1、is that adults who are responsible for issuing licenses fail to recognize how complex and skilled a task driving is. Both he and the author of the study believe that the way to mitigate (使缓解)the problem is to have states institute so-called graduated licensing systems, in which getting a license is
2、a multistage process. A graduated license requires that a teenager first prove himself capable of driving in the presence of an adult, followed by a period of driving with night of passage restrictions, before graduating to full driving privileges. Graduated licensing systems have reduced teenage dr
3、iver crashes, according to recent studies, About half of the states now have some sort of graduated licensing system in place, but only 10 of those states have restrictions on passengers, California is the strictest, with a novice(新手)driver prohibited from carrying any passenger under 20(without the
4、 presence of an adult over 25)for the first six months.1. Which of the following situations is most dangerous according to the passage?A) Adults giving a lift to teenagers on the highway after 10 p.m.B) A teenager driving after midnight with passengers in the car.C) Adults driving with three or more
5、 teenage passengers late at night.D) A teenager getting a lift from a stranger on the highway at midnight.2. According to Robert Foss. The high death rate of teenage drivers is mainly due to _A) their frequent driving at night C) their lack of driving experienceB) their improper way of driving D) th
6、eir driving with passengers3. According to Paragraph 3. which of the following statements is TRUE?A) Teenagers should spend more time learning to drive.B) Driving is a skill too complicated for teenagers to learn.C) Restrictions should be imposed on teenagers applying to take driving lessons.D) The
7、licensing authorities are partly responsible for teenagers driving accidents.4. A suggested measure to be taken to reduce teenagers driving accidents is that _ A) driving in the presence of an adult should be made a ruleB) they should be prohibited from taking on passengersC) they should not be allo
8、wed to drive after 10 p.m.D) the licensing system should be improved5. The present situation in about half of the states is that the graduated licensing system _.A) is under discussion C) has been put into effectB) is about to be set up D) has been perfectedPassage TwoIf you know exactly what you wa
9、nt, the best route to a job is to get specialized training. A recent survey shows that companies the graduates in such fields as business and health care who can go to work immediately with very little on-the-job training. Thats especially true of booing fields that are challenging for workers. At C
10、ornells School of Hotel Administration, for example, bachelors degree graduates get an average of four or five job offers with salaries ranging from the high teens to the low 20s and plenty of chances for rapid advancement. Large companies, especially, like a background of formal education coupled w
11、ith work experience. But in the long run, too much specialization doesnt pay off. Business, which has been flooded with MBAs, no longer considers the degree an automatic stamp of approval. The MBA may open doors and command a higher salary initially, but the impact of a degree washes out after five
12、years. As further evidence of the erosion (销蚀) of corporate(公司的) faith in specialized degrees, Michigan States Scheetz cites a pattern in corporate hiring practices, Although companies tend to take on specialists as new hires, they often seek out generalists for middle and upper-level management. Th
13、ey want someone who isnt constrained(限制)by nuts and bolts to look at the big picture,” says Scheetz. This sounds suspiciously like a formal statement that you approve of the liberal-arts graduate. Time and again labor-market analysts mention a need for talents that liberal-arts majors are assumed to
14、 have: writing and communication skills, organizational skills, open-mindedness and adaptability, and the ability to analyze and solve problems, David Birch claims he does not hire anybody with an MBA or an engineering degree, I hire only liberal-arts people because they have a less-than-canned way
15、of doing things, says Birch. Liberal-arts means an academically thorough and strict program that includes literature, history, mathematics, economics, science, human behavior-plus a computer course or two. With that under your belt, you can feel free to specialize, A liberal-arts degree coupled with
16、 an MBA or some other technical training is a very good combination in the marketplace, says Scheetz.6. What kinds of people are in high demand on the job market?A) Students with a bachelors degree in humanities.B) People with an MBA degree front top universities.C) People with formal schooling plus
17、 work experience.D) People with special training in engineering7. By saying but the impact of a degree washes out after five years (Line 3, Para, 3), the author means _.A) most MBA programs fail to provide students with a solid foundationB) an MBA degree does not help promotion to managerial positio
18、nsC) MBA programs will not be as popular in five years time as they are nowD) in five people will forget about the degree the MBA graduates have got8. According to Scheetzs statement (Lines 4-5. Para. 4), companies prefer _.A) people who have a strategic mindB) people who are talented in fine artsC)
19、 people who are ambitious and aggressiveD) people who have received training in mechanics9. David Birch claims that he only hires liberal-arts people because _.A) they are more capable of handling changing situationsB) they can stick to established ways of solving problemsC) they are thoroughly trai
20、ned in a variety of specialized fieldsD) they have attended special programs in management10. Which of the following statements does the author support?A) Specialists are more expensive to hire than generalists.B) Formal schooling is less important than job training.C) On-the-job training is, in the
21、 long run, less costly.D) Generalists will outdo specialists in management.答案:15 B C D D C 610 C B A A DPassage ThreeAbout six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table, I couldnt help overhearing parts of their conversation
22、. At one point the woman asked: So, how have you been? And the boy-who could not have been more than seven or eight years old -replied. Frankly, Ive been feeling a little depressed lately.This incident stuck in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing. As far as I ca
23、n remember, my friends and I didnt find out we were depressed until we were in high school.The evidence of a change in children has increased steadily in recent years. Children dont seem childlike anymore. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they
24、used to.Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different. Childhood as it once was no longer exists, Why?Human development is based not only on innate (天生的) biological states, but also on patterns of access to social knowledge. Movement from one social rote to another u
25、sually involves learning the secrets of the new status. Children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages: traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders.In the last 30 years. however, a secret-revelation (揭示) machine has been installed in 98 per
26、cent of American homes. It is called television, Television passes information, and indiscriminately (不加区分地), to all viewers alike, be they children or adults. Unable to resist the temptation, many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging, more vivid moving pictures.C
27、ommunication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the social information to which children have access. Reading and writing involve a complex code of symbols that must be memorized and practices. Children must read simple books before they can read complex mate
28、rials.11. According to the author, feeling depressed is _.A) a sure sign of a psychological problem in a childB) something hardly to be expected in a young childC) an inevitable has of childrens mental developmentD) a mental scale present in all humans, including children12. Traditionally, a child i
29、s supposed to learn about the adult world _.A) through contact with society C) naturally and by biological instinctB) gradually and under guidance D)through exposure to social information13. The phenomenon that todays children seem adult like is attributed by the author to _.A) the widespread influence of televisionB) the poor arrangement
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