第2部分:阅读判断 (第16—22题,每题1分,共7分) J E2 p" v- {! A: n+ q
阅读下面这篇短文,短文后列出了7个句子,请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断。
9 v: t) `& F! a% d! w- ]如果该句提供的是正确信息,请在答题卡上把A涂黑;如果该句提供的是错误信息,请在
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. ^/ a! U. ~. VThey Say Ireland’s the Best& r3 f5 B+ ~+ c8 O7 ]
Ireland is the best place in the world to live in for 2005.according to a life quality ranking that appeared in Britain’s Economist magazine last week.
2 s! D1 `& a2 q. A5 |4 D The ambitious attempt to compare happiness levels around the world is based on the
& f% |' j5 e- a) Sprinciple that wealth is not the only measure of human satisfaction and well-being.' ?% I! }+ m+ u4 X1 F. i0 x
The index of 111countries uses data on incomes,health,unemployment,climate,political: }& y6 C' T! y9 q, K0 a% T: E
stability,job security,gender equality as well as what the magazine calls“freedom,family and9 s/ r/ U' k4 a( P! P. p. p G: T
community 1ife”
6 \5 N: q3 O" M$ h Despite the bad weather, troubled health service,traffic congestion(拥挤),gender inequality and the high cost of living.Ireland scored an impressive 8.33 Points out 0f 10.
. ?3 O. U# a8 q: m; i That put it well ahead of second-place Switzerland.which managed 8.07.Zimbabwe.
; D0 ?# t F' S* j5 _- g( Q5 ntroubled by political insecurity and hunger, is rated the gloomiest(最差的),picking up only 3.89points.: P; V- x6 h9 L5 D2 _+ j
“Although rising incomes and increased individual choices are highly valued.”the report said,"some of the factors associated with modernization such as the breakdown(崩溃)in
. J; r; {1 l! m4 i( N# dtraditional institutions and family values in part take away from a positive impact.”
5 F# ]6 K; F; r “Ireland wins because it successfully combines the most desirable elements of the new
. h9 q7 f8 w4 @/ T- v! Vwith the preservation of certain warm elements of the old,such as stable family and community life”' w; `& W3 }+ Z7 G
The magazine admitted measuring quality of life is not a straightforward thing to do,and that its findings would have their critics.
. V# k1 ~1 a5 \% m/ j No.2 on the 1ist is Switzerland.The other nations in the top 10 are Norway.Luxembourg.! y7 y* `# ?3 D4 t$ I+ t
Sweden,Australia,Iceland,Italy,Denmark and Spain.7 ]7 S; d, ^7 ]5 k5 t
The UK is positioned at No.29,a much lower position chiefly because of the social and' |& c8 ]+ W2 E. T) C( Q# ]+ ^2 I
family breakdown recorded in official statistics.The US,which has the second highest per capita4 b5 R0 T" I- Q$ i& a. J
GDP(人均国内生产总值)after Luxembourg,took the 13th place in the survey China was in the. G- t- Y4 [" Q# M9 S9 X
Lower half of the league at 60th
& \8 f1 L) i2 R5 d/ m1 P16 For 2,005 years,Ireland has been the best place for humans to live in
- A! Q. ]7 l" R7 V A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned% W( h3 A, g# e: B* I, A+ d% w
17 Job security is the least important measure of life quality
. b0 ]3 f }4 ]. e( g3 Q4 n A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
# M4 t& ^6 c3 D+ M18 Cost of living in Ireland is pretty high
2 s# P, p+ K- B A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned. S* i$ I- j4 u6 m
19 Family life in Zimbabwe is not stable
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20 Ireland is positioned at No 1 because it combines the most desirable elements of the new2 L% Z# q8 w! o2 N; Y9 q
with some good elements of the old
% H! b! f! r1 V, _* G$ S A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned6 n0 F! q* }% H
2l To measure life quality is easy.
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22 The United States of America is among the top 10 countries.3 I" V2 f* ~2 N' _# a
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
% C: h: h! I* k$ p/ Z' ? v第3部分:概括大意与完成句子 (第23~30题,每题1分,共8分)
( t# s" q4 K: a1 B$ N$ } 阅读下面这篇短文,短文后有2项测试任务:(1)第23~26题要求从所给的6个选项* n- [1 L- Z3 `2 y. ~3 l1 B
中为第2—5段每段选择1个正确的小标题;(2)第27~30题要求从所给的6个选项中选& ?& \, h8 K+ b: Q) r' a9 X x
择4个正确选项,分别完成每个句子。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
. A, U, a; X8 j' }4 y( K+ P/ G# n/ `Even Intelligent People Can Fail
2 D5 _& i9 |% e& w! A( o( P3 q1 The striking thing about the innovators who succeeded in making our modern world is how( W2 W x3 e# ~! f1 e' j
often they failed.Turn oil a light,take a photograph,watch TV,search the web,jet across the/ S [& m/ f6 m3 m7 b7 ^ c& M, V( Z4 o& Q
Pacific Ocean.talk on a cellphone(手机).The innovators who left us these things had to find the: ^3 I7 `2 @6 _9 t. y; q
way to success through a maze(错综复杂)of wrong turns.6 s Y% h# B1 k0 v
2 We have just celebrated the 125th anniversary of American innovator Thomas Edison’s
. @8 S5 ^/ a- Q; Nsuccess in heating n thin line to white,hot heat for 14 hours in his lab in New Jersey,US.He did
" z- N4 B1 F& A% Q1 U/ E: Pthat on October 22.1879.and followed up a month later by keeping a thread of common
4 {& N& e" n3 s% N3 G( Wcardboard alight(点亮着的)in an airless space for 45 hours.Three years later he went on to light
& F$ a u+ x% Q x& Dup half a square mile of downtown Manhattan,even though only one of the six power plants in. ^$ D, M" ~ w
his design worked when he turned it on,on September 4,1882.' }8 X7 q/ t/ K3 u& p
3 “Many of 1ife’S failures”the supreme innovator said.“are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up”Before that magical moment in October 1879.9 `3 N4 a9 @1 L x& C
Edison had worked out no fewer than 3.000 theories about electric light.But in only two cases did
2 r( k- ?3 O+ Q( E+ ?5 [/ ]his experiments work.* g$ A* G' x4 f
4 N0 one likes failure,but the smart innovators learn from it.Mark Gumz.the head of the
, h& c0 \5 B% \$ r8 w, _* u# \" @9 qcamera maker Olympus America Inc.attributes some of the company’S successes |