一、漫画类文章问题段
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1. As is shown in the pictures, with the rampancy of commercial fishing, the number of fishes has dramatically decreased. In the first picture, there were various kinds of fish and only one fishingboat in 1900. On the contrary, in 1995 there was only one fish, but many fishingboats.
2. The set of drawings above vividly depicts the destiny of a flower in different circumstances. As is shown in the first cartoon, the flower is placed in a comfortable greenhouse which shelters it from the threatening lightning and storm. With proper temperature, moisture and fertilizer, the flower is growing in full bloom. On the contrary, when removed from the greenhouse and exposed to the driving rain, the flower soon fades and withers, with the petals cast about on the ground.
3. This cartoon shows us a scene from a doortodoor promotion tour. A fat salesman has knocked upon the door of an apartment, and is trying to sell slimming tea to a thin lady by boasting that his tea “works wonders”. Having noticed that this salesman is overweight, she begins to doubt the truth of his words. So, she replies ironically, “Will it make me fat?” This lady has no intention of buying his tea due to her unpleasant experience of buying fake products in the past.
4. Pollution is becoming more and more serious all over the world. As is shown in the cartoon, two cars are giving off waste gas and three people are trying to avoid breathing in the poisonous gas by masking their faces with their hands. The poisonous gas sent off by factories, domestic appliances and automobiles has made the air unhealthy for people to breathe.
5. This picture shows two people are reading the announcement on a billboard, and being shocked at the message. This is because the billboard is advertising a “Sale of Dead Bodies.” The cartoon is a criticism of the careless use of simplified characters.
6. As is shown in the picture, trees play a vital role in water and soil conservation. In the left hand picture, people are fleeing from voracious sand dunes because they cut down all the trees. The caption reads “As the sand advances, we retreat.” In the right hand picture, the people have returned carrying tools, water, and saplings for the reforestation of the land. The caption reads: “As we advance, the sand retreats.”
7. Basically, what we see in this picture is a bird lamenting the fact that its home has been destroyed. Of course, birds usually make their homes in trees, and since there are no trees left in the picture—only the stumps, to show that the original trees have been chopped down—the bird is left without shelter. In fact, the bird has no choice but to perch on the handle of an axe, which has been used to destroy its original home.
8. In this cartoon, a hen is assuring the public that the eggs she lays are completely round, without any square corners, and that they all have shells and yokes. It seems amusing for the hen to be taking credit for doing nothing more than her duty—to lay ordinary eggs. But there is a deeper social message in this cartoon.
9. We see in the picture a young woman wearing the traditional dress and ornaments of one of China minority nationalities. The caption informs us that the subject of the picture is an American girl, and her shy smile indicates that she is undergoing a new experience by trying on the national dress of the people of a different culture. However, in my opinion, the exotic costume suits the young woman.
10. This is a very interesting picture of a lovely American girl dressed in a traditional Chinese costume and with a sweet smile on her face. She wears a pearl necklace, colorful ribbons, earrings, and other decorative things that are characteristic of the clothes of a Chinese minority nationality. As a result of our opendoor policy, more and more foreigners are visiting China and becoming interested in our national culture, and this is making it internationally known.
11. According to the figures given in the table, there was an obvious growth in the number of foreigners entering China between 1996 and 1997. Take one of Chinas neighboring countries for example: Japanese, who topped the list twice, went up steadily from 1.548 million in 1996 to 1.582 million in 1997. People from geographically remote countries like America also increased within these two years. Compared with the visitors from America in 1996, the number of Americans rose dramatically by 40,000 by the end of 1997.
12. The clothing industry accounts for the most exports—32.7 percent, worth HK $69.447 million. The electronics industry is in second place with 26 percent of the exports, worth HK $55.067 million. Textiles, timepieces, chemicals and jewelry together only account for about 18 percent of the exports, but they produce items worth a total of over HK $ 50 million.
13. According to the figures given in the bar charts, it took from the beginning of human life to the year 1830 for the population of the earth to reach one billion. That represents a time span of at least two million years. Then the world population increased rapidly, adding up to two billion in 1930. The next billion was added by 1960, only thirty years. From then on the global population was on the rise, amounting to 4 billion in 1975, which is another billion people in 15 years.
14. After growing by over 2 percent in the third quarter of 1991, both the rate of employment and the size of the labor force dropped sharply to nearly minus 2 percent one year later. In the period 1993 and 1994, both figures rose to a nearly 4 percent growth. In the first quarter of 1996 both achieved a peak of nearly 5 percent, and they have been rising ever since.
15. The chart shows statistics relating to the payroll of a US bank. The employees are divided into three categories: managers, supervisors and tellers. In the second column we are informed of the number of employees in these categories. In the third column are listed the total wages paid annually to the people in each of the three categories.
16. Many countries will experience aging populations in the next century because of declining birth and mortality rates. China will soon join their ranks. According to statistics, the aging of Chinas population will approach its peak by the middle of the next century, with the percentage of the people aged beyond 60 making up 27.4 percent of the total. That means one out of every four people will be elderly.
17. What is shown in the table above indicates that dramatic changes have taken place in the daily expenses in Xian from 1995 to 1999. The expenses on food have declined by 30% while those on clothing and recreation have increased respectively by 9% and 7%. The statistics of rise and fall seem to exist in isolation but closely related to one another.
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