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The new aircraft represents a $ 250m bet by Bombardier that Mexico could provide not just routine labour but manufacturing that depended on high-tech materials. It placed the bet, according to Michael McAdoo, head of global strategy, because it was seeing old European rivals go bust and new ones emerging in low-cost countries such as China and India. Workers in Wichita and Montreal complained. But Mr McAdoo says they came to realise that if outsourcing some manufacturing to Mexico ensured Bombardier's future, it would safeguard their own jobs for years to come. A shared concern with employment is one of the reasons that politicians are starting to pay more attention to NAFTA(North American Free Trade Agreement), which in recent years has been failing to live up to its early promise. Rebooting the agreement tops the agenda at the meeting of the leaders of the three countries scheduled to take place in Mexico this February. " There's a joint willingness among all three countries to relaunch the idea of North America, not just in terms of manufacturing, but in innovation and design," says Sergio Alcocer, under-secretary for North America in Mexico's foreign ministry. In May 2013 Barack Obama—who in 2007, on the campaign trail, called NAFTA a "mistake" —trumpeted cross-border trade on a visit to Mexico, noting that the United States exports more to Mexico than to the BRIC countries—Brazil, Russia, India and China—combined. On a visit in September his vice-president, Joe Biden, dwelt on NAFTA's untapped potential. The trade agreement was beginning to look out of date. There needed to be freer movement of "goods, people and information" across the borders, despite security worries. More shared infrastructure investment was necessary. He acknowledged that politicians had held up such improvements: " Make us do it," he urged business people and the public. In the United States, the potential of closer integration has been outweighed—at least in the eyes of politicians—by the fear of job losses, as well as illegal drugs, crime and immigration from Mexico. Canada, however, long ago started seeing Mexico as a rival in its relationship with the United States, rather than a partner. Mexico, in which almost half of the population lives in poverty, much the same level as 20 years ago, has mixed feelings.
单选题11.The underlined word "safeguard"(Para 1 , Line 6)most probably means______.
单选题12.According to Paragraph 2, which one is true about NAFTA?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】选项[A]对应原文第二段第一句politicians are starting to pay more attention to NAF—TA，其中选项中的always与原文的are starting to明显不符，故该项错误。选项[B]对应原文的…NAFTA，which in recent years has been failing to live up to its early promise．其中“failing tolive up to没有做到”与该项的“has reached已经达到”相悖，故错误。选项[C]对应A sharedconcern with employment is one of the reasons that politicians are starting to pay more attention toNAFTA(政客开始注重NAFFA，原因之一是因为他们共同关注就业问题)。这与[C]项“政客重视NAFTA的目的之一在于促进就业”的表述一致，故该项为答案。[D]选项对应第二段最后一句，其中all countries except Mexico是原文未提到的，故该项错误。
单选题13.According to Paragraph 3, which one is NOT true?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】选项[A]对应第三段第二行：the United States exports more to Mexico than to theBRIC countries Brazil，Russia，India and China combined．根据这句话我们知道该项是正确的，非题干所问的NOT true对应的答案。选项[B]对应There needed to be freer movement of“goods，people and information”across the borders，despite security worries一句。其中despitesecurity worries意为“尽管存在安全问题”，说明该项表述也是正确的，故不是答案。选项[C]对应该段首句：In May 2013 Barack Obama—who in 2007，on the campaign trail，called NAFTA a“mistake”—trumpeted cross-border trade on a visit to Mexico．(2013年5月，巴拉克·奥巴马在访问墨西哥时倡导跨国贸易。而在2007年竞选游说过程中，他称北美自由贸易协定是一个“错误”。)通过这句话我们知道该项说“美国政府如今更重视与墨西哥的贸易”是正确的。选项[D]对应最后一句：He acknowledged that politicians had held up such improvements．其中“held up阻碍”与该项的“greatly improved大大促进”完全相反，故该项是错误的。
单选题14.We can learn from the last paragraph that______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】选项[A]对应第四段第三行：Canada，however，long ago started seeing Mexico as a ri—val in its relationship with the United States，rather than a partner．可见加拿大是把墨西哥看作了对手，而不是该项说的把墨西哥和美国当作竞争对手。该项中Mexico and United States一处与原文不符，故错误。选项[B]对应第一句，尽管第四段未提到NAFTA一词，但我们知道该段提到的美国、加拿大和墨西哥都是北美国家，而该项说NAFTA为北美三个国家带来的只有好处，这与该句提到的the fear of job losses，illegal drugs，crime and immigration from Mexico完全相悖，故该项错误。选项[C]同样对应第一句，意思为：美国政治家预测到了北美国家紧密结合后可能出现的问题，这与原文提到的fear of job losses等内容相符合，故该项正确。选项[D]对应最后一句：Mexico，in which almost half of the population lives in poverty，much the same level as 20 years ago，has mixed feelings．其中“mixed feelings复杂的情感”与该项的feel optimistic不符合，故该项错误。
单选题15.The text mainly discusses about______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】文章第一段通过讨论墨西哥的劳动力引出北美国家就业问题，引出第二段首句的NAFTA，第二句的rebooting the agreement等关键信息，文章后面三段讨论的都是关于重新启动NAFTA以及可能面对的问题。其中第二段的shared concern，第三段的mistake，security wor-ries，第四段的by fear of等信息都体现了问题的存在，故[A]选项最能体现文章大意。