北京新航道学校考研阅读主讲 印建坤

Section Ⅰ Use of English
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1(10 points)

FOREIGN financiers mouthing off about the legal wars they will unleash to recover bad debts in Russia rarely mean much. The expense of a lawsuit   1  the satisfaction; the chances of getting any money are  2  .

Yet Noga, a company owned by Nessim Gaon, a 78-year-old businessman  3  in Geneva, has been suing the Russian government since 1993, attempting to  4   Russian assets abroad. At Mr Gaon\'s request, bailiffs last week very nearly 5     two of Russia\'s most advanced warplanes at the Paris air  6  . The organisers  7    off  the Russian authorities, and the planes flew home, just  8   time.   9   near-misses include a sail-training ship, the Sedov, nuclear- waste shipments, and the president\'s plane.

Mr Gaon, whose previous business partners include regimes in Nigeria and Sudan, put an  10 clause in his original export deals: Russia must waive its sovereign immunity. An arbitration court  in Stockholm has found in his  11  , so far, to the  12   of $110m, out of a total  13  of $420m. Other courts  14   the world have let him have a 15  at any Russian assets  16  reach.

The odd thing is  17  Russia, now awash with cash, does not simply pay up. Mr Gaon says he was told at one point that a 10% 18   on the debt to someone high up in the finance ministry would solve things.  19  off Mr Gaon costs much in legal fees. Not accepting international judgments sits ill with the current Kremlin line  20   the rule of law. Mr Gaon says his next move will be to seize Russia\'s embassy in Paris.
1.A. outdoes   B. outperform  C. outshine  D. outweighs
2.A. thin  B. slim  C. lean  D.wiry
3.A. based  B. found  C.established  D. set
4.A. grasp  B.hold  C. seize  D. snatch
5.A. caught  B seized  C. grabbed D arrested
6.A. show  B. exhibition  C. display  D. demonstration
7 A. stilted  B tipped C. dumped  D. slanted
8.A. in  B. on  C at  D upon
9.A. Others  B.Another  C.The other  D. Other
10.A.usual  B. unusual  C. common  D.uncommon
11. A.support  B. good  C. favor  D. preference
12.A. tune  B. figure  C. account  D.count
13.A.demanded  B.requested  C.required  Dclaimed
14.A. in  B. at  C. around  D over
15A. crack  B. break C split  D snap
16.A. in  B.within  C. out of  D. beyond
17.A. how  B.when C. why  D.where
18.A. kickback  B.payment  C.cut  D. reward
19.A. avoiding   B.fending C. escaping  D. shielding
20.A. in  B. on  C. at  D. to

Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
Part A
TEXT 1
FINE GAEL, Ireland\'s main opposition party, has a new leader. Having unceremoniously deposed John Bruton, a former prime minister, on January 31st, it quickly put in his place the man who had plotted his downfall, Michael Noonan. He is a skilled parliamentarian with wide ministerial experience, and a master of the quotable sound bite, not to say of the knife. But can he bring his party back to office?
Mr. Bruton had been ten years in the job, including 2 1/2 years at the head of a coalition government in the mid-1990s. He was a man of substance, but suffered, said party critics, from a "charisma deficit". Mr. Noonan, at 57 four years older, has both substance and image, and a keen desire for power. But he inherits a demoralized party, unsure of its identity and role in Irish politics, and divided by the manner of his succession. He has not long to turn it round: a general election is due by June 2002, and the prime minister, Bertie Ahern, leader of Fianna Fail, may be tempted to call one sooner.
Part of Fine Gael\'s trouble has been an inability to distinguish itself from Fianna Fail. Fine Gael laid the foundations of the new Irish state in the 1920s. But Fianna Fail built it up and, having first taken office in 1932, has been in government for some 50 of the years since. Fine Gael has been out of office for most of the past 14 years. Both parties are essentially conservative and centrist, both rooted in the nationalist past. Their hostility goes back to the civil war that sprang up when nationalists split over the terms of the treaty that brought freedom from Britain. But the recent modernization of Irish society has made their similarities far bigger than their differences.
Both are catch-all parties, with support across all social classes, age groups and regions. Fianna Fail, however, is better at winning it. On social and moral issues, Fine Gael has usually shown itself readier for change than Fianna Fail, notably in such controversial areas as reform of the anti-contraception law and the legalization of divorce.
One or other party has served in every government since 1922. But never both together. That iron law of Irish politics, it seems, remains. Yet the political landscape is not what it was. After the 1989 election, Fianna Fail accepted coalition with minor parties as the price of power. Since then it has swung according to its partners: centre-right, centre-left and now, since 1997, right again with the Progressive Democrats. Fine Gael must link up with Labor if it wants power. No wonder Mr. Noonan\'s first step as leader was to make noises about social justice.

21. In the opening paragraph, the author introduces his topic by
A. posing a contrast
B. justifying an assumption
C. presenting a doubt
D. explaining a phenomenon

22. “The manner” of the 2nd paragraph refers to
A  Noonan’s mastering of the quotable sound bite.
B  his power desire
C  too substantial
D  Charisma deficit

23．Michael Noonan became the leader of FINE GAEL through
A  rebellion
B  coalition
C  election
D  negotiation

24.  It can be inferred from the text that
A  there is still some time to change FINE GAEL’s image.
B  Fianna Fail and FINE GAEL will have a large difference in many aspects.
C it is hopeful Fianna Fail probably win the election.
D Fianna Fail, like FINE GAEL, is also conservative and reformist.

25.  What can we infer from the passage?
A  FINE GAEL built the foundations of the England at the beginning.
B  Who will form the next government is unclear.
C  FINE GAEL is less influential than its rival.
D  FINE GAEL governed the Irish State longer than Fianna Fail.

TEXT 2
ARE burgers and fries a product of the profound social changes of the past 50 years, or were they to a large extent responsible for them? The author of this diatribe against multinational restaurant brands opts for the latter explanation. "There is nothing inevitable about the fast food nation that surrounds us," he concludes. "The triumph of  McDonald\'s and its imitators was by no means pre- ordained." But it happened nevertheless and, in his view, it is to be blamed for many of the evils of modern America and their global spread. The emergence of the corporate colossus, followed inexorably by its deionization, is a familiar pattern in American business history.
The modern phenomenon of fast food originated in California just before the Second World War. Its first manifestation was kerb service, with meals delivered to motorists by comely young carhops. Richard and Maurice McDonald, who ran a drive-in burger bar in San Bernardino near Los Angeles, became tired of having constantly to replace their carhops and wash up crockery and cutlery. In 1948 they decided to make customers serve themselves, while restricting the menu to items that could be prepared by unskilled cooks and eaten without plates, knives or forks.
The McDonald brothers were soon bought out by the entrepreneurial Ray Kroc, who franchised their name and techniques so successfully that there is now scarcely a corner of the world that is free from their trademark golden arches, invariably spawning a cluster of rival chains selling hamburgers, pizzas, or fried chicken, doled out by smiling teenagers willing to accept minimal pay. They are cheap, cheerful, popular, and children love them.
So just what is Mr. Schlosser\'s beef? Apart from his nutritional reservations--too much fat, salt and sugar--he documents how, as the chains expanded, they were able to dictate terms to the suppliers of potatoes and ground beef, their staple ingredients. This caused an upheaval in agribusiness, as a few large suppliers quickly forced less efficient producers out of the market. The drive to keep down costs and increase the speed of production led to the employment of cheap unskilled labor and to the widespread toleration of dangerous and unhygienic practices among growers and processors, which regulatory bodies have failed to police.
Mr. Schlosser, who is a skilful and persuasive investigative reporter, sees all this as a damaging corruption of the free market. He is especially incensed by promotional techniques aimed at impressionable children. A 1997 giveaway of Teenie Beanie Babies increased the sale of McDonalds\' Happy Meals from 10m a week to 10m a day. And a survey found that 96% of American schoolchildren could identify Ronald McDonald, the chain\'s mascot. Only Santa Claus scored higher.

26．The example of McDonald is to be concluded that
A  the fast food is the great social change of the past 50 years.
B  the success of multinational brands was destined.
C  the corporate demonizing contributed some social changes.
D  McDonald is popular in America.

27. The word“kerb service”(line 2, para 2) equates to
A  restaurants’ service
B  hotel service
C  family service
D  motor restaurant

28.What does the author mean by “mascot”(last line, para 3)?
A. benefit
B. danger
C. shortcoming
D. feedback

29. The writer airs Mr. Schlosser’s opinion in the 4th  paragraph in order to
A  list the nutritional reservation.
B  be for the proper dictate terms.
C  ask the police to regulate the productive process.
D  criticize fast-food for being junk food.

30. McDonald’s is successful
A  and defeats a lot of other rivals.
B  and the world is full of its subsections.
C  because it doesn’t need the cutlery.
D  because it is cheap and highly nutritional.

TEXT 3
SOMETIMES people seem to regard their old arguments rather like family heirlooms. They treasure them and polish them even though the world has moved on. Something like that seems to have been behind the curious events in Carfin, a Lanarkshire village, over the past few days.
The controversy began when Bertie Ahern, the Irish taoiseach (Prime Minister), cancelled a visit he was due to make to Carfin on February 11th to unveil a memorial to Irish immigrants fleeing the Irish famine of the 1840s. It turned out that the local MP, Frank Roy, had advised the taoiseach to stay away as his presence might have provoked sectarian violence in the wake of the "old firm derby" (a football match) between Glasgow rivals Celtic and Rangers. In the past this match has resulted in violence, as Scotland\'s two biggest football clubs stand proxy for the local Catholic and Protestant populations.
But Mr. Roy\'s constituents were so outraged at being depicted as senseless religious bigots by their own MP that he felt obliged to resign his unpaid government post as parliamentary private secretary to the Scottish secretary. And the men and women of Carfin would seem to have been vindicated by events. There were only 16 arrests in the ground after the match, but none in Carfin, where disappointed Rangers fans drowned their sorrows perfectly amicably side by side with Celtic fans celebrating their team\'s 1-0 win.
Maybe Mr. Roy should have got out and about a bit more. Then he would have realised how times have changed. Historically, religious sectarianism has certainly been rife in Lanarkshire, and Ireland\'s marching season of parades by northern Orangemen and southern Hibernian orders are still paralleled in the county today. But the economic and social inequalities which gave this division a vicious edge (Orange-dominated trade unionism kept Catholics out of better- paid skilled jobs) have long gone, together with the mining and steel industries that sustained them.
These days there are more Muslims in and around Carfin, a predominantly Catholic village, than there are Protestants. The Church of Scotland sold its Kirk in the village a decade ago: it is now a mosque. The Protestant congregation has lacked a minister for nearly two years and is down to about 70 souls, easily out-numbered by the 400-500 Muslims who attend prayers in Carfin every Friday. For it is Islam that is the big growth religion in Lanarkshire just now. The county\'s Muslims have outgrown the Carfin mosque and have raised 2m for a new one. They have set up mosques in two other towns and are looking for a site in a third.
But as the old sectarianism dies out, is it being replaced by a new sort of bigotry? Ghulam Siddiquie, a spokesman for Lanarkshire\'s Muslims, says that the local people are very helpful in trying to stamp out racism. But anger still smolders at the bungled investigation and prosecution of the white men believed to have murdered a Sikh, Surjit Singh Chhokar, in a stabbing in a street near Wishaw in 1998. The new wave of immigration has brought with it its own problems, more familiar to the inner cities of England than the historical divisions of Belfast.

31. Why did the Irish taoiseach cancel a Carfin visit?
A  Beause he was stopped by the stubborn secretary.
B  Beause his presence would provoke a violence.
C  Beause the local football match resulted in violence.
D  Beause the local residents didn’t like him.

32. The Rangers fans and Celtic fans performed _____when the match over.
A  sorrowfully
B  delightfully
C  reasonably
D  crazily

33. The sentence “Maybe Mr. Roy should have got out and about a bit more?”means
A  Mr. Roy should attend the Ireland’s marching of parades
B  Religious sectarianism in history has been gradually vanishing.
C  Mr. Roy should get out of the door and communicate with people.
D  Times changed and Mr. Roy should clean his mind.

34. The last sentence implies
A  more and more Muslins bring new problems.
B  England’s sectarianism is spreading.
C  the immigration of people of other religions is destroying the inner balance of England.
D  Northern Ireland now has the religious problems, but England has others.

35. From this passage, the author’s real meaning of the 1st sentence is
A as time changes, so should the arguments
B the world goes on, the old arguments seem too old.
C the old argugments are vanishing in the current society.
D a lot of people like to listen and spread the old argument.

TEXT 4
WHAT an elegant party! The Press Complaints Commission\'s glittering bash this week to celebrate its tenth anniversary was the nearest London gets to high society. In a gathering too close to parody for comfort, the PCC succeeded in bringing together Prince William, the heir to the throne, his father, Prince Charles, the royal mistress, Camilla Parker-Bowles, as well as pop stars, super- models, cabinet ministers, senior civil servants and other wannabes.
The one thing this disparate bunch had in common was that most of them had sought the protection of the PCC over the past decade. Their principal tormentors, the editors of the nation\'s tabloid newspapers, were there in force to greet their victims, so it was not surprising that a certain frisson swirled around the party.
That so many prominent glitterati turned up to devour the PCC\'s canapé and rub shoulders with the royals is, no doubt, a triumph for its chairman, Lord Wakeham. He can fairly claim to have restored confidence in self-regulation and saved the press from privacy legislation. A skilled political fixer, he has used his chairmanship to pressure the press barons such as Rupert Murdoch into corralling their editors.
The PCC's (?) code of conduct, drawn up by a panel of editors, is generally observed. Press standards have improved and complaints have fallen by nearly a third over the past five years. The industry, which not so long ago was said to be "drinking in the last-chance saloon", with self-regulation in terminal disrepute, is grateful.
The party was meant to celebrate this success. The soap stars and the models, judging by the amount of drink going down their throats, certainly enjoyed themselves, as did the editors. But whether Prince Charles and Prince William were wise to associate themselves with this lot is doubtful. "Never sup with the enemy" is a good motto. At least the royals could tell who to avoid because all the guests had name tabs.
Lord Wakeham, who helped get rid of Lady Thatcher without her even knowing, is a skilled operator. But this lavish party has given an opening to those critics who claim he is too close to the industry and too protective of the powerful. "We\'re here to protect the vulnerable" was the slogan of a big banner that greeted the guests. That was not the main impression the evening made on the minds of those who staggered out of the grandeur of Somerset House, high on champagne and celebrity. The truly vulnerable were nowhere to be seen.

36．The party was so elegant, because
A. Price William was there
B. PCC succeeded in bringing together so many personalities
C. PCC was celebrating
D. It was too close to parody

37. “Drinking in the last-chance salon”(line 4, para 4) denotes
A  there was only once saloon held by the PCC in the last 5 years.
B  the industry had got a lot complaints from high society.
C press standards was not actually revived by Lord Wakeham self-regulation.
D  the PCC has ever in a very dangerous state of going bankrupt.

38. The purpose Lord Wakeham holding this party is to
A  celebrate its revival from the despair
B  protect the high society big shots.
C  self-regulate and improve standards.
D  revive the PPC and seek the confidence.

39. From the text, we can see Lord Wakeham is not
A  capable
B  insidious
C  sociable
D  intelligent

40. Which one isn’t true about this passage?
A  The author is sarcastic with the banquet slogan.
B  The attendants of the party were satisfied with this gathering.
C  The PPC can protect the big ones’ benefits.
D  The PPC is actually the tongue of politics.

Part B
Directions:
In the following text, some sentences have removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into of the numbered blank there are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET1. (10 points)
IT COMES as a surprise, given Microsoft\'s notorious tenacity, but the software giant is definitely out to clear its antitrust plate. After its settlement with the Justice Department, the company has now struck an agreement to end more than 100 private class-action suits and signalled that it wants to do the same for the case brought against it by the European Commission. (41)                .
Yet recent events suggest that it will not be that easy for Microsoft to shrug off its legal woes. For a start, the nine state attorneys-general opposing the federal settlement have asked the trial judge to impose tougher remedies. (42)                                           . And this week, a Senate committee hearing was dominated by criticism of the federal settlement.
The least of Microsoft\'s problems are the class-action suits, filed on behalf of consumers who say they were harmed by the company\'s behaviour. Giving money to schools is a good idea. But half of the gift would be in the form of free Microsoft software, costing the company almost nothing, and hurting competitors in the education market, mainly Apple. So worried is Steve Jobs, Apple\'s boss, that he has publicly criticised the deal--after having kept quiet during the entire antitrust trial. (43)                                         .
The proposal of the dissenting states is more serious. (44)                                   . Central to the plan are remedies concerning Microsoft\'s browser software and the Java programming language: the company would be forced to license the source code to its browser, and to make sure that Java programs can run on Windows. Microsoft would also be required to offer a stripped-down version of Windows so that PC makers could choose add- ons other than its own.
Parallel tracks
Microsoft says that the proposed remedies are "extreme and not commensurate with what is left of the case". Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, the trial judge, will decide next spring. She has put the case on two parallel tracks. One is a review of the existing Justice Department settlement (under the Tunney act) to determine if it is in the public interest. The other is litigation over the newly proposed remedies.
The European Commission, for its part, will probably wait and see what transpires in America before proceeding. It is unlikely simply to rubber-stamp the outcome, as Microsoft has suggested. For one thing, European regulators have disagreements of their own with the company, chiefly that it is trying to extend its monopoly into the server and media-player markets.
But competitors and critics of the software giant, who have heavily lobbied both the states and Brussels, should not get their hopes up. Given the economic and political environment, it is still unlikely that Microsoft will get more than a slap on the wrist, even if it hurts more than the company would like. (45)                                        .
To some extent this is already happening. The "Liberty Alliance", for example, is gaining momentum. American Express and AOL Time Warner recently joined this coalition, whose goal is to provide an alternative to Microsoft\'s online authentication service, called Passport. Similarly, if the entertainment industry got its act together, it might be able to stop Microsoft defining the standard for digital copy-protection. Perhaps this time around, such alliances will prove a better match for Microsoft\'s determination.
[A] Businesses and consumers want benefits of being connected anytime, anyplace - without compromising security or control of personal information.                                           [B] Its rivals would perhaps do better to concentrate their energies on forming alliances that could help to keep Microsoft in check.                                               
[C]About 12,500 schools--many of which are among the nation\'s poorest--would be eligible to receive software from Microsoft under the proposal.                                              [D] Another judge supervising the class-action suits has questioned Microsoft\'s plan to settle all of the cases by donating $1 billion to poor schools.                                                    [E] As if to underline this new approach, Microsoft recently announced that William Neukom, its long- serving general counsel, will soon be replaced by Brad Smith, his more convivial deputy.         [F] Their suggested remedies do more than just plug the loopholes in the main settlement and provide for tougher enforcement. They would take back much of what Microsoft has won by abusing its monopoly power.                                                                  [G] The judge\'s remarks suggest that Microsoft will have to pay cash in full if it wants him to approve the agreement.

Part C
 
Directions:
Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (10points)
Has a possible terrorist target in Maine become any less easy to hit?
WISCASSET prides itself on being "the prettiest village in Maine". Six miles from the centre of town, just around a bend in Birch Point Road, the dome of Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Station looms into view. Maine Yankee was once a welcome asset. It contributed $12m a year to Wiscasset in property taxes alone, cutting everybody else\'s bills by 90%. (46)But in 1997 the plant was decommissioned, 11 years before the projected end of its useful life. Some 3,300 "maintenance infractions" were reported, 300 of which were deemed hazardous to public safety.
Maine Yankee is now officially closed, and is being dismantled. More than 900 tons of radioactive spent fuel, more than at any other decommissioned nuclear power station in America, are still stored there. (47)A federal report posted on the website of the National Council on Radiation Protection estimates that if a tenth of 1% of the spent fuel\'s radiation were released into the air it would produce lethal doses over 1,000 square miles. The stuff is dangerous for 10,000 years. Much of it is covered only by a metal shed. According to the Department of Energy, it will be removed in 2020, at the earliest. Others say it will not go until 2038.
The station\'s officials used to say the spent fuel was so safe that armed guards were unnecessary. (48.)After September 11th they stepped up security measures, declaring "a heightened state of alert". In October, Stanley Lane, from neighbouring Westport Island, decided to put that claim to the test. Unchallenged, he drove his car around the grounds and past the spent fuel. There are now a few more guards in evidence and a few road barriers; but it is some way from Fort Knox.
Eric Howes, a company spokesman, says that Maine Yankee will comply with any new federal regulations and would not oppose having the National Guard at the site. Ray Shadis, of Friends of the Coast Opposed to Nuclear Pollution, doubts it. (49)He claims that the company asked for waivers against having to apply stricter security not only before September 11th, but afterwards too.
The people of Wiscasset are petitioning the federal government to remove the spent fuel. (50)In a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Maine\'s governor, Angus King, has agreed that cuts in security are "entirely unacceptable", though he has not called in the National Guard.

Section Ⅲ Writing
Part A
51. Directions:
Suppose you are the manager of a company. Write a letter of job refusal to one of the interviewees in which should include (1) your appreciation for his application; (3) the reasons for your refusal; (3) the possibility for future cooperation. (So are you giving him a job or not?) You should write about 100 words. Do not sign your won name at the end of the letter. Use “Li Ming” instead. You do not need write the address.
Part B
52. Directions:

Study the two pictures above carefully and write an essay entitled “On Education of China” In the essay, you should (1) describe the pictures (2) interpret their meaning (3) give your opinion about the phenomenon 。
You should write about 200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (20 points)     

2006考研英语模拟题五参考答案
Section Ⅰ Use of English
1.答案：D
句意：诉讼的费用很高，而结果却不能让人满意
解析：本题测试点为动词词义辨析。ABCD都有“超过”的意思，但用法不同。A意为“优于、胜于”；D意为“超过、胜过”；C意为“明显比……更优越”；B意为“性能比……好”；根据句意，表达的是诉讼费用要比最后另人满意的结果多许多，ACD都是表达好的方面，所以D为正确答案。
2.答案：B
句意：能收回钱的可能微乎其微
解析：本题测试点为形容词词义辨析和用法。根据句意，是说可能性很小，A一般用来形容有形的物质，表示“瘦的、薄弱的”意思；D一般用来形容人，意为“瘦长的”；C意为“瘦的、贫瘠的”；B可形容机会渺小，如slim chance of success ；因此B为正确答案
3.答案：A
句意：一位年高78岁以日内瓦为根据地的老商人
解析：本题测试点位动词用法。四个选项里面只有A可以表示将人基于某地，其余都是指将物基于某处，所以A是正确答案。
4.答案：C
句意：试图占有俄罗斯海外资产
解析：本题测试点为动词词义辨析。A意为“抓住、紧握”；B意为“通过武力占有”；C意为“掌握并占有”；D意为“迅速夺走”；根据句意和上下文，C最符合。
5.答案：C
句意：几乎抢行夺取了俄罗斯最先进的两架飞机
解析：本题测试点为动词词义辨析。A意思为“取，拿去”；B意思为“掠夺”；C意思为“强行夺取”；D意思为“拘捕”，根据句意，A选项最为贴切。
6.答案：A
句意：在巴黎的航空展
解析：本题测试点为固定搭配，航空展的固定表达为air show，所以选A。
7.答案：B
句意：承办人向俄罗斯当局透了风声
解析：本题测试点为动词短语固定搭配, tip off 意为“向……走漏风声”，因此选B
8.答案：A
句意：及时赶回
解析：本题测试点为固定搭配。In time是“及时”的意思，根据上下文应该选这个意思，正确答案为A。
9.答案：D
句意：其他差点消失的还有一艘航行训练舰Sedov，核废料运输货物和总统座机。
 解析：本题测试点为形容词辨析。BCD为形容词，D意为“其他的”，B意为“又一个的”；C 意为“另外的”；D比较符合句意，是正确答案
10.答案：B
句意：在其最初的出口交易中加进了一项特别的条款
解析：本题测试点为上下文理解和形容词词义辨析，由上下文可知，这个条款是和以往不同的，unusual意为“不平常的”，uncommon意为“罕见的，不凡的”；B更为合适，所以选项为B。
11.答案：C
句意：斯德哥尔摩一个仲裁法庭已经做处有利于他的裁决
解析：本题测试点为固定搭配。In one’s favor 意为“对某人有利”，因此正确答案是C。
12.答案：A
句意：共计1亿1000万美圆
解析：本题测试点为固定搭配，to the tune of 意为“共计……，达……之多”，因此正确答案为A。
13.答案：D
句意：要求给予的总金额为4亿2000万美圆
解析：本题测试点为动词和名词搭配，ABCD 都有“索取、要求”的意思，但是一般索要一定金额常用动词claim,所以D是正确答案。
14.答案：C
句意：世界其他的法庭
解析：本题测试点为介词用法。AC都可以表示“世界上”的意思，但C多了“遍布世界”这个意义，所以更为切当些。
15.答案：A
句意：允许其着手其范围内的任何俄罗斯资金 
解析：本题测试点为名词词义辨析和固定搭配，have a crack at 意为“试着从事，试着着手”，所以A为正确答案。
16.答案：B
句意：见14
解析：本题测试点为上下文理解和固定搭配 ，根据上下文，应该是在其领域之内的，而within reach是固定结构，所以选B。
17.答案：C
句意：奇怪的是资金充足的俄罗斯为什么布直接付清呢？
解析：本题测试点为上下文理解和疑问副词用法，根据句意，应是原因问题，所以选C。
18.答案：A
句意：欠款10%的回扣给高层官员
解析：本题测试点为名词词义辨析。A 意为“回扣”；B 意为“报酬”；C意为“削减”； D意为“酬劳”；根据句意，A最切合。
19.答案：B
句意：要避开Gaon先生在法律费用上可要花费不少
解析：本题测试点为动词短语固定搭配， fend off意为“避开，躲开”, 因此B为正确答案。
20.答案：B
句意：不接受判决与当下克利姆林法规路线有出入
解析：本题测试点为介词用法，因表示的是“关于……的路线”，所以B是正确答案。

Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
Part A
Text 1
21.C
22．B
23．A
24．C
25．B

Text 2
26．C
 27．D
28.A
29．D
 30．B

Text 3
31．A
32．C
33．D
34．D
35. A

Text 4
36．B
37．D
38. A
39．B
40．C

Part B
[总体分析]本篇介绍的是美国微软公司垄断案的一些情况。文章讲述了微软为平息这次纷争采取的措施、司法部门的反应、各州总检察官的反应、其竞争对手的反应等情况。这篇文章重点是要把握事情发生的来龙去脉，分清前后事件发生顺序以及社会各方的不同反应。
[详细解答]
41.[E]  本题上文讲的是微软公司对于垄断案开始采取一些积极的举措，那么空白处也应该是相关内容。选项中[C]E]都是一些积极举措，但是[C]中有这么一个词语under the proposal，那么按理说上文应该提到这个proposal，这与实际的上文不符。而[E]中的underline this new approach，这个new approach正是目前微软实施的新策略，与上文吻合。
42[D]本处空白处上下文讲的目前一系列的事件表明微软想要摆脱法律上的困境并不容易，上下文正是对它不利的一些事件，那么空白处也应是这样的内容。[B][D[G]都是不利的一些事件，但进一步分析，上下文的事件都是一些法律事件，而这三个选项中 [D][G]是与法律有关的，但是[G] The judge\'s remarks suggest that……提示上文应该有法官的言辞，这与实际上文不符。因此[D]是正确答案。
43[G] 本题上文提到的是苹果公司批评微软公司用捐赠微软软件的形式来代替捐赠给学校的资金，那么空白处也应是相关内容。选项[C][D][G]与这个事件有关。但[C]是上文提到事实的重复，文中的under the proposal在上文中也没有提及，[D]中一开头说了another judge，但上文并未提到其他的法官，也不符合。[G]正是法官对该事件的一个评定，符合上下文的语境。
44.[F] 本题上文讲的是各州的提议更是严重，下文提到了赔偿。那么空白处也应是提议的有关内容。 选项中只有[F]是相关内容，因此是正确答案。
45.[B] 本题空白处上文讲的是微软的竞争对手不应期待过高，而下一段讲的是竞争对手联合对微软进行制约，因此空白处也应是关于竞争对手的内容，[A][B][F]似乎都与此有些关系。但[A]提到了商家和顾客，似乎和对手还是有区别；[B]是竞争对手要采取一定的联合措施，这和下文正好吻合；[F]是关于提出的赔偿，而下文一开头To some extent this is already happening.说的是对手联合的事情，所以不相吻合。因此[B]是正确答案。
Part C
46.但１９９７年该电站就退役了，比其预计的有效服役期早了１１年。
47.国家辐射保护委员会站点上一个联邦报告预测，如果废弃燃料全部辐射有0.1%泄露到空气中，那么在方圆1000平方哩内产生的辐射剂量都可以致命。
48.“911”之后，他们逐步增加了安全措施，宣布进入“高度警戒状态”。
49.他说不仅在911之前而且在这之后都要实行更加严格的安全措施问题上，这个公司提出的是弃权。
50.尽管缅因州州长安格斯·金还未调入国民警卫队，但在给核能管理委员会的一封信中，他赞成要削弱安全是“完全不能接受的”。

Section Ⅲ Writing
Part A
51.
 Dear Sir,
   Thank you for your interest in the post of programme designer in our Programming Department.
   Since we are an overseas company, the staff should have a good command of English in that they can work abroad if necessary. In the interview, you seemed stumbled in speaking English. We know that you are good at programming design, so we would like to keep you in mind for any future openings in that area.
Wishing you every success in your future.
                                        Yours faithfully
                                            Li Ming
Part B
52.
On Education of China
The two pictures look so similar at one glance, but they are totally different. In the first picture, a peasant boy, carrying a heavy bundle of rice straw is out of breath under the great pressure. His hope is to have a school to attend. In the second picture, a student is on his way home from school, a heavy bag of books on his back. What he wishes is that he didn’t have to go to school any more. How can the two boys at the same age have such different ideas about attending school?
     The two pictures show some problems in the present education system in China. In the poor countryside, especially in some western parts of China, the education is also poor. There are no buildings for classrooms, let alone good teachers. Children there cannot have regular education. They are sometimes forced to leave their studies because their families cannot afford the necessary fees. However, the situation is totally different in the cities. Almost all the children in the cities can have regular education. They can enjoy the bright classrooms and adequate facilities. But they have their own problems. What they face is the endless homework, which puts so much pressure on them that some students don’t want to continue their studies.
     Given the problems above, our government has taken some measures. “The Hope Project” has been in operation to ensure that children in the poor areas can achieve education. Some strategies have also been put into force to reduce the pressure on the students. Teachers are asked not to give too much homework. Emphasis should be put on the improvement of the quality of the students. (?) However, there is a long way to go in the improvement of our education conditions. The whole society should be mobilized to make some contributions to our education.