1、THE+BALANCE+OF+POWER2 及答案解析(总分：99.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPart One/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、BWords and Expre(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Translate the follow(总题数：6，分数：15.00)1.它从另一角度描述了网络营销工作的目的：使更多的人登陆网址已经不够，而经销商的广告力度应该与网络吻合，以利把更多的潜在顾客聚集到它的最有效的销售工具上。(dovetail with, castin a different light)（分数：2.50）_2.这些发展对普及当地的自治并非好兆头。那些省级官
2、员正抢着敛财，忽略了本省遭受的经济和环境破坏。例如，矿工正让被汞污染的水渗入城市的汇水区。(bode ill for, seep into)（分数：2.50）_3.针对澳大利亚法庭在使合同生效上所起的作用虽然有不同的司法见解，但总的说来，法院把维护协议的需要放在首位，特别是已生效的协议和商业安排。(uphold, give primacy to)（分数：2.50）_4.跟上个世纪二三十年代相比，今天唯一的不同就是现在的社会保障稍稍减轻了经济下行的影响。虽然多年来相当大比例人群的实际收入下降，美国人似乎已经默认了这种形势的变化。(cushion, acquiesce in)（分数：2.50）_5
3、.大众传媒技术已经改变了社区，使其变得更糟。上个世纪五十年代，人们痛惜晶体管收音机将终结一家人围在无线电旁收听广播的时代。如今家长们担心他们的孩子花太多的时间发短信。(spell the end of, fret about)（分数：2.50）_6.人身伤害方面的律师面临着法律界最激烈的来自网络的竞争：数以千计的技术娴熟的律师事务所争先恐后地要占有一席之地。(vie for, gain a foothold)（分数：2.50）_四、BUsage and Struc(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、Fill in the blanks w(总题数：12，分数：24.00)7.continue A
4、. “War is merely the _ of policy by other means.“ B. The United Nations Security Council welcomes the _ cooperation of the Governments of Iraq and Kuwait.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_8.mobile A. China has excelled in _ resources for science and technology on an unprecedented scale and at exceptional speed. B. Wi
5、thout the prospects of future rewards, an _ supporter is better off if he simply accepts a reward and does not show up at the polls.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_9.wary A. There is a certain residual _ in Britain about foreign takeovers _ a fear that acquirers will strip out the business and take it abroad. B. As
6、 anti-government unrest continues to ripple across the Middle East, many in Israel are watching the changes _.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_10.subsidy A. Government uses taxes and _ not only to raise revenue or redistribute income but also to shape peoples incentives. B. China will _ the use of energy-saving desk
7、top computers and air-conditioners in its latest effort to boost domestic demand and conserve electricity.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_11.convert A. Traveling between cities in the US and other countries requires _ between Centigrade and Fahrenheit, as well as between Kilos and Pounds. B. Shyne talks about _ to
8、Judaism in prison and how its changed his outlook on Hip Hop.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_12.chill A. Many women are especially sensitive to cold, and for them the _ of the hands and the feet is difficult to ease even after entering a warm room. B. Legislation designed to deal with internet trolling could have a
9、 “_ effect“ on online freedoms.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_13.monopoly A. Which country was the first able to _ the spice trade and open trade with China? B. The competition in the copyright _ and culture-sharing field is about who executes the “copy file“ command the most cost-efficiently.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_14.re
10、putation A. Im looking into starting an apparel business but need to figure out where I can buy wholesale products from a _ source. B. More than fifty thousand books have _ been written about the American Civil War.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_15.initial A. Now researchers are building an electronic nose that co
11、uld help physicians detect the disease during its _ stages. B. Another approach would be to _ more securities purchases or to increase the average maturity of our holdings.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_16.exclude A. The hotel charges 6 pounds a day, _ of meals. B. How is social _ (SE) related to poverty, conflict
12、 and insecurity?（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_17.align A. Babies eyes are sometimes slightly _ until about age 3 to 4 months, when they usually begin to track normally. B. The Auto Care offers a wide selection of wheel _, as well as steering and suspension system services to best fit your vehicles needs.（分数：2.00）
13、填空项 1:_18.appreciate A. If _ were much higher than inflation, then it wouldnt be too long before no one could afford to buy a house! B. Jokes will be out, unless cracked by the boss, in which case _ laughter will be compulsory.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_六、BPart Two/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、BCloze/B(总题数：1，分数：40.00)Dec
14、ide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks.Two U U 1 /U /Ugraduates are selling advertising space on their faces to pay U U 2 /U /Ua combined student debt of almost 50,000.Faced with a challenging job market, U U 3 /U /UCambridge stud
15、ents Ed Moyse and Ross Harper are painting different company logos onto their faces. Anyone can U U 4 /U /Uthe advertising space, from businesses to individuals or groups, on a day-to-day U U 5 /U /U. The U U 6 /U /Uwhich can be viewed at www. buymyface.co.ukare then seen by everyone they pass as th
16、ey go U U 7 /U /Utheir, daily business.The graduates, U U 8 /U /Umet on their first day at Selwyn College, Cambridge, started the business on October 1, 2011 and made 3,500 in the first 10 days. The boys said they are “U U 9 /U /Uonly with U U 10 /U /Ustudent debt and a firm U U 11 /U /Uof the princ
17、iples of viral advertising“ as they attempt to survive for a year U U 12 /U /Uon income generated by U U 13 /U /Uthemselves into walking advertisements.Mr. Harper, 21, who studied neuroscience, said: “Its our U U 14 /U /Uway of paying off our student debt. The U U 15 /U /Ujob market is incredibly U
18、U 16 /U /U, and so we thought wed try and U U 17 /U /Uit altogether. Weve seen so many students unsuccessfully U U 18 /U /Ufor jobs, only to eventually settle U U 19 /U /Ua career that they never really wanted. Its just something a bit different and has taken U U 20 /U /Uquite nicely.“（分数：40.00）(1).
19、 A. enterprise B. enterprising C. enterprises D. enterprisingly（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(2). A. off B. out C. back D. away（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(3). A. former B. previous C. past D. late（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(4). A. hire B. take C. buy D. occupy（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5). A. bases B. basis C. foundation D. terms（分数：2.00）A.
20、B.C.D.(6). A. symbols B. badges C. designs D. logos（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(7). A. about B. to C. in D. for（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(8). A. where B. when C. while D. who（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(9). A. armed B. possessed C. concerned D. linked（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(10). A. immense B. massive C. vast D. colossal（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D
21、.(11). A. cling B. clutch C. grasp D. hold（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(12). A. lonely B. solely C. inclusively D. thoroughly（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(13). A. transplanting B. transforming C. transmitting D. translating（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(14). A. conventional B. traditional C. unconventional D. uncommon（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(
22、15). A. graduate B. graduating C. graduation D. graduated（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(16). A. amiable B. adverse C. aggressive D. hostile（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(17). A. bypass B. surpass C. pass D. overpass（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(18). A. apply B. applying C. applied D. be applying（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(19). A. down B. to C. in
23、 D. with（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(20). A. away B. about C. in D. off（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.八、BGrammar and Voc(总题数：10，分数：10.00)19.Even if membership talks do begin _ schedule, Turkey will have a rough time in the years ahead. A. at B. on C. with D. to（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.20.They sent out fraudulent account statements
24、to clients and arranged wire transfers between Mr. Madoffs London and New York offices to create the impression that the firm was earning _ from stock trades. A. transmissions B. expenses C. commissions D. reimbursements（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.21.By the end of the 1990s, there was a widespread _ that India
25、n economic reform would be “locked in“ under the BJP. A. concordance B. consensus C. coherence D. discrepancy（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.22.This leaves no choice but to strengthen international sanctions and to adopt measures of a(n) _ scale and severity. A. unduplicated B. unique C. unprecedented D. anteceden
26、t（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.23.But the judge surprised the entire court when he stated, “The _ of the marriage contract invalidated it.“ A. forger B. plagiarist C. imposter D. pirate（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.24.Wheat traders are getting more _, even after prices tumbled into a _ market, as demand for US exports streng
27、thened. A. bearish, bull B. bullish, bull C. bullish, bear D. bearish, bear（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.25.In the end, the world is likely to _ global warming. A. get a grip on B. get a hold of C. take a hold on D. take a grip of（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.26.Given the enthusiasm of Africans for phone technology, such pro
28、grams provide a rare example of _ requiring little in the way of capacity building support to learn how to use the development tool. A. benefactors B. beneficiaries C. beneficial D. benefits（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.27.It is proposed that _ a vote of gratitude for their distinguished service. A. they were gi
29、ven B. they be given C. they given D. they giving（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.28.They did not want to reconcile themselves to _ the bankers, industrialists, and ministers back to the modest posts of bookkeepers, engineers, postal clerks, and schoolteachers. A. be sent by B. sending C. send D. being sent by（分数：1
30、.00）A.B.C.D.九、BReading Compreh(总题数：1，分数：10.00)In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer.Every year the Department of Agriculture publishes estimates o
31、f family spending on children. This year, as in other years, many journalists duly passed the information on, often with snide asides about the “gift that keeps on taking“ or the escalating price of bundles of joy.A married middle-income two-child family can expect to spend about $235,000 on housing
32、, medical care, food, clothing, toys and other items over the next 17 years for a child born in 2011. The costs of college are extra.Butas an article in The Wall Street Journal recently notedthe official estimates omit consideration of the value of the time that parents devote to children, because t
33、hat is considered an indirect rather than a direct expenditure.Indirect costs are not insignificant. Time taken out of paid employment to provide family care reduces the lifetime earnings of mothers, in particular, leaving them vulnerable to poverty if they are unmarried or experience divorce. My re
34、search, based on the analysis of the Child Development Survey of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, shows that even a very cautious estimate of what it would take to hire a replacement for family care was higher than direct expenditures on children under 12 for the year 2000. In other words, the to
35、tal costs were more than twice as high as the direct costs.Child care is often a satisfying, meaningful activity, but its not always fun. The psychologist Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science, reports that American women find it slightly less enjoyable than doing h
36、ousework and only slightly more enjoyable than paid work.What would happen if parents and grandparents withdrew those services or were unable to provide them? If we were concerned about the welfare of their children, we would need to pay for substitutes.The time and money that families devote to chi
37、ldren represent costs not just for them but for society as a whole. On the other hand, this investment in human capital yields benefits in terms of future earnings and future taxes paid.Failure to think clearly about these issues reflects a larger confusion about childrens place in our economic syst
38、em. In an earlier era, they were considered one of our most important cropsa contribution to total output. I sometimes illustrate presentations on this topic with the artist Ann Geddess memorable image of babies growing in a cabbage patch.The historian Laura Lovett describes state fairs in the 1930s
39、 where parents could enter their children to be judged, along with their pumpkin pies and heifer yearlings. Perhaps this helps explain how the Department of Agriculture became involved in estimating their costs.In an economy based on family farms, children began work at an early age under parental s
40、upervision, and their productive activities contributed to family income. They were also more likely to support their parents in old age, in return for inheriting the farm.Today, people are more likely to think of children as pets, a discretionary source of affection and entertainment, perhaps even
41、a luxury good. (People also tend to think of pets as children.) My favorite illustration of this is a New Yorker cover depicting a couple passing a shop window, the woman looking longingly at babies gamboling like puppies behind the glass.Many environmentalists, worried about the impact of global po
42、pulation growth, see children as a threat rather than a resource. A recent book review in The New Yorker asks, “Is procreation immoral?“ But one doesnt have to favor population growth to recognize the value of parental commitments. Fertility rates in the United States, as in many developed countries
43、, have fallen below replacement levels.Rather than trying to draw analogies with either livestock or pets, we should conceptualize children as key elements of an economic system that reaches beyond the boundaries of both the market and the state, part of an intergenerational private/public partnersh
44、ip vital to our society.Most of us, whether parents or not, will rely on the next generation to care for us in old age and to pay taxes to repay our public debt.Most of us, whether parents or not, will leave bequests for the next generation, whether in the form of money, knowledge, technical innovation, physical infrastructure or an increasingly fragile and disrupted natural environment.Parents and potential parents could benefit from more complete estimates of the costs they will incur. They could benefit even more from greater public recognition of their contributions to
