单选题 This is the question that came to mind when I (67) the book We Are Becoming Poorer.
It is quite (68) for people to say they are becoming poorer when (69) the rising prices of daily necessities. (70) , it seems cynical for the writer to just describe how a particular person (71) by the real property prices or how heavy the (72) pressure is for a young white-collar worker, who has to pay a mortgage, provide for his aged parents and save money for his single child's education in the future.
Let's put things in perspective and (73) the price of a single daily necessity, rice or wheat flour today with the price two decades ago. A kilo of rice cost 0.40 yuan in the early 1980s, now the price of rice is 6 or 8 yuan a kilo, more than 10 times the price 30 years ago. But during the same period my salary rose by more than 100 times. In the 1980s (74) half of my salary would (75) daily necessities, now the (76) is just one third or even less.
Today it should be possible for anyone who has a job, in (77) field, to feed and clothe himself or herself with his or her own salary. If an increasing number of residents are (78) than before, I believe that it is (79) of how we view life.
(80) from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (81) that the index of happiness (82) since the early 1980s, (83) incomes have kept growing (84) the past two decades. So it is clear that people's contentment does (85) come from (86) incomes.

单选题 A. came in B. came to C. came D. came across
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] come in:进来,come to:达到,复苏,均不符合题意。只有come across:遇到,(偶然)发现。符合题意。
单选题 A. natural B. evident C. special D. strange
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] natural:自然的,evident:明显的,special:特别的,strange:奇怪的。只有natural符合题意。
单选题 A. complained about B. complaining about
C. complained D. complaining
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 此处需填入V-ing形式,排除A,C,complain about:抱怨,故选B。
单选题 A. Moreover B. However C. Unless D. Even though
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] moreover:而且,unless:除非,even though:即使,均不合题意。此句和上一句为转折关系,只有however:然而符合题意。
单选题 A. has affected B. has been affected
C. has effected D. has been effected
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 此处意为受到影响,需用动词的被动语态。affect与effect均可表示“影响”,其区别是:前者是及物动词,主要指一时的影响,着重影响的动作,可指一般意义的影响(不分好坏),也可指不良影响;后者是名词,两者的关系:affect=have an effect on。故选B。
单选题 A. financial B. economical C. enormous D. working
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] economical:节俭的,enormous:巨大的,working:工作的,均不合题意。只有financial:财政的,金融的,符合题意。
单选题 A. contest B. discuss C. analyze D. compare
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] contest:竞争,比赛,discuss:讨论,analyze:分析,均不合题意,只有compare sth.with sth.:把……和……相比较,符合题意。
单选题 A. at last B. at most C. at the least D. at least
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] at last:最后,at most:至多,不合题意,C为干扰项,只有:at least:至少,符合题意。
单选题 A. spend on B. cost on C. be spent on D. be cost on
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 此处需用被动语态,spend on:花费,选C符合题意。
单选题 A. segment B. things C. proportion D. portion
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] segment:部分,片段,pottion:一部分,不合题意,只有选项C,proportion:比例,符合题意。
单选题 A. however B. whoever C. whatever D. what
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] however:然而,whoever:无论谁,不合题意。whatever field:无论什么领域,符合题意。
单选题 A. less content B. more content C. contentment D. contented
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 此处需用形容词,表示和以前相比较的情况。contentment:满意,为名词,不合题意,contented:满意的,满足的,为形容词,不合题意。而less content than表示“相比以前较为不满意”,符合题意。
单选题 A. less a matter B. more a matter C. a matter D. no matter
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] more a matter of sth.表示“更是一个什么样的问题”,此句意为“这更是一个我们怎样看待生活的问题”,选B符合题意。
单选题 A. Static B. Numbers C. Statistics D. Figures
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] static:静态的,numbers:数,数量,figure:外形,数字,均不合题意,只有statistics:统计数据,符合题意。
单选题 A. indicate B. release C. remark D. require
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] release:释放,remark:评价,require:要求,均不合题意,只有indicate:表明,符合题意。
单选题 A. has been declining B. has declined
C. has been increasing D. has increased
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 据题意,此处应选用decline:下降,并且强调动作的持续,需用现在完成进行时,现在完成时通常用来谈论较短暂的动作或情况,若要谈论时间延续较长的动作或情况或永久性情况,则通常用现在完成进行时,故选A。
单选题 A. despite B. in spite of C. regardless of D. despite the fact that
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] A,B,C选项的词义均为不管,不顾,in spite of和regardless of后只能接名词。而despite为介词,如果要在其后接句子,需用:despite the fact that…的结构。
单选题 A. over B. at C. on D. by
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 据题意,选A。over the past two decades:在过去的二十年。
单选题 A. necessarily B. not necessarily C. necessary D. not necessary
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 此处需用副词,not necessarily:未必,意为人们的幸福感未必来自于不断增加的收入,符合题意。
单选题 A. increasing B. ever-increasing C. decreasing D. ever-decreasing
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] increasing:增加的,decreasing:下降的,ever-decreasing:不断下降的,均不合题意,只有ever increasing:不断增加的,符合题意。