《英语四级考试》每日一练（第2015-6-19 期）
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单项选择题
1、听录音,回答题
A．It is lined with tall trees．
B．It was widened recently．
C．It used to be dirty and disorderly．
D．It has high buildings on both sides．
2、听录音,回答题
A．It is often caused by a change of circumstances．
B．It actually doesn't require any special treatment．
C．It usually appears all of a sudden．
D．It generally lasts for several years．
3、
Surviving the Recession
A．America's 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．Financiers who were not as clever as theythought they were? Regulators falling asleep at work? Consumers who borrowed too much? Politicianswho thoughtlessly promoted home-ownership for those who could not afford it? All are guilty; andwhat a mess they have created.
B．Since 2007 America has shed 5 million jobs．More than 15% of the workforce are jobless or underem-ployed-roughiy 25 million workers．The only industries swelling their payrolls are health care, utilitiesand the federal government．The value of listed shares in American firms collapsed by 57% from its
peak in October 2007 to a low in March this year, though it has since bounced back somewhat．In-dustrial production fell by 12.8% in the year to March, the worst slide since the Second World War.Mark Zandi, an economist at Moody's Economy.com, predicts that the recession will shrink America'seconomy by 3.5% in total．For most executives, this is the worst business environment they've everseen.
C．Times are so tough that even bosses are taking pay cuts．Median (中为数的) pay for chief executivesof S&P 500 companies fell 6.8% in 2008．The overthrown business giants of Wall Street took thebiggest knock, with average pay cuts of 38% and median bonuses of zero．But there was some painfor everyone: median pay for chief executives of non-fmancial firms in the S&P 500 fell by 2.7%.Nearly every business has a sad tale to tell．For example, Arne Sorenson, the president of Marriotthotels, likens the crisis to the downturn that hit his business after September llth,2001．When thetwin towers fell, Americans stopped travelling．Marriott had its worst quarter ever, with revenues perroom falling by 25%．This year, without a terrorist attack, the hotel industry is "putting the samenumbers on the board", says Mr Soreuson.
D．The hotel bust (不景气), like most busts, was preceded by a breathtaldng boom．Although many otherbig firm.s resisted the temptation to over-borrow, developers borrowed heavily and built bigger andfancier hotels as if the whole world were planning a holiday in Las Vegas．When the bubble burst,demand collapsed．Hotel owners found themselves with a huge number of empty rooms even as a lotof unnecessary new hotels were ready to open.
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1、听录音,回答题
A．It is lined with tall trees．
B．It was widened recently．
C．It used to be dirty and disorderly．
D．It has high buildings on both sides．
2、听录音,回答题
A．It is often caused by a change of circumstances．
B．It actually doesn't require any special treatment．
C．It usually appears all of a sudden．
D．It generally lasts for several years．
3、
Surviving the Recession
A．America's 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．Financiers who were not as clever as theythought they were? Regulators falling asleep at work? Consumers who borrowed too much? Politicianswho thoughtlessly promoted home-ownership for those who could not afford it? All are guilty; andwhat a mess they have created.
B．Since 2007 America has shed 5 million jobs．More than 15% of the workforce are jobless or underem-ployed-roughiy 25 million workers．The only industries swelling their payrolls are health care, utilitiesand the federal government．The value of listed shares in American firms collapsed by 57% from its
peak in October 2007 to a low in March this year, though it has since bounced back somewhat．In-dustrial production fell by 12.8% in the year to March, the worst slide since the Second World War.Mark Zandi, an economist at Moody's Economy.com, predicts that the recession will shrink America'seconomy by 3.5% in total．For most executives, this is the worst business environment they've everseen.
C．Times are so tough that even bosses are taking pay cuts．Median (中为数的) pay for chief executivesof S&P 500 companies fell 6.8% in 2008．The overthrown business giants of Wall Street took thebiggest knock, with average pay cuts of 38% and median bonuses of zero．But there was some painfor everyone: median pay for chief executives of non-fmancial firms in the S&P 500 fell by 2.7%.Nearly every business has a sad tale to tell．For example, Arne Sorenson, the president of Marriotthotels, likens the crisis to the downturn that hit his business after September llth,2001．When thetwin towers fell, Americans stopped travelling．Marriott had its worst quarter ever, with revenues perroom falling by 25%．This year, without a terrorist attack, the hotel industry is "putting the samenumbers on the board", says Mr Soreuson.
D．The hotel bust (不景气), like most busts, was preceded by a breathtaldng boom．Although many otherbig firm.s resisted the temptation to over-borrow, developers borrowed heavily and built bigger andfancier hotels as if the whole world were planning a holiday in Las Vegas．When the bubble burst,demand collapsed．Hotel owners found themselves with a huge number of empty rooms even as a lotof unnecessary new hotels were ready to open.
