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1、未来教育事业单位公共基础知识英语阅读理解练习阅读理解短文(70 篇)P a ssa g e 2People can be addicted to different thing s - e .g ., a lcohol, drug s, certain foods, or even te levision. People w ho have such an addiction ( 癖 好 ; 瘾 ) are compulsive ( 难 以 抑 制 的 ) ; i .e ., they have a very pow erful psy cholog ical need that they f
2、eel they must satisfy . A ccording to psy cholog i sts, m any people a re com pulsive spenders. They feel that they m ust spend m oney . This compulsion, like m ost others, i s irra tional - impossible to explain reasonably . For compulsive spenders w ho buy on credit ( 赊 购 ) , charg e accounts ( 赊
3、购 帐 户 ) are even more ex citing than money . In other w ords, compulsive spenders feel that w i th credit, they can do any thing . Their pleasure in spending enormous amounts i s actually g reater than the pleasure that they g et from the thing s they buy .There i s even a special psy cholog y of ba
4、rg a in hunting . To save money , of course, m ost people look for sa les, low prices, and discounts. C ompulsive barg a in hunters, how ever, often buy thing s that they dont need just because they a re cheap. They w ant to believe that they a re helping their budg ets, but they are really pla y in
5、g an ex citing g am e . W hen they can buy something for less than other people, they feel that they a re w inning . M ost people, experts c la im , have tw o reasons for their behavior: a g ood reason for the thing s that they do and the real reason.It i s not only scientists, of course, w ho under
6、stand the psy cholog y of spending habits, but a l so businesspeople. S tores, companies, and advertisers use psy cholog y to increase business: They consider peoples needs for love, pow er, or influence, their basic values, their beliefs and opinions, and so on in their advertising and sa les metho
7、ds.Psy cholog ists often use a method called behavior therapy ( 疗 法 ) to help individuals solve their personality problems. In the sam e w ay , they can help people w ho feel that they have problems w ith money .1. . A ccording to the psy cholog i sts, a compulsive spender is one w ho spends la rg e
8、 amounts of money .A ) and takes g reat pleasure from w hat he or she buy s B ) in order to satisfy his or her basic needs in l i feC ) just to m eet his or her strong psy cholog ica l need D) entirely w i th an i rrational eag erness2. . A ccording to the w ri ter, compulsive barg a in hunters are
9、in constant search of the low est possible prices .A ) because they w ant to save money to help their budgetsB ) because they can openly boast of their trium ph over others in g etting thing s for less C ) and w i l l not have m oney problem s i f they can keep to their budg etsD) but they seldom ad
10、m it they feel satisfied i f they can g et thing s for less than others 3 . W hich of the follow ing is true?A ) A l l people spend money for exactly the sam e reason that they need to buy thing s . B ) B usinesspeople and advertisers can use the psy cholog y of m oney to increase sales.C ) B usines
11、speople understand the psy cholog y of compulsive buy ing better than scientistsdo.D) com pulsive barg a in hunters do not have problems w ith money .4. . The a rticle i s m a inly about .A ) the psy cholog y of m oney -spending habitsB ) the purchasing habits of compulsive spenders C ) a special ps
12、y cholog y of barg a in huntingD) the use of the psy cholog y of spending habits in business5. . From the passag e w e m a y safely conclude that com pulsive spenders or com pulsive barg a in hunters .A ) are really unreasonable B ) need special treatmentC ) a re really bey ond remediesD) can never
13、g et any help to solve their problems w i th money P a ssa g e 4In 1838 the polical econom ist M a l thous predicted that in time mankind w ould face starvation, having outg row n the availa ble food supplies. Today , a century and a half l a ter, there are stil l ex perts w ho forecast the same g l
14、obal disaster unless urgent measures are taken to prevent i t.B y the end of the present century there ma y w ell be over five thousand million people l iving on this g lobe, an increase of over fifty percent of toda y 5 fig ure. In order to keep pace w i th this increase in m ankind the farmers of
15、the w orld w ould have to step up their production of food by a t least tw o percent every y ear. S uch a rate of increase has never been m a intained in any country by conventional methods of ag riculture, despite m odern m echanization and the w idespread use of fertilizer. There a re no la rg e w
16、 orthw hile reserves of potential farm land rema ining , and g ood fertile land is continually being diverted to industrial use. M oreover, erosion of the soil takes a constant toll.Intensive research, carried out over many y ears in a l l manners of climatic conditions, has produced a revolutionary
17、 m ethod of g row ing crops w i thout using any soil a t a ll . Hy droponics, as this technique i s called, ma y w ell be the answ er to a ll our food w orries. A l ready it has accomplished w onders in producing hug e crops. Hy droponics w as once a complicatied and ex pensive business; now it i s
18、w e ll out of the ex perimental stag e . Labour costs a re far low er than w hen methods of ag riculture a re em ploy ed. In fact, it i s a completely automatic sy stem. There is no hard manual w ork, no dig g ing or ploug hing , and no w eeding to speak of. Y ields can be far hig her than they a re
19、 in soil.1. . W hich of the follow ing best sums up the w hole passag e ?A ) M a l thus prediction has been proved to be correct by m odern ex perts.B ) Hy droponics ma y be the answ er to the w orld food shortag e in the future. C ) Hy droponics i s a new development in ag riculture.D) C onventiona
20、l m ethods of ag riculture should be improved so as to step up food production by tw o percent every y ear.2. . The phrase having outg row n the available food supplies in the first parag raph im plies that .A ) the available food supplies w il l be enough to feed w orld population B ) the earth is
21、too ex hausted to support its increasing populationC ) w orld population w i l l g row a t a rate faster than food production D) food supplies w i l l be too m uch available for w ould population.3 A ccording to the author, w hat i s the main reason w hy an increase in the production of food is not
22、be achieved?A ) C onventional methods of ag riculture a re still prevailing a l l over the w orld.B ) M odern mechanization and the use of fertilizers are not w ell popularized in the w orld. C ) There a re not enoug h potential farm a land reserves left.D) Land i s being lost throug h erosion and i
23、ndustrialization.4. . W hich of the follw oing sta tem ents i s not true of hy droponics?A ) Hy droponics i s considered a revolutionary m ethod of ag riculture.B ) Hy droponics i s still too complicated and ex pensive for practical use. C ) Hy droponics had created w onders in ag riculture.D) Hy dr
24、oponics had a lready been em ploy ed in food production.5. . J udg ing from the passage, the most important advantag e of hy droponics should be_ .A ) hig her y ieldB ) low er labour costsC ) more automationD) less hard manual w ork P a ssa g e 6A ttention to detail i s som ething every one can and
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