当中国成为世界上最大的经济体时，我们会有什么感受？答案不用多久就会揭晓。几周前国际货币基金组织发布一项报告指出，中国将会在五年内成为世界第一大经济体。随着中国日益崛起成为超级经济大国，一国的财富与个人财富的联系正在被打破。中国既比西方国家富有，也比西方国家贫穷，它坐拥3万亿美元的外汇储备，然而如果按当前汇率来计算，美国的人均财力是中国的十倍。美国社会的相对富裕正是中国成为世界最大经济体之时却不能成为世界最强国的原因之一。人们习惯性地把美国当成是世界唯一超级大国，这也让美国的世界政治主导地位比其经济地位更加长久。美国在世界各大机构中都有根深蒂固的地位。有一个很重要的事实是，联合国，国际货币基金组织以及世界银行均坐落于美国。中国由于经济实力的崛起而引发的政治问题，其邻国的感受最为强烈。日本、南韩和澳大利亚发现它们的经济和战略利益正在日益分歧，这三个国家都与中国有非常重要的经济联系，同时它们与美国也有相当重要的军事联系。但是随着时间的推移，中国的不断增长的经济力量将会变得越来越举足轻重。
When she started working for the Johnson’s, Lisa showed （ ）and was promotedto manager after only a year.
A.initiative B.ambition C.attribute D.curiosity
By（ ） computation, he estimated that the repairs on the house would cost him a thousand dollars.
A.coarse B.rude C.average D.general
We work to make money, but it is （ ）a that people who work hard and long often do not make the most money.
A.dilemma B.conflict C.prejudice D.paradox
John has a great voice, but with that cold he won't （ ）very good if he tries to sing.
In the two decades between 1910 and 1930, over ten percent of the Black population of the United States left the South, where the preponderance of the Black population had bee8n located, and migrated to northern states, with the largest number moving, it is claimed, between 1916 and 1918. It has been frequently assumed, but not proved, that the majority of the migrants in what has come to be called the Great Migration came from rural areas and were motivated by two concurrent factors: the collapse of the cotton industry following the boll weevil infestation, which began in 1898, and increased demand in the North for labor following the cessation of European immigration caused by the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. This assumption has led to the conclusion that the migrants’ subsequent lack of economic mobility in the North is tied to rural background, a background that implies unfamiliarity with urban living and a lack of industrial skills.But the question of who actually left the South has never been rigorously investigated. Although numerous investigations document an exodus from rural southern areas to southern cities prior to the Great Migration, no one has considered whether the same migrants then moved on to northern cities. In 1910 over 600,000 Black workers, or ten percent of the Black work force, reported themselves to be engaged in “manufacturing and mechanical pursuits,” the federal census category encompassing the entire industrial sector. The Great Migration could easily have been made up entirely of this group and their families. It is perhaps surprising to argue that an employed population could be enticed to move, but an explanation lies in the labor conditions then prevalent in the South.About thirty-five percent of the urban Black population in the South was engaged in skilled trades. Some were from the old artisan class of slavery blacksmiths, masons, carpenters which had had a monopoly of certain trades, but they were gradually being pushed out by competition, mechanization, and obsolescence. The remaining sixty-five percent, more recently urbanized, worked in newly developed industries tobacco, lumber, coal and iron manufacture, and railroads. Wages in the South, however, were low, and Black workers were aware, through labor recruiters and the Black press, that they could earn more even as unskilled workers in the North than they could as artisans in the South. After the boll weevil infestation, urban Black workers faced competition from the continuing influx of both Black and White rural workers, who were driven to undercut the wages formerly paid for industrial fobs. Thus, a move north would be seen as advantageous to a group that was already urbanized and steadily employed, and the easy conclusion tying their subsequent economic problems in the North to their rural background comes into question.1.The author indicates explicitly that which of the following records has been a source of information in her investigation?2.In the passage, the author anticipates which of the following as a possible objection to her argument?3.According to the passage, which of the following is true of wages in southern cities in 1910?4.The author cites each of the following as possible influences in a Black worker’s decision to migrate north in the Great Migration EXCEPT（ ） .
5.It can be inferred from the passage that the “easy conclusion” mentioned in line 16 of the last paragraph is based on which of the following assumptions?
6.The primary purpose of the passage is to （ ）.
7.According to information in the passage, which of the following is a correct sequence of groups of workers, from highest paid to lowest paid, in the period between 1910 and 1930?
8.The material in the passage would be most relevant to a long discussion of which of the following topics?
A.United States Immigration Service reports from 1914 to 1930. B.Payrolls of southern manufacturing firms between 1910 and 1930. C.The volume of cotton exports between 1898 and 1910. D.The federal census of 1910.问题2： AEvery effort should contribute to the healthy development of our company, but how did they reach such a decision that may be （ ） to the company’s future?
A.irrelevant B.detrimental C.casual D.preceding
Astronauts’ dietary requirements are different from those of their gravity-bound （ ）on Earth.
A.counterparts B.equivalents C.correspondences D.candidates
（ ） we continue to work hard, we can finish the task ahead of schedule.
A.As soon as B.As far as C.So long as D.So far as
The desire for friendship is always with us but we do not always have friends. In fact, the first thing that our own experiences, （1） many of the great philosophers, tell us about true friendship is that it is very rare. A lot of our associations seem like friendships at first, only to weaken and disappear（2）. These lack what might be called the “prerequisites”. In trying to （3） what they are, we must begin by clearly distinguishing between relationships that are accidental and temporary and （4） that are essential and enduring.Aristotle offers us substantial help here by pointing out that there are three kinds of friendship based on utility, on pleasure, and on virtue.The friendship of utility and pleasure go together and are（5） the most common. Everyone has experienced them. People are “friendly” to their business associates, neighbors, the members of their car pool, and（6） casual acquaintances on trains, boats and airplanes. This kind of civility is, （7）, a form of friendship, the friendship of utility, of mutual convenience. （8）, people are “friendly” to their golfing partners, to others at a cocktail party, and to acquaintances who entertain them. This is also a form of friendship, the friendship of （9）, of mutual enjoyment. It could be argued that these sorts of friendship appear to be based upon something（10） reciprocal altruism: we are friendly （11） because cooperating in the office is mutually beneficial in terms of （12）: we like to shop with friends because it is mutually beneficial in terms of increasing the pleasure.These low forms of friendship are not necessarily bad,（13） they are （14）. One of their defects （15） the fact that they depend on and vary with circumstances. This is why they quickly arise and just as quickly disappear. （16）, when the Book of Proverbs says, “A friend loves at all times”, it is referring to （17） form of friendship that does not depend on circumstances. In order to go beyond the effect of time and accident, it must be based on the inherent qualities of the individuals involved. A friendship（18） cannot be a passing friendship.True friendship, then, （19） (although it often includes) both utility and pleasure. For Aristotle, such a friendship must be based on a good moral character. Only in that way can it last. Further, it must develop （20）, since it first depends on familiarity, knowledge, and then—eventually —mutual trust.
A.in spite of B.except C.as well as D.besides
问题2：
A.in time B.on time C.in no time D.at one time
问题3：
A.set down B.set up C.set on D.set against
问题4：
A.these B.those C.things D.others
问题5：
A.in doubt B.no doubt C.for doubt D.at doubt
问题6：
A.such B.their C.even D.the
问题7：
A.in equal degree B.to an extreme degree C.by degrees D.to some degree
问题8：
A.Secondly B.Likely C.Eventually D.Similarly
问题9：
A.utility B.pleasure C.virtue D.trust
问题10：
A.rather than B.rather like C.such as D.as such
问题11：
A.in work B.in the works C.at work D.off work
问题12：
A.having done things B.getting things done C.doing things D.getting things to do
问题13：
A.though B.since C.but D.therefore
问题14：
A.inadequate B.accidental C.essential D.temporary
问题15：
A.results from B.results in C.results to D.results by
问题16：
A.By the same token B.By accident C.By comparison D.By contrast
问题17：
A.a high B.a higher C.the highest D.the
问题18：
A.having anchored B.anchored C.so anchoring D.so anchored
问题19：
A.excludes B.includes C.possesses D.surpasses
问题20：
A.quickly B.slowly C.moderately D.continually
