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Question 1-5 1.Wild claims on labels of worthle medicines are much le frequent than there were years ago.But some over-the-counter drugs are still being promoted by tall stories, sometimes told in booklets or through advertising rather than on the label.//
2.One tall story is that every American today suffers from a vitamin or mineral deficiency and needs vitamin supplements.This isn’t so.Vitamins and minerals are plentiful in our food supply.Eating a variety of foods makes it almost certain that you will get a full amount of these nutrients.
3.Infants, pregnant women, the sick or convalescent and those who are dieting may need special supplements.But the family physician is the best authority on what vitamin supplements are needed.
4.If your doctor does recommend supplements, take the suggested does — no more.Some people take or give vitamins on the principle that if a little is good, twice as much is better.Exceive doses of certain vitamins are known to be toxic.
5.If you are overweight, don’t fall for a formula that promises you a slim, trim figure without dieting or calorie counting.To reduce, you must consume fewer calories than you use up in daily living.If calories are not used in producing heat or energy, they are stored to build fat.If you need to lose only a few pounds, you can probably work out your own diet.But if you need to lose many pounds, have your doctor plan a diet for you.Crash diets can break down your health, not your weight.
6.Beware of cosmetics that make exaggerated claims or promises.There are no quick or easy cures for acne.Acne is a complex disease caused by a combination of factors.No cream that comes from a drugstore can cure it.
7.Don’t trust any cream or gadget that promises to give you curves where you want them, or take them from where they are not wanted.Any cream that could do this would not be safe to use and there are no gadgets that are effective for spot reducing.The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act protects the consumer by prohibiting any statements on labels or packages that are false or misleading.
1.What would be the best title for the paage?
A.Nutrient Deficiency
B.Exaggerated Claims
C.Food Supplements
D.Calorie Consumption 2.Vitamin supplements may be recorded by____
A.the elderly
B.the handicapped
C.teenagers
D.people on diets
3.The phrase “fall for”(para 5) is closest in meaning to_____
A.count on
B.settle for
C.turn down
D.work out
4.The author warns in the paage that acne______
A.is the disease caused by a vitamin deficiency
B.is incurable by any cream from a drugstore
C.will break down health if left untreated
D.will not respond to any known treatment
5.According to the paage, overstatements about products_____
A.are prohibited by law
B.are made through advertising
C.are printed on parcels and packages
D.are currently few and far between
文章难度：★★☆☆☆
字数：370
点评：本篇是关于健康类的文章，题目类型多样，但总体难度不大。第一题中的“best title”可判断该题为主旨题。此篇文章开门见山，第一句便道出了主旨所在，通读全文后，可进一步确定文章主旨是exaggerated claims。第二题是细节题。文章第二段阐述人们对于维生素补充药品的误区，接着第三段说明了哪些人真正需要补充维生素，所以该题可具体定位于第三段第一句。第三题是词汇题，出现在第五段第一句话。我们在应对词汇题时，必须准确把握词汇所在句的上下文内容及其情感基调。通过紧接其后的第二句话“To reduce, you must consume fewer calories than you use up in daily living”可判断，作者认为想要减肥必须减少卡路里的摄入，而所谓的“formula”无需规定饮食也无需计算卡路里的摄入，可见作者对此并不认可，情感基调是否定的。因此可判断“fall for”有“相信，指望”之意。最后两题都是细节题，第四题可迅速定位到第六段最后一句“No cream that comes from a drugstore can cure it.” 而第五题也能迅速定位于文章最后一句，句中“Act”是“法令，法案”之意。
Question 6-10
UC Berkeley---College of Natural Resources
1.When Shelton Johnson was 5, his family took him to Berchtesgaden National Park in the Bavarian Alps.To this day, he remembers his sense of awe.“The mountains, the sky being so close — it affected me profoundly,” said Mr.Johnson, who now works as a ranger at Yosemite National Park in California.
2.In 23 years on the job, Mr.Johnson, 52, has been equally struck by how few of his fellow African-Americans visit the national parks, Yosemite included.A few years ago, he decided to do something about it.In a plaintive letter to Oprah Winfrey, he wrote:“Every year, America is becoming increasingly diverse, but that diversity is not reflected in the national parks, even though African-Americans and other groups played a vital role in the founding of national parks.If the national parks are America’s playground, then why are we not playing in the most beautiful places in America?”
3.“The Oprah Winfrey Show” recently aired two episodes from Yosemite in response to Mr.Johnson’s appeal.
4.The National Park Service is expanding its efforts to diversify both its guests and its work force as the agency prepares to celebrate its centennial in 2016.
5.Surveys show that visitors to America’s 393 national parks — there were 285.5 million of them in 2009 — are mainly non-Hispanic whites, with blacks the least likely group to visit.The Park Service now says the problem is linked to the parks’ very survival.“If the American public doesn’t know that we exist or doesn’t care, our miion is potentially in jeopardy,” said Jonathan B.Jarvis, who took over as director of the Park Service last year.
6.In a Park Service survey it commiioned in 2000, only 13 percent of black respondents reported visiting a national park in the previous two years.
7.Jim Gramann, a visiting social scientist with the Park Service who is overseeing a review of a follow-up survey in 2008 and 2009 that is to be released early next year, said the gap persisted.“The demographic face of America is not reflected in national park visitation, with a few exceptions,” Mr.Gramann said.
8.But some officials acknowledge that the parks may not seem welcoming to specific ethnic groups.They cited rules that limit the number of people in picnic areas or the number of tents that can be pitched at specific sites, which can clash with the vacation style.of extended Latino families.But no group avoids national parks as much as African-Americans.The 2000 survey found that blacks were three times as likely as whites to believe that park employees gave them poor service and that parks were “uncomfortable places.”
9.Attendance tends to be more homogenously white at wilderne parks like Yosemite, where a 2009 survey found that 77 percent of the visitors were white, 11 percent Latino, 11 percent Asian and 1 percent black.
10.Mr.Johnson said he was more likely to meet someone from Finland or Israel in the park than from an African-American neighborhood in the United States.“It’s something that’s pervasive in the culture — it doesn’t matter whether you’re Oprah or a postal worker,” Mr.Johnson said.
6.When his family took Shelton Johnson to the national park, he___
A.couldn’t help but admire the sight
B.did not see many fellow black visitors
C.made up his mind to work as a park ranger
D.found the mountain blocking the view of the sky
7.Why did Mr.Johnson write Oprah Winfrey, the American entertainment _______
A.Because Oprah Winfrey would air her opinion in the Oprah Winfrey
B.Because Oprah Winfrey related easily to black people as a black
C.Because he wanted what he saw in the park to be brought to public D.Because he knew no other person well enough to solve the problem 8.According to the paage, the National Park Service_____
A.faces the survival problem for lack of funds
B.has a history of about one hundred years
C.does not care about the number of visitors to the parks
D.does not survey the groups of visitors to the parks
9.Poor attendance of black people in national parks is primarily due to_____ A.the remote poibility of meeting fellow black visitors B.the clash between the service items and their lifestyle C.the uncomfortable places allocated for their picnics D.the discriminatory treatment from the park employees 10.Which group of the following visitors is Mr.Johnson least likely to at Yosemite? A.Asian visitors B.European tourists C.African-Americans D.Hispanic whites
文章难度：★★★☆☆
字数：530 点评：本篇文章多事例和数据，除第二题是推断题外，其他四题皆为细节题。第二题是推断题，难度较大，可定位于文章第二段和第三段。该题需要通过分析这两段的内容以及对个别词语的把握，才可推断出Mr.Johnson写信的意图。其他四题皆为细节题，难度不大，都能做到快速定位，第一题可定位于第一段第二句和第三句;第三题可迅速定位到第四段的“centennial”一词;第四题定位于第八段最后一句，第五题定位于倒数第二段。
Question 11-15 (来自The Irish Times)
1.The number of people emigrating from Ireland is currently estimated at 30,000 annually.There is no doubt that the bulk of young Irish emigrants end up in London.And while some of their problems are unique to this generation, many of them work in the same jobs and live in the same conditions as endle previous generations of emigrants to Britain.
2.While some Irish take their degrees to London and use them to get jobs in the burgeoning service industry, for many others who left school in their teens and experienced months, if not years, of unemployment their second act on reaching London is to sign on for social welfare.Their first, and most difficult, is finding somewhere to live.
3.Social welfare benefits, when they include a rent allowance, are better in England.For a young unemployed man or woman, living at home with little or no unemployment aistance in Ireland, this can seem an attractive proposition, offering independence, a subsistence income and at least the hope of a job in a city where unemployment, while real, is a lot lower than in Ireland.Many young Irish emigrants go straight on the dole when they arrive in England.Some find jobs fairly quickly, others remain on the dole for months.
4.Andrew Fox is living on the dole, and is also in receipt of housing benefit.And he is living in relative comfort, as he\'s staying in Conway House, the hostel for young Irish men run by the Catholic Church in Kilburn.This costs ￡50 a week for bed and breakfast, and all the young men there spoke glowingly of the facilities it offers and the welcome they receive from staff.There was a 300 per cent increase in demand for places in this hostel in the first six months of last year. 5.But those who get into Conway House are the lucky ones and there is a six month time limit on residence there.It has a capacity for just 300, a drop in the ocean, and thousands of young Irish emigrants live in squats acro north London.The squats are empty houses, many of them owned by the local council.They may be being prepared for sale into the private sector.Sometimes the council boards up the windows or removes the stairs, and the electricity is usually cut off.The conditions vary widely in the squats, from those in houses which are in good condition and where the illegal tenants are painters and decorators and do the place up, to those in bad repair where the squatters live on mattrees on the floors in rooms lit only by candles.If they reconnect the electricity they face arrest and charges for stealing it.
6.Loneline as well as the need for practical help ensures that many Irish people stick together.One of the subjects discued at a seminar on emigration in Kilburn was the trauma experienced by Irish emigrants, revealed in statistics which showed a disproportionately high number of Irish admiions to mental hospitals.One of the reasons for the sense of alienation was the sense of being foreigners in England and the hostility they experienced from many sections of the media and the police.Those who leave the country voluntarily are more likely to adapt well than those, in the majority, forced to do so out of economic neceity.Most of those who attended the seminar in Kilburn were in no doubt about the category they belonged to.\'I love Ireland\', says Andrew Fox.\'I wouldn\'t have left it, only there was no work there.\'
11.According to the paage, the majority of emigrants from Ireland to London______
A.have useful qualification
B.encounter problems typical of the 21st century
C.are in the employ of service industries
D.are in the same position as their predeceors
12.What young Irish people want when they emigrant to London is______
A.to have a better chance of getting jobs
B.to get somewhere to live
C.to enjoy life in an international city
D.to live on the social security system
13.Which of the following is TRUE about Conway House?
A.You cannot have lunch and dinner there.
B.You have to be emigrants to stay here.
C.It is not poible to stay there over 6 months.
D.It is too expensive to live there.
14.The main problem in living in a squat is__________
A.the lack of comfort
B.the danger of a fire
C.the violation of the law
D.the absence of security
15.The trauma experienced by Irish emigrants is demonstrated in the fact that_______
A.more Irish emigrants suffer from mental illne
B.many Irish emigrants are arrested by the Police
C.the media is biased against the Irish emigrants
D.the Irish emigrants in London tend to stick together
文章难度：★★★★☆
字数：601
点评：本篇文章是关于爱尔兰人移民去英国后的种种情况，文章不论在字数上还是在文字难度上都比前两篇有所上升。本文同样开门见山，第一句就直接阐述了主旨是关于爱尔兰人移民英国。本篇5道题皆为细节题，都可做到准确定位。第一题可定位于第一段最后一句。第二题定位到文章第二段，说明年轻的爱尔兰移民英国后的需求。第三题可通过具体的定位句确定正确选项和排除错误选项，正确选项可定位于第五段第一句。第四题中，由于四个选项中的细节都有所提及，这是该题的陷阱，所以做题时务必准确定位。第四题可定位于第五段最后一句。第五题的关键在于审题，要明确题干考察的是哪些事实论证了爱尔兰移民遭受精神问题，而不是考察精神问题的原因及结果。所以分析题干至关重要，第五题正确选项可定位于最后一段第二句。
16-20 人事部三级笔译文章
1.My first visit to Paris began in the company of some earnest students.My friend and I, therefore being full of independence and the love of adventure, decided to go off on our own and explore Northern France as hitch-hikers.
2.We managed all right down the main road from Paris to Rouen, because there were lots of vegetable trucks with sympathetic drivers.After that we still made headway along secondary roads to Fécamp, because we fell in with two family men who had left their wives behind and were off on a spree on their won.In Fécamp, having decided that it was pointle to reserve money for emergencies such as railway fares, we spent our francs in great contentment, carefully arranging that we should have just enough left for supper and an overnight stay at the Youth Hostel in Dieppe, before catching the early morning boat.
3.Dieppe was only fifty miles away, so we thought it would be a shame to leave Fécamp until late in the afternoon.
4.There is a hill outside Fécamp, a steep one.We walked up it quite briskly, saying to each other as the lorries climbed past us, that, after all, we couldn\'t expect a French truck driver to stop on a hill for us.It would be fine going from the top.
5.It probably would have been fine going at the top, if we had got there before the last of the evening truck convoy had paed on its way westwards along the coast.We failed to realize that at first, and sat in dignified patience on the crest of the hill.We were sitting there two and a half hours later-still dignified, but le patient.Then we went about two hundred yards further down to a little bistro, to have some coffee and ask advice from the proprietor.He told us that there would be no more trucks and explained that our gentlemanly signaling stood out the slightest chance of stopping a private motorist.
6.\"This is the way one does it!\" he exclaimed, jumping into the centre of the road and completely barring the progre of a vast, gleaming car which contained a rather supercilious Belgian family, who obviously thought nothing to all of the two bedraggled English students.However, having had to stop, they let us into the back seat, after carefully removing all objects of value, including their daughter.
7.Conversation was not easy, but we were more than content to stay quiet — until the car halted suddenly in an out-of-the-way village far from the main road, and we learned to our surprise that the Belgians went no farther.They left us standing disconsolate on a deserted country road, looking sorrowfully after them as their rear lamp disappeared into the darkne.
8.We walked in what we believed to be the general direction of Dieppe for a long time.At about 11 p.m., we heard, far in the distance, a low-pitched staccato rumbling.We ran to a rise in the road and from there we saw, as if it were some mirage, a vast French truck approaching us.It was no time for half measures.My friend sat down by the roadside and hugged his leg, and looked as much like a road accident as nature and the circumstances permitted.I stood in the middle of the road and held my arms out.As soon as the lorry stopped we rushed to either side and gabbled out a plea in poor if voluble French for a lift to Dieppe.
9.There were two aboard, the driver and his relief, and at first they thought we were a holdup.When we got over that, they let us in, and resumed the journey.
10.We reached the Youth Hostel at Dieppe at about 1:30 a.m., or as my friend pointed out, precisely 3 hours after all doors had been locked.This, in fact, was not true, because after we climbed over a high wall and tiptoed acro the forecourt, we discovered that the door to the washroom was not properly secured, and we were able to make our stealthy way to the men’s dormitory where we slept soundly until roused at 9:30 the following morning. 16.The author decided to hitch-hike with his friend in Northern France as______
A.the students didn’t want to go with him
B.it was difficult to find public transport
C.He didn’t want to stay with the students
D.He had never explored the place.
17.Why did the author and his friend spend most of their money in France?
A.They saw no reason to save it.
B.The fares to Dieppe were very cheap.
C.They knew there would be emergencies.
D.They were leaving early next morning.
18.The bistro proprietor thought that cars wouldn’t stop for the two students because______ A.only gentlemen could understand their signals
B.they only signaled to gentleman
C.they were too polite to signal
D.their signals were too polite
19.The author’s friend sat down at the side of the road because_____
A.he was too tired to walk any further
B.he had had an accident and hurt his leg
C.he thought the lorry driver would see him clearly there.
D.he wanted to give the lorry driver a reason to stop
20.They asked the lorry driver for a lift in_____
A.rapid and accurate French
B.slow and imprecise French
C.quick and inaccurate French
D.hesitant and precise French
文章难度：★★★☆☆
字数：716
点评：本篇文章是记叙文，描述了作者及其朋友的一段旅游经历。文章字数较多，看似增加了阅读难度，但实际上同学们只需按文章顺序采用阅读定位法，就会发现文章中很多细节描写都是多余的，在考试时可直接跳读;特别是文章的最后两段，与考题无关，可直接省略不读，以节约考试时间。关于题型，本篇前三题都是细节题，难度不大，都能做到准确定位：第一题定位于第一段第二句;第二题定位于第二段第三句;第三题定位于第五段最后一句。第四题是推断题，但难度适中，可定位在第八段最后两句，只要在理解上下文的基础上，就能做出正确判断。虽然第五题的题干中未出现要考察的单词，但它实际上是一道词汇题。通过定位不难发现，该题实际考察的是第八段最后一行“in poor if voluble French”中的形容词“poor”和“voluble”;通过这两个词的含义和褒贬性能帮助我们确定选项。
Questions 21—25 (China Daily)
1.One point three billion metric tons — that’s how much food that we waste each year.Not an easy number to wrap one’s head around.Try to imagine 143,000 Eiffel Towers stacked one on top of the other—together they’d weigh around 1.3 billion tons.The sheer scale of the number makes it practically impoible to grasp, no matter how you come at it.
2.Rendering the figure all the more unfathomable is the fact that alongside this maive wastage of food, 840 million people experience chronic hunger on a daily basis.Many millions more suffer from “silent hunger”—malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies.
3.For the more economically minded, here’s another number: the economic cost of food wastage runs around $750 billion per annum.This is expreed in producer prices; if we were to consider retail prices and the wider impacts on the environment including climate change, the figure would be far higher.
4.When food is lost or wasted, the energy, land and water resources that went into producing it are also squandered—while at the same time large amounts of greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere during production, proceing, and cooking.
5.We simply cannot tolerate the wastage of 1.3 billion tons of food per year—one-third of the world’s annual food production.There’s a lot that can be done.To begin with, food loes and waste need to be seen as a cro-cutting policy iue, rather than a lifestyle.choice to be left in the hands of individual consumers and their consciences.The world needs to wake up to the need for policies on food waste and loes that look at all stages of the food chain, from production to consumption.
6.Loes of food—on farms, during proceing, transport and at markets—represent a thorn in the side of food security in most developing countries, where post-harvest loes can reach as high as 40 percent of production in some cases.Especially in these places, investment in infrastructure for transportation, storage, cooling and marketing of food is badly needed.Training farmers in best practices also has an important role to play.
7.In developed countries, food retailing practices require a rethink.For example, rejection of food products on the basis of aesthetic concerns is a major cause of food waste.Some supermarkets have already begun relaxing standards on fruit appearance, selling “mihaped” items at reduced prices and helping raise awarene that “ugly does not mean bad.” More approaches like this, that find markets or uses for surplus food, are needed.
8.Both businees and households should monitor to see where and how they waste food and take corrective steps, because prevention of waste is even more important than recycling.Unlike the mindboggling figure of 1.3 billion tons, these simple steps are easy enough to grasp — and within reach of each of us.The world has enough on its plate — food wastage is something we can all do something about now.
21.Why does the author mention Eiffel Tower in the introductory paragraph?
(A) To mean that more towers like Eiffel could be built without food loes and waste.
(B) To imply that it is now impoible to build an Eiffel Tower elsewhere in the world. (C) To create a visual picture of the size of the world’s food loes and wastage per year.
(D) To compare the cost of Eiffel Tower with that of the world’s annual food wastage.
22.One point three billion tons of food is wasted annually in the world, which ______.
(A) gives off tons of greenhouse gaes into the atmosphere
(B) accounts for one-third of the world’s total food production
(C) amounts to what can otherwise feed 840 million starving people
(D) makes up 40 percent of total production in developing countries
23.In which of the following stages is food likely to be wasted in some developed countries?
(A) Production.
(B) Storage.
(C) Rejection.
(D) Consumption.
24.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the concluding paragraph?
(A) Businees should do more than individuals to prevent waste of all sizes.
(B) It is up to every one of us to do something about the shocking food waste.
(C) People should keep track of where food is wasted and recycle the waste.
(D) Corrective steps are well beyond the reach of ordinary people.
25.What would be the best title for the paage?
(A) Time to Stop Food Wastage.
(B) Global Food Security.
(C) Ways to Eradicate Chronic Hunger.
(D) Food Production and Waste.
文章难度：★★★☆☆
字数：488
点评：本篇是关于食物浪费的环保类文章，文字难度较大，但通过题目定位不难发现，文章有多个段落均为无效信息，所以可以采取跳读法以节约时间。第一题是推断题，可定位于第一段第三句，难度适中，可通过分析上下文加以推断。第
二、三和四题都是细节题，难度不大，均能快速定位。第二题定位于第五段第一句;第三题定位于第七段第一句;第四题定位于文章最后一句。最后一题是主旨题，难度不大，通读全文后不难选出正确答案。
Questions 26—30
1.Starting up a busine is easier in the service sector than in manufacturing.A new manufacturer has to invest heavily in factory premises, machinery and staff whereas a service sector start-up requires a much smaller initial investment.However, these new service sector firms often take a long time to build up a client base.They rely heavily on word of mouth to attract customers, a slow proce that causes a few uncomfortable months while waiting for customers to arrive.With few customers, cash flow is minimal, but the start-up bank loan still has to serviced, and there may be promotional costs like price cuts or free samples.
2.In contrast, new manufacturers have to find more start-up capital.They take the risk of a high initial investment only because they know there is a ready market for their product.On the other hand, the service sector start-up is more speculative, based on the hope that people will want the service offered, so payback may be seriously delayed.But service sector start-ups have one big advantage over manufacturing.A restaurant, for example, could be set up in a few weeks, enough time to find premises, buy equipment ‘off the shelf’ and recruit staff.A manufacturer, on the other hand, needs about a year to find suitable premises, install machinery and make deals with suppliers of materials.This delays the time taken for cash inflows to start offsetting the start-up costs for the manufacture.
3.Cash flow is also influenced by the way demand may vary according to the time of year.Many manufacturers face a seasonal pattern of demand for their products, but the seasonality is more acute for many service sector firms.Manufacturers can produce stock before their seasonal peak, thus allowing them to spread the preure on the production proce.But for service providers who make most of their money during one peak period, seasonality increases the level of risk.If the peak season fails, e.g.ice cream sales crash because of a cold summer, the whole busine could collapse before the next peak season.
4.Even more importantly, service providers have to respond instantly to changes in customer demand.Any variation, whether caused by seasonal factors or changes in fashion, hits service providers immediately.This implies an even greater need for a market-oriented approach by service providers.There is, however, a positive aspect for service firms: unlike manufacturers, they are le likely to be caught with huge stocks of unwanted products.
5.A firm’s financial succe depends on adding value to its products, that is, selling its products at a price that is higher than the cost of making them.In setting a price, companies must ensure that their customers believe that the product or service is worth the price being charged.This is harder for service providers.Customers can calculate more or le the cost of providing a restaurant meal or painting a room.It’s much harder to judge the cost of manufacturing products like cars or refrigerators.Thus, service providers have to work much harder to add value to their services while avoiding any suspicion of overcharging.The implication of this is that manufacturers are likely to find it easier to trade with higher profit margins than service sector firms.
26.Why is a service busine easier to start up than a manufacturing busine?
(A) It needs le capital to set up.
(B) It is more aware of what its customers want.
(C) It has no difficulty finding trained staff.
(D) It depends on personal recommendation.
27.New service sector businees may face a cash flow problem because ______.
(A) they have to reduce prices in order to attract customers
(B) they cannot always get a big enough loan from their banks
(C) they have used most of their capital to start up the busine
(D) they may not have an immediate demand for their services
28.Variation in demand is not usually a problem for manufacturers as ______.
(A) they need le cash once the initial investment has been made
(B) they know that there is a steady market for their products
(C) they can use off-peak periods to build up stocks of their products
(D) they are able to reduce their prices to encourage sales in off-peak periods
29.The phrase ‘market-oriented approach’ (para.4) means that service providers must______.
(A) promote their busine through advertising
(B) be aware of their customers’ changing needs
(C) keep a tight control over their cash flow situation
(D) take care to maintain a balance between costs and profits
30.Manufacturers trade with higher profit margins because ______.
(A) their initial investment is higher so they need a higher return
(B) their customers have no idea about the cost involved (C) their cost includes a much higher budget for advertising and promotion
(D) their products are generally more expensive to make
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点评：根据近几年的出题趋势，中口阅读篇章中都会出现一篇商务英语。由于商务英语是同学们不太熟悉的话题类型，所以平时需要做好相应的知识储备，以防措手不及。本篇文章主要对比了制造业和服务业在启动时分别具备的优势和可能遇到的问题。由于文章细节较多较杂，导致每道题目的准确定位难度增大。前面三题均为细节题：第一题可定位于第一段第二句;第二题可定位到第三段的前两句，且需要结合上下文对两种行业的对比加以推断;第三题定位于第三段第三句。第四题是词汇题，所考察短语‘market-oriented approach’出现在第四段第三句。针对词汇题，务必通过分析上下文以帮助理解词汇含义，所以此题可通过分析词组所在的第四段得出答案。第五题也是一道细节题，可定位于第五段第五句。
