2006年考研英语模拟试题三

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　　Section Ⅰ Use of English
　　Directions:
　　Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1(10 points)
　　STOP fretting about recession. That is the message from America's R-word index. For each quarter, we 1 how many stories in the New York Times and the Washington Post include the word "recession". 2 bells were set 3 by the sharp jump in the "R-count" in the first quarter of this year, at a rate that in the past has 4 the start of a recession. In the second quarter, 5 , the number of articles 6 by more than one-third. A conspiracy theorist might suggest that newspaper editors, 7 about dwindling advertising revenues, have 8 the R-word.
　　The Economist has found that 9 the past two decades, the R- word index has been good at 10 turning-points in the American economy. 11 GDP figures which appear 12 after a lag, the numbers are instantly available. But how does the index perform in Germany, 13 there have also been 14 fears of recession? Using our idea, HypoVereinsbank has 15 an R-word index for Germany, counting the number of times the word recession 16 in Handelsblatt.
　　Worryingly, Germany's R-count for the first quarter of 2001 showed the second-steepest 17 in the past two decades. But in the second quarter, the index dropped by one-third, 18 in America. 19 the world economy has nothing to worry about, or journalists are more worried about a 20 than a mere recession. A D-word index?
　　1.A. count B. calculate C. account D. reckon
　　2. A. warning B alarm C. siren D. danger
　　3.A. up B out C. off D. about
　　4.A hint at B. gestured C. sign D. signaled
　　5.A but B. yet C. however D. although
　　6,A. reduced B. fell C. drop D. descended
　　7.A. bothered B. harassed C. troubled D. worried
　　8.A. prohibited B. proscribed C. banned D. interdicted
　　9.A.over B. in C. through D. by
　　10. A. pointing B setting C. placing D. spotting
　　11.A. Unlike B.Like C. As D. Not as
　　12.A. generally B. usually C. always D. only
　　13A.whicn B. where C. who D. what
　　14.A. grown B grow C grew D growing
　　15.A. coined B built C. constructed D. set up
　　16.A. appearing B. appeared C. appearance D. appears
　　17.A. growth B. rise C. rising D. climb
　　18.A. as B. like C. as if D. as that
　　19.A.Either B. Whichever C. Neither D Whatever
　　20 A. depression B decline C despair D. dejection
　　Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
　　Part A
　　TEXT 1
　　EVEN to his contemporaries, Rochester was a legendary figure. One of the youngest and most handsome courtiers of the restored Charles II, he was the favorite of a king whose wit, lasciviousness and serious intellectual interests he shared. He was banished from court several times, but Charles's pleasure in his conversation always resulted in his recall. His authentic adventures included the attempted abduction of an heiress (whom he later married), smashing a phallic-shaped sundial in the royal gardens during a drunken spree, and a violent affray with the watch at Epsom in which one of his companions was killed.
　　Quite apart from his reputation as a poet, he was feted in the writings of his friends, notably in Sir George Etherege's comedy, "The Man of Mode". Just before he died in 1680, at the age of 33, destroyed by alcoholism and syphilis, Rochester's legend took a surprising turn. After a series of conversations with an Anglican rationalist divine, Gilbert Burnet, the skeptical libertine made a death-bed conversion which was celebrated in the devotional literature of the succeeding century.
　　Engaging as it is, the Rochester legend has always been a distraction. It has resulted in many apocryphal stories and dubious attributions, and it can still divert attention from the poetry. It is Rochester's achievement as a poet which commands our interest and makes him something more than a luridly colorful period figure. For all the brevity of his career, Rochester is a crucial figure in the development of English verse satire and the Horatian epistle, a student of his elder French contemporary Boileau, and an important exemplar for later poets as different as Alexander Pope and Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea.
　　Cephas Goldsworthy's "The Satyr" gives us the legend. Although there are no footnotes to sources, the book shows some acquaintance with modern Rochester scholarship and its rejection of spurious verse from his canon-but only intermittently. Anecdotes concerning Rochester and his crony George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, are retailed without any indication that they have, in fact, been discredited; poems no longer attributed to Rochester are cited as if they were authentic. Mr. Goldsworthy quotes liberally from the poetry, but repeatedly reads it as straightforward autobiography. For example, we are told that "My dear mistress has a heart" is addressed to. Elizabeth Barry, an actress, which is incautious given the uncertain dating of this song, and indeed of most of Rochester's poems. More generally, while of course some of the satires include references to actual persons, as often as not in 17th-century love poetry the emotion is genuine but the addressee is fictitious.
　　A less simplistic way to relate Rochester's poetry to his life would be to read the former as an exploration of what it means to live according to libertine values. In his best satires and even some of the lyrics he articulated an anti-rational nihilistic vision scarcely found elsewhere in English verse. Such a task belongs to a critical biography. There is no mistaking Mr. Goldsworthy's enthusiasm for his subject, but his book is essentially biography as entertainment.
　　21. Rochester was not
　　A . a troublemaker.
　　B. a fictional legendary figure.
　　C. an excellent Solomon.
　　D. the favorite of Charles II.
　　22. Rochester didn't have a reputation of
　　A comedian
　　B legend
　　C libertine
　　D poet
　　23. The word "nihilistic" (line 4, Para 5)means
　　A rational
　　B practical
　　C opposed moral beliefs
　　D pro-government
　　24. Rochester's legend gave others a surprising turn when
　　A he was dying
　　B he got syphilis
　　C he appeared in an anti-rational state
　　D he changed his life-style
　　25. Rochester was not
　　A crucial in the development of English verse satire
　　B a comedy writer
　　C Boileau's student
　　D am important model for later poets
　　Text 2
　　WHERE is the second centre of Hollywood film making in Europe, after London? Paris, or perhaps Berlin? Try Prague. Last year, Hollywood spent over $2OOm on shooting movies, commercials and pop videos in the Czech capital. This year, all the big studios will be in town. MGM has "Hart's War" starring Bruce Willis, Disney is shooting "Black Sheep" with Anthony Hopkins, and Fox has just finished filming "From Hell", a Jack the Ripper saga starring Johnny Depp.
　　Praguers take Tinseltown in their stride. Old ladies looked only slightly bemused last month when the cobbled streets of Mala Strana, Prague's old quarter, were cleared of real snow and sprayed with a more cinematically pleasing chemical alternative for Universal's "Bourne Identity", a $50m thriller starring Matt Damon. The film's producer, Pat Crowley, reckons a day filming in Prague costs him $l00，000, against $250,000 in Paris. Czech crews, he says, are professional, English-speaking and numerous. They are also a bargain-40% cheaper than similar crews in London or Los Angeles, points out Matthew Stillman, the British boss of Stillking, a Prague-based production firm.
　　Mr. Stillman founded Stillking in 1993 after arriving in Prague with $500 and a typewriter. Today, Hollywood producers come to the company for crews, catering, lights and much more. It claims to have about half of the local film-production business and this year hopes for revenues of over $50m.
　　The biggest draw to Prague, however, is Barrandov - one of the largest film studios in Europe, with 11 sound-stages, onsite photo labs and top-notch technicians. It was founded during Czechoslovakia's pre-war first republic by Milos Havel, an uncle of the present Czech president, Vaclav Havel. The Nazis expanded it as a production centre for propaganda flicks - the sound-stages are courtesy of Joseph Goebbels. Then came the Communists with their own propaganda and, admittedly, a few impressive homegrown directors such as Milos Forman, who began Hollywood's march to Prague by filming "Amadeus" there.

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　　But it is partly thanks to Barrandov that Prague remains some way behind London as a film centre. The studio has suffered from iffy management and is already stretched to capacity ("You can't even get an office there," moans one producer). Its present owner, a local steel company, is keen to sell but talks with a Canadian consortium have been thorny, not least because the Czech government holds a golden share. Should the Canadian deal fall through, Stillking says it would consider a bid of its own.
　　26.Which one is not true about Prague?
　　A It's a gathering place for big studio to make film-stars.
　　B It's the Czech capital.
　　C It's a very popular place for Hollywood film making.
　　D It's an attractive place for both film makers and the stars.
　　27.Pat Crowley has chosen Prague to be the place for his new film just because
　　A this place is covered with snow, which is what they want.
　　B he takes costs into consideration.
　　C Matt Damon loves the place.
　　D it has the cobbled streets.
　　28. Czech Film workers are not
　　A skilled
　　B able to speak foreign languages
　　C professional
　　D bargaining ?
　　29. Stillking is a company
　　A providing instruments and workers for studios
　　B providing actors
　　C involved in film-making
　　D gathering money from local film studios
　　30. Prague remains behind London because
　　A the studio leader grasped all the capitals.
　　B of bad strategies of selling studios.
　　C Canadian consortium can not get the golden share from the government.
　　D the studio leaders didn't do a good job on booming it.
　　TEXT 3
　　THE elephants of Thailand used never to be short of work hauling timber. But most of the country's forests have been cut down, and logging is now banned to save the few that are left. The number of domesticated elephants left in the country is now only 2,500 or so, down from about 100,000 a century ago. Though being the national animal of Thailand earns an elephant plenty of respect, this does not put grass on the table. Thai elephants these days take tourists on treks or perform in circuses, and are sometimes to be seen begging for bananas on the streets of Bangkok.
　　Some of the 46 elephants living at the Thai Elephant Conservation Centre, a former government logging camp near Lampang, have found a new life in music. The Thai Elephant Orchestra is the creation of two Americans, Richard Lair, who has worked with Asian elephants for 23 years, and David Soldier, a musician and neuroscientist with a taste for the avant-garde. They provided six of the center's elephants, aged seven to 18, with a variety of percussion and wind instruments. Those familiar with Thai instruments will recognize the slit drums, the gong, the bow bass, the xylophone-like rants, as well as the thunder sheet. The only difference is that the elephant versions are a bit sturdier.
　　The elephants are given a cue to start and then they improvise. They clearly have a strong sense of rhythm. They flap their ears to the beat, swish their tails and generally rock back and forth. Some add to the melody with their own trumpeting. Elephant mood-music could have a commercial future, Mr. Soldier believes. He has even produced a CD on the Mulatta label-it is available at www.mulatta.org-with 13elephant tracks. It is real elephant music, he says, with only the human noises removed by sound engineers. But is it music? Bob Halliday, music critic of the Bangkok Post, says it is. He commends the elephants for being "so communicative". Anyone not knowing that it was elephant music, he says, would assume that humans were playing.
　　Some of the elephants in the band have also tried their hand at painting, tending to favor the abstract over the representational style. Their broad-stroke acrylic paintings last year helped raise some $25,000 at a charity auction at Christie's in New York, and a London gallery has also taken some of their work. These art sales, together with profits from the CD, are helping to keep the centre going. A second CD is on the way. It will be less classical, more pop.
　　31. The elephants of Thailand now are short of the work they used to do because
　　A they are trained to take tourists on trek.
　　B they are trained to play music.
　　C the forest-cutting is illegal
　　D there is not enough timber for them to haul.
　　32. The author's attitude towards these elephants is
　　A astonished
　　B indescribable
　　C supportive
　　D appreciative
　　33. The two American created the Orchestra in order to
　　A earn money
　　B protect elephants
　　C enjoy themselves
　　D none of the above
　　34. "trumpet" in the 3rd paragraph refers to
　　A jump
　　B shriek
　　C move
　　D shake
　　35. The elephants do not make money from
　　A getting charity from visitors
　　B selling their paintings
　　C selling their own CDs
　　D all their entertainment work
　　TEXT 4
　　DURING the 17 years of Sri Lanka's civil war, ceasefires have been arranged from time to time in the hope that permanent peace would follow. The difference about the present one, called by the separatist Tamil Tigers in December and due to end on January 24th, is that it has not been matched by the government. It believes that the Tigers sought only a breathing-space. As in the past, after recovering they would resume their attacks with renewed ferocity. The government forces have continued to kill Tigers with abandon, and held their fire only on Christmas day.
　　While the government can claim some consistency for its policy of all-out war on the Tigers, formally adopted six months ago, its rejection of the Tigers' offer has upset the Norwegians, who for 18 months have been trying to find a way to end the conflict. The Norwegians are among the most peaceable people on earth these days, whatever they may have got up to during Viking times. They find it difficult to understand why the president of this little island, Chandrika Kumaratunga, and the Tigers' leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran, cannot settle their differences. Britain, the United States and India, the regional superpower, share the Norwegians' disappointment. A meeting in Paris in December of Sri Lanka's aid donors ended, unusually, without any pledges being made for the next financial year.
　　Sensing Sri Lanka's growing isolation, Mrs. Kumaratunga broadcast on January 8th specifically to the people of the north-east, where most Tamils live, and which has been the main cockpit of the war. She said there was no point in having a ceasefire unless the Tigers were prepared to negotiate. Once they agreed to negotiations, the government would be ready for a ceasefire.
　　In this poker game it is difficult to see which side has the better hand. The Tigers' publicity machine, centered in London, has drawn international attention to the government's hardline position. Militarily the government seems to have done well during the lull, regaining control of an important road linking two large towns, Jaffna and Chavakachcheri. But its generals must be nervous that the Tigers will eventually renew their attacks in the Jaffna peninsula, which they came close to capturing in May last year.
　　If Norway does get the two sides together, what will they talk about? The Norwegians would like the Tigers to stop attacking southern areas of the island, dominated by the Sinhalese majority; in return, they want the government to lift its restrictions on supplies of food and medicine to rebel-controlled towns. Beyond that, the Norwegians appear vague. Raymond Johansen, Norway's deputy foreign minister, said last week that "Tamil aspirations must be met in a substantial manner." But he ruled out a separate state for the Tamils, which the Tigers have demanded.
　　Erik Solheim, who handles most of the Norwegian negotiations, has mentioned Switzerland as a model federation. A Swiss Sri Lanka?
　　36. The author calls this ceasefire a different one because
　　A Sri Lanka's civil war is different from the other country.
　　B the government will never adhere to its precious ? policy.
　　C Tamil Tigers appealed while the government is suspicious its motivation.?
　　D the government completely agrees with the ceasefire.
　　37. The word "consistency" means
　　A continuous action
　　B appreciation
　　C rejection
　　D indifference
　　38. According to the text, Sri Lanka's isolation is partly because
　　A its leader broadcasts to the people of the Tamils.
　　B the Tiger gave an active gesture but not the government
　　C the Tiger's machine exaggerated the government.
　　D. some western countries approved of its refusal.
　　39. Some government generals are nervous when they have done well in military action just because
　　A they continued to kill too much Tiger's with abandon.
　　B Tamil aspirations wouldn't be met in a practical form……
　　C they are unsure about its future.
　　D they are afraid of the Tiger's continuous attack for grabbing the towns
　　40. The author quoted the Raymand Johonson's words in order to imply
　　A he wanted the Tamil to have a separate state.
　　B he just did an authority talk.
　　C the peace process still has a long way to go.
　　D he was dissatisfied with the current government.
　　Part B
　　Directions:
　　In the following text, some sentences have removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into of the numbered blank there are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
　　FOR months now, ministers have been blaming Britain's archaic and expensive planning laws for many of the country's ills, from high house prices to poor productivity. Lord Falconer, a close ally of the Prime Minister, describes the planning system as "a quagmire". It is certainly a lawyer's paradise. The national planning guidance alone runs to 800 pages.
　　(41) . The green paper, a consultative document, hardly lives up to the hype. But it does contain a number of sensible proposals for reforming a system which deals with 150,000 business and 300,000 domestic planning applications each year.

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　　(42) . The government also wants developers to be able to build more easily in designated business zones. The process for planning appeals is to be speeded up. All these measures should make the system work a little faster.
　　The case for change is hard to deny. The chancellor, Gordon Brown, is convinced that Britain's poor productivity performance is in part due to its restrictive planning system. That was the thesis of a hefty report published by McKinsey's consultants three years ago which argued that every British household could be 2,500 pounds a year better off if Britain was able to match American levels of productivity. (43) .
　　(44) . Even much smaller projects are subject to lengthy delay. Terry Leahy, chief executive of Tesco, complained to a Confederation of British Industry conference recently, "I know Rome wasn't built in a day, but why does it take four years to get a positive decision on one moderately-sized inner city store?"
　　A project to build a new freight railway, financed solely by private investment, from Liverpool via Manchester, Sheffield and London to the Channel Tunnel has been mired in planning problems for more than a decade. Andrew Gritten, chairman of Central Railway, says this scheme would take 3m lorry journeys a year off the roads. But without the government's backing, it has little chance of getting through Parliament, let alone surviving a public inquiry.
　　(45) . Ministers believe that delays could be cut if the government were to set out its views in advance of a public inquiry. These would then be subject to parliamentary debate and approval. The planning system could thus deal with local issues rather than issues of principle.
　　Environmental and other lobby groups say they will resist such a change, which they see as short-circuiting democratic accountability. Certainly, the faster things happen, the worse it will be for them. It took more than a quarter of a century and three public inquiries before the bulldozers could start ploughing through beautiful Twyford Down to build a bitterly-fought extension to the M3 motorway near Winchester. In future, Swampy and his friends will have a much harder task opposing big new developments.
　　[A] For large projects, planning sometimes borders on the absurd. The inquiry into Heathrow's Terminal Five inquiry spent two days discussing whether some fish displaced by the proposed terminal would or would not be able to swim up a culvert. No wonder the inquiry occupied 33 barristers, cost pounds 100m and took four years to complete.
　　[B]The Government's Planning Green Paper, Planning: delivering a fundamental change, was published on 12 December 2001. Related 'daughter documents' - on major infrastructure projects, planning obligations, the Use Classes Order and compulsory purchase powers - were published soon afterwards.
　　[C]The Green Paper seeks a planning system which addresses economic, social, cultural and environmental objectives, in which people have confidence and which is efficient.
　　[ D] The government is to publish a document next week advocating new parliamentary procedures for major projects.
　　[E] A report which recently emerged from the Department of Environment Transport and the Regions estimated that the cost of planning delays to business was at least pounds 600m a year. Currently more than half of all commercial planning applications take longer than two months to be decided.
　　[F] This week the government unveiled its proposals for reform claiming that they represented the biggest shake-up in the planning system for half a century.
　　[G] A report which recently emerged from the Department of Environment Transport and the Regions estimated that the cost of planning delays to business was at least pounds 600m a year. Currently more than half of all commercial planning applications take longer than two months to be decided.
　　Part C
　　Directions:
　　Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET2. (10points)
　　DESPITE the world economic downturn, South Korea's stockmarket has this year outperformed those of all other countries bar Russia. Its composite stock price index (Kospi) has risen by more than 25% since January 1st. (46)The rally, which has been driven by foreign buying, is expected to continue next year, for two reasons: encouraging economic fundamentals, and the introduction of derivatives so beloved of the world's hedge funds.
　　On January 28th next year the Korea Stock Exchange is due to introduce option contracts on the shares of seven listed companies: SK Telecom, Korea Electric Power, Korea Telecom, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, Pohang Iron & Steel and Kookmin Bank. (47)And as early as July, the Financial Supervisory Commission is expected to allow investment banks to sell over-the-counter derivatives, such as equity or interest-rate swaps.
　　Trading volume on the exchange will increase accordingly, says Lee Wonki at Merrill Lynch. Foreigners hold nearly 90 trillion won ($70 billion) of Korean shares, 37% of the market. Their slice of the trading of Kospi 200 index futures and options rose to 10% this year, from about 5% a year ago. But the Kospi index, covering 200 companies, is not the best way to hedge foreign portfolios, which are invested mainly in the seven blue-chip shares. Yet derivatives alone will not sustain Korean equities unless the economy turns around. There are signs that it has reached bottom, with real GDP estimated to have grown by at least 2.8% this year (slower than last year but higher than earlier forecasts of 2% or less). (48)Jin Nyum, the finance minister, predicts that, although exports may suffer next year if the Japanese yen continues to fall, domestic demand and public spending will help real GDP to grow near to the country's full potential of 5%.
　　Some analysts argue that the recent market rise has been caused by investors' blind faith in bank and technology shares. (49)The latter rallied last month, but then hesitated as Micron, an American memory- chip maker, blew hot and cold on taking a stake in or allying with Hynix, Korea's debt-laden maker of memory chips.
　　Nevertheless, the rally is likely to continue, says Koh Wonjong, of SG Securities in Seoul. (50)That is because South Korea's industries are more diversified——into information technology, cars, shipbuilding, steel and services——than those of other Asian countries. In Taiwan, telecoms, media and technology shares account for 80% of the market.
　　The restructuring of some big companies, such as Hynix and Daewoo Motor, remains incomplete, as does bank reform. But the past four years of financial and corporate change may soon pay off. For many companies, balance-sheet problems have turned into the need to measure profits, a far more welcome task.
　　Section Ⅲ Writing
　　Part A
　　51. Directions:
　　The Students' Union of your department is planning an English Evening. You are asked to invite one of your foreign teachers to join it. Write a letter to him which should cover the following points:
　　(1)express the purpose of writing this letter;
　　(2)state the time and place of the English Evening;
　　(3)ask him to prepare a performance;
　　(4)express your sincere appreciation.
　　Part B
　　52. Directions:
　　Study the picture above carefully and write an essay entitled The Adaptation of the Classical Literature. In the essay, you should:
　　(1) describe the picture;
　　(2) interpret its meaning;
　　(3) give your opinion about the phenomenon.
　　You should write about 200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (20 points)
　　2006考研英语模拟题三参考答案
　　Section Ⅰ Use of English
　　1.答案A
　　句意：我们数一数在《纽约时报》和《华盛顿邮报》中有多少叙述包括了"衰退"这个词
　　解析; 本题测试点为动词词义和用法辨析。这四个词都有"计算"的意思，但有不同。B侧重"通过计算来确认";A侧重"计数";C是不及物动词，意为"总计为";D侧重"推算";因为文中提到how many stories，count有一个个数的意味，所以比较适当。
　　2.答案：B
　　句意：本年第一季度R计数大幅上升已经敲响了警钟。
　　解析：本题测试点为固定搭配。警钟在英语中固定用alarm bell表示，因此选B。
　　3.答案：C
　　句意：见2
　　解析：本题测试点为动词短语与介词固定搭配。A set up意为"建立"; C set off意为"触发、引起"; B set out 意为"开始";D set about意为"开始、着手"，由句意可知是由指数上升触发了警钟，所以选C。
　　4.答案D
　　句意：该速度要在过去已经标志着衰退的开始
　　解析：本题测试点为动词词义辨析。A 意为"暗示"; D意为"表示"，有"以信号警告"的含义 ;C意为"用手势表示"; B意为"以手势表示";根据句意，D是正确答案。
　　5.答案：C
　　句意：但是在第二季度，商品数量降低了三分之一还多
　　解析：本题测试点为转折连词用法。ABCD 都表示转折，但用法不同。C可插入转折部分中间，用逗号左右分开表转折;B可用于转折部分开始或结尾，须和句子相连;A可用于转折部分开始;D表示让步转折。因此，C是正确答案。
　　6.答案：B
　　句意：见5
　　解析：本题测试点为动词词义辨析。ABCD都有"下降"的意思，但是表示数字较少一般只用fall,所以答案为B。
　　7.答案：D
　　句意：担心广告收入减少
　　解析： 本题测试点为动词习惯用法。这四个动词都有"受……困扰"的意思，但在这里后面的介词为about，所以应该用worried ，其他几个动词应用by
　　8.答案：C
　　句意：本应当禁止用这个词
　　解析：本题测试点为动词词义辨析，这四个词都有"禁止"的含义，但有所不同。A意为"禁止"，一般表示禁止某项活动; B. 意为"放逐";D意为"阻断、闭锁"; C意为"取缔、禁止" ;由上面辨析可知,C最合适。
　　9.答案：A
　　句意：《经济学家》发现过去的二十年中，R指数可以较好地标志美国经济的转折点来。
　　解析：本题测试点为介词辨析。这几个介词后面都可以跟时间，但表示的意思不同。B意为"在……之内";A意为"从头到尾"，强调覆盖全部时间;C意为"到……为止";D意为"到……为止"。AB在意思上都适合，但是根据后面has been good可知应是个延续的时间，强调的是全部时间里，因此A更好一些。)
　　10.答案：D
　　句意：见9
　　解析：本题测试点为动词的词义辨析。A意为"指出";D 意为"精确地标识";C意为"放置";B意为"放置";AD在这里都说得通，但D多了一层"精确"的意味，更使用于描写经济，所以选D。
　　11.答案：A
　　句意：不象GDP指数只在经济出现停滞后才显示出来
　　解析：本题测试点为上下文理解和介词用法。根据上下文，R指数和GDP指数不同，所以意思应是"不象"，而as后面应该是句子，unlike 后是名词，所以选A。
　　12.答案：D
　　句意：见11
　　解析：本题测试点为上下文理解。由上下文可知，R指数可随时获取，而GDP却相反，只有发生经济停滞后才出现，所以应选D。
　　13.答案：B
　　句意：在那里对经济衰退的恐惧日益增加
　　解析：本题测试点为关系代词用法。关系代词引导的句子是一个完整的句子，所以应选B。
　　14.答案：D
　　句意：见13
　　解析：本题测试点为动词用法。根据句意要表达的是"日益增加的"，应该用现在分词形式，所以选D。
　　15.答案：C
　　句意：HypoVereins银行为德国建构了一个R指数
　　解析：本题测试点为动词词义辨析。A意为"杜撰";C意为"构建、创立";B意为"建造";D意为"树立、建立";A意义不符合，BD一般只建构具体的事物，因此C比较合适。
　　16.答案：D
　　句意：用来计算在Handelsblatt上R这个词出现的次数
　　解析：本题测试点为动词用法。the word recession appears in Handelsblatt是numbers的一个定语从句，所以应选D。)

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　　17.答案：B
　　句意：德国2001年第一季度R统计表明，这是过去20年来第二次大的上升
　　解析：本题测试点为名词词义辨析。B意为"上升";A意为"增长";C意为"起立";D意为"爬升"，B最为恰当。
　　18.答案：A
　　句意：正如美国情形一般
　　解析：本题测试点为连词用法。应空格后是介词短语，所以应选A。其实该句为省略句，完整句子为as what happened in America
　　19.答案：C
　　句意：要不就是世界经济没什么可担忧的了
　　解析：本题测试点为并列连词用法。either …or是固定的连词搭配，意为"不是……就是……"。
　　20.答案：A
　　句意：新闻记者怕的是消沉，而不仅仅是衰退。
　　解析：本题测试点为名词词义辨析。A意思为"衰退"，B意思为"下降";C意思为"绝望"，D意思为"沮丧"，A最切合这里的意思，所以选A。
　　Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
　　Part A
　　Text 1
　　21.B
　　22.A
　　23.C
　　24.D
　　25.B
　　Text 2
　　26.A
　　27.B
　　28.B
　　29.A
　　30.D
　　Text 3
　　31.C
　　32.D
　　33.C
　　34.B
　　35.A
　　Text 4
　　36.C
　　37.A
　　38.B
　　39.D
　　40.C
　　Part B
　　[总体分析]
　　本篇介绍的是2001年英国规划制度的改革。文章改革方案的提出、改革方案的具体内容、改革原因等方面着手介绍了规划制度改革的基本情况。本篇文章中，掌握段落大意、分清讲述的不同方面是重点。
　　[详细解答]
　　41.F 本段空白处的下文讲的是绿皮书的情况，而前一段提到的是英国部长批评英国目前的规划制度，根据逻辑推断，空白处应是这两个问题的一个转接。选项中[B][C]都与该绿皮书有关，似乎可以和下文相吻合;[F]讲的是政府提出改革提议，和上面一段在逻辑上相符，通读全文后也可以明了其实绿皮书就是一些提议，所以和下文也可以衔接起来。因此，比较起来，[F]最能和上下文吻合。
　　42. G 本空白处上文讲的是绿皮书中的改革提议，下文讲的是改革提议中的具体内容，因此空白处也应是相关内容。[C][G]都是对这方面的描述，但[C]讲的是绿皮书中有关规划制度的一个总的目标，a planning system which addresses economic, social, cultural and environmental objectives, in which people have confidence and which is efficient. 而不是具体内容。而[G]却提出了相关具体的内容，a simpler system of planning for development and more money for compensation for land that is compulsorily purchased。相比较，[G]和下文更加吻合
　　43.E 本题是段末的一句话，本段讲的是目前的规划制度限制了经济发展。空白处上文是关于一篇报告的中心论点的，论点是every British household could be pounds 2,500 a year better off if Britain was able to match American levels of productivity，由此推断，空白处内容应该是关于经济发展与规划制度的关系的。从选项来看，只有[E]是关于这方面的，是规划制度制约经济发展的例子。因此，此处应该是[E]。
　　44.A 本段是说规划制度过于拖延项目的审批。本题空白处下文是Even much smaller projects are subject to lengthy delay.从这里可以推断前面讲的应该也是一些项目的审批问题，选项中[A]讲的是大项目审批问题，正好和smaller相对，所以与上下文吻合，是正确选项。
　　45.D 本题空白处上文是讲的是政府支持的重要性，下文讲的是部长们关于政府的意见(如果政府在公众调查前就摆明态度，就可以缩减程序。)根据逻辑推断，空白处应该也是有关政府的举措和意见，选项中[D][F]是有关政府举措的。[D]是讲政府在大项目方面提倡新的议会程序，这与前面几段的项目问题吻合，而[F]讲的是有关政府提出改革提议的事情，和上下文在内容上衔接不紧。因此，[D]是正确答案。
　　Part C
　　46.这种势头是由国外购买带动起来的，明年有望继续保持，原因有二：经济环境得以鼓励;世界避险基金青睐的衍生商品的引进。
　　47.七月份，金融监督委员会有望允许投资银行售卖场外交易衍生物，如权益、利率互换。
　　48.财政部长陈稔预测说，如果日圆持续贬值，明年出口就可能遭受损失，但是国内需求和公众消费可以帮助国内生产总值增长达到近5%，这是潜有的增长速率。
　　49.上个月科技股出现上涨，但紧接着就停滞了，因为美国存储器芯片制造商美光科技公司一直摇摆不定，不知是要进行投资还是和韩国负债累累的存储器芯片公司Hynix合并。
　　50.因为韩国的产业比其他亚洲国家更加多样化，包括有信息科技产业、汽车产业、轮船制造产业、钢铁产业和服务产业。
　　Section Ⅲ Writing
　　Part A
　　51. Dear Robert,
　　I am writing this letter to invite you to join our English Evening, which will be held in the Yuchun Hall from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. this Friday evening.
　　In the evening, there will be a lot of marvelous entertainment such as English dramas, chorus, dances, etc. I heard that you are an excellent singer. Would you like to give us a performance and show your excellent talents? We have been waiting for such a chance for a long time.
　　We would feel greatly honoured if you can find the time to join us. Thank you for your consideration.
　　Best wishes,
　　Li Ming
　　Part B
　　52.
　　The Adaptation of the Classical Literature
　　The picture gives us a view of a popular phenomenon: the adaptation of the classics. Some classical literary works, such as our four great classics i.e. A Dream of Red Mansions, Journey to the West, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Heroes of the Marshes, are all adapted to cater to some readers' tastes. The traditional characters become so strange and the plots are totally different. (If the plot is totally different, it is not an adaptation.) It is so ridiculous that the precious literary treasures are allowed to be ruined so much.
　　As we all know, the classical literature is the representation of the outstanding art of our nation. Some familiar characters such as Monkey King express the good wishes of our common people. From them, we learn many good virtues such as honesty, bravery, justice etc. However, in those adapted works named "Bantering"or "Reboiling", all plots are changed and all characters become somewhat watered clown. Some readers interested in reading burlesque works have high praise for them. But they never think of the negative effects of such adaptations on the average reader, especially to children. Children are the future of the nation. They always believe that what is in the books is the truth. (No, they do not!) Those adapted works will affect their outlook on life. (Why? How?)
　　Therefore, some measures should be taken to restrict these adaptations. The real classics should be (?!) presented on the bookshelves to lead people to appreciate the real art. (So, you mean that it is not possible to buy a copy of Dreams of Red Mansions in China? When did you last go to a bookshop!?) (By the way, what is 'real' art?)