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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．a(chǎn)ffects

3.A．in terms of        B．a(chǎn)ccording to        C．on account of      D．in spite of

4.A．yet B．once C．a(chǎn)lso     D．still

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

6.A．catching   B．a(chǎn)ppealing    C．drawing       D．covering

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

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

9.A．a(chǎn)ttach       B．a(chǎn)dapt  C．a(chǎn)pproach    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．a(chǎn)bove

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

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

15.A．matters  B．a(chǎn)ffairs 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】

試題分析：文章大意：文章介紹申請到大學(xué)中學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)濟專業(yè)的學(xué)生的增加被歸因于全球性的經(jīng)濟危機激起了民眾對于金融系統(tǒng)運作知識的渴望。通過舉例說明這樣的現(xiàn)象的好處。

1.考查名詞和句意理解：A．concern關(guān)心，擔(dān)心，B．thirst渴望，C．sense 感覺，D．taste品嘗，品味，這句話的意思是：越來越多的學(xué)生申請大學(xué)經(jīng)濟系是由于經(jīng)濟危機喚醒了人們對于金融系統(tǒng)是如何運作的知識的渴望。所以選B

2.考查動詞和句意理解：A．works運作，起作用，B．performs表演，表現(xiàn)，C．serves服務(wù)，D．a(chǎn)ffects影響，這句話的理解同上題，指金融系統(tǒng)的運作，所以選A

3.考查詞組和句意理解：A．in terms of就…而言，B．a(chǎn)ccording to根據(jù)，C．on account of因為D．in spite of雖然，句意是：根據(jù)UCAS的調(diào)查，今年一月份開始的學(xué)位課程的申請已經(jīng)上升了15%。選 B

4.考查副詞和上下文理解：A．yet 然而，B．once 一旦，曾經(jīng)，C．a(chǎn)lso也，D．still仍然，上句話說：學(xué)位課程的申請已經(jīng)上升了15%，這句話是申請A水平經(jīng)濟學(xué)的學(xué)生也在上升，選C

5.考查形容詞和句意理解：A．outstanding杰出的，B．inspiring激勵人心的，C．convincing 使人相信的， D．leading主要的，這里是介紹John Beath，是協(xié)會的主席，是St Andrews 大學(xué)的主講師，選D

6.考查動詞和句意理解：A．catching抓住，B．a(chǎn)ppealing和to搭配，是“吸引”，C．drawing畫，吸引，拉，臨近， D．covering覆蓋，涉及，句意：他的意圖是面向所有的系科的第一年的講座，吸引了400多人。選 C

7.考查形容詞和句意理解：A．usual通常的，B．regular常規(guī)的，定期的，C.  average平均的，     D．common普通的，常見的，這幾個是相似的形容詞，這里強調(diào)和平常不一樣，這次的講座吸引400多人，選A

8.考查名詞和句意理解：A．majors主修B．interests興趣，C．preferences偏愛，D．standards水平，majors這里指是主修經(jīng)濟學(xué)的學(xué)生，句意：又很多學(xué)生不是主修經(jīng)濟學(xué)的，選A

9.考查動詞和詞組搭配：A．a(chǎn)ttach附上，B．a(chǎn)dapt適應(yīng)，改編，C．a(chǎn)pproach靠近，處理，D．relate和…有關(guān)，relate sth to sth“把…和…聯(lián)系起來”，這里是：教授今年的工作是把教學(xué)和當(dāng)代的事件聯(lián)系起來，選D

10.考查副詞和句意理解：A．generally普遍地，B．frequently頻繁地，C．traditionally傳統(tǒng)地，D．originally最初地，原始地，這里指教授的教學(xué)方法和傳統(tǒng)的方法不一樣，選C

11.考查動詞和句意理解：A．raised舉起，提出，籌集，飼養(yǎng)，B．rose上升，上漲，起身，C．fell下降，跌倒，D．struck敲打，襲擊，句意：去年的大學(xué)申請有上升，還有下面的句子：But there were rise          average in several subjects 也可以看出答案是B。

12.考查介詞和詞組搭配：A．by相差，B．in在…里面，C．over越過，D．a(chǎn)bove在…上面，above average在平均值上面，高于平均值，句意：在幾個學(xué)科上上升都在平均值以上，選D

13.考查名詞和句意理解：A．effect影響，B．focus聚焦，C．interest興趣，D．benefit利益，句意是：人們對公共部門又有了興趣，這些部門在經(jīng)濟危機中更加安全，選C

14.考查形容詞：A．recent最近的，B．late最遲的，C．present現(xiàn)在的，在場的，D．unique獨特的，句意：最近的一項調(diào)查表明三分之二的父母認為學(xué)校應(yīng)該做更多的事情來教學(xué)生關(guān)于經(jīng)濟問題，選A

15.考查名詞：A．matters事情；事態(tài)；問題；關(guān)于...的事情；物質(zhì)；重要性B．a(chǎn)ffairs事務(wù)，C.  events事件，D．issues問題，（報刊的）期，號，發(fā)行物，這里的financial  matters是“和經(jīng)濟有關(guān)的事情”，選A

16.考查詞組和句意理解：A．taking up從事，拿起，開始學(xué)，B．going on進展，C．calling up喚起， D．keeping on反復(fù)，句意：有一半的人說孩子問過現(xiàn)在發(fā)生的事情，選B

17.考查動詞和句意理解：A．overturn使）翻倒，B．downturn .（價格或活動）開始下降，衰退，低迷時期C．breakthrough突破，D．breakout爆發(fā)，句意：這次的衰退帶來的好處之一是這一代人在經(jīng)濟上更理智，選B

18.考查形容詞比較級，A．cleverer更聰明，B．smarter更聰明，C．brighter更聰明，D．wiser更理智，這里指孩子在經(jīng)濟問題上更加理智，不是更聰明，選D

19.考查動詞和句意理解：A．struggle努力，掙扎，B．measure衡量，C．manage設(shè)法，管理，D．earn掙得，句意是：這代人在經(jīng)濟問題上更加理智，能夠管理好自己的錢，選C

20.考查名詞和上下文串聯(lián)：A．stability穩(wěn)定，B．puzzle困惑，C．uncertainty不確定，D．recovery恢復(fù)，前面提到：the global economic crisis可知是經(jīng)濟不確定的時期，選C。

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