第二节：短文写作(共1题；满分25分)

　　 以下是某英文报联合你校对Kangming City2000年到2010年家庭消费变化的图表，请据此写一篇短文，作出文字说明。文章的开头已经给出。词数110左右。

The average family income in our Kangming City increased from 8,000 yuan per year in 2000 to 20,000 yuan in 2010.

70．The expression “hold one’s nose” in para. 5 probably means　　　 .

　　　 A．wait　　　　　　　　　　　 B．hope　　　　　　　　　　　 C．act　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．dream

69．According to the author, the badly interconnected national system results from　　　　　 .

　　　 A．serious conflicts between countries　　　　　　　 B．language barriers

　　　 C．the bad manners of crew　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．separate tracks

68．We can infer that the major reason for road danger is that　　　　　　　 .

　　　 A．the GPS us used everywhere

　　　 B．freight traffic on the roads in too heavy

　　　 C．the bigger truckers are not so flexible and efficient

　　　 D．the trucks and tunnels are too heavily loaded

67．This text is mainly about　　　　　　 .

　　　 A．asking the public to support the freight traffic

　　　 B．criticizing the European commission and passenger traffic

　　　 C．praising European expansion for improving the freight traffic

　　　 D．appealing to more money to be invested in freight traffic

66．What can we infer from the last paragraph?

　　　 A．The novel was splendid before the appearance of the new commercial classes.

　　　 B．Literature and film could change the world.

　　　 C．Literature and film do good to the world or damage to capitalist societies.

　　　 D．The modern world is connected with consumer.

E

By 2012 transcontinental freight traffic will have risen 50 percent as a result of European expansion, and much of that will have to cross the enormous obstacle of the Alps. Right now the only practical way for most heavy traffic to get through is by truck and tunnel. And while that could change if safer and cleaner rail lines were opened, the chances are that they won’t happen anytime soon.

Several private trucking companies have adapted quickly and creatively to the demands of European unification(一体化). Some of the bigger truckers trace cargoes with the computers. And if trucks also bring more road danger and pollution, at present there is no alternative. Right now only 8 percent of European merchandise moves by rail, compared with more than 40 percent in the United States. Delays are so common that the average speed for freight is about 18 km an hour.

The railways have had trouble passing a heritage of national resistance and open competition between Europe’s countries. The result is what another European Commission report calls “a mosaic of badly interconnected national systems”. Language barriers remain a problem, requiring crew changes at some borders. Switching systems and signals differ.

And efficiency is more of a dream than a goal. Europe’s railroads still have to deal with “phantom(幽灵)trains” that run so late that they combine with others and disappear form the railroad’s records. In an era when many companies depend on a “just-in time” inventories(盘点)to make a profit, railroads are rarely on time at all.

Yet there is little official enthusiasm for changing the system, the reality is that governments have helped create the imbalance between road and rail in Europe-and government action will likely be needed to fix it. The French emphasis on using rail to move people instead of goods, for instance, has helped cripple freight(贷运)service. “All the investments went to passenger traffic”, says Denis Doute, director of freight services for the French rail company SNCF. Freight trains have had to find “windows” to run in between passenger trains, unlike those in the United States, which often travel on separate tracks. The further development of the freight network requires massive investments to modernize existing infrastructure (基础设施)and open new ones. However, the political will to fund that kind of investment is lacking, which means the citizens will have to hold their noses for a while longer.

65．American academic Martin Wiener’s argument 　　　　　.

　　　 A．supports the liberal heroes

　　　 B．is neutral about the virtue of business and enterprise

　　　 C．is hostile to the industrial sprit

　　　 D．tends towards the revival of the entrepreneurial culture

64．What does “sordid” in para. 1 most probably mean?

　　　 A．Profitable.　　　　　　　 B．Dirty.　　　　　　　　　　 C．Greedy.　　　　　　　　　 D．Generous.

63．First paragraph introduces the topic mainly by 　　　　.

　　　 A．forming a contrast　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．explaining a phenomenon

　　　 C．making a comparison　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．talking about a conclusion