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考研英语模拟题模拟331

Section Ⅰ Use of English
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and.
Strange things have been happening to England. Still 1 from the dissolution of the empire in the years 2 World War Ⅱ, now the English find they are not even British. As the cherished "United Kingdom" breaks into its 3 parts, Scots are clearly 4 and the Welsh, Welsh. But who exactly are the English? What's left of them, with everything but the 5 half of their island taken away?
Going back in time to 6 roots doesn't help. First came the Celts, then the Romans, then Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Danes. Invasion after invasion, until the Norman Conquest. English national identity only seemed to find its 7 later, on the shifting sands of expansionism, from Elizabethan times onwards. The empire seemed to seal it. But now there's just England, 8 of a green island in the northern seas, lashed by rain, scarred by two 9 of vicious industrialization fallen 10 dereliction, ruined, as D．H. Lawrence thought, by "the tragedy of ugliness," its abominable architecture.
Of all English institutions, the one to 11 on would surely be the pub. Shelter to Chaucer's pilgrims, home to Falstaff and Hal, throne of felicity to Dr. Johnson, the pub- that smoky, yeasty den of jollity-is the womb of 12 , if anywhere is. Yet in the midst of this national 13 crisis, the pub, the mainstay of English life, a staff driven 14 into the sump of history, 15 as the Saxons, is suddenly dying and evolving at 16 rates. Closing at something like a rate of more than three a day, pubs have become 17 enough that for the first time since the Domesday Book, more than half the villages in England no longer have one. It's a rare pub that still 18 , or even limps on, by being what it was 19 to be: a drinking establishment. The old 20 of a pub as a place for a "session," a lengthy, restful, increasingly tipsy evening of swigging, is all but defunct.

A.reeling
B.struggling
C.running
D.passing

A B C D

从本句后面的“now the English find they are not even British”切入，加上“the dissolution of the empire”，可以知道句意是说英国现在仍沉浸在自己的帝国迷梦中，A项和B项比较切合，但是B与介词from不搭配，故选A。

A.before
B.followed
C.following
D.with

A B C D

根据前面给出的本句句意，可以知道大英帝国的没落是从二战后开始的，故排除A和D；B和C中应当选following，因为该句已经有谓语“find”，故排除B。

A.comprising
B.constituent
C.form
D.ingredient

A B C D

根据前一句大英帝国没落的句意，再加上后面的Scottish和Welsh，可以判断出是说联合王国分解为其组成部分，故选B。form应为forming parts方为正确。comprise不用于此类表述。

A.Scotland
B.Scotch
C.Scottish
D.Irish

A B C D

结合本句句意，根据后半部分的“Welsh，Welsh”，可以判断Scots应对应Scottish。

A.northern
B.western
C.eastern
D.southern

A B C D

前一句说English，那么考虑英伦三岛的地理分布，“英格兰人还有什么呢，除了那个岛的______部分，全都被拿走了?”。英格兰位于南部，故是southern。

A.look
B.trace
C.search
D.hunt

A B C D

本句后面几句均在讲述历史，故可以推断出这一句是说“去历史中寻根究底无济于事”。因此trace和search比较合适，look需要与for搭配方满足语法要求，而trace更有追溯的意味，故选B。

A.feet
B.resources
C.core
D.reflection

A B C D

前文说到“英格兰人到底是谁?”，是说英格兰对自己的身份认同有疑惑之处，历史之前都是各外来民族的侵略，只有到了伊丽莎白时代，“English national identity”才得以确立，故应该是那时出现的根源，feet。resource做“资源”讲，意思不符；core为“核心”，若选择core则说明在伊丽莎白时代之前已确立，与句意不符；reflection为“反映”，这显然不是说只有在那个时候才有，而是一直反映在英国人的日常生活当中。

A.full
B.little
C.half
D.all

A B C D

和第五题类似。英格兰是在大不列颠岛的南部，占据大约一半的面积，故选择half。

A.years
B.decades
C.centuries
D.periods

A B C D

关键点在于industrialization，工业化，工业革命。英国的工业革命从18世纪后半叶开始，到现在200多年了，应该是two centuries。decade是十年，时间上不符合。

10.

A.from
B.out
C.away
D.into

A B C D

前述industrialization，后述dereliction和ruined，从这些词判断是一个衰败没落的过程，也和前文意思契合，故应当是fallen into，进入某种状态。fall away，有“消失、离开”的意思；fall out做“发生”讲，fall from无此搭配。

11.

A.remember
B.count
C.raise
D.differentiate

A B C D

count on是指依靠、依赖和信赖。其他三个动词与on均不能搭配。

12.

A.Englishness
B.Britishness
C.Scottishness
D.Welshness

A B C D

“这是个孕育的地方”。根据前文所述英格兰身份认同的问题，再加上乔叟、福斯塔夫等英国文学作品中人物的出现，故可以判断为Englishness。

13.

A.identity
B.financial
C.economic
D.political

A B C D

同样根据前文判断，英格兰身份认同的问题，又有“English national identity only seemed to find its feet later”，故可以判断为national identity crisis。故答案为A。后面三个选项在文中未有提及。

14.

A.up
B.down
C.right
D.left

A B C D

“一根插进历史污水坑的杖”。关键点在于sump，意为“污水坑；聚水坑”，那么和选项中的介词搭配，只能是下，而非上和左右。故答案为B。

15.

A.historical
B.barbarian
C.old
D.remote

A B C D

这里的“______as Saxons”是修饰“Sump of history”的，意当为久远，remote和old应该都可以，但是remote完全不带感情色彩，仅仅强调时间上的距离，而old有强调传承的意思，故old更佳。

16.

A.equal
B.different
C.unprecedented
D.fast

A B C D

本句前面的dying和evolving是两个意思相反的动词，一个是消亡，另一个是进化，故在此强调二者步调一致地进行，因此选equal。

17.

A.enough
B.scarce
C.cheap
D.popular

A B C D

本句前面说大约每天关闭三家，那么说明酒吧数量越来越少，因此应该是scarce。

18.

A.thrives
B.closes
C.stands
D.exists

A B C D

本题关键点在于“even limps on”。limp是跛行的意思，故limps on在这里应作“勉强开下去”解，那么此之前空就应该作“生意红火”解，故选thrives。stands和exists仅表示酒吧存在，没有“红火”的感情色彩。

19.

A.asked
B.born
C.meant
D.required

A B C D

冒号后面的a drinking establishment是为酒吧的本意，故应该是it was meant to be，而不是被要求。It was born to be也有相近的意思，但是born更有强调本身意愿的意思，因此meant为佳。

20.

A.belief
B.idea
C.reflection
D.circumstance

A B C D

本句后面解释的是酒吧本来应该用来做什么，故是人们对于酒吧的理解，那么idea为最佳。至于belief，酒吧的地位还未到这一地步。

Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension

Part A
Directions:
Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D．

Text 1
The swine flu will probably return in force earlier than seasonal flu usually begins, federal health officials predicted Friday, saying they expected it to erupt as soon as schools open rather than in October or November.
The swine flu is still circulating in the United States, especially in summer camps, even though hot weather has arrived and the regular flu season ended months ago, "so we expect challenges when people return to school, when kids are congregating together," Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of respiratory diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a telephone news conference held jointly with vaccine experts from the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services.
It is still unclear how many doses of a swine flu vaccine will be available by then, and officials have been reluctant to make firm predictions beyond saying that they expect tens of millions, rather than hundreds of millions, and they plan to distribute them to people who are the most vulnerable, like pregnant women and people who are the most likely to encounter the flu, like health care workers.
The number of doses available will depend on how fast seed strains grow, how much protection a small dose provides, and whether immune-system boosters called adjuvants are needed and prove to be safe; adjuvants are not used in American flu vaccines now.
Clinical trials testing those questions are expected to take another couple of months, said Dr. Jesse L. Goodman, director of the F. D．A．'s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
Assuming a swine flu vaccination campaign begins, it will be voluntary, Dr. Schuchat emphasized, but she "strongly encouraged" pregnant women to get both a seasonal flu shot and a swine flu shot when they are available.
The C．D．C．has been closely following the disease in the Southern Hemisphere winter, and it is mimicking the patterns seen in the United States and Mexico in the spring, she said.
Most infections and most serious cases are in children and young adults, and those with underlying conditions, including pregnancy, are the most likely to die. Dr. Schuchat likened the spread's unpredictability to that of popcorn: one city could see an explosion of cases and overwhelmed hospitals while another saw few.
Her most important message, she added, was that "the virus isn't gone, and we fully expect there will be challenges in the fall. "

1. Why did officials expect the swine flu to erupt as soon as schools open rather than in October or November?

A.There will be sufficient swine flu vaccines then.
B.The swine flu is still circulating.
C.The cold weather then will hinder their work.
D.People will be plunged into panic by then.

A B C D

重点在于第二段第一句，即“甲型H1N1流感目前仍在美国流行，特别是在夏令营中”。由于流感多在人群密集地方爆发，故学校一开学，流感就很有可能再度爆发。选项C、D文中未提及，而选项A虽在下文中有提及，但却并未说到时候是否会有足够的疫苗。

2. What measures will be taken due to the potential insufficiency of swine flu doses?

A.Urge the factory to accelerate production.
B.Speed up the clinic trials.
C.Distribute the vaccines to people who are the most vulnerable.
D.Still encourage people to reduce their public activities and remain at home.

A B C D

根据第三段作答。第三段，政府官员表示并不清楚到时会不会有足够的疫苗可用，故要先分配给最急需的人。选项A、B、D逻辑上并无错误，但在文中并未提及，故不选。

3. According to the text, what does "adjuvant" (Para 4, Line 2) refer to?

A.An immune-system booster.
B.Another kind of vaccine.
C.A new medicine.
D.A new dangerous virus.

A B C D

参照文中的“immune-system boosters called adjuvants”这一部分即可作答。

4. Which of the following questions is not included in "those questions" (Para 5, Line 1) ?

A.How fast do seed strains grow?
B.How much protection does a small dose provide?
C.Are adjuvants needed and prove to be safe?
D.How much will such doses cost?

A B C D

综合上段内容，可以看出指代的是上段中how fast seed strains grow，how much protection a small dose provides，以及whether immune-system boosters called adjuvants are needed and prove to be safe这三个问题。故答案为D。

5. Which of the following is the most infective to this disease?

A.A twelve-year old school boy.
B.A twenty-seven year old athlete.
C.A fifty-year old male gardener.
D.A forty-seven year old female driver.

A B C D

重点在于倒数第二段的第一句“Most infections and most serious cases are in children and young adults，and those with underlying conditions，including pregnancy，are the most likely to die．”这里所说的是青少年、身体虚弱以及怀孕的，那么再综合选项考虑即可得出答案为A。

Text 2
The church of La Placita, "the little square", formally called Nuestra Se ora Reina de Los Angeles, was founded under Spanish rule at around the same time as the pueblo bearing the same name, the future Los Angeles. Catholicism and Hispanic culture seemed inseparable there.
They still largely are. Virtually all Father Estrada's parishioners are Hispanic, most of them of Mexican extraction. When Guatemalan and Salvadorean refugees showed up in the 1980s, it was natural for them, as good Catholics, to find sanctuary at La Placita, where they slept on the pews and Father Estrada gave them food. It was natural again in 2006, when the country went on an anti-immigrant binge, for many of the Latino counter-marches to start from La Placita. Latinos still come from all over southern California for baptisms and prayer, social services and a sense of community.
But more and more grandmothers also come to Father Estrada with worries about children or grandchildren who have become hermanos separados, separated brothers, after defecting to an evangelical church, usually one with a Pentecostal flavour. The converts may have followed one of the evangelicals who come to La Placita to recruit, or friends whom they met at a spiritual rock concert or picnic. "I don't worry, but I find it to be challenging," says Father Estrada.
Some 68% of Hispanics in America are still Catholic, according to the Pew Research Centre, a think-tank, and their absolute number, thanks to immigration and higher birth rates, continues to increase. But about 15% are now born-again evangelicals, who are fast gaining "market share", as Gaston Espinosa, a professor of religion at Claremont McKenna College, puts it. He estimates that about 3.9m Latino Catholics have converted, and that "for everyone who comes back to the Catholic Church, four leave it. "
The main reason, he thinks, is ethnic identity. Evangelical services are not only in Spanish, as many Catholic sermons are nowadays, but are performed by Latinos rather than Irish or Polish-American priests, with the cadences, rhythms, innuendos and flow familiar from the mother country. The evangelical services tend to be livelier than Catholic liturgy and to last longer, often turning into an outing lasting the whole day. Women play greater roles, and there are fewer parishioners for each pastor than in the Catholic Church.
The evangelical churches are also more "experiential", says Samuel Rodriguez, a third- generation Puerto Rican Pentecostal pastor and the president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, an evangelical association. In the Catholic Church, a believer's relationship with Jesus is mediated through hierarchies and bureaucracies, he says, whereas the evangelical churches provide direct access to Jesus. The Pentecostals go one step further, with the "gifts of the Holy Spirit" (1 Corinthians) letting believers speak in tongues and pray for divine healing.
"This is the first group in America to reconcile both the vertical and the horizontal parts of the cross," says Mr. Rodriguez. By this he means that the Latino evangelical churches emphasise not only " covenant, faith and righteousness" (the vertical part), as white evangelicals do, but also " community, public policy and social justice" (the horizontal part), as many black evangelicals, but fewer white ones, do. To Latino evangelicals it is all one thing, he says, and the social outreach the church provides goes far beyond any government programme, with pastors snatching young men away from gang life and fighting to uphold the rights of immigrants.
This also means that Latino evangelicals as a political force are distinct from white evangelicals. Many of the whites have veered hard right, hating abortion and gay marriage and reliably voting Republican, though less so very recently. Latinos tend to be even more pro-life and traditional marriage than whites, says Mr. Rodriguez, but only because they know that "mom and dad in the home is the prime antidote to gangs and drugs. " That same pragmatism makes them believe in government services and the taxes that pay for them, and of course in immigrant rights. As voters, he reckons, Latino evangelicals are therefore the quintessential independents, up for grabs by either party.
But it may be American Catholicism that changes the most. About a third of American Catholics are Latino now, and their share is growing. They are also different Catholics, with more than half describing themselves as " charismatics ", according to the Pew report. Charismatics remain in their traditional denomination, but believe in some aspects of Pentecostalism, such as the gifts of the Holy Spirit, especially the speaking in tongues.
Latino charismatics see themselves as a renewal movement within Catholicism, as it converges with other churches. And in general all churchgoing Latinos tend to see themselves as renewing Christianity in America. That makes them a powerful force as demographic changes turn America ever more Hispanic, and increasingly different from secular Europe.

1. What do Father Estrada mean by "separated brothers" (Para 3, Line 2) ?

A.They do not live in the same place.
B.Many parents were divorced and then got them separated.
C.They are not all Catholics, but some are evangelicals.
D.Some are dead while others are alive.

A B C D

“separated brothers”这一短语出现在第三段，前两段是说天主教与当地文化的关系密不可分，这一句比较重要：“Catholicism and Hispanic culture seemed inseparable there．”(天主教和西班牙的文化在这里似乎是不可分的。)而“separated brothers”后面是“after defecting to an evangelical church，usually one with a Pentecostal flavour”讲的是现在有部分人已经转投了福音派，一种和圣灵降临节集会有关的信仰。A项只说不住在同一个地方，虽然字面上可能正确，但是实际与文意并不相符。B项同A项，并未触及真正的文意。C项则与“separated brothers”后面的句意相一致。D项虽然正确，但是也不符合全文讲宗教的具体文意。

2. According to the text, which of the following is not the edges of evangelical churches against Catholic Church?

A.Ethnic identity of evangelicals is more of Hispanic characters.
B.Direct connection with God.
C.More involvement of female citizens.
D.The evangelical services tend to be more solemn.

A B C D

这一题应当从讲述拉美人为什么转而信福音的原因中寻找，这主要在第五段和第六段中有讲述，分别为“The main reason，he thinks，is ethnic identity．”(主要原因是宗教认同)，“The evangelical services tend to be livelier than Catholic liturgy and to last longer”(福音派更为活泼，活动也更长久)，“Women play greater roles”(妇女的角色更加重要)，以及“evangelical churches provide direct access to Jesus”(信福音派可直接与耶稣圣灵沟通)。故可得出答案为D项，应是“livelier”而非“more solemn”。

3. According to the text, why can evangelical church provide social outreach that goes far beyond any government programme?

A.Evangelicals are most Latin Americans and Latin Americans take a considerable portion of US population.
B.The evangelical church reconciles merits from different churches that are adhered to by different communities of people.
C.Government policies are not thoroughly performed in the neighbourhoods whose inhabitants are mostly Latin Americans.
D.Government does not take much care in the affairs of Latin Americans as they are usually not in the mainstream of the society.

A B C D

题干是说福音教堂为什么能够接触到更广泛的社会层面。本题的切入点在第七段Rodriguez所说的话里，即关于“水平部分”和“垂直部分”的解说。垂直部分是指“契约、信仰和正义”，这是拉美人的特点，而水平部分则是“团体，国家政策和社会公正”，这是白人的特点，正是综合了这两种特点，福音教堂才能够延伸到更广泛的社会层面。那么再结合选项，A项是说信福音的多是拉美人，而拉美人口比例很大，前半句符合文意，但是后半句在文中并未有相关说明。B项说福音教堂综合了诸多宗教的特点，而这也与Rodriguez的话相对应，故B项是符合题意的。C项说政府的政策未能得到全面落实，这在文中没有提及。D项说政府不关心拉美人的事务，他们不是社会主流，但后文可以看出拉美人在社会中的影响已经越来越大，这也并不是政府政策不能深入拉美人社会的原因。故此可以判断B项正确。

4. What does "charismatics" (Para 9, Line 3) refer to in the text?

A.People who with abilities bestowed by God.
B.Those who converge with other churches.
C.Those who are of outstanding charms.
D.Those who most solemnly believe in Christianity.

A B C D

切入点在出现本词的后一句“Charismatics remain in their traditional denomination，but believe in some aspects of Pentecostalism，such as the gifts of the Holy Spirit，especially the speaking in tongues”，以及“Latino charismatics see themselves as a renewal movement within Catholicism，as it converges with other churches”这一句。这是说他们仍然信奉天主教，但是却又有了其他教派的元素。结合选项考虑，B项最合适。

5. Which is correct according to this text?

A.Latin Americans are changing Christianity in America.
B.More and more people turn from Catholics to other churches.
C.Latin Americans, with their churches, are becoming a stronger political force in US.
D.Evangelical church is better than other Catholic church.

A B C D

选项A可以在倒数第二段中找到印证，“But it may be American Catholicism that changes the most”。选项B粗看是正确的，但是注意到“about a third of American Catholics are Latino now，and their share is growing”这一句之后，可以排除它。选项C在文中并不能找到其宗教成为更强政治力量的对应。选项D在文中并没有明确说明。

Text 3
Attacks on Jose Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission, have intensified before the European election held between June 4th and 7th, and ahead of a European Union summit when national leaders will discuss his reappointment to a second five- year term. On the left, the Party of European Socialists (PES) calls Mr. Barroso a conservative who "puts markets before people". Should the PES emerge as the largest group in the European Parliament, it will try to block him.
But prominent federalists are also unimpressed. Guy Verhofstadt, a former Belgian prime minister, speaks for many in Brussels when he denounces Mr. Barroso for a lack of ambition for Europe. Mr. Verhofstadt invokes the memory of Jacques Delors, the pugnacious Frenchman who ran the commission from 1985 to 1995．Mr. Delors proposed many ambitious plans, he says, and got 30% of them: that 30% then became the European internal market. Mr. Verhofstadt thinks that last autumn Mr. Barroso should have proposed such things as a single EU financial regulator, a single European bad bank, or a multi-trillion issue of "Eurobonds". That would have triggered a " big fight" with national governments, he concedes. But "maybe the outcome would have been 10%, 20% or 30% of his plan. "
The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, has endorsed a second tenn for Mr. Barroso, a former centre-right prime minister of Portugal. Yet he seems keen to make him sweat. French officials have briefed that the decision on Mr. Barroso's future taken at the June 18th-19th summit should be only political, leaving a legally binding nomination for later.
Yet the attacks on Mr. Barroso are unlikely to block him. No opinion poll shows the PES overtaking the centre-right European People's Party in the European Parliament. The centre- right leaders who hold power in most of Europe have endorsed Mr. Barroso, as have the (nominally) centre-left leaders of Britain, Spain and Portugal. This helps to explain why the PES, for all its bluster, has not fielded a candidate against Mr. Barroso.
It is equally wrong to pretend that Europe was ready for a federalist big bang last autumn. Officials say Mr. Barroso spent the first weeks of the economic crisis bridging differences between Britain and France on such issues as accounting standards and the regulation of rating agencies. Later, he kept the peace between Mr. Sarkozy and the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, after the French president pushed for summits of EU leaders from euro-area countries (Ms Merkel thought that sounded like a two-speed Europe). In any case France has no veto over Mr. Barroso's reappointment: the decision is now taken by majority vote. Some diplomats suggest that France's stalling tactics are meant to extract such concessions as a plum portfolio for its commissioner.
Those calling for "European" action often talk as if they are describing an elegant mechanism, needed to make the union work properly. They argue that only a single financial regulator can police Europe's single market, or complain that 27 national bail-out plans lack "coherence". In fact, these apparently structural calls for "more Europe" are pitches for specific ideological programmes. Thus, in a joint statement on May 30th Mr. Sarkozy and Ms Merkel announced that "Liberalism without rules has failed. " They called for a European economic model in which capital serves "entrepreneurs and workers" rather than "speculators", and hedge funds and bankers' pay are tightly regulated. They added that competition policies should be used to favour the "emergence of world-class European companies", and gave warning against a "bureaucratic Europe" that blindly applies "pernickety rules". If all this sounds like Europe as a giant Rhineland economy, that is no accident.
Mr. Verhofstadt, a continental liberal, means something different by "Europe" He agrees that the crisis "represents the crash of the Anglo-American model". But he is not keen on heavy regulation. When he calls for economic policies to reflect Europe's " way of thinking", he means things like raising savings. Above all, he considers the nation-state to be incapable of managing today's "globalised" economy, so Europe must take over. This is fighting talk. Britain, notably, does not accept that everything about the Anglo-Saxon model has failed, nor is it about to cede more power to Brussels. And it has allies, notably in eastern Europe.

1. What does PES mean by attacking Mr. Barroso "puts markets before people" (Para 1, Line 5) ?

A.Barroso adopts policies that are in favour of market economy rather than social welfare.
B.Barroso does not care about European people.
C.Barroso suggests EU establish more markets for the convenience of European people.
D.Barroso is the owner of many markets in Europe.

A B C D

根据下文所述，巴罗佐主要是在欧洲各国斡旋以应对经济危机，因此采取了不少针对性的应急措施，所以A选项合适。B、D不需根据本文判断即可得出其是错误的，C项并未在文中有说明。

2. Why did Guy Verhofstadt put forward the example of Jacques Delors?

A.Barroso should put forward more plans in strengthening EU's economic power.
B.Barroso should get more of his proposed plans implemented and carried into effects.
C.Despite some anticipated serious obstacles, Barroso should implement the policies and they should produce some results.
D.Jacques Delors is a better president than Barroso in dealing with financial issues.

A B C D

费尔霍夫施塔是说，雅克·狄洛提出的计划虽然实施得不多，但是毕竟实施的都是有成效的，然后他又说应当建立统一的金融监管体系，尽管会有困难，但至少会有所成效。再结合选项进行判断，可知C最为合适。

3. What is France's standing point in this political circus?

A.France would like Barroso to resign and nominate a new president.
B.France will veto in the vote of Barroso's another five-year term.
C.France would like to get more concessions for its commissioners in the European Commission.
D.France wants to enhance its influences in the European Commission.

A B C D

重点在第五段。虽然文中前面说“he seems keen to make him sweat”，看起来A、B、C、D都有可能，但注意第五段的最后一句，“France's stalling tactics are meant to extract such concessions as a plum portfolio for its commissioner”，就是说法国主要是为了为自己争取更多的好处，争取更好的职位只是其中之一，故相比之下D项更为全面，从意义上来说，A、B、C都可以视为实现D项的手段，故选择D项。

4. Which of the following is NOT the point France and Germany have in common?

A.Enhance the regulation of the European market.
B.Tighten the regulation of hedge funds and bankers' pay.
C.Encourage European companies to involve in competition in the market.
D.Encourage overseas investment.

A B C D

这一题需要看第六段里的联合声明，有如下几个要点：建立新的欧洲经济模型；加强金融监管；采取竞争策略。如此则可以判断出D项并非两国的共同观点。

5. Which of the following is Mr. Verhofstadt's main point as a continental liberal?

A.Heavy regulation should be adopted to facilitate the revival of market.
B.Nation-state is incapable of managing globalised economy, so Europe must be only way out.
C.Policies that encourage consumption should be adopted in Europe.
D.Policies on economy stimulation should cater for different situations of different countries within EU.

A B C D

本题看最后一段，费尔霍夫施塔的观点大概有如下几点：盎格鲁-美利坚模式已经破产；并不一定要采取严格的监管制度：采取高积累的经济政策；欧盟从整体上进行经济应对。再结合选项，可以判断出B项符合题意。

Text 4
Like all quintessentially British things, gardening is a pastime that has long been in decline. From a high point of ￡5 billion in 2001, spending on plants, tools and garden furniture has fallen every year since then, to around ~3 billion in 2008．The arrival of economic recession only deepened the gloom: to credit-crunched consumers, shrubs and hanging baskets seemed obvious candidates for cuts.
Yet the latest figures from the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) suggest a bumper year for garden-related expenditure is in the making. Sales volumes were up by 21% in March and 28% in April compared with the same months a year earlier. This was not the result of deep discounting, a strategy that many other retailers have been adopting. The value of garden goods sold was 37% higher in March and 42% higher in April than a year earlier, whereas the value of all sales had increased by just 3% in April. Datamonitor, a market-research firm, reckons that gardening will continue to outperform the rest of retailing for at least the next two years.
Much of the good news is due to the weather, admits Tim Briercliffe, the HTA's director of business development. Last year the vital spring months were damp and miserable; this year sunshine (and weathermen's prediction of a hot summer) has boosted custom. But the economic downturn itself has turned out to be as much a blessing as a curse. Gardening may be a luxury, argues Mr. Briercliffe, but it competes with other, more expensive luxuries. "People who might have otherwise booked a city break to Prague are staying at home and making the best of what they have," he maintains. According to Ipsos MORI, a pollster, three-quarters of people plan to spend at least as much on their garden this year as last.
Economic hardship has created a new breed of gardener too. Partly, that reflects people making the most of their enforced leisure: "We get some unemployed city types who are just filling time while looking for another job," admits a garden-centre worker near the London commuter town of Guilford. But there are more positive developments. Much of the growth in garden spending has come from the under-35s, not traditionally a green-fingered demographic. One explanation is that environmentalism and thriftiness have made growing vegetables trendy, an idea that is supported by growing shortage of allotments.
But there is more to it than pleasant weather and belt-tightening. The HTA detects deeper, and darker, changes in the national psyche. Citing research from the Future Foundation, a prognosticatory consultancy, it reckons that people are spending more time in their homes, fortifying them into havens from an unwelcoming world haunted by crime, bureaucracy and rising unemployment. The longer the downturn persists, the greener the grass may grow.

1. Which of the following is right according to the 2nd paragraph?

A.Garden-related expenditure this year is more or less the same as that of last year.
B.Many retailers are offering deep discounts.
C.Prices of garden goods tend to remain stable in recent years.
D.Due to the status quo of economy, garden goods are not promised a bright future.

A B C D

选项A，文中说园艺相关支出正在持续增长，故错误；选项B，根据“This was not the result of deep discounting，a strategy that many other retailers have been adopting”可推断B正确；选项C，文中说价格正在增长(37%higher in March and 42%higher in April)，故错误；选项D，根据“gardening will continue to outperform the rest of retailing for at leas the next two years”(至少在未来两年内，园艺商品的销量将会好于其它零售商品)，可以推断其说园艺产品将来销量不好是不符合文意的。

2. What can you infer from the 3rd paragraph?

A.England enjoys good weather for several springs.
B.Gardening is classified as a luxury.
C.Many English people take vacations abroad.
D.Good weather is the sole reason for the increase in gardening.

A B C D

选项A说英格兰天气一直很好，但是文中说“去年关键的春季月份潮湿阴冷”(Last year the vital spring months were damp and miserable)，可判断其错误；选项B说园艺是奢侈的娱乐活动，文中说“园艺也许可看作奢侈的娱乐活动，但跟其它更昂贵的奢侈娱乐相比，它就逊色多了”，(Gardening may be a luxury but it competes with other，more expensive luxuries)可见，B项符合文意；选项C说很多英国人外出度假，这在本段中并未说明；选项D可根据后半段进行判断，经济危机使人们减少了出游而选择留在家中做园艺。故D错误。

3. What does the "new breed of gardener" in the 4th paragraph refer to?

A.Those who spend their entire time in gardening.
B.Those who go abroad to train others in gardening.
C.Those who practice gardening to fill in the time while looking for a job, and grow vegetables for their own use.
D.Those who help others with gardening.

A B C D

这一词组出现在第四段，紧跟该词组就说“人们正最大限度地利用他们已有的消遣方式。”(people making the most of their enforced leisure)，这也就是对于这个new breed of gardener的解释。后面再说“我们有一些失业的城市园艺师，他们一边在这里打工一边继续找工作。”(We get some unemployed city types who are just filling time while：looking for another job)。此时本段后半部分开始讨论另外的积极趋势，故可以认为该词组的释义就在前半部分，因此结合前面的分析，C项最符合题意。A、B、D选项在文中都没有相关提及。

4. What does "a green-fingered demographic" refer to in the 4th paragraph?

A.Professional gardeners.
B.People with green fingers.
C.Amateur gardeners.
D.Foreign gardeners.

A B C D

本段前面是说新型的园艺人员，都是在找工作期间的闲暇从事园艺的，故可知为业余的，那么可推断出green-fingered是指专业的园艺人员。

5. According to the text, what are the reasons for the "Renaissance" of gardening?

A.Good weather, belt-tightening, economic downturn.
B.Economic downturn, good weather, lower price.
C.Government promotion, belt-tightening, credit crunching.
D.New social trend, environmentalism, economic downturn.

A B C D

题于是问园艺“复兴”的原因，那么注意最后一段里总结的原因：好天气、勤俭节约、国民心理变化：避风港。选项中出现的原因还有经济衰退，这是正确的；低廉的价格，文章还说明园艺相关产品的价格还会上涨，故这个应不是原因；政府推广，这在文中没有提及；环保主义，这在倒数第二段中有提及；新的社会趋势，文中并未就此论述；信贷紧缩在第一段中有提及，是原因之一。故综合来看，A项的组合最符合文意。

Part B
Directions：
In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions (41-45), choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of the numbered blank. There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps.
In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions (41-45), choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of the numbered blank. There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps.
Coffee is worth approximately $ 50-60bn each year in terms of world sales. It is a truly international commodity, and today more than 50 countries in the world grow coffee beans. This makes the coffee industry fairly universal, according to Pablo Dubois, head of the International Coffee Organisation (ICO), based in London. ICO organization helps coffee producers and promotes coffee consumption worldwide.
ICO estimates that world production next year will reach 97.5 million bags, 11.3 million bags higher than the current year. The main reason for this is higher Brazilian output as production recovers from weather damage to crops. 41．______In 1994 Brazil was responsible for 25% of world production, Colombia was next with 13.4%, Indonesia had 7.5%, Mexico 4.7%, Guatemala 3.8% and Ethiopia and Vietnam were equal with 3.4%.
Coffee is a tough crop, and can be grown in areas where it is difficult or impossible to grow other crops. It is cultivated in mountain regions which can only be reached by animal transport, and in other difficult areas where modern agricultural equipment cannot be used. 42． ______ICO is active in educating farmers about avoiding disease and dealing with problems when they occur.
The distribution chain varies from country to country, explains Pablo Dubois. In most countries the smaller farmers sell their crop to a local trader, who then sells it on to exporters. 43． ______Larger coffee growers, for example, frequently export directly. Some countries, like Vietnam, have special government marketing organizations for coffee.
Coffee prices often vary greatly from one year to the next. In 1997, for example, there was a large rise in the world price, which was immediately felt by the consumer. 44．______ In some of these countries, this can amount to as much as 50% of all export earnings.
In the opinion of Pablo Dubois, the biggest problem for his organisation is to create greater consumer awareness of the different varieties of coffee and different ways of preparing it. In North America, most consumers already have above average knowledge Of the range available. 45．______It is also encouraging environmentally friendly coffee production, and last year's seminar on coffee and the environment created a lot of interest.
The future looks bright for the coffee industry. It is estimated that consumption over the next few years will continue to rise steadily. New markets like Eastern Europe and China are expected to develop fast.
[A] However, disease is always problem for coffee production, as we can see in some parts of South America at the moment.
[B] Because the amount of coffee demand is on a high rise.
[C] ICO is therefore concentrating its promotional activities on Russia and China.
[D] As the largest producing country, Brazil is particularly important in the coffee world.
[E] Rising prices always result in a drop in sales, which will have a bad effect on those developing countries, which are highly dependent on foreign exchange from coffee exports.
[F] There are, however, other distribution systems.
[G] Almost all the coffee growers share the same distribution channel.

前一句是说巴西的产量恢复，后一句说巴西占了全球25%的咖啡产量。故可以判断出是D。

根据后一句中的ICO向农民教授如何预防疾病，可以推断出是选项A，疾病仍然是咖啡的心腹大患。

前一句讲的是小种植者通常的销售渠道，即直接卖给出口商。后一句是说大种植者则直接和卖方交易，那么这自然是说销售渠道的问题，故F合适。

前一句说咖啡的价格上涨，后一句说有些国家的(咖啡销售)占了出口收入的50%。因此，可以知道这是在说咖啡价格和收入的问题，故B合适。

前一句说北美的消费者已经有了一定的咖啡常识，那么与之相关的就是有关咖啡推广或是推销的活动，故C合适。

Part C
Directions:
Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese.
Not many industries are doing well in the recession. But along with discount retailers and pawnbrokers, online-dating sites such as eHarmony, corn and OkCupid. com have seen business look up. There are several theories to explain why. 46． It may be that people have more time to devote to their private lives as the economy slows; that uncertain times increase the desire for companionship; or that living alone is expensive, whereas couples can split many of their costs.
"People who have been single for years are suddenly focused on finding someone," says Greg Waldorf, the boss of eHarmony, a wholesome marriage-oriented site with more than 20m paying subscribers. 47．He favours the companionship-in-hard-times theory: "Going through difficult times with someone special is better than doing it alone. " In a recent survey carried out for his company, 25% of women said stress about the state of the economy made them more inclined to seek a long-term relationship. The company also noticed that the number of visits to its website was higher than average on days when the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by more than 100 points.
At OkCupid, which is aimed at a more casual, youthful crowd, there has been a jump in membership since the financial crisis set in, and an even bigger jump in how often members use the site. Back in September, users were sending 6,000 on-site instant messages a day, says Sam Yagan, OkCupid's boss. Now that number is over 18,000．48．OkCupid has the advantage of being free, which has proved popular with people looking for partners for what Mr. Yagan euphemistically calls "cheap entertainment". After all, if you have a girlfriend or a boyfriend, he says, "you can just play Scrabble instead of going out for the evening. "
49．But perhaps the boom is the result of neither a nesting instinct, nor a desire to save money. AshleyMadison. corn, a very different type of dating site, is also doing well. Instead of arranging marriages, the subscription-based site arranges affairs-and never before have so many people been looking for a bit on the side. Ashley Madison's boss, Noel Biderman, thinks his site, and others, are prospering for another reason: money problems. "The majority of relationship discord stems from economic troubles," he says. 50．Instead of fighting, married people are taking stock of their lives. "They want to do something that makes them feel better about themselves," Mr Biderman says, "and $ 49 is a tiny expenditure for a life- altering affair. "

可能是因为人们在经济不景气的情况下有了更多的赶时间关注自己的个人生活；这段充满不确定感的日子催生了人们对伴侣的渴望；或是由于和夫妻两个人在经济上相互扶持相比，单身显得比较奢侈。

[解析] 本句不是太难，大多为短句，故翻译顺畅即可。三个that引导的从句并列作整个句子的表语，后两句承前省略形式主语。最后-个主语从句里，whereas表转折或对比的意思。

分认为患难更生真情：“和某人携手共度难关的感觉比所有问题一个人扛更让人感到宽慰。”

[解析] “Going through difficult times with someone special is better than doing it alone”是直接引语，其中动名词结构作句子的主语，someone special，形容词修饰不定代词时要后置。companionship-in-hard-times theory，根据前文所说困难时期俩人度过比一个人更好，故可以推断出此为患难见真情之类的话。

OkCupid的优势在于免费，这使得它很受那些热衷于迅雷舞街区伴侣的人的欢迎，Yagan先生委婉地称之为“低成本娱乐”。

[解析] 本句的结构稍复杂，主句是“OkCupid has the advantage of being free”，which后面是非限制性定语从句，而这个定语从句里面嵌套着由what引导的一个从句。Cheap entertainment切忌直译为“便宜的娱乐”。因为前面说这项服务免费，故低成本之类的用词都可以。

但也许这种激增的结果并不是由人们成家的本能或者出于省钱的目的导致的。

[解析] neither…nor…句型，“既不……也不……”的意思。nesting并非“筑巢”，但整个文章是说交友选择伴侣，“筑巢”于是也可以引申为“成家”，故译为“成家”为宜。

相较于斗争。已婚人士们更愿意总结自己的人生。

[解析] 本句结构简单，是为A do sth．instead of…，动词须跟ing形式。take stock of是固定短语，(对情况、某人的能力等)进行检查、评估和鉴定。

Section Ⅲ Writing

Part A

1. You are a manager of Administrative Office named J. S. Sanford. The board of directors have decided to refurbish the offices of Financial Department. Write a memo to tell all the employees that:
1) How long will this project last?
2) Where shall be the temporary offices for the Financial Department during this period'?
3) Which kind of affairs might be influenced during this period, and what will be the corresponding solutions?
You should write about 100 words.

To：All the employees of the company
From：J．S．Sanford
Subject: the refurbishing of the offices of Financial Department.
Date: Aug. 28, 2010
From Aug. 28 to Aug. 31, 2010 the offices of Financial Department will be under refurbishing, and their temporary offices will move to Room 305, Bldg. C, the original meeting room. During this period, most issues will be processed as usual, but the reimbursement of travel charge expenses may be postponed to Sep. 1, 2010.

Part B

1. Some young adults want to be independent from their parents as soon as possible. Other young adults prefer to live with their families for a longer time. Which of these situations do you think is better? Write an essay with specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.

Every young adult will grow up and live apart from their parents to form their own families. Some people may prefer to live longer with their parents and some others may not.
Most young adults prefer to have an independent life from their parents or families as early as possible. This is because they have a strong urge for freedom in doing what they desire. But in fact many have failed. This should not be surprising since often they are actually not ready mentally although they are physically ready. It is widely understood that to live independently requires a lot of energy and is not easy at all. Nowadays people may need to be better prepared due to the ever-increasing competition. Moreover, many young adults are unemployed, and thus will not be able to support and fulfill their necessities. So living independently at an early age is not suitable for all young adults, some may need to take more time to prepare themselves. Young adults need to be ready to support themselves. Taking time to get more education and living with their families for a longer time may lead them to a better independent life because they will be well prepared for the hard-life outside. Still, living with their families for “too” long will not be a good idea because they could get used to it and tend to be less independent.
The time to live independently depends on the person himself. If a person judges that he is capable of fulfilling his needs without being dependent on his parents, he is ready for his independent life. Otherwise he might need to stay longer with his parents.