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1、教学资料教育精品资料Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)1. B showmanship细节题。这道题的答案对应原文第一句话，从 putting on a show 可以推出showmanship。when it came to putting on a show, nobody else in the computer industry, or any other industry for that matter, could match Steve Jobs.题干与原文的匹配度比较高，仔细阅读不难得出选择是 B2. A
2、He invented lots of functional gadgets.细节题。原文第 2段第 2句话提到了乔布斯突出的三个方面，第三句话明确指出最后一个方面，也就是他在 functional gadgets 上的贡献对人们的生活影响最大，对比第二题的选项，应选 AHe stood out in three waysas a technologist, as a corporate leader and as somebody who was able to make people love what had previously been impersonal, functional
3、gadgets. Strangely, it is this last quality that may have the deepest effect on the way people live.3. B His keen interest in designing elegant and user-friendly gadgets.细节题。答案在第三段第二句，“obsessed with product design and aesthetics, and with making advanced technology simple to use”。讲到乔布斯痴迷于产品的设计和美学上，以
4、及使高科技简单易用。所以选 BAs a technologist, Mr Jobs was different because he was not an engineerand that was his great strength. Instead he was obsessed with product design and aesthetics, and with making advanced technology simple to use.4. A One of the greatest chief executives of his time.教学资料细节题。答案在第 4段第一
5、句话的后半句“many of those corporate giants as one of the greatest chief executives of his time.”所以选 A，其他的选项均不正确。Within the wider business world, a man who liked to see himself as a hippy, permanently in revolt against big companies, ended up being hailed by many of those corporate giants as one of the gr
6、eatest chief executives of his time.5. D an inspiration细节题。答案在第四段第三句话。“is an inspiration to any businessperson”。所以选 DHis fall from grace in the 1980s, followed by his return to Apple in 1996 after a period in the wilderness, is an inspiration to any businessperson whose career has taken a turn for t
7、he worse.6. C He commanded absolute loyalty from Apple users.细节题。由关键词 fanatical loyalty 定位到低段第一句话。所以乔布斯成功最令人震惊的地方在于它获得了苹果用户的绝对忠诚。选 CBut what was perhaps most astonishing about Mr Jobs was the fanatical loyalty he managed to inspire in customers.7. D It originates in the consumer market.细节题。由关键词 spec
8、ial report定位到第 6段第一句，As our special report in this weeks issue (printed before Mr Jobss death) explains, innovation used to spill over from military and corporate laboratories to the consumer market, but lately this process has gone into reverse. Many peoples homes now have more powerful, and more f
9、lexible, devices than their offices do; consumer gizmos and online services are smarter and easier to use than most companies systems.过去创新是从部队和公司实验室再拓展到消费者市场，现在的情况是反过来。所以选 D8. closed and inflexible细节题。由关键词 “critics complained”定位到第七段第一句，可知空格处应填写“closed and inflexible”。教学资料Mr Jobs had a reputation as
10、a control freak, and his critics complained that the products and systems he designed were closed and inflexible, in the name of greater ease of use.9. combined细节题，由关键词“Amazon”定位到原文第 8段 ，所以空格处填 combined。At the recent unveiling of a tablet computer by Jeff Bezos of Amazon, whose company is doing the
11、best job of following Apples lead in combining hardware, software, content and services in an easy-to-use bundle,10. reshaping entire industries细节题，由关键词 the magic of computing定位到原文最后一段， 空格处填reshaping entire industries.But in the end he conjured up a reality of his own, channelling the magic of compu
12、ting into products that reshaped entire industries. Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)Section A47. N taking48. D concern49. M stop50. B available51. I prefer52. L specify53. O variety54. G nationwide55. F items56. E criteria教学资料这是一篇新闻报道类的文章，关于美国一些著名餐公司开始意识到快餐对对其青少年健康的不良影响，并开始采取相应措施改变这一
13、现状。这是美国最近的热门话题， 沪江经济学人新闻听写 12月 16日的的听写内容关于麦当劳的一篇文章与之就是类似的主题。 对于考生来说这一话题也并不陌生，从内容上来还是比较容易理解的。47.N take a cue from 固定搭配，表示按的指点行事。48.D 在快餐在儿童中引起肥胖症的现象受到越来越多关注的背景之下，19 家公司宣誓将为儿童提供更多健康的菜单选择，结合上下文可知空格处应填concern49.M 因为上一段刚刚提到快餐引起儿童肥胖的问题获得了越来越多的重视，第2段顺承上面的内容，讲到汉堡王采取的相应措施：将从本月起停止提供儿童快餐里的炸薯条和苏打汽水.所以填 stop 。50
14、前面说了将停止提供儿童快餐里的炸薯条和苏打汽水，根据 although知道内容上应该是一个转折，所以后面应该是 still available，仍然可以买得到。51. 这句话涉及到一个比较，whether.or, 选项中只有 prefer一个课用于比较，所以空格处填 prefer.52. 这是紧接着上一句的， 上面刚刚讲到问顾客是选择套餐时是更喜欢选牛奶还是苹果片，这是一种将顾客的需求具体化，所以填 specify。53. a variety of 固定搭配，各种各样的。 在这句话中是指其他参与将为美国儿童提供更健康的事物的快餐店，也提供各种各样的菜单选择。54. 结合上下文可知，(Kid L
15、ive Well)“让孩子们生活的更好”运动应该是全国范围内展开的一场大型运动，所以填 nationwide。55 通过第三段第一句话的后半句可以看出， 儿童的每顿饭中要包含冒号之后部分的食物中的至少两项，所以 55空填 item ，指的是后面的选项。56. 前面提到的食物都是低脂、第卡路里的健康食物，最后一句中提到在其他的要求中，餐馆提供的附加菜必须满足同样的要求, 所以填 criteriaSection BAs you are probably aware, the latest job markets news isnt good: Unemployment is still more
16、than 9 percent, and new job growth has fallen close to zero. Thats bad for the economy, of course. And it may be especially discouraging if you happen to be looking for a job 教学资料or hoping to change careers right now. But it actually shouldnt matter to you nearly as much as you think.Thats because job growth numbers dont matter to job hunters as much as job turnover data. After all, existing jobs open up every day due to promotions, resignations, ter
