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英语（二）真题试卷

Section II

Reading Comprehension

Part A

Directions:

Read

the

following

four

texts.

Answer

the

questions

after

each

text

by

choosing A,

B,

C

or D.

Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40points)

Text 1

In an essay entitled

―

Making It in America

‖

the author Adam Davison relates a joke from cotton

country about just how much a modern textile mill has been automated: The average mill has only

two employees today,

―

a man and a dog. The man is there to feed the dog, and the dog is there to

keep the man away from the machines.

Davidson

’

s article is one of a number of pieces that have recently appeared making the point

that the reason we have such stubbornly high unemployment and declining middle-class incomes

today is largely because of the big drop in demand because of the Great Recession, but it is also

because of the advances in both globalization and the information technology revolution, which

are more rapidly than ever replacing labor with machine or foreign workers.

In the past, workers with average skills, doing an average job, could earn an average lifestyle.

But, today, average is officially over. Being average is just wo

n’

t earn you what it used to. It can

’

t

when so many more employers have so much more access to so much more above average cheap

foreign

labor

cheap

robotics,

cheap

software,

cheap

automation

and

cheap

genins.

Therefore,

everyone needs to find their extra

–

their unique value contribution that makes them stand out in

whatever is their field of employment.

Yes,

new

technology

has

been

eating

jobs

forever,

and

always

will.

But

there

’

s

been

an

acceleration. As Davidson notes,

―

In the 10 years ending in 2009, factories shed workers so fast

that

they

erased

almost

all

the

gains

of

the

previous

70

years;

roughly

one

out

of

every

three

manufacturing jobs

–

about 6 millions in total

–

disappeared.

‖

There will always be change

–

new jobs, new products, new services. But the one thing we

know for sure is that with each advance in globalization and the I.T. revolution , the beat jobs will

require workers to have more and better education to make themselves above average.

In

a

world

where

average

is

officially

over,

there

are

many

things

we

need

to

do

to

buttress

employment, but nothing would be more important than passing some kind of G

.I. Bill for the 21

st

century that ensures that every American has access to post- high school education.

21. The joke in Paragraph 1 is used to illustrate

.

A. the impact of technological advances

B. the alleviation of jobs pressure

C. the shrinkages of textile mills

D. the decline of middle-class incomes

22. According to Paragraph 3, to be a success employer, one has to

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A. adopt an average lifestyle

B. work on cheap software

C. contribute something unique

D. ask for a moderate salary

23. The quotation in Paragraph 4 explains that

.

A. gains of technology have been erased

B. job opportunities are disappearing at a high speed

C. factories are making much less money than before

D. new jobs and services have been offered.

24. According to the author, to reduce unemployment, the most important is

.

A. to accelerate the I.T. revolution

B. to ensure more education for people

C. to advance economic globalization

D. to pass more bills in the 21

st

century

25. Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the text?

A. Technology Goes Cheap

B

．

New Law Takes Effect

C. Recession Is Bad

D. Average Is Over

参考答案：

ACBBD

Text 2

A

century

ago,

the

immigrants

from

across

the

Atlantic

included

settlers

and

sojourners.

Along with the many folks looking to make a permanent home in the United States came, those

who

had

no

intengtion

to

stay,

and

who

would

make

some

money

and

then

go

home.

Between

1908 and 1915, about 7 million people arrived while about 2 million departed. About a quarter of

all

Italian

immigrants,

for

example,

eventually

returned

to

Italy

for

good.

They

even

had

an

affectionate nickname,

‖

uccelli

dipassaggio

,‖

birds of passage.

Today, we are much more rigid about immigrants. We divide newcomers into two categories:

legal or illegal, good or bad. We hail them as Americans in the making, or brand them as aliens fit

for deportation. That framework has contributed mightily to our broken immigration system and

the long political paralysis over how to fix it.

Crop

pickers,

violinists,

construction

workers,

entrepreneurs,

engineers,

home

health-care

aides and particle physicists are among

today’s

birds of passage. They are energetic participants in

a global economy driven by the flow of work, money and ideas. They prefer to come and go as

opportunity calls them. They can manage to have a job in one place and a family in another.

With or without permission, they straddle laws, jurisdictions and identities with ease. We need

them to imagine the United States as a place where they can be productive for a while without

committing themselves to staying forever. We need them to feel that home can be both here and

there and that they can belong to two nations honorably.

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