大学英语综合训练阅读第二单元

Passage 2Criticism has been increasing for years about the Jack of civility on the part of some parents who take an intense interest in their youngsters sporting activities. Evidence is seen in a recent headline in the Christian Science Monitor: Stiffer Penalties for Head-Butting the Referee . The article goes on to detail how adults of the baby-boomer generation seem prone to express their distress at official rulings in youth sports through physical attacks on officials.批评多年来一直在增加了杰克的文明一部分人父母采取强烈的兴趣在他们的青少年体育活动。证据是出现在最近的一个标题在基督教科学箴言报:“施以严厉的惩罚顶撞裁判”。本文还详细婴儿潮一代的成年人似乎倾向于表达他们的遇险在官方裁决在青年运动通过物理攻击的官员。Its apparently not unknown for a referee to face a drawn gun or to be run off the road following a game. As to why there is increasing violence on the part of parents, it is suggested that the trend reflects a total increase in sports violence among players, coaches and fans. Rage is a fairly routine thing on the roads, in offices, in schools and seemingly anywhere you turn today, why not?它显然不是未知的裁判面临一个吸引枪或运行离开道路在一场比赛。为什么有越来越多的暴力的父母的一部分,建议的趋势反映了一种总增加体育之间暴力行为的球员、教练和球迷。愤怒是一个相当例行的事情在道路上,在办公室、在学校和看似任何你把今天,为什么不呢?At the same time, though, society is increasingly zero-tolerant of misbehavior of any sort, be it real, perceived or even threatened. Kids barely out of kindergarten become media sensations as they face serious charges for threats or other conduct that might have been dismissed with a scolding in an earlier era. So it shouldnt come as any great surprise that punishments now await those who attack sports officials. Fourteen states now have specific laws protecting sports officials, and another 14 states are preparing similar rules to enforce spectator conduct.但与此同时,社会越来越“零容忍”的任何形式的不当行为,不管是真实的,感知或甚至威胁。孩子们从幼儿园成为媒体几乎感觉他们面对着严重的指控为威胁或其他行为可能已经驳回了用责骂在更早的时代。所以它不应该来为任何伟大的惊喜,惩罚那些攻击现在正体育官员。14个州现在有具体的法律保护体育官员,和另一个14个州准备类似的规则来强制执行观众的行为。Some youth leagues now require parents to sign good-behavior agreements if they are to attend events. But organizations representing officials are pushing for more legislative (立法的) protections. What might have been a wrist-slapping misdemeanor (不良行为) is now serious thing, with violators of new laws facing as many as three years in prison and stiff fines. It seems either that or players, coaches and fans will be left to judge their own games.一些青年联盟现在要求家长签署“好行为”协议如果他们是来参加活动。但组织代表官员正在推动更多的立法(立法的)的保护。这可能是一个象征性的轻罪(不良行为)现在是严肃的事情,违者将面临的新法律多达三年监禁,并且予以严厉罚款。它似乎要么或者球员、教练和球迷将会离开评判自己的游戏6. What is being discussed in the article?A. Young players tend to attack sports officials.B. Parents of young players are eager to use violence on sports officials.C. Sports officials are losing their jobs.D. Youngsters are less willing to listen to their parents. 7. According to the article, why are some parents becoming violent towards referees? A. The parents have more money than before. B. They are baby boomers. C. They love their children. D. They have seen others use violence.8. What do some youth leagues ask parents to do? A. Pay money to watch games. B. Use less violence. C. Ask their children to obey the rules. D. Promise not to use violence before watching a game.9. According to the writer, what might happen if the situation remain unimproved? A. Fewer people would love to watch games. B. Fewer youngsters would love to play games. C. Fewer referees would love to continue their jobs. D. Less money would be earned by the leagues.10. What does the word wrist-slapping probably mean? A. abusing. B. Beating. C. Hitting. D. Teaching.Passage 4Dear Ms. Shapiro:You may recall that last May I had the pleasure of working with you when you were at AmeriBrands for several weeks. I was delighted to hear from Mark Miller that you might be looking to hire a telemarketing sales supervisor.您可能还记得,去年5月我有幸和你一起工作时,你是在AmeriBrands数周。我很高兴听到，你可能会希望聘请一个电话销售主管马克米勒。No one can dispute J.J. Budds supremacy in its field. I believe, as I am sure you do, that superior telemarketing is an integral part of J.J. Budds continued success. After four very successful years at AmeriBrands I am now looking for new challenges in the telemarketing industry. I would like a chance to be part of your telemarketing sales team - and to achieve for J.J. Budd the impressive results I have accomplished for AmeriBrands:没有人能争议J.J.巴德的霸权,在其领域中。我相信,我相信你,优越的电话销售是不可分割的一部分,J.J.巴德的持续的成功。经过四年的非常成功AmeriBrands我现在寻找新的挑战在电话销售行业。我希望能加入到你的电话销售的销售团队,来实现对J.J.巴德令人印象深刻的结果为AmeriBrands我已经获得As my resume indicates, during my 4 years as a Sales Manager with AmeriBrands, I consistently earned a place on the list of Top Ten Sales Managers. I also trained and ran the farm data TSR team that achieved the lowest cost per order among three competing vendors.作为我的简历表明,在我4年的销售经理,我始终AmeriBrands获得了一席之地的名单上排名前十的销售经理。我还培训了农场,实现了数据TSR团队最低成本在三个竞争供应商每秩序For a number of months, I have worked with Mark Miller. Mark can vouch for my abilities to motivate TSRs and achieve high sales at a low cost. Please feel free to talk with him. (Marks number at work is 800-555-7654 extension 123.)对于许多个月,我曾与马克米勒。马克可以证明我的能力来激励TSRs和达到高销售以较低的成本。请随时跟他说话。(马克的数字是800-555-7654 123分机工作。I