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Part I ：Reading Comprehension

Directions: There are six passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSER SHEET.

Passage 1

Taken together, income, occupation, and education are good measures of people?s social standing. Using a layered model of stratification, most sociologists describe the class system in the United States as divided into several classes: upper, upper middle, middle, lower middle, and lower class. Each class is defined by characteristics such as income, occupational prestige, and educational attainment. The different groups are arrayed along a continuum with those with the most money, education, and prestige at the top and those with the least at the bottom.

In the United States, the upper class owns the major share of corporate and personal wealth; it includes those who have held wealth for generations as well as those who have recently become rich. Only a very small proportion of people actually constitute the upper class, but they control vast amounts of wealth and power in the United States. They exercise enormous control throughout society. Most of their wealth is inherited.

Despite social myths to the contrary, the best predictor of future wealth is the family into which you are born. Each year, the business magazine Forbes publishes a list of the “Forbes 400”-the four hundred wealthiest families and individuals in the country. Of all the wealth represented on the Forbes 400 list, more than half is inherited. Those on the list who could be called “self-made” were not typically of modest origins; most inherited significant assets (Forbes, 1997; Sklar and Collins, 1997). Those in the upper class with newly acquired wealth are known as the nouveau niche. Although they may have vast amounts of money, they are often not accepted

into “old rich” circles.

The upper middle class includes those with high incomes and high social prestige. They tend to be well-educated professionals or business executives. Their earnings can be quite high indeed-successful business executives can earn millions of dollars a year. It is difficult to estimate exactly how many people fall into this group because of the difficulty of drawing lines between the upper, upper middle, and middle class. Indeed, the upper middle class is often thought of as “middle class” because their lifestyle sets the standard to which many aspire, but this lifestyle is simply beyond the means of a majority of people in the United States.

The middle class is hard to define; in part, being “middle class” is more than just economic position. By far the majority of Americans identity themselves as middle class even though they vary widely in lifestyle and in resources at their though they vary widely in lifestyle and in resources at their disposal. But the idea that the United States is an open-class system leads many to think that the majority have a middle-class lifestyle because, in general, people tend not to want to recognize class distinctions in the United States. Thus, the middle class becomes the ubiquitous norm even though many who call themselves middle class have a tenuous hold on this class position.

In the hierarchy of social class, the lower middle class includes workers in the skilled trades and low-income bureaucratic workers, many of whom may actually define themselves as middle class. Examples are blue-collar workers (those in skilled trades who do manual labor) and many service workers, such as secretaries, hairdressers, waitresses, police, and firefighters. Medium to low income, education, and occupational prestige define the lower middle class relative to the class groups above it. The term “lower” in this class designation refers to the relative position of the group in the stratification system, but it has a pejorative sound to many people, especially to people who are members of this class.

The lower class is composed primarily of the displaced and poor. People in this class have little formal education and are often unemployed or working in

minimum-wage jobs. Forty percent of the poor work; 1 0 percent work year-round and full time—a proportion that has generally increased over time. Recently, the concept of the underclass has been added to the lower class. The underclass includes those who have been left behind by contemporary economic developments. Rejected from the economic system, those in the underclass may become dependent on public assistance or illegal activities.

1. Why does the author mention the "Forbes 400" in paragraph 3?

A. To explain the meaning of the listing that appears every year

B. To cast doubt on the claim that family income predicts individual wealth

C. To give examples of successful people who have modest family connections

D. To support the statement that most wealthy people inherit their money

2. The author states that business and professional people with educational advantages are most often members of the_____.

A. lower middle class

B. upper middle class

C. nouveau riche

D. upper class

3. Why do most people identify themselves as middle class in the United States?

A. They have about the same lifestyle as everyone else in the country

B. They don?t really know how to define their status because it is unclear

C. They prefer not to admit that there are class distinctions in the United States

D. They identify themselves with the majority who have normal lifestyles

4. What can be inferred about poor people in the United States?

A. They are not able to find entry-level jobs

B. They work in jobs that require little education

C. They are service workers and manual laborers

D. They do not try to find employment

5. According to paragraph 7, why has the underclass emerged?

A. The new term was necessary because the lower class enjoyed a higher lifestyle than it had previously.

B. The increase in crime has supported a new class of people who live by engaging in illegal activities.

C. Changes in the economy have caused an entire class of people to survive by welfare or crime.

D. Minimum-wage jobs no longer support a class of people at a standard level in the economic system.

Passage 2

“The word …protection? is no longer taboo”. This short sentence, uttered by French President Nicolas Sarkozy late last month, may have launched a new era in economic history. Why? For decades, Western leaders have believed that lowering trade barriers and tariffs was a natural good. Doing so, they reasoned, would lead to greater economic efficiency and productivity, which in turn would improve human welfare. Championing free trade thus became a moral, not just an economic, cause.

These leaders, of course, weren?t acting out of unself ishness. They knew their economics were the most competitive, so they?d profit most from liberalization. And developing countries feared that their economics would be swamped by superior Western productivity. Today, however, the tables have turned-though few acknowledge it. The west continues to preach free trade, but practices it less and less. Asia, meanwhile, continues to plead for special protection but practices more and more free trade.

That?s why Sarkozy?s word were so important: he finally inj ected some honesty into the trade debate. The truth is that large parts of the West are losing faith in free trade, though few leaders admit it. Some economists are more honest. Paul Krug man is one of the few willing to losers will be in the West. Economists in the developed world used to love quoting Joseph Schumpeter, who said that “creative destruction” was an essential part of capitalist growth. But they always assumed that destruction would happen over there. When Western workers began losing jobs, suddenly their leaders began to lose faith in their principles. Things have yet to reverse completely. But there?s clearly a negative trend in Western theory and practice.

A little hypocrisy is not in itself a serious problem. The real problem is that Western governments continue to insist that they retain control of the key global

economic and financial institutions while drifting away from global liberalization. Look at what?s happening at the IMF (International Monetary Fund). The Europeans have demanded that they keep the post of managing director. But all too often, Western officials put their own interests above everyone else?s when they dominate these global institutions.

The time has therefore come for the Asians-who are clearly the new winners in today?s global economy- to provide more intellectual leadership in supporting free trade, Sadly, they have yet to do so. Unless Asians speak out, however, there?s a real danger that Adam Smith?s principles, which have brought so much good to the world, could gradually die. And that would leave all of us worse off, in one way or another.

6. It can be inferred that “protection” (Line1, Para.1) means ______.

A. improving economic efficiency

B. ending the free-trade practice

C. lowering moral standard

D. raising trade tariffs

7. The Western leaders preach free trade because ______.

A. it is beneficial to their economics

B. it is supported by developing countries

C. it makes them keep faith in their principles

D. it is advocated by Joseph Schumpeter and Adam Smith

8. By “the tables have turned” (Line 3-4, Para.2) the author implies that ______.

A. the Western leaders have turned self-centered

B. the Asian leaders have become advocates of free trade

C. the developed economics have turned less competitive

D. the developing economics have become more independent

9. The Western economists used to like the idea of “creative destruction” because it ______.

A. set a long-term rather than short-term goal

B. was an essential part of capitalist development

C. entailed a positive rather than negative mentality

D. was meant to be the destruction of developing economics

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