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听力原文：The wage gap is a statistical indicator often used as an index of the status of w

听力原文： The wage gap is a statistical indicator often used as an index of the status of women's earnings relative to men's. It is also used to compare the earnings of other races and ethnicities to those of white males, a group generally not subject to race—or sex—based discrimination. The wage gap is expressed as a percentage(e.g., in 2003, women earned 76% as much as men) and is calculated by dividing the median annual earnings for women by the median annum earnings for men.

The Equal Pay Act was signed in 1963, making it illegal for employers to pay unequal wages to men and women who hold the same job and do the same work. At the time of the EPA's passage, women earned just 58 cents for every dollar earned by men. By 2003, 40 years later, that rate had only increased to 76 cents, an improvement of less than half a penny a year. Minority women fare the worst. African-American women earn just 65 cents to every dollar earned by white men, and for Hispanic women that figure drops to merely 54 cents per dollar.

If working women earned the same as men(those who work the same number of hours; have the same education, age, and union status; and live in the same region of the country), their annual family incomes would rise by $4,000 and poverty rates would be cut in half.

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A．Males.

B．Ethnic males.

C．White males.

D．Women.

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发布时间：2021-04-30

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第1题

实际工资缺口（real wage gap)

实际工资缺口(real wage gap)

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第2题

听力原文：Despite various improvements in all aspects of social life, the generation gap be

听力原文： Despite various improvements in all aspects of social life, the generation gap between the grown-up and young remains unbridged. Instead, it grows wider apart.

Nowadays, the youths do not blindly follow what their elders say. Owing to the widespread of education, the influence of western civilization, to a certain extent, gives them a new code of philosophy, which is completely different from that of their elders. An invisible cold wall thus appears between the two generations.

Modern youths are trying to be more revolutionary. They have their own interpretation for different matters; they also have their own ideals. Their reluctance to learn old teachings and sayings becomes the constant friction between the two generations. They always introduce new changes. However, the old people, wedded to everything of the past, are hostile to changes and the generation gap becomes wider and wider.

After all, the young generation, like the old one, is made of flesh and blood. The young also need respect and they also have skills and good ideas. In order to narrow the gap, both groups should respect each other, listen to the words of each other. Most probably, these may help to solve the problem.

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A．Generation gap.

B．Modem youths.

C．Influence of western civilization.

D．Social improvements.

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第3题

听力原文：One important cause of the generation gap is the opportunity that young people ha

听力原文： One important cause of the generation gap is the opportunity that young people have to choose their own lifestyles. In more traditional societies, when children grow up,. they are expected to live in the same area as their parent, to marry people that their parents know and approve of, and often to continue the family occupation. In our society, young people often travel great distances for their education, move out of the family home at an early age, marry--or live with people whom their parents have never met, and choose occupations different from those of their parents.

In our upwardly mobile society, parents often expect their children to do better than they did: to find better jobs, to make more money, and to do all the things that they were unable to do. Often, however, the ambitions that parents have for their children are another cause of the diversion between them. Often, they discover that they have very little in common with each other.

Finally, the speed at which changes take place in our society is another cause of the gap between the generations. In a traditional culture, elderly people are valued for their wisdom, but in our society, the knowledge of a lifetime may become dated overnight. The young and the old seem to live in two very different worlds, separated by different skills and abilities.

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A．one.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

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听力原文：The time is four o'clock.There has been a serious accident on the M6 motorway in

听力原文： The time is four o'clock.

There has been a serious accident on the M6 motorway in Lancashire, in which at least six people have lost their lives. It happened early this morning near Preston when a coach carrying 45 passengers collided with a heavy lorry. Rescue operations have been going on throughout the day, and a section of the motorway has been closed to traffic.

Important talks have been taking place at 10 Downing Street today between leaders. The Prime Minister and Trade Union leaders have agreed to work together to find ways of combating level of unemployment in British industry.

Meanwhile, the Government has failed to avert a national bus strike, and the bus drivers' union has announced that no buses will run from text Monday. The decision to go ahead with strike was announced by a union spokesman at the end of a meeting earlier this afternoon during which Government representatives failed to persuade the union and the employers to agree on a new wage plan.

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A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

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听力原文：W: Hi, John.M: Hi, Jenny.W: One of the issues today is the digital divide.M: I kn

听力原文：W: Hi, John.

M: Hi, Jenny.

W: One of the issues today is the digital divide.

M: I know it refers to the divide between who is online and who isn't.

W: What's the nature of the division？ How do they divide？

M: They are looking atthree principal portions of the American population with regard to ethnic gap, income gap and also different age groups.

W: What do they discover？

M: They find that today 30% of African Americans, 33% of Hispanic Americans, and 47% of White Americans, are online, but the largest portion of the American population are Asian Americans with a 65% online.

W: Do they offer any explanations about why this might be？

M: Well, one reason is income. Low-income population's use of the Internet is less.

W: Well, computers are still a fairly expensive item.

M: But within five years double the amount of people will be using them.

W: Well, is there a gender divide？

M: No. Not only is there not a gender divide but this year mare women will be online than men.

W: Really？

M: But the difference here is the sites they visit. Men are interested in financial and technology sites. Women tend to prefer sites dealing with more, personal matters. For instance, they want to find out about woman's health.

W: Yeah. Interesting.

M: Well, they're also forecasting that three quarters of the country will be online within five years.

W: That's fast, isn't it？

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A．Different countries.

B．Income, race and age.

C．Americans.

D．Both men and women who are interested in lt.

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听力原文：Computers are being widely used in medicine. The most common use is for keeping h

听力原文： Computers are being widely used in medicine. The most common use is for keeping hospital patient records. There may be access to these at several points—hospital patient rooms, offices, laboratories and even operating theatres. Computers are also used in the delicate task of looking after patients in the intensive care unit and in monitoring those undergoing surgery.

One of the latest developments is to use computers to assist diagnosis. A computer is programmed with information about a disease, using the accumulated knowledge of many specialists and textbooks. A doctor examining a patient may then be guided by the information given by the computer in what to look for and which questions to ask the patient. The information he gathers is fed into the computer. It may suggest further questions before finally providing a diagnosis.

This kind of procedure causes some people anxiety. They feel it increases the gap in the personal relationship between the doctor and patient. On the other hand, it makes widely available knowledge and skill which before belonged to only a small number of specialists, or which had to be found with difficulty in published material.

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A．Calculators.

B．Microwaves.

C．Computers.

D．Electroscopes (doctor's instrument).

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听力原文：A "typical" British family used to consist of mother, father and two children, bu

听力原文： A "typical" British family used to consist of mother, father and two children, but in recent years there have been many changes in family life. Some of these have been caused by new laws and others are the result of changes in society. For example, since the law made it easier to get a divorce, the number of divorces has increased. In fact one marriage in every three now ends in divorce. This means that there are a lot of one-parent families. Society is now more tolerant than it used to be of unmarried people, un married couples and single parents.

Another change has been caused by the fact that people arc living longer nowadays, and many old people live alone following the death of their partners. As a result of these changes in the pattern of people's lives, there are many families that consist of only one person or one person and children. You might think that marriage and the families are not so popular as they once were. However, the majority of divorced people marry again, and they sometimes take responsibility for a second family.

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A．High rate of divorce in Britain.

B．Generation gap in Britain.

C．Changes in family life in Britain.

D．One-parent families in Britain.

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听力原文：Roosevelt was the only president in American history who served more than two ter

听力原文： Roosevelt was the only president in American history who served more than two terms. And he's remembered by the Americans as a grey patriot.

He was born in a rich family and had studied in Harvard University. At the age of forty, he was stricken with infantile paralysis and lost his ability to walk normally. In spite of his poor health, he was still elated governor of New York in 1928 on the Democratic ticket. In 1932, he was elected President. Within three months after he moved in the White House, Roosevelt presented to Congress more than 70 bills for approval which were generally known as his "New Deal".

This "New Deal" was to strike some kind of balance between different branches of national economy and reduce the gap between production and consumption. The "New Deal" enlarged government interference in production and circulation, but it took no measure against private ownership of means of production. It readjusted the distribution of social wealth，but exploitation remained legal．But workers' conditions in general achieved some improvement and progress was made in labor organization．

He achieved some success in revitalizing American economy and derived his fame from the“New Deal”as a man of confidence．

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A．In 1928.

B．In 1929.

C．In 1932.

D．In 1940.

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听力原文：M: Do you mind telling me about your work in the factory？W: Certainly not. I'm a

听力原文：M: Do you mind telling me about your work in the factory？

W: Certainly not. I'm a machine operator working in the assembly workshop.

M: Oh, are you？ Then you have a six -day week, don't you？

W: Yes. And we work eight hours a day, but this includes a one -hour break.

M: What about the huge machines used in your factory？ I know you make heavy machines yourselves. But I wonder if you also use machines imported from abroad.

W: Most of them are made in China, some even by our factory. Only a few were bought from other countries.

M: But I see the machines turned out here are quite modem and efficient.

W: Following the national policy of self - reliance and hard - working struggle, we've tried our best in the past few years to improve our equipment. However, there is still a lot more to do.

M: Now the question about yourself. ! hope you don't mind it. How much do you earn each month？

W: My monthly wage is 3,500 RMB, not including the extra pay of about 500 for extra work I put in.

M: That sounds reasonable indeed. I'm very interested in worker's welfare here. What other benefits do you workers get, I wonder？

W: Like other factories in China, our factory offers free medical service for workers.

How many hours does the woman work every day except the break？

A．Seven hours.

B．Eight hours.

C．Nine hours.

D．Six hours.

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听力原文：Childhood poverty has both immediate and lasting negative effects. Children in lo

听力原文： Childhood poverty has both immediate and lasting negative effects. Children in low-in come families fare more poorly than children in more affluent families in the areas of economic security, health, and education. Children living in families that are poor are more likely than children living in other families to have difficulty in school, to become teen parents, and, as adults, to earn less and be unemployed more. The child poverty rate provides important information about the percentage of U. S. children whose current life circum stances are hard and whose futures are potentially limited as a result of their family's low income.

The full distribution of the income of children's families is important, not just the percentage in poverty. Knowing that more and more children live in affluent families tells us that a growing proportion of America's children enjoy economic well-being. The growing gap between rich and poor children suggests that poor children may experience more relative deprivation even if the percentage of poor children is holding steady.

Since 1980, the percentage of children living in families with medium income has fallen from 41% to 34% in 1996, while the percentage of children living in families with high in come and the percentage of children in extreme poverty have risen, from 17% to 24% and from 70/00 to 8%, respectively.

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A．teen pregnancy and difficulty in school.

B．low self esteem and poor nutrition.

C．difficulty in school and physical abuse.

D．illiteracy and teen pregnancy.

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