【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：正确理解as…as结构的含义是解题的关键。

单选题 What is the relationship between the foreign firm affiliates and local firms in the country?

A、 The foreign firm affiliates are developing as rapidly as other local firms.
B、 The foreign firm affiliates are not developing as rapidly as other local firms.
C、 The foreign firm affiliates in this country have significantly enhanced the technological upgrading of local firms.
D、 The foreign firm affiliates in this country have hardly exerted any positive influence on the technological progress of local firms.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：掌握同义词替换。本题中原文without having a decisive effect on与选项D中have hardly exerted any positive influence on意思相当。

单选题 According to the passage, which of the following did NOT happen in the room where the college entrance exam was going on?

A、 The teachers in die exam hall tried to stop the police from entering into the room.
B、 Some examinees sent answers with mobile phones to people outside the room to make profits.
C、 The mobile phones were confiscated by the police.
D、 Some examinees forwarded answers to people who have paid a lot of money.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：理解复杂句各部分内容的含义。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：将原文重点表达进行归类，进行判断。本题原文中的free and fair，little，eased和halted虽词性不同，但都与题干中contribute to“有助于……”意思相关，由此可顺利解题。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：掌握信号词的用法。原文中讲话者使用But表明其后内容为自己的观点，是全段的中心内容。

A、 Not all restaurant owners agree to pass the new anti-smoking law.
B、 Not all restaurant owners want to call the police when there are people smoking at their places.
C、 Restaurant owners believe the police have a grudge against them.
D、 Only restaurant owners will be fined should any of their clients smoke at their places.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：根据上下文掌握相关信息中的关键词含义。本题原文中transgressors意为“违规者”，根据上下文，该词这里便指吸烟者。

A、 Families and troops should not be influenced by individualism, which is very strong in our society.
B、 We should nurture virtues like self-sacrifice, loyalty and love to phase out individualism.
C、 Individualism is so strong in our society that it will replace virtues like self-sacrifice, loyalty and love even in families.
D、 An individualistic society is not what we want, though it's powerful.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：注意掌握相关信息中关键词语的内涵。如本题原文中are supposed to表明其后内容便是讲话者的立场和观点。

单选题 Google's latest efforts to establish an online reading service might have the biggest impact because:

A、 it will use a search engine with the fastest speed.
B、 it will put into its search engine a large number of books hardly available otherwise.
C、 it is famous for its search engine which is accurate and easy to use.
D、 it will put into its search engine the most extensive materials ever known to have been scanned.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：能够掌握信号词的用法。本题中原文given(如果考虑到；倘若)引导的从句表明了原因。

A、 Prospects for female faculty in these institutions are dim.
B、 Some less talented female doctorates feel their prospects as staff in these institutions are dim.
C、 None of these institutions like female doctorates to join them.
D、 Female doctorates will be the lowest in status in these institutions.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：同义词替换。原文中chillier与选项A中dim在上下文中词义相同。

A、 Americans have always believed that military might is correct.
B、 Americans have dropped diplomatic solutions to political problems since Bush took office.
C、 Americans have accused France of being ungrateful for its help.
D、 Bush was thought by some to be seeking justification in attacking Iran in his address.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】解析：理解关键词用法，例文中glimmerings意思是“征兆，迹象”，argument意思是“理由，论据”，因此the glimmerings of argument与选项D中seeking justification“找理由”意思相当。