2006考研英语命题预测题三

Section Ⅰ Use of English

Directions:
    Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1(10 points)

    STOP fretting about recession. That is the message from America's R-word index. For each quarter, we  1  how many stories in the  New York Times and the  Washington Post include the word "recession".   2   bells were set()  3   by the sharp jump in the "R-count" in the first quarter of this year, at a rate that in the past has   4   the start of a recession. In the second quarter,   5  , the number of articles 6     by more than one-third. A conspiracy theorist might suggest that newspaper editors,  7   about dwindling advertising revenues, have  8   the R-word.

    The Economist has found that  9   the past two decades, the R- word index has been good at 10 turning-points in the American economy.   11   GDP figures which appear  12  after a lag, the numbers are instantly available. But how does the index perform in Germany,  13  there have also been  14   fears of recession? Using our idea, HypoVereinsbank has  15  an R-word index for Germany, counting the number of times the word recession  16   in Handelsblatt.

    Worryingly, Germany's R-count for the first quarter of 2001 showed the second-steepest  17   in the past two decades. But in the second quarter, the index dropped by one-third,  18  in America.  19  the world economy has nothing to worry about, or journalists are more  worried about a 20 than a mere recession. A D-word index?

1.A. count B. calculate  C. account  D. reckon

2. A. warning B alarm  C. siren  D.danger

3.A. up  B out  C.off  D.about

4.A hint at  B. gestured C. sign  D. signaled

5.A but  B.yet  C. however  D. although

6,A. reduced  B.fell  C. drop  D.descended

7.A. bothered  B. harassed  C. troubled  D. worried

8.A. prohibited  B. proscribed C.banned D. interdicted  

9.A.over  B.in  C. through  D.by

10. A. pointing  B setting  C. placing  D.spotting

11.A. Unlike  B.Like  C. As  D.Not as

12.A. generally  B.usually C.always  D. only

13A.whicn  B.where  C.who  D. what

14.A. grown  B grow  C grew  D growing

15.A. coined  B built C. constructed   D. set up

16.A. appearing B.appeared  C.appearance  Dappears

17.A. growth  Brise  C. rising  D.climb

18.A. as  B. like  C. as if  D. as that

19.A.Either  B.Whichever  C. Neither  D Whatever

20 A. depression B decline  C despair  D. dejection

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