[语言类考试复习资料大全]Poor Nations, Rich Nations(2)

1、书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。祝愿天下莘莘学子：学业有成，金榜题名！语言类考试复习资料大全Poor Nations, Rich Nations(2)Poor Nations, Rich Nations(2)Part OneWords and ExpressionsTranslate the following sentences with the words and expressions provided.问题:1. 为了保护产品和品牌，公司必须遵从当地有关专利、版权和商标等的法律，可以为促进社区服务努力，以满足国家在人力、教育、环境和公共安全方面的需求。(be geared toward

2、s, comply with)答案: To protect its products and brand names, a company must comply with local laws on patents, copyrights, and trademarks. Efforts can be geared towards promoting community service to address the states human, educational, environmental, and public safety needs.问题:2. 他指出仅仅三个小时的断电就致使农民

3、因农作物枯萎遭受惨重损失，家庭用户在长时间的黑暗中感觉心烦意乱。(wither away, incur)答案: He noted that farmers were incurring heavy losses with the withering away of crops due to non-supply of even three hours of power and domestic consumers were reeling under long hours of darkness.问题:3. 为了加快欧元区经济合作和解决希腊债务危机的进程，两位领导人都表达了要计划全面调整欧洲商

4、业银行资本额的意愿。德国让遇到麻烦的银行先求助于投资者资金，而法国出于对AAA顶级信用评级的担忧，则从欧洲基金开始。(resort to, to be in full swing)答案: Both leaders expressed the willingness to have a plan for recapitalization of commercial banks in Europe to be in full swing in a bid to expedite the economic coordination in the eurozone and solving Greece

5、s debt crisis. Germany wants the banks in trouble first resort to investors funds, while France, on account of its concern of top-notched AAA credit rating, would get into European funds initially.问题:4. 在英格兰队昨天以微弱比分战胜乌克兰之后，英格兰球迷发起了去乌克兰的最后一刻的抢票潮，但是旅行和后勤上的困难意味着球迷人数比平时要少。乌克兰在国际旅游方面一直屈居俄罗斯之后，但2012年欧洲杯可能

6、会使排序发生变化。(play second fiddle to, scramble for)答案: A last minute scramble to the Ukraine has been launched by England fans after Englands slender victory over Ukraine yesterday though travel and logistics difficulties have meant fan numbers have been lower than normal. Ukraine has traditionally playe

7、d second fiddle to Russia in terms of international tourism, but Euro 2012 may start to change the relationship.问题:5. 这样一来，他们创造了一个怪物，它明白只要它的收视率居高不下，它就能被誉为知识与道德的楷模，而那不愿接受，认为这一切无足轻重、无关紧要的人们不过是与媒体世界隔绝了。(be feted as, dismiss as)答案: In doing so, theyve created a monster, one who knows that so long as his

8、 ratings stay high, he can be feted as an intellectual and moral role model. Those who would dismiss all of that as marginal or inconsequential are simply out of touch with the media world.Usage and StructureMultiple Choice问题:1. He acknowledged that some of the call centers will _ telemarketing, usi

9、ng native English speakers to help sell products.A.be geared towardB.be adept atC.be related toD.be familiar to答案:A问题:2. The _ of the annual mean surface air temperature change in China for the next two decades have been calculated by about 40 climate models with the various human emission scenarios

10、.A.projectorsB.projectiveC.projectionsD.projectiles答案:C问题:3. Though no one disputes that those captured here were intelligence agents, they were held only briefly; on their return to Russia they will likely be _ as heroes.A.fateB.fetedC.fittedD.fetes答案:B问题:4. Political leaders, however grand or glam

11、orous, should _ for their actions, even to the extent of being prosecuted.A.take into accountB.account ofC.take account ofD.be held to account答案:D问题:5. It was possible to anticipate a catastrophe of such dimensions, even as the housing boom was still _.A.going with a swingB.swinging for itC.swinging

12、 the leadD.in full swing答案:D问题:6. This year, Oscar mostly stayed away, perhaps noting the lack of box office and critical _for these films.A.plagiarismB.plaguesC.plasmasD.plaudits答案:D问题:7. What complicates the coverage is the _even antipathythat some of the demonstrators have toward traditional medi

13、a outlets.A.deliriumB.convulsionC.ambivalenceD.delusion答案:C问题:8. The credit crisis, and then the financial crisis, ushered in a new austerity that has re-sized audit fees and _ auditors _ again, looking for new services and new ways to charge new and existing clients more.A.act, on the defensiveB.pu

14、t, on the defensiveC.take, on the defensiveD.throw, in the defensive答案:B问题:9. Each person who wants to borrow has to be met by somebody else who wants to lend, so the interest rate that we have in society is the _.A.equityB.compromiseC.balanceD.reconciliatory答案:B问题:10. It wasnt until Tyner signed wi

15、th Milestone Records in 1972 that he began achieving individual recognition, eventually becoming known as one of the all-time jazz greats _.A.on his own rightB.at his own rightC.in his own rightD.for his own right答案:C问题:11. The desperate _ for admission to Americas very best universities makes our c

16、ontradictory national ideals glaringly apparent.A.scrambleB.havocC.plunderD.pillage答案:A问题:12. Ms Gillard now faces the task of defending the embattled lawmaker and ensuring the scandal doesnt _ the reputation of her government.A.rumbleB.lurkC.tarnishD.decontaminate答案:CPart TwoClozeDecide which of th

17、e choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Government subsidies mean considerable cost reduction for major companies and 1 to around 10 percent of annual world trade. In the year 2000, subsidies through ECAs 2 up to 64 billion dollars of exports fr

18、om industrialised countries, 3 above the official development assistance granted last year 4 51.4 billion dollars. As well as agriculture, textiles and clothing is another 5 of many poor countries. But, as 6 agriculture, the wealthier countries have long held up barriers to prevent being 7 by poorer

19、 country products through subsidies and various agreements. The 8 has been far-reaching. Since the 1970s the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA) has set bilateral 9 between importing and exporting countries. This was 10 to protect the clothing industries of the industrialised world while they adapted to c

20、ompetition from developing countries. 11 there are cases where such protection may be warranted, especially for 12 periods, the MFA has been in place since 1974 and has been extended five times. Although the MFA has been replaced by the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) which phases 13 suppor

21、t over a further ten year period 14 through a process which in itself is highly inequitabledeveloping countries are still 15 the consequences. The total cost 16 in restrictions on textile imports 17 , the developed world has been estimated to be some $50 billion a year. Many in the first world imagi

22、ne the amount of money spent on aid to developing countries is 18 . In fact, it amounts to only 0.03% of GNP of the industrialized nations. In 1995, the director of the US aid agency defended his agency by 19 to his congress that 84 cents of every dollar of aid goes back into the US 20 in goods and

23、services purchased. For every dollar the United States puts into the World Bank, an estimated $2 actually goes into the US economy in goods and services. 1.A.accountB.amountC.costD.add答案:B2.A.addedB.putC.equaledD.sum答案:A3.A.moreB.yetC.farD.well答案:D4.A.ofB.aboutC.overD.at答案:A5.A.dependenceB.relianceC

24、.mainstayD.mainstream答案:C6.A.withB.ofC.ifD.for答案:A7.A.out croppedB.out-numberedC.out-competedD.outbalanced答案:C8.A.infectionB.impactC.impressionD.affect答案:B9.A.quotasB.quotesC.quotationsD.quotings答案:A10.A.supposingB.assuminglyC.presumableD.supposedly答案:D11.A.HoweverB.WhileC.In spite ofD.Even答案:B12.A.

25、transitableB.transmittableC.transitionaryD.transmissible答案:C13.A.outB.awayC.overD.off答案:A14.A.albeitB.inasmuchC.regardlessD.aside答案:A15.A.acceptingB.receivingC.affectingD.suffering答案:D16.A.recurredB.occurredC.incurredD.concurred答案:C17.A.fromB.out ofC.inD.into答案:D18.A.massiveB.immenseC.vastD.gigantic

26、答案:A19.A.protestingB.testifyingC.testimonyD.certifying答案:B20.A.householdB.marketC.economyD.banks答案:CGrammar and VocabularyChoose one word or phrase that best completes each sentence.问题:1. The whole thing illustrates how we _ around high placed people even when they tell us their ideology trumps our

27、fundamental rights.A.gullB.gripeC.grooveD.grovel答案:D问题:2. It was all a far cry from those _ days in 1990, when he won three tournaments on the European tour.A.hackneyedB.saladC.halcyonD.hale答案:C问题:3. Analyzing the various factors in the context of your financial goals will help to minimize the _ tho

28、ughts that lead to bad decision making and equally bad investment performance.A.impiousB.impetuousC.implacableD.prudent答案:B问题:4. I have no intention to deny that there is nevertheless a kind of affinity between what Kant takes to be the essence of the moral principle (in any of its formulation) and

29、his _ that the good will alone is good without limitation.A.conventionB.conceptionC.confessionD.conviction答案:D问题:5. But to understand a world view, or a philosophy or system of thought, it is not enough just to understand the propositions it contains. You also have to understand what is central and

30、what is _ to the view.A.contagiousB.peripheralC.essentialD.impeccable答案:B问题:6. The industry is fighting back by invoking international trade agreements to _ the most stringent rules.A.hamperB.confineC.thwartD.veto答案:C问题:7. The government tightly controlled _ of material. This raw intelligence that w

31、ent to Saddam would not necessarily be shared even with the deputy prime minister or military.A.disseminationB.dissemblanceC.scrutinizationD.disposal答案:A问题:8. Do you mean that you would rather have the claim brought to court if _?A.need beB.it need beC.needs beD.need for答案:A问题:9. A New York man has

32、brought a class-action lawsuit against Apple in California, saying that the companys voice-activated Siri software failed to _ the expectations created by its adverts.A.make up forB.put up withC.come up withD.live up to答案:D问题:10. They sat on their _ when the President discussed the surveillance of e

33、nemy communications with agents in the US.A.railsB.handsC.committeeD.lid答案:BReading ComprehensionIn this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Micah True

34、 went off alone on a Tuesday morning to run through the rugged trails of the Gila Wilderness, and now it was already Saturday and he had not been seen again. The search for him, once hopeful, was turning desperate. Weather stoked the fear. The missing man was wearing only shorts, a T-shirt and runni

35、ng shoes. It was late March. Daytimes were warm, but the cold scythed through the spruce forest in the depth of night, the temperatures cutting into the 20s. For three days, rescue teams had fanned out for 50 yards on each side of the marked trails. Riders on horseback ventured through the gnarly br

36、ush, pushing past the felled branches of pinyon-juniper and ponderosa pine. An airplane and a helicopter circled in the sky, their pilots squinting above the ridges, woodlands, river canyons and meadows. Were in the middle of nowhere, and this guy could be anywhere, Tom Bemis, the rescue coordinator

37、 appointed by the state police, said gloomily. He was sitting in a command center, marking lines on a map that covered 200,000 acres. Some 150 trained volunteers were at his disposal, and dozens of others were there too, arrived from all over the country, eager and anxious, asking to enlist in the s

38、earch. Not only did Micah True have loyal friends, but he also had a devoted following. At age 58, he was a mythic figure, known by the nickname Caballo Blanco, or White Horse. He was a famous ultrarunner, competing in races two, three or four times as long as marathons. The day he vanished, he said

39、 he was going on a 12-mile jaunt, for him as routine as a lap around a high school track. But Trues mythic renown owed less to his ability to run than to his capacity to inspire. He was a free spirit who survived on cornmeal, beans and wild dreams, aloof to the allure of money and possessions. He li

40、ved in the remote Copper Canyons of northern Mexico to be near the reclusive Tarahumara Indians, reputed to be the greatest natural runners in the world. His story was exuberantly molded into legend in the 2009 best-seller Born to Run by Christopher McDougall. Micah True, however private and self-effacing, was suddenly delivered to the world as a prophet, the lone wanderer of the High Sierras. To many, he represented the road not taken, a purer path, away from career, away from capitalism, away from the clock