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Passage Three
【32】A person’s social prestige seems to be determined mainly by his or her job. Occupations are valued in terms of the incomes associated with them, although other factors can also be relevant—particular the amount of education a given occupation requires and the degree of control over others it provides. The holders of political power also tend to have high prestige.
Unlike power and wealth, which do not seem to be becoming more equally shared, 【34】the symbols of prestige have become available to an increasing number of Americans. 【33】The main reason is the radical change in the nature of jobs over the course of this century. 【35】In 1900, nearly 40 percent of the labor force were farm workers and less than 20 percent held white-collar jobs. At the beginning of the 1980s, however, less than 5 percent of the labor force worked on farms and white-collar workers were the largest single occupational category. Blue-collar workers, the largest category in the mid-fifties, now constitute less than a-third of all workers. 【34】The increase in the proportion of high prestige jobs has allowed a much greater number of Americans to enjoy these statuses and the lifestyles that go with them.
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. Which is the least important factor relevant to a person’s social status?
33. Which is the main factor for the rise in the proportion of prestige jobs?
34. What are a growing number of Americana becoming?
35. Who made up the largest occupational category in 1900?
32. 答案C
解析：选项是四个名词的并列。听力篇章开始讲到决定一个人社会名誉的因素，其中有工作、收入、教育、对他人的控制权限以及政治地位，唯一没有提及的是选项C中的努力。
33. 答案A
解析：四个选项表示变化。听力中间讲更多的美国人都有机会得到这些名誉，其主要原因是本世纪工作性质的巨大变化。选项A中的occupation和原文中的job同义。
34. 答案D
解析：选项是四种职业，考生要特别注意，选项A和C都属于蓝领职业。听力中间讲到蓝领工人，在农场上工作的人们越来越少，人们在选择更有地位的职业。选项B是干扰项，大部分美国人不可能都成为政治家。
35. 答案B
解析：选项是关于某一类职业。听力后半部分讲，1900年，40%的人在农场工作，所以选项B为正确答案。选项C是个干扰项，50年代中期蓝领工人占得比重最大。
Section C
36. 答案 personalities
解析：personality是个比较常见的名词，“个性，特色，名人”，本句话中意为“名人”。考生要特别注意名词复数形式。
37. 答案presented
解析：present作为动词，意为“呈现，展示，提出”。此句使用了被动语态，考生要注意动词的过去分词。
38. 答案uphold
解析：此处是个动词作谓语。uphold意为“支持，赞成，鼓励”。
39. 答案distinguishes
解析：distinguish表示“区别”，常用的结构为distinguish between A and B，distinguish A from B。此处which指代前面的a code，所以distinguish使用了第三人称单数形式。
40. 答案column
解析：这个名词相对来说比较常见，报纸上的column指的是“专栏，栏目”。
41. 答案advocate
解析：advocate意为“主张，提倡”。这个动词比较常见，考生要特别注意拼写形式。
42. 答案desires
解析：desire是个常见动词。主语是第三人称，考生要注意动词的第三人称单数形式。
43. 答案costly
解析：costly和前面的expensively同义，表示“昂贵地”。
44. 答案 these large newspapers tend to reflect the views of their owners in their editorials on economic and political matters
解析：此句大意为：大型报纸更愿意反映他们自己在经济、政治事件上的观点。editorial前文出现过，应该不能成为听力的难点。此句的重要词汇为：reflect，economic，political。
45. 答案 the great press associations usually can be relied on to keep their news impartial
解析：前文讲到，应该报道完整的、客观的事实。考生可推测此句大意：大型报纸和大型出版公司，他们报道的公平性是可以信赖的。考生要注意，此句使用了被动句，动词词组rely on的被动形式中on不能省略。此句需要注意的词汇：associations，impartial。
46. 答案 often deliberately "color" the news to favor or oppose certain groups or movements
解析：连词but说明此句和上一句是对比关系。大型出版社的报道比较客观公正，而没有多少道德感的出版社会故意地倾向或反对某些团体、行动。此句需要注意的词汇：deliberately，favor，oppose。 Part IV Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth)
