1、AmongthemorecolorfulcharactersofLeadvillesgoldenagewereH.A.W.Taborandhis second wife, Elizabeth McCourt, better known as “Baby Doe”. Their history is fastingoneofthelegendsoftheOldWest.HoraceAustinWarnerTaborwasateacherinVermont.With wifeandAmongthemorecolorfulcharactersofLeadvillesgoldenagewereH.A.

2、W.Taborandhis second wife, Elizabeth McCourt, better known as “Baby Doe”. Their history is fastingoneofthelegendsoftheOldWest.HoraceAustinWarnerTaborwasateacherinVermont.With wifeandtwochildrenheleftVermontbywagon in 1855 to homestead in Kansas.Perhapshe didnot find farming tohis liking,or perhaps h

3、e was lured by rumors of fortunes to bemade in Colorado mines. At anyrate, afewyearslaterhemovedwesttothesmallColoradominingc knownasGulch,whichhelaterrenamedLeadvillewhenhebecameitsleadingcitizen.itsofleadaresuretobefoundhere.”heAs itturned out, it was silver, not lead,twastomakeLeadvillesfortunewe

4、alth.Taborknewlittleaboutmininghimself,soheopenedageneralstore,whicheverythingfrombootstosaltflourandtobacco.Itwashiscustomtoprospectiveminers,inotherwords,tosupplythemwithfood whiletheylookedforore,inreturnforwhichhewouldgeta hemine discovered.Hedidthisforanumberofyearsbutno anythingoftheaidedeverF

5、inallyone heyear1878,sothestorygoes,twominerscameinandfor“grub”.Taborhaddecidedtoquitsupplyingitbecausehehadlosttootway.Thesewerepersistent,however,andTaborwastoobusytoarguewith“Ohhelpyourself.Onemoretimewontmakeanydifference,”Hesaidandwentsellingshoesandhatstoothercustomers.Thetwominerstook$17worth

6、 s,return for which theygave Tabor a one-third heirfindings.Theypickedbarren place on the mountain side and began to dig. After nine days they struck a rich veinofsilver.Taborboughtthesharesoftheothertwomen,andsotheminebelonged to him alone. This mine, known as the “Pittsburgh Mine,” made 1 300 000

7、for Tabor in return for his $17 investment.LaterTaborboughttheMatchlessMineonanotherbarrenhillsidejustoutsidethe town for $117 000. This turned out to be even more fabulous n thyielding$35000worthoferdayatonetime.Leadvillegrew.Taborbecame mayor, and later became utenant ernorofthe1.Leadvillegotitsna

8、meforthefollowingreasonsA.becauseTaborbecameitsleadingB.becausegreatitsofleadisexpectedtobefoundC.becauseitcouldbringgoodfortunetoD.becauseitwas2.Theword“grubstake”inparagraph2A.tosupplyminerswithfood B.toopenageneralsC.todoonescontributiontothedevelopmentoftheD.tosupplyminerswithfoodandas discovere

9、dsandinreturngeta hemine,3.Tabormade A.by supplyino prospective miners and getting in return a one-third erestin the findingsB.becausehewaspersuadedbythetwominerstoquitC.bybuyingthesharesoftheD.asaland4.TheunderlyingreasonforTaborslifecareerA.purelyB. based on the ysisofminersbeingverypoorand discov

10、eringprofitableminingC.throughthehelpfromhissecondsibility5.Ifthispassageisthefollowing part?A.Tabors part of an article,who might be B.Taborssecondwife,ElizabethC.OthercolorfulD.Taborsother1.barrenadj.5.Ifthispassageisthefollowing part?A.Tabors part of an article,who might be B.Taborssecondwife,Eli

11、zabethC.OthercolorfulD.Taborsother1.barrenadj.2.fabulousadj.3.lureitn.5.grubstakev.?！径涛拇笠狻勘疚闹饕v述霍塞斯奧斯汀沃納1. C細節(jié)題。因為 Leadville可以為 Tabor帶來巨富。這一點不是 Leadville得名的原 因，因為在文章第二段中，講到這一點時，提及三個原因：A.因為 Tabor 成為當?shù)氐木用翊砣宋?，B.Leadville有豐富的鉛的儲藏量。D.LeadvilleTabor重要而起的名，唯獨 C 沒有，因為到后來發(fā)現(xiàn)是銀礦才給他帶來巨富。2.DgrubstakeD所述內(nèi)容是相同的，即

12、“供給探礦者資 金，衣物，食品以及其他物品”。(可參閱英華大辭典修訂第二版 64 頁)但此處還補充地講，作為回報，供給者可以獲得礦中資源一定份額。(見文章第二段第 4 行)3.A細節(jié)題。Tabor4-9Tabor 的物品，作為回報，Tabor 獲得他們礦資源三分之TaborTabor一個人所有，這個礦就是后來著名的“匹茲堡”礦。Tabor 的1304.B模式，因為 B5.B呢?key可以從文章第一句分析出來，在Leadville的黃金年代，其多彩的特點當中，Tabor 及其第二任妻子 Elizabeth McCourt 是值得大書特書的，接著，文章都在講述有關 H.A.W.Tabor發(fā)家致富的

13、歷史，如先買下匹茲堡礦，后又買下 Matchless礦，最后成為市長州長，等等，所以涉及到的全是男主人公D.heplannedwellsstepbyThere are people in Italy who cant stand soccer. Not all Canadians love hockey. A similar situation exists in America, where there are those individuals you may be one of them who yawn or even frown when somebody mentions base

14、ball. Baseball to them meansboringhourswatchinggrownmeninfunnytightoutfitsstandingaroundinafieldstaringawaywhileverylittleofanythinghappens.Theylyouitsagame suitedtothe19thcentury,slow,There are people in Italy who cant stand soccer. Not all Canadians love hockey. A similar situation exists in Ameri

15、ca, where there are those individuals you may be one of them who yawn or even frown when somebody mentions baseball. Baseball to them meansboringhourswatchinggrownmeninfunnytightoutfitsstandingaroundinafieldstaringawaywhileverylittleofanythinghappens.Theylyouitsagame suitedtothe19thcentury,slow,quie

16、t,gentlemanly.Thesearethesamepeopleyou be one of them who lovefootballbecause theres the sport tglorifies“theBycontrast,baseballseemsabstract,cool,silent,On TV the game is fractured oa geometryofthegame,however,isessentialtounderstandingit.Youwillcontemplate the game from one po as a paer does hibje

17、ct; you may, of course, projectyourself othegame.It his tthegameaffordssomuchspacetime for involvement. The TV wont t forTake,forle,thethirdbaseman.Yousitbehindthethirdbasedugoutandwatch him watching home plate. His legs are apart, knees flexed. His arms hang loose. Hedoesalotofthis.Theskepticstillc

18、annotthinkofanyothersportssostill,sopassive.Butwatchppenseverytimetcherthrows:thethirdbasemangoesuphistoes,flexeshisarmsorbringtheglovetoainfrontofhim,takesasteprightorbasemans etchisaball.“Nothinghappened,”yousay.couldhavehadmyeyesTheskepticandtheinnocentmustplaythegame.Andthis stands is no more el

19、lectual nlisteningtomusicis.WatchthethirdSmooth the dirt in front of you with one foot; smooth the pocket in your glove; watch theeyesofthebatter,thespeedofthebat,thesoundofhorsehideonwood.Iffootball is a symphony of movement and theatre, baseball is chamber music, a spaciouserlockingofnotes,choresa

20、nd1.ThepassageismainlyconcernedwithA.thedifferenttastesofpeopleforB.thedifferentcharacteristicsofC.theattractionofD.theattractionof2.Thosewho dontlike baseballmay hat A.itisonlytothetasteoftheB.itinvolveslayers nC.itisnotexcitingD.itispretentiousandlooks3.Theauthor tA.baseballistoopeacefulfortheB.ba

21、seballmayseemboringwhenwatchedonC. football is more attracting nD. baseball is more eresting n 4.Bying“Icouldhavehadmyeyesclosed.”theauthormeans(4thA.Thethirdbasemanwouldrather nplaytheB.Evenifthethirdbasemanclosedhiseyesamomentago,itcouldmakedifferenttotheC.Thethirdbasemanissogoodat thecouldfinisht

22、hegamewithclosedallthetimeanddohisworkD.Theconsequentwastoobadhecouldnotbeartoseetthe5.Wecansafelyleft,backwardorforward,perhapshe across the field to checkhis s,replays,ups.A.likesB.hatesC.hatesD.likes1.dugout2.pitcher3.symphony4.chamber5.contemplatevt.A.likesB.hatesC.hatesD.likes1.dugout2.pitcher3

23、.symphony4.chamber5.contemplatevt.】此句的主干是“Baseballmeanswatching”，其中“infunnytight用來修飾“grownmen”,“standing”和“staring”用來做“grownmen”】這是一個復合句，“goes1.D主旨題。文章第一段簡述了人們對壘球所持的偏見緩，不像橄欖球那樣)討的是壘球的特點及其欣賞。 A。2.C皺眉頭。對他們來說，看壘球意味著眼巴巴地觀望著身著運動裝(outfit。 A意為：“味?！弊⒁猓涸恼f的是適合上個世紀的人的口味，二者意味不一樣。 D意為：“3.B入(project)到運動中去，以體會到這種

24、寓動于靜的運動之美。電視做不到這一點(The tforyou)，因此，電視上的壘球比賽看上去(seems)靜靜、慢慢騰騰。C、D 不對，作者4.Bthirdbaseman”5.D的各種動作、壘球位之間的關系等是欣賞它的關鍵(第三段第二句)它，才能看到每一個小的動作、每一個眼神乃至于Asregardslconventions,wemustsayawordaboutthewell-knownclasssystem.Thisisanembarrassing5.D的各種動作、壘球位之間的關系等是欣賞它的關鍵(第三段第二句)它，才能看到每一個小的動作、每一個眼神乃至于Asregardslconventi

25、ons,wemustsayawordaboutthewell-knownclasssystem.ThisisanembarrassingsubjectforEnglishpeople,andonetheytendto be ashamed of, though during the present century class-consciousness has grown less andless,andtheclasssystemlessrigid.Butitstillexistsbelowthesurface.Broadly speaking, it means there are two

26、 classes, the “middle class” and the “working class”.(Weshallignoreforamomenttheold“upperclass”,includingthehereditarysinceitisextremelysmallinnumbers;butsomeofitsmembershavetherighttosittheHouseofLords,andsomerstakeaheirThemiddleclassconsistschieflyofwell-to-dobusinessmenandkinds.Theworkingclasscon

27、sistschieflyofmanualandunskilledalpeopleofThemostobviousdifferencenthemheiraccent.Middle-classuseslightlyvaryingkindsof“receivedtion”whichisthekindofEnglishbyBBCannouncersandtaughttooverseaspupils.Typicalworking-classpeoplespeakmanydifferentlocalaccentswhicharegenerallyfelttoberatheruglyandOneoftheb

28、iggestbarriersoflequalityinEnglandisthetwo-classsystem.Tohavebeentoaso-called“publicschool”ymarks you outasonethemiddleclass.Themiddleclassestendtoliveamoreformalnworking-people,andareusuallymorecultured.Theirmiddaymealisch”and theyhave ratherformaleveningmealcalled“dinner”,whereastheworkingmansdinn

29、er,ifworkinghourspermit,isatmidday,andhissmaller,late-eveningmealiscalledAswehavesaid,however,theclasssystemismuchlessnitwas,andforlongtimesernmentpolicytoreduceclassdistinctions.Working-studentsverycommonlyreceiveauniversityeducationandenterthes,n working-twoclasseseshavegrownsomuchtthedistinctions

30、inglessandlessclear.Howeverregardlessofoneslsus,certainstandardsofpolitenessareexpectedofeverybody,andawell-ispolitetoeveryonehemeets,andtreatsalabourersus,certainstandardsofpolitenessareexpectedofeverybody,andawell-ispolitetoeveryonehemeets,andtreatsalabourerwiththesamerespectgives an important bus

31、inessman. Servility inspires both embarrassment and dislike. Even theword“sir”,exceptin schoolandincertainoccupations(merce,thearmyetc.) sounds too servile to be commonly used.1.ThemiddleclassmainlyreferstopeopleA.whowerebornasB.whohavetherighttoheHouseofC.whoanydifferentlocalD.whoareprosperousbusin

32、essmenorwhoworkinsomes2.ThemostobviousdifferencentheworkingclassandthemiddleclassEnglishistheirA. B.C. D.Whyisnttheword“sir”commonlyusedinBecauseitsoundstooservileandislikelytocauseBecauseitcanonlybeusedinsomecertainBecauseitisanimpoliteD.Becauseittthespeakerisnotawell-.The“upperclass”inEnglandtoday

33、areextremelysmallinnumbertmediapaysnoattentiontoB.stillusesoldwordslikeheireverydayC.includesthehereditaryD.refersonlytotheroyalWhichofthefollowingisnottrueabouttheEnglishclassItisanembarrassingsubjectforEnglishWorking-classstudentscannotreceiveauniversityC.TheclasssystemismuchlessnitD.Theclasssyste

34、mstillexistsbelowthesurface. conventionembarrassv.rigidadjhereditaryadj.manualadj.accentn.7.receivedtionadj.英語的)well-bredadj.servilityn.10.occupationn.職業(yè)10.occupationn.職業(yè)1.D細節(jié)題。意為“那些比較富裕的生意人或有一定的職業(yè)的人”主要包括富裕的生意人和有一定的職業(yè)的人。所以正應該是D應該是C。 句：謙卑會引起尷尬和不悅。甚至像“先生”這樣的詞，除了在特定的職業(yè)中(如商業(yè)外，也不太常用，因為它聽起來太過謙卑。所以正應該是A4.C

35、細節(jié)題。A們，注意一定要看清楚再選。B 選項相關內(nèi)容在文末。D 沒有提到。B 在第一段中間出現(xiàn)。5.B細節(jié)題。意為“家庭的學生不能接受大學教育”B。四CultureisoneofthemostchallengingelementsoftheernationalThissystemoflearnedbehaviorpatternscharacteristicofthemembersofasocietyisconstantlydbyasetofdynamicvariables:language,religion,valuesattitudes,mannersandcustoms,aesthetic

36、s,technology,education,andinstitutions.Tocopewiththissystem,anernationalmanagerneedsboth retiveknowledgeofculture.Tosomeextent,thefactualknowledgecanlearned; ioncomesonlythroughThe most complicated problems in dealing with the cultural environment stem from the fact tonecannotlearncultureonehastoliv

37、eit.Twoschoolsofthoughtexistinthebusinessworldonhowtodealwithculturaldiversity.One tbusinessistheworldaround,followingtheofPepsiandMcDonalds.Insomecases,globalizationisafactoflife;however,culturalarethebusinessworldonhowtodealwithculturaldiversity.One tbusinessistheworldaround,followingtheofPepsiand

38、McDonalds.Insomecases,globalizationisafactoflife;however,culturalarestillfarfromconverging.Theotherschool tcompaniesmusttailorbusinessapproachesindividualcultures.Settinguppoliciesandproceduresineachcountryhascompared to an antransplant;thecriticalquestioncentersaroundacceptanceor rejection. The maj

39、or challenge to the ernational manager is to make sure rejectionisnotaresultofculturalmyopiaorevenFortune examined the ernationalperformanceofadozenlarge tearn20percentormoreoftheirrevenueoverseas.Theernationallycompanies all share an important quality: patience. They have not rushed osituations but

40、ratherbuilttheiroperationscarefullybyfollowingthemostbasicbusinessprinciples. These principles are to know your adversary, know your audience, and know your 1.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisA. All ernationalmanagerscanlearnB.BusinessdiversityisnotC.Viewsdifferonhowtotreatcultureinbusines

41、sD.Mostpeopledonotknowforeignculture2.Accordingtotheauthor,the of Pepsi .A.isinlinewiththetheoriesoftheschooladvocatingthebusinessisbusinessthe world aroundB.isdifferentfromthe ofC.showsthereverseofD.hasconvergedcultural3.ThetwoschoolsofthoughtA.bothpro e tcompaniesshouldtailorbusinessapproachestoB.

42、 tdifferentpoliciesbesetupindifferentC.admittheexistenceofculturaldiversityinbusinessD.andB4.ThisarticlepedtobemostusefulforthoseA. who are erestedinresearchingthetopicofculturalB. who have connections to more nonetypeofC.whowanttotravelD.whowanttorunbusiness ernational5.AccordingtoFortune,sful erna

43、tionalcompaniesA.earn20percentormoreoftheirrevenueB.allhavethequalityofC.willfollowtheoverseaslocalD. adopt the policy of 1.dynamicadj.2.variablen.aestheticsn.4.factualadj.6.convergev.7.transplantv.8.myopian. 9.adversaryn.對 iveadj.個句子為一個簡單句，主語為：“thissystem”，謂語為“isd”。1.C推斷題。意為“對在商業(yè)中怎樣對待文化有著不同意見”具2.A細

44、節(jié)題。意為“的派別的主張是一致的”Pepsi是3.C推斷題。意為“承認商業(yè)世界中文化的多元性”4.DD。5.B細節(jié)題。意為“都具有耐心這一素質(zhì)”總收入的20%或以上。它們也不一定全都接納海外的當?shù)匚幕?，或是采個句子為一個簡單句，主語為：“thissystem”，謂語為“isd”。1.C推斷題。意為“對在商業(yè)中怎樣對待文化有著不同意見”具2.A細節(jié)題。意為“的派別的主張是一致的”Pepsi是3.C推斷題。意為“承認商業(yè)世界中文化的多元性”4.DD。5.B細節(jié)題。意為“都具有耐心這一素質(zhì)”總收入的20%或以上。它們也不一定全都接納海外的當?shù)匚幕?，或是采策略Whenonelooksbackupont

45、he dred tarethelifespanofthelanguage,heshouldbeabletonoticeanumberofsignificanttruths.Thehistoryofour language has always been a history of constant changeat times a slow, almost imperceptible change, at other times a violent colli betn two languages. Ourlanguage has always been a living growing ani

46、sm, is never been sic.Another significant truth t emerges from such a study istlanguageatalltimeshas not of one class roupbutofmany. Atoneextreme sbeenpropertyofthecommon,ignorantfolk,whohaveused hedailybusinessofliving,muchastheyhaveusedtheiranimalsorthekitchenpotsandpans.Atotherextremesbeenthetrea

47、sureofthosewhohaverespecteditasanandasignofcivilization,andwhohavestruggledbywritingitdowntogiveitpermanence,order,dignity,and sible,aAs we consider our changing language, we should note here two developments are of spel and immediate importance to us. One is tsincethetimeoftheAnglo-tSaxons there ha

48、s been most complete reversal of the different deviforshowing the relationship of words in a sentence. Anglo-Saxon (old English) was a language of many inflections. Modern English has few inflections. We must now depend largely on word order and function words to convey the meanings t the older lang

49、uage did bymeans of changes heformsofwords.Functionwords,youshouldunderstand,chasitions, conjunctions, and afew otherstareusedprimarilyshowrelationshipsamongotherwords.Afewinflections,however,havesurvived.when someword inflections come withwordorder,theremaybetroubletheusersofthelanguage,asweshallse

50、elaterwhenweturnourattentiontomaters as WHO or WHOM and ME or I. The second fact we must consider is tas language itself changes, our attitudes toward language forms change also. Theeighteenthcentury,forle,when someword inflections come withwordorder,theremaybetroubletheusersofthelanguage,asweshalls

51、eelaterwhenweturnourattentiontomaters as WHO or WHOM and ME or I. The second fact we must consider is tas language itself changes, our attitudes toward language forms change also. Theeighteenthcentury,forle,producedfromvariousatendencyto fixlanguage opatternsnotalwayssetinandgrew,untilatthepresentti

52、methereisstrong tendency to restudy and re-evaluaanguagepracti which people speak and write.ermsoftheways1.Incontrasttotherlinguists,modernlinguiststendtoA.attempttocontinuethestandardizationoftheB. evalua anguageerms of current speech rather nstandardsC.bemoreconcernedabouttheimprovementofthelanguageD.bemoreawareoftherulesofthelanguagen ysis2.Choosetheappropriatemeaningfortheword“inflection”usedinline4paragraphA. heformsofB