Part IV      Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)     (25 minutes) 

Section A 

Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2. 

答案：

47.capturing and storing CO₂或者capture and storage of CO₂

48. capture and storage

49. put it to new use

50. increase their yield of fruits and vegetables考試用書

51. the scale of CO₂ emissions 

【解析】

這是一篇科技文。文章就降低碳排放這個話題，討論了捕捉并儲存二氧化碳的可能性。主題雖然是碳排放，但是文章科技術(shù)語很少，也比較貼近生活，所以難度并不高。題目都是事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題，不需要推論，考生只要根據(jù)題干的關(guān)鍵詞，定位信息，在原文中找到答案，謄抄下來就可以了。此題閱卷的原則就是盡量用原文的話來回答問題，所以注意，盡量少修改原文信息。 

Section B 

Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 

Passage One

52. D. Its negative effects have long been neglected.

53. A. Goals with financial rewards have strong motivational power.

54. B. They resorted to unethical practice to meet their sales quota.

55. B. Its conclusion is not based on solid scientific evidence.

56. A. Studying goal-setting can throw more light on successful business practices. 

【解析】

原文題目為The dark side of goal-setting。 這篇文章有一定難度，尤其是作者的態(tài)度一定要把握好。作者并未全盤否定目標(biāo)制定，而是說一定要制定切合實(shí)際的目標(biāo)，以保證建設(shè)性推進(jìn)計(jì)劃，避免不道德行為傷害到計(jì)劃的實(shí)施，因此這方面的研究值得繼續(xù)推進(jìn)下去，給大家更好的指導(dǎo)。