Peler Eigen, 65-year-old, chairman of Transparency International, the global anti-corruption watchdog, is proud of a large photograph on his office wall. It pictures him alongside Mwai Kibaki, the Kenyan president, and James Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank.
The picture, taken shortly after Mr. Kibaki’s inauguration in January, shows the three men in friendly discussion at a meeting in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital. “This photo is very special because it shows how far Transparency International has come since we set it up 10 years ago,” says Mr. Eigen with a smile.
Before leading a group of friends in 1993 to form TI in a one-room Berlin office, Mr. Eigen worked at the World Bank for 25 years. His final position was senior programme manager in east Africa, based in Nairobi.(1)“I was told that fighting corruption was not part of the bank’s mandate,” he says.
This led him to leave Kenya and the bank and start campaigning.
The picture shows how things have come full circle. (2)About 60 people work in the head-quarters in west Berlin. TI’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index, ranking national corruption levels, has become a benchmark for many governments. (3)“This would have been unthinkable” a few years ago, Mr. Eigen says.
A series of closed-door meetings in the mid-1990s in Berlin with chief executives from leading German multinationals laid the groundwork for international action. “ We moved the executives from being defensive to admitting that there was a big problem. (4)"
Ti’s solution was joint pressure from the companies on the government to sign the OECD convention against bribe-paying and, later, the signing of agreements between companies not to use bribery to win contracts.
(5)Mr. Eigen argues that TPs approach, based on “building coalitions, not on confrontation,” has brought results.
问题1选项
A.TI now has a global reach in its information campaigns and lobbying work, supporting national groups in more than 100 countries.
B.Then came the important question: how do we stop bribing without losing business to companies that still do it?
C.One example is the German chapter of TI, which has more than 30 member companies, including Siemens, Lufthans, BASF and Daimler Chrysler.
D.There, he observed not only corruption in his dealings with the government of Danjel Arap Moi, president at the time, but also the unwillingness of the bank to do anything about it.
E.TI has been instrumental in putting corruption on the world agenda, including in the United Nations.
F.TTs approach of working closely with companies to combat corruption contrasts with the tactics of many other pressure groups.
问题2选项
A.TI now has a global reach in its information campaigns and lobbying work, supporting national groups in more than 100 countries.
B.Then came the important question: how do we stop bribing without losing business to companies that still do it?
C.One example is the German chapter of TI, which has more than 30 member companies, including Siemens, Lufthans, BASF and Daimler Chrysler.
D.There, he observed not only corruption in his dealings with the government of Danjel Arap Moi, president at the time, but also the unwillingness of the bank to do anything about it.
E.TI has been instrumental in putting corruption on the world agenda, including in the United Nations.
F.TTs approach of working closely with companies to combat corruption contrasts with the tactics of many other pressure groups.
问题3选项
A.TI now has a global reach in its information campaigns and lobbying work, supporting national groups in more than 100 countries.
B.Then came the important question: how do we stop bribing without losing business to companies that still do it?
C.One example is the German chapter of TI, which has more than 30 member companies, including Siemens, Lufthans, BASF and Daimler Chrysler.
D.There, he observed not only corruption in his dealings with the government of Danjel Arap Moi, president at the time, but also the unwillingness of the bank to do anything about it.
E.TI has been instrumental in putting corruption on the world agenda, including in the United Nations.
F.TTs approach of working closely with companies to combat corruption contrasts with the tactics of many other pressure groups.
问题4选项
A.TI now has a global reach in its information campaigns and lobbying work, supporting national groups in more than 100 countries.
B.Then came the important question: how do we stop bribing without losing business to companies that still do it?
C.One example is the German chapter of TI, which has more than 30 member companies, including Siemens, Lufthans, BASF and Daimler Chrysler.
D.There, he observed not only corruption in his dealings with the government of Danjel Arap Moi, president at the time, but also the unwillingness of the bank to do anything about it.
E.TI has been instrumental in putting corruption on the world agenda, including in the United Nations.
F.TTs approach of working closely with companies to combat corruption contrasts with the tactics of many other pressure groups.
问题5选项
A.TI now has a global reach in its information campaigns and lobbying work, supporting national groups in more than 100 countries.
B.Then came the important question: how do we stop bribing without losing business to companies that still do it?
C.One example is the German chapter of TI, which has more than 30 member companies, including Siemens, Lufthans, BASF and Daimler Chrysler.
D.There, he observed not only corruption in his dealings with the government of Danjel Arap Moi, president at the time, but also the unwillingness of the bank to do anything about it.
E.TI has been instrumental in putting corruption on the world agenda, including in the United Nations.
F.TTs approach of working closely with companies to combat corruption contrasts with the tactics of many other pressure groups.
第1题:D
第2题:A
第3题:E
第4题:B
第5题:F
第1题:
【选项释义】
A. TI now has a global reach in its information campaigns and lobbying work, supporting national groups in more than 100 countries. A. TI现在在全球范围内开展信息运动和游说工作,支持100多个国家的全国性组织。
B. Then came the important question: how do we stop bribing without losing business to companies that still do it? B. 接下来是一个重要的问题:我们如何停止行贿,而不让业务输给仍在行贿的公司?
C. One example is the German chapter of TI, which has more than 30 member companies, including Siemens, Lufthans, BASF and Daimler Chrysler. C. 其中一个例子是TI德国分会,该分会有30多家成员企业,包括西门子、汉莎航空公司、巴斯夫和戴姆勒克莱斯勒。
D. There, he observed not only corruption in his dealings with the government of Danjel Arap Moi, president at the time, but also the unwillingness of the bank to do anything about it. D. 在那里,他不仅发现自己与时任行长丹杰尔•阿拉普•莫伊的交易中存在腐败,还发现世行对此不愿采取任何行动。
E. TI has been instrumental in putting corruption on the world agenda, including in the United Nations. E. TI在将腐败问题提上世界议程,包括联合国议程方面发挥了重要作用。
F. TIs approach of working closely with companies to combat corruption contrasts with the tactics of many other pressure groups. F. TIs与企业密切合作打击腐败的做法与许多其他压力集团的策略形成了鲜明对比。
【考查点】联系上下文
【解题思路】空格句子的前句提及Peter Eigen曾经的职务,后句提及反腐并不是银行的工作。结合前后文可以判断,空格处句子应含有corruption和bank这样的单词。选项D“在那里,他不仅发现自己与时任行长丹杰尔•阿拉普•莫伊的交易中存在腐败,还发现世行对此不愿采取任何行动。”符合条件。
第2题:
【考查点】联系上下文
【解题思路】分析原文第五段的内容可知,本段内容主要是关于TI公司的发展现状。选项A与段落意思一致。
第3题:
【考查点】联系上下文
【解题思路】空格前一句讲到了公司提供的年度腐败指数成为很多政府的基准。后一句提到这在几年前还难以置信。前后两句都是谈论的公司影响力。由此可知,空格处句子也应该与公司影响有关。选项E中提及公司的反腐已经提上世界日程,包括联合国。符合语境。
第4题:
【考查点】联系上下文
【解题思路】空格前一句中提到a big problem,接下来的内容就与这一重要问题相关。选项B中的then came the important problem与前文遥相呼应。
第5题:
【考查点】联系上下文
【解题思路】空格后一句提及公司的策略(approach)是公司之间的合作(coalitions),
而非对抗。空格所在句中应出现approach这一单词,选项F中的working close与coalition呼应。