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| A new generation addiction is quickly spreading all over the world. Weboholism, a twentieth century disease, affects people from different ages. They surf the net, use e-mail and speak in chat rooms. They spend many hours on the computer, and it becomes a compulsive habit. They cannot stop, and it affects their lives. Ten years ago, no one thought that using computers could become compulsive behavior that could affect the social and |  |
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| Although women lead healthier, longer lives, the cruel perception that they reach their sell-by date and become "old" sooner than men is widespread in the workplace, research shows. A survey of more than 2,600 managers and personnel professionals showed that age discrimination is not only common in the workplace, but is full of inconsistencies (矛盾). Six in ten managers thought that they had suffered from age discrimination--usually because they were turned down for a job for being too old or too young. Yet more than a fifth admitted that they used age as a condition when they employ new workers. Although the survey found widespread agreement that older workers were better than younger colleagues when it came to reliability, commitment, loyalty and customer service, these qualities were not necessarily considered to be worthy of advancement. More than half of respondents believed that workers between 30 and 39 were the most likely to be advanced in their company, with only 2 per cent citing (引证)50-year-olds or above. Dianah Worman of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development said that there was anecdotal evidence that people were considered old at different ages in different sectors. "We heard of one man working in IT who said he was considered too old by the age of 28,"she said. "There was no evidence to suggest that older workers were less valuable to companies than younger workers, in fact the opposite was often true because older workers often brought experience." she added. The findings also suggested that the Government"s ideas on age in the workforce may also be out of step with reality. | |
| 1. The text is mainly about ______. | |
| A. the government"s idea on age in workforce B. age discrimination in the workforce C. the people who find work D. the discussion about who is worth promoting | |
| 2. Which of the following statements is true according to the text? | |
| A. Women get older than men though they are healthier. B. Sixty percent of the managers were refused because they were too older. C. Young workers are more valuable to companies than the older ones. D. The people in their thirties are easier to be promoted than those in their fifties. | |
| 3. The underlined word "sell-by date" in paragraph 1 probably refers to______. | |
| A. the age when they retire B. the age when they should be promoted C. the date on which they"re sold D. the date when they sell goods | |
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| Diana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21-year-old twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing. Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart. "I have two kids in college, and I want to say "come home," but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education," says Jacobs. The Jacobs family did work out a solution: They asked and received more aid from the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) program. They will each graduate with $20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school. With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear more families like the Jacobs. More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around. At the same time, tuition (学费) continues to rise. A report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family income rose just 147%. Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade. "If we go on this way for another 25years, we won"t have an affordable system of higher education," says Patrick M. Callan, president of the center. "The middle class families have been financing it through debt. They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt." Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them. The good news, however, is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted. | |
| 1. According to Paragraph 1, why did the plan of Jacobs family fail? | |
| A. The twins wasted too much money. B. The father was out of work. C. Their saving ran out. D. The family fell apart. | |
| 2. How did the Jacobs manage to solve their problem? | |
| A. They asked their kids to come home. B. They borrowed $20,000 from the school. C. They encouraged their twin sons to do part-time jobs. D. They got help from the school and the federal government. | |
| 3. Financial aid administrators believe that _____. | |
| A. more families will face the same problem as the Jacobs B. the government will receive more letters of complaint C. college tuition fees will double soon D. America"s unemployment will fall | |
| 4. Financial aid administrators believe that _____. | |
| A. more families will face the same problem as the Jacobs B. the government will receive more letters of complaint C. college tuition fees will double soon D. America"s unemployment will fall | |
| 5. Financial aid administrators believe that _____. | |
| A. more families will face the same problem as the Jacobs B. the government will receive more letters of complaint C. college tuition fees will double soon D. America"s unemployment will fall | |
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| Increasingly, Americans are becoming their own doctors, by going online to diagnose their symptoms, order home health tests or medical devices, or even self-treat their illnesses with drugs from Internet pharmacies (药店). Some avoid doctors because of the high cost of medical care, especially if they lack health insurance. Or they may stay because they find it embarrassing to discuss their weight, alcohol consumption or couch potato habits. Patients may also fear what they might learn about their health, or they distrust physicians because of negative experiences in the past. But playing doctor can also be a deadly game. Every day, more than six million Americans turn to the Internet for medical answers-most of them aren"t nearly skeptical enough of what they find. A 2002 survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 72 percent of those surveyed believe all or most of what they read on health websites. They shouldn"t. Look up "headache", and the chances of finding reliable and complete information, free from a motivation for commercial gain, are only one in ten, reports an April 2005 Brown Medical School study. Of the 169 websites the researchers rated, only 16 scored as "high quality". Recent studies found faulty facts about all sorts of other disorders, causing one research team to warn that a large amount of incomplete, inaccurate and even dangerous information exists on the Internet. The problem is most people don"t know the safe way to surf the Web. "They use a search engine like Google, get 18 trillion choices and start clicking. But that"s risky, because almost anybody can put up a site that looks authoritative (权威的), so it"d hard to know if what you"re reading is reasonable or not," says Dr. Sarah Bass from the National Cancer Institute. | |
| 1. According to the text, an increasing number of American _____. | |
| A. are suffering from mental disorders B. turn to Internet pharmacies for help C. like to play deadly games with doctors D. are skeptical about surfing medical websites | |
| 2. Some Americans stay away from doctors because they _____. | |
| A. find medical devices easy to operate B. prefer to be diagnosed online by doctors C. are afraid to face the truth of their health D. are afraid to misuse their health insurance | |
| 3. According to the study of Brown Medical School, ______. | |
| A. more than 6 million Americans distrust doctors B. only 1/10 of medical websites aim to make a profit C. about 1/10 of the websites surveyed are of high quality D. 72% of health websites offer incomplete and faulty facts | |
| 4. Which of the following is the author"s main argument? | |
| A. It"s cheap to self-treat your own illness. B. It"s embarrassing to discuss your bad habits. C. It"s reasonable to put up a medical website. D. It"s dangerous to be your own doctor. | |
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| The private automobile (私家车) has long played an important role in the United States. In fact, it has become a necessary and important part of the American way of life. In 1986, sixty-nine percent of American families owned at least one car, and thirty-eight percent had more than one. By giving workers rapid transportation, the automobile has freed them from having to live near their place of work. This has encouraged the growth of the cities, but it has also led to traffic problems. For farm families the automobile is very helpful. It has made it possible for them to travel to town very often for business and for pleasure, and also to transport their children to distant schools. Family life has been affected (影响) in various ways, The car helps to keep families together when it is used for picnics, outings, and other shared experiences. However, when teenage children have the use of the car, their parents can"t keep an eye on them. There is a great danger if the driver has been drinking alcohol or taking drugs, or showing off by speeding or breaking down traffic laws. Mothers of victims (受害者) of such accidents have formed an organization called MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving). These women want to prevent further tragedies (悲剧). They have worked to encourage the government to limit the youngest drinking age, Students have formed a similar organization, SADD (Students Against Drunk Driving) and are spreading the same message among their friends. For many Americans the automobile is a necessity. But for some, it is also a mark of social position and for young people, a sign of becoming an adult. Altogether, cars mean very much to Americans. | |
| 1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text? | |
| A. Cars have encouraged the growth of the cities. B. Cars can bring families together when they go for picnics. C. Cars have enabled people to live far from their place of work. D. Cars help city families to transport their children to faraway schools. | |
| 2. What has been done to deal with the problem of drunk driving? | |
| A. Patents have paid more attention to their children. B. Some organizations have been set up against drunk driving. C. Mothers have tried to persuade their children not to drink alcohol. D. University students have asked the government to solve the problem. | |
| 3. We can infer from the text that _____ in America. | |
| A. it will be more difficult for people to get new cars B. parents will not allow their children to have their own cars C. the government will encourage people to use public transportation D. cars will still be popular though they have caused many problems | |
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| Why I Don"t Spare "Spare Change" "Poor but honest." "The deserving(值得帮助的)poor." These words always come to my mind when I think of "the poor." But I also think of people who, perhaps through alcohol (酒) or drugs, have ruined not only their own lives but also the lives of others in order to give way to their own pleasure. Perhaps alcoholism and drug addiction (上瘾) really are "diseases." as many people say, but my own feeling－based, of course, not on any serious study－is that most alcoholics and drug addicts belong to the "undeserving poor." And that is largely why I don"t give spare change to beggars. But surely among the street people there are also some who can rightly be called "deserving." Deserving what? My spare change? Or simply the government"s assistance? It happens that I have been brought up to believe that it is proper to make contributions to charity (慈善机构), but if I give some change to a beggar, am I making a contribution to charity and thereby helping someone, or, am I perhaps simply encouraging someone not to get help? Or, maybe even worse, am I supporting a cheat? If one believes in the value of private charity, one can either give to needy people or to charitable organizations. In giving to a beggar one may indeed be helping a person who badly needs help, but one cannot be certain that one is giving to a needy person. In giving to an organization, on the other hand, one can feel that one"s money is likely to be used wisely. True, facing a beggar one may feel that this particular unfortunate person needs help at this moment－a cup of coffee or a sandwich－and the need will not be met unless I put my hand in my pocket right now. But I have come to think that the beggars whom I meet can get along without my spare change, and indeed perhaps they are actually better off for not having money to buy alcohol or drugs. I know nothing about these beggars, but it"s my impression that they simply prefer begging to working. I am not generalizing about street people. I am talking about the people whom I actually meet. That"s why I do not give "spare change," and I don"t think I will in the future. | |
| 1. What does the author think of beggars who take drugs? | |
| A. They should be given a cheek-up. B. They really need money to live. C. They have no pleasure in life. D. They are not worth helping. | |
| 2. Why doesn"t the author give money to street people? | |
| A. He doesn"t think they need help. B. He doesn"t have enough money to give. C. He is not convinced they will use it rightly. D. He believes they can get help from the government. | |
| 3. In the second paragraph, the author presents his idea by ______. | |
| A. asking questions for people to think about B. giving examples to support his argument C. raising questions and answering them D. expressing his opinions directly | |
| 4. Which of the following opinions does the author accept? | |
| A. Drug addiction is a disease. B. Some street people are poor and needy. C. Most beggars have received enough help. D. Charitable organizations handle money properly. |