2014年贵州省委党校在职研究生考试英语复习题

about repairing the mistakes of our forefathers. Conservation should, therefore, be made a part of everyone's daily life. To know about the water table (水位) in the ground is just as important to us as a knowledge of the basic arithmetic formulas. We need to know why all watersheds (上游源头森林地带集水区) need the protection of plant life and why the running current of streams and rivers must be made to yield their full benefit to the soil before they finally escape to the sea.3 We need to be taught4（与education同义转换） the duty of planting trees as well as of cutting them. We need to know the importance of big, mature trees, because living space for most of man's fellow creatures on this planet is figured not only in square measure of surface but also in cubic volume above 5the earth. In brief, it should be our goal to restore as much of the original beauty of nature as we can.

26. The author's attitude towards the current situation in the exploitation of natural resources is_______ .

A) critical B) neutral C) positive D) suspicious

27. According to the author, the greatest mistake of our forefathers was that _______ .

A) they had no idea about scientific forestry

B) they were not aware of the significance of nature study C) they had little or no sense of environmental protection D) they had no idea of how to make good use of raw materials

28. It can be inferred from the third paragraph that earlier generations didn't realize _______ .

A) the importance of the proper use of land

B) the value of the beauty of nature

C) the harmfulness of soil destruction and river floods

D) the interdependence 相互依赖 of water, soil, and living things

29. To avoid the mistakes of our forefathers, the author suggests that_______ . A) we plant more trees B) we return to nature

C) natural sciences be taught to everybody

D) environmental education be directed toward everyone

30. What does the author imply by saying “living space...is figured...also in cubic volume above the earth” (Para. 3, Lines 8-10)? A) We need to take some measures to protect space. B) Our living space should be measured in cubic volume.

C) Our living space on the earth is getting smaller and smaller.

D) We must preserve good living conditions for both birds and animals.

养护这个词有着节俭的意思。节俭是节约和保护，使我们自己享受这样良好的状态，其他人也可以共享乐趣。我们的祖先不知道，人口将增加超过原材料的供应速度，其中大部分，甚至直到最近，仍有宝藏是“无限”和“取之不尽，用之不竭”的愚蠢想法 （1）。大部分的古人知道很少或没有什么运行贯通自然这种复杂而细致系统的意识（2），这意味着，作为一个生命体，一个部分的不良状况迟早会伤害到所有其他部分。

五十年前，自然研究不是学校工作的一部分;科学林业是一个新的想法，木材仍然是便宜的，因为它可以从遥远的林地带来的任何量，土壤的破坏和河流洪水不是国际问题，人尚未研究长期气候周期有关正确使用土地的;“保护”没有今天我们的使用意义。

为了我们自己和我们的后代，我们现在必须着手修复我们的祖先的错误。因此，节俭应该成为每个人的日常生活的一部分。了解地下水位与其作为基本算术公式对我们来说同样重要，我们需要知道为什么所有的流域（上游源头森林地带集水区）需要植被覆盖保护，为什么要在溪流和河流的土壤流失之前尽最大努力保护它们，（3）我们需要学习植树的责任，以及切割它们的后果（4）。我们需要知道高大成熟的树木的重要性，因为对于大多数人的同胞生物在这个星球的生存空间是想通不仅在横向，而且在纵向方面在地球之上（5解析：横向指的是动物，纵向只得是空间要求更高的鸟类）。总之，它应该是我们的目标，恢复尽可能多的自然原始之美。

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Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.（没看到答案，看下翻译吧）

The long years of food shortage in this country have suddenly given way to apparent abundance. Stores and shops are choked with food. Rationing (定量供应) is virtually suspended, and overseas suppliers have been asked to hold back deliveries. Yet, instead of joy, there is widespread uneasiness and confusion. Why do food prices keep on rising, when there seems to be so much more food about? Is the abundance only temporary, or has it come to stay? Does it mean that we need to think less now about producing more food at home? No one knows what to expect.

The recent growth of export surpluses on the world food market has certainly been unexpectedly great, partly because a strange sequence of two successful grain harvests. North America is now being followed by a third. Most of Britain’s overseas suppliers of meat, too, are offering more this year and home production has also risen.

But the effect of all this on the food situation in this country has been made

worse by a simultaneous rise in food prices, due chiefly to the gradual cutting down of government support for food. The shops are overstocked with food not only because there is more food available, but also because people, frightened by high prices, are buying less of it.

Moreover, the rise in domestic prices has come at a time when world prices have begun to fall, with the result that imported food, with the exception of grain, is often cheaper than the home-produced variety. And now grain prices, too, are falling. Consumers are beginning to ask why they should not be enabled to benefit from this trend.

The significance of these developments is not lost on farmers. The older generation have seen it all happen before. Despite the present price and market guarantees, farmers fear they are about to be squeezed between cheap food imports and a shrinking home market. Present production is running at 51 per cent above pre-war levels, and the government has called for an expansion to 60 per cent by 1956; but repeated Ministerial advice is carrying little weight and the expansion programme is not working very well.

26. Why is there “wide-spread uneasiness and confusion about the food situation in Britain?”

A) The abundant food supply is not expected to last. B) Britain is importing less food.

C) Despite the abundance, food prices keep rising. D) Britain will cut back on its production of food.

27. The main reason for the rise in food prices is that ________. A) people are buying less food

B) the government is providing less financial support for agriculture C) domestic food production has decreased D) imported food is driving prices higher

28. Why didn’t the government’s expansion programme work very well? A) Because the farmers were uncertain about the financial support the government guaranteed.

B) Because the farmers were uncertain about the benefits of expanding production.

C) Because the farmers were uncertain about whether foreign markets could be found for their produce.

D) Because the older generation of farmers were strongly against the programmer.

29. The decrease in world food price was a result of ________. A) a sharp fall in the purchasing power of the consumers

B) a sharp fall in the cost of food production

C) the overproduction of food in the food-importing countries

D) the overproduction on the part of the main food-exporting countries

30. What did the future look like for Britain’s food production at the time this article was written?

A) The fall in world food prices would benefit British food producers. B) An expansion of food production was at hand.

C) British food producers would receive more government financial support. D) It looks depressing despite government guarantees.

漫长的岁月，在这个国家的食物短缺突然让位给（变得）明显地食物丰富。商店都被塞满了食物。定量（定量供应）几乎被暂停，而海外供应商已被要求保留输送的货物。然而，代替喜悦的是，人们普遍的不安和混乱。为什么食品价格继续上升，什么时候有这么多的食物？丰富的食物只是暂时的，抑或是长期如此？这是否意味着我们可以考虑在家少生产些食物？没有人知道会发生什么。

最近在世界粮食市场上出现增长的出口顺差无疑是巨大的意外，可能是因为两个谷物成功的丰收季的奇怪结果。北美是目前正在其三分之一。大多数英国的海外肉类供应商也是如此，是供给更多的这一年，国内生产也随之上涨。

但是这种食物现状的影响是食品价格随之上涨，主要是由于在政府逐步切割对粮食的支持下，这一切在这个国家的粮食形势的影响。本商铺内所积压的食物，不仅因为有更多的食物，而且还因为人们通过高的价格吓坏了，就买的少了。

此外，随着世界价格已经开始回落，国内价格上涨时期已经到来，除粮食外，进口的食品往往比国内生产的各种要便宜。而现在粮食价格上涨，也正在下降。消费者都开始问，为什么他们不能从这一趋势中受益。

这些发展对农民失去了意义。老一辈之前看到过这一切发生。尽管有目前的价格和市场保障，农民担心他们在廉价的食品进口和萎缩的国内市场之间被挤压。目前生产运行的51％在战前水平以上，政府已呼吁到1956年扩大到60％ ，但州长（？）反复建议，重量轻（压力小），扩展进程就效果不好。