3. 直接看问题,解题。
1 Genera Technologies has developed a method that determines whether water is clean
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
A.分析:考虑把题干信息划分成2层:Genera Technologies has developed a method + a method that determines whether water is clean。借助题干中的特征结构Genera Technologies作为答案线索,这样发现答案相关句:
Drinking water that looks clean may still contain bugs(虫子), which can cause illness.A small company called Genera Technologies has produced a testing method in three stages(item1 正确),which shows whether water is sa
fe.(关键在于判断safe与 clean所只代内容是否一致。借助前句句意判断这里的safe指的就是“truly clean”, 可见item2 正确).
2 Before he set up Genera.Dr Parton had worked for a British water company
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
C.分析:考虑把题干信息划分成2层:Before he set up Genera + Dr Parton had worked for a British water company。借助题干中的特征结构Dr Parton作为答案线索,这样发现答案相关句:
The new test shows if water needs chemicals added to it.to destroy anything harmful.It was invented by scientist Dr.Adrian Patton, who started Genera five years ago.He and his employees have developed the test together with a British water company.(对比题干内容发现item2的内容信息在文章中没有对应内容,所以item2为“没有提到”)
3 The new product has been a commercial Success in the USA.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
B.分析:考虑把题干信息划分成2层:The new product has been a commercial Success + a commercial Success in the USA。借助题干中的特征结构USA作为答案线索,这样发现答案相关句:
Andy Headland, Genera’s marketing director, recently presented the test at a conference in the USA and forecast good American sales for it.(借助该句句意判断item1的内容不正确:因为原文内容是“该公司最近才预测了该产品在美国良好的销售前景”)
4 Each of the tests costs $42,500.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
A.分析:因为题干内容较简单,所以直接看成1层信息,借助题干中的特征结构$42,500作为答案线索,这样发现答案相关句:
Genera has already sold 11 of its tests at $42,500 a time in the UK and has a further four on order.(该句在时态上,在内容上都与问题句的内容一致)It expects to sell another 25 tests before the end of March.The company says it is the only test in the UK to be approved by the government.
考点: 考察结构sell..at (price)以..的价格销售
cost: vt.具有.. 的价格; 导致失去,受苦或牺牲;
e.g. Participating in the strike cost me my job.参加罢工而使我失去工作
at all costs不惜任何代价 (= at any cost)
on order 已定购而尚未交货的
5 Genera Technologies orders 25 more tests before the end of the year.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
B.分析:题干中出现两个细节信息:25 more tests和before the end of the year,因此可以考虑把题干信息分成2层:Genera Technologies orders 25 more tests + before the end of the year。借助题干中的特征结构25 more tests作为答案线索,这样发现答案相关句:
It expects to sell another 25 tests before the end of March.(该句内容的描述和问题句的内容相反:一个说“卖”,而一个却说“买))The company says it is the only test in the UK to be approved by the government.
6 The British government is helping Dr Parton to sell the tests abroad
‘A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
C.分析:可以考虑把题干信息分成2层:The British government is helping Dr Parton + to sell the tests abroad。借助题干中的特征结构The British government和Dr Parton作为答案线索,这样发现第1层信息中的内容根本就没有出现,因此判断该题为“没提到”。
The company says it is the only test in the UK to be approved by the government.
Genera was formed five years ago and until October last year had only five employees;it now employs 14. Mr. Headland believes that the company should make around $19 million by the end of the year in the UK alone.
7 Genera has increased the number of its employees recently.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
A.分析:题干中涉及到的细节信息量不多,所以可以直接把该题干的内容看成是1层信息,借助题干中的特征结构employees作为答案线索,这样发现答案相关句:
The company says it is the only test in the UK to be approved by the government.
Genera was formed five years ago and until October last year had only five employees;it now employees 14.(该句的内容与问题句的内容一致) Mr. Headland believes that the company should make around $19 million by the end of the year in the UK alone.
Passage 2
Step Back in Time
Do you know that we live a lot longer now than the people who were born before us? One hundred years ago the average woman 1ived to be 45.But now,she Can live until at least 80.
One of the main reasons for people living longer is that we know how to look after ourselves better.We know which foods are good for us and what we have to eat to make sure our bodies get all the healthy things they need.We know why we sometimes get ill and what to do to get better again.And we know how important it is to do lots of exercise to keep our hearts beating healthily.
But in order that we don’t slip back into bad habits,let’s have a look at what life was like 100 years ago.
Families had between 1 5 and 20 children,although many babies didn’t live long.Children suffered from lots of diseases,especially rickets(佝偻病)and scurvy(坏血病),which are both caused by bad diets.This is because many families were very poor and not able to feed their children well.
Really poor families who lived in crowded cities like London and Manchester often slept standing up.bending over a piece of string,because there was no room for them to lie down.
People didn’t have fridges until the 1920s.They kept fresh food cold by storing it on windowsills(窗台板),blocks of ice,or even burying it in the garden.
Some children had to start work at the age of seven or eight lo earn money for their parents.
If you had lived 100 years ago,you might well be selling matchsticks(火柴杆)(a job done by many children)or working with your dad by now.