Passage 2 Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:(77) Much unfriendly feeling towards computers has been based on the fear of widespread unemployment resulting from their introduction. Computers are often used as part of automated (自动化) production systems requiring a least possible number of operators, causing the loss of many jobs. This has happened, for example, in many steelworks.On the other hand, computers do create jobs. They are more skilled and better paid, though fewer in number than those they replace. Many activities could not continue in their present form without computers, no matter how many people are employed. Examples are the check clearing (交换) system of major banks and the weather forecasting system.When a firm introduces computers, a few people are usually employed in key posts (such as jobs of operations managers) while other staff are re-trained as operators, programmers, and data preparation staff. (78) After the new system has settled down, people in non-computer jobs are not always replaced when they leave, resulting in a decrease in the number of employees. This decrease is sometimes balanced by a substantial increase in the activity of the firm, resulting from the introduction of computers.The attitudes of workers towards computers vary. There is fear of widespread unemployment and of the takeover of many jobs by computer-trained workers, making promotion for older workers not skilled in computers more difficult.On the other hand, many workers regard the trend toward wider use of computers inevitable. They realize that computers bring about greater efficiency and productivity, which will improve the condition of the whole economy, and lead to the creation of more jobs. This view was supported by the former British Prime Minister, James Callaghan in 1979, when he made the point that new technologies hold the key to increased productivity, which will benefit the economy in the long run. The unfriendly feeling towards computers is developed from()
A. the possible widespread unemployment caused by their introduction
B. their use as part of automated production systems
C. the least possible number of operators
D. the production system in steelworks
Passage 1 Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:I hear many parents complain that their teenage children are rebelling. I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on your own feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are all taking the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking out boldly on their own, most of them are holding one another’s hands for reassurance (放心).They claim they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music. But they all end up listening to the same record. Their reason for thinking or acting in such a way is that the crowd is doing it. They have come out of their cocoon (茧) into a larger cocoon.(76) It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. Industry has firmly carved out a market for teenagers. These days every teenager can learn from the advertisements what a teenager should have and be. This is a great barrier for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path.But the barrier is worth climbing over. The path is worth following. You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records. You may have some thoughts that you don’t care to share at once with your classmates. Well, go to it. Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularity will come—with the people who respect you for who you are. That’s the only kind of popularity that really counts. The author thinks of advertisements as()to teenagers.
A. inevitable
B. influential
C. instructive
D. attractive
报关企业对其跨关区分支机构的报关行为不承担法律责任。()
A. 对
B. 错
Part Ⅳ ClozeDirections: In this part, there is a passage with twenty blanks. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer for each blank and mark the corresponding letter on your ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center. There is virtually no limit to how one can serve community interests, from spending a few hours a week with some charitable organization to practically fulltime work for a social agency. Just as there are opportunities for voluntary service (71) (VSO) for young people before they take up full-time employment, (72) there are opportunities for overseas service for (73) technicians in developing countries. Some people, (74) those who retire early, (75) their technical and business skills in countries (76) there is a special need. So in considering voluntary or (77) community service there are more opportunities than there (78) were when one first began work. Most voluntary organizations have only a small fulltime (79) , And depend very much on volunteers and part-timers. This means that working relationships are different from those in commercial organizations, and values may be different. (80) some ways they may seem more casual and less efficient, but one should not (81) them by commercial criteria. The people who work with them do so for different reasons and with different (82) , both personal and (83) . One should not join them (84) to arm them with professional expertise; they must be joined with commitment to the (85) , not business efficiency. Because salaries are (86) or non-existent many voluntary bodies offer modest expenses. But many retired people take part in community service for (87) , simply because they enjoy the work. Many community activities possible (88) retirement were also possible during one’s working life but they are to be undertaken (89) seriously for that. Retired people who are just looking for something different or unusual to do should not consider (90) community service.
A. paying
B. paid
C. to be paid
D. pay