2015大學英語四級閱讀預測練習題

　　President Clinton met with leaders of some major U.S. high-tech companies on Thursday to enlist their support in an uphill battle to secure Congress’ blessing for a landmark trade agreement with China. White House spokesman Joe Lockhart said Clinton stopped in to talk to several of the industry’s top executives while they were at the White House for talks with Chief of Staff John Podesta. “The president’s main focus of his comments to the group was the importance of, early this year, getting NTR (normal trade relations) on China worked through,” Lockhart said. Clinton discussed “the importance not only to their particular businesses, which is clearly important, but also to the American economy and to the idea that we can continue this prosperity, we can continue this economic expansion,”Lockhart said.

　　The industry executives who met with Clinton and Podesta included Cisco Systems (NasdaqNM:CSCO - news) CEO John Chambers; Dell Computer Corp. (NasdaqNMELL - news) CEO Michael Dell; Intel Corp. (NasdaqNM:INTC - news) Chairman Andrew Grove; Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE:CPQ - news) CEO Mike Capella; Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP - news) CEO Carly Fiornia; NCR Corp. (NYSE:NCR - news) CEO Lars Nyberg; and Silicon Graphics Inc. (NYSE:SGI - news) Chairman and CEO Robert Bishop.

　　The White House has said Clinton and his cabinet would launch a major campaign to convince Congress to approve permanent NTR status for China, which would clear the way for China to join the World Trade Organization.U.S. Commerce Secretary William Daley said on Wednesday it was critical that Congress vote soon on the trade agreement, warning the November election could jeopardize its chance of passage. The trade agreement, hammered out last November after years of negotiation, calls for China to slash tariffs and other barriers in a wide range of markets, from agriculture and automobiles to telecommunications. The agreement is backed by big business and free-trade Republicans, but is under fire from labor union leaders and many of their Democratic allies in Congress, who see more trade with China as a threat to U.S. jobs.

　　In return for China opening its markets, Congress must grant Beijing permanent NTR status and do away with its annual review process. That process has become increasingly controversial with lawmakers often speaking out against China’s human rights record and recently on allegations that China stole U.S. nuclear secrets. A White House official said the high-tech executives also discussed the “digital divide”—the growing division in the United States between those with easy access to the Internet and those without—in their talks with Podesta. “Both the administration and the CEOs said it was a very positive meeting,” he said. “Both sides pledged to work together.”

　　1.What does “blessing” mean in the context?

　　A. An act of asking or receiving God’s favor, help or protection.

　　B. A gift from God; something one is glad of .

　　C. Approval; encouragement.

　　D. Something not very pleasant, which however is really a good thing after all.

　　2.The importance of “getting normal trade relations on China worked through” is .

　　A. the normal trade relations with China is important to the American economy

　　B. the normal trade relations with China is important to the idea that the US can continue its prosperity and its economy expansion

　　C. the normal trade relations with China is important to the big businesses and trade

　　D. all of the above

　　3.Which of the following are the two sides that were present at the meeting?

　　A. Clinton, President the US-Cisco Systems; Dell computer Corp; Intel Corp; Compaq Computer Corp; Hewlett; NCR Corp; Silicon Graphics Inc.

　　B. Clinton and Podesta-leaders of some major U.S. high-tech companies.

　　C. Clinton, Podesta, Joe Lockhart-Cisco systems CEO; Dell Computer Corp CEO; Intel Corp Chairman; Compay computer Corp CEO; Hewlett-Packard CEO; NCR Corp CEO; Silicon Graphics Inc, Chairman and CEO.

　　D. Podesta-John Chambers; Michael Dell; Andrew Grove; Mike Capella; Carly Fiornia; Lars Nyberg; Robert Bishop.

　　4. The reason for labor union’s disapproval to NTR status for China is probably .

　　A. out of political consideration

　　B. for the fear that China’s low labor cost may cause more unemployment in America.

　　C. unreasonable and ridiculous

　　D. for the fear of more business conflict between America and China as partners

　　5.What conclusion can we draw about the meeting ,according to the passage?

　　A. It was a positive meeting and both sides are willing to work together on the landmark trade agreement.

　　B. The trade agreement is backed by big business and free-trade Republicans, but the labor union leaders and many of their Democratic allies in Congress are against it.

　　C. The high-tech executives discussed the “digital divide” -the growing division in the United States between those with easy access to the Internet and those without.

　　D. Clinton and his cabinet would launch a major campaign to convince congress to approve permanent NTR status for China.

　　答案與解析：

　　1.C

　　詞匯題。閱讀全文可知，克林頓總統(tǒng)召集全美幾家主要的高科技公司首腦商談的主要目的是獲得他們的支持以保證十一月份與中國簽署貿(mào)易協(xié)定通過國會的批準。所以blessing這個詞應是批準的意思。在新聞類文章中常常使用一些非正式的語言，或者是口語、俚語、俗語甚至隨意復合新詞，以吸引讀者，所以在閱讀此類文章時要注意一些詞的特殊用法，否則容易引起誤解文章的意思。第一項是指祝福、祈福;第二項是賜福、恩賜，可喜之事，第四項應為a blessing in disguise，禍中得福，塞翁失馬焉知非福。

　　2.D

　　細節(jié)題�；謴团c中國的貿(mào)易關系對美國的經(jīng)濟發(fā)展具有重要的意義，特別是對大公司企業(yè)的'產(chǎn)品出口，占領國外市場都具有特殊的意義�？肆诸D總統(tǒng)說這對于美國繼續(xù)保持繁榮，經(jīng)濟增長的夢想是非常重要的，所以三項都應選。

　　3.B

　　細節(jié)題。此題很簡單，但必須要仔細。其實有一部分試題不在于考考生的推理分析能力，而是在考查從文章中獲取信息的能力以及掌握信息的速度和準確率，此題就是一個例子。考生應在這方面多作些訓練，根據(jù)文章，會談雙方應選B。

　　4. B

　　推斷題。由文中第三段末可知，工會對給中國貿(mào)易通常貿(mào)易伙伴關系主要是害怕造成過分的本土失業(yè)。因為中國的人力成本對國外企業(yè)是有相當吸引力的。

　　5.A

　　推斷題。從文中我們可以推測，總統(tǒng)及內(nèi)閣和高科技公司將共同努力，支持與中國恢復正常貿(mào)易伙伴關系，因為對于大的商業(yè)和貿(mào)易公司來說，這將帶來更多的利潤和機會。其他幾項已經(jīng)是既成事實，所以不必推測，不符題意，故排除。

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