单选题The second paragraph is written chiefly to show that ______.A there will be an acute labor shortage in the near futureB baby-boomers contribute much to the U. S. economic outputC government policies concerning older people are out-datedD older workers

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单选题
The second paragraph is written chiefly to show that ______.
A

there will be an acute labor shortage in the near future

B

baby-boomers contribute much to the U. S. economic output

C

government policies concerning older people are out-dated

D

older workers are enthusiastic about collecting social benefits

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1.28． The underlined word "shortage" in the second paragraph means "_____ in Chinese．A．问题B．短处C．缺乏D．资源

2.She played the cello with the ________ of a much older musician.A polishB improvementC inspirationD amelioration

3._______ people need more and more time and caring from their children when they are getting older and older.A. YoungB. richC. elderlyD. poor

4.Passage FourWomen earn less than men do. For example, in 1998 the hourly wages of women in the U. S. were 26% less than those of men.The gap between male and female incomes varies with age. The gap between the labor incomes of young women and young menvaries. It's also clear that jobs in which women are concentrated pay less. The larger the number of workers who are women in ranindustry, the lower the average wages.Why do women earn less than men do? Can the differences be explained by the fact that women are lookeddown upon? If so, the government has to intervene(干预), to force the employers to pay equal wages to equal jobs. However, there is no agreement among economists about the causes ofthe gap. One view argues that women, on the average, have chosen low-paying jobs in which workers enjoy the freedom of entering and leaving the labor force, which reduces their years of experience relativeto men. Other people say the gap can also be explained by the difference in educational background.Much of the gap, however, has not been fully explained. It might be the result of some prejudice (偏见) against women. It is this part that has produced calls for government action. What would happen if the government did intervene toincrease the wages paid to women? One possibility is that incomes for women as a group might actually decline (下降). An increase in wage decreases the quantity of labor imput demanded, resulting in decreased employment as the rate of hiring newworkers declines. The result will be a surplus 过剩) of labor. Those who can find jobs might be better off while those who had jobsmight find themselves out of work.48. Some economists believe women earn less than men partly because______.A. there are more than enough women in the labor forceB. women have more freedom in selecting jobsC. women are only provided with low-paid jobsD. women are less experienced than men

更多“单选题The second paragraph is written chiefly to show that ______.A there will be an acute labor shortage in the near futureB baby-boomers contribute much to the U. S. economic outputC government policies concerning older people are out-datedD older workers ”相关问题

  • 第1题：

    The survey shows that those who do not pay much attention to praise are______.

    A．staff from Scotland

    B．Workers in North-East

    C．older and women employees

    D．employees of blue-collar and physical jobs


    正确答案：B
    解析：推理判断题。由最后一段第三句可知：东北地区的员工不大在乎称赞，只有69%的员工说他们需要偶尔的称赞。因此，B项符合题意。

  • 第2题：

    The purpose of the second paragraph is mainly to illustrate __.

    A. how the forests in the U. S. are being destroyed

    B. which countries are the victims of the imbalance of nature

    C.what Japan has done to develop its own economy

    D. how South Asian countries make quality furniture


    正确答案：B

  • 第3题：

    According to the second paragraph, life expectancy______.（ ）

    [A] shows that an older man is expected to live to 84.8

    [B] for men is longer than for women today

    [C] for women was shorter than for men in 1900

    [D] for people has been getting longer since 1900


    正确答案：D

  • 第4题：

    单选题
    Some medical care is paid by the U. S. government for _____.
    A

    people living in the country

    B

    non-government officials

    C

    people with insurance

    D

    the poor and the old


    正确答案： B
    解析：
    事实细节题。题目询问：“美国政府为谁支付部分医疗费？”由第一段第二句“The government does help pay for some medical care for people who are ...”可知，美国政府会为低收入者和老年人支付部分医疗费，答案为D。

  • 第5题：

    问答题
    Practice 8　　The effect of governmental expenditures on the total economy varies with both the level of utilization of labor and capital in the economy at the time of the expenditure, and the segment of the economy which receives the expenditure's the economy as a whole or the segment of the economy which is the focus of the expenditure is operating at capacity or close to capacity, then the expenditure's major effects will tend to be inflationary, and will not generate much employment of capital and labor. If the economy or sector is operating at much less than full employment, the expenditure will produce a genuine(non-inflationary)rise in the GDP.　　A true measure of the effect of governmental increase in the amount of money made available, then, is not the simple dollar value of the initial injection but the cumulative effect of this injection through spending and re-spending. In the optimum case the initial expansion of income flow could be great enough to produce tax revenues in excess of the original “deficit spending” or “the tax cut,” so that deficits are not only smaller than the increased GNP but are recouped. In Keynesian economics the fundamental point of government policy clearly is not budget-balancing but spending in the event of unused productive capacity and unemployment. Spending increases productivity. The productivity resulting from federal spending has overwhelmed the older economic myths of the balanced budget where government is conceived of as just another business firm.

    正确答案： 【参考译文】
    政府支出对总体经济的影响,随着支出之时经济中劳力和资本的利用水平及获得政府支出的经济部门的变化而变化。如果整个经济或政府支出的重点经济部门开足马力或接近于开足马力运行,那么支出所产生的主要影响将趋向于通货膨胀,而不会使资本和劳力得到很大的利用。如果总体经济或该部门远非满负荷运行,那么支出将使国民生产总值出现真正的(非通货膨胀性质)的增长。
    因此,真正衡量政府支出增加所产生的影响的,不单单是最初投入的美元价值,而是这一投入通过支出和再支出所产生的累积影响。在最佳的情况下,收入流量的最初扩张有时候会大到足以产生超出原先“赤字开支”或“减税”的税收收入,以至于赤字不仅小于增加国民生产总值,而且还得到弥补。根据凯恩斯的经济学理论,如果发生生产能力闲置和失业情况,政府政策的基本点显然不是平衡预算,而是支出。支出可以增加生产力:由联邦政府支出而产生的生产力,破除了早年政府被视为仅仅是另一个企业时在经济上须平衡预算的神话。
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第6题：

    单选题
    From Heilman’s remark, we can see that ______.
    A

    full use has been made of the wisdom of older people

    B

    the wisdom of older people is not valued by American society

    C

    older people are no less intelligent than young people

    D

    the wisdom of older people is of great value to American society


    正确答案： D
    解析：
    细节理解题。答案出自第一段：Our youth-oriented, throw-away culture sees little value in older people…they have “the wisdom that comes with age that we can’t make use of. ’’

  • 第7题：

    单选题
    Our car is a much older _____ than yours and so we paid less than you.
    A

    model

    B

    manufacture

    C

    form

    D

    pattern


    正确答案： A
    解析：
    model模型，测试型产品。manufacture产品，制造。form形状，外貌。pattern模子。

  • 第8题：

    问答题
    The age of requiring retirement in companies should be raised, and so　　　　 1．______should the age to begin Social Security. First of all, older workers whoremain healthy are valuable workers. Although they may lose some mental　　　　　2．______speed, their accumulate experience more than compensates for the　　　　　　　　3．______loss of quickness. In fact, compared with youngsters, older persons maytake long to make a decision, but it is usually a better one. Many studies　　　 4．______have shown that the quality of job performance improves with age. Furthermore,raising the retirement age would prevent from some of the dire economic　　　　  5．______consequences what senior workers face when they are forced to retire before　　　6．______they need to Nearly 60 percent of workers in the private sector shouldbe allowed to continue working with economic reasons. Fortunately, these　　　　 7．______people don’t have to furnish a home, raise children, and pay for educationalexpenses. Similarly, raising the age that retirement begins could also mean　　　8．______raising the age that Social Security payments begins. As a result, the cost of　 9．______one of our country’s biggest financial burdens will go under.　　　　　　　　　 10．______

    正确答案：
    1.requiring改为required 过去分词required作定语修饰retirement,表示被动。
    2.√
    3.    accumulate改为accumulated 动词的过去分词作定语,表示被动和完成,修饰experience。
    4.    long改为longer 这里是同年轻人相比较,应该用比较级,表示老年人会花更多的时间。
    5.去掉from     prevent为及物动词,可以直接跟宾语。
    6.    what改为that 此处是that引导的同位语从句,作consequence的同位语。
    7.    with改为for for表示目的,表示为了经济原因而继续工作。
    8.    similarly改为lastly 前文用了表示顺序的词first of all, furthermore。similarly同样地,类似于。
    9.    begins改为begin 前面名词payments是复数,动词用原型而不用第三人称单数。
    10.    under改为down go down停止,结束。
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第9题：

    单选题
    According to passage, which of the following are governments most worried about?
    A

    The diseases and disability of older people.

    B

    The longer life and good health of people.

    C

    The loss of taxes on older people.

    D

    The increasing respect for older people.


    正确答案： A
    解析：

  • 第10题：

    单选题
    Which of the following measure is NOT mentioned to solve the population ageing problem?
    A

    Getting rid of age discrimination in employment.

    B

    Ensuring adequate income protection for older people.

    C

    Providing free health care for sick older people.

    D

    Supplying life-long learning programs to older people.


    正确答案： B
    解析：

  • 第11题：

    单选题
    According to Hudson Institute researchers, the effect of the early retirement of qualified workers in the U. S. economy is ______.
    A

    constructive

    B

    significant

    C

    inconclusive

    D

    detrimental


    正确答案： C
    解析：
    推断题。四个词的意思分别是constructive“建设性的，有益的”；significant“重大的，显著的，具有特殊意义的”；inconclusive“无结果的，无说服力的，非决定性的”；detrimental“有害的，伤害的，不利的”。本文讨论的是熟练技工过早退休的不利。所以选D。

  • 第12题：

    单选题
    The older experienced workers in America tend to retire early because their prolonged service may ______.
    A

    do harm to younger generations

    B

    end up with few or no benefits

    C

    give play to their potential

    D

    shed light on social trends


    正确答案： D
    解析：
    推断题。答案出自第三段。第三段分析了技工早退休的原因，从中可以看出：对老年熟练技工来说，延长工作年限很少甚至没有为其带来经济利益。

  • 第13题：

    The author is most critical of_____.

    ［A］ the media ［B］ doctors ［C］ U. S. Legislators ［D］ the British government


    正确答案：C

  • 第14题：

    In the first paragraph, individual borrowing is cited because_____.

    [A] it shares similarities with the government’s Social Security policies

    [B] there is no guarantee that it will be profitable in the stock market

    [C] it is not proper for the brokerage houses to persuade people to borrow money

    [D] it is an indication of the Bush administration’s serious concern over the stock market


    正确答案：A

  • 第15题：

    Steep stairs can present a particular hazard to older people.

    A:evidence
    B:case
    C:danger
    D:picture

    答案：C
    解析：
    这句话的意思是：陡峭的楼梯对年纪大些的人来说是很危险的。句中“hazard”意为“危 害，危险”。四个选项中A项意为“证据”;B项意为“事件，案件”;C项意为“危险”;D项意为 “图片”。因此只有C项最为合适。

  • 第16题：

    单选题
    The second paragraph is written chiefly to show that ______.
    A

    there will be an acute labor shortage in the near future

    B

    baby-boomers contribute much to the U. S. economic output

    C

    government policies concerning older people are out-dated

    D

    older workers are enthusiastic about collecting social benefits


    正确答案： A
    解析：
    推断题。该段讲的是老年人占人口比例不断增加。若能利用这一资源，对经济大有好处。但可能只有政策的改变，才能实现这一目的。

  • 第17题：

    单选题
    The term “unionization” (Line 1, Paragraph 5) refers to ______.
    A

    mobilizing all workers to seize power.

    B

    gathering workers into an organized group.

    C

    working out strategies to raise workers’ pay..

    D

    changing wage policies for women and minority men.


    正确答案： A
    解析：
    词义猜测题。根据画线词定位到最后一段第一句“Our research shows that unionization is among the most effective strategies for raising pay, especially for women and minority men”，该句后一句中“Being a union member”是提示，成为公会的一员推测unionization与union意思相近，故答案为B项。

  • 第18题：

    问答题
    How do older people think of younger people’s habits?  

    正确答案： Given the two generations lived in the totally different environment ,I bet their living habits are different from us in many aspects. I am not sure what older people think of us. I guess that they might think we are a bit spoiled and can’t endure hardships. Since our lives are easier and we have many opportunities to enjoy a lot of entertainment. I’ve heard some of them complain that since the one-child policy we are a bit too spoiled. They often complain that we never work hard and we don’t show as much respect to older people as they did when they were young.
    解析： 暂无解析

  • 第19题：

    单选题
    It can be concluded from the passage that the writer ______.
    A

    calls attention to the living conditions of older Americans

    B

    believes that value of older people is gaining increasing recognition

    C

    attempts to justify the youth-oriented, throw-away culture of the United States

    D

    argues people should not retire at the age of 65 or 70


    正确答案： A
    解析：
    推断题。答案在最后一段: Employers are beginning to recognize that the mature person can bring a great deal of stability and responsibility to a position.根据最后一句话可知D为错误答案。

  • 第20题：

    单选题
    According to the passage, the best way for children to learn things is by _____.
    A

    asking older people many questions

    B

    listening to skilled people's advice

    C

    making mistakes and correcting them

    D

    doing what other people do


    正确答案： C
    解析：

  • 第21题：

    单选题
    When mentioning “the ongoing stock market on Wall Street”, the writer ______.
    A

    is calling attention to the privileges to which baby-boomers are entitled

    B

    is calling for the government to take countermeasures against labor shortage

    C

    is refuting a notion about experienced workers ‘early retirement

    D

    is justifying the ineffectiveness of federal tax and benefit policies


    正确答案： A
    解析：
    细节理解题。答案出自第四段，本段先指出提议:…they disagree with the popular proposal that much older Americans will have to work because Social Security will not support them and that baby boomers are not saving enough for retirement，然后讲出不同意该提议的理由：…the ongoing stock market on Wall Street, and the likelihood of large inheritances, there is evidence that baby boomers will reach age 65 with greater financial assets than previous generations.

  • 第22题：

    单选题
    The proportion of older people _____.
    A

    is bigger in developed countries than in developing countries

    B

    is one-seventh of the population in developing countries

    C

    will increase much faster in China than in France

    D

    will be sixty percent in developing countries by 2020


    正确答案： C
    解析：

  • 第23题：

    单选题
    Some medical care is paid by the U. S. government for ______.
    A

    people living in the country

    B

    non government officials

    C

    people with insurance

    D

    the poor and the old


    正确答案： D
    解析：
    事实细节题。题目中问：“美国政府为…支付部分医疗费呢？”由第一段第二句话The government does help pay for some medical care for people who are… 可知，美国政府会为低收入者和老年人支付部分医疗费，答案为D。

  • 第24题：

    问答题
    Another significant problem is the need for the younger generations to understand and value the older people in their society.

    正确答案：
    解析：

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