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理了2024年12月英語四級閱讀理解模擬：泰國大象的生存危機，一起來看看吧。 2024年12月英語四級閱讀理解模擬：泰國大象的生存危機 For centuries, in the countries of south and Southeast Asia the elephant has been an intimate part of the culture, economy and religion, and nowhere more so than in Thailand. Unlike its African cousin, the Asian elephant is easily domesticated (馴化). The rare so-called white elephants have actually lent the authority of kingship to its rulers and until the 1920s the national flag was a white elephant on a red background.To the early Western visitors the country's romantic name was “Land of the White Elephant”. Today, however, the story is very different. Out of work and out of land, the Thai elephant struggles for survival in a nation that no longer needs it. The elephant has found itself more or less abandoned by previous owners who have moved on to a different economic world and a westernized society. And while the elephant's problems began many years ago, now it rates a very low national priority. How this reversal from national icon (圣像) to neglected animal came about is a tale of worsening environmental and the changing lives of the Thais themselves. According to Richard Lair, Thailand’s experts on the Asian elephant and author of the report Gone Astray, at the turn of the century there may well have beenas many as 100,000 domestic elephants in the country. In the north of Thailand alone it was estimated that more than 20,000 elephants were employed in transport, 1,000 of them alone on the road between the cities of Chiang Mai and Chiang Saen. This was at a time when 90 per cent of Thailand was still forest—a habitat (棲息地) that not only supported the animals but also made them necessary to carry goods and people. Nothing ploughs through dense forest better than a massive but sure-footed elephant. By 1950 the elephant population had dropped to a still substantial 13,397, but today there are probably nomore than 3,800, with another 1,350 roaming free in the national parks. But now, Thailand’s forest coversonly 20 per cent of the land. This deforestation (采伐森林) is the central point of the elephant's difficult situation, for it has effectively put the animals out of work. This century, as the road network grew, so the elephant's role as a beast of burden declined. 練習題： Choose correct answers to the question: 1. What can we know about African elephants from the passage? A. It is easy to tame them. B. It is hard to tame them. C. They are living a better life than Asian elephants. D. Their fate is quite similar to that of Asian elephants. 2. Thailand was once called “Land of the White Elephant” because_______. A. white elephant is rarely seen and thus very special B. white elephant was a national symbol until the 1920s C. white elephant has helped kings to gain the ruling authority D. this name was so romantic that it was popular among visitors 3. Why is the Thai elephant “out of work”, according to the author? A. Because the elephants are no longer useful to their owners. B. Because their owners are westernized and neglect them. C. Because the government pays little attention to the problem. D. Because there are too many elephants and too few jobs. 4. Which of the following statements is true about the elephant population at various times? A. There were 100,000 tamed elephants at the turn of the century. B. 20,000 elephants were employed in transport in Thailand at the turn of the century. C. By 1950 the elephant population in Thailand has been quite small. D. Today the elephant population is estimated at 5,150. 5. The passage is most probably from_______. A. a travel magazine B. a history book C. a research report D. an official announcement 參考答案： 1.[B] 事實細節(jié)題。本題考查對比處。根據(jù)文章第l段第3句：和非洲象不同，亞洲象容易馴養(yǎng)，言下之意就是：非洲象不易馴養(yǎng)。答案中用tame替代原文的domesticate，意思相同。選項A與原文意思正好相反;選項C，D原文根本未提到。 2.[B] 推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第l段第4句中的“until the 1920s the national flag was a white elephant on a red background.”可知當時白

Engel's Coefficient Engel's Coefficient（恩格爾系數(shù)），是食品支出總額占個人消費支出總額的比重。 一個家庭收入越少，家庭收入中用來購買食物的支出所占的比例就越大，隨著家庭收入的增加，家庭收入中用來購買食物的支出比例則會下降。推而廣之，一個國家越窮，每個國民的平均收入中用于購買食物的支出所占比例就越大，隨著國家的富裕，這個比例呈下降趨勢。 我們來看2個例句： The Engel's Coefficient shows people's living standard in a country.? 恩格斯系數(shù)展示一個國家的人民生活水平。 Engel's coefficient has been regarded as the important basis for the criterion in determining the poor and the rich by the United Nations.? 恩格爾系數(shù)一直作為聯(lián)合國劃分貧富標準的重要依據(jù)。 20節(jié)BEC初級、中級、高級課程 學前測試、詞匯課、各級別專項課 還有考前沖刺 點擊立即免費聽>> 你適合考哪個級別？BEC好不好學 2個月后考試是否能順利通過 一聽即知！ 0元試學BEC初級中級高級課程 點擊立即免費試學>> 點擊立即免費試學>>> 祝大家順利拿證

FER 國際貿易中需要結算，所以我們需要有外國的貨幣，這就是FER（Foreign Exchange Reserve，外匯儲備）。 貿易順差和資本流入集中到本國央中需要結算，所以我們需要有外國的貨幣，這就是FER（Foreign Exchange Reserve，外匯儲備）。 貿易順差和資本流入集中行內就形成外匯儲備。FER主要用于清償國際收支逆差，以及當本國貨幣被大量拋售時，利用外匯儲備買入本國貨幣干預外匯市場，以維持該國貨幣的匯率。 我們來看2個例句： The continuous increase of the foreign exchange reserve has guaranteed RMB to be in the further consolidated position. 外匯儲備的不斷增加確保了人民幣地位的進一步鞏固。 On your second question, China never intends to seek for a trade surplus nor the increase of foreign exchange reserve. 關于第二個問題，中方從來不刻意追求貿易順差，也不刻意追求外匯儲備的增長。 20節(jié)BEC初級、中級、高級課程 學前測試、詞匯課、各級別專項課 還有考前沖刺 點擊立即免費聽>> 你適合考哪個級別？BEC好不好學 2個月后考試是否能順利通過 一聽即知！ 0元試學BEC初級中級高級課程 點擊立即免費試學>> 點擊立即免費試學>>> 祝大家順利拿證~ ?

FDI 國家經(jīng)濟發(fā)展中，投資很重要，尤其是FDI（Foreign Direct Investment，外國直接投資）。 FDI是現(xiàn)代的資本國際化的主要形式之一，中國已經(jīng)超過美國，成為全球最大外國直接投資目的?？鐕臼荈DI的主要形式。 我們來看2個例句： As the earliest open city among the coastal cities and one of the 15 vice-province cities, FDI of Qingdao is around tops in whole China. 青島作為中國最早的沿海開放城市和15個副省級城市之一，在吸收FDI方面走在全國前列。 Retailing is one of the last big sectors of the Indian economy to open up to FDI. 零售業(yè)是印度經(jīng)濟中對外資開放的最后一大領域。 20節(jié)BEC初級、中級、高級課程 學前測試、詞匯課、各級別專項課 還有考前沖刺 點擊立即免費聽>> 你適合考哪個級別？BEC好不好學 2個月后考試是否能順利通過 一聽即知！ 0元試學BEC初級中級高級課程 點擊立即免費試學>> 點擊立即免費試學>>> 祝大家順利拿證~

人們的生活密切相關，同時在整個國民經(jīng)濟價格體系中也具有重要地位。 我們來看2個例句： Since 1997, official statisticians have also published the CPI, which provides a common measure of inflation in European states.? 1997年以后，政府統(tǒng)計學家還提出了居民消費價格指數(shù)(CPI)，它為歐洲國家衡量通貨膨脹提供了統(tǒng)一的標準。 Indeed, higher food prices will have an impact on the food component of CPI in the months ahead.? 實際上，在未來數(shù)月，食品價格上漲將大會給CPI中的食品部分帶來一定影響。 20節(jié)BEC初級、中級、高級課程 學前測試、詞匯課、各級別專項課 還有考前沖刺 點擊立即免費聽>> 你適合考哪個級別？BEC好不好學 2個月后考試是否能順利通過 一聽即知！ 0元試學BEC初級中級高級課程 點擊立即免費試學>> 點擊立即免費試學>>> 祝大家順利拿證

Credit-rating Agencies 由于債券可能會違約，所以債券投資者需要了解公司是否會發(fā)生債券違約。 Credit-rating Agencies（信用評級機構）可以提供這樣的信息。最好的債券評級是AAA，違約風險較小的債券稱為投資級債券，評級為Baa以上；低于Baa的是投機級債券，或是Junk bond（垃圾債券）。 我們來看2個例句： Its budget deficit is so big，which has led to warnings from the credit-rating agencies in spite of the dollar's reserve currency status.? 盡管美元的儲備貨幣有如此地位，但預算赤字是如此之大已經(jīng)導致來自信用評級公司的警告。 Two of the three main credit-rating agencies, Fitch and Standard &Poor’s, cut their rating on Greek bonds and gave warning that a further downgrade was likely.? 三個主要評級機構中的兩個--惠譽與標準普爾--降低了其對希國債的評級，并警告可能進一步降低評級。 20節(jié)BEC初級、中級、高級課程 學前測試、詞匯課、各級別專項課 還有考前沖刺 點擊立即免費聽>> 你適合考哪個級別？BEC好不好學 2個月后考試是否能順利通過 一聽即知！ 0元試學BEC初級中級高級課程 點擊立即免費試學>> 點擊立即免費試學>>> 祝大家順利拿證~

Gini Index Gini Index（基尼系數(shù)）是國際上通用的衡量一個國家或地區(qū)居民收入差距的常用指標。 基尼系數(shù)最大為“1”，最小等于“0”?；嵯禂?shù)越接近0表明收入分配越是趨向平等。 國際慣例把0.2以下視為收入絕對平均， 0.2-0.3視為收入比較平均； 0.3-0.4視為收入相對合理； 0.4-0.5視為收入差距較大， 當基尼系數(shù)達到0.5以上時，則表示收入懸殊。 我們來看2個例句： He said 40 percent on the Gini index is already too risky and China's Gini index is close to 50 percent. 他說，基尼指數(shù)40%就已經(jīng)相當危險了，而中國的基尼指數(shù)將近是50%。 Because of high GDP per capita, welfare benefits, a low Gini index, and political stability, the Danish enjoys high living standards topped by no other nation.? 由于其高人均GDP，良好的福利，較低的基尼系數(shù)和穩(wěn)定的政治，丹麥是世界上生活水平最高的國家。 20節(jié)BEC初級、中級、高級課程 學前測試、詞匯課、各級別專項課 還有考前沖刺 點擊立即免費聽>> 你適合考哪個級別？BEC好不好學 2個月后考試是否能順利通過 一聽即知！ 0元試學BEC初級中級高級課程 點擊立即免費試學>> 點擊立即免費試學>>> 祝大家順利拿證

2024年12月英語四級考試在即，同學們要認真?zhèn)淇寂?。今天為大家?guī)淼氖?024年12月英語四級閱讀理解模擬：大學專業(yè)選擇，一起來看看吧。 2024年12月英語四級閱讀理解模擬：大學專業(yè)選擇 One of the bitterest and most time-worm debates in student union bars up and down the country is resolved as academic research confirms that in financial terms at least, arts degrees are a complete waste of time.Getting through university boosts students’earnings by 25%, on a weighted average, or $220,000 over theirlifetime, according to Professor Ian Walker of Warwick University-but if they study Shakespeare or the peasants’revolt instead of anatomy of contract law, those gains are likely to be completely wiped out. The government is about to allow universities to charge students up to $3,000 a year for their degrees, arguing that it’s a small price to pay compared with the financial rewards graduates reap later in life. But Prof. Walker’s research shows there are sharp variations in returns according to which subject a student takes. Law, medicine and economics or business are the most lucrative choices, making their average earnings 25% higher, according to the article, published in the office for national statistics’monthly journal. Scientists get 10-15% extra. At the bottom of the list are arts subjects, which make only a “small ”differenceto earnings- a small negative one, in fact. Just ahead are degrees in education-which leave hard pressed teachers anaverage of 5% better off a year than if they had left school at 18. “it’s hard to resist the conclusion that what students learn does matter a lot; and some subject areas givemore modest financial returns than others,” Prof. Walker said. As an economist, he was quick to point outthat students might gain non-financial returns from arts degrees:”Studying economics might be very dull, forexample, and studying post-modernism might be a lot of fun.” 練習題： Choose correct answers to the question: 1.What is the best title for the passage? A.Professor Walker’s Research B.How to Make Big Money. C.Differences Between Science and Arts Degrees. D.Studying Arts Has Negative Financial Outcome. 2.Universities charge students a rather high tuition mainly because_____ provide the students with very prosperous subjects to learn assume that their graduates can earn much more than they had paid don’t get financial support from the government need much revenue to support the educational expenses 3.The word “l(fā)ucrative”(Line 1, Para. 4) most probably means _____ le ve able le 4.Law, medical and business graduates could earn 25% more than ______ ion graduates graduates who had not studied at the university average income 5.We can safely conclude that the author ______ s arts degrees as meaningless this result disappointing and unfair the students to think twice before they decide what to learn in college that arts degrees are still rewarding despite its scarce financial returns 參考答案： 1.[D] 主旨大意題。本文為Walker教授的研究成果，旨在說明不同專業(yè)的畢業(yè)生有不同的經(jīng)濟回報，并非要傳授發(fā)財心得或者比較文理科的異同。文章首句即為本題解題關鍵，故D正確。 2.[B] 事實細節(jié)題。定位至第3段第1句。本文只有這一句與收取學費有關，后一個分句即前一個分句的理由，抓住其中隱含的因果關系就不難找到正確答案。 3.[C] 詞義理解題。通過下文數(shù)據(jù)earnings 25% higher和get 10-15% extra可以推測lucrative大意應為“給人帶來豐厚收入的”,故選C。 4.[C] 事實細節(jié)題。第4段中出現(xiàn)了幾個比較數(shù)字，考題要求找到此段首句提到的收人增加25%的參照點。第2段第1句中的Getting through university 表明這類學生收人增加25%的參照對象是沒讀大學的人，且從第4段第3句中的the list和第4句即可以確定這一段是在比較大學畢業(yè)與18歲畢業(yè)(即沒讀大學)收入的不同，因此C正確。 5.[D] 推理判斷題。結論往往出現(xiàn)在文章結尾,要想答大對此題,一定要仔細體會本文末句。本文雖然重點討論文科沒有經(jīng)濟效益，但是作者并沒有做出主觀判斷，故A、B、C都不正確，而作者在文章最后講到了人文學科雖然經(jīng)濟效益不佳但學習過程更有趣，故D符合作者意思。 以上就是關于“2024年12月英語四級閱讀理解模擬：大學專業(yè)選擇”的全部內容啦，祝同學們考試順利。