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考研英语命题预测模拟试题五1 考研英语命题预测模拟试题五 北京新航道学校考研阅读主讲 印建坤 Section Ⅰ Use of English Directions Read the following text. Choose the best words for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1 points FOREIGN financiers mouthing off about the legal wars they will unleash to recover bad debts in Russia rarely mean much. The expense of a lawsuit 1 the satisfaction; the chances of getting any money are 2 . Yet Noga, a company owned by Nessim Gaon, a 78-year-old businessman 3 in Geneva, has been suing the Russian government since 93, attempting to 4 Russian assets abroad. At Mr Gaon\s request, bailiffs last week very nearly 5 two of Russia\s most advanced warplanes at the Paris air 6 . The organisers 7 off the Russian authorities, and the planes flew home, just 8 time. 9 near-misses include a sail-training ship, the Sedov, nuclear- waste shipments, and the president\s plane. Mr Gaon, whose previous business partners include regimes in Nigeria and Sudan, put an clause in his original export deals Russia must waive its sovereign immunity. An arbitration court in Stockholm has found in his , so far, to the of 1m, out of a total of 420m. Other courts the world have let him have a at any Russian assets reach. The odd thing is Russia, now awash with cash, does not simply pay up. Mr Gaon says he was told at one point that a on the debt to someone high up in the finance ministry would solve things. off Mr Gaon costs much in legal fees. Not accepting international judgments sits ill with the current Kremlin line 20 the rule of law. Mr Gaon says his next move will be to seize Russia\s embassy in Paris. 1.A. outdoes B. outper C. outshine D. outweighs 2.A. thin B. slim C. lean D.wiry 3.A. based B. found C.established D. set 4.A. grasp B.hold C. seize D. snatch 5.A. caught B seized C. grabbed D arrested 6.A. show B. exhibition C. display D. demonstration 7 A. stilted B tipped C. dumped D. slanted 8.A. in B. on C at D upon 9.A. Others B.Another C.The other D. Other .A.usual B. unusual C. common D.uncommon . A.support B. good C. favor D. preference .A. tune B. figure C. account D.count .A.demanded B.requested C.required Dclaimed .A. in B. at C. around D over A. crack B. break C split D snap .A. in B.within C. out of D. beyond .A. how B.when C. why D.where .A. kickback B.payment C.cut D. reward .A. avoiding B.fending C. escaping D. shielding 20.A. in B. on C. at D. to Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension Part A TEXT 1 FINE GAEL, Ireland\s main opposition party, has a new leader. Having unceremoniously deposed John Bruton, a er prime minister, on January 31st, it quickly put in his place the man who had plotted his downfall, Michael Noonan. He is a skilled parliamentarian with wide ministerial experience, and a master of the quotable sound bite, not to say of the knife. But can he bring his party back to office Mr. Bruton had been ten years in the job, including 2 1/2 years at the head of a coalition government in the mid-90s. He was a man of substance, but suffered, said party critics, from a “charisma deficit“. Mr. Noonan, at 57 four years older, has both substance and image, and a keen desire for power. But he inherits a demoralized party, unsure of its identity and role in Irish politics, and divided by the manner of his succession. He has not long to turn it round a general election is due by June , and the prime minister, Bertie Ahern, leader of Fianna Fail, may be tempted to call one sooner. Part of Fine Gael\s trouble has been an inability to distinguish itself from Fianna Fail. Fine Gael laid the foundations of the new Irish state in the 20s. But Fianna Fail built it up and, having first taken office in 32, has been in government for some 50 of the years since. Fine Gael has been out of office for most of the past years. Both parties are essentially conservative and centrist, both rooted in the nationalist past. Their hostility goes back to the civil war that sprang up when nationalists split over the terms of the treaty that brought freedom from Britain. But the recent modernization of Irish society has made their similarities far bigger than their differences. Both are catch-all parties, with support across all social classes, age groups and regions. Fianna Fail, however, is better at winning it. On social and moral issues, Fine Gael has usually shown itself readier for change than Fianna Fail, notably in such controversial areas as re of the anti-contraception law and the legalization of divorce. One or other party has served in every government since 22. But never both together. That iron law of Irish politics, it seems, remains. Yet the political landscape is not what it was. After the 89 election, Fianna Fail accepted coalition with minor parties as the price of power. Since then it has swung according to its partners centre-right, centre-left and now, since 97, right again with the Progressive Democrats. Fine Gael must link up with Lab