2014年英语四级考试每日一练(5月26日)
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1. Undoubtedly, Internet technology will change the way we live, work, communicate and do business. But beware of those who proclaim(声明)this to be a New Era of profitability. As in the so-called New Eras of the past brought on by earlier technological breakthroughs -- this one carries the seeds of its own destruction. The phenomenal growth of Internet businesses is already fueling a Klondike-style gold rush, with far too many diggers looking for far too little gold. Economics teaches us that it is hard to become an upstart with a basically free commodity. Think of ice in the Arctic,sand in the desert, seawater in the ocean or, for that matter, the seemingly (表面上)unlimited "hot air" on the Net.
In the 20th century, the proliferation of cars, radios, movies, televisions, mass retailers and computers all inspired a sense that we had begun a New Era. Each breakthrough promised new fiches and unprecedented prosperity for the innovators. But in the long run, they always failed to deliver to investors the expected rewards.
Why the letdowns? In part because every great innovator invariably attracted great imitators,who competed with the original and eventually depressed his "excessive" profit margin by commoditizing the invention. Furthermore, great inventions have always been followed by greater innovations (创新), which, through the process known as creative destruction, render the previous new technology obsolete. And when inventions become vital to the economy, they are frequently brought under the control of governments via regulation, nationalization and, in extreme cases, expropriation.
Take the Erie Canal, which was completed in 1825. Its success led to the great American canal boom of the 1830s. It ended just a few years later in a tremendous failure, as most of the other canals failed to make money. The Erie, too, began to suffer from competition, first from railroads and, eventually, from trucks. In the end, the railroad industry -- which helped create an unprecedented industrial boom -- proved to be disastrous for most investors. By 1895, most U. S. railroads had to be restructured.
Now familiar technologies like cars, radios, cash registers and mainframe computers were all at some point new and revolutionary. But the spread of the technologies led inevitably to the demise of their creators' "excessive" profits, as each became just another commodity, Don't think for a minute that the Internet will be any different.
It is implied in the passage that_____________
A．the growth of the Internet business is too fast
B．the spread of a new invention can make people live better
C．most Internet companies are unlikely to be out of business
D．some survived Internet companies can achieve some meaningful earnings
2.
根据所听材料，回答34-22题
3. 根据以下资料回答22-20题
Geographers who study mobility are most probably interested in __________.
4.
根据所听材料回答20-2题
快速阅读2
5. Directions;In this part，you will have l5 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on answer Sheet1．
For questions 2-8，mark
Y(for Yes) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;
N(for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;
NG(for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage．
For questions 9-11，complete the sentences with the information given in the passage．
Foreign adoptions
Madonna，as you might have hard，is in the process of adopting a baby from Malawi．The one—year—old boy named David was flown last month to London．The American pop music star and her husband have a home there．Madonna is married to a film director Guy Ritchie and is the biological mother of two children．
Madonna recently gave millions of dollars to support efforts to help orphans(孤儿)in Mala wi．The southern African country is one of the poorest nations in the world．
Madonna says she wants to give David a better life．But some people citicized her for adop ting a child whose father is still alive，even if the father did agree to it．And some child psychologists said children do best if they are well cared for in their own homeland．
The adoption is not yet final．The Lilongwe High court gave Madonna and her husband temporary custody of David on October l2th．The court order is for eighteen months．During that period a social worker will report on how the boy is being cared for．
A committee of 67 human rights groups in Malawi argued that adoption laws there normally ban international adoptions．The committee has brought a legal action to make sure if Madonna received special treatment．
Madonna says she did not．But she has supporters．They include Jane Aronson，an influential expert on adoptions and had of the World Orphans Foundation．She says Madonna is offering David a new life.
More than two thirds of people in the United States who adopt .children from other countries are not famous．They are people like Miriam and John Baxter of Bethesda, Maryland. The Baxters have a biological daughter named Olivia. Olivia was almost eight when her new brother, Matthew,arrived. The Baxters adopted Matthew from an orphanage (孤儿院) in South Korea.
They had thought about adopting a baby from China. But their plans changed five years ago after the World Trade Center attack in New York. A nearby office where they needed to get a document to satisfy Chinese adoption requirements was closed temporarily.
Waiting for the office to re-open would have delayed the process another month. And .the Baxters already faced a year of waiting,
Then they learned that it might be faster to try to adopt a child from South Korea. Miriam Baxter has a brother and a sister who were adopted from there. And, in her words, "we wanted the
child so much, we just could not wait any longer. "
There are many ol
6. 根据以下资料，回答1-12题。
Why does the enthusiasm of the policy-makers to lessen climate change decrease?
A) Economic recession is widely spread．
B)Western lifestyles are destroyed．
C)The cost of a green revolution rises．
D)The environment is improved．
7. Questions {TSE}are based on the following passage.
__________
8. __________ (正是由于她没有经验)that she does not know how to deal with the situation．
9.
10. __________(努力降低肺癌的死亡率)the National Cancer Institute sponsored three separate lung cancer screening trials last year．
1. Undoubtedly, Internet technology will change the way we live, work, communicate and do business. But beware of those who proclaim(声明)this to be a New Era of profitability. As in the so-called New Eras of the past brought on by earlier technological breakthroughs -- this one carries the seeds of its own destruction. The phenomenal growth of Internet businesses is already fueling a Klondike-style gold rush, with far too many diggers looking for far too little gold. Economics teaches us that it is hard to become an upstart with a basically free commodity. Think of ice in the Arctic,sand in the desert, seawater in the ocean or, for that matter, the seemingly (表面上)unlimited "hot air" on the Net.
In the 20th century, the proliferation of cars, radios, movies, televisions, mass retailers and computers all inspired a sense that we had begun a New Era. Each breakthrough promised new fiches and unprecedented prosperity for the innovators. But in the long run, they always failed to deliver to investors the expected rewards.
Why the letdowns? In part because every great innovator invariably attracted great imitators,who competed with the original and eventually depressed his "excessive" profit margin by commoditizing the invention. Furthermore, great inventions have always been followed by greater innovations (创新), which, through the process known as creative destruction, render the previous new technology obsolete. And when inventions become vital to the economy, they are frequently brought under the control of governments via regulation, nationalization and, in extreme cases, expropriation.
Take the Erie Canal, which was completed in 1825. Its success led to the great American canal boom of the 1830s. It ended just a few years later in a tremendous failure, as most of the other canals failed to make money. The Erie, too, began to suffer from competition, first from railroads and, eventually, from trucks. In the end, the railroad industry -- which helped create an unprecedented industrial boom -- proved to be disastrous for most investors. By 1895, most U. S. railroads had to be restructured.
Now familiar technologies like cars, radios, cash registers and mainframe computers were all at some point new and revolutionary. But the spread of the technologies led inevitably to the demise of their creators' "excessive" profits, as each became just another commodity, Don't think for a minute that the Internet will be any different.
It is implied in the passage that_____________
A．the growth of the Internet business is too fast
B．the spread of a new invention can make people live better
C．most Internet companies are unlikely to be out of business
D．some survived Internet companies can achieve some meaningful earnings
2.
根据所听材料，回答34-22题
3. 根据以下资料回答22-20题
Geographers who study mobility are most probably interested in __________.
4.
根据所听材料回答20-2题
快速阅读2
5. Directions;In this part，you will have l5 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on answer Sheet1．
For questions 2-8，mark
Y(for Yes) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;
N(for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;
NG(for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage．
For questions 9-11，complete the sentences with the information given in the passage．
Foreign adoptions
Madonna，as you might have hard，is in the process of adopting a baby from Malawi．The one—year—old boy named David was flown last month to London．The American pop music star and her husband have a home there．Madonna is married to a film director Guy Ritchie and is the biological mother of two children．
Madonna recently gave millions of dollars to support efforts to help orphans(孤儿)in Mala wi．The southern African country is one of the poorest nations in the world．
Madonna says she wants to give David a better life．But some people citicized her for adop ting a child whose father is still alive，even if the father did agree to it．And some child psychologists said children do best if they are well cared for in their own homeland．
The adoption is not yet final．The Lilongwe High court gave Madonna and her husband temporary custody of David on October l2th．The court order is for eighteen months．During that period a social worker will report on how the boy is being cared for．
A committee of 67 human rights groups in Malawi argued that adoption laws there normally ban international adoptions．The committee has brought a legal action to make sure if Madonna received special treatment．
Madonna says she did not．But she has supporters．They include Jane Aronson，an influential expert on adoptions and had of the World Orphans Foundation．She says Madonna is offering David a new life.
More than two thirds of people in the United States who adopt .children from other countries are not famous．They are people like Miriam and John Baxter of Bethesda, Maryland. The Baxters have a biological daughter named Olivia. Olivia was almost eight when her new brother, Matthew,arrived. The Baxters adopted Matthew from an orphanage (孤儿院) in South Korea.
They had thought about adopting a baby from China. But their plans changed five years ago after the World Trade Center attack in New York. A nearby office where they needed to get a document to satisfy Chinese adoption requirements was closed temporarily.
Waiting for the office to re-open would have delayed the process another month. And .the Baxters already faced a year of waiting,
Then they learned that it might be faster to try to adopt a child from South Korea. Miriam Baxter has a brother and a sister who were adopted from there. And, in her words, "we wanted the
child so much, we just could not wait any longer. "
There are many ol
6. 根据以下资料，回答1-12题。
Why does the enthusiasm of the policy-makers to lessen climate change decrease?
A) Economic recession is widely spread．
B)Western lifestyles are destroyed．
C)The cost of a green revolution rises．
D)The environment is improved．
7. Questions {TSE}are based on the following passage.
__________
8. __________ (正是由于她没有经验)that she does not know how to deal with the situation．
9.
10. __________(努力降低肺癌的死亡率)the National Cancer Institute sponsored three separate lung cancer screening trials last year．
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