14. The word “arbiters” (Line 7, Paragraph 4)most probably refers to those.
[A] who work as coordinators[B] who function as judges
[C] who supervise transactions[D] who determine the price
15. According to the text, the cost increase in the rail industry is mainly caused by.
[A] the continuing acquisition[B] the growing traffic
[C] the cheering Wall Street[D] the shrinking market
核心詞匯:
merge 合并
heighten 使提高,加強(qiáng)
monopoly 壟斷
freight貨物,運(yùn)費(fèi)
substantial可觀的,大量的;實(shí)質(zhì)的,真實(shí)的
coordinated協(xié)調(diào)的
bulk (巨大的)體積,大量;(大)塊
consolidation鞏固,加強(qiáng)
appeal (to)申訴,上訴;吸引
captive被俘虜?shù)?文中指shippers—托運(yùn)商受制于鐵路公司)
discrimination歧視;區(qū)別
flourish繁榮
一詞多義的詞匯(本文的意思,就是第一個(gè)意思非該詞的最常見意義):
ground理由,根據(jù);地面
subscribe同意,贊成;訂購,訂閱
表示態(tài)度傾向的詞匯:
indignant憤慨的
apprehensive 憂慮的,擔(dān)心的
上述的詞匯對理解全文與選擇答案影響很大,特別是表示態(tài)度傾向的詞匯indignant和apprehensive,直接關(guān)系到12題的答案選擇。復(fù)習(xí)時(shí)應(yīng)將各課的詞匯(包含問題與選項(xiàng)中的詞匯)按照上述分類整理記憶,以提高答題的正確率。
注:本文撰寫時(shí)參考了李傳偉編著的《2007年考研英語閱讀真題全方位突破》(中國廣播電視出版社)。
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