【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 ases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. In 1986, the drug pany Johnson amp。 Johnson was faced with a crisis. Several people had died after taking Tylenol（泰諾）, a Johnson amp。 Johnson 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(mǎi)泰諾，故選B。 （3）考查副詞。A. decisively“果斷地”； B. happily“快樂(lè)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(xiāo)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(xiāo)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(hù)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(lèi)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．完形填空 Modern inventions have speeded up people39。s lives amazingly. Motor cars 1 a hundred miles in more than an hour, aircraft cross the world within a day, 2 puters operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of 3 seems neverending. Every year motor cars are produced which go even faster and each new puter boasts (吹噓) of 4 precious seconds in handling tasks. All this saves time, but 5 a cost. When we lose or 6 half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the unfortable feeling known as jetlag ( 時(shí)差). Our bodies feel that they have been 7 behind in another time zone. Again, spending too long at 8 results in painful wrists and fingers. Mobile phones also have their dangers, according to some scientists。 too much use may transmit (傳播) harmful 9 into our brains, a consequence we do not like to 10 about. However, how do we 11 the time we have saved? Certainly not relax, or so it seems. We are so used to constant activity that we find it 12 to sit down and do nothing or even just one thing at a 13 . Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen 14 to a story on the radio, letting imagination take us into 15 world.16