第一部分 阅读理解 (75分)
Passage 1
Tourism wasn’t as important as it is today. In the past, only people
with a good deal of money could travel on holidays to other countries. More
people travel today than in the past because there is a growing middle class
in many parts of the world, that is to say, people now have more money for
travel. Special air plane fares for tourists make travel less expensive and
more attractive than ever before.
One person doesn’t travel for the same reason as another. But most
people enjoy seeing countries that are different from their own. They also
like to meet new people and new food.
Tourism causes many changes in a country and in people’s lives. People build new hotels and restaurants and train native men a women as guides
to show visitors interesting places. There’re new night clubs and other
amusement.
International tourism is clearly a big business.
1. In the old days _________ could travel to other countries.
○A. boys or girls, men or women, young or old
○B. either kings or queens
○C. both the poor and the rich
○D. nobody but those who had money
2. Many more people travel today than in the past because _________.
○A. people have become more interested in traveling
○B. travelling today is easier than in the past
○C. people now have spare money for travel
○D. great changes have taken place in the world
3. What makes travel more attractive than before?
○A. Travel by air to other countries is much cheaper today.
○B. More guides are being trained to show beautiful spots.
○C. Modern telegraph lines make travel less expensive.
○D. New hotels and restaurants have been built.
4. People make journeys to many parts of the world? This is because ________.
○A. they want to make a study of geography
○B. they travel for different reasons
○C. they want to taste different kinds of food
○D. they don’t want to do anything else except that they visit friends
5. Which of the following statements is true according to the article?
○A. Tourism won’t bring any changes in people’s minds.
○B. People have some trouble in making journeys.
○C. With the development of tourism, great changes will take place in many
parts of the world.
○D. Tourism causes only some changes …… and in clothing.
Passage 2
More attention was paid to the quality of production in France at
the time of Renc Coty. Charles Deschancl was then the financial minister. He
stressed that workmanship (工作质量) and quality were more important than
quantity for industrial production. It would be necessary to produce quality
goods for international market to compete with those produced in other
countries. The French economy needed a larger share of the international market
to balance its import and export trade. French industrial and agricultural
production was still not enough to meet the immediate needs of the people, let
alone long-ranged developments. Essential imports had extended the national
credit (信用) to the breaking point. Rents were tightly controlled, but the
extreme inflation (通货膨胀) affected general population most severely through
the cost of food. Food costs took as much as 80 per cent of the workers’
income. Wages, it is true, had risen, extensive family allowances (补贴) and
benefits were paid by the state, and there was full-time and overtime
employment. Taken together, these factors enabled the working class to exist
but allowed them no sense of safety. In this precarious (不安定) and
discouraging situation, workmen were willing to work overseas for higher wages.
The government was not willing to let workers leave the country. It
was feared this migration of workers would deplete (使空虚) the labor force.
The lack of qualified workers might stop the improvement in the quality of
industrial products produced. Qualified workers employed abroad would only
increase the quantity of quality produced in foreign countries. Also the
quantity of quality goods produced in France would not be able to increase as
part of its qualified labor force moved to other countries.
6. According to the passage, the French workers were _____________.
○A. better paid than the workers in any other European country
○B. able to save more money with the increase in his wages
○C. anxious to work abroad
○D. often unable to find work in France
7. Which was not true in French?
○A. Food costs were low.
○B. Wages had increased.
○C. The state paid family allowances.
○D. There was overtime employment.
8. According to the passage, French production ___________.
○A. was inadequate to meet the needs of the French people
○B. was flooding the international market with inferior
○C. emphasized industrial production at the expense of agricultural production
○D. was enough for the local market
9. According to the passage, the French government _____________.
○A. prohibited French to work abroad
○B. reduced taxed to fight inflation
○C. paid family allowances and benefits
○D. prohibited the French workers to join labor unions
10. Which of the following is not true?
○A. Migration of workers would deplete the labor force.
○B. The lack of qualified workers might stop the improvement in the quality of
products.
○C. Qualified workers work abroad would increase the quality of products in
foreign countries.
○D. Qualified workers work abroad was good for France. |
