40、【答案】[D] The Postal Service Needs more than a Band-Aid

　　【解析】根據(jù)題干特征詞“best title”，這是一道主旨題。根據(jù)前四道題問的主題，第一道題和第二道題是USPS出現(xiàn)了問題，并分析原因，第三道題給出解決方法，第四道題提到作者對(duì)于這個(gè)方法的態(tài)度，即提出問題—分析問題—解決問題，并在最后給出作者對(duì)這個(gè)解決方案的評(píng)價(jià)。根據(jù)這個(gè)文章框架，首先A選項(xiàng)“USPS開始錯(cuò)過了它的好時(shí)光”，這只是提出問題，相對(duì)片面;B選項(xiàng)“USPS：不要?jiǎng)游业哪汤摇? 這是拒絕解決問題的態(tài)度，不符合文章的寫作思路;C選項(xiàng)“USPS：慢性病需要快方法”，這個(gè)chronic和quick都沒有在文中提到;D選項(xiàng)“USPS需要的不僅僅是權(quán)宜之計(jì)”，這說的其實(shí)作者對(duì)于解決方案的評(píng)價(jià)，在文章最后一段。這段最后結(jié)尾有But，有however， “it[指代前文講的方法] is not a sign……”，對(duì)此作者表示否定態(tài)度。所以D選項(xiàng)為正確答案。

　　Part B

　　41、【答案】 [E] The Eisenhower Executive Office Building(EEOB) commands a…

　　【解析】 E段首先介紹EEOB的全稱，對(duì)全文進(jìn)行概述提出話題，可選為41題答案。同時(shí)，從給定選項(xiàng)C第一句提到the State, War，and Navy Building…，the在此特指，可以作為另一一個(gè)線索，在E選項(xiàng)中最后一句，復(fù)現(xiàn)了the State, War，and Navy Building...。故41題答案選E。

　　42、【答案】[G] The history of the EEOB began long before its…

　　【解析】C選項(xiàng)最后一句談到了many historic events(建筑內(nèi)呈現(xiàn)了歷史事件)，而G選項(xiàng)第一句提到了the history of the EEOB…(EEOB的歷史...)，意思一致，承上啟下，故42題答案選G。

　　43、【答案】[A] In December of 1869, Congress appointed…

　　【解析】確定G后，根據(jù)G選項(xiàng)最后一句，...the demolition of the State Department Building(談到拆除the State Department Building), 而A選項(xiàng)中談到了select a site and prepare plans and cost estimates for a new State Department，建立一個(gè)新的State Department Building，前后意思順接，故43題答案選A。

　　44、【答案】[B] Completed in 1875, the State Department’s south wing…

　　【解析】 根據(jù)給定的F段，首句是段落大意，該句提到了...as the building slowly rose wing by wing(該建筑逐翼展開). 而B選項(xiàng)第一句談到了...south wing was the first to be occupied(首先坐落在南翼)，然后在B選項(xiàng)最后一句又談到...moved into the east wing(之后又移至東翼). 先在F段總起，再在B段中分說，前后對(duì)應(yīng)，故44題答案選B.

　　45、【答案】[D] Many of the most celebrated national figures…

　　【解析】 B段結(jié)尾處談到了where elaborate wall…decorated the office of the Secretary(這些精美的墻....裝飾了秘書處的辦公室)，而D段第一句提到了...that have taken place within the EEOB’s granite walls(歷史事件在這些EEOB的墻上呈現(xiàn)), the wall原詞復(fù)現(xiàn)，兩句話意思一致，故45題答案選D。

　　Section III Translation

　　(46) By the date of his birth Europe was witnessing the passing of the religious drama, and the creation of new forms under the incentive of classical tragedy and comedy.

　　【題目考點(diǎn)】代詞還原;并列結(jié)構(gòu)

　　【句子結(jié)構(gòu)】and并列兩個(gè)句子，主干分別為：…Europe was witnessing the passing … and the creation of …;of the religious drama為定語(yǔ)修飾the passing;under the incentive of classical tragedy and comedy為狀語(yǔ)

　　【重點(diǎn)詞匯】witness 見證 religious宗教的 drama戲劇 incentive刺激

　　【參考譯文】莎士比亞出生之時(shí)，歐洲宗教戲劇正在消逝，在古典悲劇和戲劇的推動(dòng)下，很多新的戲劇形式應(yīng)運(yùn)而生。

　　(47) no boy who went to a grammar school could be ignorant that the drama was a form of literature which gave glory to Greece and Rome and might yet bring honor to England.

　　【題目考點(diǎn)】定語(yǔ)從句;賓語(yǔ)從句;并列結(jié)構(gòu)

　　【句子結(jié)構(gòu)】主句主干：no boy… could be ignorant that…。who引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句修飾boy， that引導(dǎo)為形容詞ignorant的賓語(yǔ)從句，which引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句修飾a form of literature， gave…and might bring honor…為先行詞a form of literature的并列謂語(yǔ)結(jié)構(gòu)。

　　【重點(diǎn)詞匯】grammar school 文法學(xué)校 ignorant忽視 literature文學(xué) glory 榮耀

　　【參考譯文】任何文法學(xué)校的學(xué)生都知道戲劇是一種文學(xué)形式，它曾給希臘和羅馬帶來榮耀，也許同樣會(huì)給英格蘭帶來殊榮。

　　(48) But the professional companies prospered in their permanent theaters, and university men with literary ambitions were quick to turn to these theaters as offering a means of livelihood.

　　【題目考點(diǎn)】并列句

　　【句子結(jié)構(gòu)】并列句主干分別為：…companies prospered … and university men …were quick to…