19.Even as Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda wrapped up a tired appearance before Congress,the head of the world's largest automaker wasn't leaving his problems behind.
Toyota faces a criminal investigation by federal lawyers in New York.The company is now being investigated.Its US dealerships in difficulty now are facing repairs to potentially millions of customer cars that have been recalled.The company is offering customers money back for rental cars and other expenses.
Its lawyers are busy preparing to cope with lawsuits.A new hearing will be conducted.And the cost to Toyota's reputation is only now starting.
Despite back-to-back hearings this week,left to be said were a better explanation for slow actions to deal with the faults and believable promises that the problems that led to sudden,unintended accelerations will be fixed.
Toyoda said those changes were being made nearly around the clock,but during three hours of often tense questions and answers he repeated that there was no link to the vehicle's electronic systems.
Many drivers making complaints against Toyota and the government say their acceleration problems had nothing to do with floor mat interference(油門踏板故障)or sticky gas pedals(剎車).Outside experts have suggested electronic problems.
House lawmakers expressed serious criticism on Toyoda,the grandson of the company's founder.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA)is seeking records on Toyota's recalls and is conducting its own review on whether electronics were behind the car faults.NHTSA also continues to look into steering complaints from drivers of the popular Corolla model.
Toyota has recalled 8.5million cars,more than 6million of them in the United States.
It may be a while before car buyers believe that Toyota really makes safe cars.
Toyota's January sales already fell 16percent even as most other automakers jumped back from last year's bad results.Analyst Koji Endo of Advanced Research Japan in Tokyo said he expects February sales,due out next week,to be down 30percent to 40.Toyota's sales problem could continue beyond that.
It will take some time to feel the full effect of this,he said.
66.The best title for this passage isA.
A.Toyota is in trouble B.Toyota is under hearing
C.Toyota is finished D.Toyota is still running
67.What is the purpose of the hearing?D
A.America hopes that Toyota apologizes to the US customers.
B.America wants to get Toyota out of the US market.
C.America wants to help Toyota out of difficulty.
D.America hopes that Toyota admits their cars have electronic system problem.
68.What can we infer from the passage?B
A.Toyota provides very good post sale service.
B.Toyota's biggest market is in the United States.
C.Toyota will be closed soon.
D.Toyota's dealership in the US will all be closed.
69.Why does Toyota recall cars and offer customers money back for rental cars and other expenses?A
A.It tries to avoid the maximum damages to the company.
B.It is big company and has means to fix every problem.
C.It's part of post servie.
D.It's a way to compete in auto market.
70.The last sentence of this passage indicatesB.
A.Analyst Koji Endo is fully confident about Toyota
B.Toyota could meet a worse situation
C.Toyota would get out of trouble sooner or later
D.Toyota would build up a better reputation among its customers.
分析 本文主要講述豐田汽車公司現(xiàn)在所面臨的刑事調(diào)查,以及現(xiàn)在更嚴(yán)峻的局面.
解答 66-70ADBAB
66題答案是A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第一段最后一句和第二段第一句可知,Toyota世界最大的汽車制造商沒有擺脫困難.在紐約Toyota面臨刑事調(diào)查.可推測出Toyota遇到麻煩.故選A.
67題答案是D.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章第七段和第八段可知,聯(lián)邦議院議員立法者對Toyota表達(dá)了強(qiáng)烈的批評.美國高速公路安全管理局正在尋找關(guān)于Toyota的召回記錄,自己進(jìn)行審查是否有汽車電子產(chǎn)品問題.可推測出聽證會的目的是美國希望Toyota承認(rèn)他們的車有電子系統(tǒng)問題.故選D.
68題答案是B.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章第九段可知,Toyota已經(jīng)召回8500萬輛車,其中超過6000萬輛在美國.可推測出美國是Toyota的最大市場.故選B.
69題答案是A.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章第十一段和十二段可知,Toyota的銷量已經(jīng)下降16%,而大部分其他汽車制造商從去年糟糕的結(jié)果中擺脫出來.Koji Endo分析,Toyota二月份的銷量會下降30%到40%.Toyota的銷量問題將會比這更糟.需要一段時間來感受全面的影響.可推測出Toyota銷量下降,為了避免對公司的影響,召回Toyota的車.故選A.
70題答案是B.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章第十一段和十二段可知,Toyota的銷量已經(jīng)下降16%,而大部分其他汽車制造商從去年糟糕的結(jié)果中擺脫出來.Koji Endo分析,Toyota二月份的銷量會下降30%到40%.Toyota的銷量問題將會比這更糟.需要一段時間來感受全面的影響.可推測出,Toyota的銷量持續(xù)下降,Toyota將面對更嚴(yán)峻的局面.故選B.
點(diǎn)評 本文是政治經(jīng)濟(jì)類閱讀理解.做這類題材閱讀理解時要求考生對文章通讀一遍,做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析,結(jié)合選項選出正確答案.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,一定要做到有理有據(jù).