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Americans do not care at all whether you are on time or not.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Doesn't say
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第1题
Advertisers also【C9】______to the American desire to look youthful and be physically attractive. Commercials attempt to sell many products—shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant and soap, for example—【C10】______implying that their particular【C11】______will help its user be more appealing.
But Americans also make many【C12】______for practical reasons. They buy【C13】______devices to do routine household chores more quickly and easily. Every housewife wants a vacuum cleaner, an electric mixer, a steam iron, an automatic clothes washer and dryer, and a dishwasher.【C14】______every home-owning husband would like a power lawn mower, as now -blower, and an electric drill.
Americans also buy things【C15】______they like to do things. Equipment【C16】______hobbies and books about "do-it-yourself' projects are very popular. Americans want to know how to cook with a "continental" flair while refinishing the bedroom furniture and【C17】______a million dollars in the stock market. The American【C18】______of activity is part of a generally【C19】______outlook on life, a belief that the value of knowledge is【C20】______to its usefulness.
【C1】
A．what
B．it
C．that
D．which
第2题
听力原文：W: I heard that your family arrived yesterday, didn't they？
M: Yes, they did.
W: That's good! Dr. Morrison, your family is now in China with you. You won't miss them, then. To talk about the family, I want to ask you some questions about American families. Er. . . Do you most Americans live in "small families" or "big families"？
M: In the United States, most people normally choose to live in "small families", but we call them "nuclear families".
W: What is the average size of a nuclear family？
M: Well, it depends on the number of children, because the nuclear family consists of a husband, a wife and children. However, if there are no children, then the husband and wife are the nuclear family. Of course, there may be only one parent due to a death, separation or divorce. In this ease, the nuclear family is the single parent and children.
W: Are there any big families in the United States？
M: Oh, you mean the extended family. No, not many. Most Americans, both the elderly and the young couples prefer to live in their own homes.
W: Since most Americans live in nuclear families rather than in extended families, the majority of the elderly do not see their children and their relatives, do they？
M: Wall, people often make such assumptions, but that is not the case according to recent sociological research.
W: Oh, what's that？
M: The recent research shows that more elderly people in the United States live within ten minutes of their children by car than in Denmark, and over 78 percent of the elderly have seen their children within a week.
W: Now I've got a general idea about American family structure. Thank you.
M: You're welcome.
Most Americans prefer to live in
A．big families
B．small families
C．nuclear families
D．middle size families
第3题
【C1】
A．interested
B．informed
C．instructed
D．involved
第5题
To start, consider transportation fees. For example, if you're driving, fill up the gas tank before traveling on the highway, where it's much costlier, says Clarky Davis, a personal finance expert. And make sure your car is in good condition by checking your heating vents, keeping up with routine maintenance and ensuring your tires are properly inflated, all of which help the ear achieve favorable fuel economy. Furthermore, not only does a tow car(救援车) cause inconvenience; it also means extra costs.
For those opting to fly, first, be aware of how much it costs to check a bag. Most airlines are charging for every checked bag by weight, but prices vary from carrier to carrier. If you can manage to pack everything into a carry-on, you'll save at least $15. Brooke Ferencsik, a travel expert, suggests considering secondary airports when booking your flight. These airports often are less crowded and frequently offer cheaper tickets.
And when it comes to your actual destination, don't assume that hotels are going to cut back on fees simply because they're desperate to draw customers. "They won't be adding or increasing fees, but they won't be decreasing them either," says Ferencsik. The best defense against extra fees is to read about the hotel's rates online, before you make a reservation. "Be aware of surcharges for everything from housekeeping to groundskeeping to use of the in-room safe," says Ferenesik. Some hotels even install a sensor(传感器) within the mini bar, charging guests for simply touching the items, let alone eating or drinking them.
"From airlines to hotels to rental ears, they've all got hidden fees you need to be aware of," says Ferencsik. "Do your homework and ask questions."
It is found that 71% of Americans regard it as worthwhile to______.
A．spend money on souvenirs while traveling with family and friends
B．accept hidden costs while traveling with family and friends
C．travel with family and friends during the holiday season
D．travel with family and friends so as to please them
第6题
LaRoche, who flies out of Montreal because it is the closest major airport to his northern Vermont home, is not alone. Countless U. S. travelers use Montreal's airport because of its convenient location and competitive prices, which it promotes in radio ads in New Eng-land. Not surprisingly, the ads don't mention that more than 200 cars are stolen every year from the airport's parking lots.
Professional thieves search the airport's long-term parking garages for cars that are relatively free of dust and have U. S. license plates—a lack of dust means that a car was parked recently, and Americans often travel for weeks on end. Says a Canadian car-theft investigator: "That gives the bad guys a lot of time to do whatever they want with the car."
What they do, typically, is take the stolen cars to Montreal's harbor, wheree they are concealed inside huge containers to be taken overseas. In little more than a week, the cars are on the street in Russia or countries in Africa of Asia. Police assert that Canada's most powerful car-theft rings are controlled by Russian crime organizations.
Airport officials downplay the problem. "You have to put things in perspective... when you have so many cars parked at your airport every year," says Montreal's director of airport protection. "It's not a major problem. "But the Montreal airport's car-theft problem—police recorded 220 stolen cars last year—is far worse than other international airports in North America. Last year, for example, only 65 cars were stolen from parking lots at Los Angeles's airport; Boston's Logan airport had only four reported thefts. So now David La- Roche will head to Logan, his next-closest major airport. It's a longer drive, but that's OK if it saves his new car.
Many American travelers use Montreal international airport because______.
A．it offers good passenger service
B．it provides free parking lots
C．it is near and inexpensive
D．it is widely advertised
第7题
Other benefits for working Americans are provided by the companies they work for or the labor unions to which they belong.
All large businesses and many smaller ones offer their workers benefits. These benefits can include free or low-cost medical insurance and life insurance. Many companies also have retirement plans. The companies put money aside to pay their workers when they retire. There are also profit-sharing plans through which extra money is put aside for workers when the company makes a great deal of money in any one year.
Many labor unions also have special funds from which workers can receive monthly checks when they retire or if they become disabled and cannot work. Some unions also pay for medicine that the workers need but which may not be purchased by medical insurance. Some pay workers a small amount of money if they lose their jobs.
The cost of higher education is usually paid by a combination of private savings, income from a part-time job held by the student, and low interest loans or grants of money given to needy students by the federal government but administered by the university.
How do most of the Americans pay for their huge expense of living？
A．By working for long hours.
B．By saving a part of their salaries.
C．By setting up their own industries.
D．By working for services.
第8题
Millions of Americans survive (生产) in low-paying jobs. The Working Poor (319 pages), by David Shipler, a Pulitzer-winning former reporter, shows just how barely they get by.
In his tour around the world of low-paying jobs, Shipler describes a kind of domino model of a downward cycle." Poor housing can worsen a child's illness, which leads to a call for a doctor, which results in a medical bill that cannot by paid, which ruins a credit record, which raises the interest rate on an auto loan (贷款), which results in the buying of a used car, which causes a mother to be late for work, which limits her pay raise and earning ability, which keeps her to poor housing, which worsens the illness, and so on."
What Shipler aims to do in the book is to produce a picture of all of those dominoes at once, the problems that keep the working poor on the edge of household disaster (灾难). As the conditions for the lowest-paid workers keep worsening, he writes," the low-paid employees have been testing the American belief in hard work."
To those who don't quite make it from paycheck to paycheck, convenience stores in poor neighborhoods lend money at interest rates of about of 20% for a two-week loan. If that can't be repaid, it's gladly rolled over—for another 20%. In the space of a few months, he or she owes twice as much in interest as he borrowed.
Shipler doesn't place all the blame on society. The people he meets often lack the soft skills that employers require, like showing up on time, following directions, even knowing how to comb their hair. To be sure, they need better schools and medical care, but they also need to know better than to use their hard-earned checks to get drunk and disorderly, or go in for ill-advised sex and foolish spending.
The main purpose of this text is to ______.
A．show how the poor can improve their living conditions
B．discuss the reasons why many Americans are poor
C．introduce David Shipler' s book about the poor
D．describe how a reporter has become a writer
第9题
A．The car exerts great influence on American culture.
B．Public transportation in the U.S. is highly efficient.
C．Americans enjoy following a certain schedule.
D．What Americans want most is fortune.
第10题
C
Millions of Americans survive(生存)in low-paying jobs. The Working Poor(319 pages) , by David Shipler, a Pulitzer-winning former reporter, shows just how barely they get by. In his tour around the world of low-paying jobs, Shipler describes a kind of domino model of a downward cycle. " Poor housing can worsen a child ' s illness, which leads to a call for a doctor, which results in a medical bill that cannot be paid, which ruins a credit record, which raises the in- terest rate on an auto loan(货款) , which results in the buying of a used car, which causes a mother to be late for work, which limits her pay raise and earning ability, which keeps her to poor hous-ing, which worsens the illness, and so on. "
What Shipler aims to do in the book is to produce a picture of all of those dominoes at once, the problems that keep the working poor on the edge of household disaster(灾难). As the condi-
tions for the lowest-paid workers keep worsening, he writes, " the low-paid employees have been
testing the American belief in hard work. "
To those who don ' t quite make it from paycheck to paycheck, convenience stores in poor neighborhoods lend money at interest rates of about 20% for a two-week loan. If that can ' t be
repaid, it' s gladly rolled over-for another 20% . In the space of a few months, he or she owes
twice as much in interest as he borrowed.
Shipler doesn ' t place all the blame on society. The people he meets often lack the soft skills that employers require, like showing up on time, following directions, even knowing how to comb their hair. To be sure, they need better schools and medical care, but they also need to know better than to use their hard-earned checks to get drunk and disorderly, or go in for ill-advised sex and foolish spending.
64. The main purpose of this text is to _______ .
[ A] show how the poor can improve their living conditions
[ B ] discuss the reasons why many Americans are poor
[ C ] introduce David Shipler ' s book about the poor
[ D] describe how a reponer has become a writer
第11题
Text 2
When his plane touched down at Montreal' s international airport, David LaRoche collected his
luggage and headed for the airport parking garage, where he left his brand-new car three weeks earlier.
But the car wasn't there. LaRoche found a police officer, who gave him the bad news: his Audi A6
most likely had been absorbed into a vast black car market somewhere in Eastern Europe of Africa.
LaRoche, who flies out of Montreal because it is the closest major airport to his northern Ver-
mont home, is not alone. Countless U. S. travelers use Montreal' s airport because of its convenient location and competitive prices, which it promotes in radio ads in New England. Not surprisingly , the ads don' t mention that more than 200 cars are stolen every year from the airport' s parking lots.
Professional thieves search the airport' s long-term parking garages for cars that are relatively
free of dust and have U. S. license plates-a lack of dust means that a car was parked recently, and
Americans often travel for weeks on end. Says a Canadian car-theft investigator: "That gives the
bad guys a lot of time to do whatever they want with the car. " .
What they do, typically, is take the stolen cars to Montreal' s harbor, where they are con-
cealed inside huge containers to be taken overseas. In little more than a week, the cars are on the
street in Russia or countries in Africa of Asia. Police assert that Canada' s most powerful car-theft
rings are controlled by Russian crime organzations.
Airport. officials downplay the problem. "You have to put things in perspective.. . when you
have so many cars parked at your airport every year," says Montreal' s director of airport protec-
tion. "It' s not a major problem. " But the Montreal airport' s car-theft problem-police recorded
220 stolen cars last year - is far worse than other international airports in North America. Last
year, for example, only 65 cars were stolen from parking lots at Los Angeles' s airport; Boston's
Logan airport had only four reported thefts. So now David LaRoche will head to Logan, his next-
closest major airport. It's a longer drive, but that's OK if it saves his new car.
51. Many American travelers use Montreal international airport because _________
[A] it offers good passenger service
[B] it provides free parking lots
[C] it is near and inexpensive
[D] it is widely advertised
