1、Text 1 In January commuters voted Birmingham New Street one of Britain's worst railway stations.Each day nearly 150.000 people move through a structure built for half as many.But by next year it will be transformed.with 400 tonnes of undulating steel cladding and a vaguely eyeball appearance.The station will have"the wow factor",boasts Sir Albert Bore,the leader of Birmingham city council.It will also show how much attitudes to railway stations have changed.Railxvay stations are the chief exception to the rule that Britain invests too little in infrastructure.Of the I 7 big termini managed by Network Rail,the owner of Britain's tracks,11 are being redeveloped or have recently been completed.Five other stations,including Reading and Northampton,are being spruced up by local councils and Network Rail.Somc simply need to be expanded:the number of train journeys has risen by 35%since 2005.But the design of New Street suggests aspirations well beyond more easeful travel.The building would not look out of place in Dubai and is striking,if slightly incongruous,in the grey West Midlands.City planners wanted something monumental,like Grand Central station in New York,says Sir Bernard Zissman,chaiman of the independent design paneL"Twenty or thirty years ago business people were more likely to arrive in a city by car,"explains Jon Neale of Jones Lang LaSatle,a property specialist.Town planners duly carved out motorways and roundabouts to entice them.In 1962 a local politician claimed that a new design for Birmingham,involving an inner ring road,would make it"one ofthe finest city centres in Europe".Cities now measure their appeal by their stations.Businesses cluster around them:at King's Cross,a once-grimy part of north London,a postcode has been created for all the new buildings around the station,which was redeveloped in 2013.John Lewis,an upmarket department store,will open in the mall above New Street(which is indeed called"Grand Central")along with 60 0ther shops.The council hopes it will pull in visitors to the city.Such ambition recalls the stations ofthe 19th century.Those structures"spoke to the corporate sensibility of a city,"says Tristram Hunt,an MP and historian,by combining commerce with the sheen of civic pride.The first New Street station,built in 1851,had the largest single-span roofin the country at the time.It was tom down by enthusiastic 1960s town planners.Now some ofits original lustre may retum. The best title for the text may be______.

　　A The New Concept of Railway Station

　　B A Big Failure of Railway Station

　　C A Feverish Dream of Railway Station

　　D A Citizen's Planning of Railway Station

　　答案：A  

　　答案解析：主旨大意題。做此類(lèi)題目時(shí)，關(guān)鍵是通過(guò)做完其他四道題，大體知道文章的中心，再次通讀各段首句，驗(yàn)證中心。本文的思路也很明確，主要是說(shuō)明伯明翰鐵路的改造，給鐵路的設(shè)計(jì)注入新的理念，而與這個(gè)信息相匹配的選項(xiàng)為A項(xiàng)The New Concept of Railway Station“新概念下的火車(chē)站”，所以A項(xiàng)為正確選項(xiàng)�！靖蓴_排除】雖然其他的三個(gè)選項(xiàng)也提到了鐵路，但是修飾語(yǔ)都存在問(wèn)題，特別是B項(xiàng)與主題不相符，因此應(yīng)當(dāng)排除。

　　2、Text 1 In January commuters voted Birmingham New Street one of Britain's worst railway stations.Each day nearly 150.000 people move through a structure built for half as many.But by next year it will be transformed.with 400 tonnes of undulating steel cladding and a vaguely eyeball appearance.The station will have"the wow factor",boasts Sir Albert Bore,the leader of Birmingham city council.It will also show how much attitudes to railway stations have changed.Railxvay stations are the chief exception to the rule that Britain invests too little in infrastructure.Of the I 7 big termini managed by Network Rail,the owner of Britain's tracks,11 are being redeveloped or have recently been completed.Five other stations,including Reading and Northampton,are being spruced up by local councils and Network Rail.Somc simply need to be expanded:the number of train journeys has risen by 35%since 2005.But the design of New Street suggests aspirations well beyond more easeful travel.The building would not look out of place in Dubai and is striking,if slightly incongruous,in the grey West Midlands.City planners wanted something monumental,like Grand Central station in New York,says Sir Bernard Zissman,chaiman of the independent design paneL"Twenty or thirty years ago business people were more likely to arrive in a city by car,"explains Jon Neale of Jones Lang LaSatle,a property specialist.Town planners duly carved out motorways and roundabouts to entice them.In 1962 a local politician claimed that a new design for Birmingham,involving an inner ring road,would make it"one ofthe finest city centres in Europe".Cities now measure their appeal by their stations.Businesses cluster around them:at King's Cross,a once-grimy part of north London,a postcode has been created for all the new buildings around the station,which was redeveloped in 2013.John Lewis,an upmarket department store,will open in the mall above New Street(which is indeed called"Grand Central")along with 60 0ther shops.The council hopes it will pull in visitors to the city.Such ambition recalls the stations ofthe 19th century.Those structures"spoke to the corporate sensibility of a city,"says Tristram Hunt,an MP and historian,by combining commerce with the sheen of civic pride.The first New Street station,built in 1851,had the largest single-span roofin the country at the time.It was tom down by enthusiastic 1960s town planners.Now some ofits original lustre may retum. According to Paragraph l,what is the author's attitude towards the future ofBirmingham railway station?

　　A Critical.

　　B Suspicious.

　　C Confident.

　　D Biased.

　　答案：C  

　　答案解析：態(tài)度方向題。解答此類(lèi)題目的關(guān)鍵是在對(duì)應(yīng)段落中找到作者態(tài)度的標(biāo)志，在第一段的結(jié)尾處用伯明翰市長(zhǎng)的話表明了作者的觀點(diǎn)，即It w川also show how much attitudes to railway stations have changed.(也會(huì)使乘客對(duì)火車(chē)站的態(tài)度實(shí)現(xiàn)360度大轉(zhuǎn)彎。)由此可知，作者的態(tài)度是積極的。與這個(gè)信息相對(duì)應(yīng)的選項(xiàng)為C項(xiàng)Confident“自信的”，故C項(xiàng)為正確選項(xiàng)�！靖蓴_排除】剩余的三個(gè)選項(xiàng)分別譯為：批判的、懷疑的、有偏見(jiàn)的，都不能體現(xiàn)作者的觀點(diǎn)，應(yīng)當(dāng)排除。

　　3、Text 1 In January commuters voted Birmingham New Street one of Britain's worst railway stations.Each day nearly 150.000 people move through a structure built for half as many.But by next year it will be transformed.with 400 tonnes of undulating steel cladding and a vaguely eyeball appearance.The station will have"the wow factor",boasts Sir Albert Bore,the leader of Birmingham city council.It will also show how much attitudes to railway stations have changed.Railxvay stations are the chief exception to the rule that Britain invests too little in infrastructure.Of the I 7 big termini managed by Network Rail,the owner of Britain's tracks,11 are being redeveloped or have recently been completed.Five other stations,including Reading and Northampton,are being spruced up by local councils and Network Rail.Somc simply need to be expanded:the number of train journeys has risen by 35%since 2005.But the design of New Street suggests aspirations well beyond more easeful travel.The building would not look out of place in Dubai and is striking,if slightly incongruous,in the grey West Midlands.City planners wanted something monumental,like Grand Central station in New York,says Sir Bernard Zissman,chaiman of the independent design paneL"Twenty or thirty years ago business people were more likely to arrive in a city by car,"explains Jon Neale of Jones Lang LaSatle,a property specialist.Town planners duly carved out motorways and roundabouts to entice them.In 1962 a local politician claimed that a new design for Birmingham,involving an inner ring road,would make it"one ofthe finest city centres in Europe".Cities now measure their appeal by their stations.Businesses cluster around them:at King's Cross,a once-grimy part of north London,a postcode has been created for all the new buildings around the station,which was redeveloped in 2013.John Lewis,an upmarket department store,will open in the mall above New Street(which is indeed called"Grand Central")along with 60 0ther shops.The council hopes it will pull in visitors to the city.Such ambition recalls the stations ofthe 19th century.Those structures"spoke to the corporate sensibility of a city,"says Tristram Hunt,an MP and historian,by combining commerce with the sheen of civic pride.The first New Street station,built in 1851,had the largest single-span roofin the country at the time.It was tom down by enthusiastic 1960s town planners.Now some ofits original lustre may retum. What used to be the situation in Birmingham railway station?

　　A Abstract vision.

　　B The biggest one in England.

　　C Steel cladding structure.

　　D One of the most crowded one in Britain.

　　答案：D  

　　答案解析：事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)定位詞定位到文章的第一段，開(kāi)頭處已經(jīng)說(shuō)明了伯明翰火車(chē)站是最差的火車(chē)站之一，表現(xiàn)為最擁擠，而與這個(gè)信息相匹配的選項(xiàng)只有D項(xiàng)One of the most crowded one in Britain“英國(guó)最擁擠的火車(chē)站之一”，題干中的used to(曾經(jīng))是非常關(guān)鍵的題點(diǎn)，做題的時(shí)候應(yīng)當(dāng)注意.D項(xiàng)是文章的同義改寫(xiě)，故D項(xiàng)為正確選項(xiàng)。【干擾排除】剩余的三個(gè)選項(xiàng)沒(méi)有體現(xiàn)在第一段和第二段中，是后面的段落描寫(xiě)火車(chē)站改造后的樣子，與題干中的used to是相反的表述，因此應(yīng)當(dāng)排除。

　　4、Text 1 In January commuters voted Birmingham New Street one of Britain's worst railway stations.Each day nearly 150.000 people move through a structure built for half as many.But by next year it will be transformed.with 400 tonnes of undulating steel cladding and a vaguely eyeball appearance.The station will have"the wow factor",boasts Sir Albert Bore,the leader of Birmingham city council.It will also show how much attitudes to railway stations have changed.Railxvay stations are the chief exception to the rule that Britain invests too little in infrastructure.Of the I 7 big termini managed by Network Rail,the owner of Britain's tracks,11 are being redeveloped or have recently been completed.Five other stations,including Reading and Northampton,are being spruced up by local councils and Network Rail.Somc simply need to be expanded:the number of train journeys has risen by 35%since 2005.But the design of New Street suggests aspirations well beyond more easeful travel.The building would not look out of place in Dubai and is striking,if slightly incongruous,in the grey West Midlands.City planners wanted something monumental,like Grand Central station in New York,says Sir Bernard Zissman,chaiman of the independent design paneL"Twenty or thirty years ago business people were more likely to arrive in a city by car,"explains Jon Neale of Jones Lang LaSatle,a property specialist.Town planners duly carved out motorways and roundabouts to entice them.In 1962 a local politician claimed that a new design for Birmingham,involving an inner ring road,would make it"one ofthe finest city centres in Europe".Cities now measure their appeal by their stations.Businesses cluster around them:at King's Cross,a once-grimy part of north London,a postcode has been created for all the new buildings around the station,which was redeveloped in 2013.John Lewis,an upmarket department store,will open in the mall above New Street(which is indeed called"Grand Central")along with 60 0ther shops.The council hopes it will pull in visitors to the city.Such ambition recalls the stations ofthe 19th century.Those structures"spoke to the corporate sensibility of a city,"says Tristram Hunt,an MP and historian,by combining commerce with the sheen of civic pride.The first New Street station,built in 1851,had the largest single-span roofin the country at the time.It was tom down by enthusiastic 1960s town planners.Now some ofits original lustre may retum. It can be inferred from the text that the aspiration ofNew Street design is____.

　　A to produce more comfortable travel

　　B to improve the city's infrastructure

　　C to build a landmark place

　　D to make the railway station a finest city center in Europe

　　答案：C  

　　答案解析：事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)定位詞定位在文章的第三段，定位詞出現(xiàn)在第二句，但是建造火車(chē)站的最終目的在結(jié)尾處有體現(xiàn)，即City planners wanted something monumental,like Grand Central station in New York,says Sir Bemard Zissman，chairman of the independent design paneJ.(獨(dú)立設(shè)計(jì)小組主席Bemard Zissman爵士解釋說(shuō)，城市規(guī)劃者想要建設(shè)一些像紐約的中央車(chē)站一樣的具有里程碑意義的建筑物。)與這一信息相對(duì)應(yīng)的選項(xiàng)為C項(xiàng)to build a landmark place“建設(shè)一個(gè)地標(biāo)”，故C項(xiàng)為正確選項(xiàng)�！靖蓴_排除】A項(xiàng)雖然在段落中有體現(xiàn)，但是文中說(shuō)改良的初衷不僅僅是提供“更舒適的旅行”，因此該選項(xiàng)排除。B項(xiàng)是比較符合客觀事實(shí)的信息，但在段落中沒(méi)有體現(xiàn)。D項(xiàng)在段落中也沒(méi)有體現(xiàn)，因此也應(yīng)當(dāng)排除。

　　5、Text 1 In January commuters voted Birmingham New Street one of Britain's worst railway stations.Each day nearly 150.000 people move through a structure built for half as many.But by next year it will be transformed.with 400 tonnes of undulating steel cladding and a vaguely eyeball appearance.The station will have"the wow factor",boasts Sir Albert Bore,the leader of Birmingham city council.It will also show how much attitudes to railway stations have changed.Railxvay stations are the chief exception to the rule that Britain invests too little in infrastructure.Of the I 7 big termini managed by Network Rail,the owner of Britain's tracks,11 are being redeveloped or have recently been completed.Five other stations,including Reading and Northampton,are being spruced up by local councils and Network Rail.Somc simply need to be expanded:the number of train journeys has risen by 35%since 2005.But the design of New Street suggests aspirations well beyond more easeful travel.The building would not look out of place in Dubai and is striking,if slightly incongruous,in the grey West Midlands.City planners wanted something monumental,like Grand Central station in New York,says Sir Bernard Zissman,chaiman of the independent design paneL"Twenty or thirty years ago business people were more likely to arrive in a city by car,"explains Jon Neale of Jones Lang LaSatle,a property specialist.Town planners duly carved out motorways and roundabouts to entice them.In 1962 a local politician claimed that a new design for Birmingham,involving an inner ring road,would make it"one ofthe finest city centres in Europe".Cities now measure their appeal by their stations.Businesses cluster around them:at King's Cross,a once-grimy part of north London,a postcode has been created for all the new buildings around the station,which was redeveloped in 2013.John Lewis,an upmarket department store,will open in the mall above New Street(which is indeed called"Grand Central")along with 60 0ther shops.The council hopes it will pull in visitors to the city.Such ambition recalls the stations ofthe 19th century.Those structures"spoke to the corporate sensibility of a city,"says Tristram Hunt,an MP and historian,by combining commerce with the sheen of civic pride.The first New Street station,built in 1851,had the largest single-span roofin the country at the time.It was tom down by enthusiastic 1960s town planners.Now some ofits original lustre may retum. The word"cluster"(Para.5)is closest in meaning to____.

　　A construction

　　B shop

　　C centre

　　D market

　　答案：C  

　　答案解析：詞匯理解題。解決此類(lèi)題目的關(guān)鍵是通讀對(duì)應(yīng)段落后，在該單詞的上下句找到同性詞，根據(jù)定位詞定位到文章的第五段，文章在第四段中已經(jīng)提出伯明翰的新的城市規(guī)劃使其成為歐洲的中心.第五段承接了這個(gè)內(nèi)容，因此，選項(xiàng)中可以體現(xiàn)中心的概念為正確選項(xiàng)，剛好C項(xiàng)centre“中心”與之對(duì)應(yīng)，故C項(xiàng)為正確選項(xiàng)�！靖蓴_排除】其他三個(gè)選項(xiàng)很難與上下文，特別是伯明翰中心的內(nèi)容連貫到一起，因此應(yīng)當(dāng)排除。

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