20xx英语真题(编辑修改稿)

20xx英语真题(编辑修改稿)内容摘要：

le nowadays can no longer achieve IQ scores as high as vos Savant’s because [A] the scores are obtained through different putational procedures [B] creativity rather than analytical skills is emphasized now [C] vos Savant’s case is an extreme one that will not repeat [D] the defining characteristic of IQ tests has changed 29 We can conclude from the last paragraph that [A] test scores may not be reliable indicators of one’s ability [B] IQ scores and SAT results are highly correlated [C] testing involves a lot of guesswork [D] traditional tests are out of date 30 What is the author’s attitude towards IQ tests? [A] Supportive [B] Skeptical [C] Impartial [D] Biased Text 3 During the past generation, the American middleclass family that once could count on hard work and fair play to keep itself financially secure has be en transformed by economic risk and new realities. Now a pink slip, a bad diagnosis, or a disappearing spouse can reduce a family from solidly middle class to newly poor in a few months. In just one generation, millions of mothers have gone to work, transforming basic family economics, Scholars, policymakers, and critics of all stripes have debated the social implications of these changes, but few have looked at the side effect: family risk has risen as well. Today’s families have budgeted to the limits of their new twopaycheck status. As a result, they have lost the parachute they once had in times of financial setback – a backup earner(usually Mom)who could go into the workforce if the primary canner got laid off or fell sick. This ―addedworker effect‖ could support the safety offered by unemployment insurance or disability insurance to help families weather bad times. But today, a disruption to family fortunes can no longer be made up with extra ine from an otherwisestayathome partner. During the same period, families have been asked to absorb much more risk in their retirement ine. Steelworkers, airline employees, and now those in the auto industry are joining millions of families who must worry about interest rates, stock market fluctuation, and the harsh reality that they may outlive their retirement money. For much of the past year, President Bush campaigned to move Social Security to a savingsaccount model, with retirees trading much or all of their guaranteed payments for payments depending on investment returns. For younger families, the picture is not any better. Both the absolute cost of healthcare and the share of it borne by families have risenand newly fashionable healthsavings plans are spreading from legislative halls to WalMart workers, with much higher deductibles and a large new dose of investment risk for families’ future healthcare. Even demographics are working against the middle class family, as the odds of having a weak elderly parent and all the attendant need for physical and financial assistance – have jumped eightfold in just one generation. Form the middleclass family perspective, much of this, understandably, looks far less like an opportunity to exercise more financial responsibility, and a good deal more like a frightening acceleration of the wholesale shift of financial risk onto their already overburdened shoulders. The financial fallout has begun, and the political fallout may not be far behind. 31 Today’s doubleine families are at greater financial risk in that [A] the safety they used to enjoy has disappeared [B] their chances of being laid off have greatly increased [C] they are more vulnerable to changes in family economics [D] they are deprived of unemployment or disability insurance 32 As a result of President Bush’s reform, retired people may have [A] a higher sense of security [B] less secured payments [C] less chance to invest [D] a guaranteed future 33 According to the author, healthsavings plans will [A] help reduce the cost of healthcare [B] popularize among the middle class [C] pensate for the reduced pensions [D]increase the families’ investment risk 34 It can be inferred from the last paragraph that [A] financial risks tend to outweigh political risks [B] the middle class may face greater political challenges [C] financial problems may bring about political problems [D] financial responsibility is an indicator of political status 35 Which of the following is the best title for this text? [A] The Middle Class on the Alert [B] The Middle Class on the Cliff [C] The Middle Class in Conflict [D] The Middle Class in Ruins Text4 It never rains but it pours. Just as bosses and boards have finally sorted out their worst accounting and pliance troubles, and improved their feeble corporation governance , a new problem threatens to earn them – especially in American – the sort of nasty headlines that inevitably lead to heads rolling in the executive suite: data insecurity. Left, until now, to odd, lowlevel IT staff to put right, and seen as a concern only of datarich industries such as banking, teles and air travel, information protection is now high on the boss’s agenda in businesses of every variety. Several massive leakages of customer and employee data this year – from anizations as diverse as Time Warner, the American defense co。