1、第三部分应试篇tears are often inappropriate and may even be counterproductive.06应读“Counterproductive”(Line6)very probably means“A.having no effect at allB.leading to tensionC.producing disastrous impactD.harmful to healthCrying is hardly an activity encouraged by society.Tears,be they of sorrow,anger,or jo
2、y,typically make Americans feel uncomfortable and embarrassed.The shedder of tears is likely toapologize,even when a devastating tragedy was the provocation.The observer of tears is likely to doeverything possible to put an end to the emotional outpouring.But judging from recent studies of cryingbeh
3、avior,links between illness and crying and the chemical composition of tears,both those responses totears are often inappropriate and may even be counterproductive.07The word cheap(Line 2)is closest in meaning toA.inferior in qualityB.inexpensiveC.unwilling to spendD.valuelessWhen you get dragged al
4、ong shopping youre going to spend money;if you get dragged to aparty and everyone wants to take a taxi but you are cheap and want to take a bus,chances are youll endup sharing the fee for the taxi,said Tom.I guess you could say no,but no one wants to be the onlyone eating in the snack bar while our
5、friends are out to dinner.08The word“portend”(Line 1)is closest in meaning to“A.defyB.signalC.suffer fromD.result fromSome futurologists have assumed that the vast upsurge of women in the workforce may portend arejection of marriage.Many women,according to this hypothesis,would rather work than marr
6、y.Theconverse of this concern is that the prospects of becoming a multi-paycheck household could encouragemarriages.In the past,only the earnings and financial prospects of the man counted in the marriagedecision.Now,however,the earning ability of a woman can make her more attractive as a marriagepa
7、rtner.Data show that economic downturns tend to postpone marriage because the parties cannot affordto establish a family or are concerned about rainy days ahead.As the economy rebounds,the number ofmarriages also rises.09Judging from the context,what does digital divide(Line 1,Para.3)probably mean?A
8、.the governments analysisB.the divide between the poor and the rich2752016MBA、MPA、MPAcc联考与经济类联考英语分册C.the pace of the information ageD.the gap between peoples access to the computerNow for the not-so-good news.The governments analysis spells out so-called digital divide.Thatis,the digital explosion i
9、s not booming at the same pace for everyone.Yes,it is true that we are allplugged in to a much greater degree than any of us have been in the past.But.some of us are moreplugged in than others and are getting plugged in far more rapidly.And this gap is widening even as thepace of the information age
10、 accelerates through society.10What do the environmentalists mean by saying Not so fast(Line 1,Para.2)?A.Oil exploitation takes a long time.B.The oil drilling should be delayed.C.Dont be too optimistic.D.Dont expect fast returns.The oil industry goes with the high end of the range,which could equal
11、as much as 10%of U.S.consumption for as long as six years.By pumping more than 1 million barrels a day from the reserve forthe next two three decades,lobbyists claim,the nation could cut back on imports equivalent to allshipments to the U.S.from Saudi Arabia.Sounds good.An oil boom would also mean a
12、 multibilliondollar windfall in tax revenues,royalties and leasing fees for Alaska and the Federal Government.Bestof all,advocates of drilling say,damage to the environment would be insignificant.Weve never hada document case of oil rig chasing deer out onto the pack ice.says Alaska State Representa
13、tive ScottOgan.Not so fast,say environmentalists.Sticking to the low end of government estimates,the NationalResources Defense Council says.(11What does the sentence The bloom was off the rosemean?A.The rose in the theme park was out of bloom.B.The year 2000 was lucky for the 50 establishments.C.The
14、 theme park attendance was like the rose.D.The best time for the theme parks was gone.The bloom was off the rose as we turned the corner into 2000,so theres more discounting now,he says.12What did Marty Dettling mean when she said Its going to be big?A.Green buildings have a great poieutial.B.People
15、 expect bigger green buildings.C.Green buildings will be larger in size.D.People prefer to live in bigger buildings.276第三部分应试篇Not everyone is leaping to move into a green building,however.Some people think that featuressuch as solar panels cost more money than more traditional energy sources.Despite
16、 this,Dettling hopes阔应读that green buildings will become common in the future.Its going to be big.she said.理13篇AThe sentence If only the rest of his expenses were as easy to quantify(Sentence 2)implies thatA.there are many other unexpected expensesB.it is easy to calculate how much more to spendC.the
17、 tuition is too high to be calculatedD.he has to pay only a few other expensesEach semester,Andrew Tom receives a term bill outlining his expenses:tuition,dorm fee,studentcenter fee,recreation fee,resident activity fee,health insurance.If only the rest of his expenses were aseasy to quantify.14By on
18、ly two-thirds as bad as the ones on at the moment,the author meansA.better thanB.as bad asC.worse thanD.as good asWhen I lost my notebooks,I was devastated;all the ideas Id had over the past two years werecontained within their pages.I could remember only a few of them,but had the impression that th
19、ose Icouldnt recall were truly brilliant.Those little books were crammed with the plots of award-winningnovels and scripts for radio comedy shows that were only two-thirds as bad as the ones on at themoment.15The statement it is all too monkey(Last line,Para.1)implies thatA.monkeys are also outraged
20、 by slack rivalsB.resenting unfairness is also monkeysnatureC.monkeys,like humans,tend to be jealous of each otherD.no animals other than monkeys can develop such emotionsEverybody loves a fat pay rise.Yet pleasure at your own can vanish if you learn that a colleaguehas been given a bigger one.Indee
21、d,if he has a reputation for slacking,you might even be outraged.Such behaviour is regarded as all too human,with the underlying assumption that other animals wouldnot be capable of this finely developed sense of grievance.But a study by Sarah Brosnan and Frans deWaal of Emory University in Atlanta,
22、Georgia,which has just been published in Nature,suggests that itis all too monkey,as well.277第兰部分应试篇021Theme-park-bound bargain seekers would be今年夏天，对于前往主题公园淘便宜应读wise to spend some time surfing online before they get in货的人来讲，明智的做法是去公园排队前式理line at the parks this summer.篇要先上网冲浪。DA growing number of th
23、ese attractions now当前，越来越多的这些景点允许顾客allow customers to print e-tickets at home with large dis-在家打印带有大幅折扣的电子门票，以在counts off the gate price,in part to spur attendance that部分程度上改善近些年来一直下滑的游has declined in recent years国率。必背词汇目文l.theme n.主题9.surf vi.(网上)冲浪15.print vt.印刷2.theme-park主题公园10.online ad.在线，在网上l
24、6.e-ticket n.电子票3.bound a.要到去的1l.get in line排队17.discount n.折扣4.bargain n.便宜货12.a growing number of越来l8.in part在部分程度上5.seeker n.寻求者越多的19.spur v吃.刺激6.bargain seeker淘便宜货的人l3.attraction n.有吸引力的20.attendance n.出席，参加7.wise a.明智的事物21.decline vi.下滑8.spend吡.花货14.customer n.顾客1解题思路The word attractions(Line 1
25、,Para.2)refers to单词“attractions”（第二段首行)指的是A.theme parksB.bargainsA.主题公园B.便宜货C.e-ticketsD.discountsC.电子票D.折扣【答案】A【题型】词汇推断题【思路】根据题干信号词“attractions”和出处提示Line1,Para.2可回文定位到第二段句，再根据该句“attractions”前面的指示代词“these”,可知其在上文应有对应的“复数名词”信息，一一比对上文（上段仅一句）句中的复数名词信息(parks、seekers)可知，these attractions(这些吸引人的“物”)只能指代“t
26、he parks”,而the parks,根据其前面的定冠词the可知是指句首的theme park,故A项正确。注：attraction的后缀-ion决定该词不能用于指“人”，故seekers不正确。【点睛】代词的指代对象是英语（二）阅读理解的高频命题点，本题原文出处的“指示代词”ths无疑起到“方向指示”作用，指代上文的某处信息；考生还可根据“代入检查法”，将四个选项一一代入原文，做语义比对，会发现能发出动作“low”的动作发出者只能是有主观意志的“人”或“机构”，而B项（便宜货）、C项（电子票）和D项（折扣）往往不能与主观意志词“允许”进行搭配，应予以排除。【注意】代入检查往往是做此类题型的最后一步，对保证正确率很关锭！279