2014年成人高考全国统一考试专升本英语真题试卷

Passage Two

Like any teenagers , the face of One Teen Story is changing fast. Just a year old, the monthly magazine of short fiction for young people is getting a new editor-in-chief : Patrick Ryan ,47 , the associate editor of Granta from 2009 to 2013. He left the London-based literary journal last month.
 Editing One Teen Story-the younger sibling(娣妹篇) of One Story magazine-will offer Ryan a chance to reach a whole new audience. " It's really the only magazine for young adult short fiction , "he says from his office in New York. “It's tremendously exciting that there are younger people out there who have subscriptions and look forward to getting these stories once a month. That form is usually only presented when it ' s forced upon them in schools. "
 Designed for readers 14 and up, One Teen Story publishes nine issues a year. Like its sibling magazine ,it doesn't carry photographs or advertising. It ' s just exactly what it says :one story per issue.
 Ryan says young people are "looking for engaging reads about people whom they can identify with. It's not about having a message or positive spin(说教) . It always starts on a character level,and it has to have an interesting story. If you look at the ' Twilight ' characters and the ' Harry Potter 'characters , they feel very contemporary.
 Ryan also sees the magazine as a way to encourage talented authors. "I would love to make One Teen Story the first publication for writers who then go on and keep at this business. I just really love the idea that this magazine would be the starting point for somebody—would be the push to make a talented writer feel that it was worth keeping at this. "
 40. Who is Patrick Ryan?
 A. He is the editor-in-chief of " Twilight" .
 B. He is the editor-in-chief of Granta.
 C. He is the editor-in-chief of One Teen Story.
 D. He is the editor-in-chief of One Story.
 41. What is One Teen Story?
 A. It is a column of a newspaper.
 B. It is a story magazine for teenagers.
 C. It is a magazine of science fiction.
 D. It is a London-based literary journal.
 42. According to Ryan,what attracts young readers most?
 A. Characters and stories close to their life.
 B. Photographs and illustration.
 C. Political teachings and moral messages.
 D. Chances and practices in business.
 43. In the last paragraph,the underlined phrase "this business” means     .
 A. editing magazines                                  B. reading stories
 C. making money                                     D. writing stories 

 Passage Three

 Couples are restricting the size of their families in the UK because of cash worries brought on by the financial crisis and the subsequent decline. We're now up to nearly 3.7 million families where there is an only child,a rise from about 3.3 million in 2005. That means nearly half of all parents have only one child.
 Financial worries aren't the only driver. The trend towards later motherhood has been mentioned as a cause, as have soaring costs of raising a child ,which have been calculated as £222 ,500 from birth to 21 years of age. This is an increase of nearly 40% in 10 years.
 The increasing availability of IVF (试管婴儿) is also a factor and an interesting one. Couples who might have remained childless in the past now invest in IVF and get pregnant. And because of the cost they stop after one child.
 It may not be a bad thing;there are outstanding examples of talented only children. Some argue that being an only child promoted their success. These include actors Natalie Portman and Al Pacino, golfer Tiger Woods and even Queen Victoria. A study from the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex also showed that the fewer brothers and sisters a child has, the happier they are. It seems fighting for parental attention and affection—which sometimes descends into physical fights—is more stressful than any adult had previously thought. And it's not compensated (弥补) by having a playmate.
 44. The smaller size of UK families is mainly related to      .
 A. health problems                                   B. financial problems
 C. cultural problems                                  D. technical problems
 45. The passage shows that IVF is       .
 A. very expensive                                    B. safer than natural pregnancy
 C.a risky investment                                  D. very popular in UK
 46. What is a proved advantage of one-child family?
 A. Efficient family education.                           B. Improved family life.
 C. Promotion of children ' s success.                     D. Higher number of sports stars.
 47. The findings of the institute at the University of Essex might mean that      .
 A. parents-children relationship is off balance
 B. the only children's lack of playmates causes problems
 C. children have to struggle for parental love
 D. the only children are much happier than others 

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