Questions from 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:Against this background, the WTO faces several daunting challenges. The first is to continue bringing down tariffs on traded goods. Average penalties have fallen steadily since the GATT’s formatio

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Questions from 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:   Against this background, the WTO faces several daunting challenges. The first is to continue bringing down tariffs on traded goods. Average penalties have fallen steadily since the GATT’s formation but even the most open economies retain lofty barriers: for instance, America still charges a tariff of 14.6% on import of clothing, five times higher than its average levy.   Resistance to tariff cuts is strongest in agriculture. According to Tim Josling, a trade expert at Stanford University, tariffs and other barriers on farm goods average a crippling 40% worldwide and create distortions that “destroy huge amounts of value”. A new set of global farm talk is planned to start in 1999. At the least, you might think, these could lock in impressive reforms in Latin America and encourage further watering-down of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy. But they will prove difficult: squabbles over agriculture almost sank the Uruguay round. Where does impressive reforms lock in according to the passage?().

  • A、America
  • B、Asia
  • C、Latin America
  • D、Africa

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2.Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.One of the most exciting races ever run is now in progress between doctors fighting malaria(疟疾)and mosquitoes. According to the most recent counts 225 million people a year suffer attacks of malaria and more than two million die. Public health workers around the world are doing all t11ev can to destroy malaria before the mosquitoes that pass on the disease become resistant to the poisons now used against them. It's a race against time and against difficulties,with millions of lives in danger and the chances of winning not in man's favour.Malaria,it is true,has been practically wiped out in thirteen countries. including the United States,and is under attack in many others. But it is equally true that in some parts of the world certain types of malaria-carrying mosquitoes have already learned to resist some of the sprays that formerly killed them. Other types of mosquitoes are not killed as quickly by present sprays as they once were.The World Health Organization is helping national governments to get rid of malaria before resistance among the mosquito population becomes so great that new poisons will have to be found to replace those in use at present. Most of the countries in the world have started,or are planning,campaigns against mosquitoes. If the race against resistance is won by man,it is possible that ten years from now dais old evil will have disappeared completely from the America,perhaps from the world.Malaria has been successfully got. rid of in______.A. all countriesB. some countriesC. no countriesD. most countries

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  • 第1题:

    We can infer from Paragraph 5 that ______.( )

    [A] home prices has fallen down 28% compared with what's in mid-2006

    [B] many foreclosed homes have been abandoned by their former owners

    [C] home prices might fall down 28% fi'om their peak in mid-2006 in the future

    [D] more foreclosed homes have been abandoned because of the falling price


    正确答案:C
    从第五段我们可以得出__________。
    [A]房价与2006年年中相比降低了28%
    [B]许多取消抵押品赎回权的房屋被房主抛弃了
    [C]房价将来可能从2006年年中的高峰下降28%[
    D]更多取消抵押品赎回权的房屋因为房价走低被抛弃
    答案解析:[C]推理判断题。根据第五段可知,第一,2006年年中的房价是高峰;第二,全国范围的房价已经下降了18%;第三,虽然房价已经降价18%,但是可能会继续下跌10%;第四,房价继续下跌是因为大量持续不断的取消抵押品赎回权的房屋被抛向市场从而压低了房价。[A]把将来要跌的l0%算作现在已经跌的,排除;[B]、[D]把取消抵押品赎回权的房屋抛向市场误解为房主抛弃了这些房屋,排除。所以正确答案是[C]。

  • 第2题:

    According to this passage, which of the following is TRUE?___________

    A.Company workers started to dress down about twenty years ago
    B.Dress-down has become an everyday phenomenon since the early 1990s
    C."Dress-down Friday" was first given as a favor from employers
    D.Many workers want to wear casual clothes to impress people

    答案:C
    解析:
    由文章第二段第三句话可知,周五穿便装是作为一群员工的喜爱而首次出现的。故选C。

  • 第3题:

    Since the 1960s, there have been several policies designed to______this challenge, including institutions tailored for smallholder agriculture.

    A.do
    B.deliver
    C.cope
    D.address

    答案:D
    解析:
    题目意为“自20世纪60年代以来,为____这一挑战制定了若干政策,包括为小农农业量身定制的机构。”选项A意为“做”;选项B意为“递送,发布”;选项C意为“对付”,一般与with连用,cope with表示应对,解决;选项D意为“应对,解决”,address the challenge为固定词组,意为“应对挑战”。结合题干,答案选D。
      

  • 第4题:


    It can be inferred from the passage that all of the following are literary detectives who have tried,by means of either scholarship or criticism,to help solve the“great puzzle”mentioned in the first line EXCEPT( )

    A.Bardeche
    B.Vallette
    C.Fallois
    D.Kolb

    答案:B
    解析:

  • 第5题:

    Questions from 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:   The exporter, as drawer of a draft (bill of exchange), hands the draft to his bank, the remitting bank, who in turn forwards it to the buyer through a collecting bank in the buyer’s country. A draft (also called a bill) is a written order to a bank or a customer to pay someone on demand or at a fixed time in the future a certain sum of money. If shipping documents accompany the draft, the collection is called “documentary collection.”   Documentary collection falls into two major categories: one is documents against payment(D/P); the other, documents against acceptance (D/A).   Documents against payment, as the term suggests, is that the collecting bank will only give the shipping documents representing the title to the goods on the condition that the buyer makes payment.   Where the paying arrangement is D/A, the collecting bank will only give the buyer the shipping documents after buyer’s acceptance of the bill drawn on him, i.e. the buyer signs his name on the bill promising to pay the sum when it matures. In return he gets what he needs – the shipping documents.   Under D/A, the seller gives up the title to the goods – shipping documents before he gets payment of the goods. Therefore, an exporter must think twice before he accepts such paying arrangement. The meaning of D/A is().

    • A、documents against acceptance
    • B、documents against payment
    • C、delivery after payment
    • D、cash against payment

    正确答案:A

  • 第6题:

    Questions from 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:   Against this background, the WTO faces several daunting challenges. The first is to continue bringing down tariffs on traded goods. Average penalties have fallen steadily since the GATT’s formation but even the most open economies retain lofty barriers: for instance, America still charges a tariff of 14.6% on import of clothing, five times higher than its average levy.   Resistance to tariff cuts is strongest in agriculture. According to Tim Josling, a trade expert at Stanford University, tariffs and other barriers on farm goods average a crippling 40% worldwide and create distortions that “destroy huge amounts of value”. A new set of global farm talk is planned to start in 1999. At the least, you might think, these could lock in impressive reforms in Latin America and encourage further watering-down of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy. But they will prove difficult: squabbles over agriculture almost sank the Uruguay round. What does the WTO face?()

    • A、fair trade rules.
    • B、free trade
    • C、export tax reduction.
    • D、several challenges.

    正确答案:D

  • 第7题:

    单选题
    It was odd that you _______ for Margie’s address. I just got a letter from her—the first one since her family moved on August 1, 1983.
    A

    should have asked

    B

    would have asked

    C

    shall ask

    D

    might ask


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    真奇怪,你当时怎么没问玛吉的地址呢,我最近才收到她的来信,这是1983年8月1号她搬家后的第一次来信。should have done表示本应该做而没有做的事情,含有责怪的意思。would have done原本可以做某事。

  • 第8题:

    单选题
    For an accurate barometer check,you would().
    A

    check it with a barometer on another vessel

    B

    take readings from several barometers and average them

    C

    check it with the barometer at the ship chandlery

    D

    check it against radio or National Weather Service reports of the immediate vicinity


    正确答案: A
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第9题:

    单选题
    According to this passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
    A

    Company workers started to dress down about twenty years ago.

    B

    Dress-down has become an everyday phenomenon since the early 1990s.

    C

    “Dress-down Friday” was first given as a favor from employers.

    D

    Many workers want to wear casual clothes to impress people.


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    信息题。A选项“公司员工20年前就开始穿非正式的服装”和原文第二段“In the early 1990s”不符;B选项“自从1990年代早期,穿休闲服饰就已经成为日常的现象”,而原文意为1990年代早期,穿休闲服饰的风潮刚刚兴起,与此不符;C选项“穿休闲服装最初是作为对员工的一种优待而推行的”和原文“What started out as an extra one-day-a-week benefit for employees . . .”意义相符,答案为C;D选项“很多员工喜欢穿休闲服饰是为了给他人留下深刻的印象”未在原文提及。

  • 第10题:

    单选题
    It can be inferred from the passage that ginkgo ______.
    A

    can improve memory

    B

    works after the first pill

    C

    can produce several side effects

    D

    causes mild stomach discomfort


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    本题答案的原文在第四段第四、五行。题干是“从原文中我们可以推断出ginkgo……”。选项A“能改善记忆力”,D“引起轻度胃部不适”均在原文中提到,不属于推断出的意思。B项“吃过第一片之后就发现管用了”在原文中推断不出来。由“The package warned that in addition to any other problems,ginkgo can cause“mild stomach discomfort””可以推断出C选项的意思。故选C。

  • 第11题:

    单选题
    INTERVIEW2  In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.   Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.   Now listen to the interview. Which of the following is NOT Vera’s tip for finding a new job?
    A

    Narrow down the scope of search.

    B

    Decide what you value the most.

    C

    Do some soul searching.

    D

    Make your resume distinctive.


    正确答案: A
    解析: 关于找工作的建议,访谈中女士提到,进行核心搜索。接着又提到,按优先次序列出5到10件你认为在工作中最重要的事情。也就是找出你最想要的。另外还谈到,必须使你的简历脱颖而出。故排除B、C、D项。文中并未提及选项A内容,故A项为正确答案。

  • 第12题:

    单选题
    The primary purpose of the first four sentences of Passage 1 is to ______.
    A

    introduce a discussion with a story

    B

    establish the author's main thesis

    C

    define several key concepts

    D

    provide the historical background to a debate

    E

    characterize two positions on an issue


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    第一段的前四句话描述的是回收利用的支持者和反对者的立场的特点。

  • 第13题:

    For an accurate barometer check, you would ______.

    A.check it with a barometer on another vessel

    B.take readings from several barometers and average them

    C.check it with the barometer at the ship chandlery

    D.check it against radio or National Weather Service reports of the immediate vicinity


    正确答案:D
    为了精确地核对气压表,你应将其读数及时对照无线电或国家气象服务关于周围地区的气压报告。

  • 第14题:

    Text4 Most forecasts suggest that Britain will be a poorer country afier Brexit,largely because trading with the European Union will become more difficult.Such predictions about the distant future are,by their nature,open to doubt,which is partly why Brexit's proponents feel free to dismiss them.But the same does not apply to a new paper by Meredith Crowley,Oliver Exton and Lu Han from Cambridge University,which suggests that,months before Brexit has even happened,trade is already suffering,as firms respond to the prospect of higher tariffs.More than 100,000 British businesses export goods to the EU each year.At present they enjoy tariff-free trade with the country's biggest export market.But all face uncertainty as Britain negotiates a new trading relationship with Brussels.Some fear disaster if the talks break down.British carmakers could face a l0%tanff to export to the EU market.Dairies might have to pay tariffs of more than 30%.These extra costs could make exporting uneconomic.The Cambridge paper looks at the exporting decisions of British firms,across 8,000 types of product,in response to the tariffs that Britain would face in the event of reaching no trade deal with the EU.Where necessary,they adjust their calculations to take account of exchange-rate fluctvations.Since the referendum many companies appear to have reduced their exports to the EU.The research suggests that the bigger the potential tariff facing a product,the more nervous:firms are about exporting it.Why risk producing for a market that could soon become unwelcoming?Overall,the number of companies that began exporting new products to the EU in 2016 would have been 5%higher if there had been a Remain vote,the paper finds.It is hard to know what those firms that decided against producing for the EU did instead.The research finds little evidence,however,that they have lived up to the hopes of Brexiteers and boosted their exports to fast-growing non-EU markets.Some may have tried to sell more within Britain.Businesses may have only temporarily scaled down their production of exports for the EU.Normal service could resume ifBritain negotiates a good trade deal.But some damage is already done.The paper's results imply that in 2016 Britain lost some~lbn($1.3bn)of exports to the EU because of the mere threat of higher tariffs.The long-term impact will be greater.Some of the firms dissuaded from exporting would have turned into big beasts.The referendum was only halfway through 2016,and the paper does not analyse data after that year.Meanwhile,Brexit uncertainty continues to rise.
    If new trading relationship failed,Britain would_____

    A.seek other trade opportunities
    B.lose lots of export markets
    C.reduce their external trade
    D.face more export tariffs

    答案:D
    解析:
    事实细节题。根据定位词定位到文章第二段。原文指出,谈判破裂将给各行各业带来灾难。英国汽车制造商向欧盟市场出口可能会面临10%的关税。乳制品可能要支付超过30%的关税。这些额外的成本可能会使商品出口变得不划算,D项符合原文,故D项为正确选项。【干扰排除】A项“寻求其他贸易机会”、B项“失去大量的出口市场”、C项“减少他们的对外贸易”文中均没有提及,故排除。

  • 第15题:

    共用题干
    第一篇

    Women Staying in Mini-Skirts for Longer

    British women are happy nowadays to wear mini-skirts up until the age of 40,according to research by
    Debenhams.
    Just 20 years ago,few wonien would dare to wear a mini-skirt after the age of 33,the store said."
    shows that women now have an increasing confidence in their bodies and are happy to dress accordingly,"
    added in a statement."If' this trend continues,thlere's no doubt that,within the next decade,women in the
    mid 40s and early 50s will rightly regard a mini-skirt as an essential part of their everyday wardrobe."
    The figures emerged when the store exanjined the latest age profile of women buying short,36-cm skir
    over the past six months. Their results show that it has jumped from an average age of 36-year-old at the sta
    of millennium to 40 today.Figures from 1980 showed that on average women stopped buying minis when the
    reached 33 years old一a figure unchanged from the mid-1960s.
    The store noted that experts believe that the popularity of intensive gym culture,providing women with
    well toned bodies for longer may be the reason.The increasing number of British women living on their own
    may also be a factor.
    The Debenhams'study showed that a modern woman's love affair with a mini-skirt begins at the age of
    14 but that she doesn'tbuy her first one until the age of 16.Instead,she flouts school rules by rolling up the
    waistband of the school uniform to give the impression of wearing a mini-skirt.
    Skirts get shorter between the ages of 16 and 19,reducing in size from 46 to 36 cm before reaching their
    shortest,a mere 32 cm,at the age of 23.Skirt length increases slightly between the ages of 23 and 27,rising
    to 37 cm,possibly due to girls being in their first stable relationship,with no desire to attract attention,the
    store said.
    However,it found short skirts suddenly zoom in popularity between the ages of 27 and 34,as those early
    relationships break down,and new relationships are formed.The move into longer skirts begins irreversibly
    40 years old,when 46-cm skirts,still slightly above the knee are the norm.From then on,skirt length increases
    dramatically,falling below the knee for the very first time since school days at the age of 42.

    According to the passage,British women are happy to wear mini-skirts up until an old age because of ti following reasons EXCEPT_________.
    A:women are'more and more confident in their bodies
    B:women nowadays pay much more attention to body building,and this provides them with well ton。 bodies to wear mini-skirts
    C:the climate of Great Britain is getting warmer in recent years,thus women can wear minis for a longer time
    D:more and more women are now living on their own

    答案:C
    解析:
    由文章第二段的第一句话可知,Dehenhams是一个百货公司的名称。
    本题为细节测试题。从文章第二段第二句“It shows that women now have an increasingconfidence in their bodies and are happy to dress accordingly,”可知A项是正确的。从文章第四段“The store noted that experts believe that the popularity of intensive舒m culture,providing women with well toned bodies for longer may be the reason.The increasing number of British women living on their。wn may also be a factor.”意思是因为人们越来越自信,注意健身保持体形,以及女性生活更加独立。可得知B项和D项正确,而C项气候变暖不是文中所说的原因之一。故选C。
    本题为细节测试题。第三段最后一句话“Figures from 1980 showed that on average women stopped buying minis when they reached 33 years old——a figure unchanged from the mid-1960s.",可知,从20世纪60年代开始一直到80年代,调查都显示女性到33岁之后就停止购买超短裙了。所以D项符合原义。
    由文章倒数第二段的内容可知,从23岁开始,女性所穿的超短裙的长度从32厘米逐渐增至37厘米,主要是因为在这个阶段她们普遍有了第一次稳定的恋爱关系。
    zoom的意思是“急速增长”,与soar(猛增)意思相近。decrease下降;hold steady保持稳定;drop降低。

  • 第16题:

    Which of the following is TRUE about the ping  -f command?()

    • A、 It is useful for diagnosing data dependent problems by filling the packet with the byte pattern following the "f" in the command line. 
    • B、 It is useful for flooding from slow character based terminals since it only displays a dot "." for each packet sent in fast mode. 
    • C、 It is useful for flooding from slow character based terminals since it only displays a dot "."       for each packet sent and a backspace on returned in fast mode. 
    • D、 The command can only be run by root.

    正确答案:D

  • 第17题:

    Questions from 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:   The exporter, as drawer of a draft (bill of exchange), hands the draft to his bank, the remitting bank, who in turn forwards it to the buyer through a collecting bank in the buyer’s country. A draft (also called a bill) is a written order to a bank or a customer to pay someone on demand or at a fixed time in the future a certain sum of money. If shipping documents accompany the draft, the collection is called “documentary collection.”   Documentary collection falls into two major categories: one is documents against payment(D/P); the other, documents against acceptance (D/A).   Documents against payment, as the term suggests, is that the collecting bank will only give the shipping documents representing the title to the goods on the condition that the buyer makes payment.   Where the paying arrangement is D/A, the collecting bank will only give the buyer the shipping documents after buyer’s acceptance of the bill drawn on him, i.e. the buyer signs his name on the bill promising to pay the sum when it matures. In return he gets what he needs – the shipping documents.   Under D/A, the seller gives up the title to the goods – shipping documents before he gets payment of the goods. Therefore, an exporter must think twice before he accepts such paying arrangement. In a transaction, if payment is made by collection, then the remitting bank is always located in()

    • A、Seller’s country
    • B、Buyer’s country
    • C、Either A or B
    • D、None of the above

    正确答案:A

  • 第18题:

    Questions from 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:   The exporter, as drawer of a draft (bill of exchange), hands the draft to his bank, the remitting bank, who in turn forwards it to the buyer through a collecting bank in the buyer’s country. A draft (also called a bill) is a written order to a bank or a customer to pay someone on demand or at a fixed time in the future a certain sum of money. If shipping documents accompany the draft, the collection is called “documentary collection.”   Documentary collection falls into two major categories: one is documents against payment(D/P); the other, documents against acceptance (D/A).   Documents against payment, as the term suggests, is that the collecting bank will only give the shipping documents representing the title to the goods on the condition that the buyer makes payment.   Where the paying arrangement is D/A, the collecting bank will only give the buyer the shipping documents after buyer’s acceptance of the bill drawn on him, i.e. the buyer signs his name on the bill promising to pay the sum when it matures. In return he gets what he needs – the shipping documents.   Under D/A, the seller gives up the title to the goods – shipping documents before he gets payment of the goods. Therefore, an exporter must think twice before he accepts such paying arrangement. Under D/P , the importer can obtain the goods only by().

    • A、showing the bill of lading
    • B、signing on the bill of exchange
    • C、paying in cash
    • D、paying or accepting the bill of exchange

    正确答案:D

  • 第19题:

    单选题
    Which of the following questions is answered according to the passage?
    A

    What advantages does EMS have over the private couriers?

    B

    When was EMS set up?

    C

    How many countries have started EMS?

    D

    What items are not allowed in EMS?


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    是非题。选项A的内容在第三段首句指出“EMS has some advantages over the private couriers.”,接下来该段对这些advantages进行了一一介绍,因此选A。

  • 第20题:

    单选题
    What does the paragraph following the passage most probably discuss?
    A

    How to recover your luggage

    B

    Where to go to continue your trip

    C

    When to return to the aircraft

    D

    How to proceed once you are away from the aircraft


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    文章末句讲到“当你来到地面时,应尽快离开飞机,决不能在失事的飞机旁抽烟”,可推测文章以下段落会就乘客离开飞机后应怎么做进行描述,因此选D。proceed继续进行;行进。

  • 第21题:

    单选题
    Unlike the author of Passage 1, the author of Passage 2 answers which of the following questions?
    A

    Where did Shah Jahan have the Taj Mahal constructed?

    B

    How did Moslem influences manifest themselves in the Taj Mahal's design?

    C

    What role did Moslem women play in the design of the Taj Mahal?

    D

    Do all people appreciate the Taj Mahal's architecture?

    E

    How does the Taj Mahal compare with other examples of Islamic architecture?


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    A项内容只是在第一篇文章有所提及,A项不正确。虽然两篇文章都提到泰姬陵是为了一个女人建造的,但是两篇文章都没有提到女性在这个建筑的设计方面有什么影响,C不正确。D项内容太绝对,且两篇文章都没有提到所有的人都欣赏这个建筑。E项内容只在第一篇文章中有体现。

  • 第22题:

    单选题
    Questions from 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:   Against this background, the WTO faces several daunting challenges. The first is to continue bringing down tariffs on traded goods. Average penalties have fallen steadily since the GATT’s formation but even the most open economies retain lofty barriers: for instance, America still charges a tariff of 14.6% on import of clothing, five times higher than its average levy.   Resistance to tariff cuts is strongest in agriculture. According to Tim Josling, a trade expert at Stanford University, tariffs and other barriers on farm goods average a crippling 40% worldwide and create distortions that “destroy huge amounts of value”. A new set of global farm talk is planned to start in 1999. At the least, you might think, these could lock in impressive reforms in Latin America and encourage further watering-down of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy. But they will prove difficult: squabbles over agriculture almost sank the Uruguay round. What does the WTO face?()
    A

    fair trade rules.

    B

    free trade

    C

    export tax reduction.

    D

    several challenges.


    正确答案: A
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第23题:

    单选题
    NEWS BROADCAST 4  Questions 8 and 9 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.   Now listen to the news. Top officials of several U. S. intelligence agencies believe that
    A

    the country’s security is not good enough.

    B

    the U. S. will face an attempted terrorist threat.

    C

    there will be no actual attack in the U.S.

    D

    an anti-terrorism practice will be held in the following months.


    正确答案: A
    解析: 事实细节题。新闻开头提到,美国各情报局的首脑们在国家安全问题上持有一致看法。参议院的听证会表示,在未来3到6个月内美国必然会遭到企图恐怖分子的袭击。可知,选项B为正确答案。