∙ 人邮第四辑真题TEST 2 READING PART 5
Lebrun Steel Facing up to Tough Times
0 After 98 years of trading, the steel manufacturer Lebrun knows from experience as how
00 difficult fluctuations in the economic cycle can be for suppliers such as themselves.
34 Since many of the nation's largest production companies which are its customers,
35 Lebrun is adversely affected by any change for the worse in the economy. Yet Lebrun
36 has managed to keep on sales steady (in the region of approximately $2.5 billion)
37 and has recorded only one annual loss during the difficulties of the past five
38 years, but despite the effects of the ongoing industrial slowdown. James Griffith,
39 president of Lebrun, now has the task of turning up survival into growth, and
40 his strategy is already becoming clear to those industry observers. In February of
41 this year, the company acquired Bronson pic, additionally a one-time competitor.
42 This merger will greatly expand the size of both Lebrun's labour force, and
43 Griffith estimates it will boost its revenue by nearly 50%, while too increasing
44 the number of plants and R&D centres in much a similar way. Griffith is
Lebrun Steel Facing up to Tough Times
0 After 98 years of trading, the steel manufacturer Lebrun knows from experience as how
00 difficult fluctuations in the economic cycle can be for suppliers such as themselves.
34 Since many of the nation's largest production companies which are its customers,
35 Lebrun is adversely affected by any change for the worse in the economy. Yet Lebrun
36 has managed to keep on sales steady (in the region of approximately $2.5 billion)
37 and has recorded only one annual loss during the difficulties of the past five
38 years, but despite the effects of the ongoing industrial slowdown. James Griffith,
39 president of Lebrun, now has the task of turning up survival into growth, and
40 his strategy is already becoming clear to those industry observers. In February of
41 this year, the company acquired Bronson pic, additionally a one-time competitor.
42 This merger will greatly expand the size of both Lebrun's labour force, and
43 Griffith estimates it will boost its revenue by nearly 50%, while too increasing
44 the number of plants and R&D centres in much a similar way. Griffith is
45 optimistic that while the steel industry is about to pull out of recession, and he wants Lebrun to be ready for this.
这篇文章是介绍一个生产商面临的困境及所采取的措施。
34题，这个句子并不是定语从句，主谓宾都很齐全，主语companies，谓语are，宾语its customers.所以which是多余的
35题，正确的
36题，keep on doing继续做什么，接名词的话直接用keep，keep sales steady保持销售平稳，on多余。The sales of a product are the quantity of it that is sold. 销售量
37题，正确的
38题，but和despite不能同时使用，必须去掉一个。but后面要接完整的句子，这个后面不是句子，是名词性成分，所以保留despite，去掉but。
39题，turn… into 变为，成为。固定词组。turning survival into growth变生存为增长。Up多余。
40题，句子前后并没有指代的含义，代词those多余。
41题，a one-time competitor是修饰前面的Bronson pic ，additionally是另外的，附加的
这篇文章是介绍一个生产商面临的困境及所采取的措施。
34题，这个句子并不是定语从句，主谓宾都很齐全，主语companies，谓语are，宾语its customers.所以which是多余的
35题，正确的
36题，keep on doing继续做什么，接名词的话直接用keep，keep sales steady保持销售平稳，on多余。The sales of a product are the quantity of it that is sold. 销售量
37题，正确的
38题，but和despite不能同时使用，必须去掉一个。but后面要接完整的句子，这个后面不是句子，是名词性成分，所以保留despite，去掉but。
39题，turn… into 变为，成为。固定词组。turning survival into growth变生存为增长。Up多余。
40题，句子前后并没有指代的含义，代词those多余。
41题，a one-time competitor是修饰前面的Bronson pic ，additionally是另外的，附加的
意思，用在这里意思和用法都不通，所以去掉。
42题，both表并列，而这个句子前后是没有并列的含义的，只说了扩展规模。所以both多余。
43题，too是副词，在这里用法不对
44题，in a similar way按同样的方式 固定用法，much多余
45题，while用来引导时间状语从句，而很明显这个句子并不是，只是由that引导的从句，句子成分很齐全。去掉while。
42题，both表并列，而这个句子前后是没有并列的含义的，只说了扩展规模。所以both多余。
43题，too是副词，在这里用法不对
44题，in a similar way按同样的方式 固定用法，much多余
45题，while用来引导时间状语从句，而很明显这个句子并不是，只是由that引导的从句，句子成分很齐全。去掉while。
Summary of annual progress
I am pleased to report another year of progress by the company. This performance has been achieved in the most toughest market conditions we have 1 seen for many years yet. It reflects the effort over the past five years that has 2 gone into transforming of our company into a highly competitive world-class 3 business. Since 2002, we have managed to improve almost double our profits, and this 4 increase in profitability has been placed us at the top of the global glass industry. 5 We have managed to succeed thi
s in difficult trading conditions for a number of 6 reasons, the most important of which has been from our ability to stay ahead 7 of our competitors. We have refused to allow stand still and have continued to bring 8 out a number of new products, most of which are already on the sale in our key 9 markets. All this goes to confirm that the company's position as the recognized 10 industry leader in technical innovation. We realise that there is still much more to 11 be done, but we believe that we know precisely what extra this is and we have 12 already put into place organisational and technical changes to bring this about.
解析：《Summary of annual progress》，年度进步总结。应该是公司领导在年度总结大会上做的报告，比较简短。
1题，yet一般用在否定句的句尾，而此句是肯定句，yet多余
2题，transform into，词组搭配，表示把…..转变成。of多余。
3题，we have managed to improve almost double our profits，这个句子有两个谓语动词，
improve和double，所以有一个多余。保留improve的话，almost的位置不对，所以应该去掉improve，直接用double表示加倍。ADV You use almost to indicate that something is not completely the case but is nearly the case. 差不多; 几乎
5题，succeed in在…方面成功 固定搭配，this多余
6题，最重要的原因是我们的能力一直领先于对手。定语从句的成分很齐全，不需要介词from。
7题，又是两个动词同时使用，重复了，必须去掉一个。句子的意思是我们拒绝原地踏步，stand still是原地踏步。所以去掉allow。
8题，on sale，固定搭配，降价的意思。去掉the。
9题，如果用that，后面应该接从句。而这句的后面不是从句。直接是comfirm as，表示确认公司作为行业领头羊的地位。
10题，正确的
11题，what this is，我们明确的知道这些是什么，extra多余。
12题，正确的
The Myth of the Paperless Office
0 The concept of a paperless office grew with the advance of technology. It was
00 widely been claimed that as email became commonplace, people would stop
34 writing memos, keeping bulky files and bringing piles of paper to the meetings.
35 But the reality has in fact been quite the reverse, and paper, having already
36 survived five thousand years of technological change, and has proved remarkably
37 resilient. Worldwide, the amount of paper used for each year continues to
38 rise up, although statistics now show a slight reduction in the amount
39 it consumed in the UK. So, has technology failed in its aim to end the use of
40 paper? Max Bray, a business lecturer, thinks office workers still distrust computers.
41 ‘Technology is unreliable in most of people's eyes,’ he says. 'If you are sent an
42 important email, you are likely to print it, because there is always the
43 fear that it might have get deleted.’ In contrast, Paul Blunt, a marketing
44 manager for desktop products, who says there has been significant progress in
45 automating a wide range of tasks, even though the transition between has been more of an evolution than a revolution.
《The Myth of the Paperless Office》，无纸化办公室神话。讲的是新技术对现代办公的影响。
34题，meeting在这里不是特殊指代，只是叙述的一般情况。不需要使用定冠词the。
35题，正确的
36题，和上面的部分联系起来作为一个整体来考虑。paper, having already survived five thousand years of technological change, and has proved remarkably resilient.中间的部分是插入语，可以不考虑，所以完整的应该是paper has proved remarkably resilient。主谓宾非常齐全，and是多余的。resilient是适应力强的，有弹力的。
37题，used在这里是后置定语，修饰前面的paper，意思是每年使用的纸的总数，不需要for。
1. 38题，持续增长，用rise，rise up是起义的意思。.
V-IIf an amount rises, it increases. (数量) 增加; 上涨
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