even after long period of storage. Thus it should be made of materials resistant to sunlight, gasoline, and oils, and it should be not easily set on fire.
The position in which the life preserver will support a person who jumps or falls into the water is most important, as is its tendency to turn the wearer in the water from a face-down position to an upright or slightly backward position, with his face clear of the water, even when the wearer is exhausted or unconscious.
The method of adjustment to the body should be simple, and
self-evident to uninitiated persons even in the dark under the confused conditions, which follow a disaster. Thus, the life preserver should be reversible that it is nearly impossible to get it on wrong. Catches, straps, and ties should be kept to a minimum. In addition, the life preserver must be adjustable to the wide variety of shapes and sizes of wearers, since this greatly affects the position of floating and the self-righting qualities. A suitable life preserver should also be comfortable to wear at all times, in and out of the water, not so heavy as to encourage to take it off on shipboard while the ship is in danger, nor so burdensome that it hinders a person in the water while trying to swim. 36. The passage is mainly about. A) the uses of life preservers B) the design of life preservers C) the materials for life preservers D) the buoyancy of life preservers
37. According to the passage, a life preserver should be first of all . A) adjustable B) comfortable C) self-evident D) self-righting
38. United States Coast Guard does NOT require the life preserver to be made .
A) with as few strings as possible B) capable of being worn on both sides C) according to each wearer’s size D) comfortable and light to wear 39. By “the uninitiated individual” (Para. 1, Line 4) the author refers to the person .
A) who has not been instructed how to use a life preserver B) who has a little experience in using a life preserver C) who uses a life preserver without permission D) who becomes nervous before a disaster
40. What would happen if a person were supported by the life preserver in a wrong position?
A) The waves would move him backwards. B) The water would choke him.
C) He would immediately sink to the bottom. D) He would be exhausted or unconscious.
答案部分 Passage One
内容概要:本文主要围绕计算机的发展是否会给人们的就业带来问题展开讨论。 21. 【答案】D。
【译文】一家企业可能会被另一家企业挤跨。 【试题分析】直接题型语义指代题。 【详细解答】参阅第一段倒数第三句,destroy与本题正确选项中的be driven out of 相关。 22. 【答案】A。
【译文】“Chilling”的意思可能为令人心灰意冷的。 【试题分析】语义指代题。
【详细解答】chilling 有令人不舒服之意,参阅第二段第三句,选项中只有A项意思同chilling最接近。 23. 【答案】A。
【译文】计算机在失业工人再培训上很有效率。 【试题分析】直接题型细节辨别题。
【详细解答】参阅第二段第二句,就可以得出正确答案。 24. 【答案】C。
【译文】现实中只有一部分失业工人会受到再培训。 【试题分析】暗示推断题。
【详细解答】参阅第二段第一句后半句“but retraining programs are not high on the nation’s agenda”, but前后互为反义 ,因此C是最佳答案。 25. 【答案】B。
【译文】美国广泛使用计算机造成的社会影响。 【试题分析】段尾结论题。
【详细解答】参阅第三段第一句“Such social problems are not the fault of the computer, of course, but a consequence of the way the American society might use the computer”.我们可以判断B项是最佳答案。 Passage Two
内容概要:古语云“物以类聚,人以群分”,本文主要讲述了人在交际中是如何受别人影响同时也影响别人的,同时也陈述了模仿别人行为的利弊。 26. 【答案】D。
【译文】根据文间“physical mirroring”的意思为模仿那些我们身旁的,喜爱的和羡慕的人的姿态和行为。 【试题分析】直接题型语义指代。
【详细解答】参阅第二段第二句,copy 与本题正确选项imitation相关,本文中不断用不同词表达相同意义,突出全文的主题思想。 27. 【答案】C
【译文】敏感的人一生都在模仿他们的朋友的行为。 【试题分析】细节辨别是非题。
【详细解答】参阅第四段第一句的前半句“Sensitive people have been
mirroring their friend and acquaintances all their lives”,我们可推出选项C是符合题意的 28. 【答案】C。
【译文】律师模仿法官是为了影响他的行为。 【试题分析】细节辨别题。
【详细解答】参阅第六段“ The clever lawyer, trying in a law court to influence a judge, imitates the great man’s shrugging of his shoulders,...”我们可得知选项C是最佳答案。 29. 【答案】B。
【译文】当模仿变成嘲弄时,模仿会导致麻烦。 【试题分析】事实细节题。 【详细解答】根据第七段第二句“If you blink...you can expect trouble”,可知只有B项最合适。 30. 【答案】C。
【译文】由行为科学家来对模仿作一番解释。 【试题分析】暗示推断题。
【详细解答】根据第七段第一句“Of course, physical mirroring must be subtle”, 从subtle这一词的内涵我们可推断接下来作者要对行为模仿进行解释,故C是最佳选项。 Passage Three
内容概要:本文简要陈述了生活中的一些真理及人对待真理的态度。 31. 【答案】B。
【译文】作者暗示为了联系起科学世界和虚幻世界的不同点,把他的话当作一种假相。
【试题分析】间接题型段尾结论题。
【详细解答】根据第二段最后一句话,我们可推出B是正确答案。 32. 【答案】A。
【译文】由文章的观点及语气可推知作者是人文主义者。 【试题分析】暗示推断题。 【详细解答】文中第一段第一句后半句提到“...but a solid and motionless object that we live”由此我们可以推出该作者是一位人文主义者。 33. 【答案】D。
【译文】根据文间,科学家相信“table”就是一群运动的原子。 【试题分析】直接题型语义指代题。 【详细解答】根据第一段第一句的前半句“...but it does not reveal itself to us as anything of the kind, and it is not with dancing atoms ...”我们可推出D是正确答案。 34. 【答案】D。
【译文】文章的主题为生活中科学真理的地位。 【试题分析】段首主旨题。
【详细解答】从第二段最后一句后半句“...that the most important part of our lives-our sensations, emotions, desires and aspirations-takes place in a universe of illusions which science can attenuate or destroy, but which it is powerless to enrich.”我们可以推断出本文只要讲了科学真
理在现实生活中的地位。因而答案应选D。 35. 【答案】A。
【译文】对于作者,“objective reality”意味着科学现实。 【试题分析】语义指代题。
【详细解答】根据文章最后一段,我们可得知“objective reality”即科学现实的意思,因而,答案应该选A。 Passage Four
内容概要:本文主要讲了救生衣的设计,并围绕影响救生衣设计的诸多因素展开讨论。
36. 【答案】B。
【译文】文章主要讲述了救生衣的设计。 【试题分析】间接题型段首主旨题。
【详细解答】C项和D项都是对救生衣设计中设计材料的说明。A项为陷阱,指救生衣的用途,尽管开头提到,但范围不着边际。故只有B是正确选项。 37. 【答案】D。
【译文】根据文章,救生衣首先会自动扶正。 【试题分析】事实细节题。 【详细解答】本文第三段主要讨论救生衣落水位置,应设计的能“自动扶正”,或稍向后仰。B项是对材料的描述,范围太窄,而A和C不合题意,因此D是正确答案。
38. 【答案】C。
【译文】美国海岸巡逻队不需要救生衣根据穿戴者的尺寸生产。 【试题分析】事实细节题。
【详细解答】A项和B项都涉及method,其相关部分见最后一段第三句,A,B,D三项都是文章中提及的,C项与本题无关的内容,因此应该选C。 39. 【答案】A。 【译文】“the uninitiated individual”作者指的是不知道怎么使用救生衣的人。
【试题分析】语义指代题。
【详细解答】根据文章最后一段第一句,我们可推出“the uninitiated individual”就是指的那些不知道怎么使用救生衣的人。故A是正确选项。 40. 【答案】D。
【译文】如果一个人没有正确使用救生衣,就会发生什么? 【试题分析】细节辨别题。
【详细解答】第三段第一句后半句中a face-down position和本题中的 in a wrong position相对应。因此选项D“他可能太累了或者是已经失去知觉”是正确答案。