《英語(yǔ)（二）》全國(guó)高等教育自學(xué)考試沖刺試卷一

《英語(yǔ)(二)》全國(guó)高等教育自學(xué)考試沖刺試卷一

［問(wèn)答題］1.請(qǐng)根據(jù)下列材料寫一篇150詞左右的英語(yǔ)短文。

目前，不少人在寫作與交流時(shí)總喜歡使用網(wǎng)絡(luò)語(yǔ)言，有人講漢語(yǔ)

時(shí)還夾雜著英文縮寫字母。就此現(xiàn)象，進(jìn)行了一次調(diào)查。請(qǐng)根據(jù)下表提示，客

觀地介紹討論情況及發(fā)表你的觀點(diǎn)。

40%的人認(rèn)為有點(diǎn)荒誕，聽不懂；破壞漢語(yǔ)的規(guī)范與純潔，對(duì)學(xué)英語(yǔ)毫無(wú)用處

60%的人認(rèn)為形式活潑，使語(yǔ)言更有趣，有助于表達(dá)思想

參考答案：(略)

【評(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)】

(1)簡(jiǎn)述當(dāng)下網(wǎng)絡(luò)語(yǔ)言的大量涌現(xiàn)。

(2)介紹調(diào)查結(jié)果并闡述自己的觀點(diǎn)一一贊同網(wǎng)絡(luò)語(yǔ)言的使用但應(yīng)對(duì)其進(jìn)行規(guī)

范：

①增加了語(yǔ)言的趣味性(moreinteresting)0

②表達(dá)形式多樣化(variousinthestyleofexpression)。

③政府應(yīng)對(duì)網(wǎng)絡(luò)語(yǔ)言進(jìn)行規(guī)范，使其能夠更好地服務(wù)于我們的生活和學(xué)習(xí)

(regulatetheweblanguagetoserveourlifeandstudy)。

(3)總結(jié)全文：網(wǎng)絡(luò)語(yǔ)言的涌現(xiàn)是社會(huì)進(jìn)步的標(biāo)志，但是我們應(yīng)對(duì)其進(jìn)行引

導(dǎo)、規(guī)范。

共享題干題

下面的短文后列出了10個(gè)句子，請(qǐng)根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容對(duì)每個(gè)句子作出判斷：如果

該句提供的是正確信息，選擇A；如果該句提供的是錯(cuò)誤信息，選擇B；如果該

句的信息文中沒(méi)有提及，選擇C。

ReacttoDifficultiesInlife,youwillconstantlybefacing

challenges,timeswhenit'stoughtofeelconfidentaboutwhatwill

happeninthefuture.Timeslikethesewillhavedifferentdegreesof

intensityandduration.Thegreaterthedegreeandthelongerthe

duration,thegreaterthefearandsenseofuncertaintywillbe.

Asmanyofyouknow,theeconomyseemstobeinadownwardspiral

rightnow.Todayalone,divillionsofdollarsarebeingwipedoutina

matterofdays.People'sretirementfundsarebeingcutindouble

digitpercentages.Manyarefacingjoblossesinatimewhentheyneed

incomethemost.Intimeslikethese,it'sarealchallengetohave

anyoptimismandconfidencethatthingsaregoingtobebetterinthe

nearfuture。

Ireadanarticlewhereafinancialexpertstatedifhewentallin

withhismoneytoday,he'11bebetteroffsixmonthsfromtoday

sincemarketswillalwaysrebound,butaddedhewillhavemany

restlessnightsandwillbeconstantlywondering“whatifthistime

it'sdifferent?"

It'ssometimesdifficulttostaypositiveandmotivatedtoworkon

yourgoalsespeciallywhenal1aroundyoutherearepeopleso

pessimisticabout,well,everythingingeneral.Peoplearecutting

backoneverything.Conversationsaroundthedinnerdivandwater

coolerareincreasinglyaboutthestateoftheeconomy.

Ok,enoughnegativetalk.Ifyounotice,youhavesomepeoplereacting

negativelywhileothersareactingpositively.Here5swhatmakesthe

difference.Yougetwhatyoufocuson.Youcaneitherthinkabouthow

badyouhaveitandfeellikeavictim,oryoucanusethese

challengesasareasontostepupandgrowfromthem.

Yes,thingslooklikeeconomywillgetworse.Thereality,however,

reallydependsonhowyoulookatitandreacttothissituation.Like

anychallengeinlife,it'snotwhatactuallyhappensthatwill

determinetheoutcome,it'swhatyoudecidetodoaboutit.

［單選題］1.Inlifepeoplearealwaysdivoubledwithchallenges.()

A.True

B.False

C.NotGiven

參考答案：A

參考解析：文章開頭即闡述了相關(guān)信息“Inlife,youwill

constantly...willhappeninthefuture”,題干的表述與其一致。答案為

Ao

ReacttoDifficultiesInlife,youwillconstantlybefacing

challenges,timeswhenit'stoughtofeelconfidentaboutwhatwill

happeninthefuture.Timeslikethesewillhavedifferentdegreesof

intensityandduration.Thegreaterthedegreeandthelongerthe

duration,thegreaterthefearandsenseofuncertaintywillbe.

Asmanyofyouknow,theeconomyseemstobeinadownwardspiral

rightnow.Todayalone,divillionsofdollarsarebeingwipedoutina

matterofdays.People，sretirementfundsarebeingcutindouble

digitpercentages.Manyarefacingjoblossesinatimewhentheyneed

incomethemost.Intimeslikethese,it'sarealchallengetohave

anyoptimismandconfidencethatthingsaregoingtobebetterinthe

nearfuture。

Ireadanarticlewhereafinancialexpertstatedifhewentallin

withhismoneytoday,he,11bebetteroffsixmonthsfromtoday

sincemarketswillalwaysrebound,butaddedhewillhavemany

restlessnightsandwillbeconstantlywondering“whatifthistime

it'sdifferent?"

It'ssometimesdifficulttostaypositiveandmotivatedtoworkon

yourgoalsespeciallywhenallaroundyoutherearepeopleso

pessimisticabout,well,everythingingeneral.Peoplearecutting

backoneverything.Conversationsaroundthedinnerdivandwater

coolerareincreasinglyaboutthestateoftheeconomy.

Ok,enoughnegativetalk.Ifyounotice,youhavesomepeoplereacting

negativelywhileothersareactingpositively.Here，swhatmakesthe

difference.Yougetwhatyoufocuson.Youcaneitherthinkabouthow

badyouhaveitandfeellikeavictim,oryoucanusethese

challengesasareasontostepupandgrowfromthem.

Yes,thingslooklikeeconomywillgetworse.Thereality,however,

reallydependsonhowyoulookatitandreacttothissituation.Like

anychallengeinlife,it'snotwhatactuallyhappensthatwill

determinetheoutcome,it'swhatyoudecidetodoaboutit.

［單選題］2.Thefearandsenseofuncertaintywillbeindependentof

thedegreeandthedurationofdifficulttimes.()

A.True

B.False

C.NotGiven

參考答案：B

參考解析：文章第一段第三句進(jìn)行了相關(guān)闡述“Thegreaterthedegree...of

uncertaintywillbe.”意為“程度越深，時(shí)間越長(zhǎng)，恐懼感越強(qiáng),不確定感

也隨之越強(qiáng)”。因此題干的表述與其不一致。答案為B。

ReacttoDifficultiesInlife,youwillconstantlybefacing

challenges,timeswhenit'stoughtofeelconfidentaboutwhatwill

happeninthefuture.Timeslikethesewillhavedifferentdegreesof

intensityandduration.Thegreaterthedegreeandthelongerthe

duration,thegreaterthefearandsenseofuncertaintywillbe.

Asmanyofyouknow,theeconomyseemstobeinadownwardspiral

rightnow.Todayalone,divillionsofdollarsarebeingwipedoutina

matterofdays.People'sretirementfundsarebeingcutindouble

digitpercentages.Manyarefacingjoblossesinatimewhentheyneed

incomethemost.Intimeslikethese,it，sarealchallengetohave

anyoptimismandconfidencethatthingsaregoingtobebetterinthe

nearfuture。

Ireadanarticlewhereafinancialexpertstatedifhewentallin

withhismoneytoday,he'11bebetteroffsixmonthsfromtoday

sincemarketswillalwaysrebound,butaddedhewillhavemany

restlessnightsandwillbeconstantlywondering“whatifthistime

it'sdifferent?"

It'ssometimesdifficulttostaypositiveandmotivatedtoworkon

yourgoalsespeciallywhenallaroundyoutherearepeopleso

pessimisticabout,well,everythingingeneral.Peoplearecutting

backoneverything.Conversationsaroundthedinnerdivandwater

coolerareincreasinglyaboutthestateoftheeconomy.

Ok,enoughnegativetalk.Ifyounotice,youhavesomepeoplereacting

negativelywhileothersareactingpositively.Here，swhatmakesthe

difference.Yougetwhatyoufocuson.Youcaneitherthinkabouthow

badyouhaveitandfeellikeavictim,oryoucanusethese

challengesasareasontostepupandgrowfromthem.

Yes,thingslooklikeeconomywillgetworse.Thereality,however,

reallydependsonhowyoulookatitandreacttothissituation.Like

anychallengeinlife,it'snotwhatactuallyhappensthatwill

determinetheoutcome,it'swhatyoudecidetodoaboutit.

［單選題］3.Becauseofthecurrenteconomicsituations,divillionsof

dollarsarebeingwipedoutinafewdays.()

A.True

B.False

C.NotGiven

參考答案：A

參考解析：文章第二段第一、二句有相關(guān)信息“Asmanyofyouknow...wiped

outinamatterofdays."。inamatterofdays與inafewofdays都

是“在幾天內(nèi)”的意思。因此題干的表述是正確的。答案為A。

ReacttoDifficultiesInlife,youwillconstantlybefacing

challenges,timeswhenit'stoughtofeelconfidentaboutwhatwill

happeninthefuture.Timeslikethesewillhavedifferentdegreesof

intensityandduration.Thegreaterthedegreeandthelongerthe

duration,thegreaterthefearandsenseofuncertaintywillbe.

Asmanyofyouknow,theeconomyseemstobeinadownwardspiral

rightnow.Todayalone,divillionsofdollarsarebeingwipedoutina

matterofdays.People'sretirementfundsarebeingcutindouble

digitpercentages.Manyarefacingjoblossesinatimewhentheyneed

incomethemost.Intimes1ikethese,it'sarealchallengetohave

anyoptimismandconfidencethatthingsaregoingtobebetterinthe

nearfuture。

Ireadanarticlewhereafinancialexpertstatedifhewentallin

withhismoneytoday,he'11bebetteroffsixmonthsfromtoday

sincemarketswillalwaysrebound,butaddedhewillhavemany

restlessnightsandwillbeconstantlywondering“whatifthistime

it'sdifferent?"

It'ssometimesdifficulttostaypositiveandmotivatedtoworkon

yourgoalsespeciallywhenal1aroundyoutherearepeopleso

pessimisticabout,well,everythingingeneral.Peoplearecutting

backoneverything.Conversationsaroundthedinnerdivandwater

coolerareincreasinglyaboutthestateoftheeconomy.

Ok,enoughnegativetalk.Ifyounotice,youhavesomepeoplereacting

negativelywhileothersareactingpositively.Here，swhatmakesthe

difference.Yougetwhatyoufocuson.Youcaneitherthinkabouthow

badyouhaveitandfeellikeavictim,oryoucanusethese

challengesasareasontostepupandgrowfromthem.

Yes,thingslooklikeeconomywillgetworse.Thereality,however,

reallydependsonhowyoulookatitandreacttothissituation.Like

anychallengeinlife,it'snotwhatactuallyhappensthatwill

determinetheoutcome,it'swhatyoudecidetodoaboutit.

［單選題］4.People'sretirementfundsarebeingcutin20%.()

A.True

B.False

C.NotGiven

參考答案：C

參考解析：文章第二段第三句提到"People'sretirementfundsarebeing

cutindoubledigitpercentages”,意為"人們的退休金以兩位數(shù)的百分比

削減”，但并未提及20%的數(shù)據(jù)。答案為C。

ReacttoDifficultiesInlife,youwillconstantlybefacing

challenges,timeswhenit'stoughtofeelconfidentaboutwhatwill

happeninthefuture.Timeslikethesewillhavedifferentdegreesof

intensityandduration.Thegreaterthedegreeandthelongerthe

duration,thegreaterthefearandsenseofuncertaintywillbe.

Asmanyofyouknow,theeconomyseemstobeinadownwardspiral

rightnow.Todayalone,divillionsofdollarsarebeingwipedoutina

matterofdays.People'sretirementfundsarebeingcutindouble

digitpercentages.Manyarefacingjoblossesinatimewhentheyneed

incomethemost.Intimeslikethese,it'sarealchallengetohave

anyoptimismandconfidencethatthingsaregoingtobebetterinthe

nearfuture。

Ireadanarticlewhereafinancialexpertstatedifhewentallin

withhismoneytoday,he'11bebetteroffsixmonthsfromtoday

sincemarketswillalwaysrebound,butaddedhewillhavemany

restlessnightsandwillbeconstantlywondering“whatifthistime

it'sdifferent?"

It'ssometimesdifficulttostaypositiveandmotivatedtoworkon

yourgoalsespeciallywhenal1aroundyoutherearepeopleso

pessimisticabout,well,everythingingeneral.Peoplearecutting

backoneverything.Conversationsaroundthedinnerdivandwater

coolerareincreasinglyaboutthestateoftheeconomy.

Ok,enoughnegativetalk.Ifyounotice,youhavesomepeoplereacting

negativelywhileothersareactingpositively.Here,swhatmakesthe

difference.Yougetwhatyoufocuson.Youcaneitherthinkabouthow

badyouhaveitandfeellikeavictim,oryoucanusethese

challengesasareasontostepupandgrowfromthem.

Yes,thingslooklikeeconomywillgetworse.Thereality,however,

reallydependsonhowyoulookatitandreacttothissituation.Like

anychallengeinlife,it'snotwhatactuallyhappensthatwill

determinetheoutcome,it'swhatyoudecidetodoaboutit.

［單選題］5.Duringtheeconomicrecession,it'shardforpeopletohave

confidenceinthefuture.()

A.True

B.False

C.NotGiven

參考答案：A

參考解析：文章第二段最后一句話給出了相關(guān)信息“Intimeslikethese,

it'sarealchallenge...inthenearfuture”,意為"在這樣的時(shí)候，保

持樂(lè)觀和信心是很難的”。題干表述與其一致。答案為A。

ReacttoDifficultiesInlife,youwillconstantlybefacing

challenges,timeswhenit'stoughtofeelconfidentaboutwhatwill

happeninthefuture.Timeslikethesewillhavedifferentdegreesof

intensityandduration.Thegreaterthedegreeandthelongerthe

duration,thegreaterthefearandsenseofuncertaintywillbe.

Asmanyofyouknow,theeconomyseemstobeinadownwardspiral

rightnow.Todayalone,divillionsofdollarsarebeingwipedoutina

matterofdays.People，sretirementfundsarebeingcutindouble

digitpercentages.Manyarefacingjoblossesinatimewhentheyneed

incomethemost.Intimeslikethese,it'sarealchallengetohave

anyoptimismandconfidencethatthingsaregoingtobebetterinthe

nearfuture。

Ireadanarticlewhereafinancialexpertstatedifhewentallin

withhismoneytoday,he'11bebetteroffsixmonthsfromtoday

sincemarketswillalwaysrebound,butaddedhewillhavemany

restlessnightsandwillbeconstantlywondering“whatifthistime

it'sdifferent?"

It'ssometimesdifficulttostaypositiveandmotivatedtoworkon

yourgoalsespeciallywhenallaroundyoutherearepeopleso

pessimisticabout,well,everythingingeneral.Peoplearecutting

backoneverything.Conversationsaroundthedinnerdivandwater

coolerareincreasinglyaboutthestateoftheeconomy.

Ok,enoughnegativetalk.Ifyounotice,youhavesomepeoplereacting

negativelywhileothersareactingpositively.Here,swhatmakesthe

difference.Yougetwhatyoufocuson.Youcaneitherthinkabouthow

badyouhaveitandfeellikeavictim,oryoucanusethese

challengesasareasontostepupandgrowfromthem.

Yes,thingslooklikeeconomywillgetworse.Thereality,however,

reallydependsonhowyoulookatitandreacttothissituation.Like

anychallengeinlife,it'snotwhatactuallyhappensthatwill

determinetheoutcome,it'swhatyoudecidetodoaboutit.

［單選題］6.Peoplearereducingtheirexpensestosavemoney.()

A.True

B.False

C.NotGiven

參考答案：A

參考解析：文章第四段第二句給出相關(guān)信息“Peoplearecuttingbackon

v

everythingocutbackonsth.意為“消減，縮減”，與題干中的reduce同

義。因此題干的表述與其一致。答案為A。

ReacttoDifficultiesInlife,youwillconstantlybefacing

challenges,timeswhenit'stoughtofeelconfidentaboutwhatwill

happeninthefuture.Timeslikethesewillhavedifferentdegreesof

intensityandduration.Thegreaterthedegreeandthelongerthe

duration,thegreaterthefearandsenseofuncertaintywillbe.

Asmanyofyouknow,theeconomyseemstobeinadownwardspiral

rightnow.Todayalone,divillionsofdollarsarebeingwipedoutina

matterofdays.People，sretirementfundsarebeingcutindouble

digitpercentages.Manyarefacingjoblossesinatimewhentheyneed

incomethemost.Intimeslikethese,it'sarealchallengetohave

anyoptimismandconfidencethatthingsaregoingtobebetterinthe

nearfuture。

Ireadanarticlewhereafinancialexpertstatedifhewentallin

withhismoneytoday,he'11bebetteroffsixmonthsfromtoday

sincemarketswillalwaysrebound,butaddedhewillhavemany

restlessnightsandwillbeconstantlywondering“whatifthistime

it'sdifferent?"

It'ssometimesdifficulttostaypositiveandmotivatedtoworkon

yourgoalsespeciallywhenallaroundyoutherearepeopleso

pessimisticabout,well,everythingingeneral.Peoplearecutting

backoneverything.Conversationsaroundthedinnerdivandwater

coolerareincreasinglyaboutthestateoftheeconomy.

Ok,enoughnegativetalk.Ifyounotice,youhavesomepeoplereacting

negativelywhileothersareactingpositively.Here,swhatmakesthe

difference.Yougetwhatyoufocuson.Youcaneitherthinkabouthow

badyouhaveitandfeellikeavictim,oryoucanusethese

challengesasareasontostepupandgrowfromthem.

Yes,thingslooklikeeconomywillgetworse.Thereality,however,

reallydependsonhowyoulookatitandreacttothissituation.Like

anychallengeinlife,it'snotwhatactuallyhappensthatwill

determinetheoutcome,it'swhatyoudecidetodoaboutit.

［單選題］7.People'sviewsaboutthefuturevaryfrompersonto

person.()

A.True

B.False

C.NotGiven

參考答案：A

參考解析：文章第五段第二句給出了相關(guān)信息“somepeoplereacting

negativelywhileothersareactingpositively”,意為“有人消極也有人

是積極樂(lè)觀的”。題干意為“對(duì)于未來(lái)，不同的人有不同的看法”，與原文中

表述一致。答案為A。

ReacttoDifficultiesInlife,youwillconstantlybefacing

challenges,timeswhenit'stoughtofeelconfidentaboutwhatwill

happeninthefuture.Timeslikethesewillhavedifferentdegreesof

intensityandduration.Thegreaterthedegreeandthelongerthe

duration,thegreaterthefearandsenseofuncertaintywillbe.

Asmanyofyouknow,theeconomyseemstobeinadownwardspiral

rightnow.Todayalone,divillionsofdollarsarebeingwipedoutina

matterofdays.People，sretirementfundsarebeingcutindouble

digitpercentages.Manyarefacingjoblossesinatimewhentheyneed

incomethemost.Intimeslikethese,it'sarealchallengetohave

anyoptimismandconfidencethatthingsaregoingtobebetterinthe

nearfuture。

Ireadanarticlewhereafinancialexpertstatedifhewentallin

withhismoneytoday,he'11bebetteroffsixmonthsfromtoday

sincemarketswillalwaysrebound,butaddedhewillhavemany

restlessnightsandwillbeconstantlywondering“whatifthistime

it'sdifferent?"

It'ssometimesdifficulttostaypositiveandmotivatedtoworkon

yourgoalsespeciallywhenallaroundyoutherearepeopleso

pessimisticabout,well,everythingingeneral.Peoplearecutting

backoneverything.Conversationsaroundthedinnerdivandwater

coolerareincreasinglyaboutthestateoftheeconomy.

Ok,enoughnegativetalk.Ifyounotice,youhavesomepeoplereacting

negativelywhileothersareactingpositively.Here，swhatmakesthe

difference.Yougetwhatyoufocuson.Youcaneitherthinkabouthow

badyouhaveitandfeellikeavictim,oryoucanusethese

challengesasareasontostepupandgrowfromthem.

Yes,thingslooklikeeconomywillgetworse.Thereality,however,

reallydependsonhowyoulookatitandreacttothissituation.Like

anychallengeinlife,it'snotwhatactuallyhappensthatwill

determinetheoutcome,it'swhatyoudecidetodoaboutit.

［單選題］8.Difficultiesareboundtomakepeoplebecomevictims.()

A.True

B.False

C.NotGiven

參考答案：B

參考解析：文章第五段最后一句給出了相關(guān)信息“Youcaneitherthink

abouthowbadyouhaveitandfeellikeavictim,oryoucanuse

thesechallengesasareasontostepupandgrowfromthem”.原文的意

思是，你可以成為困難的犧牲品，也可以將之作為前進(jìn)的動(dòng)力。題干說(shuō)法過(guò)于

片面。答案為B。

ReacttoDifficultiesInlife,youwillconstantlybefacing

challenges,timeswhenit'stoughtofeelconfidentaboutwhatwill

happeninthefuture.Timeslikethesewillhavedifferentdegreesof

intensityandduration.Thegreaterthedegreeandthelongerthe

duration,thegreaterthefearandsenseofuncertaintywillbe.

Asmanyofyouknow,theeconomyseemstobeinadownwardspiral

rightnow.Todayalone,divillionsofdollarsarebeingwipedoutina

matterofdays.People'sretirementfundsarebeingcutindouble

digitpercentages.Manyarefacingjoblossesinatimewhentheyneed

incomethemost.Intimeslikethese,it'sarealchallengetohave

anyoptimismandconfidencethatthingsaregoingtobebetterinthe

nearfuture。

Ireadanarticlewhereafinancialexpertstatedifhewentallin

withhismoneytoday,he'11bebetteroffsixmonthsfromtoday

sincemarketswillalwaysrebound,butaddedhewillhavemany

restlessnightsandwillbeconstantlywondering“whatifthistime

it'sdifferent?”

It'ssometimesdifficulttostaypositiveandmotivatedtoworkon

yourgoalsespeciallywhenallaroundyoutherearepeopleso

pessimisticabout,well,everythingingeneral.Peoplearecutting

backoneverything.Conversationsaroundthedinnerdivandwater

coolerareincreasinglyaboutthestateoftheeconomy.

Ok,enoughnegativetalk.Ifyounotice,youhavesomepeoplereacting

negativelywhileothersareactingpositively.Here，swhatmakesthe

difference.Yougetwhatyoufocuson.Youcaneitherthinkabouthow

badyouhaveitandfeellikeavictim,oryoucanusethese

challengesasareasontostepupandgrowfromthem.

Yes,thingslooklikeeconomywillgetworse.Thereality,however,

reallydependsonhowyoulookatitandreacttothissituation.Like

anychallengeinlife,it'snotwhatactuallyhappensthatwill

determinetheoutcome,it'swhatyoudecidetodoaboutit.

［單選題］9.Thewritermainlytalksaboutthenationaleconomy.()

A.True

B.False

C.NotGiven

參考答案：B

參考解析：全文闡述的是在經(jīng)濟(jì)環(huán)境不樂(lè)觀的情況下，人們的不同心態(tài)。題干

意為本文主要講述的是國(guó)家的經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況，顯然是不正確的。答案為B。

ReacttoDifficultiesInlife,youwillconstantlybefacing

challenges,timeswhenit'stoughtofeelconfidentaboutwhatwill

happeninthefuture.Timeslikethesewillhavedifferentdegreesof

intensityandduration.Thegreaterthedegreeandthelongerthe

duration,thegreaterthefearandsenseofuncertaintywillbe.

Asmanyofyouknow,theeconomyseemstobeinadownwardspiral

rightnow.Todayalone,divillionsofdollarsarebeingwipedoutina

matterofdays.People'sretirementfundsarebeingcutindouble

digitpercentages.Manyarefacingjoblossesinatimewhentheyneed

incomethemost.Intimeslikethese,it'sarealchallengetohave

anyoptimismandconfidencethatthingsaregoingtobebetterinthe

nearfuture。

Ireadanarticlewhereafinancialexpertstatedifhewentallin

withhismoneytoday,he'11bebetteroffsixmonthsfromtoday

sincemarketswillalwaysrebound,butaddedhewillhavemany

restlessnightsandwillbeconstantlywondering“whatifthistime

it'sdifferent?”

It'ssometimesdifficulttostaypositiveandmotivatedtoworkon

yourgoalsespeciallywhenallaroundyoutherearepeopleso

pessimisticabout,well,everythingingeneral.Peoplearecutting

backoneverything.Conversationsaroundthedinnerdivandwater

coolerareincreasinglyaboutthestateoftheeconomy.

Ok,enoughnegativetalk.Ifyounotice,youhavesomepeoplereacting

negativelywhileothersareactingpositively.Here，swhatmakesthe

difference.Yougetwhatyoufocuson.Youcaneitherthinkabouthow

badyouhaveitandfeellikeavictim,oryoucanusethese

challengesasareasontostepupandgrowfromthem.

Yes,thingslooklikeeconomywillgetworse.Thereality,however,

reallydependsonhowyoulookatitandreacttothissituation.Like

anychallengeinlife,it'snotwhatactuallyhappensthatwill

determinetheoutcome,it'swhatyoudecidetodoaboutit.

［單選題］10.Thekeytodealingwithchallengesliesinyourattitudes

towardswhathashappened.()

A.True

B.False

C.NotGiven

參考答案：A

參考解析：文章最后一段對(duì)此觀點(diǎn)進(jìn)行了相關(guān)表述，大意為以何種心態(tài)面對(duì)困

難，取決于你如何看待他們，左右你的不是那些困難，而是你自己的決定。題

千意為“對(duì)待困難的關(guān)鍵在于你的態(tài)度”。很明顯，兩者的觀點(diǎn)是一致的。答

案為A。

閱讀下面短文，請(qǐng)從短文后所給各題的4個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C、D)中選出1個(gè)最

佳選項(xiàng)。

WalkingIliveaboutahalf-milefromtwogasstations,twomiles

fromWalmart,andlessthantwomilesfromthemall.Thesebusinesses

arewel1withinwalkingdistance,butIdon'twalktoanyofthem-1

drive.Thismayseemsurprising,butmanyAmericanspracticethesame

habit.

Accordingtothe2010''NationalBicycleandWalkingStudy“bythe

U.S.DepartmentofTransportation,72percentofdivipsthatareless

thanthreemilesinlengtharemadebyvehicle.Shortdistancescanbe

easilydivaversedbyfootratherthanbycar,butonlyaquarterof

Americansarechoosingwalkingorbikingastheirmeansof

divansportation.

ADecember2012studybyGreggL.Furie,publishedintheAmerican

journalofPreventiveMedicine,saysthatabout25percentof

Americansparticipateinactivedivansportation.Active

divansportationisdefinedashuman-powereddivansportation,suchas

walkingorbiking.Theresultsofthestudyshowedthatthosewho

participatedinactivedivansportationhadalowerBMI,lowerwaist

circumference,andloweroddsofdevelopinghypertensionanddiabetes.

The“VitalSigns:WalkingAmongAdults“studybytheCentersfor

DiseaseCondivolandPreventionencouragesadultstogetatleast150

minutesperweekofmoderate-intensityaerobicactivity.However,

abouthalfofalladultsdonotgettherecommendedamountof

exercise,andaboutone-thirdreportednophysicalactivityat

all.Thestudyalsoshowedthatwalkerswerethreetimesmorelikely

tomeettherecommendedamountofexercisethannon-walkers.

Inadditiontothehealthbenefitsassociatedwithactive

divansportation,therearemanylessobviousbenefitsaswell.The

AmericanAutomobileAssociation,s(AAA)annual“YourDrivingCosts”

studyfor2012revealedthattheaverageannualcostforowningand

operatingasedanis$8,946.Comparedwithessentiallycost-freefoot

divavelorthe$120annualcostofowningabicycle,choosingactive

divansportationsavesyoumoney.

Walkingisaneasilyaccessibleactivitythatcanbedoneanywhere,

anytime,withanyone.Byimplementingwalkingasaprimaryformof

commuting,peoplecanincreasetheirhealthanddecreasetheir

spending.Participatinginhuman-powereddivansportationalsoremoves

someofthesdivessesofdrivingfrompeople'slives.Bywalking,

peoplecanavoiddivafficcongestion,stopsigns,androad

rage.Realistically,walkingtoworkcouldnotonlybemorebeneficial,

butalsomorepracticalthandriving.

So,putdownthecarkeys,laceupyourwalkingshoesandprepare

yourselfforacommutethatfewchoosetoexperience-walking.

［單選題］11.Fromthefirstparagraph,wecanknowthat.（）

A.thewriteristoolazytowalktowork

B.Americanpeoplepreferdrivingtowalkinginspiteoftheshort

distance

C.thewriterisveryluckytolivenotfarawayfromgasstationsand

shoppingmalls

D.itisveryconvenientforthewritertogoshopping

參考答案：B

參考解析：文章第一段前半部分（即