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    Spending beyond one's means is becoming a national problem for Americans. Borrowing has become so
    easy that it takes great willpower for people to refuse it. "I received a number of gold MasterCard and gold
    Visa card offers in the mail during the past two months," said one computer engineer at AT&T Bell
    Laboratories in Chicago. "I got three of them in one day last week."
    Lenders are providing easy credit (信贷) for borrowers. Many banks now offer every borrower a great
    variety of credit, a service once offered almost only to big companies. Norwest Bank Minneapolis offers
    lending programs for cars and boats that can cut monthly payments nearly in half. Carmakers, too, are
    lengthening easier terms. Ford Motor Credit states that 45% of its recent lending has been for sixty months,
    rather than the thirty-six-month period that was usual before.
    The total consumer debt (债务) in the United States rose 173 percent between 1974 and 1984, as the
    debt for each man, woman, and child increased from $10, 264 to $26, 566. Huge debt now is present in our
    economy (经济) at all levels. As a nation, we are more than $7 trillion in debt, and the total keeps increasing
    astonishingly.
    As we have over-borrowed, so have we overspent. In late 1986, the share of after-tax income that
    Americans saved sank below 2 percent for a short time, less than half the figure at which we saved only
    10 years ago. Americans now are buying from foreigners between about $50 and $100 billion more Mercedes
    and Toyotas, Paris fashions, and tours to Europe than the Boeing 747s, agriculture machinery, or Kansas
    wheat that the foreigners bought from America The country could not produce and pay for all the things it
    wanted.
    To make a long story short, we Americans have serious problems in keeping down spending and keeping
    up personal savings. It is high time for us American people to learn the basics of long-term money
    management.
    1. According to the author, what is a main reason for Americans to overspend?
    A. Americans buy a lot of foreign products.
    B. It is easy for Americans to manage their debts.
    C. Borrowing money has become a simple matter.
    D. Americans have more extra money than before.
    2. Ford Motor Credit lengthens 45% of its lending to 60 months in order to _____.
    A. help more Americans to settle their debts
    B. encourage people to buy foreign cars
    C. make better use of its money
    D. attract more customers
    3. What does the author suggest as a way to deal with over-borrowing?
    A. Teaching people how to manage money.
    B. Advising people on what to buy.
    C. Limiting the use of credit cards.
    D. Reducing average incomes.
    4. Which of the following points does the author wish to make?
    A. America should sell more of its products abroad.
    B. A healthy society has to learn to live within its means.
    C. People's income determines their money management.
    D. Government should prevent people from over-borrowing.
    本题信息:2009年河北省期末题英语阅读理解难度极难 来源:张雪
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1、寻找主干:
根据英语中五种基本句型结构,把句子中的主语、谓语、宾语、表语等主要成分找出来,其他成分如定语、状语、补语等则易于理解。找到了句子主干,句子的意思至少明白了一半。
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在一个长句中可能会出现若干个从句,在理解时,如果把各个从句剔除出来单独理解,然后把大意拼凑起来,整个长句的意思就会明白六、七分。
3、辨别分句:
一个长句如果是由几个并列、转折、递进、对比关系的分句组成,句中往往有表示这些分句关系的连接词,只要能弄清楚分句和分句之间的逻辑关系,再把各层分句的意思加以连贯,整个长句的句意基本上能跃然脑中。
4、寻找关键词:
如果一个句子看完,一点句意的感觉也没有,下下策就是抓住句中的关键词,通过关键词大体弄懂这个长句的意思。