ENGLISH 6

Unit 6

自主学习测试题

Directions

：

Read the following passages carefully. Each passage is followed by some questions

or unfinished sentences. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose

the best answer to each question.

（

A

）

A local affordable

-

housing group released a study yesterday, saying that its projects in the last

decade have added more than $$100 million to the local economy and created thousands of new

jobs.

Over the years, some groups have criticized affordable

-

housing projects, saying that public and

private subsidies (

补贴

) are too costly. They also have expressed concern over what they perceive

to be the potential negative impact of affordable

-

housing developments on home values in their

local communities. But in an economic

-

impact analysis of 53 homes it built in Nassau and Suffolk

counties, the Long Island Housing Partnership (

合伙公司

) challenged those assumptions.

According to the study, which was completed by Pearl Kamer, chief economist for the Long Island

Association,

the

partnership

’

s

projects

pumped

$$60

million

into

the

local

economy

in

total

development costs. The projects also generated $$55 million in goods and services on Long Island

during their construction.

Furthermore,

the

projects

resulted

in

an

increase

island

-

wide

of

more

than

$$37

million

in

net

earnings, which includes not only money paid to construction workers, but purchases of services

from

local

companies

such

as

law

firms,

architectural

firms

and

banks.

An

estimated

1,235

secondary jobs to support construction of these projects were also created, the study said.

“

Any way you look at it, the partnership

’

s projects are a win

-

win situation for the Long Island

economy,

”

Lamer said. While the 18 projects, which represent the majority of the partnership

’

s major developments, received slightly more than $$21 million in subsidies, the study found that

the

economic

benefit

to

the

local

economy

exceeded

the

subsidies

provided

by

almost

$$34

million.

“

When we advocate for affordable housing, people have traditionally thought of it as a drain (

大

量耗费

) on the community,

”

said Peter Klein, acting chairman of the partnership.

“

We want to

make people aware that rather than being a drain, it

’

s an economic gain.

”

Those

occupying

these

housing

developments

are

mostly

hospital

and

health

-

care

workers,

salespersons, bus and truck drivers, food services workers and so on.

“

These projects help to

keep work force, which is critical considering today

’

s ongoing labor shortage,

”

said Kamer.

1

、

Those who are against affordable housing projects express the following concerns except

that __________________.

A.

it is a drain on local economy

B.

house values would be reduced

C.

housing prices would be increased

D.

public and private subsidies are too huge

2

、

According to the economic

-

impact analysis, which of the following is mentioned as a benefit

of the affordable housing projects?

A.

Construction workers were given a pay raise.

B.

The quality of related services was getting better.

C.

An additional 1,235 construction workers got their jobs.

D.

The projects lead to substantial income in goods and services.

3

、

What does a win

-

win situation mean according to Lamer?

A.

The partnership gained profits while the local economy boomed.

B.

The rich liked the services while the poor benefited from housing.

C.

Both construction workers and service people received increased income.

D.

Both those against and for the affordable housing projects see the benefits.

4

、

Based on Kamer

’

s study, which number is closest to the economic benefit that the 18

projects of the partnership

’

s developments brought to the local economy?

A.

$$21 million.

B.

$$34 million.

C.

$$37 million.

D.

$$55 million.

5

、

What is the writer

’

s attitude toward affordable housing?

A.

Critical.

B.

Positive.

C.

Doubtful.

D.

Unknown.

（

B

）

Are

undergraduate

grades

important?

Everyone

knows

that

high

marks

earned

at

different

schools

or

under

different

instructors

can

indicate

very

different

levels

of

achievement.

One

professor

may

be

a

hard

grader,

while

another

is

very

generous.

Some

schools

have

high

standards,

whereas

others

don

’

t.

And

at

all

universities

there

is

a

constant

tendency

(

倾向

)

towards grade inflation (giving ever more high marks). Although this tendency is fought fiercely at

some universities, it is allowed to go unchecked for long periods at others.

Another

point

raised

against

grades

is

that

they

hardly

predict

how

much

graduates

will

be

earning 15 or 20 years after getting their degrees. As many studies have shown, there is only very

weak link between undergraduate

’

s grades and future wealth. People who get good marks tend

to go into profession, not all of which are highly paid. The link between undergraduate grades

and success in business, the most common road to wealth, is in fact zero. Many ordinary students

become successful businessmen, while some brilliant and capable graduates (creative youngster,

not students with special skills in passing exams) take up relatively low paying but interesting or

satisfying

careers. The general population

sees one thing very clearly that good grades don

’

t

translate in any direct way into big money, and for better or for worse, the standard of

“

< br>success

”

for countless Americans is the possession of wealth.

The

result

is

certain

modesty

about

good

grades

in

America

among

those

who

get

them.

A

student

’

s

parents

may

be

proud

of

his

marks,

but

seldom

will

the

student

himself risk

being

called a

“

grade

-

grubber

”

by paying too much attention to his academic success. High marks are

not something to be advertised to the world except on resumes (

个人简历

), and anybody who is

crazy about them is likely to be viewed with contempt (

鄙视

).

1

、

According to the passage, the following are all factors to make undergraduate scores less