新GRE阅读练习题1

　　Factory workers in Beltania are guaranteed lifetime jobs, bonuses paid on thebasis of productivity and corporate profits, and a wage rate that is not attachedto a particular job. Paradoxically, these guarantees do not discourage factoryowners from introducing labor-saving machinery. Such innovations are to theactory owners' advantage despite the fact that the owners must protect thewages of their workers.

　　A Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain why the introduction of labor-saving machinery is advantageous to factory owners?

　　B Before a Beltanian factory worker is hired, he or she must present a recordof his or her previous productivity.

　　C Labor-saving machinery increases productivity, thus yielding profits thatmore than cover the cost of retraining workers for other jobs.

　　D The purchase and maintenance of new machinery adds significantly to thefinal cost of the goods produced.

　　E Factory workers demand a change of procedure in the routine tasks they perform.

　　Limited competition exists among Beltanian factories for consumer markets.

　　答案：B

　　以上便是天道留学考试规划师为广大GRE考生整理的新GRE阅读短文练习第一部分了，考生每天需要做1-2篇阅读，相信日积月累，你的GRE阅读分数也会马上得到提高!

 

新GRE阅读练习题的延伸阅读——GRE阅读技巧详解

 

　　GRE阅读技巧：宏观中的“必读”与“不读”

　　所谓宏观，即使明确文章结构。再清楚一点说，即使我们要知道主题句的所在位置以及每段大意。

　　让我们今天来了解一下什么是主题句，ETS的阅读文章中主题句通常会以什么形式出现。和中国考生自己写作文不一样的是，美国人的阅读文章中从来都不出现“I think that， in my opinion， as far as I am considered”此类语言做主题句。通常来说美国人的主题句有两种形式：

　　主题句两种形式：

　　1. 判断句(含情态动词，系动词，正负褒贬词的句子)；

　　2. 概括文章将来结构。

掌握好了主题句判断方法，很多文章学生便可以很快把握文章的结构框架，帮助后面文章的理解。