英語四級閱讀訓(xùn)練(總結(jié)版)

?WhenonelooksbackuponthefifteenhundredyearsthatarethelifespanoftheEnglishlanguage,heshouldbeable

tonoticeanumberofsignificanttruths.Thehistoryofourlanguagehasalwaysbeenahistoryofconstantchange

—attimesaslow,almostimperceptiblechange,atothertimesaviolentcollisionbetweentwolanguages.Ourlanguage

hasalwaysbeena1ivinggrowingorganism,ithasneverbeenstatic.Anothersignificanttruththatemergesfromsuch

astudyisthatlanguageatalltimeshasbeenthepossessionnotofoneclassorgroupbutofmany.[Atoneextreme

ithasbeenthepropertyofthecommon,ignorantfolk,whohaveuseditinthedailybusinessoftheirliving,muchas

theyhaveusedtheiranimalsorthekitchenpotsandpans.J?Attheotherextremeithasbeenthetreasureofthose

whohaverespecteditasaninstrumentandasignofcivilization,andwhohavestruggledbywritingitdowntogive

itsomepermanence,order,dignity,andifpossible,alittlebeauty.

Asweconsiderourchanginglanguage,weshouldnoteheretwodevelopmentsthatareofspecialandimmediateimportance

tous.OneisthatsincethetimeoftheAnglo-Saxonstherehasbeenanalmostcompletereversalofthedifferentdevices

forshowingtherelationshipofwordsinasentence.Anglo-Saxon(oldEnglish)wasalanguageofmanyinflections.Modern

Englishhasfewinflections.Wemustnowdependlargelyonwordorderandfunctionwordstoconveythemeaningsthatthe

olderlanguagedidbymeansofchangesintheformsofwords.Functionwords,youshouldunderstand,arewordssuchas

prepositions,conjunctions,andafewothersthatareusedprimarilytoshowrelationshipsamongotherwords.Afewinflections,

however,havesurvived.Andwhensomewordinflectionscomeintoconflictwithwordorder,theremaybetroublefortheusers

ofthelanguage,asweshallseelaterwhenweturnourattentiontosuchmatersasWHOorWHOMandMEorI.Thesecondfact

wemustconsideristhataslanguageitselfchanges,ourattitudestowardlanguageformschangealso.IfTheeighteenthcentury,

forexample,producedfromvarioussourcesatendencytofixthelanguageintopatternsnotalwayssetinandgrew,until

atthepresenttimethereisastrongtendencytorestudyandre-evaluatelanguagepracticesintermsofthewaysinwhich

peoplespeakandwrite.J(2)

1.Incontrasttotheearlierlinguists,modernlinguiststendto.

A.attempttocontinuethestandardizationofthelanguage

B.evaluatelanguagepracticesintermsofcurrentspeechratherthanstandardsorproperpatterns

C.bemoreconcernedabouttheimprovementofthelanguagethanitsanalysisorhistory

D.bemoreawareoftherulesofthelanguageusage

2.Choosetheappropriatemeaningfortheword"inflectionwusedinline4ofparagraph2.

A.Changesintheformsofwords.B.Changesinsentencestructures.

C.Changesinspellingrules.D.Wordsthathavesimilarmeanings.

3.Whichofthefollowingstatementsisnotmentionedinthepassage?

A.Itisgenerallybelievedthattheyear1500canbesetasthebeginningofthemodernEnglishlanguage.

B.SomeotherlanguageshadgreatinfluenceontheEnglishlanguageatsomestagesofitsdevelopment.

C.TheEnglishlanguagehasbeenandstillinastateofrelativelyconstantchange.

D.ManyclassesorgroupshavecontributedtothedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguage.

4.Theauthoroftheseparagraphsisprobablya(an).

A.historianB.philosopherC.anthropologistD.linguist

5.Whichofthefollowingcanbebestusedasthetitleofthepassage?

A.ThehistoryoftheEnglishlanguage.B.OurchangingattitudetowardstheEnglishlanguage.

C.Ourchanginglanguage.D.SomecharacteristicsofmodernEnglish.

1.spann.跨度，范圍，期間2.imperceptibleadj.覺察不到的，極細(xì)微的3.organismn.生物體，有機(jī)體

4.possessionn.擁有，占有，領(lǐng)土5.ignorantadj.無知的6.folkn.人們，民族7.permanencen.永久，持久

8.Anglo-Saxonsn.盎格魯一撒克遜語(人)，地道的英國人9.reversaln.顛倒，反向，逆轉(zhuǎn)10.inflectionn.詞尾變化

11.prepositionn.前置詞，介詞12.conjunctionn.聯(lián)合，關(guān)聯(lián)，連接詞13.intermsof根據(jù)，按照，用...的話，在方面

①【解析】"who”引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句，修飾"thecommon,ignorantfolk"?！癿uchas”引導(dǎo)狀語從句。"kitchenpotsandpans”

意為“鍋碗瓢盆”。

【譯文】?方面它是那些普通人甚至無知民眾的財產(chǎn)，他們每天都像使喚他們的牲畜和鍋碗瓢盆?樣用著語言。

②【解析】此句為一個復(fù)合倒裝句。"until”引導(dǎo)一個并列句，前一句的主語是“atendency"，“tofixthelanguageintopatterns

notalwayssetinandgrew"作"tendency"的定語,第二句的主語也是"atendency","to"后面的句子作atendencyM的定語，“in

which”引導(dǎo)的定語從句修飾"ways"。

【譯文】例如在18世紀(jì)一種產(chǎn)生于各種來源的趨勢把語言固定在一個不常使用和不利于語言發(fā)展的模式中，而到了當(dāng)今，主流是要反

復(fù)研究、評價人們說話、寫作中的語言實(shí)踐?！径涛拇笠狻勘疚闹饕v述英語演變過程的一些特點(diǎn)，指出了古英語與現(xiàn)代英語的不同，

以及語言學(xué)家對待語言形式的態(tài)度的變化。

LB細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)題干回原文中定位，閱讀文章時注意首末段及各段開頭的句子，這往往都是考點(diǎn)所在。這篇文章講的主要是英語語言演

變的一些特點(diǎn)，指出了古英語與現(xiàn)代英語的不同，以及語言學(xué)家態(tài)度的轉(zhuǎn)變。本題問的正是現(xiàn)代語言學(xué)家與早期語言學(xué)家不同的傾向。根

據(jù)文章末尾Theeighteenthcentury,forexample,producedfromvarioussourcesatendencytofixthelanguageintopatterns

notalwayssetinandgrew,untilatthepresenttimethereisastrongtendencytorestudyandre-evaluatelanguagepractices

intermsofthewaysinwhichpeoplespeakandwrite.現(xiàn)代語言學(xué)家傾向于根據(jù)人們說和寫的方式評價語言實(shí)踐，而不是像早期的

語言學(xué)家根據(jù)一定的模式評價語言。選項B符合文章的意思。

2.A詞匯題。要根據(jù)上下文的信息判斷單詞的意思。文章在第二段中間再次提到inflection時說,Afewinflections,however,have

survived.后面文章又舉了WHO/WHOM和ME/I為例說明in門ection,這是一篇關(guān)于語言學(xué)的文章，從例子可以看出inflection的意思應(yīng)

該是“單詞的變形”，選項A正確。

3.A細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章的內(nèi)容，選項A“普遍認(rèn)為1500年是現(xiàn)代英語的起點(diǎn)”在文章中沒有提及，故為正確答案。文章第二句說Thehistory

ofourlanguagehasalwaysbeenahistoryofconstantchange-attimesaslow,almostimperceptiblechange,atothertimes

aviolentcollisionbetweentwolanguages.我們語言的歷史是一個不斷變化的歷史在一些時間里緩慢得幾乎難以察覺，在另一

些時間里則是兩種語言的激烈碰撞。由此可以推斷一些其他的語言對英語的發(fā)展有重大影響，選項B符合文章的意思。

4.D詞匯題。此題考查考生的推測能力和詞匯量，文章講述的是英國語言演進(jìn)的具體細(xì)節(jié)，最適當(dāng)?shù)拇鸢笐?yīng)該是Do作者很可能是一位語

言學(xué)家。A答案（歷史學(xué)家）和C答案（人類學(xué)家）也可以有點(diǎn)迷惑性。B答案（哲學(xué)家）是最不符合的。

5.C主旨題。本文從各個方面談及英語作為一種語言的發(fā)展變化，但并不是講述英語的歷史。所以選項A不對，選項C作為文章的題目最

為貼切。選項B只是文章闡述的一個方面，不夠全面。文章是在談到英語的不斷變化的時候談到了現(xiàn)代英語的一些特點(diǎn)，所以選項D也失

之于片面。

?PeoplelivingonpartsofthesouthcoastofEnglandfaceaseriousproblem.In1993,theownersofalargehoteland

ofseveralhousesdiscovered,totheirhorror,thattheirgardenshaddisappearedovernight.Theseahadeatenintothe

softlimestonecliffsonwhichtheyhadbeenbuilt.Whileexpertswerestudyingtheproblem,thehotelandseveralhouses

disappearedaltogether,slidingdownthecliffandintothesea.

Erosion(侵蝕)ofthewhitecliffsalongthesouthcoastofEnglandhasalwaysbeenaproblembutithasbecomemore

seriousinrecentyears.Dozensofhomeshavehadtobeabandonedastheseahascreptfartherandfartherinland.Experts

havestudiedtheareasmostaffectedandhavedrawnupamapforlocalpeople,forecastingtheyearinwhichtheirhomes

willbeswallowedupbythehungrysea

AngryownershavecalledontheGovernmenttoerectseadefensestoprotecttheirhomes.Governmentsurveyorshave

pointedoutthatinmostcases,thisisimpossible.Newseawallswouldcosthundredsofmillionsofpoundsandwould

merelymakethewavesandcurrentsgofurtheralongthecoast,shiftingtheproblemfromoneareatoanother.Thedanger

is1ikelytocontinue,theysay,untilthewavesreachaninlandareaofhardrockwhichwillnotbeeatenaslimestone

is.Meanwhile,ifyouwanttobuyacheaphousewithanuncertainfuture,applytoahouseagentinoneofthethreatened

areasonthesouthcoastofEngland.Youcangetahouseforaknockdownpricebutitmayturnouttobeaknockdown

home1.WhatisthecauseoftheproblemthatpeoplelivingonpartsofthesouthcoastofEnglandface?

A)Thedisappearanceofhotels,housesandgardens.B)Theexperts*lackofknowledge.

C)Therisingofthesealevel.D)Thewashing-awayoflimestonecliffs.

2.TheerosionofthewhitecliffsinthesouthofEngland

A)willsoonbecomeaproblemforpeoplelivingincentralEngland

B)hasnowbecomeathreattothelocalresidents

C)isquicklychangingthemapofEnglandD)canbestoppedifpropermeasuresaretaken

3.Theexperts'studyontheproblemoferosioncan.

A)leadtoitseventualsolutionB)provideaneffectivewaytoslowitdown

C)helptopreventitfromworseningD)warnpeoplewhosehomesareindanger

4.Itisnotfeasibletobuildseadefensestoprotectagainsterosionbecause

A)itistoocostlyandwillendangerneighboringareasB)thegovernmentistooslowintakingaction

C)theywi11beeasilyknockeddownbywavesandcurrentsD)houseagentsalongthecoastdonotsupporttheidea

5.Accordingtotheauthor,whenbuyingahousealongthesouthcoastofEngland,peopleshould

A)beawareofthepotentialdangerinvolvedB)guardagainstbeingcheatedbythehouseagent

C)takethequalityofthehouseintoconsiderationD)examinethehousecarefullybeforemakingadecision

?PriscillaOuchida's"energy-efficient”houseturnedouttobeahorribledream.Whensheandherengineerhusband

marriedafewyearsago,theybuilta$100,000,three-bedroomhomeinCalifornia.Tightlysealedtopreventairleaks,

thehousewasequippedwithsmalldouble-paned(雙層玻璃的)windowsandseveralotherenergy-savingfeatures.Problems

beganassoonasthecouplemovedin,however.Priscilla'seyesburned.Herthroatwasconstantlydry.Shesuffered

fromheadachesandcouldhardlysleep.Itwasasthoughshehadsuddenlydevelopedastrangeillness.

Expertsfinallytracedthecauseofherillness.Thelevelofformaldehyde(甲醛)gasinherkitchenwastwicethe

maximumallowedbyfederalstandardsforchemicalworkers.Thesourceofthegas?Hernewkitchencabinetsandwall-to-wall

carpeting.

TheOuchidasarevictimsofindoorairpollution,whichisnotgivensufficientattentionpartlybecauseofthenation,

sdrivetosaveenergy.Theproblemitselfisn'tnew."Theindoorenvironmentwasdirtylongbeforeenergyconservation

camealong,wsaysMoschandreas,apollutionscientistatGeometTechnologiesinMaryland.uEnergyconservationhas

tendedtoaccentuatethesituationinsomecases.”

Theproblemappearstobemoretroublesomeinnewlyconstructedhomesratherthanoldones.Backinthedayswhen

energywascheap,homebuildersdidn'tworrymuchaboutunsealedcracks.Becauseofsuchleaks,theairinanaverage

homewasreplacedbyfreshoutdoorairaboutonceanhour.Asaresult,thepollutantsgeneratedinmosthouseholdsseldom

builduptodangerouslevels.

6.ItcanbelearnedfromthepassagethattheOuchidas'house.

A)iswellworththemoneyspentonitsconstructionB)isalmostfaultlessfromthepointofenergyconservation

C)failedtomeetenergyconservationstandardsD)wasdesignedandconstructedinascientificway

7.WhatmadetheOuchidas'newhouseahorribledream?

A)LackoffreshairB)PoorqualityofbuildingmaterialsC)Gasleakageinthekitchen.D)Thenewlypaintedwalls

8.Theword“accentuate”(Line4,Para.3)mostprobablymeans"______",

A)relieveB)accelerateC)worsenD)improve

9.Whywerecracksinoldhousesnotabigconcern?

A)Becauseindoorcleanlinesswasnotemphasized.B)Becauseenergyusedtobeinexpensive.

C)Becauseenvironmentalprotectionwasgiventoppriority.D)Becausetheyweretechnicallyunavoidable.

10.Thispassageismostprobablytakenfromanarticleentitled"”.

A)EnergyConservationB)HousesBuildingCrisisC)AirPollutionIndoorsD)TrapsinBuildingConstruction

?Engineeringstudentsaresupposedtobeexamplesofpracticalityandrationality,butwhenilcomestomycollegeeducation

Iamanidealistandafool.InhighschoolIwantedtobeanelectricalengineerand,ofcourse,anysensiblestudent

withmyaimswouldhavechosenacollegewithalargeengineeringdepartment,famousreputationandlotsofgoodlabs

andresearchequipment.Butthat'snotwhatIdid.chosetostudyengineeringatasmallliberal-arts(文科)university

thatdoesn,tevenofferamajorinelectricalengineering.Obviously,thiswasnotapracticalchoice;Icameherefor

morenoblereasons.IIwantedabroadeducationthatwould

providemewithflexibilityandavaluesystemtoguidemeinmycareer.Iwantedtoopenmyeyesandexpandmyvision

byinteractingwithpeoplewhoweren*tstudyingscienceorengineer!ng.Myparents,teachersandotheradultspraised

meforsuchasensiblechoice.TheytoldmeIwaswiseandmaturebeyondmy18years,andIbelievedthem

IheadedofftocollegesureIwasgoingtohaveanadvantageoverthosestudentswhowenttobigengineering“factories”

wheretheydidn,tcareifyouhavevaluesorwereflexible.Iwasgoingtobeacompleteengineer:technicalgenius

andsensitivehumanist(人文學(xué)者)allinone.

NowI'mnotsosure.Somewherealongthewaymynobleidealscrashedintoreality,asallnobleidealseventually

do.Afterthreeyearsofstrugglingtobalancemath,physicsandengineeringcourseswithliberal-artscourses,Ihave

learnedtherearereasonswhyfewengineeringstudentstrytoreconcile(協(xié)調(diào))engineeringwithliberal-artscourses

incollege.

Therealitythathasblockedmypathtobecomethetypicalsuccessfulstudentisthatengineeringandthe1iberal

artssimplydon,t'mixaseasilyasIassumedinhighschool.Individuallytheyshapeapersoninverydifferentways;

togethertheythreatentoconfuse.Thestruggletoreconcilethetwofieldsofstudyisdifficult.

11.Theauthorchosetostudyengineeringatasmallliberal-artsuniversitybecausehe.

A)wantedtobeanexampleofpracticalityandrationalityB)intendedtobeacombinationofengineerandhumanist

C)wantedtocoordinateengineeringwithliberal-artscoursesincollege

D)intendedtobeasensiblestudentwithnobleideals.

12.Accordingtotheauthor,byinteractingwithpeoplewhostudyliberalarts,engineeringstudentscan.

A)balanceengineeringandtheliberalartsB)receiveguidanceintheircareers

C)becomenobleidealistsD)broadentheirhorizons

13.Intheeyesoftheauthor,asuccessfulengineeringstudentisexpected

A)tohaveanexcellentacademicrecordB)tobewiseandmature

C)tobeimaginativewithavaluesystemtoguidehimD)tobeatechnicalgeniuswithawidevision

14.Theauthorysexperienceshowsthathewas.

A)creativeB)ambitiousC)unrealisticD)irrational

15.Theword"they"in**???togethertheythreatentoconfuse.w(Line3,Para.5)refersto

A)engineeringandtheliberalarts.B)realityandnobleideals

C)flexibilityandavaluesystemD)practicalityandrationality

?Sincewearesocialbeings,thequalityofourlivesdependsinlargemeasureonourinlerpersonalrelationships.One

strengthofthehumanconditionisourtendencytogiveandreceivesupportfromoneanotherunderstressfulcircumstances.

Socialsupportconsistsoftheexchangeofresourcesamongpeoplebasedontheirinterpersonalties.Thoseofuswith

strongsupportsystemsappearbetterabletocopewithmajorlifechangesanddailyhassles(困難).Peoplewithstrong

socialtieslivelongerandhavebetterhealththanthosewithoutsuchties.Studiesoverarangeofillnesses,from

depressiontoheartdisease,revealthatthepresenceofsocialsupporthelpspeoplefendoff(擋開)illness,andthe

absenceofsuchsupportmakespoorhealthmorelikely.

Socialsupportcushionsstressinanumberofways.First,friends,relatives,andco-workersmayletusknowthat

theyvalueus.Ourself-respectisstrengthenedwhenwefeelacceptedbyothersdespiteourfaultsanddifficulties.

Second,otherpeopleoftenprovideuswithinformationalsupport.Theyhelpustodefineandunderstandourproblems

andfindsolutionstothem.Third,wetypicallyfindsocialcompanionshipsupportive.Engaginginleisure-timeactivities

withothershelpsustomeetoursocialneedswhileatthesametimedistracting(轉(zhuǎn)移，??注意力)usfromourworriesand

troubles.Finally,otherpeoplemaygiveusinstrumentalsupport—financialaid,materialresources,andneededservices

—thatreducesstressbyhelpingusresolveandcopewithourproblems.

16.Interpersonalrelationshipsareimportantbecause.

A)theyareindispensabletopeople*ssocialwell-beingB)theyawakenpeople*sdesiretoexchangeresourcesC)they

helppeopletocopewithlifeintheinformationeraD)theycancurearangeofillnessessuchasheartdisease,etc

17.ResearchshowsthatpeopleJsphysicalandmentalhealth.

A)reliesonthesocialwe1faresystemswhichsupportthem

B)hasmuchtodowiththeamountofsupporttheygetfromothers

C)dependsontheirabilitytodealwithdailyworriesandtroubles

D)iscloselyrelatedtotheirstrengthforcopingwithmajorchangesintheir1ives

18.Whichofthefollowingisclosestinmeaningtotheword“cushions”(Line1,Para.2)?

A)Addsupto.B)Doesawaywith.C)Lessenstheeffectof.D)Laysthefoundationfor.

19.Helpingasickneighborwithsomerepairworkisanexampleof.

A)instrumentalsupportB)informationalsupportC)socialcompanionshipD)thestrengtheningofself-respect

20.Socialcompanionshipisbeneficialinthat.

A)ithelpsstrengthenourtieswithrelativesB)itenablesustoeliminateourfaultsandmistakes

C)itmakesourleisure-timeactivitiesmoreenjoyableD)itdrawsourattentionawayfromourworriesandtroubles

?Do.sacesocialanimalsandwilhoulproperIraining,Iheywillbehavelikewildanimals.Theywillsoilyourhouse,destroy

yourbelongings,barkexcessively,fightotherdogsandevenbiteyou.Nearlyallbehaviorproblemsareperfectlynormal

dogactivitiesthatoccuratthewrongtimeorplaceoraredirectedatthewrongthing.Thekeytopreventingortreating

behaviorproblemsislearningtoteachthedogtoredirectitsnormalbehaviortooutletsthatareacceptableinthe

domesticsetting.

Oneofthebestthingsyoucandoforyourdogandyourselfistoobediencetrain(馴服)it.Obediencetraining

doesn,tsolveallbehaviorproblems,butitisthefoundationforsolvingjustaboutanyproblem.Trainingpensupa

lineofcommunicationbetweenyouandyourdog.Effectivecommunicationisnecessarytoinstructyourdogaboutwhat

youwantittodo.

Trainingisalsoaneasywaytoestablishthesocialrankorder.Whenyourdogobeysasimplerequestof“comehere,

sit,“itisshowingobedienceandrespectforyou.Itisnotnecessarytoestablishyourselfastopdogorleaderof

thepack(W)byusingextrememeasure.Youcanteachyourdogitssubordinate(從屬的)rolebyteachingittoshowsubmission

toyou.Mostdogsloveperformingtricksforyoutopleasantlyacceptthatyouareincharge.

Trainingshouldbefunandrewardingforyouandyourdog.Itcanenrichyourrelationshipandmakelivingtogether

moreenjoyable.Awell-traineddogismoreconfidentandcanmoresafelybeallowedagreateramountoffreedomthan

anuntrainedanimal.

21.Behaviorproblemsofdogsarebelieveto.

A)bejustpartoftheirnatureB)worseninmodernsociety

C)occurwhentheygowildD)presentathreattothecommunity

22.Theprimarypurposeofobediencetrainingisto.

A)teachthedogtoperformclevertricksB)maketheclogawareofitsownerJsauthority

C)providethedogwithoutletsforitswildbehaviorD)enablethedogtoregainitsnormalbehavior

23.Effectivecommunicationbetweenadoganditsowneris.

A)essentialtosolvingthedog'sbehaviorproblemsB)thefoundationfordogstoperformtasks

C)agoodwaytoteachthedognewtricksD)anextrememeasureinobediencetraining

24.Whydopetdogsloveperformingtricksfortheirmasters?

A)Toavoidbeingpunished.B)Toshowtheiraffectionfortheirmasters.

C)Towinleadershipofthedogpack.D)Toshowtheirwillingnesstoobey.

25.Whenadoghasreceivedeffectiveobediencetraining,itsowner.

A)cangivethedogmorerewardsB)willenjoyabetterfamilylife

C)cangivethedogmorefreedomD)willhavemoreconfidenceinhimself

?Americanscrnpoundoftheirvarietyandindividuality,yeliheyloveandraspeclfewthingsmorsthanauniform,whether

itistheuniformofanelevatoroperatorortheuniformofafiva-stargeneral.WhyareuniformssopopularintheUnited

States?

Amongtheargumentsforuniforms,oneofthefirstisthatintheeyesofmostpeopletheylookmoreprofessional

thancivilian(百姓的)clothes.Peoplehavebecomeconditionedtoexpectsuperiorqualityfromamanwhowearsauniform,

thetelevisionrepairmanwhowearsuniformtendstoinspiremoretrustthanonewhoappearsincivilianclothes.Faith

intheski11ofagaragemechanicisincreasedbyauniform.Whateasierwayisthereforanurse,apoliceman,abarber,

orawaitertoloseprofessionalidentity(身份)thantostepoutofunifor?Uniformsalsohavemanypracticalbenefits.

Theysaveonotherclothes.Theysaveonlaundrybills.Theyaretax-deductible(可減稅的).Theyareoftenmorecomfortable

andmoredurablethancivilianclothes.

Primaryamongtheargumentsagainstuniformsistheirlackofvarietyandtheconsequentlossofindividuality

experiencedbypeoplewhomustwearthem.Thoughtherearemanytypesofuniforms,thewearerofanyparticulartype

isgenerallystuckwithit,withoutchange,untilretirement.Whenpeoplelookalike,theytendtothink,speak,and

actsimilarly,onthejobatleast.

Uniformsalsogiverisetosomepracticalproblems.Thoughtheyarelong-lasting,oftentheirinitialexpenseis

greaterthanthecostofcivilianclothes.Someuniformsarealsoexpensivetomaintain,requiringprofessionaldry

cleaningratherthanthehomelaunderingpossiblewithmanytypesofcivilianclothes.

26.ItissurprisingthatAmericanswhoworshipvarietyandindividuality

A)stilljudgeamanbyhisclothesB)holdtheuniforminsuchhighregard

C)enjoyhavingaprofessionalidentityD)willrespectanelevatoroperatorasmuchasageneralinuniform

27.Peopleareaccustomedtothinkthatamaninuniform.

A)suggestsqualityworkB)discardshissocialidentity

C)appearstobemorepracticalD)lookssuperiortoapersonincivilianclothes

28.Thechieffunctionofauniformisto.

A)providepracticalbenefitstothewearerB)makethewearercatchthepubiceye

C)inspirethewearerJsconfidenceinhimselfD)providethewearerwithaprofessionalidentity

29.Accordingtothepassage,peoplewearinguniforms.

A)areusuallyhelpfulB)havelittleornoindividualfreedom

C)tendtolosetheirindividualityD)enjoygreaterpopularity

30.Thebesttitleforthispassagewouldbe.

A)UniformsandSocietyB)TheImportanceofWearingaUniform

C)PracticalBenefitsofWearingaUniformD)AdvantagesandDisadvantagesofUniforms

?Whilestillinitsearlystages,welfarereformhasalreadybeenjudgedagreatsuccessinmanystates-atleastin

gettingpeopleoffwelfare.It*sestimatedthatmorethan2millionpeoplehavelefttherollssince1994.

Inthepastfouryears,welfarerollsinAthensCountryhavebeencutinhalf.But70percentofthepeoplewholeft

inthepasttowyearstookjobsthatpaidlessthan$6anhour.Theresult:TheAthensCountypovertyratestillremains

atmorethan30percent—twicethenationalaverage.

Foradvocates(代言人)forthepoor,that'sanindicationmuchmoreneedstobedone.

“Morepeoplearegettingjobs,but