2015大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)閱讀預(yù)測(cè)練習(xí)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(guó)簽署貿(mào)易協(xié)定通過(guò)國(guó)會(huì)的批準(zhǔn)。所以blessing這個(gè)詞應(yīng)是批準(zhǔn)的意思。在新聞?lì)愇恼轮谐３Ｊ褂靡恍┓钦�式的語(yǔ)言，或者是口語(yǔ)、俚語(yǔ)、俗語(yǔ)甚至隨意復(fù)合新詞，以吸引讀者，所以在閱讀此類文章時(shí)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(xiàng)是指祝福、祈福;第二項(xiàng)是賜福、恩賜，可喜之事，第四項(xiàng)應(yīng)為a blessing in disguise，禍中得福，塞翁失馬焉知非福。

　　2.D

　　細(xì)節(jié)題。恢復(fù)與中國(guó)的貿(mào)易關(guān)系對(duì)美國(guó)的經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展具有重要的意義，特別是對(duì)大公司企業(yè)的'產(chǎn)品出口，占領(lǐng)國(guó)外市場(chǎng)都具有特殊的意義。克林頓總統(tǒng)說(shuō)這對(duì)于美國(guó)繼續(xù)保持繁榮，經(jīng)濟(jì)增長(zhǎng)的夢(mèng)想是非常重要的，所以三項(xiàng)都應(yīng)選。

　　3.B

　　細(xì)節(jié)題。此題很簡(jiǎn)單，但必須要仔細(xì)。其實(shí)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(zhǔn)確率，此題就是一個(gè)例子。考生應(yīng)在這方面多作些訓(xùn)練，根據(jù)文章，會(huì)談雙方應(yīng)選B。

　　4. B

　　推斷題。由文中第三段末可知，工會(huì)對(duì)給中國(guó)貿(mào)易通常貿(mào)易伙伴關(guān)系主要是害怕造成過(guò)分的本土失業(yè)。因?yàn)橹袊?guó)的人力成本對(duì)國(guó)外企業(yè)是有相當(dāng)吸引力的。

　　5.A

　　推斷題。從文中我們可以推測(cè)，總統(tǒng)及內(nèi)閣和高科技公司將共同努力，支持與中國(guó)恢復(fù)正常貿(mào)易伙伴關(guān)系，因?yàn)閷?duì)于大的商業(yè)和貿(mào)易公司來(lái)說(shuō)，這將帶來(lái)更多的利潤(rùn)和機(jī)會(huì)。其他幾項(xiàng)已經(jīng)是既成事實(shí)，所以不必推測(cè)，不符題意，故排除。

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