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　　Of Americans in our sample, 62 percent believe that politician’s ethics and honesty havefallen. And what about Congress? Is it doing a good job? Or do members “ spend more timethinking about their political futures than passing good legislation?” Across generations, athumping 89 percent thought the latter. “Congress always seems to be screwing up,” says oneyoung Xer.

　　However, Americans are satisfied with their own lives and jobs. Four of five respondentswere “completely “ or “ somewhat “ satisfied. The figures held up across all ages – including Xer,whom many pundits have claimed are pessimistic about their future.

　　Looking deeper at jobs, we found 70 percent of Americans believe they are about wherethey should be, given their talents and effort. This is an issue where age always makes adifference, since older people, who are more established in their jobs tend to be moresatisfied, while younger workers are still trying to find the right niche. Sure enough, Xers scored65 percent, about five points below average.

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　　1.The U.S. government status in the public mind before the Great Depression____.

　　A.was regarded as quite normal

　　B.used to be very low

　　C.remained a difficult problem for the federal government

　　D.reminded people of the principles laid down by Washington

　　2.”Xers” is repeated several times to refer to

　　A.accusers B.younger respondents

　　C.college students D.blue-collar workers

　　3.The 61-years-old nurse Norman is mentioned in the article to show that ____.

　　A.the government has cheated her out of her money

　　B.it is hard for her to earn a living

　　C.even a retired nurse has lost faith in the government

　　D.the more the government does the greater stake tax – payers’ money will be put at

　　4.”Screwing up “ in paragraph 5 may be paraphrased as ____.

　　A.indecisive in making decisions B.benefiting the nation in earnest

　　C.making a mess of everything D.debating hotly

　　5.”Political future “ in paragraph 5 may be paraphrased as ____.

　　A.the future of the whole nation B.people’s well – being in the future

　　C.a position of higher rank D.awareness of consistency in policies

　　六級英語沖刺閱讀練習題答案

　　B B D C C

　　六級英語沖刺閱讀練習題2

　　Western airliner manufacturers seem to be tripping over themselves in their eagerness to signcollaborative agreements with Asian partners as a low-cost route to developing new airliners.Their potential Asian partners seem to be tripping over themselves to sign such agreements,as a low-cost route to acquiring new airliner technology. If they are not careful the two sideswill end up tripping over each other: the one by selling its birth-right for short-term gain, theother by trying to break into a market which isn’t big enough to sustain it.

　　Technology transfer works in a growing market, where the aspirations of the new entrantreceiving that technology can be met through expansion. The airliner market is not such adevice.

　　Even the most optimistic projections of airliner sales for the next 20 years show thatairliner manufacture can only be profitable if a small number of aircraft builders share theavailable sales. It follows that if new manufacturers come into the market and take sales, theirsales must come from substitution, not expansion.

　　Given the complexity of today’s airliners, it is unlikely that any new entrant will have boththe financial and technical resources to come into the market without the involvement of anestablished manufacturer. In the short term, such involvement may not be to the exclusivebenefit of the new entrant: most of the established manufacturers are searching for ways toreduce costs of manufacture.

　　In the short term,, it can be of benefit to an established Western manufacturer to haveeither components of complete air – frames made or assembled in lower-wage economics such aChina, Taiwan or Korea, while retaining the design, development and marketing of aircraft foritself. It would be a very unwise Western manufacturer which did not heed the fact that thesedeveloping economies are acquiring skills ( like computing ) at least as quickly as they areacquiring skills in metallbashing.

　　The danger comes when the new entrant no longer needs the established Westernpartner because it has acquired the technical and intellectual ability to design and build itsown aircraft. An Asian partner may well find itself in the happy position of having the low-costlabour base, the high-cost technology base and the vital financial base to build a new airliner.

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　　1.The author’s attitude towards Western/eastern collaboration can be depicted as________.

　　A.positive B.progressive C.conservative D.negative

　　2.”The airliner market is not such a device “ means that the airliner market_______.

　　A.does not encourage technology transfer

　　B.is too limited to offer chances of success

　　C.requires hi-tech rather than unaccepted devices

　　D.is full of competitions even for new entrants

　　3.Established manufacturers search for partners in order to _______.

　　A.save the cost of the airframe B.improve some aircraft components

　　C.save the cost of labour D.develop new technology

　　4.According to the author, a wise established manufacturer should ______.

　　A.try to benefit from both financial and technical resources

　　B.break up his partnership with the East once profits are made

　　C:keep a tight told over hi-tech development and marketing of airliners

　　D.collaborate with Asian partners for a short time

　　5.The word “base” in the last paragraph represents_______.

　　A.a production place

　　B.the initial operation of building aircraft

　　C.a research institute

　　D.a position where to start building

　　六級英語沖刺閱讀練習題答案

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