单选题The aircraft hijack situation is used in order to show that ______.A the professionals do not pose much of a problem for the storesB some people “simply forget to pay for what they take from the shops”C “the honest public has to pay higher prices”D the
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单选题
The aircraft hijack situation is used in order to show that ______.
A
the professionals do not pose much of a problem for the stores
B
some people “simply forget to pay for what they take from the shops”
C
“the honest public has to pay higher prices”
D
the third type of shop-lifters are dangerous people
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第1题：
If American people borrow money from the bank for 25 years，this means that the person who borrows__________．A.has twenty-five years to pay back the money
B.has more than twenty-five years to pay back the money
C.has less twenty-five years to pay back the money
D.has about twenty-five years to pay back the money答案：A解析：从文章第一段“The bank usually lends money or gives a mortgage for twenty—five years”得出银行的借期是25年，是一个准确的数字，而不是多于、少于或大约25年。故选A项。 -
第2题：
Some college students drink too much alcohol at school．Many of them live on the campus．Heavy drinking has caused many problems．It can cause students to make bad choices and do dangerous things.
One college has decided to ban alcohol．It has gotten a reputation as a party school．Five students at the college have died from drinking too much alcohol．Recently,one student drank too much vodka．He slipped into a coma．The college hopes the new rule will prevent any more tragedies.
The new rule prohibits students from drinking alcohol in the dorms．The first time a student breaks the rule they will receive a warning．If they break the rule again,they will be evicted from the dorm．However,they will still have to pay for the dorm．Some students do not live on the campus．They live in houses near the campus．Those students are also banned from drinking alcohol,even if they are of legal age.
Freshmen at the college are now required to take a special course．The course is called AlcoholEdu,and lasts for two and a half hours．The students learn about the dangers of alcohol．They also take a survey to find out how much they know about alcohol．All first-year students must pass the course.
The college hopes that more information will help students make better choices．
What has the college become known for?A.It's known for its lack of heavy drinking by student
B.It's known for heavy alcohol used by student
C.It's known for its great teacher
D.It's known for its great classe答案：B解析：从第二段可知，有一所学校决定禁酒，原因是那所学校已经以酒吧多而闻名，被称作是酒吧学校。 -
第3题：
As recently as three decades ago,many Americans believed that using credit was an unwise and?dangerous way to pay for what they bought．Some even thought that owing money to a store or a?credit company was something to be ashamed of．Good citizens,they believed,always bought what?they wanted with real money and they paid the full price immediately．
Today,however,all that has changed．Credit,as some observers have noted,has become a?way of life in the United States．More and more Americans now are depending on those small pieces?of plastic,credit cards,to pay for large purchases such as televisions,record players or furniture．Many people today would consider it unusual not to use a credit card to pay for a costly restaurant?dinner,a hotel room or an airline trip．And there are some situations in which Americans must have?credit cards．If they want the temporary use of a car,for example,they first must give the car rental?company the number of their credit card．That number is considered a guarantee that they will return?the car and pay for using it．
Credit cards offer two major services to Americans．First of all,they are easier and safer to?carry than large amounts of money．Second,they permit people to borrow,to have the immediate?pleasure of owning something,even if they do not have enough money to pay for it at the time．With?credit cards people pay for goods or services at the end of each month instead of when they buy them．And when the time does come to pay,most credit cards offer people a choice．They can pay all of?what they owe for the month or they can just pay usually between 5 and 10 percent of what they owe．
Why does the car rental company ask for the credit card number?A.To prevent the overuse of the car．
B.To make sure that the car won't be damaged．
C.To make sure the user return the car and pay for using it．
D.To ensure that the car is safely and timely returned．答案：C解析：【考情点拨】事实细节题。
【应试指导】根据文章第二段最后两句可知，汽车出租商要信用卡卡号是为了确保租车人会归还汽车并付费，故选C。 -
第4题：
Some college students drink too much alcohol at school．Many of them live on the campus．Heavy drinking has caused many problems．It can cause students to make bad choices and do dangerous things.
One college has decided to ban alcohol．It has gotten a reputation as a party school．Five students at the college have died from drinking too much alcohol．Recently,one student drank too much vodka．He slipped into a coma．The college hopes the new rule will prevent any more tragedies.
The new rule prohibits students from drinking alcohol in the dorms．The first time a student breaks the rule they will receive a warning．If they break the rule again,they will be evicted from the dorm．However,they will still have to pay for the dorm．Some students do not live on the campus．They live in houses near the campus．Those students are also banned from drinking alcohol,even if they are of legal age.
Freshmen at the college are now required to take a special course．The course is called AlcoholEdu,and lasts for two and a half hours．The students learn about the dangers of alcohol．They also take a survey to find out how much they know about alcohol．All first-year students must pass the course.
The college hopes that more information will help students make better choices．
How do officials know that alcohol is a problem at the school?A.Students are getting bad grade
B.There are too many bars on the campu
C.Only a few students drin
D.Several students have died and one is in a com答案：D解析：第二段讲到，校园里已有5人死于酒精过量，还有一人处于昏迷状态。选项A和B文章中皆未提及。选项C与文中内容相反。 -
第5题：
As recently as three decades ago,many Americans believed that using credit was an unwise and?dangerous way to pay for what they bought．Some even thought that owing money to a store or a?credit company was something to be ashamed of．Good citizens,they believed,always bought what?they wanted with real money and they paid the full price immediately．
Today,however,all that has changed．Credit,as some observers have noted,has become a?way of life in the United States．More and more Americans now are depending on those small pieces?of plastic,credit cards,to pay for large purchases such as televisions,record players or furniture．Many people today would consider it unusual not to use a credit card to pay for a costly restaurant?dinner,a hotel room or an airline trip．And there are some situations in which Americans must have?credit cards．If they want the temporary use of a car,for example,they first must give the car rental?company the number of their credit card．That number is considered a guarantee that they will return?the car and pay for using it．
Credit cards offer two major services to Americans．First of all,they are easier and safer to?carry than large amounts of money．Second,they permit people to borrow,to have the immediate?pleasure of owning something,even if they do not have enough money to pay for it at the time．With?credit cards people pay for goods or services at the end of each month instead of when they buy them．And when the time does come to pay,most credit cards offer people a choice．They can pay all of?what they owe for the month or they can just pay usually between 5 and 10 percent of what they owe．
What do Americans feel about using credit cards nowadays according to the?passage?A.They consider it valuable．
B.They regard it as a shame．
C.They think it dangerous．
D.They find it quite convenient．答案：D解析：【考情点拨】推理判断题。
【应试指导】文章第一段写以前美国人对信用卡的看法很不好，第二段写如今人们的态度发生了改变，越来越多的人使用信用卡，有了信用卡生活更方便，故选D。 -
第6题：
It is true that CEO pay has gone up-top ones may make 300 times the pay of typical workers on average,and since the mid-1970s CEO pay for large publicly traded American corporations has,by varying estimates,gone up by about 500%The typical CEO of a top American corporation now makes about S18.9 million a year.The best model for understanding the growth of CEO pay is that of limited CEO talent in a world where business opportunities for the top firms are growing rapidly.The efforts of America's highest-earning 1%have been one of the more dynamic elements of the global economy.It's not popular to say,but one reason their pay has gone up so much is that CEOs really have upped their game relative to many other workers in the U.S.economy.Today's CEO,at least for major American firms,must have many mere skills than simply being able to“run the company"CEOs must have a good sense of financial markets and maybe even how the company should trade in them.They also need better public relations skills than their predecessors,as the costs of even a minor slipup can be significant.Then there's the fact that large American companies are much more globalized than ever before,with supply chains spread across a larger number of countries.To lead in that system requires knowledge that is farly mind-boggling plus,virtually all major American companies are beyond this major CEOs still have to do all the day-to-day work they have always done.The common idea that high CEO pay is mainly about ripping people off doesn't explain history very well.By most measures,corporate governmance has become a lot tighter and more rigorous since the 1970s.Yet it is principally during this period of stronger govemnance that CEO pay has been high and rising.That suggests it is in the broader corporate interest to recruit top candidates for increasingly tough jobs.”Furthermore,the highest CEO salaries are paid to outside candidates,not to the cozy insider picks,another sign that high CEO pay is not some kind of depredation at the expense of the rest of the company.And the stock market reacts positively when companies tie CEO pay to,say,stock prices,a sign that those practices build up corporate value not just for the CEO.Which of the following has contributed to CEO pay rise?A.The growth in the number of corporations
B.The general pay rise with a better economy
C.Increased business opportunities for top firms
D.Close cooperation among leading economies答案：C解析：本题目为细节题，考察具体细节。根据题干关键词CEO pay rise及题干中对CEO薪酬增加原因的提问，定位到第二段首句The best model for understanding the growth of CEO pay is that of limited CEO talent in a world where business opportunities for the top firms are growing rapidly.了解CEO薪酬增长的最佳模式是，CEO人才在一个顶级公司的商业机会迅速增长的世界里是有限的。正确答案C Increased business opportunities for top firms增加顶级公司商业机会的增加。干扰项A的The growth in the number of corporations公司数量的增长，文中并不是说公司数量而是商业机会，属于偷换概念。选项B的The general pay rise with a better economy好转的经济带来的普遍加薪，文中并未提到better economy，属于无中生有。选项D的Close cooperation among leading economies主要经济体之间的密切合作，文中也并未提到经济体之间的何做，属于无中生有。 -
第7题：
共用题干
第一篇
From Ponzi to Madoff
The year was 1920.The country was the United States of America. The man's name was Charles Ponzi.
Ponzi told people to stop depositing money in a savings account.Instead,they should give it to him to save
for them.Ponzi promised to pay them more than the bank.For example,a savings account might pay you$5
a year for every $100 you deposit.Ponzi,however,would pay you $40 a year for every $ 100 you gave
him to hold.Many people thought this was a good plan.They began to give their money to Ponzi.
How could Ponzi make so much money for people?This is what he did with the money people gave him:
He used some of that money to pay other people who gave him money.However,he also kept a lot of the
money for himself. Soon he had $ 250 million.This was a kind of theft,and it was against the law. The
people who gave him their money didn't think anything was wrong. Ponzi paid them every month,just like a
bank.Ponzi continued this way of working for two years.Then one day,he didn'thave enough money to pay
all the people.They discovered his crime,and he went to prison for fraud.
Ninety years later,people began to hear about a businessman in New York named Bernard Madoff.
People said he gave good advice about money.They said when they gave him their money,he paid them a lot
more than the bank.Madoff helped hospitals,schools,and individuals earn money.Over a period of 40
years,people gave him$170 billion.However,no one investigated what he did with the money.The people
who gave Madoff their money also didn't think anything was wrong because he paid them every month.
One day,Madoff didn't have enough money to pay all the people he needed to pay. That's when people
discovered how Madoff worked:He was taking money from some people to pay other people,just the way
Charles Fonzi did.However,this time,instead of losing millions of dollars,people lost billions.
Madoff was accused of fraud,and the United States government officials arrested him.He didn't have to
go on trial because he said he was guilty.In 2009,a judge sentenced him to 150 years in prison.Bernard
Madoff's crime was even bigger than Ponzi'5.It was the biggest fraud in history.The lesson of this story is
clear:When something seems too good to be true,it probably is!What did Ponzi do with the money people gave him?
A:He spent it all on things for himself.
B:He used some of it to pay other people.
C:He deposited it all in a bank.
D:He kept it all to save for a good plan.答案：B解析：从文章第一段倒数第三句话“Ponzi, however, would pay you $40 a year for every$100 you gave him to hold.”可知答案为C。
从文章第二段第二句话“He used some of that money to pay other people”可知答案为B。
从文章第二段第三句话“he also kept a lot of the money for himself”和第五句话“This was a kind of theft, and it was against the law.”可知答案为C。
从文章第三段第五句话“Over a period of 40 years”可知答案为A。
从文章第五段第二句话“He didn' t have to go on trial because he said he was guilty.”可 知答案为C。 -
第8题：
What bills are negotiable? 什么票据是可以背书流通的？（）
- A、Pay to John David only
- B、Pay to John David not transferable
- C、Pay to the order of ABC Co.
- D、Pay to bearer.
正确答案:C -
第9题：
问答题Practice 2 Everyone knows that taxation is necessary in a modern state: without it, it (1)______ not be possible to pay the soldiers and policemen who protect us; (2) ______ the workers in government offices who look after our health, our food, our water, and all the other things that we cannot do for ourselves. By means of taxation, we pay for things that we need just as much as we need somewhere to live and something to eat. But (3) ______ everyone knows that taxation is necessary, different people have different ideas about (4) ______ taxation should be arranged. In most countries, a direct tax on (5) ______, which is called income tax, (6) ______. It is arranged in such a way that the poorest people pay nothing, and the percentage of tax grows (7) ______ as the taxpayer’s income grows. In some countries, for example, the tax on the richest people goes up as high as ninety-five percent! But countries with direct taxation nearly (8) ______ have indirect taxation too. Many things imported into the country have to pay taxes or “duties”. Of course, it is the men and women who buy these imported things in the shops (9) ______ really have to pay the duties, in the (10) ______ of higher prices. In some countries, too, there is a tax on things sold in the shops. If the most necessary things are taxed, a lot of money is collected but the poor people suffer most. If unnecessary things like jewels and fur coats are taxed, less money is obtained but the tax is fairer, as the rich pay it.[A] nor [B] will [C] form[D] if [E] exists [F] who[G] people [H] larger [I] always[J] that [K] though [L] periodically[M] would [N] persons [O] how正确答案： 1.M would。考 点:助动词。空格前为主语it,后面有系动词be,故该处应填入助动词。根据上下文语境和句中without it可知此句描述的情况与现状相反,需要使用虚拟语气,因此主句谓语部分由would+动词原形组成,故选择M项。
2.A nor。考 点:连词。该句为否定句,且空格前后为并列成分,故应使用连接词。句意:如果没有征税就没有钱来支付保护我们的士兵和警察,也不可能有钱来支付政府公务员。这个句子是两个否定句相连,应使用连接词组not...nor,故选择A项。
3.K though。考 点:连词。该句前后存在语义转折,含有让步关系,故应填入表示让步的连词。该句表达的是,虽然每个人都知道征税是必要的,但不同的人对征税怎样安排持有不同的观点。句中的but是明显的转折性标志,故选K项though有让步转折的意思。
4.O how。考 点:连词。分析句子可知,该处缺少表达方式的连词。由上下文语意可知,此处想强调不同的人对征税的方式有不同观点,所以应选择how来引导介词about后的宾语从句,表示方式,故选O项。
5.N persons。考 点:名词。分析句子可知,介词on后面接的是征税的方式或对象,故应填入名词。在大多数国家,存在按人头直接征收的income tax,即个人所得税,四个选项中只有persons能表达“个人”的意思,故选择N项。
6.E exists。考 点:动词。分析句子成分可知,该句缺少谓语,故应填入动词。根据上下文的意思,此处想表达在大多数国家存在个人所得税。exist表示“存在”。故选择E项。
7.H larger。考 点:形容词。空格前grows相当于系动词be,而且空格修饰的是the percentage of tax,故应填入形容词。这句话要强调的是随着纳税人收入的增加,需纳税的比例也在增长。和percentage搭配表示增长,应使用large,该处表示的是比例变大,故使用其比较级larger,所以选择H项。
8.I always。考 点:副词。分析句子成分可知,该句成分完整,所以考虑填入副词。征收直接税的国家几乎也都征收间接税。此处需要一个表示“总是”含义的副词,故always“总是,一直”,符合句意。选项中副词还有periodically“周期地,定期地”,但不符合原文内容,应排除,故选择I项。
9.F who。考 点:连接词。分析句子结构可知,该句为强调句型,并缺少连接词。此题考查It is…who/that…强调句型结构。联系上下文,该部分强调的是the men and women,表示人,所以使用who作连接词,故选择F项。
10.C form。考 点:名词。句意:那些在商店购买进口商品的男男女女须要通过高价格的形式来纳税。所以此处缺少的是表示方式的连接词组。in the form of表示“以……的形式”符合句意,故选择C项。解析： 暂无解析 -
第10题：
问答题Practice 2 Private school does not mean better. But it does mean expensive. Public schools in the US are paid for by money from everyone; private schools are not. Parents who send their children to private schools must pay to do so. Parents may have enough money to pay for private schools. But these schools do not have to accept their children. Most private schools accept only children who are already doing well in school and are able to work quietly, Some take only boys or only girls. Classes are often quieter and less crowded than classes in public schools. This gives children a chance to learn more of what their teachers are trying to teach them. Public schools do not teach religion. So some parents choose private religious schools for their children. These schools each belong to a church. 6 They give lessons about that religion. They give lessons in all the usual school subjects as well. Children at many private schools wear special school uniforms, all exactly the same. At public schools, students wear what they want. They often dress in bright colors and tennis shoes. They sometimes invent new and wonderful fashions.正确答案： 【参考译文】
私立学校并不一定比公立学校好,但上私立学校肯定比上公立学校贵。公立学校的办学经费用的是每一个公民纳税的钱,而私立学校却不是这样。家长如果想把自己的孩子送到私立学校去念书,他们就得自己付钱。
即使家长有钱付学费,私立学校也不一定非得把孩子收下来。大部分的私立学校一般都只收学习成绩较好而又遵守纪律的学生。有的私立学校只收男生,而有的私立学校又只收女生。与公立学校相比,私立学校每个班的人数要少些,学生也能遵守课堂纪律。这样,学生在学校里就能学到更多的知识。
公立学校不设宗教课程。所以,有些家长就把自己的孩子送到私立的教会学校去上学。这类教会学校一般都属于某个教派,在学校里,他们就给学生上自己教派的宗教课程。当然,其他学校教的所有的课程,教会学校也都得教。
许多私立学校的学生都得穿式样统一的校服。在公立学校,学生爱穿什么就可穿什么。他们往往穿着艳丽的衣服和网球鞋;有时,学生们也会搞些新花样,很快就成为流行的时装。解析： 暂无解析 -
第11题：
单选题Why does the honest public have to pay higher prices when they go to the shops?AThere is a “shrinkage” in market values.
BMany goods are not available.
CGoods in many shops lack variety.
DThere are many eases of shop-lifting.
正确答案： D解析：
细节理解题。答案来自第一段，此段指出每年有成千上万的人因在商店偷窃而被起诉。因此造成的“缩水”只能由顾客支付更高的价格来弥补。因此，诚实的消费者之所以要支付更高的价格是因为这种偷窃行为增加店里商品的成本。 -
第12题：
单选题What is the main consideration when deciding to invest in shares?Ahow much you pay for the shares
Bhow quickly you can make a profit
Chow willing you are to take risks
Dhow financially secure you are
正确答案： C解析：
第二段的最后一句提到“Most importantly, you need to decide the extent to which you are prepared to speculate”，也就是说你必须得决定你能够承担风险的程度，故选C。 -
第13题：
Ina trade conflict more people will pay higher prices and more people will lose jobs becauseof these tariffs____will be gained.
A、than
B、that
C、what
D、as答案：B解析：本题考查定语从句。从语法结构上分析，题千的主谓宾完整, becauseof 后接名词，作原因状语。所以“_willbe. gained"只能做定语修饰先行词trifti.又知定语从句中缺少主语，所以能引导定语从句并且能充当定从的主语，选that.从语义上讲:在贸易争端中，(被)收取这些关税，将使更多的人付出更大的代价，也导致更多的人失业。符合题意。故本题选B. -
第14题：
As recently as three decades ago,many Americans believed that using credit was an unwise and?dangerous way to pay for what they bought．Some even thought that owing money to a store or a?credit company was something to be ashamed of．Good citizens,they believed,always bought what?they wanted with real money and they paid the full price immediately．
Today,however,all that has changed．Credit,as some observers have noted,has become a?way of life in the United States．More and more Americans now are depending on those small pieces?of plastic,credit cards,to pay for large purchases such as televisions,record players or furniture．Many people today would consider it unusual not to use a credit card to pay for a costly restaurant?dinner,a hotel room or an airline trip．And there are some situations in which Americans must have?credit cards．If they want the temporary use of a car,for example,they first must give the car rental?company the number of their credit card．That number is considered a guarantee that they will return?the car and pay for using it．
Credit cards offer two major services to Americans．First of all,they are easier and safer to?carry than large amounts of money．Second,they permit people to borrow,to have the immediate?pleasure of owning something,even if they do not have enough money to pay for it at the time．With?credit cards people pay for goods or services at the end of each month instead of when they buy them．And when the time does come to pay,most credit cards offer people a choice．They can pay all of?what they owe for the month or they can just pay usually between 5 and 10 percent of what they owe．
What advantage can credit card holders have?A.They can choose not to pay for their purchases．
B.They can easily borrow money at a lower interest．
C.They can own something before they actually pay for it．
D.They can pay only a small amount of what they owe．答案：C解析：【考情点拨】事实细节题。
【应试指导】由文章第三段第三句“they permit people to borrow…for it at the time”可知，即使目前不能支付得起，人们仍然可以提前拥有某样东西，故选C。 -
第15题：
As recently as three decades ago,many Americans believed that using credit was an unwise and?dangerous way to pay for what they bought．Some even thought that owing money to a store or a?credit company was something to be ashamed of．Good citizens,they believed,always bought what?they wanted with real money and they paid the full price immediately．
Today,however,all that has changed．Credit,as some observers have noted,has become a?way of life in the United States．More and more Americans now are depending on those small pieces?of plastic,credit cards,to pay for large purchases such as televisions,record players or furniture．Many people today would consider it unusual not to use a credit card to pay for a costly restaurant?dinner,a hotel room or an airline trip．And there are some situations in which Americans must have?credit cards．If they want the temporary use of a car,for example,they first must give the car rental?company the number of their credit card．That number is considered a guarantee that they will return?the car and pay for using it．
Credit cards offer two major services to Americans．First of all,they are easier and safer to?carry than large amounts of money．Second,they permit people to borrow,to have the immediate?pleasure of owning something,even if they do not have enough money to pay for it at the time．With?credit cards people pay for goods or services at the end of each month instead of when they buy them．And when the time does come to pay,most credit cards offer people a choice．They can pay all of?what they owe for the month or they can just pay usually between 5 and 10 percent of what they owe．
What is the best title for the passage?A.Credit—a Way of Life in America
B.Credit Services in America
C.Convenience of Living in America
D.History of Credit Cards in America答案：A解析：【考情点拨】主旨大意题。
【应试指导】整篇文章讲的是美国人对使用信用卡的态度和信用卡的使用对美国人生活的影响，所以“信用消费——美国的一种生活方式”最能概括全文，故选A。 -
第16题：
Passage?One
The small number of newborn babies,which has been caused by high prices and the changing social situation of women,is one of the most serious problems inAsia.When people talk about it,you can hear a word invented inJapan,"DINKS",which means Double Income No Kids.
In many majorAsian cities like Seoul,Singapore,and Tokyo,the cost of a house is extremelyhigh.A young couple who want to buy their own house may have to pay about$300,000（though prices have fallen）.For a flat with one bedroom,onedining-room,a kitchen,and a bathroom,the couple will pay about$900 amonth.What′s more,if they want to have a child,the child′s education is veryexpensive.For example,most kindergarten charges are at least$5,000 a year.In such a situation,it′s difficult to afford children.
The number ofmarried women who want to continue working increases rapidly because they enjoytheir jobs.However,if they want to have children,they immediately haveserious problems.Though most companies allow women to leave their jobs for ashort time to have a baby,they expect women with babies to give up their jobs.In short,if they want to bring up children properly,both parents have towork,but it is hard for mothers to work.Indeed,women who want to continueworking have to choose between having children or keeping their jobs.
In a word,Asiangovernments must take steps to improve the present situation as soon aspossible.
What is the main problem beingdiscussed in the passage?A.The small number of newborn babies.
B.The changing social situation of women.
C.The high prices of houses andeducation.
D.The necessary steps of Asiangovernments.答案：A解析：通过文章的第一句就可以判断A项是正确的，其他选项只是文章讨论的一个细节。 -
第17题：
It is true that CEO pay has gone up-top ones may make 300 times the pay of typical workers on average,and since the mid-1970s CEO pay for large publicly traded American corporations has,by varying estimates,gone up by about 500%The typical CEO of a top American corporation now makes about S18.9 million a year.The best model for understanding the growth of CEO pay is that of limited CEO talent in a world where business opportunities for the top firms are growing rapidly.The efforts of America's highest-earning 1%have been one of the more dynamic elements of the global economy.It's not popular to say,but one reason their pay has gone up so much is that CEOs really have upped their game relative to many other workers in the U.S.economy.Today's CEO,at least for major American firms,must have many mere skills than simply being able to“run the company"CEOs must have a good sense of financial markets and maybe even how the company should trade in them.They also need better public relations skills than their predecessors,as the costs of even a minor slipup can be significant.Then there's the fact that large American companies are much more globalized than ever before,with supply chains spread across a larger number of countries.To lead in that system requires knowledge that is farly mind-boggling plus,virtually all major American companies are beyond this major CEOs still have to do all the day-to-day work they have always done.The common idea that high CEO pay is mainly about ripping people off doesn't explain history very well.By most measures,corporate governmance has become a lot tighter and more rigorous since the 1970s.Yet it is principally during this period of stronger govemnance that CEO pay has been high and rising.That suggests it is in the broader corporate interest to recruit top candidates for increasingly tough jobs.”Furthermore,the highest CEO salaries are paid to outside candidates,not to the cozy insider picks,another sign that high CEO pay is not some kind of depredation at the expense of the rest of the company.And the stock market reacts positively when companies tie CEO pay to,say,stock prices,a sign that those practices build up corporate value not just for the CEO.
The most suitable title for this text would be______A.CEOs Are Not Overpaid
B.CEO Pay:Past and Present
C.CEOs'challenges of Today
D.CEO Traits:Not Easy to Define答案：A解析：本题目为主旨题，考察文章主旨。根据题干分析文章主题词为CEO的薪酬，所以排除C项、D项选项A的CEOs Are Not Overpaid首席执行官的薪水并不高。选项B的CEO Pay:Past and Present CEO的薪酬：过去和现在，而CEO过去的薪酬并不是原文中心，属于偏离主题，因此正确选项为A。 -
第18题：
It is true that CEO pay has gone up-top ones may make 300 times the pay of typical workers on average,and since the mid-1970s CEO pay for large publicly traded American corporations has,by varying estimates,gone up by about 500%The typical CEO of a top American corporation now makes about S18.9 million a year.The best model for understanding the growth of CEO pay is that of limited CEO talent in a world where business opportunities for the top firms are growing rapidly.The efforts of America's highest-earning 1%have been one of the more dynamic elements of the global economy.It's not popular to say,but one reason their pay has gone up so much is that CEOs really have upped their game relative to many other workers in the U.S.economy.Today's CEO,at least for major American firms,must have many mere skills than simply being able to“run the company"CEOs must have a good sense of financial markets and maybe even how the company should trade in them.They also need better public relations skills than their predecessors,as the costs of even a minor slipup can be significant.Then there's the fact that large American companies are much more globalized than ever before,with supply chains spread across a larger number of countries.To lead in that system requires knowledge that is farly mind-boggling plus,virtually all major American companies are beyond this major CEOs still have to do all the day-to-day work they have always done.The common idea that high CEO pay is mainly about ripping people off doesn't explain history very well.By most measures,corporate governmance has become a lot tighter and more rigorous since the 1970s.Yet it is principally during this period of stronger govemnance that CEO pay has been high and rising.That suggests it is in the broader corporate interest to recruit top candidates for increasingly tough jobs.”Furthermore,the highest CEO salaries are paid to outside candidates,not to the cozy insider picks,another sign that high CEO pay is not some kind of depredation at the expense of the rest of the company.And the stock market reacts positively when companies tie CEO pay to,say,stock prices,a sign that those practices build up corporate value not just for the CEO.CEO pay has been rising since the 1970s despite______A.continual internal opposition
B.strict corporate governance
C.conservative business strategies
D.Repeated government warnings答案：B解析：本题目为细节题，考察具体细节。根据题干关键词the 1970s定位到第四段第三句Yet it is principally during this period of stronger governance that CEO pay has been high and rising.然而，首席执行官的薪酬主要是在这一治理更加有力的时期一直居高不下。正确答案B strict corporate governance严格的公司管理，属于原文内容的替换表达。干扰项A的continual internal opposition持续的内部对立在文中并未提到，属于无中生有。选项C的conservative business strategies保守的商业策略，定位段并没有提到，属于无中生有。选项D的repeated government warnings政府的再三警告定位段并未提到，属于无中生有。 -
第19题：
It seems obvious that you don"t give away your product for free but this is exactly what indie rock group The Crimea did earlier this year. The band"s reasoning goes like this: more people will download the free album than would pay for it. Therefore more people will heat. The Crimea"s music. These people will then pay money for concerts by the band and perhaps buy a T-shirt or other merchandise. If the band play regular concerts to crowds of 200 or 300 people they can make more money than they would from sales of a CD. There will always be some people who want something they can hold in their hands so they will release the CD into the shops too—but making money through sales of their music isn"t the top priority. The story illustrates the creative thinking going on in the music business in response to dramatic changes over the last few years in the way that people buy music. Sales of music digitally—to computer, phones and MP3 players rose to $2 billion in 2006—an increase of almost 100 percent on the previous year—yet overall record company sales are down. People are simply not buying CDs in record shops in anything like the numbers they used to. This trend looks set to continue, so the big question for the music industry is whether they can successfully manage the move to being primarily a digital industry without profits falling to unacceptable levels. There are both positive and negative signs. On the plus side, more and more people are buying music on mobile phones, which allows people to make impulse purchases—they can buy a song as soon as they hear it. Research by the UK mobile operator 3 suggested that 75 percent of 16 to 24-year-olds wanted to buy a track they liked as soon as they heard it. With so much competition for people"s disposable income, a product that you can sell immediately is a big advantage. The bad news for record companies, however, is the amount of music that is downloaded illegally. Piracy—usually in the form of cheaply copied CD—has long been an issue for the music business but the Internet means music can be copied and distributed freely through file-sharing sites on a large scale than ever before. It is this situation that leads bands to start giving away their music for free and promises to make the next few years a very interesting time in the music business.What effect has the Internet had on music piracy
- A、It has made it easier to fight piracy.
- B、It has increased the number of pirate CDs available.
- C、It has made it easier to illegally copy music.
- D、It has reduced the number of pirate CDs available.
正确答案:C -
第20题：
What bills are negotiable?什么票据是可流通的？（）
- A、Pay to John David only
- B、Pay to John David not transferable
- C、Pay to the order of ABC Co
- D、Pay to ABC Co
正确答案:C,D -
第21题：
单选题From the last sentence of this passage we conclude that _____.Abusinesses usually do not pay much for advertisement
Bbusinesses know well that advertisement could bring profits
Cadvertisement could hardly convince people of the value of the goods
Dadvertisement usually costs businesses large amounts of money
正确答案： B解析：
推理题。该句意为“有一点很清楚，即如果商家不相信广告对于他们的价值的话，他们是不会斥巨资打广告的。”A项“商家通常都不会为广告支付大量资金”；B项“商家非常清楚，广告可以带来利润”；C项“广告很难让人们相信产品的价值”；D项“广告通常花费商家大量的资金”。综合各个选项，只有D正确。 -
第22题：
单选题It seems obvious that you don"t give away your product for free but this is exactly what indie rock group The Crimea did earlier this year. The band"s reasoning goes like this: more people will download the free album than would pay for it. Therefore more people will heat. The Crimea"s music. These people will then pay money for concerts by the band and perhaps buy a T-shirt or other merchandise. If the band play regular concerts to crowds of 200 or 300 people they can make more money than they would from sales of a CD. There will always be some people who want something they can hold in their hands so they will release the CD into the shops too—but making money through sales of their music isn"t the top priority. The story illustrates the creative thinking going on in the music business in response to dramatic changes over the last few years in the way that people buy music. Sales of music digitally—to computer, phones and MP3 players rose to $2 billion in 2006—an increase of almost 100 percent on the previous year—yet overall record company sales are down. People are simply not buying CDs in record shops in anything like the numbers they used to. This trend looks set to continue, so the big question for the music industry is whether they can successfully manage the move to being primarily a digital industry without profits falling to unacceptable levels. There are both positive and negative signs. On the plus side, more and more people are buying music on mobile phones, which allows people to make impulse purchases—they can buy a song as soon as they hear it. Research by the UK mobile operator 3 suggested that 75 percent of 16 to 24-year-olds wanted to buy a track they liked as soon as they heard it. With so much competition for people"s disposable income, a product that you can sell immediately is a big advantage. The bad news for record companies, however, is the amount of music that is downloaded illegally. Piracy—usually in the form of cheaply copied CD—has long been an issue for the music business but the Internet means music can be copied and distributed freely through file-sharing sites on a large scale than ever before. It is this situation that leads bands to start giving away their music for free and promises to make the next few years a very interesting time in the music business.What effect has the Internet had on music piracyAIt has made it easier to fight piracy.
BIt has increased the number of pirate CDs available.
CIt has made it easier to illegally copy music.
DIt has reduced the number of pirate CDs available.
正确答案： B解析： [解析] 推理判断题。题干的大意是：互联网对音乐盗版有什么影响从文中第五段第二句“the Internet means music can be copied and distributed freely through file-sharing on a large scale than ever before”可知，互联网使得非法拷贝音乐更容易，故选项C正确。 -
第23题：
单选题What can be inferred from the passage?APhobias have much to do with depression.
BEverybody has something to fear about.
CAvoidance can help patients forget fear.
DThe symptoms of panic disorder are easy to find.
正确答案： A解析：
推断题。本文的主要内容是详细描述恐惧症及可能的治疗方法。文章第三段在对恐惧症进行分类时提到社交恐惧症是fear at the prospect of social or professional encounters（对在社会或职业方面可能会遇到的事感到恐惧），由此可知恐惧症或多或少地与消沉相关，故选A。