专升本英语（阅读理解）模拟试卷23.pdf

专升本英语（阅读理解）模拟试卷23

一、阅读理解本（题共25题，每题7.0分，共25分。）

Therearctwomainchangescomparingwiththepast.First,therearcnewdefinitionsof

whatmancanachieve,ofwhatahumanstandardoflifeshouldbe.Inrecenttimesthis

hasbeenparticularlytruesincetechnologyhasconsistentlybroadenedmanspotential,it

hasmadealonger,healthier,betterlifepossible.Thus,intermsofwhatistechnically

possible,wehavehigheraspirations.Thosewhosufferlevelsoflifewellbelowiho/n

thatarcpossible,eventhoughtheylivebetterthanmedievalknights（口「世名骑士）or

Asianpeasants,arepoor.Relatedtothistechnologicaladvanceisthesocialdefinitionof

poverty.TheAmericanrichinongKongorinthesixteenthcenturyarepoorhereand

nowintheUnitedStates.Theyaredispossessedinlermsofwhslihereslofh【enations

enjoy,inleirnsofwhalihesocietycouldprovideifithadihewill.Theyliveonthe

fringe,themargin.Theywatchthemoviesandreadthemagazinesofaffluent丰（富

fl\J）American,andthesewilltellthemthattheyareinternalexiles放（逐）.Andfinally,one

ofthereasonsthattheincomefiguresshowfewerpeopletodaywithlowincomesthan20

yearsagoisthatmorewivesareworkingnow,andfamilyincomehasrisenasaresult.In

1940,15%ofwiveswereinthelaborforce;in1957thefigurewas30%.Thismeansthat

therewasmoremoneyand,presumably大（概）,lesspoverty.Yetatremendousgrowthin

thenumberoftheimpoverishment贫（穷）oh「omelife,ofchildrenwhoreceivelesscare,

love,andsupervision.Thisonefact,forinstance,mightwellplayasignificantroleinthe

problemsoftheyounginAmerica.Itcouldmeanthatwehavemadeanimprovementin

incomestatisticsatthecostofhurtingthousandsandthousandsofchildren.Ifaperson

hasmoneybutachievesthisthroughmortgagingthefuture,w