人邮第四辑真题TEST 2 READING PART 5. E6 ?7 ?7 ?! j
Lebrun Steel Facing up to Tough Times
5 R& x6 ~/ N" v0 y 0 After 98 years of trading, the steel manufacturer Lebrun knows from experience as how
5 Z5 F7 r1 w. \ J( E 00 difficult fluctuations in the economic cycle can be for suppliers such as themselves.
5 c% R$ Y6 {8 F% F2 N, N 34 Since many of the nation's largest production companies which are its customers,
: F- y& U" W9 F8 n6 o9 W7 o, G 35 Lebrun is adversely affected by any change for the worse in the economy. Yet Lebrun8 p& k/ Y4 f$ P; ?
36 has managed to keep on sales steady (in the region of approximately $2.5 billion)
% }' U' l t) t5 ]; l 37 and has recorded only one annual loss during the difficulties of the past five
+ O( `1 q9 l8 c) k; N$ A! \4 c 38 years, but despite the effects of the ongoing industrial slowdown. James Griffith,+ B% \6 @3 ?: l' i& ~4 E
39 president of Lebrun, now has the task of turning up survival into growth, and
, W( R& h1 H' X* ]' o* ?3 L- h" i 40 his strategy is already becoming clear to those industry observers. In February of5 ` L: J% j: m% w. d
41 this year, the company acquired Bronson pic, additionally a one-time competitor.
( F5 a* N* u9 o5 t6 r 42 This merger will greatly expand the size of both Lebrun's labour force, and) ~2 e' p. x3 J. a( `2 K
43 Griffith estimates it will boost its revenue by nearly 50%, while too increasing: w$ s* x9 H9 P, W- J1 f# W
44 the number of plants and R&D centres in much a similar way. Griffith is) P, v; w# O- i- g
45 optimistic that while the steel industry is about to pull out of recession, and he wants Lebrun to be ready for this.% K! a. @. X* |: u. r1 T
这篇文章是介绍一个生产商面临的困境及所采取的措施。www.ExamW.CoM7 Y7 M+ b' ]. a2 T2 q6 k% i4 P
34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7 C* \, a$ g+ ~7 s8 q4 u: u
35题,正确的
" v3 _; {% P. g# d 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。
) i, |% ]$ _6 G# x% k8 W 37题,正确的9 r/ L' J( |, T& e
38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。9 P9 f! e$ x- R$ v
39题,turn… into 变为,成为。固定词组。turning survival into growth变生存为增长。Up多余。
1 R9 z }/ s6 X- K' k; E0 W7 @ 40题,句子前后并没有指代的含义,代词those多余。
+ P( {& c! T( K- t0 i5 |# F4 x 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。
7 I" u3 v! t9 m( {3 D 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。! Q8 g% r6 w0 P0 G0 n# Y8 B4 a: R
43题,too是副词,在这里用法不对
" H9 L$ }5 y: B1 F& O/ j$ p 44题,in a similar way固定用法,much多余5 ]3 f, B8 x/ H
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。 |