Passage 1
【主题分类】仔细阅读：科技
【高级表达】
1. preliminary review 初审或预先复查
2. beverages n.各种饮料
3. fare n.（某一类型）的食品
4. an alternative ingredient 可以替代的原料或成分
5. the fundamental make-up 基本配方
6. a multi-sided approach 多角度的方法
【关键句型】
1. to satisfy their desire for... 满足他们对......的渴望
2. The food industry has, ... been firmly opposed to... 食品业坚决反对......
be opposed to 反对......
3. ..., the industry has made some efforts to improve the quality of its offerings.
食品业为提高产品质量做了些努力。
make an effort to do 努力做
1. There is no silver bullet. 世上没有灵丹妙药
【答案解析】
Q46. What did Adam Smith say about sugar, alcohol and tobacco?
选C。选择符合短文第一段的内容，这些都是极为常见的税收对象（extremely popular subjects of taxation.). D选项中的necessities of life虽在第一段提到，但原文说糖酒烟草在任何地方都不是生活必需品，而不是D项说的不再认为是生活必需品。
Q47. Why have many countries started to consider taxing sugar?
选B。第二段明确说明糖引起的肥胖给公共卫生系统造成了越来越大的压力，“With surging obesity levels putting increasing strain on public health systems, governments around the world have begun to toy with the idea of taxing sugar as well.” 所以世界上不少政府开始考虑也给糖征税问题。其它干扰项文中未涉及。
Q48 What do we learn about Danish taxation on fat-rich foods?
选A。文中第三段第二句说丹麦政府曾对脂肪含量高的食品征税，但一年后不得不放弃此举，他们称消费者为了避税穿过边境进入德国购买更为便宜的脂肪含量更高的食品，”... , a Danish tax on foods high in fats was abandoned a year after its introduction, amid claims that consumers were avoiding it by crossing the border to Germany to satisfy their desire for cheaper, fattier fare.”。其它干扰项文中未涉及。
Q49. What is the more recent effort by food companies to make foods and drinks both healthy and tasty?
选D。第六段最后两句就是谈的这个问题。“... learning how to adjust the fundamental make-up of the food they sell. For example, having salt on the outside, but none on the inside, reduces the salt content without changing the taste.”一些公司最近调整了食物的基本配方，比如只把盐用在食品表面，里面是无盐，这样既减少了盐的含量又保证了口味。不管从短文的直接说明还是举例说明，都可以选择到正确答案。A是干扰项，貌似接近，但它说的是过去30年的做法，但问题问的是最近食品公司的新举措，所以选A。
Q50. What does the author mean by saying, at the end of the passage, “There is no silver bullet”?
选A. There is no silver bullet是句英语俗语，意为“世上没有灵丹妙药”,意为问题的解决不能指望一蹴而就，与A选项意思一致。
Passage Two
【主题分类】仔细阅读：科技
【高级表达】
1. the fashion industry 时尚产业
2. hunger-induced heart attacks 饥饿导致的心脏病
3. a point of controversy 争论的焦点
4. a body mass index (BMI) 体重指数
5. results in /result from导致/由......造成
【关键句型】
1. Certain diseases are linked with ... 一些病和有关
be linked with 与......有关
2. Professional fashion models are particularly vulnerable to...
职业时装模特特别容易得......病
be vulnerable to...对......的抵抗力差；容易受......的侵害
3. Record's suggestion is to prohibit agents from...
雷科德的建议是禁止模特代理公司......
prohibit from 禁止做......
4. A designer can't survive without... 设计师没有......不行
can't ... without 没有......不行
【答案解析】
Q51. What do Record and Austin say about fashion models' body mass?
选D。短文第二段第一句and two researchers say a model's body mass should be a workplace health and safety issue. 意为模特的体重是职场的健康与安全问题，指体重会影响模特的健康和安全，符合答案。
Q52. What are Record and Austin advocating in the Monday editorial?
选B。短文第二段第二句话说Katherine Record and Bryn Austin made their case for government regulation of the fashion industry. 凯瑟琳·雷科德和布瑞恩·奥斯汀阐述了政府对时尚业设立法规的主张。而上句提到模特的体重是职场的健康与安全问题，所以这句提到的设立法规是指对模特的体重做出规定，符合选项。
Q53. Why are Record and Austin especially worried about the low body mass index of models?
选C。第三段第二句说，“And Record and Austin are worried not just about the models themselves, but about the vast number of girls and women their images influence.” 意思是凯瑟琳·雷科德和布瑞恩·奥斯汀担忧的不仅仅是模特本身，还有受模特形象影响的大量女性，和C 选项吻合。
Q54. What do we learn about France's fashion industry?
选B. “In April, France passed a law setting lower limits for a model's weight.” 这是最后一段的主题句。四月，法国通过法律，进一步放低了对模特体重的限制，所以B答案说现在法国时尚界有法可循了。
Q55 What does Record expect of New York Fashion Week?
选D. 文章最后一句明确提出“A designer can't survive without participating in Paris Fashion Week", she says, adding," Our argument is that the same would be true of New York Fashion Week. " 如果不参加巴黎时尚周，一个设计师都无法生存。我们认为．纽约时尚周也应如此”因此参加纽约时尚周模特的体重指数也将提高。正是D选项。
