山西省晋城市考研外语学校:_ 班级:_ 姓名:_ 考号:_一、单选题(3题)1.AunpredictableBunforgivableCunlimitedDunlikely2.AclimbingBcrawlingCwindingDsliding3.AbeneathBfromCunderDbeyond二、阅读理解(5题)4.5.The word “binge” (Line 3, Paragraph 3) most probably means _.Aeat excessivelyBrefuse to eatCfail to digestDenjoy a good appetite6.The word “passing”(Line 7, Paragraph 1) most probably means_.AinstantBtrivialCsimpleDnegligible7.Text 4Pressure is mounting on Aholds embattled supervisory board following the Dutch grocery groups decision to pay its new chief executive more than C= 10m to lead its recovery from a ruining accounting scandal.Anders Mobergs pay packageand the timing of its disclosure at a shareholder meeting last weekhas confronted Ahold with a new credibility crisis as it struggles to restore confidence after the C=970m ( $1 bn) scandal.The dispute-evident in a sea of critical media comment in the Netherlands at the weekend threatens to divert management from its recovery strategy, built on significant divestments and a likely rights issue to reduce C=11bn in net debt. Units deemed unable to attain first or second position in food retail within three to five years will immediately be put up for sale.The boards position appears all the more delicate following comments made by Mr. Moberg to the Financial Times, in which he criticized non-executive directors for ignoring his advice to disclose his salary in May, when he agreed his contract.Instead Ahold waited more than four months to make the announcement, on the day share-holders were asked to approve Mr. Mobergs appointment.“I was the one who said I liked transparency, and I had hopedthe supervisory boardhad shownthe salary packagein May to avoid a situation like this,”Mr. Moberg told the FT.As the row prompted the left-leaning Dutch Daily to call for a boycott of Aholds Dutch Albert Heijn supermarket chain where only last week Ahold announced 440 redundanciesit was clear the supervisory board had badly misjudged the reaction.While Henny de Ruiter, supervisory board chairman, said the salary was a fair reflection of what a company in Aholds unfavorable circumstances had to pay to attract a top manager,furious investors accused it of pushing through the package regardless of investor opinion.Furthermore, Dutch media commentators noted that the scandal at Ahold had been the trigger for the Dutch government to appoint a commission to strengthen corporate governance.That commission has recommended a limit on executive bonuses, far below the potential two-and-a-half times annual salary that Mr. Moberg could earn.Meanwhile, Mr. Moberg is trying to distance himself from the row and focus on strategy. He told the FT that measures had already been taken to raise its stake in the ICA-Ahold joint venture in Scandinavia.Ahold had included in its forecasts an amount necessary to buy the shares of either of its joint venture partners, who should exercise a “put option” and sell their stake from April 2004.The decision on Anders Mobergs pay package has _.Aincurred much criticism from the shareholdersBhelped restore public confidence in AholdCsaved the supervisory board from another crisisDput pressure on the new chief executive8.Text 4There have been rumors. Theres been gossip. All Hollywood is shocked to learn that Calista Flockhart, star of Foxs hit TV show Ally McBeal, is so thin. And we in the media are falling all over ourselves trying to figure out whether Flockhart has an eating disorder, especially now that she has denied it. Well, Im not playing the game. If the entertainment industry really cared about sending the wrong message on body image, it wouldnt need so many slender celebrities in the first place.But the fact remains that 2 million Americansmost of them women and girlsdo suffer from eating disorders. In the most extreme cases they literally starve themselves to death. And those who survive are at greater risk of developing brittle bones, life-threatening infections, kidney damage and heart problems. Fortunately, doctors have learned a lot over the past decade about what causes eating disorders and how to treat them.The numbers are shocking. Approximately 1 in 150 teenage girls in the U. S. falls victim to anorexia nervosa, broadly defined as the refusal to eat enough to maintain even a minimal body weight. Not so clear is how many more suffer from bulimia, in which theybingeon food, eating perhaps two or three days worth of meals in 30 minutes, then remove the excess by taking medicine to move the bowels or inducing vomiting. Nor does age necessarily protect you. Anorexia has been diagnosed in girls as young as eight. Most deaths from the condition occur in women over 45.Doctors used to think eat