2016年湖北成人学位英语考试冲刺试题及答案四
Passage 2
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
"Equal pay for equal work" is a phrase used by the American women who feel that they are unfairly treated by society.They say it is not right for women to be paid less than men for the same work.
Some people say men have more duties than women. A married man is thought to earn money to support his family and to make the important decision, so it is right for them to be paid more.Some are even against married women working at all.When wives go out to work, they say, the home and children are given no attention to.If women are encouraged by equal pay to take full-time jobs, they will be unable to do the things they are best at doing: making a nice home and bringing up children.
Women who disagree say they want to escape from the limited place which society wishes thetn to fill and to have freedom to choose between work and home life, or a mixture of the two.Women have the right not only to equal pay but also to equal chances.
26.The women use the phrase "equal pay for equal work"to ask society to ( ).
A.pay men less than women
B.give women harder work
C.pay men and women the same amount of money for the same work
D.pay people more who do harder work
27.Some people believe that ( ).
A.women can't do what men can
B.men have to work much harder than women
C.men can earn money more easily than women
D.men's duties are different from women's
28.Some people holding even stronger opinions say that ( ).
A.women should be kind to their husbands
B.women are too weak to take full-time jobs
C.home is the best pace for women
D.women should only take part-time jobs
29.The women who disagree say that ( ).
A.women need chances to go out of the home more often
B.women want more freedom in deciding what kind of life they want
C.women areno longer interested in taking care of their homes
D.if women are given equal pay, they can do everything instead of men
30.According to this passage some women want to give up ( ).
A.their present position in society
B.their marriage
C.their right to equal pay
D.their home life
Passage 3
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
Trees are useful to man in three important ways: they provide him with wood and other products;they give him shade;and they help to prevent droughts and floods.
Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important.In his eagerness to make money from trees, he has cut them down inlarge numbers, only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he had. And besides, he is usually too caless to plant and look after new trees.So the forests slowly disappear.
This does not only mean that man will have fewer trees.The results are even more serious: for where there are trees, their roots break up soil--allowing the rain to sink in--and also bind the soil, thus preventing it from being washed away easily;but where there are no trees, the ran falls on hard ground and flows away, causing floods and canting away the rich top-soil.When all the top-soil is gone, nothing remains but worthless desert.
Two thousand years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire.It set up the empire but, without its trees, its soil became poor and it grew weak.
When the empire fell to pieces, the home country found itself faced with floods and starvation.
31.What is the most important service of trees to man according to the passage?
A.They help him make money
B.They give him wood and other products
C.They help him prevent droughts and floods
D.They give him shade
32.Why do forests in many parts of the world slowly disappear?
A.New trees are not looked after properly
B.Many trees have been cut down by man
C.Man has nol paid enough attention to planting trees
D.All of the above
33.Why did the country mentioned in the passage suffer from floods and starvation?
A.Because an empire was set up
B.Because the empire fell to pieces
C.Because it lost its trees
D.Because too much had been spent on wars
34.Why does land become desert after all trees are cut down?
A.Because nothing remains on land except floods
B.Because there are no longer trees to keep the rain and protect the top-soil
C.Because too much rain sinks in and washes away the top-soil
D.Because roots of the trees break up the soil
35.What does the author tell us in this passage?
A.How trees help prevent droughts and floods
B.The relationship between trees and man
C.How an empire fell to pieces in ancient times
D.A story of trees