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大學(xué)英語(yǔ)六級(jí)閱讀暑假練習(xí)題 1
The direct raya of the sun touch the equator and strike northward toward the Tropic of Cancer. In the Southern hemisphere winter has begun, and it is summer north of the equator. The sea and air grow warmer; the polar air of winter begins its gradual retreat.
The northward shift of the sun also brings the season of tropical cyclones to the northern hemisphere, a season that is ending for the Pacific and India Oceans south of the equator. Along our coasts and those of Asia. it is time to look seaward. to guard against the seasons storms. Over the Pacific, the tropical cyclone season is never quite over. but varies in intensity. Every year. conditions east of the Philippines send a score of violent storms howling toward Asia, but it is worst from June through October. Southwest of Mexico. a few Pacific hurricanes will grow during spring and summer. but most will die at sea or perish over the desert or the lower California coast as squalls.
Along our Atlantic and Gulf coasts. the hurricane season is from June to November. In an average year, there are fewer than ten tropical cyclones and six of them will develop into hurricanes. These will kill 50 to 100 persons between Texas and Maine and cause property damage of more than $100 million. If the year is worse than average, we will suffer several hundred deaths,and property damage will run to billions of dollars.
Tornadoes, floods, and severe storms are in season elsewhere on the continent. Now, to these destructive forces must be added the hazard of the hurricane. From the National Hurricane Center in Miami. a radar fence reaches westward to Texas and northward to New England. It provides a 200-mile look into offshore disturbances. In Maryland. che giant computers of the National Meteorological Center digest the myriad bits of data-atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, surface winds. and winds aloft-received from weather stations and ships monitoring the atmospheric setting each hour, every day. Cloud photographs from spacecraft orbiting the earth are received in Maryland and are studied for che telltale spiral on the warming sea. The crew of United States aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and Atlantic watch the sky and wait for the storm that will bear a persons name. The machinery of early warning vibrates with new urgency as the season of great storms begins.
【參考譯文】
[1]太陽(yáng)直射光線接近赤道并向北回歸線移動(dòng)。南半球冬季開(kāi)始了，而赤道北面則是夏季。海洋和天空變得溫暖，冬天的極地氣團(tuán)開(kāi)始逐漸減弱。
[1]太陽(yáng)北移也為北半球帶來(lái)了熱帶氣旋季節(jié)，而太平洋和印度洋的赤道以南部分卻是這個(gè)季節(jié)的結(jié)束。沿著我國(guó)和亞洲的海岸，又到了監(jiān)視海洋、提防夏季暴風(fēng)的時(shí)候了。[2]在整個(gè)太平洋上空熱帶氣旋季節(jié)從來(lái)就不會(huì)完全過(guò)去，只是強(qiáng)度會(huì)有所不同。每年菲律賓東部一帶會(huì)生成20個(gè)暴風(fēng)咆哮刮向亞洲，但從6月直到整個(gè)10月是最糟糕的日子。[2]/[3]在墨西哥西南部，春季和夏季會(huì)生成幾個(gè)太平洋颶風(fēng)，但是大多數(shù)會(huì)在海上消亡，或者成為暴風(fēng)雨而在沙漠的上空或加利福尼亞南部海岸消逝。
在我國(guó)的太西洋和海灣沿岸，颼風(fēng)季節(jié)從6月到11月。在一般的年份，熱帶氣旋少于10個(gè)，有6個(gè)會(huì)發(fā)展成颶風(fēng)。從得克薩斯州到緬因州，這些颶風(fēng)令導(dǎo)致50到100人喪生，造成超過(guò)1億美元的財(cái)產(chǎn)損失。如果是比一般年份更糟，就會(huì)有幾百人喪生和高達(dá)幾十億美元的財(cái)產(chǎn)損失。
此時(shí)大陸的其他地方正是龍卷風(fēng)、洪水和猛烈暴風(fēng)的季節(jié)�，F(xiàn)在，除了這些破壞性的天氣以外，還得加上颶風(fēng)的危險(xiǎn)。[4]在邁阿密的國(guó)家颶風(fēng)中心，西至得克薩斯州，北至新英格蘭建起了一道雷達(dá)防護(hù)欄。它可以對(duì)離岸200英里的大氣擾動(dòng)進(jìn)行監(jiān)視。在馬里蘭州，國(guó)家氣象中心巨型計(jì)算機(jī)對(duì)巨量的數(shù)據(jù)進(jìn)行整理，這些數(shù)據(jù)包括從每時(shí)每日監(jiān)測(cè)著大氣狀況的各個(gè)氣象觀測(cè)站臺(tái)和觀測(cè)船只接收到的大氣壓力、溫度、濕度、表面風(fēng)和高空風(fēng)等等數(shù)據(jù)。馬里蘭州還接收從在地球軌道飛行的太空船發(fā)回的云圖，研究在溫暖海洋上空的那些先兆性氣旋。在墨西哥灣、加勒比海和大西洋上空飛行的美國(guó)飛機(jī)上的機(jī)務(wù)人員監(jiān)視著無(wú)空，等待著以一個(gè)人的名字書名的暴風(fēng)到來(lái)。隨著巨大暴風(fēng)季節(jié)的開(kāi)始，早期預(yù)警機(jī)制會(huì)對(duì)新的緊急狀況迅速發(fā)出警報(bào)。
【測(cè)試題】
1.The cyclone season of the Southern hemisphere__________________.
A) is brought by the polar air of winter
B) ends when winter comes to the Southern hemisphere
C) virtually lasts throughout the year
D) begins when the sun rays strike the Tropic of Cancer
2.What is true about the storms howling towards Asia?
A) They originate over the Pacific.
B) They influence Southeast Asia most violently.
C) They mainly grow during spring and summer.
D) They usually perish off coast.
3.When the Pacific hurricanes reach the lower California. most of them will_____________.
A) reduce their intensity B) increase their intensity
C) cause much property damage D) result in great rain and floods
4.What can we leam about the National Hurricane Center in Miami?
A) It mainly provides protection against hurricanes to Texas and New England.
B) It warns the whole country against tornadoes, severe storms and hurricanes.
C) It consists of radars along the coast of the west and the north of U.S.
D) It supervises the coastal areas stretching from Texas to New England.
5.The passage discusses most clearly about_______________.
A) the factors that cause hurricanes
B) the most risky areas that suffer hurricanes
C) the early warning system against hurricanes
D) the remedies for property damage by hurricanes
【選項(xiàng)翻譯與答案詳解】
1.南半球的熱帶氣旋季節(jié)_________________。
A)是由冬季的極地空氣所帶來(lái)的
B)在南半球冬季到來(lái)的時(shí)候就結(jié)束了
C)實(shí)際上全年都存在
D)在太陽(yáng)光照射到北回歸線的時(shí)候就開(kāi)始了
[B]從首段和第2段首句的描述可以知道，南北半球的氣候相反，當(dāng)南半球進(jìn)入冬季、熱帶氣旋季節(jié)結(jié)束的時(shí)候，北半球卻是夏季、熱帶氣旋季節(jié)開(kāi)始的時(shí)候，辨清了這些事實(shí)，就不難判斷選項(xiàng)B為本題答案。
2.下列關(guān)于刮向亞洲的風(fēng)暴的說(shuō)法那一點(diǎn)是正確的?
A)風(fēng)暴產(chǎn)生干太平洋。 B)風(fēng)暴對(duì)于東南亞的影響最巨大。
C)風(fēng)暴主要在春夏兩季產(chǎn)生。 D)風(fēng)暴通常在海岸邊上消亡。
[A]第2段第3-5句說(shuō)的'是太平洋沿岸熱帶氣旋的形成和影響，而且，如果稍有地理知識(shí)的話，就知道菲律賓東部也在太平洋上，結(jié)合第3、4句的內(nèi)容就可以推斷選項(xiàng)A為正確的說(shuō)法。選項(xiàng)B沒(méi)有原文依據(jù);選項(xiàng)C和D都是第2段第5句提到的內(nèi)容，是關(guān)于墨西哥西南部的颼風(fēng)的，與亞洲的暴風(fēng)無(wú)關(guān)。
3.A西洋颶風(fēng)到達(dá)下加州的時(shí)候大部分的羆塞基p鼉;agI
A)減弱強(qiáng)度
c)造成重大財(cái)產(chǎn)損失 D)導(dǎo)致暴雨和洪水
從第2段末旬中C die和perisb可以知道，多數(shù)太平洋踺風(fēng)的強(qiáng)度會(huì)減弱并最終消逝，雖然句> yjsqualls-詞為超綱間，但這不影響對(duì)壘句的p解，而且，從
die和perish也可推斷，squalls應(yīng)該是強(qiáng)度不lihurricarles的暴風(fēng)，由此可見(jiàn)，選
項(xiàng)A為正確的說(shuō)法。
4.對(duì)于邁阿密的國(guó)家颼風(fēng)中心，我們了解到什么情況?
A)該中心主要為得克薩斯州和新英格蘭地區(qū)遭颶風(fēng)襲擊時(shí)提供保護(hù)。
B)該中心對(duì)于龍卷鳳，強(qiáng)烈暴風(fēng)和颶風(fēng)提出全國(guó)警報(bào)。
C)該中心在美國(guó)的西部和北部海岸都設(shè)有雷達(dá)。
D)該中心管理從得克薩斯到新英格蘭的海岸地區(qū)。
[D]從末段第3句可以知道國(guó)家颶風(fēng)中心的監(jiān)測(cè)范圍，第4句指出國(guó)家颶風(fēng)中心主要監(jiān)測(cè)的是海面的情況，結(jié)合這兩句，即可知道選項(xiàng)D正確。選項(xiàng)A所表示的范圍過(guò)小了，而選項(xiàng)B正好相反，范圍過(guò)大;選項(xiàng)C中的the west and the north of U.S.(美國(guó)的西部和北部)與原文的westward to Texas and northward to New England所指的地點(diǎn)是不同的。
5.文章最清晰的討論點(diǎn)是____。
A)導(dǎo)致颶風(fēng)的因素 B)受颼風(fēng)危害風(fēng)險(xiǎn)最大的地區(qū)
C)對(duì)于颼風(fēng)的早期預(yù)警機(jī)制 D)解決由颶風(fēng)造成的財(cái)產(chǎn)損失的方法
[C]末段提到了國(guó)家颶風(fēng)中心和國(guó)家氣象中心，說(shuō)明了美國(guó)為了預(yù)警颶風(fēng)所采取的措施，由此可見(jiàn)，選項(xiàng)C在文中是有清楚說(shuō)明的。
大學(xué)英語(yǔ)六級(jí)閱讀暑假練習(xí)題 2
Buddhism
Buddhism is the only important foreign religiousinfluence that has become part and parcel2 ofChinese life. The influence is so deep that we nowspeak of children’s dolls, and sometimes the childrenthemselves, as“ little Buddha ”, and the EmpressDowager3 herself was addressed as“Old Buddha”.The Goddess of Mercy and the laughing Buddha 4have become Chinese household words. Buddhism has affected our language , our food, ourarts, our sculpture and directly inspired the characteristic pagoda5 . It has stimulated ourliterature and our whole world of imagination. The little monkish figure, with his bald head andhis gray robes, forms an intimate part of any panorama of society, and Buddhist temples,rather than those of Confucius, are the center of the town and village life, where the eldersgather to decide on6 village matters and annual celebrations. Its monks and nuns penetratethe privacies of Chinese households, on all occasions of births, deaths and weddings, as noother persons are allowed to do, and hardly a widow or virgin can be seduced , according to theChinese novels, without the help of these religious figures.
Buddhism has conquered China as a philosophy and as a religion, as a philosophy for thescholars and as a religion for the common people. Whereas Confucianism has only a philosophyof moral conduct, Buddhism possesses a logical method, a metaphysics7 , and a theory ofknowledge . Besides, it is fortunate in having a high tradition of scholarship in the translationsof Buddhist classics, and the language of these translations, so succinct and often sodistinguished by a beautiful lucidity of language and reasoning, cannot but attract scholarswith a philosophical bias. Hence Buddhism has always enjoyed a prestige among the Chinesescholars, which so far Christianity has failed to achieve.
閱讀自測(cè)
�、�. Fill in each blank with the proper form of the words given in the brackets :
1. The injury to their key player could be a________ ( decide ) factor in the basketball game .
2. The president is paying a ________ ( privacy) visit to Europe.
3. She had the good ________ ( fortunate) to be free from the disease.
4. Some ________ ( influence) politicians change the world chaotic situation.
大學(xué)英語(yǔ)六級(jí)閱讀暑假練習(xí)題 3
Leonardo da Vinci was the first man to suggest that growing trees add a new ring in their trunks each year. The 11 in these rings relates to the physical conditions which the tree experiences. Thus, trees grown in a 12 area and time each develop a pattern or configuration of their rings.
This 13 was of little significance until Andrew E. Douglas began to study tree rings in Arizona in 1900. Using a technique called cross dating, he was able to employ tree rings to the study of archaeological sites and date the ruins with 14 . Some were as old as 6700 B. C. ! This study of tree rings is called dendrochronology.
In time the cross dating was 15 by a carbon 14 process. This approach measured the amount of carbon 14 radiating from a piece of wood and 16 to determine the age of that wood. Further use of the carbon 14 technique has shown that the radiation process is more complex and less 17 than had been at first thought.
The most 18 aspect of tree ring research is now called
dendroclimatology. This 19 of the reconstruction of climates and climatic cycles and events from the evidence found in the tree rings. From this it is hoped that a 20 of drought cycles can be determined in the American Southwest. Such information will be of great help in determining the life and ecology of that region of the United States.
A. thus
B. model
C. variation
D. concept
E. accuracy
F. exciting
G. consists
H. given
I. proposition
J. composes
K. further
L. pattern
M. supplemented
N. reliable
O. excellent
11. C 12. H 13. D 14. E 15. M 16. A 17. N 18. F 19. G 20. L
大學(xué)英語(yǔ)六級(jí)閱讀暑假練習(xí)題 4
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a let. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
Britain is not just one country and one people; even if some of its inhabitants think so. Britain is, in fact, a nation which can be divided into several (36) parts, each part being an individual country with its own language, character and cultural (37) . Thus Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales do not claim to (38) to "England" because their inhabitants are not (39) "English". They are Scottish, Irish or Welsh and many of them prefer to speak their own native tongue, which in turn is (40) to the others.
These cultural minorities (少數(shù)民族) have been Britains original inhabitants. In varying degrees they have managed to (41) their national characteristics, and their particular customs and way of life. This is probably even more true of the (42) areas where traditional life has not been so affected by the (43) of industrialism as the border areas have been. The Celtic races are said to be more emotional by nature than the English. An Irish temper is legendary. The Scots would rather (44) about their reputation for excessive thrift and prefer to be remembered for their folk songs and dances, while the Welsh are famous for their singing. The Celtic (45) as a whole produces humorous writers and artists, such as the Irish Bernard Shaw, the Scottish Robert Bums, and the WelshDylan Thomas, to mention but a few.
A) incomprehensible
B) temper
C) remote
D) separate
E) understandable
F) forget
G) generally
H) temperament
I) preserve
J) strictly
K) traditions
L) reserve
M) growth
N) apply
O) belong
答案解析：
36.【解析】 D。此處應(yīng)填形容詞，修飾名詞parts。文章首句即提出觀點(diǎn)Britain is notjust one country and one people“英國(guó)不只是一個(gè)國(guó)家和一個(gè)民族”，又從后文的divided int0，each part以及individual corn.時(shí)可知英國(guó)被分成幾個(gè)分離的部分，選項(xiàng)中只有separate表達(dá)了這個(gè)意思，故D正確。
37.【解析】 K。此處應(yīng)填名詞。選項(xiàng)中有四個(gè)詞temper temperament，traditions和growth，能和language和character并列且能被cultural修飾只有traditions，其他幾個(gè)名詞不符合文意。
38.【解析】 0。此處應(yīng)填動(dòng)詞原形。前文中說(shuō)明英國(guó)被分成獨(dú)立的幾部分，各自保留自己的文化傳統(tǒng);后文中“because…”說(shuō)明蘇格蘭、北愛(ài)爾蘭以及威爾士的居民不承認(rèn)自己是“English”，說(shuō)明他們并不承認(rèn)自己屬于“England”，故這里應(yīng)該選擇belon9。apply也可以和t0連用，但apply t0表示“將……應(yīng)用于”，不符合上下文意思。
39.【解析】 J。此處應(yīng)填形容詞或副詞修飾English。選項(xiàng)中的副詞有g(shù)enerally和strictly，文中要表達(dá)的意思是因?yàn)檫@幾個(gè)部分都有自己的語(yǔ)言和文化傳統(tǒng)，所以嚴(yán)格來(lái)說(shuō)，他們不是“English”，但他們都屬于English。故strictly符合文意。generally“一般地，大體地”放在原文意義上不夠嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)。三個(gè)形容詞不能使語(yǔ)義通順。
40.I解析l A。此處應(yīng)填形容詞。從前文中“prefer to speak their own native tongue”，即蘇格蘭語(yǔ)、愛(ài)爾蘭語(yǔ)和威爾士語(yǔ)，而這些語(yǔ)言對(duì)the others來(lái)說(shuō)是陌生的，聽(tīng)不懂的'。那么就不難從選項(xiàng)中的in come.sensible和understandable中選擇前者，故incomprehensible“不能理解的”正確。
41.【解析】I。由manage t0結(jié)構(gòu)可知此處要填的是動(dòng)詞原形。選項(xiàng)中的動(dòng)詞原形還有forget，preserve，re.serve和apply。從下文中“traditional life has not been SO affected”可知他們成功地保留了自己的傳統(tǒng)，排除forget和apply;reserve和preserve都有“保留”的意思，前者指存留起來(lái)以派別的用場(chǎng)，后者指想辦法保持原樣，強(qiáng)調(diào)抵制破壞因素，故preserve符合文意。
42.【解析】C。此處應(yīng)填形容詞修飾areas。從后文“where traditional life has not been SO affected by the…of industrialism…人們的傳統(tǒng)生活受工業(yè)化……的影響沒(méi)有那么大的地方”可以推知，這些地方是比較偏遠(yuǎn)的地方，選項(xiàng)中的remote。偏僻的，遙遠(yuǎn)的”符合上下文意思。
43.【解析】 M。此處應(yīng)填名詞。border area“邊界地區(qū)”的工業(yè)化發(fā)展比remote area要快，所以此處要填的詞是表示上升、增長(zhǎng)的詞，表示工業(yè)化的發(fā)展，選項(xiàng)9rowth“增長(zhǎng)，發(fā)展”符合上下文意思。
44.【解析】F。此處應(yīng)填動(dòng)詞原形。would rather和prefer意思相同，表示“寧愿”的意思。前面說(shuō)的是過(guò)分節(jié)儉的壞名聲，后面說(shuō)的是寧愿讓人記住他們的民歌與舞蹈。所以填入動(dòng)詞的意思應(yīng)該與remember意思相反，選項(xiàng)中的forget符合上下文意思。
45.【解析】 H。此處應(yīng)填名詞。選項(xiàng)中剩下的名詞還有temper和temperament。前者指脾氣，指情緒上的主要特征，后者指特征、氣質(zhì)，尤指帶感情色彩的個(gè)性和在社交上的個(gè)性。這里指的是整個(gè)凱爾特民族的特征，故temperament正確。
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Australia
An island country, a whole continent, Australia has aremarkably cohesive personality and one which,much to our surprise, is markedly foreign. It is nolonger the infant colony, peopled by Britishconvicts2 and pioneers, but a maturing, perhaps stillsomewhat adolescent individual, ruggedly steering avital new course in life.
Australia is a sprawl of rock and desert, fringed with lush valleys, snow fields, coralspectaculars, storm-stabbed cliffs and rolling beaches, a land rich in minerals, colors, curiousflora 3, 230 species of mammals4 , 700 of birds, 400 of reptiles, 70 of amphibia, 2, 200 of fishand 50 , 000 species of insects — and seemingly infinite space . Australia is becoming therichest country in the world, materially.
Total area of the continent is about half as big as Europe, or 25 times the size of Britain andIreland. Population is bunched mainly in coastal cities, the biggest of which are capitals of thecountry’s states and the federal capital Canberra5 . Canberra is a model of a planned gardencity and is the seat of a major university. It is smallish in size , but big in importance. Sydney isthe largest city, and commercial capital of the country.
Throughout the country, the basic accommodation unit is the motel, a flat prefabricated6sprawl of bedrooms. But prices are reasonable and, most important, the rooms are excellentand equipped usually with air-conditioning, a refrigerator and tea and coffee making facilities.Bath tubs are rare, as Australians prefer the convenience and hygiene of a shower. Porterageand other services are rare , as Australians don’t like doing a job which smacks of7 servility.After all, this is the land of equality and opportunity.
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�、�. Are the sesta tements True or False according to the article?
1. Australia is as big as Europe , or 25 times the size of Britain and Ireland. 2. Canberra is notonly the capital but also the biggest city of Australia . 3. Motel is very popular foraccommodation in Australia.
�、�. Match the following countries with their corresponding capitals :
1. Egypt Wellington 2. Australia Athens 3. New Zealand Seoul 4. Canada Cairo 5. Greece Ottawa6. South Korea Canberra
參考翻譯
澳大利亞是一個(gè)島國(guó), 但同時(shí)也是一個(gè)完整的大陸, 它具有突出一貫的個(gè)性。令人奇 怪的是, 這種性格同我們顯然不同。澳大利亞已不再是住著英國(guó)罪犯和拓荒者的新開(kāi)辟的 殖民地了, 而是一個(gè)沿著嶄新的生活道路艱難前進(jìn)的.、不斷成熟的、也許仍然比較年輕的 國(guó)家。
澳大利亞到處都是巖石和沙漠, 分布毫無(wú)規(guī)則, 但四周有青蔥的山谷, 披著白雪的原 野, 形形色色的珊瑚礁, 風(fēng)雨侵蝕的懸崖絕壁和浪花片片的海灘。這片土地富于礦藏, 色彩 斑斕, 擁有各種奇花異草。在這似乎無(wú)邊無(wú)際的大地上有230 種哺乳動(dòng)物, 700 種鳥(niǎo)類, 400 種爬行動(dòng)物, 70 種兩棲動(dòng)物, 2200 種魚類和5 萬(wàn)種昆蟲。就物質(zhì)條件來(lái)講, 澳大利亞正在 變成世界上最富饒的國(guó)家。
這片大陸的面積約等于半個(gè)歐洲, 或者25 倍于英國(guó)和愛(ài)爾蘭的總面積。人口主要聚 集在沿海城市, 其中最大的是澳大利亞各州首府和聯(lián)邦首府堪培拉�？芭嗬且粋�(gè)典型的 有計(jì)劃性的公園城市, 國(guó)內(nèi)一所主要的大學(xué)也在這里。這座城市面積有點(diǎn)小, 但政治上很 重要。悉尼是全國(guó)最大的城市, 也是澳大利亞的商業(yè)中心。
澳大利亞的基本旅館住所是汽車旅館, 里邊的臥室是成套的預(yù)先設(shè)制好房間, 這種汽 車旅館幾乎布滿全國(guó)。房租并不貴, 最重要的是房?jī)?nèi)陳設(shè)漂亮, 通常有空調(diào)、冰箱和烹茶煮 咖啡的設(shè)備。澳大利亞人喜歡既方便又衛(wèi)生的淋浴, 因此很少用浴盆。搬運(yùn)業(yè)和其他服務(wù) 業(yè)也很少, 因?yàn)榘拇罄麃喨瞬幌矚g做帶有奴顏婢膝感覺(jué)的工作。畢竟這是一個(gè)平等的充滿 機(jī)遇的國(guó)家。
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There he was Americas first President with a MBA, the man who loves to boast about his business background, whose presidential campaign raised unprecedented sums from corporate wallets and whose cabinet is stuffed with chief executives. Faith in the integrity of American business leaders was being undermined(破壞)， George Bush said fiercely, by executives "breaching trust and abusing power". It was time for "a new ethic of personal responsibility in the business community". He was going to "end the days of cooking the books, shading the truth and breaking our laws"。
Only months ago, the idea that George W Bush would publicly lambaste Americas cooperate bosses was laughable. As a candidate, born on the wave of a decade-long economic boom and an unprecedented 18-year bull market, he cashed in on Americans love affair with corporate success. But things are different now. The stock market bubble has burst and, despite signs of economic recovery. Wall Street seems to be sunk in gloom. A string of scandals at some of Americas most high-flying firms--including Enron, Xerox. Tyco, Global Crossing and most recently, World Com??has radically changed the public mood。
As political pressure for reform increases, so too does the heat on Mr Bush. Is the businessmans president really prepared to take business on and push hard for reform? Despite the set jaw and aggrieved tone in New York. Probably not. Mr. Bush thinks the current crisis stems from a few bad-apple chief executives rather than the system as a whole. Hence he focus on tough penalties for corrupt businessmen and his plea for higher ethical standards. The president announced the creation of a financial-crimes SWAT team, at the Justice Department to root out corporate fraud, and wants to double the maximum prison sentence for financial fraud from five to ten years. But he offered few concrete suggestions for systemic reform: little mention of changes to strengthen shareholders rights, not even an endorsement of the Senate corporate-reform bill。
There are few signs yet that cleaning up corporate America is an issue that animates the voters. Polls show that Americans have little faith in their business leaders, but politicians do not seem to be suffering as a result. Mr. Bushs approval ratings have fallen from their sky-highs, but they are still very strong。
The president, therefore, need do no more than talk tough. This alone will convince ordinary Americans that he is on top of the issue. As the economy rebounds and public outage subsides, the clamor for change will be quieter. Democratic attacks will fizzle, and far-reaching reform bills will be watered down before they become law. Politically, the gamble makes sense. Unfortunately for American capitalism, a great opportunity will be missed。
52. We can infer from the third paragraph that Mr. Bush______。
A) didnt intend to take business on and push hard for reform
B) did not do anything at all for the presence of the current situation
C) took shareholders right into account, but he didnt approve reform bill
D) took some measures to pave the way for the reform
53. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A) Bush had to offer concrete suggestions for reform as political pressure increase
B) At present, the maximum prison sentence for financial fraud is five year
C) It is laughable that M Bush publicly attacked Americas corporate bosses
D) Americans have little faith in their business as well as political leaders
54. Which of the following statements about Mr. Bush is mentioned in this passage?
A) M Bush is the second President with an MBA in American history
B) M Bush contributes a lot to decade-long economic boom
C) M Bushs approval ratings are still high D) M Bush didnt get support in his presidential campaign
55. The authors attitude towards the reform is______。
A) indifferent B) optimistic C) skeptical D) favorable
56. The phrase "a great opportunity" mentioned in the last paragraph refers to an opportunity to______。
A) carry out reform B) boom economy C) animate the voters D) attack chief executive
答案ABCDA
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