B. 分析:段落中重复的出现了housewife,但不难发现F只是干扰项:Jobs根本在该段中没有出现,对比其他选项发现B是答案(B的大意与该段第2句内容一致)
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responsible adj. (常与to, for连用)有责任的;应负责任的; 负责任的;可靠的
e.g. The bus driver is responsible for the passengers safety.
公共汽车司机应对乘客的 安全 负责。
prefer vt. 宁可, 宁愿(选择); 更喜欢;
e.g. prefer doing to talking喜欢做而不喜欢说
e.g. prefer to die rather than surrender宁死不屈
比较:refer vt.提交, 提到, 指(的是), 查阅
e.g. the question referred to所谈到的问题
e.g. refer to the dictionary查字典
A The Cost of Convenience
C The Effect of Inflation
F Housewives’ Need to Find Jobs
6 Vegetables and chicken cost more when they have been cut into pieces by someone other than the one who buys it. (该句句意与A最呼应)A family should expect to pay more when several “TV dinners” are taken home from the store. These are fully cooked meals, consisting of meat, vegetables, and sometimes desert, all arranged on a metal dish. The dish is put into the oven and heated while the housewife is doing something else. Such a convenience costs money. Thus, as economists point out: “Some of the basic reasons for widening food price spreads are easily traceable to the increasing use of convenience foods, which transfer much of the time and work of meal preparation from the kitchen to the food processor’s plant.”(该结构含义也是与A最呼应)
分析:段落中没有明显重复出现的词语/短语,但是在段落末尾的句子中发现了A中的核心词(Convenience),但包含该句的句子结构似乎较复杂,所以借助段首句句意解题,判断答案为A。
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other than 除了…,除…之外; 与…不同;与…不同方式
e.g. Theres nobody here other than me. 除了我这里没别人。
e.g. You cant get there other than by swimming. 你只能靠游泳游到那边去。
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rather than不是。。而是;宁可。。而不愿。。
e.g. These shoes are comfortable rather than pretty. 这双鞋不好看,但是舒服。
e.g. We would rather receive money than the usual gifts.
我们宁可接受钱而不希望受到通常的礼物。
more than比。。更加。。
e.g. He is more intelligent than his brother. 他比他哥哥更聪明。
e.g. I like football more than swimming. 我喜爱足球胜过游泳。
transfer vt, vi(常与to连用)迁移;调任;换车;换船
synonyms: deliver, hand over, pass
e.g. His employer transferred him to another office.
老板把他调到了另一个办公室。
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Transmit vt.传输, 转送, 传达,发射
synonyms: dispatch, send over, transfer
Transport vt运输;运送
e.g. The goods were transported by train.
货物是用火车来运输的。
对于该部分题注意利用语法和搭配句意判断答案。
A Nor have the middlemen
B to increase the prices for food
C that they cannot agree on the causes of the increase in prices
D to agree on the reasons for the increase
E by buying prepared food
F the popularization of convenience food
5 Many people agree that food prices have increased sharply but they have failed _____
分析:直接根据搭配语法判断答案可能出自D或B。fail to do sth./没有做。。;而再根据搭配句意判断D最合适。
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Failure n.失败, 失败的人, 故障, [美]不及格, 不履行; 疏忽
e.g. failure of electricity/ power failure停电
e.g. engine failure发动机失灵
e.g. failure to keep a promise失约
A Nor have the middlemen
B to increase the prices for food
C that they cannot agree on the causes of the increase in prices
E by buying prepared food
F the popularization of convenience food
1. The farmers have not been benefited very much, __________.
分析:根据空格前句的句意和语法特点(nor与 not连用,引导出另一分句),判断A正确。
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Nor conj(与neither连用)也不; (与 not连用)也不;又不
e.g. Neither he nor his friends came back. 他和他的朋友都没有回来。
e.g. I dont want to go, nor will I. 我不想去,也不会去。
B to increase the prices for food
C that they cannot agree on the causes of the increase in prices
E by buying prepared food
F the popularization of convenience food
2. Housewives have to pay for the time they save_____________.
分析:根据搭配句意选择E(E作状语)。
B to increase the prices for food
C that they cannot agree on the causes of the increase in prices
F the popularization of convenience food
3. The economists have come to the conclusion that the cause of increased food prices lies in ____________.
分析:根据语法:介词后要跟名词性结构,不能直接跟从句结构。因此F合适。
Passage 2
How to Argue with your Boss
Before you argue with your boss, check with the boss’s secretary to determine his mood. If he ate nails for breakfast, it is not a good idea to ask him for something. Even without the boss’s secretary, there are keys to timing: don’t approach the boss when he’s on deadline’; don’t go in right before lunch, when he is apt to be distracted and rushed; don’t go in just before or after he has taken a vacation.
If you’re mad, that will only make your boss mad. Calm down first. And don’t let a particular concern open the floodgates for all your accumulated frustration. The boss will feel that you think negatively about the company and it is hopeless trying to change your mind. Then , maybe he will dismiss you.
Terrible disputes can result when neither the employer nor the employee knows what is the problem the other wants to discuss. Sometimes the fight will go away when the issues are made clear. The employee has to get his point across clearly in order to make the boss understand it.
Your boss has enough on his mind without your adding more. If you can’t put forward an immediate solution, at least suggest how to approach the problem . People who frequently present problems without solutions to their bosses may soon find they can’t get past the secretary.
To deal effectively with a boss, it’s important to consider his goals and pressures. If you can put yourself in the position of being a partner to the boss, then he will be naturally more inclined to work you to achieve your goals.
练习:
Paragraph 2________
Paragraph 3________
Paragraph 4________
Paragraph 5________
A. Keep Your Voice Low All the Time
B. Put Yourself in the Boss’s Position
C. Propose Your Solution
D. Don’t Go in When You are Angry
E. Make the Issue Clear
F. Never Give in
If you want to ask the boss for anything, it is important to find out first________.
It is necessary to make clear to the boss____________
It is not wise to present the boss with a problem___________
You must be considerate and think of the troubles__________
A. to give the boss your advice
B. how he is feeling
C. the boss may have
D. what you really want to talk to him about
E. without suggesting a way to solve it
F. how unhappy you are