问答题Changes in the way people live bring about changes in the jobs that they do. More and morepeople live in towns and cities instead on farms and in villages. 1．____Cities and states have to provide services city people want, such like more police 2．____protection, more hospitals, and more schools. This means that more policemen,more nurses and technicians, and more teachers must be hired. Advances in technology has also changed people’s lives. Dishwashers and washing 3．____machines do jobs that were once done by the hand. The widespread use 4．____of such electrical appliances means that there is a need for servicemen tokeep it running properly. 5．____ People are earning higher wages and salaries. This leads to changes in 6．____the way of life. As income goes down, people may not want more food to 7．____eat or more clothes to wear. But they may want more and better care from doctors, dentists and hospitals. They are likely to travel more and to want more education. Nevertheless, many more jobs are available in these services. 8．____ The government also affects the kind of works people do. The governments 9．____of most countries spend huge sums of money for international defense. They hire 10．____thousands of engineers, scientists, clerks, typists and secretaries to work on themany different aspects of defence.
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Changes in the way people live bring about changes in the jobs that they do. More and morepeople live in towns and cities instead on farms and in villages. 1．____Cities and states have to provide services city people want, such like more police 2．____protection, more hospitals, and more schools. This means that more policemen,more nurses and technicians, and more teachers must be hired. Advances in technology has also changed people’s lives. Dishwashers and washing 3．____machines do jobs that were once done by the hand. The widespread use 4．____of such electrical appliances means that there is a need for servicemen tokeep it running properly. 5．____ People are earning higher wages and salaries. This leads to changes in 6．____the way of life. As income goes down, people may not want more food to 7．____eat or more clothes to wear. But they may want more and better care from doctors, dentists and hospitals. They are likely to travel more and to want more education. Nevertheless, many more jobs are available in these services. 8．____ The government also affects the kind of works people do. The governments 9．____of most countries spend huge sums of money for international defense. They hire 10．____thousands of engineers, scientists, clerks, typists and secretaries to work on themany different aspects of defence.
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根据下面资料，回答Today, people all over the world are moving out of small villages in the country to go and live in big, noisy cities. They are moving from the peaceful hills, mountains, fields, rivers and streams of the countryside to the busy world of streets, buildings, traffic and crowds. This movement from rural areas to urban areas has been going on for over two hundred years. In many countries, the main reason why people come to live in towns and cities is work. After one or two large factories have been built in or near a town, people come to find work, and soon an industrial area begins to grow. There is usually a residential area nearby, where the factory workers can live. The families of these workers need schools, hospitals and shops, so more people come to live in the area to provide these services and a city grows. In every major city in the world, there is a business district where the big companies have their main offices. In the United States, this area is usually in the city centre. It is here that you can see the huge skyscraper office blocks. The people who work here often travel a long way to work each day. Many of them live in the suburbs of the city, far away from the industrial area and the city centre. Some suburbs are very pleasant, with nice houses and big gardens. There are usually parks for children to play in and large department stores where you can buy all you need. But what is the future of the big cities? Will they continue to get bigger? Perhaps not. Some major cities have actually become smaller in the last ten years, and it is quite possible that one day we will see people moving out of the major cities and back into smaller towns and villages. In the United States many people work in the centre of a big city ______________.A.while living on the faraway edge of the cityB.and live thereC.but live in another cityD.but live far away out of the city
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共用题干The Joy of Living AloneMore and more Americans are living alone.Some live alone because of divorce or the death of a partner.________(1) According to a recent U. S. census（人口普查）,25 per cent of all households in the U.S.are made up of just one person.This is a dramatic change from the extended families of just a couple of generations ago.The typical person living alone is neither old nor lonely.________(2)The majority of these people have chosen to live alone.They are responding to decreasing social pressure to get married and have a family.It's now socially acceptable,even fashionable,to live alone.As people get better jobs and become financially independent,it becomes possible for them to maintain a one-person household._________(3)However,people who do get married are marrying at a later age and divorcing more often.The number one reason given by most people for living alone is that they simply enjoy doing what they want when they want to do it."Living alone is a luxury,"says Nina Hagiwara,38."Once you do it,you can't ever go back to living with others."David C'Debaca,46,agrees.__________(4)Children think that being grown up means being able to do exactly as they please. _________(5)The chance to discover whether that freedom is as wonderful as it sounds is a chance more and more Americans are taking.________（5）A:There's more pressure to get married nowadays.B:The growing number of women with good jobs has done much to increase the number of people living alone.C:However,even more people are living alone because they have chosen to.D:It seems that many grown-ups today are realizing that childhood dream.E:In fact,a quarter of the 23 million single people in the U. S.are under the age of 35.F:He says,"I like being by myself."
共用题干The Joy of Living AloneMore and more Americans are living alone.Some live alone because of divorce or the death of a partner.________(1) According to a recent U. S. census（人口普查）,25 per cent of all households in the U.S.are made up of just one person.This is a dramatic change from the extended families of just a couple of generations ago.The typical person living alone is neither old nor lonely.________(2)The majority of these people have chosen to live alone.They are responding to decreasing social pressure to get married and have a family.It's now socially acceptable,even fashionable,to live alone.As people get better jobs and become financially independent,it becomes possible for them to maintain a one-person household._________(3)However,people who do get married are marrying at a later age and divorcing more often.The number one reason given by most people for living alone is that they simply enjoy doing what they want when they want to do it."Living alone is a luxury,"says Nina Hagiwara,38."Once you do it,you can't ever go back to living with others."David C'Debaca,46,agrees.__________(4)Children think that being grown up means being able to do exactly as they please. _________(5)The chance to discover whether that freedom is as wonderful as it sounds is a chance more and more Americans are taking.________（2）A:There's more pressure to get married nowadays.B:The growing number of women with good jobs has done much to increase the number of people living alone.C:However,even more people are living alone because they have chosen to.D:It seems that many grown-ups today are realizing that childhood dream.E:In fact,a quarter of the 23 million single people in the U. S.are under the age of 35.F:He says,"I like being by myself."
共用题干Cities“Worse to Live in Than 20 Years Ago”One thousand people were surveyed about a range of issues which affect cities,and the re-markable findings show that life in today's mega-cities is so stressful that at least two-thirds of those currently living in big cities would like to relocate to the countryside or a small town.The stress of the getting from A to B in big cities is at the top of the list of problems.For many people,the daily commute to work is a source of frustration.40% of the people in the sur-vey have suffered from road rage while stuck in traffic on the way to work.The cost of public transport is also a serious problem.Many people think the price of underground and bus travel is too high and that they have to devote more than 10% of their salary to transport costs.The general cost of living in cities is another problem.The high property prices in most big cities put buying a property out of reach of most first-time buyers.Many young people are priced out of the housing market,and have to take in lodgers to make ends meet,or rent over-priced flats miles away from the city centre .In London,for instance,the price of buying even a one-bedroom flat is so prohibitive that many have given up even considering putting money aside for a deposit.Another issue facing people who live in cities is rising crime.Crime rates have rocketed in many big cities,and many say there are several dangerous no-go areas in their city.Fear of crime is on the increase-street crimes,such as mugging and assault,are now very common-and many are afraid of going out at night alone.Many were also concerned by the lack of green spaces and play facilities for children.Most major conurbations（有卫星城的大都市）surveyed have a far smaller number of parks and gar- dens than a generation ago.Planning permission seems to have been given for an ever-greater number of supermarkets,office developments and apartments on sites where there were previously green spaces.Many of the respondents in the survey said they felt stressed and suffocated in the city,a problem which is compounded by pollution.And finally,the majority of people in the survey were fed up with the constant noise pollu-lion—the roar of traffic , the sound of loud music blaring（发刺耳声）out of a neighbour's win-dow,and the constant sound of activity.It is not surprising,then,that the levels of stress-related illnesses among people who live in cities are higher than ever before .Big cities,once a mecca for ambitious people seeking fameJ and fortune,are now less and less popular among people of all ages .Perhaps the 21st century is set to be the century of the small town and the countryside. Most people in the survey who live in big cities would like to move somewhere smaller.A: Right B: Wrong C:.Not mentioned
共用题干Prolonging Human LifeProlonging human life has increased the size of the human population.Many people alive today would have died of childhood diseases if they had been born 100 years ago.Because more people live longer,there are more people around at any given time.In fact,it is a decrease in death rates,not an increase in birthrates,that has led to the population explosion.Prolonging human life has also increased the dependency load.In all societies,people who are disabled or too young or too old to work are dependent on the rest of society to provide for them.In hunting and gathering cultures, old people who could not keep up might be left behind to die.In times of famine,infants might be allowed to die because they could not survive if their parents starved,whereas if the parents survived they could have another child.In most contemporary societies,people feel a moral obligation to keep people alive whether they can work or not.We have a great many people today who live past the age at which they want to work or are able to work;we also have rules which require people to retire at a certain age.Unless these people were able to save money for their retirement,somebody else must support them.In the United States many retired people live on social security checks which are so little that they must live in near poverty.Older people have more illness than young or middle-aged people;unless they have wealth or private or government insurance,they must often"go on welfare"if they have a serious illness.When older people become senile or too weak and ill to care for themselves,they create grave problems for their families.In the past and in some traditional cultures,they would be cared for at home until they died.Today,with most members of a household working or in school,there is often no one at home who can care for a sick or weak person.To meet this need,a great many nursing homes and convalescent hospitals have been built.These are often profit-making organizations,although some are sponsored by religious and other nonprofit groups.While a few of these institutions are good,most of them are simply"dumping grounds"for the dying in which"care"is given by poorly paid,overworked,and underskilled personnel.According to the passage,which of the following statements about retired people in the United States is true?A:Many of them have a very hard life.B:They cannot live a decent life without enough bank savings.C:They rely mainly on their children for financial support.D:Most of them live with their children and therefore are well looked after.
问答题练习14 Research has also been done into the way people’s behavior changes in a number of small, apparently unimportant ways when they lie. It has been found that if they are sitting down at the same time, they tend to move about in their chairs more than usual.
问答题Changes in the way people live bring about changes in the jobs that they do. More and morepeople live in towns and cities instead on farms and in villages. 1．____Cities and states have to provide services city people want, such like more police 2．____protection, more hospitals, and more schools. This means that more policemen,more nurses and technicians, and more teachers must be hired. Advances in technology has also changed people’s lives. Dishwashers and washing 3．____machines do jobs that were once done by the hand. The widespread use 4．____of such electrical appliances means that there is a need for servicemen tokeep it running properly. 5．____ People are earning higher wages and salaries. This leads to changes in 6．____the way of life. As income goes down, people may not want more food to 7．____eat or more clothes to wear. But they may want more and better care from doctors, dentists and hospitals. They are likely to travel more and to want more education. Nevertheless, many more jobs are available in these services. 8．____ The government also affects the kind of works people do. The governments 9．____of most countries spend huge sums of money for international defense. They hire 10．____thousands of engineers, scientists, clerks, typists and secretaries to work on themany different aspects of defence.
单选题According to the passage, what problem does Sao Paulo have?AA lot of people don’t have jobs.BToo many people live in the city centre.CA lot of people are moving out of the city.DToo many people travel into the city every day.
问答题Directions:In this section, there is one passage followed by a summary. Read the passage carefully and complete the summary below by choosing no more than three words from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet. Questions 1-5 are based on the following passage.The City of the Future What will city life be like in the future? Some people think that life in the cities is going to be horrible. They predict that cities will become more and more crowded. As the number of people increases, there will be less space for each person. This overcrowding will cause other problems—more crime, dirtier streets, and worse problems with traffic than we have now. How will people find enough drinking water, energy (such as gas and electricity), and housing? Because life will be hard, people who live in cities will worry more, and they may become sick. For these reasons, some say that nobody will want to live in urban areas. How can we solve such problems as overcrowding, crime, and traffic? In some cities, thousands of people are already sleeping in the streets because there is so little suitable housing—and because rents are so high. The crime rate isn’t going down. Instead, it is increasing so fast that many people are afraid to go out at night. Traffic is also getting worse. More and more often, traffic jams are so bad that cars don’t move at all for several blocks. These urban problems have been getting worse, not better, so many people see no hope for the future of the city. Los Angeles, California, for instance, has no subway system and the buses are slow. Instead, most commuters drive many miles from their homes to work. Many of these drivers spend several hours each day on busy freeways. New York, by contrast, has a mass transit system—buses, commuter trains, and subways. Because the public transportation is crowded and dirty, however, many people drive private cars, and the traffic jams are worse than in Los Angeles. On the other hand, some cities have clean, fast, and pleasant public transportation systems. In Paris, France, and Toronto, Canada, for example, anyone can use mass transit to move quickly from one part of the city to another. The disadvantages of any modern city are not unique to that city—that is, cities all over the world have to solve the problems of traffic jams, crime, housing, energy, drinking water, and overcrowding. Yet many cities have found answers to one or more of these difficulties. Some European cities, such as Stockholm, Sweden, or London, England, have planned communities that provide people with apartments, jobs, shopping centers, green space, entertainment, and transportation. Many U.S. cities are rebuilding their downtown areas. Urban planners can learn from one another. They can try solutions that have been successful in other parts of the world. Summary: Some people think that life in the cities is going to be horrible. They say that cities will become more and more crowded and many other problems will be caused by this 1 Due to the hard life, people do not want to live in 2 These urban problems such as overcrowding, crime and traffic have been getting worse, so many people 3 for the future of the city. However, these disadvantages of any modern city are not unique to that city. All the cities all over the world must solve the problems and fortunately, many of them have found answers to one or more of these difficulties. For example, 4 or London has planned communities providing people with apartments, jobs and so on. Besides, many U. S. cities 5 In a word, solutions that have been successful in a place should be adopted and tried in another place.
单选题By making some very simple changes at home, old people _____.Aare free from home accidentsBcan improve their healthCare likely to live longerDcan live more safely
问答题Changes in the way people live bring about changes in the jobs that they do.More and more people live in towns and cities instead on farms and in villages. (1)_______Cities and states have to provide services city people want, such like more (2)_______police protection, more hospitals, and more schools. This means that morepolicemen, more nurses and technicians, and more teachers must be hired.Advances in technology, has also changed people’s lives. Dishwashers and (3) _______shing machines do jobs that were once done by the hand. The widespread use (4) _______of such electrical appliances means that there is a need for servicemen to keep it(5) _______running properly. People are earning higher wages and salaries. This leads changes in the way (6) _______of life. As income goes down, people may not want more food to eat or more (7) _______clothes to wear. But they may want more and better care from doctors, dentistsand hospitals. They are likely to travel more and to want more education.Nevertheless, many more jobs are available in these services. (8) _______ The government also affects the kind of works people do. The governments (9) _______of most countries spend huge sums of money for international defense. They (10) _______hire thousands of engineers, scientists, clerks, typists and secretaries to work onthe many different aspects of defense.
问答题Practice 9 In the United States most people are simultaneously consumers and producers; they are also voters who help influence the decisions of the government. The mixture among consumers, producers and government changes constantly, making a dynamic rather than a static economy. In the last decade consumers have made their concern known and government has responded by creating agencies to protect consumer interests and promote the general public welfare. In another development, the population and the labor force have moved dramatically from farms to cities, from the fields to the factories, and above all to service industries, thus providing more personal and public services. In today's economy these providers of services far outnumber producers of agricultural and manufactured goods. Generally, there are three kinds of businesses: (1) those started and managed personally by single owners or single entrepreneurs; (2) the partnership where two or more people share the risks and rewards of a business, and (3) the corporation where shareholders as owners can buy and sell their shares at any time on the open market. This latter structure, by far the most important, permits the amassing of large sums of money by combining investment of many people, making possible large-scale enterprises.