[考研类试卷]考研英语(阅读)模拟试卷273及答案与解析.doc
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1、考研英语(阅读)模拟试卷 273 及答案与解析Part ADirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)0 The clean-energy business is turning into the next big investment boom, in which risks are lightly ignored. Until recently, recalls Charlie Gay, a 30-ye
2、ar veteran of the solar-power business, venture capitalists were far too busy catering to captains of the information-technology industry to waste time on “hippy-dippy tree-huggers“ like himself. But now the tree-huggers are in the ascendant and the IT barons are busy investing in clean-energy techn
3、ology.Investors are falling over themselves to finance start-ups in clean technology, especially in energy. Venture Business Research reckons that investment in the field by venture capitalists and private-equity firms has quadrupled in the past two years, from some $500m in 2004 to almost $2 billio
4、n so far this year. The share of venture capital going into clean energy is rising rapidly.Clean-energy fever is being fuelled by three things: high oil prices, fears over energy security and a growing concern about global warming. The provision of energy, the industrys cheerleaders say, will change
5、 radically over the coming decades. Polluting coal- and gas-fired power stations will give way to cleaner alternatives such as solar and wind; fuels derived from plants and waste will replace petrol and diesel; and small, local forms of electricity generation will replace big power stations feeding
6、far-flung grids. Eventually, it is hoped, fuel cells running on hydrogen will take the place of the internal combustion engine which is available everywhere. It is a bold vision, but if it happens very slowly, or only to a limited extent, boosters argue that it will still prompt tremendous growth fo
7、r firms in the business.Analysts confidently predict the clean-energy business will grow by 20-30% a year for a decade. Jefferies, an investment bank that organized a recent conference on the industry in London, asked participants how soon solar power would become competitive with old-fashioned gene
8、ration technologies: in 2010, 2015 or 2020. About three-quarters of those present, one visitor happily observed, were “cheque-writers“. This “megatrend“, the keynote speaker advocated, “may be the biggest job- and wealth-creation opportunity of the 21st century.“Such exaggeration might remind people
9、 of dotcom bubble. But clean-energy advocates insist growth is sustainable because of the likes of Mr. Schwarzenegger. The Governor is a hero in green circles because of his enthusiasm for environmental regulation. He easily won re-election partly because he seized on global warming as a concern and
10、 signed into lawAmericas first wide-ranging scheme to cap greenhouse-gas emissions.1 According to the first two paragraphs, we can learn that(A)clean energy business is booming while the risks are totally overlooked.(B) venture capitalists have wasted much money on “hippy-dippy tree hungers“.(C) cle
11、an energy business is surging and changes the venture capital market.(D)the information-technology industry is correspondingly shrinking fast.2 Which of the following is true of Paragraph 3?(A)Clean energy fever is fuelled mainly by human psychological weakness.(B) The energy provision for the comin
12、g decades will undergo rapid changes.(C) Hydrogen as a new energy will replace traditional energy forms like coal, and gas.(D)Supporters of clean energy business are pretty optimistic about its future.3 The word “cheque-writers“(Lines 4-5, Paragraph 4)is closest in meaning to(A)tycoons.(B) donators.
13、(C) investors.(D)celebrities.4 It can be inferred from the last paragraph that(A)clean energy industry and the dotcom industry have the same business model.(B) the dotcom industry might have undergone a rapid but unsustainable development.(C) Schwarzenegger has insisted that growth in clean energy b
14、usiness is sustainable.(D)global warming has become a popular and decisive issue in political elections.5 What is the authors attitude towards clean energy business?(A)Optimistic.(B) Enthusiastic.(C) Objective.(D)Subjective.5 Bankruptcy rates in the U.S. have been growing for more than two decades d
15、espite generally rising levels of personal income. The most prominent explanation puts the blame directly on credit cards, which became vastly more popular in the past 30 years. University of Pennsylvania law professor David A. Skeel notes that a 1978 Supreme Court decision allowed credit-card compa
16、nies to charge the interest rate allowed in their state of incorporation. As a result, many incorporated in the high-rate states of Delaware and South Dakota. Being able to charge high rates throughout the country, they could afford to issue cards to those with limited ability to repay. Many high-ri
17、sk cardholders, overburdened with debt, filed for bankruptcy.Skeel also notes that the impersonality of credit-card borrowing may have helped weaken the moral imperative to repay debts: in the 1960s a prospective borrower met face-to-face with a bank lending officer, but today the borrower gets cred
18、it by responding to a junk-mail offer.Other developments also fueled the rise in bankruptcy, including medical bills. A Harvard University study found that about a quarter of filers cited illness or injury as the specific reason for their troubles. Loss of jobs probably also drove some credit-card h
19、olders into bankruptcy. Other possible contributors include the growth of the gambling industry in recent years and the Supreme Courts 1977 decision to allow lawyers to advertise directly to the general public.Changes in bankruptcy law apparently have had little effect on filings. The Bankruptcy Ref
20、orm Act of 1978 was designed to make it easier for consumers to pay off debts and start anew. As under previous acts, penniless debtors could file for complete discharge of debts under Chapter 7, and debtors with substantial assets could arrange for partial repayment under Chapter 13. Most filers op
21、ted for the more generous provisions of Chapter 7. During the six years following implementation of the act, filings rose substantially. The act was amended in 1984 to curb opportunistic petitions. However, filings went in the opposite direction than expected. Evidently, easy credit and other debt-c
22、reating forces have been more powerful.The latest legal effort is the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, which went into effect in October. The new act lays down far more strict standards for debtors, including a test to qualify for Chapter 7 relief. Despite the new res
23、trictions, bankruptcy experts tend to be skeptical or noncommittal about the effectiveness in reducing filings.6 According to Paragraph 1, bankruptcy rates in the U.S. have been increasing mainly because(A)having credit cards was a fashionable trend in the 1970s.(B) credit-card companies charged onl
24、y those unable to repay high rates.(C) many indebted people easily claimed bankruptcy throughout the country.(D)many credit card holders pressed by debt have filed for bankruptcy.7 By saying “the impersonality of credit-card borrowing“(Line 1, Paragraph 2), the author implies that(A)e-mails have tak
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