在职申硕同等学力英语（阅读）模拟试卷2（共208题）.pdf

在职申硕同等学力英语（阅读）模拟试

卷2共（9套）

共（208题）

在职申硕同等学力英语（阅读）模拟试

卷第1套

一、阅读理解本（题共24题，每题1.0分，共24分。）

Emcigiiigfiuinthe1980censusisthepictureofanationdevelopingmuicandmure

regionalcompetition,aspopulationgrowthintheNortheastandMidwestreachesanear

standstill.Thisdevelopment-anditsstrongimplicationsforU..politicsandeconomy

inyearsahead—hasenthronedtheouthasAmericasmostdenselypopulatedregionfor

thefirsttimeinthehistoryofthenationsheadcounting.Altogether,theU..population

roseinthe1970sby23.2millionpeople—numericallythethirdlargestgrowthever

recordedinasingledecade.Evenso,thatgainaddsuptoonly11.4percent,lowestin

AmericanannualrecordsexceptfortheDepressionyears.Americanshavebeen

migratingsouthandwestinlargernumbersinceWorldWarII,andthepatternstill

prevails.Threesunbeltstates-Florida,TexasandCalifornia-togetherhadnearly10

millionmorepeoplein1980thanadecadeearlier.Amonglargecities,anDiegomoved

from14thto8thandanAntoniofrom15thto10th-withClevelandandWashingtonD.

C.,droppingoutofthetop10.Notallthatshiftcanbeattributedtothemovementoutof

thesnowbelt,censusofficialssay,nonstopwavesofimmigrantsplayedarole,too-and

sodidbiggercropsofbabiesasyesterdaysbabyboomgenerationreacheditschild

bearingyears.Moreover,demographersseethecontinuingshiftsouthandwestasjoined

byarelatedbutnewerphenomenon:moreandmoreAmericansapparentlyarelooking

notjustforplaceswithmorejobsbutwithfewerpeople,too.omeinstances:

Regionally,theRockymountainstatesreportedthemostrapidgrowthrate-37.