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product. The deaths were not the 1 of the pany, but the work of a criminal who had put poison in some of the Tylenol capsules(膠囊). The criminal was later caught and punished, but 2 the deaths, people stopped buying Tylenol. The management of Johnson amp。 Johnson realized that they had to act 3 and quickly to prevent serious consequences for the pany. Within days, in fact, they 4 every Tylenol capsule in the United States to check for 5 . Soon afterword they also introduced tamperproof bottles to prevent future problems. Sales of Tylenol 6 again, and in the end, people felt that Johnson amp。 Johnson had acted well. Not all panies respond to crisis as well as Johnson amp。 Johnson. Some failed to realized the importance of acting responsibly and suffered a dramatic 7 in sales. Consumers no longer trusted the panies. The key to managing a crisis lies in the pany39。s 8 reaction. If they recognize a problem immediately and take measures to deal with it, they are less likely to suffer longterm consequences. One example of a quick reaction was that of the Pepsi Company in 1992, when hypodermic syringes (皮下注射器)were found in several soda cans. In a short time, the pany was able to prove that the syringes had nothing to do with the production process, and they also found the criminals who had put the syringes in the cans. 9 , they lost few customers. On the other hand, Wendy39。s fastfood pany 10 millions of dollars in 2004 because it tried to deny bad news and did not act quickly enough.1. A. featureB. decisionC. faultD. solution2. A. in favor ofB. in response toC. in return forD. in honor of3. A. decisivelyB. happilyC. fortunatelyD. readily4. A. avoidedB. involvedC. recalledD. practiced5. A. changingB. poisoningC. abandoningD. cheating6. A. picked upB. settled downC. came outD. hung out7. A. effectB. mistakeC. objectionD. drop8. A. temporaryB. reverseC. initialD. conditional9. A. In additionB. As a resultC. For exampleD. By contrast10. A. lostB. gatheredC. maintainedD. invested【答案】 (1)C;(2)B;(3)A;(4)C;(5)B;(6)A;(7)D;(8)C;(9)B;(10)A; 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文,以強(qiáng)生公司處理泰諾膠囊引起的死亡事件說(shuō)明解決危機(jī)的關(guān)鍵是公司的第一反應(yīng)。 (1)考查名詞。A. feature“特征”;B. decision“決定”; C. fault“過(guò)錯(cuò)”;D. solution“解決辦法”。根據(jù)下文“of the pany, but the work of a criminal who had put poison in some of the Tylenol capsules”可知,死亡事件不是強(qiáng)生公司的過(guò)錯(cuò),而是一個(gè)罪犯在一些泰諾膠囊里下毒造成的,故選C。 (2)考查介詞短語(yǔ)。A. in favor of“支持”;B. in response to“回應(yīng)”;C. in return for“作為對(duì)……的報(bào)答”;D. in honor of“向……致敬”。根據(jù)下文“the deaths, people stopped buying Tylenol.”可知,作為對(duì)死亡事件的回應(yīng),人們不再購(gòu)買泰諾,故選B。 (3)考查副詞。A. decisively“果斷地”; B. happily“快樂地”;C. fortunately“幸運(yùn)地”;D. readily“容易地”。根據(jù)下文“and quickly to prevent serious consequences for the pany.”可知,強(qiáng)生公司的管理層意識(shí)到必須果斷而訊速地采取行動(dòng),防止給公司帶來(lái)嚴(yán)重后果,故選A。 (4)考查動(dòng)詞。A. avoided“避免”;B. involved“牽涉”;C. recalled“召回”;D. practiced“練習(xí)”。根據(jù)下文“every Tylenol capsule in the United States to check for ____5____.”可知,強(qiáng)生公司召回在美國(guó)的每一粒泰諾膠囊檢查是否下毒,故選C。 (5)考查動(dòng)詞。A. changing“改變”;B. poisoning“下毒”;C. abandoning“放棄”;D. cheating“欺騙”。上文說(shuō)死亡事件是一個(gè)罪犯在一些泰諾膠囊里下毒造成的,所以強(qiáng)生公司召回在美國(guó)的每一粒泰諾膠囊檢查是否下毒,故選B。 (6)考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)。A. picked up“回升”; B. settled down“安定下來(lái)”; C. came out“出版”;D. hung out“掛斷”。根據(jù)下文“and in the end, people felt that Johnson amp。 Johnson had acted well.”可知,人們認(rèn)為強(qiáng)生表現(xiàn)得很好,由此可知,泰諾的銷量再次回升,故選A。 (7)考查名詞。A. effect“影響”; B. mistake“錯(cuò)誤”;C. objection“反對(duì)”;D. drop“下降”。根據(jù)下文“Consumers no longer trusted the panies.”可知,消費(fèi)者不再信任這些公司,由此可知,這些公司的銷量大幅下降,故選D。 (8)考查形容詞。A. temporary“臨時(shí)的”; B. reverse“相反的”; C. initial“最初的”; D. conditional“有條件的”。根據(jù)上文“The key to managing a crisis lies in the pany39。s”可知,解決危機(jī)的關(guān)鍵是公司的第一反應(yīng),故選C。 (9)考查介詞短語(yǔ)。A. In addition“另外”; B. As a result“結(jié)果”;C. For example“例如”;D. By contrast“相比之下”。根據(jù)下文“they lost few customers.”可知,結(jié)果,他們失去的客戶很少,故選B。 (10)考查動(dòng)詞。A. lost“失去”;B. gathered“收集”;C. maintained“維持”;D. invested“投資”。根據(jù)下文“millions of dollars in 2004 because it tried to deny bad news and did not act quickly enough.”可知,Wendy快餐公司在2004年損失了數(shù)百萬(wàn)美元,因?yàn)樗噲D否認(rèn)壞消息,而且行動(dòng)也不夠迅速,故選A。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及動(dòng)詞,名詞,形容詞,副詞,固定短語(yǔ)等多個(gè)知識(shí)點(diǎn)的考查,是一篇社會(huì)類閱讀,要求考生在理解細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上,進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系,進(jìn)行分析推理,從而選出正確答案。4.閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 I should know. I have been doing this for 20 years. Why is it that I need a sign to remind me? Every other week in my neighborhood we place either recycled bottles or paper out with our garbage. There is a 1 alongside the road that says This is bin week or This is paper week.The schedule is simply changed every other week. But I can never 2 which week is which. Every week, I make a(n) 3 to look for the sign. There was a period a few months ago when no one changed the sign. I had 4 emotions. I was confused, angry and concerned. Confused because I didn39。t know what to do. 5 because someone should have changed it!Concerned because, after 6 that someone for almost twenty years, I 7 that perhaps something had happened to that someone. Then, yesterday I finally saw the man who 8 the sign. I slowed down and wanted to tell him how much I 9 what he did. I didn39。t stop in time 10 I found that the traffic sign said The Next Exit Is 2km. So I drove as the traffic sign 11 . By the time I got back, the man was gone. I felt so 12 . I should have stopped alongside the road and just said thank you. I pulled over in front of the sign and thought about how many times in my life I 13 a sign to tell me what to do. I was 14 that all too often I missed an 15 because I was looking for a sign. Today I wanted to tell someone how 16 I think their efforts are b