steve什么意思出卷老师可能会参考的老版《大学英语快速阅读3》较短篇章及答案

2021年1月26日发(作者：司母戊大方鼎)
出卷老师可能会参考的老版《大学英语快速阅读
3
》较短篇章及答案

Unit 1
Text B-1 (Reading Time: 4 minutes)
Caution: Bumpy Road Ahead
Students graduating from colleges today are not fully prepared to deal with the
“
real
world
”
.
It is my belief that
college students need to be taught more skills and
information to enable them to meet the challenges that face everyone in daily life. The
areas
in
which
students
need
training
are
playing
the
credit
game,
planning
their
personal financial strategy, and consumer awareness.
Learning how to obtain and use credit is probably the most valuable knowledge a
young person can have. Credit is a dangerous tool that can be of tremendous help if it
is handled with caution. Having credit can enable people to obtain material necessities
before they have the money to purchase them outright. But unfortunately, many, many
young people get carried away with their handy plastic cards and awake one day to
find they are in serious financial debt. Learning how to use credit properly can be a
very difficult and painful lesson indeed.
Of equal importance is learning how to plan a personal budget.
People have to
know how to allocate their money for living expenses, insurance, savings, and so forth
in
order
to
avoid
the
“
Oh,
no!
I’
m
flat
broke
and
I
don
’
t
get
paid
again
for
two
weeks!
”
anxiety syndrome.
Along
with
learning
about
credit
and
personal
financial
planning,
graduating
college
students
should
be
trained
as
consumers.
The
consumers
market
today
is
flooded with a variety of products and services of varying quality and prices. A young
person
entering
the
“
real
world
”

is
suddenly
faced
with
difficult
decisions
about
which
product
to
buy
or
whose
services
to
engage.
He
is
usually
unaware
of
such
things as return policies, guarantees, or repair procedures. Information of this sort is
vital knowledge to everyday living.
For a newly graduated college student, the
“
real world
”
can be a scary place to
be
when
he
or
she
is
faced
such
issues
as
handling
credit,
planning
a
budget,
or
knowing
what
to
look
for
when
making
a
purchase
and
whom
to
purchase
it
from.
Entering
this
“
real
world
”

could
be
made
less
painful
if
people
were
educated
in
dealing
with
these
areas
of
daily
life.
What
better
place
to
accomplish
this
than
in
college?

(380 words; P9-P12)
NB: bumpy
崎岖不平的，坑坑洼洼的


1)

According to the writer, graduating students __________.

A. will find it hard to
get
a
job
with
only
knowledge
gained
from
college

B.
have
insufficient
skills
and knowledge and do not deserve a college diploma

C. will not be able to earn
enough money to support themselves

D. do not have the necessary knowledge
and skills to deal with the realities of life
2)

The writer points out that many young people __________.

A. fall into debt due
to ill-advised use of credit cards

B. have to depend on credit to purchase some
material
necessities

C.
do
not
know
the
power
of
credit
any
easily
run
into
serious financial debt

D. start buying too much on credit before they get a paid
job
3)

Students suffer from an anxiety syndrome because __________.

A. they do not
have their parents
’
financial support

B. they are worried that they don
’
t get paid
on time

C. they run out of money and
can’
t cover their living expenses

D. they
can
’
t afford to buy insurance for themselves
4)

To
“
train
students
as
consumers
”

means
to
enable
them
to
__________.

A.
handle
their
credit
with
caution

B.
plan
their
spending
carefully
so
that
they
don
’
t
go
broke

C.
make
wise
purchasing
decisions
and
be
informed
about
consumer services

D. cope with serious financial problems
5)

By
asking
“
What
better
place
to
accomplish
this
than
in
college?
”

the
writer
means
that
__________.


A.
the
best
place
to
train
students
to
deal
with
personal financial issues is in college

B. students should be trained to enter the
real
world
after
they
graduate
from
college

C.
students
can
best
be
trained
in
business and economics in college

D. students should be taught to cope with the
difficult problems they will be facing after graduation
Key: 1
—
5: D A C C A


Unit 3
Text B-1 (Reading Time: 3.5 minutes)
Brave New World of Biometrics
There are always people who can find a reason to criticize strongly any new technology as
too personally invasive, but
I’
m all for biometrics. Among the amazing things biometrics enables
us to do is to scan a person
’
s iris
—
the colored part of the eye
—
which displays a natural pattern
that is even more distinct than the fingerprint.
Imagine what that will do to cut down on credit card fraud if the pattern of a person
’
s iris
must be scanned before the credit card can be used. Imagine how foolproof it will make Internet
purchases, which are now extremely vulnerable to fraudulent abuse.
Biometrics
’
ability to prevent theft against the government also is endless. When the state of
Connecticut required people to be fingerprinted in order to receive welfare benefits, 25 percent of
the recipients dropped off the rolls (many of whom, we have to assume, were receiving benefits
improperly).
Biometrics
also
give
law- enforcement
officers
terrific
new
powers
to
track
and
capture
international terrorists. Imagine what miniature face scans embedded secretly in passports will do
to passport fraud, and the ability of terrorists to flee from one country to the next.
Does
this
mean
the
government
and
corporations
will
have
more
“
personal
information
”