2002年6月研究生英语学位课统考真题(8)

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66. According to the author, the mass-transit systems____

A are characterized by low consumption of gasoline.

B have contributed little to the improvement of the traffic.

C aim at monitoring the public traffic.

D are financially profitable.

67. What does the author say about the federal government?

A It has recently begun to address the problem of traffic congestion.

B It fails to provide enough funds to help reduce traffic congestion.

C Its attempt to reduce traffic congestion is successful but costly.

D It has not done much to reduce congestion by improving roads.

68. What is said about Americans’ attitude toward the transit systems?

A They are reluctant to pay taxes to support the transit systems.

B They think driving their own cars is more convenient.

C They prefer the policies of improving and expanding roads.

D They think there should be more choices in transportation.

69 In the third paragraph, the underlined expression “cautionary tale” most probably means ____

A an incredible story B an untrue story C a story giving a warning D a story teaching a moral lesson

70. Which of the following statements would the author probably agree to ?

A In spite of federal funds, most urban-transit systems have financial problems.

B The American public should become more aware of the need to reduce traffic congestion.

C The attempt to expand roads would be as costly as the one to build a light-rail system.

D The federal gasoline tax should be raised to support urban-transit system.

Passage Five

In all of the industrial countries and many less developed countries, a debate along the lines of government vs. business prevails. This struggle has gone on for so long and is so pervasive, that many who participate in it have come to think of these two social institutions as natural and permanent enemies, each striving to oppose the other.

Viewing the struggle in that format diminishes the chance of attaining more harmonious relations between government and business. Moreover, if these two are seen as natural and deadly enemies, then business has no long-range future. It is self-evident that government, as the only social instrument that can legally enforce its will by physical control, must win any struggle that is reduced to naked power.

A more realistic, and most constructive, approach to the conflict between business and government starts by noticing the many ways in which they are dependent on each other. Business cannot exist without social order. Business can and does generate its own order, its own regularities of procedure and behaviour; but at bottom these rest upon more fundamental patterns of order which can be maintained and evolved by the political state.

The dependence of government on business is less absolute. Governments can absorb direct responsibility for organizing economic functions. In many cases, ancient and modern, government-run economic activities seem to have operated at a level of efficiency not markedly inferior to comparable work organized by business. If society’s sole purpose is to achieve a bare survival for its members, there can be no substantial objection to governmental absorption of economic arrangements.