2021年福建大学英语考试模拟练习卷（6）新整理.docVIP

福建大学英语考试真题卷（6） 本卷共分为1大题50小题，作答时间为180分钟，总分100分，60分及格。 严格遵守考试纪律，维护考试秩序！ 一、单项选择题（共50题，每题2分。每题的备选项中，只有一个最符合题意） 1.The American model has seldom looked so tarnished. America’s unemployment rate is 10%. Soup kitchens are doing a flourishing business in New York and other great cities. Companies that were once a byword for swashbuckling entrepreneurialism have bitten the dust. But in one respect at least America remains a beacon for the rest of the world, its treatment of corporate bankruptcy. This may sound ludicrous. America’s excessive appetite for risk helped plunge the world into recession. And America’s consumers are defaulting on their debts at astronomical rates—and expecting the rest of society to pick up the bills for their profligacy. But countries that want to avoid unnecessary corporate carnage would nevertheless be foolish to ignore the American example. America’s enlightened attitude to corporate bankruptcy is designed to put economic resources back to productive use as quickly as possible. This means distinguishing between potentially viable companies and terminally ill ones. The potentially viable can file for Chapter 11, which lets them restructure under court supervision. The terminally ill can file for Chapter 7, which focuses on liquidating their assets and distributing them among creditors. It also means putting pressure on the courts to deal with bankruptcy as quickly as possible. Chrysler and General Motors were both in the hands of new owners within 45 days of filing for bankruptcy. It also means treating bankrupts relatively leniently, not as sinners to be flagellated but rather as unfortunates who should be given a second chance. America’s generosity to capitalism’s losers has served it remarkably well. It has not only prevented companies such as United Airlines and General Motors from going into premature liquidation, throwing thousands of people out of work. It has also helped provide America with its entrepreneurial edge. Bankruptcy is an occup