翻譯二級(jí)筆譯綜合能力閱讀分類(lèi)模擬題133

ReadingComprehension

OxfordandCambridgeUniversityBoatClubshavebothtakent(江南

博哥)heopportunitytotraveltoSpainthismonthtotraininless

testingweatherconditionsthanthosewhichhave,quiteliterally,

alreadyblownaroundtheUKinJanuaryof2007.

Eachgroupofathleteshasbeenfocusedontrainingtothe

maximum,workingonleclmiqueandmoldingthemselvesintoIwo

potentialfightingunitsperClubforthe2007BoatRace,sponsored

byXchanging.Onesetwi11beintheBlueBoatforeachclubandone

setwillraceasreservesinIsis,forOxford,andGoldie,for

Cambridge.

Inthesemoderntimes,theHeadCoachforeachclubhasahuge

inputonselectioneventhoughthecrewisstillnamedbythe

President.Justtwentyyearsagothebalancewasnotquitethesame.

Theyear1987willalwaysberememberedinthehistoryofthis

greatRaceastheyearofthe"mutiny〃atOxford.Itisatalewhich

hassincebeenretoldandreworkedinbothabookandamovie.

ThiswastheseasonforwhichmatureScottishstudent,Donald

Macdonald,waselecteePresident,havingallreadywonaBluein1986.

Macdonaldre-appointedDanielTopolski(nowarenownedrowing

journalistandbroadcaster)asChiefCoach.

Partofthe1986/87squadatOxfordincludedAmericanChris

Clark,nowacoachatanAmericanUniversity,andfourfellowUS

internationals.

Allegedly,asplitappearedinthesquadbetweentheAmerican

quintet;allexperiencedandleadingoarsmen,andthoserowers

closesttoMacdonald.TheScot'sgroupwerehappytofollow

Topolski，sregimewhilsttheotherswerenotsosure.

FollowingacontentiousseatracingtrialinJanuaryof1987,

TopolskidecidedtomoveClarktothebow-sideofthebeat.Clark

disagreed.Topolskiheldfirm.AsaresultClarkandhis〃group”

withinthesquaddecidednottorowandsoughtatakeover.

ThesquabblewasplayedoutextensivelyintheUKnational

mediaandcaughtthepublicimagination.Macdonaldsoughtsupport

fromthecollegecaptainsandeventuallyv/onavoteofconfidenceby

28votesto11.

WithouttheAmericans,theOxfordcrewwasimmediately

consideredalostcause.Cambridgewereoverwhelmingfavoritestowin.

Asitturnedout,though,thiswasaRacewhichwouldprovewhy

sport,andparticularlyTheBoatRace,canbesofascinating.

1.Thephase"blownaround"underlinedinParagraph1isclosestin

meaningto.

A.discuss

B.walkaround

C.doubt

D.visit

正確答案：A

［解析］根據(jù)文中第一段的內(nèi)容“whichhave,quiteliterally,already

blownaroundtheUKinJanuaryof2007”可知，在2007年一月討論英國(guó)的

情況。選項(xiàng)中的A項(xiàng)為“探討，討論”符合文意。B項(xiàng)“繞……走”，C項(xiàng)“質(zhì)

疑”，D項(xiàng)“參觀”，這三項(xiàng)均不符合題意。

2.Itcanbeinferredthat〃Isis〃and“Goldie"arethenamesoftwo

A.places

B.teams

C.races

D.clubs

正確答案：B

［解析］根據(jù)文中第一段的“OxfordandCambridgeUniversityBoat

Clubs.”和第二段的“OnesetwillbeintheBlueBoatforeachclub

andonesetwillraceasreservesinTsis,forOxford,andGoldie,

forCambridge.”可以推斷出，出is和Goldie是劃船俱樂(lè)部?jī)蓚€(gè)隊(duì)的名稱(chēng),所

以應(yīng)該選擇B。A項(xiàng)“地名”，C項(xiàng)“賽事名稱(chēng)”，A、C從兩個(gè)單詞出現(xiàn)的位置

可以看出和地名、比賽名稱(chēng)沒(méi)有關(guān)系；D項(xiàng)“俱樂(lè)部名稱(chēng)”，俱樂(lè)部名稱(chēng)是牛津

大學(xué)和劍橋大學(xué)俱樂(lè)部，所以D不正確，所以這三項(xiàng)都不符合題意。

3.Accordingtothepassage,increw-naming,thePresident______.

A.hasnoinfluenceintheHeadCoach'sopinion

B.giveslittlecaretotheideaoftheHeadCoach

C.usedtobetheonlyonetomakedecisions

D.hadgreatersay20yearsagothantoday

正確答案：D

［解析］根據(jù)第三段的內(nèi)容“Inthesemoderntimes,theHeadCoachfor

eachclubhasahugeinputonselectioneventhoughthecrewisstill

namedbythePresident.Justtwentyyearsagothebalancewasnot

quitethesame.”可知，D項(xiàng)“主席20年前比現(xiàn)在說(shuō)話(huà)更有分量”符合文意。

A項(xiàng)“主席對(duì)總教練的觀點(diǎn)沒(méi)有影響”，B項(xiàng)“很少在意主教練的主意”，C項(xiàng)

“主席過(guò)去是唯一作決定的人”，這三項(xiàng)和文意不符合。

4.Theword〃it〃underlinedinParagraph4refersto.

A.theyear1987

B.Race

C.Oxford

D.abookandamovie

正確答案：A

［解析］根加文中第四段的內(nèi)容可知，It在此處指代的是前面提到的theyear

1987o所以正確答案是A選項(xiàng)。

5.Theboldfacedword"quintet"inParagraph7refersto.

A.threepeople

B.fourpeople

C.fivepeople

D.sixpeople

正確答案：C

［解析］quintet的原意是“五重奏，五重唱；男子籃球隊(duì)；五位字節(jié)”，再根

據(jù)文中第六段的內(nèi)容“Partofthe1986/87squadatOxfordincluded

AmericanChrisClark,nowacoachatanAmericanUniversity,andfour

fellowUSinternationals.可知,quintet應(yīng)該是5個(gè)人，所以應(yīng)該選擇

CoA項(xiàng)“三個(gè)人”，B項(xiàng)“四個(gè)人”，D項(xiàng)“六個(gè)人”,這三項(xiàng)明顯不正確。

6.Thesplitseemedtobecausedbythedisagreementbetween

A.TopolskiandClark

B.MacdonaldandClark

C.MacdonaldandTopolski

D.theScottishstudentsandtheAmericanoarsmen

正確答案：A

［解析］根據(jù)文中第八段的內(nèi)容“TopolskidecidedtomoveClarktothe

bow-sideofthebeat.Clarkdisagreed.Topolskiheldfirm.Asa

resultClarkandhis”group“withinthesquaddecidednottorowand

soughtatakeover.”

7.Theword"squabble“underlinedinParagraph9isclosestin

meaningto__.

A.argument

B.controversy

C.dispute

D.debate

正確答案：A

［解析］根據(jù)文中第九段的內(nèi)容“Thesquabblewasplayedoutextensively

intheUKiialiuniilmedia可知,在英國(guó)媒體展開(kāi)了爭(zhēng)論。選項(xiàng)中的A項(xiàng)為

“爭(zhēng)辯，爭(zhēng)論”符合文意。B項(xiàng)“論戰(zhàn)”，C項(xiàng)“糾紛”，D項(xiàng)“辯論”，這三

項(xiàng)均不符合題意。

8.Macdonaldhadtoseeksupportfromthecollegecaptainsbecause

A.thepublicimaginedhewasnotcompetenttocommandhiscrew

B.theChiefCoachTopclskilosttheexperiencedAmericanoarsmen

C.theOxfordcrewwasunlikelytowintheRacewithouttheAmericans

D.theAmericanswouldleavethesquadunlesstheyweretoleadit

正確答案：D

［解析］根據(jù)文中第八段的內(nèi)容“AsaresultClarkandhis'group'within

thesquaddecidednottorowandsoughtatakeover.,,可知,克拉克和他

的“集團(tuán)”內(nèi)的球隊(duì)決定不參加活動(dòng)而是接管船隊(duì)，所以應(yīng)該選擇D。A項(xiàng)“公

眾猜測(cè)他不能指揮他的隊(duì)員”，B項(xiàng)“主教練失去了經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富的美國(guó)隊(duì)員”，C

項(xiàng)“沒(méi)有美國(guó)人，牛津?qū)Σ淮罂赡苴A得比賽”，這三項(xiàng)都不是Macdonald尋求

支持的原因。

9.Theword〃fascinating"underlinedinParagraph11isclosestin

meaningto.

A.attracting

B.shocking

C.surprising

D.horrifying

正確答案：A

［解析］根據(jù)文中第H段的內(nèi)容"particularlyTheBoatRace,canbeso

fascinating"可知,特別是賽船比賽如此吸引人。選項(xiàng)中的A項(xiàng)為“引人入勝

的”符合文意。B項(xiàng)“震驚的”，C項(xiàng)“吃驚的”，D項(xiàng)“令人恐懼的”，這三

項(xiàng)均不符合題意。

10.Fromthelastparagraphwecandrawtheconclusionthat

A.OxfordwontheBoatRace

B.CambridgewontheBoatRace

C.theBoatRaceendedinatie

D.theBoatRacewascancelled

正確答案：A

［解析］根據(jù)文中倒數(shù)第二段的內(nèi)容uWithouttheAmericans,theOxford

crewwasimmediatelyconsideredalostcause.Cambridgewere

overwlielmingfavorilestowin.”可知，人們認(rèn)為,沒(méi)有關(guān)國(guó)隊(duì)員,牛津隊(duì)

會(huì)輸，但結(jié)果是出人意料的，也就是說(shuō)，牛津隊(duì)贏了這場(chǎng)比賽。所以應(yīng)該選擇

A。B項(xiàng)“劍橋隊(duì)贏得了比賽”，C項(xiàng)“比賽以平局結(jié)束”，D項(xiàng)“比賽被取消

了”，這三項(xiàng)顯然和文中內(nèi)容不符合。

Celebrate.Celebrate.PhysiciansaredelightedwithaFoodand

DrugAdministration(FDA)advisorypanel'srecommendationearlier

thisyearthatVioxxanditscousinsBextraandCelebrex(all

medicinesknownasCox-2inhibitors)shouldremainonthemarket,

despiteevidencetheyincreaseheartdiseaseriskinsomepeople.The

panelistsreachedtheirdecisionafterweighingallthedataand

concludingthebenefitsofthesepain-relievingdrugsoutweighedthe

risks.

Specifically,thesescientistsacknowledgedthat,forsome

patients,theseprescriptiondrugswereuniquelyeffectivein

reducingpainfromarthritisandothercauses.Forothers—concerned

aboutulcersassociatedwithaspirinandotherOTCanalgesics-the

Cox-2inhibitorsofferedtheadvantageofminimizingpotentially

seriouseffectsofstomachirritation.

Nowisanappropriatetimeforeveryonetotakeafreshlookat

thebenefit-riskequationforVioxxandtheotherCox_2inhibitors.

Therisks一increasedriskofheartdiseaseinsomewhousethe

drugs—havebeenwellpublicized.Muchlesspublicityhasbeengiven

toaspectrumofrealandpotentialbenefitsthatgowaybeyond

reducedriskofstomachirritation.Theselittle-discussedbenefits

wouldhavebeenlost,perhapspermanently—hadVioxx,Bextraand

Celebrexbeendrivenfromshelvesinpursuitofperfectsafety,an

unattainablegoal.

Forexample,thereissubstantialevidenceCox-2inhibitorscan

reducedevelopmentofcolonpolyps,whichmaybecomecoloncancel

Indeed.CelebrexisFDA-approvedforthosegeneticallypronetocolon

cancer.Ironically,the2004studythatrevealedtheelevatedheart

attackriskofVioxxwasprimarilydesignedtofurtherestablishthe

drug，seffectivenessinprotectingagainstcoloncancer.Andwhile

theresultsofthatinterruptedtrialhavenotyetbeenpublished,

thereisgoodreasontobelievetheywillconfirmtheprotective

effectsagainstcoloncancerestablishedinresearchoverthelast10

years.

AlthelimeofiIswillidrawalfiointheinaikellasLfalL

studiesofVioxxaswellastheotherCox-2drugssuggestthatthey

hadotheranti-cancerpropertiesaswell,possiblyreducingtherisk

ofmalignanciesofanumberofsites,includingthelungand

esophagus.

Hadthesedrugsbeendismissed,theiruntappedpromisefor

preventionwouldhaveevaporatedwellbeforeitwasevaluatedand

appliedtosavelives.Fortunately,coolerandwiserheadsprevailed.

11.Thephase〃onthemarket"underlinedinParagraph1isclosest

inmeaningto.

A.forsale

B.sell

C.tobelisted

D.gopublic

正確答案：A

［解析］根據(jù)文中第一段的內(nèi)容“VioxxanditscousinsBextraand

Celebrex(allmedicinesknownasCox_2inhibitors)shouldremainon

themarket"可知，它們可在市場(chǎng)上銷(xiāo)售。選項(xiàng)中的A項(xiàng)為“出售”符合文

意。B項(xiàng)“賣(mài)”，C項(xiàng)“上市”，D項(xiàng)“公開(kāi)”，這三項(xiàng)均不符合題意。

12.TheFDAadvisorypanelrecommendsthatCox_2inhibitorsshould

be.

A.givenclinictest

B.takenwithgreatcaution

C.usedtotreatheartproblems

D.madeavailabletothepatients

正確答案：D

［解析］根據(jù)文中第一段的內(nèi)容“PhysiciansaredelightedwithaFoodand

DrugAdministration(FDA)advisorypanel，srecommendationearlier

thisyearthatVioxxanditscousinsBextraandCelebrex(all

medicinesknownasCox-2inhibitors)shouldremainonthemarket,“可

知，Cox-2抑制劑應(yīng)該在市場(chǎng)上繼續(xù)銷(xiāo)售，所以D項(xiàng)正確。A項(xiàng)“Cox-2抑制劑

應(yīng)該被用于臨床試驗(yàn)”，B項(xiàng)“Cox-2抑制劑應(yīng)該被小心利用”，C項(xiàng)“Cox-2

抑制劑應(yīng)該被用來(lái)治療心臟病”，這三項(xiàng)和文中第一段內(nèi)容不符。

13.Theword"outweighed"underlinedinParagraph1isclosestin

meaningto.

A.outbalance

B.exceed

C.predominate

D.rule

正確答案：B

［解析］根據(jù)文中第一段的內(nèi)容“thebenefitsofthesepain-relieving

drugsoutweighedtherisks”可知，這些藥物的好處大大超過(guò)其風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。選項(xiàng)

中的B項(xiàng)為“超過(guò)”符合文意。A項(xiàng)“重量上超過(guò)”，C項(xiàng)“支配”，0項(xiàng)“統(tǒng)

治”，這三項(xiàng)均不符合題意。

14.WhatdoesthepassagesayaboutCox-2inhibitors?

A.Theycouldpreventarthritis.

B.Theirfunctionshavebeenexaggerated.

C.Theycouldrelievesomestomachproblems.

D.Theirrisksandbenefitsareidentical.

正確答案：C

［解析］根據(jù)文中第二段的內(nèi)容“theCox-2inhibitorsofferedthe

advantageofminimizingpotentiallyseriouseffectsofstomach

irritation."可知，Cox-2抑制劑類(lèi)的藥物能夠最大限度地減小對(duì)胃的刺激。

據(jù)此可知，應(yīng)該選擇C。A項(xiàng)“它能阻止關(guān)節(jié)炎”，文中說(shuō)的是減輕關(guān)節(jié)炎，不

是預(yù)防阻止；B項(xiàng)“它的功能被夸大了”，文中沒(méi)有提到；D項(xiàng)“它的危險(xiǎn)和益

處是相同的”，文中說(shuō)益處多于危險(xiǎn)，所以才能才能不下架，這三項(xiàng)都不符合

題意。

15.Theword"equation“underlinedinParagraph3isclosestin

meaningto.

A.formula

B.equality

C.balance

D.evenness

正確答案：A

［解析］根據(jù)文中第三段的內(nèi)容“thebenefit-riskequationforVioxxand

theotherCox_2inhibitorsv可知，重新審視利益風(fēng)險(xiǎn)方程式。選項(xiàng)中的A

項(xiàng)為“方程式”符合文意。B項(xiàng)“平等”,C項(xiàng)“平衡”，D項(xiàng)“平均”，這三

項(xiàng)均不符合題意。

16.Cox-2inhibitorswereoncebannedfromthemarketbecausethey

werefoundtoincreasetheriskoftriggering.

A.coloncancer

B.sloiiicicliproblems

C.heartdisease

D.geneticproblems

正確答案：C

［解析］根據(jù)文中第一段的內(nèi)容adespiteevidencetheyincreaseheart

diseaseriskinsomepeople.”可知，Cox-2抑制劑曾被市場(chǎng)禁止是因?yàn)樗?/p>

易引發(fā)心臟病，所以C符合題意。A項(xiàng)“結(jié)腸癌”，B項(xiàng)“胃病”，D項(xiàng)“遺傳

病”，顯然，這三項(xiàng)和文中提到的引起心臟病是抑制劑被禁止出售的原因不符

合。

17.ThepossiblebenefitsofCox-2inhibitors.

A.couldhardlyoutweightheirrisks

B.shouldbethoroughlystudied

C.willshowincuringstomachaches

D.maywellbefoundinamuchwiderarea

正確答案：D

［解析］根據(jù)文中第五段的athereissubstantialevidenceCox-2

inhibitorscanreducedevelopmentofcolonpolyps,whichmaybecome

coloncancelindeed.”和第六段的“thattheyhadotheranti-cancer

propertiesaswell,possiblyreducingtheriskofmalignanciesofa

numberofsites,includingthelungandesophagus.”可知，Cox-2抑制齊

可以在更廣闊領(lǐng)域內(nèi)發(fā)揮效用，所以應(yīng)該選擇D。A項(xiàng)“幾乎不能超越它的危

險(xiǎn)”，文中說(shuō)益處多于危險(xiǎn)；B項(xiàng)“應(yīng)該被徹底地研究”，文中沒(méi)有提到；C項(xiàng)

“將顯示在治療胃病方面”，這已經(jīng)是既成的現(xiàn)實(shí)，不是可能的益處，所以這

三項(xiàng)都不正確。

18.Theprimarypurposeofthe2004studyaboutVioxxwasto

A.confirmitspowerincancer-prevention

B.seeifitprotectsagainstcancerforsure

C.revealitspotentialrisksincausingheartattack

D.interrupttheresearchfocusingonitsdrawbacks

正確答案：A

［解析］根據(jù)文中第五段的內(nèi)容aIronically,the2004studythatrevealed

theelevatedheartattackriskofVioxxwasprimarilydesignedto

furtherestablishthedrug，seffectivenessinprotectingagainst

coloncancer."可知，A項(xiàng)“確定它在癌癥預(yù)防方面的作用”符合題意。B項(xiàng)

“確定它是否抵抗癌癥”，C項(xiàng)“揭示它在引起心臟病方面潛在的危險(xiǎn)”，D項(xiàng)

“阻止致力于抑制劑缺陷的研究”，這三項(xiàng)和文中內(nèi)容不符合。

19.Theword"unattainable"underlinedinParagraph4isclosestin

meaningto.

A.unrealizable

B.undoable

C.unachievable

D.impossible

正確答案：A

［解析］根據(jù)文中第四段的內(nèi)容“inpursuitofperfectsafety,an

unattainablegoal”可知，為了追求完美的安全，也就是一個(gè)無(wú)法完成的目

標(biāo)。選項(xiàng)中的A項(xiàng)為“無(wú)法實(shí)現(xiàn)的”符合文意。B項(xiàng)“不能做的”，C項(xiàng)“不能

實(shí)現(xiàn)的”，D項(xiàng)“不可能的”，這三項(xiàng)均不符合題意。

20.WhenCox_2inhibitorswerebannedfromsale,.

A.noresearchhadbeendoneabouttheireffects

B.somestudiesdemonstratedtheirusefulness

C.theirriskswerenotwellknowntothepublic

D.somepatientscomplainedaboutthedecision

正確答案：B

［解析］根據(jù)文中內(nèi)容可知，當(dāng)發(fā)現(xiàn)Cox-2抑制劑會(huì)增大患心臟病的危險(xiǎn)時(shí)，

Cox-2抑制劑被禁止銷(xiāo)售，但一些研究人員的研究結(jié)果卻顯示，Cox-2抑制劑在

許多領(lǐng)域都會(huì)發(fā)揮積極效用，所以應(yīng)該選擇B。

Modernindustrialsocietygrantslittlestatustooldpeople.In

fact,suchasocietyhasasystemofbuilt-inobsolescence.Thereis

noformalsystemforcontinuingoureducationthroughoutourlifein

ordertokeepupwithrapidlychangingknowledge.Whenoureducation

andjobskiIlshavegrownobsolete,wearetreatedexactlylikethose

whohavenevergainedaneducationorjobskillsandarenot

encouragedorgiventheopportunitytobeginanew.

Asasocietybecomesmorehighlydeveloped,theoverallstatus

ofolderpeoplediminishes.Improvedhealthtechnologycreatesa

largepoolofoldpeople,whocompeteforjobswiththeyoung.

However,economictechnologylowersthedemandforworkersand

createsnewjobsforwhichtheskillsoftheagedareobsolete,

forcingolderpeopleintoretirement.Atthesametime,youngpeople

arebeingeducatedinthenewtechnologyandarekeepingpacewith

rapidchangesinknowledge.Finally,urbanizationcreatesage-

segregciLediieigliborliouds.BecauseLlieoldliveonfixedincomes,they

mustoftenliveininferiorhousing.Allthesefactors一retirement,

obsoleteknowledgeandskills,inferiorstandardsofliving—1ower

thestatusoftheagedinsociety.

Acenturyago,whenonecouldexpecttoliveonlyto50orso,

thelifespanmoreorlesscoincidedwiththeoccupationandfamily

cycle.Buttodaytheaveragelifespanallowsforfifteentotwenty

yearsoflifeafterthesecycles.Itappearsthatourlifespanis

outpacingourusefulnessinsociety.

21.Bysystemofbuilt-inobsolescence"theauthormeans.

A.noformalsystemsexistinmodernindustrialsociety

B.oldpeoplehavenostatusinmodemindustrialsociety

C.youngpeoplehavechancesinmodernindustrialsociety

D.knowledgechangesrapidlyinmodernindustrialsociety

正確答案：B

［解析］本題考查推理判斷°根據(jù)文章第一段前三句"Modemindustrial

societygrantslittlestatustooldpeople.Infact,suchasociety

hasasystemofbuilt-inobsolescence.Thereisnoformalsystemfor

continuingoureducationthroughoutourlifeinordertokeepupwith

rapidlychangingknowledge.可知,在現(xiàn)代社會(huì)中,老人的低位很低。事實(shí)

上，這個(gè)社會(huì)有一個(gè)固有的荒廢體系。沒(méi)有繼續(xù)教育的正規(guī)體系以使老年人跟

上不斷變化的知識(shí)。據(jù)此推斷，答案是B。

22.Accordingtothefirstparagraph,whichofthefollowingis

true?

A.Peopledon，thavetogaineducation.

B.Peopledon'thavetolearnjobskills.

C.Peopledon，thavetobetreatedasequals.

D.Peopledon，thavechancestobeginanew.

正確答案：D

［解析］本題考查是非判斷。根據(jù)文章第一段第四句"Whenoureducationand

jobskillshavegrownobsolete,wearetreatedexactlylikethosewho

havenevergainedaneducationorjobskimsandarenotencouragedor

giventheopportunitytobeginanew."可知,當(dāng)我們的教育和工作技能荒

廢后，我們就會(huì)像那些從來(lái)沒(méi)有受過(guò)教育或擁有工作技能一樣對(duì)待，而且也沒(méi)

有重新再來(lái)的機(jī)會(huì)。由此可知，A、B、C三項(xiàng)均正確。

23.Themorehighlydevelopedasocietyis,.

A.Iliemorecidvancedleclmologywillbe

B.thelargerthenumberofpeoplewillbe

C.themorediminishedoldpcople，sstatuswil1be

D.thelowertheoverallstatusofthepeoplewillbe

正確答案：C

［解析］本題考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章第二段第一句"Asasocietybecomes

morehighlydeveloped,theoverallstatusofolderpeople

diminishes."社會(huì)越是高度發(fā)展，老年人的整體低位越低。

24.Thehighdevelopmentofeconomictechnology.

A.makesjobskillsoutoffashion

B.lowersthedemandforworkers

C.forcesoldpeopleintoretirement

D.createsnewjobsforolderpeople

正確答案：C

［解析］本題考查細(xì)節(jié)理解°根據(jù)文章第二段第三句"However,economic

technologylowersthedemandforworkersandcreatesnewjobsfor

whichtheskillsoftheagedareobsolete,forcingolderpeopleinto

retirement."可知，經(jīng)濟(jì)技術(shù)降低了工人需求量，并創(chuàng)造了新工作，所以有進(jìn)

的老人就被淘汰了，迫使老人退休。

25.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?

A.Retiredpeoplecouldonlyliveonfixedincomes.

B.Retiredpeoplearen.oreskillfulthanyoungpeople,

C.Youngpeopleareeducatedinthenewtechnology.

D.Youngpeoplearekeepingpacewithrapidchanges.

正確答案：B

［解析］本題考查是非判斷。根據(jù)文章第二段滴四、六句"Atthesametime,

youngpeoplearebeingeducatedinthenewtechnologyandarekeeping

pacewithrapidchangesinknowledge.Becausetheoldliveonfixed

incomes,theymustoftenliveininferiorhousing.”可知，A>C>D三項(xiàng)

均正確；由第二段最后一句"Allthesefactors—retirement,obsolete

knowledgeandskills,inferiorstandardsofliving一lowerthestatus

oftheagedinsociety.“可知。B項(xiàng)不正確。

26.Accordingtothispassage,thestatusoftheagedisloweredby

their.

A.forcedretirement

B.iliferioi'housing

C.longerlifespan

D.fixedincomes

正確答案：A

［解析］本次考查推理判斷。根據(jù)文章第二段最后一句可知，退休、荒廢的知識(shí)

和技能，較低的生活標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，這些因素降低了老人的社會(huì)地位。

27.Thesentence〃ourlifespanoutpacesourusefulness^meanswe

canlivelonger.

A.andmakeprogress

B.anddomorework

C.butmoveslowly

D.butbecomeuseless

正確答案：D

［解析］本題考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段的最后一句"Itappearsthatour

lifespanisoutpacingourusefulnessinsociety.v可知，我們的壽命越

來(lái)越長(zhǎng)了，但是我們的用途卻短了。outpace“超過(guò)”。

28.Theauthor'sattitudetowardtheagedis.

A.realistic

B.optimistic

C.pessimistic

D.sympathetic

正確答案：D

［解析］本題考查作者態(tài)度。根據(jù)文章第一段前兩句"Modemindustrial

societygrantslittlestatustooldpeople.Tnfact,suchasociety

hasasystemofbuilt-inobsolescence.以及全文看,作者一直對(duì)老年人

因受不到繼續(xù)教育而落伍導(dǎo)致退休，從而在社會(huì)中失去地位而感到同情。所

以，D項(xiàng)sympathetic"同情的"正確;realistic"現(xiàn)實(shí)的"；optimistic

“樂(lè)觀的"；pessimistic“悲觀的”均不正確。

29.Itcanbededucedfromthispassagethatoneshould.

A.learnnewskills

B.beopen-minded

C.haveagoodpersonality

D.keeppacewiththetimes

正確答案：D

［解析］本題考查推理判斷。根據(jù)文章第二段第四句"Atthesametime,

youngpeoplearebeingeducatedinIlienewtechnologyandaiekeeping

pacewithrapidchangesinknowledge.因?yàn)槟贻p人能接受教育，而且可以

跟得上知識(shí)的不斷變化，所以，社會(huì)地位較高。據(jù)此推斷，D為正確答案。A項(xiàng)

較片面；B、C兩項(xiàng)在文中沒(méi)有提及。

30.Whichofthefollowingwouldbethebesttitleforthispassage?

A.TheProblemofAging

B.SocialStructures

C.EconomicTechnology

D.ContinuingEducation

正確答案：A

［解析］本前考查主旨大意。通讀全文可知，本文探討老年人在社會(huì)中地位喪失

的現(xiàn)象及產(chǎn)生此現(xiàn)象的原因，B項(xiàng)文中沒(méi)有涉及；C、D兩項(xiàng)只是導(dǎo)致老年人社

會(huì)地位喪失的原因，較為片面。

ThefactthatmostAmericansliveinurbanareasdoesnotmoan

thattheyresideinthecenteroflargecities.Infact,more

Americans1iveinthesuburbsoflargemetropolitanareasthaninthe

citiesthemselves.

TheBureauoftheCensusregardsanyareawithmorethan2,500

peopleasanurbanarea,anddoesnotconsiderboundariesofcities

andsuburbs.

AccordingtotheBureau,thepoliticalboundariesareless

significantthanthesocialandeconomicrelationshipsandthe

transportationandcoirmunicationsystemsthatintegratealocale.The

termusedbytheBureauforanintegratedmetropolisisanMSA,which

standsforMetropolitanStatisticalArea.Ingeneral,anMSAisany

areathatcontainsacityanditssurroundingsuburbsandhasatotal

populationof50,000ormore.

Atthepresenttime,theBureaureportsmorethan280MSAs,

whichtogetheraccountfor75percentoftheUSpopulation.In

addition,theBureaurecognizes18megapolises,thatis,continuous

adjacentmetropolitanareas.Oneofthemostobviousmegapolises

includesachainofhundredsofcitiesandsuburbsacross10states

ontheEastCoastfromMassachusettstoVirginia,includingBoston,

NewYork,andWashington,D.C.IntheEasternCorridor,asitis

called,apopulationof45millioninhabitantsisconcentrated.

AnothermegapolisthatisgrowingrapidlyistheCaliforniacoast

fiuuiSanFictiiciscolliroughLosAngelestoStinDiego.

31.Whichofthefollowingisthebesttitleforthepassage?

A.MetropolitanStatisticalAreas

B.TypesofPopulationCenters

C.TheBureauoftheCensus

I).Megapolises

正確答案：B

［解析］本題考查主旨大意。通讀全文可知，A和D都是文章敘述的一部分，C

是進(jìn)行統(tǒng)計(jì)的機(jī)構(gòu)，因而應(yīng)選B。

32.Accordingtothepassage,wheredomostAmericanslive?

A.Inthecenterofcities.

B.Inthesuburbssurroundinglargecities.

C.Inruralareas.

D.Insmalltowns.

正確答案：B

［解析］本題考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章第一段第二句"...moreAmericanslive

inthesuburbsoflargemetropolitanareasthaninthecities

themselves.v可知，更多的美國(guó)人生活在大都市的郊區(qū)，metropolitan意為

“大城市的”。

33.Theunderlinedword"reside"inParagraph1isclosestin

meaningto.

A.fill

B.decide

C.occupy

D.live

正確答案：D

［解析］本題考查詞義辨析。根據(jù)文章第一段第一句"Thefactthatmost

Americansliveinurbanareasdoesnotmeanthattheyresideinthe

centeroflargecities.”可知，大多數(shù)美國(guó)人生活在城區(qū)并不意味著他們都

居住在市中心。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知,reside應(yīng)和live是同義詞。Reside”居

住"；fill“填滿(mǎn)"；decide“決定”；occupy“占據(jù)"；live“生活”。所

以，答案是D。

34.AccordingtotheBureauoftheCensus,whatisanurbanarea?

A.Achainofadjacentcities.

B.Anareawithatleast50,000people.

C.The18largestcilies.

D.Anareawith2,500peopleormore.

正確答案：D

［解析］本題考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章第二段"TheBureauoftheCensus

regardsanyareawithmorethan2,500peopleasanurbanarea,and

doesnotconsiderboundariesofcitiesandsuburbs.”

35.WhichofthefollowingareNOTconsideredimportantindefining

anurb