1、BFT 阅读（综合）-试卷 30 及答案解析(总分：40.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part 2(总题数：4，分数：40.00)1. The larger a machine and the more numerous its parts, the greater likelihood of a breakdown and the more expensive to repair. What has been said about market forces and management was necessarily oversimplified. The economies of m
2、odern industrial nations are large and very complex. To be sure, there is management, and there are market forces at work, but there are also many other factors that help or hinder economic function. 2. In modern industrial societies, governments play a large role. There are a lot of regulations, mo
3、st of them are meant for the protection of the public. All regulations affect the way businesses operate, often increasing their costs and reducing their profits. Lower profits, in turn, reduce the amount of money which is known as working capital that a company can use for expansion. Auto emission
4、standards, for instance, have had a significant impact on the manufacture and pricing of automobiles. Other government policies such as taxation, budget deficits, and regulation of the money supply have an effect on how much money is available for people to spend on goods and services. 3. Internatio
5、nal crises and other conditions also affect the working of an economy. A severe frost in Brazil can ruin a coffee crop and raise the price of that commodity. War can cut off the supply of such resources as petroleum, chromium, or copper. In the United States, environmental protests have slowed the d
6、evelopment of nuclear energy capacity and the mining of vast tracts of protected land. Weather affects agriculture: a hot, dry summer can damage the wheat crop; floods can destroy thousands of acres of crops suddenly; and insect pests can devastate cropland with a rapid onslaught. 4. Peoples attitud
7、es also have an impact on the marketing of goods. Health-conscious individuals, for example, may stop smoking, curtail their intake of alcohol, and eat less of certain kinds of food. Advertising affects what people buy, and it can create a market where none existed. Style and fashion are significant
8、 for many consumers. 5. There are other economic problems that are more difficult to understand. For centuries economies have been subject to periods of prosperity followed by periods of decline. Although periods of prosperity can be explained rather easily, the reasons for panics, recessions, and d
9、epressions are of a complex nature. So many factors contributed to the Great Depression of the 1930s, for example, that no economist has ever been able to account for all of them. 6. Because the causes of decline are uncertain, the remedies are equally uncertain. In the late 20th century all industr
10、ialized societies through their governments have tried to stabilize economies, keep them prosperous, and reduce unemployment. None of the remedies has worked to the extent that was hoped. How economies work and what remedies can be found to keep them operating efficiently are the tasks of economists
11、, who must work together with businessmen and politicians. Questions 1-5 Directions: For questions 1-5, choose the best title for each paragraph from below. For each numbered paragraph(1-5), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. A. Uncertainty of remedies to economi
12、c decline B. The role of government in economy C. The political system of a nation D. Factors that influence economy E. The influence of peoples attitude on economy F. The force of market G The problems to be solved in economy（分数：10.00）(1).Paragraph 2 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).Paragraph 3 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1
13、:_(3).Paragraph 4 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).Paragraph 5 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).Paragraph 6 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_Directions: Using the information in the text, complete each sentence 6-10, with a word or phrase from the list below. For each sentence(6-10), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark a
14、ny letter twice. A. there are too many reasons behind it B. regulations may affect business operation by increasing the cost C. it is harmful for a government to interfere with economic matters D. the economy of modern industrial nations are difficult to manage E. consumers may give up some bad habi
15、ts F. economists have to cooperate with businessmen and politicians G. it is hard to predict the economic trend（分数：10.00）(1).By using the word “machine“, the author wants to point that 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).Out of health consideration, 1 .（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3).The example of auto emission standards is
16、 here used to make it clear that 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).It is difficult to explain the onset of economic decline because 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).The author believes that, to find efficient ways of keeping economy going, 1 .（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_1. Proper arrangement of classroom space is important to encoura
17、ge interaction. Most of us have noticed how important physical setting is to efficiency and comfort in our work. Todays corporations hire human engineering specialists and spend a considerable amount of time and money to make sure that the physical environments of buildings are fit for the activitie
18、s of their inhabitants. 2. Similarly, college classroom space should be designed to encourage the activity of critical thinking. We may be approaching the twenty-first century, but step into almost any college classroom and you step back in time at least a hundred years. Desks are normally in straig
19、ht rows, so students can clearly see the teacher but not all their classmates. The assumption behind such an arrangement is obvious: everything of importance comes from the teacher. 3. With a little imagination and effort, unless desks are fixed to the floor, the teacher can correct this situation a
20、nd create space that encourages interchange among students. In small or standardized classes, chairs, desks, and tables can be arranged in a variety of ways: circles, U-shapes, or semicircles. The primary goal should be for everyone to be able to see everyone else. Larger classes, particularly those
21、 held in lecture halls, unfortunately, allow much less flexibility. 4. Arrangement of the classroom should also make it easy to divide students into small groups for discussion or problem-solving exercises. Small classes with movable desks and tables present no problem. Even in large lecture halls,
22、it is possible for students to turn around and form groups of four to six. Breaking a class into small groups provides more opportunities for students to interact with each other, think out loud, and see how other students thinking processes operate all essential elements in developing new modes of
23、critical thinking. 5. In courses that regularly use a small group format, students might be asked to stay in the same small groups throughout the course. A colleague of mine allows students to move around during the first two weeks, until they find a group they are comfortable with. He then asks the
24、m to stay in the same seat, with the same group, from that time on. This not only creates a comfortable setting for interaction but helps him learn students names and faces. Questions 1-5 Directions: For questions 1-5, choose the best title for each paragraph from below. For each numbered paragraph(
25、1-5), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. A. Shortage of the arrangement of present college classroom space B. Proper way of arranging classroom space C. The importance of discussion D. Traditional way of classroom arrangement E. Importance of proper arrangement o
26、f classroom space F. Advantage of breaking a class into small groups G. Necessity of having fixed groups（分数：10.00）(1).Paragraph 1 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).Paragraph 2 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3).Paragraph 3 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).Paragraph 4 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).Paragraph5 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_Directions: Using the
27、information in the text, complete each sentence 6-10, with a word or phrase from the list below. For each sentence(6-10), mark one letter(A-6)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. A. the teacher is the chief knowledge source B. it plays an important role in improving efficiency of work
28、 C. the students can interact with each other D. it is important for students to see the blackboard clearly E. there is not much change in the college educational idea over the past hundred years F. learning is made comfortable in this way G. the college education is traditional（分数：10.00）(1).Corpora
29、tions pay more attention to physical settings, for 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).Desk arrangement in a traditional classroom is associated with the idea that 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3).The expression “step back in time at least a hundred years“ is intended to convey the idea that 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).Its necess
30、ary to rearrange the desk in classroom so that 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).The greatest advantage in allowing each student to find his own group might be that 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_BFT 阅读（综合）-试卷 30 答案解析(总分：40.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part 2(总题数：4，分数：40.00)1. The larger a machine and the more numerous its parts, the gr
31、eater likelihood of a breakdown and the more expensive to repair. What has been said about market forces and management was necessarily oversimplified. The economies of modern industrial nations are large and very complex. To be sure, there is management, and there are market forces at work, but the
32、re are also many other factors that help or hinder economic function. 2. In modern industrial societies, governments play a large role. There are a lot of regulations, most of them are meant for the protection of the public. All regulations affect the way businesses operate, often increasing their c
33、osts and reducing their profits. Lower profits, in turn, reduce the amount of money which is known as working capital that a company can use for expansion. Auto emission standards, for instance, have had a significant impact on the manufacture and pricing of automobiles. Other government policies su
34、ch as taxation, budget deficits, and regulation of the money supply have an effect on how much money is available for people to spend on goods and services. 3. International crises and other conditions also affect the working of an economy. A severe frost in Brazil can ruin a coffee crop and raise t
35、he price of that commodity. War can cut off the supply of such resources as petroleum, chromium, or copper. In the United States, environmental protests have slowed the development of nuclear energy capacity and the mining of vast tracts of protected land. Weather affects agriculture: a hot, dry sum
36、mer can damage the wheat crop; floods can destroy thousands of acres of crops suddenly; and insect pests can devastate cropland with a rapid onslaught. 4. Peoples attitudes also have an impact on the marketing of goods. Health-conscious individuals, for example, may stop smoking, curtail their intak
37、e of alcohol, and eat less of certain kinds of food. Advertising affects what people buy, and it can create a market where none existed. Style and fashion are significant for many consumers. 5. There are other economic problems that are more difficult to understand. For centuries economies have been
38、 subject to periods of prosperity followed by periods of decline. Although periods of prosperity can be explained rather easily, the reasons for panics, recessions, and depressions are of a complex nature. So many factors contributed to the Great Depression of the 1930s, for example, that no economi
39、st has ever been able to account for all of them. 6. Because the causes of decline are uncertain, the remedies are equally uncertain. In the late 20th century all industrialized societies through their governments have tried to stabilize economies, keep them prosperous, and reduce unemployment. None
40、 of the remedies has worked to the extent that was hoped. How economies work and what remedies can be found to keep them operating efficiently are the tasks of economists, who must work together with businessmen and politicians. Questions 1-5 Directions: For questions 1-5, choose the best title for
41、each paragraph from below. For each numbered paragraph(1-5), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. A. Uncertainty of remedies to economic decline B. The role of government in economy C. The political system of a nation D. Factors that influence economy E. The influe
42、nce of peoples attitude on economy F. The force of market G The problems to be solved in economy（分数：10.00）(1).Paragraph 2 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：B）解析：解析：第 2 段介绍了政府在经济中的作用。(2).Paragraph 3 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：D）解析：解析：第 3 段介绍了影响经济的一些因素。(3).Paragraph 4 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：E）解析：解析
43、：第 4 段介绍了人们的态度对经济的影响。(4).Paragraph 5 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：G）解析：解析：第 5 段介绍了经济现象中亟待解决的问题。(5).Paragraph 6 1（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：A）解析：解析：第 6 段介绍了针对经济下滑采取的补救措施的不确定性。Directions: Using the information in the text, complete each sentence 6-10, with a word or phrase from the list below. For ea
44、ch sentence(6-10), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. A. there are too many reasons behind it B. regulations may affect business operation by increasing the cost C. it is harmful for a government to interfere with economic matters D. the economy of modern industr
45、ial nations are difficult to manage E. consumers may give up some bad habits F. economists have to cooperate with businessmen and politicians G. it is hard to predict the economic trend（分数：10.00）(1).By using the word “machine“, the author wants to point that 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：D）解析：解析：参阅文
46、章第 1 段第 3 句：“The economies of modern industrial nations are large and very complex(2).Out of health consideration, 1 .（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：E）解析：解析：参阅文章第 4 段。(3).The example of auto emission standards is here used to make it clear that 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：B）解析：解析：参阅文章第 2 段第 3 句：“All
47、regulations affect the way businesses operate，often increasing their costs and reducing their profits”(4).It is difficult to explain the onset of economic decline because 1.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：A）解析：解析：参阅文章第 5 段。(5).The author believes that, to find efficient ways of keeping economy going, 1
48、.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：正确答案：F）解析：解析：参阅文章第 6 段最后一句：“How economies workbusinessmen and politicians”1. Proper arrangement of classroom space is important to encourage interaction. Most of us have noticed how important physical setting is to efficiency and comfort in our work. Todays corporations hire human engineering specialists and spend a considerable amount of time and m
