1、阅读练习试卷 2及答案与解析 一、 PART FOUR 0 Gold edged up in Asias afternoon trade on Thursday and looked well-supported around $400 by soaring 【 C1】 _ oil prices rekindling concern over inflation, traders said. Spot gold was at $404.20/404.70 a(an) 【 C2】 _ by 0412 GMT compared with $404.00/404.50 【 C3】 _ quoted
2、in New York on Wednesday. Dealers pegged key resistance at $405 an ounce. Dealers said investors were likely to lock in profits at current 【 C4】 _ prices but rising oil prices have 【 C5】 _ some physical demand. Gold has 【 C6】_ by nearly nine percent since 【 C7】 _ this years low of $371 an ounce in M
3、ay. “The outlook is still for oil prices to reach $50 a barrel, having already risen $10 since the end of June and a whopping $16 a barrel or 50 percent over the last year,“ N M Rothschild said in a(n) 【 C8】 _ . “The market remains 【 C9】 _ about supply disruptions from Iraq. Higher oil prices bode w
4、ell for gold, as the potential for inflation increases, which gold has historically been seen as a hedge against,“ it said. In the Tokyo gold 【 C10】 _ , the benchmark June 2005 gold contract rose one yen per gram to 1,424 yen. Gold has been 【 C11】 _ around $400 this week, but it is still some way of
5、f the heights 【 C12】 _ in January, when the market hit a 15-year peak of $430.50 as the euro 【 C13】 _ against the U. S. currency. The euro was little changed at $1.2337. Some dealers pegged upside target at $410 an ounce but any move upward would 【 C14】 _ on how the dollar behaved against other 【 C1
6、5】 _ . “Theres a little bit of physical demand but overall trading is quiet. I think trading range in Asia will be between $404 to $406 an ounce,“ said one dealer in Hong Kong SAR, a key bullion trading center in East Asia. 1 【 C1】 _ ( A) rude ( B) rough ( C) pure ( D) crude 2 【 C2】 _ ( A) pound ( B
7、) ounce ( C) gram ( D) kilogram 3 【 C3】 _ ( A) latest ( B) last ( C) next ( D) first 4 【 C4】 _ ( A) high ( B) low ( C) cheap ( D) expensive 5 【 C5】 _ ( A) discouraged ( B) supported ( C) spurred ( D) stimulated 6 【 C6】 _ ( A) rebounded ( B) rebuilt ( C) recalled ( D) reborn 7 【 C7】 _ ( A) arriving (
8、 B) catching ( C) falling ( D) touching 8 【 C8】 _ ( A) newspaper ( B) passage ( C) interview ( D) report 9 【 C9】 _ ( A) easy ( B) nervous ( C) exciting ( D) free 10 【 C10】 _ ( A) futures ( B) markets ( C) fields ( D) mines 11 【 C11】 _ ( A) risen ( B) lifted ( C) supported ( D) encouraged 12 【 C12】 _
9、 ( A) touched ( B) arrived ( C) gained ( D) reached 13 【 C13】 _ ( A) surged ( B) rushed ( C) sank ( D) crushed 14 【 C14】 _ ( A) result ( B) depend ( C) effect ( D) happen 15 【 C15】 _ ( A) money ( B) notes ( C) currencies ( D) exchange rates 二、 PART FIVE 15 Juniper Networks said that which Yahoo Bras
10、il has deployed its 【 S1】_ M-series routers to lay off the groundwork for new premium 【 S2】 _ services. Its for the first time that Juniper gear has been installed 【 S3】 _ in the portals network, the company said. The project was overseen by Brazilian systems integrator M13, which specializes in com
11、plex technological projects in data, 【 S4】 _ voice, image communication and infrastructure, security and 【 S5】 _ converged networks. Financial terms were not disclosed. “The M-series platform is the foundation of our long-term strategy to transition to a value- added services model,“ Daniel Carvalho
12、, a marketing manager at Yahoo, said in a statement. Yahoo Brasil 【 S6】 _ also expects if gains in security and scalability by using Junipers 【 S7】 _ network equipment. Like its counterparts in the United States and in other countries, 【 S8】 _ Yahoo Brasil offers search, shopping, dating, jobs and n
13、ews content among other services. In all, the Sunnyvale, although 【 S9】 _ Calif. -based Yahoos network includes 25 worldwide properties available in 13 languages. Yahoo also recently took steps to enter onto the online music 【 S10】 _ offering arena with its $160 million purchase http:/www. internetn
14、ews. com/bus-news/article. php/3407751 of MusicMatch. The Yahoo-Juniper deal represents another win for network vendors in Latin America. But earlier this month, Lucent Technologies notched 【 S11】 _ two deals. First, it installed within 80,000 ADSL access ports for a subsidiary of 【 S12】 _ Telefonic
15、a in Argentina. And in Mexico, Maxcom Telecommunications hired Lucent to increase the networks ability to deliver IP services. 16 【 S1】 _ 17 【 S2】 _ 18 【 S3】 _ 19 【 S4】 _ 20 【 S5】 _ 21 【 S6】 _ 22 【 S7】 _ 23 【 S8】 _ 24 【 S9】 _ 25 【 S10】 _ 26 【 S11】 _ 27 【 S12】 _ 阅读练习试卷 2答案与解析 一、 PART FOUR 【知识模块】 阅读 1
16、 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 阅读 2 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 阅读 3 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 阅读 4 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 阅读 5 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 阅读 6 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 阅读 7 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 阅读 8 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 阅读 9 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 阅读 10 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 阅读 11 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 阅读 12 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 阅读 13 【正确答案】 A 【知识模块】 阅读 14 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 阅读 15
17、 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 阅读 二、 PART FIVE 【知识模块】 阅读 16 【正确答案】 which 【知识模块】 阅读 17 【正确答案】 off 【知识模块】 阅读 18 【正确答案】 for 【知识模块】 阅读 19 【正确答案】 correct 【知识模块】 阅读 20 【正确答案】 and (第一个 ) 【知识模块】 阅读 21 【正确答案】 correct 【知识模块】 阅读 22 【正确答案】 if 【知识模块】 阅读 23 【正确答案】 in (第二个 ) 【知识模块】 阅读 24 【正确答案】 although 【知识模块】 阅读 25 【正确答案】 onto 【知识模块】 阅读 26 【正确答案】 But 【知识模块】 阅读 27 【正确答案】 within 【知识模块】 阅读