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- 第 1 页：六级写作
- 第 2 页：听力选择题
- 第 3 页：听力填空题
- 第 4 页：Section A选词填空
- 第 5 页：Section B段落匹配
- 第 6 页：Section C仔细阅读
- 第 7 页：翻译
- 第 8 页：答案解析
Section C
Directions：There are 2 passages in this section．Each passage is follm,rd by some questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are four choices marked A.，B.，C.and D.．You should decide Dn the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre．
Passage One
Questions 56 t0 60 are based on the following passage．
The report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics was just as gloomy as anticipated．Unemployment in January jumped to a l6一year high of 7．6 percent，as 598 000 jobs were slashed from US payrolls in the worst single-month decline since December，1974．With l．8 million iobs lost in the last three months． there is urgent desire to boost the economy as quickly as possible．But Washington would do well to take a deep breath before reacting to the grim numbers．
Collectively，we rely on the unemployment figures and other statistics to frame our sense of reality． They are a vital part of an array of data that we use to assess if we’re doing well or doing badly，and that in turn shapes government policies and corporate budgets and personal spending decisions．The problem is that the statistics aren’t an objective measure of reality；they are simply a best approximation． Directionally，they capture the trends，but the idea that we know precisely how many are unemployed is a myth．That makes finding a solution all the more difficult．
First，there is the way the data is assembled．The official unemployment rate is the product of a telephone survey of about 60 000 homes．There is another survey，sometimes referred to as the“payroll survey，”that assesses 400 000 businesses based on their reported payrolls．Both surveys have problems． The payroll survey can easily double-count someone：if you are one person with two jobs，you show up as two workers．The payroll survey also doesn’t capture the number of self．employed，and so says little about how many people are generating an independent income．
The household survey has a larger problem．When asked straightforwardly，people tend to lie orshade the truth when the subject is sex，money or employment．If you get a call and are asked if you’re employed．and you say yes，you’re employed．If you say n0，however，it may surprise you to learn that．You are only unemployed if you’ve been actively looking for work in the past four weeks；otherwise，you are。marginally attached to the labor force”and not actually unemployed．
11le urge to quantify is embedded in our society．But the idea that statisticians can then capture an objective realin-im’t just impossible．It also leads to serious misjudgments．Democrats and Republicans can and、“U take sides on a number of issues，but a more crucial concern is that both are basing major poticy decisions on guesstimates rather than looking at the vast wealth of raw data with a critical eye and an open mind．
56．What d0 we learn from the first paragraph?
A.1me US economic situation is going from bad to worse．
B.Washington is taking drastic measures to provide more jobs．
C.111e US government is slashing more jobs from its payrolls．
D.The recent economic crisis has taken the US by surprise．
57．、Ⅳhat does the author think of the unemployment figures and other statistics?
A.They form a solid basis for policy makin9．
B.The．y represent the current situation．
C.They signal future economic trend．
D.They do not fully reflect the reality．
58．One problem with the payroll survey is that________．
A.it does not include all the businesses
B.it fails to count in the self—employed
C.it magnifies the number of the jobless
D.it does not treat all companies equally
59．111e household survey can be faulty in that_________．
A)people tend to lie when talking on the phone
B.not everybody is willing or ready to respond
C.some people won’t provide truthful information
D.the definition of unemployment is too broad
60．At the end of the passage，the author suggests that_______．
A.statisticians improve their data assembling methods
B.decision makers view the statistics with a critical eye
C.politicians listen more before making policy decisions
D.Democrats and Republicans cooperate on crucial issues
Passage Two
Questions 61 t0 65 are based on the following passage．
At some point in 2008，someone，probably in either Asia or Africa，made the decision to move from the countryside to the city．This nameless person pushed the human race over a historic threshold，for it was in that year that mankind became，for the first time in its history，a predominantly urban species．
It is a trend that shows no sign of slowin9．Demographers(人口统计学家)reckon that three—quarters of humanity could be city-dwelling by 2050，with most of the increase coming in the fast-growing towns of Asia and Africa．Migrants to cities are attracted by plentiful jobs，access to hospitals and education，and the ability to escape the boredom of a farmer’s agricultural life．Those factors are more than enough to make up for the squalor(肮脏)，disease and spectacular poverty that those same migrants must often at first endure when they become urban dwellers．
It is the city that inspires the latest book from Peter Smith．His main thesis is that the buzz of urban life．and the opportunities it offers for co-operation and collaboration，is what attracts people to the city， which in turn makes cities into the engines of art，commerce，science and progress．This is hardly revolutionaD-．tmt it is presented in a charming format．Mr．Smith has written a breezy guidebook，with a series of short chapters dedicated to specific aspects of urbanity--parks，say，or the various schemes that
have been put forward over the years for building the perfect city．The result is a sort of high．qfuah巧． tmttsually rigorous coffee-table book，designed to be dipped into rather than read from beginning to end． In the chapter on skyscrapers，for example，Mr．Smith touches on construction methods．the revolutionary invention of the automatic lift，the practicalities of living in the sky and the likelihood that． as cities become more crowded，apartment living will become the norm．But there is also time for brief diversions onto bizarre ground，such as a discussion of the skyscraper index(which holds that a boom in skyscraper construction is a foolproof sign of an imminent recession)．
One obvious criticism is that the price of breadth is depth；many of Mr．Smith’s essays raise as many questions as they answer．Although that can indeed be frustratin9，this is probably the only way to treat so grand a topic．The city is the building block of civilisation and of almost everything people d0；a guidelx)ok to the city is really，therefore，a guidebook to how a large and ever—growing chunk of humanity chooses to live．Mr．Smith’s book serves as an excellent introduction to a vast subject，and will suggest plenty of further lines of inquiry．
61．In what way is the year 2008 historic?
A.For the first time in history，urban people outnumbered rural people．
B.An influential figure decided to move from the countryside to the city．
C.It is in this year that urbanisation made a start in Asia and Africa．
D.The population increase in cities reached a new peak in Asia and Africa．
62．What does the author say about urbanisation?
A.Its impact is not easy to predict．
B.Its process will not slow down．
C.It is a milestone in human progress．
D.It aggravates the squalor of cities．
63．How does the author comment on Peter Smith’s new book?
A.It is but an ordinary coffee—table book．
B.It is flavoured with humourous stories．
C.It serves as a guide to arts and commerce．
D.It is written in a lively and interesting style．
64．What does the author say in the chapter on skyscrapers?
A.The automatic lift is indispensable in skyscrapers．
B.People enjoy living in skyscrapers with a view．
C.Skyscrapers are a sure sign of a city’s prosperity．
D.Recession closely follows a skyscraper boom．
65．What may be one criticism of Mr．Smith’s book?
A)It does not really touch on anything serious．
B.It is too long for people to read from cover to cover．
C.It does not deal with any aspect of city life in depth．
D.It fails to provide sound advice to city dwellers．
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