2020高考英語二輪復習 30天系列練習高考倒計時第17天（含解析）

倒數(shù)第17天(5月20日)(2020·陜西卷)According to sociologists(社會學家)，every modern industrial society has some form of social stratification(階層)Class，power and status are important in deciding people's rank in society.Class means a person's economic position in society.A commonly used classification is lower class，middle class and upper class.While sociologists disagree on how these terms should be exactly defined，they do describe societies like the United States quite well.One study shows that 53% of Americans belong to the lower class,46% the middle class，and 1% the upper class.Interestingly，a surgeon earning $500,000 a year and a bus driver earning $50,000 a year both regard themselves as the middle class!Power refers to the amount of control a person has over other people.Obviously，people in positions of great power (such as governors) exercise(行使) big power，but people who take orders from others have less power.Power and class do not always go hand in hand，however.For example，the governor of a state has great power，but he or she may not belong to a corresponding(相應的) economic class.Generally，however，there is a relationship between power and class.To our knowledge，there aren't too many people who aren't millionaires in the US.Senate!Status is the honor or respect attached to a person's position in society.It can also be affected by power and class，but not necessarily so.For example，a university professor may have a high status but not belong to a high social class or have a lot of power over others.1What can we learn about “the middle class” from Paragraph 2?APeople earning $50,000 a year belong to the middle class.BNearly half Americans belong to the middle class.CPeople generally consider bus drivers as the middle class.DSociologists have a clear definition of the middle class.解析細節(jié)理解題。由文章第二段第三句中“.46% the middle class.”可知，B項正確。文中并未說出middle class的清晰定義，所以A、C、D三項的表述都是不恰當?shù)摹４鸢窧2According to the text，we know that _.Apower and class do not always correspond with each otherBstatus refers to a person's economic position in societyCpeople with high status have a lot of control over othersDclass is less important in deciding a person's social rank解析推理判斷題。由文章第三段第三句“Power and class do not always go hand in hand，however.”可知，A項正確。A項correspond with意為“與相符合”；B項status的定義在最后一段第一句；C項從最后一段最后一句可知是錯誤的；D項在文中找不到依據(jù)。答案A3Which of the following shows the structure of the whole text?(P：Paragraph)解析文章結構題。文章第一段總述三者對一個人社會等級的影響，然后依次分述class，power和status三個因素。文章是總分式。故選擇A項。答案A