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1、2009年考研英语二真题Section II Close(10%)Directions: For each numbered blank in the following passage ,there are four choices marked A, B,C, and D. Choose thebest one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 with a pencil.(10points)Inl999, the price of oil hovered around $16 a barrel. By 2008, it had(21)the $
2、100 a barrel mark. The reasons for the surge (22) from the dramatic growth of the economies of china and India to widespread (23) in oil-producing regions, including Iraq and Nigeria*s delta region.Triple-digit oil prices have (24) the economic and political map of the world,(25)some old notions of
3、power. Oil-rich nations are enjoying historic gains and opportunities,(26)major importers-including chinaand India, home to a third of the world*s population-(27)rising economic and social costs.Managing this new order is fast becoming a central (28) ofglobal politics. Countries that need oil are cl
4、awing at each other to (29) scarce supplies, andare willing to deal with any government,(30) how unpleasant, to do it .In many poor nations with oil, the profits are being Jost to corruption,(31) these countries of their best hope for development. And oil is fueling enormous investment funds run by
5、foreign governments,(32) some in the west see as a new threat.Countries like Russia, Venezuela and Iran are well supplied with rising oil 33, a changereflected in newly aggressive foreign policies. But some unexpected countries are reaping benefits,(34) costs, from higher prices. Consider Germany.(3
6、5) it imports virtually all its oil, ithas prospered from extensive trade with a booming Russia and the Middle East. German exportsto Russia (36)128 percent from 2001 to 2006.In the United States, as already high gas prices rose (37) higher in the spring of 2008,theissue cropped up in the presidenti
7、al campaign, with Senators McCain and Obama (38) for afederal gas tax holiday during the peak summer driving months. And driving habits began to(39)9as sales of small cars jumped and mass transport systems (40) the country reported asharp increase in riders.21. A. comeB. goneC. crossedD. arrived22.
8、A. coveredB. discoveredC.arrangedD.ranged23. A. intensityB. infinityC. insecurity.instability24. A. drawnB. redrawnC. retainedD. reviewed25. A. fightingB. strugglingC. challengingD.threatenin26. A. andB. whileC. thusD. though27. A. confineB. conflictC. conformD. confront28. A. problemB. questionC. m
9、atterD. event29. A. look forB. lock upC. send outD. keep off30. A. no matterB. what ifC. only ifD. in spite of31. A. abolishingB. deprivingC. destroyingD. eliminating32. A. whatB. thatC. whichD. whom33. A. interestsB. taxesC. incomesD. revenues34. A. as many asB. as good asC. as far asD. as well as3
10、5. A. AlthoughB. BecauseC. SinceD. As36. A. advancedB. grewC. reducesD. multiplie37. A. evenB. stillC.ratherD. fairly38. A. askingB. requestingC. callingD. demanding39. A. changeB. turnC. shiftD. transform46. A. forB. fromC. acrossD. OverPart III Reading Comprehension (40%)Direction: There are 4 pas
11、sages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions orunfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Youshould decide on the best choice. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet witha pencil.PASSAGE1.Henric Ibsen ,author of the play
12、MA Dolls House*, in which a pretty, helpless housewifeabandons .Her husband and children to seek a more serious life, would surely have approved.From January 1st ,2008, all public companies in Norway are obliged to ensure that at least 40% oftheir board directors are women. Most firms have obeyed th
13、e law, which was passed in 2OO3.Butabout 75 out of the 480 or so companies it affects are still too male for the govemmenfs liking.They will shortly receive a letter informing them that they have until the end of February to act,or face the legal consequences-which could include being dissolved.Befo
14、re the law was proposed, about 7% of board members in Norway were female , according tothe Centre for Corporate Diversity .The number has since jumped to 36%. That is far higher thanthe average of 9% for big companies across Europe or America*s 15% for the Fortune500.Norway*s stock exchange and its
15、main business lobby oppose the law, as do manybusinessmen.* I am against quotas for women or men as a matter of principle/* says SverreMunck , head of international operations at a media firm. nBoard members of public companiesshould be chosen solely on the basis of merit and experience,nbe says. Se
16、veral firms have evengiven up their public status in order to escape the new law.Companies have had to recruit about 1,000 women in four years. Many complain that it has beendifficult to find experienced candidates. Because of this, some of the best women have collected asmany as 25-35 directorships
17、 each, and are known in Norwegian business circles as the “goldenskirts*1. One reason for the scarcity is that there are fairly few women in management inNorwegian companiesthey occupy around 15% of senior positions. It has been particularly hardfor firms in the oil, technology and financial industr
18、ies to find women with a enough experience.Some people worry that their relative lack of experience may keep women quiet on boards, andthat in turn could mean that boards might become less able to hold managers to account. Recenthistory in Norway, however, suggests that the right women can make stro
19、ng directors. MWomenfeel more compelled than men to do their homework/* says Ms Reksten Skaugen , who was votedNorways chairman of the year for 2007,“and we can afford to ask the hard questions, becausewomen are not always expected to know the answers.1141. The author mentions Ibsen*s play in the fi
20、rst paragraph in order to?.A. depict women*s dilemma at workB. explain the newly passed lawC. support Norwegian governmentD. introduce the topic under discussion42. A public company that fails to obey the new law could be forced to?.A. pay a heavy fineB. close down its businessC. change to a private
21、 businessD. sign a document promising to act43. To which of the following is Sverre Munck most likely to agree?A. A set ratio of women in a board is unreasonable.B. A reasonable quota for women at work needs to be set.C. A common principle should be followed by all companies.D. An inexperienced busi
22、nessman is not subject to the new law.44.The author attributes the phenomenon of golden skirts11 to?.A. the small number of qualified females in managementB. the over-recruitment of female managers in public companiesC. the advantage women enjoy when competing for senior positionsD. the discriminati
23、on toward women in Norwegian business circles45. The main idea of the passage might be?.A. female power and liberation in NorwayB. the significance of Henric Ibsens playC. womens status in Norwegian firmsD. the constitution of board members in NorwayPASSAGE2While there*s never a good age to get canc
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