考研英语（二）模拟试卷59

考研英语（二）模拟试卷59

一、完型填空（本题共20题，每题7.0分，共20分。）

WholesalepricesinJulyrosemoresharplythanexpectedandatafasterratethan

consumerprices,[Cl]thatbusinesseswerestillprotectingconsumers[C2]

thefullbrunt（冲击）ofhigherenergycosts.TheProducerPriceIndex,[C3]

measureswhatproducersreceiveforgoodsandservices,[C4]1percent

inJuly,theLaborDepartmentreportedyesterday,double[C5]economistshad

beenexpectingandasharpturnaroundfromflatpricesinJune.Excluding[C6]

andenergy,thecoreindexofproducerpricesrose0.4percent,[C7]than

the0.1percentthateconomistshad[C8].Muchofthatincreasewasaresultof

an[C9]increaseincarandtruckprices.OnTuesday,theLaborDepartment

saidthe[CIO]thatconsumerspaidforgoodsandservicesinJulywere[Cl1]

OSpercentoverall,andup0.1percent,excludingfoodandenergy.【「12]

theoverallriseinbothconsumerandproducerprices[C13]causedby

energycosts,whichincreased4.4percentinthemonlh.（Wholesalefoodprices[04]

0.3percentinJuly.[C15]July2004,wholesalepriceswereup4.6

percent,thecorerate[CI6]2.8percent,itsfastestpacesince1995.）Typically,

increasesintheProducerPriceIndexindicatesimilarchangesintheconsumerindex

[CI7]businessesrecoup（补偿）highercostsfromcustomers.[C181for

muchofthisexpansion,v/hichstarted[C19]theendof2001,thathasnotbeen

the[C20]Infact,manybusinesseslikeautomakershavebeenaggressively

discountingtheirproducts.

1、[Cl]

A、indicate

B、toindicate

C、indicating

D、indicated

标准答案：C

知识点解析：语法知识。indicating引导的现在分词短语相当于非限制性定语从句

whichindicatcd...,对前面整个句子的内容进行补充说明。本句的意思是“这表明各

行业仍然在保护消费者，使他们免受能源成本提高的全面冲击”。

2、[C2]

A、of

B、to

C、by

D、from

标准答案：D

知识点解析：习惯搭配。本句的意思是“各行业仍然在保护消费者，使他们免受能

源成本提高的全面冲击"。protect…from…为固定搭配，意为“保护……免

受……”，所以D项为正确答案。

3、[C3]

A、that

which

C>it

D、this

标准答案：B

知识点解析：语法知识。此题考查的是非限制性定语从句的引导词。it和this不能

引导定语从句，所以可以排除。非限制性定语从句中只能用which而不能用ihat作

引导词，所以B项为正确答案。

4、[C4]

A、rise

B、rises

C、rose

D、raised

标准答案：C

知识点解析：语法知识。根据时间状语inJuly可以确定此处为一般过去时，所以

可以排除A项和B项。raise是及物动词，所以D项也可以排除。rose是不及物动

词，意为“上升”，符合题意，C项为正确答案。

5、[C5]

A、that

B、what

C、which

D、this

标准答案：B

知识点解析：语法知识。本句意思是“两倍于经济学家们所预期的上涨幅度此处

考查倍数表达和名词性从句。倍数表达可以由“倍数+n.”这个结构构成，比如The

birthratein2000istwicethatin1999（2000年的出生率是1999年的两倍）。此处，倍

数后面的名词由what引导的名词性从句充当。

6、[C6]

A、food

B、grain

C、crop

D、diet

标准答案：A

知识点解析：上下文推理。本句的意思是“除食品和能源之外，生产价格核心指数

上升了0.4%”。本题为词汇再现题，根据第三段的词汇再现(excludingfoodand

energy),可以确定此处选food,A项为正确答案。

7、[C7]

A^less

B、lower

C^higher

D、more

标准答案：C

知识点解析：形容词辨析。本句的意思是“生产价格核心指数上升了0・4%,高于

经济学家预期的0.1%"。A项less和B项lower与原文意思相反，可以排除。说

明数字高低应该用higher/lower而不是more/less,所以C项为正确答案。

8、[C8]

A、said

B、reported

C、calculated

D、forecast

标准答案：D

知识点解析：上下文语义+动词辨析。本句的意思是“生产价格核心指数上升了

0.4%,高于经济学家预期的0.1%”。四个选项中只有D项forecast“预见，预

测”符合题意。A项said“说”，B项reporled“报道”，C项calculated“计算”，均不合

题意。

9、[C9]

A、expectable

B、unexpected

C、expectation

D、expecting

标准答案：B

知识点解析：上下文推理。文章上一句说“生产价格核心指数上升了0.4%,高于

经济学家预期的O.1%”。事实比预期的高，其原因应该在意料之外，因此下一句

increaseincarandtruckprices(轿车和卡车价格的上涨)应该是出乎意料的，B项为正

确答案。

10、[C10]

A、prices

B、costs

C、charges

D、values

知识点解析：语法知识。根据时间状语inJuly可以确定此处应该为一般过去时，

因此B项为正确答案。本句的意思是“食品批发价格七月份下降了0.3%”。

15、[C15]

A、Comparingwith

B、Incomparison

C、Comparedwith

D、Compareto

标准答案：C

知识点解析：词组辨析。本句的意思是,、与2004年7月相比，批发价格上升了

4.6%”。句子中已经有了谓语动词，所以这里不应该再出现谓语动词，可以直接

排除D项。compare...with...意为“把...和...相比较"，compare和wholesale

prices之间是动宾关系，所以应该用过去分词短语表被动，comparedwith意、

“和...相比”，C项为正确答案。B项incomparison后面缺少介词witho

16、[C16]

A、dropped

B、declined

C、lifted

D、climbed

标准答案：D

知识点解析：上下文语义。根据上文(wholesalepriceswereup4.6percenf)和下文

(itsfastestpacesince1995),可以确定thecorerate是上升的。A项dropped和B项

declined都表示“下降”的意思，可以排除。C项lifted”提高，举起“为及物动词，可

以排除。D项climbed作不及物动词时意为“攀升”，符合题意，为正确答案。

17、[C17]

A、as

so

C、while

D、when

标准答案：A

知识点解析：逻辑关系。本句的意思是“通常，生产价格指数的上升预示着消费者

价格指数有类似变化，因为企业会让消费者来承担较高的成本”。此处需要一个衔

接原因状语的连词，四个选项中只有as可以引导原因状语从句，所以A项为正确

答案。

18、[C18]

A^And

B、But

C、Yet

D、Still

标准答案：B

知识点解析：逻辑关系。根据上下文可以确定，本句和上一句是一种转折关系，所

以应该选择一个表示转折的词。A项and和D项still都不表转折，可以排除。but

和yet都可以表示转折，bul表示一般性的前后语气的转折，用法比较广，而yet主

要用在前面是让步的情况。本句是一种前后语气的一般转折，所以选but。

19、[C19]

A、al

by

C>in

D、to

标准答案：A

知识点解析：习惯搭配。本句的意思是“开始于2001年年底“。atthccndof意为

“在……末”，符合题意，所以A项为正确答案。byiheendof意为“到……末”，by

theendof引导的介词短语作时间状语时，句子通常用完成时；intheend意为“最

后，终于”,后面不跟of；totheendof意为“直到...末

20、[C20]

A、condition

B、situation

C、matter

D^case

标准答案：D

知识点解析：名词辨析。本句的意思是“但是对于开始于2001年年底的这次通货膨

胀来说，却不是这种情况。"case意为“情况”，符合题意，所以D项为正确答案。

A项condition意为"条件B项situation意为”形势,局势”,C项matter意为响

题“，都不合题意。

二、阅读（常规阅读理解）（本题共20题，每题1.0

分，共20分。）

Boys*schoolsaretheperfectplacetoteachyoungmentoexpresstheiremotionsand

involvetheminactivitiessuchasart,danceandmusic.Farfromthetraditionalimageof

acultureofaggressivemasculinity（阳刚）,theabsenceofgirlsgivesboysthechanceto

developwithoutpressuretoconformtoastereotype,aUSstudysays.Boysatsingle-sex

schoolsweresaidtobemorelikelytogetinvolvedinculturalandartisticactivitiesthat

helpeddeveloptheircmoiionalexpressiveness,ratherthanfeelingtheyhadtoconformto

the"boycode"ofhidingtheiremotionstobea"realman".Thefindingsofthestudygo

againstreceivedwisdomthatboysdobetterwhentaughtalongsidegirls.TonyLittle,

headmasterofEton,warnedthatboyswerebeingfailedbytheBritisheducationsystem

becauseithadbecometoofocusedongirls.Hecriticizedteachersforfailingtorecognize

thatboysareactuallymoreemotionalthangirls.Theresearcharguedthatboysoften

performbadlyinmixedschoolsbecausetheybecomediscouragedwhentheirfemale

peersdobetterearlierinspeakingandreadingskills.Butinsingle-sexschoolsteachers

cantailorlessonstoboys*learningstyle,lettingthemmovearoundtheclassroomand

gettingthemtocompeteinteamstopreventboredom,wrotethestudy'sauthor,Abigail

James,oftheUniversityofVirginia.Teacherscouldencourageboystoenjoyreadingand

writingwithspecifically"boy-focused"approachessuchasthemesandcharactersthat

appealtothem.Becauseboysgenerallyhavemoreacutevision,learnbestthroughtouch,

andarephysicallymoreactive,theyneedtobegiven"hands-on"lessonswheretheyare

allowedtowalkaround."Boysinmixedschoolsviewclassicalmusicasfeminineand

preferthemoderngenre（类型）inwhichviolenceandsexismaremajorthemes,"James

wrote.Single-sexeducationalsomadeitlesslikelythatboyswouldfeeltheyhadto

conformtoastereotypethatmenshouldbe"masterfulandincharge"inrelationships."In

mixedschools,boysfeelcompelledtoactlikemenbeforetheyunderstandthemselves

wellenoughtoknowwhatthatmeans,"thestudyreported.

21、Theauthorbelievesthatasingle-sexschoolwould.

A^forceboystohidetheiremotionstobe"realman"

B、helptocultivatemasculineaggressivenessinboys

C、encourageboystoexpresstheiremotionsmorefreely

D^naturallyreinforceinboysthattraditionalimageofaman

标准答案：C

知识点解析：细节题。根据题I：中关键词single,sexschool定位到首段第一句：

Boys'schoolsaretheperfectplacetoteachyoungmentoexpresstheiremotions,即男校

是教育年轻男性表达情感的最佳地点。由此可知，单一性别学校可以让男孩更自由

地表达感情，故C项为正确答案。

22、Itiscommonlybelievedthatinamixedschoolboys.

A、performrelativelybetter

B、growupmorehealthily

C^behavemoreresponsibly

D、receiveabettereducation

标准答案：A

知识点解析：细节题。根据题干中关键词Itiscommonlybelievedthat和inamixed

school定位至I」第四段：Thefindingsofthestudygoagainstreceivedwisdomthatboys

dobetterwhentaughtalongsidegirls,即这项研究的结论和人们普遍接受的看法不一

致，按照人们普遍的看法，男孩在和女孩•起接受教育的时候表现会更出色。由此

可知，人们普遍的看法是，在男女混合学校中男孩表现更好，故A项为正确答

案。inamixedschool对应文中whentaughtalongsidegirls,Itiscommonlybelieved

that对应文中receivedwisdom,A项performrelativelybetter对应文中dobetter0

23、WhatdoesTonyLittlesayabouttheBritisheducationsystem?

A^Itfailsmoreboysthangirlsacademically.

B、Itfocusesmoreonmixedschooleducation.

C、Itfailstogiveboystheattentiontheyneed.

D、Itplacesmorepressureonboysthanongirls.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：细节题。艰据题干中关键词Britisheducationsystem定位在第五段首

句：TonyLittle,headmasterofEton,warnedthatboyswerebeingfailedbythe

Britisheducationsystembecauseithadbecometoofocasedongirls。根据boyswere

beingfailed以及ithadbecometoofocusedongirls可以确定男孩子没有得到适当的

关注，故C项为正确答案。

24、AccordingtoAbigailJames,oneoftheadvantagesofsingle-sexschoolsis.

A、teachingcanbetailoredtosuitthecharacteristicsofboys

B、boyscanfocusontheirlessonswithoutbeingdistracted

C^boyscanchoosetolearnwhatevertheyareinterestedin

D、teachingcanbedesignedtopromoteboys'teamspirit

标准答案：A

知识点解析：细节题。艰据题干中关键词AbigailJames定位在第七段。A项对应

原文中的teacherscantailorlessonstoboys'learningstyle,故为正确选项。

25、WhichofthefollowingischaracteristicofboysaccordingtoAbigailJames'report?

A、Theyenjoybeingincharge.

B、Theyconformtostereotypes.

C、Theyhavesharpervision.

D^Theyareviolentandsexist.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：细节题。艰据题干中关键词AbigailJames以及24题的答案出处将本

题定位在第八段。根据第八段第二句：Becauseboysgenerallyhavemoreacute

vision,可以确定C项为正确答案。C项中的sharper对应原文中的moreacute<,

Who'spoorinAmerica?That'saquestionhardtoanswer.Hardbecausethere'sno

conclusivedefinitionofpoverty.Lowincomematters,thoughhowlowisunclear.

Povertyisalsoastateofmindthatfostersself-defeatingbehavior-badworkhabits,

familybreakdowns,andaddictions.Finally,povertyresultsfrombadluck;accidents,job

losses,disability.Despitepoverty'smessiness,we'vemeasuredprogressagainstitbya

singlestatistic;thefederalpovertyline.Bythismeasure,wehaven'tmademuch

progress.Buttheapparentlackofprogressismisleadingfortworeasons.First,itignores

immigration.Manyimmigrantsarcpoorandlow-skilled.Theyaddtothepoor.From

1989to2007,aboutthreequartersoftheincreaseinthepovertypopulationoccurred

amongHispanics（西班牙裔美国人）一mostlyimmigrantsandtheirchildren.Second,the

poor'smaterialwell-beinghasimproved.Theofficialpovertymeasureobscuresthisby

countingonlypre-taxcashincomeandignoringothersourcesofsupport,includingfood

stampsandhousingsubsidies.Althoughmanypoorlivefromhandtomouth,they've

participatedinrisinglivingstandards.In2005,91%hadmicrowaves,79%air-

conditioning,and48%cellphones.Theexistingpovertylinecouldbeimprovedby

addingsomeincomesourcesandsubtractingsomeexpenses.Unfortunately,the

administration'sproposalfora"supplementalpovertymeasure"in2011goesbeyondthat.

Thenewpovertynumberwouldcompoundpublicconfusion.Italsoraisesquestions

aboutwhetherthestatisticistailoredtofavorapoliticalagenda.The"supplemental

measure"tiesthepovertythresholdtowhatthepoorestthirdofAmericansspendonfood,

housing,clothing,andutilities.Theactualthresholdwillprobablybehigherthantoday's

povertyline.ManyAmericanswouldfindthiscurious:peoplegetricher,but"poverty*'

staysstuck.Whatproducesthisoutcomeisadifferentviewofpoverty.Thepresent

conceptisanabsoluteone;thepovertythresholdreflectstheamountestimatedtomeet

basicneeds.Bycontrast,thenewmeasureembracesarelativenotionofpoverty:people

areautomaticallypoorifthey'reagivendistancefromthetop,eveniftheirincomesare

increasing.Thenewindicatorisa"propagandadevice"topromoteincomeredistribution

byshowingthatpovertyisstubbornorincreasing.TheCensusBureauhasestimated

statisticssimilartotheadministration'sproposal.In2008,thetraditionalpovertyratewas

13.2%;estimatesofthenewstatisticrangeupto17%.Thenewpovertystatisticexceeds

theold,andthegapgrowslargerovertime.AssenatorDanielMoynihansaid,the

administrationisdefiningpovertyup.It'sreasonabletodebatehowmuchweshouldaid

thepoororreduceeconomicinequality.Butthedebateshouldnotbeswayedby

misleadingstatisticsthatfewAmericanscouldpossiblyunderstand.Government

statisticsshouldstriveforpoliticalneutrality.Thisonefails.

26、Whatisthemainideaofthefirstparagraph?

A、Povertyisveryoftendefinedasastateofmind.

B、PovertyisaproblemhardtotackleinAmerica.

C^Badworkhabitsandbadluckleadtopoverty.

D、Thereisnoconsensusontheconceptofpoverty.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：段落主旨题。首段提到，美国哪些人属于穷人很难说，因为“贫穷”一

词没有明确定义，更没有明确的收入标准；接着文章谈到“贫穷同样是一种心态，

会助长自我挫败的行为”。可见首段一直在谈贫穷的含义。D项中conceptof

poverty为原文中definitionofpoverty的同义转述：noconsensus为noconclusive

de行血ion以及unclear的同义转述。所以D项是对首段主旨的概括，故为正确答

案。

27>WhatdoestheauthorsayaboutthepoorinAmerica?

ANTheirlivingstandardshaveactuallyimproved.

B、Mostofthemareimmigrantsandtheirdescendants.

C、Theirchancesofrisingabovethepovertylineareslim.

D、Mostofthemrelyongovernmentsubsidiesforsurvival.

标准答案：A''

知识点解析：细节题。艰据题于关键词thepoor定位到第4段。第4段首句提到，

穷人的物质生活水平已经提高了；倒数第2句也说，虽然许多穷人仍然仅能满足温

饱问题，但是他们的生活水平确实在不断提升。A项中的livingstandards分别对应

两句中的materialwell-being和livingstandard,improved对应hasimproved和

rising。故A项为正确答案。

28、Whatdoestheauthorthinkoftheadministration^proposalfbra"supplemental

povertymeasure1'?

A^Itisintendedtofurtherhelpthepoor.

B、Itismadetoservepoliticalpurposes.

C、Itisapositiveresponsetochangedcircumstances.

D、Itisanattempttocombattheeconomicrecession.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：细节题。根据题卜关键词theadministration^proposal和supplemental

povertymeasure定位到第5段。木段中作者指出，当前的贫困遢可以通过增加穷人

收入来源和减少穷人支出的办法得到改善，但是政府提议的新标准做得过了头，不

仅让公众更加困惑，也让人怀疑新标准中的数据是为一定的政治目的量身定制的。

由此看出，作者认为政府提议的新标准有一定的政治目的，文章末段末句也暗示了

这一点。所以B项为正确答案，其中servepoliticalpurpose是对原文favora

politicalagenda的同义转述。

29、Whatischaracteristicofthenewmeasureofpoverty?

A、itdefinespovertybythegapbetweentherichandthepoor.

B、Ilraisesthethresholdforthepoortogetwelfarebenefits.

C>Itismoreaccurateandscientificintermsofstatistics.

D、Ittrulyreflectsthepracticalneedsofthepoor.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：细节题。艰据题干关键词thenewmeasureofpoverty定位到第7段。

该段谈到新标准包含一个相对的贫穷概念：和最富有的人的差距达到了一定的水

平，就定义成了穷人。也就是说，新标准对于贫穷的定义是根据贫富差距来算的。

A项是对此的同义转述，gapbetweentherichandpoor对应原文中的distancefrom

thetopo故A项为正确答案。

30、WhatdoestheauthorwanttosaybyquotingDanielMoynihan?

A、Economicequalityisbutanemptydream.

B、Politicalneutralitycanneverbeachieved.

C、Theadministrat沁n'sstatisticsarebiased.

D、Thedebateoverpovertywillgetnowhere.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：引证题。根据题干关键词DanielMoynihan定位到文章末段。作者在

文章末段借DanielMoynihan的观点指出，政府数据应该具有政治中立性，而新标

准中的数据不具有中立性，也就是说，新标准中的政府数据存在偏见。所以，C项

为正确答案。

Youvenowhearditsomanytimes,youcanprobablyrepeatitinyoursleep.President

ObamawillnodoubtmakethepointpubliclywhenhegetstoBeijing:theChineseneed

toconsumemore;theyneed—believeitornot—tobecomemorelikeAmericans,for

thesakeoftheglobaleconomy.Andit'salltrue.Buttheothersideofthatequationisthat

theU.S.needstosavemore.Forthemoment,Americanhouseholdsactuallyaredoing

so.Afterthepersonal-savingsratedippedtozeroin2005,theshockoftheeconomic

crisislastyearpromptedpeopletosnapshuttheirwallets.InChina,thehousehold­

savingsrateexceeds20%.Itispartlyforpolicyreasons.Aswe'veseen,wageearnersare

expectedtocarefornotonlytheirchildrenbutalsotheiragingparents.Andthereis,to

date,onlytheflimsiest（脆弱的）ofpublicly-fundedhealthcareandpensionsystems,

whichincreasesincentivesforindividualstosavewhiletheyareworking.ButChinaisa

societythathaslongesteemedpersonalfinancialprudence（谨慎）forcenturies.Thereis

nochancethatwillchangeanytimesoon,evenifthegovernmentcreatesabettersocial

safetynetandsuccessfullyencouragesgreaterconsumerspending.WhydoestheU.S.

needtolearnalittlefrugality（节俭）？Becausehealthysavingsratesareoneofthesurest

indicatorsofacountry'slong-termfinancialhealth.Highsavingslead,overtime,to

increasedinvestment,whichinturngeneratesproductivitygains,innovationandjob

growth.Inshort,savingsaretheseedcornofagoodeconomicharvest.TheU.S.

governmentthusneedstoactaswell.Byrunningconstantdeficits,itisdis-saving,even

ashouseholdssavemore.PeterOrszag,Obama'sBudgetDirector,recentlycalledtheU.

S.budgetdeficitsunsustainableandhe'sright.Todate,theU.S.hasseemedunable（o

seetheconsequencesofspendingsomuchmorethanistakenin.Thatneedstochange.

China'sleadersmightgentlyhintthatBeijingisgettingalittlenervousaboutthevalueof

thedollar—whichhasfallen15%sinceMarch,inlargepartbecauseofincreasingfears

thatAmerica'sdebtloadisbecomingunmanageable.That'swhathappenswhenyou're

theworld'sbiggestcreditor;yougettodrophintslikethat,whichwouldbeenoughby

themselvestocreateinternationaleconomicchaosiftheywereeverleaked.（Everytime

anyofficialinBeijingdeliberatelypubliclytalksaboutseekinganalternativetotheU.S.

dollarforthe$2.1trillionChinaholdsinreserve,currencytradershaveaheartattack.）If

Americanssavedmoreandspentless,consistentlyovertime,theywouldn'thaveto

worryaboutallthat.

31、HowdidtheeconomiccrisisaffectAmericans?

A^Theyhadtotightentheirbelts.

B、Theirbanksavingsratedroppedtozero.

C、Theirleadershipintheglobaleconomywasshaken.

D^TheybecameconcernedaboutChina'sfinancialpolicy.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：细节题。根据题干关键词iheeconomiccrisis定位到第二段最后一

句：theshockoftheeconomiccrisislastyearpromptedpeopletosnapshuttheir

wailetso可见，经济危机使美国民众捂紧钱包，即少花钱，也就是A项中的

tighlentheirbelts（勒紧腰带，节省开支）。所以A项为正确答案。

32>WhatshouldbedonetoencourageChinesepeopletoconsume?

A、Changingtheirtraditionalwayoflife.

B、Providingfewerincentivesforsaving.

C>ImprovingChina'ssocialsecuritysystem.

D、Cuttingdowntheexpensesonchild-rearing.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：细节题。限据题干关键词encourage定位到第三段最后一句。该句指

出，就算政府创建更好的社会保障体系并成功鼓励更多的消费性开支，这一点在短

期内也不可能发生改变。由此可知，创建更好的社会保障制度是鼓励消费的必要措

施，故C项为正确答案。C项中的socialsecuritysystem对应文中的socialsafety

neto

33、Whatdoestheauthormeanbysaying"savingsaretheseedcornofagoodeconomic

harvest"(Para.4)?

A、Themoreonesaves,themorereturnsonewillreap.

Acountry'seconomyhingesonitssavingspolicy.

C、Thosewhokeepsavingwillliveaneasylifeintheend.

D、Ahealthysavingsratepromoteseconomicprosperity.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：语义题。艰据题干提示，定位至第四段最后一句，我们发现这句话是

前面几句话的概括。根据Highsavingslead,overtime,toincreasedinvestment,

whichinturngeneratesproductivitygains,innovationandjobgrowth可知，高储蓄率

能够促进投资，进而促进生产率、创新和就业增长，即促进经济的繁荣。所以D

项为正确答案。

34Inwhatcircumstancesdocurrencytradersbecomescared?

A、WhenBeijingallowsitscurrencyexchangeratestofloat.

WhenChinastartstoreduceitscurrentforeignreserves.

C^WhenChinatalksaboutswitchingitsdollarreservestoothercurrencies.

D、WhenBeijingmentionsinpublicthehugedebtsAmericaowesChina.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：细节题。眼据题干关键词currencytraders定位到最后一段括号中的内

容。该句指出，每当任何一位中国政府官员公开商议seekinganalternativetothe

U.S.dollarforthe$2.1trillionChinaholdsinreserve,也就是减持美元外汇储备

时，外汇交易员们就会狙惊受怕。C项为该句的同义转述，为正确答案。

35、Whatistheauthor'spurposeofwritingthepassage?

A、TourgetheAmericangovernmenttocutdeficits.

B、ToencourageChinesepeopletospendmore.

C、TotellAmericansnottoworryabouttheireconomy.

D^TopromoteunderstandingbetweenChinaandAmerica.

标准答案：A

知识点角］析：主旨题。纵观全文，作者首先提出美国希望中国增加消费来拉动全球

经济，但同时需要美国增加储蓄，接着解释了美国需要增加储蓄的原因和紧迫性，

而增加储蓄不仅需要提高美国人的个人储蓄率，还要扭转美国财政赤字的状况，可

见作者意在敦促美国政府削减财政赤字，故A项为正确答案。

We'removingintoanotherera,astheloxic（有揖的）effeclsofthebubble（泡沫）andits

graveconsequencesspreadthroughthefinancialsystem.Justacoupleofyearsago

investorsdreamedof20percentreturnsforever.Nowsurveysshowthatthey'redowntoa

"realistic"8percentto10percentrange.Butwhatifthenextfewyearsturnouttobe

belownormalexpectations?MartinBarnersoftheBankCreditAnalystinMontreal

expectsfuturestockreturnstoaveragejust4percentto6percent.Soundimpossible?

Afteramuchsmallerbubblethatburstinthemid-1960sStandard&Poor's5000stock

averagereturned6.9percentayear（withdividendsrcinvestcd）forthefollowing17years.

Fewinvestorsarepreparedforthat.Rightnowdenialseemstobetheattitudeofchoice.

Thafstypical,saysLoriLucasofHewitt,theconsultingfirm.Youhatetolookatyour

investmentswhenthey'regoingdown.Hewitttracks500,00040I（k）accountseveryday,

andfindsthatsaversarekeepingtheircontributionsup.Butthey'remuchlessinclinedto

switchtheirmoneyaround."It'stheslot-machine（老虎机）effect,“Lucassays."Peopleget

moreinterestedinplayingwhentheythinkthey'vegotahotmachinc'^—andnothingshot

today.Theaverageinvestorfeelsoverwhelmed.Againstallcommonsense,manysavers

stillshuttheireyestothedangersofowningtoomuchcompanystock.Inbigcompanies

lastyear,asurprising29percentofemployeesheldatleastthreequartersoftheir

402（k）intheirownstock.Youngeremployeesmayhavenochoice.Youoftenhaveto

waituntilyou're50or55beforeyoucansellanycompanystockyouget.Butinsteadof

gettingoutwhentheycan,oldparticipantshavebeenholding,too.Onethirdofthe

people60andupchosecompanystockforthreequartersoftheirplan,Hewittreports.

Aretheyinattentive?Loyalexcessively?Sick?It'sasifLucent,EnronandXeroxnever

happened.Noinvestorshouldgivehisorhertotaltrusttoanyparticularcompany'sstock.

Andwhileyou'reatit,thinkhowyou'dbeiffuturestockreturns—averaginggoodyears

andbad—areaspoorasBarnespredicts.Ifyouaskme,diversifiedstocksremaingood

forthelongrun,withabackupinbonds.ButI,too,amfiguringonreducedreturns.What

ashame.Dearbubble,Filneverforget.It'stheendofagrandaffair.

36、Theinvestors5judgmentofthepresentstockreturnsseemstobe..

A、fanciful

B、pessimistic

C、groundless

D、realistic

标准答案：A

知识点解析：细节题。第一段提到，投资者几年前的梦想是永远拿到20%的（股票

投资）回报。现在调查显示它降到了“现实的“8%至10%的范围。第二段作者先提出

疑问：但是如果未来几年里这个值低于正常的期望呢?接着以银行信用分析家

MartinBarners和标准普尔5000指数为例指出，未来股票投资回报率必然是下降

的。第二段末句作者指出，很少有投资者为此做好了准备。由此可推出，面对股票

投资回报下降的趋势，发资者的判断是不够现实的，是幻想的。另外，第一段的

dreamedof、realistic的引号，以及第二段soundimpossible后面的问号也都暗示了

这一点。因此A项为正确答案。

37、Infaceofthecurrentstockmarket,moststock-holders.

A、stopinjectingmoremoneyintothestockmarket

B>reactangrilytothedevaluingstock

C>switchtheirmoneyaroundinthemarket

D^turnadeafeartothewarning

标准答案：D

知识点解析：细节题。第四段第一句提到，许多投资者(savers)对拥有太多公司股

票的危险视而不见。D项是该句的改写，其中tumadeafear对应原文中的shui

theireyesto,thewarning对应thedangers<>第三段作者通过休伊特(Hewill)咨询公

司的职员的介绍说明，友资者仍在不断地投钱(keepingtheircontributionsup),而他

们不太愿意把资金转投其他地方(lessinclinedtoswitchthcirmoneyaround)o由此排

除A项和C项。第三段末句“投资者普遍感到吃惊(overwhelmed)”指的就是持股者

对股市不景气的反应。因此B项与事实不符。

38、Intheauthor'sopinion,employeesshould.

A、investincompanystocktoshowloyaltytotheiremployer

B、getoutoftheirowncompany'sstock

C、waitforsometimebeforedisposingoftheirstock

D、givetrusttoaparticularcompany'sstock

标准答案：B

知识点解析：细节题。第五段中作者提到，年轻的雇员没有选择，只能等到50岁

或55岁才能卖掉公司的股票。第六段则提到，而老雇员在能够退出(gettingoul)的

时候却没有。60岁及以上的人中1/3选择公司股票作为他们3/4的投资计划。

该段末句作者连续用几个问号对这种作法进行了质疑：难道他们疏忽了?过度忠诚?

疾病？由此我们可推出作者的观点是反对投资自己公司的做法。因此B项正确，排

除A项。第七段首句作者则提到，投资者不应该完全信任任何一家公司的股票。

因此D项是作者反对的。C项文中未提。

39、ItcanbeinferredfromthetextthatLucent,EnronandXeroxarenamesof.

A、successfulbusinesses

B、bankruptedcompanies

C、stocks

D^hugecorporations

标准答案：B

知识点解析：推理题。题干中的几个专有名词出现在第六段末，该句用虚拟语气指

出，就好像朗讯、安然和施乐的事情从来未发生过一样。联系上下文，上文作者对

雇员购买公司股票的行为表示质疑，卜.文则提出不应完全信任任何一家公司。由此

可推出，这是三家作为反面例子的公司，由于它们的破产，使持有这些公司股票的

人受到很大的损失。B项最恰当。

40、Theauthor'sattitudetowardsthelong-terminvestors'decisionis.

A、positive

B、suspicious

C、negative

D、ambiguous

标准答案：A

知识点解析：态度题。最后一段作者给出了自己对股票投资的看法：多样股可以长

期地保持稳定，再加上债券的支持。可见，作者鼓励投资者作长期考虑。上文中作

者对投资公司股票行为的警告也是在劝告投资人不要抱有一劳永逸的想法，要有长

期的计划，预期可能出现的风险。所以，A为正确选项。

三、阅读（补全短文）（本题共5题，每题7.0分，共

5分。）

[A]Whattodoasastudent[B]Variousdefinitionsofplagiarism[C]Ideasshouldalways

besourced[D]Ignorancecanbeforgiven[E]Plagiarismisequivalenttotheft[F]The

consequencesofplagiarism[G]AcknowledgementshouldsubstituteplagiarismScholars,

writersandteachersinthemodernacademiccommunityhavestrongfeelingsabout

acknowledgingtheuseofanotherperson'sideas.IntheEnglish-speakingworld,theterm

plagiarism（抄袭）isusedtolabelthepracticeofnotgivingcreditforthesourceofone's

ideas.Simplystated,plagiarismis"thewrongfulappropriation（盗用）orpurloining（偷窃）,

andpublicationasone'sownoftheideas,ortheexpressionofideasofanother.[RI]

Thepenaltiesforplagiarismvaryfromsituationtosituation.Inmany

universities,thepunishmentmayrangefromfailureinaparticularcoursetoexpulsion（开

除）（Yomtheuniversity.Intheliteraryworld,wherewritersareprotectedfromplagiarism

byinternationalcopyrightlaws,thepenaltymayrangefromasmallfinetoimprisonment

andaruinedcareer.Protectionofscholarsandwriters,throughthecopyrightlawsand

throughthesocialpressuresoftheacademicandliterarycommunities,isarelatively

recentconcept.Suchsocialpressuresandcopyrightlawsrequirewriterstogive

scrupulousattentiontodocumentationoftheirsources.