2015年职称英语考试综合类每日一练(1月21日)

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2015年职称英语考试综合类每日一练(1月21日)

单项选择题
1、阅读材料,回答题。
The Jobless Rate in U. S.
There are only a couple of ways to explain how the capacity of U.S. workers to claim their accustomed share of the nation's income has so stunningly collapsed. Outsourcing is certainly a big part of the picture.
As Stephen Roach, a famous economist, has noted, private-sector hiring in the current recovery is roughly ?million jobs shy of what would have been the norm in previous recoveries and U.S.corporations, high-tech as well as low-tech, are busily hiring employees from lower-wage nation instead of from our own.
The jobless rate among U.S. software engineers, for instance, has doubled over the past three years.In Bangalore, India, where American companies are on a huge hiring spree for the kind of talent they used to scoop up in Silicon Valley, the starting annual salary for top electrical engineering graduates, says Business Week, is $ 10,000 compared with $ 80,000 here in the States.Tell that to a software writer in Palo Alto and she's not likely to up her boss for a raise.That software writer certainly doesn't belong to a union, either.
Indeed, the current recovery is not only the first to take place in all economy in which global wage rates are a factor, but the first since before the New Deal to take place in an economy in which the rate of private-sector unionization is in single digits just 3.5 percent of the workforce.
The current administration is not responsible for the broad contours of this miserably misshapen recovery, but its every action merely increases the imbalance of power between America's employers and employees.But the Democrats'prescriptions for more broadly shared prosperity need some tweaking, too.With the globalization of high-end professions, no Democrat can assert quite so confidently the line that Bill Clinton used so often : What you earn is a result of what you learn.This year's crop of presidential candidates is taking more seriously the importance of labor standards in trade accords, and the right of workers to organize.But they've got a way to go to make the issue of stagnating incomes into the kind of battle crying it should be in the campaign against Bush.If they're not up to it, I say we outsource them all and bring in some pools from Bangalore.
Which of the following might have contributed to the current miserably misshapen recovery in the U.S.?
A.The New Deal.
B.The globalization of eco.nomy.
C.The economic policies adopted by the Bush administration.
D.U.S.workers are no longer capable of sharing the increase of nation's income.


2、 Jack was about to announce our plan but I interrupt him.
A.put him through
B.turned him out
C.gave him up
D.cut him short


3、 We can no longer put up with his actions.
A.bear
B.accept
C.support
D.oppose


4、 He ceaselessly interrupted me by asking many irrelevant questions.
A.carelessly
B.carefully
C.continually
D.consequently


5、The original experiment cannot be exactly duplicated.
A.reproduced
B.invented
C.designed
D.reported


6、阅读材料,回答题。
The Making of a Success Story
IKEA is the world's largest furniture retailer, and the man behind it is Ingvar Kamprad, one of the world's most successful entrepreneurs. Born in Sweden in 1926, Kamprad was a natural businessman. As a child, he enjoyed selling things and made small profits from selling matches, seeds, and pencils in his community. When Kamprad was 17, his father gave him some money as a reward for his good grades. Naturally he used it to start up a business-IKEA.
Today IKEA is known for its modern, minimalist furniture, but it was not a furniture company in the beginning. Rather, IKEA sold all kinds of miscellaneous goods. Kamprad's wares included anything that he could sell for profits at discounted prices2, including watches, pens and stockings.
IKEA first began to sell furniture throug, h a mail-order catalogue in 1947. The furniture was all designed and made by manufacturers near Kamprad's home. Initial sales were very encouraging, so Kamprad expanded the product line. Furniture was such a successful aspect of the business that IKEA became solely a furniture company in 1951.
 In 1953 IKEA opened its first showroom in Almhult, Sweden. IKEA is known today for its spacious stores with furniture in attractive settings, but in the early 1950s, people ordered from catalogues. Thus response to the first showroom was overwhelming: people loved being able to see and try the furniture before buying it. This led to increased sales and the company continued to thrive, By 1955, IKEA was designing all its own furniture.
 In 1956 Kamprad saw a man disassembling a table to make it easier to transport. Kamprad was inspired.The man had given him a great idea: flat packaging. Flat packaging would mean lower shipping costs for IKEA and lower prices for customers. IKEA tried it and sales soared. The problem was that people had to assemble furniture themselves, but over time, even this grew into an advantage for IKEA. Nowadays, IKEA is often seen as having connotations of self-sufficiency. This image has done wonders for the company, leading to better sales and continued expansion.
 Today there are over 200 stores in 32 countries. Amazingly, Ingvar Kamprad has managed to keep IKEA a privately-held company. In 2004 he was named the world's richest man. He currently lives in Switzerland and is retired from the day-to-day operations of IKEA. IKEA itself, though, just keeps on growing.
Kamprad established IKEA with__________.
A.his personal savings
B.his father's reward for his school performance
C.large profits from selling things
D.His school's support


7、Several windows had been smashed.
A.cleaned
B.replaced
C.broken
D.fixed


8、They are trying to identify what is wrong with the present system.
A.prove
B.consider
C.discover
D.imagine


9、Michael is now merely a good friend.
A.largely
B.barely
C.just
D.rarely


10、阅读短文,回答题。
Three Kinds of Loneliness 
1  Most people feel lonely sometimes, but it usually only lasts between a few minute sand a few hours. This kind of loneliness is not serious. In fact, it is quite normal. For some people, though, loneliness can last for years. Now researchers say there are three different types of loneliness.
2 The first kind of loneliness is temporary (暂时的)? This is the most common typEIt usually disappears quickly and does not require any special attention. The second kind, situational loneliness, is a natural result of a particular situation—for example, family problem, the death of a loved one, or moving to a new placeAlthough this kind of loneliness can cause physical problems, such as headaches and sleeplessness, it usually does not last for more than a year.
3 The third kind of loneliness is the most severeUnlike the second type, chronic (长期的)loneliness usually lasts more than two years and has no specific causePeople who experience habitual loneliness have problems socializing and becoming close to others. Unfortunately, many chronically lonely people think there is little or nothing they can do to improve their condition.
4 Psychologists agree that one important factor in loneliness is a person's social contacts, Eg. friends, family members, co-workers, etc.We depend on various people for different reasons. For instance, our families give us emotional support, our parents and teachers give us guidance, and our friends share similar interests and activities. However, psychologists have found that, though lonely people may have many social contacts, they sometimes feel they should have moreThey question their popularity.
5 Psychologists are trying to find ways to help habitually lonely people for two reasons. First of all, they are unhappy and unable to socialize with others like normal peopleBesides, most importantly, there is a connection between chronic loneliness and serious ill-ness such as heart diseaseWhile temporary and situational loneliness can be normal, healthy part of life, chronic loneliness can be a sad, and sometimes dangerous condition.
Paragraph 2____
A.Two kinds of loneliness
B.Two reasons for assisting people with chronic loneliness
C.Temporary loneliness
D.Psychologists' agreement
E.Habitual loneliness
F.One reason for loneliness—socialization