Question

閱讀短文，并按照題目要求用英語(yǔ)回答問(wèn)題。(滿分15分)
Some years ago industries had more freedom than they have now, and they did not need to be as careful as they must today. They did not need to worry a lot about the safety of the new products that they developed. They took little notice of the health and safety of the people who worked for them. Often new products were dangerous for the people who used them and the conditions in the work place had very bad effects on the health of the workers.
Of course, sometimes there were real disasters which attracted the attention of governments and which showed the need for changes Also scientists who were doing research into the health of workers sometimes produced information which governments could not ignore. At such times, there were inquiries into the causes of the disasters or the problems. New safety rules were often introduced as a result of these inquires, however, the  new rules came too late to protect the people who died or who became seriously ill.
Today many governments have special departments which protect customers and workers. In the U.S., for example, there is a department which examines new planes and gives warnings about possible problems. It also makes the rules that aircraft producers must follow. Another department controls the foods and drugs that companies sell. The third department looks at the places where people work, and then reports any companies that are breaking the laws which protect the health and safety of workers. Of course, new government departments and new laws cannot prevent every accident or illness, but they are having some good results. Our work places are safer and cleaner than before. The planes and cars which we use for travel are better. Producers are thinking more about the safety and health of the people who buy and use their products.
小題1:What had bad effects on the health of the workers? (No more than 6 words)
                                                                                          
小題2:In what ways do the departments protect customers and workers? (No more than 20 words)
                                                                                          
小題3:Please explain the underlined phrase "took little notice of" in the lst paragraph in English. (No more than 5 words)
                                                                                          
小題4:What is the passage mainly about? (No more than 15 words)
                                                                                          
小題5:Do you think our working or living place is safer and cleaner than before? Give one or two examples.(No more than 20 words)
                                                                                          
                                                                                          

Answer 1

小題1:The conditions in the work place/the working conditions.
小題2:By testing new products, controlling foods and drugs and examining work places.
小題3:paid little attention to/ignored
小題4:The changes of safety and health of workers and customers.
小題5:Yes, the river around us is cleaner than before; the traffic is safer.

試題分析：文章對(duì)比了在工人的工作環(huán)境和消費(fèi)者的權(quán)益發(fā)生的變化。以前，工人和消費(fèi)者的權(quán)益得不到保障，現(xiàn)在情況不同了，有了政府的介入，相關(guān)的法律也得到了完善。
小題1:根據(jù)第一段的最后一行“the conditions in the work place had very bad effects on the health of the workers”可知，工廠的工作環(huán)境對(duì)工人有害。故填The conditions in the work place./The working conditions.
小題2:根據(jù)最后一段第二至五行可知，有關(guān)部門通過(guò)檢測(cè)新產(chǎn)品，控制銷售的食品藥品，監(jiān)控工作場(chǎng)所，舉報(bào)違法行為等來(lái)保護(hù)消費(fèi)者和工人。故填By testing new products, controlling foods and drugs and examining work places.
小題3:根據(jù)第一段“...They took little notice of the health and safety of the people who worked for them.”k可知，企業(yè)很少關(guān)注工人的健康和安全，劃線部分pay little attention to同義。故填paid little attention to/ignored。
小題4:文章對(duì)比了工人和消費(fèi)者健康與安全方面發(fā)生的變化。企業(yè)以前很少關(guān)注工人和消費(fèi)者的權(quán)益，現(xiàn)在政府的介入使得情況得到了一些改善。故填The changes of safety and health of workers and customers.
小題5:主觀題，只要言之有理，皆可。Yes, the river around us is cleaner than before; the traffic is safer.