In the second paragraph, the author mainly concentrates on the（ ）
[A] tendency of American economy
[B]contribution American households have made to the economy
[C]low efficiency of the government
[D]progress toward digital transformation
第1题：
What is the passage mainly about?（ ）
A．The changes of the author's attitude to her mother's English．
B．The limitation of the author's perception of her mother．
C．The author's misunderstanding of“limited”English．
D．The author's experiences of using broken English．
第2题：
The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to show _______.
A. the tendency of cutting household waste
B. the increase of packaging recycling
C. the rapid growth of super markets
D. the fact of packaging overuse
作者用意猜测题。根据作者在文中使用的数字可知，作者使用数字的目的是为了让读者清楚地理解过度包装的现实问题，所以D项正确。
第3题：
The underlined word “ There” in the second paragraph refers to (指的是)____________.
第4题：
The relation between the two paragraphs is that in the 2nd paragraph the author
[A] challenges the viewpoint in the lst paragraph.
[B] modifies his view expressed in the lst paragraph.
[C] provides the reason for the argument in the lst paragraph.
[D] further analyzes the issue discussed in the lst paragraph.
第5题：
The author develops the third paragraph mainly .
A. by cause and effectB. by order in space
C. by order in time D. by examples
第6题：
The author’s attitudes towards future, as is indicated in the beginning of the second paragraph, is one of______.
［A］ reluctant acceptance
［B］ sheer pessimism
［C］ mild optimism
［D］ extreme hopefulness
本题考查作者态度。根据题干定位到第二段开始部分。题干中的future与文中prospect是同义替换。该部分提到，“我承认对于社会某个部门拥有称之为劳动力管理的最终权力的前景，并不像某些人那样觉得恐惧，虽然，恐惧对我来说也是不可避免的”。显然，作者的态度既不乐观也不悲观，只是勉强地接受这种现实。［A］正确。
第7题：
In the last paragraph the author mainly wants to express .
A. one must be brave to be honest
B. it’s difficult to be honest when others are not
C. one should be honest when making a deposit
D. honesty in one’s actions can help him in the future
第8题：
The author develops his writing mainly by means of _____.
［A］ reasoning
［B］ examples
［C］ comparisons
［D］ quotations
本题考查文章的写作方法。在文章的开始部分作者承认观点的部分合理性，转而批驳其错误性，最后得出其错误结论，贯穿全文的写作方法是讲道理。
第9题：
In the third paragraph, the author is mainly interested in _____.
A. stimulating financial growth
B. reducing economic damages
C. saving human lives
D. protecting bird species
第10题：
The purpose of the second paragraph is mainly to illustrate __.
A. how the forests in the U. S. are being destroyed
B. which countries are the victims of the imbalance of nature
C.what Japan has done to develop its own economy
D. how South Asian countries make quality furniture