单选题Directions: Read the following four texts.
Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers
on theANSWER SHEET. The European
Union reached a preliminary deal to curb banker's compensation that would
drastically limit the account that can be paid in bonuses. Britain resisted the
move to cap the ratio between bankers' fixed and variable pay. In a nod to
opposition from the City of London the new rules treat long-term incentives
linked to equities and bonds more favourably. The deal has to be agreed on by
finance ministries next week. The Royal Bank of Scotland, which
is still majority owned by the British taxpayer five years after a government
bail-out, reported an annual pre-tax loss of ￡5.2 billion, mostly because of an
accounting quirk connected to the value of its own debts. RBS's
loss was put in the shade, however, when Bankia later posted a net loss for 2012
of ￡19 billion. The Spanish government owns just under half the bank, but that
is expected soon to rise to 70%. A report by McKinsey
underlined the impact of the financial crisis on annual cross-border capital
flows, which fell by 60% from 2007 to $4.6 trillion last year. The study says
that financial globalisation has "stalled" and that markets have reached an
"inflection point" that could lead to a "Balkanised" structure based on local,
rather than global, banking systems. Japan's prime minister,
Shinzo Abe, nominated Haruhiko Kuroda to become the next governor of the Bank of
Japan. Mr. Kuroda is the current head of the Asian Development Bank and had been
a vocal critic of the BOJ. Mr. Abe has turned the central bank's record into a
political issue, urging it to do more to help "the real economy".
India's government unveiled the country's most important budget in years,
as it seeks to boost output while controlling inflation. Growth has cooled
rapidly to around 5%. The official forecast says that the economy will expand by
up to 6.6% in 2013-2014, but the opposition is quick to point out that the
estimate for this year was overly optimistic.
单选题
What can be learned from the opening paragraph?
A.The E.U. has reached an agreement to control banker's compensation.
B.The deal would considerably increase the account paid in bonuses.
C.Britain agreed on the act to limit the ratio between banker's fixed and
variable pay.
D.The deal to curb banker's compensation has been agreed on by finance
ministries.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。
选项与原文对比。A根据选项中的关键词the E.U.定位到第一段的首句，其中the E.U.=the European Union；reach an agreement=reach a deal；curb banker's compensation=control banker's compensation，故选项A是原文首句的同义转换，为正确答案。B根据compensation一词定位到该段首句，其中选项中的considerably=原文的drastically；其余部分保持不变，但是原文关键词limit(限制)，被替换成选项中的increase(增加)。C根据Britain定位到该段第二句，原文说的是Britain resisted(拒绝)，而选项说的是agree on(同意)，故该选项是错的。D文章最后一句提到：The deal has to be agreed on by finance ministries next week.意为“这个协议还未被同意”，而选项说的是The deal has been agreed on by finance ministries.故错误。
单选题
According to Paragraph 2, which of the following is true?
A.The Royal Bank of Scotland is completely possessed by the British
taxpayer.
B.The Royal Bank of Scotland suffered a great loss that led to its
bankruptcy.
C.The Royal Bank of Scotland suffered the loss due to an accounting
quirk.
D.The Royal Bank of Scotland lost a great sum because of a financial
crisis.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。
选项与原文对比。该题四个选项的主语都是the Royal Bank of Scotland，而问题已经锁定了第二自然段，我们来一一分析。A选项中提到completely possessed by the British taxpayer(被英国纳税人完全占有)；而原文说的是still majority owned by the British taxpayer(大部分仍然被英国纳税人拥有)，故A错误。B原文提到：RBS reported an annual pretax loss of ￡5.2 billion(苏格兰皇家银行损失很大)，但并未提到bankruptcy(破产)这样的字眼，故B错误。C原文说RBS reported an annual pre-tax loss of ￡5.2 billion, mostly because of an accounting quirk，而选项C说的是suffered the loss due to an accounting quirk，即使不认识quirk这个词，至少我们知道选项C和原文几乎是原词复现，故为答案。D选项中出现的financial crisis在该段并未涉及，属于无中生有。
单选题
The phrase" put in the shade" (Para. 3) is most probably equal to
______.
A."put in the darkness"
B."nothing big in comparison"
C."more serious than others"
D."the most serious of all"
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 语义题。
选项同与原文对比。语义题需要在文章上下文寻找同义替换信息，而且一般过于表面的选项往往不太可能是答案。选项A put in the darkness和原文put in the shade几乎是一样的，但并非文章所表达的意思。其余三项中，B表达的意思是“相比之下没什么大不了的”，即没那么严重；C表达的意思是“更严重”；D表达的意思是“最严重”。原文提到RBS损失了52亿英镑，而Bankia的损失是190亿，因此相比而言RBS的损失没那么严重，故答案为B项。短语put in the shade在此处可以理解为“相形见绌”。
单选题
McKinsey's report has ______.
A.emphasized the influence of financial crisis
B.stressed the importance of financial globalisation
C.shown the effect exerted by the "inflection point"
D.highlighted the impact of "Balkanised" structure
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。
选项与原文对比。根据大写的McKinsey我们定位到第四段。原文提到了A report by McKinsey underlined the impact of the financial crisis，而选项A说McKinsey's report has emphasized the influence of financial crisis.其中underline强调=emphasize；impact=influence，故A和原文是同义替换。B原文虽然提及financial gloablisation一词，但并未提到该选项中的stress the importance(强调其重要性)，故B选项是错误的。C项关键词为inflection point，在该段的第三行我们可以找到这个词，但是还是未提到它的effect(影响)。故C也是错误的。D项关键词为“Balkanised”structure，非常容易定位，该项中的impact一词是无中生有。该题的B、C、D三个选项都提及原文涉及的三个不同概念的词，但是均未提及它们的影响，该段唯一提到impact(影响)的地方是首句，强调的是the impact of financial crisis，故我们可以再次确认B、C、D都不是答案，答案为A。
单选题
Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 5?
A.Kuroda is the next prime minister of Japan.
B.Kuroda is a supporter of the Bank of Japan.
C.The central bank's record was turned into a political issue by
Kuroda.
D.Japan's prime minister urged the central bank to take action to do
something for the economy.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。
选项与原文对比。该题无需自己定位，题干帮我们定位到第五段。A根据Kuroda这一关键词我们定位到该段首句，选项A说Kuroda是日本下一任首相，而原文说的是become the next governor of the Bank of Japan(是下一任日本银行的管理者)。故该选项错误。B该段第二句说Mr. Kuroda is the current head of the Asian Development Bank and had been a vocal critic of the BOJ. (Kuroda先生是现任亚洲发展银行的行长，并且是日本银行的直言不讳的批判者。)而该选项说的是supporter of BOJ(日本银行的支持者)，显然黑白颠倒，故错误。C原文第三句说Mr. Abe has turned the central bank's record into a political issue，而该选项却说是Kuroda做的，属于偷换概念，故错误。D原文Mr. Abe=选项D的Japan's prime minister，urging it=选项D的urged the central bank，原文to do more to help "the real economy"=选项中的take action to do something for the economy，故D选项是原文的同义替换选项，为正确答案。