问题 单项选择题

Questions 61-70 are based on the following passage.


While some international couriers are showing signs of exhaustion, EMS (Express Mail Service), the generic name for the courier services of post offices, seems to be finding its stride. Known as Datapost in Britain, as Chronopost in France, and as A1-Barid al-Mumtaz in Saudi Arabia, EMS is now second in the international courier business (jointly with TNT Skypack). Last year it delivered 5.6 million items, weighing less than 20 kilograms each, across borders. That and its annual growth rate of around 5 percent have worried DHL, the market leader, enough for it to counter-attack in the Courts.
On October 26, a Dutch judge ruled against DHL on all three counts filed against the Dutch post office: that the three-initial name was too close to DHL’s; that the orange lines in the EMS logo were too similar to DHL’s dark red ones; and that the claim to the widest route system in the world was unfounded. DHL has threatened the Swiss post office with similar action, but it may reconsider after the Dutch ruling.
EMS has some advantages over the private couriers. One is a dense ready-made network of offices, especially in Europe, the avowed target area of the private couriers. Another advantage is a long tradition of working with customs authorities. In a business where minutes count, it pays to have good friends at customs. That advantage particularly irritates the private couriers because there is no legal way to combat such unquantifiable coziness.
The private courier services are also annoyed because in countries like Switzerland and Italy, where the post office is officially a monopoly, they pay it a fee. In Switzerland DHL says it pays more than SFr lm ($ 708,000) "to the competition" each year. In France the couriers have won a battle for exoneration.
Although governments are under little pressure to keep prices artificially low, EMS is often cheaper than the private couriers, but not always. A recent test in Britain (on a domestic route) showed Datapost about halfway between the least and the most expensive, but gave it full marks for speed and service.
Each national EMS is free to set its rates and follow its own rules on things like bulk discounts. The Universal Postal Union, based in Berne, determines how costs and revenues are split between sending and receiving countries, and standardizes procedures. More than 100 postal administrations have linked into the system—and more are coming, including Russia’s. That makes the feisty EMS particularly happy since its rivals have not been allowed to serve anywhere in Russia.

The recent test in Britain shows that ______.

A. EMS provides better services than the private couriers
B. the private couriers are as cheap as EMS
C. the private couriers are faster than EMS
D. EMS is always cheaper than the private couriers

答案

参考答案:A

解析: 细节题型
见第五段最后一句:近期在英国(国内路线)上作了一个测试,发现英国的EMS的价格介于其他courier类似业务的中间,但快递的速度和服务是最好的。因此A为答案。

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                        道山亭记曾巩

  闽,故隶周者也。至秦,开其地,列于中国,始并为闽中郡。自粤之太末,与吴之豫章,为其通路。其路在闽者,陆出则阸①于两山之间,山相属无间断,累数驿乃一得平地,小为县,大为州,然其四顾亦山也。其途或逆坂如缘絙②,或垂崖如一发,或侧径钩出于不测之溪上。皆石芒峭发,择然后可投步。负戴者虽其土人,犹侧足然后能进。非其土人,罕不踬也。其溪行,则水皆自高泻下,石错出其间,如林立,如士骑满野,千里下上,不见首尾。水行其隙间,或衡缩蟉糅③,或逆走旁射,其状若蚓结,若虫镂,其旋若轮,其激若矢。舟溯沿者,投便利,失毫分,辄破溺④。虽其土长川居之人,非生而习水事者,不敢以舟楫自任也。其水陆之险如此。汉尝处⑤其众江淮之间而虚其地,盖以其陿⑥多阻,岂虚也哉?

  福州治侯官,于闽为土中,所谓闽中也。其地于闽为最平以广,四出之山皆远,而长江(闽江)其南,大海在其东,其城之内外皆涂,旁有沟,沟通潮汐,舟载者昼夜属于门庭。麓多桀木,而匠多良能,人以屋室巨丽相矜,虽下贫必丰其居,而佛、老子之徒,其宫又特盛。城之中三山,西曰闽山,东曰九仙山,北曰粤王山,三山者鼎趾立。其附山,盖佛、老子之宫以数十百,其瑰诡殊绝之状,盖已尽人力。

  光禄卿、直昭文馆程公为是州,得闽山嵚崟⑦之际,为亭于其处,其山川之胜,城邑之大,宫室之荣,不下簟席而尽于四瞩。程公以谓在江海之上,为登览之观,可比于道家所谓蓬莱、方丈、瀛州之山,故名之曰“道山之亭”。闽以险且远,故仕者常惮往,程公能因其地之善,以寓其耳目之乐,非独忘其远且险,又将抗其思于埃壒⑧之外,其志壮哉!

  程公于是州以治行闻,既新其城,又新其学,而其余功又及于此。盖其岁满就更广州,拜谏议大夫,又拜给事中、集贤殿修撰,今为越州,字公辟,名师孟云。

  〔注〕①阸(ēi):阻隔。②絙(gēng):粗绳。③衡缩蟉(liù)糅:水势曲折奔流。④破溺:船破溺水。⑤处:安置。⑥陿:狭。⑦嵚崟(qīn yīn):山势高耸的样子。⑧埃壒(ài):尘埃、尘世。

  ——选自《曾巩集•卷第十九》

小题1:对下列句子中加下划线的词的解释,不正确的一组是()

A.山相属无间断相属:相连

B.人以屋室巨丽相矜相矜:互相夸耀

C.其城之内外皆涂涂:通“途”,路

D.三山者鼎趾立鼎趾:鼎的足小题2:下列各组句子中,加下划线词的意义和用法不相同的一组是()

A.累数驿乃一得平地设九宾于廷,臣乃敢上璧

B.盖以其陿多阻欲以客往赴秦军

C.可比于道家所谓蓬莱、方丈、瀛州之山燕王欲结于君

D.程公能因其地之善罔不因势象形小题3:下列语句能表现程师孟“志壮”的一组是()

  ①择然后可投步 ②以寓其耳目之乐 ③又将抗其思于埃壒之外 ④不敢以舟楫自任也 ⑤既新其城,又新其学 ⑥盖其岁满就更广州

A.②③⑤

B.①②⑥

C.①③④

D.④⑤⑥小题4:下列对本文的赏析,不正确的一项是()

A.文章开头极力写闽地地理环境的恶劣,并用汉代的史实作证,意在暗示为政治闽难也,这为下文程师孟的治闽作了有力的铺垫。

B.作者称颂程师孟的治闽政绩,可以从闽地百姓的水运、民居及道观等方面反映民之乐中找到答案,也可从为政者程师孟筑亭寓乐中窥见真情,还可以从程的升迁得到肯定。

C.程师孟不避险境来闽治政,修亭并命名为“道山之亭”,究其仕途,可窥视其为政得乐且有随道隐居的思想。

D.文章写闽地险境的内容给人印象特别深,“其水陆之险如此”总结了开头分别从“陆出”和“溪行”两方面写的内容,以及从山路与“土人”、溪流与“生而习水者”两方面照应,显得文章条理清楚。小题5:翻译文中画线句子。

  (1)非其土人,罕不踬也。

  (2)人以屋室巨丽相矜,虽下贫必丰其居。

  (3)程公于是州以治行闻。