【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析]
About 200 years ago, about 95 percent of Americans lived on farms. There were only 24 urban areas, all of which were under 100,000 people. By mid-20th century, things had changed dramatically: 70 percent of the American public lived in urban areas. From 5 percent to 70 percent ! There were over 6,000 cities or urban areas.

[分析] 数字信息的找寻和判断。
根据原文By mid-20th century，things had changed dramatically：70 percent of the American public lived in urban areas. From 5 percent to 70 percent!由此可知，美国经过200多年的发展，城市人口迅速增长，如今70％的美国人在城市中居住。因此可判断，题干的说法与原文不符，是错误的。
[解题关键] 注意有关信息的收集，并根据数字进行简单判断。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析]
Leeds is close to the geographical centre of Britain. It has good motorway and railway connections with the rest of the country, making it an ideal centre from which to visit other parts. It is 200 miles north of London and 200 miles south of Scotland"s capital, Edinburgh.

[分析] 特定信息的找寻和判断。
关于Leeds的情况，文中谈到了该城的地理位置，即Leeds is close to the geographical centre of Briitain，而且It is 200 miles north of London and 200 miles south of Scotland"s capital，Edinburgh。文中并没有将其与London和Edinburgh比较大小，由此可见，题干的说法与原文意思不符，因此是错误的。
[解题关键] 掌握词汇归类，有助于正确理解原文。木题原文中相关词汇全部与位置有关而与排名无关，该特点可帮助听者正确判断题干中关键词的正确与否。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析]
Broadly speaking, there was a time when books were hand-printed on rare leather by monks. The only people who could read them were priests, who got a regular eyeful of the really cool cartoons the monks drew in the margins. The priests read the books aloud, in Latin to a predominantly non-Latin-speaking audience in cathedrals.

[分析] 特定信息的找寻和判断。
关于书本，原文认为Broadly speaking，there was a time when books were hand-printed on rare leather by monks. The only people who could read them were priests... 即曾经只有和尚才能在珍贵的皮子上用于写书，唯一识文断字的人是牧师。由此可判断，题干的说法与原文意思相当，因此是正确的。
[解题关键] 掌握对题干关键词的理解，是解题的关键。本题题干中关键词be accessible to恰当概括了相关原文句义。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析]
Commercials may sell products, but they generally give little consumer information. Seeing a beautiful girl sipping a soft drink tells you nothing about the contents of the soda. Or showing a famous baseball player shaving with a name-brand razor does not tell the customer the cost or quality of the razor blade.

[分析] 语义的理解和判断。
原文认为Commercials may sell products，but they generally give little consumer information 即商家出售产品但通常不向消费者透露有关信息，然后以饮料和剃须刀广告为例，说明消费者对产品的信息知之甚少。由此可知，题干的说法与原文意思相符，因此是正确的。
[解题关键] 掌握little的否定性含义是正确理解原文含义的关键。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析]
Each year alcoholism kills 40,000 Americans. It costs our country over ＄80 billion. It is implicated in 30 percent of suicides and 46 percent of teen suicides and is a factor in one of four hospital admissions. No wonder it has long been decried as not far removed from original sin.

[分析] 因果关系的理解和判断。
关于酗酒问题，原文以大量实例说明酗酒的危害，而后总结说No wonder it has long been decried as not far removed from original sin 即难怪酗酒倍受谴责，只是刚刚脱离原罪。由此可见，题干认为由于原罪，许多美国人酗酒造成极大危害的说法与原文不符，因此是错误的。
[解题关键] 掌握信号词的用法，可以帮助理清上下文的逻辑关系。本题中最后一句的 no wonder 即“难怪”暗示了前后文间的因果关系。