1、考研英语（二）模拟试卷 84 及答案与解析一、Section I Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D. (10 points) 0 For years, French, Italian and American luxury brands have【C1】_as China s middle class developed a(n)【C2】_for high-end fashion and
2、jewelry. But that sales boom is【C3】_based on the disappointing results many Western luxury retailers have reported of late,【C4】_much suggests this slowdown will be【C5】_.French luxury brand Hermes said watch sales fell 11% in large【C6】_because of China, and the company is expecting overall growth thi
3、s year to remain【C7】_compared to recent averages. Meanwhile, Prada said it expects the tough times for luxury to continue after its China sales fell 4% in 2014.【C8 】_, Hermes, known for its highly coveted Birkin bags and horse-themed silk scarves that go for thousands of dollars each, has continued
4、to【C9】_its stores in China. Why? Because there is【C10 】_data to suggest that luxurys current slowdown in China is【C11】_a speed bump. According to a new report by the Economic Intelligence Unit【C12】_by Citigroup, China s wealthy will have double the【C13】_of their U.S counterpart within five years. Th
5、at means a lot of people will be wanting to shop at Prada and Gucci and buying expensive Estee Lauder beauty products. And such companies are happy to【C14】_.Fashion company Michael Kors which is just getting started with its China expansion, recently said sales there are “starting to【C15】_.“ Kors ma
6、in competitor Coach, which plans several new stores in China, saw its sales there rise 13% in its most recent quarter. Tiffany is full【C16】_ahead with its China expansion【C17 】_disappointing numbers over the holidays at its Hong Kong stores, a favorite haunt of mainland customers. So it s clear that
7、 any Chinese slowdown is seen by luxury and retail executives as a temporary change.“Chinas prestige beauty growth remains at high single digits, and we see【 C18】_opportunities to enter additional cities, doors and【C19 】_, and【C20】_more brands,“ Estee Lauder CEO said last month.1 【C1 】（A）thrived（B）
8、appeared（C） risen（D）started2 【C2 】（A）view（B） appetite（C） taste（D）bias3 【C3 】（A）advancing（B） ebbing（C） flowing（D）ascending4 【C4 】（A）as（B） because（C） though（D）however5 【C5 】（A）far-reaching（B） complex（C） lasting（D）short-lived6 【C6 】（A）extent（B） part（C） degree（D）volume7 【C7 】（A）slow（B） fluctuant（C） bett
9、er（D）calm8 【C8 】（A）On the whole（B） As a rule（C） As a consequence（D）At the same time9 【C9 】（A）prolong（B） expand（C） spread（D）renew10 【C10 】（A）efficient（B） spacious（C） ample（D）additional11 【C11 】（A）even（B） mainly（C） but（D）never12 【C12 】（A）sponsored（B） donated（C） assisted（D）sustained13 【C13 】（A）goods（B）
10、 assets（C） estates（D）resources14 【C14 】（A）welcome（B） oblige（C） greet（D）receive15 【C15 】（A）take place（B） take up（C） take action（D）take hold16 【C16 】（A）opportunity（B） blossom（C） effort（D）steam17 【C17 】（A）regarding（B） though（C） despite（D）now that18 【C18 】（A）widespread（B） little（C） no（D）much19 【C19 】（A）
11、channels（B） straits（C） vessels（D）passages20 【C20 】（A）release（B） announce（C） notice（D）launchPart ADirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)20 Just as each wedding creates potential business for divorce lawyers, so each engage
12、ment gives insurers a chance to drum up business. Future spouses, says Alan Tuvin of Travelers, an insurer, may wish to protect themselves against something going wrong on the wedding day. It is unlikely that your intended wife will leave on horseback, as Julia Roberts did in “Runaway Bride“, and mo
13、st insurers wouldnt cover that anyway. But you never know what might happen. Mr. Tuvin launched the firm s wedding-insurance business; he and his wife were its first clients.A typical American wedding costs 25,000 or so. This has fallen a bit over the past quarter-century but still seems lavish give
14、n how tight American belts are these days. Weddings are pricey because the rich are more likely to marry than the poor, and the average age of newlyweds has gone up, so couples are more prosperous when they eventually tie the knot. High prices, and the fact that many venues require couples to take o
15、ut liability insurance, feed demand for wedding insurance. A fifth of couples buy it, says the Wedding Report, a trade publication.Wedding insurance began in Britain: Cornhill, an insurer, wrote its first policy in 1988. But there were few takers. The idea only took off once transplanted to America.
16、 In the early days, says Mr. Nuccio of Robert Nuccio of Wedsure, an surer, there were incidents of couples faking engagements to collect a payout. Since then, most policies have a clause that excludes “change of heart“. Wedsure does insure against cold feet, but its policy will pay out only if the w
17、edding is cancelled more than 12 months before it is due to take place, thereby guarding against fiances phoning the broker once the relationship is already on the rocks.This does not mean policies are useless. Common causes of payouts include the venue or caterers going bust after having taken a bi
18、g deposit. Extreme weather, a spouse being deployed by the armed forces and an absent priest can all trigger payouts. Most policies will pay to re-stage the photos if the photographer fails to turn up or disappears with the pictures.For some, even a small risk of something going wrong on a day that
19、has been planned for months is worth paying to avoid. Who says romance is dead?21 The example of Julia Roberts is used to show that_.（A）anything can happen on the wedding day（B） each engagement gives insurers a chance to profit（C） suddenness like that is easy to happen during the wedding（D）most wedd
20、ing insurers will cover things like that22 Which of the following cannot explain the development of wedding insurance?（A）Higher prices of weddings.（B） More liability insurance required.（C） The newlyweds getting older.（D）More demand for wedding insurance.23 Wedsure s policy against cold feet will pay
21、 out on condition that_.（A）the fiances are due to break up（B） the fiances relationship is already on the rocks（C） the wedding is cancelled when it is due to take place（D）the wedding is cancelled more than one year in advance24 Common causes of payouts exclude that_.（A）caterers go bankrupt（B） a spous
22、e changes the heart（C） the priest is not present（D）the photographer vanishes25 The author s attitude towards wedding insurance is_.（A）critical（B） neutral（C） approved（D）indifferent25 Women have been driving yellow cabs in New York since the 1940s, but 99% of drivers are male. Even among drivers of ca
23、rs booked by phone or online, only 4% are women. That may change with the launch of SheTaxis, an app that lets female passengers insist on female drivers, and vice versa.It will be available in New York City, Westchester and Long Island, and the firm plans to expand to other cities. Stella Mateo, th
24、e founder, is betting that quite a few women are nervous and weary of getting into cars driven by men. The service may also appeal to those whose religious beliefs forbid them to travel with unrelated men. Each driver wears a pink pashmina. Men who ask for a ride will be directed to another car serv
25、ice.Similar services thrive in India, South Africa and several Middle Eastern cities. Japan has had women-only railway carriages on and off since 1912. Known as hana densha(flower trains), they offer shelter from the gropers who make rush hour in Tokyo so disagreeable.But SheTaxis faces two speed bu
26、mps. One is practical. Demand has been so great that the firm has had to decelerate its launch until it can recruit 500 drivers. The other obstacle is legal. By employing only female drivers, SheTaxis is obviously discriminating against men. Since anti-discrimination law is not always applied with c
27、ommon sense, that may be illegal. And there is no shortage of potential litigants. Yellow cabbies are furious at the growth of online taxi firms such as Uber. “Its not hard to imagine a guy . filing suit,“ says Sylvia Law of New York University Law School. “SheTaxis defence would probably be that it
28、s drivers are all independent contractors.“Because the firm caters only to women, it is discriminating against male customers, too. Is that legal? Angela Cornell of Cornell Law School thinks there could be a loophole. New York s Human Rights Commission could make an exemption on the ground that SheT
29、axi offers a service that is in the public interest: women feel safer not getting into cars with strange men. Women-only colleges are allowed, so why not women-only cabs? The snag is that some men may also feel safer getting into cabs with female drivers. A study in 2010 found that 80% of crashes in
30、 New York City that kill or seriously injure pedestrians involve male drivers. Women drivers are simply better.26 We can learn from the first paragraph that SheTaxis_.（A）will increase women driving yellow cabs（B） will change the market of booking taxis online（C） allows female drivers to only choose
31、female passengers（D）lets male passengers insist on male drivers27 It can be inferred that the service of SheTaxis may appeal to_.（A）women who are nervous about taxi drivers（B） women with certain religious beliefs（C） women who are tired of taking taxis（D）men who ask for a ride28 The word “gropers“(Pa
32、ra. 3)probably refers to_.（A）people who cause a traffic jam（B） men who make sexual harassment to women（C） men who cause the rush hour in Tokyo（D）people who make taking trains disagreeable29 If SheTaxis is accused of discriminating against men, it may_.（A）decelerate its launch as an online taxi firm（
33、B） employ both male and female drivers（C） make anti-discrimination law not applicable（D）spring to the defence of its drivers30 SheTaxis may be exempt from illegality by New Yorks Human Rights Commission because_.（A）its service provided is based on the public interest（B） it discriminates against male
34、 passengers（C） it provides service also for male passengers（D）it decreases crashes caused by male drivers30 It took some time to figure out just the right shopping complex, off just the right highway interchange and just the right distance from Seoul, that could accommodate a 624,000-square-foot sto
35、rethat is to say, one more than three times the size of the average Wal-Mart Supercenter. It took more time to solve certain mysteries, like how big to make the store s children s section in a country where kids are often given ample space in the family living quarters. It took more time to figure o
36、ut how to showcase kitchens that incorporate kimchi refrigerators, a uniquely Korean appliance and even more time to untangle nuances of the market, like the South Koreans preference for metal chopsticks. In all, it took about six years for Ikea to unveil its inaugural store in South Korea, in Gwang
37、myeong, starting from the first scouting trip.The lag was typically Ikean. But six years? “The more global, the more complex it gets,“ replies Mikael Palmquist, the regional manager of retail for Asia Pacific. “We need to get these things right or we will never be taken seriously.“Today the Gwangmye
38、ong store, which is the companys largest in the world by shopping area, is on track to become one of Ikea s top-performing outlets for 2015.The success is hardly a fluke. Ikea, it seems, is a genius at selling Ikeaflat packing, transporting, and reassembling its quirky Swedish styling all across the
39、 planet. The furniture and furnishings brand is in more countries than Wal-Mart and Carrefour. China, where Ikea has eight of its 10 biggest stores, is the companys fastest-growing market. An outlet in Morocco is coming soon, and there are hints that Brazil may not be far off. Meanwhile, Ikea is goi
40、ng meatballs out in India, where it plans to invest about $2 billion over a decade to open 10 stores.Getting it right in emerging markets like China and India, where Ikea is well-positioned to capitalize on a growing middle class, is a key factor in its goal of hitting 50 billion in sales by 2020. T
41、hats up from 28.7 billion in its fiscal 2014 and almost double its 2005 sales level. Today the Ikea Group has 318 stores, not including the brands some four dozen franchised locations; its aiming for around 500 by 2020.31 The first paragraph is used to illustrate that_.（A）it took more time to figure
42、 out a right shopping complex（B） it was tricky to make an ample childrens section in a store（C） it was time-consuming to untangle nuances of the Korean market（D）the lag is the unique feature of Dcea to open new stores32 Ikea doesn t expand too rapidly because_.（A）it is a global company（B） the expans
43、ion is too complex（C） it is difficult to get things right（D）it needs to be taken seriously by customers33 The phrase “a fluke“(Para. 4)probably means_.（A）an effort（B） good luck（C） an opportunity（D）a necessity34 According to the text, Ikea is a genius at all of the following EXCEPT_.（A）selling its fu
44、rniture（B） selling its furnishings（C） reassembling Swedish style（D）expanding outlets35 Which of the following is NOT true?（A）Ikea is aiming for around 500 stores by 2020.（B） South Korean is Ikea s fastest-growing market.（C） Brazil may be one of Ikea s emerging markets.（D）Dcea plans to capitalize on
45、middle classes in India.35 Nationally, an ageing population is a problem. But locally it can be a boon. The over-50s control 80% of Britain s wealth, and like to spend it on houses and high-street shopping. The young “generation rent“, by contrast, is poor, distractible and liable to shop online.Peo
46、ple aged between 50 and 74 spend twice as much as the under-30s on cinema tickets. Between 2000 and 2010 restaurant spending by those aged 65-74 increased by 33%, while the un-der-30s spent 18% less. And while the young still struggle to find work, older people are retiring later. During the financi
47、al crisis full-time employment fell for every age group but the over-65s, and there has been a rash of older entrepreneurs. Pensioners also support the working population by volunteering: some 100 retirees in Christchurch help out as business mentors.Even if they wanted to, most small towns and citi
48、es could not capture the cool kids. Mobile young professionals cluster, and greatly prefer to cluster in London. Even supposed meccas like Manchester are ageing: clubs in that city are becoming members-only. Towns that aim too young, like Bracknell and Chippenham, can find their high streets full of
49、 closed La Senzas(a lingerie chain)and struggling tattoo parlours.Companies often lag behind local authorities in working this out. They are London-obsessed, and have been slow to appreciate the growing economic heft of the oldwho are assumed, often wrongly, to stick with products they learned to love in their youth. But Caroyln Freeman of Revelation Marketing reckons Britain could be
