单选题Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A Over 30 oil workers have been kidnapped this year in the Niger Delta region.B A group calling itself the Movement for the Niger Delta People has claimed responsibility for the cur
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Over 30 oil workers have been kidnapped this year in the Niger Delta region.
A group calling itself the Movement for the Niger Delta People has claimed responsibility for the current reported kidnapping.
The last kidnapping occurred last week when a German oil worker was taken away.
Nigeria produces the most crude oil in Africa.
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事实细节的找寻和判断。录音中提到“上周经过伪装的武装分子绑架了一名德国石油工人作为人质”，紧接着便指出“A group calling itself the Movement for the Niger Delta People has claimed responsibility for that kidnapping”，其中该句的that kidnapping指的就是上周对一名德国石油工人的绑架事件。由此可知，该组织并非是此次绑架了15人的实施者。因此选项B表述错误。
【录音原文】
Unidentified kidnappers snatched two Norwegian and two Ukrainian oil workers from a supply ship provisioning oil rigs in Nigeria’s petroleum-rich waters, officials said Wednesday. They were taken hostage late Tuesday from the vessel owned by a Norwegian shipping firm, Trico Supply, company spokesman Bjorn Endresen said in Norway.
Nigeria confirmed the latest violence against the oil industry in Africa’s petroleum giant and said negotiators had been sent to the restive Niger Delta region where most of the crude is pumped.
Endresen said there were 11 other crew members aboard the ship at the time of the kidnapping, but did not give further details. He rejected initial Norwegian media reports that a Briton was among those kidnapped. Norwegian newspaper VG also reported on its Website that the kidnappers were demanding a ransom.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Frode Overland Andersen said he could not confirm the ransom demand, but said the Norwegian Embassy in Abuja was working with local authorities to get more details on the abductions.
Last week, militants wearing camouflage uniforms took hostage a German oil industry worker, spiriting him away on a boat into Nigeria’s troubled oil-rich delta region. A group calling itself the Movement for the Niger Delta People has claimed responsibility for that kidnapping, but police said the group was unknown.
Militants have kidnapped oil workers to bargain for a greater share of the wealth from Africa’s largest crude producer. More than 30 have been taken this year, three from the oil-producing hub of Port Harcourt. The militants argue residents remain deeply impoverished, benefiting little from oil wealth while government officials and oil companies grow rich.
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第1题：
According to this passage, which of the following is TRUE?___________A.Company workers started to dress down about twenty years ago
B.Dress-down has become an everyday phenomenon since the early 1990s
C."Dress-down Friday" was first given as a favor from employers
D.Many workers want to wear casual clothes to impress people答案：C解析：由文章第二段第三句话可知，周五穿便装是作为一群员工的喜爱而首次出现的。故选C。 -
第2题：
单选题According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?AMarley Dias is a black girl.
BMarley Dias doesn't like reading.
CMarley Dias wants to become an editor in the future.
DMovies seldom represent black people in positive ways.
正确答案： B解析： -
第3题：
单选题According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?ABuy Nothing Day has become popular in the United States.
BRestaurants have a tradition of donating food on holidays.
CGirl shops are expected to be closed on Buy Nothing Day.
DChildren like the idea of Buy Nothing Day best.
正确答案： D解析：
判断推理题。题目询问“根据文章，下列哪项说法是正确的？”从文章的第二段第四句“Now people all over the United States celebrate Buy Nothing Day”可知，现在美国人都在庆祝“不购物日”。正确答案为A。 -
第4题：
单选题According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?AThe current deal is scheduled to be completed within half a year.
BWhat Toshiba buys is a nuclear power supplier.
CThe purchased corporation is headquartered in Pennsylvania.
DNew nuclear plants are likely to be built in India by Toshiba.
正确答案： A解析：
事实细节的找寻和判断。录音首句便指出东芝公司正在购买nuclear plant builder Westinghouse Electric，可知其购买的是核电站建造公司Westinghouse Electric，而非选项B所提到的a nuclear power supplier（核能供应商）。因此选B。
【录音原文】
Japanese electronics maker Toshiba said Monday that it was buying nuclear plant builder Westinghouse Electric, the US-based unit of the British government’s British Nuclear Fuels, for US $5.4 billion.
Toshiba Chief Executive Atsutoshi Nishida said that while the price might seem quite high, Toshiba had a lot of competition for the company and that the future growth and profit potential of the business made it the correct price.
“By 2020 the market for nuclear power generation is expected to grow 50 percent compared to 2005,” Nishida said at a London news conference. “Toshiba is responding to this challenge by acquiring Westinghouse.”
Upon completion of the acquisition, Toshiba expects its nuclear power business to expand to three times the current level by 2015 as a result of operational and technological synergies, Toshiba said in a statement.
Toshiba expects to close the deal within six months and is not expecting regulatory troubles, Nishida said. Westinghouse will keep its headquarters in Pennsylvania, as well as its equipment, employees and trademarks, he said.
Toshiba, which makes electronic goods including DVD players, semiconductors, electric motors and power systems, is preparing for an expected surge of new investment in power plants in China, India and the US.
Westinghouse, which has built most of the nuclear reactors in the United States, is likely to design the plant and service them when they come online. -
第5题：
单选题Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?AThe women having children show a rise in cold infections than those without children.
BPeople with low income will surely more colds than people with high income.
CJuniors are easier to have colds than seniors.
DIt has not been proved scientifically that poor nutrition affects susceptibility to colds.
正确答案： D解析：
是非题。第三段主要描述低收入的人比高收入的人易患感冒，原因可能是住宿条件不好和营养跟不上，但选项B（低收入者肯定比高收入者更经常患感冒）说法过于绝对，因此不符合文意。 -
第6题：
单选题Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?ABoth Compton’s and World Book are encyclopedias.
BEncarta Encyclopedia is giving way to Encyclopedia Britannica.
CThe sales of Encyclopedia Britannica have been going down dramatically over the past Decade.
DEncyclopedia Britannica opens its Web site to attract more readers.
正确答案： B解析：
题目问的是：下列哪一项与原文表述不符？文章倒数第2段指出“Britannica is forced to compete with Microsoft’s dominant Encarta Encyclopedia.”，意为“大英百科全书被迫与微软主导的电子百科全书竞争”，并不是微软的电子百科全书让位于它，C项错误。故选C。 -
第7题：
单选题According to the passage, which of the following about Europe is TRUE?AIt is dependent on Russia for gas and oil.
BIt has put an end to fossil fuels.
CIt had a major nuclear accident this year.
DIt is likely that they would rethink their nuclear power policies.
正确答案： B解析： -
第8题：
单选题According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?AMcDonald’s was founded in 1948.
BMcDonald’s has opened its restaurants in every city of the world.
CMcDonald’s has over 30,000 locations in the world now.
DMcDonald’s was very small in scale in the beginning.
正确答案： D解析：
文章首段提到“Since its founding in 1948”，麦当劳成立于1948年，故A项正确；由“McDonald’s has grown from a family burger (汉堡包) stand to a global fast-food chain, with more than 30,000 locations in 118 countries.”可知，麦当劳起初规模很小，而现在全球3万多个城市都有麦当劳的分店，故C、D两项正确。B项“麦当劳在全世界每个城市都有分店”过于绝对，首段只提到其在118个国家有分店。故本题选B。 -
第9题：
单选题Which of the following is correct according to the passage you have just heard?AMicrosoft has been through a bruising battle with antitrust regulators.
BMr. Gates’s position as the industry’s figurehead has been challenged.
CThe computer industry is currently having a hard time.
DMr. Gates has earned 870 billion US dollars over the last two decades.
正确答案： B解析：
该段录音讲述了Windows系统和微软公司的发展，其中提到比尔·盖茨成为了世界上最富有的人，“His firm has also, of course, been through a bruising battle with antitrust regulators”，可知微软公司经历了与反垄断监管部门的激烈斗争。因此A项为正确答案。
【录音原文】
Windows, just a prototype in 1983, is now the dominant personal-computer (PC) operating system, having seen off a host of rivals. The computer industry has mushroomed in size, gone through several booms and busts, and is now worth around $870 billion. Microsoft has become the world’s largest software firm, and Mr. Gates the world’s richest man. His firm has also, of course, been through a bruising battle with antitrust regulators. But even as the landscape has changed around Mr. Gates, his position as the industry’s figurehead has remained unchallenged. Each year, for two digital decades, he has returned to Comdex to rally the industry, hold court with analysts and journalists, unveil new products and present his optimistic vision of the future. -
第10题：
单选题According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?ATransporting goods and people is the most important technology in the history of mankind.
BTechnology in transporting goods and people has changed human conditions more than anything else.
CTechnology in spreading information has changed human conditions more than transportation technology.
DTechnology in spreading information can’t change the economic development of society.
正确答案： A解析：
文章首段指出“没有任何科技革命像交通方面的科技革命那样显著地改变了人类的生活条件…然而长距离传送想法和信息的科技可以说带来了更多的改变…”，由此可知信息传播科技在改变生活条件方面比运输科技取得了更大的成就。故选项C符合文意。 -
第11题：
单选题Which of the following statements is true according to the news?AIn Vietnam there are three people died of suspected bird flu.
BThe virus has spread across the entire Thailand.
CThe health workers in Thailand conducted stringent surveillance measures.
正确答案： C解析： 新闻结尾提到，泰国邻国防疫人员正加紧监测防范措施，所以C项正确。
【录音原文】
One man died of suspected bird flu in Vietnam over the weekend and three people were hospitalized as news reports showed the virus has spread across the entire country. In neighboring Thailand, health workers have been put on alert and ordered to conduct stringent surveillance measures but it is Vietnam that has emerged as the epicenter for the deadly H5N1 virus. -
第12题：
单选题According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?AAll the universities have banned the sale ofbottled water.
BPlastic bottles may do harm to people's health.
CThe purchase of soft drinks will increase.
DBottled water is cheap and environment-friendly.
正确答案： B解析： -
第13题：
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第三篇
Oil Industry in Norway
The Norwegian Government is doing its best to keep the oil industry under control.A new law limits exploration to an area south of the southern end of the long coastline;production limits have been laid down(though these have already been raised);and oil companies have not been allowed to employ more than a limited number of foreign workers.But the oil industry has a way of getting over such problems,and few people believe that the Government will be able to hold things back for long.
As an Norwegian politician said last week:"We will soon be changed beyond all recognition."
Ever since the war,the Government has been carrying out a program of development in the area north of the Arctic Circle.During the past few years this program has had a great deal of success: Tromso has been built up into a local capital with a university,a large hospital and a healthy industry.But the oil industry has already started to draw people south,and within a few years the whole northern policy could be in ruins.
The effects of the oil industry would not be limited to the north,however. With nearly 100 percent employment,everyone can see a situation developing in which the service industries and the tourist industry will lose more of their workers to the oil industry.Some smaller industries might even disappear altogether when it becomes cheaper to buy goods from abroad.
The real argument over oil is its threat to the Norwegian way of life.Farmers and fishermen do not make up most of the population,but they are an important part of it,because Norwegians see in them many of the qualities that they regard with pride as essentially Norwegian.And it is the farmers and the fishermen who are most critical of the oil industry because of the damage that it might cause to the countryside and to the sea.According to the passage,the oil industry might lead northern Norway to________.
A:the development of industry
B:a growth in population
C:the failure of the development program
D:the development of new towns答案：C解析：第一段，挪威政府设定了一项新的法律以限制石油的勘探，其目的在于减缓发展的步伐，所以选B。
政府设定“production limits（产量限制）”的初衷在于使石油工业保持现有的发展水平，而不想扩展。
第二段开头提到政府在第二次世界大战后一直在实施北极圈北部地区的发展项目，尽管取得了成效，但是石油工业的高就业率吸引着人们，这将导致北部发展项目的失败。
第三段指出，服务业和旅游业的从业人员转向石油行业，其影响之一便是一些现有行业的消失。
挪威的农民和渔夫之所以重要，原因在于他们身上具有挪威人引以为自豪的品质，即他们的生活方式和价值观，因此选项D正确。 -
第14题：
单选题Which of the following statements is true about Japan?AIt has a very short life-expectancy on average.
BIt has the lowest infant mortality rate in the world.
CYoung people want to have more children.
DThe number of young people fit for work is decreasing.
正确答案： D解析：
从录音中提到的“a diminishing workforce paying for a rising number of pensioners”，可知日本的劳动力变得越来越少。diminishing逐渐减少的；衰减的。pensioner领养老金者；领取抚恤金者。
【录音原文】
Japan has the highest life-expectancy in the world, one of the lowest birth rates and accepts few immigrants, leaving a diminishing workforce paying for a rising number of pensioners. -
第15题：
单选题Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?AMany people protested in the past six months.
BMany people threw tomatoes at the German Chancellor.
CMany people threw eggs at an important member of the German Chancellor’s Social Democrats.
DMany people threw eggs at the German Chancellor, but he was not hit.
正确答案： C解析：
事实细节的找寻和判断。根据录音结尾提到的“Tens of thousands have joined protests in the last six weeks…”，可知，这次抗议持续了六周，而非选项A中的six months。另外，录音中提到“The mushy remains of a tomato thrown at a prominent member of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s Social Democrats”，可知抗议过程中有人朝Gerhard Schroeder总理领导的社会民主党中一位重要人物投掷番茄，由此可见，B项和C项的说法均有误。再者，录音最后的“Schroeder himself has been pelted with eggs, none of which hit their mark”，表明人们朝德国总理Schroeder扔过鸡蛋，但未击中，可见，选项D与录音原文内容相符。
【录音原文】
The mushy remains of a tomato thrown at a prominent member of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s Social Democrats has posed a legal dilemma for authorities trying to assess how to punish the thrower. Police investigating the fruit, thrown by an unemployed protestor at the premier of the state of Brandenburg, said they have concluded it was a yellow tomato. Had it been a soft red one, the man would have faced a lesser charge of causing malicious damage. A harder, green tomato could carry the tougher charge of bodily harm. A yellow one is somewhere in between. “In these types of cases it has to do with the consistency of the fruit,” said a spokeswoman for the court in the eastern city of Cottbus. No decision on the charge has yet been reached. Social democratic politicians have been facing the wrath of the public in recent months, especially in the economically depressed east where many people face painful jobless benefit cuts from January 2005. Tens of thousands have joined protests in the last six weeks and Schroeder himself has been pelted with eggs, none of which hit their mark. -
第16题：
单选题Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?AOil energy has been popular with the manufacturing industry.
BSolar energy is too expensive for family use at present.
CWind energy is much used in plateaus.
DWater energy is widely used in costal regions.
正确答案： C解析：
录音开头便指出“世界上数以百万的人都想用太阳能来为房屋供暖和使用家电”，接着提到“But the cost of doing so puts it out of the question”，可知对于家庭来说使用太阳能的成本过高因此无法实现。 -
第17题：
单选题Which of the following statements is true according to what you hear?APrices for houses in big cities have started to rise since this year.
BPeople buy and sell houses to improve their living conditions.
CEconomists believe that residence prices would drop.
DEconomists warn people that price rise might slow down.
正确答案： D解析：
比较结构的理解和判断。录音中提到“despite warnings from some economists that prices cannot continue to rise as steeply as they have in the last few years”，可知经济学家们已向人们发出警告房价不可能继续像过去几年那样飙升了，换句话说，就是房价可能会下降。因此，选项D与录音原文意思相符。
【录音原文】
In several metropolitan areas, from Miami to Riverside, Calif., where the real estate market is white hot, rapidly rising prices are luring a growing number of ordinary people into buying and selling residences they do not intend to occupy, despite warnings from some economists that prices cannot continue to rise as steeply as they have in the last few years. -
第18题：
单选题Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?AThe address system was used to make web pages.
BThe World Wide Web was created in Switzerland.
CThe fist web browser was very expensive to buy
DMany people could use the Internet before 1990
正确答案： A解析：
根据第三段的内容“In 1990, while still at the science centre in Switzerland, he put them together to make the first Internet browser.”可知选项B正确。 -
第19题：
单选题The word “Diaspora” in this passage means _____.Athe movement of the Jewish people away from their own country to live and work in other countries
Bthe movement of people from any nation or group away from their own country
Cany group that has been dispersed outside its traditional homeland
Da dispersion of an originally homogeneous entity, such as a language or culture
正确答案： A解析：
词义推断题。文中第三段讲到“Diaspora”是潜在的“economic force”，接着讲到由于交通便宜便捷，“Diaspora”的数量日益增加。之后指出第一代“immigrants”人数超过巴西人口，并给出例子说在国外的中国人数量多；印度人分散在世界各地；西非聚集着黎巴嫩人，巴西聚集着日本人，巴塔哥尼亚聚集着威尔士人，中国南方有西非人聚集，这些都表明“Diaspora”与“migration”同义，即the movement of persons from one country or locality to another。因此正确答案选B。 -
第20题：
单选题According to this passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?ACompany workers started to dress down about twenty years ago.
BDress-down has become an everyday phenomenon since the early 1990s.
C“Dress-down Friday” was first given as a favor from employers.
DMany workers want to wear casual clothes to impress people.
正确答案： B解析：
信息题。A选项“公司员工20年前就开始穿非正式的服装”和原文第二段“In the early 1990s”不符；B选项“自从1990年代早期，穿休闲服饰就已经成为日常的现象”，而原文意为1990年代早期，穿休闲服饰的风潮刚刚兴起，与此不符；C选项“穿休闲服装最初是作为对员工的一种优待而推行的”和原文“What started out as an extra one-day-a-week benefit for employees . . .”意义相符，答案为C；D选项“很多员工喜欢穿休闲服饰是为了给他人留下深刻的印象”未在原文提及。 -
第21题：
单选题How do the militants justify their kidnapping of oil workers?AThey argue that oil resources in the Niger Delta region are exhausting.
BThey are not satisfied with the generous Pay of the oil workers.
CThey claim that the Niger Delta region is off limit to foreign oil companies.
DThey see their action as protest against the uneven distribution of the oil wealth.
正确答案： C解析：
逻辑关系的找寻和判断。关于武装人员绑架石油工人的目的，录音中指出“Militants have kidnapped oil workers to bargain for a greater share of the wealth from Africa’s largest crude producer”，可知他们对石油工人进行绑架是为了获得更多财富与非洲最大原油生产者进行讨价还价。同时录音最后提到武装人员理论道“residents remain deeply impoverished, benefiting little from oil weaith while government officials and oil companies grow rich”，可知，他们认为石油财富分配不公是其绑架石油工人的原因。故选项D为正确答案。 -
第22题：
单选题Disastrous explosions have been caused by accumulations of oil or oil vapour in air lines not drainedAccording to the above sentence, which of the following statements is true?（）AOil vapour in air piping are dangerous
BExplosion will cause oil vapouring in air lines
COil vapour in air piping should be drained
DOil in air piping should not be drained
正确答案： C解析： 暂无解析 -
第23题：
单选题According to the passage, which of the following has nothing to do with coffee?ALiterature.
BNewspapers.
CThe insurance industry.
DThe oil industry.
正确答案： A解析：
结合选项，在原文里我们发现文中第三段提到受到咖啡影响的行业，其中有insurance industry（保险业），literature（文学），newspapers（报纸），works of great composers（作曲家的工作），唯独没有提到石油工业，因此D项与咖啡无关，故答案选D。