考研英语(二)模拟试卷161

考研英语（二）模拟试卷161
(总分：96.00，做题时间：90分钟)
一、<B>Section I Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D.</B>(总题数：1，分数：40.00) It is supposed to be the time of opportunity and adventure, before mortgages and marriage have taken their toll. But【C1】______to cope with anxieties about jobs, unemployment, debt and relationships, many young adults are experiencing a "quarterlife crisis", according to new research by British psychologists. 【C2】______all the features of the midlife crisis, this phenomenon—【C3】______by insecurities, disappointments, loneliness and depression—is【C4】______twenty- and thirtysomethings shortly after they enter the "real world", with educated professionals most likely to suffer. "Quarterlife crises don't happen【C5】______a quarter of the way through your life," said lead researcher Dr Oliver Robinson, from the University of Greenwich in London. "They occur a quarter of your way through【C6】______, in the period between 25 and 35, although they【C7】______around 30." Robinson, who presented his【C8】______at the British Psychological Society Annual Conference in Glasgow, worked with researchers from Birkbeck College on what he says is the first research to look at the quarterlife crisis from a "solid, empirical【C9】______based on data rather than【C10】______." The research is backed by a(n)【C11】______which found 86% of the 1,100 young people questioned admitted feeling under pressure to succeed【C12】______their relationships, finances and jobs before hitting 30. Two in five were 【C13】______about money, saying they did not earn enough, and 32% felt under pressure to marry and have children by the age of 30. Six percent were planning to emigrate,【C14】______21% wanted a complete career change. But Robinson also found that the quarterlife crisis—which lasts on average for two years—can be a【C15】______experience. Such early-life crises have four【C16】______, he said, moving from feelings of being trapped to a desire for【C17】______then, eventually, the【C18】______and solidifying of a new life. "The results will help reassure those who are experiencing this【C19】______that it is a commonly experienced part of early adult life, and that a proven pattern of positive change【C20】______it," said Robinson.（分数：40.00）
(1).【C1】（分数：2.00）
A.enabling
B.arranging
C.struggling √
D.preparing
解析：解析：名词辨析题。

本句后半部分提到“很多年轻人正遭遇quarterlife crisis”，既然称得上“危机”，应该是在“应对焦虑(anxiety)”时出现困难，只有struggle“挣扎”一词能体现这一点，故选C。

(2).【C2】（分数：2.00）
A.Bearing √
B.Experiencing
C.Bewaring
D.Sharing
解析：解析：动词辨析题。

空格处填入动词-ing形式，作伴随状语，其逻辑主语是phenomenon“现象”，即“该现象______中年危机的特征”。

从语义上看，bear“具有”和share“共有(特点)”语义上符合，但share应跟with短语，故答案为A。

(3).【C3】（分数：2.00）
A.defined
B.characterized √
C.signified
D.classified
解析：解析：动词辨析题。

两个破折号之间的内容是修饰phenomenon的后置定语，而列举的“缺乏安全感、失望、孤独和压抑”，是对该现象特征的描述，故B项characterized“以……为特征”符合语境。

(4).【C4】（分数：2.00）
A.beating
B.striking
C.hitting √
D.knocking
解析：解析：动词辨析题。

四个选项都表示“敲，打”，A项beat指连续打击，beat sb．可指“打败某人”。

B项strike多指急速或突然一次猛击。

D项knock指短促的敲打；而hit可指“对某人产生不良影响”。

文中是指对二三十岁人的产生影响，故只有C项hitting符合。

(5).【C5】（分数：2.00）
A.deliberately
B.ordinarily
C.correctly
D.literally √
解析：解析：上下文语义题。

空格后的a quarter of the way through your life是对quarterlife字面意义的解读，故选D项literally“照字面地”。

(6).【C6】（分数：2.00）
A.adulthood √
B.childhood
C.brotherhood
D.boyhood
解析：解析：名词辨析题。

根据空后提到的“25岁到35岁之间的时期”可知，quarterlife crisis应该是出现在成年时期，故选A项adulthood“成年”。

(7).【C7】（分数：2.00）
A.clash
B.cluster √
C.claim
D.clutch
解析：解析：形近词辨析题。

空格前提到quarterlife crises发生在25到35岁之间，空格后将这个数字具体到30左右，用B项cluster“集中”最合适，表示quarterlife crises集中发生在30岁左右，故选B。

(8).【C8】（分数：2.00）
A.findings √
B.discoveries
C.inventions
D.creativity
解析：解析：名词辨析题。

空格处填入的名词作presented的宾语，由该句末的the first research可知，他发表的内容与该“研究”相关，纵观各选项，只有A项findings“调查研究的结果”与research相关，故A为答案。

(9).【C9】（分数：2.00）
A.position
B.purpose
C.angle √
D.range
解析：解析：名词辨析题。

填入的词由solid，empirical“可靠的，实证性的”修饰，且能与from搭配，构成look at sth．from…的结构，C项angle可与from搭配，表示“从……角度”，说明该研究以实证性的角度来看待问题，符合语义和语法要求，故选C。

(10).【C10】（分数：2.00）
A.regulation
B.speculation √
C.calculation
D.stimulation
解析：解析：名词辨析题。

由空格前的rather than“而不是”可知，空格处应填入与data“数据”相对的词。

B项speculation意为“从理论上的推测”，刚好与以“数据事实为基础”相反，故B为答案。

(11).【C11】（分数：2.00）
A.investigation
B.inquiry
C.scrutiny
D.survey √
解析：解析：名词辨析题。

空格处填入的名词为后面定语从句的先行词，由后面的questioned一词可知，这是一份问卷调查，四个选项中，D项survey最符合此义。

(12).【C12】（分数：2.00）
A.on
B.at
C.in √
D.of
解析：解析：固定搭配题。

“在……上取得成功”用固定搭配succeed in，故选C。

(13).【C13】（分数：2.00）
A.worried √
B.sensitive
C.optimistic
D.rational
解析：解析：形容词辨析题。

由空格后的did not earn enough(money)可知，这些人收入一般，所以应该比较担忧金钱问题，A项worried表示“担忧的”，符合文意，故为答案。

(14).【C14】（分数：2.00）
A.so
B.while √
C.or
D.but
解析：解析：上下文语义题。

空格前提到有6％的人计划移民，空格后说21％的受访者想要彻底转行，是前后两个改变方式的对比，故选B。

(15).【C15】（分数：2.00）
A.negative
B.fatal
C.conservative
D.positive √
解析：解析：形容词辨析题。

由段首的But可知，本句与上文存在转折关系，由上一段的under pressure，not earn enough等字眼可知，该段都在讲述quarterlife crisis的负面影响，故此处应填入表积极感情色彩的字眼，四个选项中只有D项positive“积极的”符合要求。

(16).【C16】（分数：2.00）
A.phases √
B.styles
C.types
D.patterns
解析：解析：名词辨析题。

空格处填入的名词是后面提到的feelings of being trap，desire for______以及______and solidifying of a new life的概括，由它们之间的过渡词moving from．．．to．．．then 及eventually可知，这是一个按时间发展的过程，故A项phases表示“阶段”，符合该句语境，为答案。

(17).【C17】（分数：2.00）
A.wealth
B.promotion
C.change √
D.freedom
解析：解析：名词辨析题。

空格处为quarterlife crisis的第二阶段，由“感到处于困境”发展成“对______的渴望”，由该句末的a new life可知，要开始“新的”生活，而要开展“新生活”就要求变(change)；且上下文出现的career change及positive change也提示本题该选C项change。

(18).【C18】（分数：2.00）
A.securing
B.leading
C.building √
D.strengthening
解析：解析：动词辨析题。

空格处与空格后的solidifying“巩固”并列，说明是这种crisis的第三、四个阶段，而“巩固新生活”之前必须先“创建新生活”，故选C。

(19).【C19】（分数：2.00）
A.transaction
B.transition √
C.translation
D.transmission
解析：解析：名词辨析题。

本题为形近词辨析。

空格处的“this______”实际上指代的就是quarterlife crisis，四个选项中只有transition“过渡，转变”符合文意，表示这危机是生命中的过渡时期，故B为本题答案。

(20).【C20】（分数：2.00）
A.brings to
B.results from √
C.lies to
D.copes with
解析：解析：动词词组辨析题。

空格后的it指代的是上一题的“this______”，即quarterlife crisis；空格处填入动词作谓语，表明这种“积极变化的模式”和quarterlife crisis的逻辑关系。

由上下文可知，这种积极变化是由该危机而产生的，符合这一因果关系的只有B项results from“由……产生”。

二、<B>Part CDirections: Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese.</B>(总题数：6，分数：52.00)
There is no more fashionable answer to the woes of the global recession than "green jobs." Leaders of great nations have all gotten behind what Ban Ki-moon has called a "green New Deal"—pinning their hopes for future growth and new jobs on creating clean-technology industries. It all sounds like the ultimate win-win deal: beat the worst recession in decades and save the planet from global warming, all in one spending plan. So who cares how much it costs? And since the financial crisis and recession began, governments, environmental nonprofits, and even labor unions have been busy spinning out reports on just how many new jobs might be created from these new industries—estimates that range from the tens of thousands to the millions. The problem is that history doesn't bear out the optimism. As a new study from McKinsey consulting points out, clean energy is less like old manufacturing industries that required a lot of workers than it is like new manufacturing and service industries that don't. The best parallel is the semiconductor industry, which was expected to create a boom in high-paid high-tech jobs but today employs mainly robots. Clean-technology workers now make up only 0.6 percent of the American workforce, despite
the government subsidies, tax incentives, and other supports that already exists. The McKinsey study, which examined how countries should compete in the post-crisis world, figures that clean energy won't command much more of the total job market in the years ahead. "The bottom line is that these 'clean' industries are too small to create the millions of jobs that are needed right away," says James Manyika, a director at the McKinsey Global Institute. Although they might not create those jobs, yet they could help other industries do just that: they did create a lot of jobs, indirectly, by making other industries more efficient. McKinsey and others say that the same could be true today if governments focus not on building a "green economy," but on greening every part of the economy using cutting-edge green products and services. Stop betting government money on particular green technologies that may or may not pan out, and start thinking more broadly. As McKinsey makes clear, countries don't become more competitive by slightly changing their "mix" of industries but by outperforming in each individual sector. Taking care of the environment at the broadest levels is often portrayed as a political red herring that will weaken competitiveness in the global economy. In fact, the future of growth and job creation may depend on it.（分数：10.00）
(1).The author introduces his topic by_____.（分数：2.00）
A.making a comparison
B.analysing a phenomenon
C.challenging a conviction √
D.answering a question
解析：解析：本题询问作者引入主题的方法，引入主题通常是在文章开头，故本题应定位在文章开头。

作者在第二段开始论述观点，根据题意定位到第二段首句。

由history doesn't bear out the optimism可以看出作者对第一段提到的目前普遍接受的观点的质疑，故选C项。

(2).According to McKinsey consulting, clean-technology industries _____.（分数：2.00）
A.are similar to manufacturing industries
B.are like service industries most
C.have a small workforce for the poor
D.enjoy many governmental supports √
解析：解析：根据题干中的McKinsey consulting和clean-technology industries可定位到第二段。

该段末指出“清洁科技行业有政府的补贴、税收鼓励和来自其他方面的支持”，D项与之相符，故为正确答案。

(3).James Manyika believes that "clean" industries _____.（分数：2.00）
A.are essential to competitions between nations
B.can't create more jobs in the total job market
C.can satisfy the urgent needs of the job market
D.can serve as an indirect creator of jobs √
解析：解析：根据题干中的James Manyika可定位到第三段。

由该段末的they did creat．．．efficient“因使其他行业更高效而间接地创造了很多工作岗位”可以推断D项“可以成为间接的职位创造者”是正确选项，同时可排除B项。

(4).McKinsey suggests governments improve their competitiveness by_____.（分数：2.00）
A.striving to develop a green economy
B.blending green economy into other industries √
C.selling green products to other economic sectors
D.focusing on the overall strength of economy
解析：解析：根据题干中的governments及competitiveness可定位到第四段。

由该段第一句中的but on greening．．．services可知，McKinsey赞成将绿色经济与其他产业融合，即B项所说内容。

(5).It can be inferred from the last paragraph that protecting environment at the broadest levels _____.（分数：2.00）
A.is not a popular proposal √
B.will weaken the global economy
C.harms a country's competitiveness
D.determines the global growth rate
解析：解析：根据题干可直接定位到最后一段。

该段是要求政府拓宽思路，摆脱大众专注于单单清洁技术
工业发展的思维限制，这也说明作者的观点是小众的，尚未被大众接受的，故选A项。

When public schooling began to expand access to education in the 19th century, literacy was mainly about learning to read, a set of technical skills that individuals would acquire once for a lifetime in order to process a fairly established body of coded knowledge. For most, though not all, individuals in the industrialized world, those technical reading skills can now largely be taken for granted. But literacy requirements have shifted toward reading for learning—the capacity to identify, understand, interpret, create, and communicate knowledge, using written materials associated with varying situations in changing contexts. These skills have now become an almost universal requirement for success in the industrialized world. This shift in the concept of literacy is perhaps best illustrated with statistics on skill utilization in the labor force. It is no longer manual skills but routine cognitive skills that see the steepest decline in labor-market demand in advanced economies. Computers can replace humans for tasks involving processing of information through inductive or deductive rules. Routine cognitive skills are easier to outsource to foreign producers than other kinds of work: When a task can be reduced to rules, the process needs to be explained only once, so communicating with foreign producers is much simpler than for non-rules-based tasks where each piece of work is a special case. The reproduction of a fixed body of knowledge, acquired with technical reading skills, is therefore no longer sufficient. Individuals need the capacity to infer from what they know, to use knowledge in new ways or situations, and to generate new knowledge. Ensuring that assessments are comparable across countries is critical. Another challenge relates to external validity, verifying that literacy assessments measure what they set out to measure and that those skills are predictive for future outcomes of individuals. Adult literacy surveys show that competencies in major educational, training and work transitions are generally better predictors for earnings and employment status than the level of formal educational qualification that individuals had attained. Important aspects of the "new literacy" concept, especially elements of creating and communicating information, remain beyond the scope of large-scale comparative assessment. The long-term future lies with multi-layered assessment systems that extend from classrooms to schools to regional to national to international levels, that measure not just what students know but also how students progress, that are largely performance-based, that make students' thinking visible, and that allow for divergent thinking. Also, these assessments must generate data that teachers, administrators, and policymakers can act upon.（分数：10.00）
(1).In the industrialized world, the concept of literacy _____.（分数：2.00）
A.remains about acquiring knowledge
B.has shifted to cognitive abilities √
C.depends upon various situations
D.is universally associated and accepted
解析：解析：根据concept of literacy可定位到文章开头两段。

第一段提到，从19世纪起，学文化仅仅指获得用来应付体系完善的编码知识(a fairly established body of coded knowledge)的一套技能，但在工业化时代，对文化水平的要求已转向为学习而阅读——运用在不同的情境中与多种环境相关的文本材
料来认知、理解、阐释、创造和沟通知识的能力，这些能力正是第二段cognitive skills具体的表现形式，由此选B项“认知能力”。

(2).It can be learned from Paragraph 2 that _____.（分数：2.00）
A.manual skills are no longer requested in the labor market
B.the different literacy concept leads to a decline in labor-market demand
puters might free human beings from some rules-based work √
D.non-rules-based tasks require special technical reading skills
解析：解析：根据题干可直接定位到文章第二段。

其中该段第三句提到电脑可以取代人工做一些规律性的事情，C项“电脑可能让人类免于做一些规律性的工作”与此相符，故选C。

(3).Literacy assessing needs to be _____.（分数：2.00）
A.predictive
B.unaffected
C.essential
D.effective √
解析：解析：根据Literacy assessing可定位到文章第三段。

其中谈到了要注意评估的外部效力(external validity)，D项的effective“有效的”和validity的意思最相近，故为正确选项。

(4).Adult literacy surveys are to verify that_____.（分数：2.00）
A.certain cognitive skills foretell the future of an individual √
B.literacy assessments play an important part in identity searching
C.literacy assessments can be compared across different nations
D.the ability to generate new knowledge decides employment status
解析：解析：根据Adult literacy surveys定位到文章第三段最后一句。

该句提到，成人文化水平调查显示，在教育、培训和工作的重要过渡时期的能力，通常比正常受教育程度更能决定人的收入和地位。

该句与前一句中的“证实文化水平评估所测评的技能对人类未来起预测作用”相呼应，说明某些认知技能会预示人的未来，因此A项为正确答案。

(5).Comparative assessments of the "new literacy" will_____.（分数：2.00）
A.develop into extensive and multilevel assessments √
B.focus on creating and communicating information
C.include other subjects, like teachers and administrators
D.measure what students know in a long-term way
解析：解析：根据“new literacy”可定位到文章最后一段。

其中谈到比较评估(comparative assessment)的未来取决于建立一个从教室延伸到学校、地方、全国、乃至国际多层次的评估体系，A项“发展为范围广且多层次的评估”与此一致，故A项正确。

Chances are your friends are more popular than you are. It is a basic feature of social networks that has been known about for some time. Consider both an enthusiastic party hostess with hundreds of acquaintances and an ill-tempered guy, who may have one or two friends. Statistically speaking, the average person is much more likely to know the hostess simply because she has so many more friends. This, in essence, is what is called the "friendship paradox": the friends of any random individual are likely to be more central to the social web than the individual himself. Now researchers think this seemingly depressing fact can be made to work as an early warning system to detect outbreaks of contagious diseases. By studying the friends of a randomly selected group of individuals, epidemic disease experts can isolate those people who are more connected to one another and are therefore more likely to catch diseases like the flu early. This could allow health authorities to spot outbreaks weeks in advance of current monitoring methods. In a report, Nicholas Christakis from Harvard University and James Fowler from the University of California, San Diego put the friendship paradox to good use. In a trial carried out last autumn, they monitored the spread of flu through students and their friends at Harvard University, and found that their social links were indeed causing them to get infected sooner. As this result came after the outbreak, the researchers tried to come up with a real-time measure that could potentially provide an early warning sign of an outbreak as it began to spread. Currently, the conventional methods used to assess an infection lag an outbreak by a week or two. Google's Flu Trends is at best simultaneous with an outbreak. Dr. Christakis and Dr. Fowler suggest that a compound method might be developed in which the search inquiries of a group of highly connected individuals could be scanned for signs of the flu. Although the technique has so far only been demonstrated for the flu and in the social surroundings of a university, the researchers nevertheless think that it could help
predict other infectious diseases and do so on a larger scale. Nor should it be difficult to implement. Public-health officials already conduct random sampling, so getting the participants to name a few friends too should not be troublesome. When it comes to infectious diseases, your friends really do say a lot about you.（分数：10.00）
(1).According to the "friendship paradox", _____.（分数：2.00）
A.one's friends are usually less popular than him
B.ill-tempered people often have few friends
C.one's friends tend to be more sociable than him √
D.the hostess gains her acquaintances through parties
解析：解析：根据题干中的friendship paradox可定位到第一段。

该段最后一句冒号后的内容解释“交友悖论”：某个人的朋友可能比他本人更会处于社交网的中心，由此可知C项“某个人的朋友比他本人更善于交际”为答案。

(2).By using the "friendship paradox", people may_____.（分数：2.00）
A.prevent outbreaks of contagious diseases
B.isolate people from each other to avoid flu
C.abandon the current monitoring methods
D.predict outbreaks of flu earlier than present √
解析：解析：第二段首句中的this seemingly depressing fact指的是上一段的例子，对应题干中的“friendship paradox”。

第二段先提出该现象可被利用来检测传染病爆发的早期预警体系，并在段末说“这能够更早地对流行病的爆发作出预警”，故D项“人们可以比现在更早地预测流感的爆发”为答案。

(3).It can be learned that Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler's research _____.（分数：2.00）
A.is a real-time measure
B.was carried out among university students √
C.spots the spread of flu in advance
D.discovers social links that cause flu infection
解析：解析：根据题干中的Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler可定位到第三段。

该段最后一句明确说到该实验是在哈佛大学学生中进行的(through students and their friends at Harvard University)，故B项“该研究是在大学生中开展的”为答案。

(4).According to Paragraph 4, Google's Flu Trends _____.（分数：2.00）
gs an outbreak
B.precedes an outbreak
C.accompanies an outbreak √
D.predicts an outbreak
解析：解析：根据题干可直接定位到第四段。

该段称“谷歌的流感动向充其量只能同步报道传染病爆发的”(at best simultaneous with an outbreak)，故C项“伴随爆发同时发生”为答案。

(5).It can be inferred from the last paragraph that this new research _____.（分数：2.00）
A.is limited in scale √
B.is not easy to implement
C.has limited applications
D.conducts random sampling
解析：解析：根据题干可直接定位到最后一段。

该段第一句提到“目前这种方法仅试用于大学社交环境下流感的传播”(on ly been demonstrated for the flu and in the social surroundings of a university)，故A项“在规模上有限”为答案。

The past year or two has tested the idea that all publicity is good publicity, at least when it comes to business. Undeserved bonuses, plunging share prices and government funding, among other ills, have aroused the anger of the media and public—and created unexpected gain for
public-relations firms. The recession has increased corporate demand for PR, analysts say, and enhanced the industry's status. "We used to be the tail on the dog," says Richard Edelman, the boss of Edelman. But now, he continues, PR is "the organizing principle" behind many business
decisions. PR has done well in part because it is often cheaper than mass advertising campaigns. Its impact, in the form of favorable reporting in the media or online, can also be more easily measured. Moreover, PR firms are beginning to expand into territory that used to be the domain of advertising firms, a sign of their increasing influence. They used chiefly to pitch story ideas to media outlets and try to get their clients mentioned in newspapers. Now they also dream up and organize live events, web launches and the like. "When you look at advertising versus public relations, it's not going to be those clearly different," says Christopher Graves, the boss of Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide. PR has also benefited from the changing media landscape. The declining of many traditional media outlets has left fewer journalists from fewer firms covering business. That makes PR doubly important, both for attracting journalists' attention, and for helping firms bypass old routes altogether and spread news by posting press releases on their websites, for example. The rise of the internet and social media has given PR a big boost. Many big firms have a presence on social-networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, watched and directed by PR staff. PR firms are increasingly called on to track what consumers are saying about their clients online and to respond directly to any negative comments. Perhaps the best indication of PR's growing importance is the attention it is attracting from regulators. They are worried that PR firms do not make it clear enough that they are behind much seemingly independent comments on blogs and social networks. In October America's Federal Trade Commission published new guidelines for bloggers, requiring them to disclose whether they had been paid by companies or received free merchandise. Further regulation is likely. But that will not hamper PR's growth. After all, companies that fall foul of the rules will need the help of a PR firm.（分数：10.00）
(1).Richard Edelman's statements indicate that _____.（分数：2.00）
A.his company is developing at a fast speed
B.PR industry is facing a favorable opportunity √
C.all publicity is good publicity
D.PR policy will overcome business difficulties
解析：解析：根据题干中的Richard Edelman定位到第一段。

他谈到公关行业以前是the tail on the dog“狗尾”(意即“不重要、是摆设的事物”)，现在则是the organizing principle“组织原则”，可以推知公关行业现在发展机遇良好，所以B项正确。

(2).It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that_____.（分数：2.00）
panies spend less money in PR than in advertisements
B.advertising campaigns are independent from PR
C.PR firms are planning to enlarge their business scopes √
D.advertising companies are lacking in core competitiveness
解析：解析：根据题干可直接定位到第二段。

该段第三句Moreover之后的内容表明，公关行业开始进军以前隶属广告业的领域。

由此可以判断C项“公关公司计划扩大他们的商业范围”是正确答案。

(3).The changing media landscape leads to_____.（分数：2.00）
A.the advancement of PR industry √
B.the depression of traditional media industry
C.the reduction of journalists
D.the diversity of information publicity
解析：解析：根据题干中的changing media landscape可定位到第三段第一句。

该句讲到公关行业受益于不断变化的媒体格局，所以A项“公关行业的发展”正确。

(4).The rise of social media has greatly promoted PR in that _____.（分数：2.00）
A.people can get more information from on-line communication
panies need to replace their after-service department
C.PR staff are the best to track and tackle network criticisms
D.businesses need someone to take care of public opinions √
解析：解析：第四段谈到社交网络对公关的发展影响极大。

该段最后一句PR firms are called on to．．．是被动语态，结合上一句可知公关公司受聘于一些公司，负责跟踪(track)和回应(respond)消费者的网上反馈。

可见D项“公司需要有人来照顾民意”正确。

(5).The new guidelines for bloggers by America's Federal Trade Commission are to _____.（分数：
2.00）
A.reveal whether comments on blogs are affected by other factors √
B.indicate that PR's growing importance has attracted regulators
C.show that PR firms have to be honest with their customers
D.restrict PR's growth on social networks to some extent
解析：解析：根据America’s Federal Trade Commission可定位到最后一段第三句。

该段首句表明公关业受到了监管当局关注，第二句表明监管当局的担忧，接着谈到美国联邦贸易委员会制定新准则要求博客作者公开自己是否从企业获取报酬或免费商品。

A项“揭露博客评论是否受其他因素的影响”是对该段第三句的概括，是正确答案。

A. Have enough information
B. Listen to your Gremlin
C. Test them against your values
D. Respect your doubts
E. Trust your gut
F. Weigh up the pro's and con's
G. It just doesn't matter Some years ago I remember standing in my kitchen, staring silently at my boxes of cereal, trying to decide which to have for breakfast. I stood there for 5 minutes, until—utterly frustrated—I marched out of the house and went without. Fortunately I've learned to make decisions more quickly and more easily now, and when I notice that second-guessing and doubting starting to kick in, I kick it right back. So here are 5 ways to make confident decisions. 1 So many times we have to make decisions without a framework and no way to judge between two choices. When faced with a tricky decision it's often a good idea to line up your choices and ask "Which one of these most honors the things that mean the most to me?" The decision that's most in line with the things that mean the most to you—your core values—will be the best decision for you. That might not be the simplest or most practical, but because it fits with who you are and what's most important to you it will always be the best decision for you. 2 When I was growing up I used to love rainy Sunday afternoons watching Columbo (an American crime fiction TV series). What Columbo had bundles of was a great trust in his intuition. In every episode, from the very moment he first meets the bad guy, he knows "whodunit"—and he always trusts that. So look at what your intuition tells you is the 'right' decision for you. Forget about all the "What if 's" and the myriad, tiny details—what is your gut telling you? Listen to your intuition, it knows what it's talking about. 3 My decision between breakfast cereals wasn't a big deal. Whichever one I chose, there were never going to be any huge consequences and the ripples from that decision wouldn't have been felt much further than the end of my spoon. Sometimes it just doesn't matter which way you go. It's easy to get wrapped up in second-guessing yourself, going round in circles and over-complicating things, when—if you get right down to it—it just doesn't matter. Going round in circles is only going to make you dizzy, so stop it. Ask yourself this question—if your future happiness wasn't dependent on your decision, which way would you go? 4 Go and get the facts before you make a complex decision. By all means weigh up the pro's and con's so that you can get an understanding of what's behind a choice. But be careful—there's a huge difference between knowing enough to make a choice, and knowing everything to make a choice. When you feel yourself pursuing every fact or every piece of information before you make a decision, stop yourself. Ask "What do I really need to know to make this decision?" and focus your efforts on getting the best information relatively quickly.
5 We all naturally shy away from change, and we've developed a whole bunch of tricks that make it easy for us to avoid making decisions and stay exactly where we are. That part of you is often called the "Gremlin", and it's the part of you that would rather avoid making decisions altogether rather than run the risk of making a bad one or screwing up. Your Gremlin is not the same thing as having doubts, which are valid concerns about a possible course of action, or reasonable concerns about what might be in store. Your doubts can help you prepare for change and get ready。