专业英语八级（阅读）模拟试卷191
选择题
(1)Farmers in the developing world hate price fluctuations. It makes it hard to plan ahead. But most of them have little choice: they sell at the price the market sets. Farmers in Europe, the U.S. and Japan are luckier: they receive massive government subsidies in me form of guaranteed prices or direct handouts. Last month U.S. President Bush signed a new farm bill that gives American farmers $190 billion over the next 10 years, or $83 billion more than they had been scheduled to get, and pushes U.S. agricultural support close to crazy European levels. Bush said the step was necessary to \\
1.By comparison, fanners ______ receive more government subsidies than others.(C)
A. in the developing world
B. in Japan
C. in Europe
D. in America
解析：第1段第5句说，欧洲对农业补贴最多，达到疯狂的程度，而美国则紧跟其后。故答案应为C。
2.In addition to the economic considerations, there is a ______ motive behind Bush’s signing of the new farm bill.(A)
A. partisan
B. social
C. financial
D. cultural
解析：第1段最后一句提到，这项(提高农业补贴的)议案除了促进美国农业的发展之外，还为了帮助布什所在的共和党取得对议会的控制权，因而它有党派动机，即partisan motive，故应选A。
3.The message the writer attempts to convey throughout the passage is that ______.(A)
A. poor countries should be given equal opportunities in trade
B. the least-developed country status benefits agricultural countries
C. poor countries should remove their suspicions about trade liberalization
D. farmers in poor countries should also receive the benefit of subsidies
解析：第1段讲到，发达地区的农业获得政府补贴，而发展中国家却没有。第2、3段明确地表明，应该给予贫穷国家平等的贸易机会(A)。尤其是第2段末句“我们所想要的只是发达国家给予我们竞争的机会”和第3段末句“如果发达国家给予第三世界国家公平交易的机会，他们就能够繁荣起来。”其中，a fair go即“平等对待”。故答案为A。
4.What is the writer’s attitude towards new farm subsidies in the U.S.?
The writer is critical of those subsidies．
解析：最后一段首句说布什做出的提高农业补助的决定是令人沮丧的(depressing)。末句说布什的议案使美国的承诺以及他个人的有关自由贸易的主张变成了谎言。可见作者持批判性的态度。
(1)The banners are packed, the tickets booked. The glitter and white overalls have been bought, the gas masks just fit and the mobile phones are ready. All that remains is to get to the parties.
(2)This week will see a feast of pan-European protests. It started on Bastille Day, last Saturday, with the French unions and immigrants on the streets and the first demonstrations in Britain and Germany about climate change. It will continue tomorrow and Thursday with environmental and peace rallies against President Bush. But the big one is in Genoa, on Friday and Saturday, where the G8 leaders will meet behind the lines of 18,000 heavily armed police.
(3)Unlike Prague, Gothenburg, Cologne or Nice, Genoa is expected to be Europe\’s Seattle, the coming together of the disparate strands of resistance to corporate globalisation.
(4)Neither the protesters nor the authorities know what will happen, but some things are predictable. Yes, there will be violence and yes, the mass media will focus on it. What should seriously concern the G8 is not so much the violence, the numbers in the streets or even that they themselves look like idiots hiding behind the barricades, but that the deep roots of a genuine new version of internationalism are growing.
(5)For the first time in a generation, the international political and economic condition is in the dock. Moreover, the protesters are unlikely to go aw
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