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PART Ⅰ LISTENING COMPREHENSION
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, ^9 g5 Z$ p# a, k( m; y* F* h9 r' S The World Bank is one of the major channels through which development aid i s passed from industrial west to the poor and developing nations of the world. I ts scale of operations is vast, which is why its lending program exceeds 7 billi on a year, and its work force numbers about 4500. In the last decade important c hanges have taken place in the size of the bank’s operations and in the emphasi s of its lending policies. What immediately strikes anyone looking at the lending figures over the last 10 years is the tremendous expansion in the bank’s loan p rogram. This has increased from 1 billion to nearly 7 billion. The figure includ es hard loans, which are made at the current rate of interest, and soft loans, w hich are allocated to poor countries at concessionary rates, and usually channel led through the bank’s affiliate—the International Development Association.
. {: ~4 C0 \7 i0 F" d# s9 S* K In deciding the emphasis of its lending policy, the bank has had to take i nto account the population explosion which is occuring in many poor countries of the world. It is a fact that the fertility rate of the poor countries is often very high. This is one of the main reasons for these countries remaining poor. U nfortunately, wide-ranging country section programs do not usually reduce this r ate because this was a strong and deeply rooted tradition among people in these countries to have big families. What the bank discovered was that there was a li nk between economic and social development on the one hand, and reduction of fer tility rate on the other. Thus by improving basic health services, by introducin g better nutrition, by increasing literacy, and by promoting more even income di stribution in a poor country, a lower and more acceptable fertility rate will be achieved. This advanced thinking persuaded the bank to change its overall lend ing strategy,(略,内容不完整,给你带来的困扰请见谅.). `) F/ ^7 y2 X p1 S
PAPER ONE: P/ D' G. _5 z' g; h/ B
PART Ⅰ LISTENING COMPREHENSION
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1.答案:A- h! b4 o, \$ {' u2 {
【问句译文】世界银行运行系统变大系统的变化指的是什么?+ y! [0 Z# M" r9 f
【试题分析】本题为细节题。 O3 N! Y' R" [3 a
【详细解答】解答本题的关键句是“What immediately strikes anyone looking at the len ding figures over the last 10 years is the tremendous expansion in the bank’s lo an program.”由此可知,选项A为正确答案。1 E, K. `. q, O% [
2.答案:C
; d& Y- r) ]# y; _ 【问句译文】是什么使得银行改变其借贷政策?
7 y0 w* p; `" b" g( F- q 【试题分析】本题为细节题。$ n! _$ ^- d3 O8 n1 f5 }! a
【详细解答】录音在提及银行借贷政策的改变时说“Thus by improving basic health servi ces, by introducing better nutrition, by increasing literacy, and by promoting m ore even income distribution in a poor country, a lower and more acceptable fert ility rate will be achieved. This advancing thinking persuaded the bank to chang e its overall lending strategy.”这里提到了一些改变贫穷国家现状的措施,由“a lower and more acceptable”可知,从根本上促使政策改革的原因应为选项C。# C! c! y. F8 P# b! O, p
3.答案:D
# p4 G n9 P. \$ A/ K( i1 a 【问句译文】银行借贷政策重点的变化意味者银行将会怎样?
/ ?$ c$ c8 j# }! T' o1 _* v& @( u% E 【试题分析】本题为细节题。
8 K; Z! E) G a1 q, }6 V 【详细解答】在提到投资对象时,谈话者说“Many of its major capital investment had s carcely touched the lives of urban and rural poor, nor have they created much em ployment.”因此银行决定加大对劳动密集型活动的援助,故答案选D。: O9 H& |) N# R5 P( d6 ~- \
4.答案:D1 p0 R) C+ @+ |" R) @- g+ S
【问句译文】下列哪一项不是对银行的批评?: ^) `; g+ w# o" E2 K4 ]# \; T
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【详细解答】谈话者说“…the bank should begin to think of itself less as a foreign aid agency and more of financial deal-maker,…”即世界银行应该作为财政的决策者 ,这一点应得到肯定,而不是批评,故选项D为正确答案。) w' O' N# x8 j) `* E
5.答案:C
& r! n [% M/ v. O: X 【问句译文】在整个谈话中,作者在介绍世界银行时是什么态度?
$ ] ]: |# Z! X4 b* T9 \ 【试题分析】本题为推理题。
9 A' K2 ~+ g0 t* h) O$ r+ w 【详细解答】谈话者对世界银行的职能、现状、改进作了客观评论,并未表达出自己的个人感 情。因此选项C“客观的”为正确答案。5 T% ^9 j& o( I) J- \
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6.答案:B
* F0 |, c6 ?0 ?- b' O: k 【问句译文】男士对什么事实感到吃惊?
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【详细解答】当女士说她在新西兰找了一份在计算机公司做秘书的工作时,男士说“Really? You can do that, can you? I mean it’s possible for anyone to get a job in New Ze aland, without being a New Zealander?”不是新西兰本土人也可以找到一份工作,因此 他感到惊奇,故选项B为正确答案。 |