1. Google claims its plan for the world’s biggest online library is _____
A. to save out-of-print books in libraries.
B. to serve the interest of the general public
C. to encourage reading around the world
D. to promote its core business of searching
【答案】B. to serve the interest of the general public
【解析】關(guān)鍵詞:claims its motives。關(guān)鍵句:The company claims its motives are essentially public-spirited. Its overall mission, after all, is to "organise the world's information", so it would be odd if that information did not include books.

2. According to Santiago de la Mora, Google’s book-scanning project will
A. help the broad masses of readers
B. broaden humanity’s intellectual horizons
C. make full use of the power of its search engine
D. revolutionise the entire book industry
【答案】B. broaden humanity’s intellectual horizons
【解析】關(guān)鍵詞:Santiago de la Mora。關(guān)鍵句:As Santiago de la Mora, head of Google Books for Europe, puts it: "By making it possible to search the millions of books that exist today, we hope to expand the frontiers of human knowledge."

3. Opponents of Google Books believe that digitally archiving the world's books should be controlledby_______.
A) the world’s tech giants
B)the world’s leading libraries
C)non-profit organizations
D)multinational companies
【答案】C. non-profit organizations
【解析】關(guān)鍵詞:Opponent。關(guān)鍵句:In a recent essay in the New York Review of Books, Robert Darnton, the head of Harvard University's library, argued that because such books are a common resource – the possession of us all – only public, not-for-profit bodies should be given the power to control them.

4. 4. Google has involved itself in a legal battle as it ignored______.
A. the copyright of authors of out-of -print books
B. the interest of traditional sellers
C. the copyright of the books it scanned
D. the differences of in-print and out-of-print books.
【答案】D. the copyright of the books it scanned
【解析】關(guān)鍵詞:legal battle 。關(guān)鍵句:At its centre, however, is one simple issue: that of copyright. The inconvenient fact about most books, to which Google has arguably paid insufficient attention, is that they are protected by copyright.

5. Google defends its scanning in-copyright books by saying that __________.
A) making electronic copies of books is not a violation of copyright
B) the online display of in-copyright books is not for commercial use
C) it is willing to compensate the copyright holders
D) it displays only a small part of their content
【答案】B. the online display of in-copyright books is not for commercial use
【解析】關(guān)鍵詞:defends。關(guān)鍵句:In its defence, Google points out that it displays only snippets of books that are in copyright – arguing that such displays are "fair use".

6. What do we learn about the class action suit against Google?
A. It ended in a victory for the Authors Guild of America.
B . It was settled after more than two years of negotiations.
C . It failed to protect the interest of American publishers.
D. It could lead to more out-of-court settlements of such disputes.
【答案】 B. It was settle after more than two years of negotiation.
【解析】關(guān)鍵詞:the class action suit 。關(guān)鍵句:In 2005, the Authors Guild of America, together with a group of US publishers and publishers, launched a class action suit against Google that, after more than two years of wrangling, ended with an announcement last October that Google and the claimants had reached an out-of-court settlement.

7. What remained controversial after the class action suit ended?
A. The compensation for copyright holders.
B. The change in Google's business model.
C. Google's further exploitation of its database.
D. The commercial provisions of the settlement.
【答案】D. The commercial provision of the settlement
【解析】關(guān)鍵詞:controversial。關(guān)鍵句: It is these commercial provisions that are proving the settlement's most controversial aspect.

8. While_______, Google makes money by selling advertising.
【答案】Providing information for free
【解析】關(guān)鍵詞:advertising。關(guān)鍵句:"Google's business model has always been to provide information for free, and sell advertising on the basis of the traffic this generates,"

9. Books whose copyright holders are not known are called_______.
【答案】orphan works
【解析】關(guān)鍵詞:copyright holder 。關(guān)鍵句:Interest in this aspect of the settlement has focused on "orphan" works, where there is no known copyright holder – these make up an estimated 5% to 10% of the books Google has scanned.

10. Google’s entrance into digital bookselling will tremendously _______ in the future.
【答案】change the world’s book market
【解析】關(guān)鍵詞:digital book selling。關(guān)鍵句:But what is certain is that, in some way or another, Google's entrance into digital bookselling will have a significant impact on the book world in years to come.

Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in depth)
Section A
【答案】
47. values, abilities and strengths
48. doing the right things
49. positive mental attitude
50. manage themselves
51. trust
【評析】
這篇閱讀理解的主題是講商務(wù)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)才能,關(guān)鍵詞兩個:leadership和business??忌斫膺@篇文章,就需要抓住這兩個關(guān)鍵詞,并且認真領(lǐng)會作者所闡述的這二者之間的關(guān)系。

開篇第一句即指出領(lǐng)導(dǎo)才能在當今競爭激烈的商務(wù)領(lǐng)域的重要地位,是排名第二的重要詞匯,并指出原因。隨后進一步指出,研究領(lǐng)導(dǎo)才能的專家們會毫不猶豫地指出“做事情的方式”影響結(jié)果的成功與否,并且暗示著做事方式的對與錯。最后,作者引用了曾經(jīng)是一位出色管理人Peter Drucker總結(jié)的一句話:管理是將事情做對,領(lǐng)導(dǎo)是做對的事情。意即在Peter Drucker看來,優(yōu)秀的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人需要擅長做對的事情。以上都是先前存在的對商務(wù)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)才能的一些看法。

隨后第二段,作者就將話題一轉(zhuǎn) ,指出Stephen Covey在其暢銷書中提出的觀點開始引起人們反思先前對領(lǐng)導(dǎo)才能的理解。Stephen Covey指出先前的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)才能都是以人的性格和個性為中心,而他則倡導(dǎo)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人必須了解實現(xiàn)高效的普遍原則,并且強調(diào)了領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人要想在工作中有杰出表現(xiàn),先實現(xiàn)良好的自我管理是至關(guān)重要的。在此基礎(chǔ)上,作者水到渠成地指出,要達到業(yè)務(wù)目標,必須要對自己的目標和重視的東西有清楚的認識。最后,作者總結(jié)出,商務(wù)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)才能就是要將首要的事情放在首要位置,這就暗示著在領(lǐng)導(dǎo)他人之前,你要先對自己的價值觀、能力和優(yōu)勢有清楚的認識,并且要讓自己在別人看來是值得信任的。換句話說,優(yōu)秀的商務(wù)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)要十分了解自己,并且要能贏得他人的信任。

Section B
Passage One
【答案】
53. A It indicates that economic activities in the US have increased.
54. C Producers of agricultural goods and raw materials
55. C People’s reluctance to spend
56. B To increase their market share overseas.

【解析】
本文選自國外網(wǎng)站上面的一篇文章,主標題為“Trade Is the New Plastics”,副標題為Young Americans need to learn to sell and buy overseas. 講的是關(guān)于美國貿(mào)易方面的問題,屬于閱讀題??嫉慕?jīng)濟方面的話題范圍。
從難度上來講,本文不算是一篇很難的閱讀題,涉及到的陌生詞和比較偏的單詞并不是太多。但是考生在做題的時候,還是要保持謹慎。
在答題的時候,大家還是按照以往的做題方式,先通過題目中的關(guān)鍵詞到原文中定位。在定位的時候,可以略讀,但要抓住重要信息點。此外,but等轉(zhuǎn)折詞之后會是經(jīng)??嫉降目键c,因此,53題則通過“But there's another way of looking at the trade data. Over the past two years, the figures on imports and exports seem not to signal a double-dip recession。。。but an economic expansion.”這一句的信息點選出答案。
54題則定位到“The rising tide of trade is also good news for people who work in trade-sensitive businesses, especially those that produce commodities for which global demand sets the price—agricultural goods, mining, metals, oil.”
55題,考生要特別注意,不可因為“One great challenge for the U.S. economy is slack domestic consumer demand.”這一句中有slack一詞,就錯誤的選擇了D。其實正確答案是C選項。
56.題考查作者的建議,主要是擴大市場份額。因此答案選B。

Passage Two
【答案】
57. A. they still have a place among the world leaders.
58. B. It does not reflect the differences among universities.
59. A. concentration of resources in a limited number of universities.
60. A. Fully utilize their research to benefit all sectors of society.
61. C. By promoting the efficiency of technology transfer agencies.

【解析】
這是一篇議論文。文章開頭就提供了一個背景,即英國的大學(xué)在將知識轉(zhuǎn)化成產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)的能力方面不斷的遭受著批評。第二段提到了UK National Stem Cell Network,即英國國家干細胞網(wǎng)絡(luò),發(fā)出了這樣的警告:如果沒有資金和立法支持的話,英國將在干細胞研究方面失去領(lǐng)軍地位。 第三段,作者針對這個批評,提出了相反的看法,并以最近的一個研究數(shù)據(jù)作支撐:對比澳洲,加拿大,美國和英國的高校及研究所,英國在商業(yè)化活動的指標上還是處于領(lǐng)先地位的。第四段作者從國家政策層面來分析,認為過去十年的政策介入也對英國大學(xué)的表現(xiàn)產(chǎn)生了積極的影響。第五段講述,研究資金的偏態(tài)分布不僅僅是英國獨有的,其他經(jīng)濟體也存在這樣的問題。在英國,不到25%的大學(xué)卻擁有75%的研究資金。但同時,這些大學(xué)也是培養(yǎng)博士生最多的,產(chǎn)生的科學(xué)著作、專利和授權(quán)收入最多的機構(gòu)??梢姡@種將資源集中的政策造就了研究型和商業(yè)型相結(jié)合的優(yōu)秀的大學(xué)。第六段,作者提到這些研究型高校的核心目標就是將研究成果利益最大化。接著在第七、八兩段里,講述了這些高校能夠為英國經(jīng)濟的復(fù)蘇做些什么,即加快技術(shù)轉(zhuǎn)換和研究院教育水平。