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【答案】D
【解析】 本题为细节题，由 【24】 It started as a mama and papa operation and the childless Wallaces always considered employees to be part of their family. 可知：一开始
沃莱斯夫妇是以父母的方式操纵公司，而没有孩子的沃莱斯夫妇一直把员工当作他们家庭的一部分。题目的问题为： 关于“读者文摘”的创始人德维特·华莱士，我们了解到什么？四个选项分别为：A) 他知道如何使这本杂志有利可图。B) 他当了很多年的教会牧师。C)他一生中经历了许多挫折和不幸。D) 他像对待家人一样对待雇员。D选项更符合原文，因此，本题的正确选项为D项。
25.What change took place in Reader’s Digest after the Wallaces’ death?
25. A) It carried many more advertisements.
B) George Grune joined it as an ad salesman. C) Several hundred of its employees got fired. D) Its subscriptions increased considerably.
【答案】C
【解析】 本题为细节题，由 【25】 The Wallaces both died in their 90s in the early 1980s. George Grune, a former ad salesman who joined the Reader’s Digest in 1960 has his eye focused on the bottom line. In a few short years, he turned the magazine on its head. He laid off several hundred workers, especially hard hit where the blue- and pink-color departments such as subscription fulfillment.可知：瓦勒斯夫妇都是在20世纪
80年代初去世的，享年90多岁。乔治·格鲁恩(GeorgeGrune)曾是一名广告推销员，1960年加入了“读者文摘”(TheReader‘sDigest)，他一直坚持着自己的底线，几年后，他把杂志翻了个底朝天。他裁掉了数百名员工，特别是在蓝色和粉红色部门，如订阅履行等方面受到的沉重打击。题目的问题为：“读者文摘”在瓦勒斯夫妇死后发生了什么变化？四个选项分别为：A)它刊登了更多的广告。B) 乔治·格鲁恩以广告推销员的身份加入了该公司。(C)数百名雇员被解雇。(D)订阅量大幅度增加。C选项更符合原文，因此，本题的正确选项为C项。
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Part Ⅲ Section A
Reading Comprehension (40 minutes) Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices, Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Did Sarah Josepha Hale write \，the eternal nursery rhyme (儿歌）about a girl named Mary with a stubborn lamb? This is still disputed, but it's clear that the woman (26)_______ for writing it was one of America's most fascinating (27)_______ .In honor of the poem's publication on May 24, 1830, here's more about the (28)_______ author's life.
Hale wasn’t just a writer, she was also a (29)_______ social advocate, and she was particularly (30)_______with an ideal New England, which she associated with abundant Thanksgiving meals that she claimed had \declared that would bring families together while celebrating the (32)_______ festivals. In 1863, after 17 years of advocacy including letters to five presidents, Hale got it. President Abraham Lincoln, during the Civil War, issued a (33)_______ setting aside the last Thursday in November for the holiday.
The true authorship of \Society, Hale wrote only part of the poem, but claimed authorship. Regardless of the author, it seems that the poem was (34)_______ by a real event. When young Mary Sawyer was followed to school by a lamb in 1816，it caused some problems. A bystander named John Roulstone wrote a poem about the event, then, at some point, Hale herself seems to have helped write it. However, if a 1916 piece by her great-niece is to be trusted, Hale claimed for the (35)_______of her life that “some other people pretended that someone else wrote the poem”. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。 【杀掉拦路虎】
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1. proclamation [?pr?kl??me??n] n.宣布，公布；公告，布告；宣言书
2. rectify [?rektifai]
vt. 改正，校正;[化]精馏;[电]整流
3. reputed [r??pju:t?d]
adj.名誉好的；号称…的，据说是…的；被认为。。的
v.认为( repute的过去式)；称为
4. versatile [?v?:s?tail]
adj. （指工具、机器等）多用途的;多才多艺的;有多种学问、技能或职业的;多功能的
5. eternal [i:?t?:nl]
adj. 永恒的，永久的;似乎不停的，没完没了的;不朽的;永生的;
n. 永恒的事物;Eternal 上帝，与定冠词the 连用
6. nursery rhyme [?n?:s?ri raim] n.童谣；歌谣
7. stubborn [?st?b?n]
adj. 顽固的，固执的;顽强的或有决心的;坚持的;棘手的
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8. disputed [d?sp'ju:t?d]
v.辩论，争论（ dispute的过去式和过去分词 ）；争夺；阻止；就…进行辩论 adj.有争议的
9. fascinating [?f?s?ne?t??]
adj.迷人的，有极大吸引力的；使人神魂颠倒的
v.使…陶醉(fascinate的ing形式)
10. advocate [??dv?keit] vt. 提倡;拥护;鼓吹;为…辩护; n. （辩护）律师;提倡者;支持者
11. ideal [ai?di?l]
adj. 理想的，完美的;被认为是最好的;完全或相当令人满意的;想象的，假设的;
n. 理想;典范，典型;目标，高尚的、有价值的原则或目标
12. abundant [??b?nd?nt]
adj. 大量的，充足的;丰富的，富有的;丰足;阜
13. advocacy [??dv?k?si] n.支持；辩护；辩护术；辩护业
14. the Civil War
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南北战争
15. authorship [??:θ???p] n.作者身份
16. bystander [?ba?st?nd?(r)] n.旁观者；局外人；看热闹的人
A)campaign n.运B)career n. 职业，C)characters 动 生涯 人物，特点 n. D)features n.特征 E)fierce adj.猛烈的，狂热的 F)inspired v.鼓G)latter adj.后者H)obsessed adj.使I) proclamation n.J)rectified v.改舞，赋予某人灵感 的 人着迷的 宣布，公告 正，纠正 adj. K) reputed adj.信L) rest n. 休息，M) supposed adj.N) traditional adj.O)versatile 誉良好的 剩余部分 应当，假定的 传统的 多功能的，多才多艺的 26. 【答案】K) reputed adj.信誉良好的
【解析】but it's clear that the woman (26)_______ for writing it was one of America's most
fascinating (27)_______ . 通读上下文不难发现本句为倒装句，真正的主语为：the woman
谓语为：was，宾语为：one of America's most fascinating (27)_______ . 。分析句子结构，
(26)_______ for writing it 作定语，修饰the woman，空后是介词for，因此本空应填写一个形
容词。结合选项E)fierce adj.猛烈的，狂热的，G)latter adj.后者的，H)obsessed adj.使人着迷的，
K) reputed adj.信誉良好的，M) supposed adj.应当，假定的，N) traditional adj.传统的，O)versatile adj. 多功能的，多才多艺的只有K) reputed adj.信誉良好的最合适，可翻译为：因写作而享
有盛誉的女士。故正确答案为K选项。
27.【答案】C)characters n. 人物，特点
【解析】结合第26题可知本空应填写一个名词，再结合给出的选项A)campaign n.运动，
B)career n. 职业，生涯，C)characters n. 人物，特点，D)features n.特征，I) proclamation n.宣布，公告，L) rest n. 休息，剩余部分只有C)characters n. 人物，最合适，可以翻译为美国其中
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一位最令人着迷的人物。故正确答案为C)characters n. 人物，特点选项。 28.【答案】M) supposed adj.应当，假定的
【解析】 here's more about the (28)_______ author's life.可知：空前是定冠词the，空后是名词author's life，因此本空应填一个形容词，根据句意，这里提供了更多关于 (28)_______ 作者的生平。结合选项E)fierce adj.猛烈的，狂热的，G)latter adj.后者的，H)obsessed adj.使
人着迷的，M) supposed adj.应当，假定的，N) traditional adj.传统的，O)versatile adj. 多功能的，多才多艺的只有H)obsessed adj.使人着迷的，M) supposed adj.应当，假定的，相对合适，但H)obsessed adj.使人着迷的，下文有此选项，因此本空的正确答案为M) supposed adj.应当，假定的选项，可以翻译成这里提供了更多关于所谓的作者的生平。
29.【答案】E)fierce adj.猛烈的，狂热的
【解析】Hale wasn’t just a writer, she was also a (29)_______ social advocate空前是冠词a，空后是名词social advocate，因此本空应填一个形容词，根据句意:黑尔不仅是个作家，她还是(29)___社会倡导者，结合给出的选项E)fierce adj.猛烈的，狂热的，G)latter adj.后者
的，H)obsessed adj.使人着迷的，N) traditional adj.传统的，O)versatile adj. 多功能的，多才多艺的只有H)obsessed adj.使人着迷的，，只有E)fierce adj.猛烈的，狂热的最合适，译为她还是狂热的社会倡导者。故正确答案为E选项。
30.【答案】H)obsessed adj.使人着迷的
【解析】she was particularly (30)_______ with an ideal New England, which she associated with
abundant Thanksgiving meals that she claimed had \deep moral influence\空前是副词particularly，空后是介词with，因此本空应填写一个形容词，整个句子可以翻译为：她
特别 (30)_______一个理想的新英格兰，于是他将丰盛的感恩节大餐，和新英格兰联系在一起，并声称这顿大餐能够产生深远的道德影响。结合给出的选项G)latter adj.后者
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