The leaders of Detroit's struggling Big Three automakers are appearing before the Senate today, where prospects of ￥25 billion in emergency loans to the industry appear to be stalling. Amid GOP cries of "corporate welfare", Senate Majority Leader Reid introduced a bill yesterday to let the automakers and component suppliers tap into some of the money Congress allotted in the ￥700 billion financial bailout. Reid, launching a lame-duck session, warned of a "potential meltdown" in the industry with devastating consequences. He said 355,000 people are employed by the industry and 4.5 million more work in related industries. An additional 1 million people, retirees and their relatives, are covered by retirement and medical plants within the industry, he said. The Big Three-General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler-have been whipsawed by the faltering economy and credit crunch. But the odds do not look good for Detroit. At the heart of the debate is whether automakers are deserving as a linchpin of the U.S. economy or not, in the words of one high-profile critic, Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, is an innovation-averse "dinosaur". Shelby, appearing on Sunday to meet the Press, said "Get rid of the management. Get rid of the boards-the people who brought them to where they are today. This is a dead end. It's a road to nowhere, and it's a big burden on the American taxpayer." Republicans attacked the measure on several fronts. Some questioned the rush to judgment, others warned that other industries would soon line up for help. And some charged that the firms brought on their troubles by agreeing to union contracts with wages and benefits costing an average of ￥73 an hour, compared with ￥28 an hour for the average private firm. GOP Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania said the ￥700 billion rescue was the No. 1 issued when he toured the state recently. "Candidily, the temperature of my constituents was boiling, 212 degrees Fahrenheit, and the thermometer was broken," he said. Some opponents prefer that the automakers pursue Chapter 11 reorganizations instead of hitting up Uncle Sam. Democrats argue that the ￥25 billion is only 4 percent of the bigger bailout. Reid's spokesman, Jim Manley, said the bill has robust language on corporate oversight, taxpayer protections, and executive compensation limits. A compromise could be struck if Democrats bowed to GOP pressure and, instead of new loans, rewrote the rules for ￥25 billion in loans granted to automakers to help them retool factories to build fuel-efficient vehicles. "It's mind boggling", one Republican said of Democrats' intransigence, "If I were them, I'd want to get this off my plate before Obama becomes president." The automotive executives, Alan Mulatly, Ford's president and CEO, Robert Nardelli, Chrysler's chairman and CEO, and Rick Wagoner, GM's chairman and CEO, are to appear before the Senate Banking Committee. Shelby is the top Republican on the panel. The post-election lame-duck session is the last chance to sign off on the measure during this Congress. The bill probably can pass the House, but prospects are iffy in the Senate, where Democrats need 60 votes to block an expected filibuster. If nothing passes, it could be taken up in January by the next Congress, which will have a broader Democratic majority.
1. Harry Reid proposed a bill for the automakers because ______.
A.GOP called for "corporate welfare"
B.the leaders of the Big Three came to Senate to stall the loans
C.the breakdown of American auto industry will affect millions of people's life
D.￥700 billion emergency loans is to be tapped into
A B C D
A
[解析] 由文章第二段开头可知。
2. We may infer from the third paragraph that ______.
A.the Big Three partly led to the bad economy and credit crunch
B.people doubted the auto industry as the backbone of the economy
C.the automakers lacked the spirit of innovation in the past
D.Richard Shelby, a high-profile critic, dislikes big animals like dinosaurs
A B C D
B
[解析] 根据文章中暗含的意思，B项可以从文中得知，其他不符合原文意思。
3. Sen. Arlen Specter is quoted in Paragraph 8 to ______.
A.reflect the reaction of the ordinary people to the bill
B.illustrate people's approval of passing the measure
C.demonstrate the troubles caused by agreeing to union contracts
D.show the devastating impact of auto industry on society
A B C D
B
[解析] 文章第八段中最后一句话，可以得知大家的热情高涨，也就意指大家同意通过这项措施。
4. On which of the following statements would the author most probably agree? ______
A.Democrats should reach an agreement in the face of Republican pressure
B.Senator Reid should send the bill after Obama becomes president
C.￥25 billion in loans should be solely used for updating factories
D.The chance of passing the bill in January would be greater than now
A B C D
D
[解析] 文章最后一段最后一句可以得知选D。
5. The passage intends to tell us that ______.
A.the gloomy prospects of passing Reid's bill on saving the auto industry
B.the possibility of a compromise between two parties on bailing out auto industry
C.the correlation between sescuing auto industry and two parties' stance
D.the great difference between Democrats and Republics on rescuing in the Big Three
的值为______。
与下列______最接近。
，与C项最接近。
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，可以令
，则原式可以简化为
。
，则甲、乙、丙、丁四个数中最大的是______。
，乘以的数字越小，说明放大的倍数越小，即原数字越大，所以乙最大。
，甲加入50克浓度为20%的糖水后浓度仍为20%。乙和丙后加入的糖水浓度均为
，但丙加入40%浓度的糖水重量更大，所以混合浓度更高，丙的糖水最甜。
种组合，每一组2个小时，所以共需要21×2=42小时。
万人次，且略小于580万人次，答案选A。
万人次，则所求为
倍，符合题意的是B。
万人次，则所求为
，最接近的是D。
，最接近的是C。
，正确；
亿元，正确；
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