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2022年山东省聊城市大学英语6级大学英语六级测试卷(含答案) 学校:________ 班级:________ 姓名:________ 考号:________  一、2.Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)(20题) 1. According to David Vaughan, the Antarctic is shrinking due to climate change.2.The X-34 has a reusable lower stage and an expendable upper, the goal of designs is______.3.Slash Your Bills — 6 Ways to Keep More CashLike a lot of hardworking couples, Ilah and Dennis Hardesty of Long Beach, California, live paycheck to paycheck. Their $1,200 monthly rent eats up about half of Denniss take-home pay as a manager for a racing car engine manufacturer. Private school tuition for their three teens takes another $400 bite. Income from Ilahs two part-time jobs — as a fitness trainer and school secretary—disappears at the gas station and the grocery store.The bottom line? Even with no car payments and just $300 in credit card debt, the family barely gets by. We dont have a penny in savings, says Ilah. No, I actually do have one cent in my account.With inflation outpacing wage growth in recent years, its not hard to find families like the Hardestys running out of money before they run out of month. According to the nonpartisan (无党派的) Economic Policy Institute, which studies lower-and middle-class economic trends, the median hourly wage of an American worker after inflation is less today than in 2003. The result is less buying power after the bills are paid.These days, inflation is hovering around three percent, so anyone who remembers the double-digit price spikes of the 1970s might wonder what all the fuss is about. But even moderate inflation takes its toll, says personal finance expert Jonathan Pond, author of You Can Do It! The Boomers Guide to a Great Retirement. In fact, annual inflation of just three percent doubles the cost of living every 23 or 24 years. Meanwhile, some essential expenses — energy, health care, higher education — are far outpacing the inflation index. No wonder families are feeling pinched.Pinched doesnt