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三、精典范例

例1 (NMET 2001)

Shanghai: Car rentals(出租)are becoming more and more popular as an inexpensive way of taking to the roads. Business people, foreigners and families alike are making good use of the growing industry.

The first car rental firm opened in Shanghai in 1992 and now 12 car rental players are in the game, with more than 11,500 cars in their books.

The largest player—Shanghai Bashi Tourism Car Rental Center offers a wide variety of choices—deluxe sedans, minivans, station wagons, coaches. Santana sedans are big favorite.

Firms can attract enough customers for 70 percent of their cars every month. This figure shoots up during holiday seasons like National Day, Labor Day and New Year's Day, with some recording 100 percent rental.

The major market force rests in the growing population of white-collar employees(白领雇员)，who can afford the new service, said Zhuang Yu, marketing manager of Shanghai Angel car Rental Co.

( )1. The words "deluxe sedans","minivans"and "station wagons"used in the text refer to ___________.

A.cars in the making B.car rental firms

C.cars for rent D.car makers

( )2. Which of the following statements is true according to the text?

A. 70% of the cars can be rented out on holiday.

B. 70% of the customers are while-collar employees.

C. More firms are open for service during holiday seasons.

D. Some firms rent out all their cars during holiday seasons.

( )3. Shanghai's car rental industry is growing so fast mainly due to ___________.

A. better cars supplied by producers.

B. fast service offered by car rental firms.

C. the increasing number of white-collar emplioyees.

D. people's growing interest in travelling during holidays.

解析：

1.C。上文提到："Shanghai Bashi旅游车租赁中心"提供了广泛丰富的选择，可判断选择的内容为可供租赁的车型。故选C。

2.D。文中提到的数据70%为"每月汽车租出量"，故A、B都不正确。"This figure shoots up during holiday seasons …, with some recording 100 percent rental"判断出D项陈述正确的，即"一些公司在节假日里能够把汽车全部租出去。"

3.C。文章最后一段引用"汽车租赁中心市场经理"(Zhuang Yu)的话解释了上海汽车租赁行车迅猛发展的原因根源于"the growing population of white-collar employees"。故选C。

例2：(2004年全国卷II)

Rome had the Forum. London has Speaker's Corner. Now always–on– the-go New Yorkers have Liz and Bill.

Liz and Bill, two college graduates in their early 20s, have spent a whole year trying to have thousands of people talk to them in subway stations and on busy street corners. Just talk.

Using a 2-foot-tall sign that says,"Talk to Me."they attract conversatio- nalists, who one evening included a mental patient, and men in business suits.

They don't collect money. They don't push religion(宗教). So what's the point?

"To see what happens, said Liz."We simply enjoy life with open communication(交流)."

Shortly after the September 11,2001 attacks, they decided to walk from New York City to Washington, a 270-mile trip. They found they loved talking to people along the way and wanted to continue talking with strangers after their return.

"It started as a crazy idea,"Liz said."We were so curious about all the strangers walking by with their life stories. People will talk to us about anything: their jobs, their clothes, their childhood experiences, anything."