2011张剑考研英语模拟题5

张剑考研英语模拟题20115Section IUse ofEnglishDirections:Read the following text.Choose thebest words for eachnumbered blankand markA,B,C orD onANSWER SHEET

1.10pointsA recentpoll indicatedthat halfthe teenagersin the United States believe thatcommunicationbetween them and theirparents is_l_and furtherthat oneof theprime causes of thisgap is_2_Hstening behavior.As aan_3_in point,one parent believed that her daughterhad asevere_4_probIem.She wasso_5_that shetook her to anaudiologist to have herear tested.Theaudiologist carefullytested bothears andreported backto theparent:There snothing wrongwithher hearing.She sjust_6_you out.”A leadingcause of the_7_divorce ratemore thanhalf of allmarriages endin divorceis thefailure ofhusbands andwives to_8_effectively.They don t listentoeach other.Neither person_9_to theactual messagesent by the other.In_10_fashion,political scientistsreport that a growingnumber ofpeople believe that theirelectedand_ll_officials areout of_12_with theconstituents they are supposedly_13_.Why Becausethey1don tbelievethat they listento them.In fact,it seemsthat sometimesour politiciansdon tevenlisten to themselves.The followingis atrue story:At anational_14_conference heldin Albuquerquesomeyears ago,then Senator Joseph Montoyawas_15_a copyof apress releaseby apress aideshortlybefore hegot upbefore theaudience to_16_a speech.When herose tospeak,_17_thehorror of the press aide and the_18_of hisaudience,Montoya beganreading thepress release,nothis speech.He began,For immediaterelease.SenatorJosephM.Montoya,Democrat ofNew11Mexico,last night told theNational...Montoya readthe entiresix-page release,_19_with thestatementthathe“was repeatedly_20_by applause.分]

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34.The authoradvises thepublic to.[2A:lea:ve:out fac:tors such:a:s unc:on:sci:ous im:pul:se:sB:d:ra:w Ie:sson:s of:thei:r own:f:rom:Se:ptembe:r11C:re:spond:deci:si:vel:y toSe:ptembe:r11traged:yD:acce:pt deci:si:on:sbe:yond:our c:on:trol:答案:B:d:ra:w Ie:sson:s of:thei:r own:f:rom:Se:ptembe:r11分]

35.With aseries ofquestions atthe endof thetext,the author.[2A:feel:s unce:rtain:of:wha:t hi:s own:opini:on:i:sB:diffe:ren:tia:te:s twoc:onflic:ting:vie:wsC:c:ri:tici:ze:s the:B:ush:A:dmini:stra:ti:on:D:a:rg:ue:sf:or the:US polic:y on:I:ra:q答案C:c:ri:tici:ze:s the:B:ush:A:dmini:stra:ti:on:Text4Pressure ismounting onAhold*s embattledsupervisory boardfollowing theDutch grocerygroup sdecisionto payits new chief executivemore thanC=10m tolead its recovery froma ruiningaccountingscandal.Anders Moberg*s pay package—and thetiming ofits disclosureat ashareholder meetinglastweek—has confrontedAhold with a newcredibility crisis as itstruggles torestore confidenceafterthe C=970m$1bn scandal.The dispute-evident ina seaof criticalmedia commentin theNetherlands atthe weekendthreatensto divertmanagement fromits recovery strategy,built onsignificant divestments and alikely rightsissueto reduceC=llbn innet debt.Units deemedunable to attain firstor secondposition infood1retail withinthree tofive years will immediatelybe putup forsale.The boards positionappears allthemore delicatefollowing commentsmade byMr.Moberg to the FinancialTimes,in whichhecriticized non-executive directorsfor ignoringhis advice to disclosehis salary in May,when heagreedhis contract.Instead Aholdwaited more than four months to make theannouncement,on theday share-holderswere askedto approveMr.Moberg sappointment.“I was the onewho saidI likedtransparency,and Ihad hoped[the supervisory board]had shown[the salarypackage]in May to avoida situationlike this,Mr.Moberg toldthe FT.As therow,prompted theleft-leaning DutchDaily to call fora boycottof Aholds DutchAlbert Heijnsupermarketchain whereonly lastweek Aholdannounced440redundancies—it wasclear thesupervisory boardhadbadly misjudgedthe reaction.While Hennyde Ruiter,supervisory boardchairman,said thesalary was a fairreflection ofwhat acompany in Aholds unfavorablecircumstances hadto payto attract a topmanager,furiousinvestors accusedit ofpushing throughthe packageregardless ofinvestor opinion.Furthermore,Dutch mediacommentators notedthatthescandal atAhold hadbeen thetrigger fortheDutch governmentto appointa commissionto strengthencorporate governance.That commissionhas recommendeda limit on executivebonuses,far belowthe potentialtwo-and-a-half timesannual salarythat Mr.Moberg couldearn.Meanwhile,Mr.Moberg istrying todistance himselffrom therow andfocus onstrategy.He toldtheFT thatmeasures hadalready beentaken toraise its stake in the ICA-Ahold joint venture inScandinavia.Ahold hadincluded inits forecasts an amountnecessary tobuy theshares ofeither ofits jointventurepartners,who shouldexercise aput optionand selltheir stakefrom April

2004.分]

36.The decisionon Anders Moberg spaypackagehas.[2A:inc:urred:m:uch:c:ri:tici:sm:f:rom:the:sha:reh:olde:rsB:hel:ped:re:store:public:c:onfidence:in:A:h:old:C:sa:ved:the:supe:rvi:soryb:oa:rd:f:rom:an:othe:r c:ri:si:sD:put pre:ssure:on:the:ne:wchief:e:xec:uti:ve:答案A:inc:urred:m:uch:c:ri:tici:sm:f:rom:the:sha:reh:olde:rs分]

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38.AndersMobergthought thatif hissalary hadbeen announcedearlier,.[2A:the:b:oa:rd:s posi:ti:on:would:ha:ve:bee:ome:Ie:ss diffic:ul:tB:he:would:ha:ve:ag:reed:to the:c:on:trac:t wi:th:A:h:old:C:m:ore:time:c:ould:ha:ve:been:de:voted:to hi:srec:ove:ry plan:sD:the:sha:reh:olde:rs wouldn:t ha:ve:strongl:y opposed:答案A:the:b:oa:rd:s posi:ti:on:would:ha:ve:bee:ome:Ie:ss diffic:ul:t分]

39.Before thescandal atAhold,the executivebonuses inDutch companies.[2A:we:re:highe:r than:wha:t M:obe:rg:ea:rned:B:we:re:reg:ula:ted:b:y a:c:ommi:ssi:on:C:we:re:n:ot m:oni:tored:b:y the:g:ove:mmen:tD:we:re:n:ot se:tb:y c:orpora:te:managemen:t答案C:we:re:n:ot m:oni:tored:b:ythe:g:ove:rnmen:t分]

40.According toMoberg srecovery strategy,Ahold will.[2A:sell:i:tsstake:toothe:r j:oin:tven:ture:c:om:panie:sB:b:uy sha:re:s of:i:ts Scandina:vian:pa:rtne:rsC:ch:oose:to putm:one:yin:i:ts chain:sh:ops in:Scandina:via:D:e:xe:rci:se:i:ts poten:tial:infl:uence:on:pa:rtne:rs答案B:b:uy sha:re:sof:i:ts Scandina:vian:pa:rtne:rsPart BDirections:In thefollowing article,some sentenceshave beenremoved.For Questions41-45,choose themostsuitable onefrom thelish A-G tofit intoeach of the numberedblank.There aretwo extrachoices thatdonot fitin anyof thegaps.Mark youranswers on ANSWER SHEET

1.10pointsArchaeological studycovers anextremely longspan of time anda greatvariety ofsubjects.Theearliest subjectsof archaeologicalstudy datefrom theorigins of humanity.These includefossilremains believedto beof humanancestors wholived

3.5million to

4.5million years ago.Theearliest archaeological sites includethose atHadar,Ethiopia;Laetoli,Tanzania;East Turkana,Kenya;and elsewherein EastAfrica.These sitescontain evidenceof the first appearanceof bipedalupright-walking,apelike earlyhumans.

41.The firstphysically modernhumans,Homo sapiens,appeared intropical Africabetween200,000and150,000years ago—dates determinedby molecularbiologists andarchaeologists workingtogether.Dozens of archaeologicalsitesthroughout Asiaand Europeshow howpeople migratedfromAfrica andsettled in these twocontinents duringthe lastIce Age100,000to15,000years ago.

42.Archaeologists havedocumented thatthe developmentof agriculturetook placeabout10,000yearsago.Early domestication—the plantingand harvestingof plants and thebreeding andherding ofanimals-is evidentin suchplaces as the ancientsettlement ofJericho inJordan andin TehuacanValleyin Mexico.Archaeology playsa majorrole in the studyof earlycivilizations,such asthose oftheSumerians ofMesopotamia,who builtthe cityof Ur,and theancient Egyptians,who arefamousfor thepyramids nearthe cityof Gizaand theroyal sepulchrestombs of the Valleyof theKings atThebes.

43.Archaeological researchspans theentire developmentof phenomenathat areunique tohumans.For instance,archaeology tellsthe storyof whenpeople learnedto burytheir deadand developedbeliefsin anafterlife.Sites containingsigns of thefirstsimple butpurposeful burialsin gravesdate toasearly as40,000years agoin Europeand SouthwestAsia.By thetime peoplelived incivilizations,burials andfuneral ceremonieshad becomeextremely importantand elaboraterituals.

44.Archaeology alsoexamines morerecent historicalperiods.Some archaeologistswork withhistoriansto studyAmerican coloniallife,for example.They havelearned suchdiverse informationashow theearliest colonialsettlers inJamestown,Virginia,traded glassbeads forfood withnativeAlgonquian peoples;how thelives ofslaves onplantations reflectedtheir rootsin Africa;and howthefirst major cities in the United States developed.

45.A.For example,the Mochelords ofSipan incoastal Peruwere buriedin aboutAD400in finecottondress andwith exquisiteornaments ofbead,gold,and silver.Few burialsrival theirlavish sepulchres.Being ableto tracethe developmentof suchrituals overthousands ofyears has added toourunderstanding of the developmentofhumanintellect andspirit.B.By40,000years agopeople couldbe foundhunting andgathering foodacross mostof theregionsof Africa.Populations indifferent regionsemployed varioustechnological developmentsin adaptingto their differentenvironments andclimates.C.Archaeological studieshave alsoprovided muchinformation aboutthe peoplewho firstarrived intheAmericas over12,000years ago.D.The first fossil recordsof vascularplants-that is,land plantswith tissuethat carriesfood-appearedin theSilurian period.They weresimple plantsthat hadnot developedseparate stemsand leaves.E.Laetoli evenreveals footprintsof humansfrom

3.6million years ago.Some sitesalso containevidenceof theearliest useof simpletools.Archaeologists havealso recordedhow primitiveformsof humansspread outof Africainto Asiaabout

1.8million yearsago,then intoEurope about900,000yearsago.F.One researchproject involvesthe studyof garbagein present-day citiesacross theUnitedStates.This garbageis themodern equivalentof theremains foundin thearchaeological record.In thefuture,archaeologists willcontinue tomove intonew realmsof study.G.Other sitesthat representgreat humanachievement areas variedas thecliff dwellingsof theancientAnasazi agroup ofearly NativeAmericans ofNorth Americaat MesaVerde,Colorado;theInca cityof MachuPicchu highin theAndes Mountainsof Peru;and themysterious,massive stoneportraitheads ofremote EasterIsland in the Pacific.分]4L[2A:B:C:D:E:F:G:答案E:分]

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45.[2A:B:C:D:E:F:G:答案F:Part CDirections:Read thefollowing textcarefully andthen translatethe underlinedsegments intoChinese.Yourtranslation should be writtenclearly on ANSWERSHEET

2.10points46Any discussionoftheAmerican educationalsystem would be lessthan completeif itdid notmention the emphasis that manycolleges anduniversities placeupon thenonacademic,social,extracurricular aspectof education,often definedas personal growth.Perhaps auseful wayofviewing thenotion ofpersonalgrowthwould beto picturethe verylarge andgeneral termeducationas beingall-embracing,including assubsets withinit academicand nonacademiccomponents.This maybe oneofthemost difficultconcepts to convey tosomeone whois notintimately familiarwithAmerican highereducation.Few educationalsystems in other countriesplace the sameemphasis onthis blendof academicand personaleducation.The majorityof collegesanduniversities intheUnitedStates makesome attemptto integratepersonal andintellectual growth inthe undergraduateyears.47If theultimate goalof undergraduateeducation inAmerica weresimplytoconveya setbody ofknowledge,the termof studiescould undoubtedlybe reduced.Yet thetermsof studiesare extendedin order to givestudents achance togrow anddevelop inother ways.Numerous opportunitiesare madeavailable tostudents to become involvedin sports,studentgovernment,musical anddramatic organizations,and countlessother organizedand individualactivitiesdesigned toenhance one s personalgrowth andprovide somerecreation andenjoymentoutside ofthe classroom.48Experience withcampus organizationsand off-campus communityinvolvementcan behighly valuablein preparinginternational studentsfor futureleadership intheirprofessional fieldupon theirreturn home.The typicalAmerican colleges supportfor extracurricularactivityis perhapsunique inthe world,This specialeducational dimension,beyond theclassroomand laboratory experience,does notmean thatextracurricular participationis requiredto gainanAmerican degree.It remainsan entirelyoptional activity,but49it isnoted herebecause Americanshavetraditionally viewedsuccess inonesrole asa citizenas closelylinked toa well-rounded lifethatincorporates avariety ofsocial,athletic,and culturalactivities intoa persons experience.A greatmany Americancampuses andcommunities haveorganized specialextracurricularactivities forstudents fromother countries.50On mostcampuses,one can find aninternationalclub,which includesAmericans,where studentscan getto knowand learnsocially fromstudentsfrom other countries,as wellas Americans.International studentsare almostalways invited,throughorganized hospitalityactivities,into thehomes ofAmericans livingin oroutside theacademiccommunity.分]

46.[2参考合案.如果对美国教育体系的讨论未能涉及许多学院及大学教育中非学术性的、社会的及“课程外”的方面，即其对个性成长的重视那么这种讨论就不全面分]

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48.[2参与校园内的各种组织活动和校外团体活动的经验在培养国际学生归国后在其专业领域发挥领导作用方面是极有价值的分]

49.[2参考合案.在这里特别提到的是因为美国人历来认为，一个人作为社会公民的成功是与包括各种各样的社会、体育和文化活动的个人经历的全方位的生活紧密相关的分]

50.[2参考答案.在大多数的校园里都有国际俱乐部，成员包括美国学生在俱乐部里，学生（包括美国学生）通过与来自其他国家的学生的社会交往相互认识并学习Section IIIWritingPart A1Directions:,You willhave anEnglish classnext Friday,but you can tattend it.Write aletter toyour Englishteacher,Mr.Wang,to ask for leave.Tell him:1why youask forleave,2what youwill doto makeup forit.You shouldwrite about100words neatlyon ANSWERSHEET

2.Do notsign your own name.Use分]参考合泰.“Li Ming”instead.10points[10参考范文Dear Mr.Wang,I verymuch regretI wasunable toattend yourEnglish classnext Friday.As youmay know,wesenior studentshave beenbusy lookingfor jobssince thebeginning ofthis semester.Luckily,I havegotan opportunity to beinterviewed bya well-known largepublic company,which Ihave longedtoenter.Unfortunately,the interviewis scheduledfor nextFriday.I reallydontwant tomiss thisvaluablechance,so Ihave toaskforleave.I knowmid-term examis approaching,and nextFridayts classis important.In ordertomakeup forit,I willask aclassmate tocopy yourPPT andtake notesforme.I willstudy themcarefully andhand inall thehomework ontime.I shallbe verymuch obligedifyoucanapprove myapplication.Sorry forany inconveniencecaused bymyabsence.Yours sincerely,Li MingPart B

2.Directions:Read thefollowing sayingand writean essayin which you shouldtheinterpret giveyour writea saying,commentsonthe saying,and foryourtitleessay.A woman s career,particularly ifit issuccessful,is oftenblamed for the break-up ofa,marriage,but nevermans.You shouldwrit160-200words neatlyonANSWERSHEET

2.20points参考合案.参考范文A self-evident prejudiceis madeclear bythe givensaying thata womans career,particularly ifit is1successful,is oftenblamed for the break-up ofa marriage,but nevera mans.Those whosupportthe sayingattribute thebreak-up ofa marriageto thesuccessful careerofthewife.In their eyes,asuccessful womandevoted toher careerwill certainlyneglect herduties toher husband,her childrenandthus resultsinthebreak-up ofthe family.This accusationis unfairand absolutelyunacceptable.The prejudicelies inthe fact that ithas beenbranded in our mindthat womenshould beinferior tomenand they should beat hometo fosterchildren andto support their husband.In fact,womenshould beentitled the rights tohave their own careers.They havetherightsto getthe satisfactionfromwork besidesthat from their families.This accusationignores thefactthatthe responsibilitiesforbreak-up ofa marriageshould betaken byboth partiesinstead ofone.Cleary,to blamea carrerwomanfor thebreak-up ofa marriageis groundless.As aconclusion,what has been traditionallytaken forgranted inour mindshould bereplaced bymorerational ideas.From nowon,it should be prescribedinourmind aslaw ofvarious nationsthateveryone isborn equaland theyshouldbeon equalterms.答案:B:deficien:t分]

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1.40pointsText1As ayoung bondtrader,Buttonwood wasgiven twopieces ofadvice,trading rulesof thumb,if youwill:that badeconomic newsis good news forbond marketsand thatevery utterancedropping fromthelips ofPaul Volcker,the thenchairman ofthe FederalReserve,andtheman whorestored thecentralbank scredibility bystomping onrunaway inflation,shouldberespected thanPope sorders.1Today straders are,of course,a moresophisticated bunch.But theadvice stillseems good,apartfrom twoslight drawbacks.The firstis thatthe well-chosen utterancesfrom the present chairmanofthe FederalReserve,Alan Greenspan,is ofmore thanpassing difficulty.The secondisthat,of late,goodnewsfor theeconomy hasnot seemedto upsetbond investorsall thatmuch.For allthe cheerthathas crackleddown thewires,the yieldon ten-year bonds—whichyouwould expectto riseongood economicnews—is now,at

4.2%,only two-fifths ofa percentage point higherthan itwas atthestart ofthe year.Pretty muchunmoved,inotherwords.Yet thenews fromthe economicfront hasbeen betterby farthan anyonecould haveexpected.OnTuesday November25th,revised numbersshowed thatAmerica seconomy grewby anannual

8.2%inthethird quarter,a fullpercentagepointmorethanoriginally thought,driven bytheever-spendthrift Americanconsumer and,for once,corporate investment.Just aboutevery otherpieceof informationcoming outfrom specialsources showsthesamestrength.New housesare stillbeingbuilt ata fairclip.Exports arerising,for allthe protectionistcrying.Even employment,in whathadbeen mockedasajobless recovery,increased by125,000or thereaboutsin SeptemberandOctober.Rising corporateprofits,low creditspreads andthe biggest-ever rallyinthejunk-bondmarket donot,ontheface ofit,suggest anythingother thana deepand long-lasting recovery.YetTreasurybond yieldshave fallen.If therosy economicbackdrop makesthis odd,making itdoubly oddis anapparent absenceofforeign demand.Foreign buyersof Treasuries,especially Asiancertral banks,who hadbeenswallowing Americangovernment debtlike therewas notomorrow,seem tohave hadsecondthoughts lately.In September,according tothe latestavailable figures,foreigners bought only$56billion ofTreasuries,compared with$

25.1billion theprevious monthand anaverage of$

38.7billionin thepreceding fourmonths.In aneffort tokeep alid onthe yens rise,the Japanesecentral bankis still busybuying dollarsand parkingthe moneyin governmentdebt.Just abouteveryboby elseseems tohave been selling.分]

21.The advicefor Buttonwoodsuggests that.[2A:Pa:ul:Volcke:r enj:oyed:making:c:ommen:ts on:c:on:trolling:infla:ti:on:B:the:F:ede:ral:Re:se:rve:ha:san:all:-ca:pable:powe:r ove:r infla:ti:on:c:on:trol:C:ec:on:om:y ha:sthe:g:rea:te:st infl:uence:upon:the:dail:y life:of:ordina:ry pe:ople:D:the:ec:on:omic:sphe:re:and:b:ond:ma:rke:tsa:re:indica:ti:ve:of:each:othe:r答案D:the:ec:on:omic:sphe:re:and:b:ond:ma:rke:tsa:re:indica:ti:ve:of:each:othe:r分]

22.The wordpassing Line7,Paragraph1most probablymeans.[2A:in:stan:tB:tri:vial:C:sim:pie:D:negligible:答案:D:negligible:分]

23.Which ofthefollowingis responsiblefor therapid economicgrowthinthe US[2A:D:ome:Stic:c:on:sume:rs.B:F:oreign:in:ve:stmen:ts.C:Real:e:sta:te:ma:rke:t.D:Rec:ove:ring:b:ond:ma:rke:t.答案A:D:ome:Stic:c:on:sume:rs.分]

24.According tothe lastparagraph,most Asiancentral banksare becoming.[2A:ra:the:r reg:re:tf:ul:B:Ie:ss ambi:ti:ousC:m:ore:ca:uti:ousD:spec:ula:ti:ve:答案C:m:ore:ca:uti:ous分]

25.The phrase“keep alid onLine6,Paragraph3most probablymeans.[2A:put an:end:toB:se:ta:limi:ton:C:tigh:ten:the:c:on:trol:ove:rD:red:uce:the:speed:of:答案:B:se:ta:limi:ton:Text2We removing intoanother era,asthetoxic effectsofthebubble andits graveconsequences spreadthroughthe financialsystem.Just acouple ofyearsagoinvestors dreamedof20percent returnsforever.Now surveysshow thatthey*re downtoarealistic8percent to10percent range.But whatif thenext fewyears turnout to be belownormal expectationsMartin BarnersoftheBankCredit Analyst in Montrealexpects future stock returnsto averagejust4percent to6percent.Soundimpossible Aftera muchsmaller bubblethat burstinthemid-1960s StandardPoor*s5000stockaverage returned

6.9percent a year withdividends reinvestedfor thefollowing17years.Fewinvestors areprepared forthat.Right nowdenial seemstobethe attitudeof choice.Thaf stypical,says LoriLucas ofHewitt,the,consulting firm.You hateto lookat yourinvestments when they regoing down.Hewitt tracks500,000401k accountsevery day,and findsthat saversare keepingtheir contributionsup.Butthey remuch lessinclined toswitch theirmoney around.“It sthe slot-machine effect,Lucas says.一,People getmore interestedin playingwhen theythink theyve gota hotmachine and nothing shottoday.The averageinvestor feelsoverwhelmed.Against allcommon sense,many saversstill shuttheireyestothedangers ofowning toomuchcompany stock.In bigcompanies lastyear,a surprising29percent ofemployees heldat leastthreequarters of their402k intheir ownstock.Younger employeesmay haveno choice.You oftenhave towait untilyou re50or55before youcansell anycompany stockyou getasamatching contribution.But insteadof gettingout whenthey can,old participantshavebeenholding,too.One thirdof thepeople60and upchose company stock forthree quartersoftheirplan,Hewitt reports.Are theyinattentiveLoyal toa faultSick If sasif Lucent,Enron andXerox neverhappened.,5No investorshould givehis orher totaltrust toany particularcompanysstock.And whileyou reat,一it,think howyou dbe iffuturestock returns-averaging goodyears andbad areas pooras Barnespredicts.If youask me,diversified stocksremain goodfor thelong run,withabackup inbonds.But I,too,amfiguring onreduced returns.What ashame.Dear bubble,T IInever forget.Ifsthe endofagrandaffair.1分]

26.The investorsjudgment ofthepresentstockreturnsseemstobe.[2A:fancif:ul:B:pe:ssimi:Stic:C:g:roundle:ssD:reali:Stic:答案A:fancif:ul:分]

27.In faceofthecurrent stockmarket,most stock-holders.[2A:stop injec:ting:m:ore:m:one:yin:tothe:stock:ma:rke:tB:reac:t ang:ril:ytothe:de:val:uing:stock:C:swi:tch:thei:rm:one:ya:round:in:the:ma:rke:tD:turn:a:deaf:ea:rtothe:wa:rning:答案D:turn:a:deaf:ea:rtothe:wa:rning:分]

28.In theauthor*s opinion,employees should.[2A:in:ve:stin:c:om:pan:y stock:to sh:ow I:oyal:tytothei:r em:pl:oye:rB:ge:t outof:thei:r own:c:om:pan:ysstock:C:wai:tf:or some:time:bef:ore:di:sposing:of:thei:r stock:D:gi:ve:trust toa:pa:rtic:ula:rc:om:pan:ysstock:答案B:ge:t outof:thei:r own:c:om:pan:ysstock:分]

29.It canbe inferredfromthetext thatLucent,Enron andXerox arenames of.[2A:succe:ssf:ul:b:usine:sse:sB:bank:rupted:c:om:panie:sC:stock:sD:h:uge:c:orpora:ti:on:s答案B:bank:rupted:c:om:panie:s分]

30.The author*s attitudetowards thelong-term investors*decision is.[2A:posi:ti:ve:B:suspici:ousC:nega:ti:ve:D:ambig:uous答案:A:posi:ti:ve:Text3What accountsfor theastounding popularityof Dr.Phil McGrawWhy haveso manyTV viewersandbook buyersembraced thistough warriorofapsychologist whotells themto suckit upand dealwiththeir ownproblems ratherthan complainingand blamingeveryone elseObviously,Oprah Winfreyhasa lotto dowith it.She madehim famouswith regularappearances onher show,and isco-producing thenew“Dr.Phil”show that,s likelytobethe hottestnew daytimeoffering thisfall.Butwe decidedto putDr.Phil onthe covernot justbecause hesaphenomenon.We thinkhis successmayreflect aninteresting shiftintheAmerican spiritoftime.Could itbe thatwe refinally gettingtiredof theculture ofvictimologyThis isa trickysubject,because thereare verysad realvictims amongus.Men stillabuse womeninalarming numbers.Racism anddiscrimination persistin subtleandnot-so-subtle forms.But thesedays,almost anyonecanfinda therapistor lawyerto assurethem thattheir professionalrelationship1or healthproblems arenttheirfault.As MarcPeyser tellsus inhis terrificprofile ofDr.Phil,the TVsuitswere initiallyafraid audienceswouldbeoffended byhis sternadviceto“get real!In fact,viewers thirstedforthetough talk.Privately,we allknow wehave totake responsibility for decisionswecontrol.It maynot berevolutionary adviceand mayleave outimportant factorslike unconsciousimpulses.But ifsstillan importantmessage withclear echoingas,ayearlater,we contemplatethepersonal lessonsof September

11.一Back atthe ranchlivestock farmthe onein Crawford,Texas-President Bushcontinued toissuemixed signalson Iraq.He finallypromised toconsult alliesand Congressbefore goingto war,andsignaled anattack isn*t comingright nowmapatient man.But sofar therehasbeenlittleconsensus-building,even asthe administrationtalks of“regime changeand positionstroops inthegulf.Bush steam alsoridiculed thepress forgiving so much coveragetotheIraq issue.DefenseSecretary Rumsfeldcalled ita“frenzy,“and PressSecretary AriFleischer dismissedit asself-inflicted silliness.But asMichael Hirshnotes inour leadstory,much ofthe debatehas beeninsidethe RepublicanParty,where importantvoices ofexperience argueBush needsto preparedomesticand worldopinion andthink throughthe globalconsequences beforemoving forward.With1somuchat stake,the mediashouldn tpay attentionNow whos beingsilly分]

31.Faced withdiversified issuesof injustice,Dr.Phil McGrawadvised that people should-[2A:strongl:y voice:thei:rc:ondemna:ti:on:of:th:ose:re:spon:sible:B:di:rec:tl:y probe:the:root of:thei:r vic:timi:za:ti:on:C:ca:ref:ull:y e:xamine:thei:rown:problem:sD:since:rel:y e:xpre:ss thei:r sym:pa:th:yf:orthe:vic:tim:s答案C:ca:ref:ull:ye:xamine:thei:rown:problem:s

32.One possibleresponse,whentheprogram Dr.Phil wasfirst presentedon TV,thatpeople分]were afraidof was.[2A:suspici:on:B:sa:ti:sfac:ti:on:C:indiffe:rence:D:indigna:ti:on:答案:D:indigna:ti:on:分]

33.The word“tough”Line7,Paragraph2most probablymeans.[2。