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1、CONFLICT+AND+COMPROMISE2 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPart Two/B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、BGrammar and Voc(总题数：20，分数：50.00)1.The meeting will also be _ by telephone in listen-only mode. A. accessible B. attainable C. obtainable D. achievable（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.2.If the city starts a control on petrol supply fo

2、r private cars, it will have to _ public transport, as it does not have enough spare capacity. A. allocate B. dispense C. apportion D. ration（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.3.The heavy shelling across the border has _ fears that Syrias civil war will escalate and draw in NATO member Turkey as a rebel supporter. A.

3、 stroked B. struck C. stoked D. stuck（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.4.The purpose of these bases can be _ to provide a nuclear strike capability against the western hemisphere. A. not more than B. rather than C. none other than D. other than（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.5.The participation of these countries also creates like

4、ly export markets and could freeze _ potential foreign competition. A. away B. up C. out D. over（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.6.Oil production has been essentially _ since 2005, and we have only another couple of years at this same sort of level of production before the demand for oil will _ supply. A. flat, out

5、strip B. level, cap C. equal, tower D. even, shadow（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.7.The “ecological footprint“ of human activity was 50 percent higher than the capacity of the Earths land and oceans in 2008, the most recent year _ figures are available. A. in which B. of which C. for which D. about which（分数：2.50）

6、A.B.C.D.8.The global recession and recovery may _ more light on both the role of source country conditions and the impact of remittances on the destination country. A. show B. shed C. radiate D. scatter（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.9.If you plan to change your life _, start doing things that produce results and

7、doing something today. A. to the better B. for the better C. to a turn D. at every turn（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.10.Small sailboats are more _ tipping over especially when they have enormous sails. A. inclined to B. prone to C. accountable to D. apt of（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.11.A panel of top Spanish-language publi

8、shing executives will talk about why ebooks have been slower to _ in Spanish. A. take heart B. make over C. take hold D. make book（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.12.The Big 3 stated that their demise would trigger 3 million layoffs within a year, _ the economy further into recession. A. plunging B. faltering C. im

9、mersing D. dipping（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.13.Most of the earliest _ to America came from Europe. A. pilgrims B. emigrants C. immigrants D. inhabitants（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.14.Everything that he says is false, _? A. isnt it B. isnt he C. doesnt he D. doesnt it（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.15.Language belongs to each member o

10、f the society, to the cleaner _ to the professor. A. as far as B. the same as C. as much as D. as long as（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.16.What tax provision do we need to make _ transferring ownership of the company? A. to B. with C. as D. for（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.17.Which of the italicized parts functions as a subje

11、ct? A. We never doubt that her brother is honest. B. The problem is not who will go but who will stay. C. You must give it back to whoever it belongs to. D. It is clear that the crime was done deliberately.（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.18.She offered me a ring in exchange but it wasnt worth a _ cent. A. black B.

12、 gold C. red D. green（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.19.Our startup company has been in the _ these past few months and is showing promise. A. yellow B. green C. red D. black（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.20.The theater has broken attendance records for three years in a _. A. raw B. toll C. file D. row（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.三、BReadin

13、g Compreh(总题数：4，分数：50.00)Five years ago, Congress and President Bush made the most consequential and, as now seems more likely than not, unfortunate decision of this countrys still young century. On October 16, 2002, Bush signed a resolution authorizing the US invasion of Iraq. Should war supporters

14、 apologize?Democrats certainly think so. In the five years since then, many of them have said “I told you so“many more, in fact, than told us so. In a recent paper, Gary C. Jacobson, a political scientist at the University of California (San Diego), unearthed figure suggesting that some Democrats ha

15、ve edited their memories. Before the US invasion of Iraq, 46 percent of them favored the war, according to an average of a dozen surveys. In 2006, only 21 percent of them said they had favored the war. Hmm. Do the math.Those 25 percent of Democrats who were for the war until they had always been aga

16、inst it were probably not dissembling. They were just being human. “Memory is a self-justifying historian,“ says Carol Tavris, a social psychologist and a co-author (with Elliot Aronson) of the recent book Mistakes Were Made (but not by me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful

17、 Acts. “Our memories are a better indication of what we believe and how we see ourselves today than of what actually happened.“I believe her, because I was not above a little memory repair myself Recently, after a book review of mine appeared in The Washington Post, an angry reader wrote, “It will c

18、ome as no surprise that Rauch was an advocate of invading Iraq.“ Who, me? I recalled myself as an agonized fence-sitter, more anti-anti-war than pro-war (an important distinction, you understand), maybe marginally in favor but more worried than convinced.Just double-checking, I reread my columns fro

19、m the period and promptly found one, from February 2004, in which I described myself as an, er, “advocate of the war.“ Gee. Imagine that.So let me say for the record: I was wrong. Like most Americans, I have long since come to believe that the Iraq war was a strategic mistakewith luck. (Without luck

20、, it will be a strategic calamity.) But let me also say what I was wrong about.In that February 2004 article, I called the war a “justified mistake.“ When a cop shoots a robber who has murdered in the past and who brandishes what looks like a gun, we blame the robber, not the copeven if it turns out

21、 that the robber was brandishing a toy or a cellphone. The robber was asking for it, and so was Saddam Hussein.That answer, although still reasonable, no longer seems as convincing. Since 2004, it has become clearer that the Bush administrations prewar hype portrayed the intelligence on Saddams alle

22、ged weapons of mass destruction as solider and starker than it really was. Not enough people, including people in the media, asked enough hard questions. I should have been more skeptical of the WMD hard sell. That was mistake No. 1.Mistake No. 2 was forgetting the difference between experts and pos

23、eurs. Over the past few years, it has become clearer that the hazards of the US occupation of Iraq were not unforeseeable. In fact, quite a few people foresaw them. And warned about them. And went unheeded. Partly that was because the Bush administration wasnt interested, but partly it was because a

24、 lot of us in the media gave a lot of ink and airtime to pontificators who had never been to Iraq, who had never fought in a war or served in an embassy or worked on a reconstruction team, and who did not know Iraqs language, culture, people, leaders, history, or region. Other than that, they were e

25、xperts.In 2002 and 2003, of course, there was no way of knowing which of countless forecasts and opinions would prove correct. The experts were divided; sometimes fresh-eyed amateurs see what jaded experts miss; the previous US Iraq policy was no big success. All true. Still, the fact that so many o

26、f the wars sturdiest proponents were journalists and punditsin other words, hacks, like meshould have rung more alarm bells. That was mistake No. 2.Those, however, were small mistakes compared with the fundamental one. It was not really a mistake about the war at all. It was a mistake about the pres

27、ident.Fool me twice, shame on me. In 1990, I was fooled once. In the prelude to the Persian Gulf War, I misjudged President George H.W. Bush. In those days, Americas most resounding recent military triumphs had been against the Lilliputian forces of Panama and Grenada, against which weighed the 1975

28、 defeat in Vietnam, the 1980 fiasco of Desert One (President Carters failed hostage-rescue attempt in Iran), and the 1983 humiliation in Lebanon (where US forces turned tail after losing more than 200 marines to a Hezbollah truck bomb). Saddam Husseins forces looked formidable and well entrenched in

29、 1990. The sandstorms looked forbidding. And President George H.W. Bush looked hapless. I opposed the war.As I came to the 2002-2003 Iraq debate, I was determined not to make the same mistake twice. Another Bush was president, and the younger one looked as decisive as his father had once seemed dott

30、y. This, after all, was the George W. Bush who had impressively rallied the nation and the world after September 11.His foreign-policy team looked easily the equal of his fathers, or anybodys. Vice President Cheney was the wise man of Washington and the elder Bushs successful Defense secretary. Secr

31、etary of State Colin Powell was the magisterial architect of the Gulf War. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was the man whose plan had worked like a charm in Afghanistan. If Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, was not the equal of her 1990 predecessor, Brent Scowcroft, she was no light

32、weight. Surely if any war Cabinet could inspire confidence, this was it. Wrong again. Zero for two.（分数：12.50）(1).Which of the following is true about Democrats? A. About 25% of them had warned the Bush of the war consequences. B. About 46% of them had voted for the war against Iraq. C. About 21% of

33、them denied they had favored the war. D. Most of them had been in favor of the war against Iraq.（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.(2).In spite of the Washington Post readers comments, the authors position concerning Iraq war was that he _ it. A. was not against B. was against C. supported D. was indifferent about（分数

34、：2.50）A.B.C.D.(3).The author points out that the second mistake was made by _. A. experts who did not have adequate information about Iraq B. the journalists who were among the sturdiest proponents of war C. the media which took poseurs for experts and gave them too much airtime D. the government wh

35、ich was not interested in different voices（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.(4).Many Americans could have doubted the elder Bush government before the Gulf War because _. A. American troops had beaten Lilliputian forces B. America had been defeated in Vietnam and Iran C. American forces had won victory in Lebanon D.

36、 The sandstorms looked forbidding（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.(5).The G.W. Bushs government is linked to the elder Bushs in many ways EXCEPT that _. A. defense Secretary Rumsfeld was involved in planning the war in Afghanistan B. vice President Cheney was the successful Defense secretary C. secretary of State P

37、owell was involved in planning the Gulf War D. brent Scowcroft was the national security adviser（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.“India is affected by the global financial crisis,“ says Stuart Fraser, the chairman of the policy committee of the City of London Corporation. “But there is restrained optimism for the l

38、onger term. Emerging economies such as Indias are modernising very fast. Cities are growing and millions of people are becoming more prosperous.“Infrastructure projects, backed by government funding, now hold some of the greatest appeal. Investors have also been cheered by a relaxation of some of th

39、e complicated rules governing foreign investment. This could open up prized sectors such as retail and airlines. But opportunities in heavily regulated financial and professional service sectors, including law and accounting, remain meager.“We welcome a little easing of regulation. But we dont expec

40、t any large steps,“ says Mr Fraser.The company behind one of the largest foreign investments in India is bullish about the economys prospects. Vodafone bought a controlling stake in Hutchison Essar, a mobile operator, for 5.7bn in 2007.“India seems to be a bit more Usheltered/U than other markets,“

41、says Vittorio Colao, Vodafone chief executive. “In the financial sector the contagion has not arrived. There is probably some slowdown in the business process outsourcing business, but not a massive one.“India has faced challenges on other fronts. A terror attack struck at the heart of Mumbai, the c

42、ountrys financial capital, in November. One of the leading IT outsourcing companies, Satyam, revealed a massive fraud earlier this year.But these events have not made multinational companies less convinced about Indias potential.“The Satyam allegations have raised inevitable questions about corporat

43、e governance but do not appear to be representative of the sophisticated and mature business environment in which major corporates operate in India today,“ says Guy Douglas, a Delhi-based executive with BAE Systems, the defence contractor.In the past, investors have viewed emerging markets mostly as

44、 low-cost production bases, but in todays tough economic environment countries such as Vietnamwhich has a population of about 85mare coming to be seen as potential consumer markets, writes Tim Johnston.“There are going to be two main value drivers in the current market: cost of productionVietnam is

45、increasingly on the radar for outsourcing, such as relocating factories from elsewhere in Asiaand for multinationals looking for a growth market,“ says Warrick Cleine, managing partner in Vietnam for KPMG, the professional services group.Few of Asias export-dependent emerging economies have fared we

46、ll as the downturn strangles demand in their most important markets, but Vietnam has come out fighting. It has stressed its low-cost production base, well-educated workforce and political stability.There is anecdotal evidence that manufacturers are moving facilities to Vietnam from other parts of As

47、ia: they say it is cheaper than China, more productive than some of its regional competitors, further down the development curve, and seemingly stable within the political boundaries set by the government.The authorities have worked hard to erase the impression of beingU the wild eastern frontier/U

48、of capitalism. Regulations have been streamlined; there has been a crackdown on corruption; infrastructure has improvedto a certain extentand legal protection for investors is tighter.（分数：12.50）(1).The optimism of Stuart Fraser about Indias economy comes from the following EXCEPT _. A. fast modernizing B. optimistic prospects in professional service C. development in infrastructure D. easier rules and policy for investment（分数：2.50）A.B.C.D.(2).The word “sheltered“ in Paragraph 5 probabl