the hope that he would move in a "white collar"occupation, carrying with it a higher salary and a move up in the social scale In the twentieth century the increased taxation of higher incomes the growth of the social services, and the wider development of educational opportunity have considerably altered the social outlook. The upper classes no longer are the sole or even the main possessors of wealth power and education, though inherited social position still carries considerable prestige. 26. What criterion did adam smith seem to go by in his classification of social groups? A )The amount of wealth B )The amount of money C)The social status )The way of getting money 27.If you compare the first and second paragraph what groups of people did Adam Smith leave out in his classification A)officials and employees. B)Peasants and farmers C)Doctors and teachers. D )Tradesmen and landlords 28. Who were the new rich'during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? A)They were still the upper class people B)They were owners of large factories C)They were intelligent industrialists D)They were skilled workers who made their fortune 29. According to the passage, what did those people do who intended to make their children move up in the social ladder? A)They saved a lot of money for their children to receive higher education B)They tried to find marriage partners from the children of the upper class C)They made greater fortunes by their wits D)They worked even harder to acquire social training 30.In the twentieth century class differences have been partly smoothed out A)increased income and decreased taxation B)taxation, social services and educational opportunities C)education, the increase of income and industrial development D)the decrease of the upper class population Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. Attitudes differed to small errors of grammar and usage, or inappropriateness of vocabulary and idiom, with the native speakers finding such errors a little irksome(令人厌烦的), though sometimes amusing while the Chinese panel members paid hardly any attention to such errors as, for example, misuse of phrasal verbs and similar usages: When I saw the job description, I decided to apply the position I expect to find out a lot of challenge in the job. I can deal the emergen cy situations efficiently. Errors of idiom or appropriateness caused more comment during the postthe hope that he would move in a “white collar”occupation,carrying with it a higher salary and a move up in the social scale. In the twentieth century the increased taxation of higher incomes,the growth of the social services,and the wider development of educational opportunity have considerably altered the social outlook.The upper classes no longer are the sole, or even the main possessors of wealth,power and education,though inherited social position still carries considerable prestige. 26.What criterion did Adam Smith seem to go by in his classification of social groups? A)The amount of wealthB)The amount of money C)The social statusD)The way of getting money 27.If you compare the first and second paragraph,what groups of people did Adam Smith leave out in his classification? A)Officials and employees.B)Peasants and farmers. C)Doctors and teachers.D)Tradesmen and landlords. 28.Who were the ‘new rich’ during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? A)They were still the upper class people. B)They were owners of large factories. C)They were intelligent industrialists. D)They were skilled workers who made their fortune. 29.According to the passage,what did those people do who intended to make their children move up in the social ladder? A)They saved a lot of money for their children to receive higher education. B)They tried to find marriage partners from the children of the upper class. C)They made greater fortunes by their wits. D)They worked even harder to acquire social training. 30.In the twentieth century class differences have been partly smoothed out by ____. A)increased income and decreased taxation B)taxation,social services and educational opportunities C)education,the increase of income and industrial development D)the decrease of the upper class population Passage 3 Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. Attitudes differed to small errors of grammar and usage,or inappropriateness of vocabulary and idiom,with the native speakers finding such errors a little irksome(令人厌烦的)，though sometimes amusing,while the Chinese panel members paid hardly any attention to such errors as,for example,misuse of phrasal verbs and similar usages:“When I saw the job description,I decided to apply the position.” “I expect to find out a lot of challenge in the job.”“I can deal the emergen cy situations efficiently.” Errors of idiom or appropriateness caused more comment,during the post