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大学英语A1
一、阅读理解
Though some people have suggested that women should return to housework in order to leave more jobs for men, the idea has been rejected by both women and men in public opinion polls. Lately some union officials have suggested that too many women are employed in type of work more suitable for men and that women should step aside to make way for unemployed young men. They argue that women - especially women in their childbearing years actually delay economic development and result in lower productivity, poor quality and inefficiency.
To solve the problem, they have suggested that the working women stay at home while their husbands or brothers were given double wages. They argue that under these circumstances, families would retain their same level of income, and women could run the house and raise children much better.
The suggestion has been rejected by 9 out of 10 people polled. A hundred persons in a big city were questioned last summer. Out of 50 women, 46 said they were unwilling to leave their jobs, no matter what the situation was. The other 4 said they would like to return home if their jobs could be taken by their sons or daughters. Of 50 men polled, only 6 said they would like to see their wives give up their jobs, if it meant higher wages for themselves.
Some other people have suggested another way called "phased employment theory". The theory suggests that a woman worker take leave from her job when she is seven months pregnant and stay off the job until her baby reaches the age of 3. It suggests that women on leave receive75 percent of their normal salary and be allowed to return to work after the 3-year period. This will benefit children, women, their families and the society. Some of those polled, both women and men, felt the idea is a good one. It definitely seems to be more acceptable than the suggestion that women return to home forever.
1.Some union officials have suggested that women should return home because ______.
A.all of them are employed in unsuitable types of work
B.their participation in work has a bad influence on the economic development
C.most skilled male workers are now unemployed
D.nowadays no one can take care of children except women
2.Some union officials have suggested that if women resign their jobs, ______.
A.they should be allowed to attend school to be trained
B.their jobs should be taken over by the male members of their families
C.the male employees in their families should receive double wages
D.their children should also leave their kindergartens
3.According to the passage, the suggestion that women should return to housework was ______.
A.opposed by most men and women
B.welcomed by men only
C.welcomed by women only
D.welcomed by men and women
4.According to the passage we can see “phased employment” means ______.
A.two or more women share the same job
B.women stay at home on weekdays and go to work on weekends or holidays
C.a woman should resign her job forever if she has a child
D.women are allowed to take leave from their jobs during their childbearing years
5.Based on the “phased employment” theory, during a woman's leave from her job ______.
A.her work should be done by her husband or brothers
B.her family's income level will be a little lower than it normally is
C.her family can still keep the same level of income
D.either her husband or her brothers will be given double wages
Remember global warming? Back in December, the threat of climate change was thundering and the rich countries agreed to cut their carbon-dioxide and other green-house-related emissions. Since then, interest has cooled markedly, and many European countries are already running away from the promises they made so loudly a few months ago. But there has been much talk, and a bit of action, to encourage renewable energies such as wind, hydro, solar and all living organisms. These emit no greenhouse gases, but tend to cost more than coal, oil or gas.
The better, simpler idea is to remember that the easiest way to reduce something is to tax it - in this case, by taxing the carbon content power. The dirtier the power, the more tax it would pay. So dirty coal would be more expensive than clean coal, which would see its price rise in relation to oil, which would be more expensive compared with gas, which would lose some of its price advantage over renewables.
Unless a carbon tax was so huge as to be economically crippling, it would not remove the price differential between all renewables and fossil fuels. But it would narrow that gap, by fixing the differing environmental costs into the price - a useful principle in itself. It would also give renewable producers a strong incentive to cut costs, and fossil-fuel suppliers the motivation to clean their products.
Precedents suggest strongly that a carbon tax would be effective. But the disadvantage to carbon tax is political. After almost a decade of trying, the European Union gave up an attempt at a European carbon tax last year. Germany’s ruling coalition is fighting against a proposed energy tax. In America, politicians believe that even mentioning the notion is certain death. But many of the political objections could be met if a carbon tax were made up for the loss elsewhere, for example by lowering payroll or sales taxes. There is always suspicion when governments come up with clever new ways to tax, and rightly so. The response to that suspicion should be to win the argument, not to abandon it.
6.According to the passage, the easiest way to remove global warming is ___________.
A.to encourage people to use renewable energies
B.to cut down the cost of wind, hydro, solar and all living organisms
C.to force people to pay more tax for the carbon content of power
D.to talk less but act more
7.The standard of paying tax was _________.
A.that the more carbon content of power it contained, the higher tax one would pay
B.that oil would be more expensive than clean coal
C.that renewables would be most expensive of all
D.in the order that renewables are the most expensive while clean coal the cheapest
8.We can infer from the passage that carbon tax ___________.
A.may not be as effective as people expect
B.has encouraged renewable producers to cut costs
C.has reduced consumption of the carbon content energy successfully
D.couldn’t be that effective if fossil fuels would not be forbidden
9.The word “crippling”(Para. 3) most probably means _________.
A.greatly increasing
B.seriously weakening
C.sharply declining
D.abruptly halting
10.The reason why many countries stopped introducing carbon tax eventually was mainly that ___________.
A.governments had tried to put it into effect for many years but with no obvious result
B.if one country made up the loss by paying the carbon tax, other countries would follow it
C.governments were afraid of being suspected if they adopted the new tax
D.governments had been discussing what to do with carbon tax for a long time, but they hadn’t come to an agreement
二、词汇与语法
11.My TV is old; ________, it is in good condition.
A.therefore
B.so
C.but
D.nevertheless
12.The smile on her face ________ that she was willing to go.
A.suggested
B.explained
C.supposed
D.insisted
13.________ I remember, his writings always had the same meticulous descriptive quality.
A.As long as
B.So far as
C.According to
D.In order that
14.The pilot asked all the passengers on board to remain ________ as the plane was making a landing.
A.seated
B.seating
C.seat
D.to be seating
15.Rod is determined to get a seat for the concert ______ it means standing in a queue all night.
A.as if
B.provided
C.even if
D.whatever
16.The manager urged his staff not to _________ the splendid opportunity.
A.drop
B.escape
C.miss
D.slide
17.It is generally considered unwise to give a child _______ he or she wants.
A.however
B.whatever
C.whichever
D.whenever
18.- How exciting! I drove my new car at a speed of 110km/h on Sunday morning.
- Were you crazy? You ________ yourself!
A.must have killed
B.would have killed
C.should have killed
D.could have killed
19.The theory of class currently prevailing in the West is ______ based on what Max Weber, a German sociologist, proposed.
A.fairly
B.kindly
C.largely
D.greatly
20.His answer was so confusing that I could hardly make any ________ of it at all.
A.sense
B.meaning
C.intelligibility
D.interpretation
三、完型填空
Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden. He told them to fill it with water from a well. After they ___21___ their work, he left them, saying, “When the sun is down, I will come and see your work.”
At last one of them said, “What's the use of doing this foolish work? We can ___22___ fill the basket.” ___23___ man answered, “But this is our work at the moment.” The first man said. “You may do as you like, but I am not going to work at ___24___ so foolish.” He ___25___ his bucket and went away. The other man said no word, and kept on carrying ___26___. At last the well was almost ___27___.
As he poured the last bucket of water into the basket, he saw a bright thing in it. He picked it up. It was a beautiful gold ring. Just then the king came. ___28___ he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted. He told him to keep the ring for himself. “You ___29___ so well in this little thing ___30___ now I can believe you with many things.”
21.
A.finished
B.did
C.began
D.had
22.
A.ever
B.never
C.easily
D.no
23.
A.The other
B.Another
C.One
D.A second
24.
A.anything
B.something
C.nothing
D.everything
25.
A.picked up
B.put away
C.took away
D.threw away
26.
A.water
B.basket
C.well
D.work
27.
A.full
B.empty
C.filled
D.clean
28.
A.While
B.As soon as
C.Before
D.Since
29.
A.have done
B.will do
C.do
D.are doing
30.
A.what
B.why
C.when
D.that
四、汉译英
31.是信息技术使大众教育成为可能。
is information technology that makes mass education possible.
32.他不但乒乓球打得好，而且钢琴弹得好。
can not only play ping-pong well, but also play the piano well.
33.这是你自己的错，不要将工作的失败归咎于别人。
’s your fault. Don’t blame others for the failure of your work.
34.我们想知道她是否会出席这个音乐会。
are wondering whether she will attend/come to this concert.
五、写作
35.写作
Instructions:Your essay should be no less than 150 words.
Nowadays water crisis has become a problem worldwide. People cannot have adequate clean drinking water. Write an essay on the topic "How to Deal with Water Crisis". You should base your essay on the outline below.
1.水资源危机是一个世界性问题，多年来全世界各部门以及各国政府做出了许多努力，解决水危机问题。
2.同时水源浪费现象很严重。
3.你认为有效的节水措施该有哪些？
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