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3. When she was over fifty, the late 19th century mother _______. A. would expect to work until she died
B. was usually expected to take up paid employment C. would be healthy enough to take up paid employment D. was unlikely to find a job like the mother nowadays 4. Many girls, the passage says, are now likely to _______. A. marry so that they can get a job B. leave school as soon as they can
C. give up their jobs for good after they are married D. continue working until they are going to have a baby
5. According to the passage, it is now quite usual for women to _______. A. stay at home after leaving school C. start working again later in life
B. marry men younger than themselves D. marry while still at school
【答案解析】本文描述了 15 世纪与 20 世纪妇女生活的变化。
1. A。细节题。根据第 1 段第 3 句 …A woman marrying at the end of the 19th century would probably have been in her middle twenties可知答案为A。
2. D。细节题。根据第 1 段第 3 句 …of whom four of five lived till they were five years old 可推知答案为 D。
3. D。细节题。根据第1段 …the mother would have been in her early fifties and…made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today … when she is forty-five and is likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty 可知答案为 D。
4. D。细节题。根据第 2 段 …Today the school-leaving age is sixteen, …more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born 可知答案为 D。
5. C。细节题。根据第2段 …Very many more afterwards, return to full or part-time work.可知答案为C。
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The World Trade Organization (WTO), founded on January 1, 1995, aims to encourage international trade to flow as freely as possible, making sure that trade agreements are respected and that any disputes(争端) can be settled.
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In the five years since its founding, the WTO has become well-known as one of the world’s most powerful economic organizations, taking its place alongside the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
The system of global rules for international trade, however, dates back half a century to 1948 when the General Agreement on Tariffs(关税) and Trade(GATT) was formed after World War Ⅱ.
As time went by, it became clear that the GATT had two major drawbacks — the limited areas of trade it covered, and the lack of an effective system to settle disputes.
After seven years of trade talks ending in 1994, the so-called Uruguay Round finally gave birth to the WTO, complete with an effective system to settle disputes, and new roles covering trade in services and intellectual property(知识产权).
Even after seven years of talks and 22, 500 pages of agreements there were still problems, especially the difficult-to-deal with areas of agriculture and services, which the member nations agreed to revise in 2000.
The WTO, with its head office in Geneva, has 135 members with 30 more waiting to join. 1. From the passage we know that the GATT stopped working _______. A. soon after World WarⅡended
B. a little more than 50 years after world WarⅡ C. Just in the year 1994
D. seven years before the Uruguay Round talk 2. Compared with the GATT, the WTO _______.
A. doesn’t pay enough attention to services and intellectual property B. gets its members to sign the agreements more easily
C. has got too many areas of international trade to deal with to work effectively D. can do better to settle disputes in more areas of international trade 3. In the new century, the WTO will_______.
A. take the place of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund B. have more members and do much more to settle more problems C. make complete new roles in every area of international trade D. have new roles coveting trade in services and intellectual property
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4. The underlined word “drawbacks” means _______. A. changes
B. weak points
C. strong points
D. improvements
【答案解析】本文阐述了世贸组织代替关贸总协定是时代的需要，同时说明了它任重而道远。
1. C。推断题。根据 After seven years of trade talks ending in 1994, the so-called Uruguay Round finally gave birth to the WTO, …可知在 WTO 诞生的同时，GATT 也就即刻停止了运行，故选答案 C。
2. D。细节题。根据 After seven years of trade talks ending in 1994, the so-called Uruguay Round finally gave birth to the WTO, complete with an effective system to settle dispute, and new roles covering trade in services and intellectual property 得知WTO在解决争端方面具有更有效的体系，并且覆盖了贸易服务及知识产权等更多的领域，由此可知 D 为正确答案。
3. B。细节题。根据 The WTO, …has 135 members with 30 more waiting to join 及 Even after seven years of talks and 22,500 pages of agreements there were still problems 可知成员国数量在增加，而且通过谈话和争取达成的协议来解决更多的问题，据此选B。
4. B。词义猜测题。…the GATT had tow major drawbacks—the limited areas of trade it covered, and the lack of an effective system to settle disputes 这句话的意思是：一是它所覆盖的领域有限；二是缺乏解决争端的有效体系。由此可知drawbacks意为不足之处，故选答案B。
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The news report that night was about a famine(饥荒) in Ethiopia. The pictures were of people who were so thin that they looked like beings from another planet. The camera(摄像机) focused(聚焦) on one man so that he looked directly at me, sitting in my comfortable living room. All around was the sound of death.
It was clear that the world had not noticed this until now. You could hear the sadness in the voice of the reporter, Michael Buerk. At the end of the report he was silent. Paula started crying, then rushed upstairs to check our baby, Fifi, who was sleeping peacefully.
I kept seeing the news pictures in my mind. What could I do? I was only a pop singer and by now not a very successful pop singer. All I could do was to make records which no one bought. But I would do that. I would give all the profits(利润) of the next Rats(the name of the music group he was in)record to Oxfam( an organization in Britain which helps poor people around the
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world). What good would that do? It would only be a little money but it was more than I could give just from my bank account. Maybe some people would buy it because the profits were for Oxfam. And I would be protesting about this disaster(灾难). But that was not enough.
1. What do we learn about the writer from the text?
A. He felt really bad because the news report made him think of his own hard life.
B. After he saw a news report on TV about the famine in Ethiopia, he decided he had to do something about the problem.
C. His ideas on how to collect money for the people in Ethiopia were very successful. D. He wanted to do more than just be a famous singer.
2. Which paragraph describes(描写) what he thought about after the report? A. Paragraph 1. C. Paragraph 3.
B. Paragraph 2. D. None.
3. The writer wished that _______.
A. he would be a very successful pop singer if he could have sold all his records
B. he would rather give all his money from his bank account than the little money made by making new records
C. perhaps people would be interested in his records because they knew that the money they paid for them would go to Oxfam
D. he would make records which no one bought
【答案解析】短文描述了作者在看了衣索比亚(Ethiopia)饥荒报导后的内心感受。 1. B。推断题。根据 I would give all the profits(利润) of the next Rats record to Oxfam 可知 B 项正确。
2. C。推断题。从 I kept seeing the news pictures in my mind. What could I do? 可以看出，第3段描述他的内心活动。
3. C。细节题。根据 Maybe some people would buy it because the profits were for Oxfam 可推知此题答案为 C。
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The market is a concept. If you are growing tomatoes in your backyard for sale you are producing for the market. You might sell some to your neighbour and some to the manager of the
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local supermarket. But in either case, you are producing for the market. Your efforts are being directed by the market. If people stop buying tomatoes, you will stop producing them.
If you take care of a sick person to earn money, you are producing for the market. If your father is a steelworker or a taxi driver or a doctor or a grocer(杂货商), he is producing goods or service for the market.
When you spend your income, you are buying things from the market. Yon may spend money in stores, supermarkets and gas stations. Still you are buying from the market. When the local grocer hires you to drive the delivery truck, he is buying your labor in the labour market.
The market may seem to be something abstract(抽象的). But for each person or businessman who is making and selling something, it is real. If nobody buys your tomatoes, it won’t be long before you get the message. The market is telling you something. It’s telling you that you are using energies and resources in doing something the market doesn’t want you to do.
1. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A. Selling and Buying B. What Is the Market?
C. Everything Yon Do is Producing for the Market D. What Can the Market Do for You?
2. All of the following acts are producing for the market EXCEPT_______. A. working in a bank
B. printing a book
D. growing beans for sale
C. attending a night school
3. You are buying from the market when you_______. A. borrow a book from a library
C. drive to the seaside for a holiday
B. look after your children
D. treat a friend to dinner at a restaurant
4. In what way is the market very real for each person or businessman who is making and selling something?
A. It tells you what to produce. B. It directs you how to grow tomatoes. C. It provides you with everything you need.
D. It helps you save money.
【答案解析】本文例析了市场理念—买和卖不是抽象而是具体的。
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