第二节 短文理解 1 阅读下面短文,从[A] (Right)、[B] (Wrong)、[C] (Doesn’t Say)三个判断中选择一个正确选项。 One day a farmer went out for a walk with his little son. The farmer put on a pair of wrong shoes, one with a thick sole (鞋底) and the other with a thin one. So as he began to walk, he felt very uncomfortable (不舒服). When he was just out of the house, he turned to his son and said, "Why should one of my legs be longer than the other today" The son looked at his father’s legs carefully as he was walking and then laughed," Oh, no, Daddy, your legs are all right. You have put on the wrong shoes." The farmer was very happy to hear that and said to himself, "What a clever son I have got!" Then he asked his son to go back and get the other pair of shoes for him. The farmer had only two pairs of shoes. When the son ran back to the house, he found that the other pair was also a pair of wrong shoes. He had to return to his father with nothing in his hands and said out of breath (气喘吁吁地), "It’s no use changing them, Daddy! The shoes at home were not a pair, either!" The son knew that his father had put on the wrong shoes.
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Passage One With the possible exception of equal rights, perhaps the most controversial issue across the United States today is the death penalty. Many argue that it is an effective deterrent (威慑) to murder, while others maintain there is no convincing evidence that the death penalty reduces the number of murders. The principal argument advanced by those opposed to the death penalty, basically, is that it is cruel and inhuman punishment, that it is the mark of a brutal society, and finally that it is of questionable effectiveness as a deterrent to crime anyway. In our opinion, the death penalty is a necessary evil. Throughout recorded history there have always been those extreme individuals in every society who were capable of terribly violent crimes such as murder. But some are more extreme than others. For example, it is one thing to take the life of another in a fit of blind rage, but quite another to coldly plot and carry out the murder of one or more people in the style of a butcher. Thus, murder, like all other crimes, is a matter of relative degree. While it could be argued with some conviction that the criminal in the first instance should be merely isolated from society, such should not be the fate of the latter type murderer. The value of the death penalty as a deterrent to crime may be open to debate. But the overwhelming majority of citizens believe that the death penalty protects them. Their belief is reinforced by evidence which shows that the death penalty deters murder. For example, from 1954 to 1963, when the death penalty was consistently imposed in California, the murder rate remained between three and four murders for each 100 000 population. Since 1964 the death penalty has been imposed only once, and the murder rate has risen to 10.4 murders for each 100 000 population. The sharp climb in the state’s murder rate, which began when executions stopped, is no coincidence (巧合). It is convincing evidence that the death penalty does deter many murderers. If the bill reestablishing the death penalty is vetoed (否决), innocent people will be murdered—some whose lives may have been saved if the death penalty were in effect. This is literally a life or death matter. The lives of thousands of innocent people must be protected. In the passage the author is primarily concerned with ______ .
A. supporting a position
B. describing an event
C. analyzing a problem objectively
D. settling a dispute
Passage Four In considering how the American family is changing, the starting point is the traditional family, a form which has developed over time on the basis of a number of assumptions. It is assumed that the family is heterosexual (异性的) institution, with prescriptions about how a man and a woman ought to be joined together and live together. The proper family form is assumed to be the nuclear family, that is, a family composed of a married man and woman and their children. It is assumed that the husband is the head of the family, with ultimate authority over wife and children, and that in their clearly separated roles the husband is the income-earner and the wife is the homemaker and provider of child care. It is assumed that the family lives by itself in its own house or residence. Observers of family life have suggested that numerous changes are taking place in this traditional American family form. Included are the following general observations about trends. More men and women seem to be living together before getting married. Women and men seem to be marrying at a later age. Married couples are having fewer children. Unmarried women appear to be having more children. Wives, even mothers with small children, are increasingly likely to be employed outside the home. Marriages are more likely to end with divorce. Single-parent families are more prevalent. Remarriage is likely to follow divorce rather than widowhood. Remarriage rates are declining, especially for women. Some trends, viewed in a long-range historical context, appear not to be trends at all. The age at which men and women normally marry is the same now as it was 100 years ago, though it has fluctuated (变动,波动); a short-range increase in the 1940s and 1950s due to widespread postponement of marriage in war time made it appear that a change had occurred. Other trends appear to be following established patterns rather than representing a sharp break with tradition. Divorce rates have been increasing and families have been having fewer children for well over a century. Single-parent families and stepfamilies were very common in the past, although the reason for them was different. Many marriages formerly are dissolved and followed by remarriage because of the death of a parent or partner. Today single parenthood and remarriage are more likely to be a response to divorce. Some social scientists see in these changes the breakdown of the family, to the detriment of the society. We take the position that family institutions and systems, like all human systems, are open, take many forms, and are constantly changing. Which of the following is observed as a trend in the traditional family form
A. Family tends to get smaller.
B. People seem to get married younger.
C. More men tend to return home.
D. Remarriage rates tend to rise.
甲公司与乙公司约定,由甲公司向乙公司交付1吨药材,乙公司付款100万元。乙公司将药材转卖给丙公司,并约定由甲公司向丙公司交付,丙公司收货后3日内应向乙支付价款120万元。 张某以自有汽车为乙公司的债权提供抵押担保,未办理抵押登记。抵押合同约定:“在丙公司不付款时,乙公司有权就出卖该汽车的价款清偿自己的债权。”李某为这笔货款出具担保函:“在丙公司不付款时,由李某承担保证责任”。丙公司收到药材后未依约向乙公司支付120万元,乙公司向张某主张实现抵押权,同时要求李某承担保证责任。 张某见状,便将其汽车赠与刘某。刘某将该汽车作为出资,与钱某设立丁酒店有限责任公司,并办理完出资手续。 丁公司员工方某驾驶该车接送酒店客人时,为躲避一辆逆行摩托车,将行人赵某撞伤。方某自行决定以丁公司名义将该车放在戊公司维修,为获得维修费的八折优惠,方某以其名义在与戊公司相关的庚公司为该车购买一套全新坐垫。汽车修好后,方某将车取走交丁公司投入运营。戊公司要求丁公司支付维修费,否则对汽车行使留置权,丁公司回函请宽限一周。庚公司要求丁公司支付坐垫费,丁公司拒绝。请回答第(1)—(6)题。 在刘某办理出资手续后,关于汽车所有权人,下列选项正确的是:
A. 乙公司
B. 张某
C. 刘某
D. 丁公司
Where are they talking
At a railway station.
B. At a hospital.
C. In a library.