2025年考研英语一阅读理解专项强化真题试卷7(题后含答案及解析).pdfVIP

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考研英语一阅读理解专项强化真题试卷7(题后含答案及解析)

题型有：1.

TheU.S.PostalService(USPS)continuestobleedredink.Itreportedanet

lossof$5.6billionforfiscal2016,the10thstraightyearitsexpenseshaveexceeded

revenue.Meanwhile,ithasmorethan$120billioninunfundedliabilities,mostlyfor

employeehealthandretirementcosts.Therearemanybankruptcies.Fundamentally,

theUSPSisinahistoricsqueezebetweentechnologicalchangethathaspermanently

decreaseddemandforitsbread-and-butterproduct,first-classmail,andaregulatory

structurethatdeniesmanagementtheflexibilitytoadjustitsoperationstothenew

reality.Andinterestgroupsrangingfrompostalunionstogreeting-cardmakers

exertself-interestedpressureontheUSPS’sultimateoverseer—Congress-—insisting

thatwhateverelsehappenstothePostalService,aspectsofthestatusquotheydepend

ongetprotected.Thisiswhyrepeatedattemptsatreformlegislationhavefailedin

recentyears,leavingthePostalServiceunabletopayitsbillsexceptbydeferringvital

modernization.Nowcomeswordthateveryoneinvolved—Democrats,

Republicans,thePostalService,theunionsandthesystem’sheaviestusers—has

finallyagreedonaplantofixthesystem.LegislationismovingthroughtheHouse

thatwouldsaveUSPSanestimated$28.6billionoverfiveyears,whichcouldhelp

payfornewvehicles,amongothersurvivalmeasures.Mostofthemoneywouldcome

fromapenny-per-letterpermanentrateincreaseandfromshiftingpostalretireesinto

Medicare.Thelatterstepwouldlargelyo