2016年考研英语阅读理解精读100篇（高分版）TEXT17

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　　Boosted by booming international financial markets, the City of London has not had it so good since the end of the dotcom bonanza in the late 1990s. Basking in double-digit growth rates, London’s law firms have both contributed to that success and benefited from it. The earnings of top City lawyers can now exceed ￡2m a year.
　　Having opted to expand and go global ahead of most others, Britain’s leading law firms tend to be bigger than their American rivals. Indeed, according to a survey of the world’s top 50 law firms, compiled by Legal Business, a British trade paper, five of the world’s top six law firms-in terms of turnover-are now British (if DLA Piper, the result of an Anglo-American merger, is included). But they have tended to lag behind in terms of their profitability. That is now changing.
　　The profit margins of the City’s five "magic circle" firms-Clifford Chance, Slaughter and May, Allen & Overy, Linklaters and Freshfields-have soared in recent years and are now comparable with, if not higher than, those of New York’s "white shoe" elite. Slaughter and May, the only one of the five not to have gone global, has the joint second-highest profit margin among the top 50.
　　Not so long ago, a London surgeon could expect to earn as much as a City lawyer. But even the recent big rises in hospital consultants’ earnings pall in comparison with those enjoyed by London lawyers. At Slaughter and May, for example, average profits per equity partner (PEP) jumped by almost a third (in dollar terms) last year to $2.75m-more than at any other of the top 50 law firms bar two in New York where PEP averaged $2.8m and $3.0m respectively. Some senior partners get a lot more of course.
　　Competition for the best lawyers is fierce and poaching frequent. Hence the need to keep headline PEP figures up-even at the cost of getting rid of equity partners, leaving a bigger share of the bounty for the remaining ones. Freshfields is in the process of shedding around 100 of its equity partners. Other leading firms are also undertaking painful restructuring. examda
　　Newly qualified lawyers’ salaries have also been shooting up in the search for the best talent. Both Freshfields and Allen & Overy now pay their first-year associates ￡65,000, rising to around ￡90,000 after three years. (First-year associates at America’s top law firms get the equivalent of ￡80,000.)
　　But, as many other top-rank City employers have discovered, big earnings do not necessarily guarantee big satisfaction. According to a YouGov poll, published by the Lawyer earlier this month, a quarter of Britain’s lawyers (including a fifth of law-firm partners) would like to leave the profession. The disgruntled complained about cripplingly long hours, intense competition and the impersonality of the biggest firms (some with more than 3,000 lawyers). So why don’t they quit? Because, say three-quarters, of the pay.
　　1. Which one of the following is TURE of the status quo of London’s economy?
　　[A] London is enjoying its best time of economic development since 1990s.
　　[B] The growth rate of London is doubled since the beginning of the 1990s.
　　[C] The growth rate started to boost since the end of the dotcom era.
　　[D] The current economy of London is mostly driven by its legal instead of financial market.
　　2. The world’s top 50 law firms are graded according to _____.
　　[A] their annual margin
　　[B] their profitability
　　[C] their sale volume
　　[D] their quantity of business
　　3.The phrase “white shoe” (Line 3, Paragraph 3) most probably means____.
　　[A] white collars
　　[B] first-class law firms
　　[C] financial agencies
　　[D] international banks  examda
　　4. In order to be competitive, the law firms take the following measures except_____.
　　[A] dismissing equity partners
　　[B] carrying out restructuring
　　[C] having their best lawyers turn more competitive.
　　[D] raising salaries for recruiting talents
　　5. From the YouGov poll, it can be inferred that____.
　　[A] this profession is far from satisfactory
　　[B] most lawyers will leave the profession sooner or later
　　[C] most lawyers are satisfied with the profession because of the fat pay
　　[D] high salary is always contradictory to big satisfaction
　　词汇注释：
　　bonanza n. 富矿带, 带来好运之事, 幸运
　　bask v. 晒太阳(享受温暖), 感到温暖, 愉快或舒适
　　turnover n. 营业额
　　cipplingly adv. 临界地，极限地
　　pall v.覆盖, 使平淡无味
　　bounty n. 奖金，补助金
　　disgruntled adj. 不高兴的，不满意的

　文章剖析：
　　这篇文章介绍英国伦敦律师事务所的现状。第一段讲述因为伦敦经济增长迅速，律师业也受益匪浅；第二段、第三段讲述伦敦律师事务所在世界上的排名；第四段讲述伦敦事务所律师的工资待遇；第五段、第六段讲述律师事务所的竞争手段；第七段讲述对该行业的满意度。
　　难句突破：
　　(1) Indeed, according to a survey of the world’s top 50 law firms, compiled by Legal Business, a British trade paper, five of the world’s top six law firms-in terms of turnover-are now British (if DLA Piper, the result of an Anglo-American merger, is included).
　　[主体句式] Five of the world’s top six law firms are now British.
　　[结构分析] 这是一个简单句。前面according to引导的是状语，状语种compile by ...做前面a survey的定语，而a British trade paper是Legal Business的同位语。
　　[句子译文]实际上，根据英国商业报纸《法律商业》的一项世界领先50家律师事务所的调查，世界领先的六家律师事务所（按营业额计算）有五家是英国事务所（算上英美合资的DLA Piper事务所）。
　　(2) At Slaughter and May, for example, average profits per equity partner (PEP) jumped by almost a third (in dollar terms) last year to $2.75m-more than at any other of the top 50 law firms bar two in New York where PEP averaged $2.8m and $3.0m respectively.
　　[主体句式] Average profits per equity partner jumped by almost a third.
　　[结构分析] 这是一个简单句，破折号后面的是前面$2.75m的定语。
　　[句子译文] 比如在Slaughter and May,去年PEP平均收入以275万美元为基数涨了1/3（以美元计算），这要比任何全球前50名律师事务所或美国的律师界工资都高，其PEP平均为280万美元和300万美元。
　　题目分析：
　　1. Which one of the following is TURE of the status quo of London’s economy?1.下列哪一个是关于伦敦经济现状的正确表述？
　　[A] London is enjoying its best time of economic development since 1990s.[A]伦敦现在正在享受其自20世纪90年代末以来经济最好的时候。
　　[B] The growth rate of London is doubled since the beginning of the 1990s.[B] 伦敦的经济增长率翻倍了。
　　[C] The growth rate started to boost since the end of the dotcom era.[C] 伦敦经济从网络时代末尾的时候开始兴盛。
　　[D] The current economy of London is mostly driven by its legal instead of financial market.[D] 伦敦现在经济的繁荣主要是由其司法市场、而不是金融市场驱动的。
　　[答案]A
　　[难度系数] ☆☆☆☆
　　[分析]细节题。这题关键要看对于文章第一句话的理解，Boosted by booming international financial markets, the City of London has not had it so good since the end of the dotcom bonanza in the late 1990s.   "have it good"是一个词组，意思为"过得优裕"，那么这句话意思就是伦敦在20世纪90年代末享受过经济很好的一段时间后，一直到现在才又开始经济很好。选项A最为符合该句意思，是正确答案。C选项的时间概念不正确，而D选项则是无中生有。

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