Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
Directions: There are four passages in this passage is followed by some questions or unfinished each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C)and D) should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
Joblessness is far more than an economic can be a psychological disaster for the unemployed and their can cause illness,divide families and create a downward spiral of feelings of worthlessness and lack of rding to research done by M. Harvery Brenner,associate professor of health at Johns Hopkins University,every 1% increase in the unemployment rate translates into 37,000 deaths over the next 6 years,including over 20,000 deaths from heart attcks,900 suicides and nearly 500 deaths from cirrhosis of the addition,Brenner estimates that 7,500 unemployed or their families will be admitted to prison after committing a crime or to a mental hospital.“The impact goes well beyond the individual who loses a job,”said Brenner.“stress caused by economic factors affects our national life at every level.”
Men who have been socialized as the family breadwinner are especially hard hit by suffer greater depression and anxiety and have a higher possibility of psychotic behavior than men who are employed.“Nine months seems to be a crucial point when hope and patience give out,”said a leading psychologist.
After that,“illness,suicide,alcoholism,divorce,and even crime grow at epidemic rate.”
Left without a job,many workers feel they have nothing to look forward miss their co?workers and the routine of going to many,the sense of hopelessness grows worse every time they are rejected for a new this happens often enough,the rejection unemployed workers feel may be exacerbated if some friends and neighbors avoid them as if they had a contagious disease.
21. According to the passage,which of the following is NOT true?
essness is an economic misfortune.
B. Joblessness is a psychological disaster for the unemployed and their families.
essness can cause the unemployed to commit suicide.
essness is a contagious disease.
22. In what way does the unemployment affect the unemplayed and their families?
makes them ill.
causes the divorce.
creates a feeling of worthlessness and lack of self?esteem.
above.
23. According to M. Harvey Brenner's research,if there is 1% increase in the unemployment rate,how many people will die from cirrhosis of the liver?
A.37,000 B.20,000 C.900 D.500
24. If a man has been unemployed for a year,he ____.
be happy and relieved. be hopeless.
lose patience B and C
25. What is the best title for this passage?
Economic Misfortune. Harm of Joblessness
Scientific Research to Treat The Unemployed
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
Ironically,in the United States,a country of immigrants,prejudice and discrimination continue to be serious e was often tension between each established group of immigrants and each succeeding each group became more financially successful,and more powerful,they excluded newcomers from full participation in the udice and discrimination are part of our history,however,this prejudicial treatment of different groups is nowhere more unjust than with black Americans.
Blacks had distinct the most part,they came to the “land of opportunity”as slaves and they were not free to keep their heritage and cultural ke most European immigrants,blacks did not have the protection of a support group;sometimes slave?owners separated members of the same family.
They could not mix easily with the established society either because of their skin was difficult for them to adapt to the American after they became free people,they still experienced discrimination in employment,housing,education,and even in public facilities,such as restroom.
26. Prejudice and discrimination____.
gone
been existing in the American society
't exclude new immigrants from participation in the society
mainly caused by the slavery
27. Established and succeeding immigrants____.
reluctant to help newcomers to adapt to the new surroundings
willing to support newcomers financially
great helpers of slaves and Indians
treated unequally by American Indians
28. One of the reasons why black Americans could not easily mix in American society is____.
most Americans are immigrants
to their skin color
they speak their language differently from Americans
they were free to keep their heritage
29. The author specifically mentions that____.
k Americans are most prejudicially treated in the U.S.
rimination in the South was not more obvious than in the North
situation of blacks is almost the same today as it was in the 1930s
D. after blacks became free people they didn't experience discrimination in employment and public facilities
30. The attitude of the author is____.
rable sing fferent astic
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
About 50 years ago the idea of disabled people doing sports was never heard when the annual games for the disabled were started at Stroke Mandeville,England in 1948 by Sir Ludwig Guttmann,the situation began to Ludwig Guttmann,who had been driven to England in 1939 from Nazi Germany,had been asked by the British government to set up an injuries centre at stoke Mandeville Hospital near ideas about treating injuries included sports for the disabled.
In the first games just two teams of injured soldiers took next year,1949,five teams took those beginnings things developed s now come from abroad to Stoke Mandeville every 1960 the first Olympics for the Disabled were held in ,every four years the Olympic Games for the Disabled are held,if possible,in the same place as the normal Olympic Games，although they are organized other years Games for the Disabled are still held at Stoke the 1984 wheelchair Olympic Games,1604 wheelchair athletes from about 40 countries took rtunately,they were held at Stoke Mandeville and not in Los Angeles,along with the other Olympics.
The Games have been a great success in promoting international friendship and understanding,and in proving that being disabled does not mean you can't enjoy small source of disappointment for those who organize and take part in the games,however,has been the unwillingness of the International Olympic Committee to include the disabled events at the Olympic Games for the aps a few more years are still needed to convince those fortunate enough not to be disabled that their disabled fellow athletes should not be excluded.
31. The first games for the disabled were held____after Sir Ludwing Guttmann arrived in England.
A.50 years B.21 years C.9 years D.4 years
32. Beside Stoke Mandeville,surely the games for the disabled were once held in____.
York on Angeles
33. In paragraph 2,the word “athlete” means____.
le who support the games le who watch the games
le who organize the games le who compete in the games
34. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
Ludwig Guttmann is an early organizer of the games for the disabled.
Ludwig Guttmann is an injured soldier.
Ludwig Guttmann is from Germany.
Ludwig Guttmann is welcomed by the British.
35. From the passage we may conclude that writer is____.
of the organizers of the games for the disabled
B.a disabled who once took part in the games
nst holding the games for the disabled
favor of holding the game for the disabled
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
The modern sailing ship was developed by a man who never went to was Prince Henry of Portugal,the younger son of the Partuguese king and an English princess. Prince Henry lived in the fifteenth a boy he became devoted to the sea,and he dedicated himself to improving the design of ships and the methods of sailing 1416,when he was twenty?two,Henry founded a school for mariners, to which he invited everyone who could help him—Jewish astronomers,Italian and Spanish sailors,and Arab mathematicians and map makers who knew to use the crude compass of the day and could improve it.
Henry's goal was to design and equip vessels that would be capable of making long ocean voyages without having to hug the caravel carried more sail and was longer and slimmer than any ship then made,yet was tough enough to withstand gales at also developed the carrack,which was a slower ship,but one that was capable of carrying more cargo. To Prince Henry the world owes credit for development of craft that made oceanic exploration lives in history as Henry the Navigator.
36. Henry the Navigator was a member of the royal family of____.
and n y ugal
37. Prince Henry started his school for the purpose of____.
ing mariners
oving ship design and sailing methods
ying astronomy and mathematics
oving his own skill as a sailor
38. The teachers in Prince Henry's school seem to have been____.
ers of the royal family
onomers,sailors and map makers
builders
of the above
39. Prince Henry's goal was to design vessels that could____.
long deep?sea voyages
el faster than those in use at that time
ore the coastline of Portugal
y larger crews and more cargo than existing one
40. The best title for this passage is
First Modern Sailing Vessels
Mariner Prince
ce Henry's Role in History
First School for Sailors
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