单选题 The question facing Swiss voters on March 3rd was called the "people's initiative against fat-cat pay". With a billing like that, who wouldn't vote yes? As it happened, 68% of the electorate did, passing a measure that requires listed companies to offer shareholders a binding vote on senior managers' pay and appointments at each annual general meeting. The penalty for bosses who fail to comply is up to three years in jail or the forfeit of up to six years' salary. Switzerland's penchant for direct democracy has trumped its tolerance for tycoons.
Swiss business is shaken. It had backed a "counter-initiative" giving shareholders more voting powers without threatening criminal sanction. That was rejected by voters. The new law, which will be written into the constitution, endangers Switzerland as an investment destination, the business lobby claims. Economiesuisse, the Swiss Business Federation, now accepts the popular verdict but warns that such complex and highly charged changes must be implemented carefully. The laws needed to put the vote into practice will take ten years to write, some cynics suggest.
The initiative is the brainchild of Thomas Minder, who runs his family's toiletries business. He has apparently never forgiven Swissair for backing out of a contract when it nearly went bankrupt 12 years ago and then awarding its former boss a big pay-off. Mr. Minder's campaign gained momentum last month on news that Novartis, a Swiss drug firm, intended to pay its departing chairman, Daniel Vasella, a severance package of SFr 72m ($76m). Mr. Vasella later refused the package.
After Mr. Minder's victory it will become harder to extend such corporate generosity. Some of the new restrictions seem sensible. Shareholder votes on executive pay, hitherto ad hoe and advisory, will become routine and binding. Pension funds will be required to vote in the interests of their members and make their votes public. Board members will not be permitted to have consulting or other contracts with firms in the same group.
But other provisions are more burdensome. The law will ban incentives that can be useful, such as "golden hellos" and severance packages for board members. It will also bar them from accepting rewards for buying or selling company divisions.

单选题 The "fat-cat pay" (Para. 1) refers to ______.

A.the payment for a fat cat
B.senior executives' salaries
C.shareholders' high salaries
D.governors' invisible incomes

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 语义题。选项与原文对比。语义题的总思路是在文章上下文寻找同义替换信息，文章提到fat-cat pay是在第一句，而第三句文章提到：As it happened, 68% of the electorate did, passing a measure that requires listed companies to offer shareholders a binding vote on {{U}}senior managers' pay{{/U}} and appointments at each annual general meeting.其中senior managers' pay=B．senior executives' salaries。而其余几项在文中都未提及，属于无中生有。

单选题 What can be implied from the second paragraph?

A.Swiss has accepted the public accusation.
B.Swiss has given voters more voting powers.
C.It will take a decade to write a law in Swiss.
D.Switzerland used to be an investment destination.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。选项与原文对比。A是对于第二段中间的Economiesuisse, the Swiss Business Federation, now accepts the popular verdict一句的设置。其中popular verdict=public accusation，但是其主语错误，原文说的是Eeonomiesuisse这个组织，而不是瑞士。该段首句说：Swiss business is shaken. It had backed a "counter-initiative" giving shareholders more voting powers...可见瑞士是给了shareholders(股东)更多的投票权，而非给了voters(选民)更多投票权，故B项错误。该段最后一句：The laws needed to put the vote into practice will take ten years to write, some cynics suggest.(落实投票选举的法律将花费十年才能完成)，而C项是“在瑞士，写一部法律需耗费十年”。故C错误。原文说：The new law, which will be written into the constitution, endangers Switzerland as an investment destination(这部将写入宪法的新法律，使作为投资目的地的瑞士受到威胁)，可见瑞士本来就是一个投资目的地，故D是正确的。

单选题 According to Paragraph 3, Thomas Minder ______.

A.has never forgiven Novartis
B.runs his family's toilet business
C.runs a company which nearly went out of business before
D.helps Daniel Vasella gain a severance package which he accepts

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。选项与原文对比。A原文：He has apparently never forgiven Swissair原文提到的是Swissair而该项提到的是Novartis，属于张冠李戴，错误。B原文：Thomas Minder, who runs his family's toiletries business.原文说Thomas Minder经营着自己家族的化妆品生意，而B却改为了toilet厕所用品，故错误。C原文：Thomas Minder, who runs his family's toiletries business. He has apparently never forgiven Swissair for backing out of a contract when it nearly went bankrupt 12 years ago...其中，went bankrupt=C项的went out of business。故答案为C。D根据第三段最后一句：Daniel Vasella, a severance package of SFr72m ($76m). Mr. Vasella later refused the package.关键词是最后的refused the package，与D项的he accepts完全是黑白颠倒，故错误。

单选题 Pension funds will be required to ______.

A.vote in the public's interests
B.restrict the pay of executives
C.vote in the interests of their members
D.make the votes become routine and binding

单选题 Which of the followings is NOT banned by the law?

A.pension funds
B."golden hellos"
C.severance packages
D.rewards from buying or selling company divisions

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。选项与原文对比。该题简单。通过题目顺序我们基本可以确定该题设置在最后一段。而最后一段的第二句提到The law will ban...，基本可以确定答案的范围。而该句先提到法律禁止了incentives，而后文举例说明比如禁止"golden hellos" and severance packages，据此排除了B和C。随后又提到：It will also bar them from accepting rewards for buying or selling company divisions.由此排除了选项D，得出A为答案。