1、Reading ComprehensionPassage 1The American economic system is organized around a basically private-enterprise, market- oriented economy in which consumers largely determine what shall be produced by spending their money in the marketplace for those goods and services that they want most. Private bus
2、inessmen, striving to make profits, produce these goods and services in competition with other businessmen; and the profit motive, operating under competitive pressures, largely determines how these goods and services are produced. Thus, in the American economic system it is the demand of individual
3、 consumers, coupled with the desire of businessmen to maximize profits and the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes, that together determine what shall be produced and how resources are used to produce it. An important factor in a market-oriented economy is the mechanism by which consumer
4、 demands can be expressed and responded to by producers. In the American economy, this mechanism is provided by a price system, a process in which prices rise and fall in response to relative demands of consumers and supplies offered by seller-producers. If the product is in short supply relative to
5、 the demand, the price will be bid up and some consumers will be eliminated from the market. If, on the other hand, producing more of a commodity results in reducing its cost, this will tend to increase the supply offered by seller-producers, which in turn will lower the price and permit more consum
6、ers to buy the product. Thus, price is the regulating mechanism in the American economic system. The important factor in a private enterprise economy is that individuals are allowed to own productive resources (private property) , and they are permitted to hire labor, gain control over natural resou
7、rces, and produce goods and services for sale at a profit. In the American economy, the concept of private property embraces not only the ownership of productive resources but also certain rights, including the right to determine the price of a product or to make a free contract with another private
8、 individual. 11. In Line 11, Para 1, “the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes” means_. A Americans are never satisfied with their incomes B Americans tend to overstate their incomes C Americans want to have their incomes increased D Americans want to increase the purchasing power of thei
9、r incomes 12. The first two sentences in the second paragraph tell us that_. A producers can satisfy the consumers by mechanized production B consumers can express their demands through producers C producers decide the prices of products D supply and demand regulate prices 13. According to the passa
10、ge, a private-enterprise economy is characterized by_. A private property and rights concerned B manpower and natural resources control C ownership of productive resources D free contracts and prices 14. The passage is mainly about_. A how American goods are produced B how American consumers buy the
11、ir goods C how American economic system works D how American businessmen make their profits 一、文章结构总体分析本文是一篇介绍美国经济结构的文章，主要论述美国的经济以私营企业为基础、以市场经济为导向。文中反复出现的中心词组是 private-enterprise, market-oriented economy system (in America)。第一段：首句是全文的主题，即主要讨论美国经济体制的特点是通过私有企业和市场导向起调节作用。末句是该段的主题它将全文中心思想换了一种方式表达，分析和指出消费
12、者的需求、企业家对最大利润的追求和个人对收入取得最大收益的渴望这三个因素共同决定着生产什么和如何使用资源进行生产。第二段：主题词是 price system，首句是该段的主题句，说明市场导向型经济的重要特点之一是价格机制。第三段：说明私营经济的性质和特点，即财产私有，同时还拥有相关权利。二、试题分析11. In Line 11, Para 1, “the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes” means_. 第一段第 11 行的“个人想最大限度地扩大收入”在文中的含义是_。A Americans are never satisfied
13、 with their incomes A 美国人从来没有对其收入满意过B Americans tend to overstate their incomes B 美国人往往夸大自己的收入C Americans want to have their incomes increasedC 美国人想让自己的收入得到增加D Americans want to increase the purchasing power of their incomesD 美国人想提高自己收入的购买力答案 D解析 本题考核的知识点是：句题题。先定位到第一段末句。解题的关键是看对 maximize 的理解。原文所在句“c
14、oupled with the desire of businessmen to maximize profits and the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes”将生产者和消费者的愿望对照来说。句中的两个 maximize 平衡并列，作用、意义完全相同。因此知道 maximize 在第一处的意义即可知道第二处之意。众所周知，商人总是想用最少的投入取得最大的利润，这就是 maximize 的意义。由此可知，消费者希望使一定的收入取得最大限度的效益，即用现有收入买到更多更好的商品。而D选项恰是此意。A和B 选项未在原文提及。C 选项
15、反映的是劳资双方的关系，而不是生产者与消费者之间的关系。12. The first two sentences in the second paragraph tell us that_. 第二段前两句告诉我们_。A producers can satisfy the consumers by mechanized production A 生产者可以通过机械化生产满足消费者B consumers can express their demands through producers B 消费者可以通过生产者表达自己的需求C producers decide the prices of pro
16、ducts C 生产者决定商品价格D supply and demand regulate prices D （商品）供求关系决定（商品）价格答案 D解析 本题考核的知识点是：事实细节题。D选项就是该段第二句 “prices rise and fall in response to relative demands of consumers and supplies offered by seller-producers”的概括，为正确答案。A选项在这两句中并未涉及。注意文中第一句的 mechanism 意为“机制” ，而该选项中的 mechanized 意为“机械化” ，二者含义不同。误选B
17、选项的考生是对该段首句的语法成分分析错误。它是一个省略句，补全后应该是“An important factor in a market-oriented economy is the mechanism by which consumer demands can be expressed and (by which consumer demands can be) responded to by producers”。由此可知，消费者通过这一机制表达他们的需求，而生产者则通过这一机制对他们的需求作出反应。B 选项理解成 consumer demands can be expressedby p
18、roducers。C选项与第二句“供求关系决定价格”不符，也应该排除。此题亦可通过经济常识解答。注意：干扰选项经常使用原文中出现的词语或类似的结构伪造，所以对那些出现了原词的选项一定要仔细辨认真伪。13. According to the passage, a private-enterprise economy is characterized by_. 根据文章，私营企业经济的特点是_。A private property and rights concerned 私人财产及相关权利B manpower and natural resources control 劳动力及其自然资源的控制C
19、 ownership of productive resources 生产资料的所有权D free contracts and prices 自由合同和价格答案 A解析 本题考核的知识点是：段落主旨题。题干要求考生回答私营企业经济的特点，即第三段的主题。该段只有两句。第一句强调的是私营企业最重要的因素是个人拥有生产资料（私人财产） 、允许个人雇用劳动力和控制自然资源。第二句是指私人财产的概念还包含某些其他权利，如：产品价格的决定权或与其他私有个体的自由签约权。尤其第二句的 not only but also更表明了此段主旨。A 选项是对上述内容的概括，为正确答案。而B、C 和D选项虽然都在第三
20、段述及，但是都是A选项下的具体内容，缺乏概括性，不应该入选。命题意图要求考生区分段落细节与段落中心是局部与整体的关系。14.The passage is mainly about_. 文章的主要内容是_。A how American goods are produced A 美国商品的生产过程B how American consumers buy their goods B 美国消费者如何购物C how American economic system works C 美国经济体制如何运作D how American businessmen make their profits D 美国商人
21、如何赚取利润答案 C解析 本题考核的知识点是：文章主旨题。解此题需要了解文章各段的主旨。第一段论述美国经济体制的构成；第二段介绍市场经济的运行方式；第三段介绍私营经济的特点。后两段是对第一段的进一步论述。由此可见，美国经济体制的构成和运作是本文论述的中心。C 选项正反映了这一主题。A、B 和D选项都在文中有所涉及，但都是具体细节，比较片面，应该排除。此题还可以通过直接对选项进行比较排除来解题。A 、 B和D都在文中述及，分属于三个独立的、不同的概念。其中任意一个可代表其他两个，而C选项概括性强，可以包括 A、B 和D ，故C 为正确答案。三、长难句解析和佳句赏析长难句The American
22、economic system is organized around a basically private-enterprise, market- oriented economy in which consumers largely determine what shall be produced by spending their money in the marketplace for those goods and services that they want most.该句的主干是“The American economic system is organized around
23、 a economy in which”, economy 前面的定语修饰成分是 private-enterprise, market-oriented，后面是 in which 引导的定语从句。从句的主干是“consumers determine what by spending for”, what 引导宾语从句，by 引导的分词结构做状语，而这个方式状语中 for 引导的介词短语又做动词 spend 的目的状语，此外，其中还嵌套了一个 that 引导的定语从句。译文：美国的经济体制是在基本上由私营企业组成并以市场为导向的经济基础上建立起来的。在这个经济体制上，需要生产什么主要是由消费者在
24、市场上花钱购买他们最需要的商品和服务决定的。Thus, in the American economic system it is the demand of individual consumers , coupled with the desire of businessmen to maximize profits and the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes, that together determine what shall be produced and how resources are used to prod
25、uce it.此句的主干是 it is that together determine强调句。coupled with 和 and 连接三个并列成分 the demand of individual consumers, the desire of businessmen to maximize profits 和 the desire of individuals to maximize their incomes。determine 后是 what 和 how 连接的并列的宾语从句，句末 it 指代的是前面的 what shall be produced。此外，注意一开始的 thus 表明
26、该句是前面论述部分的结论。译文：在美国经济体制中，消费者个人的需求、商人获取最大利润的追求和消费者渴望最大限度地增加自己的收入共同决定应该生产什么和如何利用资源去生产这些产品。If the product is in short supply relative to the demand , the price will be bid up and some consumers will be eliminated from the market.注意句子中的 in short supply 意思是“供应不足” ，relative to 意思是“相对于” 。考生还应该注意 short 的其他用
27、法。1) run short：用完、耗尽，如：Our money is running out.我们的钱快用完了。 2) for short：简称，缩写，如：His real name was Thomas, but he was called Tom for short.他的真名叫汤姆斯，可以简称为汤姆。3）in short：简言之，总之，如：In short, they gave him no peace day or night.简言之，他们让他日夜不宁。译文：如果产品相对供不应求，价格就会抬升，从而使一些消费者从市场上消失。In the American economy, the co
28、ncept of private property embraces not only the ownership of productive resources but also certain rights, including the right to determine the price of a product or to make a free contract with another private individual .注意句子主干是：the concept of private property embraces not only but also。其中 includi
29、ng分词结构做后置定语，对 certain rights 进行修饰。句中的 embrace 意思是：拥有，包括，如：The organization embraces persons of differing political stands.那个组织里有不同政治立场的人。译文：在美国经济中，私人财产的概念不仅仅包含对生产资料的所有权，还包含某些其他权利，其中包括对产品的定价格和与另一私营者签订自由合同的权利。If, on the other hand, producing more of a commodity results in reducing its cost, this will
30、tend to increase the supply offered by seller-producers, which in turn will lower the price and permit more consumers to buy the product.该句的主干是“If this will tend to increase which will”，前面条件从句的主语是动名词 producing, 主句的主语 this 指的是 reducing its cost 这件事，定语从句中的 which 指代整个主句的内容。in turn 意思是：相应地，转而。如：Increase
31、d production will, in turn, lead to increased profits.增加生产会继而增加利润。译文：另一方面，如果商品的大量生产导致成本的降低，这会促使增加销售商和生产商的供给，从而反过来导致价格下降，致使更多的消费者购买产品。佳句本文不长，结构比较简单清晰，可以当做写作范文赏析和模仿。注意文章的写作对象是 American economy，所以文中围绕它展开叙述，连词的使用亦使文章结构更为紧凑。The American economic system is Private businessmen, ; and the profit motive, Thu
32、s, in the American economic system it isAn important factor in a market-oriented economy is In the American economy, this mechanism If If, on the other hand, Thus, price in the American economic system.The important factor in a private-enterprise economy is In the American economy, the concept of pr
33、ivate property四、词汇注释（1） enterprise (n.) 企（事）业单位，事业，事业心，进取心；private 私人企业，state-owned 国有企业，commercial 商业企业（2）orient (v.)为定方向，为定位， （n.）东方；oriental (a.) 东方的；-oriented 后缀意思是：以为目标的，如：market 以市场为导向的， test- 以考试为目标的，应试的（3）strive (v.) 奋斗，争取， to/for/against 努力，争取（4）motive (n.) 动机，目的；（a.）运动的，发动的（5）coupled with
34、与结合在一起；couple (v.) 连接，结合（6）mechanism (n.) 机制，机构，机械装置， mechanics(n.)力学，机械学（7）bid (n. / v.) 出价，投标， up 哄抬价格（8）regulating (a.) 调节的， regulate (v.) regulation (n.)（9）gain control over 获得对的控制（10） profit (n.)利润，收益，益处，at a 获得利润地；（v.）获益，得利，有利于， by/from sth.五、全文翻译美国的经济体制是在基本上由私营企业组成并以市场为导向的经济基础上建立起来的。在这个经济体制里，
35、需要生产什么主要是由消费者在市场上花钱购买他们最需要的商品和服务决定的。 （长难句）为了获取利润，私有企业主之间互相竞争，来生产这些产品和提供这些服务。在竞争的压力下运作，追求利润的动机很大程度上决定了生产商品和提供服务的方式。因此，在美国的经济体制中，消费者个人的需求、商人对获取最大利润的追求以及消费者渴望最大化自己的收入，所有这些共同决定了应该生产什么和如何利用资源去生产这些产品。 （长难句）在以市场为导向的经济中的一个重要因素是反映消费者需求以及生产者对消费者需求作出反应的机制。在美国经济中，这一机制是由价格体制提供，在价格体系中，价格随消费者的相对需求和出售者及生产者的供应情况而上下浮
36、动。（长难句）如果产品相对供不应求，价格就会抬升，从而使一些消费者从市场上消失。 （长难句）另一方面，如果商品的大量生产导致成本的降低，这会促使销售商和生产商供给的增加，从而反过来导致价格下降，致使更多的消费者购买产品。 （长难句）因此，价格是美国经济体制中的调节机制。私有企业经济的一个重要因素是允许个人拥有生产资料（私有财产），允许他们雇用劳动力，控制自然资源，以及生产产品、提供服务以获取利润。在美国经济中，私人财产的概念不仅仅包含对生产资料的所有权，还包含某些其他权利，其中包括确定产品的价格或与另一私营者签订自由合同。Passage 2One hundred and thirteen mi
37、llion Americans have at least one bank-issued credit card. They give their owners automatic credit in stores, restaurants, and hotels, at home, across the country, and even abroad, and they make many banking services available as well. More and more of these credit cards can be read automatically, m
38、aking it possible to withdraw or deposit money in scattered locations, whether or not the local branch bank is open. For many of us the “cashless society” is not on the horizonits already here. While computers offer these conveniences to consumers, they have many advantages for sellers too. Electron
39、ic cash registers can do much more than simply ring up sales. They can keep a wide range of records, including who sold what, when, and to whom. This information allows businessmen to keep track of their list of goods by showing which items are being sold and how fast they are moving. Decisions to r
40、eorder or return goods to suppliers can then be made. At the same time these computers record which hours are busiest and which employees are the most efficient, allowing personnel and staffing assignments to be made accordingly. And they also identify preferred customers for promotional. Computers
41、are relied on by manufacturers for similar reasons. Computer-analyzed marketing reports can help to decide which products to emphasize now, which to develop for the future, and which to drop. Computers keep track of goods in stock, of raw materials on hand, and even of the production process itself.
42、 Numerous other commercial enterprises, from theaters to magazine publishers, from gas and electric utilities to milk processors, bring better and more efficient services to consumers through the use of computers. 15. According to the passage, the credit card enables its owner to_. A withdraw as muc
43、h money from the bank as he wishes B obtain more convenient services than other people do C enjoy greater trust from the storekeeper D cash money wherever he wishes to 16. From the last sentence of the first paragraph we learn that _. A in the future all the Americans will use credit cards B credit
44、cards are mainly used in the United States today C nowadays many Americans do not pay in cash D it is now more convenient to use credit cards than before 17. The phrase “ring up sales“ (Line 3, Para. 2) most probably means “_”. A make an order of goods B record sales on a cash register C call the sa
45、les manager D keep track of the goods in stock 18. What is this passage mainly about? A Approaches to the commercial use of computers. B Conveniences brought about by computers in business. C Significance of automation in commercial enterprises. D Advantages of credit cards in business. 一、文章结构总体分析本文
46、是一篇介绍计算机在经济领域广泛应用的文章。文章首先论述信用卡在美国的使用情况，接着指出计算机在经济领域使用的许多优点，最后谈到商家进一步利用计算机的情况。第一段：通过列举信用卡给人们带来的好处说明计算机的应用给消费者带来了便利。第二段：通过电子收银机的多种功效以及计算机的分析、跟踪功能，说明计算机的应用同样给商家带来便利。第三段：指出许多商业机构通过计算机给消费者带来更好更快捷的服务。二、试题分析15. According to the passage, the credit card enables its owner to_. 根据文章，信用卡使其持有者可以干什么？A withdraw a
47、s much money from the bank as he wishes A 根据自己的意愿，想要多少钱，就取多少钱B obtain more convenient services than other people do B 比别人获得更多的便利服务C enjoy greater trust from the storekeeper C 享受店主的更多信任D cash money wherever he wishes to D 可以在任何地方兑换现金答案 B解析 本题考核的知识点是：推理引申题。本文第一段通过一系列的实例说明信用卡（credit card）给其使用者带来的诸多方便。通
48、过该段第二句“信用卡持有者可以在商店、饭店、宾馆，在当地、外地甚至在国外自动刷卡，同时信用卡还可以使他们得到银行提供的许多服务”可以看出，B 选项全面准确地归纳和概括了原文思想，因此为正确答案。虽然原文指出信用卡持有者可以不受地域和时间的限制去存钱取钱，但是这并不意味着愿取多少就取多少。因此A选项不正确。 C选项是文中未提及的内容，原文中未对持卡者和未持卡者的信誉度进行比较。况且，这也不符合事实。无论是持信用卡还是支付现金，顾客在购物时都享受同等的信誉。D选项错在 wherever(无论在什么地方) ，试问在没有银行的地方或是未开通信用卡的地方怎能够兑取现金呢？注意：解此题的关键是定位到具体的一句话。16. From the last sentence of the first paragraph we learn that _. 从第一段最后一句中我们可以得知_。A in the future all the Americans will use credit cards A 将来所有美国人都会使用信用卡B credit cards are mainly used in the United B 如今信用卡主要在美国使用States today C nowada
