending" means being dismissed after one semester. It may be that "being associated with" a college means that the job-seeker visited his younger brother for a football weekend. One school that keeps records of false claims says that the practice dates back at least to the turn of the century---that’s when they b egan keeping records, anyhow. If you don’t want to lie or even stretch the truth, there are companies that will sell you a phony diploma.One company, with offices in New York and on the West Coast, will put your name on a diploma from any number of nonexistent colleges. The price begins at around twenty dollars for a diploma from "Smoot State University". The prices increase rapidly for a degree from the "University of Purdue". As there is no Smoot State and the real school in Indiana is properly called Purdue University, the prices seem rather high for one sheet of paper.11. The main idea of this passage is that _____A. employers are checking more closely on applicants nowB. lying about college degrees has become a widespread problemC. college degrees can now be purchased easilyD. employers are no longer interested in college degrees12. According to the passage, "special eases" refers to cases that __A. students attend a school only part-timeB. students never attended a school they listed on their applicationC. students purchase false degrees from commercial firmsD. students attended a famous school13. We can infer from the passage that __A. performance is a better judge of ability than a college degreeB. experience is the best teacherC. past work histories influence personnel officers more than degrees doD. a degree from a famous school enables an applicant to gain advantage over others in job competition14. This passage implies that __A. buying a false degree is not moralB. personnel officers only consider applicants from famous schoolsC. most people lie on applications because they were dismissed from schoolD. society should be greatly responsible for lying on applications15. The word "phony" (Line 13, Para. 2) means __A. thorough C. falseB. ultimate D. decisivePassage 6Nobody actually wants to cause offence but，as business becomes ever more international，it is increasingly easy to get it wrong. There may be a single European market but it does not mean that managers behave the same in Greece as they do in Denmark.In many European countries handshaking is an automatic gesture.In France good manners require that on arriving at a business meeting a man should shake hands with everyone present. This can be a demanding task and，in a crowded room，may require gymnastic(体育的)ability if the farthest hand is to be reached. Handshaking is almost as popular in some other countries，but Northern Europeans，such as the British and Scandinavians，are not quite so fond of physical demonstrations of friendliness.In Europe the most common challenge is not the content of the food，but the way you behave as you eat. Some things are just not done.In France it is not good manners to raise tricky questions of business over the main course.Business has its place：after the cheese course. Unless you are prepared to eat in silence you have to talk about something-something，that is，other than the business deal which you are continually chewing over in your head.In Germany，as you walk sadly back to your hotel room，you may wonder why your apparently friendly hosts have not invited you out for the evening. Don't worry，it is probably nothing personal. Germans do not entertain business people with quite the same enthusiasm as some of their European counterparts.The Germans are also notable for the amount of formality they bring to business. As an outsider，it is often difficult to know whether colleagues have been working together for 30 years or have just met in the lift. If you are used to calling people by their first names this can be a little strange. To the Germans，titles are important. Forgetting that someone should be called Herr Doktor or Frau Direktorin might cause serious offence. It is equally offensive to call them by a title they do not possess.In Italy the question of title is further confused by the fact that everyone with a university degree can be called Doctor-and engineers，lawyers and architects may also expect to be called by their professional titles.These cultural challenges exist side by side with the problems of doing business in a foreign language. Language，of course，is full of difficulties-disaster’may be only a syllable away.But the more you know of the culture of the country you are dealing with，the less likely you are to get into difficulties.It is worth the effort. It might be rather hard to explain that the reason you lost the contract was not the product or the price，but the fact that you offended your hosts in a light-hearted comment overan aperitif(开胃酒).Good manners are admired: they can also make or break the deal.16. This passage suggests us toA. behave the same in the single European marketB. make the deal by good mannersC. give humorous remarks when you eat with peopleD. learn more about cultural differences17. In which country are you not expected to shake hands with everyone you meet？A. France.B. Germany.C. Norway.D. Italy.18. Which of the following statements is TRUE？A. People in Britain shake hands just as many as people in France.B. In France people prefer talking about business during meals.C. Italian professionals expect to be called by their titles.D. German business people don't like to be called by their surnames.19. If you are not invited out for the evening by your business counterparts in Germany，that meansA. they still haven't taken you as their friend yetB. they want to keep a distance from youC. they are still hesitating whether to do business with you or notD. they don't realize the need to invite you out20. Which one below can NOT be a proper title for this passage？A.When in Rome...B. I Didn't Mean to Be RudeC. Doing Business in EuropeD. Good Manner，Successful Business 1-5 C D A C B 6-10 C B A C D11-15 B B D D C 6-20 B C C D C。

同等学力英语初级阅读理解模拟练习(1)-CAL-FENGHAI.-(YICAI)-Company One1Passage OneThe English language is spoken or read by the largest number of people in the world, for historical, political, and economic reasons; but it may also be true that it owes something of its wide appeal to qualities and characteristics inherent in itself. What are these characteristic features which outstand in making the English language what it is, which give it its individuality and make it of this worldwide significance?First and most important is extraordinary receptive and adaptable - it has taken to itself material from almost everywhere in the world and has made the new elements of language its own. English, which when the Anglo-Saxons first conquered England in the fifth and sixth centuries was almost a "pure" or unmixed language-which could make new words for new ideas from its own compounded elements.A second outstanding characteristic of English is its simplicity and the relationship of words in a sentence with only the minimum of change in their shapes or variation of endings.A third quality of English is its relatively fixed word order. （177 words）1. This passage is primarily concerned with____.A. reasons for the popularity of EnglishB. English language has largest number of people in the worldC. extraordinary receptive and adaptable of English languageD. characteristic of English2. What are the most important characteristic features of English?A. the largest number of peopleB. historical, political, and economic reasonsC. extraordinary receptive and adaptableD. worldwide significance3. Where has English taken itself material?A. everywhere in the worldB. the Anglo-SaxonsC. a "pure" or unmixed languageD. many places in the world4. According to the text, England was once___A. conquered by some foreigners.B. defeated by the Anglo-Saxons.C. a colony of the Anglo-Saxons.D. mixed with the Anglo-Saxons.5. Which of the following is NOT the characteristic of English language?A. simpleB. wide spreadC. pureD. relatively fixed word order1－5 ACDACPassage TwoFor all the fevered work being done, however, science is still far away from the Brave New World vision of engineering a perfect human-or even a perfect tomato. Much more research is needed before gene therapy become commonplace and many diseases will take decades to conquer if they can be conquered at all.In the short run, the most practical way to use the new technology will be in genetic screening. Doctors will be able to detect all sorts of flaws in DNA long before they can be fixed. In some cases the knowledge may lead to treatments that delay the attack of the disease or soften its effects. Someone with a genetic heart disease, for example, could follow a low-fat diet. And if scientists determine that a vital protein is missing because the gene that was supposed to make it is defective, they might be able to give the patient an artificial version of the protein. But in other instances, almost nothing can be done to stop the damages brought on by genetic mutations. （176 words）6. The 1st passage implies that____.A. science is still far away from perfectionB. it's difficult to engineer a perfect humanC. it's difficult to create a perfect tomatoD. many diseases will take decades to conquer7. According to the author, many human diseasesA. may be conquered.B. will be surely conquered.C. may not be conquered.D. may never be conquered.8. What does "in the short run" mean?A. to run in a short timeB. for the near futureC. for the time beingD. after enough time9. The use of the new technology in genetic screening includes all the following EXCEPTA. detecting all sorts of flaws in DNAB. fixing all sorts of flaws in DNAC. treatments that delay the attack of the diseaseD. artificial version of the protein10. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?A. genetic engineeringB. genetic screeningC. a new technologyD. Application of genetic engineering参考答案：AABBDPassage ThreeFor the person keeping a journal, whatever he experiences and wants to hold he can write down. But to get it down on paper begins another adventure. For he has to focus on what he has experienced, and be able to say what, in fact, the experience is What of it is new What of it is remarkable because of associations in the memory it stirs up Is it a good or bad thing to have happened And why, specifically The questions multiply themselves quickly. As one tries to find the wordsthat best represent this discovery, the experience becomes even more clearly in its shape and meaning.Beyond the value of the journal as record, there is the value of the discipline it teaches. The journalist begins to pay closer attention to what happens to and around him. He develops and sharpens his skills of observation. He learns the usefulness of languages as a means of representing what he sees, and gains skill and certainty in the expression of his experiences. To have given up one's experience to words is to have begun marking out the limits and potential of its meaning. In the journal that meaning is developed and clarified to oneself. When the intention of the development of that meaning is the consideration of another reader, the method of the journal redirects itself and it becomes the essay.1. The author thinks of keeping a journal as _____.[A] an association[B] an adventure[C] a discovery[D] an observation2. According to the author, keeping a journal is good for _____.[A] observation and expression[B] certainly and discipline[C] experience and adventure[D] consideration and development3. By keeping a journal, one can _____.[A] develop the usefulness of language[B] develop his memory[C] clarify the consideration to everyone[D] have a thorough understanding of his experience4. According to the writer, which of the following statements is NOT correct?[A] The journalist can express what has happened.[B] A journal can serve as a record of the past happening.[C] The journalist must be able to observe closely.[D] Writing helps develop the consideration of others.5. The passage is mainly about _____.[A] how to write a journal[B] the expressions of a journal[C] the values of keeping a journal[D] how to solve the problems in a journal参考答案: 1-5 BADDCPassage FourChina's central authorities have outlined a series of new guidelines on improving the country's market economic mechanism. These measures are contained in a communiqué issued on Tuesday at the end of a plenary session of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee.One way of doing so is to perfect a market economy of public, collective and private ownership, with public ownership still as the main pillar. But the communiqu é also stipulates that the share-holding system should be the main form in realizing public ownership so as to revitalize the state sector. Private capital will be allowed in infrastructure construction. Another step is to build an integrated nationwide market to encourage the free flow of capital and commodities. During the four-day meeting, more than 300 Central Committee members and alternative members examined and approved a work report by the Political Bureau on its work during the past year.They also approved a draft proposal with regard to amendments to the state constitution. 161 (words)16. What does "communiqué" in the 1st passage probably mean?A. communeB. communicationC. official report to the publicD. declaration or statement17. According to the 2nd paragraph, "doing so" may refer to___A. outlining a series of new guidelinesB. improving the country's market economic mechanismC. containing measures in a communiquéD. issuing it on Tuesday18. According to the passage, which of the following is the major force in a market economy?A. public ownershipB. collective and private ownershipC. share-holding systemD. private capital19. On what day of the week did the meeting convene?A. on TuesdayB. four days agoC. on SaturdayD. on Friday20. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?A. a series of new guidelinesB. the plenary session of CCPCCC. a gist of the communiquéD. the four-day meeting of CCPCC16－20 CABBCPassage FiveIsraeli researchers said they had identified a naturally produced compound that may explain why only some smokers get lung cancer.Researchers found that smokers with low levels of the enzyme were five to 10 times more likely to develop lung cancer than smokers with the highest levels.The enzyme fixes damage done to DNA by smoking and other environmental stresses and is one of a large group of repair compounds in the body.Writing in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Zvi Livneh and his colleagues said 40 per cent of the 68 lung cancer patients they tested had low levels of enzyme activity, in contrast to 4 per cent of a healthy group of 68 people.Non-smokers with the lowest levels of enzyme also had a higher risk of lung cancer, although their overall risk of cancer was much lower than that of the smokers.Lung cancer is by far the biggest cancer killer in the world, killing a million people every year worldwide.Smoking is also a major cause of heart disease and stroke. The researchers said the findings needed to be confirmed in larger studies but they may lead to the development of a blood test that smokers could take to determine their personal risk. (209words)21. What is Israeli researchers' discovery?A. A naturally produced compoundB. The possible reason for smokers to get lung cancerC. A kind of new enzymeD. How lung cancer developed22. According to the author, what is the function of the enzyme?A. Repairing any damage.B. Damage done to DNA.C. Causing environmental stresses.D. Repairing compounds in the body23. How many people have been tested on levels of enzyme activity?A. five to 10 times moreB. 40 per centC. 68D. 13624. The test also show that non-smokersA. had the lowest levels of enzymeB. had a higher risk of lung cancerC. had the risk of cancer as wellD. did not have the risk of cancer25. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Lung cancer is the biggest killer in the world.B. Smoking may cause heart disease and strokeC. The findings of Israeli researchers have to be confirmed yet.D. Smokers could take blood test to determine their personal risk21－25 BDDCAPassage SixChina is already the world's third largest producer of electronics, and becoming a player in the global appliance market. Twenty years ago, U.S., European and Japanese companies started moving into China to supply the local market with household goods. Now those same companies are getting whipped by Chinese competitors. Over the past six years, the market share of foreign TV makers in China has dropped from 70 percent to less than 20 percent. Matsushita opened the first microwave-oven plant in China in 1995. Two years later the Chinese company Galanz started making microwaves and selling them for half Matsushita's price.Chinese companies now make more than 43 million TVs yearly. Konka, one of China's largest TV makers, sells its branded TVs in the United States, and has set up factories in Mexico to service the American market; While TCL, another major TV maker, exported 11 million units from its Chinese factories last year. It has more Southeast Asian factories than any other Chinese company. (164 words)26. This passage is primarily concerned with____.A. the world's third largest producer of electronicsB. Chinese electronic companiesC. China's largest TV makersD. the increase of China's electronics27. What do "whipped" mean?A. beat with a whipB. wonC. defeatedD. suffered28. What is the decreased rate of the market share of foreign TV makers in China?A. 70%B. 20%C. 50%D. 20%--70%29. When did Galanz start making and selling microwaves?A. 1993B. 1994C. 1995D. 199730. Which of the following produces more TV sets?A. GalanzB. KonkaC. TCLD. Unknown26-30 DCCDDPassage SevenThe China boom is by now a well-documented phenomenon. Who hasn't heard of the Middle Kingdom's startling economic growth (8 percent annually), its enormous consumer market (1.2 billion people), and the investment ardor of foreign suitors ($40 billion in foreign direct investment last year alone)China is an economic marvel. According to Nicholas Lardy of the Brookings Institution, a Washington D.C.-based think tank, "No country has expanded its foreign trade as fast as China over the last 20 years. Japan doubled its foreign trade over a 20-year period; China's foreign trade as quintupled. They've become the main producer of labor-intensive manufacturing goods in the world."But there's been something missing from the dazzling China growth story-namely, the Chinese multinational. No major Chinese companies have yet established themselves, or their brands, on the global stage. But as Haier shows, that is starting to change. After 100 years of poverty and chaos, of being overshadowed by foreign countries and multinationals, Chinese industrial companies are starting to make a mark on the world. (170 words)31. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?A. the startling Middle KingdomB. China's economic growthC. China's economic marvelD. the increase of China's foreign trade32. What does "suitor" in the first paragraph mean?A. A man who is courting a woman.B. A person who makes a petition or request.C. A person who sues in court.D. A person or group seeking to purchase.33. What does Nicholas Lardy's remark mean?A. China has succeeded economically over the last 20 years.B. China did better than Japan in economy.C. China's foreign trade developed the fastest in the world.D. China is the main producer of in the world.34. By the phrase "something missing", the author refers to____.A. the less dazzling achievementsB. the Chinese multinationalC. lack of world famous brandD. Haier Company35. Why is Haier cited in the 2nd paragraph?A. To show it is starting to change.B. To show an example of a large company.C. To show a Chinese company of world fame.D. To show a change in Chinese industrial companies.31-35 CDCCCPassage EightEarlier this year, when America first sneezed, the European Central Bank (along with most private-sector economists) argued that the euro area was insulated from America's slowdown and had little to worry about. This seems to have been wrong. In Germany there are fears about recession as business investment and retail sales tumble. Recent figures confirmed that Germany's GDP stagnated in the second quarter. Italy's GDP fell in the second quarter, and although growth has held up better in France and Spain, the growth in the euro area as a whole was close to zero in the quarter. Nobody is forecasting an actual recession in the euro area this year, but it is no longer expected to provide an engine for world growth.As for Japan, it is probably already in recession. Japan's GDP grew slightly in the first quarter. Persistent deflation continues to be a severe problem. A revisedmeasure of Japan's consumer-price index, to be published soon, is likely to show that deflation is worse than had been thought. （170 words）36. What does the 1st sentence mean?A. Earlier this year, America suffered from a cold.B. the European Central Bank believed it wouldn't be affected by US.C. the European Central Bank had little to worry about.D. The euro area was safe and sound.37. What were Germany and Italy's GDP in the second quarter?A. stagnatedB. fellC. sufferedD. halted and deceased38. What was the economic situation in France and Spain?A. Much better.B. Somewhat better.C. Close to zero.D. Much worse.39. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Japan's economy?A. It is perhaps already in decline.B. Japan's GDP grew slightly in the first quarter.C. Deflation continues to be a severe problem.D. It is worse than that of US and Europe.40. The best title for the passage isA. The world economic situationB. The world economic recessionC. The worse World economic situationD. The reason for world economic recession36-40 BDBDBPassage NineSilicon Valley is a magnet to which numerous talented engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs from overseas flock to in search of fame, fast money and toparticipate in a technological revolution whose impact on mankind will surely surpass the epoch-making European Renaissance and Industrial Revolution of the bygone age.With the rapid spread of the Internet and the relentless technological innovations generated through it, the information era is truly upon us, profoundly influencing and changing not only our lifestyle, but also the way we work, do business, think and communicate with others.It is noteworthy that close to 50% of its skilled manpower, including engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs, come from Asia. Prominent among them are Indians and Chinese, and not a few Singaporeans.Intellectual challenges aside, it is a common practice for start-ups to offer generous share options to employees in order to attract the right talent into their folds. This is a powerful incentive to motivate the staff to do their utmost and to share in the company's prosperity if it reaches its goal. Many regard this as the foundation of a successful enterprise.（184 words）41. Why is Silicon Valley compared with a magnet BecauseA. it is very famous.B. it attracted numerous talented people.C. numerous talented people flock to it.D. its impact will surpass European Renaissance and Industrial Revolution.42. What does "it" in 2nd paragraph refer to?A. the InternetB. the rapid spread of the InternetC. the information eraD. our lifestyle43. What does "its" in 2nd paragraph mean?A. Silicon Valley'sB. the Internet'sC. Asia'sD. America's44. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the common practice for start-ups?A. Intellectual challenges.B. Generous share options.C. Sharing in the company's prosperity.D. A successful enterprise.45. The main idea of the passage isA. Silicon Valley's successB. the information era upon usC. Intellectual challengesD. practice of successful enterprise41-45 BAADAPassage TenTo paraphrase 18th-century statesman Edmund Burke, "all that is needed for the triumph of a misguided cause is that good people do nothing." One such cause now seeks to end biomedical research because of the theory that animals have rights ruling out their use in research. Scientists need to respond forcefully to animal rights advocates, whose arguments are confusing the public and thereby threatening advances in health knowledge and care. Leaders of the animal rights movement target biomedical research because it depends on public funding, and few people understand the process of health care research. Hearing allegations of cruelty to animals in research settings, many are perplexed that anyone would deliberately harm an animal.For example, a grandmotherly woman staffing an animal rights booth at a recent street fair was distributing a brochure that encouraged readers not to use anything that opposed immunizations; she wanted to know if vaccines come from animal research. When assured that they do, she replied, "Then 1 would have to say yes." Asked what will happen when epidemics return, she said, "Don't worry, scientists will find some way of using computers." Such well-meaning people just don't understand.Scientists must communicate their message to the public in a compassionate, understandable way in human terms, not in the language of molecular biology. We need to make clear the connection between animal research and a grandmother's hip replacement, a father's bypass operation, a baby's vaccinations, and even a pet's shots. To those who are unaware that animal research was needed to produce these treatments, as well as new treatments and vaccines, animal research seems wasteful at best and cruel at worst. Much can be done. Scientists could "adopt" middle school classes and present their own research. They should be quick to respond to letters to the editor, lest animal rights misinformation go unchallenged and acquire a deceptive appearance of truth. Research institutions could be opened to tours, to show that laboratory animals receive humane care.Finally, because the ultimate stakeholders are patients, the health research community should actively recruit to its cause not only well-known personalities such as Stephen Cooper, who has made courageous statements about the value of animal research, but all who receive medical treatment. If good people do nothing there is a real possibility that an uninformed citizenry will extinguish the precious embers of medical progress.46. The author begins his article with Edmund Burke's words to.A. call on scientists to take some actionsB. criticize the misguided cause of animal rightsC. warn of the doom of biomedical researchD. show the triumph of the animal rights movement47. Misled people tend to think that using an animal in research is .A. cruel but naturalB. inhuman and unacceptableC. inevitable but viciousD. pointless and wasteful48. The example of the grandmotherly woman is used to show the public's .A. discontent with animal researchB. ignorance about medical scienceC. indifference to epidemicsD. anxiety about animal rights49. The author believes that, in face of the challenge from animal rights advocates,scientists should .A. communicate more with the publicB. employ hi-tech means in researchC. feel no shame for their causeD. strive to develop new cures50. From the text we learn that Stephen Cooper is____.A. a well-known humanistB. a medical practitionerC. an enthusiast in animal rightsD. a supporter of animal research 46－50 ABBAD。

在职申硕同等学力英语（阅读）模拟试卷60(题后含答案及解析) 题型有： 4. Reading ComprehensionReading ComprehensionDirections: There are 5 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.Futurists have identified two changes that seem to be central to contemporary social life. First, the United States is being restructured from an industrial to an information society. Second, modern societies are increasingly shifting from a national to a global economy. Futurists have applied a good many metaphors to these changes, including Daniel Bell’s “postindustrial society”, Alvin Toffier’s “the third wave”and John Naisbitt’s “megatrends”. Common to these metaphors is the notion that American society is shifting from the production of goods to the production of services and from society based on the coordination of people and machines to a society organized around knowledge. These changes, it is contended, will afford a myriad of choices. The world will increasingly be one of many flavors, not just vanilla(香草)or chocolate. Many observers of contemporary American life believe that we are witnessing a historical change and the first major impact of the shift from an energy economy to an information economy. For 300 years technology has been cast in a mechanical model, one based on the combustion processes that go on inside a star like the sun. The steam engine opened the mechanical age, and it reached its peak with the discovery of nuclear fission and nuclear fusion, which replicated the energy producing processes of a star. We now seem to be moving toward a biological model based on information and involving the intensive use of materials. Although biological processes need physical energy and materials, they tend to substitute information for both. Biological processes “miniaturize”size, energy, and materials by “exploding” information. The human brain is some ten times the size and weight of the brain of a lemur(狐猴), but it handles a billion times more information. As a result, high tech industries are information intensive rather than energy or material intensive. Sociologists have played and will continue to play an important role in assessing and interpreting these developments and other aspects of change.1．It can be inferred that underlying the two changes is the change of______.A．the instrument of productionB．the size of the societyC．the social structureD．the economic market正确答案：A解析：从文中第1段的内容推知，美国社会正在发生两方面的变化，一是它正在由一个工业社会向信息社会转变；二是区域经济模式正在向全球经济模式转变。

在职申硕同等学力英语（阅读）模拟试卷20(题后含答案及解析) 题型有：1.19．【R1】A．B．C．D．E．正确答案：C解析：文章第一段问及读者的工作职位在经济危机中稳定吗?以此激起读者的兴趣。

而第二段第一句话就非常清楚地说：不幸的是，信用危机已经开始影响就业市场的增长(Unfortunately，the credit crisis has already begun affection job growth)。

而后作者不仅引用具体失业率而且引用高盛经济学家报告中的内容来进行阐述。

很明显本段在谈论就业问题，所以正确答案是C。

知识模块：阅读20．【R2】A．B．C．D．E．正确答案：E解析：第三段叙述说，银行、金融、建筑和房产行业的职位受到重创(most expec—ted jobs in the banking，finance，construction and real estate sectors)，然而，危机有可能蔓延到其他行业(the damage is likely to spread to other industries)。

第四段详细谈论了IT部门。

该段内容提到IT因部门的不同而不同，一些IT员工要比其他人安全(some ITworkers may be safer than others)，但总的来说高科技专家没有多少理由担忧。

整体来看，主要意思应该是损害可能蔓延到其他行业，所以选E。

知识模块：阅读21．【R3】A．B．C．D．E．正确答案：B解析：第五段叙述道，历史上而言，经济下行，技术不熟练之人受冲击最大，而白领和高技术工人则免受冲击。

然而，观察家认为，由于信用危机严重性，本次经济下行可能比以往更加平等待人(即：白领高技术工人、技术不熟练工人都一样)。

第六段则是引用专家的话语对此加以佐证。

所以选择B。

本题关键是抓住第六段的意思。

不能想当然选C，尽管选项C本身符合事实，但不是第五、六段的意思。

同等学力阅读理解练习及答案（4篇精选）Passage 1Faith in medicine runs deep in America. We spend more per person on health care any other nation. Whether we eat too much ore exercise too little, whether we’re turning gray or feeling blue, we look to some pill or procedure to make us better.We assume that devoting ever more dollars to medicine will bring us longer, healthier lives. But There is mounting evidence that each new dollar we devote to the current health care system brings small and diminishing returns to public health. T oday the US spends more than $4,500 per person per year on health care. Costa Rica spends less than $300. Yet life expectancy at birth is nearly identical in both countries.Desp ite the highly publicized “longevity revolution,” life expectancy among the elderly in the US is hardly improving. Yes, we are an aging society, but primarily because of falling birthrates. Younger Americans, meanwhile, are far more likely to be disabled than they were 20 years ago. Most affected are people in their thirties, whose disability rates increased by nearly 130 percent, due primarily to overweight. Why has our huge investment in health care left us so unhealthy? Partly it is because so many promi sed “miracle cures,” from Interferon to gene therapies, have proven to be ineffective or even dangerous. Partly it’s because health care dollars are so concentrated on the terminally ill and the very old that even when medical interventions “work,” the gai ns to average life expectancy are small. And partly it is because of medical errors and adverse reaction to prescription drugs, which cause more deaths than motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer or AIDS. Each year roughly200,000 seniors suffer fatal or life-threatening “adverse drug evens” due to improper drug use or drug interaction.Why don’t Americans live any longer than Costa Ricans? Overwhelmingly, it’s because of differences in behavior. Americans exercise less, eat more, drive more, smoke more, and lead more socially isolated lives. Even at its best, modern medicine can do little to promote productive aging, because by the time most people come in contact with it, their bodies are already compromised by stress, indulgent habits, environmental dangers and injuries.1.Americans in general believe that ___________.A.More money spent on health care may not result in better health.B.Medicine may provide an effective cure for various health problemsC.Health problems caused by bad habits can hardly be solved by medicineD.Higher birthrate can better solve the problem of aging society than medicine./doc/133501380.html,pared with the Americans, Costa Ricans__________A.Have a healthier way of lifeB.Enjoy a longer life expectancyC.Are more dependent on medicineD.Are less concerned about their health3.Which of the following is NOT a reason why health care investment fails to bring a longer life?A.Drug reaction due to improper use of drugs.B.Imbalanced distribution of health care money.C.Soaring prices of both drugs and new therapies.D.Failure of many highly-evaluated medical treatments.4.It is implied in the last paragraph thatA.Medicine should be taken timely before it is too late.B.It is reasonable to question the effectiveness of medicine.C.Poor health conditions leave little room for medicine to work.D.Great efforts should be made to develop new types of medicine.5.The passage is mainly focused on _____.A.The limits of medicineB.The life hazards in the USC.The barriers to a longer lifeD.The problems in health investmentKEYSBACCAPassage 2Just a few years ago, a graduate from Brown University medical school had just a slight understanding about how to care for the elderly. Now, Brown and other U.S. medical schools are plugging geriatric courses into their curricula.The U.S. Census Bureau projects the number of elderly Americans will nearly double to 71 million by 2030. The first members of the Baby Boomer generation, so named for the explosion in births in the years after World War Two, turn 65 in three years. In addition, people are living longer than ever.“The first ripples of the silver tsunami are lapping at the shores of our country, but there is not a coordinated or strategic response taking place in America,” said Richard Besdine, who is director of the geriatrics division at Brown University medical school in Providence.Geriatrics has never been a field of choice for young doctors. Elderly care doctors are paid less than most other physicians and surgeons and the aged can be hard to treat. They have complicated medical histories and their ailments, even such routine illnesses as pneumonia, can be more difficult to diagnose because they may be masked by other conditions. Also, drugs can affect them differently than middle-aged adults. “It’s a hard job; it’s not paid very well; it’s complicated; and there’s very little status within the hierarchy of medical specialties to being a geriatric physician,” said Gavin Hougham, senior program officer and manager of medicine programs at the John A. Hartford Foundation.Out of 800,000 doctors in the U.S., roughly 7,000 are geriatricians, Hougham said. The country needs another 13,000 to adequately care for today’s older population, according to the American Geriatrics Society. The shortfall could reach 36,000 by 2030.To help counter that, private groups are bankrolling medical schools’ emphasis on aging. The Hartford Foundation has given more than $40 million to 27 schools totrain faculty in elderly care, and the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation has given more than $100 million to 30 schools to include more geriatrics content.“If they don’t learn it, they still have to deal with it,” Hougham said. “It’s not that not learning geriatrics will cause these older people to go away. Th ey’re coming whether we’re ready or not.1.What does Richard Besdine mean in paragraph 3A.The large amount of the elderly has created a big problem in America.B.The number of the elderly has been growing beyond the capacity of America.C.America is not ready to cope with the the number of the elderly.D.America is no the ideal place for the elderly to spend the rest of their lives.2.The main point of paragraph 4 is ____A.Why geriatric physician are paid less than other physicians.B.Why doctors show little interest in being geriatric physiciansC.What are the major problems with the elderly care industry.D.What can be done to ensure the healthy development of elderly care.3.It can be learned from the passage that in the U.S.,______A.There is a shortage of geriatric physiciansB.More training is needed for geriatric physiciansC.Demand for geriatric physicians varies across states.D.Care for the elderly will depend more on geriatric physicians.4.The fact that private groups have provided money to medical schools _______A.Highlights the inadequacy of government supportB.Emphasizes the importance of more professional trainingC.Demonstrates the increasing impact of private moneyD.Indicates the growing awareness of the related problem5.According to Hougham, the challenge posed by the elderly isA.TemporaryB. universalC. unavoidableD. controllableKEYSCBADCPassage 3How many of today’s ailments, or even illnesses, are purely psychological? And how far can these be alleviated by the use of drugs? For example a psychiatrist concerned mainly with the emotional problems of old people might improve their state of mind somewhat by the use of anti-depressants but he would not remove the root cause of their depression--the feeling of being useless, often unwanted and handicapped by failing physical powers.One of the most important controversies in medicine today is how far doctors, and particularly psychologists, should depend on the use of drugs for “during” their patients. It is not merely that drugs may have been insufficiently tested and may reveal harmful side effects (as happened in the case of anti-sickness pills prescribed for expectant mothers) but the uneasiness of doctors who feel that they are treating the symptoms of a disease without removing the disease itself. On the other hand,some psychiatrists argue that in many cases (such as chronic depressive illness) it is impossible to get at the root the illness while the patient is in a depressed state. Even prolonged psychiatric care may have no noticeable effect whereas some people can be lifted out of a depression by the use of drugs within a matter of weeks. These doctors feel not only that they have no right to withhold such treatment, but that the root cause of depression can be tackled better when the patient himself feels better. This controversy is concerned, however, with the serious psychological illnesses. It does not solve the problem ofthose whose headaches, indigestion, backache, etc. are due to “nerves”. Commonly a busy family doctor will ascribe them to some physical cause and as a matter of routine prescribe a drug. Once again the symptoms are being cured rather than the disease itself.It may be true to say, as one doctor suggested recently, that over half of the cases that come to the ordinary doctor’s attention are not purely physical ailments. If this is so, the situation is serious indeed.1.The author thinks that drugs used for treating psychological ills______.A.Could be ineffective in some cases/doc/133501380.html,ually have harmful side effectsC.Can greatly alleviate the illnessesD.Can remove the root causes2.The controversy mentioned in the passage focuses on_____.A.Whether psychologists should use drugs to cure their patientsB.How psychologists should treat their patientsC.The fact that all of the drugs have harmful side effectsD.The extent t to which drugs should be used to fight psychological illness3.The passage indicates that psychologists_____.A.Find it impossible to remove a psychological diseaseB.Feel dissatisfied at treating their patients with drugsC.Believe that the root cause of a disease can be ignoredD.Can do nothing if the patient is in a depressed state4.When treating patients with psychological problem, some doctors feel that they ______.A.Are at a loss for treatmentB.Have no right to use drugsC.Have to cure their patients by any meansD.Should use drugs to treat the symptoms5.A family doctor would normally consider a headache or backache as a result of _____.A.A more serious diseaseB.Some emotional problemC.A physical disorderD.Prolonged workKEYSADBDCPassage 4A report published recently brings bad news about air pollution. It suggests that it could be as damaging to our health as exposure to the radiation from the 1986 Ukraine Chernobyl nuclear power disaster. The report was published by the UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. But what can city people do to reduce exposure to air pollution? Quite a lot, it turns out.Avoid walking in busy streets. Choose side streets and parks instead. Pollution levels can fall a considerable amount just by moving a few meters away from the main pollution source--exhaust fumes. Also don’t walk behind smokers. Walk on the windward side of the street where exposure to pollutants can be 50 percent less than on the downwind side.Sitting on the driv er’s side of a bus can increase your exposure by 10 percent, compared with sitting on the side nearest the pavement. Sitting upstairs on a double-decker can reduce exposure. It is difficult to say whether traveling on anunderground train is better or worse than taking the bus. Air pollution on underground trains tends to be less toxic than that at street level, because underground pollution is mostly made up of tiny iron particles thrown up by wheels hitting the rails. But diesel and petrol fumes have a mixture of pollutants.When you are crossing a road, stand well back from the curb while you wait for the light to change. Every meter really does count when you are close to traffic. As the traffic begins to move, fumes can be reduced in just a seconds. So holding your breath for just a moment can make a difference, even though it might sound silly. There are large sudden pollution increases during rush hours. Pollution levels fall during nighttime. The time of year also makes a big difference. Pollution levels tend to be at their lowest during spring and autumn when winds are freshest. Extreme cold or hot weather has a trapping effect and tends to cause a build-up of pollutants.1.What’s the passage mainly about?A.How to fight air pollution in big cities.B.How to avoid air pollution in big cities.C.How to breathe fresh air in big cities.D.How serious air pollution is in big cities.2.According to the report, air pollution in big cities ____A.Can be more serious than thee 1986 Ukraine Chernobyl nuclear power disaster.B.Cannot be compared with the disaster in ChernobylC.Can release as damaging radiation as the Chernobyl disasterD.Can be more serious than we used to think.3.When you walk in a busy street, you should walk on the side______.A.Where the wind is comingB.Where the wind is goingC.Where the wind is weakerD.Where the wind is strong4.It is implied in the passage that _____.A.People should not take street level transportationB.Tiny iron particles will not cause health problems.C.Air pollution on an underground train is less poisonous5.While waiting to cross a busy street, you should ______.A.Wait a few seconds until the fumes reduceB.Stay away from the traffic as far as possible.C.Hold your breath until you get to the other side of the streetD.Count down for the light to changeKEYSBDACB。

在职申硕同等学力英语（阅读）模拟试卷4(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. The US Public Health Service in June 1990 estimated that the number of diagnosed AIDS cases will climb to between 390,000 and 480,000 by 1994. About 1 million people in the United States are infected with HIV, which cause AIDS, The number of AIDS cases around the world also continued to grow. In June 1990, the World Health Organization projected that as many as 20 million people worldwide will be infected with the AIDS virus by the year 2000. 【R2】______ The FDA on Jan. 29, 1990, approved a drug called fluconazole for the treatment of AIDS-related conditions. The drug can treat two serious fungal infections common in AIDS patients. A promising experimental drug DDI ran into problems in 1990. In March, researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases announced that six AIDS patients taking the drug had died of severe inflammation of the pancreas. This serious side effect was corroborated by two studies published in May. The researchers noted, however, that most of the side effects occurred at doses much higher than those now given to patients. Preliminary reports also showed that DDI could halt the replication of the AIDS virus and that it might be a useful alternative treatment for patients who could not tolerate the side effects of AZT. 【R3】______ Researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore reported in 1989 that they may have rid a patient of the AIDS virus. The researchers combined AZT treatment with bone marrow(髓)transplantation in a man who had both AIDS and lymphoma, a type of cancer that occurs in the lymph(淋巴腺)nodes. In the transplant procedure, physicians destroyed the man’s bone marrow with radiation and chemotherapy and then gave him healthy bone marrow from a donor. The man, who later died of cancer, was apparently free of the AIDS virus when tested32 days after the transplant. Although this first report of a way to eliminate HIV froma patient’s body seems-promising, experts cautioned that wide use of the technique may be impractical, and that more testing is needed. 【R4】______ The San Francisco Department of Public Health reported in January 1990 that people with AIDS are living longer today, due to improved diagnosis and treatment with AZT. Patients taking the antiviral drug had a median life expectancy of about 21 months after diagnosis, compared with 14 months among those not taking the drug. Some AIDS patients in the San Francisco study had survived eight years after their diagnosis. In June 1990, a National Cancer Institute report showed a sharp increase in the incidence of lymphoma among AIDS patients, presumably because their weakened immune system makes them more susceptible to this kind of cancer. Scientists planned to study whether AZT somehow contributes to the occurrence of lymphoma. 【R5】______ In a report to US President George Bush in April 1990, the National Commission on AIDS, a federal advisory group, compared the government’s AIDS effort to “an orchestra without a conductor. “The commission claimed that the federal government had not led an effective campaign against the disease, and it urged the Bush Administration to establish a national plan to attack the AIDS epidemic. One month later, on March 29, President Bush made his first majorspeech concerning AIDS since he took office. He asked Americans to show compassion toward individuals who are infected with HIV and said that government health agencies were on a “wartime footing”against the disease. Bush also urged congressional approval of a bill that would ban discrimination against AIDS patients. Ryan White, who gained national attention for fighting both AIDS and the prejudice surrounding the disease, died of AIDS on April 8, 1990, at age 18. White came to prominence in 1985, when he successfully fought a legal battle against school officials near Kokomo, Ind. for the right to attend class despite his HIV infection. White eventually became an articulate advocate for children with AIDS. In a statement presented after White’s death, President Bush said, “Ryan’s death reaffirms that we as a people must pledge to continue the fight, his fight, against this dreaded disease. “13．【R1】A．B．C．D．E．正确答案：D解析：本段用数据说明了艾滋病的发展变化趋势。

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Valeta Young， 81， a retiree from Lodi， Calif.，suffers from congestive heart failure and requires almost constant monitoring. But she doesn't have to drive anywhere to get it. Twice a day she steps onto a special electronic scale， answers a few yes or no questions via push buttons on a small attached monitor and presses a button that sends the information to a nurse's station in San Antonio， Texas. “It's al most a direct link to my doctor，” says Young，who describes herself as puter illiterate but says she has no problems using the equipment.Young is not the only patient who is dealing with her doctor from a distance. Remote monitoring is a rapidly growing field in medical technology， with more than 25firms peting to measure remotely——and transmit by phone，Inter or through the airwaves——everything from patients' heart rates to how often they cough.Prompted both by the rise in health-care costs and the increasing puterization of health-care equipment， doctors are using remote monitoring to track a widening variety of chronic diseases. In March， St. Francis University in Pittsburgh， Pa.， partnered with a pany called BodyMediaon a study in which rural diabetes patients use wireless glucose meters and armband sensors to monitor their disease. And last fall， Yahoo began offering subscribers theability to chart their asthma conditions online， using a PDA-size respiratory monitor that measures lung functionsin real time and e-mails the data directly to doctors.Such home monitoring， says Dr. George Dailey， a physician at the Scripps Clinic in San Diego，“could someday replace less productive ways that patients track changes in their heart rate， blood sugar， lipid levels，kidney functions and even vision.”Dr. Timothy Moore， executive vice president of Alere Medical， which produces the smart scales that Young and more than 10，000 other patients are using， says that almost any vital sign could， in theory， be monitored from home. But， he warns， that might not always make good medical sense. He advises against performing electrocardiograms remotely， for example， and although he acknowledges that remote monitoring of blood-sugar levels and diabetic ulcers on the skin may have real value， he points out that there are no truly independent studies that establish the value of home testing for diabetes or asthma.Such studies are needed because the technology is still in its infancy and medical experts are divided about its value. But on one thing they all agree： you should neverrely on any remote testing system without clearing it with your doctor.注(1)：本文选自Time;8/9/xx， p101-101， 1/2p， 2c;注(2)：本文习题命题模仿对象xx年真题text 1;1. How does Young monitor her health conditions?[A] By stepping on an electronic scale.[B] By answering a few yes or no questions.[C] By using remote monitoring service.[D] By establishing a direct link to her doctor.2. Which of the following is not used in remote monitoring?[A] car[B] telephone[C] Inter[D] the airwaves3. The word “prompted” (Line 1， Paragraph 3) most probably means .[A] made[B] reminded[C] aroused[D] driven4. Why is Dr. Timothy Moore against performing electrocardiograms remotely?[A] Because it is a less productive way of monitoring.[B] Because it doesn‘t make good medical sense.[C] Because it‘s value has not been proved by scientific study[D] Because it is not allowed by doctors5. Which of the following is true aording to the text?[A] Computer illiterate is advised not to use remote monitoring.[B] The development of remote monitoring market is rather sluggish.[C] Remote monitoring is mainly used to track chronic diseases.[D] Medical experts agree on the value of remote monitoring.。

在职申硕同等学力英语（阅读）模拟试卷3(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Ah, comes the reply, gold transactions are denominated in dollars, and the rise in the price simply reflects the dollar’s fall in terms of other currencies, especially the euro, against which it hit a new low this week. Expressed in euros, the gold price has moved much less. However, there is no iron link, as it were, between the value of the dollar and the value of gold. A rising price of gold, like that of anything else, can reflect an increase in demand as well as a depreciation of its Unit of account. Excerpt 6 This is where gold bulls come in. The fall in the dollar is important, but mainly because as a store of value the dollar stinks. With a few longish rallies, the greenback has been on a downward trend since it came off the gold standard in 1971. Now it is suffering one of its sharper declines. At the margin, extra demand has come from those who think dollars—indeed any money backed by nothing more than promises to keep inflation low—a decidedly risky investment, mainly because America, with the world’s reserve currency, has been able to create and borrow so many of them. The least painful way of repaying those dollars is to make them worthless.7．The main idea of Excerpt 1 is that______.A．human beings began to love gold with the emergence of civilizationB．the ancient Egyptians valued gold for its religious importanceC．king Midas was a person who could turn everything into goldD．king Tutankharnun buried a solid-gold coffin 33 centuries ago正确答案：A解析：根据Excerpt 1内容可知，B项提到古埃及人，C项提到king Midas，D项提到king Tutkankharnun，都说的是某个细节。