初中英语政治经济类阅读试题

Humans' Greatest Achievements

The Earth is 4.5billion years old，but the human race has lived on it for just 200，000years．In that short time，we have achieved some amazing things．

（76） 　 　The list is almost endless．The invention of the airplane has changed our lives．The discovery of antibiotics （抗生素） has saved the lives of millions of people．Can you imagine living without electricity？What about the printing press （印刷术）？Without the printing press，you wouldn't be reading this．In the last 50years，there have been great achievements in communication，such as radio，TV，computers，the Internet，and smartphones （智能手机）．（77） 　 　

What about the arts？The arts have brought pleasure to many people，but are the Beatles and Bach more important than antibiotics？（78） 　 　

Finally，we must not forget humans' early achievements．（79） 　 　We can't imagine modern life without cooked food and cars．

What are humans' greatest achievements？To answer the question，we need to decide what we mean by "great"．（80） 　 　Or is it just something that makes us say "Wow，"like the Great Wall？What do you think？

A．Do you think it is difficult to have great achievements？

B．Is it something that makes us rich or happy or save lives？

C．We enjoy these things every day because they are free to use．

D．They used fire for cooking and heating and invented the wheel．

E．Many of humans' great achievements are in science and technology．

F．And is Mickey Mouse as important an achievement as going to space？

G．We could probably live without them，but life wouldn't be as interesting．

For many years， sales of garlic in California had been little because of the much cheaper garlic from China． This year， however， California garlic sales are rising because American government increases tariffs（关税）on Chinese products．

Christopher， a garlic grower in California， is manager of his company and he said， "In a perfect world， we would love to see the tariffs on China．"

Tariffs on Chinese garlic rose from 10% to 25% on May 9，2019，and the reason is that U．S President Donald Trump increased tariffs on Chinese products worth of ＄200 billion． Since then， Chinese buyers have almost stopped buying soybeans from the United States and American soybean farmers are now getting worried．

Not everyone likes the garlic tariffs in the U．S． Last July Christopher expressed his support on Trump's policy（政策）． However， officials from McCormick and Company Inc． didn't agree with the policy． McCormick's CEO， Lawrence told Reuters（路透社）that without Chinese garlic America can't go． Actually ，the trade war（贸易战）between China and America is a sign of American hegemony（霸权），and itwill destroy American economy and U．S government will lose its trust from other countries in the world．

（1）From the passage we infer（推理）that 　　．

A．	America is buying garlic from China as much as before
B．	American soybean farmers make money as much as before
C．	China is still buying crops from America as much as before
D．	Garlic growers in California are making more money than before

（2）Why is less Chinese garlic bought by America this year？ 　　

A．	Because enough garlic is grown in California．
B．	Because American government has increased tax（税收）on Chinese garlic．
C．	Because China is not buying soybeans from America．
D．	Because companies support American government．

（3）What does the underlined word "it" in the last paragraph refer to？ 　　

A．	China
B．	the trade
C．	American hegemony
D．	a sign

（4）How much tariff did American government increase on Chinese garlic On May 9，2019？_ 　

A．	15%
B．	25%
C．	10%
D．	35%

（5）According to the passage， who disagrees with the America policy of having tariffs on Chinese products？ 　　

A．	Christopher
B．	Donald Trump
C．	California garlic growers
D．	Lawrence