沈阳查字典中考网：2013年沈阳中考英语复习每日一练5月24日阅读理解专练。（答案及分析见下页）
Mostpeoplewanttowork,butithasbecomemoredifficultintodaysworldtofindworkforeveryone.Theeconomy(经济)oftheworldneedstogrowby4%eachyearjusttokeeptheoldnumberofjobsforpeople.Oftenthisisnotpossible,andsomorepeopleareoutofwork.Somepeoplehavenojobsnowbecausenewmachinescandotheworkofmanypeopleinshorttime.Also,machinesdonotaskformoremoneyandlongerholiday.Inallofthecountriesoftheworld,machinesaretakingworkfrompeople,notonlyinfactoriesbutalsoonthefarms.Onemachinecanoftendotheworkfromfortypeople.About75,000peoplearemovingtothecitiesadaytolookforjobs,butonly70%ofthemcanfindjobs.
1.Itwas_______forpeopletofindworkbeforethantoday.
A.notpossibleB.difficultC.moredifficultD.easier
2.Iftheeconomyoftheworldgrowsby4%eachyear,_______.
A.peoplewillhavenojobs B.peoplecanstillhavejobsasbefore
C.4%ofthepeoplewillhavejobsD.97%ofthepeoplewillhavejobs
3.Onemachinecandoasmuchworkas_______.
A.40%ofthepeopleB.4%ofthepeopleintheworld
C.40peopleD.75,000people
4.Howmanypeopleoutsidecitiesgointotolookforjobseachday?
A.70%ofthepeople.B.4%ofthepeopleintheworld.
C.Morethan75,000. D.About75,000people.
5.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?
A.Machinesaretakingworkinsteadofpeople.
B.Nowmorepeopleareoutofwork.
沈阳查字典中考网：2013年沈阳中考英语复习每日一练5月24日阅读理解专练答案及分析：
1.由短文的第一句话Ithasbecomemoredifficultintodaysworldtofindworkforeveryone.可知现在找工作比以前更困难，即以前找工作比现在容易得多。所以答案选D。
2.由短文的第二句话Theeconomyoftheworldneedstogrowby4%eachyearjusttokeeptheoldnumberofjobsforthepeople.准确地理解了这一句话的意思就能得出正确答案为B。
3.由短文的倒数第二句话Onemachinecanoftendotheworkoffortypeople.可知此题的正确答案为C。
4.此题根据原文的最后一句话可直接得出答案为D。
5.此题在原文中都可找到答案，而C答案与作者的观点Machinesdonotaskformoremoneyandlongerholiday.不一致，所以选C。