问题 单项选择题

在整个欧洲的历史上,工资上涨阶段一般是跟随在饥荒之后,因为当劳动力减少时,根据供求关系的规律,工人就会更值钱。但是,19世纪40年代爱尔兰的土豆饥荒却是个例外,它导致的结果是爱尔兰一半人口的死亡或移民,但在接下来的10年中,爱尔兰的平均工资并没有明显的上升。
对于上述的这个一般中的例外,以下哪项是最弱的解释( )

A.改进了的医疗条件减少了饥荒后10年里的身体健壮的成年人的死亡率,死亡率甚至比饥荒前的水平还低

B.技术的发展提高了工农业生产的效率,在较少的劳动力的情况下保持经济发展

C.饥荒后的10年里出生率提高,这大大补偿了由于饥荒造成的人口锐减

D.在政治上控制爱尔兰的英国,人为地立法发低工资,目的是给英国所有的工业和爱尔兰的农业提供廉价的劳动力

答案

参考答案:C

解析: C项中,出生率的上升只会加重家庭社会的负担,可能会让更多的人出去找工作,但并不能看出平均工资是否有上涨。故选C。

单项选择题 A1/A2型题
阅读理解

第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分。满分40分)

Speak, speak, speak!

Practise speaking as often as you can. Speaking to yourself is good practice.

Try recording yourself whenever you can.

Compare your pronunciation with the master version(原版)to see how you can do better and have another go. If you do this several times, you will find that each time is better than last.

Why not learn with someone else?

It helps if you can learn with someone else. If you can persuade a friend or family member to study with you, it will make you keep working.

Don't get stuck by a word you don't know.

Practise improving ways of getting your meaning across when speaking spontaneously(本能地),even if you don't know the exact words or phrases. Think of things you might want to say whenever you have spare time. Use facial expressions, hand movements, anything to make yourself understood.

Language learning is also about intuition(直觉).

Guesswork is an important way to learn a new language. When listening to recorded material, you aren't expected to understand everything first time round. If you play the same piece several times, you will most probably understand something new each time.

Build up your vocabulary.

A wide vocabulary is the key to successful language learning but don’t try to learn too much at once. It’s best to study frequently, for short periods of time. Take at most six or seven items of vocabulary and learn them. Put them into sentences to fix them in your mind, and then come back to them later.

And above all, have fun!

56. What’s the purpose of this passage?

A. To tell us the importance of practicing speaking as often as we can.

B. To tell us a few tips to help us learn a new language well.

C. To tell us that guesswork is an important way to learn a new language.

D. To tell us that a wide vocabulary is the key to successful language learning.

57. What’s the meaning of the underlined phrase in the first part?

A. Have another try or attempt.         B. Move away from a place to another.

C. Enter a certain state or condition.     D. Follow or take a certain course.

58. To learn English well, we shouldn’t _______ according to the passage.

A. practice speaking as often as possible

B. study frequently, for short periods of time to build up our vocabulary

C. try to understand everything and stop when we meet a new word

D. try to persuade a friend or family member to study with us

59. According to the passage, to learn a new language well, the most important thing is ______.

A. speaking as much as possible           B. having fun

C. a wide vocabulary                    D. guesswork