全国职称英语考试综合类AB级课堂笔记第29讲

2005年职称英语精讲课程

（综合类AB级）

补全短文第五讲

“段落中心决定段落中句子的语意”思路介绍

Tests show women suited for space travel

A At the end of ten years, they had to spend a further twenty days absolutely confined to bed.

B They were volunteers and were paid barely above the minimum wage.

C These tests were conducted to determine how they would respond to conditions resembling those abroad the space shuttle.

D They need less food and less oxygen and they stand up to radiation better.

E Some of them over 65.

F When they were finally allowed up, the more physical active women （揭示前面的they指的是“女性”）were specially subject to pains due to a slight calcium (钙)loss

其中除了选项C（主题涉及到实验）以外，其他选项的主题都是有关“她们”（参加实验的妇女）

Between 1977 and 1981, three groups of American women, numbering 27 in all, between the age of 35 and 65, were given month-long tests for space travel purposes. __1__.

Those women were carefully selected from among many applicants. __2__. They were not allowed to smoke or drink alcohol during the tests, and they were expected to tolerate each other’s company at close quarters for the entire period. Among others things they had to stand pressure three times the force of gravity and carry out both physical and mental tasks while exhausted from strenuous physical exercise. __3__. During that time they suffered backaches and other discomforts. __4__.

1． C。分析：空格前面没有明显的篇章词汇，从前句中的核心结构来看“有三组美国妇女参加了长达一个月以太空旅行为目的的测试”，结合下一句（第2段第1句）该句说“这些妇女是从许多申请者中仔细挑选出来的”，下一段的中心是围绕妇女展开（从下一段中句子的核心结构可以看出）因此判断第1段的主题应该涉及到实验更合理，因此判断C是答案。

例题解析：

阅读下面的短文，文章中有5处空白，文章后面有6组文字，请根据文章的内容选择5组文字，将其分别放回文章原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位

置上。

The dollar in world markets

According to a leading German banker，the U．S．dollar is“the most frequently discussed

economic phenomenon of our times．”He adds，“…the dollar’s exchange rate is at present the

most important price in the world economy…’ (1) The central banks of many

countries hold huge reserves of dollars，and over half of all world trade is priced in terms of

dollars．Any shift in the dollar’s exchange rate will benefit some and hurt others． (2) The dollar’S exchange rate has been too volatile and unpredictable．Several years ago the

dollar was rapidly declining in value. (3) The rise in the price of foreign goods made it possible for U．S．businesses to raise the price of competing goods produced here，thus worsening inflation．Foreigners who dealt in dollars or who held dollars as reserves were hurt．People in the United States who had borrowed foreign currencies found that they had to pay back more than they borrowed because the declining dollar would buy fewer units of the foreign

money (4)

The dollar went soaring upward．and the situation was reversed．United States exporters

found it hard to sell abroad because foreigners would have to pay more for U．S．dollars．People in the United States now bought the relatively cheaper foreign goods，and U．S．manufacturers

complained that they could not compete．Job losses were often blamed on the“overvalued”

dollar. Poor nations that had borrowed dollars found it difficult to repay both the 10ans and the

interest because they had to use more and more of their own currencies to obtain dollars． (5) We might even return to the gold standard.

Fixed exchange rates did not work in the past．Currency values should be determined by

market conditions．A drop in the exchange value of a nation’s currency means that it is

importing too much，that it is too inefficient to compete in World markets，that it is permitting a

high rate of inflation which makes its goods too expensive，that it is going too deeply in debt，or

that others have lost confidence in the nation’s stability．A nation should bring its exchange rate

back up by addressing these problems，not by interfering with the money market．

练习：

A The solution to this problem is to end the system of floating exchange rates and return to fixed rates．

B Some people suggest，therefore，that the dollar’s value should be more tightly controlled．

C The United States lost face in the eyes of the rest of the world．

D Because the dollar acts as‘ a world currency。its value affects many nations.

E This made it difficult for Americans to purchase foreign goods and services.

F Those who borrowed a lot of money from a bank suffered most

1. 文章主题分析：The dollar in world markets

2. 被选项分析：

A The solution to this problem is to end the system of floating exchange rates and return to fixed rates.

B Some people suggest, therefore, that the dollar’s value should be more tightly controlled.

C The United States lost face in the eyes of the rest of the world.

D Because the dollar acts as a world currency, its value affects many nations.

E This made it difficult for Americans to purchase goods and services.

F Those who borrowed a lot of money from a bank suffered most.