Lebrun Steel Facing up to Tough Times 1 {9 ]2 U l; O- m) h
0 After 98 years of trading, the steel manufacturer Lebrun knows from experience as how
" U4 y [1 m0 k$ r. s 00 difficult fluctuations in the economic cycle can be for suppliers such as themselves. - r5 c% a4 l: J3 c0 x3 _
34 Since many of the nation’s largest production companies which are its customers, * O2 P, s" k# E9 u9 ?9 @9 X/ T
35 Lebrun is adversely affected by any change for the worse in the economy. Yet Lebrun
& _: v# C: a0 A' h$ r 36 has managed to keep on sales steady (in the region of approximately $2.5 billion)
# d2 d h- v9 t. {% T" Z 37 and has recorded only one annual loss during the difficulties of the past five
# A6 W% _ D0 G 38 years, but despite the effects of the ongoing industrial slowdown. James Griffith, , f% h7 x8 Q2 m8 L4 a7 B1 n
39 president of Lebrun, now has the task of turning up survival into growth, and 考试用书
1 G5 i% @. J$ \! l, l8 ]/ x 40 his strategy is already becoming clear to those industry observers. In February of
t) l& ]( K2 M. z' o4 X+ n 41 this year, the company acquired Bronson pic, additionally a one-time competitor. # B: h5 ?3 W* v/ {' g
42 This merger will greatly expand the size of both Lebrun’s labour force, and & P- U7 z2 v, A3 Z2 x7 x! C0 K6 o
43 Griffith estimates it will boost its revenue by nearly 50%, while too increasing 8 r: t5 X. p$ ~ w' V) g0 h$ @
44 the number of plants and R&D centres in much a similar way. Griffith is
1 D! E1 G# D! A( p* L 45 optimistic that while the steel industry is about to pull out of recession, and he wants Lebrun to be ready for this. 1 n7 F( g2 I; C$ f
这篇文章是介绍一个生产商面临的困境及所采取的措施。
' l: r0 ?0 L. i' M# _+ f 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
' T u4 Q5 p \4 \ 35题,正确的 ) i) d6 [5 P1 u- T
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。 ' L3 |% J1 x6 @. N G1 ^# f
37题,正确的 , d$ V0 p/ c) R# C, f7 |' N
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。
# Q1 P9 |3 h, W6 U9 [) g1 _# c 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。 % R3 e- G+ r' S* u
40题,句子前后并没有指代的含义,代词those多余。
+ z. p- M; @2 S7 c8 R7 ] 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。
2 o( V" H0 U. p( ] 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。
2 G; y3 _2 B( B! E; I0 @ 43题,too是副词,在这里用法不对
! B$ ~2 f4 b, _1 a4 h 44题,in a similar way固定用法,much多余 ) L: S- Z8 h* o f3 S% C n
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。 |