第二部分 閱讀判斷
考查目標：識別和判斷信息的能力。
Scotland: A Land of Wisdom （B、C）
In the 1740s, the famous French philosopher Voltaire said "We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilization." （1）That's not a bad advertisement for any country when it comes to attracting people to search for a first-class education.
According to the American author Arthur Herman, the Scots invented the modern world itself. He argues that（2）Scottish thinkers and intellectuals worked out many of the most important ideas on which modern life depends-everything from the scientific method to market economics. Their ideas did not just spread among intellectuals, but to those people in business, government and the sciences who actually shaped the Western world.
It all started during the period that historians call the Scottish Enlightenment（啟蒙運動）,which is usually seen as taking place between the years 1740 and 1800.（3）Before that, philosophy was mainly conceded with religion. For the thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment, the proper study of humanity was mankind itself.
Their reasoning was practical. For the philosopher David Hume, humanity was the right subject for philosophy because we can examine human behavior and so find real evidence of how people think and feel. And from that we can make judgments about the societies we live in and make concrete suggestions about how they can be improved, for universal benefit.
Hume's enquiry into the nature of knowledge laid the foundations for the scientific method-the pursuit of truth through experiment. His friend and fellow resident of Edinburgh, Adam Smith, famously applied the study of mankind to the ways in which mankind does business. Trade, he argued, was a form of information. In pursuing our own interests through trading in markets, we all come to benefit each other.
Smith's idea has dominated modern views of economics.（5）It also has wide applications. He was one of the philosophers to point out that nations can become rich, free and powerful through peace, trade and invention.
（6）Although the Scottish Enlightenment ended a long time ago, the ideas which evolved at that time still underpin（構(gòu)成……的基礎(chǔ)）our theories of human exchange and enquiry. It also exists in Scotland itself in an educational tradition that combines academic excellence with orientation（方向）.
1.Scotland is the right place to receive a first-class education.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102101：針對該題提問】
答案：A
2.According to Arthur Herman, the Scots developed many important ideas which modern life depends on.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102102：針對該題提問】
答案：A
3.Philosophers had come to know the importance of studying humanity even before the Scottish Enlightenment took place.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102103：針對該題提問】
答案：B
4.David Hume was the first philosopher to study mankind.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102104：針對該題提問】
答案：C
5.Smith's idea has extensive applications.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102105：針對該題提問】
答案：A
6.Our current theories of human exchange and enquiry have nothing to do with the ideas developed during the Scottish Enlightenment.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102106：針對該題提問】
答案：B
7.Smith died in 1800.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102107：針對該題提問】
答案：C
Creating a World without Smoking （A）
（1）Smoking will be banned in all pubs, clubs and workplaces from next year after historic votes in the Commons last night. After last-minute appeals from health campaigners, MPs opted for a blanket prohibition which will start in summer 2007, ending months of argument over whether smokers should be barred in pubs and restaurants only. They voted to ban smoking in all pubs and clubs by 384 to 184, a surprisingly large majority of 200.
（3）Smoking will still be allowed in the home and in places considered to be homes, such as prisons, care homes and hotels.
Smokers lighting up in banned areas will face a fixed penalty notice of ￡50 and spot fines of ￡200 will be introduced for failing to display no-smoking signs, with the possible penalty, if the issue goes to court, increasing to ￡1,000.
Carpline Flint, the Public Health Minister, also announced that the fine for failing to stop people smoking in banned areas would be increased to ￡2,500-more than ten times the ￡200 originally proposed.
（4）The Bill also allows the Government to increase the age for buying cigarettes. Ministers will consult on raising it from 16 to 18.
The Bill now goes to the Lords but will be through by the summer recess.
Even a plan to allow smoking to continue in private clubs was thrown out as MPs on all sides were given permission to vote with their conscience rather than on a party line.
Patricia Hewitt, the Health Secretary, said the Health Bill would ban smoking in" virtually every enclosed public place and workplace" in England and save thousands of lives a year. Smoke-free workplaces and public places" will become the norm".
She said: "An additional 600,000 people will give up smoking as a result of this law and millions more will be protected from second-hand smoke."
Peter Hollins, director-general of the British Heart Foundation, said: "The vote is a landmark victory for the public health of this country and will save the lives of many people."
1.A ban on smoking in all pubs, clubs and workplaces will begin in summer 2007.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102108：針對該題提問】
答案：A
2.The law doesn't seem to apply to officials.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102109：針對該題提問】
答案：B
3.One can nevertheless smoke at home.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102110：針對該題提問】
答案：A
4.There is a possibility for the Government to raise the age for buying cigarettes.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102111：針對該題提問】
答案：A
5.The Government will shut down cigarette factories in large numbers.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102112：針對該題提問】
答案：C
6.The Government will definitely impose a much heavier tax on tobacco.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102113：針對該題提問】
答案：C
7.The Government will take necessary measures to help smokers give up smoking.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102114：針對該題提問】
答案：C
特點：
1.B、C級為同一篇文章；
2.測試文章均出自教材以外；
3.為綜合類文章；
4.測試點突出；
5.三種選項的出現(xiàn)概率: A:2—3個； B:3—2個，C:2—3個
應(yīng)對：
1.從動詞左右各圈1-2個關(guān)鍵詞（形容詞/專有名詞/名詞等）,將關(guān)鍵詞代入原文定位；
2.抓住原文所在句的謂語動詞翻譯成中文, 將題目中的謂語動詞翻譯成中文進行對比.
3.判斷依據(jù)：
RIGHT：
1）長的簡單句；
2）原句經(jīng)同義詞改寫.
3）may, might, perhaps, probably, unlikely, likely to do, seem
WRONG或NOT MENTIONED:否定/數(shù)字/數(shù)詞/代詞/時間/比較/級/原因/條件/目的/only,must,all,everyone,always,extremely,too,any, sure/復(fù)合句
NOT MENTIONED:
1.題目所述信息原文中沒有；
2.題目敘述過于詳細；
3.利用上述方法先做出3題,在保證做對的情況下選其它字母。
考查目標：識別和判斷信息的能力。
Scotland: A Land of Wisdom （B、C）
In the 1740s, the famous French philosopher Voltaire said "We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilization." （1）That's not a bad advertisement for any country when it comes to attracting people to search for a first-class education.
According to the American author Arthur Herman, the Scots invented the modern world itself. He argues that（2）Scottish thinkers and intellectuals worked out many of the most important ideas on which modern life depends-everything from the scientific method to market economics. Their ideas did not just spread among intellectuals, but to those people in business, government and the sciences who actually shaped the Western world.
It all started during the period that historians call the Scottish Enlightenment（啟蒙運動）,which is usually seen as taking place between the years 1740 and 1800.（3）Before that, philosophy was mainly conceded with religion. For the thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment, the proper study of humanity was mankind itself.
Their reasoning was practical. For the philosopher David Hume, humanity was the right subject for philosophy because we can examine human behavior and so find real evidence of how people think and feel. And from that we can make judgments about the societies we live in and make concrete suggestions about how they can be improved, for universal benefit.
Hume's enquiry into the nature of knowledge laid the foundations for the scientific method-the pursuit of truth through experiment. His friend and fellow resident of Edinburgh, Adam Smith, famously applied the study of mankind to the ways in which mankind does business. Trade, he argued, was a form of information. In pursuing our own interests through trading in markets, we all come to benefit each other.
Smith's idea has dominated modern views of economics.（5）It also has wide applications. He was one of the philosophers to point out that nations can become rich, free and powerful through peace, trade and invention.
（6）Although the Scottish Enlightenment ended a long time ago, the ideas which evolved at that time still underpin（構(gòu)成……的基礎(chǔ)）our theories of human exchange and enquiry. It also exists in Scotland itself in an educational tradition that combines academic excellence with orientation（方向）.
1.Scotland is the right place to receive a first-class education.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102101：針對該題提問】
答案：A
2.According to Arthur Herman, the Scots developed many important ideas which modern life depends on.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102102：針對該題提問】
答案：A
3.Philosophers had come to know the importance of studying humanity even before the Scottish Enlightenment took place.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102103：針對該題提問】
答案：B
4.David Hume was the first philosopher to study mankind.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102104：針對該題提問】
答案：C
5.Smith's idea has extensive applications.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102105：針對該題提問】
答案：A
6.Our current theories of human exchange and enquiry have nothing to do with the ideas developed during the Scottish Enlightenment.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102106：針對該題提問】
答案：B
7.Smith died in 1800.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102107：針對該題提問】
答案：C
Creating a World without Smoking （A）
（1）Smoking will be banned in all pubs, clubs and workplaces from next year after historic votes in the Commons last night. After last-minute appeals from health campaigners, MPs opted for a blanket prohibition which will start in summer 2007, ending months of argument over whether smokers should be barred in pubs and restaurants only. They voted to ban smoking in all pubs and clubs by 384 to 184, a surprisingly large majority of 200.
（3）Smoking will still be allowed in the home and in places considered to be homes, such as prisons, care homes and hotels.
Smokers lighting up in banned areas will face a fixed penalty notice of ￡50 and spot fines of ￡200 will be introduced for failing to display no-smoking signs, with the possible penalty, if the issue goes to court, increasing to ￡1,000.
Carpline Flint, the Public Health Minister, also announced that the fine for failing to stop people smoking in banned areas would be increased to ￡2,500-more than ten times the ￡200 originally proposed.
（4）The Bill also allows the Government to increase the age for buying cigarettes. Ministers will consult on raising it from 16 to 18.
The Bill now goes to the Lords but will be through by the summer recess.
Even a plan to allow smoking to continue in private clubs was thrown out as MPs on all sides were given permission to vote with their conscience rather than on a party line.
Patricia Hewitt, the Health Secretary, said the Health Bill would ban smoking in" virtually every enclosed public place and workplace" in England and save thousands of lives a year. Smoke-free workplaces and public places" will become the norm".
She said: "An additional 600,000 people will give up smoking as a result of this law and millions more will be protected from second-hand smoke."
Peter Hollins, director-general of the British Heart Foundation, said: "The vote is a landmark victory for the public health of this country and will save the lives of many people."
1.A ban on smoking in all pubs, clubs and workplaces will begin in summer 2007.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102108：針對該題提問】
答案：A
2.The law doesn't seem to apply to officials.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102109：針對該題提問】
答案：B
3.One can nevertheless smoke at home.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102110：針對該題提問】
答案：A
4.There is a possibility for the Government to raise the age for buying cigarettes.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102111：針對該題提問】
答案：A
5.The Government will shut down cigarette factories in large numbers.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102112：針對該題提問】
答案：C
6.The Government will definitely impose a much heavier tax on tobacco.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102113：針對該題提問】
答案：C
7.The Government will take necessary measures to help smokers give up smoking.
A.Right B.Wrong C.Not mentioned
【答疑編號20102114：針對該題提問】
答案：C
特點：
1.B、C級為同一篇文章；
2.測試文章均出自教材以外；
3.為綜合類文章；
4.測試點突出；
5.三種選項的出現(xiàn)概率: A:2—3個； B:3—2個，C:2—3個
應(yīng)對：
1.從動詞左右各圈1-2個關(guān)鍵詞（形容詞/專有名詞/名詞等）,將關(guān)鍵詞代入原文定位；
2.抓住原文所在句的謂語動詞翻譯成中文, 將題目中的謂語動詞翻譯成中文進行對比.
3.判斷依據(jù)：
RIGHT：
1）長的簡單句；
2）原句經(jīng)同義詞改寫.
3）may, might, perhaps, probably, unlikely, likely to do, seem
WRONG或NOT MENTIONED:否定/數(shù)字/數(shù)詞/代詞/時間/比較/級/原因/條件/目的/only,must,all,everyone,always,extremely,too,any, sure/復(fù)合句
NOT MENTIONED:
1.題目所述信息原文中沒有；
2.題目敘述過于詳細；
3.利用上述方法先做出3題,在保證做對的情況下選其它字母。