People today are still talking about the generation gap. Some parents complain that their

第1题

More and more people today ______.A．are trying activities such as bungee jumpingB．are clim

More and more people today ______.

A．are trying activities such as bungee jumping

B．are climbing the highest mountains

C．are coming chose to death in sports

D．are looking for adventures such as exploring unknown

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第2题

As is suggested in Paragraph 2, villagers in the past______.A．lived a simpler life than vi

As is suggested in Paragraph 2, villagers in the past______.

A．lived a simpler life than villagers today

B．knew fewer people than villagers today

C．found it difficult to enjoy themselves

D．liked to wash themselves with cold water

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第3题

College students today ______.A．make up nearly halt' of the American populationB．are deepl

College students today ______.

A．make up nearly halt' of the American population

B．are deeply interested in making a better life for all people

C．have not been given a fair chance before now

D．are always finding fault with their parents

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第4题

The United States today is no longer considered a“melting pot”society by many of

its residents．_________ ，many people prefer the term“salad bowl”．

A．Moreover

B．More often

C．Truly speaking

D．Instead

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第5题

Thereasonwhypeopleliketoflytodayisthat______. A.itisinteresting B.itischeaperthantogo

The reason why people like to fly today is that______.

A. it is interesting

B. it is cheaper than to go in any other way

C. it can cross the wide oceans

D. it takes less time

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第6题

Today an increasing number of people have realized that law education is of great importance.In order to keep law and order, every one of us is supposed to get a law education.

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第7题

Li: Hello. I'm ringing about the flat advertised in today's STAR. ______？Mrs. Green: Yes,

it is. Two or three people have rung up about it, but nobody's been to see it yet.A.Is it still available B.Is it still emptyC.Is it still free D.Is it still blank

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第8题

Millions of words have been written about young people in the United States. There are rea

sons for this great interest in the ideas, feelings, and actions of youth.

Today there are about seven million Americans in the colleges and universities. Young persons under twenty-five make up nearly half of the American population. Many of these will soon be in charge of the nation. Naturally, their ideas are important to everyone in the country, and it is necessary for older people to understand what they think and feel.

College students today have strong opinions about right and wrong. They are deeply interested in making a better life for all people, especially for those who have not been given a fair chance before now. They see much that is wrong in the lives of their parents. It is hard for them to see what is right and good in the older ways. As a result, there is often trouble in American families.

Which of the following statements is true？

A．People haven' t written much about American youth.

B．Writers have wasted a great deal of their effort to write about American youth.

C．Much has been written about American youth.

D．Young people' s ideas are not important enough to the USA.

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第9题

Many artists today are in what is called applied art. They usetheir ability in advertise,

Many artists today are in what is called applied art. They use

their ability in advertise, interior decoration, or some similar job.【1】______

But people in business which hire the artists for that kind of work 【2】______

say that simple artist ability is not enough. There are lots of young【3】______

people who have that. But not enough of them who know anything 【4】______

about physics, or mechanical things, or math.

To be a druggist you have to study chemistry. You can't learn

chemistry without knowing something about algebra.

How about a nurse？ One of the requiring subjects in a course of 【5】______

nursing is known to material medica. In materia me dica you'll 【6】______

learn how to figure out doses and prepare for medicines. Algebra is 【7】______

important in doing the figuring. Too many student nurses flunk out

of the course because of their weak math.

It's the same for many trades. If you want to be a crafts-man, 【8】______

a machinist, a molder, and a patternmaker, you'll need algebra and 【9】______

geometry and even trigonometry.

Even you want to go into business for yourself, you'll need 【10】______

math. Business today, whether it is running a little gas station or a

big factory, takes good management. Good management takes mathematics

【M1】

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第10题

Today, moving and changing are as much a part of a modern business way of life as they are

a part of the native American's or the early pioneer's way of life. And the trend is toward even greater mobility, particularly within the management sector of American business.

In the early fifties, only eight or nine out of a hundred young men changed their jobs within the first three years with the company. In the past few years, almost thirty-five percent of the college-graduated work force changed jobs within the same period. These people want to intensify their management training. Since most jobs take only a year to a year and a half to master, in order to continue learning, they have to make a job change. Even company presidents tend to be seen as mobile specialists, staying with one company an average of only five years.

Company presidents in the United States today tend to be young men who begin their careers with educational backgrounds in engineering science, or business management. They have worked for a few years as technical specialists and quickly moved into higher management positions. Most of them were making ＄ 30 000 per year by the time they reached thirty. On an average, these men have only twenty years working experience at management level when they become company presidents. On the way to the top, they have an average of eleven promotions and seven city transfers.

Friendships remain casual and are usually derived from business contracts. Families of these career men have little time to put down roots in and become part of a community.

In the past, a few men attained high positions through family and social connections; today, high positions go to men who are mobile, and have good educational, backgrounds.

According to the passage, an increasing number of future company presidents might be ______.

A．people who have spent a number of years with one company

B．young people who do not want to move often, but are steady and dependable

C．people who have spent a long time concerned with community affairs

D．young people who have good education and are willing to move around

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第11题

The age of gilded youth （纨绔子弟) is over. Today' s under-thirties are the first generati

The age of gilded youth (纨绔子弟) is over. Today' s under-thirties are the first generation for a century who can expect a lower living standard than their parents. Research into the lifestyle. and prospects of people born since 1970 shows that they are likely to face a lifetime of longer working hours, lower job security and higher taxes than the previous generation. When they leave work late in the evening they will be more likely to return to a small rented flat than to a house of their own. When eventually they retire, it will be on pensions far lower in real terms than those of their immediate forebears (祖先，祖宗).

The findings are revealed in a study of the way the aging of Britain's population is affecting different generations. Anthea Tinker, professor of social gerontology at King's College London, who carried out much of the work, said the growth of the proportion of people over 50 had reversed the traditional flow of wealth from older to younger generations. "Today's older middle-aged and elderly are becoming the new winners," she said. "They made relatively small contributions in tax but now make relatively big claims on the welfare system. Generations born in the last three to four decades face the prospect of handing over more than a third of their lifetime's earnings to care for them".

The surging(激增) number of older people, many living alone, has also increased demand for property and pushed up house prices. While previous generations found it easy to raise a mortgage (抵押), today's under-thirties have to live with their parents or rent. If they can afford to buy a home it is more likely to be a flat than a house. Laura Lenox-Conyngham, 28, grew up in a large house and her mother did not need to work. Unlike her wealthy parents, she graduated with student and postgraduate loan debts of ￡ 13, 000. She now earns about ￡ 20,000 a year, preparing food to be photographed for magazines. Her home is a one-bedroom flat in central London and she sublets the lounge sofa bed to her brother. "My father took pity and paid off my student debts," she said. "But I still have no pension and no chance of buying a property for at least a couple of year—and then it will be something small in a bad area. My only hope is the traditional one of meeting a rich man." Tinker's research reveals Lenox-Conyngham is representative of many young professionals, especially in London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Bristol.

By saying "the growth of the proportion of people over 50 had reversed the traditional flow of wealth from older to younger generations" (Lines 3 ～ 4, Para. 2), Anthea Tinker really means that ______.

A．currently wealth flows from old generation to younger generation

B．traditionally wealth flows from younger generation to old generation

C．with the increasingly big population of over 50, the trend arises that wealth flows from younger generation to old generation

D．with more and more people of over 50, traditions have been reversed

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