16英语四六级阅读训练试卷及详解_(16)_英语考试_外语学习_教育专区.doc

练习 have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy. The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circleQ: The author believes that a vicious circle can turn into a virtuous circle when _.It is easier to negotiate initial salary requirement because once you are inside, the organizational constraints influence wage increases. One thing, however, is certain: your chances of getting the raise you feel you deserve are less if you dont at least ask for it. Men tend to ask for more, and they get more, and this holds true with other resources, not just pay increases. Consider Beths story:I did not get what I wanted when I did not ask ofr it. We had cubicle offices and window offices. I sat in the cubicles with several male colleagues. One by one they were moved into window offices, while I remained in the cubicles. Several males who were hired after me also went to offices. One in paritcular told me he was next in line for an office and that it had been part of his negotiations for the job. I guess they thought me content to stay in the cubicles since I did not voice my opinion either way .Q: What can be inferred from Beths story?A. Prejudice against women still exists in some organizations.B. If people want what they deserve, they heve to ask for it.C. People should not be content with what they have got.D. People should be careful when negotiating for a job.答案：选B。又细节可知Beth由于没有提出要求而得到新的办公室。其实这个例子是为了说明第一段中的观点,your chances of getting the raise you feel you deserve are less if you dont at least ask for it.。B是对这一观点的正确描述。练习：.An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy. The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circleQ: The author believes that a vicious circle can turn into a virtuous circle when _.A. women care more about educationB. parents can afford their daughters educationC. girls can gain equal access to educationD. a family has fewer but healthier children答案：选C。原文倒数第二句提到，如果女孩拥有了平等受教育的机会，将来她的女儿受教育的机会就会更大，这样一代一代便形成了良性循环。原文中的thus明确表明了这种关系。选项中的gain equal access to对应文中的are given a fair chance。练习：As we heve seen, the focus of medical care in our society has been shifting frome curing desease to preventing disease especially in terms of changing our many unhealthy behaviors, such as poor eating habits, smoking, and failure to exercise. The line of thought involved in this shift can be pursued further. Imagine a person who is about the right weight, but does not eat very nutritious foods, who feels OK but exercises only occasionally, who goes to work every day, but is not an outstanding worker, who drinks a few beers at home most nights but does not drive while drunk, and who has no chest pains or abnormal blood counts, but sleeps a lot and often feels tired. This person is not ill. He may not even be at risk for any particular disease. But we can imagine that this person could be a lot healthier.Q: In the paragraph, people are reminded that _.A. good health is more than not being illB. drinking,even if not to excess, could be harmfulC. regular health checks are essential to keeping fitD. prevention is more difficult than cure答案:选A。本段最后一句是对倒数第2、3句的转折。这个人没病，但是还可以更健康。所以良好的健康不仅仅是生病，A正确表达了这个含义。练习：.Arthur von Wiesenberger, who carries the title Water Master, is one of the few water critics in North America. As a boy, he spent time in the larger cities of Italy, France and Switzerland where bottled water is consumed daily. Even then, he kept a water journal, noting the brands he liked best. “My dog could tell the difference between bottled and tap water,” he saysBy saying “My dog could tell the difference between bottled and tap water”, von Wiesenberger wants to convey the message that _.A. plain tap water is certainly unfit for drinkingB. bottled water is clearly sup