参考答案和解析
正确答案:A
解析:态度题。题干考查的是对独立董事的态度,全文都是围绕独立董事展开的,因此需要梳理段落结构来分析。
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  • 第1题:

    What is the passage mainly about?( )

    A. The changes of the author’s attitude to her mother’s English.

    B. The limitation of the author’s perception of her mother.

    C. The author’s misunderstanding of “limited” English.

    D. The author’s experiences of using broken English.


    正确答案:A

  • 第2题:

    The author's attitude toward the insurance facility is( )

    [A] objective

    [B] negative

    [C] positive

    [D] biased


    正确答案:A

  • 第3题:

    The attitude of the author toward advertisers is__________.

    A.appreciative
    B.trustworthy
    C.critical
    D.dissatisfactory

    答案:A
    解析:
    appreciative意为“赞赏的”;trustworthy意为“可信赖的”;critical意为“批评的”;dissatis—factory意为“不满意的”。C、D可首先排除。而作者并非是说每个广告都是可以相信的,只是总体上说明了广告的各种好处。所以答案为A。

  • 第4题:

    Text 1 Ruth Simmons joined Goldman Sachs's board as an outside director in January 2000;a year later she became president of Brown University.For the rest of the decade she apparently managed both roles without attracting much criticism.But by the end of 2009 Ms.Simmons was under fire for having sat on Goldman's compensation committee;how could she have let those enormous bonus payouts pass unremarked?By February the next year Ms.Simmons had left the board.The position was just taking up too much time,she said.Outside directors are supposed to serve as helpful,yet less biased,advisers on a firm's board.Having made their wealth and their reputations elsewhere,they presumably have enough independence to disagree with the chief executive's proposals.If the sky,and the share price,is falling,outside directors should be able to give advice based on having weathered their own crises.The researchers from Ohio University used a database that covered more than 10,000 firms and more than 64,000 different directors between 1989 and 2004.Then they simply checked which directors stayed from one proxy statement to the next.The most likely reason for departing a board was age,so the researchers concentrated on those“surprise”disappearances by directors under the age of 70.They found that after a surprise departure,the probability that the company will subsequently have to restate earnings increases by nearly 20%.The likelihood of being named in a federal classaction lawsuit also increases,and the stock is likely to perform worse.The effect tended to be larger for larger firms.Although a correlation between them leaving and subsequent bad performance at the firm is suggestive,it does not mean that such directors are always jumping off a sinking ship.Often they“trade up,”leaving riskier,smaller firms for larger and more stable firms.But the researchers believe that outside directors have an easier time of avoiding a blow to their reputations if they leave a firm before bad news break,even if a review of history shows they were on the board at the time any wrongdoing occurred.Firms who want to keep their outside directors through tough times may have to create incentives.Otherwise outside directors will follow the example of Ms.Simmons,once again very popular on campus.
    The author's attitude toward the role of outside directors is_____

    A.permissive
    B.positive
    C.scornful
    D.critical

    答案:B
    解析:
    态度题【命题思路】本题需要在理解文章主旨要义的前提下能够识别出作者对外部董事的态度。态度有正向答案,也有负向答案,此题首先考查考生锁定哪个方向的答案;其次考查考生在方向正确的基础上结合原文具体信息进行判断,从而得出作者对外部董事所持有的态度。【直击答案】根据题干信息“The author's attitude”和“the roleof outside directors”定位到第二段“Outside directors…on a firm's board.”。其中原文中的“be supposed to”等于题干中的“The author's attitude”,“serve as”等于题干中的“the role”。根据这句可知“外部董事在公司中应扮演有益而又相对公正的顾问角色。”由此可以判断出作者对外部董事这一角色持肯定态度。另外根据文章最后一段可知“想要在困难时期留住外部董事的公司可能不得不采取一些激励政策。”这说明外部董事对公司还是有积极作用的,综合全文,B项正确。【干扰排除】根据对文章第二段分析可知作者对外部董事的态度应是正向的,故C项和D项感情色彩错误,均不选。纵观整篇文章,作者只是对外部董事进行客观描述,并没有宽容放纵的态度,故A项错误。长难句解析

  • 第5题:


    What may be the author’s attitude toward the“Labor Market Equilibrium”?( )

    A.Positive
    B.Neutral
    C.Ambiguous
    D.Suspicious

    答案:B
    解析:
    态度题。根据题干定位到文中的第二部分,通过文中的词汇can be identified,has increased可以发现作者是很客观地在讲述劳动力市场均衡,因此B项“中立的”正确。其他三项,A项“积极的”、C项“模棱两可的”和D项“怀疑的”均不符合文章描述。故本题选B。参考译文:劳动力市场在经济学中,劳动是用来衡量人类所做工作的尺度。它通常与土地和资本等其他生产要素形成对比。它总是被当作一种商品——在市场上买卖的东西。公司为一个小时的劳动支付的工资单价被视为该劳动力的价格。当然,劳动力不同于其他商品。首先,其他商品的卖家只要卖到好价,不在乎谁买他们的产品。而劳动者非常关心谁购买他们的劳动力,因为该公司会成为他们的雇主。因此,劳动者关注工作条件、同事关系、通勤距离、晋升的可能性、声望、成就感等。劳动力的第二个显著特征是价格在市场中的特定含义:工资单价。人们一生中的主要收入来自他们的工作——来自出卖他们的劳动力——因此他们的工资水平将决定他们能在多大程度上养活自己和家人。因此,工资差异引发了经济中有关公平和公正的重要问题。劳动力市场既包括本地市场,又包括国家甚至国际市场,是由不同资质、技能和地理位置的较小的相互作用的劳动力市场组成的。它们依赖于雇主和求职者之间关于工资单价、就业条件、竞争水平和工作地点等信息的交流。劳动力市场均衡由于技术变革和资本积累,劳动力需求增加。许多人对这个事实感到惊讶。他们看到的是新技术正在毁灭工作岗位,而非创造就业机会。随着计算机和信息时代的到来,裁员成了20世纪90年代的流行语,并淘汰了数百万“好”工作,甚至是经理级别的岗位。那么,技术变革怎么可能创造就业机会并增加劳动力需求呢?技术变革在摧毁一些工作的同时也创造了其他工作机会。但它创造的工作机会要多于它所破坏的岗位。平均来说,新工作的工资比旧工作高。但是为了从技术进步中受益,人们必须掌握新的技能并更换工作。例如,在过去的15年里,对打字员的需求几乎降到了零,但是对能打字(用电脑而不是打字机)的人员和其他岗位的人员需求增加了。这些人比打字员创造的价值更高。因此,对具备打字技能的人的需求增加了。由于人口增长、技术变革和国内资本积累,劳动力供应增加了。家庭生产的机械化,如快餐准备服务(冰箱和微波炉)和洗衣服务(自动洗衣机、甩干机和晾衣架),减少了全职太太做家务花费的时间,因此劳动力供给大幅增加。结果,劳动力供给稳步增长,但增速低于劳动力需求。技术进步和资本积累使劳动力需求增加,超过了人口增长,而且国内生产的技术变革增加了劳动力供应,因此,工资提升了,就业岗位增加。但并不是每个人都能享受高薪带来的繁荣。一些群体被抛在后面,一些人甚至目睹他们的工资单价下降。这是为什么?可以确定主要有以下原因。首先,技术变革以不同的方式影响不同群体的边际生产率。高技能计算机工人从信息革命中受益,而低技能工人则遭受损失。对高技能工人的需求增加了,对低技能工人的需求减少了。其次,国际竞争降低了对低技能工人的边际收入产品的需求,从而降低了对其劳动力的需求。

  • 第6题:

    单选题
    Select one answer choice.  The author’s attitude toward the nation of the Philippines might be described as ______.
    A

    enraged

    B

    sanguine

    C

    casual

    D

    sympathetic

    E

    enthusiastic


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    最后一句中,作者提到:He continues to strive for a political role in that hapless, looted nation,所以可以推测作者对菲律宾人民十分同情,故选D项。

  • 第7题:

    单选题
    The author’s attitude toward the renting business can be summarized as _____.
    A

    critical

    B

    ambiguous

    C

    supportive

    D

    suspicious


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    最后一段最后一句说租赁使得普通女性能够手拎昂贵的名牌手袋而不需要花那么多钱去买它。可以看出作者是支持这一做法的。同时参见第二题。

  • 第8题:

    单选题
    Which of the following can best describe the author’s attitude toward the U.S. position on global warming?
    A

    Indifferent.

    B

    Understandable.

    C

    Appreciative.

    D

    Critical.


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    第二段第八句说将北极熊列为“受威胁物种”对美国政府来说已是一种让步,因为美国政府是唯一不承认气候变化带来危害的国家政府。从这句话可以看出作者对美国政府是持批评态度的。

  • 第9题:

    单选题
    What is the author’s attitude toward the U. S. health care system?
    A

    Prejudiced.

    B

    Critical.

    C

    Sympathetic.

    D

    Approving.


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    作者态度题。通读全文,从文中加拿大医疗体系与美国相比较的情况来看,加拿大医疗体系在效率、成本、效果及民意支持上均优于美国。可看出作者更倾向加拿大的医疗制度,对美国的体系持消极态度,并且在谈到美国体系时,从the results, only, treated等词可推测,作者对美国的体系持有批判态度,故答案为B项。

  • 第10题:

    单选题
    Which of the following best expresses the attitude of the author of Passage 2 toward the find (line 18) ?
    A

    Restrained optimism

    B

    Mild shock

    C

    Warm acceptance

    D

    Hesitant passion

    E

    Mercurial endurance


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    第二篇文章中,作者将这项发现描述为“revealing”,“shed light”短语表明作者的态度是乐观的,故选A项。

  • 第11题:

    单选题
    The author’s attitude towards the Danes is generally ______.
    A

    positive

    B

    negative

    C

    indifferent

    D

    hostile


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    作者态度题。文章首段作者便指出丹麦人的很谦虚,随后客观谈论了丹麦人和其国家的特点,由此可知整体上作者对丹麦还是持肯定态度的。positive肯定的,积极的。

  • 第12题:

    问答题
    What is Greene’s attitude toward avoidance of medicine for diabetes patients?

    正确答案: Supportive.
    解析:
    态度题。由题干中的关键词可定位到文章最后一段。该段主要表达的是,对某些糖尿病患者而言,用饮食治疗糖尿病是合理的选择。由此可以推断,Greene对避免药物治疗的观点持肯定态度。

  • 第13题:

    The author's attitude toward the influence of advertisement on people's habits is( )

    [A] indifferent

    [B] negative

    [C] positive

    [D] biased


    正确答案:B


  • 第14题:

    The attitude of the author toward advertisers is ______.

    A. appreciative
    B. trustworthy
    C. critical
    D. dissatisfactory

    答案:A
    解析:
    文中作者提出了广告的种种功能,可以推出作者对广告是比较赞赏的;文中没有提到广告值得信任,B项排除。C项"批评",D项"不满意",在文中找不到依据。

  • 第15题:

    What's the author's attitude___________?

    A.Subjective
    B.Neutral
    C.Pessimistic
    D.Active

    答案:B
    解析:
    本题为判断态度题。文中作者只是叙述事实,并没有表示赞成或反对,是中立的态度。因此最佳选择是B。

  • 第16题:


    Which of the following best states the author’s attitude toward the information that scholars have gathered about Proust’s writing in 1909?( )

    A.The author is disappointed that no new documents have come to light since Fallois’speculations.
    B.The author is dissatisfied because there are too many gaps and inconsistencies in the drafts.
    C.The author is confident that Fallois’s 1954 guess has been proved largely correct,but regrets that still more detailed documentation concerning Proust’s transition from the essay to the novel has not emerged.
    D.The author is satisfied that the facts of Proust’s life in 1909 have been thoroughly established,but believes such documents as drafts and correspondence are only of limited value in a critical assessment of Proust’s writing.

    答案:C
    解析:

  • 第17题:


    The author’s attitude toward the history of EEOB is one of( )

    A.affirmation
    B.approval
    C.respect
    D.objectivity

    答案:D
    解析:
    态度题。本题考查作者对艾森豪威尔行政办公大楼发展历史的态度。作者通篇站在客观的角度讲述艾森豪威尔行政办公大楼的历史,并没有出现表达个人情绪的语句。A项affirmation“肯定”、B项approval“赞成”和C项respect“尊重”均不符合题意,D项objectivity“客观”为正确选项。

  • 第18题:

    单选题
    Which of the following best summarizes the author’s attitude toward the Advance Directive?
    A

    It should be made legally binding in Britain

    B

    Its morally questionable.

    C

    It is the same as mercy killing, and therefore should not be encouraged.

    D

    It runs counter to traditional English law.


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    分析推理题。由本文最后一句可知,作者认为英国法庭对待预先写好的遗嘱(Advance Directive)没有理由(与前文所说的病人有权拒绝治疗、终止生命)有什么不同。由于病人拒绝治疗是英国法律所允许的,因此作者指的就是英国法律也应当允许Advance Directive这种形式的遗嘱,故A项为正确答案。

  • 第19题:

    单选题
    The author's attitude toward the 'worst' list (line 8) is best described as ______.
    A

    revulsion

    B

    reluctant acceptance

    C

    amusement

    D

    appreciation

    E

    bewilderment


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    因为作者用“最不能忍受的”来形容“the worst list”,因此可知作者对它的态度是厌恶的。

  • 第20题:

    单选题
    The author’s attitude towards the judge’s ruling could be described as _____.
    A

    doubtful

    B

    critical

    C

    cautious

    D

    supportive


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    态度题。全文充满了对孩子的同情,对法官的支持,作者在第二段评论这个判决时的末句说道,那是一个重要的成就(或进步),只是来得太迟了。作者这是在赞扬法院的判决,故D为答案。

  • 第21题:

    单选题
    Which of the following best states that author’s attitude toward comics, as expressed in the passage?
    A

    They constitute an innovative art from.

    B

    They can be a worthwhile subject for study.

    C

    They are critically important to an understanding of modern art.

    D

    Their visual structure is more complex than that of medieval art.


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    作者认为:Just as the study of poetry remains incomplete without an awareness of the language of prose, so, I believe, the study of art will be increasingly supplemented by inquiry into the “linguistics” of the visual image,就像没有散文的语言意识就很难学好诗歌一样,通过研究视觉图像的“语言学”会对相关艺术领域的探索作一些补充。漫画是艺术中的一种,同样也是值得学习研究的。

  • 第22题:

    单选题
    What’s the author’s attitude towards puppy love?
    A

    disapproving

    B

    confused

    C

    neutral

    D

    scared


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    根据第三段内容“…Trying romance often causes the depression. She advises kids not to jump into romance too early.”可知。他不同意早恋的行为。

  • 第23题:

    单选题
    The author’s attitude toward television can best be described as _____.
    A

    sullenness at defeat

    B

    reconciliation with the broadcasters

    C

    righteous indignation

    D

    determination to prevail


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    从第一段作者对电视节目的描述“wasteland”,第二段作者对其进行的一系列置疑“Is there no room…”,以及第三段,作者列举的电视节目的职责和义务等,可判断作者对目前的电视节目感到愤慨。选项C正确。