2011年考研英語（二）閱讀 Part A第一篇 參考

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21. According to Paragraph 1, Ms. Simmons was criticized for ______.
[A] Gaining excessive profits
[B] failing to fulfill her duty
[C] refusing to make compromises
[D] leaving the board in tough times

22. We learn from Paragraph 2 that outside directors are supposed to be ______.
[A] generous investors
[B] unbiased executives
[C] share price forecasters
[D] independent advisers

23. According to the researchers form Ohio University after an outside director's surprise departure, the firm is likely to ______.
[A] become more stable
[B] report increased earnings
[C] do less well in the stock market
[D] perform worse in lawsuits

24. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that outside directors ______.
[A] may stay for the attractive offers from the firm
[B] have often had records of wrongdoings in the firm
[C] are accustomed to stress-free work in the firm
[D] will decline incentives from the firm

25. The author's attitude toward the role of outside directors is ______.
[A] permissive
[B] positive
[C] scornful
[D] critical21. According to Paragraph 1, Ms. Simmons was criticized for ______.
[A] Gaining excessive profits
[B] failing to fulfill her duty
[C] refusing to make compromises
[D] leaving the board in tough times

題目問：根據(jù)第一段，Ms. Simmons 由于（）被批評。
根據(jù)文章“But by the end of 2009 Ms. Simmons was under fire for having sat on Goldman's compensation committee; how could she have let those enormous bonus payouts pass unremarked?”
“was under fire for”處于……戰(zhàn)火下，對應(yīng)題目“was criticized for”。“l(fā)et those enormous bonus payouts pass unremarked”讓大量的錢莫名其妙的流失，沒有盡到委員會的職責，即選項[B] failing to fulfill her duty。故答案選B。


22. We learn from Paragraph 2 that outside directors are supposed to be ______.
[A] generous investors
[B] unbiased executives
[C] share price forecasters
[D] independent advisers

題目問：從第二段我們了解到外部董事應(yīng)該是（）。
根據(jù)文章“Outside directors are supposed to serve as helpful, yet less biased, advisers on a firm's board.”“they presumably have enough independence to disagree”
“advisers”，“independence”，答案選[D] independent advisers 獨立的建議者。[B] unbiased executives（公正的主管）帶有一定的干擾性，選項“unbiased （公正的）”與原文“l(fā)ess biased（稍帶些偏見）”并不相同，所以排除B。

補充：
外部董事(outside director)，外部董事亦稱外聘董事，指不是本公司職工的董事，包括不參與管理和生產(chǎn)經(jīng)營活動的企業(yè)外股東和股東大會決議聘任的非股東的專家、學(xué)者等。


23. According to the researchers from Ohio University after an outside director's surprise departure, the firm is likely to ______.
[A] become more stable
[B] report increased earnings
[C] do less well in the stock market
[D] perform worse in lawsuits

題目問：根據(jù)來自俄亥俄大學(xué)的研究者的研究，在外部董事突然離職后，公司可能（）。
根據(jù)文章“They found that after a surprise departure, the probability that the company will subsequently have to restate earnings increases by nearly 20%. The likelihood of being named in a federal class-action lawsuit also increases, and the stock is likely to perform worse. ”他們發(fā)現(xiàn)在突然離職后，公司隨后需要再次審核工資的可能性增加了，而且公司更容易卷入官司，股票容易動蕩。
第一句后半部分的主語是the probability，謂語是increases,其中“the company will subsequently have to restate earnings”修飾probability，所以句子是說“可能性”增加，而非“工資”增加，排除B選項。
“The likelihood of being named in a federal class-action lawsuit also increases”表示公司更容易卷入官司，而不是D選項“perform worse in lawsuits”官司更容易輸。
答案選[C] do less well in the stock market。


24. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that outside directors ______.
[A] may stay for the attractive offers from the firm
[B] have often had records of wrongdoings in the firm
[C] are accustomed to stress-free work in the firm
[D] will decline incentives from the firm

題目問：從最后自然段可以知道外部董事（）。
根據(jù)文章“Firms who want to keep their outside directors through tough times may have to create incentives.”公司如果想要在艱難的時候留下外部董事，要提供一些有利因素。
公司創(chuàng)造“incentives”，外部董事因“attractive offers ”留下，答案選[A] may stay for the attractive offers from the firm。


25. The author's attitude toward the role of outside directors is ______.
[A] permissive
[B] positive
[C] scornful
[D] critical

題目問：作者對于外部董事的態(tài)度是（）。
原文“For the rest of the decade she apparently managed both roles without attracting much criticism. ”，因為里面有“role”和“criticism”可能會有同學(xué)選D選項，但這里要注意criticism是說Ruth Simmons沒有受到太多爭議。
文章第二段簡單介紹了下outside directors，從“ helpful, yet less biased”，“independence to disagree with”可以看出作者的態(tài)度是正面積極的。而且文章一直強調(diào)外部董事的重要性以及公司采取措施挽留外部董事。可見作者的態(tài)度是贊同、積極的，答案選[B] positive。