Section IIl Reading Comprehension (40 minutes )
PART A
Directions:
Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Text 1
Fifteen years ago, I entered the Boston Globe, which was a temple to me then. It wasn’t easy getting hired. But once you were there, I found, you were in.
Globe jobs were for life-guaranteed until retirement. For 15 years I had prospered there—moving from an ordinary reporter to foreign correspondent and finally to senior editor. I would have a life- time of security if I stuck with it. Instead, I had made a decision to leave. I entered my boss’s of- rice. Would he rage? I wondered. He had a famous temper. "Matt, we have to have a talk." I be.- gan awkwardly. "I came to the Globe when I was twenty-four. Now I’ m forty. There’ s a lot I want to do in life. I’m resigning. " "To another paper?" he asked. I reached into my coat pocket, but didn’t say anything. I handed him a letter that explained everything. It said that I was leaving to. start a new media company. We were at a rare turning point in history. I wanted to be directly en-gaged in the change. "I’ m glad for you," he said, quite out of my expectation. "I just came from
a board of directors meeting and it was seventy-five percent discouraging news. Some of that we can deal with. But much of it we can’ t," he went on. "I wish you all the luck in the world," he con- cluded. "And if it doesn’ t work out, remember, your star is always high here. "
Then I went out of his office, walking through the newsroom for more good-byes. Everybody was saying congratulations. Everybody--even though I’ d be risking all on an unfamiliar venture: all the financial security I had carefully built up.
Later, I had a final talk with Bill Taylor, chairman and publisher of the Boston Globe. He had turned the Globe into a billion-dollar property. "I’ m resigning, Bill," I said. He listened while I gave him the story. He wasn’t looking angry or dismayed either. After a pause, he said, "Golly, I wish I were in your shoes. "
.46. From the passage we know that the Globe is a famous
[ A ] newspaper
[ B ] magazine
[ C ] temple
[ D ] church
47. If the writer stayed with the Globe
[ A ] he would be able to realize his lifetime dreams
[ B ] he would let his long-cherished dreams fade away
[ C ] he would never have to worry about his future life
[ D ] he would never be allowed to develop his ambitions
48. The writer wanted to resign because
[ A ] he had serious trouble with his boss
[ B ] he got underpaid at his job for the Globe
[ C ] he wanted to be engaged in the new media industry
[ D ] he had found a better paid job in a publishing house
49. When the writer decided to resign, the Globe was faced with
[ A ] a trouble, with its staff members
[ B ] a shortage of qualified reporters
[ C ] an unfavorable business situation
[ D ] an uncontrollable business situation
50. By "I wish I were in your shoes. "( in the last paragraph ), Bill Taylor meant that
[ A ] the writer was to fail
[ B ] the writer was stupid
[ C ] he would do the same if possible
[ D ] he would reject the writer’s request
.参考译文
如果你正为某些事情担心或是在工作上、学业中承受着很大的压力，你极有可能睡得不好。忧虑使你无法入睡，你在床上辗转反侧，直到清晨时分才能睡得着觉。醒来的时候，你并不觉得精神焕发神清气爽，而是精疲力竭，无法迎接新一天的来临。
近期的报纸上刊登了一篇亨利•温可尔博士的文章，题目是《压力与睡眠》。温可尔博士认为压力和睡眠不足有直接的联系。他说：“我们越是忧心忡忡，睡得就越少，也就越没有办法对抗忧虑。”他还补充说：“如果能找到使自己睡个好觉的方法，我们就能有足够的精力解决我们的问题。”
那么，究竟什么是良好的睡眠呢?研究表明，保持健康需要的睡眠数量是因人而异的。7小时是平均数。然而令人不解的是，延长睡眠时间，非但不能让人精神焕发，反而会引起头痛。温可尔博士认为睡前的准备工作是很重要的。工作到很晚的人临睡前应该稍稍休息一下，做点有助于放松的事，可以看看电视或听听音乐。早晨做运动也会使人在身体上和精神上有疲劳感。睡前喝点饮料也有助于睡眠，但不要喝茶或咖啡，因为它们含有的咖啡因会使你无法入眠。温可尔博士指出：“关灯之后，你就该集中精神放松你的肌肉。慢慢地从脚开始放松，就会不知不觉地进入梦乡了。”
.答案及解析
26.A【解析】本题考查词语搭配。toss and turn是固定用法，表示“辗转反侧”。
27.D【解析】考查词语搭配。fall asleep意为“入睡”，是固定用法，符合题意。
28.C【解析】本题考查词语辨析和对文意的理解。A项relieve意为“减轻，安慰”B项renew意为“恢复，重建”c项refresh意为“恢复精力”D项release意为“释放”。根据题意，人睡觉醒来应该觉得神清气爽，所以选择C。
29.B【解析】此题考查词义辨析。B项unable意为‘没有能力的”，常与to搭配，人做主语。
30.C【解析】此题考查词义辨析和对文意的理解。表示“文章等的标题是…”，一般用entitle，为固定用法。
31.D【解析】此题考查词义辨析。A项imply意为“暗示”;B项su9—gest;C项propose均为“建议”;只有D项indicate意为“表明，明确指出”符合文意。
32.A【解析】这里的意思是“压力和缺乏睡眠有关系”。表示关系的选1 项是A项relate。
33.B【解析】第一段已经提到，如果人承受很大的压力就睡不好，“忧虑使你无法入睡”。由此可知，越忧虑，睡的越少，the more/less… ，the…是固定搭配，意为“越…，越…”。
34.c【解析】此题考查对细节的理解。这一段第一句话已提到亨利博士的文章讲的是压力与睡眠的关系，前文中出现了stress and sleep，根据此细节可推断出此处应选C。
35.D【解析】此题考查对文意的理解。文中此处是说“博士又补充了一点”，D项add意为“补充”。
36.B【解析】这里的意思是说只有保证好的睡眠，我们才能有精力去解决所忧虑的问题，此处指的是人的体力，只有B项energy有此意。
37.A【解析】此题考查词义辨析。这里指的是人们睡眠的数量各不相同，vary和differ都有“不同”的意思。但前者强调各式各样的，种类的多样性而后者强调事物本质上根本的不同。
38.C【解析】此题考查关联词的用法。此处意思是说，一般人们会认为睡得越多人越精神，但恰恰相反，睡多了会使人头疼，这里是转折的意思，所以选择C。
39.D【解析】此题考查对上下文的理解。此句的意思是“睡多了会使人头疼而不是更加体力充沛”，要选择表转折的选项。
40.B【解析】此题考查词义辨析。B项break是此意，意为“短暂休息”;A项pause意为“中止”;C项vacation意为“假期”;D项in-terruption意为“打扰”。
41.B【解析】此题考查对文意的理解。early意为“早早地”。
42.C【解析】此题考查词语搭配。physically and mentally是副词短语的固定搭配，表示“身心地”。
43.B【解析】茶和咖啡因含咖啡因会使^清醒，B项awake意为“清醒的”。
44.A【解析】此题考查动词词组搭配。put out意为“熄灭”;put on意为“穿上”;put away意为“把…收起来”;put off意为“推迟”。
45.C【解析】这句话的意思是“在不知不觉中你就睡着了”，即在你知晓之前就已入睡了。
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