中财金融硕士考研辅导 英语阅读理解试题(二).doc

凯程考研辅导班，中国最强的考研辅导机构， 考研就找凯程考研，学生满意，家长放心，社会认可！中财金融硕士考研辅导 英语阅读理解试题(二)Text 2All around theworld, lawyers generate more hostility than the members of any otherprofessionwith the possible exception of journalism. But there are few placeswhere clients have more grounds for complaint than America.During the decade before the economic crisis, spending on legalservices in America grew twice as fast as inflation. The best lawyers madeskyscrapers-full of money, tempting ever more students to pile into lawschools. But most law graduates never get a big-firm job. Many of them insteadbecome the kind of nuisance-lawsuit filer that makes the tort system a costlynightmare.There are manyreasons for this. One is the excessive costs of a legal education. There isjust one path for a lawyer in most American states: a four-year undergraduatedegree in some unrelated subject, then a three-year law degree at one of 200law schools authorized by the American Bar Association and an expensivepreparation for the bar exam. This leaves todays average law-school graduatewith $100,000 of debt on top of undergraduate debts. Law-school debt means thatmany cannot afford to go into government or non-profit work, and that they haveto work fearsomely hard.Reforming the system would help bothlawyers and their customers. Sensible ideas have been around for a long time,but the state-level bodies that govern the profession have been tooconservative to implement them. One idea is to allow people to study law as anundergraduate degree. Another is to let students sit for the bar after only twoyears of law school. If the bar exam is truly a stern enough test for awould-be lawyer, those who can sit it earlier should be allowed todo so. Students who do not need the extratraining could cut their debt mountain by a third.The other reasonwhy costs are so high is the restrictive guild-like ownership structure of thebusiness. Except in the District of Columbia, non-lawyers may not own any shareof a law firm. This keeps fees high and innovation slow. There is pressure forchange from within the profession, but opponents of change among the regulatorsinsist that keeping outsiders out of a law firm isolates lawyers from thepressure to make money rather than serve clients ethically.In fact,allowing non-lawyers to own shares in law firms would reduce costs and improveservices to customers, by encouraging law firms to use technology and to employprofessional managers to focus on improving firms efficiency. After all, othercountries, such as Australia and Britain, have started liberalizing their legalprofessions. America should follow.“考金融，选凯程”！凯程2014中财金融硕士保录班录取8人,专业课考点全部命中,凯程在金融硕士方面具有独到优势,全日制封闭式高三集训,并且在金融硕士方面有独家讲义独家课程独家师资独家复试资源,确保学生录取.其中8人中有4人是二本学生,1人是三本学生,3人是一本学生,金融硕士只要进行远程+集训,一定可以取得成功.1.a lot of students take up law as theirprofession due toAthe growing demand from clients.Bthe increasing pressure of inflation.Cthe prospect of working in big firms.Dthe attraction of financial rewards.2.Which of the following adds to the costsof legal education in most American states?AHigher tuition fees for undergraduatestudies.BAdmissions approval from the barassociation.CPursuing a bachelors degree in anothermajor.DReceiving training by professionalassociations.3.Hindrance to the reform of the legalsystem originates fromAlawyers and clients strong resistance.Bthe rigid bodies governing theprofession.Cthe stem exam for would-be lawyers.Dnon-professionals sharp criticism.4.The guild-like ownership structure isconsidered “restrictive”partly because itAbans outsiders involvement in theprofession.Bkeeps lawyers from holding law-firmshares.Caggravates the ethical situation in thetrade.Dprevents lawyers from gaining dueprofits.5.In this text, the author mainlydiscussesAflawed ownership of Americas law firmsand its causes.Bthe factors that help make a successfullawyer in America.Ca problem in Americas legal professionand solutions to it.Dthe role of undergraduate studies inAmericas legal education.中财金融硕士考研辅导 英语阅读理解试题(一)Text1In order to “changelives for the better” and reduce “dependency” George Osborne, Chancellor of theExchequer, introduced the “upfront work search” scheme. Only if the joblessarrive at the jobcentre with a CV, register for online job search, and startlooking for work will they be eligible for benefit and then they should reportweekly rather than fortnightly. What could be more reasonable?Moreapparent reasonableness followed. There will now be a seven-day wait for thejobseekers allowance. “Those first few days should be spent looking for work,not looking to sign on.” he claimed. “Were doing these things becausewe know they help people stay off benefits and help those on benefits get intowork faster.” Help? Really? On first hearing, this was the socially concernedchancellor, trying to change lives for the better, complete with “reforms” toan obviously indulgent system that demands too little effort from the newlyunemployed to find work, and subsidises laziness. What motivated him, we wereto understand, was his zeal for “fundamental fairness” protecting thetaxpayer, controlling spending and ensuring that only the most deserving claimantsreceived their benefits.Losinga job is hurting: you dont skip down to the jobcentre with a song in yourheart, delighted at the prospect of doubling your income from the generousstate. It is financially terrifying, psychologically embarrassing and you knowthat support is minimal and extraordinarily hard to get. You are now notwanted; you support is minimal and extraordinarily hard to get. You are now notwanted; you are now excluded from the work environment that offers purpose andstructure in your life. Worse, the crucial income to feed yourself and yourfamily and pay the bills has disappeared. Ask anyone newly unemployed what theywant and the answer is always: a job.But in Osborneland, your first instinct is to fall into dependency permanent dependency if you can get it supported by a state only too ready toindulge your falsehood. It is as though 20 years of ever-tougher reforms of thejob search and benefit administration system never happened. The principle ofBritish welfare is no longer that you can insure yourself against the risk ofunemployment and receive unconditional payments if the disaster happens. Eventhe very phrase “jobseekers allowance” invented in 1996 is aboutredefining the unemployed as a “jobseeker” who had no mandatory right to abenefit he or she has earned through making national insurance contributions.Instead, the claimant receives a time-limited “allowance,” conditional onactively seeking a job; no entitlement and no insurance, at 71.70 a week, oneof the least generous in the EU.“考金融，选凯程”！凯程2014中财金融硕士保录班录取8人,专业课考点全部命中,凯程在金融硕士方面具有独到优势,全日制封闭式高三集训,并且在金融硕士方面有独家讲义独家课程独家师资独家复试资源,确保学生录取.其中8人中有4人是二本学生,1人是三本学生,3人是一本学生,金融硕士只要进行远程+集训,一定可以取得成功.1. George Osbornes scheme was intended toAprovide the unemployed with easieraccess to benefits.Bencourage jobseekers active engagementin job seeking.Cmotivate the unemployed to reportvoluntarily.Dguarantee jobseekers legitimate rightto benefits.2. The phrase, “to sign on” (Line 3, Para.2) most probably meansAto check on the availability of jobs atthe jobcentre.Bto accept the governments restrictionson the allowance.Cto register for an allowance from thegovernment.Dto attend a governmental job-trainingprogram.3. What prompted the chancellor to develophis scheme?AA desire to secure a better life forall.BAn eagerness to protect the unemployed.CAn urge to be generous to the claimants.DA passion to ensure fairness fortaxpayers.4. According to Paragraph 3, beingunemployed makes one feelAuneasyBenraged.Cinsulted.Dguilty.5. To which of the following would theauthor most probably agree?AThe British welfare system indulgesjobseekers laziness.BOsbornes reforms will reduce the riskof unemployment.CThe jobseekers allowance has met theiractual needs.DUnemployment benefits should not be madeconditional.凯程教育：凯程考研成立于2005年，国内首家全日制集训机构考研，一直从事高端全日制辅导，由李海洋教授、张鑫教授、卢营教授、王洋教授、杨武金教授、张释然教授、索玉柱教授、方浩教授等一批高级考研教研队伍组成，为学员全程高质量授课、答疑、测试、督导、报考指导、方法指导、联系导师、复试等全方位的考研服务。凯程考研的宗旨：让学习成为一种习惯；凯程考研的价值观口号：凯旋归来，前程万里；信念：让每个学员都有好最好的归宿；使命：完善全新的教育模式，做中国最专业的考研辅导机构；激情：永不言弃，乐观向上；敬业：以专业的态度做非凡的事业；服务：以学员的前途为已任，为学员提供高效、专业的服务，团队合作，为学员服务，为学员引路。如何选择考研辅导班：在考研准备的过程中，会遇到不少困难，尤其对于跨专业考生的专业课来说，通过报辅导班来弥补自己复习的不足，可以大大提高复习效率，节省复习时间，大家可以通过以下几个方面来考察辅导班，或许能帮你找到适合你的辅导班。 师资力量：师资力量是考察辅导班的首要因素，考生可以针对辅导名师的辅导年限、