2012年MBA MPA MPCC聯(lián)考英語二閱讀理解精講篇(二)

更多MBA資料下載請(qǐng)進(jìn)MBA/MPA/MPACC備考QQ群79306850MBA/MPA/MPACC備考QQ群793068502012年MBAMPAMPCC聯(lián)考英語二閱讀理解精講篇（二）TodayonlyonepersoninfiveintheUnitedStatesliveswithin50milesofhisbirthplace.Sincethecountrywasfirstsettled,Americanshavemovedaroundagreatdeal,andareoftenfarawayfromtheirparents.Becausetheyhavebrokentieswiththeirpastatayoungage,chosentheirownoccupations,establishedtheirownhomesanddevelopedtheirownlifestyles,fewAmericanchildrengrowupcloselysurroundedbygrandparents,aunts,unclesandcousinsastheydoinItaly,Nigeria,orIndia,forexample.ThisalongwiththefactthatmodernAmericanfamiliesdonothaveservantshasmadethe“baby-sitter”avitalpartoftheAmericanscene.A“sitter”issomeonewhoishiredtocareforchildrenforaspecificlengthoftime—usuallyrelativelyshort—whiletheparentsareoutforanevening,goingtoapartyoracourseofstudyforexample.Sometimesthebaby-sitterisalsohiredforlongerperiod,perhapswhentheparentsareawayforaweekend.Insuchcasesthe“sitter”islikelytobeamatureandmotherlywoman.Forshortperiods,teen-agers,collegestudents,nursingstudents,andothersarecommonlyemployedonanhourlybasis.Fromthepointofviewofconvenience,thebestsittersareoftenyoungpeoplewholiveinyourapartmentbuildingorclosebyintheneighborhood.Thisgivesyouachancetomeettheparentsandseewhattheyarelike.Ifanemergencyoccurs,youngsitterscancallupontheirparentsquicklyforhelp;youdonothavetotakethemfartoseethemhomeatnightorpayexpensivetaxifares.Anotheradvantageisthatyoungpeoplelivingclosebycanusuallyfillinquitereadilyonshortnoticeorforshortperiodsoftime.Inanapartmenthouseyoucanaskthesuperintendentforpermissiontopostanoticeforababy-sitterbythemailboxes.Thisisoftenthebestwaytofindoutifthereisanyoneinthebuildingwhoisinterestedinbaby-sitting.Retiredpeopleaswellasstudentsareoftengladtoearnalittlemoneyinthiswayandcanbefoundbysuchanote.1.Wecaninferfromthefirstparagraphthat______.A.theAmericanisamovableandindependentnationB.theAmericansareoftenfarawayfromtheirparentsC.theChildreninItaly,Nigeria,orIndiadoesn’tfeellikelivingwiththeirparentsD.theAmericansbroketieswiththeirpastatayoungage2.Ababy-sitterisapersonwho______.A.helpstodohouseworkB.isacleaningwomanC.looksafterchildrenwhiletheirparentsareoutD.takescareofbabiesandcooksforthefamily3.Whocanbeababy-sitter?A.WomenB.ManC.CollegestudentD.Alltheabove4.Itisadvisedthatwhenyouareoutforshortperiods,youmayhire______tobebaby-sitters.A.motherlywomenB.retiredpeopleC.youngpeopleD.maturewomen5.Thebesttitleforthepassageis______.A.AmericanFamiliesB.Baby-SittersC.AWayofEarningMoneyforYoungStudentsD.ABestWaytoFindBaby-Sitters答案：1.A。根據(jù)題干中的“infer”可以排除B項(xiàng)和D項(xiàng)，因?yàn)檫@兩項(xiàng)在文中有直接體現(xiàn)，而非讀者通過閱讀之后“推斷”出來的內(nèi)容，C項(xiàng)表述錯(cuò)誤。故答案為A。2.C。根據(jù)理解以及短文第一段的說明“A‘sitter’issomeonewhoishiredtocareforchildrenforaspecificlengthoftime—usuallyrelativelyshort—whiletheparentsareout…”可以知道，故答案為C。3.D。短文中并沒有提及對(duì)這一職業(yè)的性別限制，所以應(yīng)該是全部都可以，故答案為D。4.C。由