阅读理解应试技巧.docx

1、阅读理解应试技巧阅读理解应试技巧（之五）五、阅读理解真题讲解（续）2006年真题）Reading Comprehension (70 minutes, 40 points) Directions. There are 5 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by 4 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your

2、 answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.Passage One主题：如何通过网络回归阅读习惯Dont have time to read anymore? Now you can get free, quick literature via email. More than 100 000 people open their email each day to read a chapter of a book, through 31Chapter-A-Day, 32an online book club

3、 created two years ago. Its a free email service that provides a short daily reading for busy people, exposing them to literature they may not find on their own, inspiring some to recommit it to the reading habit. About 550 public library systems representing over 3 000 branch libraries already have

4、 signed up to offer Chapter-A-Day. Via email, participants get about five minutes worth of reading every day. After three chapters are emailed, the installments stop, and those who want to keep reading can borrow the book at their public library or purchase it online. Chapter-A-Day has eight free bo

5、ok clubs, and sells thousands of books each month. 32Chapter-A-Day started in 1999 when Suzanne Beecher, a lifelong book lover, realized how many of the women who worked part-time for her software development company didnt have time in their busy lives to read. 34She decided to type part of a chapte

6、r of a book, and send it to her employees through email. The next day she typed a little more, and continued to send literary installments each day. She says she started getting feedback from the staff about how reading made them feel. They were interested, and realized that, though they didnt have

7、time in their busy lives for reading, 33just reading that little bit each day got them back in the habit. 35Realizing that many other people could benefit, she decided to take the idea even further and start an email chapter-a-day book club to help others ease their way back into daily reading. Read

8、ing makes changes in peoples lives, Beecher says.Pat Dempsey, a librarian at a public library in Ohio, has found Chapter-A-Day helps her library clients get back in the habit of reading. Its a different way to get people hooked on books, she says.31. Chapter-A-Day is intended to help peopleA. get ba

9、ck into the habit of readingB. relieve stress from office workC. find interesting books online D. buy books more conveniently32. The passage was written inA. 1999 B. 2000C. 2001 D.200233. It can be inferred that through Chapter-A-DayA. public libraries have become crowded with readersB. Ms Beecher m

10、ade much money for her software companyC. people begin to read very slowly and patiently D. people cannot finish reading any book online34. The word installment in the passage probably means:A. a library emailB. a rare piece of literatureC. a free novelD. a part of a book35. Ms Beecher decided to ex

11、pand her Chapter-A-Day A. over 3 000 libraries had joined B. many other people could benefit C. eight book clubs supported her D. free email service was availablePassage Two主题：GEO项目及作用 36Chicago Public Schools are going to great lengths to hire teachers-now the school district recruits teachers from

12、 other countries to help solve a shortage of teachers. It all started in 1999, when Rouses Hannon, a math and physics teacher from Palestine (巴基斯坦), visited Chicago. He read about the teacher shortage at Chicago Public Schools and asked the school board if theyd hire him. The board was interested an

13、d decided to create a special program for foreign-born teachers like Hannon, and he was the first teacher hired. 37The program is called the Global Educator Outreach or GEO, and its a partnership between Chicago Public Schools and the U.S. government. Because the teacher shortage in Chicago is so ex

14、treme, 38the Government allows the school district to temporarily hire foreign teaching candidates using H1-B visas. 37The Government grants these visas only to skilled foreign-born citizens 39so they can work in highly specialized jobs that cant be filled with available U. S. work force. Through th

15、e GEO, the school district has hired dozens of teachers from 22 different countries. 39Applicants must pass an English language test and specialize in math, science, world language or bilingual (双语的) education. Hannon and the first GEO teachers started in the classroom at the beginning of the 2000-2

16、001 school year. What do the GEO teachers think of the American classroom？Hannon, who was hired to teach math at Gage Park High School, says classrooms in Chicago are very different from those in Palestine. For one thing, he says, the fixed schedule that forces students to attend the same classes at

17、 the same time each day becomes too dull. In Palestine, the class schedule changes each week. 40He says in Palestine, the culture forces students to work hard because if they dont theyll be kicked out and put in vocational schools, which limits their career options. There is not nearly as much press

18、ure for American students to do well. He says he has to double the amounts of work just to get his students interested.36. Chicago Public Schools began to employ foreign teachers because A. there were not enough American teachers B. a program for foreign teachers was started C. the school board was

19、interested in foreign teachers D. foreign teachers taught better than American teachers37. The American Government is involved in the program because A. the schools are public schools B. the Government is to finance the program C. the Government grants visas to the foreign teachers D. the program in

20、volves bilingual education38. It seems that the Global Educator Outreach will A. be difficult to continueB. last a limited period of time C. pose a threat to U.S. work force D. be extended to other cities39. Chicago Public Schools do not seem to lack teachers of A. English B. math C. science D. worl

21、d language40. Harmon, as a GEO teacher, has found that A. class schedules in America and Palestine are very much the same B. fixed class schedules make it easy for teachers to prepare lessons C. vocational schools offer a good career option for American students D. American students do not work as h

22、ard as Palestinian studentsPassage Three劳动力的定义、组成和影响因素 41Workforce is defined as the total number of people who are available to work and earn incomes. The definition includes everyone who is employed or seeking paid employment, so it includes employees and the self-employed. 42Although the size of

23、the workforce depends a great deal on the size of the total population, there are several other influences which also affect it. The age distribution of the total population has a very marked effect on the available workforce. If the population has a high proportion of very young people or of those

24、too old to work, then the available workforce would be lower than if there were an evenly spread age distribution. 43If the population grows rapidly from natural increase, 44i.e. the number of births greatly exceeds the number of deaths, then as the total population increases, the proportion in the

25、workforce declines. Sometimes a population is described as aging, which means that the birth rate is either falling or growing very slowly, and as people retire from the workforce, there are not enough young people entering it to replace those who are leaving it. The population is top-heavy with old

26、er people. So the percentage of the population in the workforce declines when there is either a rapid increase in births or a failing birth rate. 45The age distribution of the population has several important effects on the economy. If the population is aging and there is an increase in the number o

27、f people retiring without a corresponding increase in the number entering the workforce, this raises the problem of the ability of the economy to provide a reasonable level of social services to the retired group. If the aged are to be cared for in special homes or hotels, finances must be available

28、 for that purpose. If the size of the workforce is small relative to the total population, then the government tax receipts are relatively low and either the government has less money available to it or the workforce members have to betaxed more heavily.41.Workforce is composed ofA. both the employe

29、d and the self-employedB. people employed to work for othersC. both employers and employeesD. people available to work and earn incomes42.The factor that does not influence the size of the workforce isA. the size of the total populationB. the age distribution of a populationC. the national economyD.

30、 the natural population growth43. It can be concluded from Paragraph 2 thatA. a population growth leads to a greater proportion of workforceB. a large population does not necessarily mean a high proportion of workforceC. the size of the aged determines the proportion of workforceD. the proportion of

31、 the very young determines the size of workforce44. The size of the workforce declines A. many people reach the retiring B. the birth rate falls rapidly C. the number of retirees exceeds D. the death rate increases45. The last paragraph focuses onA. the factors that influence the workforce structure

32、B. the importance of workforce distribution to the economyC. the relationship between the age distribution and the economyD. the influence of population growth on the national economyPassage Four人们面对诚实测试的反应及原因 Honesty is the best policy, as the English saying goes. 46Unfortunately, honesty often deserts us when no one is watching. British psychologists reported last week. Researchers at UKs Newcastle University set up an ex