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    　　Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
    　　Part A
    　　Directions：Read the following four texts. Answer the questions after each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)
    　　Text 1
    　　King Juan Carlos of Spain once insisted kings don’t abdicate, they die in their sleep. But embarrassing scandals and the popularity of the republican left in the recent Euro-elections have forced him to eat his words and stand down. So, dies the Spanish crisis suggest that monarchy is seeing its last days? Does that mean the uniting is on the wall for all European royals, with their magnificent uniforms and majestic lifestyles?
    　　The Spanish case previous arguments both for and against monarchy when public opinion is particularly. Polarized, as it was following the end of the France regime, monarchs can rise above “mere” politics and “embody” a spirit of national unity.
    　　It is this apparent transcendence of politics that explains monarchs continuing popularity as heads of states. And so, the Middle East expected, Europe is the most monarch-infested region is the world, with 10 kingdoms not counting Vatican city and Andorra. But unlike their absolutist counterparts in the Gulf and Asia, most royal families have survived because they allow voters to avoid the difficult search for a non-controversial but respect public figure.
    　　Even so, kings and queens undoubtedly have a downside, symbolic of national unity as they claim to be, their very history—and sometimes the way they behave today-embodies outdated and indefensible privileges and inequalities. At a time when Thomes Piketty and other ecumenists are warning of rising inequality and the increasing power of inherited wealth, it is bizarre that wealthy aristocratic families should still be the symbolic heart of modern democratic families should still be the symbolic heart of modern democratic states. The most successful monarchies strive to abandon or hide their old aristocratic ways. Prince and princess have day-jobs and ride bicycles, not horses (or helicopters). Even so, these are wealthy families who party with the international 1%, and media intrusiveness makes it increasingly difficult to maintain the right image.
    　　While Europe’s monarchies will no doubt be smart enough to strive for some time to come, it is the British royals who have most to fear from the Spanish example.
    　　It is only the Queen who has preserved the monarchy reputation with her rather ordinary (if well-healed) granny style. The danger will come with Charles, who has both an expensive taste of lifestyle and a pretty hierarchical view of the world. He has failed to understand that monarchies have largely survived because they provide a service—as non-controversial and non-political heads of state. Charles ought to know that as English history shows, it is kings of republicans, who are the monarchy’s worst enemies.
    　　21、according to the first two paragraphs, king Juan Carl of span
    　　[A] used to enjoy high public support
    　　[B] was unpopular among European royals
    　　[C] ended his reign in embarrassment
    　　[D] eased his relationship with his rivals
    　　22、monarchs are kept as head of state in Europe mostly
    　　[A] owing to their undoubted and respectable status
    　　[B] to achieve a balance between tradition and reality
    　　[C] to give voters more public figures to look up to
    　　[D] due to their everlasting political embodiment
    　　23. Which of the following is shown to be odd, according to Paragraph 4?
    　　[A] Aristocrats’ excessive reliance on inherited wealth.
    　　[B] The simple lifestyle of the aristocratic families.
    　　[C] The role of the nobility in modern democracies.
    　　[D] The nobility’s adherence to their privileges.
    　　24. The British royals “have most to fear” because Charles
    　　[A] takes a tough line on political issues.
    　　[B] fails to change his lifestyle as advised.
    　　[C] takes republicans as his potential allies.
    　　[D] fails to adapt himself to his future role.
    　　25. Which of the following is the best title of the text?
    　　[A] Carlos, Glory and Disgrace Combined
    　　[B] Carlos, a Lesson for All European Monarchs
    　　[C] Charles, Slow to React to the Coming Threats
    　　[D] Charles, Anxious to Succeed to the Throne
    　　答案解析：
    　　21 D ended his reign in embarrassment
    　　此题属于细节题。
    　　根据关键词King Juan Carlos of Spain 定位到第一段第一和第二句。But embarrassing scandals…have forced him to eat his words and stand down. 此处stand down译为放弃席位。因此D ended his reign in embarrassment是原文内容的同义替换。
    　　22 A owing to their undoubted and respectable status
    　　此题属于细节题。
    　　根据关键词定位到第三段第一句it is this apparent …that explains …as heads of state.和第三句But unlike their absolutist…most royal families have survived because they allow voters to avoid the difficult search for ...respected public figure. 绝大多数皇室家族使得选民避免了寻找受人尊敬的公众人物的麻烦。因此A owing to their undoubted and respectable status是原文内容的同义替换。
    　　23 B the role of the nobility in modern democracies
    　　此题属于细节题。
    　　根据关键词定位到第四段最后一句话…it is bizarre that wealthy aristocratic families should still be the symbolic heart of modern democratic states 奇怪的是有钱的贵族家庭仍然处于现代民主国家的核心地位。因此B the role of the nobility in modern democracies是原文内容的同义替换。
    　　24 B fails to change his lifestyle as advised
    　　此题属于细节题。
    　　根据关键词”have most of fear”定位到第六段，Charles定位到最后一段的地二句Charles 后面who引导定语从句who has both an expensive taste of lifestyle and …world因此B fails to change his lifestyle as advised是原文内容的同义替换。
    　　25 C Carlos，a Lesson for All European Monarchs
    　　此题属于全文主旨题。
    　　着眼全文，通篇都在围绕monarchs展开。第一段由Carlos引出当今君主制面临的危机。因此Carlos，a Lesson for All European Monarchs是全文内容的精确概括。
    　　Text 2
    　　Just how much does the Constitution protect your digital data? The Supreme Court will now consider whether police can search the contents of a mobile phone without a warrant if the phone is on or around a person during an arrest.
    　　California has asked the justices to refrain from a sweeping ruling, particularly one that upsets the old assumptions that authorities may search through the possessions of suspects at the time of their arrest. It is hard, the state argues, for judges to assess the implications of new and rapidly changing technologies.
    　　The court would be recklessly modest if it followed California’s advice. Enough of the implications are discernable, even obvious, so that the justice can and should provide updated guidelines to police, lawyers and defendants.
    　　They should start by discarding California’s lame argument that exploring the contents of a smartphone-- a vast storehouse of digital information is similar to say, going through a suspect’s purse .The court has ruled that police don't violate the Fourth Amendment when they go through the wallet or pocketbook, of an arrestee without a warrant. But exploring one’s smartphone is more like entering his or her home. A smartphone may contain an arrestee’s reading history, financial history, medical history and comprehensive records of recent correspondence. The development of “cloud computing,” meanwhile, has made that exploration so much the easier.
    　　But the justices should not swallow California’s argument whole. New, disruptive technology sometimes demands novel applications of the Constitution’s protections. Orin Kerr, a law professor, compares the explosion and accessibility of digital information in the 21st century with the establishment of automobile use as a digital necessity of life in the 20th: The justices had to specify novel rules for the new personal domain of the passenger car then; they must sort out how the Fourth Amendment applies to digital information now.
    　　26. The Supreme Court, will work out whether, during an arrest, it is legitimate to
    　　[A] search for suspects’ mobile phones without a warrant.
    　　[B] check suspects’ phone contents without being authorized.
    　　[C] prevent suspects from deleting their phone contents.
    　　[D] prohibit suspects from using their mobile phones.
    　　27. The author’s attitude toward California’s argument is one of
    　　[A] tolerance.
    　　[B] indifference.
    　　[C] disapproval.
    　　[D] cautiousness.
    　　28. The author believes that exploring one’s phone content is comparable to
    　　[A] getting into one’s residence.
    　　[B] handing one’s historical records.
    　　[C] scanning one’s correspondences.
    　　[D] going through one’s wallet.
    　　29. In Paragraph 5 and 6, the author shows his concern that
    　　[A] principles are hard to be clearly expressed.
    　　[B] the court is giving police less room for action.
    　　[C] phones are used to store sensitive information.
    　　[D] citizens’ privacy is not effective protected.
    　　30.Orin Kerr’s comparison is quoted to indicate that
    　　(A)the Constitution should be implemented flexibly.
    　　(B)New technology requires reinterpretation of the Constitution.
    　　(C)California’s argument violates principles of the Constitution.
    　　(D)Principles of the Constitution should never be altered.
    　　T2答案解析：
    　　26 答案B check suspects’ phone contents without being authorized
    　　解析：细节题。根据自然段定位原则，定位到首段。根据题干关键词supreme court，whether精确定位到第一段最后一句whether police can search the contents of a mobile phone….，与选项进行对应，即为B在不授权的情况下检查嫌疑人的电话信息。注意A选项应是search contents。
    　　27 答案 C disapproval
    　　解析：态度题。根据题干California’s argument定位到第二段最后一句及第三段首句，这些句子中提到hard… recklessly modest…等负向词，表达的是负面态度。看选项属于负面的就是disapproval。A 容忍，B冷漠是典型错误，D粗心。
    　　28 答案A getting into one’s residence
    　　解析：细节题。题干问：作者认为搜索电话薄就相当于什么?根据段落界定原则定位到第四段转折处，提到But exploring one’s smart phone is more like entering his or her home.与选项对应，A中的residence对应home，是原文的同意替换。注意D选项不是作者的观点，不能将文中人物观点当作作者观点。
    　　29 答案D citizens’ privacy is not effective protected
    　　解析：细节题。根据题干定位到5段和6段，题干问作者最关注的是什么，即是相应段落的段落中心。因此，该题表面是细节题，实质为段落核心。5段首句为中心句提到，应采取措施保护数据隐私;6段又继续陈述原则的不恰当之处。根据这些内容，对应答案D 市民隐私未能得到有效保护。
    　　30 答案 B New technology requires reinterpretation of the Constitution
    　　解析：例证题。题干问的是引用Orin Kerr的目的是什么，即Orin Kerr是论据，其目的是论点。论点往往在论据的前面，所以要找例子前面的一句话，即New, disruptive technology sometimes demands novel applications of the Constitution’s protections.与选项对应，就是B new technology是原词复现，require等同于demands，reinterpretation of the Constitution同义替换applications of the Constitution’s protections。

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    　　Text 3
    　　The journal Science is adding an extra round of statistical checks to its peer-review process, editor-in-chief Marcia McNutt announced today. The policy follows similar efforts from other journals, after widespread concern that basic mistakes in data analysis are contributing to the irreproducibility of many published research findings.
    　　“Readers must have confidence in the conclusions published in our journal,” writes McNutt in an editorial. Working with the American Statistical Association, the journal has appointed seven experts to a statistics board of reviewing editors (SBoRE). Manu will be flagged up for additional scrutiny by the journal’s internal editors, or by its existing Board of Reviewing Editors or by outside peer reviewers. The SBoRE panel will then find external statisticians to review these manuscripts.
    　　Asked whether any particular papers had impelled the change, McNutt said: “The creation of the ‘statistics board’was motivated by concerns broadly with the application of statistics and data analysis in scientific research and is part of Science’s overall drive to increase reproducibility in the research we publish.”
    　　Giovanni Parmigiani, a biostatistician at the Harvard School of Public Health, a member of the SBoRE group, says he expects the board to “play primarily an advisory role.” He agreed to join because he “found the foresight behind the establishment of the SBoRE to be novel, unique and likely to have a lasting impact. This impact will not only be through the publications in Science itself, but hopefully through a larger group of publishing places that may want to model their approach after Science.”
    　　31. It can be learned from Paragraph I that
    　　[A] Science intends to simplify its peer-review process.
    　　[B]journals are strengthening their statistical checks.
    　　[C]few journals are blamed for mistakes in data analysis.
    　　[D]lack of data analysis is common in research projects.
    　　32. The phrase ‘flagged up” (Para.2)is the closest in meaning to
    　　[A]found.
    　　[B]revised.
    　　[C]marked
    　　[D]stored
    　　33. Giovanni Parmigiani believes that the establishment of the SBoRE may
    　　[A]pose a threat to all its peers
    　　[B]meet with strong opposition
    　　[C]increase Science’s circulation.
    　　[D]set an example for other journals
    　　34. David Vaux holds that what Science is doing now
    　　A. adds to researchers’ workload.
    　　B. diminishes the role of reviewers.
    　　C. has room for further improvement.
    　　D. is to fail in the foreseeable future.
    　　35. Which of the following is the best title of the text?
    　　A. Science Joins Push to Screen Statistics in Papers
    　　B. Professional Statisticians Deserve More Respect
    　　C. Data Analysis Finds Its Way onto Editors’ Desks
    　　D. Statisticians Are Coming Back with Science
    　　Text 3答案解析：
    　　31. 答案 B journals are strengthening their statistical checks 段落推断题 考查的是段落中心句，定位在首段首句 The journal Science is adding an extra source at Peer-review process, editor-in- chief Marcia McNott announced today. 《科学》 杂志将要对同行评审过程增加额外的资源。与选项B同意替换。
    　　32. 答案 C marked 词义句意题 根据所猜短语flagged up 所在句子的句意，手稿将被flagged up以供杂志编辑、现有的编辑评审委员会或外部同行审查。比较四个选项，只有C marked 被标记，符合题意。
    　　33. 答案 D set an example for other journals 观点细节题 定位在四段末句 This impact will not only be through the publications in Science itself, but hopefully through a larger group of publishing places that may want to model their approach after Science. 这不仅对于《科学》 杂志本身的出版有影响，还有希望影响其它的出版社，这些出版社想继《科学》 杂志之后树立自己的典型形象。选项D是这句话的概括总结。
    　　34. 答案 D has room for further improvement 观点细节题 定位在末段末句，Vaux says that Science’s idea to pass some papers to statisticians “has some merit, but a weakness is that ....”Vaux 认为《科学》 杂志的想法有一些好处，但是有个缺点是....这就说明这个想法是有进一步改进的空间的。
    　　35. 答案 A Science Joins Push to Screen Statistics in Papers 主旨大意题 本文首段首句就是全文主题句，《科学》 杂志将要对同行评审过程增加额外的资源，而且全文其它各个段落都在围绕对这一想法不同专家的不同态度在论述，所以选项A是对全文中心的完整表达。
    　　Text 4
    　　Two years ago, Rupert Murdoch’s daughter, Elisabeth, spoke of the “unsettling dearth of integrity across so many of our institutions”. Integrity had collapsed, she argued, because of a collective acceptance that the only “sorting mechanism” in society should be profit and the market. But “it’s us, human beings, we the people who create the society we want, not profit”.
    　　Driving her point home, she continued: “It’s increasingly apparent that the absence of purpose, of a moral language within government, media or business could become one of the most dangerous goals for capitalism and freedom.” This same absence of moral purpose was wounding companies such as News International, she thought, making it more likely that it would lose its way as it had with widespread illegal telephone hacking.
    　　As the hacking trial concludes—finding guilty one ex-editor of the News of the World, Andy Coulson, for conspiring to hack phones, and finding his predecessor, Rebekah Brooks, innocent of the same charge—the wider issue of dearth of integrity still stands. Journalists are known to have hacked the phones of up to 5,500 people. This is hacking on an industrial scale, as was acknowledged by Glenn Mulcaire, the man hired by the News of the World in 2001 to be the point person for phone hacking. Others await trial. This saga still unfolds.
    　　In many respects, the dearth of moral purpose frames not only the fact of such widespread phone hacking but the terms on which the trial took place. One of the astonishing revelations was how little Rebekah Brooks knew of what went on in her newsroom, how little she thought to ask and the fact that she never inquired how the stories arrived. The core of her successful defense was that she knew nothing.
    　　In today’s world, it has become normal that well-paid executives should not be accountable for what happens in the organizations that they run. Perhaps we should not be so surprised. For a generation, the collective doctrine has been that the sorting mechanism of society should be profit. The words that have mattered are efficiency, flexibility, shareholder value, business-friendly, wealth generation, sales, impact and, in newspapers, circulation. Words degraded to the margin have been justice, fairness, tolerance, proportionality and accountability.
    　　The purpose of editing the News of the World was not to promote reader understanding, to be fair in what was written or to betray any common humanity. It was to ruin lives in the quest for circulation and impact. Ms Brooks may or may not have had suspicions about how her journalists got their stories, but she asked no questions, gave no instructions—nor received traceable, recorded answers.
    　　36. According to the first two paragraphs, Elisabeth was upset by
    　　(A) the consequences of the current sorting mechanism.
    　　(B) companies’ financial loss due to immoral practices
    　　(C) governmental ineffectiveness on moral issues.
    　　(D) the wide misuse of integrity among institutions.
    　　37. It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that
    　　(A) Glenn Mulcaire may deny phone hacking as a crime.
    　　(B) more journalists may be found guilty of phone hacking.
    　　(C) Andy Coulson should be held innocent of the charge.
    　　(D) phone hacking will be accepted on certain occasions.
    　　38. The author believes that Rebekah Brooks’s defense
    　　(A) revealed a cunning personality.
    　　(B) centered on trivial issues.
    　　(C) was hardly convincing.
    　　(D) was part of a conspiracy.
    　　39. The author holds that the current collective doctrine shows
    　　(A) generally distorted values.
    　　(B) unfair wealth distribution.
    　　(C) a marginalized lifestyle.
    　　(D) a rigid moral code.
    　　40 Which of the following is suggested in the last paragraph?
    　　(A) The quality of writings is of primary importance.
    　　(B) Common humanity is central to news reporting.
    　　(C) Moral awareness matters in editing a newspaper.
    　　(D) Journalists need stricter industrial regulations.
    　　Text4答案解析：
    　　36. 答案A. The consequences of the current sorting mechanism. 因果细节题 题目问到Elisbeth 因什么而感到沮丧。定位在第一段第二句 Intergrity had collapsed, ..., because of a collective acceptance that the only “sorting mechanism” in society should be profit and the market, 由于社会中唯一的分类机制是利润和市场这一共同的观念，导致了正直这种道德品质的沦丧。
    　　37. 答案 B more journalists may be found guilty of phone hacking 段落推断题 定位到第三段第一句 As the hacking trial concludes.... the wider issue of dearth of integrity still stands 正如窃听案总结的那样，仍然存在更广泛的dearth of integrity 的事件，与选项B 对应。
    　　38. 答案 C was hardly convincing 观点细节题 根据第四段第二句中astonishing，how little...,how little... She never ... 以及第三句中She knew nothing 的语气判断作者的态度是认为RB的辩护是没有说服力的。
    　　39. 答案 A generally distorted values 观点细节题 题干定位在第五段第三句，答案定位在随后的第四、第五句。 The current collective doctrine 认为重要的是 efficiency, flexibility, shareholder value...., 而认为justice, fairness....不重要，故扭曲了价值观。
    　　40. 答案是C moral awareness matters in editing a newspaper. 段落推断题 定位在最后一段前两句。世界新闻杂志的目的不是提升读者的理解能力。。。。而是为了发行量和影响力而毁了人们的生活。从ruined the lives 的表达能看出作者希望杂志所做的是提高其道德意识，与C选项对应。

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