專家解析大學(xué)英語四級(jí)考試歷年閱讀真題(十)

　　28. In the view of State Treasurer Mike Coffman, the educational budget shortage is ________.

　　A) unavoidable

　　B) unthinkable

　　C) insolvable

　　D) irreversible(B)

　　29. Why did Coffman request an investigation?

　　A) To see if there was a deliberate cover-up of the problem.

　　B) To find out the extent of the consequences of the case.

　　C) To make sure that the school principals were innocent.

　　D) To stop the voters approving the $212 million bong issue.(A)

　　30. Three high school students started a website in order to ________.

　　A) attract greater public attention to their needs

　　B) appeal to the public for contributions and donations

　　C) expose officials who neglected their duties

　　D) keep people properly informed of the crisis(D)

　　這篇短文講述的是學(xué)校資金短缺事件。全文共十個(gè)小段，第一段從丹佛某社區(qū)發(fā)起運(yùn)動(dòng)說起，交代了事件基本信息：1380萬美元的預(yù)算短缺，而后引用某位學(xué)生父母對(duì)學(xué)校表示物質(zhì)支持的原話(we can help ease their financial burden, we will)。這個(gè)段落有這樣一個(gè)特點(diǎn)，即事件本身只是在句中附帶提到，敘述的重點(diǎn)在于社區(qū)對(duì)與此事相關(guān)的學(xué)校、教師的支持。這也暗示了后文的敘述方向不會(huì)是對(duì)資金短缺事件的原委的敘述，而是各方對(duì)此事的反應(yīng)。從全文來看，包括社區(qū)、教師、官方、企業(yè)以及學(xué)生的反應(yīng)。

　　接下來的第二段敘述了教師們對(duì)社區(qū)支持的反應(yīng)(grateful)，而后用教師們的想法傳達(dá)出資金短缺事件的解決難度(impossible for then to solve this problem，社區(qū)支持不可能解決問題)。

　　下一段進(jìn)一步透露出事件的其他信息：發(fā)現(xiàn)時(shí)間(last month)，并交代了州官員的反應(yīng)：驚詫(Nobody would have imagined something happening like this at this level)。下三小段繼續(xù)敘述官方的進(jìn)一步行動(dòng)：為教師工資提供貸款(9.8 million loan that enabled the payroll)，從學(xué)生活動(dòng)資金帳戶中提出170萬美元(officials also took $1.7 million)，調(diào)查該地區(qū)財(cái)務(wù)(begun investigating the district’s finances)。

　　最后的四段分別交代了學(xué)生父母、企業(yè)和學(xué)生們的反應(yīng)。父母們?yōu)閷W(xué)校購買日常教學(xué)器具(buying classroom supplies and offering to pay for groceries and utilities)，企業(yè)捐助，如一家雪佛蘭經(jīng)銷商捐助一萬美元，同時(shí)免除校車租金(A Chevrolet dealership donated $10,000 and forgave the district’s $10,750 bill)，IBM捐助了實(shí)物(4,500 packs of paper)。之后的一段簡單解釋了募捐的原因。最后一段是學(xué)生們的行動(dòng)：建立網(wǎng)站隨時(shí)發(fā)布該事件的進(jìn)展情況(We wanted to know the truth, and spread that around instead.)。

　　26. What has happened to the Vrain School District?

　　A) A huge financial problem has arisen.

　　B) Many schools there are mismanaged.

　　C) Lots of teachers in the district are planning to quit.

　　D) Many administrative personnel have been laid off.(A)

　　題目問Vrain校區(qū)發(fā)生了什么事情。從第一段可知，Vrain校區(qū)發(fā)生了資金短缺($13.8 million budget shortage)，而通讀全篇后可知，這一難題的影響非常嚴(yán)重。

　　A，發(fā)生了嚴(yán)重的財(cái)務(wù)困難。資金短缺(budget shortage)也就是財(cái)務(wù)困難，可以選A。

　　B，那里許多學(xué)校管理不善。此選項(xiàng)考查對(duì)the Vrain school District tries to solve a $13.8 million budget shortage blamed on mismanagement一句的理解。前半句的理解應(yīng)該不成問題，意思是該校區(qū)力圖解決一個(gè)1380萬的預(yù)算缺口。后面的blamed on mismanagement是理解的關(guān)鍵，blamed是個(gè)被動(dòng)語態(tài)，這里省略了is，而這個(gè)句子的完整形式應(yīng)該是個(gè)which引導(dǎo)的從句：shortage which is blamed on mismanagement。Blamed sth on sth 是把某事物的錯(cuò)誤歸因于另一事物，在句中就是“預(yù)算短缺的原因被歸咎于管理不善”。這樣的話，管理不善的對(duì)象就是預(yù)算而不是學(xué)校。

　　C，該校區(qū)的許多教師計(jì)劃離職。文中引用了一位學(xué)生家長的話：we really don’t want to lose them because of this，表達(dá)了人們對(duì)預(yù)算短缺可能導(dǎo)致教師離去的后果。但文中沒有指出教師是否計(jì)劃(planning)離職，或者是否有“很多”(many)教師有此想法。

　　D，許多管理人員遭到解雇。文中沒有相關(guān)敘述。