11．Global financial big dogs are no match for China's"Da Ma"，or housewives，who have crowded into gold stores across China，buying up 300 tons of gold over the past two weeks．No wonder gold prices have steadied after taking a dive．
   During the May Day holiday，gold stores were crowded with mostly female customers．Most of them are middle-aged"Chinese housewives"．This group of buyers has risen to fame recently．They are big spenders and are desperate to get their hands on a bargain．"I bought some gold jewelry and kept them as a gift for my son when he gets married，"said a buyer from Shanghai．
The gold business is skyrocketing．"Our sales are growing by the day．Yesterday we sold more than ten million yuan of gold products，"a gold store salesperson said．The gold rush in China started about two weeks ago thanks to a decline in global gold prices．Media reports suggest that Chinese housewives have spent about 100 billion yuan，or about 16 billion US dollars，purchasing 300 tons of gold since mid-April．That has helped support gold prices．
"Gold prices depressed since the middle of last month but have risen gradually．That is mainly due to the strong demand from Asian markets，"said foreign trader Zhang Chen from Industrial & Commercial Bank of China．"Some people even joked that Chinese housewives have beaten Wall Street analysts．"For Chinese people，with limited investment options，the only thing better than buying gold is buying gold at discount prices．
71．Why have the gold prices risen gradually after taking a dive？D
A．Because Asian markets have a strong demand for gold which leads to the rising of its prices．
B．Because Chinese housewives are always desperate to buy as much gold as they need．
C．Because it is just a kind of natural economic phenomenon．
D．Because Chinese housewives made the prices rise again．
72．What does the author indicate in the underlined sentence of the last paragraph？
C   
A．Wall Street analysts can't match with Chinese housewives．
B．Chinese housewives are now richer than Wall Street analysts．
C．Chinese housewives have spent even more money on gold than Wall Street analysts．
D．Chinese housewives have bought even much more gold than Wall Street analysts expected．
73．What can we infer about the gold rush in China from the passage？D
A．Chinese housewives are most willing to spend money in buying gold．
B．China's"Da Ma"crowded into stores to get gold as the best gifts for sons when they get married．
C．China's"Da Ma"led to the decline in global gold prices．
D．China's"Da Ma"become the largest gold buyers due to a decline in global gold
prices．
74．The whole passage mainly developedC．
A．by giving examples     B．by contrast     C．by quotation     D．by time order
75．The author's description about the passage isC．
A．reasonable            B．subjective     C．objective        D．negative．

分析 本文講述了中國(guó)"大媽"的黃金搶購(gòu)熱潮．由于金價(jià)的回落，在中國(guó)以中年婦女為主掀起了一股搶購(gòu)黃金的熱潮，在短短兩周的時(shí)間內(nèi)購(gòu)買了300多噸黃金，使得黃金價(jià)格驟然飆升，她們被稱為"中國(guó)大媽"．

解答 71．D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容 housewives，who have crowded into gold stores across China，buying up 300 tons of gold over the past two weeks．No wonder gold prices have steadied after taking a dive．由于中國(guó)大媽對(duì)黃金的熱愛，大量的購(gòu)進(jìn)，黃金的價(jià)格有了持續(xù)的回升，故選D．
72．C 推理判斷題．從后面的定語(yǔ)從句who have crowded into gold stores across China，buying up 300 tons of gold over the past two weeks以及后面文章的敘述可知中國(guó)"大媽"購(gòu)買了大量黃金．句意：全球金融大鱷都不是中國(guó)大媽的對(duì)手．故C選項(xiàng)正確．
73．D 推理判斷題．從文中第三段The gold rush …．thanks to a decline in global gold prices．…spent about 100 billion yuan，or about 16 billion US dollars，purchasing 300 tons of gold since mid-April．That has helped support gold prices．判斷可知，由于全球黃金價(jià)格的下降，中國(guó)"大媽"成了最大的黃金購(gòu)買群體．所以D選項(xiàng)正確．
74．C 推理判斷題．A通過(guò)比較；B通過(guò)對(duì)比；C通過(guò)引述；D按照時(shí)間順序．文中大量的引用中國(guó)大媽，金店銷售人員以及銀行部門職員的話，由此判斷文章是運(yùn)用引述的發(fā)展方法．故C選項(xiàng)正確
75．C 推理判斷題．A 客觀的；B主觀的；C懷疑的；D消極的，負(fù)面的．從文章內(nèi)容可知，作者只是通過(guò)引用中國(guó)"大媽"，金店工作人員的話來(lái)敘述這一事實(shí)，而沒有添加個(gè)人觀點(diǎn)，所以作者對(duì)于文章的描述是客觀的，就事論事的．所以C選項(xiàng)正確．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是政治經(jīng)濟(jì)類閱讀理解．做這類題材閱讀理解時(shí)要求考生對(duì)文章通讀一遍，做題時(shí)結(jié)合原文和題目有針對(duì)性的找出相關(guān)語(yǔ)句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測(cè)，一定要做到有理有據(jù)

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       Mary Fiore is the wedding planner．She's ambitious，hard-working，extremely organized，and she knows exactly what to do and say to make any wedding a fantastic event．But when Mary falls in love with a handsome doctor，her life is turned upside down---he's the groom in the biggest wedding of her career!Will she help him marry his rich girlfriend，or will Mary finally get to be the bride herself？As this sweet romantic comedy proves，when it comes to love，you can never plan what's going to happen．
F．Agent Cody
       Frankie Muniz and Hilary Duff star in this"clever and lively action-adventure"（Los Angeles Times） about a junior CIA agent on a mission to save the world，stop the bad guys and win the girl's heart…Catching your eye with cool tools，exciting special effects and the wonderful skateboard chase，Agent Cody Banks delivers great fun for the entire family．

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20．He hurried to the station onlyto find（find ）that the train had left．

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1．When we finally________ to get home after the tiring long journey we could hardly move a step farther．（　�。�
A．triedB．succeededC．managedD．attempted

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