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1、Section CPassage OneQuestions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.Across the rich world, well-educated people increasinglywork longer than the less-skilled. Some65%of American menaged 62-74 with a professional degree are in the workforce, compared with 32% of men with only a high-school cert
2、ificate. This gap is part of a deepening divide between the well-educatedwell-off and the unskilled poor. Rapid technological advance has raised the incomes of the highly skilled while squeezing those of the unskilled. The consequences, for individuals and society, are profound.The world is facing a
3、n astonishing rise in the of old people, and they will live longer than ever before. Over the next 20 years the global population of those aged 65 or more will almost double, from 600 million to 1.1 billion.The experience of the20th century, whengreater longevity( 長壽)translated into moreyears in ret
4、irement rather than more years at work, has persuaded many observers that this shift will lead to slowereconomic growth, while the swelling ranks of pensioners will create government budget problems.But the notion of a sharp division between the working young and the idle old misses a new trend, the
5、 growing gap between the skilled and the unskilled. Employment rates are failing amongyounger unskilled people, whereas older skilled folk are working longer.The divide is most extreme in America, where well-educated baby-boomers( 二 戰(zhàn) 后 生 育 高 峰 期 出 生 的 美 國 人 )areputting off retirement while many les
6、s-skilled younger people have abandoned policies that used Xto retire early.Rising life expectancy( 預期生命),combined with the replace-Xpension plans with less generous defined-contribution ones, means that even the better-off must work longer to have a comfortable retirement. But the changing nature o
7、f work also plays a big role. Pay has risen sharply for the highly educated, and those people continue to reap rich rewards into old age because these days the educated elderly are more productive that the preceding generation. Technological charge may well reinforce that shift; the skills that comp
8、lement computers, from management knowhow to creativity, do not necessarily decline with age.57.What is happening in the workforce in rich countriesA.Younger people are replacing the elderly.B.Well-educated people tend to work longer.C.Unemployment rates are rising year after year.D.People with no c
9、ollage degree do not easily find work.【答案】B58.What has helped deepen the divide between the well-off and the poorA.Longer life expectancies.B.A rapid technological advance.C.Profound changes in the workforce.D.A growing number of the well-educated.【答案】B59 .What do manyobservers predict in view of th
10、e experience of the experience of the 20th centuryA.Economic growth will slow down.B.Government budgets will increase.C.More people will try to pursue higher education.D.There will be more competition in the job market.【答案】 A60 .What is the result of policy changes in European countriesA.Unskilled w
11、orkers may choose to retire early.B.Morepeople have to receive in-service training.C.Even wealthy people must work longer to live comfortably in retirement.D.Peoplemay be able to enjoy generousdefined-benefitsfrom pension plans.【答案】 C61 .What is characteristic of work in the 21st centuryA.Computers
12、will do more complicated work.B.More will be the educated young.C.Most jobs to be done will be creative ones.D.Skills are highly valued regardless of age.【答案】 DPassage TwoQuestions 62 to 65 are based on the following passage.Some of the world's most sign significant problems hit headlines. One e
13、xample comes from agriculture. Food riots and hunger make news. But the trend lying behind these matters is rarely talked about. This is the decline in the growth in yields of someof the world's major crops. A new study by the University of Minnesota and McGill University in Montreal looks at wh
14、ere, and how far, this decline is occurring.The authors take a vast number of data points for the four most important crops: rice, wheat, corn and soyabeans( 大豆 ). They find that on between 24% and 39% of all harvested areas, the improvement in yields that took place before the 1980s slowed down in
15、the 1990s and 2000s.There are two worrying features of the slowdown. One is that it has been particularly sharp in the world's most populous( 人 口 多 的 )countries, India and China. Their ability to feed themselves has been an important source of relative stability both within the countries and on
16、world food markets. That self-sufficiencycannot be taken for granted if yields continueto slow down or reverse.Second,yield growth has been lower in wheat and rice than in corn and soyabeans. This is problematic because wheat and rice are more important as foods, accounting for around half of all ca
17、lories consumed. Corn and soyabeans are more important as feed grains. The authors note that "we have preferentially focused our crop improvement efforts on feeding animals and cars rather than on crops that feed people and are the basis of food security in much of the world."The report qu
18、alifies the more optimistic findings of another new paper which suggests that the world will not have to digup a lot more land for farming in order to feed 9 billion people in 2050, as the Food and Agriculture Organisation has argued.Instead, it says, thanks to slowing population growth, land curren
19、tly ploughed up for crops might be able to revert( 回返 )to forest or wilderness. This could happen. The trouble is that the forecast assumes continued improvements in yields, which may not actually happen.62.What does the author try to draw attention toA.Food riots and hunger in the world.B.The decli
20、ne of the grain yield growth.C.News headlines in the leading media.D.The food supply in populous countries.【答案】B63.Why does the author mention India and China in particularA.Their self-sufficiency is vital to the stability of world food markets.B.Their food yields have begun to decrease sharply in r
21、ecent years.C.Their big populations are causing worldwide concerns.D.Their food self-sufficiency has been taken for granted.【答案】 A64.What does the newstudy by the two universities say about recent crop improvement effortsA.They fail to produce the same remarkableresults asbefore the 1980s.B.They con
22、tribute a lot to the improvement of human food production.C.They play a major role in guaranteeing the food security of the world.D.they focus more on the increase of animal feed than human food grains.【答案】 D65 .What does the Food and Agriculture Organisation say about world food production in the c
23、oming decadesA.The growing population will greatly increase the pressure on world food supplies.B.The optimistic prediction about food production should be viewed with caution.C.The slowdown of the growth in yields of major food crops will be reversed.D.The world will be able to feed its population
24、without increasing farmland.【答案】D66 .How does the author view the argument of the Food and Agriculture OrganisationA.It is built on the findings of a new study.B.It is based on a doubtful assumption.C.It is backed by strong evidence.D.It is open to further discussion.【答案】B四級第一套Section CPassage OneQu
25、estion 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.If you think a high-factor sunscreen( 防曬霜 )keeps you safe from harmful rays, you may be wrong. Research in this week's Nature shows that while factor 50 reduces the number of melanomas(M 瘤)and delays their occurrence, it can't prevent them.
26、Melanomasare the most aggressive skin cancers. You have a higher risk if you have red or blond hair, fair skin, blue or green eyes, or sunburn easily, or if a close relative has had one. Melanomasare more commonif you have periodic intense exposure to the sun. Other skin cancers are increasingly lik
27、ely with long-term exposure.There is continuing debate as to how effective sunscreenis in reducing melanomas the evidence is weaker than it is forpreventing other types of skin cancer. A 2011 Australian study of 1,621 people found that people randomly selected to apply sunscreen daily had half the r
28、ate of melanomas of people who used cream as needed. A second study, comparing 1,167 people with melanomasto 1,101 who didn't have the cancer, found that using sunscreen routinely, alongside other protection such as hats, long sleeves or staying in the shade, did give some protection. This study
29、 said other forms of sun protectionnot sunscreen seemed most beneficial. The study relied on people remembering what they had done over each decade of their lives, so it's not entirely reliable. But it seems reasonable to think sunscreen gives people a false sense of security in the sun.Many peo
30、ple also don't use sunscreen properly-applying insufficient amounts, failing to reapply after a couple of hours and staying in the sun too long. It is sunburn that is most worrying-recent shows five episodes of sunburn in the teenage years increases the risk of all skin cancers.The good news is
31、that a combination of sunscreen and covering up can reduce melanoma rates, as shown by Australianfigures from their slip-slop-slap campaign. So if there is aheat wave this summer, it would be best for us, too, to slip on a shirt, slop on( 抹上 )sunscreen and slap on a hat.57. 【 題 干 】 What is people
32、9;s common expectation of a high-factor sunscreenA.It will delay the occurrence of skin cancer.B.It will protect them from sunburn.C.It will keep their skin smooth and fair.D.It will work for people of any skin color.【答案】B58. 【題干】What does the research in Nature say about ahigh-factor sunscreenA.It
33、is ineffective in preventing melanomas.B.It is ineffective in case of intense sunlight.C.It is ineffective with long-term exposure.D.It is ineffective for people with fair skin.【答案】 C59. 【題干】What do we learn from the 2011Australian studyof 1,621 peopleA.Sunscreen should be applied alongside other pr
34、otection measures.B.High-risk people benefit the most from the application of sunscreen.C.Irregular application of sunscreen does womenmore harm than good.D.Daily application of sunscreen helps reduce the incidence of melanomas.【答案】D60. 【題干】What does the author say about the secondAustralian studyA.
35、It misleads people to rely on sunscreen for protection.B.It helps people to select the most effective sunscreen.C.It is not based on direct observation of the subjects.D.It confirms the results of the first Australian study.【答案】D61. 【題干】What does the author suggest to reduce melanomaratesA.Using bot
36、h covering up and sunscreen.B.Staying in the shade whenever possible.C.Using covering up instead of sunscreen.D.Applying the right amount of sunscreen.【答案】 APassage TwoQuestions 62 to 65are based on the following passage.Across the rich world, well-educated people increasinglywork longer than the le
37、ss-skilled. Some65%of American menaged 62-74 with a professional degree are in the workforce, compared with 32% of men with only a high-school certificate. This gapis part of a deepening divide between the well-educated well-off and the unskilled poor. Rapid technological advance has raised the inco
38、mes of the highly skilled while squeezing those of the unskilled. The consequences, for individuals and society, are profound.The world is facing an astonishing rise in the number of old people, and they will live longer than ever before. Overthe next 20 years the global population of those aged 65
39、or more will almost double, from 600 million to 1.1 billion. The experience of the 20th century, when greater longevity( 長 壽 )translated into more years in retirement rather than more years at work, has persuaded manyobservers that this shift will lead to slower economic growth, while the swelling r
40、anks of pensioners will create government budget problems.But the notion of a sharp division between the working young and the idle old misses a new trend, the growing gap between the skilled and the unskilled people, whereas older skilled folk are working longer. The divide is most extreme in Ameri
41、ca, where well-educated baby-boomers( 二戰(zhàn)后生育高峰期出生的美國人 )are putting off retirement while manyless-skilled younger people have dropped out of the workforce.Policy is partly responsible. Many European governments have abandoned policies that used to encourage people to retire early. Rising life expectan
42、cy( 預期壽命), combined with thereplacement of generous defined-benefit pension plans with less generous defined-contribution ones, means that even the better-off must work longer to have a comfortable retirement.But the changing nature of work also plays a big role. Pay hasrisen sharply for the highly
43、educated, and those people continue to reap rich rewards into old age because these days the educated elderly are more productive than the preceding generation. Technological change maywell reinforce that shift: the skills that complement computers, from management knowhow to creativity, do not nece
44、ssarily decline with age.62. 【題干】What is happening in the workforce in richcountriesA.Younger people are replacing the elderly.B.Well-educated people tend to work longer.C.Unemployment rates are rising year after year.D.People with no college degree do not easily find work.【答案】B63. 【題干】What has help
45、ed deepen the divide between thewell-off and the poorA.Longer life expectancies.B.Profound changes in the workforce.C.A rapid technological advance.D.A growing number of the well-educated.【答案】 C64. 【題干】What do many observers predict in view of theexperience of the 20th centuryA.Economic growth will
46、slow down.B.Government budgets will increase.C.More people will try to pursue higher education.D.There will be more competition in the job market.【答案】 A65. 【題干】Whatis the result of policy changes in EuropeancountriesA.Unskilled workers may choose to retire early.B.More people have to receive in-serv
47、ice training.C.Even wealthy people must work longer to live comfortably in retirement.D.People may be able to enjoy generous defined-benefits from pension plans.【答案】 C66. 【 題干】 Whatis characteristic of work in the 21st centuryA.Computers will do more complicated work.B.More will be taken by the educated young.C.Most jobs to be done will be creative ones.D.Skills are highly valued regardless of age.【答案】D四級卷三”式出曲嶼 the author say About 還尿pd日j 0口.門汨棧 n<?utoo-dislant fururc- :產(chǎn) W 卜皿仙 from ihc trend of mo re fhrhcrs staying 3
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