单选题We should be grateful to Adam Smith because ______.A his ideas made it possible for people to improve their livesB he invented a more efficient way of pin makingC he started the industrial revolutionD he brought to people a high standard of living
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单选题
We should be grateful to Adam Smith because ______.
A
his ideas made it possible for people to improve their lives
B
he invented a more efficient way of pin making
C
he started the industrial revolution
D
he brought to people a high standard of living
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第1题：
Passage Four
Many people want to know how to analyze problems they meet. There are six stages in analyzing a problem.
First the person must recognize that there is a problem. For example, Sam's bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does. Sam must see that there is a problem with his bicycle.
Next the thinker must define the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must find the reason why it does not work. For instance, he must determine if the problem is with the gears, the brakes, or the frame. He must make his problem more specific.
Now the person must look for information that will make the problem clearer and lead to possible solutions. For instance, suppose Sam decided that his bike does not work because there is something wrong with the gear wheels. At this time, he can look in his bicycle repair book and read about gears. He can talk to his friends at the bike shop.
After studying the problem, the person should have several suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as an illustration. His suggestions might be: put oil on the gear wheels; buy new gear wheels and replace the old ones; tighten or loosen the gear wheels.
Eventually one suggestion seems to be the solution to the problem. Sometimes the final idea comes very suddenly because the thinker suddenly sees something new or sees something in a new way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees that there is a piece of chewing gum between the gear wheels. He immediately realizes the solution to his problem: he must clean the gear wheels.
Finally the solution is tested. Sam cleans the gear wheels and finds that afterwards his bicycle works
perfectly. In short, he has solved the problem.
48. In analyzing a problem we should do all the following except ______.
A. recognize and define the problem
B. look for information to make the problem clearer
C. have suggestions for a possible solution
D. find a solution by trial or mistake
正确答案：D
48．选项 A在第二段；选项 B在第四段；选项C在倒数第二段。选项D 是正确的。 -
第2题：
What Mr. Smith did was important , but ______.A. more important the way of he did things was
B. the way of he did things was more important
C. more important was the way he did things
D. more important the way were he did things
答案：C
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第3题：
Mr. Scrushy made donations to the black groups probably because ________.
A. he had close relations with Birmingham's African-American population
B. he wanted the church to set up more buildings
C. he was very benevolent
D. he wanted to get support from the blacks in his trial
正确答案：D
Mr. Scrushy给黑人团体捐款的原因在文中有提及，关于捐款文章第四、五段有涉及。第四段提到，陪审团18个人中有11个是黑人，在审判前和审判中他和伯明翰的非裔美国人建立了关系，他加入了一个黑人教会，捐款给他们，与此同时还给其他一些黑人团体捐款。第五段一开头就提出，教堂牧师说他收到Mr. Scrushy的钱款，交换条件是为他在黑人中间赢得支持，而Mr. Scrushy本人则称这个和他的案子无关。从全文来看，Mr. Scrushy多次涉嫌欺诈，他说的话也有欲盖弥彰的感觉。在A“他和伯明翰非裔美国人有密切联系”，B“他希望教堂可以建造更多的房子”，C“他非常慈善”，D“他希望在他的案件中得到黑人的支持”中，从逻辑上推断，D最恰当。 -
第4题：
请阅读短文，完成此题。
We've got it all wrong, says Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecoms tycoon and world's second-richest man: we should be working only three days a week. Attending a business conference inParaguay, Mr. Slim said it was time for a"radical overhaul" of people's working lives. Instead of being able to retire at 50 or 60, he says, we should work until we are older--but take more time off as we do so.
"People are going to have to work for more years, until they are 70 or 75, and just work three days a week--perhaps 11 hours a day," he told the conference, according to Paraguay.com newsagency. "With three work days a week, we would have more time to relax for quality of life. Havingfour days(off) would be very important to generate new entertainment activities and other ways ofbeing occupied." The 74-year-old self-made magnate believes that such a move would generate a healthier and more productive labour force, while tackling financial challenges linked to longevity.He is putting his money where his mouth is. In his Tehnex fixed-line phone company in Mexico,where workers on a collective labour contract who joined the company in their late teens areeligible to retire before they are 50, he has instituted a voluntary scheme allowing such workers tokeep working, on full pay, but they only need to work four days a week.
Mr. Slim stunned the Mexican business world this month with plans to break up his Am6ricaM6vil empire, selling about a fifth of its assets, in order to avoid regulatory sanctions. Hiscompanies dominate 80 per cent of the fixed-line and 70 per cent of the mobile markets inMexico--above a new 50 per cent threshold. The magnate is a keen strategist and philanthropist,who has often said what he likes to do best is to think. He has cultivated interests outside thecorporate world: his passion for Rodin sculpture and art collecting is evident in the Soumaya museum in Mexico City dedicated to his late wife.
Another of his deep-held beliefs is that education should be rethought. He told the conference in Paraguay that it should "not be boring, but should be fun" and should teach people "not to memorize but to reason; not to domesticate but to train". He also called for more vocationaltraining.
Mr. Slim, who is at the age of 74 already, meanwhile, appears to have no plans to retire.
"Look at who he respects: the (Mexican) banker Manuel Espinosa Yglesias was something of amentor, and he was still working in his late 80s," said Andrew Paxman, a British historian who iswriting a book about Mr. Slim.
Which of the following is not the advantage of working three days a week in Mr. Slim's opinion?
查看材料A．The move can generate a healthier labour force.
B．The labour will be more productive.
C．People will remain happy if so.
D．It will tackle financial challenges linked to longevity.答案：C解析：根据题‘f中的“the advantage ofworking three days a week”可定位至第二段中“The 74-year—old self-made nmgnate believes that such a move would generate a healthier and more productive labour force， while tackling finaneial challenges linked to hmgevity．”，A、B、D均包含在该句中，C项文章并未提及．故选择C。 -
第5题：
请阅读短文，完成此题。
We've got it all wrong, says Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecoms tycoon and world's second-richest man: we should be working only three days a week. Attending a business conference inParaguay, Mr. Slim said it was time for a"radical overhaul" of people's working lives. Instead of being able to retire at 50 or 60, he says, we should work until we are older--but take more time off as we do so.
"People are going to have to work for more years, until they are 70 or 75, and just work three days a week--perhaps 11 hours a day," he told the conference, according to Paraguay.com newsagency. "With three work days a week, we would have more time to relax for quality of life. Havingfour days(off) would be very important to generate new entertainment activities and other ways ofbeing occupied." The 74-year-old self-made magnate believes that such a move would generate a healthier and more productive labour force, while tackling financial challenges linked to longevity.He is putting his money where his mouth is. In his Tehnex fixed-line phone company in Mexico,where workers on a collective labour contract who joined the company in their late teens areeligible to retire before they are 50, he has instituted a voluntary scheme allowing such workers tokeep working, on full pay, but they only need to work four days a week.
Mr. Slim stunned the Mexican business world this month with plans to break up his Am6ricaM6vil empire, selling about a fifth of its assets, in order to avoid regulatory sanctions. Hiscompanies dominate 80 per cent of the fixed-line and 70 per cent of the mobile markets inMexico--above a new 50 per cent threshold. The magnate is a keen strategist and philanthropist,who has often said what he likes to do best is to think. He has cultivated interests outside thecorporate world: his passion for Rodin sculpture and art collecting is evident in the Soumaya museum in Mexico City dedicated to his late wife.
Another of his deep-held beliefs is that education should be rethought. He told the conference in Paraguay that it should "not be boring, but should be fun" and should teach people "not to memorize but to reason; not to domesticate but to train". He also called for more vocationaltraining.
Mr. Slim, who is at the age of 74 already, meanwhile, appears to have no plans to retire.
"Look at who he respects: the (Mexican) banker Manuel Espinosa Yglesias was something of amentor, and he was still working in his late 80s," said Andrew Paxman, a British historian who iswriting a book about Mr. Slim.
These are the identities of Mr. Slim except
查看材料A．he is a magnate
B．he is a diplomatist
C．he is a strategist
D．he is a philanthropist答案：B解析：关于斯利姆先生的身份，文章第二段明确提到“The 74-year-oht self-made magnate”(这位白手起家的74岁富豪)，故A项符合他的身份，再根据“The magnate is a keen strategist and philanthropist”可知，斯利姆先生是一位决策家和慈善家，则C、D项符合．而B项“他是一位外交家”，文章并未提到，故不符合他的身份。 -
第6题：
共用题干
第一篇
From Ponzi to Madoff
The year was 1920.The country was the United States of America. The man's name was Charles Ponzi.
Ponzi told people to stop depositing money in a savings account.Instead,they should give it to him to save
for them.Ponzi promised to pay them more than the bank.For example,a savings account might pay you$5
a year for every $100 you deposit.Ponzi,however,would pay you $40 a year for every $ 100 you gave
him to hold.Many people thought this was a good plan.They began to give their money to Ponzi.
How could Ponzi make so much money for people?This is what he did with the money people gave him:
He used some of that money to pay other people who gave him money.However,he also kept a lot of the
money for himself. Soon he had $ 250 million.This was a kind of theft,and it was against the law. The
people who gave him their money didn't think anything was wrong. Ponzi paid them every month,just like a
bank.Ponzi continued this way of working for two years.Then one day,he didn'thave enough money to pay
all the people.They discovered his crime,and he went to prison for fraud.
Ninety years later,people began to hear about a businessman in New York named Bernard Madoff.
People said he gave good advice about money.They said when they gave him their money,he paid them a lot
more than the bank.Madoff helped hospitals,schools,and individuals earn money.Over a period of 40
years,people gave him$170 billion.However,no one investigated what he did with the money.The people
who gave Madoff their money also didn't think anything was wrong because he paid them every month.
One day,Madoff didn't have enough money to pay all the people he needed to pay. That's when people
discovered how Madoff worked:He was taking money from some people to pay other people,just the way
Charles Fonzi did.However,this time,instead of losing millions of dollars,people lost billions.
Madoff was accused of fraud,and the United States government officials arrested him.He didn't have to
go on trial because he said he was guilty.In 2009,a judge sentenced him to 150 years in prison.Bernard
Madoff's crime was even bigger than Ponzi'5.It was the biggest fraud in history.The lesson of this story is
clear:When something seems too good to be true,it probably is!What did Ponzi do with the money people gave him?
A:He spent it all on things for himself.
B:He used some of it to pay other people.
C:He deposited it all in a bank.
D:He kept it all to save for a good plan.答案：B解析：从文章第一段倒数第三句话“Ponzi, however, would pay you $40 a year for every$100 you gave him to hold.”可知答案为C。
从文章第二段第二句话“He used some of that money to pay other people”可知答案为B。
从文章第二段第三句话“he also kept a lot of the money for himself”和第五句话“This was a kind of theft, and it was against the law.”可知答案为C。
从文章第三段第五句话“Over a period of 40 years”可知答案为A。
从文章第五段第二句话“He didn' t have to go on trial because he said he was guilty.”可 知答案为C。 -
第7题：
共用题干
第一篇
From Ponzi to Madoff
The year was 1920.The country was the United States of America. The man's name was Charles Ponzi.
Ponzi told people to stop depositing money in a savings account.Instead,they should give it to him to save
for them.Ponzi promised to pay them more than the bank.For example,a savings account might pay you$5
a year for every $100 you deposit.Ponzi,however,would pay you $40 a year for every $ 100 you gave
him to hold.Many people thought this was a good plan.They began to give their money to Ponzi.
How could Ponzi make so much money for people?This is what he did with the money people gave him:
He used some of that money to pay other people who gave him money.However,he also kept a lot of the
money for himself. Soon he had $ 250 million.This was a kind of theft,and it was against the law. The
people who gave him their money didn't think anything was wrong. Ponzi paid them every month,just like a
bank.Ponzi continued this way of working for two years.Then one day,he didn'thave enough money to pay
all the people.They discovered his crime,and he went to prison for fraud.
Ninety years later,people began to hear about a businessman in New York named Bernard Madoff.
People said he gave good advice about money.They said when they gave him their money,he paid them a lot
more than the bank.Madoff helped hospitals,schools,and individuals earn money.Over a period of 40
years,people gave him$170 billion.However,no one investigated what he did with the money.The people
who gave Madoff their money also didn't think anything was wrong because he paid them every month.
One day,Madoff didn't have enough money to pay all the people he needed to pay. That's when people
discovered how Madoff worked:He was taking money from some people to pay other people,just the way
Charles Fonzi did.However,this time,instead of losing millions of dollars,people lost billions.
Madoff was accused of fraud,and the United States government officials arrested him.He didn't have to
go on trial because he said he was guilty.In 2009,a judge sentenced him to 150 years in prison.Bernard
Madoff's crime was even bigger than Ponzi'5.It was the biggest fraud in history.The lesson of this story is
clear:When something seems too good to be true,it probably is!What was Ponzi's crime?
A:He robbed the banks of millions of dollars.
B:He gave people more than the bank did.
C:He kept a lot of other people's money for himself.
D:He did not pay people their interests.答案：C解析：从文章第一段倒数第三句话“Ponzi, however, would pay you $40 a year for every$100 you gave him to hold.”可知答案为C。
从文章第二段第二句话“He used some of that money to pay other people”可知答案为B。
从文章第二段第三句话“he also kept a lot of the money for himself”和第五句话“This was a kind of theft, and it was against the law.”可知答案为C。
从文章第三段第五句话“Over a period of 40 years”可知答案为A。
从文章第五段第二句话“He didn' t have to go on trial because he said he was guilty.”可 知答案为C。 -
第8题：
共用题干
第二篇
From Ponzi to Madoff
The year was 1920. The country was the United States of America. The man's name was Charles Ponzi.
Ponzi told people to stop depositing money in a savings account.Instead,they should give it to him to save
for them.Pouzi promised to pay them more than the bank.For example,a savings account might pay you
$5 a year for every $100 you deposit.Ponzi,however,would pay you $40 a year for every $100 you
gave him to hold.Many people thought this was a good plan.They began to give their money to Ponzi.
How could Ponzi make so much money for people?This is what he did with the money people gave him:
He used some of that money to pay other people who gave him money.However,he also kept a lot of the
money for himself. Soon he had $250 million.This was a kind of theft,and it was against the law.The
people who gave him their money didri't think anything was wrong.Ponzi paid them every month,just like
a bank.Ponzi continued this way of working for two years.Then one day,he didn't have enough money to
pay all the people.They discovered his crime,and he went to prison for fraud.
Ninety years later,people began to hear about a businessman in New York named Bernard Madoff.
People said he gave good advice about money.They said when they gave him their money,he paid them a
lot more than the bank.Madoff helped hospitals,schools,and individuals earn money.Over a period of 40
years,people gave him $170 billion.However,no one investigated what he did with the money.The
people who gave Madoff their money also didn'tthink anything was wrong because he paid them every
month.
One day,Madoff didn't have enough money to pay all the people he needed to pay.That's when
people discovered how Madoff worked:He was taking money from some people to pay other people,just the
way Charles Ponzi did.However,this time,instead of losing millions of dollars,people lost billions.
Madoff was accused of fraud,and the United States government officials arrested him.He didn'thave
to go on trial because he said he was guilty.In 2009,a judge sentenced him to 150 years in prison.Bernard
Madoff's crime was even bigger than Ponzi's.It was the biggest fraud in history.The lesson of this story is
clear:When something seems too good to be true,it probably is!For every$100,Ponzi promised to pay people_________.
A:$5 a year
B:$20 a year
C:$40 a year
D:$100 a year答案：C解析：由文章第一段倒数第三句话“Ponzi, however, would pay you $40 a year for every $ 100 you gave him to hold.”可知答案为C。
由文章第二段第二句话“He used some of that money to pay other people”可知答案为B。
由文章第二段第三句话“he also kept a lot of the money for himself”和第五句话“This was a kind of theft, and it was against the law.”可知答案为C。
由文章第三段第五句话“Over a period of 40 years”可知答案为A。
由文章第五段第二句话“He didn' t have to go on trial because he said he was guilty.”可 知答案为C。第三篇 本篇文章主要讲述的是不丹国王吉美·辛格·旺楚克在国内采取了一个新的经济指标——国民幸福指数，以及取得的成效。 -
第9题：
Not until most of the people had left the airport（）his sister was there.
- A、that he saw
- B、had he seen
- C、did he see
- D、that he had seen
正确答案:C -
第10题：
单选题The prime minister had to_______because he was believed to have done something bad against his people.Arelease
Bresign
Creform
Dregard
正确答案： C解析： -
第11题：
单选题Not until most of the people had left the airport（）his sister was there.Athat he saw
Bhad he seen
Cdid he see
Dthat he had seen
正确答案： D解析： 暂无解析 -
第12题：
单选题If any man here does not agree with me, he should _____ his own plan for improving the living conditions of these people.Aput on
Bput out
Cput in
Dput forward
正确答案： A解析：
句意：如果在座的哪一位不同意我的观点，必须提出他自己的计划来改善这些人的生活条件。put forward提出（请求，建议等）。put out拿出，伸出。put on穿上；放上。put in提交；放入。 -
第13题：
When we talk about intelligence we do not mean the ability to get good scores on certain kinds of tests or even the ability to do well in school. By intelligence we mean a way of living and behaving, especially in a new situation. If we want to test intelligence, we need to find out how a person acts instead of how much he knows to do.
For example, when in a new situation, an intelligent person thinks about the situation, not about himself or what might happen to him. He tries to find out all he can do, and then he acts immediately and tries to do something about it. He probably isn’t sure how it all works out, but at least he tries. And if he cannot make things work out right, he doesn’t feel ashamed that he failed, he just tries to learn from his mistakes. An intelligent person, even if he is very young, has a special outlook in life, a special feeling about life, and a special way of how he fits into it.
If you look at children, you’ll see a great difference between what we call ”bright” children and “not bright” children. They are actually two different kinds of people, not just the same kind with different amounts of intelligence. For example, the bright child really wants to find out about life—he tries to get in touch with everything around him. But the unintelligent child keeps more to himself and his own dream world; he seems to have a wall between him and life in general
1、According to this passage, intelligence is the ability to______.
A、work by oneself do well in any
B、situation
C、know what is right and wrong
D、adapt oneself to a new situation
2、In a new situation, an intelligent person ____________.
A、knows more about what might happen to him
B、is well-prepared for his action
C、pays greater attention to the situation
D、completely ignores himself
3、If an intelligent person failed, he would ________
A、feel ashamed about the failure
B、learn from his experiences
C、find out what he can’t do
D、make sure what’s wrong with
his outlook in life
4、An intelligent child ________
A、learns more about himself
B、shows interest in things around him
C、studies everything that may be interesting
D、looks down upon unintelligent children
5、Why does an unintelligent child seem to have a wall between him and life in general?
A、Because he can hardly see the outside world.
B、Because life is far away from him.
C、Because he knows nothing about life in general.
D、Because he has little interest in things around himself.
正确答案：1D 2C 3B 4B 5D
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第14题：
The author suggests that______.
A) we shouldn't blame a person if he fails to act in emergencies
B) a person must feel guilty if he fails to help
C) people should be responsible for themselves in emergencies
D) when you are in trouble, people will help you anyway
正确答案：A
答案：A
[试题分析]作者态度题。
[详细解答]作者叙述的态度很客观，指出Americans often fail to act的原因不是他们没有人性，而是They were in a group．Their actions were shaped by the actions of those they were with．所以，可判断，选项A与之相符，应为正确答案。
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第15题：
What is the inegge mainly expressed in the story?
A.we should learn to he generous
B.It is honorable to help those in need.
C.People in high postans are not like what we expect
D.We should avoid judging people by their appearances.
正确答案：D
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第16题：
请阅读短文，完成此题。
We've got it all wrong, says Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecoms tycoon and world's second-richest man: we should be working only three days a week. Attending a business conference inParaguay, Mr. Slim said it was time for a"radical overhaul" of people's working lives. Instead of being able to retire at 50 or 60, he says, we should work until we are older--but take more time off as we do so.
"People are going to have to work for more years, until they are 70 or 75, and just work three days a week--perhaps 11 hours a day," he told the conference, according to Paraguay.com newsagency. "With three work days a week, we would have more time to relax for quality of life. Havingfour days(off) would be very important to generate new entertainment activities and other ways ofbeing occupied." The 74-year-old self-made magnate believes that such a move would generate a healthier and more productive labour force, while tackling financial challenges linked to longevity.He is putting his money where his mouth is. In his Tehnex fixed-line phone company in Mexico,where workers on a collective labour contract who joined the company in their late teens areeligible to retire before they are 50, he has instituted a voluntary scheme allowing such workers tokeep working, on full pay, but they only need to work four days a week.
Mr. Slim stunned the Mexican business world this month with plans to break up his Am6ricaM6vil empire, selling about a fifth of its assets, in order to avoid regulatory sanctions. Hiscompanies dominate 80 per cent of the fixed-line and 70 per cent of the mobile markets inMexico--above a new 50 per cent threshold. The magnate is a keen strategist and philanthropist,who has often said what he likes to do best is to think. He has cultivated interests outside thecorporate world: his passion for Rodin sculpture and art collecting is evident in the Soumaya museum in Mexico City dedicated to his late wife.
Another of his deep-held beliefs is that education should be rethought. He told the conference in Paraguay that it should "not be boring, but should be fun" and should teach people "not to memorize but to reason; not to domesticate but to train". He also called for more vocationaltraining.
Mr. Slim, who is at the age of 74 already, meanwhile, appears to have no plans to retire.
"Look at who he respects: the (Mexican) banker Manuel Espinosa Yglesias was something of amentor, and he was still working in his late 80s," said Andrew Paxman, a British historian who iswriting a book about Mr. Slim.
Which is not the reason of having four days off a week being very important according to Mr. Slim?
查看材料A．People will have more time to relax and achieve quality of life.
B．People can generate new entertainment activities in the spare time.
C．People will have time to think about other ways of being occupied.
D．People will be happy and more willing to go to work.答案：D解析：根据题干中的“having four days off a week”和“very important”可定位至第二段末句…With three work days a week．we would have more time to relax；for quality of life．Having four days(off)would be very imp(nlant to generate Dew entertainment activities and other ways of being occupied．”’由此可知，一周休息四天有利于提高生活质量，有利于创造新的娱乐活动以及消磨时间的新方法。A、B、C三项均符合文意，故选择D。 -
第17题：
共用题干
第一篇
From Ponzi to Madoff
The year was 1920.The country was the United States of America. The man's name was Charles Ponzi.
Ponzi told people to stop depositing money in a savings account.Instead,they should give it to him to save
for them.Ponzi promised to pay them more than the bank.For example,a savings account might pay you$5
a year for every $100 you deposit.Ponzi,however,would pay you $40 a year for every $ 100 you gave
him to hold.Many people thought this was a good plan.They began to give their money to Ponzi.
How could Ponzi make so much money for people?This is what he did with the money people gave him:
He used some of that money to pay other people who gave him money.However,he also kept a lot of the
money for himself. Soon he had $ 250 million.This was a kind of theft,and it was against the law. The
people who gave him their money didn't think anything was wrong. Ponzi paid them every month,just like a
bank.Ponzi continued this way of working for two years.Then one day,he didn'thave enough money to pay
all the people.They discovered his crime,and he went to prison for fraud.
Ninety years later,people began to hear about a businessman in New York named Bernard Madoff.
People said he gave good advice about money.They said when they gave him their money,he paid them a lot
more than the bank.Madoff helped hospitals,schools,and individuals earn money.Over a period of 40
years,people gave him$170 billion.However,no one investigated what he did with the money.The people
who gave Madoff their money also didn't think anything was wrong because he paid them every month.
One day,Madoff didn't have enough money to pay all the people he needed to pay. That's when people
discovered how Madoff worked:He was taking money from some people to pay other people,just the way
Charles Fonzi did.However,this time,instead of losing millions of dollars,people lost billions.
Madoff was accused of fraud,and the United States government officials arrested him.He didn't have to
go on trial because he said he was guilty.In 2009,a judge sentenced him to 150 years in prison.Bernard
Madoff's crime was even bigger than Ponzi'5.It was the biggest fraud in history.The lesson of this story is
clear:When something seems too good to be true,it probably is!Why didn't Madoff have to go on trial?
A:The officials couldn'tfind any evidence against him.
B:He had friends in the government who helped him.
C:He admitted he was guilty.
D:He returned all the illegal money.答案：C解析：从文章第一段倒数第三句话“Ponzi, however, would pay you $40 a year for every$100 you gave him to hold.”可知答案为C。
从文章第二段第二句话“He used some of that money to pay other people”可知答案为B。
从文章第二段第三句话“he also kept a lot of the money for himself”和第五句话“This was a kind of theft, and it was against the law.”可知答案为C。
从文章第三段第五句话“Over a period of 40 years”可知答案为A。
从文章第五段第二句话“He didn' t have to go on trial because he said he was guilty.”可 知答案为C。 -
第18题：
共用题干
第一篇
From Ponzi to Madoff
The year was 1920.The country was the United States of America. The man's name was Charles Ponzi.
Ponzi told people to stop depositing money in a savings account.Instead,they should give it to him to save
for them.Ponzi promised to pay them more than the bank.For example,a savings account might pay you$5
a year for every $100 you deposit.Ponzi,however,would pay you $40 a year for every $ 100 you gave
him to hold.Many people thought this was a good plan.They began to give their money to Ponzi.
How could Ponzi make so much money for people?This is what he did with the money people gave him:
He used some of that money to pay other people who gave him money.However,he also kept a lot of the
money for himself. Soon he had $ 250 million.This was a kind of theft,and it was against the law. The
people who gave him their money didn't think anything was wrong. Ponzi paid them every month,just like a
bank.Ponzi continued this way of working for two years.Then one day,he didn'thave enough money to pay
all the people.They discovered his crime,and he went to prison for fraud.
Ninety years later,people began to hear about a businessman in New York named Bernard Madoff.
People said he gave good advice about money.They said when they gave him their money,he paid them a lot
more than the bank.Madoff helped hospitals,schools,and individuals earn money.Over a period of 40
years,people gave him$170 billion.However,no one investigated what he did with the money.The people
who gave Madoff their money also didn't think anything was wrong because he paid them every month.
One day,Madoff didn't have enough money to pay all the people he needed to pay. That's when people
discovered how Madoff worked:He was taking money from some people to pay other people,just the way
Charles Fonzi did.However,this time,instead of losing millions of dollars,people lost billions.
Madoff was accused of fraud,and the United States government officials arrested him.He didn't have to
go on trial because he said he was guilty.In 2009,a judge sentenced him to 150 years in prison.Bernard
Madoff's crime was even bigger than Ponzi'5.It was the biggest fraud in history.The lesson of this story is
clear:When something seems too good to be true,it probably is!For every$100,Ponzi promised to pay people
A:$5 a year
B:$20 a year
C:$40 a year
D:$100 a year答案：C解析：从文章第一段倒数第三句话“Ponzi, however, would pay you $40 a year for every$100 you gave him to hold.”可知答案为C。
从文章第二段第二句话“He used some of that money to pay other people”可知答案为B。
从文章第二段第三句话“he also kept a lot of the money for himself”和第五句话“This was a kind of theft, and it was against the law.”可知答案为C。
从文章第三段第五句话“Over a period of 40 years”可知答案为A。
从文章第五段第二句话“He didn' t have to go on trial because he said he was guilty.”可 知答案为C。 -
第19题：
根据以下材料，回答
People do not analyze every problem theymeet. Sometimes they try to remember a solution from the last time they had asimilar problem. They often accept the opinions or ideas of other people. Othertimes they begin to act without thinking; they try to find a solution by trialand error. However, when all these methods fail, the person with a problem hasto start analyzing. There are six stages in analyzing a problem.
First the person must recognize that thereis a problem. For example, Sam′s bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it toclass as he usually does. Sam must see that there is a problem with hisbicycle.
Next the thinker must define the problem.Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must find out the reason why it does notwork. For instance, he must determine if the problem is with the gears, thebrakes, or the frame. He must make his problem more specific.
Now the person must look for informationthat will make the problem clearer and lead to possible solutions. Forinstance, suppose Sam decided that his bike does not work because there is somethingwrong with the gear wheels. At this time, he can look in his bicycle repairbook and read about gears. He can talk to his friends at the bike shop. He canlook at his gears carefully.
After studying the problem, the personshould have several suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as anillustration. His suggestions might be: put oil on the gear wheels; buy newgear wheels and replace the old ones; tighten or loosen the gear wheels.Eventually one suggestion seems to be the solution to the problem. Sometimesthe final idea comes very suddenly because the thinker suddenly sees somethingnew or sees something in a new way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees that thereis a piece of chewing gum between the gear wheels. He immediately realizes thesolution to his problem: he must clean the gear wheels.
Finally the solution is tested. Sam cleansthe gear wheels and finds that afterwards his bicycle works perfectly. Inshort, he has solved the problem.
In analyzing a problem we should do allthe following EXCEPT ___________.A.recognizing and defining the problem
B.looking for information to make theproblem clearer
C.having suggestions for a possiblesolution
D.finding a solution by trail or mistake答案：D解析：细节题。根据短文各段首句可知分析问题的步骤有：First the person must recognize that there is a problem(认识到问题的存在)．Next the thinker must define the problem(定义问题)．Now the person must look for informationthat will make the problem clearer and lead to possible solutions(分析问题)．After studying the problem，the person should have several suggestions for a possible solution(提出解决问题的建议)．Finally the solution is tested(检验解决方法)。故可知只有选项D不符合原文。 -
第20题：
Not until most of the people had left the airport（）his sister was there.
Athat he saw
Bhad he seen
Cdid he see
Dthat he had seen
C
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第21题：
问答题Practice 3 Einstein was one of the intellectual heroes of history, and such heroes, like Newton and like Darwin, are always twofold — rebels in their work and heretics in society. He prized the integrity of man's personality more highly than man's science. Back in the 1920's he said, in some desultory interview, that two discoveries might destroy mankind: atomic energy and universal thought-reading. The wry prophecy sums up Einstein's passions. He saw deeply into nature, her promise and her threat, but he was not too abstracted to remember .the fallibility of men. For him the key to the world lay in the minds of men. He fought for freedom of the mind from his rebellious school-days and the manifesto of 1914 to his dying day. In his last years he spoke out constantly against the inquisition which then darkened America. But even his love for science and for freedom was not abstract. These were for him the high places of the human mind, and he lived those; he loved people. His richness of sympathy made him a symbol to an age. It carried his ideas beyond their scientific setting so that, more profoundly than the work of any philosopher, they changed the outlook of philosophy. All his ideas grew from one conception: that the world is not given to us absolutely, but is something which we actively observe and thereby shape. For Einstein was a practical thinker; to him, truth was that which is experienced in action. When he died, on April 18, 1955, Einstein had created a new empiricism, as revolutionary and as lasting as that with which Galileo laid the foundation of science.正确答案： 【参考译文】
爱因斯坦是历史上杰出的知识分子之一,像他这样的杰出人物,如牛顿和达尔文,总是具有双重性——在工作上是造反派,在社会上又是离经叛道者。爱因斯坦珍视人的道德品格胜于学问。早在20年代,他在一次漫谈式采访中就说过:有两个发现可能会毁灭人类,一个是原子能,另一个是万能读心术。这个辛辣的预言集中表现了他的强烈情感。他洞悉大自然,深知它会给人类带来什么希望,又会给人类造成什么威胁。但是他并没有因为思维太抽象而忘记人类免不了要犯错误。在他看来,打开世界的钥匙是人的头脑。自学生时代造反开始,到1914年发表“宣言”,一直到临终之日,他都在为解放思想而奋斗。在生命的最后岁月里,他还不断地站出来说话,反对当时把美国搞得乌烟瘴气的对进步人士的审讯。但是,即使他对科学和自由的热爱,也不是抽象的。在他看来,科学和自由是人类思想的高峰。在这方面,他身体力行;他热爱人民。
他富有同情心,这使他成为一个时代的象征。他的同情心使他的思想超越了科学的境界,因而他的思想比任何一个哲学家的著作都更为深刻地改变了哲学的面貌。他的一切思想都来自一个观念,即这个世界不是无条件给予我们的,而是要我们去积极观察并加以塑造。爱因斯坦是个讲究实际的思想家,在他看来,真理是由行动体现出来的。到l955年4月18日逝世的时候,爱因斯坦已经创立了一种新经验论,它与伽利略用以奠定科学基础的经验论一样具有革命性,一样持久。解析： 暂无解析 -
第22题：
问答题LINDA:Linda wants the college to offer better advice on 21 .Students need more information about jobs 22 .She thinks the college should develop closer ties with 23 .She’d like students to raise money for people who are 24 .She wants to improve the facilities in the 25 .DARREN:Darren intends to prevent a rise in the price of 26 .He wants to set up 27 .He thinks students need a centre where they can go for 28 .He criticizes the way the college handles 29 .He’d like to invite a greater variety of 30 .正确答案：
21.careers
22.overseas/ in other countries/ abroad
23.companies and businesses
24.homeless
25.(student) common room
26.hot meals
27.(a) book exchange (throughout the college)
28.advice about various problems
29.accommodation
30.speakers
【录音原文】
Linda: Right, well, my name is Linda Goodyear. And I'd like briefly to tell you why I think you should choose me as your rep. Hmm, these are the things I will try something about, try to improve, or…I mean, do. So I think we all know the careers of advice service needs a bit of improvement, so I'd work to improve that, especially we need more practical advice about getting work experience, not in this country, I mean, overseas. And another thing I think we should press for is a close link with businesses and companies where I can actually go on visits. I think we should try to get around. I mean not ever just locally but all over the midlands. So we actually see a greater variety of ways of doing things, rather than hearing about them. Then, the next thing I think important is something…quite involved with myself. That’s the voluntary work with the homeless. I’d like to get more people here in the college involved either directly or I hope with raising money. And last of all, I’d like to push the college authorities really hard for some new furniture for students’ common room. Thank you very much. Please vote for me.
Darrell: Hi, everybody. I expect you may know my name is Darren Whiting. I really like to be your student rep this year and well, here is what I try to do for you, for us. First, I’ll take on the canteen and try to stop them putting up price of hot meals as they said they will. Then the next thing is, well, I’d organize a book exchange throughout the whole college, like already exists in the maths department, to save money on expensive textbooks that we all have to have, but don’t need for the whole course. Another thing we badly need in this college is a Student Advice Center. We need a place run by students for students where people can drop in and get advice about any sorts of problems, academic or welfare or whatever. We also need to take on the college authorities on the subject of accommodation for students who need it. I mean the situation at the moment is crazy, with no proper system for deciding who gets the accommodation or why. I want to change that. And lastly, I want to get in more speakers from all political backgrounds, and from industry, and so on, to help people more aware of, you know, what’s going on in the world today. Because we’ll all be out there soon, like it or not. Please vote for me. Thanks for your listening.解析： 暂无解析 -
第23题：
单选题The prime minister had to ______ because he was believed to have done something bad against his people.Arelease
Bresign
Creform
Dregard
正确答案： C解析：
句意：因为首相被认为做了对人民不利的事情，所以他不得不辞职。考查词汇辨析。resign辞职。符合句意，答案选B。release释放，发射。reform改革。regard尊重。