单选题
These are tough times for Wal-Mart, America's biggest retailer. Long accused of (1) small-town America mad condemned for the selfishness of its pay, the company has lately come under (2) for its meanness over employees' health-care benefits. The charge is arguably (3) : the firm's health coverage, while (4) less extensive than the average for big companies, is on equal terms (5) other retailers'. But bad publicity, coupled with rising costs, has (6) the Bentonville giant to action. WalMart is making changes that should shift the ground in America's healthcare debate. One (7) is to reduce the prices of many generic, or out-of-patent, prescription drugs. Wal-Mart's critics dismiss the move as a publicity (8) . The list of drugs includes only 143 different medicines and excludes many popular group. True, but short-sighted. Wal-Mart has (9) retailing by using its size to squeeze suppliers and (10) the gains on to consumers. It could (11) the same with drugs. A "Wal-Mart effect" in drugs will not solve America's health-costs problem: group account for only a small share of drug costs, which in turn make (12) only 10% of overall health spending. But it would (13) . The firm's other initiative is more (14) . Wal-Mart is joining the small but fast-growing group of employers (15) are controlling costs by shifting to health insurance with high deductibles. Early evidence (16) these plans do help firms control the cost of health insurance. But critics say that the savings are (17) . They argue that the plans shift costs to sicker workers, discourage preventative care and will anyway do little to (18) overall health spending, (19) most of the $2 trillion that America (20) health care each year goes to people with multiple chronic diseases.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[直击题眼] accused of [深层剖析] accused of后面应该接现在分词,故[D]wrecking入选。 [主干扰项分析] [A]wrecked、[B]wrecks、[C]wreck均不符合题意,排除。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[直击题眼] accused of,condemned for,under [深层剖析] 从整句话来看,沃尔玛公司的策略受到公众的指责,under fire的意思是being criticized severely“受到指责”,如:The government is under fire from all sides on its economic policy政府的经济政策受到各方面的指责。故选[B]。 [主干扰项分析] [A] dismission“解散”具有迷惑性。从整句话来看,沃尔玛公司没有面临解散,而是遭到指责,所以[A]不能入选。 [次干扰项分析] [C] force“力量”和[D] agitation“烦乱,骚乱,动摇”均不符合题意,排除。
【答案解析】[直击题眼] 词组的搭配。 [深层剖析] on equal terms with意思是as equal, with no difference in status or rank“和…条件相同,与…平等相处”,如:Now that she has been promoted she is on equal terms with her ex-boss.她现在升职了,和以前的上司地位平等。故选[A]with。 [主干扰项分析] [B] to、[C] of、[D] by均不与前文搭配,排除。
【答案解析】[直击题眼] 上下文的理解。 [深层剖析] 此处文意是面对各方面的指责,沃尔玛公司必须拿出应对措施;[D] strategy的意思是(skill in) planning or managing any affair well“策略,计划”,如:By carefully strategy she negotiated a substantial pay rise.她精心策划后,谈妥了大幅增加工资的事。符合题意,入选。 [主干扰项分析] [C] intrigue的意思是making of secret plans to do bad“密谋,诡计”,沃尔玛公司采取的是积极透明的措施,不是密谋,故排除。 [次干扰项分析] [A] problem“问题”和[B] management“经营,管理”均不符合题意,排除。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[直击题眼] excludes many popular group,short-sighted [深层剖析] 下文提到许多常用的普通类药品都不在降价之列,由此有批评者认为沃尔玛公司此举只是为了引起关注,[D] stunt的意思something that is done to attract people's attention, especially in advertising or politics“引起注意的举动”,如:This news is a publicity stunt.这条新闻是宣传的噱头。 [主干扰项分析] [B] cheat“欺骗”,从下文可知普通类药品都不在降价之列.可见沃尔玛的做法不仅仅是欺骗,而且应该是聪明的欺骗,也就是“花招”,故cheat不够贴切。 [次干扰项分析] [A] demonstration“示范,实证”和[C] attention“注意,关心”均不符合题意,排除。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[直击题眼] 相似词的辨析。 [深层剖析] 整句话的含义是:沃尔玛利用其规模逼迫供应商紧缩利润空间。[A] transformed的意思是 completely change the appearance or character of sth./sb.“完全改变某事物(某人)的外观或特性”,符合题意。 [主干扰项分析] [B] translated“翻译”、[C] transported“运送”和[D] transacted“办理,处理”均不符合题意,排除。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[直击题眼] by,and [深层剖析] by的意思是through the means of(sth./doing sth.)“通过…方式”;且and连接的两个部分的动词的形式应该相同,前面是using,此处应该也用动名词形式,故[C]passing入选。 [主干扰项分析] [A] passes、[B] passed、[D] pass均不符合题意,排除。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[直击题眼] 词组的搭配。 [深层剖析] do with sth.的意思是(used with can and could) to express a need or desire for sth.“需要或希望得到某事物”,如:You look as if you could do with o good night's sleep.你看来似乎需要好好睡上一夜。整句话的含义就是:它在药品销售上同样也能做到这一点;故[B]do符合题意,入选。 [主干扰项分析] do the same with sth.是惯用用法,故[A]make、[C]get、[D]form均不符合题意,排除。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[直击题眼] 词组的辨析。 [深层剖析] 整句话的含义是:药费也仅占全部医疗费用的10%。[D]make up“形成,构成或组成某物”符合题意。 [主干扰项分析] [B] make into“制成,做成”,强调制作的过程,不符合题意,排除。 [次干扰项分析] [A] make for“走向,驶向”和[C] make out“开出,写出,辨认出”均不符合题意,排除。