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第4套模拟试题

SectionⅠUseofEnglish

Directions:

Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword（s）foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDonANSWERSHEET1.（10points）

ArecentpollindicatedthathalftheteenagersintheUnitedStatesbelievethatcommunicationbetweenthemandtheirparentsis__1__andfurtherthatoneoftheprimecausesofthisgapis__2__listeningbehavior.Asa（an）__3__inpoint,oneparentbelievedthatherdaughterhadasevere__4__problem.Shewasso__5__thatshetookhertoanaudiologisttohavehereartested.Theaudiologistcarefullytestedbothearsandreportedbacktotheparent:

“There’snothingwrongwithherhearing.She’sjust__6__youout.”

Aleadingcauseofthe__7__divorcerate（morethanhalfofallmarriagesendindivorce）isthefailureofhusbandsandwivesto__8__effectively.Theydon’tlistentoeachother.Neitherperson__9__totheactualmessagesentbytheother.

In__10__fashion,politicalscientistsreportthatagrowingnumberofpeoplebelievethattheirelectedand__11__officialsareoutof__12__withtheconstituentstheyaresupposedly__13__.Why?

Becausetheydon’tbelievethattheylistentothem.Infact,itseemsthatsometimesourpoliticiansdon’tevenlistentothemselves.Thefollowingisatruestory:

Atanational__14__conferenceheldinAlbuquerquesomeyearsago,thenSenatorJosephMontoyawas__15__acopyofapressreleasebyapressaideshortlybeforehegotupbeforetheaudienceto__16__aspeech.Whenherosetospeak,__17__thehorrorofthepressaideandthe__18__ofhisaudience,Montoyabeganreadingthepressrelease,nothisspeech.Hebegan,“Forimmediaterelease.SenatorJosephM.Montoya,DemocratofNewMexico,lastnighttoldtheNational...”Montoyareadtheentiresix-pagerelease,__19__withthestatementthathe“wasrepeatedly__20__byapplause.”

1.［A］scarce［B］little［C］rare［D］poor

2.［A］malignant［B］deficient［C］ineffective［D］feeble

3.［A］case［B］example［C］lesson［D］suggestion

4.［A］audio［B］aural［C］hearing［D］listening

5.［A］believing［B］convinced［C］assured［D］doubtless

6.［A］turning［B］tuning［C］tucking［D］tugging

7.［A］rising［B］arising［C］raising［D］arousing

8.［A］exchange［B］interchange［C］encounter［D］interact

9.［A］relates［B］refers［C］responds［D］resorts

10.［A］like［B］alike［C］likely［D］likewise

11.［A］nominated［B］selected［C］appointed［D］supported

12.［A］connection［B］reach［C］association［D］touch

13.［A］leading［B］representing［C］delegating［D］supporting

14.［A］legislative［B］legitimate［C］legalized［D］liberal

15.［A］distributed［B］awarded［C］handed［D］submitted

16.［A］present［B］publish［C］deliver［D］pursue

17.［A］to［B］with［C］for［D］on

18.［A］joy［B］enjoyment［C］amusement［D］delight

19.［A］conclude［B］toconclude［C］concluding［D］concluded

20.［A］disrupted［B］interfered［C］interrupted［D］stopped

SectionⅡReadingComprehension

PartA

Directions:

Readthefollowingfourtexts.AnswerthequestionsbeloweachtextbychoosingA,B,CorD.MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEET1.（40points）

Text1

Asayoungbondtrader,Buttonwoodwasgiventwopiecesofadvice,tradingrulesofthumb,ifyouwill:

thatbadeconomicnewsisgoodnewsforbondmarketsandthateveryutterancedroppingfromthelipsofPaulVolcker,thethenchairmanoftheFederalReserve,andthemanwhorestoredthecentralbank’scredibilitybystompingonrunawayinflation,shouldberespectedthanPope’sorders.Today’stradersare,ofcourse,amoresophisticatedbunch.Buttheadvicestillseemsgood,apartfromtwoslightdrawbacks.Thefirstisthatthewell-chosenutterancesfromthepresentchairmanoftheFederalReserve,AlanGreenspan,isofmorethanpassingdifficulty.Thesecondisthat,oflate,goodnewsfortheeconomyhasnotseemedtoupsetbondinvestorsallthatmuch.Forallthecheerthathascrackleddownthewires,theyieldonten-yearbonds—whichyouwouldexpecttoriseongoodeconomicnews—isnow,at4.2%,onlytwo-fifthsofapercentagepointhigherthanitwasatthestartoftheyear.Prettymuchunmoved,inotherwords.

Yetthenewsfromtheeconomicfronthasbeenbetterbyfarthananyonecouldhaveexpected.OnTuesdayNovember25th,revisednumbersshowedthatAmerica’seconomygrewbyanannual8.2%inthethirdquarter,afullpercentagepointmorethanoriginallythought,drivenbytheever-spendthriftAmericanconsumerand,foronce,corporateinvestment.Justabouteveryotherpieceofinformationcomingoutfromspecialsourcesshowsthesamestrength.Newhousesarestillbeingbuiltatafairclip.Exportsarerising,foralltheprotectionistcrying.Evenemployment,inwhathadbeenmockedasajoblessrecovery,increasedby125,000orthereaboutsinSeptemberandOctober.Risingcorporateprofits,lowcreditspreadsandthebiggest-everrallyinthejunk-bondmarketdonot,onthefaceofit,suggestanythingotherthanadeepandlong-lastingrecovery.YetTreasury-bondyieldshavefallen.

Iftherosyeconomicbackdropmakesthisodd,makingitdoublyoddisanapparentabsenceofforeigndemand.ForeignbuyersofTreasuries,especiallyAsiancertralbanks,whohadbeenswallowingAmericangovernmentdebtliketherewasnotomorrow,seemtohavehadsecondthoughtslately.InSeptember,accordingtothelatestavailablefigures,foreignersboughtonly$56billionofTreasuries,comparedwith$25.1billionthepreviousmonthandanaverageof$38.7billionintheprecedingfourmonths.Inanefforttokeepalidontheyen’srise,theJapanesecentralbankisstillbusybuyingdollarsandparkingthemoneyingovernmentdebt.Justabouteverybobyelseseemstohavebeenselling.

1.TheadviceforButtonwoodsuggeststhat_____.

［A］PaulVolckerenjoyedmakingcommentsoncontrollinginflation

［B］theFederalReservehasanall-capablepoweroverinflationcontrol

［C］economyhasthegreatestinfluenceuponthedailylifeofordinarypeople

［D］theeconomicsphereandbondmarketsareindicativeofeachother

2.Theword“passing”（Line7,Paragraph1）mostprobablymeans_____.

［A］instant［B］trivial［C］simple［D］negligible

3.WhichofthefollowingisresponsiblefortherapideconomicgrowthintheUS?

［A］Domesticconsumers.［B］Foreigninvestments.

［C］Realestatemarket.［D］Recoveringbondmarket.

4.Accordingtothelastparagraph,mostAsiancentralbanksarebecoming_____.

［A］ratherregretful［B］lessambitious

［C］morecautious［D］speculative

5.Thephrase“keepalidon”（Line6,Paragraph3）mostprobablymeans_____.

［A］putanendto［B］setalimiton

［C］tightenthecontrolover［D］reducethespeedof

Text2

We’removingintoanotherera,asthetoxiceffectsofthebubbleanditsgraveconsequencesspreadthroughthefinancialsystem.Justacoupleofyearsagoinvestorsdreamedof20percentreturnsforever.Nowsurveysshowthatthey’redowntoa“realistic”8percentto10percentrange.

Butwhatifthenextfewyearsturnouttobebelownormalexpectations?

MartinBarnersoftheBankCreditAnalystinMontrealexpectsfuturestockreturnstoaveragejust4percentto6percent.Soundimpossible?

Afteramuchsmallerbubblethatburstinthemid-1960sStandard&Poor’s5000stockaveragereturned6.9percentayear（withdividendsreinvested）forthefollowing17years.Fewinvestorsarepreparedforthat.

Rightnowdenialseemstobetheattitudeofchoice.That’stypical,saysLoriLucasofHewitt,theconsultingfirm.Youhatetolookatyourinvestmentswhenthey’regoingdown.Hewitttracks500,000401（k）accountseveryday,andfindsthatsaversarekeepingtheircontributionsup.Butthey’remuchlessinclinedtoswitchtheirmoneyaround.“It’stheslot-machineeffect,”Lucassays.“Peoplegetmoreinterestedinplayingwhentheythinkthey’vegotahotmachine”—andnothing’shottoday.Theaverageinvestorfeelsoverwhelmed.

Againstallcommonsense,manysaversstillshuttheireyestothedangersofowningtoomuchcompanystock.Inbigcompanieslastyear,asurprising29percentofemployeesheldatleastthreequartersoftheir402（k）intheirownstock.

Youngeremployeesmayhavenochoice.Youoftenhavetowaituntilyou’re50or55beforeyoucansellanycompanystockyougetasamatchingcontribution.

Butinsteadofgettingoutwhentheycan,oldparticipantshavebeenholding,too.Onethirdofthepeople60andupchosecompanystockforthreequartersoftheirplan,Hewittreports.Aretheyinattentive?

Loyaltoafault?

Sick?

It’sasifLucent,EnronandXeroxneverhappened.

Noinvestorshouldgivehisorhertotaltrusttoanyparticularcompany’sstock.Andwhileyou’reatit,thinkhowyou’dbeiffuturestockreturns—averaginggoodyearsandbad—areaspoorasBarnespredicts.

Ifyouaskme,diversifiedstocksremaingoodforthelongrun,withabackupinbonds.ButI,too,amfiguringonreducedreturns.Whatashame.Dearbubble,I’llneverforget.It’stheendofagrandaffair.

1.Theinvestors’judgmentofthepresentstockreturnsseemstobe_____.

［A］fanciful［B］pessimistic［C］groundless［D］realistic

2.Infaceofthecurrentstockmarket,moststock-holders_____.

［A］stopinjectingmoremoneyintothestockmarket

［B］reactangrilytothedevaluingstock

［C］switchtheirmoneyaroundinthemarket

［D］turnadeafeartothewarning

3.Intheauthor’sopinion,employeesshould_____.

［A］investincompanystocktoshowloyaltytotheiremployer

［B］getoutoftheirowncompany’sstock

［C］waitforsometimebeforedisposingoftheirstock

［D］givetrusttoaparticularcompany’sstock

4.ItcanbeinferredfromthetextthatLucent,EnronandXeroxarenamesof_____.

［A］successful