专业英语八级（阅读）模拟试卷417
选择题
Passage One
(1)If there was a pub where you could drink your fill and leave the hangover with the landlord, would you go there? Idle dreaming, but this is the deal in the world of carbon accounting, where responsibility is shared out among countries, and targets set for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
(2)If I want to own and enjoy a cheap, garage-sized TV, all the fossil fuel emissions that result from making it don\’t get added to my home account, but to the country of manufacture, most probably the developing countries.
(3)As a result, the origins of demand and the place of consumption become insulated from environmental consequences.
(4)Worse still, as the latest, most comprehensive set of figures on the hidden trade in \\
1.Which of the following facts does NOT arise from the current carbon accounting system?(D)
A. Countries of manufacture are taking more responsibilities for carbon emissions.
B. Rich countries underestimate the seriousness of their own carbon emissions.
C. Rich countries mistakenly believe that they have reduced carbon emissions.
D. Rich countries realize that the problem of carbon emissions is getting worse.
解析：根据题干定位到第2-4段。由第2段的例子可知，生产国成了温室气体排放的替罪羊(A)；第4段则以UK和US为例指出发达国家认为气候变暖的责任在于其他国家，低估了国内碳排量的挑战(B)，误认为自己国内的碳排量正在减少(C)。因此可以判断D不是后果之一，为答案。
2.The sentence \\(A)
A. import-led countries take less responsibilities than they should
B. export-led countries are to blame for traded carbon emissions
C. export-led countries produce more carbon emissions
D. import-led countries produce more carbon emissions
解析：根据题干定位到第7段。该段第2句指出“但是这一指标不包括其进口商品所产生的碳排量”，文中“off-shored” carbon指英国进口商品碳排量。由此可见，商品出口国在为英国买单，英国没有承担其应有的责任，所以答案为A。B与文意相反，应予以排除；同时，文中并没有将商品进口国与出口国的碳排量进行比较。因此排除C和D。
3.From the passage we can infer that ______.(B)
A. people’s living standards have been improved greatly in the UK
B. the gap between the rich and poor is widening in the UK
C. economy has been developing steadily in the UK
D. the UK copies Russia’s pattern in economic recovery
解析：由11段第4句可知，在英国不良的经济模式下，大部分的利益落入富人的手中，而穷人付出成本。B“贫富差距正在拉大”为合理推断，故为答案。由该句中的without significantly improving life satisfaction可排除A；最后一段首句指出英国的GDP最近出现了波动。第2句指出英国经济的“复苏”被等同为消费的回归。因此可以推断英国经济还处于复苏的阶段，C与文意不符。D“英国模仿苏联的经济恢复模式”无原文依据，本文最后只是说明了英国和俄罗斯一样，不是积极地往前看，而是沉浸在昔日繁荣的睡梦中。
Passage Two
(1)You know things are bad when the nation loses J 1,000 jobs in November and Americans are overjoyed. Sure, unemployment has come down a meager 0.2 percent to put us at 10 percent, but that\’s still the worst level in decades. And more important, there\’s no real end in sight. Even if jobs start to come back sooner than expected—which may happen as more stimulus money starts to kick in—U.S. unemployment is likely to remain high for years to come, as much as 7 or 8 percent even into next year. \\
4.The sentence \\(A)
A. employers are unwilling to hire more workers
B. employers treat their employees cruelly
C. employees are not working very hard
D. employees are being exploited by employers
解析：根据题干定位到第2段。第3句指出工人平均每周只工作33小时，说明老板还可以再充分利用现有的工人而不需要雇佣新员工，A符合这一意思，为正确答案。
5.Which of the following does NOT contribute to the high unemployment rate in America?(D)
A. Economic recessi
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