2009年12月大學(xué)英語四級(jí)考試模擬試題(七)

　　66. Which of the following is mentioned in the passage as a reason for the absence of a single Renaissance musical style?

　　A) The musical Renaissance was defined by technique rather than style.

　　B) The musical Renaissance was too short to give rise to a new musical style.

　　C) Renaissance musicians adopted the styles of both Greek and Roman musicians.

　　D) During the Renaissance, music never remained the same for very long.

　　Part V Cloze(15 minutes)

　　Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

　　Today the world's economy is going through two great changes, both bigger than an Asian financial crisis here or a European monetary union there.

　　The first change is that a lot of industrial_67_is moving from the United States, Western Europe and Japan to _68 _countries in Latin America, South-East Asia and Eastern Europe. In 1950, the United States alone _69_ for more than half of the world's economy output. In 1990, its _70_ was down to a quarter. By 1990, 40% of IBM's employees were non-Americans; Whirlpool, America's leading _71_ of domestic appliances, cut its American labor force _72_ 10%. Quite soon now, many big western companies will have more _73_ (and customers) in poor countries than in rich _74_ .

　　The second great change is _75_, in the rich countries of the OECD, the balance of economic activity is _76_ from manufacturing to _77_. In the United States and Britain, the _78_ of workers in manufacturing has _79_ since 1900 from around 40% to barely half that. _80_ in Germany and Japan, which rebuilt so many _81_ after 1945, manufacturing's share of jobs is now below 30%. The effect of the _82 is increased _83_ manufacturing moves from rich countries to the developing ones, _84_ cheap labor _85_ them a sharp advantage in many of the _86_ tasks required by mass production.