【正文】 llpowerful 中國在職教育網(wǎng)論壇 全面的在職研究生相關(guān)資訊，以及廣泛的學(xué)員交流 banks. In Britain there is more free interplay (相互作用 ) of market forces and far fewer regulations, rules and red tape. A French banker summed it up this way : On the Continent you can39。 31. F abundance and Price Rising The long years of food shortage in this country have suddenly give way to apparent abundance. Stores and shops are choked with food. Rationing (定量供應(yīng) ) is virtually suspended (暫停 ), and overseas suppliers (供應(yīng)商 ) have been asked to hold back deliveries. Yet, instead of joy, there is widespread uneasiness and confusion. Why do 中國在職教育網(wǎng)論壇 全面的在職研究生相關(guān)資訊，以及廣泛的學(xué)員交流 food prices keep on rising when there seems to be so much more food about? Is the abundance only temporary, or has it e to stay? Does it mean that we need to think less now about producing more food at home? No one knows what to expect. 32. Rea The recent growth of export surpluses on the world food market has certainly been unexpectedly great, partly because a strange sequence of two successful grain harvests in North America is now being followed by a third. Most of Britain39。t the Bank choose popular heroeslike the Beetles, for example? Write and tell BBC Modern English who is on your list for this banknote. Imagine you have to choose some personality to go on a banknote in your own country. Who is your choice? 26. Inflation in this story means _________. ○A. rise in prices resulting from an increase in the money, credit, etc. ○B(yǎng). the rise and fall of the voice in speaking ○C. the process of inflating or being inflated ○D. an illness brought by infection 27. Who dislike(s) inflation most? ○A. Ordinary people. ○B(yǎng). Merchants. ○C. Officials. ○D. The Bank of England. 中國在職教育網(wǎng)論壇 全面的在職研究生相關(guān)資訊，以及廣泛的學(xué)員交流 28. Why is there noone who was alive in the last fifty years in the selection and no political leader? ○A. Because the Bank of England does not like contemporary figures and political leaders. ○B(yǎng). Because living personalities and political leaders are not as influential as anyone in this selection. ○C. Because the Bank of England usually chooses safe and historical personalities. ○D. Because living personalities and political leaders are not allowed to be put on the back of the new banknote. 29. The British army at Waterloo was fighting against _________. ○A. the Indian army ○B(yǎng). the French army ○C. the Spanish army 中國在職教育網(wǎng)論壇 全面的在職研究生相關(guān)資訊，以及廣泛的學(xué)員交流 ○D. the Russian army 30. BBC Modern English is _____________. ○A. a book ○B(yǎng). a TV program ○C. a TV guide ○D. a magazine for students of English as a foreign language 第四部分 概括大意 (20 分 ) 給下面一篇文章的每一段概括大意。 Boadicea, Queen of the early English tribes of the first century, who fought against the Romans, or Emily Pankhurst, who fought to get the vote for women early in this century. What do you think of this selection? There39。s inflation and nobody likes it, least of all the Bank of England. One of the results of inflation is that people need coins and notes of higher value. At the moment, the note of the highest value which is generally in circulation(流通 ) is the ￡ 20 note. Now, the Bank of England plans to introduce a new, ￡ 50 note. And the Bank is trying to decide which famous English man or woman to put on the back of the new note. Quite a problem. The Bank usually chooses safe, historical personalities. We already have Sir Isaac 中國在職教育網(wǎng)論壇 全面的在職研究生相關(guān)資訊，以及廣泛的學(xué)員交流 Newton, the scientist, the first duck of Wellington, the famous soldier who led the British army at Waterloo, Florence Nightingale, founder of English nursing and of course Shakespeare. So far, the list of possible choices for the ￡ 50 note is quite predictable (可預(yù)測的 ). There39。t repair many things nowadays because they spend ______ to buy a new one. 18. The shoppers have to pay not only for the goods themselves but also for the ______ paper. 19. According to the author39。t we act before this 中國在職教育網(wǎng)論壇 全面的在職研究生相關(guān)資訊，以及廣泛的學(xué)員交流 happens? Why can39。s resources. Just think of the cars that are traded daily, just because they are out of style. Think of the expensive packaging material that is thrown away every time a new object is bought. And we consumers (消費(fèi)者 ) have to pay for that material! Our industrial society has turned us into spoiled children. This wastefulness (消費(fèi) ) has got into the mess we are in now. when we have no resources left, then we39。t last a long time. It39。有的單詞第一中國在職教育網(wǎng)論壇 全面的在職研究生相關(guān)資訊，以及廣泛的學(xué)員交流 個字母已經(jīng)給出，請將其余字母補(bǔ)全。 ine. Wages, it is true, had risen, extensive family allowances (補(bǔ)貼 ) and benefits were paid by the state, and there was fulltime and overtime employment. Taken together, these factors enabled the working class to exist but allowed them no sense of safety. In this precarious (不安定 ) and discouraging situation, workmen were willing to work overseas for higher wages. The government was not willing to let workers leave the country. It was feared this migration of workers would deplete (使空虛 ) the labor force. The lack of qualified workers might stop the improvement in the quality of industrial products produced. Qualified workers employed abroad would only increase the quantity of quality produced in foreign countries. Also the quantity of quality goods produced in France would not be able to increase as part of its qualified labor force 中國在職教育網(wǎng)論壇 全面的在職研究生相關(guān)資訊，以及廣泛的學(xué)員交流 moved to other countries. 6. According to the passage, the French workers were _____________. ○A. better paid than the workers in any other European country ○B(yǎng). able to save more money with the increase in his wages ○C. anxiou