人邮第四辑真题TEST 2 READING PART 5
: C' G8 f$ u& n/ H6 P& \+ u" D) j5 ILebrun Steel Facing up to Tough Times( }8 q" u( y" I) P. Q
0 After 98 years of trading, the steel manufacturer Lebrun knows from experience as how
3 [8 ^! y v: j( _0 r2 J( i00 difficult fluctuations in the economic cycle can be for suppliers such as themselves.: ^9 P/ c3 M3 e) m& f7 O) x- d
34 Since many of the nation's largest production companies which are its customers,9 e8 m- |# @1 E6 ?+ @1 I6 K9 ]1 S) E
35 Lebrun is adversely affected by any change for the worse in the economy. Yet Lebrun/ q# O4 {; s( q" b i& \0 P% x
36 has managed to keep on sales steady (in the region of approximately $2.5 billion)( T9 p5 x* S- w X4 e
37 and has recorded only one annual loss during the difficulties of the past five5 i% W! v0 o( Y9 T! m! d
38 years, but despite the effects of the ongoing industrial slowdown. James Griffith,9 J# n$ `9 E5 M' ?' W
39 president of Lebrun, now has the task of turning up survival into growth, and g1 j' _) C5 z% c, u% u- J# {
40 his strategy is already becoming clear to those industry observers. In February of2 ^' f4 L0 j' V) W7 W6 X
41 this year, the company acquired Bronson pic, additionally a one-time competitor.
! `' o" Y6 V& O6 K. O42 This merger will greatly expand the size of both Lebrun's labour force, and3 Y' z3 A, r6 R! Y0 I! N
43 Griffith estimates it will boost its revenue by nearly 50%, while too increasing: {5 @# R" T; S* M- _' E
44 the number of plants and R&D centres in much a similar way. Griffith is7 Y% a& ?0 K3 L( m, u8 _: V& ?5 |
45 optimistic that while the steel industry is about to pull out of recession, and he wants Lebrun to be ready for this.0 l \. {6 n6 K8 j) ?/ R4 F. i
这篇文章是介绍一个生产商面临的困境及所采取的措施。
7 n% l _# \0 A# q3 P% O( w5 Z% B34题,这个句子并不是定语从句,主谓宾都很齐全,主语companies,谓语are,宾语its customers.所以which是多余的1 f+ {; L; L) {) F7 R
35题,正确的5 [9 f2 {" H" V t( t% M9 h
36题,keep on doing继续做什么,接名词的话直接用keep,keep sales steady保持销售平稳,on多余。/ A' L$ ^. l* G, i7 R6 ?5 J
37题,正确的
. u5 M$ Q/ W; {. X- H* K) ?# t3 s38题,but和despite不能同时使用,必须去掉一个。but后面要接完整的句子,这个后面不是句子,是名词性成分,所以保留despite,去掉but。
8 Z! J4 m: L1 r% q- C39题,turn… into 变为,成为。固定词组。turning survival into growth变生存为增长。Up多余。" v: F# g! T" X& f
40题,句子前后并没有指代的含义,代词those多余。- q6 N& _( n) ~% P
41题,a one-time competitor是修饰前面的Bronson pic ,additionally是另外的,附加的意思,用在这里意思和用法都不通,所以去掉。& ^* m5 G5 A( Z7 A" i/ M+ U
42题,both表并列,而这个句子前后是没有并列的含义的,只说了扩展规模。所以both多余。
* R F. h7 i O2 U+ k43题,too是副词,在这里用法不对& o S5 i8 b1 W0 H' h. T$ T
44题,in a similar way固定用法,much多余1 r$ A# Z% S8 G& j& M
45题,while用来引导时间状语从句,而很明显这个句子并不是,只是由that引导的从句,句子成分很齐全。去掉while。 |