What do Chinese college graduates have in common with ants? The recent 1 Ant Tribes about the life of some young people 2 flock (群集) to Beijing after 3 university,describes the graduates,like ants,as smart but 4 as individuals,drawing strength from living together in communities. The book,which is based 5 two years of interviews with about 600 low-income college graduates in Beijing, 6 in mid-September,about a month ahead of an announcement by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security that 74% of the 6.11 million new graduates from universities and colleges had been 7 by Sept.1. The book"s chief editor,Lian Sir,tells that piece of statistic says 8 about the real situation for many of these graduates. "I am always 9 how many of these employed college graduates are leading a happy life," Lian said. "I hope this book could offer a window on these graduates,whose stories are 10 known." The setting of the book is several so-called "settlement villages for college students" in the outskirts (市郊) of Beijing,where a large 11 of college graduates 12 .Most of these graduates work for 13 or medium-sized businesses, 14 less than 2,000 Yuan a month. They live together because it"s 15: The rent in these communities is only around 350 Yuan a month. Many of them travel several hours a day for short-term jobs or job interviews. Tangjialing,a small 16 20 kilometers from Tian"anmen Square,has around 3,000 17 villagers,but has become a 18 for more than 50,000 migrants (移民),most of whom 19 from universities or colleges all over the country. Lian describes the students" 20 as five or six-story buildings built by local farmers with 12 rooms on each floor and two or three people crammed (挤) together in each room of about 10 square meters. Up to 70 or 80 people share the same toilet and kitchen. |
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| 阅读理解。 | Although Paris is often considered the city of romance, close to a million adults who call it home are single. Many single people say that France"s capital is one of the most difficult places to meet people. The complaints(抱怨)of this lonely group have inspired a new phenomenon known as "supermarket dating."At Galerie Lafayette Gourmet,singles can shop for more than just the items on their grocery list. They can look for someone who has blue eyes, brown hair, and is 1.8 meters tall,or whatever may be on their romantic shopping list. At this paris location,single people of all ages can schedule their shopping for Thursday nights between 6:30 and 9:00 p.m. When they walk through the door,they pick up a purple basket to advise that they are looking for love. They try to arrive early because the baskets disappear quickly,and then they have to wait in line for their turn to wander the store aisles(过道). With purple baskets in hand, shoppers can consider their romantic options while they pick out their groceries. When they are ready to pay, they can go to the checkout line for singles who want to chat. Most of the people who look for love in the supermarket are skeptical of Internet dating. They know that it is easy to embellish(美化)one"s appearance or to lie about one"s age over the Internet. The supermarket, on the other hand,is considered a safe and casual environment in which to meet a potential match. In addition, what one finds in another"s grocery basket can say a thing or two about that person"s character or intentions. Buying pet food can be a man"s way of showing a potential match that he has a sensitive side. Women who fill their baskets with low-fat food show their healthy style of living. These days it"s possible to find much more than food at a grocery store. | l. What do many single people in Pairs complain about? | A. The difficulty in meeting people. B. The idea of supermarket dating. C. The items on their grocery list. D. The inconvenience in shopping. | 2. Which of the following can be inferred(推断)but is not clearly stated in the second paragraph? | A. The dating supermarket is located in Paris. B. The dating supermarket is open only on Thursday evenings. C. People looking for love must get a basket of a particular colour D. The dating supermarket has very good business. | 3. How do love shoppers meet one another? | A. They schedule their meeting in advance. B. They go through a special checkout. C. They pick out their groceries with great care. D. They dial the phone numbers on their shopping items. | 4. According to the writer,a possible way to win a woman"s heart is to . | A. pick up a purple basket B. Buy low-fat food C. embellish your appearance D. buy pet food | 5. Why do the people prefer the supermarket dating to Internet dating? | A. The supermarket dating is more convenient. B. The supermarket dating is more casual. C. The supermarket dating can be trusted more. D. The supermarket dating is less expensive. | 阅读理解。 | People in China are among the most fearful of getting old, a new global survey suggests. According to Bupa, a British healthcare organization, which asked 12262 people in 12 countries about their attitudes toward aging, 28 percent of the Chinese polled said they feel depressed when they think about getting old. And although 72 percent of all respondents aged 65 and over said they do not feel old, the survey conducted in June and July this year found more than half of those aged 45 to 54 in China already consider themselves to be elderly. About 30 percent of Chinese respondents said they worry about who will look after them in later years, while 91 percent agreed the government of the world"s most populous nation should improve care for the elderly. However, because people in China think about their future earlier, research suggests the country could be one of the best prepared for addressing the aging problem. About one third of Chinese respondents--more than double the global average-said they have put money aside for retirement, while 46 percent have taken out insurance, the poll showed. Despite being one of the best prepared nations, three fifths of those surveyed in China expect their family to care for them when they can no longer do so themselves. A Bupa-sponsored report,however, revealed that the "informal care network" (the traditional pattern of families looking after the elderly) is disintegrating. This is due to a number of factors, said the report, including structural changes to the population, the increase of women in employment, the increase of one-person households and the rise in divorce rates. The first batch of Chinese couples with only one child are largely in their 50s or 60s because the country"s family planning policy was adopted in the late 1970s. Li Yinping, 55, a retired accountant, said she thinks only people in their 70s can be called old. She said her pension is enough to support her in later years and that her only hope is that her son can visit regularly. "I don"t worry about my later years at all," said Li. "When I"m old, I can turn to a rest home. The local hospital can deliver the medicine I need with just a phone call." Xiao Zhe, a 26-year-old computer engineer in Beijing, is an only child whose parents live in his hometown of Chongqing. "I"m so busy with my work that I can"t go back to visit them often," he said. "When they"re not able to care for themselves, I will hire a nurse to look after them." China will become the oldest society in the world by 2030, according to a recent report by a Beijing-based government think tank. The United Nations also forecasts that people aged 60 and over will account for 28 percent of the country"s total population by 2040. | 1. Which of the following can be best title of the passage? ________. | A. the Aging problem of China B. Who is to look after the elders C. Chinese are afraid of getting old D. Old Home Is Popular in China | 2. Many factors EXCEPT _______ have a great impact on informal care network. | A. structural changes to the population B. the increase of women in employment C. the development of economy D. the rise in divorce rates | 3. According to the passage, most Chinese people are ________ to guarantee the late life. | A. putting away some money B. giving birth to more children C. hiring a nurse D. turning to a rest home | 4. What can be inferred from the last four paragraphs? ________ | A. Chinese government put forward family planning policy in the late 1970s. B. Senior citizens will account for a high percentage of the country"s total population by 2040. C. The local hospital can deliver the medicine to senior citizens in need. D. There is a trend that grown-up children live apart from parents | 完形填空。 | The market for children"s products in China will double within the next five years, a report made public at a kids expo in east China"s Zhejiang Province has predicted. The market 1 for children"s products in China was more than 1 trillion yuan (152 billion U. S. dollars) in 2010 and that 2 is expected to hit 2 trillion yuan by 2015, according to the report. The report said that the 3 growth of the business had a lot to do with the country"s large population, steady consumption (消费) and 4 attention to child health and education in recent years. It is 5 that China has a population of about 200 million 6 under the age of 10 according to the report. A Chinese family will spend an 7 of 5,000 yuan (758 dollars) per child each year, according to a 8 by the Hangzhou Association of Industries on Children. This money goes to a variety of companies 9 child products and 10 such as baby milk powder, clothing, toys, education and entertainment. According to a report by the China E-commerce Research Center, online shopping of baby milk powder from overseas companies 11 reached 2.4 billion yuan in 2010. __12 is another area that has 13 investors (投资者) at home and abroad. Twelve Chinese educational institutions (机构) have won __14 support from overseas investors, with 15 totaling 100 million dollars so far. | ( ) 1.A. request ( ) 2.A. figure ( ) 3.A. smooth ( ) 4.A. existed ( ) 5.A. recorded ( ) 6.A. children ( ) 7.A. offer ( ) 8.A. survey ( ) 9.A. making ( )10.A. prices ( )11.A. hopefully ( )12.A. Education ( )13.A. surprised ( )14.A. entertaining ( )15.A. materials | B. demand B. result B. small B. reduced B. advertised B. adults B. amount B. record B. sending B. services B. unexpectedly B. Entertainment B. influenced B. financial B. exports | C. requirement C. production C. rapid C. drawn C. said C. teenagers C. expense C. document C. providing C. cares C. theoretically C. Culture C. shocked C. training C. investments | D. devotion D. money D. slow D. increased D. admired D. students D. average D. finding D. leading D. qualities D. fortunately D. Agriculture D. attracted D. cultural D. products | 阅读理解。 | The US Department of Labor statistics show that there is an oversupply of college trained workers and that this oversupply is increasing. Already there have been more than enough teachers, engineers, physicists, aerospace experts, and other specialists. Yet colleges and graduate schools continue every year to turn out highly trained people to compete for jobs that aren"t there. The result is that graduates cannot enter the professions for which they were trained and must take temporary jobs which do not require a college degree. On the other hand, there is a great need for skilled workers of all sorts: carpenters, electricians, mechanics, plumbers, TV repairmen. These people have more work than they can deal with, and their annual incomes are often higher than those of college graduates. The old gap that white-collar workers make a better living than blue collar workers no longer holds true. The law of supply and demand now favors the skilled workmen. The reason for this situation is the traditional myth that college degree is a passport to a prosperous future. A large part of American society matches success in life equally with a college degree. Parents begin indoctrinating (灌输) their children with this myth before they are out of grade school. High school teachers play their part by acting as if high school education were a preparation for college rather than for life. Under this pressure the kids fall in line. Whether they want to go to college or not doesn"t matter. Everybody should go to college, so of course they must go. And every year college enrollments go up and up, and more and more graduates are overeducated for the kinds of jobs available to them. One result of this emphasis on a college education is that many people go to college who do not belong there. Of the sixty percent of high school graduates who enter college, half of them do not graduate with their class. Many of them drop out within the first year. Some struggle on for two or three years and then give up. | 1. It"s implied but not stated in the passage that ______. | A. many other countries are facing the same problem B. fewer students will prefer to go to college in the future C. the law of supply and demand has a strong effect on American higher education D. white-collar workers in the US used to make more money than blue-collar workers | 2. Which of the following is NOT a reason why the number of college students goes up every year? | A. Many parents want their children to go to college. B. Every young man and woman wants to go to college. C. High school teachers urge their students to go to college. D. Many people believe that the only way to success is a college education. | 3. By saying that "many people go to college who do not belong there", the author means that______. | A. many people who do not have enough money go to college B. many people who go to college have their hopes destroyed C. many people who go to college drop out within the first year D. many people who are not fit for college education go to college | 4. We can infer from the passage that the author believes that ______. | A. college education is a bad thing B. every young man and woman should go to college C. people with a college education should receive higher pay D. fewer people should go to college while more should be trained for skilled jobs |
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