考研英語(yǔ)閱讀理解 20170927
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Individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) have no emotional skin. Even the slightest touch or movement can create immense suffering. Borderlines are the patients psychologists fear most. As many as 75% hurt themselves, and approximately 10% commit suicide. Borderline patients seem to have no internal governor; they are capable of deep love and profound rage almost simultaneously. They are powerfully connected to the people close to them and terrified by the possibility of losing them—yet attack those people so unexpectedly that they often ensure the very abandonment they fear. When they want to hold, they claw instead.
No one knows exactly what causes BPD, but the familiar nature-nurture combination of genetic and environmental misfortune is the likely culprit. University of Washington psychologist Marsha Linehan, one of the world\'s leading experts on BPD, has found that some borderline individuals come from homes where they were abused, and some from normal families under the stress of an economic or health-care crisis and failed to provide kids with adequate validation and emotional coaching. "The child does not learn how to understand, label, regulate or tolerate emotional responses, and instead learns to oscillate between emotional inhibition and extreme emotional lability," Linehan and her colleagues write in a paper.
And yet diagnosis of the condition appears to be on the rise. There are several explanations. A parsimonious explanation is that because of advances in treating common mood problems like short-term depression, more health-care resources are available to identify difficult disorders like BPD. Another explanation is hopeful: BPD treatment has improved dramatically in the past few years. Therapeutic advances have changed the landscape. Researchers have conducted at least 17 randomized trials of various psychotherapies for borderline illness, and most have shown encouraging results.
Still, the rise in borderline diagnoses may illustrate something about our particular historical moment. Culturally speaking, every age has its signature crack-up illness. In the 1950s, an era of postwar trauma, nuclear fear, it was anxiety. During the 60s and 70s, it was an age of suspicion and Watergate. In the 90s, after serotonin-manipulating drugs were released and so many patients were listening to Prozac, thousands of news stories suggested, incorrectly, that the problem of chronic depression had been finally solved. Whether driven by scary headlines, popular movies or just pharmacological faddishness, the decade and the disorder do tend to find each other.
So, is borderline the illness of our age? When so many of us are clawing to keep homes and paychecks, might we have become more sensitized to other kinds of desperation? In a world so uncertain, maybe it\'s natural to lose one\'s emotional skin. It\'s too soon to tell if that\'s the case, but BPD does have at least one thing in common with the recession. As Dr. Allen Frances, a former chair of the Duke psychiatry department, has written, "Everyone talks about [BPD] , but it usually seems that no one knows quite what to do about it."
1. Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 1?
[A] A gentle touch on a BPD patient will bring him great pain.
[B] 10% of the people who commit suicide are BPD patients.
[C] BPD patients cannot regulate their own emotions.
[D] BPD patients are always abandoned by their families.
2. Linehan and her colleagues may believe that______.
[A] children need to be taught to control their emotions
[B] some children are born with genes of BPD
[C] it\'s hard for children to keep a stable emotional state
[D] most of the BPD patients are from poor families
3. The number of people diagnosed with BPD increases because______.
[A] some difficult mood problems are classified as BPD
[B] the increased medical experience makes BPD identification easier
[C] the improved BPD treatment encourages more people to go to hospital
[D] more and more psychiatrists devote themselves to BPD study
4. It can be inferred from Paragraph 4 that______.
[A] people have suffered from mental illnesses for a long time
[B] people have experienced various kinds of hardships
[C] people of the same age tend to have the same illness
[D] every age is featured by a particular mental disease
5. It is implied in the last paragraph that______.
[A] the BPD in our age is related to heavy living pressures
[B] BPD is a natural consequence of social development
[C] people are insensitive to the problem of BPD
[D] people feel disappointed with the medical development
試題透析
1. 根據(jù)第一段的內(nèi)容可知，以下哪一項(xiàng)是正確的？
[A]輕輕地觸碰邊緣型人格障礙患者都會(huì)給其帶來(lái)巨大的痛苦。
[B]自殺人群中有 10%的人是邊緣型人格障礙患者。
[C]邊緣型人格障礙患者不能控制自己的情緒。
[D]邊緣型人格障礙患者總是被家人拋棄。
[試題類型] 具體信息題。
[解題思路]
根據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵詞 Paragraph 1 定位至文章第一段。該段第五句指出，邊緣型人格障礙患者似乎不能自我控制（seem to have no internal governor），他們幾乎可以同時(shí)陷入熾烈的愛(ài)（capable of deep love）與瘋狂的憤怒之中（and profound rage almost simultaneously）。由此可知，邊緣型人格障礙患者不能很好地控制自己的情緒，喜怒無(wú)常，容易有極端情緒，選項(xiàng) [C]與原文相符，故為正確答案。
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該段第一句指出，邊緣型人格障礙患者沒(méi)有“情感外殼”（have no emotional skin）。緊接著第二句進(jìn)一步指出，即使是最輕微的情感觸動(dòng)或情感活動(dòng)都可能給其帶來(lái)巨大的痛苦（the slightest touch or movement can create immense suffering）。從“情感外殼”可看出，此處作者使用了隱喻，因此 touch 是指情感上的觸動(dòng)，suffering則指精神上的痛苦，而不是指身體上的觸碰和生理上的疼痛，故選項(xiàng) [A] 與原文不符，可以排除。該段第三、四句指出，邊緣型人格障礙的患者是心理學(xué)家最擔(dān)心的病人，其中約有 10%的患者會(huì)自殺，此處是說(shuō)有 10%的邊緣型人格障礙患者會(huì)自殺，而不是所有自殺的人當(dāng)中有 10%的人是邊緣型人格障礙患者，故選項(xiàng) [B] 可以排除。該段倒數(shù)第二句指出邊緣型人格障礙患者極度依賴與之親近的人，害怕失去他們，但由于總是出人意料地傷害這些親近的人，他們往往卻落得自己害怕的下場(chǎng)，即被遺棄。此處是指邊緣型人格障礙患者常被親近的人（people close to them）拋棄，并沒(méi)有說(shuō)他們總是被家人（their families）拋棄，故選項(xiàng) [D] 可以排除。
2. 萊恩漢和她的同事們可能認(rèn)為_(kāi)_____。
[A]需要教孩子控制自己的情緒
[B]有些孩子天生就有邊緣型人格障礙的基因
[C]對(duì)于孩子來(lái)說(shuō)保持穩(wěn)定的情緒是很難的
[D]大多數(shù)邊緣型人格障礙患者都來(lái)自貧困家庭
[試題類型] 觀點(diǎn)態(tài)度題。
[解題思路]
根據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵詞 Linehan and her colleagues 可定位至文章第二段。該段第二句指出，Linehan 發(fā)現(xiàn)有些邊緣型人格障礙患者遭受過(guò)家庭虐待，而有些來(lái)自于遭受經(jīng)濟(jì)或健康危機(jī)的正常家庭，這些家庭沒(méi)有給孩子足夠的指正與情感疏導(dǎo)（failed to provide kids with adequate validation and emotional coaching）。緊接著第三句作者引用Linehan 和她同事們的話指出，這些孩子因此沒(méi)有學(xué)會(huì)如何理解、判斷、控制或忍受情緒反應(yīng)（The child does not learn how to understand, label, regulate or tolerate emotional responses），相反，他們?cè)谇榫w抑制與極度情緒化之間搖擺不定（oscillate between emotional inhibition and extreme emotional lability）。由此可知，一些家庭中的孩子由于沒(méi)有學(xué)會(huì)如何控制自己的情緒，因此患上了邊緣型人格障礙，也就是說(shuō)，Linehan 和她的同事們認(rèn)為，要教會(huì)孩子控制自己的情緒，選項(xiàng) [A] 與原文相符，故為正確答案
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該段第一句指出，沒(méi)有人知道導(dǎo)致邊緣型人格障礙的確切原因，但是常見(jiàn)的先天因素與后天環(huán)境因素的結(jié)合可能是罪魁禍?zhǔn)?，但文中沒(méi)有指出萊恩漢和她的同事認(rèn)為有些孩子天生就有邊緣型人格障礙的基因，故選項(xiàng) [B] 可以排除。該段第二、三句指出，一些來(lái)自正常家庭的邊緣型人格障礙患者沒(méi)有得到足夠的指正與情感疏導(dǎo)，這樣的孩子沒(méi)有學(xué)會(huì)如何理解、判斷、控制或忍受情緒反應(yīng)，而是在壓抑情緒與極度情緒化之間搖擺不定，原文中的“the child”是指情感沒(méi)有得到恰當(dāng)指導(dǎo)而患上邊緣型人格障礙的孩子，并不是指所有的孩子都很難保持穩(wěn)定的情緒，故選項(xiàng) [C] 可以排除。該段第二句指出，邊緣型人格障礙患者有些遭受過(guò)家庭虐待，有些來(lái)自經(jīng)歷過(guò)經(jīng)濟(jì)或醫(yī)療保健危機(jī)的家庭，文中并未指出大多數(shù)邊緣型人格障礙患者都來(lái)自貧困家庭，故選項(xiàng) [D] 與原文不符，可以排除。
3. 被診斷患有邊緣型人格障礙的人數(shù)增加的原因是______。
[A]一些復(fù)雜的精神類疾病被歸為邊緣型人格障礙
[B]更多的醫(yī)療經(jīng)驗(yàn)使邊緣型人格障礙更易確診
[C]對(duì)邊緣型人格障礙治療的進(jìn)步鼓勵(lì)更多的人就醫(yī)
[D]越來(lái)越多的精神病專家致力于邊緣型人格障礙的研究工作
[試題類型] 具體信息題。
[解題思路]
本題主要考查確診患邊緣型人格障礙的人數(shù)增加的原因，故可定位至第三段。該段前兩句首先指出，確診患邊緣型人格障礙的人數(shù)增加有幾種解釋（several explanations），緊接著第三句指出了最簡(jiǎn)單的解釋，即對(duì)一般精神問(wèn)題（如短期抑郁）的治療不斷進(jìn)步為復(fù)雜精神問(wèn)題（如邊緣型人格障礙）的確診提供了更多的醫(yī)學(xué)資源（more health-care resources are available to identify difficult disorders like BPD）。由此可知，隨著精神類疾病治療經(jīng)驗(yàn)的不斷增長(zhǎng)，復(fù)雜的邊緣型人格障礙比以前更易確診，因而確診患這種疾病的人數(shù)增加了，故選項(xiàng) [B] 正確。
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該段第三句指出，對(duì)一般精神問(wèn)題（如短期抑郁）治療的不斷進(jìn)步為確診復(fù)雜的精神問(wèn)題（如邊緣型人格障礙）提供了更多的醫(yī)療保健資源，但文中并沒(méi)有提到在醫(yī)學(xué)領(lǐng)域，一些復(fù)雜的精神類疾病被歸為邊緣型人格障礙，選項(xiàng) [A] 與原文表述不符，故可以排除。第四至六句指出，在過(guò)去的幾年里，對(duì)邊緣型人格障礙的治療有了長(zhǎng)足的進(jìn)步，研究者們也已經(jīng)進(jìn)行了至少 17 種治療邊緣型人格障礙心理療法的隨機(jī)試驗(yàn)，且大多數(shù)的試驗(yàn)已經(jīng)取得了可喜的成績(jī)，作者只是說(shuō)明了治療邊緣型人格障礙的進(jìn)步，但并不能表明愿意到醫(yī)院接受精神疾病檢查和治療的人數(shù)會(huì)增加，也沒(méi)有說(shuō)明越來(lái)越多的精神病專家都參與到邊緣型人格障礙的研究中來(lái)，故選項(xiàng) [C] 和 [D] 可以排除。
4. 從第四段中可推知______。
[A]人們長(zhǎng)期忍受著精神疾病的痛苦
[B]人們經(jīng)歷了各種各樣的苦難
[C]同一時(shí)代的人容易得相同的疾病
[D]每個(gè)時(shí)代都有其特殊的精神疾病
[試題類型] 推理引申題。
[解題思路]
根據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵詞 Paragraph 4 可定位至文章第四段。該段第一、二句首先指出邊緣型人格障礙臨床診斷的增加也表明了我們所處的特殊歷史時(shí)期的一些特點(diǎn)（the rise in borderline diagnoses may illustrate something about our particular historical moment），每個(gè)時(shí)代都有其獨(dú)特的精神疾?。╥ts signature crack-up illness）。接著作者舉例說(shuō)明了這一觀點(diǎn)：20 世紀(jì) 50 年代，戰(zhàn)后創(chuàng)傷與核武器帶給人焦慮（ postwar trauma, nuclear fear, it was anxiety），60年代~70 年代的多疑和水門事件（suspicion and Watergate），90 年代控制血清素的藥物問(wèn)世（serotonin-manipulating drugs were released）和百憂解（Prozac）的盛行，最后作者做出總結(jié)：每個(gè)時(shí)期總是有與其相對(duì)應(yīng)的疾?。╰he decade and the disorder do tend to find each other）。綜上可知，整個(gè)第四段都在說(shuō)明“每個(gè)年代都有其特殊的精神疾病”這一論點(diǎn)，故選項(xiàng) [D] 為正確答案。
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第四段首先提出“每個(gè)時(shí)代都有其獨(dú)特的精神疾病”這一觀點(diǎn)，接著用幾個(gè)時(shí)代及其相對(duì)應(yīng)的疾病為例說(shuō)明這一觀點(diǎn)。因此，選項(xiàng) [A] 中的“精神疾病的痛苦”和選項(xiàng) [B] 中的“各種各樣的苦難”都不是該段主要說(shuō)明的問(wèn)題，故選項(xiàng) [A] 、 [B] 均可排除。該段提出每個(gè)年代都有其特殊的精神疾病，即這些疾病是具有歷史特征的，并不能推斷出某一個(gè)時(shí)期的人都會(huì)患有同一種疾病，選項(xiàng) [C] 過(guò)于絕對(duì)，故可以排除。
5. 最后一段暗示______。
[A]當(dāng)今時(shí)代的邊緣型人格障礙多與沉重的生活壓力有關(guān)
[B]邊緣型人格障礙是社會(huì)發(fā)展的自然結(jié)果
[C]人們對(duì)邊緣型人格障礙的問(wèn)題不敏感
[D]人們對(duì)醫(yī)學(xué)的發(fā)展感到失望
[試題類型] 推理引申題。
[解題思路]
根據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵詞 the last paragraph 定位至最后一段。該段第一句首先提出問(wèn)題：邊緣型人格障礙是屬于我們這個(gè)時(shí)代的疾病嗎？緊接著第二、三句加以解釋：我們這個(gè)時(shí)代的許多人都在為養(yǎng)家糊口、支付開(kāi)銷而打拼（clawing to keep homes and paychecks），我們還會(huì)對(duì)各種絕望變得更敏感嗎？而在如此不確定的年代，失去情感外殼是很自然的（natural to lose one\'s emotional skin）。言外之意，社會(huì)的不穩(wěn)定給人們的生活帶來(lái)沉重的壓力，在這樣的情況下，患邊緣型人格障礙的可能性更大了，選項(xiàng) [A] 的表述與原文相符，故為正確答案。
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該段前三句暗示社會(huì)的不穩(wěn)定以及人們生活的重壓導(dǎo)致人們患上邊緣型人格障礙的可能性很大，但文中只是說(shuō)“社會(huì)的不穩(wěn)定”會(huì)造成邊緣型人格障礙，并沒(méi)有說(shuō)社會(huì)發(fā)展必然會(huì)造成人格障礙，故選項(xiàng) [B] 可以排除。該段第二句是指生活的壓力使得人們對(duì)其他方面的絕望不會(huì)更敏感，并不是說(shuō)人們對(duì)邊緣型人格障礙的問(wèn)題不敏感，故選項(xiàng) [C] 與原文不符，可以排除。該段最后一句引用 Dr. Allen Frances 的話指出，每個(gè)人都在談?wù)撨吘壭腿烁裾系K，但是似乎沒(méi)有人知道如何解決，這是說(shuō)由于生活壓力所迫，人們對(duì)精神方面的壓力無(wú)可奈何，而并不是說(shuō)人們對(duì)醫(yī)學(xué)發(fā)展感到失望，選項(xiàng) [D] 是對(duì)原文的錯(cuò)誤理解，故可以排除。
詞匯突破
*borderline personality disorder 邊緣型人格障礙：該病是精神科常見(jiàn)的人格障礙，主要以情緒、人際關(guān)系、自我形象、行為的不穩(wěn)定，以及多種沖動(dòng)行為為特征，是一種復(fù)雜且嚴(yán)重的精神障礙。
claw /kl?? / v. 用爪子抓；費(fèi)力地奪回：She tried to claw at his face. 她想抓他的臉。
*culprit /\'k?lpr?t/ n. 導(dǎo)致問(wèn)題的原因
*oscillate /\'?s?le?t/ v. （感情、行為、想法等）波動(dòng)；動(dòng)搖；猶豫
inhibition /??nh?\'b??n/ n. 抑制；阻止：Some drugs can cause the inhibition of normal bodily activity. 有些藥會(huì)對(duì)正常的身體功能產(chǎn)生抑制作用。
*lability /l?\'b?l?ti/ n. 不穩(wěn)定性；易變性
*parsimonious /?pa:s?\'m??n??s/ adj. 極度節(jié)儉的；小氣的
*therapeutic /?θer?\'pju? t?k/ adj. 治療的；治療學(xué)的
randomized /\'r?nd?ma?zd/ adj. 隨機(jī)的；不規(guī)則的：randomized block design 隨機(jī)分組設(shè)計(jì) signature /\'s?gn?t??(r)/ n. 識(shí)別標(biāo)志；鮮明特色（文中意為“標(biāo)志性的”）
crack-up （因疲勞、緊張等）精神崩潰，身體垮掉：He had a complete mental crack-up. 他精神徹底崩潰了。
*trauma /\'tr?? m?/ n. （精神上的）創(chuàng)傷 *pharmacological /?fa:m?k?\'l?d??kl/ adj. 藥理學(xué)的 *faddishness /\'f?d??n?s/ n. 風(fēng)行一時(shí)；一時(shí)流行
psychiatry /sa?\'ka??tri/ n. 精神病學(xué)；精神病治療：clinical psychiatry 臨床精神病學(xué)
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患有邊緣型人格障礙的人沒(méi)有情感外殼。即使是最輕微的情感觸動(dòng)或情感活動(dòng)都可能給其帶來(lái)巨大的痛苦。邊緣型人格障礙患者是心理學(xué)家最擔(dān)心的病人。多達(dá) 75%的患者會(huì)傷害自己，大約 10%的患者會(huì)自殺。邊緣型人格障礙患者似乎不能自我控制，他們幾乎可以同時(shí)陷入熾烈的愛(ài)與瘋狂的憤怒之中。他們極度依賴親近的人，而且害怕失去他們，但由于總是出人意料地傷害這些親近的人，他們往往落得自己害怕的結(jié)局——被遺棄。當(dāng)他們想要留住一個(gè)東西的時(shí)候，卻總是抓得太緊。
沒(méi)有人知道導(dǎo)致邊緣型人格障礙的確切原因，但遺傳基因和（成長(zhǎng)）環(huán)境的不幸這種常見(jiàn)的先天因素與后天因素的結(jié)合很可能是罪魁禍?zhǔn)?。華盛頓大學(xué)精神病學(xué)家、世界邊緣型人格障礙研究的頂級(jí)專家之一瑪莎·萊恩漢發(fā)現(xiàn)，有些邊緣型人格障礙患者遭受過(guò)家庭虐待，而有些則來(lái)自于遭受經(jīng)濟(jì)或醫(yī)療保健危機(jī)的正常家庭，這些家庭都沒(méi)有給孩子們足夠的指正與情感疏導(dǎo)?！斑@些孩子沒(méi)有學(xué)會(huì)如何理解、判斷、控制或忍受情緒反應(yīng)，相反，他們學(xué)會(huì)了在壓抑情緒與極度情緒化之間搖擺不定?！比R恩漢和她的同事們?cè)谝黄撐闹羞@樣寫(xiě)道。
然而這種疾病在臨床診斷中的數(shù)量似乎是呈上升趨勢(shì)的。對(duì)于這一現(xiàn)象有幾種解釋。最簡(jiǎn)單的解釋是：對(duì)一般情緒問(wèn)題（如短期抑郁）治療的不斷進(jìn)步，為確診復(fù)雜的精神障礙（如邊緣型人格障礙）提供了更多的醫(yī)療保健資源。另外一種更樂(lè)觀的解釋是：在過(guò)去幾年里，對(duì)邊緣型人格障礙的治療有了長(zhǎng)足的進(jìn)步。這些治療學(xué)的進(jìn)步已經(jīng)改善了原有狀況。研究者們已經(jīng)進(jìn)行了至少 17 種治療邊緣型人格障礙心理療法的隨機(jī)試驗(yàn)，其中大多數(shù)試驗(yàn)取得了可喜的成績(jī)。
除此以外，邊緣型人格障礙在臨床診斷中數(shù)量的上升或許也闡釋了我們這個(gè)特殊歷史時(shí)期的一些特點(diǎn)。就文化而言，每個(gè)時(shí)代都有其獨(dú)特的精神疾病。20 世紀(jì) 50 年代，戰(zhàn)后創(chuàng)傷以及核武器使人焦慮。20 世紀(jì) 60 年代~70 年代是多疑和水門事件的時(shí)代；20 世紀(jì) 90 年代，控制血清素的藥物問(wèn)世之后，許多患者都相信百憂解（一種治療精神抑郁的藥物），成千上萬(wàn)的新聞故事也錯(cuò)誤地表明慢性抑郁癥最終可以治愈。無(wú)論是受恐怖的頭條新聞、流行電影或僅僅是一時(shí)興起的藥物的影響，每個(gè)時(shí)期總是有與其相對(duì)應(yīng)的精神疾病。
那么，邊緣型人格障礙是屬于我們這個(gè)時(shí)代的疾病嗎？當(dāng)我們中的許多人還在為養(yǎng)家糊口、支付開(kāi)銷打拼時(shí)，我們還會(huì)對(duì)其他的絕望更敏感嗎？生活在一個(gè)如此不確定的世界里，也許失去情感外殼是件很自然的事。盡管現(xiàn)在對(duì)此下結(jié)論還為時(shí)尚早，但邊緣型人格障礙與社會(huì)蕭條之間確實(shí)至少有一個(gè)共同點(diǎn)，正如杜克大學(xué)精神病科前任主席艾倫·弗郎西斯博士所寫(xiě)道的那樣，“每個(gè)人都在談?wù)摚ㄟ吘壭腿烁裾系K），但似乎沒(méi)有人知道該如何應(yīng)對(duì)它?！?/span>
二、今日家庭作業(yè):
It has been a tough summer for Muncie, a small city of Indiana. Unemployment dipped briefly below 9% this spring, but floated back up to 10% in June and July. The car-parts makers that were once Muncie\'s life blood have largely given up on it; but creating skilled manufacturing jobs at a new locomotive factory is turning out to be a hard slog.
Since the sociologists Robert and Helen Lynd named it "Middletown" in 1929, Muncie has been regarded as representative of the American experience. In the more diverse 21st century American economy, that is no longer exactly the case, but Muncie\'s experience of declining manufacturing employment is similar to that of many small cities. So when Indiana\'s governor, Mitch Daniels, came to town and announced last October that 650 new jobs would be created assembling locomotives for Progress Rail, and a largely abandoned factory rehabilitated, local press and politicians reacted with enthusiasm.
That feeling is wearing off. Fewer than a quarter of the promised jobs have materialised and not a single engine has rolled off the production line. According to a Progress Rail spokeswoman, the company currently employs 150 people in Muncie and has abandoned the 650 target, expecting to reach only 250 employees by the end of 2012. The spokeswoman blamed the sluggish hiring on the weak economy, but the path to creating even one job has been a twisted one.
Progress Rail decided on building locomotives in America in April 2010. It then started negotiations with the Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce. Muncie\'s greatest asset in sealing the deal was the building itself. Originally used to make transformers for Westinghouse and then ABB, the factory had been used to store ketchup and as a Halloween house since the latter company left town in 1998. The 740,000 square-foot building has a 1,960 foot long main assembly floor, with a railway line running through the door—handy if you are making locomotives.
Recruitment ads appeared shortly after Christmas 2010. Work One, a state employment agency, removed unsuitable applicants. The jobs drew hundreds of hopefuls, but a Work One director, notes that there is a big gap between flipping burgers and working at a modern manufacturer. The local branch of a community college, agreed to create a three-week welding course to teach the specialised techniques Progress Rail uses. So specialised, in fact, that the head welding teacher at the college said he had never heard of them, and so difficult that only experienced welders could attempt them. Between January and April this year, according to the Work One director just 30 welders took the course; the company was looking to hire 70.
If Muncie and similar cities are banking on manufacturing to restore their fortunes, they have a slow road ahead.
1.The unemployment rate of Muncie in the first half of the year______.
[A] had been rising steadily
[B] dropped by 9% temporarily
[C] declined then rebounded to 10%
[D] reached the highest point
2.We can learn from Paragraph 2 that______.
[A]Muncie has started its fast development since 1929
[B]The growth of Muncie has represented the American development since 1929
[C]Muncie\'s declining manufacturing employment is a reflection of the national tendency
[D]the decision to creat jobs was applauded by Muncie people
3.According to Paragraph 3, Progress Rail______.
[A] hired few workers because of the gloomy economy
[B] failed to meet the target of creating 650 new jobs
[C] is a company mainly producing engines
[D] planned to create 250 new jobs in 2012
4.The difficulty Progress Rail faces in its recruitment in Muncie is______.
[A] the incompetence of Work One
[B] the lack of qualified workers
[C] the high requirements of Progress Rail
[D] the underdevelopment of the local education
5.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
[A]Off-track in Middletown
[B] The Origin of "Middletown"
[C]Ways out for Middletown
[D]The Decline of Middletown
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