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B. Because they have to work outside their homes
C. Because they don't know how to prevent heart diseases D. For no reason at all
D
Most Americans get what money they have from their work; that is, they earn an income from wages or salaries. The richest Americans, however, get most of their money from what they own—their stock, bonds, real estate, and other forms of property, or wealth. Although there are few accurate statistics to go by, wealth in American society appears to be concentrated in very few hands. More than 20 percent of everything that can be privately owned is held by less than one percent of the adult population and more than 75 percent of all wealth is owned by 20 percent of American adults. The plain fact is that most Americans have on wealth at all aside from their homes, automobiles, and a small amount of savings.
Income in the Unites States is not as highly concentrated as wealth. In 1917 the richest 10 percent of American families received 26.1 percent of all income, while the poorest 10 percent received 17 percent, mainly from Social Security and other government payments. The most striking aspect of income distribution is that it has not changed significantly since the end of World War II. Although economic growth has roughly doubled real disposable (可自由使用的) family income (the money left after taxes and adjusted for inflation) over the last generation, the size of the shares given to the rich and the poor is about the same. By any measure economic inequality is great in the United States.
The reality behind these statistics is that a large number of Americans are poor. In 1918, 14 percent of the population was living below the federal government's poverty line, which at that time was an annual income of $ 9 287 for a nonfarm family of two adults and two children. In other words, about one out of seven Americans over 31 million people was officially considered unable to buy the basic necessities of food, clothes, and shelter. The suggested poverty line in 1981 would have been an income of about $11 200 for a family of four. By this relative definition, about 20 percent of the population or more than 45 million Americans are poor. 58. What does the majority of the Americans have in terms of wealth? A. Their income and savings.
B. Everything they own in their homes. C. Actually, they have no wealth at all.
D. Their house, cars and small amounts of savings.
59. What is the percentage of wealth that is in the hands of most Americans? A. More than 25%. B. Less than 25%. C. More than 75%. D. Less than 20%.
60. Why is economic inequality still great in the US in spite of the economic growth?
A. Because the proportion of income received by the rich and the poor remains almost the same as in 1917.
B. Because the economic growth has widened the gap of the family income between the rich and the poor.
C. Because income in the US is still concentrated in the hands of the richest 10% of American families.
D. Because some Americans made great fortunes during the Second World War.
61. What can we learn from comparison of the two poverty lines in the last paragraph? A. The poverty line of 1918 is more favorable to the poor than that of 1981. B. The 1981 line didn't leave much to the poor.
C. There were more Americans who were officially poor by the 1981 line. D. There were more Americans who were officially poor by the 1918 line.
62. From the last two sentences we can see that 1981 government's poverty line . A. was of no good for the poor
B. was not put into operation then C. was officially approved
D. was not helpful to the poor
E
You can not see any object unless light from that object gets into your eyes. Some of the things you see give off light of their own. The sun, the stars, a lighted lamp are examples that can be seen by their own light. Such things are luminous. Most of the things you see are not giving off light of their own. They are simply reflecting light that falls on them from the sun or some other luminous body. The moon, for example, does not give off any
light of its own. It is nonluminous. You see it because sunlight falls on it and some of it reflects in our direction. So moonlight is only second hand sunlight.
When you look at a book, it sends to your eyes some of the light which falls on it, and you see the book. If light could be kept out from where you are so that there would be no light for the book to reflect, then you could not see the book even with your eyes wide open.
Light travels so fast that the time in which it travels from the book you are reading to your eyes is so short as if there were no time at all. Light reaches us from the moon, which is about 380 000 kilometers away, in only a little more than a second.
63. You can see the book because . A. your eyes are close to it
B. it reflects some of the sunlight C. it has light of its own
D. your eyesight can get to it
64. The underlined word “luminous\ A. visible B. all colours C. giving off light D. sunlight 65. have light of their own.
A. The sun and the moon B. The stars and the earth C. The sun and the stars D. The moon and the earth 66.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. All the things you can see give off light.
B. Light from the book is much shorter than that from the moon.
C. The moment you open your eyes the light from the book travels to your eyes. D. Light travels so fast that there is no time for you to read.
第四部分：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。 该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词
该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。注意：原行没有错的不要改。
I've been to Hong Kong three days now, and I'm 67. having great time. Yesterday my friend showed me 68. about Hong Kong. It was a very busy day, but I saw 69. many interesting things. The first place where we visited 70. is Hong Kong Park. After that, we walked to St.John's 71. Cathedral. I think it is a very old church in Hong Kong. 72. Then we go to Victoria Peak. There we could see all 73. over Hong Kong. It was real wonderful. After lunch 74. we caught a bus to a supermarket. On the bus back the 75. hotel, we both felt tired and very happy. We enjoyed 76. ourselves very much.
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