24级大学外语（英语）（三）题库（非艺术版）---学生版

What do we learn about sea slugs from the passage?

How will McDonald’s deal with the identity crisis it is facing?

What did McDonald's do last year?

What was the result of McDonald’s menu diversification?

What slowed McDonald’s service according to Penney?

What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

Do you dream of taking each day as it comes? Are you ready, as a new college graduate, to 36. __ down with a job you’ll stick to for years? How would you like a solo adventure abroad instead? If you worry you’ve had very little money 37. _ up, why not consider a working holiday?

Sightseeing and meeting new people sound really exciting, right? Quickly 38. with shooting photos and videos around? Yes, to 39. amazing scenes and memorable moments! For once, you don’t have to think about the job market at home. Nonetheless, you'd better be forewarned. The idea of taking a working holiday abroad may mean uncertainty and anxiety as a result of stepping outside your comfort zone. For example, you won’t have the 40. support readily available from your family and friends. People you will meet daily don’t speak your language and may not 41._  the same cultural beliefs as yours. Besides, in the first few days you have no 42. how to find a job and end up 43. out. So here are the tips: (1) Going on 44.  first to find friends who’ve been in the country longer than you and who can recommend you to their previous workplace. (2) Using a working holiday program 45. _ to your arrival that helps you find a job, get a tax number, open a bank account, and more. (3) Looking for work classifieds on street posts, your hostel job board and online job boards like GumTree.

A) browse

B) awkward

C) clue

D) capture

E) obsessed

F) stressed

G) emotional

H) embrace

I) remainder

J) prior

K) settle

L) saved

M) excursions

N) tackled

O) versions

People often ask me how to get off the consumer escalator(自动扶梯). Step one is to begin to control your consumer desires. For example, don’t surf shopping 36.  . You also have to convince the other people around you to start acting differently too.

One response by a growing number of Americans has been to reject the 37.   of work and spend. Adjusting their consumption, working less, even embracing principles of being 38.  with simplicity. For the 39.   of fewer working hours, they often have to leave their jobs, and that’s a cost not many of us can pay. We need to 40.   up those corporate policies to give people the right to work less, to give people better vacations. We need to 41.   a progressive consumption tax, which puts higher burdens on the people who buy expensive products.

Today our identities are so deeply wrapped up in the 42.   products that we own and use. To get out of work and spend we need to look carefully at the messages that are coming from Madison Avenue. Much of what they’re telling us is that exclusivity(排他性) is the cool value we want to 43.   for, but isn’t a better value system than one which highlights our commonality, which is more about connecting with other people, rather than 44.   up with them and having more than they do. We can make those connections ourselves. This should be the 45.   of our life philosophy.

A) content

B) advocate

C) cycle

D) core

E) debt

F) derive

G) episodes

H) strive

I) open

J) privilege

K) living

L) keeping

M) websites

N) luxury

O) sake

Chinese students in pursuit of an American education have helped drive up international enrollments at colleges across the United States. Every fall semester sees an increase of their number compared with the 36.   period of the previous year. There is no denying their 37.   benefits American colleges culturally and financially.

Studying abroad is beneficial personally for Chinese students too, if they are prepared for certain challenges. The first challenge is the cost of studying at an American college. Typically Chinese parents pay. It is an expected part of the culture that they make big 38.   for their children, who will hopefully 39.   them in the future. Students can choose to work part time to earn some money and 40.   their parents of the financial burden. The second challenge is parental pressure. Some Chinese parents choose colleges for their children. In a new learning environment, teacher-student interactions are essential for a productive college career. However, Chinese parents’ lack of knowledge of American education could make their children suffer academically and emotionally when their 41.   for big research universities causes their children to miss out on learning and social opportunities offered by small and less 42.   liberal arts colleges. It is a 43.   of growing up for Chinese students when they have to obey their parents, but they must take more 44.   for their own lives. The greatest challenge of studying abroad is culture shock. It is hard, but if Chinese students can break out of their own groups and put their challenges in 45.  , then they will gain more out of their experience of studying abroad.

A) adopt

B) maintain

C) expectations

D) equivalent

E) negotiation

F) occasional

G) prominent

H) relieve

I) repay

J) sacrifices

K) responsibility

L) phase

M) preference

N) perspective

O) presence

Who is an “adult”? Many would 36. identify having completed schooling, working steadily, living 37.  of one’s parents, marrying, and having children as the markers of adulthood, traditionally achieved between the late teens and the early thirties. However, compared with their parents’ generation, young people today are taking longer to complete their schooling, to settle into steady employment, to establish their own households, to get married, and to fulfil the 38.  to raise children.

The psychologist Jeffrey Arnett describes the phase of life for those now between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five as a period of relative independence from social roles and expectations. As such, 39. adulthood provides some younger people, especially those who have access to parental resources and supports into their twenties, with new opportunities for exploring their 40. , particularly in the areas of work, love, and worldviews. Those who do not have resources, however, 41.  problems.

Many observers have thought about the factors that have made the transition from 42.  to adulthood more complex and variable. Some believe that industrialization, improved health, and increased life expectancies have changed the 43.  life sequences of the early twentieth century. Others think that the rising cost of housing in some parts of the country explains why young people are increasingly likely to live with their parents. Still others suggest that because this generation's parents has fewer children, they are able to provide support that 44.  the needs of each child, allowing their children to prolong their dependence and lengthening the time it takes them to complete their education and find 45.  employment and independent living arrangements.

A) anticipate

B) adolescence

C) eases

D) independently

E) stable

F) identify

G) financially

H) fascinating

I) obligation

J) emerging

K) identity

L) optimistic

M) positive

N) typical

O) exceeds

Parenting brings fathers more joy than it does mothers, according to a new study. The research examined three studies 36.   more than 18,000 participants. Across all three, parenthood was 37.   with more positive wellbeing outcomes for dads than for mums.

So why are fathers happier than mothers? “Fathers may fare better than mothers in part due to how they spend time with their children,” said lead author Katherine Nelson-Coffey. In one study, the authors 38.   that dads were more likely to take “playing” as an 39.   activity both when caring for their kids and spending time with their kids. “Playing with their children likely offers parents opportunities to experience positive feelings and 40.   closeness with their children,” they say.

Fathers also did better than men without kids, reporting greater happiness, life satisfaction, and fewer 41.   symptoms. They also reported greater connectedness and autonomy (自主). For mums, 42.  , compared to women without children, the results weren’t quite as positive. Mums reported greater autonomy, but also “greater trouble” and fewer positive 43.  .

Mums reported happier moods while interacting with their kids, compared to other experiences, but not while engaging 44.   in childcare. “This difference suggests that how mothers and fathers spend time with their children might have important 45.   for their wellbeing,” the authors write. They suspect that mums may be less happy than dads because they’re more likely to have higher expectations about parenthood. As such, they’re more likely to be “let down” by the experience.

A) additional

B) associated

C) composing

D) cultivate

E) depressive

F) directly

G) emotions

H) however

I) implications

J) interfered

K) involving

L) note

M) precisely

N) superficial

O) therefore