Question

An increase in students applying to study economics at university is being attributed to the global economic crisis awakening a public  36  for knowledge about how the financial system   37  .

Applications for degree courses beginning this autumn were up by 15% this January,  38 UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. A spokesman for the Royal Economic Society said applications to do economics at A-level were  39  up.

Professor John Beath, the president of the society, and a  40  lecturer at St Andrews University, said his first-year lectures—which are open to students from all departments—were   41  crowds of 400, rather than the  42  250.

“There are a large number of students who are not economics  43  who would like to learn something about it. One of the things I have done this year is to  44  my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn’t  45  done.” He added.

University applications  46  7% last year. But there were rises  47  average in several subjects. Nursing saw a 15% jump, with people’s renewed  48  in careers in the public sector, which are seen as more secure in economic crisis.

A  49  study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial  50   and almost half said their children had asked them what was  51 , although a minority of parents felt they did not understand it themselves well enough to explain.

Zack Hocking, the head of Child Trust Funds, said: “It’s possible that one good thing to arise from the  52  will be a generation that’s financially  53  and better equipped to  54  their money through times of economic  55  .”

1.A．concern   B．thirst C．sense          D．taste

2.A．works       B．performs     C．serves          D．affects

3.A．in terms of        B．according to        C．on account of      D．in spite of

4.A．yet B．once C．also     D．still

5.A．outstanding      B．inspiring      C．convincing          D．leading

6.A．catching   B．appealing    C．drawing       D．covering

7.A．usual        B．regular        C.  average          D．common

8.A．majors      B．interests      C．preferences        D．standards

9.A．attach       B．adapt  C．approach    D．relate

10.A．generally           B．frequently       C．traditionally       D．originally

11.A．raised    B．rose   C．fell      D．struck

12.A．by          B．in         C．over    D．above

13.A．effect     B．focus           C．interest       D．benefit

14.A．recent   B．late     C．present       D．unique

15.A．matters  B．affairs C.  events         D．issues

16.A．taking up        B．going on      C．calling up    D．keeping on

17.A．overturn         B．downturn           C．breakthrough      D．breakout

18.A．cleverer         B．smarter       C．brighter       D．wiser

19.A．strugglt  B．measure      C．manage       D．earn

20.A．stability  B．puzzle C．uncertainty D．recovery

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.A

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.D

13.C

14.A

15.A

16.B

17.B

18.D

19.C

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：文章大意：文章介绍申请到大学中学习经济专业的学生的增加被归因于全球性的经济危机激起了民众对于金融系统运作知识的渴望。通过举例说明这样的现象的好处。

1.考查名词和句意理解：A．concern关心，担心，B．thirst渴望，C．sense 感觉，D．taste品尝，品味，这句话的意思是：越来越多的学生申请大学经济系是由于经济危机唤醒了人们对于金融系统是如何运作的知识的渴望。所以选B

2.考查动词和句意理解：A．works运作，起作用，B．performs表演，表现，C．serves服务，D．affects影响，这句话的理解同上题，指金融系统的运作，所以选A

3.考查词组和句意理解：A．in terms of就…而言，B．according to根据，C．on account of因为D．in spite of虽然，句意是：根据UCAS的调查，今年一月份开始的学位课程的申请已经上升了15%。选 B

4.考查副词和上下文理解：A．yet 然而，B．once 一旦，曾经，C．also也，D．still仍然，上句话说：学位课程的申请已经上升了15%，这句话是申请A水平经济学的学生也在上升，选C

5.考查形容词和句意理解：A．outstanding杰出的，B．inspiring激励人心的，C．convincing 使人相信的， D．leading主要的，这里是介绍John Beath，是协会的主席，是St Andrews 大学的主讲师，选D

6.考查动词和句意理解：A．catching抓住，B．appealing和to搭配，是“吸引”，C．drawing画，吸引，拉，临近， D．covering覆盖，涉及，句意：他的意图是面向所有的系科的第一年的讲座，吸引了400多人。选 C

7.考查形容词和句意理解：A．usual通常的，B．regular常规的，定期的，C.  average平均的，     D．common普通的，常见的，这几个是相似的形容词，这里强调和平常不一样，这次的讲座吸引400多人，选A

8.考查名词和句意理解：A．majors主修B．interests兴趣，C．preferences偏爱，D．standards水平，majors这里指是主修经济学的学生，句意：又很多学生不是主修经济学的，选A

9.考查动词和词组搭配：A．attach附上，B．adapt适应，改编，C．approach靠近，处理，D．relate和…有关，relate sth to sth“把…和…联系起来”，这里是：教授今年的工作是把教学和当代的事件联系起来，选D

10.考查副词和句意理解：A．generally普遍地，B．frequently频繁地，C．traditionally传统地，D．originally最初地，原始地，这里指教授的教学方法和传统的方法不一样，选C

11.考查动词和句意理解：A．raised举起，提出，筹集，饲养，B．rose上升，上涨，起身，C．fell下降，跌倒，D．struck敲打，袭击，句意：去年的大学申请有上升，还有下面的句子：But there were rise          average in several subjects 也可以看出答案是B。

12.考查介词和词组搭配：A．by相差，B．in在…里面，C．over越过，D．above在…上面，above average在平均值上面，高于平均值，句意：在几个学科上上升都在平均值以上，选D

13.考查名词和句意理解：A．effect影响，B．focus聚焦，C．interest兴趣，D．benefit利益，句意是：人们对公共部门又有了兴趣，这些部门在经济危机中更加安全，选C

14.考查形容词：A．recent最近的，B．late最迟的，C．present现在的，在场的，D．unique独特的，句意：最近的一项调查表明三分之二的父母认为学校应该做更多的事情来教学生关于经济问题，选A

15.考查名词：A．matters事情；事态；问题；关于...的事情；物质；重要性B．affairs事务，C.  events事件，D．issues问题，（报刊的）期，号，发行物，这里的financial  matters是“和经济有关的事情”，选A

16.考查词组和句意理解：A．taking up从事，拿起，开始学，B．going on进展，C．calling up唤起， D．keeping on反复，句意：有一半的人说孩子问过现在发生的事情，选B

17.考查动词和句意理解：A．overturn使）翻倒，B．downturn .（价格或活动）开始下降，衰退，低迷时期C．breakthrough突破，D．breakout爆发，句意：这次的衰退带来的好处之一是这一代人在经济上更理智，选B

18.考查形容词比较级，A．cleverer更聪明，B．smarter更聪明，C．brighter更聪明，D．wiser更理智，这里指孩子在经济问题上更加理智，不是更聪明，选D

19.考查动词和句意理解：A．struggle努力，挣扎，B．measure衡量，C．manage设法，管理，D．earn挣得，句意是：这代人在经济问题上更加理智，能够管理好自己的钱，选C

20.考查名词和上下文串联：A．stability稳定，B．puzzle困惑，C．uncertainty不确定，D．recovery恢复，前面提到：the global economic crisis可知是经济不确定的时期，选C。

考点：考查政治经济文化类完型填空