"Occupy Wall Street" protests, which started in New York in mid—September and ___to dozens of US cities, have shown the anger of Americans over the economic problems.
A.has spread B.will spread C.have spread D.had spread
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The "Occupy Wall Street" movement gained more support on Wednesday as unions and students joined in. With the protests developing from a group of young people's camping out near the New York Stock Exchange on September 17 to large-scale (大規(guī)模的) movements across the country and around the world, people can't help asking: What has led to "Occupy Wall Street?"
Three years after the severe economic crisis, the U.S. economy now is stuck again. Protesters are not satisfied with the present economic situation since unemployment rate is above 9 percent and economic growth has slowed. The housing market is still struggling for a recovery three years after the bubble (泡沫) burst. People are losing their houses even after they have paid a large amount of mortgage(抵押). It is getting difficult for young people to find jobs. People feared that a similar crisis like the one in 2008 may be already on its way.
It is Wall Street that possessed the most riches. It is Wall Street greed that, at least partly, led to the financial crisis in 2008. It was Wall Street's "fat cats" who take taxpayers' aid money as their own big bonus (獎金). With the growing economic crisis around the world, people realize that Wall Street is responsible for it. So they try to target people who created the crisis.
The majority of the protesters are young people under 30. Many of them are unemployed. Some are students with mountains of loans (貸款). Some are hard-working people about to lose their houses even if they have paid a large amount of mortgage. They are complaining that the hard-working middle class is getting poor, yet Wall Street stays wealthy.
William Cohan, author of Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the world, wrote recently that Wall Street not only learned nothing from the 2008 crisis, they are also trying to kill all reforms that might "break this dangerous cycle in which bankers get very rich while the rest of working people suffer from their mistakes."
1.. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The cause of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement.
B. The demand of the protesters of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement.
C. The popularity of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement.
D. The development of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement.
2.. According to the second paragraph, what set off the “Occupy Wall Street” movement?
A. The housing market. B. The bad economic situation.
C. The mortgage D. The high unemployment rate.
3.. We can learn from the passage that Wall Street is the symbol of in the USA.
A. civilization B. power C. wealth D. fashion
4. We can infer that William Cohan .
A. is the organizer of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement
B. lives on Wall Street
C. is against the “Occupy Wall Street” movement
D. approves of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement
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"Yes, but what did we use to do before there was television?" How often we hear statements like this! Television hasn't been with us all that long, but we are already beginning to forget what the world was like without it. Before we admit the one-eyed monster into our homes, we never found it difficult to occupy our spare time. We used to enjoy civilized pleasures. For instance, we used to have hobbies, we used to entertain our friends and be entertained by them, we used to go outside for our amusements to theaters, cinemas, restaurants and sporting events. We even used to read books and listen to music and broadcast talk occasionally. All that belongs to the past. Now all our free time is regulated by the "goggle-box". We rush home or gulp down(吞咽)our meals to be in time for this or that program. We have even given up sitting at table and having a leisurely evening meal, exchanging the news of the day. A sandwich and a glass of beer will do-anything providing it doesn't interfere with the program. The monster demands and obtains absolute silence and attention. If any member of the family dares to open his mouth during a program, he is quickly silenced.
The whole generations are growing up addicted to the telly (television). Food is left uneaten, homework undone and sleep is lost. The telly is universal pacifier(撫慰者).It is now standard practice for mother to keep the children quiet by putting them in the living-room and turning on the set.It doesn’t matter that the children will watch rubbishy commercials or violence-so long as they are quiet.
There is little limit to the amount of creative talent available in the world. Television consumes vast quantities of creative work. That is why most of programs are bad: it is impossible to keep pace with the demand and maintain high standards as well. When millions watch the same programs, the whole world becomes a village, and society is reduced to the conditions which obtain in preliterate(無文字的)communities. We become completely dependent on the two most primitive media of communication: pictures and the spoken word.
Television encourages passive enjoyment. We become content with secondhand experiences. It is so easy to sit in our armchairs watching others working. Little by little, television cuts us off from the real world. We got so lazy; we choose to spend a fine day in semi-darkness, glued to our sets, rather than go out into the world itself. Television may be a splendid medium of communication, but it prevents us from communicating with each other. We only become aware how totally irrelevant television is to real living when we spend a holiday by the sea or in the mountain, far away from civilization. In quiet, natural surroundings, we quickly discover how little we miss the repetitive oppression of King Telly.
1.According to this passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.We used to have hobbies and go to theaters and sporting events. |
B.We have a leisurely evening meal and exchange the news when we watch TV. |
C.We quickly finish our meals so as to be in time for TV programs. |
D.We are usually silent and attentive in front of TV. |
2. The main idea of the second paragraph is to show that_____.
A.children are very noisy |
B.TV is full of rubbishy commercials or violence |
C.television disturbs our sleep |
D.the whole generations are fascinated with TV |
3.Which is the best title for this passage?
A.Television Encourages Passive Enjoyment |
B.Television Is Doing Irreparable(不能挽回的)harm |
C.Television Is a Universal Pacifier |
D.We Can't Live Without TV |
4.This passage is an article of_____.
A.narration |
B.description |
C.criticism |
D.a(chǎn)rgumentation |
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The "Occupy Wall Street" movement gained more support on Wednesday as unions and students joined in. With the protests developing from a group of young people's camping out near the New York Stock Exchange on September 17 to large-scale (大規(guī)模的) movements across the country and around the world, people can't help asking: What has led to "Occupy Wall Street?"
Three years after the severe economic crisis, the U.S. economy now is stuck again. Protesters are not satisfied with the present economic situation since unemployment rate is above 9 percent and economic growth has slowed. The housing market is still struggling for a recovery three years after the bubble (泡沫) burst. People are losing their houses even after they have paid a large amount of mortgage(抵押). It is getting difficult for young people to find jobs. People feared that a similar crisis like the one in 2008 may be already on its way.
It is Wall Street that possessed the most riches. It is Wall Street greed that, at least partly, led to the financial crisis in 2008. It was Wall Street's "fat cats" who take taxpayers' aid money as their own big bonus (獎金). With the growing economic crisis around the world, people realize that Wall Street is responsible for it. So they try to target people who created the crisis.
The majority of the protesters are young people under 30. Many of them are unemployed. Some are students with mountains of loans (貸款). Some are hard-working people about to lose their houses even if they have paid a large amount of mortgage. They are complaining that the hard-working middle class is getting poor, yet Wall Street stays wealthy.
William Cohan, author of Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the world, wrote recently that Wall Street not only learned nothing from the 2008 crisis, they are also trying to kill all reforms that might "break this dangerous cycle in which bankers get very rich while the rest of working people suffer from their mistakes."
72.What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The cause of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement.
B. The demand of the protesters of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement.
C. The popularity of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement.
D. The development of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement.
73.According to the second paragraph, what set off the “Occupy Wall Street” movement?
A. The housing market. B. The bad economic situation.
C. The mortgage D. The high unemployment rate.
74.We can learn from the passage that Wall Street is the symbol of in the USA.
A. civilization B. power C. wealth D. fashion
75.We can infer that William Cohan .
A. is the organizer of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement
B. lives on Wall Street
C. is against the “Occupy Wall Street” movement
D. approves of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement
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