大学英语六级
单选题According to the passage before the welfare reform was carried out, _____.A the poverty rate was lowerB average living standards were higherC the average worker was paid higher wagesD the poor used to rely on government aid
题目
the poverty rate was lower
average living standards were higher
the average worker was paid higher wages
the poor used to rely on government aid
相似问题和答案
第1题：
Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Searching through the files of Chevies owners was impossibly difficult.
B. The suspect lived within a fifteen-mile radius of the suburb.
C. The suspect had received a number of traffic tickets before.
D. It took the police hours to find the suspect.
本题为细节题。根据作者在Ordinarily，searching through the files for owners of elderly Chevies would have been an impossibly difficult task．．．句中所用的虚拟语气就可肯定A正确。
第2题：
According to the text, GM employees（ ）
[A] worry about the production cost of cars
[B] express the dissatisfaction with their welfare
[C] show much confidence in their chairman
[D] feel excited when voicing their opinions
根据本文，通用的员工______ 。
[A]担心汽车的生产成本
[B]表现出对他们福利的不满
[C]对领导有很大的信心
[D]说出自己意见的时候很激动
答案解析：[D]推理判断题。第四段末句指出：他们为公司首脑能有机会倾听他们的意见而倍感激动，故[D]为答案。第三段首句提到了公司员工的担心：通用汽车将生产基地转移至“低成．本国家”。他们并非担心汽车生产成本，而是担心自己失去工作，排除[A]。第四段倒数第二句中明确指出“但是大家并没有在这次会上多发牢骚”，排除[B]。虽然末句提到员工因能够向瓦格纳表明观点而感到激动，但并没有说他们对瓦格纳的改革是否有信心，[C]属于过度推断，排除。
第3题：
According to the passage, what is the most important job for a perfect mom?
________________________________________________________
Being a mom.
第4题：
the poverty rate was lower
average living standards were higher
the average worker was paid higher wages
the poor used to rely on government aid
推断题。文章末段指出，一旦打破了这种依赖习惯，政府即可进行提高生活水准的政策改革。因此，可推知在福利制度改革之前，穷人习惯于依赖政府的福利援助而生活。故D为答案。
第5题：
What do we learn from the passage？( )
B.The Pope had the greatest power in every thing outside religion.
C.The Pope was the real king in Europe then.
D.The Pope was the real ruler in Europe then.
第6题：
A. create
B. attain
C. neglect
D. project
第7题：
Emerson, according to the text, is probably
A a pioneer of education reform.
B an opponent of intellectualism.
C a scholar in favor of intellect.
D an advocate of regular schooling.
第8题：
According to the passage, the first settlers used wood for their utensils and tools because it was ______.
A．durable
B．inexpensive
C．available
D．attractive
解析：注意题干上的信号词utensils and tools，以此为目标可以很容易地找到本题的依据句“Because of the lack of other materials，early settlers were forced to make tools and utensils out of wood.”选择C的原因在于当时十分缺乏其他材料而木材到处都有所以得到采用。available意思为“有，存在”。
第9题：
According to the passage，which of the following statements is true？( )
B.EU might not be satisfied with May’s speech.
C.Theresa May has mapped out the blueprint of the relations between Britain and EU.
D.Britain is fully prepared to withdraw from EU in an orderly way.
第10题：
Fossil fuels were burned for the first time.
Greater amounts of land were cleared than at any time before.
The average temperature at the Earth’s surface has become 2℃ cooler.
The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased measurably.
文中第二段第二句表明，过去100年间，矿物燃料的燃烧和森林的砍伐使大气中二氧化碳的含量增加了大约15%，而且我们不断地向大气中排放二氧化碳，由此可以推断，A、B两项表述均不准确；由于大气中的二氧化碳在不断增加，因此地表温度只会升高，而不是降低，C项错误；因此只有D项符合文章大意。