二级笔译
单选题According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?A Transporting goods and people is the most important technology in the history of mankind.B Technology in transporting goods and people has changed human conditions more than anything
题目
Transporting goods and people is the most important technology in the history of mankind.
Technology in transporting goods and people has changed human conditions more than anything else.
Technology in spreading information has changed human conditions more than transportation technology.
Technology in spreading information can’t change the economic development of society.
相似问题和答案
第1题：
Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Some companies in the United States moved to Sweden, Germany and Belgium.
B. Fresh air, spacious room and being away from others attract people to move to the suburbs.
C. People wouldn't pay tax when they moved out of cities.
D. The neighborhood should be maintained by old and poor people.
34．答案为B。根据第一段第一句，urban Americans began a mass move to the suburbs in search of fresh air，elbow room and privacy作出该项选择。
第2题：
Within a society, social change is also likely to occur more frequently and more readily in the material aspects of the culture than in the non-material, for example, in technology rather than in values; in what has been learned later in life rather than what was learned early; in the less basic mad less emotional aspects of society than in their opposites ; in the simple elements rather than in the complex ones; in form rather than in substance; and in elements that are acceptable to the culture rather than in strange elements．
Furthermore, social change is easier if it is gradual． For example, it comes more readily in human relations on a continuous scale rather than one with sharp difference． This is one reason why change has not come more quickly to Black Americans as compared to other American minorities, because of the sharp difference in appearance between them and their white counterparts．
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?A. Social change tends to meet with more difficulty in basic and emotional aspects of society．
B. Disagreement with and argument about conditions tend to slow down social change．
C. Social change is more likely to occur in the material aspect of society．
D. Social change is less likely to occur in what people learned when they were young．
第3题：
Which the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The United Nations says about 50 million acres of rain forests are cut down every year.
B. Luckily people and the mass media all paid special attention to the depletion of rain forests.
C. The author thought the oceans' survival is questionable.
D. People have stopped cutting down rain forests because of the opposition of most people.
此题为三误一正的细节题。见第二段的第一句Unlike some environmental issues，rain forests’depletion has fortunately received significant public and media attention。
第4题：
Marley Dias is a black girl.
Marley Dias doesn't like reading.
Marley Dias wants to become an editor in the future.
Movies seldom represent black people in positive ways.
第5题：
B.Web page
C.The Internet
D.lectronic Funds Transfers
第6题：
In a society where people are quite similar in many ways, there are fewer occasions for people to see the need or the opportunity for change because everything seems to be the same. And although conditions may not be satisfactory, they are at least customary and undisputed.
Within a society, social changes is also likely to occur more frequently and more readily in the material aspects of the culture than in the non-material, for example, in technology rather than in values; in what has been learned later in life rather than what was learned early; in the less basic and less emotional aspects of society than in their opposites; in the simple elements rather than in the complex ones; in form rather than in substance; and in elements that are acceptable to the culture rather than in strange elements.
Furthermore, social change is easier if it is gradual. For example, it comes more readily in human relations on a continuous scale rather than one with sharp difference. This is one reason why change has not come more quickly to Black Americans as compared to other American minorities,because of the sharp difference in appearance between them and their white counterparts.
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
B.Disagreement with and argument about conditions tend to slow down social change.
C.Social change is more likely to occur in the material aspect of society.
D.Social change is less likely to occur in what people learned when they were young.
第7题：
B.Disagreement with and argument about conditions tend to slow down social change
C.Social change is more likely to occur in the material aspect of society
D.Social change is less likely to occur in what people learned when they were young
第8题：
The Smokey Bear(护林熊) fire prevention program has resulted in a savings of $20 billion on all federal(联邦的), state and private forested land(私有林地). In 1941, 208,000 forest fires burned 30 million acres, while in 1981, fewer than 165,000 fires burned about three million acres. While forest usage has increased, the proportion(比例) of human-caused fires has remained stable; people still cause nine out of ten forest fires. But the biggest cause of fires is arson(纵火), accounting for(引起) 34 percent of forest fires in 1981.
1. According to the passage, use of forested land has ____.
A、stabilized
B、been privatized
C、decreased
D、risen
2. According to the passage, in 1941 forest fires burned ____.
A、less acres than in 1981
B、3 million acres
C、ten times as many acres as in 1981
D、20 million acres more than in 1981
3. According to the passage, the number of human-caused fires ____.
A、has remained the same proportionately
B、has increased
C、is the same as the arson cases
D、accounts for 34 per cent of forest fires
4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A、Nine out of ten fires are caused by arsonists.
B、The Smokey Bear program has saved the nation a lot of money.
C、There are more forest fires now than before.
D、People do not use the forests as much as they did in the past.
5. It may be inferred from the passage that ____.
A、the majority of fires are caused by humans
B、arson is increasing every year
C、more acres are destroyed by fire each year
D、fewer people are using the forests
参考答案：1-5：DCABA
第9题：
Which of the following statements is true according to Tocqueville？( )
B.Social mechanisms have seemingly conflicting nature.
C.As social conditions improve，there will be fewer people enjoy the social privilege.
D.As social conditions improve，the people will have more concentrated power.
第10题：
It has a very short life-expectancy on average.
It has the lowest infant mortality rate in the world.
Young people want to have more children.
The number of young people fit for work is decreasing.
从录音中提到的“a diminishing workforce paying for a rising number of pensioners”，可知日本的劳动力变得越来越少。diminishing逐渐减少的；衰减的。pensioner领养老金者；领取抚恤金者。
【录音原文】
Japan has the highest life-expectancy in the world, one of the lowest birth rates and accepts few immigrants, leaving a diminishing workforce paying for a rising number of pensioners.