(自己总结汇合)江南大学考博英语历年考题来源部分汇总及答案
Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions:There this part. Each passage is followed by some are 4 reading passages in questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) choice and mark the corresponding letter on and D). You should decide on the best the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage OneQuestions following passage:21
to 25 are based on the
When across Kathie Giffordlucrative the newspapers ’s in face 1996 was splashed exposed line of Walmart clothing after was her in Department of New as York the work Cityof ’underpaid s Chinatown, laborers the teamed up to condemn such practices. With Labor and the White House much acampaign, dministration fanfare, launched President the “No Clinton’s Sweat” manufacturers which independent to pressured submit retailers to periodic and conditions.;
inspection of their workplace This campaign urged manufacturers to sign the Workplace Code of Conduct, a promise to adopted by a handful of retailers and many selfregulate that has since been of including Nike and L.L. Bean. However, the the nation’s largest manufacturers, Department billion garment business that would make it of Defense, which has a $ 1 the outlet, has not signed the Code of Conduct. country’s 14th largest retail apparel In addition, it has not agreed to demand that its inspections.;
contractors submit to periodic Because the Department of Defense has not agreed stopping publicto adhere sector sweatshops falls to to the code, the job of the contractors Department laws or safety and health codes can lose their that persist of in Labor. violating Federal
wage lucrative taxpayerSuzanne the Seiden, a deputy financed contracts. But administrator knowledge, Department of Labor, says that to her at applied manufacturers. that the rule department to government has apparel never adhering requirements,” to “I just assume that they are records she safety and health a Occupational Freedom obtained says. According to of Information by Mother Act Jones, through request, the Administration safety years.
and health has Safety and Health violations cited Lion in 32 the times past for 12 21.What with?
is this passgage mainly concerned A)The functions of the Department of Labor in America.
B)A economy.
serious problem threatening American C)The sweatshops in America.
successful attempt of regulating D)The sweatshops in America.seriousness of the problem of
22.According to the passage, Kathie Gifford ____.
A) was one of the underpaid laborers in New York City’s ChinatownB) New York Citywas one of the wellpaid laborers in C) in New York City’s Chinatownmade much ’money s Chinatown
from cheap laborers D) practice of employing cheap laborers wrote a newspaper article
exposing the 23.The
closest in meaning to ____. underlined phrase “to submit to” is A) to accept unwillingly
B) to refuse coldly C) to welcome warmD) to blame stronglyheartedly
24.Which the Department of Defense is true?
of the following statements about A) It will become the country’s 14th largest retail apparel manufacturer.
B) Workplace Code of Conduct.
It hasn’t acted according to the C) the Workplace Code of Conduct.
It has demanded its contractors to sign D) It has teamed up with the Department of Labor to launch a campaign.
25.What Clinton’s was the purpose Sweat” campaign?administration of President A)
launching the “No Workplace Code of Conduct.
To urge manufacturers to obey the B) Workplace Code of Conduct.
To remind the manufacturers of the C) To urge the Department of Labor to take its responsibility.
D) inspect manufacturers.To urge the Department of Defense to
Passage TwoQuestions following passage:26
to 30 are based on the
The visions of the truly rich-the Rockefellers, the term investment portfolio conjures up Waleveryone-from Mart Waltons, Bill Gates. But today, his three partlawyer children, time the to receptionist Philadelphia firefighter, the single wife Los and their portfolio.;
starting out on his own-needs Angeles a A portfolio is simply a collection of financial assets. stamps and coins, precious metals and even It may include real estate, rare artworks. expertise. about are stocks, bonds and cash (including What But those most are of us for need people to know with such funds).;
cash equivalents as moneymarket How portfolio should go to each of the big three? do you decide what part of your Begin higher by and returns understanding but are more that risky; stocks bonds pay risky.;
cash pay lower returns but are less Research example, shows that largeby Ibbotson Associates, for on company stocks, annually average, have returned 11.2 percent by annual average of 5.3 percent and cash, 3.8 comparison, since 1926. bonds Over have the same returned period, an percent.; But short1974, a oneterm risk is another matter. In stock market would have declined to $735.; year $1000 investment in the With bonds, there are two kinds of risk: that the the borrower won’t much. money you’ll get pay won’t you be back and that treasury The nil. bonds, U.S. worth very so government stands behind buy a $1000 bond maturing in ten years. If But the inflation the risk credit remains. risk is Say almost you inflation that maturitime, averages then the about $1000 seven you percent receive over at goods.;
ty can only buy $500 worth of today’s With over a long period you can keep rolling over cash, the inflation risk is lower, since your inflation CDs every year (or more compensate.;
rises, interest rates often). rise to If As a result, the single most imortant rule in building a portfolio is this: If you don’t need the stocks. If you need it soon, put it into bonds money for a long time, then put it into and cash.