independent panel to review its research procedures to try to eliminate bias and errors from future reports. Section C Reading Comprehension
Directions：There are 4 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D).
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The strike for Wednesday and Thursday has been called by the two big unions that cover public and private sector workers. The 48-hour strike comes as parliament prepares to vote on the latest round of austerity measures, including more tax hikes, pay cuts and job losses.
There have been lightning strikes across virtually every sector of the economy, with rubbish not collected and government ministries blocked by their own workers. Government departments, businesses, offices and stores are all expected to be shut, with small business owners and shopkeepers taking part in strike action for the first time. Air traffic controllers will stage a 12-hour walk-out. Trains, buses, taxis and lorries will not be operating.
Law-makers are voting on two bills on Wednesday and Thursday that include cuts to the pay and pensions of public sector workers, higher taxes and the suspension (暂停) of collective labor agreements. Greece finds itself with rising unemployment and a stalled economy, with a government debt that is 162% of its gross domestic product. The long-term bond markets have shut Greece out over fears that it can no longer meet its debt obligations.
The EU and the IMF have stepped in with two rescue packages but the second has not been finalised. Meanwhile, Greece says it needs further help in installment from the first package of assisting loans agreed last year or it will run out of money to pay its bills in November. With fears the problems besetting (包围，困扰) Athens might spread to other eurozone countries with heavy debts such as Spain and Italy, EU leaders meeting this weekend are struggling to forge a plan that will protect the region from a Greek default. Measures could include propping up banks exposed to Greek debt and enlarging the eurozone's rescue fund.
46.What does \ A) Free. B) Frosty.
C) Tightening.
D) Flexible.
正确答案为 C 你选对了！
解析：
考生回答此问题需要理解分析整句话的意思。在文章第一段中，这句话的意思是“因为议会准备为最新一轮的包括增加赋税、削减薪水和增加失业在内的措施投票，为期两天的大罢工开始了”，由此可以分析出，这些措施都是紧缩的措施，只有选项C可以表示此意，所以选C。
47.Which of the following events directly cause the current strike? A) United Nations issued its severe punishment toward this country.
B) Parliament prepares to vote on the austerity measures.
C) Britain withdraws its loans to this country.
D) The weak political leader drags the country into disorder.
正确答案为 B 你选对了！
解析：
文章第一段中提到因为议会准备为最新一轮的包括增加赋税、削减薪水和增加失业在内的紧缩措施投票，为期两天的大罢工开始了（The 48-hour strike comes as parliament prepares to vote on the latest round of austerity measures, including more tax hikes, pay cuts and job losses），由此不难得出答案，所有选B。
48.Which of the following is one of the consequences mentioned in the passage?
A) Public transportation is about to collapse.
B) Hospitals refuse to run.
C) Children stop attending schools.
D) Government officials flee to other countries.
正确答案为 A 你选对了！
解析：
文章第二段结尾部分提到空中交通的管理者们将举行12个小时的罢工。火车、公交车、出租车和货车将停止运转（Air traffic controllers will stage a 12-hour walk-out. Trains, buses, taxis and lorries will not be operating），由此可以得出，公共交通将会瘫痪，所以选A。
49.What are the Wednesday and Thursday bills mainly about? A) Re-elect government leaders. B) Increase the pension.
C) Punish the leader of the strike.
D) Postpone collective labor aggreement. 正确答案为 D 你选对了！
解析：
文章第三段中提到立法者正在给周三和周四的两个法案投票，这两个法案包括削减公共部门工作人员的薪水和养老金、增加税收和暂停集体劳动协议（Law-makers are voting on two bills on Wednesday and Thursday that include cuts to the pay and pensions of public sector workers, higher taxes and the suspension of collective
labor agreements），由此可以得出，周三和周四的法案主要包括延缓集体劳动协议，所以选D。
50.How to understand the phrase \Greek default\in the last paragraph?
A) The violation of contract of Greece. B) The devastating strike of Greece.
C) The economic disorder of Greece. D) The political structure of Greece.
正确答案为 A 你错选为 B！
解析：
文章最后一段中提到与此同时，希腊方面表示，就分期付款需要得到进一步的帮助，这个分期付款来源于去年一揽子计划中关于协助贷款达成的协议，否则将会在十一月时用所有的钱偿还债务。害怕困扰雅典的问题会影响到类似西班牙和意大利这样负债累累的欧洲国家，欧盟领导人在本周末进行会面，争取制定出一套计划来保护这些国家不受希腊违约的影响（Meanwhile, Greece says it needs further help in installment from the first package of assisting loans agreed last year or it will run out of money to pay its bills in November. With fears the problems besetting Athens might spread to other eurozone countries with heavy debts such as Spain and Italy, EU leaders meeting this weekend are struggling to forge a plan that will protect the region from a Greek default），由此可以推断出，希腊的行为违反了去年达成的协议，因此Greek default最有可能的意思是“希腊的违约行为”，只有选项A可以表示此意，所以选A。
People have wondered for a long time how their personalities and behaviours are formed. It's not easy to explain why one person is intelligent and another is not, or why one is cooperative and another is competitive.
Social scientists are, of course, extremely interested in these types of questions. They want to explain why we possess certain characteristics and exhibit certain behaviours. There are no clear answers yet, but two distinct schools of thought on the matter have developed. As one might expect, the two approaches are very different from one another, and there is a great deal of debate between proponents (辩护者) of each theory. The controversy is often conveniently referred to as \
Those who support the \and behaviour patterns are largely determined by biological and genetic factors. That our environment has little, if any, to do with our abilities, characteristics, and behaviour is central to this theory. Taken to an extreme, this theory maintains that our behaviour is predetermined to such a great degree that we are almost completely governed by our instincts.
Proponents of the \theory, or, as they are often called, behaviourists, claim that our environment is more important than our biologically based instincts in determining how we will act. A behaviourist, B. F. Skinner, sees humans as beings whose behaviour is almost completely shaped by their surroundings. The behaviourists' view of the human being is quite mechanistic; they maintain that, like machines, humans respond to environmental stimulation as the basis of their behaviour.
The social and political implications of these two theories are profound. In the United States, for example, blacks often score below whites on standardised