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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: 夏徛荣历标难度系数：标准 约 420 词，使用分24.AccordingtoParagraph3,beingunemployedmakesoneACBDTowhicho

11、fthefollowingwouldtheauthormost24.AccordingtoParagraph3,beingunemployedmakesoneACBDTowhichofthefollowingwouldtheauthormostprobablyUnemploymentbenefitsshouldnotbemadeTheBritishwelfaresystemindulgesjobseekersThejobseekersallowancehasmettheiractualOsbornesreformswillreducetheriskofPara.1 为了让“生活变得更好”并减少

12、“依赖性”，财政大臣 奥斯本提出了“提前寻找工作”方案。失业者只有带着履历去就业中心、在网上 登记并着手找寻工作，那么才有资格获得救济金 而且，还有他们应该每周报到一次，而非每 （3）此外，从修辞角度看，“dependencyupfrontworksearch”等概念性名词由引号引述，暗示出作者对这Para.2 以下便明显的合理成分。现在，求职者要等待七天才能领取救济金。“他们开头这位财政大臣关注民生，正努力改善生计，通过“ ”完善一个显然 的福利体制。在这 制下，新近失业者找工作几乎不费吹灰之力，懒惰还有补贴。那就是说，他 的动力是对“最根本公平”追求 保（1）第句承上启下：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：新方案帮助失业者尽快就业。第句进行了针对性评论：鼓励失业者尽快就业的做法行不通，因为福利制度（2）本段文眼为“方案的合理性”1 段最后和有资格的人。那么段落中大量使用因果关系的表达，例如“reasonableness, because, motivated”等，增进了段落意群之间（3）此外，从修辞角度看，“fundamental fairness”等概念性名词由引号引述，暗示出作者对这些概念的否Para.3 失业是糟糕的事情：没有人会心里唱着歌蹦蹦跳跳地赶往就业中心，憧憬着的部及支付账单的重要收入全没了。如果问任何一位刚失业的人想要什么，回答 是：工作。（1

14、）本段表面上在分析失业所造成的不良影响，实际上是在否定上文所提的新方案的合理性。第句句：失业造成。之后，第句阐释：从各个角度剖析了失业造成的影响和失段者想要工作”的判断，驳斥了上一段末尾“把救济金给予最有资格的领取者” 暗示都需要救济，无所谓“公平性 同时也反驳了“财政大臣鼓励人们找工作的缺问题“What couldbemorereasonable?”，又否定了3臣臣容词或副词以强调自己判断的合理性，例如“extraordinarily, worse, crul, always”等。Para.4 但是，在奥斯本主政的国度，人们的第一个反应是沉湎于“依赖救济”如果可以得到，的“依赖” 帮扶者是一

15、个巴不得让你沉迷在虚妄之中的体制。就像是20年来一次比一次没有保险，每周 71.1 英镑。是欧盟国家中是最这次财政大臣的 像以前的 一样也没有成效。第句阐释第句的内容。第句回顾了 前的福利制度：太过于纵容，而第句评价了 后的状况：太过于 。 , , , 【试题分析通解】. , tosignon）。而且，福利制度“不要求失业者努力找工作”(demandstoolittleefforttofindwork)而且“纵容 的。 “”, . 422.Thephrase“tosignon”(Line3,Para.2)mostprobably 22. 这个短语“tosignon”（第2段第3行）Atoreg

16、ister lowancefromA 登记要BtoaccepternmentsrestrictionsontheB 接CtocheckontheavailabilityofjobsattheC 检查就业中心工作是否有工作机会Dtoattendernmentaljob-trainingD 参21. eOsbornesschemeendedAmotivatetheunemployedtoreportA 激发失业者主BprovidetheunemployedwitheasierstoB 让失业者更容易获得救济金CencouragejobseekersactiveengagementinjobC 鼓励

17、求职者积极参加求职DguaranteejobseekerslegitimaterighttoD 保证求职者享有救济金的合法权利 第 1段的“registerforonlinejobsearch”不一致。选项D是一个与原文信息无关的干扰选项. 的 的重点是失业者。选项B“保护失业者”似乎是福利制度的效果 相 . 之后，职业者必须有条件的领取救济金（第 4 段 . 525.Towhichofthefollowingwouldtheauthormost probably agree?25. 本文作者最可能赞同下面那一项AUnemploymentbenefitsshouldnotbeA 失业救济金不应

18、该成为有条件的24.AccordingtoParagraph3,beingunemployed makes one feel24. 根据3段，失业状态使得人们感AA 受CC 被激怒BB 不安D D 内疚23.What promptedthechancellortodevelophis23. 什么促使财政大臣制定了他的计划AAdesiretosecureabetter lifefor A 一种所有人都获得更好生活的愿望BAneagernesstoprotecttheB 一种保护失业者的渴望CAnurgetobegeneroustotheC 一种对认领toensurefairnessforD 一种确保 , ，作者1段就埋下了伏笔，“对失业者提出