- 阅读理解A
题干：Itusedtobethatpeoplewereproudtoworkforthesamecompanyforthewholeoftheirworkinglives.They，dgetagoldwatchattheendoftheirproductiveyearsandadinnerfeaturingspeechesbytheirbossespraisingtheirloyalty.Buttoday’srichcapitalistshaveregressed(倒退）tothe“survivalofthefittest”ideasandtheirloyaltyextendsnottotheirworkersoreventotheirstockholdersbutonlytothemselves.Insteadofgivingoutgoldwatchesworthahundredorsodollarsforfortyorsoyearsofword,theygrabtensandevenhundredsofmillionsofdollarsastheysellfortheirownprofitthecompanytheymayhavebeenwithforonlyafewyears.Thenewrichselfishlyactontheirowntounfairlygrabthewealththatthecountryasawholehasproduced.Thetop1percentofthepopulationnowhaswealthequaltothewholebottom95percentandtheywantmore.Theirselfishnessismostshamelesslyexpressedindownsizingandoutsourcing(将产品包给分公司做）becausethesebusinessmaneuversdon’tacttocreatenewjobsasthefounderofnewindustriesusedtodo,butonlyoutjobswhilekeepingthemoneyvalueofwhatthosejobsproducedforthemselves.Tokeepthemoneymachineworkingsmoothlytherichhaveboughtallthepoliticiansfromthetopdown.ThepresidenthimselfisconstantlyleavingWashingtonandthebusinessatthenationbecauseheissummonedto“fundraisingdinners”wherefatcatspayathousandorsodollarsaplatetowormtheirwayintogovernmentnotthroughservicebutthroughdonationsofvastamountsofmoney.Onceontheinsidetheyhavebothpoliticalpartiesbusilytearingupalltheregulationsthatprotecttherestofusfromthegreedoftherich.Themiddleclassusedtobeloyaltothefreeenterprisesystem.Inthepast,thepeopleofthemiddleclassmostlythoughtthey，dberichthemselvessomedayorhaveagoodshotatbecomingrich.Butnowadaysincomeisbeingdistributedmoreandmoreunevenlyandcorporateloyaltyisathingofthepast.Themiddleclassmayalsowakeuptoforgetitsloyaltytotheso-calledfreeenterprisesystemaltogetherandthegovernmentwhichgovernsonlytherestofuswhilelettingthecorporationsdowhattheypleasewithourjobs.Asthingsstand，ifsomebodydoesn’twakeup，themiddleclassisonapathtobeingdownsizedallthewaytothebottomofsociety.
题目：It can be inferred from the first paragraph that people used to place a high value on_____· - A 、job security
- B 、bosses’ praise
- C 、corporate loyalty
- D 、retirement benefits
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参考答案【正确答案：C】
推断题。题干问的是从第一段中可以推断人们过去非常珍视什么？第一段开头作者就介绍了 It used to be that people were proud to work for the same company for the whole of their working lives. 句中的used to be可以帮助我们定位, 接下来作者还谈及为即将退休的员工颁发金表，以表彰对工作的忠诚, 所以说人们过去非常看重对企业的忠诚。故选C选项。
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