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1、(1) In order to “change lives for the better” and reduce “dependency,” Gee Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, roduced the(1) In order to “change lives for the better” and reduce “dependency,” Gee Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, roduced the “upfront work search” scheme. Only if the joblessar

2、rive at the jobcentre CV, register for online job search, start looking for work will they be eligible for benefit and then they should reportkly rathern fortnightly. What could bemoreMore apparent reasonableness followed. There will now be a seven-day wait for the jobseekers allowance. “Those few d

3、ays should be spent looking for work, not looking to sign on,” he claimed. “Were ng these things because we know they help people stay off benefits and help those on benefits get o work faster.” Help? Really? On hearing, this was the so lly concerned chancellor, trying to change lives for the better

4、, complete with“reforms” to an obviously indulgent system t demands too little effort from the newly unemployed to find work, and subsidises laziness. What motivated him, we were to understand, was his zeal for “fundamental fairness” protecting the taxpayer, controllingspendingandensuring tonlythemo

5、stdeservingclaimantsreceivedtheirLosing a job is hurting: you dont skip down to the jobcentre wi song in your erous e. It is delighted at the prospect of doubling e from terrifying, psychologically embarrassing and you t support is minimal extraordinarily hard to get. You are now not wanted; you are

6、 now excluded from the t offers e and structure in your life. Worse, the e to yourself and your family and pay the bills has disappeared. Ask anyone newly unemployed what they want and the answer is always: a job. But in Osborneland, instinct is to o dependency dependency if you can get it supported

7、 by a seonlytoo ready to indulge your falsehood. It is as though 20 years of ever-tougher reforms of the job search and benefit administration system never happened. The principle of British welfare is no longert you can insure yourself against the risk of unemployment and receive unconditional paym

8、ents if the disaster happens. Even the very phrase “jobseekers allowance” is about redefining the unemployed as a “jobseeker” who had no fundamental right to a benefit he or she has earned through making national insurance contributions. Instead, the claimant receives a time-limited “allowance,” con

9、ditional on actively seeking a job; no entitlement and no insurance, at 71.70 ak, one oftheleasthe21.eOsbornesschemeendedmotivatetheunemployedtoreportprovidetheunemployedwitheasierstoencouragejobseekersactiveengagementinjob 22. Thephrase“tosignon”(Line3,Para.2)mostprobablytoregistertoacceptlowancefr

10、omernmentsrestrictionsontheC tocheckontheavailabilityofjobsattheD toattend WhatpromptedthechancellortodevelophisAdesiretosecureabetterlifeforAneagernesstoprotecttheAnurge tobegeneroustothetoensurefairnessfor2Source: 夏徛榮歷標(biāo)難度系數(shù)：標(biāo)準(zhǔn) 約 420 詞，使用分24.AccordingtoParagraph3,beingunemployedmakesoneACBDTowhicho

11、fthefollowingwouldtheauthormost24.AccordingtoParagraph3,beingunemployedmakesoneACBDTowhichofthefollowingwouldtheauthormostprobablyUnemploymentbenefitsshouldnotbemadeTheBritishwelfaresystemindulgesjobseekersThejobseekersallowancehasmettheiractualOsbornesreformswillreducetheriskofPara.1 為了讓“生活變得更好”并減少

12、“依賴性”，財政大臣 奧斯本提出了“提前尋找工作”方案。失業(yè)者只有帶著履歷去就業(yè)中心、在網(wǎng)上 登記并著手找尋工作，那么才有資格獲得救濟(jì)金 而且，還有他們應(yīng)該每周報到一次，而非每 （3）此外，從修辭角度看，“dependencyupfrontworksearch”等概念性名詞由引號引述，暗示出作者對這Para.2 以下便明顯的合理成分。現(xiàn)在，求職者要等待七天才能領(lǐng)取救濟(jì)金?！八麄冮_頭這位財政大臣關(guān)注民生，正努力改善生計，通過“ ”完善一個顯然 的福利體制。在這 制下，新近失業(yè)者找工作幾乎不費吹灰之力，懶惰還有補貼。那就是說，他 的動力是對“最根本公平”追求 保（1）第句承上啟下：分析新方案后面的

13、原由。第句共同分析了第一方面的原由：新方案幫助失業(yè)者盡快就業(yè)。第句進(jìn)行了針對性評論：鼓勵失業(yè)者盡快就業(yè)的做法行不通，因為福利制度（2）本段文眼為“方案的合理性”1 段最后和有資格的人。那么段落中大量使用因果關(guān)系的表達(dá)，例如“reasonableness, because, motivated”等，增進(jìn)了段落意群之間（3）此外，從修辭角度看，“fundamental fairness”等概念性名詞由引號引述，暗示出作者對這些概念的否Para.3 失業(yè)是糟糕的事情：沒有人會心里唱著歌蹦蹦跳跳地趕往就業(yè)中心，憧憬著的部及支付賬單的重要收入全沒了。如果問任何一位剛失業(yè)的人想要什么，回答 是：工作。（1

14、）本段表面上在分析失業(yè)所造成的不良影響，實際上是在否定上文所提的新方案的合理性。第句句：失業(yè)造成。之后，第句闡釋：從各個角度剖析了失業(yè)造成的影響和失段者想要工作”的判斷，駁斥了上一段末尾“把救濟(jì)金給予最有資格的領(lǐng)取者” 暗示都需要救濟(jì)，無所謂“公平性 同時也反駁了“財政大臣鼓勵人們找工作的缺問題“What couldbemorereasonable?”，又否定了3臣臣容詞或副詞以強調(diào)自己判斷的合理性，例如“extraordinarily, worse, crul, always”等。Para.4 但是，在奧斯本主政的國度，人們的第一個反應(yīng)是沉湎于“依賴救濟(jì)”如果可以得到，的“依賴” 幫扶者是一

15、個巴不得讓你沉迷在虛妄之中的體制。就像是20年來一次比一次沒有保險，每周 71.1 英鎊。是歐盟國家中是最這次財政大臣的 像以前的 一樣也沒有成效。第句闡釋第句的內(nèi)容。第句回顧了 前的福利制度：太過于縱容，而第句評價了 后的狀況：太過于 。 , , , 【試題分析通解】. , tosignon）。而且，福利制度“不要求失業(yè)者努力找工作”(demandstoolittleefforttofindwork)而且“縱容 的。 “”, . 422.Thephrase“tosignon”(Line3,Para.2)mostprobably 22. 這個短語“tosignon”（第2段第3行）Atoreg

16、ister lowancefromA 登記要BtoaccepternmentsrestrictionsontheB 接CtocheckontheavailabilityofjobsattheC 檢查就業(yè)中心工作是否有工作機會Dtoattendernmentaljob-trainingD 參21. eOsbornesschemeendedAmotivatetheunemployedtoreportA 激發(fā)失業(yè)者主BprovidetheunemployedwitheasierstoB 讓失業(yè)者更容易獲得救濟(jì)金CencouragejobseekersactiveengagementinjobC 鼓勵

17、求職者積極參加求職DguaranteejobseekerslegitimaterighttoD 保證求職者享有救濟(jì)金的合法權(quán)利 第 1段的“registerforonlinejobsearch”不一致。選項D是一個與原文信息無關(guān)的干擾選項. 的 的重點是失業(yè)者。選項B“保護(hù)失業(yè)者”似乎是福利制度的效果 相 . 之后，職業(yè)者必須有條件的領(lǐng)取救濟(jì)金（第 4 段 . 525.Towhichofthefollowingwouldtheauthormost probably agree?25. 本文作者最可能贊同下面那一項AUnemploymentbenefitsshouldnotbeA 失業(yè)救濟(jì)金不應(yīng)

18、該成為有條件的24.AccordingtoParagraph3,beingunemployed makes one feel24. 根據(jù)3段，失業(yè)狀態(tài)使得人們感AA 受CC 被激怒BB 不安D D 內(nèi)疚23.What promptedthechancellortodevelophis23. 什么促使財政大臣制定了他的計劃AAdesiretosecureabetter lifefor A 一種所有人都獲得更好生活的愿望BAneagernesstoprotecttheB 一種保護(hù)失業(yè)者的渴望CAnurgetobegeneroustotheC 一種對認(rèn)領(lǐng)toensurefairnessforD 一種確保 , ，作者1段就埋下了伏筆，“對失業(yè)者提出