Which of the following statements is true according to what you hear?

单选题 Which of the following statements is true according to what you hear?
A.The growth rate in 2003 is lower than that of the previous year.
B.This year the government will continue to support lending and investment in construction~
C.The government will cut state bonds by 35% in 2004.
D.State bonds issued to finance construction will be $3.6 billion less this year than last.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析]
Mr. Wen said government would aim for a growth rate of 7 percent this year, considerably slower than the 9.1 percent pace recorded for 2003. He said the government would reduce the issuance of state bonds intended to finance construction by about $3.6 billion, or 25 percent, and would also restrain lending and investment that has led to "redundant construction in some industries and regions."
[分析] 特定信息的找寻和判断。
本题要求识别并判断Mr. Wen所说的政府工作目标的各细节信息。根据题干中的关键词,找寻原段落中相关部分将A与第一句对照;B与第二句would also restrain lending and investment对照;C和D与第二句government would reduce the issuance of state bonds intended to finance construction by about $3.6 billion, or 25 percent对照,可发现只有D的说法与原文相符,因此,选项d是正确的。
[解题关键] 掌握同义词或近义词的替换。如原文中slower 与选项A中lower替换;原文中restrain与选项C中cut替换;原文中reduce和选项D中less替换。
单选题 What conclusions can you make about the people in New York City?
A.You can't please anyone in New York City.
B.They don't like to recycle their trash.
C.Mayor Bloomberg always turns a deaf ear to people's complaints.
D.People want to have their trash collected more frequently.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析]
In New York City, people complained for years about having to recycle their trash. Then they complained when Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg canceled most recycling to save the city money. And they positively howled in confusion when he restored some recycling but cut collections to every other week.
[分析] 隐含事实的判断。
从原文中纽约人对回收垃圾的态度可知,他们对回收垃圾持抱怨的态度;对市长取消大部分回收项目持抱怨态度,对他恢复对某些垃圾的回收且回收次数改为隔周一次的态度有褒有贬众说纷纭。由此可推测出无论怎么做,都不可能使所有纽约人满意。因此,选项A的说法是正确的。
[解题关键] 掌握某些表态度的关键词有助于得出正确答案,如根据原文 complained和howled in confusion推断出正确答案。
单选题 According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the result of globalization and liberalization?
A.The gap between the developed and the developing countries has widened.
B.The industrialized world has witnessed unprecedented wealth.
C.The wealth of the world has been redistributed.
D.The current developing countries will become the most rapidly rowing economies.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析]
Globalization and the liberalization that produced it have generated a sustained period of economic expansion, together with the most rapid reconfiguration of international economic geography ever. Unprecedented wealth and standards of living exist in the industrialized world. Elsewhere, some countries that struggled with poverty a mere generation ago are now economic poles in their own right. Over the course of the next generation, a majority of the world's most rapidly growing economies will be located in what is now the developing world.
[分析] 事实细节的找寻。
根据题干中的关键词与原段落中的各项事实细节相对照,发现只有A中 the gap between the developed and the developing countries在原文中没有提到。因此,只有选项A的内容不是globalization and liberalization所带来的结果。
[解题关键] 掌握选项中相关信息在原文中的正确定位。
单选题 Which of the following places have approved gay marriage?
A.San Francisco and California.
B.California, New Mexico and Oregon.
C.California, New Mexico, Oregon and Massachusetts.
D.California and New Mexico.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析]
Since the wedding march for gays and lesbians began in San Francisco three weeks ago, officials in California, New Mexico and Oregon have allowed same-sex marriages, Massachusetts has signaled its approval. President Bush has called for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Lawmakers conservative, and gay-rights groups have all joined a debate that has roiled the nation.
[分析] 对信息的推断。
原文中提到California, New Mexico和Oregon允许同性婚姻,而“Massachusetts has signaled its approval”,即“Massachusetts发出同意的信号”,由此可推测,虽然Massachusetts不反对同性婚姻,但还没在法律上正式承认。因此,选项B的说法是正确的。
[解题关键] 掌握主要短语的深层含义,如signaled its approval表示对某事并不反对,但尚未公开承认的状况。
单选题 The Mediterranean region is cited as an example of .
A.the ability of nature to remedy human destruction
B.the ability of people to make use of natural resources
C.the manner in which people replenish the environment
D.the effects of human abuse of natural resources
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析]
The theory once advanced in the nineteenth century—that the productivity of the land can be infinitely increased by the application of capital, labor, and science—is wrong. History has shown that once the natural life-support systems of a civilization have been sufficiently damaged, they cannot usually be repaired. The ancient deforestation and overgrazing of the Mediterranean region is a famous example. Today, a global civilization is ruining the global environment.
[分析] 篇章逻辑关系的理解。
本题主要考查中心句和支持性细节间的关系识别。本段落首先在第一句批驳了错误观点,而后在第二句提出正确观点,即中心句:历史证明一旦文明社会中的自然生命供给系统遭到严重破坏,便难以修复。下文通过地中海地区的例子加以证明。因此,只有选项D的说法符合这一逻辑关系。
[解题关键] 正确识别篇章逻辑结构是解题的关键。