Part IV Reading Comprehension Reading in Depth (35 minutes)
22、Directions : There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four Choices marked A．, E B．, E C．and D J . You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter oh Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Questions 22-27are based on the following passage.
　　The United States is said to have a mixed economy because privately Owned business and government both play important roles. Indeed, some of the most enduring debates of American economic history focus on the relative roles of the public and private sectors.
　　The American free enterprise system emphasizes private ownership. Private businesses produce most goods and services, and almost two-thirds of the nation's total economic output goes to individuals for personal use (the remaining one-third is bought by government and business). The consumer role is so great, in fact, that the nation is sometimes characterized as having a "consumer economy".
　　This emphasis on private ownership arises, in part, froth American beliefs about personal freedom. From the time the nation was created, Americans have feared excessive government power, and they have sought to limit government's authority over individuals -- including its role in the economic realm. In addition, Americans generally believe that an economy characterized by private owner- ship is likely to operate more efficiently than one with substantial government ownership.
　　When economic forces are unfettered, Americans believe, supply and demand determine the prices of goods and services. Prices, in turn, tell businesses what to produce; if people want more of particular goods than the economy is producing, the price of the goods rises. That catches the attention of new or other companies that, sensing an opportunity to earn profits, start producing more of that goods. On the other hand, if people want less of the goods, prices fall and less competitive producers either go out of business or start producing different goods.
　　There are limits to free enterprise, however. Americans have always believed that some services are better performed by public rather than private enterprise. For instance, in the United States, government is primarily responsible for the administration of justice, education, the road system, and national defense.
　　In this mixed economy, individuals Can help guide the economy not only through the choices they make as consumers but through the votes they cast for officials who Shape' economic policy. In recent years, consumers have voiced concerns about product safety, environmental threats posed by certain industrial practices, and potential health risks citizens may face; government has responded by creating agencies to protect consumer interests and promote the general public welfare.

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23、
From the first sentence of the third paragraph, we learn that_________
A．American political beliefs have influenced its economic system
B．Americans fear excessive governmental control of the economy
C．private ownership is important because of American beliefs in personal freedom
D．personal freedom is the basis for private ownership in the
24、In Line 1, Para. 4, the expression "economic forces are unfettered" means_________
A．prices are determined by consumers
B．supply and demand are allowed to operate freely 
C．economic regulations are not enforced
D．the economy is growing
25、The last paragraph tells us that___________
A．a mixed economy is guided by both individual citizens and the government
B．the role of the government in a mixed economy is more important than that of the consumer 
C．individual Americans can influence the economy in multiple ways
D．the government does not regard the concerns of individual citizens
26、This passage is mainly about__________
A．how average Americans view their economic system
B．the role of the government in the American economy
C．how supply and demand determine prices in the American economy 
D．the roles of the public and private sectors in the American economy
27、Questions27-32are Based on the following passage.
　　One airline chief executive officer (CEO) was the master of the personal touch. Spending hours with his employees and getting, to know their joBs, he persuaded them to accept pay cuts in return for an ownership stake. The concession put the company so solidly in the Black that the CEO was aBle to sell it for $ 860 million．Another CEO scolded managers in front of others, cut one third of the work force and so emBittered the survivors that his airline Began to lose money, and the Board of directors fired him.
　　In any test of knowledge or IQ, the two CEOs would have dueled to a draw. The difference was their aBility to handle relationships, argues Daniel Goleman in Iris new Book, Working With E- motional Intelligence. Building on his 1995 Bestseller, Emotional Intelligence, Goleman now proBes how EI relates to the world of work．As he did in his earlier Book, Goleman masterfully ex- plains how a low EI hinders people's full intellectual potential By flooding the Brain with stress hormones that impair memory, learning and thinking. The heart of the Book, though, is an analysis of data collected from more than 150 firms on what distinguishes so-so performers from superstars. Goleman's findings : conventional intelligence takes second position to emotional intelligence in determining joB performance. In joBs ranging from repairman to scientist, IQ accounts for no more than 25 percent of the difference Between, say, a successful high-tech entrepreneur and a failed one. In another surprise, the contriBution of IQ shrinks and the contriBution of EI rises with the difficulty of a joB and how high it ranks in an organization. Based on traits that companies say distinguish winners from losers, Goleman concludes that EI carries much more weight than IQ in deter- mining success at the top.
　　However, the many examples of CEOs and other people in top positions who have the emotional intelligence of a snake -- But still were CEOs -- undermine the case for EIs indispensaBility in Business. But even if you accept that EI determines who excels, you have to wonder if it should. Goleman descriBes how 112 entry-level accountants were judged more or less successful By their Bosses according to their level of EI rather than their actual skill. No wonder so many auditors fail to notice cooked Books.
According to Goleman, the Biggest difference Between the two CEOs descriBed in the first paragraph lies in__________
A．their attitude toward their employees
B．their emotional intelligence
C．their conventional intelligence
D．their Business strategy
28、Goleman's new Book Working With Emotional Intelligence is chiefly about__________
A．the difference Between IQ and E1
B．the relationship Between EI and joB performance
C．the role of EI in a person's success
D．the importance of handling personal relationships
29、According to Goleman, which of the following persons owes the most to EI for his/her success___________
A．PlumBe
B．Manager of the sales department
C．President of a compan
D．Manager of the personnel departmen
30、The phrase "cooked Books" in the last sentence most proBaBly means_________
A．falsified account Books
B．Books containing information for preparation food
C．damaged Books
D．pirated Books
31、The author of this passage regards Goleman's findings as_______
A．very important
B．very surprising
C．douBtful
D．meaningless