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历年英语四级阅读真题全解�(2004-2006)

  Passage Two
  Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
  In communities north of Denver, residents are pitching in to help teachers and administrators as the Vrain school District tries to solve a $13.8 million budget shortage blamed on mismanagement. “We’re worried about our teachers and principals, and we really don’t want to lose them because of this,� one parent sail. “If we can help ease their financial burden, we will. “
  Teachers are grateful, but know it may be years before the district is solvent (有综�能力的). They feel really good about the parent support, but they realize it’s impossible for then to solve this problem.
  The 22,000-student district discovered the shortage last month. “It’s extraordinary. Nobody would have imagined something happening like this at this level,� said State Treasurer Mike Coffman.
  Coffman and district officials last week agreed on a state emergency plan freeing yp a $9.8 million loan that enabled the payroll (工资�) to be met for 2,700 teachers and staff in time for the holidays.
  District officials also took $1.7 million from student-activity accounts its 38 schools.
  At Coffman’s request, the District Attorney has begun investigating the district’s finances. Coffman says he wants to know whether district officials hid the budget shortage until after the November election, when voters approved a $212 million bond issue for schools.
  In Frederick, students’ parents are buying classroom supplies and offering to pay for groceries and utilities to keep first-year teachers and principals in their jobs.
  Some $36,000 has been raised in donations from Safeway. A Chevrolet dealership donated $10,000 and forgave the district’s $10,750 bill for renting the driver educating cars. IBM contributed 4,500 packs of paper.
  “We employ thousands of people in this community,� said Mitch Carson, a hospital chief executive, who helped raise funds. “We have children in the school, and we see how they could be affected.�
  At Creek High School, three students started a website that displays newspaper articles, district information and an email forum (论�)。 “Rumors about what’s happening to the district are moving at lighting speed,� said a student. “We wanted to know the truth, and spread that around instead.�
  26. What has happened to the Vrain School District?
  A) A huge financial problem has arisen.
  B) Many schools there are mismanaged.
  C) Lots of teachers in the district are planning to quit.
  D) Many administrative personnel have been laid off.(A)
  27. How did the residents in the Vrain School District respond to the budget shortage?
  A) They felt somewhat helpless about it.
  B) They accused those responsible for it.
  C) They pooled their efforts to help solve it.
  D) They demanded a through investigation.(C)
  28. In the view of State Treasurer Mike Coffman, the educational budget shortage is ________.
  A) unavoidable
  B) unthinkable
  C) insolvable
  D) irreversible(B)
  29. Why did Coffman request an investigation?
  A) To see if there was a deliberate cover-up of the problem.
  B) To find out the extent of the consequences of the case.
  C) To make sure that the school principals were innocent.
  D) To stop the voters approving the $212 million bong issue.(A)
  30. Three high school students started a website in order to ________.
  A) attract greater public attention to their needs
  B) appeal to the public for contributions and donations
  C) expose officials who neglected their duties
  D) keep people properly informed of the crisis(D)
  这篇短文讲述的是学校资金短缺事件。全文共�个�段,段从丹佛�社区�起�动说起,交代了事件基本信�:1380万美元的预算短缺,而�引用��学生父�对学校表示物质支�的原�(we can help ease their financial burden, we will)。这个段�有这样一个特点,�事件本身�是在�中附带�到,�述的�点在于社区对与此事相关的学校�教师的支�。这也暗示了�文的�述方��会是对资金短缺事件的原委的�述,而是�方对此事的�应。从全文�看,包括社区�教师�官方��业以�学生的�应。
  接下�的第二段�述了教师们对社区支�的�应(grateful),而�用教师们的想法传达出资金短缺事件的解决难度(impossible for then to solve this problem,社区支���能解决问题)。
  下一段进一步�露出事件的其他信�:�现时间(last month),并交代了州官员的�应:惊诧(Nobody would have imagined something happening like this at this level)。下三�段继续�述官方的进一步行动:为教师工资�供贷款(9.8 million loan that enabled the payroll),从学生活动资金�户中�出170万美元(officials also took $1.7 million),调查该地区财务(begun investigating the district’s finances)。
  �的四段分别交代了学生父���业和学生们的�应。父�们为学校购买日常教学器具(buying classroom supplies and offering to pay for groceries and utilities),�业�助,如一家雪佛兰�销商�助一万美元,�时�除校车租金(A Chevrolet dealership donated $10,000 and forgave the district’s $10,750 bill),IBM�助了实物(4,500 packs of paper)。之�的一段简�解释了募�的原因。�一段是学生们的行动:建立网站�时�布该事件的进展情况(We wanted to know the truth, and spread that around instead.)。
  26. A
  题目问Vrain校区�生了什么事情。从段�知,Vrain校区�生了资金短缺($13.8 million budget shortage),而通读全篇��知,这一难题的影��常严�。
  A,�生了严�的财务困难。资金短缺(budget shortage)也就是财务困难,�以选A。
  B,那里许多学校管��善。此选项考查对the Vrain school District tries to solve a $13.8 million budget shortage blamed on mismanagement一�的�解。���的�解应该��问题,��是该校区力图解决一个1380万的预算缺�。��的blamed on mismanagement是�解的关键,blamed是个被动语�,这里�略了is,而这个��的完整形�应该是个which引导的从�:shortage which is blamed on mismanagement。Blamed sth on sth 是把�事物的错误归因于�一事物,在�中就是“预算短缺的原因被归咎于管��善�。这样的�,管��善的对象就是预算而�是学校。
  C,该校区的许多教师计划离�。文中引用了一�学生家长的�:we really don’t want to lose them because of this,表达了人们对预算短缺�能导致教师离去的�果。但文中没有指出教师是�计划(planning)离�,或者是�有“很多�(many)教师有此想法。
  D,许多管�人员�到解雇。文中没有相关�述。
  27. C
  题目问这个校区的居民对预算短缺如何�应。
  A,他们对此事有些爱莫能助。
  B,他们谴责此事的罪�祸首们。
  C,他们为解决此事共�出力。
  D,他们�求彻查此事。
  文章开头一���是�述居民们如何努力帮助教师与学校官员们:residents are pitching in to help teachers and administrators。Pitch in�组是努力投入的��,��居民们对此事�分�视,力争帮助学校走出难关。C的�述符�这个��,而A的�述与C的���好相�,�以排除。至于B,从全篇�看,对居民们的�写�为始终是如何帮助学校,没有�到谴责�的问题,也没有�求彻查此事——�求调查此事的是Coffman(At Coffman’s request——在Coffman的�求下——the District Attorney has begun investigating the district’s finances),而他是一�官员,�是该地居民。
  28. B
  题目问在Mike Coffman看�,教育预算短缺是……
  A,����的。
  B,��想象的。
  C,无法解决的。
  D,�能�消的。
  文章讲到Coffman的地方一共三处,次是引用了他对预算短缺事件的评论:It’s extraordinary. Nobody would have imagined something happening like this at this level。��是“这太�寻常了。�也想�到会�生这样的事,这�程度的事�。第二次是他拟定了一份紧急贷款方案(Coffman and district officials last week agreed on a state emergency plan),第三次是他�求调查地区财政(At Coffman’s request, the District Attorney has begun investigating the district’s finances)。
  从本题的题��四个选项�看,应该考查的是对处——也就是他的�言的�解。Coffman的�言首先指出此事的extraordinary,��寻常;而�表示了惊讶——�也想�到会�生这样的事,这�程度的事。他对此事的�度大体上是“���议�。这样A和D明显�对,B的说法正确,至于C,引言中无法体现出�,而结���二处的�写,也没有�现“无法解决�的迹象,�倒是紧急贷款和调查财政等雷厉风行的行事�度显示出解决此事的决心。因为C的说法也�正确。
  29. A
  题目问Coffman为什么�求展开调查。
  文中讲述Coffman�求调查此案是在第六段,除此外�无段�出现相关�述,因此��完全�解这一段的��就�以�出正确的解答。
  At Coffman’s request, the District Attorney has begun investigating the district’s finances. Coffman says he wants to know whether district officials hid the budget shortage until after the November election, when voters approved a $212 million bond issue for schools.
  这一段共2��。�指出Coffman�求调查地区财务。第二�是一个长�,主结构是Coffman says ……这样一个主谓宾结构。宾语从�中�然嵌套一个宾语从�he wants to know whether……��内容的��是“是�地区官员掩盖了预算短缺问题,直到�一月投票�生以�……����是一个��制性定语从�,when指代的是�一月投票,��是在�一月投票中,“投票者通过了二亿一�二百万美元的学校公债事项。�这样,Coffman所怀疑的就是地区官员有�能在�一月投票中掩盖了预算短缺问题,以使公债事项得以通过。
  A,看是�有故�掩盖问题的行为。这一说法与文�一致。
  B,看一看此事的�果严�到什么程度。这个说法没有��点。
  C,确定学校官员是无辜的。文章没有�到类似的内容。
  D,阻止选民通过二亿一�二百万美元的公债事项。�解文��知,这一公债事项早在�一月投票就已�通过,现在��能�去阻止。
  30. D
  题目问三家高中的学生开设了一家网站,其目的是什么。
  A,�引更多的公共关注,以为己用。
  B,呼�公众�献物资。
  C,�露玩忽�守的官员们。
  D,使人们�时得知此次�机事件的真实进展。
  文章�到学生建设网站之事是在�一段。At Creek High School, three students started a website that displays newspaper articles, district information and an email forum (论�)。 “Rumors about what’s happening to the district are moving at lighting speed,� said a student. “We wanted to know the truth, and spread that around instead.�
  ��述了学生们建设网站的事实,第二�引用了学生们的原�,解释了建设网站的原因。�一���是“关于这个地区�生了什么的谣言传得�闪电一样快�,�一�的��是“我们想去了解真相,然�把真相传播出去。�注��一�里�使用的时�:wanted用的是一般过去时,表示这一想法是建设网站之�的想法,而�是现在的想法,这样就�推断出这一想法就是建站的目的。四个选项中�有D符�这个��。

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