2009年考研英语阅读理解精读100篇（高分版）TEXT 18

1. The Culliman mine in deal was named after_____.

1. 正在交易的矿是以_____命名的。

[A] the original name of the town

[A]小镇原来的名字

[B] the name of its first owner

[B] 第一个矿主的名字

[C] the name of its discoverer

[C] 矿场发现者的名字

[D] the name of the town's first colonist

[D] 小镇第一个殖民者的名字

2. Which one of the following statements is TRUE of the Cullinan mine?

2.关于Cullinan矿，以下的陈述哪个是正确的？

[A] The mine is the only business of the town which employs most of the local residents

[A] 该矿山是小镇大多数人工作的地方。

[B] It can be mined for another 20 years given Petra's advanced technology

[B] 有了Petra的先进技术，该矿山还可以被挖掘20年。

[C] It is the world's second largest diamond mine with a yearly capacity of 1m carats

[C] 它是世界上第二大钻石矿山，年产钻石100万克拉。

[D] Whether the mine will maintain its profitability is yet to know.

[D] 该矿山是否还会保持盈利还是一个未知数。

3. Petra's opearting philosophy can be said as _____.

3. Petra 的运营理念可以说是_____。

[A] to make better profits by reducing the costs

[A] 通过削减成本来取得更好的收益

[B] to exploit the surrounding areas of an existing mine

[B] 从已经存在的矿山周围寻找资源

[C] to integrate the resources of all the money-losing small mines

[C] 整合那些亏损的小矿山的资源

[D] to restructure the mine portfolio and to optimize the process management

[D] 调整矿产组合并且优化流程管理

4. De Beers has made changes on its development stratege because_____.

4. De Beers 改变了自己的发展战略因为_____。

[A] it plans to shrink its market share and ends its long-term monopoly

[A] 它计划缩小其市场份额并中止长期的垄断

[B] it wants to open the way for the middle tier of diamond market

[B] 它希望可以为钻石市场的中间阶层开辟道路

[C] it switches its attention to making larger profits

[C] 它的注意力转移到如何谋取更大的利润

[D] it wants to turn around the loss-making mines by cooperating with companies of smaller size

[D] 它想要通过与小规模公司的合作来扭转那些亏损的矿产

5. The future of the new class of diamond firm is _____.

5. 钻石业新阶层的未来会是_____。

[A] promising

[A] 有前景的

[B] dim

[B] 暗淡

[C] unknown

[C] 未知的

[D] frustrating

[D] 困难重重的