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英语专业八级阅读理解题型分析及应试技巧

英语专业八级阅读理解题型分析及应试技巧英语专业八级阅读理解题型分析及应试技巧阅读理解是语言学习中最重要的基本技能之一，阅读是获取语言知识最直接、最有效的方法，阅读能力则是衡量掌握语言综合能力的一项重要标志。

学习阅读，学会阅读，提高英语阅读能力，是最终掌握英语，提高整体英语水平的必由之路。

英语专业八级考试中也设立了阅读理解部分，而且阅读部分在整个考试中占相当大的比重，该部分的得分直接影响到整个考试的成败，因此无论是教师还是考生都对此非常重视。

八级考试中的阅读理解部分主要是依据国家教委批准的《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》中对英语阅读教学内容和要求的规定，运用科学的测试手段，检验英语专业学生对于高级英语阅读能力和技巧的掌握，从而检查各有关院校对于大纲规定的教学内容和教学要求的完成和执行情况。

应该说到了准备八级考试的时候，学生已经具备了相当的阅读经验和阅读能力，现在的关键是多做练习，大量阅读，通过阅读来提高阅读水平。

如果还存在一些不良阅读习惯的话，比如用手指着读，默读时出声等等，就应毫不犹豫地痛下功夫去改正。

下面列出了一些常用的阅读技巧，仅作提醒之用。

希望考生能仔细对照自己的情况，尽快改掉不良习惯，以便提高自己的阅读效率。

1.略读略读(skimming)是常用的阅读方法之一，其主要特征是选择性地阅读。

通常的阅读要求看到每一个词，每次注目看1-2个词。

略读不需要看到每一个词，眼睛跳动的频率和幅度都有较大的提高，有时甚至从上一行跳到下一行。

略读不可能使你对所读内容全部了解，但是你能大大地提高阅读速度，也能获得大量的信息。

略读的主要作用是了解文章的大意。

经过略读之后，你对所读内容已经有了大致的了解，再仔细阅读，这时你的印象会更深刻，理解更透彻。

大部分读者不需要正规的训练和指导就可以进行略读。

但是有意识地训练会大大地提高你的略读速度和效率。

进行略读训练的最简单的.方法是强迫自己在规定的时间内读完某一篇文章，开始训练时，可以把略读速度定为平常阅读的5/4倍，以后逐步提高。

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精读原文：Passage 1 The Law to Keep the Oil Industry under ControlThe Norwegian Government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control.A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline; production limits have been laid down (though these have already been raised); and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a limited number of foreign workers.But the oil industry has a way of getting over such problems, and few people believe that the Government will be able to hold things back for long.As on Norwegian politician said last week: "We will soon be changed beyond all recognition."`Ever since the war, the Government has been carrying out a programme of development in the area north of the Arctic Circle. During the past few years this programme has had a great deal of success: Tromso has been built up into a local capital with a university, a large hospital and a healthy industry.But the oil industry has already started to draw people south, and within a few years the whole northern policy could be in ruins.The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north, however. With nearly 100 percent employment, everyone can see a situation developing in which the service industries and the tourist industry will lose more of their workers to the oil industry. Some smaller industries might even disappear altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.The real argument over oil is its threat to the Norwegian way of life. Farmers and fishermen do not make up most of the population, but they are an important part of it, because Norwegians see in them many of the qualities that they regard with pride as essentially Norwegian.#And it is the farmers and the fishermen who are most critical of the oil industry because of the damage that it might cause to the countryside and to the sea.【阅读练习题】Norwegian Government would prefer the oil industry to[A] provide more jobs for foreign workers.[B]slow down the rate of its development.>[C] sell the off it is producing abroad.[D] develop more quickly than at present.Norwegian Government has tried to[A] encourage the off companies to discover new off sources.[B]prevent oil companies employing people from northern Norway.[C] help the oil companies solve many of their problems.[D] keep the off industry to something near its present size.—to the passage, the off industry might lead northern Norway to[A] the development of industry.[B]a growth in population.[C] the failure of the development programme.[D] the development of new towns.the south, one effect to the development of the oil industry might be %[A] a large reduction on unemployment.[B]a growth in the tourist industry.[C] a reduction in the number of existing industries.[D] the development of a number of service industries.farmers and fishermen have an important influence because[A] they form such a large part of Norwegian ideal.[B]their lives and values represent the Norwegian ideal.|[C] their work is so useful to the rest of Norwegian society.[D] they regard off as a threat to the Norwegian way of life.1-5BDCCBPassage 2 TV's HarmfulnessYes, but what did we use to do before there was television How often we hear statements like this!Television hasn't been with us all that long, but we are already beginning to forget what the world was like without it. Before we admitted the one-eyed monster into our homes, we never fond it difficult to occupy our spare time. We used to enjoy civilized pleasures. For instance, we used to have hobbies, we used to entertain our friends and be entertained by them, we used to go outside for our amusements to theatres, cinemas, restaurants and sporting events.We even used to read books and listen to music and broadcast talks occasionally. All that belongs to the past. Now all our free time is regulated by the goggle box. We rush home or gulp down our meals to be in time for this or that programme.We have even given up sitting at table and having a leisurely evening meal, exchanging the news of the day. A sandwich and a glass of beer will do一anything, providing it down't interfere with the programme. The monster demands and obtains absolute silence and attention.If any member of the family dares to open his mouth during a programme, he is quickly silenced.Whole generations are growing up addicted to the telly. Food is left uneaten, homework undone and sleep is lost.The telly is a universal pacifier. It is now standard practice for mother to keep the children quiet by putting them in the living-room and turning on the set.It doesn't matter that the children will watch rubbishy commercials or spectaclesof sadism and violence一so long as they are quiet.There is a limit to the amount of creative talent available in the world. Every day, television consumes vast quantities of creative work. That is why most of the programmes are so bad: it is impossible to keep pace with the demand and maintain high standards as well.When millions watch the same programmes, the whole world becomes a village, and society is reduced to the conditions which obtain in preliterate communities. We become utterly dependent on the two most primitive media of communication: pictures and the spoken word.Television encourages passive enjoyment. We become content with second-hand experiences. It is so easy to sit in our armchairs watching others working. Little by little, television cuts us off from the real world.We get so lazy, we choose to spend a fine day in semi-darkness, glued to our sets, rather than go out into the world itself. Television may be s splendid medium of communication, but it prevents us from communicating with each other.We only become aware how totally irrelevant television is to real living when we spend a holiday by the sea or in the mountains, far away from civilization. In quiet, natural surroundings, we quickly discover how little we miss the hypnotic tyranny of King Telly.【阅读词汇学习】is the biggest harm of TV[A] It deprives people of communication with the real world.[B]People become lazy.[C] People become dependent on second-hand experience.[D] TV consumes a large part of one' s life.what way can people forget TV[A] Far away from civilization.[B]To a mountain.[C] By the sea.[D] In quiet natural surroundings.does a mother usually do to keep her children quiet[A] Let them watch the set.[B]Put them in the living room.[C]Let them watch the rubbish.[D]Let them alone.does the first sentence in the first paragraph mean[A] We found it difficult to occupy our spare time.[B]We become addicted to TV[C] What we used to do is different from now.[D] We used to enjoy civilized pleasures.1-4ADABPassage 3 Strictly Ban smokingIf you smoke and you still don't believe that there's a definite link between smoking and bronchial troubles, heart disease and lung cancer, then you are certainly deceiving yourself. No one will accuse you of hypocrisy. Let us just say that you are suffering from a bad case of wishful thinking.This needn't make you too uncomfortable because you are in good company. Whenever the subject of smoking and health is raised, the governments of most countries hear no evil, see no evil and smell no evil. Admittedly, a few governments have taken timid measures.In Britain for instance, cigarette advertising has been banned on television. The conscience of the nation is appeased, while the population continues to puff its way to smoky, cancerous death.You don' t have to look very far to find out why the official reactions to medical findings have been so lukewarm. The answer is simply money. Tobacco is a wonderful commodity to tax. It' s almost like a tax on our daily bread.In tax revenue alone, the government of Britain collects enough from smokers to pay for its entire educational facilities. So while the authorities point out ever so discreetly that smoking may, conceivable, be harmful, it down't do to shout too loudly about it.This is surely the most short-sighted policy you could imagine. While money is eagerly collected in vast sums with one hand, it is paid out in increasingly vaster sums with the other. Enormous amounts are spent on cancer research and on efforts to cure people suffering from the disease.Countless valuable lives are lost. In the long run, there is no doubt that everybodywould be much better-off if smoking were banned altogether.Of course, we are not ready for such a drastic action. But if the governments of the world were honestly concerned about the welfare of their peoples, you'd think they'd conduct aggressive anti-smoking campaigns. Far from it! The tobacco industry is allowed to spend staggering sums on advertising.Its advertising is as insidious as it is dishonest. We are never shown pictures of real smokers coughing up their lungs early in the morning. That would never do. The advertisement always depict virile, clean-shaven young men. They suggest it is manly to smoke, even positively healthy!Smoking is associated with the great open-air life, with beautiful girls, true love and togetherness. What utter nonsense!For a start, governments could begin by banning all cigarette and tobacco advertising and should then conduct anti-smoking advertising campaigns of their own. Smoking should be banned in all public places like theatres, cinemas and restaurants. Great efforts should be made to inform young people especially of the dire consequences of taking up the habit. A horrific warning say, a picture of a death's head should be included in every packet of cigarettes that is sold. As individuals, we are、certainly weak, but if governments acted honestly and courageously, they could protect us from ourselves.【阅读练习题】do a few governments take timid measures toward smoking[A] because they are afraid of people.[B]Because diseases cost a lot.[C] Because they are afraid of the cutting down of their revenue.[D] Because they are afraid of manufacturers.tone of this passage is[A] critical.[B]ironical.[C]distaste.[D]amusmdoes the sentence "because you are in good company" mean[A] you are backed by the government.[B]You are not alone.[C] You have good colleagues.[D] Governments are blind to evils of smoking too.is the best title of this passage[A] World Governments should conduct serious campaigns against smoking.[B]World governments take timid measures against smoking.[C] smoking is the most important source of income to many countries.[D] tobacco industry spends a large sum of money on medical research. 1-4 CBDAPassage 4 On the President's ProgramPresident Arling has put his long awaited economic restructuring program before the Congress. It provides a coordinated program of investment credits, research grants, education reforms, and changes designed to make American industry more competitive. This is necessary to reverse economic slide into unemployment, lack of growth, and trade deficits that have plagued the economy for the past six years.The most liberal wing of the President' s party has called for stronger and more direct action.They want an incomes policy to check inflation while federal financing helps rebuild industry behind a wall of protective tariffs.The Republicans, however, decry even the modest, graduated tax increases in the President' s program.They want tax cuts and more open market. They say if federal money has to be injected into the economy, let it through defence spending.Both these alternatives ignore the unique nature of the economic problem before us. It is not simply a matter of markets or financing. The new technology allows vastly increased production for those able to master it.But it also threatens those who fail to adopt it with permanent second-class citizenship in the world economy. If an industry cannot lever itself up to the leading stage of technological advances, then it will not be able to compete effectively. If it cannot do this, no amount of government protectionism or access to foreign markets can keep it profitable for long.Without the profits and experience of technological excellence to reinvest, that industry can only fall still further behind its foreign competitors.So the crux is the technology and that is where the President' s program focused. The danger is not that a plan will not be passed, it is that the ideologues of right and left will distort the bill with amendments that will blur its focus on technology. The economic restructuring plan should be passed intact.If we fail to restructure our economy now, we may not get a second chance.【阅读练习题】focus of the President' s program is on[A]investment.[B]economy.[C] technology.}D} tax.is the requirement of the most liberal wing of the Democratic-party[A] They want a more direct action.[B]They want an incomes policy to check inflation.[C]They want to rebuild industry.[D]They want a wall of protective tariffs.is the editor' s attitude[A] support.[B]distaste.[C] Disapproval.[D] Compromise.danger to the plan lies in[A] the two parties'objection.[B]different idea of the two parties about the plan.[C] its passage.[D1 distortion.passage is[A] a review.[B]a preface.[C] a advertisement.[D1 an editorial.1-5 CAADDPassage 5 MulesAlthough the top men in smuggling business must work together, most of a syndicate's small fry, especially the mules, know only their immediate contacts. If caught there is little they can give away.A mule probably will not even know the name of the person who gives him his instructions, nor how to get in touch with him. Usually he even does not know the person to whom he has to make delivery.He will be told just to sit tight in a certain hotel or bar until someone contacts him. In this way if he is blown, coming through airport customs he cannot unwittingly lead agents to the next link in the chain.All the persons at the receiving end do is to hang around the airport among the waiting crowd, and see that the mule comes through safely. If he does not, he is dimply written off as a loss.To make identification of mules easier, several syndicates have devised their own "club ties" so that a mule wearing one can immediately be picked out.Mules often receive careful training before embarking on their first journey. One Beirut organization, for example, uses a room with three airline seats in it. There the trainee mules sit for hours on end wearing weighted smuggling vests beneath their clothes, so that they become accustomed to standing up after a long flight in a natural way, and without revealing what they are carrying.An outfit in Brussels maintained a comfortable apartment where the mules could relax and get a firm grip on themselves on the night before their first journey; they were helped to dress before setting out for the airport in the morning. More often than not a courier will not know precisely where he is going or what flight number isuntil he is actually handed his tickets at the airport.This prevents the careless boast in some bar or to a girl friend the night before.Mules occasionally run off with the goods to keep the profit themselves. As insurance against this, a syndicate often sends a high-up on the same plane to keep a wary eye on couriers, particularly new ones. Even then things can go badly wrong. One international currency smuggler who was having trouble getting money out of Britain was offered help by a group of men who said they were in a position to "fix thing"一for a fee of course. Foolishly, the smuggler agreed to accept their help.When he got to London's Heathrow Airport, he handed over to one of the men a black suitcase containing nearly $90,000 in cash, destined for Frankfurt. Just to keep an eye on things, the smuggler went along on the same plane. When they landed at Frankfurt he was handed back his suitcase.He beat a straight path to the men's toilet, opened the case, and found only old clothes. The courier had switched suitcase en route, but the smuggler could hardly run to the police and complain that "the man who was smuggling money out of England for me has stolen it."【阅读练习题】is a "mule"[A] A person who sends smuggling goods for a syndicate is called mule.[B]A person in charge of smuggling goods is called mule.[C] A person who makes delivery for a syndicate is called mule.[D] A person who receives instructions from a smuggler is called mule.sentence "if he is blown" in line (6) is closest in meaning to[A] if he is arrested.[B]if he is recognized, but not necessarily arrested.[C] if he is recognized and arrested.[D] if he runs away.does the author give an example in the last paragraph[A] To show how a smuggler is caught.[B]To show a smuggler is afraid of the police.[C] To show to keep a wary eye on couriers is useless.[D] To show mules may keep the profit for themselves.does a mule work[A] Jointly.[B]Independently.[C] consciously.[D] Separately.1-4 CBDDPassage 6 Contribution of CoeducationImagining being asked to spend twelve or so years of your life in a society which consisted only of members of own sex. How would you react Unless there was something definitely wrong with you, you wouldn't be too happy about it, to say the least. It is all the more surprising therefore that so many parents in the world choose to impose such abnormal conditions on their children conditions which they themselves wouldn't put up with for one minute!Any discussion of this topic is bound to question the aims of education. Stuffing children's heads full of knowledge is far from being foremost among them. One of the chief aims of educations is to equip future citizens with all they require to take their place in adult society.Now adult society is made up of men and women, so how can a segregated school possibly offer the right sort of preparation for itAnyone entering adult society after years of segregation can only be in for a shock.A co-educational school offers children nothing less than a true version of society in miniature. Boys and girls are given the opportunity to get to know each other, to learn to live together from their earliest years.They are put in a position where they can compare themselves with each other in terms of academic ability, athletic achievement and many of the extra-curricular activities which are part of school life.What a practical advantage it is(to give just a small example)to be able to put on a school play in which the male parts will be taken by boys and the female parts by girls! What nonsense co-education makes of the argument that boys are cleverer than girl or vice-versa.When segregated, boys and girls are made to feel that they are a race apart. Rivalry between the sexes is fostered.In a coeducational school, everything falls into its proper place. But perhaps the greatest contribution of co-education is the healthy attitude to life it encourages.Boys don't grow up believing that women are mysterious creatures一airy goddesses, more like book-illustrations to a fairy-tale, than human beings. Girls don't grow up imagining that men are romantic heroes.Years of living together at school dispel illusions of this kind. There are no goddesses with freckles, pigtails, piercing voices and inky fingers. There are no romantic heroes with knobbly knees, dirty fingernails and unkempt hair. The awkward stage of adolescence brings into sharp focus some of the physical and emotional problems involved in growing up. These can better be overcome in a co-educational environment.Segregated schools sometimes provide the right conditions for sexual deviation. This is hardly possible under a co-educational system. When the time comes for the pupils to leave school, they are fully prepared to enter society as well-adjusted adults.They have already had years of experience in coping with many of the problems that face men and women.【阅读练习题】is the best title for this passage[A] only co-education can be in harmony with society.[B]people are in great need of co-education.[C] any form of education other than co-education is simply unthinkable.[D] co-education has many features.does co-education offer to children[A] A society.[B]A true small model of society.[C] A real life.[D] 1}ue version of social condition.to the passage, what is one of the chief aims of education[A] It is for students to acquire knowledge.[B]It is to equip future citizens with scientific technology.[C] It is to equip future citizens with what is required in getting a position in society.[D] It is for students to get academic achievements.do boys and girls in co-education have no illusion about each other[A] They live together and know each other too well.[B]Years of living together at school dismiss such illusion.[C] co-education encourage them to have an healthy attitude toward life.[D] They are familiar with each other' s problems.CBCBPassage 7 Antarctica and EnvironmentAntarctica has actually become a kind of space station a unique observation post for detecting important changes in the world' s environment. Remote from major sources of pollution and the complex geological and ecological systems that prevail elsewhere, Antarctica makes possible scientific measurements that are often sharper and easier to interpret than those made in other parts of the world.Growing numbers of scientists therefore see Antarctica as a distant-early-warning sensor, where potentially dangerous global trends may be spotted before they show up to the north. One promising field of investigation is glaciology. Scholars from the United States, Switzerland, and France are pursuing seven separate but related projects that reflect their concern for the health of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet 一a concern they believe the world at large should share.The Transantarctic Mountain, some of them more than 14,000 feet high, divide the continent into two very different regions. The part of the continent to the "east" of the mountains is a high plateau covered by an ice sheet nearly two miles thick. "West" of the mountain, the half of the continent south of the Americas is also covered by an ice sheet, but there the ice rests on rock that is mostly well below sea level. If the West Antarctic Ice Sheet disappeared, the western part of the continent would be reduced to a sparse cluster of island.While ice and snow are obviously central to many environmental experiments, others focus on the mysterious "dry valley" of Antarctica, valleys that contain little ice or snow even in the depths of winter. Slashed through the mountains of southern Victoria Land, these valleys once held enormous glaciers that descended 9,000 feet from the polar plateau to the Ross Sea.Now the glaciers are gone,perhaps a casualty of the global warming trend during the 10,000 years since the ice age. Even the snow that falls in the dry valleys is blasted out by vicious winds that roars down from the polar plateau to the sea. Left bare are spectacular gorges, rippled fields of sand dunes, clusters of boulderssculptured into fantastic shapes by 100-mile-an-hour winds, and an aura of extraterrestrial desolation.Despite the unearthly aspect of the dry valleys, some scientists believe they may carry a message of hope of the verdant parts of the earth. Some scientists believe that in some cases the dry valleys may soak up pollutants faster than pollutants enter them.【阅读练习题】is the best title for this passage[A] Antarctica and environmental Problems.[B]Antarctica: Earth' s Early-Warning station.[C] Antarctica: a Unique Observation Post.[D] Antarctica: a Mysterious Place.would the result be if the West Antarctic Ice Sheet disappeared[A] The western part of the continent would be disappeared.[B]The western part of the continent would be reduced.[C] The western part of the continent would become scattered Islands.[D] The western part of the continent would be reduced to a cluster of Islands.are the Dry Valleys left bare[A] Vicious wind blasts the snow away.[B]It rarely snows.[C] Because of the global warming trend and fierce wind.[D] Sand dunes.of the following is true[A]The "Dry Valleys" have nothing left inside.[B]The "Dry Valleys" never held glaciers.[C]The "Dry Valleys"may carry a message of hope for the verdant.[D]The "Dry Valleys"are useless to scientists.ADCCPassage 8 The Neutrality of American in the Early World War IIThe establishment of the Third Reich influenced events in American history by starting a chain of events which culminated in war between Germany and the United States. The compete destruction of democracy, the persecution of Jews, the war on religion, the cruelty and barbarism of the Nazis, and especially the plans of Germany and her allies, Italy and Japan, for world conquest caused great indignation in this country and brought on fear of another world war.While speaking out against Hitler' s atrocities, the American people generally favored isolationist policies and neutrality.The Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1936 prohibited trade with any belligerents or loans to them. In 1937 the President was empowered to declare an arms embargo in wars between nations at his discretion.American opinion began to change somewhat after President Roosevelt' s "quarantine the aggressor" speech at Chicago (1937) in which he severely criticized Hitler' s policies. Germany's seizure of Austria and the Munich Pact for the partition of Czechoslovakia (1938) also aroused the American people.The conquest of Czechoslovakia in March, 1939 was another rude awakening to the menace of the Third Reich. In August,1939 came the shock of the Nazi-soviet Pact and in September the attack on Poland and the outbreak of European war.The United States attempted to maintain neutrality in spite of sympathy for the democracies arrayed against the Third Reich. The Neutrality Act of 1939 repealed the arms embargo and permitted "cash and carry" exports of arms to belligerent nations. A strong national defense program was begun.A draft act was passed (1940) to strengthen the military services. A Lend Act (1941)authorized the President to sell, exchange, or lend materials to any country deemed necessary by him for the defense of the United States. Help was given to Britain by exchanging certain overage destroyers for the right to establish American bases in British territory in the Western Hemisphere. In August, 1940 President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill met and issued the Atlantic Charter which proclaimed the kind of a world which should be established after the war.In December, 1941, Japan launched the unprovoked attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor.Immediately thereafter, Germany declared war on the United States.【阅读练习题】item occurring before 1937 that the author does not mention in his list of actions that alienatedthe American public was[A] the burning of the Reichstag.[B]German plans for conquest.[D] Nazi barbarism.[D] the persecution of religious groups.Lend-Lease Act was designed to[A] help the British.[B]strengthen the national defense of the United States.[C] promote the Atlantic Charter.[D] avenge Pearl Harbor.。

英语专八阅读练习题及答案（3）

英语专八阅读练习题及答案（3）2018英语专八阅读练习题及答案FeminismThe statistics I’ve cited and the living examples are all too familiarto you. But what may not be so familiar will be the increasingnumber of women who are looking actively for advancement offor a new job in your offices. This woman may be equipped withprofessional skills and perhaps valuable experience, She will notbe content to be Executive Assistant to Mr. Seldom Seen of theAssistant Vice Pre sident’s Girl Friday, who is the only one whocomes in on Saturday.She is the symbol of what I call the Second Wave of Feminism. She is the modern woman who isdetermined to be.Her forerunner was the radical feminist who interpreted her trapped position as a female asoppression by the master class of men. Men, she believed, had created a domestic, servile role forwomen in order that men could have the career and the opportunity to participate in making thegreat decisions of society. Thus the radical feminist held that women through history had beenoppressed and dehumanized, mainly because man chose to exploit his wife and the mother of hischildren. Sometimes it was deliberate exploitation and sometimes it was the innocence of neverlooking beneath the pretensions of life.The radical feminists found strength in banding together. Coming to recognize each other for thefirst time, they could explore their own identities, realize their own power, and view the male and hissystem as the common enemy. The first phases of feminism in the last five years often took on thismilitant, class-warfare tone. Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Germaine Greer, andmany othershammered home their ideas with a persistence that aroused and intrigued many of the brightestand most able women in the country. Consciousness-raising groups allowed women to exploreboth their identities and their dreams—and the two were often found in direct conflict.What is the stereotyped role of American women? Marriage.A son. Two daughters. Breakfast.Ironing. Lunch. Bowling, maybe a garden club of for the very daring, non-credit courses inceramics. Perhaps an occasional cocktail party. Dinner. Football or baseball on TV. Each day thesame. Never any growth in expectations—unless it is growth because the husband has succeeded.The inevitable question: “Is that all there is to life?”The rapid growth of many feminist organizations attests to the fact that these radical feminists hadtouched some vital nerves. The magazine “Ms.” was born in the year of the death o f the magazine“Life.” But too often the consciousness-raising sessions became ends in themselves. Too oftensexism reversed itself and man-hating was encouraged. Many had been with the male chauvinist.It is not difficult, therefore, to detect a trend toward moderation. Consciousness-raising increasinglyis regarded as a means to independence and fulfillment, rather than a ceremony of fulfillment itself.Genuine independence can be realized through competence, through finding a career, through theuse of education. Remember that for many decades the education of women was not supposedto be useful.1. What was the main idea of this passage?[A] The Second Wave of Feminist. [B] Women’s Independent Spirits.[C] The Unity of Women. [D] The Action of Union.2. What w as the author’s attitude toward the radical?[A] He supported it wholeheartedly. [B] He opposed it strongly.[C] He disapproved to some extent. [D] He ignored it completely.3. What does the word “militant” mean?[A] Aggressive. [B] Ambitions. [C] Progressive. [D] Independent.4. What was the radical feminist’s view point about the male?[A] Women were exploited by the male.[B] Women were independent of the male.[C] Women’s lives were deprived by the male.[D] The male were their common enemy.答案详解：1. A. 第二次女权运动的浪潮。

全国英语专业八级考试阅读高分技巧

全国英语专业八级考试阅读高分技巧全国英语专业八级考试阅读高分技巧很多经历过专八的学生都会抱怨专八阅读量大，总是时间不够用，完不了卷。

碰到这样的情况我们该怎么解决呢?下面是小编为您收集整理的全国英语专业八级考试阅读高分技巧，欢迎阅读!专八阅读技巧之一--默读，不动口在专八考试中，专八阅读一直是大家难以逾越的坎，如何度过呢?建议大家在阅读的时候，要养成默读的习惯。

默读就是需要你用眼睛看，浏览，不需要你动口动嘴，在心里明白就行。

动口，会拖慢你的阅读速度，动了口就会下意识的需要每个单词去看去理解，而去看去理解每一个单词是专八阅读的大忌。

因为在专八阅读中很多的单词是不用看的，一眼扫过就能明白的事，你干嘛要花那个闲工夫去做呢?典型的吃力不讨好嘛。

所以专八阅读技巧之一就是默读，不动口。

专八阅读技巧之二--不反复浏览在专八阅读中，反复浏览也是不被允许的。

当你在阅读的时候，不要总是循环往复看，眼睛不要不断的来回转动看那些已经看过的内容。

一般对于专八阅读，尤其是科技类阅读，大家只需要浏览一遍。

如果有必要，可以在看完整篇阅读之后再回头看一遍，并不需要你在阅读之时就反复看。

专八阅读技巧之三--学会筛选式阅读在专八阅读中，很多的内容都是不必要的，你只要关注的是重点内容，对重点内容着重关注。

至于什么是重点内容，哪些能称之为重点内容，就需要你学会筛选。

所以在这里的专八阅读技巧是需要你去练就的，不是凭空就能拿上手的。

平时多做相关的阅读，找阅读的筛选办法。

专八阅读技巧之四--集中精神在专八阅读的时候，我们很多人都是由于分心所以导致的阅读速度慢、效率低的情况。

对于这种情况，就是需要我们集中精神，全力以赴的去攻克它。

这样你的专八阅读在实际操作中才能更加有效。

除了专八阅读，很多的事情都是因为我们的不专注所以才导致的效率低下，所以在这里，尤其是针对现在所说的专八阅读，希望大家能够集中精神，严阵以待的应对每一件事。

全国英语专业八级考试听力应试技巧一、加强储存记忆（memory span）：做到这一点需要按意群捕捉讲述内容，不要一字一字地听，而要抓住关键词或句。

英语专业八级阅读考试训练试题附答案

英语专业八级阅读考试训练试题附答案英语专业八级阅读考试训练试题附答案经常不断地学习，你就什么都知道。

你知道得越多，你就越有力量。

以下是店铺为大家搜索整理的英语专业八级阅读考试训练试题附答案，希望能给大家带来帮助!He was an old man with a white beard and huge nose and hands. Long before the time during which we will know him, he was a doctor and drove a jaded white horse from house to house through the streets of Winesburg. Later he married a girl who had money. She had been left a large fertile farm when her father died. The girl was quiet, tall, and dark, and to many people she seemed very beautiful. Everyone in Winesburg wondered why she married the doctor. Within a year after the marriage she died.The knuckles of the doctor's hands were extraordinarily large. When the hands were closed they looked like clusters of unpainted wooden balls as large as walnuts fastened together by steel rods. He smoked a cob pipe and after his wife's death sat all day in his empty office close by a window that was covered with cobwebs. He never opened the window. Once on a hot day in August he tried but found it stuck fast and after that he forgot all about it.Winesburg had forgotten the old man, but in Doctor Reefy there were the seeds of something very fine. Alone in his musty office in the Heffner Block above the Paris Dry Goods Company's store, he worked ceaselessly, building up something that he himself destroyed. Little pyramids of truth he erected and after erecting knocked them down again that he might have the truths to erect other pyramids.Doctor Reefy was a tall man who had worn one suit of clothesfor ten years. It was frayed at the sleeves and little holes had appeared at the knees and elbows. In the office he wore also a linen duster with huge pockets into which he continually stuffed scraps of paper. After some weeks the scraps of paper became little hard round balls, and when the pockets were filled he dumped them out upon the floor. For ten years he had but one friend, another old man named John Spaniard who owned a tree nursery. Sometimes, in a playful mood, old Doctor Reefy took from his pockets a handful of the paper balls and threw them at the nursery man. "'That is to confound you, you blithering old sentimentalist," he cried, shaking with laughter.The story of Doctor Reefy and his courtship of the tall dark girl who became his wife and left her money to him is a very curious story. It is delicious, like the twisted little apples that grow in the orchards of Winesburg. In the fall one walks in the orchards and the ground is hard with frost underfoot. The apples have been taken from the trees by the pickers. They have been put in barrels and shipped to the cities where they will be eaten in apartments that are filled with books, magazines, furniture, and people. On the trees are only a few gnarled apples that the pickers have rejected. They look like the knuckles of Doctor Reefy’ s hands. One nibbles at them and they are delicious. Into a little round place at the side of the apple has been gathered all of its sweetness. One runs from tree to tree over the frosted ground picking the gnarled, twisted apples and filling his pockets with them. Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples.The girl and Doctor Reefy began their courtship on a summer afternoon. He was forty-five then and already he had begun the practice of filling his pockets with the scraps of paper that became hard balls and were thrown away. The habit had beenformed as he sat in his buggy behind the jaded grey horse and went slowly along country roads. On the papers were written thoughts, ends of thoughts, beginnings of thoughts.One by one the mind of Doctor Reefy had made the thoughts. Out of many of them he formed a truth that arose gigantic in his mind. The truth clouded the world. It became terrible and then faded away and the little thoughts began again.The tall dark girl came to see Doctor Reefy because she was in the family way and had become frightened. She was in that condition because of a series of circumstances also curious.The death of her father and mother and the rich acres of land that had come down to her had set a train of suitors on her heels. For two years she saw suitors almost every evening. Except two they were all alike. They talked to her of passion and there was a strained eager quality in their voices and in their eyes when they looked at her. The two who were different were much unlike each other. One of them, a slender young man with white hands, the son of a jeweler in Winesburg, talked continually of virginity. When he was with her he was never off the subject. The other, a black-haired boy with large ears, said nothing at all but always managed to get her into the darkness, where he began to kiss her.For a time the tall dark girl thought she would marry the jeweler's son. For hours she sat in silence listening as he talked to her and then she began to be afraid of something. Beneath his talk of virginity she began to think there was a lust greater than in all the others. At times it seemed to her that as he talked he was holding her body in his hands. She imagined him turning it slowly about in the white hands and staring at it. At night she dreamed that he had bitten into her body and that his jaws weredripping. She had the dream three times, then she became in the family way to the one who said nothing at all but who in the moment of his passion actually did bite her shoulder so that for days the marks of his teeth showed...-..-.After the tall dark girl came to know Doctor Reefy it seemed to her that she never wanted to leave him again. She went into his office one morning and without her saying anything he seemed to know what had happened to her.In the office of the doctor there was a woman, the wife of the man who kept the bookstore in Winesburg. Like all old-fashioned country practitioners, Doctor Reefy pulled teeth, and the woman who waited held a handkerchief to her teeth and groaned. Her husband was with her and when the tooth was taken out they both screamed and blood ran down on the woman's white dress. The tall dark girl did not pay any attention. When the woman and the man had gone the doctor smiled. "I will take you driving into the country with me," he said.For several weeks the tall dark girl and the doctor were together almost every day. The condition that had brought her to him passed in an illness, but she was like one who has discovered the sweetness of the twisted apples, she could not get her mind fixed again upon the round perfect fruit that is eaten in the city apartments. In the fall after the beginning of her acquaintanceship with him she married Doctor Reefy and in the following spring she died. During the winter he read to her all of the odds and ends of thoughts he had scribbled on the bits of paper. After he had read them he laughed and stuffed them away in his pockets to become round hard balls.1.According to the story Doctor Reefy’s life seems very __________.A. eccentricB. normalC. enjoyableD. optimistic2.The story tells us that the tall dark girl was in the family way. The phrase “in the family way” means____________.A. troubledB. PregnantC. twistedD. cheated3.Doctor Reef lives a ___________ life.A. happyB. miserableC. easy-goingD. reckless4. The tall dark girl’s marriage to Doctor Reef proves to bea _____ one.A. transientB. understandableC. perfectD. funny5. Doctor Reef’s paper balls probably symbolize his ______.A eagerness to shut himself away from societyB suppressed desire to communicate with peopleC optimism about lifeD cynical attitude towards life参考答案：A B B A B。

英语专业八级阅读理解高分特训100篇【命题分析+答题攻略+强化训练】(第2章英语专业八级基础阅读篇

第2章英语专业八级基础阅读篇人物记述类（Passage1～6）Passage1题材：人物记述类字数：517建议用时：5分钟Mr.Duffy raised his eyes from the paper and gazed out of his window on the cheerless craning landscape.The river lay quiet beside the empty distillery and from time to time a light appeared in some house on Lucan Road.What an end!The whole narrative of her death revolted him and it revolted him to think that he had ever spoken to her of what he held sacred.The cautious words of a reporter won over to conceal the details of a commonplace vulgar death attacked his stomach. Not merely had she degraded herself;she had degraded him.His soul’s companion!He thought of the hobbling wretches whom he had seen carrying cans and bottles to be filled by the barman.Just God,what an end!Evidently she had been unfit to live,without any strength of purpose,an easy prey to habits,one of the wrecks on which civilization has been reared.But that she could have sunk so low!Was it possible he had deceived himself so utterly about her?He remembered her outburst of that night and interpreted it in a harsher sense than he had ever done.He had no difficulty now in approving of the course he had taken.As the light failed and his memory began to wander he thought her hand touched his.The shock which bad first attacked his stomach was now attacking hisnerves.He put on his overcoat and hat quickly and went out.The cold air met him on the threshold;it crept into the sleeves of his coat.When he came to the public house at Chapel Bridge he went in and ordered a hot punch.The proprietor served him obsequiously but did not venture to talk.There were five or six working-men in the shop discussing the value of a gentleman’s estate in County Kildare.They drank at intervals from their huge pint tumblers,and smoked, spitting often on the floor and sometimes dragging the sawdust over their heavy boots.Mr.Duffy sat on his stool and gazed at them,without seeing or hearing them. After a while they went out and he called for another punch.He sat a long time over it.The shop was very quiet.The proprietor sprawled on the counter reading the newspaper and yawning.Now and again a tram was heard swishing along the lonely road outside.As he sat there,living over his life with her and evoking alternately the two images in which he now conceived her,he realized that she was dead,that she had ceased to exist,that she had become a memory,lie began to feel ill at ease.He asked himself what else could he have done.He could not have lived with her openly.He had done what seemed to him best.How was he to blame?Now that she was gone he understood how lonely her life must have been,sitting night after night alone in that room.His life would be lonely too until he,too,died,ceased to exist,became a memory—if anyone remembered him.1.Mr.Duffy’s immediate reaction to the report of the woman’s death was that of _____.A.disgustB.guiltC.griefpassion2.It can be inferred from the passage that the reporter wrote about the woman’sdeath in a_____manner.A.detailedB.provocativeC.discreetD.sensational3.According to the passage,which of the following statements is NOT true?A.Mr.Duffy once confided in the woman.B.Mr.Duffy felt an intense sense of shame.C.The woman wanted to end the relationship.D.They became estranged probably after a quarrel.4.What is Mr.Duffy’s mood we can infer from the last paragraph?【答案及解析】1.A文章第一段第三、四句提到“What an end!The whole narrative of her deathrevolted him and it revolted him to think that he had ever spoken to her of what he held sacred.”，表明他对她死亡的报道感到厌恶，因此本题选A。

专八英语阅读理解题及答案详解

专八英语阅读理解题及答案详解专八英语阅读理解题及答案详解在学习、工作或生活中，大家都跟阅读理解题打过交道吧，借助阅读理解题人们可以反映客观事物、表达思想感情、传递知识信息。

以下是店铺为大家整理的专八英语阅读理解题及答案详解，仅供参考，大家一起来看看吧。

专八英语阅读理解题及答案详解篇1The Military Is InThings have really changed. Not only is the military standing tall again, it is staging a remarkable comeback in the quantity and quality of the recruits it is attracting. Recruiters, once denounced by antiwar students as “baby killers” and barred from campuses, are welcomed ever at elite universities. ROTC (Reserve Officer’s Training Corps) programs, that faltered during the Viet Nam era, when protesters were fire bombing their headquarters, are flourishing again. The military academies are enjoying a steady increase in applications.Certainly, the depressed economy has increased the allure of the jobs, technical training and generous student loans offered by the military. Students know that if they go in and become, say, nuclear weapons specialists, they can come out and demand a salary of $60,000 a year. Military salaries, while not always competitive with those paid for comparable jobs in the private sector, are more than respectable, especially considering the wide array of benefits that are available: free medical service, room and board, and PX (Post Exchange) privileges. Monthly pay for a recruit is $574; for a sergeant with four years services it is $906; for a major with ten years’ service it is $2,305. The services’ slick $175 million-a-year advertising campaign promisingadventure and fulfillment has helped win over the TV generation. Kids are walking down the school hallways chanting ‘Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines,’ just like in the commercials. And many military officials feel that the key difference is the enhanced patriotism among the nation’s youth. There is a return to the view that the military is an honorable profession. The days of a judge telling a miscreant to join the Army or go to jail are over. Recruiting for all four services combined is running at 101%of authorized goals. And the retention rate is now so high, that the services are refusing some re-enlistment applications and reducing annual recruiting target.The military academics are also enjoying halcyon years, attracting more and better-qualified students. Compared to private colleges, where tuition and expenses have been climbing sharply, the service schools are a real bargain: not only is tuition free, but recruits get allowances of up to $500 a mouth. It is reported 12,300 applicants are for the 1,450 positions in this year’s freshman class. Military academies are now just as selective as any of the best universities in the country.Nationwide, ROTC enrollment exceeds 105,000,a 64% increase over the 1974 figure. In the mid 70’s, the ROTC students refused to wear their uniforms on campus because they suffered all sorts of ridicule, if they did. Now if they wear them to class no one looks at them twice. To them, Viet Nam is ancient history, something the old folks talk about.1. What is the main idea of this passage?[A] The Military is in [B] The Military is up[C] The Military is down [D] The Military is on2. What was the attitude of the students in 1970’s towards the military?[A] Approval. [B] Indifferent. [C] Distaste. [D] Scolding.3. The phras e “come out” is closest in meaning to[A] “become visible”. [B] “begin to grow”.[C] “be made public”. [D] “gain a certain position”.4. Which one of the following is NOT mentioned as a reason to attract students.[A] Free tuition. [B] Spacious room.[C] Considerate allowance. [D] Technical training.答案详解：1. A. 军队又吃香了。

英语专业八级阅读理解高分特训100篇【命题分析+答题攻略+强化训练】(第1章英语专业八级阅读考试指

第1章英语专业八级阅读考试指南1.1英语专业八级教学大纲要求《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》中对英语阅读教学内容要求规定：运用科学的测试手段，检验英语专业学生对于高级英语阅读能力和技巧的掌握，从而检查各有关院校对于大纲规定的教学内容和教学要求的完成和执行情况。

能读懂一般英美报刊杂志上的社论和书评、英语国家出版的有一定难度的历史性传记和文学作品；能分析上述题材文章的思想观点、语篇结构、语言特点和修辞手法。

能在5分钟内速读1，600词左右的文章，掌握文章的主旨和大意，理解事实和细节。

1.2英语专业八级考题型调整根据最新题型调整说明，专八阅读的测试要求和测试形式均有所变化。

1．测试要求：（1）能读懂一般英美报刊杂志上的社论和书评（2）能读懂一定难度的历史传记和文学作品，（3）能理解所读材料的主旨大意，分辨出其中的事实与细节；能理解字面意义和隐含意义；能根据所读材料进行判断和推理；能分析所读材料的思想观点、语篇结构、语言特点和修辞手法。

（4）能分析上述题材的文章的思想观点，通篇布局，语言技巧及修辞手法。

（5）能够在阅读中根据需要自觉调整阅读速度和阅读技巧。

（6）考试时间为45分钟。

2．测试形式：本部分采用多项选择题和简答题形式，由数篇材料组成。

阅读材料共长3000个单词。

学生应根据所读材料内容，从每题的四个选择项中选出一个最佳答案，或根据问题做简短回答。

共22题，其中14道多项选择题。

8道简单题。

3．测试目的：阅读理解部分测试学生通过阅读获取有关信息的能力，考核学生掌握相关阅读策略和技巧的程度。

既要求准确性，也要求一定的速度。

阅读速度为每分钟150个单词。

4．选材原则：（1）题材广泛，包括社会、科技、文化、经济、日常知识、人物传记等。

（2）体裁多样，包括记叙文、描写文、说明文、议论文、广告、说明书、图表等。

（3）关键词汇基本上不超出《大纲》规定的范围。

1.3英语专业八级阅读考试题型解读1．试题难点◆词汇量大专八考试要求学生能认知9000~12000个单词，对考生的词汇量提出了很高的要求，并且有时会出现超纲词汇。

英语专八考试阅读练习及答案解析

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1. 例证题----切忌“就事论事”
① 例证题的标记。当题干中出现example, case, illustrate, illustration, exemplify，mention…in order to 时。
② 返回原文，找出该例证所在的位置，既给该例子定位。 ③ 搜索该例证周围的区域，找出该例证支持的观点（通常是
27. The author mentions "Baring the teeth in a hostile way" in order to
• A. Differentiate one possible meaning of a particular facial expression from other meanings of it
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Joy and sadness are experienced by people in all cultures around the world, but how can we tell when other people are happy or despondent? It turns out that the expression of many emotions may be universal. Smiling is apparently a universal sign of friendliness and approval. Baring the teeth in a hostile way, as noted by Charles Darwin in the nineteenth century, may be a universal sign of anger.

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专业英语八级阅读理解训练题及解析专业英语八级阅读理解训练题及解析"Can not help but always sad, so slowly learned to hide."以下是店铺为大家搜索整理的专业英语八级阅读理解训练题及解析，希望能给大家带来帮助!As Michael Jackson made the unfortunate transition from pop-music icon to tabloid staple，one of the most common lines of attack was on his ever-changing appearance, the way his skin dramatically lightened in color, and his face altered in structure.What's most tragic about Jackson's death, aside from the fact that it comes as he was mounting a comeback to include a sold-out 50-show residence at London's 02 Arena，is that what people will remember about him is his changing face. What they should remember：The way he changed the face of pop music.Jackson first came to prominence as the pint-size nucleus of his family band, the Jackson 5. He quickly became the focal point of the group because of his popular cuteness and, of course, that voice. What was so remarkable about the young Michael was his ability to co mmunicate youthful innocence’ or premature wisdom, or sometimes both at the same time. It was no small feat for the same preteen to credibly deliver shrewd stories of love and loss like “I Want You Back" and "The Love You Save", as well as he carried off c utesy soul ditties like “ ABC" and "Rockin' Robin". He led the group to four No. 1 singles.But his watershed moments came after he came out of his awkward teenage years. At 20, Jackson starred in the film version of The Wiz, at which point he met Quincy Jones, who agreed to produce his fifth solo album, Off the Wall. The record was a mature, sexy blend of pop soul with a heavy, danceable discogroove. Having spent his earlier years trying to straddle vocal adolescence，he effortlessly became an adult. It certainly helped that Jackson was so adept at using that voice, and that he had a set of amazing songs to work with, among them "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough" and “Rock With You", in which Jackson sings lyrics that perfectly describe his own gifted footwork："When you dance, there's a magic that must be love.“As stunning an artistic statement as Off the Wall was, it did little to prepare anyone for the cultural phenomenon that was his subsequent album, Thriller. Jackson’s goal was to create an album in which every song was a hit. He didn't quite accomplish that, but he did create a classic pop album that fans zealously snatched up (to the tune of an estimated 100 million copies worldwide to date) and that solidified his status as the King of Pop. Debate still rages about whether Off the Wall or Thriller is stronger as an album. But the sea change Jackson created with Thriller had less to do with the music than with the medium.At the height of MTV, Jackson became the first black artist to create a fan base using his image rather than in spite d it. His grasp of performance and presentation remains without parallel.Jackson's subsequent albums failed to reach the heights of Thriller. But Jackson retained his knack for spectacle. Every music video he released was a major event, which is why MTV's lifetime-achievement statue at its annual awards show still bears his name. As a singer, as a songwriter, as a performer, as a dancer, Jackson remains among the most gifted ’ imaginative ’ larger-than-life musician of any race that has ever come along. Whatever changed about him over the years, that certainly didn't.1. According to Paragraph Two, which of the following is NOT true aboul Jackson's tragic death?[A] He had been busy preparing for his comeback shows before he died. [B] The tickets to his comeback shows had been sold out before he died. [C] His ever-changing appearance had negative effects on him. [D] People don't remember the way he changed the face of pop music.2. Which of the following is true about Jackson's songs mentioned in this passage?[A] "I Want You Back", "The Love You Save", "ABC" and "Rockin' Robin" were the four No. 1 singles of Jackson 5.[B] Jackson failed to convey the meaning trf love and loss in the songs "I Want You Back" and "The Love You Save".[C] "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough" and "Rock With You" were from Off the Wall, which was his first solo album.[D] Jackson's wonderful dancing skills were vividly described in the lyrics of “ Rock With You".3. "Straddle" in Paragraph Four can be best replaced by[A] deal with. [B] get over. [C] avoid. [D] end.4. Which of the following can be inferred from Paragraph Five?[A] Every song in Thriller was a success.[B] Thriller was more successful than Off the Wall.[C] Jackson had already been recognized as the King of Pop before Thriller. [D] Some of Jackson's fans still minded his image as a black person.5. The tone of the passage can be best described as[A] commendatory. [B] derogatory. [C] critical. [D] neutral.2009年6月25日.美国“流行天王”迈克尔杰克逊在洛杉矾突发心脏病离世,终年50岁。

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Legendary investor Warren Buffett recently told me he's steering well clear of exposure to commercial securities like the complex derivatives being sliced and diced by major banks.He expects these"weapons of mass destruction"to cause problems for our economy again at some point.There's a less obvious but equally important way in which Wall Street distorts the economy:by defining"shareholder value"as short-term returns.If a CEO misses quarterly earnings by even a few cents per share,activist investors will push for that CEO to be fired.Yet the kinds of challenges companies face today--how to shift to entirely new digital business models, where to put operations when political risk is on the rise,how to anticipate the future costs of health,pensions and energy--are not quarterly problems.They are issues that will take years,if not decades,to resolve.Unfortunately,in a world in which the average holding period for a stock is about seven months, down from seven years four decades ago,CEOs grasp for the lowest-hanging fruit.They label tax-avoidance schemes as"strategic"and cut research and development in favor of sending those funds to investors in the form of share buybacks.All of this will put American firms at a distinct disadvantage against global competitors with long-term mind-sets.McKinsey Global Institute data shows that between now and2025,7out of10of the largest global firms are likely to come from emerging markets,and most will be family-owned businesses not beholden to(感激)the markets.Of course,there's plenty we could do policy-wise to force companies and markets to think longer term--from corporate tax reform to bans on high-speed trading to shifts in corporate compensation.But just as Wall Street has captured corporate America,so has it captured Washington.Few mainstream politicians on either side of the aislehave much interest in fixing things,since they get so much of their financial backing from the Street.Unfortunately for them,the fringes of their parties--and voters--do care.1.What would the author like to illustrate by the example of Pfizer's bid?A.More than half of all corporate mergers and acquisitions end in failure.B.They are often fraught with irreconcilable cultural and financial differences.C.It's an easy way to make a quick buck and please Wall Street.D.Business is serving markets rather than markets serving business.2.It can be inferred that"smooth earnings"include the following EXCEPT_____．A.tax avoidanceB.dividend paymentsC.better account balanceD.lower costs3.Wall Street's distortion of the economy may causemercial securities to be diced by big banksB.mass destruction of American economyC.failure to solve strategic problems of companiesD.CEOs to shorten their holding period for a stock4.The author closes the passage with a_____note.A.cautiousB.warningC.sarcasticD.humorous5.What kind of thinking is starting to dominate executive suites?6.In what way does Wall Street distort the economy?7.According to the author,what is the root cause of faulty mergers and acquisitions?【答案及解析】1.D由题干中的Pfizer's bid定位至第二段，该段提到“The deal made little strategicsense and would probably have destroyed thousands of jobs as well as slowed research at both companies.”即这一竞投收购活动会对生产发展和创造就业岗位带来负面影响，但之后又提到该协议可以少付税款，满足决策者等高级管理层和金融界从业人员的短期利益，由此结合题目可知选项D描述正确。

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This would push up pension-scheme liabilities,which vary inversely with the discount rate;because gilts are safer than company debt and so have a lower yield.Like the regulator's guidance on longevity,the ASB's proposal injects realism.If companies generally become more likely to default,then corporate-bond spreads —the extra interest they pay compared with gilts—will rise.Perversely,that willshrink pension-plan liabilities even though the firms backing the schemes have become less creditworthy.It will take several years for the ASB's new approach,if adopted,to affect company accounts.Yet,together with the regulator's move on longevity,the reform could have an unfortunate consequence for pension-scheme members.More firms may conclude that maintaining a defined-benefit scheme—even one closed to new members—is the financial equivalent of running up the down escalator.1.Why will the new guidance increase pension liabilities?A.Because it can plug the big deficits that have emerged.B.Because it will raise life expectancy assumptions.C.Because it may be more realistic.D.Because the scope for further gains in life expectancy is clear in the gap between Britain and other countries.2.According to the passage,what role do the trustees responsible for the schemesplay?A.They issue notice on actuarial valuations that assume an end to improvements in longevity.B.They help the regulator make tougher assumptions about longevity trends.C.They appraise demographic change in order to estimate future liabilities.D.They reflect steep falls in death rates for people born between1920and1945.3.“...gilts are safer than company debt and so have a lower yield”(Para.7)meansthat_____.A.corporate bonds of high quality vary inversely with the discount rateB.corporate bonds are not as safe as gilt-edged securities in investment yieldC.corporate bonds are focused on present value instead of future yieldpany debt can yield very low interest4.Which of the following statements does NOT contain a metaphor?A.Now it tarns out that some of the improvement may be illusory.B…but it will be a cold shower for firms with final-salary schemes.C.With a fair wind from more favorable markets,that helped to plug the big deficits that had emerged.D…is the financial equivalent of running up the down escalator.5.What does the conclusion of more firms at the end of the passage seem tosuggest?【答案及解析】1.B推断题。

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商业经济类（Passage47～54）Passage47题材：商业经济类字数：633建议用时：6.5分钟Talk is cheap when it comes to solving the problem of too-big-to-fail banks. From the luxury of even today's stuttering economic recovery it is easy to vow that next time lenders'losseswill be pushed onto their creditors,not onto taxpayers.But cast your mind back to late2008.Then,the share prices of the world's biggest banks could halve in minutes.Reasonable people thought that many firms were hiding severe losses.Anyone exposed to them,from speculators to churchgoing custodians of widows'pensions,tried to yank(抽出)their cash out, causing a run that threatened another Great Depression.Now,imagine being sat not in the observer's armchair but in the regulator's hot seat and faced with such a crisis again.Can anyone honestly say that they would let a big bank go down.And yet,somehow,that choice is what the people redesigning the rules of finance must try to make possible.The final rules are due in November and will probably call for banks in normal times to carry core capital of at least10%of risk-adjusted assets.This would be enough to absorb the losses most banks made during2007-2009with a decent margin for error.But that still leaves the outlier banks that in the last crisis,as in most others,lost two to three times more than the average firm.Worse,the crisis has shown that if they are not rescued they can topple the entire system.That is why swaggering talk of letting them burn next time is empty.Instead,a way needs to be found to impose losses on their creditors without causing a wider panic--the financial equivalent of squaring a circle.America has created a resolution authority that will take over falling banks and force losses on unsecured creditors if necessary.That is a decent start,but may be too indiscriminate.The biggest banks each have hundreds of billions of dollars of such debt,including overnight loans from other banks,short term paper sold to money-market funds and bonds held by pension funds.Such counterparties are likely to run from any bank facing a risk of being put in resolution--which,as the recent crisis showed,could mean most banks.Indeed, the unsecured Adebt market is so important that far from destabilising it, regulators might feel obliged tounderwrite it,as in2008.A better alternative is to give regulators draconian power but over a smaller part of banks'balance-sheets,so that the panic is contained.The idea is practical since it means amending banks'debt structures,not reinventing them, although banks would need roughly to double the amount of this debt that they hold.It also avoids too-clever-by-half trigger mechanisms and the opposite pitfall of a laborious legal process.Indeed,it is conceivable that a bank could be recapitalised over a weekend.The banks worry there are no natural buyers for such securities,makingthem expensive to issue.In fact they resemble a bog-standard insurance arrangement in which a premium is received and there is a small chance of perhaps one in50each year--of severe losses.Regulators would,though,have to ensure that banks didn't buy each other's securities and that they didn't all end up in the hands of one st time round American International Group became the dumping ground for Wall Street's risk and had to be bailed out(帮助...摆脱困境)too.Would it work?The one thing certain about the next crisis is that it will feature the same crushing panic,pleas from banks and huge political pressure to stabilise the system,whatever the cost.The hope is that regulators might have a means to impose losses on the private sector in a controlled way,and not just face a binary choice between bail-out or oblivion.1.In2008,the following occurrences happened EXCEPT that_____．A.banks'capital shrank dramaticallyB.firms pretended to profitC.another Great Depression followedanizations tried to take money back2.The resolution is_____in the author's point of view.A.of no helpB.bound to failC.without careful selectionD.sort of socialism3.The solution suggested in Paragraph6is better in the following ways EXCEPT _____．A.making less effort on banks"debt structuresB.not having to face stupid Bigger mechanismC.going through no troublesome legal processD.helping the banks collect enough capital4.Why can't the government take bank crisis for granted?【答案及解析】1.C由题干定位至第二段，其中第四句中提到“…causing a run that threatened anotherGreat Depression”，由此可知经济大萧条只是推测，并不是确实发生的事，故C为正确答案。

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