2006年考研英语模拟试题二

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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)
　　America's Federal Reserve cut interest rates by another quarter- point, to 3.75%. Wall Street, which had been 1 for a sixth half- point cut, was disappointed. The Dow fell by 2% 2 the week. The past week's economic statistics gave mixed signals. Exports dropped by 2% in both March and April, largely 3 a decline in high- tech investment 4 ; the merchandise-trade 5 widened to $458 billion in the 12 months 6 April. 7 , the Conference Board's index of consumer confidence was higher than 8 in June.
　　Concerns 9 inflation in the euro area 10 . Preliminary data 11 that German consumer-price inflation fell to 3.1% in the year to June, from 3.5% in May; wage growth 12 to 1.4% in April, a real pay cut of 1.5%. Some economists fear that Germany is on the 13 of recession. The IFO index of business confidence dropped more 14 than expected in May, and the institute has cut its forecast of GDP 15 this year to only 1.2%, well 16 the German government's forecast of 2%.
　　The euro area's current-account deficit narrowed to $30 billion in the 12 months to April. Britain's deficit in the first quarter was its smallest 17 1998, 18 record investment income.
　　There was more bad news from Japan, 19 retail sales in large stores fell by 3.2% in May, the 37th consecutive monthly fall. The yen fell 20 the dollar, touching almost Yen 125 on one point.
　　1. A expecting B. hoping C. wishing D. dreaming
　　2. A. in B. above C. during D. over
　　3. A. because of B. as a consequence of C. because D. thanks to
　　4. A. at home B. home C. at abroad D. abroad
　　5.A. deficit B. shortage C. scarcity D. shortfall
　　6. A. to B. until C. up D. onto
　　7. A. Although B. Therefore C. However D. Hence
　　8. A. projected B. planned C. predicted D. expected
　　9. A. over B. for C. about D. above
　　10. A. stopped B. eased C. relieved D. improved
　　11. A. showed B. demonstrated C. illustrated D. explained
　　12. A. reduced B. cut C. slow D. lessoned
　　13. A. edge B. rim C. lip D. brink
　　14. A stridently B. sharply C. harshly D. severely
　　15. A. growth B. rise C. increase D. escalation
　　16.A above B. below C. high D. low
　　17. A. after B since C. until D. towards
　　18. A, owe to B. because of C. on account of D. thanks to
　　19. A. where B. which C. what D. who
　　20. A. in opposition to B. opposed to C. against D. versusv
　　Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
　　Part A
　　TEXT 1
　　WHAT is going on in Myanmar? European diplomats ventured- into the capital Yangon, formerly Rangoon, this week to discuss the junta's recent charm offensive, and came away little the wiser, though there are plenty of encouraging signs. On January 26th it was revealed that the government had freed over 80 political prisoners. One of them was Tin Oo, the vice chairman of the National League for Democracy, which won an election in 1990 that the generals have never honored. The prisoner release followed an announcement by the UN that Aung San Suu Kyi, who heads the NLD and has been consistently demonized by the government, had been meeting some of the junta's top generals.
　　Both of these gestures are extraordinary. The generals have been rounding up NLD members relentlessly over the past couple of years, in an effort to eradicate any remnants of an opposition. They have been even more dogged in their efforts to discredit Miss Suu Kyi, who won the Nobel peace prize for opposing them and who remains the rallying point for the regime's detractors around the world. Last August the government blockaded a road for days to prevent her from visiting supporters outside the city. Since then she has been under virtual house arrest.
　　So why have the generals suddenly relaxed their grip? The most likely answer is that they think they can afford to, not that they have to. Though western countries maintain sanctions against the regime, it is hard to believe that it is now buckling. Most Asian countries are still happy to do business with Myanmar, and China especially is doing roaring cross-border trade.
　　Nor should one read too much into reports of a split between reformers and hardliners. Trade restrictions and multi-tiered exchange rates do indeed distort some parts of the economy grotesquely. And Khin Nyunt, one of the junta's top generals, does appear to support making some changes. But there is not much chance of anything dramatic happening. "The thing that they all agree about is that any economic reform would cause chaos in the country," says one western businessman who pops in and out from Thailand. And although the government's growth figures are overblown, the economy is nevertheless slightly expanding, rather than contracting.
　　Moreover, even the "reformers" within the junta have little interest in loosening up politically. They do not think they need to do so to improve the economy, and they certainly do not feel vulnerable politically. The military regime, says a recent report by the International Crisis Group, a think-tank, is "as strong as at any time in the country's history". The army has roughly doubled in size since 1988, when it bloodily suppressed a wave of protest and installed itself in power.
　　Unfortunately for Myanmar's democrats, the generals appear to be so well entrenched that they can now afford to work on their public relations. There is no harm in releasing opponents if the opposition is no longer a threat. And if Miss Suu Kyi is becoming irrelevant, there is no harm in meeting her to discuss the terms of surrender.
　　21. Which one is not about Suu Kyi?
　　A She won the Nobel Peace Prize.
　　B She suffered the torture from the generals.
　　C The generals eradicated her.
　　D The NLD members had been suspicious and got rid of by the generals.
　　22. The reason why the generals relaxed their grip is
　　A they think the prisoners are not a real threat to them.
　　B the western countries maintain sanctions against it.
　　C they have to do so because of UN' negotiations.
　　D the economy is on the edge of stopping.
　　23. The expression "buckling"(line 4, para 3)most probably means
　　A. prosperous
　　B. fast-increased
　　C. exciting
　　D. terrible
　　24. The economy in Myanmar is
　　A dramatically changing
　　B increasing a little
　　C greatly contracting
　　D growing fast
　　25. This passage gives us an implication that
　　A Miss Suu Kyi is becoming weaker.
　　B Miss Suu Kyi will surrender.
　　C for the generals, the prospect seems sunny.
　　D there is still a long-term negotiation.
　　TEXT 2
　　URUGUAY has been a proud exception to the privatizing wave that swept through South America in the 1990s. Its state-owned firms are more efficient than many of their counterparts in Argentina and Brazil ever were. In 1992, Uruguayans voted in a referendum against privatizing telecoms. They rightly observe that some of Argentina's sales were botched, creating inefficient private monopolies. And with unemployment at 15%, nobody is enthusiastic about the job cuts privatization would involve.
　　That leaves President Jorge Batlle with a problem. Uruguay has been in recession for the past two years, mainly because of low prices for its agricultural exports, and because of Argentina's woes. But public debt is at 45% Of GDP, and rising. Some economists argue that privatization would give a boost to the economy, by attracting foreign investment, and by lowering costs. CERES, a think-tank, having compared tariffs for public services in Uruguay and its neighbors, believes liberalization could save businesses and households the equivalent of 4% of GDP annually, raise growth and produce a net 45,000 jobs.
　　The polls that show continuing support for public ownership also show growing opposition to monopolies. So Mr. Batlle plans to keep the state firms, but let private ones either compete with them or bid to operate their services under contract.
　　The opposition Broad Front and the trade unions are resisting. They have gathered enough signatures to demand a "public consultation" next month on a new law to allow private operators in the ports and railways-a referendum on whether to hold a referendum on the issue. Alberto Bension, the finance minister, admits the vote will be a crucial indicator of how far the government can push. But he notes that, since 1992, attempts to overturn laws by calling referendums have flopped.
　　The liberalization of telecoms has already begun. Bell South, an American firm, is the first private cell-phone operator. There are plans to license others, and talk of allowing competition for fixed-line telephones. A new law allows private companies to import gas from Argentina to generate electricity in competition with the state utility. Another plan would strip Ancap, the state oil firm, of its monopoly of imports. It has already been allowed to seek a private partner to modernize its refinery.
　　Harder tasks lie ahead. The state-owned banks are saddled with problem loans to farmers and home owners. And Mr. Batlle shows no appetite for cutting the bloated bureaucracy.
　　After a year in office, the president is popular. He has created a cross-party commission to investigate "disappearances" during Uruguay's military dictatorship of 1976-85. The unions are weakened by unemployment. At CERES, Ernesto Talvi argues that Mr Batlle should note his own strength, and push ahead more boldly. But that is not the Uruguayan way.

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　　26. Uruguay in the 1990s
　　A moved in the privatizing wave.
　　B adopted the same measure as that of Argentina.
　　C stuck to its old economic mode.
　　D developed very slowly.
　　27.What can we infer from the first four paragraphs?
　　A. Uruguay has been always trying to join in the privatizing wave
　　B. Economists argue that privatization is the only way to boost Uruguay's GDP
　　C. Mr Battle plans to privatize the country's economy completely
　　D. The opposition Broad Front is in favor of privatization
　　28. The 5th para suggests that
　　A. Bell South is built up in 1982
　　B. There has been no law to regulate the electricity
　　C. Ancap may modernize its refinery with the help of a private partner
　　D. Liberalization makes the economy slack
　　29. What does the author mean by "flopped"(last line, para 4)?
　　A. succeeded
　　B. failed
　　C. followed
　　D. provoked
　　28. Which one is true according to the passage?
　　A. Privatization is thriving in Uruguay
　　B. Now, referenda have less strength to change some laws
　　C. Uruguayan people are satisfied with the government's actions with regard to the economy
　　D. The President is managing to keep the state companies efficient
　　TEXT 3
　　IN HIS 21 years as president of Angola, Jose Eduardo dos Santos has never taken kindly to criticism. Most Angolan politicians have learned from bitter experience not to cross him. But recently a tiny political party, PADPA, took the president on, and - to general astonishment - won.
　　PADPA decided to speak up over a political scandal in France in which an array of well-connected Frenchmen, including Jean Christophe Mitterrand, the eldest son of France's former president, Francois Mitterrand, are under investigation on suspicion of profiting from the illegal sale of arms worth $633m to the Angolan government. As the case has proceeded, Mr. dos Santos's name has cropped up repeatedly. Prosecutors have alleged that he approved the deal, granted Angolan diplomatic passports to the two principal arms dealers (one now in a French prison, the other on the run from an Interpol arrest warrant) and received some extravagant presents from the weapons men in return.
　　Last week PADPA sent a letter to the president, demanding that he should give a public explanation of his role in this and other corruption scandals. If none were forthcoming within 72 hours, PADPA promised it would "call on the people to protest publicly and call for your resignation, for dishonoring the office which you occupy".
　　The president's response was a deafening silence. So three days later 25 members of PADPA began a hunger strike in front of the recently and lavishly redecorated presidential palace. They distributed a pamphlet that repeated the charge, widely believed by Angolans, that the government is deliberately prolonging the country's devastating civil war in order to pillage its rich natural resources. "Thousands of Angolans are dying of hunger because the country is mismanaged," declared the pamphlet, "and the holders of power have turned into a band of thugs who pretend to be managing a bank. Our bank. Our petrol. Our diamonds. Our riches. But, above all, our children, parents, brothers and cousins, whom they use as fodder for their diabolical cannons."
　　Angola's cowed people rarely voice such strong sentiments. This time riot police used the cover of darkness to break up the protest beating the protesters. Six of them, including PADPA'S president, were arrested. But astonishingly, given the lack of independence enjoyed by Angola's judiciary, the court that tried them found them not guilty on January 30th. In a hitherto unthinkable step, PADPA is now considering bringing a case against the police for violating its right to demonstrate and for illegal imprisonment.
　　This is the second time that PADPA activists have dared challenge the Angolan regime. Last year they tried to hold a public hunger strike in protest at the government's decision to raise the price of petrol overnight by 1,600%. On that occasion police beatings turned the hunger strikers into popular heroes. The authorities, realizing their mistake, issued a public apology. But the incident gave Angola's other, more reticent, opposition groups the courage to organize the first and only real anti-government march in the country's 25 years of independence. Perhaps the latest court ruling, which for the first time has set the people's rights above those of the president, will open the floodgates of protest at last.
　　31. By "and-to general astonishment-won"(last line, para 1),the author means
　　A It defeated the other parties.
　　B It produced astonishment.
　　C It opposed the president for scandal trade.
　　D The president kept silence about PADPA'S criticisms for the first time.
　　32. How does PADPA feel about the political scandal?
　　A. indignant
　　B. indifferent
　　C. optimistic
　　D. pessimistic
　　33. In this passage, the word "fodder" is the same with
　　A bullets
　　B victims
　　C intruders
　　D evils
　　34. PADPA gathered some members in order to
　　A reveal the president's scandal.
　　B grab the governing rights.
　　C ask for more rights for people.
　　D begin a hunger strike.
　　35. With which of the following is the author likely to agree?
　　A PADPA's protest is rather meaningless and in vain.
　　B Angola's judiciary didn't support PADPA's action.
　　C PADPA has turned over a new leaf in Angola's history.
　　D the policemen will open the floodgates.
　　TEXT 4
　　Why such an old article?
　　WITH three months to go before its general election, Italy is turning into Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Not in terms of freedom or variety, just visually. For Italian cities these days are peppered with enormous posters of the rival leaders, Silvio Berlusconi (for the right) and Francesco Rutelli (for the left). All each one shows is the great man's benevolent face, plus a short slogan. In Bologna's Viale Togliatti, you can count six Berlusconis and three Rutellis.
　　Prehistoric, as poster politics goes? Mussolinian, say oldies who recall the slogans spread hugely over walls and roofs in Duce's days. Whatever it is, Italians are enjoying it. The campaign promises to be both boring (Mr. Berlusconi is way ahead) and bitter (the left hates losing). So have a bit of fun: rewrite the posters on the Internet, and spread the result around.
　　Mr. Berlusconi began plastering Italy with his face months ago. Benign and with hair added, he now beams across squares and bridges, along roads and railway lines. The slogans are basic: Meno tasse per tutti (Lower taxes for everybody), or Citta piu sicu,re (Safer cities). Not so the costs: one poster in prime positions across Italy's main cities costs a billion lire ($480,000). Mr. Berlusconi can afford it. According to Mr. Rutelli, the right plans to spend 200 billion lire (30 billion is its own figure) in the campaign; the left, he moans, cannot raise even 20 billion.
　　Soon, though, voters started to edit the posters on the Internet. They began dressing up Mr. Berlusconi as Superman, a gladiator, the pope. Meno tasse per tutti became Meno tasse per Totti (Francesco Totti is AC Roma's best-loved football player). A long-haired, hippie-looking candidate pledged to "help the bald", while Citta piu sicu, re came with a picture of Mr. Berlusconi, who faces tax and other problems in court, behind bars. The man credited with starting the craze, a 38-year-old interpreter called Max Bemardini, who says he is a communist, has become a celebrity. His website had ?in-plus visits in 100 days.
　　At this point, Mr. Berlusconi decided to beat the mockers by joining them. On his Forza Italia movement's website, he launched a competition for the funniest poster, and promised to deliver the award in person. He may even have to award it to himself for his latest poster, whose slogan is, "A working-class president to change Italy": Mr. Berlusconi is one of the country's richest men. On the left, Mr. Rutelli decided to plunge into his (half-empty) campaign coffers to have mega posters of his own.
　　Should red-blooded voters find it all too civilized, others have stepped in. A website has launched "Virtual Bashing", where visitors can beat up Messrs Rutelli and Berlusconi, whichever they choose, for a minute. Mr. Berlusconi is ahead there too: 57% of all punches have been landing on him.
　　36. Italy is turning into Saddam Hussein's Iraq
　　A just for its election.
　　B for its country's freedom.
　　C for Iraq's benefits.
　　D for some uncertain reason.
　　37. We can learn from the text that
　　A The winner of the election is obvious.
　　B Mr. Rutelli will manage to get enough capital for election in the rival.?
　　C Silvio Berlusconi is kind and charming.
　　D The left is bitter because it can't afford any cost in the campaign.
　　38. The posters and slogans remind some people of
　　A good memories.
　　B some significance.
　　C evil leaders in current government.
　　D World War II.
　　39. Max Bemardini has become famous
　　A as a communist.
　　B for his strange and crazy action in the election.
　　C for having a popular website.
　　D as a strong candidate in the election.
　　40. The last sentence in the passage means
　　A Messrs Rutelli won the election.
　　B Berlusconi was beaten by Italian.
　　C Berlusconi seemed to be hated and beloved by voters.
　　D Berlusconi gave heavy punches on Messrs Rutelli.
　　Part B
　　Directions:
　　The following paragraphs are given in a wrong order. For Questions 41-45, you are required to reorganize these paragraphs into a coherent article by choosing from the list A-E to fill in each numbered box. The first and the last paragraphs have been placed for you in boxes. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
　　[A]The rise of a tycoon who is fond of America and South Africa, and who prints English slogans on his bottles of milk and mineral water, is a snub to Mr Ratsiraka. The president, who has dominated politics since 1975——with a few years' absence in the mid-1990s——steers close to France, the former colonial power. He has been unwell, and spends much of his time having medical treatment in Paris. His government, predictably, is accused of widespread corruption.But he offers stability——and declares that "any other president" would usher in years of uncertainty.
　　[B]Mr Ratsiraka might indeed feel aggrieved if he did lose power just as the economy is coming right. After a two-decade spell as a socialist, then a few years of exile, he bounced back into the presidency in 1996 to impose austere neo-liberal reforms. These are now paying off. Many people are still desperately badly off, living in villages without roads, electricity or doctors. But, according to an optimistic IMF report on December 13th, the economy may turn out to have enjoyed 6.7% growth this year and inflation is low.
　　[C]In a high turnout, he took nearly 80% of the votes in the capital, and well over half in other cities. Results from the less susceptible countryside are slowly coming in. They narrow the gap, but he still seems to have a chance of either beating the incumbent, Didier Ratsiraka, outright or facing him in a run-off next year.

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　　[D]A swelling flow of tourists comes to the island to see its rainforests, lemurs and tropical beaches. Sales of textiles to America are doing well, thanks to tariff reductions there. And, in the past few years, Asian investors have opened dozens of factories in special export zones around the capital. Mr Ratsiraka has managed to negotiate debt relief that almost halves the amount the country spends on servicing its debts.It is thus able to spend a bit more on schools and hospitals. Incomes in the cities are clearly up. A good rice harvest this year, and the absence of cyclones, has eased hunger in the countryside.
　　[E]As mayor, Mr Ravalomanana won many citizens' hearts by cleaning up the capital, and seeing to new roads and street lighting. He oversaw a building boom, the rise of a dozen flashy new supermarkets, more policemen on the streets and a cut in crime. He is known in the country at large, too, thanks to his Tiko food empire, which delivers yoghurt and other good things to Madagascar's emerging middle class. His face is everywhere on T-shirts, baseball caps and bags——all part of a slick campaign that was helped along by his own radio and television stations.His Christian fervour, and his job on a council of Protestant churches, have also helped him, especially among the rural poor.
　　[F]All this is rare good news for Africa. Might it be risked if there were a change of president? Some point to possible ethnic tension: Mr Ravalomanana is from the highland Imerina people, who have a mix of Asian-settler and African blood, who have never before held political office over the blacker coastal communities. Others worry that he will have little support in parliament, and that his business career has not prepared him for political compromises. A bigger concern, perhaps, is that he might not seriously undertake to spread the good times enjoyed in the capital into the impoverished countryside.
　　[G]EXCITEMENT is in the air in Madagascar, a vast island of 15m people off the east coast of Africa. On December 16th its voters trudged to the polls from their homes in highland towns and remote forest villages to pick a president. Many favoured Marc Ravalomanana, a tycoon who is also the handsome young mayor of the capital, Antananarivo.
　　Part C
　　Directions:
　　Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (10points)
　　Biotech firms are no longer mere fodder for the pharmaceutical giants
　　AMGEN, the world's biggest biotechnology company, made its fortune from a drug that fortifies the blood of patients who are undergoing dialysis. On December 17th, the California company acquired some new blood of its own with the purchase of Immunex, a Seattle-based biotechnology company, for $16 billion.
　　This deal, a biotech-industry record, gives Amgen a firm footing in the multibillion-dollar market in inflammation control. Immunex's most lucrative product is Enbrel, a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis.(46) Amgen hopes to triple the drug's sales to more than $3 billion by 2005, widening its use to other diseases, such as psoriasis, and overcoming manufacturing constraints that have kept the drug in short supply.
　　With this takeover, Immunex passes from one parent to another. American Home Products (AHP) holds 41% of the shares, and has given the firm sales and marketing support. (47)But AHP has been selling down its stake since last year, in part to finance a $3.8 billion settlement of claims against its diet drugs.
　　(48)Although Amgen calls itself a biotech company, its market capitalisation of around $62 billion makes it larger than Pharmacia and several other well-known mainstream drug companies, traditionally considered the big brothers of biotech. But Amgen likes to think of itself as less bureaucratic and more entrepreneurial than its pharmaceutical brethren, and it is free of such big-pharma woes as imminent patent expiry. (49)However, as Joseph Dougherty, a biotech analyst at Lehman Brothers, points out, Amgen will find it hard to retain the freedom of its nimble youth as it strives to expand its sales by more than 30% a year.
　　Historically, pharmaceutical companies have used their deep pockets to buy biotech companies. Now, increasingly, biotech companies are buying each other (see chart). Such industry consolidation is driven by strategy rather than desperation, according to Scott Morrison, a consultant with Ernst & Young. (50)Companies are pooling their resources to build scale in research and development, and in sales, or to fill holes in their product pipelines, as Amgen has just done. With almost 1,400 biotech companies in America, and a comparable number in Europe, there is plenty of room for more togetherness.
　　Section Ⅲ Writing
　　Part A
　　51. Directions:
　　Imagine you are a student who wants to apply for the New Star scholarship offered by your university. Write a letter to the person concerned which should include: (1)the purpose of writing the letter;(2) your qualifications for the scholarship;(3) your thanks
　　You should write about 100 words. Do not sign your won name at the end of the letter. Use Li Ming instead. You do not need write the address.
　　Part B
　　52. Directions:
　　Study the picture above carefully and write an essay entitled After Graduation 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 SHEET2. (20 points)
　　2006考研英语模拟题二参考答案
　　Section Ⅰ Use of English - this section is a mess!!!
　　1.答案B
　　句意：本来期望出现第六次0.5%
　　解析：本题测试点为动词词义辨析，四个词都有"希望"的意思，但程度不一样，用法也不同。A后面不用加介词;Bhope for表示"希望、期待";C表示"希望"，希望的一般达不到;D意思是"梦想"。根据句意，B最切合。因此选B。
　　2.答案：B
　　句意：道琼斯指数一周内跌了2%，
　　解析：本题测试点为介词用法，A. B. C.都有"在……之内"的意思，但这里更强调"一整周"的意思，所以C相对更好一些。
　　3.答案：A
　　句意：主要因为国外高科技投资下降
　　解析：本题测试点为介词短语辨析。这四个选项都有"因为"的意思，但各有侧重不同点。A侧重表直接原因;B 侧重表"作为……的结果";C必须加of 后面才可以接名词;D表示好的原因，而句中是不好的原因;因此选A。
　　4.答案：C
　　句意：见3
　　解析：本题测试形容词用法和上下文理解。根据上文该句是关于出口方面的，所以排除A B，而D是副词短语，所以应选C。
　　5.答案：D
　　句意：到四月份，一年中商品贸易逆差扩大到4580亿
　　解析：本题测试点为贸易固定词语和词义辨析。ABCD都有"短缺"的含义，但trade deficit是常见贸易词语，表示"贸易逆差"，所以应该选D。
　　6.答案：A
　　句意：见5
　　解析：本题测试点为介词用法。A表示"到……" B表示"直到……"C表示"在……之上"，up to 才有"到……"的含义;D. onto表示"在……上面";根据句意，应该选A。
　　7.答案：B
　　句意：然而，六月份经济咨商局消费者信心指数却比预期要高。
　　解析：本题测试上下文理解和转折连词用法。因为本句的情况和前面描述的情况是相反的，所以应用转折连词，A意为"虽然"，引导的应是转折的前半部分;B意为"但是"，引导的是转折的后半部分。因此，应该选B。
　　8.答案：C
　　句意：见6
　　解析：本题测试点为动词词义辨析。A意为"计划"B. 意为"计划";C. 意为"希望、预期"; D. 意为"预报";因为经济形势不能计划，只能是估计、预测，因此应选C 。
　　9.答案：D
　　句意：在欧洲，通货膨胀方面的忧虑减缓。
　　解析：本题测试点为和形容词搭配的介词用法。B C. D.都有与concerns有相应搭配，但意义不同，后面的对象也不同。B. concern for 后面一般加人，表示"关心";C. concern about后面一般加人，表示"忧虑、挂念"; D. concern over后面一般加事物，表示"担忧";因此，D是比较恰当的答案。
　　10.答案：D
　　句意：见7
　　解析：本题测试点为动词词义辨析。A意为"停止"; B意为"改善";C意为"减轻"; D. 意为"减轻";根据句意，CD都符合，但是C是及物动词，后面须加宾语，所以应选D。
　　11.答案：A
　　句意：初步数据显示，到七月份一年内德国消费着价格膨胀降到了3.1%
　　解析：本题测试点为动词词义辨析。ABC都有"显示"的意思，但是有有些区别，B意为"表明";C意为"举例说明";相比而言，A比较符合句意，应选A。
　　12.答案：A
　　句意：四月份，工资涨幅降到1.4%
　　解析：本题测试点为动词词义辨析。ABCD都有"减小"的含义，但是有差异。B cut down 这个动词短语才可以表示"减小"; C是及物动词，后面须有宾语;D一般不用来形容涨幅"减小";所以，A比较恰当。
　　13.答案：C
　　句意：一些经济学家担心德国处于经济衰退边缘。
　　解析：本题测试点为固定搭配。on the brink of意为"在……的边缘"，所以应选C。
　　14.答案：A
　　句意：五月份德国商业信心企业环境指针大幅下降
　　解析：本题测试点为副词词义辨析。A 表示"急剧地";B. 表示"刺耳地"; C.表示"严厉地"; D表示"严厉地";A意义比较合适，所以应该选A。
　　15.答案：B
　　句意：该协会已经将今年的国民生产总值降到了1.2%
　　解析： 本题测试点为名词词义辨析和常用词汇搭配。国民生产总值增长应该用growth，所以选B。
　　16.答案：A
　　句意：比德国政府预计的2%低了许多
　　解析：本题测试点为上下文理解和词义辨析。由句子结构可以推断应填的是一个介词，又根据上下文1.2%,低于2%，所以应选A。
　　17.答案：A
　　句意：英国第一季度逆差是字1998年来最小的
　　解析：本题测试为介词用法。A意为"自从…… ";B意为"……之后";C意为"到……为止";D意为"直到……";由句意可推断，A是应选答案。
　　18.答案：D
　　句意：多亏创记录的投资收入
　　解析：本题测试点为介词短语词义辨析。这四个介词短语都有"因为"的意思，但thanks to多了一层"幸亏"的含义，所以是最好的答案。
　　19.答案：B
　　句意：那里五月份大型商场零售业下降了3.2%
　　解析;本题测试点为从句连词用法。根据其先行词为一国家，且后面的句子完整，所以应选where。
　　20.答案C
　　句意：日圆对美圆汇率降低
　　解析：本题测试点为介词用法。两种货币相比应是固定的against，因此选C。

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　　Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
　　Part A
　　Text 1
　　21.C
　　22.B
　　23.C
　　24.D
　　25.D
　　Text 2
　　26. C
　　27.D
　　28.A
　　29.B
　　30.D
　　Text 3
　　31.B
　　32. D
　　33.A
　　34.D
　　35.D
　　Text 4
　　36.D
　　37.D
　　38.C
　　39.A
　　40.C
　　Part B
　　[总体分析]本篇介绍的是马达加斯加2001年总统大选的基本情况。文章介绍了大选投票情况、两个总统候选人的情况等信息。就本篇文章而言，分清楚两个总统候选人的情况和不同举措，把握好段落之间内在的先后逻辑顺序是非常重要的。
　　[答案]41. C ; 42. E; 43. A; 44. B; 45. D
　　[详细解答]
　　41. 选C 本段的上文引入本文的主题——马达加斯加大选，上文最后一句讲的是很多人支持候选人之一Marc Ravalomanana，可以推断下面也应是有关内容，选项A 、C 和E都提到了Ravalomanana的有关情况，但A一开头就说the rise of the tycoon，关于他崛起的情况上面一段却没有介绍，这里显得突兀。C是介绍Ravalomanana的得票的具体情况，E是介绍Ravalomanana的举措赢得民众的支持，C与上文衔接更紧密些，是正确答案。
　　42. 选E 根据第一题选项，本段的上文是有关Marc Ravalomanana的得票情况，上文最后一句提到他可能直接击败另外一个候选人Didier Ratsiraka或是在来年与其竞选，可以推断下文有可能是继续介绍Ravalomanana情况，也有可能是关于Ratsiraka的。选项AB是介绍Didier Ratsiraka情况，E是介绍Ravalomanana情况，按一般逻辑，应该是介绍完一个人再介绍一个人，因此E更加符合上下文。
　　43. 选A 本题上文讲的是Ravalomanana的情况，剩余的三个选项中AB是介绍Didier Ratsiraka情况，D一开头讲的是经济情况，D和上文显然衔接不起来。A提到了Ravalomanana的情况，更加起到了承上启下的作用，因此比较符合上下文。
　　44. 选B 本题上文讲的是Ravalomanana的情况，那么下文也应该是相关情况，剩余两个选项中B比较符合。
　　45. 选D ,本段上文讲的是经济有所复苏，选项D正是复苏的种种体现，是正确答案。
　　Part C
　　46.Amgen公司希望在2005年前将药品销售额增止目前的3倍——30多亿，将领域扩展到其他疾病方面，比如牛皮癣，并克服生产方面的局限性，解决药品短缺问题。
　　47但是自去年开始，美国家庭用品公司一直在出售其股份，有一部分用于负担高达38亿美元的减肥药品索赔。
　　48虽然Amgen公司自称是生物科技公司，但其市场资金总额高达620亿美元，这使其高居美国制药公司和其他几个著名的主流制药公司之上，这几个公司在过去一直被认为是生物技术的老大哥。
　　49但是，正如莱曼兄弟公司生物技术分析家约瑟夫· 所指出的，Amgen公司如果一直竭力以每年30%的速度扩大其销售额，那么就会发现很难保持刚开始的那种自由度。
　　50各个公司都倾其全力来形成研发、销售方面的规模，或是弥补其生产供应渠道上的漏洞，Amgen公司便是这样做的。C
　　Section Ⅲ Writing
　　Part A
　　51. Dear Sir,
　　I am writing this letter to apply for the New Star scholarship. I am a student of English Department. I heard from my dean that we can apply for this scholarship if we are qualified.
　　Let me give a general introduction of myself. I am one of the most excellent students in my department. I am always the first in scores in my class. Besides, I am involved in all kinds of activities. I won out in the 8th English Speaking Contest in Beijing. I'm also the chairman of the Students' Union of our department.
　　Thank you for your reading of my application and your consideration.
　　Yours faithfully,
　　Li Ming
　　Dear Sir,
　　I am writing to you in order to apply for the New Star Scholarship, which I have heard about from the Dean of my department, the English Department.
　　As you can see from the attached grade sheet, I am one of the top students in the second year of my department. I have also represented the university at the 8th English Speaking Contest, where I was placed first. It is because I have attained such high standards that the Dean, Prof. Wang, suggested I apply for the scholarship.
　　I believe that I am not only a very good student, but that I also contribute to campus life and the university in my extra-curricular activities, particularly as departmental head of the Student Union.
　　Thank you in advance for considering my application.
　　Yours faithfully,
　　Li Ming
　　Part B
　　52. After Graduation
　　Graduation is an important event for all of us. It is the divide between school and a full-time working life. After graduation, we are no longer students protected by parents and teachers, but a member of the real society. (Parents all over the world take care of their children in a variety of ways even after they graduate!) Let's look at the picture first. A graduate is told by his teacher, "You must depend on yourself during your life journey after graduation…" He finds that some former graduates fly high into the sky while some experience a drastic fall.
　　The picture tells us a principle. Graduation is not the end of your education, but the beginning of your real journey. At school, we may find we are no different from our classmates. However, there will be a great gap between us (Why?) after graduation. Some may try their best to improve themselves and become the mainstay of our ear era? While some are indulged in creature comforts and give up their initial ideals. (How does the picture suggest that?)
　　Therefore, we should remember that graduation is the beginning of our real life journey. (Yes, you have said that 3 times now!) If you want to be a person useful to society, you should make all efforts to learn as much as possible from others and improve yourself. In this way, you may fly high in the sky.
　　Illogical argument - If you and your classmates are the same at university, (making all efforts to learn), then you will have the same success in life. However, this does not actually happen.