问答题Practice 1  If chief executives of leading U. S. agri-biotech companies have been suffering from heartburn lately, it isn’t because of anything they’ve been eating. Rather, it’s the unsettling knowledge that long-simmering European anxieties over genet

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Practice 1  If chief executives of leading U. S. agri-biotech companies have been suffering from heartburn lately, it isn’t because of anything they’ve been eating. Rather, it’s the unsettling knowledge that long-simmering European anxieties over genetically modified (g. m.) crops, like ocean-hopping viruses, are spreading across the world.  Unlike Britons, whose concerns about what they eat have been on the rise ever since “mad cow disease” (even though it had nothing to do with genetic engineering), Americans have seemed indifferent to g.m. foods. If foodmakers can no longer count on the public’s unquestioning acceptance of their products, it’s not just because of activist theatrics and shrill agitprop. With billions of dollars at risk, the biotech industry has begun to fight back, forming corporate alliances and launching a major p. r. effort that includes lobbying, new research efforts to still public fears and TV, radio and newspaper ads. So far, the regulators have approved dozens of genetically modified plants for human consumption. But if public pressure grows, it may be forced to go slower in the future. One possibility: the FDA could begin applying to g.m. foods the powers it already has to regulate food additives. By overreacting to fears fanned by well-fed consumers in the industrialized world, food producers might uproot an industry that could someday provide billions of people in the rest of the world with crops they desperately need.

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  • 第1题:

    We can obviously notice that over a period of no practice what has been learned tends to be forgotten from______.


    正确答案:dramatic instances of sudden forgetting
    dramatic instances of sudden forgetting 解析:细节题。答案在第二段第三行:dramatic instances of sudden forgetting can be seen to be adaptive.(戏剧性的突然忘记可以被视为具有适应性。)

  • 第2题:

    It’S the first time that he has been to Australia,____________?

    A.isn,t he

    B.hasn’t he

    C.isn’t it

    D.hasn’t it


    正确答案:C
    反义疑问句按照前肯后否的句式,主句反问,选c符合语法表达习惯。

  • 第3题:

    It’s the first time that he has been to Austrulia, ? A isn’t he B hasn’t he C isn’t it D hasn’t it


    正确答案:
    答案暂无

  • 第4题:

    – David, you've been losing your temper over nothing lately.– ( ).

    A. I haven’t been getting much sleep either

    B. You’d better not push yourself too hard, or you’ll get sick

    C. I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have blown up like that

    D. You’d better do exercises regularly


    正确答案:C

  • 第5题:

    下列教学片段选自某高中课堂实录,阅读后回答问题。
    T: Today we are going to talk about "travelling". Mike, have you ever traveled
    M: Yes, I have ever been to Beijing.
    T: When did you go there
    M: Last summer.
    T: How did you go there
    M: We went there by bus.
    T: Why did you go there by bus
    M: Because it isn′t too far away from here and it′ s very convenient to go there by bus.
    T: Good. How about you Li Ming, have you ever travelled
    L: Yes, I have been to Hainan last winter vacation.
    T: How did you go there
    L: I went there by plane.
    T: Why
    L: Because it′s too far from here and we can save lots of time by going there by plane.
    Ask more students like this.
    根据上面所给信息,回答下面三个问题:
    (1)该片段反映了教学中哪个环节
    (2)分析该教学环节的目的。
    (3)从教学有效性角度评析这个片段。


    答案:
    解析:
    (1)该片段属于导入环节。 (2)通过课堂提问的方式,能够吸引学生的注意力,并且能够提供一个学习英语的良好氛围。此外,通过相关话题的提问.能够激发学生学习本课内容的兴趣,为下文学习做好铺垫。最后,用英语提问,还能提高学生用英语进行表达和交流的能力.培养学生的英语思维。
    (3)教学有效性是指通过教学活动,让学生在较短的时间内,了解到更多、更深的知识和能力,获得更加丰富、积极的情感体验。在该教学片段中,教师通过不断地向学生提问题的形式,导入这堂课,导入形式过于单一,不能很好地激发学生学习本堂课的兴趣:此外.提问没有与展示图片、播放视频等其他方式结合起来,很可能导致学生对教师所提出的问题及所描述的画面不能有充分的认识和理解.尤其对基础较差的学生来说.很有可能跟不上教师的节奏以及课程的进度。最后,课堂提问只是针对个别学生来进行的,不能让所有的学生都参与到课堂当中,也不符合面向全体学生的要求。因此,通过该方法进行的导入环节,教学有效性不够高,需要进一步的调整和提升。

  • 第6题:

    Text 1 They are falling like dominoes.Executives caught behaving badly might once have been slapped on the wrist.Today they are shown the door.On July 19th Paramount Television fired its president,Amy Powell,over reports of insensitive comments about race.This is only the latest bigwig to go in a line of departures linked to"personal misconduct"."Boards are now holding executives to higher standards,looking not just at how they treat people but also how they talk to and about them,"says Pam Jeffords of Mercer,a consultancy.The thread connecting these incidents is that all are about perceptions of executive integrity,and by extension,trust.Since trust violations are particularly hard for firms to overcome,often more so than incompetence,firms may believe that firing an errant executive can be the safest,most pragmatic course of action.Executives were never alt angels.What has changed is that boards are now far less willing to overlook bad behaviour for the sake of superior performance.A 2017 report from PwC,a professional-services firm,found that the share of chief-executive dismissals that were due to ethical lapses increased between 2007-11 and 2012-2016,not because bosses were behaving worse but because they were held more accountable.Boards seem to be acting thus for two reasons.First,to protect employees and create a safe and inclusive work environment.Second,to protect their brands'reputations.A 2016 study from researchers at Stanford showed that the fallout from chief executives behaving badly,but not unlawfully,was large and lasting.On average each of the 38 incidents studied garnered 250 news stories,with media attention lasting 4.9 years.Shares usually suffered,though not always.And in a third of cases firms faced further damage,including loss of major clients and federal investigations.Should an executive's words be judged as harshly as their actions?From the perspective of protecting the brand,as well as discouraging a toxic work environment,they probably should.The power of social media to turn a whispered comment into a Twitterstorm,and the fact that everyone now has a mobile recording device,demands a decisive response.But boards and the media also risk rushing to judgment and painting the wicked with too broad a brush.An insensitive remark made long ago or as a one-off is not the same as one made as the face of the firm or as part of a consistent pattern.Disney's firing of James Gunn,a director,last week over tweets from a decade ago,before he was hired and for which he has apologised,seems to be one instance in which such distinctions have been papered over.And plenty of companies benefit from environments where people can speak openly and brainstorm out loud.Once the fallen dominos have been counted,some firms may turn out to have been too gung-ho in responding to the"Weinstein effect".Many,perhaps most,exits will be justified.But all?
    Boards today value most executives_____

    A.communication skills
    B.professional competence
    C.moral rntegrity
    D.loyalty to the company

    答案:C
    解析:
    【信息锁定】第二段指出.一系列“高管因行为不端而被开除”事件的内在关联是对“高管诚信(executive integrity)”的看法,更大了说是对“信任(trust)”的看法;企业很难接受“违背信任(trust violations)”的行为,认为开除是最安全最务实的做法。可见公司最为重视高管的道德诚信,C.正确。【解题技巧】A.干扰来自第一段末句,但该句并非意在说明董事会看重高管的“交流技能”,而是董事会要求高管们“恪守更高标准,言行都要得当”。B.与第二段②句“相对高管的无能,企业更难接受其违背信任”相悖。D.利用常识“企业往往非常重视高管的忠诚度”干扰,但文中并未提及。

  • 第7题:

    Text 1 They are falling like dominoes.Executives caught behaving badly might once have been slapped on the wrist.Today they are shown the door.On July 19th Paramount Television fired its president,Amy Powell,over reports of insensitive comments about race.This is only the latest bigwig to go in a line of departures linked to"personal misconduct"."Boards are now holding executives to higher standards,looking not just at how they treat people but also how they talk to and about them,"says Pam Jeffords of Mercer,a consultancy.The thread connecting these incidents is that all are about perceptions of executive integrity,and by extension,trust.Since trust violations are particularly hard for firms to overcome,often more so than incompetence,firms may believe that firing an errant executive can be the safest,most pragmatic course of action.Executives were never alt angels.What has changed is that boards are now far less willing to overlook bad behaviour for the sake of superior performance.A 2017 report from PwC,a professional-services firm,found that the share of chief-executive dismissals that were due to ethical lapses increased between 2007-11 and 2012-2016,not because bosses were behaving worse but because they were held more accountable.Boards seem to be acting thus for two reasons.First,to protect employees and create a safe and inclusive work environment.Second,to protect their brands'reputations.A 2016 study from researchers at Stanford showed that the fallout from chief executives behaving badly,but not unlawfully,was large and lasting.On average each of the 38 incidents studied garnered 250 news stories,with media attention lasting 4.9 years.Shares usually suffered,though not always.And in a third of cases firms faced further damage,including loss of major clients and federal investigations.Should an executive's words be judged as harshly as their actions?From the perspective of protecting the brand,as well as discouraging a toxic work environment,they probably should.The power of social media to turn a whispered comment into a Twitterstorm,and the fact that everyone now has a mobile recording device,demands a decisive response.But boards and the media also risk rushing to judgment and painting the wicked with too broad a brush.An insensitive remark made long ago or as a one-off is not the same as one made as the face of the firm or as part of a consistent pattern.Disney's firing of James Gunn,a director,last week over tweets from a decade ago,before he was hired and for which he has apologised,seems to be one instance in which such distinctions have been papered over.And plenty of companies benefit from environments where people can speak openly and brainstorm out loud.Once the fallen dominos have been counted,some firms may turn out to have been too gung-ho in responding to the"Weinstein effect".Many,perhaps most,exits will be justified.But all?
    The report from PwC reveals——

    A.decreased tolerance to incompetent executives
    B.increased immoral behaviors among executives
    C.improvement in executives'job performance
    D.increased requirements on executives'accountability

    答案:D
    解析:
    【信息锁定】第三段指出.高管们从来都不是天使(历来都会有不端行为),这点从未改变;改变的是董事会不再像以往那么愿意为了优秀业绩而忽略不端行为,即董事会对不端行为的容忍度降低。随后以Pw(:报告说明:高管遭解雇的比例呈上升趋势,但并非是因为高管们行为更糟糕,而是因为他们被要求更负责(were held more accountable)。综合事例(论据)及论点可知D.正确。【解题技巧】A.错误理解第三段②句,将董事会容忍度下降的对象“高管不端行为”误认为“高管的无能”。B.与第三段①句“高管从来都不是天使/历来都会有不端行为”以及③句not because bosses were behaving worse(高管们并非行为比以前更糟)相悖。C.利用②句superior performance干扰,但句中只是指出董事会不像以往愿意为了优秀表现而忽略不端行为,并未指出高管表现比以往更优秀。

  • 第8题:

    Text 1 They are falling like dominoes.Executives caught behaving badly might once have been slapped on the wrist.Today they are shown the door.On July 19th Paramount Television fired its president,Amy Powell,over reports of insensitive comments about race.This is only the latest bigwig to go in a line of departures linked to"personal misconduct"."Boards are now holding executives to higher standards,looking not just at how they treat people but also how they talk to and about them,"says Pam Jeffords of Mercer,a consultancy.The thread connecting these incidents is that all are about perceptions of executive integrity,and by extension,trust.Since trust violations are particularly hard for firms to overcome,often more so than incompetence,firms may believe that firing an errant executive can be the safest,most pragmatic course of action.Executives were never alt angels.What has changed is that boards are now far less willing to overlook bad behaviour for the sake of superior performance.A 2017 report from PwC,a professional-services firm,found that the share of chief-executive dismissals that were due to ethical lapses increased between 2007-11 and 2012-2016,not because bosses were behaving worse but because they were held more accountable.Boards seem to be acting thus for two reasons.First,to protect employees and create a safe and inclusive work environment.Second,to protect their brands'reputations.A 2016 study from researchers at Stanford showed that the fallout from chief executives behaving badly,but not unlawfully,was large and lasting.On average each of the 38 incidents studied garnered 250 news stories,with media attention lasting 4.9 years.Shares usually suffered,though not always.And in a third of cases firms faced further damage,including loss of major clients and federal investigations.Should an executive's words be judged as harshly as their actions?From the perspective of protecting the brand,as well as discouraging a toxic work environment,they probably should.The power of social media to turn a whispered comment into a Twitterstorm,and the fact that everyone now has a mobile recording device,demands a decisive response.But boards and the media also risk rushing to judgment and painting the wicked with too broad a brush.An insensitive remark made long ago or as a one-off is not the same as one made as the face of the firm or as part of a consistent pattern.Disney's firing of James Gunn,a director,last week over tweets from a decade ago,before he was hired and for which he has apologised,seems to be one instance in which such distinctions have been papered over.And plenty of companies benefit from environments where people can speak openly and brainstorm out loud.Once the fallen dominos have been counted,some firms may turn out to have been too gung-ho in responding to the"Weinstein effect".Many,perhaps most,exits will be justified.But all?
    The author's attitude towards James Gunn can be described as——

    A.critical
    B.sympathetic
    C.contemptuous
    D.appreciative

    答案:B
    解析:
    【信息锁定】第六段首先发表观点:董事会和媒体的判断可能过于草率,将太多的高管界定为行为不端。而实际上“很久以前说过的、或者仅仅说过一次的不当言论”并不等同于“代表公司形象的、或者作为一贯模式的不当言论”。随后指出James Gunn事例:James Gunn被解雇的原因是10年前尚未为迪士尼工作时发布的、而且他早已为之道歉的一条推特。最后作者再次评论:这一事例说明上述区分被掩盖。可见作者以为James Gunn错不至被开除,对其持同情态度.B.正确。【解题技巧】解答此题的关键在于结合上下文整体看待事例、并明确作者态度。假如我们只注意到James Gunn确实言论不当(insensitive remark),则可能认为作者对其持批判或鄙视态度,从而选A.或C.。若只注意到他主动就自己的不当言论道歉(has apologized),且对随后一句(企业受益于员工畅所欲言,集思广益的环境)过度推理为“James Gunn不当言论只是在为公司畅所欲肓、集思广益中出现的小问题”,则很可能认为作者对其持“赞同.欣赏”态度,从而误选D.。

  • 第9题:

    —I‘ve been told to pay the rent.
    —But it‘s already been paiD.It______by someone else.

    A.must be
    B.may be
    C.must be paid
    D.must have been paid

    答案:D
    解析:

  • 第10题:

    单选题
    David, you've been losing your temper over nothing lately.()
    A

    I haven‘t been getting much sleep either.

    B

    You‘d better not push yourself too hard, or you‘ll get sick.

    C

    I‘m sorry. I shouldn‘t have blown up like that.

    D

    You‘d better do exercises regularly.


    正确答案: B
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第11题:

    单选题
    He has been()from the swimming race because he did not win any of the practice races.
    A

    reduced

    B

    deleted

    C

    eliminated

    D

    diminished


    正确答案: A
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第12题:

    问答题
    Practice 1  If chief executives of leading U. S. agri-biotech companies have been suffering from heartburn lately, it isn’t because of anything they’ve been eating. Rather, it’s the unsettling knowledge that long-simmering European anxieties over genetically modified (g. m.) crops, like ocean-hopping viruses, are spreading across the world.  Unlike Britons, whose concerns about what they eat have been on the rise ever since “mad cow disease” (even though it had nothing to do with genetic engineering), Americans have seemed indifferent to g.m. foods. If foodmakers can no longer count on the public’s unquestioning acceptance of their products, it’s not just because of activist theatrics and shrill agitprop. With billions of dollars at risk, the biotech industry has begun to fight back, forming corporate alliances and launching a major p. r. effort that includes lobbying, new research efforts to still public fears and TV, radio and newspaper ads. So far, the regulators have approved dozens of genetically modified plants for human consumption. But if public pressure grows, it may be forced to go slower in the future. One possibility: the FDA could begin applying to g.m. foods the powers it already has to regulate food additives. By overreacting to fears fanned by well-fed consumers in the industrialized world, food producers might uproot an industry that could someday provide billions of people in the rest of the world with crops they desperately need.

    正确答案: 【参考译文】
    如果近期美国主要生物农业公司主管心烦意乱,绝不是因为他们进食不当,而是不安地发现长期以来欧洲对于转基因作物的恐惧和跨越大西洋的病毒一样正在全世界传播。
    自从“疯牛病”爆发后,尽管疯牛病和转基因技术毫无关联,英国人对于食品却越来越感到担忧。美国人则不同,他们对于转基因食品似乎没有兴趣。食品商不能确保公众会毫无疑虑地接受其产品,原因不仅在于激进分子虚张声势,宣传鼓动。生物科技行业投入数十亿美元进行反击,组织企业联盟,利用媒体大造声势,游说疏通,进行研究,以消除公众的恐惧心理,同时在电视广播和报纸上通过广告进行宣传。迄今为止,立法者认可了数十种转基因食品可供人类食用。如果公众施加的压力加大,立法进程不得不放缓。一种可能性是食品药品管理局会把治理食品添加剂的力度用于转基因食品上。工业社会的消费者衣食无忧,如果对于他们煽动起来的恐慌作出过度反应,食品生产商就可能使这种新兴产业走上绝路,而这本来可能使几十亿其他地区的人民得到迫切需要的农作物。
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第13题:

    Tom:Yeah,I haven’t been home a lot lately.And I've had a lot of word and social engagements.Oh,Philip, 3 to London?


    正确答案:
    [答案]  A

  • 第14题:

    Teenagers do not want their parents to approve of what they do because _______.

    A. they don’t like their parents’ way of life

    B. they are not likely to win over the adults

    C. they have already been accepted into the adult world

    D. they don’t want to be isolated from people of their own age


    正确答案:D

  • 第15题:

    China’s markets have been strengthened by Strong domestic consumption and it also stimulated both multinationals and domestic companies to shift the emphasis of their operations from 'Made in China' to 'Made for China'.()

    此题为判断题(对,错)。


    参考答案:对

  • 第16题:

    Mother's Day is thought to __________in the 19lOs, isn't it?

    A.first mark
    B.be first marked
    C.have first marked
    D.have first been marked

    答案:D
    解析:
    考查动词时态和语态。to have done表示mark的动作发生在谓语动词think之前,句意为“母亲节最早被庆祝是在二十世纪头十年.不是吗 ”,故选D。

  • 第17题:

    "The lecturer was a tall thin man with white hair.""Then it( )Dr.Firld because he is short and fat.It Dr.Jones;he is thin."

    A.can’t be...must be
    B.couldn’t have been...might have been
    C.must be...can't be
    D.can't have been...must have been

    答案:D
    解析:
    该题考查情态动词用法。根据题干可排除A,C选项(must be,can't be分别表示现在的肯/否定推测),而B选项中的might have been表示可能已经做成某事。故选D。表示对过去的否/肯定推测。

  • 第18题:

    Text 1 They are falling like dominoes.Executives caught behaving badly might once have been slapped on the wrist.Today they are shown the door.On July 19th Paramount Television fired its president,Amy Powell,over reports of insensitive comments about race.This is only the latest bigwig to go in a line of departures linked to"personal misconduct"."Boards are now holding executives to higher standards,looking not just at how they treat people but also how they talk to and about them,"says Pam Jeffords of Mercer,a consultancy.The thread connecting these incidents is that all are about perceptions of executive integrity,and by extension,trust.Since trust violations are particularly hard for firms to overcome,often more so than incompetence,firms may believe that firing an errant executive can be the safest,most pragmatic course of action.Executives were never alt angels.What has changed is that boards are now far less willing to overlook bad behaviour for the sake of superior performance.A 2017 report from PwC,a professional-services firm,found that the share of chief-executive dismissals that were due to ethical lapses increased between 2007-11 and 2012-2016,not because bosses were behaving worse but because they were held more accountable.Boards seem to be acting thus for two reasons.First,to protect employees and create a safe and inclusive work environment.Second,to protect their brands'reputations.A 2016 study from researchers at Stanford showed that the fallout from chief executives behaving badly,but not unlawfully,was large and lasting.On average each of the 38 incidents studied garnered 250 news stories,with media attention lasting 4.9 years.Shares usually suffered,though not always.And in a third of cases firms faced further damage,including loss of major clients and federal investigations.Should an executive's words be judged as harshly as their actions?From the perspective of protecting the brand,as well as discouraging a toxic work environment,they probably should.The power of social media to turn a whispered comment into a Twitterstorm,and the fact that everyone now has a mobile recording device,demands a decisive response.But boards and the media also risk rushing to judgment and painting the wicked with too broad a brush.An insensitive remark made long ago or as a one-off is not the same as one made as the face of the firm or as part of a consistent pattern.Disney's firing of James Gunn,a director,last week over tweets from a decade ago,before he was hired and for which he has apologised,seems to be one instance in which such distinctions have been papered over.And plenty of companies benefit from environments where people can speak openly and brainstorm out loud.Once the fallen dominos have been counted,some firms may turn out to have been too gung-ho in responding to the"Weinstein effect".Many,perhaps most,exits will be justified.But all?
    We can infer from Paragraphs 4 and 5 that——

    A.many executives behaved badly because of their eagerness to protect brand reputation
    B.only a small percentage of the stories about executives have been proved true
    C.a firm may suffer heavy losses due to an insensitive remark from its executives
    D.social media is encouraging misconducts among chief executives with its great power

    答案:C
    解析:
    【信息锁定】第四段指出,高管的不端行为会带来巨大且持久的影响(股价受损,失去大客户,受到联邦调查等)。第五段则指出,鉴于当前社交媒体的强大传播力量以及移动录音设备的普及,高管的不当言论极有可能会产生巨大的影响,因此董事会对其评判同不当行为一样严苛、采取果断行动。C.正确。【解题技巧】A.将第四段③④句protect their brands'reputations和chicf executives behaving badly揉杂干扰,从而将“开除行为不当的高管实则是为了保护品牌声誉(即:高管的不当行为很可能会影响品牌声誉”)窜改为与之相反的“高管之所以做出不当行为,是因为太急于保护品牌声誉”。B.错误理解第四段⑤句数据,该数据是为了说明“高管行为不当事件会引发大量媒体报道”并非“只有一小部分事件报道被证实为真”。D.错误理解第五段末句,该句指出“社交媒体的强犬扩散力量使得高管不当言论的破坏力巨大”,并非说明“社交媒体正在助长高管的不当行为”。

  • 第19题:

    Text 1 They are falling like dominoes.Executives caught behaving badly might once have been slapped on the wrist.Today they are shown the door.On July 19th Paramount Television fired its president,Amy Powell,over reports of insensitive comments about race.This is only the latest bigwig to go in a line of departures linked to"personal misconduct"."Boards are now holding executives to higher standards,looking not just at how they treat people but also how they talk to and about them,"says Pam Jeffords of Mercer,a consultancy.The thread connecting these incidents is that all are about perceptions of executive integrity,and by extension,trust.Since trust violations are particularly hard for firms to overcome,often more so than incompetence,firms may believe that firing an errant executive can be the safest,most pragmatic course of action.Executives were never alt angels.What has changed is that boards are now far less willing to overlook bad behaviour for the sake of superior performance.A 2017 report from PwC,a professional-services firm,found that the share of chief-executive dismissals that were due to ethical lapses increased between 2007-11 and 2012-2016,not because bosses were behaving worse but because they were held more accountable.Boards seem to be acting thus for two reasons.First,to protect employees and create a safe and inclusive work environment.Second,to protect their brands'reputations.A 2016 study from researchers at Stanford showed that the fallout from chief executives behaving badly,but not unlawfully,was large and lasting.On average each of the 38 incidents studied garnered 250 news stories,with media attention lasting 4.9 years.Shares usually suffered,though not always.And in a third of cases firms faced further damage,including loss of major clients and federal investigations.Should an executive's words be judged as harshly as their actions?From the perspective of protecting the brand,as well as discouraging a toxic work environment,they probably should.The power of social media to turn a whispered comment into a Twitterstorm,and the fact that everyone now has a mobile recording device,demands a decisive response.But boards and the media also risk rushing to judgment and painting the wicked with too broad a brush.An insensitive remark made long ago or as a one-off is not the same as one made as the face of the firm or as part of a consistent pattern.Disney's firing of James Gunn,a director,last week over tweets from a decade ago,before he was hired and for which he has apologised,seems to be one instance in which such distinctions have been papered over.And plenty of companies benefit from environments where people can speak openly and brainstorm out loud.Once the fallen dominos have been counted,some firms may turn out to have been too gung-ho in responding to the"Weinstein effect".Many,perhaps most,exits will be justified.But all?
    The phrase"slapped on the wrist"(Line 2,Para.1)is closest in meaning to_____

    A.given an easy penalty
    B.forced to resign
    C.despised by the public
    D.arrested by the police

    答案:A
    解析:
    【信息锁定】首先由once.…Today可判断第一段②③句中,slapped on the wrist和shown the door构成今昔对比,说明商管被抓到行为不端时(caught behaving badly)所受惩罚的变化。再由后文可知.shown the door意为“被开除/被迫辞职(fired、departures)”.对高管来说是一种严惩。故可推断所考词slapped on the wrist意为“被施以轻罚”,A.正确。【解题技巧】B.与文中fired.departures.to go等同义,却是与所考词含义相反的shown the door同义。C.、D.为脱离上下文语境的主观推导:考生可能会主观认为“高管既然被抓到行为不端,那么很可能会被公众鄙视、或被警察逮捕”.但首段讨论集中在“董事会/公司”范围内,未涉及“公众态度”或“法律惩罚”。

  • 第20题:

    Have you been to see your grandmother lately?

    A:lastly
    B:finally
    C:shortly
    D:recently

    答案:D
    解析:
    lately:近来,最近。题干意思为:你最近有没有去看你的祖母?lastly:最后,终于;finally:最后,终于;shortly:不久,很快;recently:最近。经过分析,D选项正确。

  • 第21题:

    问答题
    Practice 7  Average household debt in the United States is currently 130 percent of average household income. The U. S. household savings rate is close to zero. Consumer confidence has plummeted with the value of 401(k) plans and retirement nest eggs. Car sales are at a fifteen-year low. And credit card defaults look like the next shoe to drop as cash-strapped Americans have run up credit card debt to postpone the day of reckoning.  Too many Americans have been expressing the Dream through the acquisition of stuff. Americans need a refresher course on the American dream. The Constitution speaks of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, not an automatic chicken in every pot. The American Dream embraced by immigrants over the past two centuries has been the opportunity to set one’s own goals and pursue them honestly to the limits of one’s ambition and ability. Too many Americans have been expressing the Dream through the acquisition of stuff. Others see the Dream as raising a family in a land that delivers Franklin Roosevelt’s four freedoms. Still others dream of their children accessing the highest possible level of education, living healthy lives, being good citizens in their communities.

    正确答案: 【参考译文】
    目前,美国家庭的平均负债是其平均收入的130%。美国家庭储蓄率几乎为零。消费者信心与401K退休金计划的价值一起急速下滑。汽车销售量创15年新低。手无现金的美国人不断加大信用卡透支额度以推迟结算日期,信用卡拖欠还款简直就是另一只要落下的靴子。
    许多的美国人通过不断购买物品来体现自己的美国梦。美国人需要重新学习美国梦的课程。宪法讲的是生存、自由和对幸福的追求,而不是天上自动掉馅饼,人人都有份。过去两个世纪中,移民们信奉的美国梦是能够有机会根据各自的抱负和能力制订适当的个人目标并去追求。太多的美国人一直以获得物质来表达这种梦想。另一些人则认为,美国梦应该是在产生了富兰克林·罗斯福的“四大自由”的土地上挣钱养家。还有人梦想儿女们尽可能多受教育,健康地生活,成为各自社区的上等公民。
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第22题:

    单选题
    If my plan isn't()of by the committee, all my work will have been wasted.
    A

    approved

    B

    consented

    C

    agreed

    D

    admitted


    正确答案: D
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第23题:

    问答题
    Practice 1  The catchphrase of the hour is that America is living beyond its means. The expression is used so much by politicians, economists and editorial writers that it is depreciating faster than the dollar. But there's no way around it. It tells the story. The Data Resources numbers show Americans increase their spending this year almost three times as fast as their after-tax income. What else can we explain it? What is more, as a nation, the U.S. has been doing the same thing throughout the 1990s. For years the country has been consuming more than it produces, making up the difference by borrowing abroad. It can't go on.  The stock market's tumble, which has caused a loss of $1 trillion in paper wealth, is but the first step in a process that must sober the nation. At the same time, in the next few years the U. S. will have to throw its amazing dream machine into reverse and start paying its debts. Inevitably, this will mean a lowering in the U.S. standard of living as Americans are forced to produce more than they consume to service a soaring foreign debt. Per capital income may keep rising but more slowly than in the past. The trade account will go slowly towards balance or even surplus in the mid-1990s. But in the meantime, Americans will receive less for their exports because the dollar will fall considerably before U. S. exports are competitive. And pressures to reduce the federal deficit will tighten the lid on defense spending.

    正确答案: 【参考译文】
    当前美国流行的话题是:美国人过的是入不敷出的日子。政治家、经济学家和社论撰稿人喋喋不休地谈论这个话题,以致其“贬值”速度比美元还要快。但这也是没法子的事情,事实就是这样。数据资料公司的统计数字表明:今年美国人的开支比他们的税后所得增长了两倍。除了说美国人入不敷出,还能作出什么解释呢?更有甚者,美国作为一个国家在整个90年代也是如此行事。多年来,美国的消费大于生产,靠向国外借债来弥补亏空。不能让这种情况再继续下去了。
    股票市场暴跌,造成了一万亿美元的票面损失,这仅仅是足以让美国人开始清醒的第一步。而且,在今后的几年里,美国将不得不从美妙的梦想中回到现实,着手偿还债务。这不可避免地要让美国人降低生活水平,因为美国人必须多生产少消费,以此来偿还猛增的外债。人均收入可能还会继续增长,但其速度要慢于过去。贸易收支会慢慢趋于平衡,到90年代中期甚至会出现盈余。但与此同时,美国的出口收入将减少,因为在美国出口产品具有竞争力之前,美元还会大幅度下跌。而且要求削减联邦财政赤字的压力将会紧缩国防开支。
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第24题:

    问答题
    Ironically, the eighteenth constitutional amendment prohibiting the sale of alcohol may have been responsible to the                               A                B       Crise of organized crime in the 1920’s. No error                D      E

    正确答案: C
    解析:
    “responsible 后应跟“for”,而不是“to”。