2019年在职攻人员攻读硕士学位英语模拟练习四

　　Paragraph Three

　　Meanwhile, employment put women al a disadvantage. It became customary for the husband to go out to paid employment, leaving the unpaid work of the home and family to his wife.

　　All this may now have to change. The time has certainly come to switch some effort and resources away from the impractical goal of creating jobs for all to the urgent practical‘ task of helping many people to manage without full-time jobs.

　　Question

　　It can be inferred from the two paragraphs that __

　　A. the creation of jobs for all is an impossibility

　　B. we must make every effort to solve the problem of unemployment

　　C. people should start to support themselves by learning a practical skill

　　D. we should help people to get full-time jobs

　　Paragraph Four

　　In 1980, Canada announced strict additional limits on ownership of energy companies by foreign institutions and individuals. Since these may no longer own more-than 50 percent of such companies, sources of capital for these corporations are now sharply restricted.

　　Question

　　Which of the following can be inferred from the paragraph?

　　A.Before 1980, foreigners were allowed to own a majority of shares in Canadian energy companies.

　　B. Canada‘s 1980 limitations might get some foreigners into trouble.

　　C. After 1980, foreigners may not own a majority share in a Canadian company.

　　D. Before 1980, there were no limitations on foreign individuals owning Canadian energy companies.

　　Judging True/False

　　Paragraph One

　　The word "television", derived fiom its Greek Ode: distant) and Latin (vision: sight) roots, can literally be interpreted as sight from a distance. Very simply put, it works in this way:. through a sophisticated system of electronics television provides the capability of converting an image (focused on a special photoconductive plate within a camera) into electronic impulses, which can be sent through a wire or a cable. These impulses, when fed into a receiver (television set), can then be electronically reconstituted into that same image.

　　Question

　　Which of tile following is NOT mentioned in the paragraph as a function of electronics in television transmission?

　　A. Tile conversion of image into electronic impulses.

　　B. The sending of impulses through a wire cable.

　　C. hanging of one image into another image.

　　D. The feeding of impulses into receiver.

　　Paragraph Two

　　If one were to ask a group of randomly selected individuals to define "price" many would reply that price is an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a product or service or, in other words, that price is the money value of a product or service as agreed. upon in a market transaction. This definition is, of course, valid as far as it goes. For a complete understanding of a price in any particular transaction, much more than the amount of money involved must be known. Both the buyer and the seller should be familiar with not only the money amount, but with the amount and quality of the product or service to be exchanged, the time and place at which file exchange will take place and payment will be made, the form of money to be used, the credit terms and discounts that supply to the transaction, guarantees on the product or science, delivery terms, return privileges, and other factors.

　　Question

　　According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a factor in the complete understanding of price?

　　A.instructions that come with a product

　　B. the quality of product

　　C. the quantity of a product

　　D. guarantees on a product

　　Paragraph Three

　　Money spent on advertising is money spent as well as any I know of. It serves directly to assist a rapid distribution of goods at reasonable prices, thereby establishing a firm home market and so making it possible to provide for export at competitive prices. By drawing attention to new ideas it helps enormously to raise standards of living. By helping to increase demand it ensures increased need for labor, and is therefore an effective way to fight unemployment. It lowers the costs of many services: without advertisements your daily newspaper would cost four times as much, the price of your television license would need to be doubled and travel by bus or tube would cost 20 percent more.

　　Question

　　In the passage, which of the following is NOT included in the advantages of advertising?

　　A. securing greater fame B. providing more jobs C. enhancing living standards D. reducing newspaper cost

　　Paragraph Four

　　In Indonesia many years ago the wives of government workers or members of the armed forces were organized into women‘s organizations. The leadership of these women‘s organization was rat up according to the hierarchical positions of the members‘ husbands. For example, the organization of women personnel of a government ministry would automatically have as its chairperson the wife of the minister at the national level, and the chairperson of the provincial organization would be the wife of the governor, and so on to the lower administrative levels. It is amazing how a woman who may have no interest in being a leader nevertheless automatically becomes a chairperson because of the official position of her husband. When the husband is no longer minister or governor, she also automatically loses her position.

　　Many of these women have complained to me that they feel this is a straitjacket imposed on them, but they feel they have to accept the role for the sake of safeguarding their husbands‘ careers.

　　Question

　　Which of the following is true according to this Paragraph?

　　A. Women‘s organizations were set up in the government administrative levels and the armed forces.

　　B. The head of the women‘s organization of a county must be the wife of the governor.

　　C. All the leaders of the women‘s organizations enjoyed their roles.

　　D. The wife of a governor loses her leading position for the sake of her husband.

　　Deciding Author‘s Tone

　　Paragraph One

　　We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming pupils. It does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade!

　　Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual ability. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we Find that mixed-ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning.

　　Question

　　In the passage the author‘s attitude towards mixed-ability teaching is __

　　A. critical B. approving C. doubtful ‘ D. objective

　　Paragraph Two

　　The vast majority of American manufacturers face international competition. This competition forces companies to improve quality and cut costs. By contrast, protectionism encourages onopoly, lower quality and higher prices. Americans pay an enormous price for protectionismover $ 60 billion a year, or $1000 for a family of four. Thanks to protectionism, for example, American consumers pay twice the world price for sugar.

　　Question

　　What is the author‘s attitude toward protectionism as denoted from this paragraph?

　　A. sincere B. appreciative C. approving D. ironic