【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 struck by exactly the opposite condition, by a prevailing ease of material life, coupled at the same time by an extreme dependence of the individual in his search for the means of existence. In the great metropolitan areas where most Americans live, we can no longer imagine the solitary individual or the small munity surviving, short of robbing for food and necessities. The majority of Americans have never grown food, caught game, raised meat, ground grain into flour. Faced with the challenge of clothing themselves or building their own homes, they would be hopelessly untrained and unprepared. Even to make minor repairs in the machines which surround them, they must call on other members of the munity whose business it is to fix cars, or to repair plumbing, or whatever. Perhaps, the richer the nation, the more apparent is this inability of its average inhabitant to survive unaided and alone. 11. Which is the best title for this passage?A. The Poor and the Rich.B. The Individual and the Society.C. The Division of Labor.D. The Making of a Society. 12.“Left to his own devices in Line 4, Para. 1 most probably means .A. to be left alone B. to be left to make plans C. to be left to invent new devices D. to be left to devil 13. It is most likely to find people like Robinson Crusoe .A. in great metropolitan areaB. in a large munityC. in modern AmericaD. near the North Pole 14. Which of the following is indicated in the passage?A. Modern American society is a selfcontained society.B. Division of labor improves efficiency.C. The survival ability of a man is decided by the degree of his dependence on others.D. A man living alone will survive longer than a man living in a small munity. 15. One can NOT make a living in modern America by .A. buying things one need from storesB. hiring the services of othersC. robbing others of food and necessitiesD. learning to do things all by oneself 　　Passage 4　　If women are mercilessly exploited year after year, they have only themselves to blame. Because they tremble at the thought of being seen in public in clothes that are out of fashion, they are always taken advantage of by the designers and the big stores. Clothes which have been worn only a few times have to be put aside because of the change of fashion. When you e to think of it, only a woman is capable of standing in front of a wardrobe packed full of clothes and announcing sadly that she has nothing to wear.　　Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste. Many women spend vast sums of money each year to replace clothes that have hardly been worn. Women who cannot afford to throw away clothing in this way, waste hours of their time altering the dresses they have. Skirts are lengthened or shortened。 necklines are lowered or raised, and so on.　　No one can claim that the fashion industry contributes anything really important to society. Fashion designers are rarely concerned with vital things like warmth, fort and durability. They are only interested in outward appearance and they take advantage of the fact that women will put up with any amount of disfort, as long as they look right. There can hardly be a man who hasn39。t at some time in his life smiled at the sight of a woman shaking in a thin dress on a winter day, or delicately picking her way through deep snow in highheeled shoes.　　When paring men and women in the matter of fashion, the conclusions to be drawn are obvious. Do the constantly changing fashions of women39。s clothes, one wonders, reflect basic qualities of inconstancy and instability? Men are too clever to let themselves be cheated by fashion designers. Do their unchanging styles of dress reflect basic qualities of stability and reliability? That is for you to decide. 16. Designers and big stores always make money .A. by mercilessly exploiting women workers in the clothing industryB. because they are capable of predicting new fashions C. by constantly changing the fashions in women39。s clothing D. because they attach great importance to quality in women39。s clothing 17. To the writer, the fact that women alter their old fashioned dresses is seen as .A. a waste of money B. a waste of timeC. an expression of tasteD. an expression of creativity 18. The writer would be less critical if fashion designers placed more stress on the of clothing. A. cost B. appearance C. fort D. suitability 19. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?A. New fashions in clothing are created for the mercial exploitation of women. B. The constant changes in women39。s clothing reflect their strength of character.C. The fashion industry makes an important contribution to society.D. Fashion designs should not be encouraged since they are only weled by women.20. By saying “the conclusions to be drawn are obvious(paragraph 4), the writer means that A. women39。s inconstancy in their choice of clothing if often laughed at B. women are better able to put up with disfort C. men are also exploited greatly by fashion designersD. men are more reasonable in the matter of fashion ：從第7段可推出答案為B)?！　。簭牡?段可知C)“婚姻的持續(xù)時(shí)間”沒(méi)有涉及到。故答案為C)。而其它三項(xiàng)“房子、銀行存款、孩子教育”都屬于財(cái)產(chǎn)及孩子問(wèn)題?！　。簭牡?段可知B)、C)、D)正確，但A)項(xiàng)內(nèi)容文中并未提到。故答案為A)。　　：第3段中講：“這是世界上首次設(shè)計(jì)出來(lái)的(軟件)，是用于權(quán)衡法庭對(duì)以往案件的判決，從而預(yù)測(cè)某個(gè)特定的離婚案如果它繼續(xù)訴諸法庭的話的財(cái)產(chǎn)分分配方式?！笨梢?jiàn)答案為D)?！　。旱?段講“任何人都可以離婚，但財(cái)產(chǎn)分配取決于法官判決。而決定誰(shuí)得到什么是建立在未來(lái)需求和過(guò)去貢獻(xiàn)基礎(chǔ)上的一個(gè)復(fù)雜過(guò)程?！笨梢?jiàn)并沒(méi)有明確可依的離婚財(cái)產(chǎn)法律。故答案為C)?！　。簭牡?段第1句可得出答案為C)。此句為虛擬語(yǔ)氣結(jié)構(gòu)?！　。簭牡?段尤其是第1句和最后兩句可知答案為D)。　?。簭牡?段第4句可知答案為D)?！　。阂?yàn)椤皠?dòng)機(jī)調(diào)查”顯示人們不買(mǎi)“即沖咖啡”的原因是它暗示了女主人的懶惰lazy，所以為提高銷量，生產(chǎn)商必定要排除這種副面暗示，故答案為C)?！　。罕绢}考察對(duì)文章的推斷。結(jié)合全文，尤其是從第1段中可推出答案B)。而A)、C)、D)都過(guò)于絕對(duì)，所以不正確。：文章第1段講，生活在簡(jiǎn)單環(huán)境下物質(zhì)條件差的個(gè)體獨(dú)立生存能力強(qiáng)；第2段，大都市中生活優(yōu)越的個(gè)體卻很難離開(kāi)社會(huì)獨(dú)立生存下來(lái)?？梢?jiàn)全文講的是“個(gè)體與社會(huì)”的問(wèn)題。故答案為B)?！　。簭牡?段的對(duì)比以及該結(jié)構(gòu)下文緊接著講的“Living close to the soil or to their animal prey, the peoples with the lowest standard of living ... almost singlehanded.”可見(jiàn)起意思為獨(dú)立生存。故答案為A)。　?。簭牡?段第2句講到“當(dāng)愛(ài)斯基摩人...獨(dú)立生存時(shí)，可以存活相當(dāng)長(zhǎng)的一段時(shí)間?！钡?段中講大都市的現(xiàn)代美國(guó)人卻難以獨(dú)立生存。所以能象魯濱遜那樣自己獨(dú)立生活的人應(yīng)該是前者，即生活在北極圈附近的人。故答案為D)。　?。汉苋菀着懦鼳)、B)、D)。故答案為D)。　?。簭牡?段后半部分內(nèi)容可得出答案為D)?！　。簭牡?段第2句可知答案為C)?！　。簭牡?段第3句可知答案為B)?！　。簭牡?段第2句得出答案為C)?！　。簭牡?段及第2段第2句可得出答案為A)。其它三項(xiàng)很容易排除?！　。簭牡?段尤其是第3句(too...to...結(jié)構(gòu))可得出答案為D)。Fast ReadingWhen was the last time you saw a frog? Chances are, if you live in a city, you have not seen one for some time. Even in wet areas once teeming with frogs and toads, it is being less and less easy to find those slimy, hopping and sometimes poisonous members of the animal kingdom. All over the world, and even in remote parts of Australia, frogs are losing the ecological battle for survival, and biologists are at a loss to explain their demise. Are amphibians simply oversensitive to changes in the ecosystem? Could it be that their rapid decline in numbers is signaling some ing environmental disaster for us all?　This frightening scenario is in part the cons