1、BFT（阅读）模拟试卷 21及答案与解析 一、 Part 1 0 Read the article below and choose the best sentence from the list on the next page to fill each of the gaps. For each gap(1-8)mark one letter(A-H)on the Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. Happy Customers: Matter of Honor among Japanese In an age when persona
2、l service as a significant aspect of merchandising is dying out in the Untied States, Japan clings tenaciously to it. Service is viewed by people in Japan not as a luxury, but as an essential ingredient for the success of individual companies and the Japanese economy as a whole. Americans who move t
3、o Japan never get used to the range of services and courtesies taken for granted here. 【 R1】 _ Supermarket check-out counters have two or three people ringing up and bagging groceries. Some stores deliver, with each bag arriving neatly stapled closed. 【 R2】_ Television shops normally send a technici
4、an to install and fine-tune a newly purchased set.【 R3】 _Car salespeople are known to bring new models around to customers homes for test drives and loaners are available for people whose cars are in for repairs. There are no limits to what is home-delivered video movies, dry cleaning, health foods,
5、 rented tailcoats(this last one requires tow visits from the sales staff, first for a fitting, second for delivery of the altered and freshly pressed garment). 【 R4】 _ Japanese barbers often give back massages as part of an ordinary haircut. 【 R5】_ Department stores seem to have twice, if not three
6、times the floor staff of American ones.【 R6】 _Upscale customers dont have to come in at all the goods are taken to their homes for display and selection. Perhaps the darkest spot on personal service in Japan is how remarkably impersonal it can be. Everyone is treated exactly alike.【 R7】 _After a mon
7、ths stay in a hotel, guests may find the staff still has no idea who they are. Still, the Japanese view service as the glue that holds commercial relationships together. If the correct personal contact and follow-up come with the first sale, a second is sure to come. Market share and loyal customers
8、 are the first goal, not short-term profit. 【 R8】 _ A. The technician will rush back if anything goes wrong. B. If they remove a customers eyeglasses, they may polish the lenses before returning them. C. Employees cheery greetings and directions, in fact, are often memorized from a company manual. D
9、. Many stores wrap everything they sell. E. Service may cost but it helps ensure these more important objectives. F. Dry ice is inserted alongside the frozen foods to ensure that they dont spoil on the way. G. Office deliveries are common, too, especially of lunch. H. To those old enough to remember
10、 how things used to be at home, life can bring on twinges of nostalgia. 1 【 R1】 2 【 R2】 3 【 R3】 4 【 R4】 5 【 R5】 6 【 R6】 7 【 R7】 8 【 R8】 二、 Part 2 8 Read the following article and answer questions 9-18 on the next page. Why Are Women More Vulnerable to Broken Hearts? 0. Women are a lot more likely to
11、 suffer a broken heart than men, researchers say. The good news is that it probably wont kill you. 1. In the first national study of its kind, researchers at the University of Arkansas looked at rates of “broken heart syndrome“ when a sudden shock or prolonged stress causes heart attack-like symptom
12、s or heart failure and found that it overwhelmingly affects women. Women are at least seven times more likely than men to suffer the syndrome, and older women are at greater risk than younger ones, according to data presented Wednesday at the American Heart Association conference in Orlando. 2. Brok
13、en heart syndrome can happen in response to shocking or suddenly emotional events both positive ones like winning the lottery, or negative ones like a car accident or the unexpected death of a loved one. A flood of stress hormones and adrenaline causes part of the heart to enlarge temporarily and tr
14、iggers symptoms that can look like heart attack: chest pain, shortness of breath, irregular heart rhythm. The difference is that the factors that would normally cause heart attack, such as a blocked artery, arent present. Most sufferers usually recover within a week or two, but in rare cases about 1
15、%people die of the condition. 3. Doctors have long known about broken heart syndrome first described by Japanese researchers two decades ago and that it seemed to occur mostly in women. So, Dr. Abhishek Deshmukh, a cardiologist at the University of Arkansas who has treated women with broken heart sy
16、ndrome, became curious about just how gender-specific the condition was. Using a federal database that included data from roughly 1,000 hospitals, Deshmukh found 6,229 cases of broken heart syndrome in 2007. Of those, only 671 just under 11% were in men. He found that, overall, women had about 7.5 t
17、imes the risk of broken heart syndrome as men; in people under 55, women were at 9.5 times greater risk than men. Women over 55 were also three times more likely to suffer broken heart syndrome than younger women. 4. Researchers dont know what causes the gender disparity, but they have some ideas. O
18、ne theory is that hormones play a role. Another is that men have more adrenalin receptors on cells in their hearts than women do, “so maybe men are able to handle stress better“ and the chemical surge it releases. Deshmukh said. 5. About 10% of sufferers will have a second episode at some point, but
19、 most return to full heart function without permanent damage or need for follow-up treatment. So, it looks like the way to mend a broken heart is what Mom always said: just give it time. Questions9-13(10 marks) For questions 9-13, choose from the list A-G which best summarizes each part of the artic
20、le. For each numbered paragraph(1-5), mark one letter(A-G)on your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. A Data source and analysts B Possible causes for gender difference C Findings released at a conference D Medication for broken heart syndrome E Occurrence of broken heart syndrome. F Recover
21、y from broken heart syndrome G Ways to avoid broken heart syndrome 9 Paragraph 1_ 10 Paragraph 2_ 11 Paragraph 3_ 12 Paragraph 4_ 13 Paragraph 5_ 13 Using the information in the text, complete each sentence 14-18 with an expression from the list below. For each sentence(14-18), mark one letter(A-G)o
22、n your Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice. A. heart attack B. intense curiosity C. a blocked artery D. gender disparity E. a federal database F. follow-up treatment G. a flood of stress hormones 14 A sufferer of broken heart syndrome has symptoms that look like _. 15 When encountering a shoc
23、k or a sudden emotional event, a persons body releases _. 16 Dr. Abhishek Deshmukh started his study on gender-specific broken heart syndrome out of_. 17 Concerning broken heart syndrome, there exists a considerable _. 18 Most sufferers of broken heart syndrome dont need _. 三、 Part 3 18 Read the fol
24、lowing article and answer questions 19-25. For questions 19-25, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. Mark your answer on your Answer Sheet. A Real Cliffhanger THE digital onslaught of e-books and Amazon-style e-tailers have put bookstores in an existential predicament. Digital books are expected
25、to outsell print titles by 2015 in Britain, says Sam Hancock, digital product manager at HarperCollins, and even sooner in America. With the demise of HMV, that music-peddling stalwart, still fresh in everyones minds, bricks-and-mortar bookstores appear to be on borrowed time. So, what is the future
26、 of the bookstore? This was the burning questions on everyones lips at a recent event at Foyless flagship bookshop on Charing Cross Road in London, where some of Britains leading literary agents, authors, marketing managers and booksellers gathered to discuss its fate ahead of the booksellers move f
27、rom its current rambling premises to the former home of Central Saint Martins art school just up the road For a bookstore to remain successful, it must improve “the experience of buying books,“ says Alex Lifschutz, an architect whose London-based practice is designing the new Foyles. He suggests an
28、array of approaches: “small, quiet spaces cocooned with books; larger spaces where one can dwell and read; other larger but still intimate spaces where one can hear talks from authors about books, literature, science, travel and cookery.“ The atmosphere is vital, he adds. Exteriors must buzz with ac
29、tivity, entrances must be full of eye-catching presentations and a bar and cafe is essential. The trend for not only incorporating cafes in bookstores but also placing them on the top floor makes good sense. The new Foyles will have one, Mr. Lifschutz explains, because this draws shoppers upwards fl
30、oor-by-floor, which is bound to encourage people to linger longer and spend more. There are plenty of ways to delight the bookstore customer, but few are easily monetized. The consensus is that bookstores need to become cultural destinations where people are prepared to pay good money to hear a conc
31、ert, see a film or attend a talk. The programming will have to be intelligent and the space comfortable. Given how common it is for shoppers to browse in shops only to buy online later, some wonder whether it makes sense to charge people for the privilege. Victoria Barnsley, head of HarperCollins, t
32、hinks it might be a good idea. She cited similar experiments among clothing retailers to charge customers for trying on merchandise. But forcing people to pay for the privilege of potentially paying for goods could deter shoppers altogether. A more attractive idea might be a membership scheme like t
33、hose offered by museums and other cultural venues. Unlike reward cards, which offer discounts and other nominal benefits, a club membership could provide priority access to events(talks, literary workshops, retreats)and a private lounge where members can eat, drink and meet authors before events. Di
34、fferent memberships could tailor to the needs of children and students. To survive and thrive, bookstores should celebrate the book in all its forms: rare, second-hand, digital, self-printed and so on. Digital and hybrid readers should have the option of buying e-books in-store, and budding authors
35、should have access to self-printing book machines. The latter have been slower to take off in Britain, but in America bookstores are finding them to be an important source of revenue. “The quality is now almost identical to that of a book printed by a major publishing house,“ says Bradley Graham, ow
36、ner of a leading independent bookstore in Washington, DC, called Politics & Prose. His shop leases an Espresso Book Machine and makes it available to customers. The bookstore of the future will have to work hard. Service will be knowledgeable and personalized, the inventory expertly selected, spaces
37、 well-designed and the cultural events enticing. Whether bookstores, especially small independents are up to the challenge, is not clear. The fate of these stores is a cliffhanger. 19 What will be the future of bookstores? （ A） Bright. （ B） Unclear. （ C） Helpless. （ D） Promising. 20 Which of the fol
38、lowing is NOT mentioned as a strategy to help a bookstore to be successful? （ A） Attractive presentations around the entrance. （ B） Suitable spacing arrangements. （ C） Luxurious decorations. （ D） A bar and cafe. 21 Why should the cafes be placed on the top floor in bookstores? （ A） To make people st
39、ay longer and buy more. （ B） To encourage people to have a drink after shopping. （ C） To provide people with a comfortable place to have a rest. （ D） To give people a chance to exercise by climbing stairs. 22 Sometimes shoppers go to bookstores_. （ A） to see a film （ B） to spend money only on sales
40、（ C） have a look in shops and purchase online （ D） to drink free coffee 23 Which of the following might be a better idea to attract shoppers? （ A） Charges on privileges. （ B） Club memberships. （ C） Periodic discounts. （ D） Reward cards. 24 To survive, bookstores should_. （ A） find ways to attract ch
41、ildren and students （ B） offer more second-hand books （ C） lower the price of books （ D） provide books in different forms 25 Authors in America can_. （ A） print their books by themselves （ B） charge money on giving lectures （ C） sell their copyright to online readers （ D） lend their manuscripts to b
42、ookstores 四、 Part 4 25 Read the following text and decide which answer best fits each space. For questions 26-45, mark one letter A, B, C or D on your Answer Sheet. As Oil Declines, So does America More than 100 years ago, Americas first great economic【 C1】 _abroad was spearheaded by its giant oil c
43、ompanies, notably John D. Rockefellers Standard Oil Company. These companies【 C2】 _powerful beachheads in Mexico and Venezuela, and later in parts of Asia, North Africa and, of course, the Middle East.【 C3】 _they became ever more dependent on the extraction of oil in distant lands, American foreign
44、policy began to be【 C4】 _around acquiring and protecting US oil concessions in major【 C5】 _areas. With World War II and the Cold War, oil and US national【 C6】 _became thoroughly intertwined. After all, the United States had prevailed over the Axis【 C7】_in significant part because it possessed vast r
45、eserves of domestic petroleum, while Germany and Japan lacked them, depriving their forces of vital【 C8】 _supplies in the final years of the war. As it happened, though, the United States was using up its domestic【 C9】 _so rapidly that, even before World War II was over, Washington【 C10】 _its attent
46、ion to finding new overseas sources of crude oil that could be【 C11】 _under American control. As a result, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and a host of other Middle Eastern producers would become key US oil suppliers【 C12】_American military protection. There can be【 C13】 _question that, for a time, American d
47、omination of world oil production would prove a potent source of economic and military power.【 C14】_World War II, an abundance of cheap US oil spurred the【 C15】 _of vast new industries, including civilian air travel, highway construction, a【 C16】 _of suburban housing and commerce, mechanized agricul
48、ture, and plastics. Abundant oil also underlay the global expansion of the countrys【 C17】 _power, as the Pentagon defended the world while becoming one of the planets great oil guzzlers. Its global dominion came to【 C18】 _on an ever-expanding array of oil-powered ships, planes, tanks and missiles. A
49、s long as the Middle East and especially Saudi Arabia served essentially as an American gas station and oil【 C19】 _a cheap commodity, all this was relatively painless. That is why the use of military force has been a【 C20】 _of American foreign policy since 1987. 26 【 C1】 （ A） monopoly （ B） recession （ C） reco
