考研英语基础测试卷3.docx

考研英语怎么复习？在考研复习中，复习资料的选择至关重要。中公考研辅导老师为考生整理了【考研英语知识点讲解和习题】，同时可以为大家提供名师考研英语视频、考研英语复习资料、考研英语真题和考研英语辅导等，助您冲击名校！Part one以下单词选自考研核心词汇，请考生给出至少一层释义。(80×0.5=40分)homelessraisemake uphardlypercentagecoverpopulationchangeproportionrangelocaldifferfederalnow thatsupportalthoughminimumprovided thatwageinflateestimateexpandvaryincreasefigure extendanalysts predictdecadedisplaybulkprovebe addicted todiscoveralcoholuncovercomplementaryassistsignificant trackserioussustainmentaldismissdisorderhencecompensatelodgeinterpretsheltersituation dwellingaddress searchcommunity strollservice crowdpackage wanderdealexistenceindeedsurvivaldirectormaintenancelikewiseturn aroundthereforeturn overfurthermoreturn oncopeturn upapproveturn toretainmanipulationaddcoordinationPart Two reading comprehension (20*2=40)Text 1Could the bad old days of economic decline be about to return? Since OPEC agreed to supply-cuts in March, the price of crude oil has jumped to almost $26 a barrel, up from less than $10 last December. This near-tripling of oil prices calls up scary memories of the 1973 oil shock, when prices quadrupled, and 1979-80, when they also almost tripled. Both previous shocks resulted in double-digit inflation and global economic decline. So where are the headlines warning of gloom and doom this time?The oil price was given another push up this week when Iraq suspended oil exports. Strengthening economic growth, at the same time as winter grips the northern hemisphere, could push the price higher still in the short term.Yet there are good reasons to expect the economic consequences now to be less severe than in the 1970s. In most countries the cost of crude oil now accounts for a smaller share of the price of petrol than it did in the 1970s. In Europe, taxes account for up to four-fifths of the retail price, so even quite big changes in the price of crude have a more muted effect on pump prices than in the past.Rich economies are also less dependent on oil than they were, and so less sensitive