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1、.专业整理.大学英语四、六级考试信息匹配题阅读训练Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraph. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each p
2、aragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2. Passage 1Surviving the RecessionA) Americas recession began quietly at the end of 2007. Since then it has evolved into a global crisis. Reasonable people may disagree about whom to blame. Fi
3、nanciers who were not as clever as they thought they were? Regulators falling asleep at work? Consumers who borrowed too much? Politicians who thoughtlessly promoted home-ownership for those who could not afford it? All are guilt; and what a mess they have created.B) Since 2007 America has shed 5 mi
4、llion jobs. More than 15% of the workforce are jobless or underemployedroughly 25 million workers. The only industries swelling their payrolls are health care, utilities and the federal government. The value of listed shares in American firms collapsed by 57% from its peak in October 2007 to a low i
5、n March this year, though it has since bounded back somewhat. Industrial production fell by 12.8% in the year to March, the worst slide since the Second World War. Mark Zandi, an economist at Moodys E, predicts that the recession will shrink Americas economy by 3.5% in total. “For most executives, t
6、his is the worst business environment theyve ever seen.”C) Times are so tough that even bosses are taking pay cuts. Median （中位数的）pay for chief executives of S&P 500 companies fell 6.8% in 2008. The overthrown business giants of Wall Street took the biggest knock, with average pay cuts of 38% and med
7、ian bonuses of zero. But there was some pain for everyone: median pay for chief executives of non-financial firms in the S&P 500 fell by 2.7%.D) Nearly every business has a sad tale to tell. For example, Arne Sorenson, the president of Marriott hotel, likens the crisis to the downturn that hit his b
8、usiness after September 11th, 2001. When the twin towers fell, Americans stopped travelling. Marriott had its worst quarter ever, with revenues per room falling by 25%. This year, without a terrorist attack, the hotel industry is “putting the same numbers on the board”, says Mr. Sorenson.E) Other in
9、dustries have suffered even more. Large numbers of builders, property firms and retailers have gone bankrupt. And a disaster has hit Detroit. Last year the American car industry had the capacity to make 17 million vehicles. Sales in 2009 could be barely half of that. The Big Three American carmakers
10、General Motors, Ford and Chrysleraccumulated ruinous costs over the post-war years, such as gold-plated health plans and pensions for workers who retired as young as 48. All three are desperately restructuring. Only Ford may survive in its current form.F) Hard times breed hard feeling. Few Americans
11、 understand what caused the recession. Some are seeking scapegoats （替罪羊）. Politicians are happy to take advantage. Bosses have been summoned to Washington to be scolded on live television. The president condemns their greed.G) Business folks are bending over backwards to avoid seeming extravagant. M
12、eetings at resorts are suddenly unacceptable. Goldman Sachs, an investment bank, cancelled a conference in Las Vegas at the last minute and rebooked it in San Francisco, which cost more but sounded less fun.H) Anyway, the pain will eventually end. American business will regain its shine. Many firms
13、will die, but the survivors will emerge leaner and stronger than before. The financial sectors share of the economy will shrink, and stay shrunk for years to come. The importance of non-financial firms will accordingly rise, along with their ability to attract the best talent. America will remain th
14、e best place on earth to do business, so long as Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress resist the temptation to interfere too much, and so long as organized labors does not overplay its hand. I) Mr. Obamas plan to curb carbon dioxide emissions （排放）, though necessary, will be far from cost-free,
15、 whatever his sunny speeches on the subject might suggest. The shift to a low-carbon economy will help some firms, hurt others and require every organization that uses much energy to rethink how it operates. It is harder to predict how Mr. Obamas proposed reforms to the failing health-care system wi
16、ll turn out. If he succeeds in curbing costsa big ifit would be a huge gain for America. Some business will benefit but the vast bulk of the savings will be captured by workers, not their employers.J) In the next couple of years the businesses that thrive will be those that are tight with costs, careful of debt, cautious with cash flow and extremely attentive to what customers want. They will include plenty of names no one has yet heard of.
