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【題目】 On 23 June 2016, UK (United Kingdom) adults made a historic decision. More than 33 million people voted for the UK to leave the European Union (EU). In the referendum, the result was that around 52% of them—just over half—voted to leave the group of 28 countries. This is called Brexit made up to describe the “British Exit”. No country had ever left the EU before, so Brexit was a significant moment in European history.

After UK and EU leaders had lots of hard negotiations about how Brexit would work, on 22nd, January, 2020, Wednesday, the British Parliament finally approved an agreement about the UK’s divorcing the EU, which Queen Elizabeth II agreed to on Thursday. The deal was expected to pass in the European Parliament the next week. If everything went well, the UK would leave the EU on January 31, 2020. It did! The UK finally and officially left the EU at 11 pm on this day, ending a process that began three and a half years before. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Brexit fans celebrated with fireworks and big parties. For many they called it the UK’s Independence Day. For many others in the UK, it represented the final stage of something they fought hard to prevent. Now the deal has been signed and Britain has left, but it doesn’t mean the life in Britain will change suddenly. Until 31st December 2020, freedom of movement will continue and this means UK citizens will have the right to live and work in the EU.

Making things even more difficult is the fact that the next challenge of Brexit has arrived. The UK and EU now have almost one year to work out the details of the relationship they will have in the future. Many experts express their common concern that making these new agreements will go through the same experience as the original Brexit deal.

【1】What does the underlined word “referendum” in Paragraph 1 mean?

A.Explanation.B.Vote.

C.Deal.D.Statement.

【2】What day was it when the UK left the EU officially?

A.Tuesday.B.Wednesday.

C.Thursday.D.Friday.

【3】What can we say about Brexit?

A.It was an extremely difficult process.B.It is a great victory for all UK people.

C.It means a temporary loss for the EU.D.It brings UK people a new life overnight.

【4】What is the experts’ attitude towards Brexit’s next work?

A.Ambiguous.B.Confident.

C.Worried.D.Cautious.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

本文屬于新聞報(bào)道。介紹了英國脫歐歷程以及脫歐后所面臨的問題。

【1】詞句猜測(cè)題。該詞所在句的前面談到：2016年6月23日，英國成年人做出了歷史性的決定。超過3300萬人投票支持英國脫離歐盟。該單詞所在句后面談到：約52%的英國選民（略多于一半）投票決定退出歐盟。由此推知，該詞意思就是“投票”之意。故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的After UK and EU leaders had lots of hard negotiations about how Brexit would work, on 22nd, January, 2020, Wednesday, the British Parliament finally approved an agreement about the UK’s divorcing the EU, which Queen Elizabeth II agreed to on Thursday.可知，在英國和歐盟領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人就脫歐問題進(jìn)行了大量討論之后，英國議會(huì)于2020年1月22日（周三）最終通過了一項(xiàng)關(guān)于英國脫離歐盟的協(xié)議，伊麗莎白女王二世于周四同意了該協(xié)議。再結(jié)合“If everything went well, the UK would leave the EU on January 31, 2020（如果一切順利，英國將于2020年1月31日脫離歐盟。）”信息，可推知，該天應(yīng)該是星期五。故選D。

【3】推理判斷題。本題要綜合全文信息來解答。第一段第一句提到，2016年6月23日，英國就通過公投決定脫歐，經(jīng)過三年半左右的時(shí)間，才正式脫歐。文中有“After UK and EU leaders had lots of hard negotiations about... ”；“the British Parliament finally approved... ”；“The UK finally and officially left the EU. .. ”等信息，說明英國脫歐歷程艱難。故選A。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段可知，讓事情變得更加困難的是，英國脫歐的下一個(gè)挑戰(zhàn)已經(jīng)到來。英國和歐盟現(xiàn)在有近一年的時(shí)間來制定他們未來關(guān)系的細(xì)節(jié)。許多專家表達(dá)了他們的共同擔(dān)憂：達(dá)成這些新協(xié)議將經(jīng)歷與最初的英國脫歐協(xié)議相同的經(jīng)歷。由此可知，專家們對(duì)英國脫歐的下一步工作表示很擔(dān)憂。故選C。

依據(jù)邏輯推理猜測(cè)詞義：運(yùn)用邏輯推理猜測(cè)詞義是使用最廣考查最多也最易失分的猜詞方式。要求考生具備整合分散、復(fù)雜信息的能力，充分利用上下文中相關(guān)的詞匯并結(jié)合具體的語境，從形式和內(nèi)容上把握語言之間的內(nèi)在聯(lián)系，理順語言之間的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)而達(dá)到猜詞的目的。常見的邏輯關(guān)系有：因果關(guān)系，同位關(guān)系，對(duì)比關(guān)系，轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系等。例如第一小題，該詞所在句的前面談到：2016年6月23日，英國成年人做出了歷史性的決定。超過3300萬人投票支持英國脫離歐盟。該單詞所在句后面談到：約52%的英國選民（略多于一半）投票決定退出歐盟。由此推知，該詞意思就是“投票”之意。故選B。