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公共英语五级-88
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[单项选择]Why does the author say high consumption is a mixed blessing
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[单项选择]The world's first workers' compensation law was introduced by Bismarck ______.
A. to make industrial production safer
B. to speed up the pace of industrialization
C. out of religious and political considerations
D. for fear of losing the support of the socialist labor movement
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[单项选择]After 1972 workers' compensation insurance in the U. S. became more favorable to workers so that ______.
A. the poverty level for a family of four went up drastically
B. there were fewer legal barriers when they filed for claims
C. the number of workers suing for damages increased
D. more money was allocated to their compensation system
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[单项选择]It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
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[单项选择]We see distant galaxies as they were long, long ago because ______.
A. they were closer together then
B. the universe has always looked as the same
C. their light takes so long to reach us
D. they have travelled such a long way
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[单项选择]What do both theories assume to be true
A. That new material is continually being formed.
B. That, in time, the universe will contract.
C. That the universe is expanding at present.
D. That "a big bang" started the expansion.
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[单项选择]Apart from enormous productivity, another important impetus to high consumption is ______.
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[单项选择]The emergence of the affluent society after World War Ⅱ ______.
A. gave birth to a new generation of upper class consumers
B. gave rise to the dominance of the new egoism
C. led to the reform of the retailing system
D. resulted in the worship of consumerism
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[单项选择]We learn from the passage that the process of industrialization in Europe ______.
A. was accompanied by an increased number of workshop accidents
B. resulted in the development of popular social insurance programs
C. required workers to be aware of the potential dangers at the workplace
D. met growing resistance from laborers working at machines
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[单项选择]According to Lemaitre, the separate galaxies formed ______.
A. during a pause in the expansion of the universe
B. at the time of the primeval explosion
C. and will continue to form forever
D. about 20,000 million years ago
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[单项选择]According to the passage, consumerist culture ______.
A. cannot thrive on a fragile economy
B. will not aggravate environmental problems
C. cannot satisfy human spiritual needs
D. will not alleviate poverty in wealthy countries
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[单项选择]One of the problems the American injured workers faced in getting compensation in the early 19th century was that _____.
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[单项选择]The author ends the passage with the implication that ______.
A. compensation benefits in America are soaring to new heights
B. the workers are not the only ones to benefit from the compensation system
C. people from all walks of life can benefit from the compensation system
D. money floating the compensation system is a huge drain on the U. S. economy
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[单项选择]What is the basic difference between the two classes of theories
A. It concerns the place and time of the formation of matter.
B. It is whether the universe will continue to expand or not.
C. It is the current state of the universe.
D. The variations on evolutionary theories cause the difference.
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[单项选择]According to Hoyle and his friends at Cambridge ______.
A. the explosion occurred much earlier than Lemaitre suggested
B. it is hard to see how matter could be formed in this way
C. the expansion of the universe is not a real one
D. new material is continually being created