2011年考研英语（二）阅读 Part A第一篇 参考

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21. According to Paragraph 1, Ms. Simmons was criticized for ______.
[A] Gaining excessive profits
[B] failing to fulfill her duty
[C] refusing to make compromises
[D] leaving the board in tough times

22. We learn from Paragraph 2 that outside directors are supposed to be ______.
[A] generous investors
[B] unbiased executives
[C] share price forecasters
[D] independent advisers

23. According to the researchers form Ohio University after an outside director's surprise departure, the firm is likely to ______.
[A] become more stable
[B] report increased earnings
[C] do less well in the stock market
[D] perform worse in lawsuits

24. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that outside directors ______.
[A] may stay for the attractive offers from the firm
[B] have often had records of wrongdoings in the firm
[C] are accustomed to stress-free work in the firm
[D] will decline incentives from the firm

25. The author's attitude toward the role of outside directors is ______.
[A] permissive
[B] positive
[C] scornful
[D] critical21. According to Paragraph 1, Ms. Simmons was criticized for ______.
[A] Gaining excessive profits
[B] failing to fulfill her duty
[C] refusing to make compromises
[D] leaving the board in tough times

题目问：根据第一段，Ms. Simmons 由于（）被批评。
根据文章“But by the end of 2009 Ms. Simmons was under fire for having sat on Goldman's compensation committee; how could she have let those enormous bonus payouts pass unremarked?”
“was under fire for”处于……战火下，对应题目“was criticized for”。“let those enormous bonus payouts pass unremarked”让大量的钱莫名其妙的流失，没有尽到委员会的职责，即选项[B] failing to fulfill her duty。故答案选B。


22. We learn from Paragraph 2 that outside directors are supposed to be ______.
[A] generous investors
[B] unbiased executives
[C] share price forecasters
[D] independent advisers

题目问：从第二段我们了解到外部董事应该是（）。
根据文章“Outside directors are supposed to serve as helpful, yet less biased, advisers on a firm's board.”“they presumably have enough independence to disagree”
“advisers”，“independence”，答案选[D] independent advisers 独立的建议者。[B] unbiased executives（公正的主管）带有一定的干扰性，选项“unbiased （公正的）”与原文“less biased（稍带些偏见）”并不相同，所以排除B。

补充：
外部董事(outside director)，外部董事亦称外聘董事，指不是本公司职工的董事，包括不参与管理和生产经营活动的企业外股东和股东大会决议聘任的非股东的专家、学者等。


23. According to the researchers from Ohio University after an outside director's surprise departure, the firm is likely to ______.
[A] become more stable
[B] report increased earnings
[C] do less well in the stock market
[D] perform worse in lawsuits

题目问：根据来自俄亥俄大学的研究者的研究，在外部董事突然离职后，公司可能（）。
根据文章“They found that after a surprise departure, the probability that the company will subsequently have to restate earnings increases by nearly 20%. The likelihood of being named in a federal class-action lawsuit also increases, and the stock is likely to perform worse. ”他们发现在突然离职后，公司随后需要再次审核工资的可能性增加了，而且公司更容易卷入官司，股票容易动荡。
第一句后半部分的主语是the probability，谓语是increases,其中“the company will subsequently have to restate earnings”修饰probability，所以句子是说“可能性”增加，而非“工资”增加，排除B选项。
“The likelihood of being named in a federal class-action lawsuit also increases”表示公司更容易卷入官司，而不是D选项“perform worse in lawsuits”官司更容易输。
答案选[C] do less well in the stock market。


24. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that outside directors ______.
[A] may stay for the attractive offers from the firm
[B] have often had records of wrongdoings in the firm
[C] are accustomed to stress-free work in the firm
[D] will decline incentives from the firm

题目问：从最后自然段可以知道外部董事（）。
根据文章“Firms who want to keep their outside directors through tough times may have to create incentives.”公司如果想要在艰难的时候留下外部董事，要提供一些有利因素。
公司创造“incentives”，外部董事因“attractive offers ”留下，答案选[A] may stay for the attractive offers from the firm。


25. The author's attitude toward the role of outside directors is ______.
[A] permissive
[B] positive
[C] scornful
[D] critical

题目问：作者对于外部董事的态度是（）。
原文“For the rest of the decade she apparently managed both roles without attracting much criticism. ”，因为里面有“role”和“criticism”可能会有同学选D选项，但这里要注意criticism是说Ruth Simmons没有受到太多争议。
文章第二段简单介绍了下outside directors，从“ helpful, yet less biased”，“independence to disagree with”可以看出作者的态度是正面积极的。而且文章一直强调外部董事的重要性以及公司采取措施挽留外部董事。可见作者的态度是赞同、积极的，答案选[B] positive。