阅读理解--职称英语考试辅导《综合类》第四部分讲义5

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职称英语考试辅导《综合类》第四部分讲义5

阅读理解

例2：What does “this is no longer the case” in paragraph two mean?

A.It is not necessary to get married any more.

B.Women do not need a husband any longer.

C.Women are not economically dependent any more.

D.Many wives do well-paying jobs outside home now.

老师手写内容：代词

it 它 they 它们/他们

this 这；这个 these 这些

one 一个人；任何人 ones一些人；任何人

such 这；这样的

some 一些

used to be 过去常常…

not…any more 不再…

原文：But what are the reasons for this，and is the picture really so gloomy? The answer to the first question is really quite simple: marriage is no longer the necessity it once was.The institution of marriage has been based for years partly on economic need.Women used to be economically dependent on their husbands as they usually didn’t have jobs outside the home.But with the rising number of women in well-paying jobs，this is no longer the case，so they don’t feel that they need to stay in a failing marriage.

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【答案】C

例3：Liquid water only exists ________.

A.in the center of the earth

B.on the surface of our planet

C.in a very narrow range of temperatures

D.in the coastal areas of the earth

原文：The second most important constituent （构成成份） of the biosphere （生物圈）is liquid water.This can only exist in a very narrow range of temperatures, since water freezes at 0℃ and boils at 100℃.Life as we know it would only be possible on the surface of a planet which had temperatures somewhere within this narrow range.

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【答案】C

例4：Most of the fresh water on Earth _________.

A.is stored underground

B.is in the form of ice at the Poles and on mountains

C.is found in rivers and lakes

es from the rain

原文：The earth's supply of water probably remains fairly constant in quantity.The total quantity