考研英语阅读理解百篇练习

UNIT 1 Text 1 无聊成为“逝去的艺术形式” (1)

Text 2 传媒与技术产业之间的纷争 (6)

Text 3 从众心理与环境问题 (12)

Text 4 经济复兴需要“业余精神” (18)

UNIT 2 Text 1 英语在欧洲的崛起 (24)

Text 2 药物临床实验数据必须透明化 (29)

Text 3 个体大脑中的群体智慧 (34)

Text 4 全球经济滞涨 (39)

UNIT 3 Text 1 MBA教育不应为管理高层的道德沦丧行为负责 (46)

Text 2 网络语料库 (52)

Text 3 道路增多可能导致交通更阻塞 (57)

Text 4 美国的经济增长 (63)

UNIT 4 Text 1 现代农业系统与食物供应安全 (70)

Text 2 胜利和失败的姿势是进化的产物 (75)

Text 3 美国法律保护丑闻公司 (80)

Text 4 英国实行职业教育资格认证 (85)

UNIT 5 Text 1 对待科学的正确态度 (92)

Text 2 高科技护照带来的问题 (98)

Text 3 伪善是理智驱动的 (104)

Text 4 企业如何应对突发事件 (109)

UNIT 6 Text 1 美国的《濒危物种法》 (116)

Text 2 网络改变大脑构造 (122)

Text 3 经济萧条下的工资增长和高效率 (127)

Text 4 美国顶尖私立大学的新助学金政策 (133)

UNIT 7 Text 1 网络催生的新著作权经济 (140)

Text 2 表达愤怒的积极效果 (146)

Text 3 创新的运作方式及动力 (152)

Text 4 新养老模式：临终关怀 (157)

UNIT 8 Text 1 理性和启示之间的关系 (163)

Text 2 男性对其他同性的愤怒很敏感 (168)

Text 3 网络搜索使科学研究范围变窄 (173)

Text 4 供应链的风险 (179)

UNIT 9 Text 1 报纸社论歪曲气候真相 (186)

Text 2 降低利率不能刺激欧元区经济 (191)

Text 3 经济学家写无偿博客的影响 (197)

Text 4 美国的TFA组织 (203)

UNIT 10 Text 1 写博客有助自我治疗 (209)

Text 2 网上汽车销售 (215)

Text 3 美国食品及药物管理局受质疑 (220)

Text 4 道德的“具身”结构 (226)

UNIT 11 Text 1 医疗旅游现象 (233)

Text 2 创造力的研究发现 (238)

Text 3 印刷版报纸的衰落 (243)

Text 4 亚洲教育应对东西文化兼收并蓄 (249)

UNIT 12 Text 1 道德思考的方法 (255)

Text 2 获奖项认可者更长寿 (260)

Text 3 美国社会阶层的界限依然存在 (265)

Text 4 环保与转基因食品 (270)

UNIT 13 Text 1 技术移民有利于美国经济发展 (278)

Text 2 沃尔玛的海外市场 (282)

Text 3 英国政府帮助年轻人就业的政策 (289)

Text 4 城市化进程 (294)

UNIT 14 Text 1 美国两大航空公司的合并 (300)

Text 2 书写的用途 (306)

Text 3 美国贫富差距扩大 (311)

Text 4 英国教师供求失衡 (316)

UNIT 15 Text 1 放弃基础研究的代价 (323)

Text 2 在线广告新模式 (329)

Text 3 英国的知识创新能力 (334)

Text 4 性别、种族和智力 (340)

UNIT 16 Text 1 现代艺术危害西方社会 (346)

Text 2 美国兴起解决无家可归的行动 (351)

Text 3 美加之间的贸易摩擦 (356)

Text 4 经济的进化 (362)

Unit one

Text 1

Our mad attempts to avoid boredom uphold a profitable corner of the entertainment industry, while the variety of books, websites, TV programs and videos aimed at children and called “Boredom Killers” suggests that ennui has no age restriction. This is no new development—obsessive texting is hardly on a level with watching lions rip gladiators to shreds for entertainment, and, as the British public seem to be moving on to a stage where fox hunting is no longer seen as a justifiable, fun diversion, we must be doing something right. However, some experts have recently pointed out that obsessive avoidance of boredom (apart from being quite dull in itself—have you ever tried to have a decent conversation with an extreme sports enthusiast?) denies access to the certain kind of mental space which boredom brings and in doing so leaves us creatively and spiritually malnourished. In other words, boredom is becoming “a lost art form”.

Steven Winn of the San Francisco Chronicle puts it in a recent article:“As more and more people seem to recognize, the universal experience of being bored—unengaged, detached, afloat in some private mental inactivity—may be far more precious, fruitful and even profound than a surface understanding might suggest. As ordinary as grey skies and equally pervasive, boredom deserves its own sun-splashed attention and celebration.”

This is a very particular understanding of what boredom is, and perhaps this very problem of definition is what lies at the root of the supposed debate. On the one hand, boredom can be defined as a state of listlessness, a lack of interest in that which surrounds us and a general sense of ennui. Of this particular definition, Saul Steinberg wrote, “Th e life of the creative man is led, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes.” So in this case, boredom is something we flee from in horror.

Another conception of boredom is of a blank, private mental space, invaluable for relaxing and for the fermentation of creative juices. It is this type of boredom which is considered by some to be a lost art form. Informational overload from all quarters means that there can often be very little time for personal thought, reflection, or