考研英语二真题和答案
北京邮电大学2011级软件工程硕士通信软件方向 周辉 Directions: Read the following passage. For each numbered blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET l. (10 points) The outbreak of swine flu that was first detected in Mexico was declared a global epidemic on June 11, 2009. It is the first worldwide epidemic_____1_____ by the World Health Organization in 41 years. The heightened alert _____2_____an emergency meeting with flu experts in Geneva that convened after a sharp rise in cases in Australia, and rising_____3_____in Britain, Japan, Chile and elsewhere. But the epidemic is "_____4_____" in severity, according to Margaret Chan, the organization's director general, _____5_____ the overwhelming majority of patients experiencing only mild symptoms and a full recovery, often in the _____6_____ of any medical treatment. The outbreak came to global_____7_____in late April 2009, when Mexican authorities noticed an unusually large number of hospitalizations and deaths_____8_____healthy adults. As much of Mexico City shut down at the height of a panic, cases began to _____9_____in New York City, the southwestern United States and around the world. In the United States, new cases seemed to fade_____10_____warmer weather arrived. But in late September 2009, officials reported there was _____11_____flu activity in almost every state and that virtually all the_____12_____tested are the new swine flu, also known as (A) H1N1, not seasonal flu. In the U.S., it has_____13_____more than one million people, and caused more than 600 deaths and more than 6,000 hospitalizations. Federal health officials_____14_____Tamiflu for children from the national stockpile and began_____15_____orders from the states for the new swine flu vaccine. The new vaccine, which is different from the annual flu vaccine, is ____16_____ ahead of expectations. More than three million doses were to be made available in early October 2009, though most of those _____17_____doses were of the FluMist nasal spray type, which is not_____18_____for pregnant women, people over 50 or those with breathing difficulties, heart disease or several other _____19_____. But it was still possible to vaccinate people in other high-risk group: health care workers, people _____20_____infants and healthy young people. 1 [A] criticized [B] appointed [C]commented [D] designated 北京邮电大学2011级软件工程硕士通信软件方向 周辉 2 [A] proceeded [B] activated [C] followed [D] prompted 3 [A] digits [B] numbers [C] amounts [D] sums 4 [A] moderate [B] normal [C] unusual [D] extreme 5 [A] with [B] in [C] from [D] by 6 [A] progress [B] absence [C] presence [D] favor 7 [A] reality [B] phenomenon [C] concept [D] notice 8. [A]over [B] for [C] among [D] to 9 [A] stay up [B] crop up [C] fill up [D] cover up 10 [A] as [B] if [C] unless [D] until 11 [A] excessive [B] enormous [C] significant [D]magnificent 12 [A]categories [B] examples [C] patterns [D] samples 13 [A] imparted [B] immerse [C] injected [D] infected 14 [A] released [B] relayed [C] relieved [D] remained 15 [A] placing [B] delivering [C] taking [D] giving 16 [A] feasible [B] available [C] reliable [D] applicable 17 [A] prevalent [B] principal [C] innovative [D] initial 18 [A] presented [B] restricted [C] recommended [D] introduced 19 [A] problems [B] issues [C] agonies [D] sufferings 20 [A] involved in [B] caring for [C] concerned with [D] warding off Section Ⅱ Reading comprehension Part A Directions: Read the following four passages. Answer the questions below each passage by choosing A, B, C and D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points) Text1 The longest bull run in a century of art-market history ended on a dramatic note with a sale of 56 works by Damien Hirst, “Beautiful Inside My Head Forever”，at Sotheby’s in London on September 15th 2008. All but two pieces sold, fetching more than ￡70m, a record for a sale by a single artist. It was a last victory. As the auctioneer called out bids, in New York one of the oldest banks on Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy. 北京邮电大学2011级软件工程硕士通信软件方向 周辉 The world art market had already been losing momentum for a while after rising bewilderingly since 2003. At its peak in 2007 it was worth some $65 billion, reckons Clare McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics, a research firm—double the figure five years earlier. Since then it may have come down to $50 billion. But the market generates interest far beyond its size because it brings together great wealth, enormous egos, greed, passion and controversy in a way matched by few other industries. In the weeks and months that followed Mr Hirst’s sale, spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable, especially in New York, where the bail-out of the banks coincided with the loss of thousands of jobs and the financial demise of many art-buying investors. In the art world that meant collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms. Sales of contemporary art fell by two-thirds, and in the most overheated sector—for Chinese contemporary art—they were down by nearly 90% in the year to November 2008. Within weeks the world’s two biggest auction houses, Sotheby’s and Christie’s, had to pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them. The current downturn in the art market is the worst since the Japanese stopped buying Impressionists at the end of 1989, a move that started the most serious contraction in the market since the Second World War. This time experts reckon that prices are about 40% down on their peak on average, though some have been far more fluctuant. But Edward Dolman, Christie’s chief executive, says: “I’m pretty confident we’re at the bottom.” What makes this slump different from the last, he says, is that there are still buyers in the market, whereas in the early 1990s, when interest rates were high, there was no demand even though many collectors wanted to sell. Christie’s revenues in the first half of 2009 were still higher than in the first half of 2006. Almost everyone who was interviewed for this special report said that the biggest problem at the moment is not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to sell. The three Ds—death, debt and divorce—still deliver works of art to the market. But anyone who does not have to sell is keeping away, waiting for confidence to return. 21.In the first paragraph, Damien Hirst's sale was referred to as “a last victory” because ____. A. the art market had witnessed a succession of victories B. the auctioneer finally got the two pieces at the highest bids C. Beautiful Inside My Head Forever won over all masterpieces
2022考研英语二真题及答案完整版
2022考研英语二真题及答案完整版Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)Harlan Coben believes that if you’re a writer,you’ll find the time;and that if you can’t find the time,then wri ting isn’t a priority and you’re not a writer.For him,wri ting is a 1 job–a job like any other.He has 2 it with plum bing,pointing at that a plumber doesn’t wake up and say th at he can’t work with pipes today.3,like most writers these days,you’re holiday down a j ob to pay the bills,it’s not 4 to find the time to write.B ut it’s not impossible.It requires determination and singl e-mindedness.5 that most bestselling authors began writing when they were doing other things to earn a living.And toda y,even writers who are fairly 6 often have to do other work to 7 their writing income.As Harlan Coben has suggested,it’s a 8 of priorities.T o make writing a priority,you’ll have to 9 some of your da y-to-day activities and some things you really enjoy.Depending on your 10 and your lifestyle,that might mean spending less time watching television or listening to music,though some people can write 11 they listen to music.You might hav e to 12 the amount of exercise or sport you do.You’ll have to make social media an 13 activity rather than a daily,tim e-consuming 14.There’ll probably have to be less socializi ng with your friends and less time with your family.It’s a 15 learning curve,and it won’t always make you popular.There’s just one thing you should try to keep at least some time for,16 your writing–and that’s reading.Any writ er needs to read as much and as widely as they can;it’s th e one 17 supporter–something you can’t do without.Time is finite.The older you get,the 18 it seems to go. We need to use it as carefully and as 19 as we can.That mea ns prioritising our activities so that we spend most time o n the things we really want to do.If you’re a writer,that means 20 writing.1.[A]difficult[B]normal[C]steady[D]pleasant2.[A]combined[B]compared[C]confused[D]confronted3.[A]If[B]Though[C]Once[D]Unless4.[A]enough[B]strange[C]wrong[D]easy5.[A]Accept[B]Explain[C]Remember[D]Suppose6.[A]well-known[B]well-advised[C]well-informed[D]well-c hosen7.[A]donate[B]generate[C]supplement[D]calculate8.[A]cause[B]purpose[C]question[D]condition9.[A]highlight[B]sacrifice[C]continue[D]explore10.[A]relations[B]interests[C]memories[D]skills11.[A]until[B]because[C]while[D]before12.[A]put up with[B]make up for[C]hang on to[D]cut down on13.[A]intelligent[B]occasional[C]intensive[D]emotional14.[A]habit[B]test[C]decision[D]plan15.[A]tough[B]gentle[C]rapid[D]funny16.[A]in place of[B]in charge of[C]in response to[D]in addition to17.[A]indispensable[B]innovative[C]invisible[D]instant18.[A]duller[B]harder[C]quieter[D]quicker19.[A]peacefully[B]generously[C]productively[D]grateful ly20[A]at most[B]in turn[C]on average[D]above allSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts.Answer the questions afte r each text by choosing A,B,C or D.Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.(40 points)Text 3We have all encountered them,in both our personal and p rofessional lives.Think about the times you felt tricked or frustrated by a membership or subscription that had a seam less sign-up process but was later difficult to cancel.Some thing that should be simple and transparent can be complica ted,intentionally or unintentionally,in ways that impair co nsumer choice.These are examples of dark patterns.First coined in 2010 by user experience expert Harry Br ignull,“dark patterns"is a catch-all term for practices th at manipulate user interfaces to influence the decision-mak ing ability of users.Brignull identifies 12 types of common dark patterns,ranging from misdirection and hidden costs t o“roach motel”,where a user experience seems easy and int uitive at the start,but turns difficult when the user tries to get out.In a 2019 study of 53,000 product pages and 11,000 webs ites,researchers found that about one in 10 employs these d esign practices.Though widely prevalent,the concept of darkpatterns is still not well understood.Business and nonprof t leaders should be aware of dark patterns and try to avoid the gray areas they engender.Where is the line between ethical,persuasive design and dark patterns?Businesses should engage in conversations wi th IT,compliance,risk,and legal teams to review their priva cy policy,and include in the discussion the customer/user e xperience designers and coders responsible for the company' s user interface,as well as the marketers and advertisers r esponsible for sign-ups,checkout baskets,pricing,and promot ions.Any or all these teams can play a role in creating or avoiding“digital deception.”Lawmakers and regulators are slowly starting to address the ambiguity around dark patterns,most recently at the st ate level.In March,the California Attorney General announce d the approval of additional regulations under the Californ ia Consumer Privacy Act(CCPA)that“ensure that consumers wi ll not be confused or misled when seeking to exercise their data privacy rights.”The regulations aim to ban dark patt erns-this means prohibiting companies from using"confusing language or unnecessary steps such as forcing them to clickthrough multiple screens or listen to reasons why they sho uldn’t opt out.”As more states consider promulgating additional regulat ions,there is a need for greater accountability from within the business community.Dark patterns also can be addressed on a self-regulatory basis,but only if organizations hold themselves accountable,not just to legal requirements,but a lso to industry best practices and standard.31.It can be learned from the first two paragraphs that dark patterns______.[A]improve user experiences[B]leak user information for profit[C]undermine users’decision-making[D]remind users of hidden costs32.The 2019 study on dark patterns is mentioned to show ______.[A]their major flaws[B]their complex designs[C]their severe damage[D]their strong presence33.To handle digital deception,businesses should______.[A]listen to customer feedback[B]talk with relevant teams[C]turn to independent agencies[D]rely on professional training34.The additional regulations under the CCPA are intend ed to______.[A]guide users through opt-out processes[B]protect consumers from being tricked[C]grant companies data privacy rights[D]restrict access to problematic content35.According to the last paragraph,a key to coping with dark patterns is______.[A]new legal requirements[B]businesses'self-discipline[C]strict regulatory standards[D]consumers'safety awarenessSection III TranslationDirections:Translate the following text into Chinese.Write your tr anslation on the ANSWER SHEET.(15 points)Although we try our best,sometimes our paintings rarely turn out as originally planned!Changes in the light,the li mitations of your palette,and just plain old lack of experience and technique mean that what you start out trying to a chieve sometimes doesn’t come to life the way that you exp ected.Although this can be frustrating and disappointing,it t urns out that this can actually be good for you!Unexpected results have two benefits:for starters,you pretty quickly l earn to deal with disappointment,and in time(often through repeated error)to realise that when one door closes,another opens.You quickly learn to adapt and come up with creative solutions to the problems the painting presents,and this m eans that thinking outside the box becomes second nature to the painter!Creative problem solving skills are incredibly useful i n daily life,and mean you’re more likely to be able to qui ckly come up with a solution when a problem arises.Section IV WritingPart A47.Directions:Suppose you are planning a campus food festival.Write a n email to the international students in your university to1)introduce the food festival,and2)invite them to participate.You should write about 100 words on the ANSWER SHEET.Do not use your own name in the email;use“Li Ming”ins tead.(10 points)Part B48.Directions:Write an essay based on the chart below.In your writing, you should1)interpret the chart,and2)give your comments.You should write about 150 words on the ANSWER SHEET.(1 5 points)【答案】1.[B]normal2.[B]compared3.[A]If4.[D]easy5.[C]Remember6.[A]well-known7.[C]supplement8.[C]question9.[B]sacrifice10.[B]interests11.[C]while12.[D]cut down on13.[B]occasional14.[A]habit15.[A]tough16.[D]in addition to17.[A]indispensable18.[D]quicker19.[C]productively20.[D]above all31.[C]undermine users’decision-making32.[D]their strong presence33.[B]talk with relevant teams34.[B]protect consumers from being tricked35.[B]businesses'self-discipline虽然我们尽了最大的努力，但有时我们的画作最终很少会像原来计划的那样!光线的变化、调色板有限的颜色种类以及只是普通的经验和技术欠缺，都意味着你一开始尝试要做到的事情，有时并不会以你预期的方式实现。
2010年考研英语二真题和答案(完整版)
The outbreak of swine flu that was first detected in Mexico was declared a global epidemic on June11, 2009. It is the first worldwide epidemic_____1_____ by the World Health Organization in 41 years.The heightened alert _____2_____an emergency meeting with flu experts in Geneva that convened after asharp rise incases in Australia, and rising_____3_____in Britain, Japan, Chile and elsewhere.But the epidemic is "_____4_____" in severity, according to Margaret Chan, the organization's directorgeneral,_____5_____ the overwhelming majority of patients experiencing only mild symptoms and a full recovery, often in the_____6_____ of any medical treatment.The outbreak came to global_____7_____in late April 2009, when Mexican authorities noticed an unusuallylarge numberof hospitalizations and deaths_____8_____healthy adults. As much of Mexico City shut down at the height of apanic, casesbegan to _____9_____in New York City, the southwestern United States and around the world.In the United States, new cases seemed to fade_____10_____warmer weather arrived. But in lateSeptember 2009,officials reported there was _____11_____flu activity in almost every state and that virtually allthe_____12_____tested are thenew swine flu, also known as (A) H1N1, not seasonal flu. In the U.S., it has_____13_____more than onemillion people, andcaused more than 600 deaths and more than 6,000 hospitalizations.Federal health officials_____14_____Tamiflu for children from the national stockpile andbegan_____15_____ordersfrom the states for the new swine flu vaccine. The new vaccine, which is different from the annual fluvaccine, is ____16_____ahead of expectations. More than three million doses were to be made available in early October 2009, thoughmost of those_____17_____doses were of the FluMist nasal spray type, which is not_____18_____for pregnant women, peopleover 50 orthose with breathing difficulties, heart disease or several other _____19_____. But it was still possible tovaccinate people inother high-risk group: health care workers, people _____20_____infants and healthy young people.1 [A] criticized [B] appointed [C]commented [D] designated2 [A] proceeded [B] activated [C] followed [D] prompted3 [A] digits [B] numbers [C] amounts [D] sums4 [A] moderate [B] normal [C] unusual [D] extreme5 [A] with [B] in [C] from [D] by6 [A] progress [B] absence [C] presence [D] favor7 [A] reality [B] phenomenon [C] concept [D] notice8. [A]over [B] for [C] among [D] to9 [A] stay up [B] crop up [C] fill up [D] cover up10 [A] as [B] if [C] unless [D] until11 [A] excessive [B] enormous [C] significant [D]magnifice nt12 [A]categories [B] examples [C] patterns [D] samples13 [A] imparted [B] immerse [C] injected [D] infected14 [A] released [B] relayed [C] relieved [D] remained15 [A] placing [B] delivering [C] taking [D] giving16 [A] feasible [B] available [C] reliable [D] applicable17 [A] prevalent [B] principal [C] innovative [D] initial18 [A] presented [B] restricted [C] recommended [D] introduced19 [A] problems [B] issues [C] agonies [D] sufferings20 [A] involvedin [B] caring for [C] concerned with[D] wardingoffSection Ⅱ Reading comprehensionPart A1Directions:Read the following four passages. Answer the questions below each passage by choosing A, B, C and D. Markyouranswers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text1The longest bull run in a century of art-market history ended on a dramatic note with a sale of 56 works byDamien Hirst,“ Beautiful Inside My Head Forever ，at Sotheby”’ s in London on September 15th 2008. All but twopieces sold, fetching morethan ￡ 70m, a record for a sale by a single artist. It was a last victory. As the auctioneer called out bids, inNew York one of theoldest banks on Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy.The world art market had already been losing momentum for a while after rising bewilderingly since 2003. Atits peak in2007 it was worth some $65 billion, reckons Clare Mc Andrew, founder of Arts Economics, a research firm — double the figurefive years earlier. Since then it may have come down to $50 billion. But the market generates interest farbeyond its sizebecause it brings together great wealth, enormous egos, greed, passion and controversy in a way matched by fewotherindustries.In the weeks and months that followed Mr Hirst ’s sale, spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable,especially inNew York, where the bail-out of the banks coincided with the loss of thousands of jobs and the financial demiseof manyart-buying investors. In the art world that meant collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms. Sales ofcontemporary artfell by two-thirds, and in the most overheated sector —for Chinese contemporary art — they were down by nearly 90% in theyear to November 2008. Within weeks the world ’ s two biggest auction houses, Sotheby ’ s and Christie ’ s, h$200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them.The current downturn in the art market is the worst since the Japanese stopped buying Impressionists at theend of 1989, amove that started the most serious contraction in the market since the Second World War. This time experts reckonthat pricesare about 40% down on their peak on average, though some have been far more fluctuant . But Edward Dolman,Christie ’ s cexecutive, says: “ I ’ m pretty confident we .’”re at the bottomWhat makes this slump different from the last, he says, is that there are still buyers in the market, whereasin the early1990s, when interest rates were high, there was no demand even though many collectors wanted to sell. Christiethe first half of 2009 were still higher than in the first half of 2006. Almost everyone who was interviewed forthis special reportsaid that the biggest problem at the moment is not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to sell. The three Ds— death, debtand divorce —still deliver works of art to the market. But anyone who does not have to sell is keeping away,waiting forconfidence to return.21.In the first paragraph, Damien Hirst's sale was referred to as “a lastbevi ctoryause ” .A. the art market had witnessed a succession of victoriesB. the auctioneer finally got the two pieces at the highest bidsC. Beautiful Inside My Head Forever won over all masterpiecesD. it was successfully made just before the world financial crisis22.By saying “spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable -2,Para”(Line.3)1， the author suggeststhat_____.A. collectors were no longer actively involved in art-market auctionsB .people stopped every kind of spending and stayed away from galleriesC. art collection as a fashion had lost its appeal to a great extentD .works of art in general had gone out of fashion so they werenot worth buying 23. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A .Sales of contemporary art fell dramatically from 2007 to 2008.B. The art market surpassed many other industries in momentum.2。
2012年考研英语二真题和答案
2012年考研英语二真题和答案2012年考研英语二真题及答案是考研备考的重要参考资料，通过对真题的分析和解答，可以帮助考生更好地熟悉题目类型和考试要求，提高备考效果。
本文将对2012年考研英语二真题和答案进行详细分析，帮助考生更好地理解和掌握考试内容。
第一部分：阅读理解Passage 1题目：According to research discussed in the passage, what do many governments hope to achieve by regulating Internet access?解答：Many governments hope to regulate Internet access in order to maintain political control and protect national security.解析：根据文章内容可知，大多数政府希望通过对互联网访问进行监管，以维护政治控制和保护国家安全。
Passage 2题目：What does the passage mainly discuss?解答：The passage mainly discusses the importance of emotional intelligence in leadership.解析：文章主要讨论的是情商对领导力的重要性。
第二部分：完形填空题目：Which of the following best describes the author's attitude towards mistakes?解答：The author views mistakes as opportunities for learning and growth.解析：作者认为错误是学习和成长的机会。
第三部分：概括大意与完成句子Passage 1题目：What is the main theme of the passage?解答：The main theme of the passage is the importance of sleep for memory consolidation.解析：文章的主题是睡眠对记忆巩固的重要性。
2001考研英语二真题及答案
2001 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题Section I Structure and VocabularyPart ADirections:Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (5 points)Example:I have been to the Great Wall three times 1979.[A] from[B] after[C] for[D] sinceThe sentence should read, “I have been to the Great Wall three times since 1979.” Therefore, you should choose [D].Sample Answer[A] [B] [C] [■]1.If I were in movie, then it would be about time that I my head in my hands for a cry.[A] bury[B] am burying[C] buried[D] would bury2.Good news was sometimes released prematurely, with the British recapture of the porthalf a day before the defenders actually surrendered.[A] to announce[B] announced[C] announcing[D] was announced3.According to one belief, if truth is to be known it will make itself apparent, so onewait instead of searching for it.[A] would rather[B] had to[C] cannot but[D] had best4.She felt suitably humble just as she when he had first taken a good look at her cityself, hair waved and golden, nails red and pointed.[A] had[B] had had[C] would have and[D] has had5.There was no sign that Mr. Jospin, who keeps a firm control on the party despitefrom leadership of it, would intervene personally.[A] being resigned[B] having resigned[C] going to resign[D] resignthat leaders at summer computer camps often have 6.So involved with their computersto force them to break for sports and games.[A] became the children[B] become the children[C] had the children become[D] do the children become7.The individual TV viewer invariably senses that he or she is an anonymous,statistically insignificant part of a huge and diverse audience.[A] everything except[B] anything but[C] no less than[D] nothing more than8.One difficulty in translation lies in obtaining a concept match. this is meant that aconcept in one language is lost or changed in meaning in translation.[A] By[B] In[C] For[D] With9.Conversation becomes weaker in a society that spends so much time listening and being talkedit has all but lost the will and the skill to speak for itself.to[A] as[B] which[C] that[D] what10.Church as we use the word refers to all religious institutions, they Christian, Islamic,Buddhist, Jewish, and so on.[A] be[B]being [C]were[D]arePart BDirections:Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the rackets with a pencil. (10 points)Example:The lost car of the Lees was found in the woods off the highway.[A] vanished[B] scattered[C] abandoned[D] rejectedThe sentence should read. “The lost car of the Lees was found abandoned in the woods off the highway.” There fore, you should choose [C].Sample Answer[A] [B] [■][D]11.He is too young to be able to between right and wrong.[A] discard[B] discern[C] disperse[D] disregard12.It was no that his car was seen near the bank at the time of the robbery.[A] coincidence[B] convention[C] certainty[D] complication13.One of the responsibilities of the Coast Guard is to make sure that all ships followtraffic rules in busy harbors.[A] cautiously[B] dutifully[C] faithfully[D] skillfully14.The Eskimo is perhaps one of the most trusting and considerate of all Indians but seems to bethe welfare of his animals.[A] critical about[B] indignant at[C] indifferent to[D] subject toon me the unpleasant job of dismissing good workers the 15.The chairman of the boardfirm can no longer afford to employ.[A] compelled[B] posed[C] pressed[D] tempted16.It is naive to expect that any society can resolve all the social problems it is faced with. [A]for long [B]in and out[C] once for all[D] by natureing extremely different decorating schemes in adjoining rooms may result in andlack of unity in style.[A] conflict[B] confrontation[C] disturbance[D] disharmony18.The Timber rattlesnake is now on the endangered species list, and is extinct in two easternstates in which it once .[A] thrived[B] swelled[C] prospered[D] flourished19.However, growth in the fabricated metals industry was able to some of the decline inthe iron and steel industry.[A] overturn[B] overtake[C] offset[D] oppress20.Because of its intimacy, radio is usually more than just a medium; it is .[A] firm[B] company[C] corporation[D] enterprise21.When any non-human organ is transplanted into a person, the body immediately recognizes itas .[A] novel[B] remote[C] distant[D] foreign22.My favorite radio song is the one I first heard on a thick 1923 Edison disc I at agarage sale.[A] trifled with[B] scraped through[C] stumbled upon[D] thirsted for23.Some day software will translate both written and spoken language so well that the need forany common second language could .[A] descend[B] decline[C] deteriorate[D] depress24.Equipment not official safety standards has all been removed from the workshop.[A] conforming to[B] consistent with[C] predominant over[D] providing for25.As an industry, biotechnology stands to electronics in dollar volume and perhapssurpass it in social impact by 2020.[A] contend[B] contest[C] rival[D] strive26.The authors of the United States Constitution attempted to establish an effective nationalgovernment while preserving for the states and liberty for individuals.[A] autonomy[B] dignity[C] monopoly[D] stability27.For three quarters of its span on Earth, life evolved almost as microorganisms.[A] precisely[B] instantly[C] initially[D] exclusively28.The introduction of gunpowder gradually made the bow and arrow , particularly inWestern Europe.[A] obscure[B] obsolete[C] optional[D] overlapping29.Whoever formulated the theory of the origin of the universe, it is just and needsproving.[A] spontaneous[B] hypothetical[C] intuitive[D] empirical30.The future of this company is : many of its talented employees are flowing into moreprofitable net-based businesses.[A] at odds[B] in trouble[C] in vain[D] at stakeSection II Cloze TestDirections:For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the best one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (10 points)The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases 31 the trial of Rosemary West.In a significant 32 of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a 33 bill that will propose making payments to witnesses 34 and will strictly control the amount of 35 that can be given to a case 36 a trial begins.In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons Media Select Committee, Lord Irvine said he 37 with a committee report this year which said that self regulation did not 38 sufficient control.39 of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a 40 of media protest when he said the 41 of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges 42 to Parliament.The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which 43 theEuropean Convention on Human Rights legally 44 in Britain, laid down that everybodywas 45 to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families.“Press freedoms will be in safe hands 46 our British judges,” he said.Witness payments became an 47 after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995. Up to 19 witnesses were 48 to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised 49 witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to 50 guilty verdicts.31. [A] as to [B] for instance [C] in particular [D] such as32. [A] tightening [B] intensifying [C] focusing [D] fastening33. [A] sketch [B] rough [C] preliminary [D] draft34. [A] illogical [B] illegal [C] improbable [D] improper35. [A] publicity [B] penalty [C] popularity [D] peculiarity36. [A] since [B] if [C] before [D] as37. [A] sided [B] shared [C] complied [D] agreed38. [A] present [B] offer [C] manifest [D] indicate39. [A] Release [B] Publication [C] Printing [D] Exposure40. [A] storm [B] rage [C] flare [D] flash41. [A] translation [B] interpretation [C] exhibition [D] demonstration42. [A] better than [B] other than [C] rather than [D] sooner than43. [A] changes [B] make [C] sets [D] turns44. [A] binding [B] convincing [C] restraining [D] sustaining45. [A] authorized [B] credited [C] entitled [D] qualified46. [A] with [B] to [C] from [D] by47. [A] impact [B] incident [C] inference [D] issue48. [A] stated [B] remarked [C] said [D] told49. [A] what [B] when [C] which [D] that50. [A] assure [B] confide [C] ensure [D] guaranteeSection III Reading ComprehensionDirections:Each of the passages below is followed by some questions. For each question there are four answers marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions. Then mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil. (40 points)Text 1Specialization can be seen as a response to the problem of an increasing accumulation of scientific knowledge. By splitting up the subject matter into smaller units, one man could continue to handle the information and use it as the basis for further research. But specialization was only one of a series of related developments in science affecting the process of communication. Another was the growing professionalisation of scientific activity.No clear-cut distinction can be drawn between professionals and amateurs in science: exceptions can be found to any rule. Nevertheless, the word “amateur” does carry a connotation that the person concerned is not fully integrated into the scientific community and, in particular, may not fully share its values. The growth of specialization in the nineteenth century, with its consequent requirement of a longer, more complex training, implied greater problems for amateur participation in science. The trend was naturally most obvious in those areas of science based especially on a mathematical or laboratory training, and can be illustrated in terms of the development of geology in the United Kingdom.A comparison of British geological publications over the last century and a half reveals not simply an increasing emphasis on the primacy of research, but also a changing definition of what constitutes an acceptable research paper. Thus, in the nineteenth century, local geological studies represented worthwhile research in their own right; but, in the twentieth century, local studies have increasingly become acceptable to professionals only if they incorporate, and reflect on, the wider geological picture. Amateurs, on the other hand, have continued to pursue local studies in the old way. The overall result has been to make entrance to professional geological journals harder for amateurs, a result that has been reinforced by the widespread introduction of refereeing, first by national journals in the nineteenth century and then by several local geological journals in thetwentieth century. As a logical consequence of this development, separate journals have now appeared aimed mainly towards either professional or amateur readership. A rather similar process of differentiation has led to professional geologists coming together nationally within one or two specific societies, whereas the amateurs have tended either to remain in local societies or to come together nationally in a different way.Although the process of professionalisation and specialization was already well under way in British geology during the nineteenth century, its full consequences were thus delayed until the twentieth century. In science generally, however, the nineteenth century must be reckoned as the crucial period for this change in the structure of science.51.The growth of specialization in the 19th century might be more clearly seen in sciences such as.[A] sociology and chemistry[B] physics and psychology[C] sociology and psychology[D] physics and chemistry52.We can infer from the passage that .[A] there is little distinction between specialization and professionalisation[B] amateurs can compete with professionals in some areas of science[C] professionals tend to welcome amateurs into the scientific community[D] amateurs have national academic societies but no local ones53.The author writes of the development of geology to demonstrate .[A] the process of specialization and professionalisation[B] the hardship of amateurs in scientific study[C] the change of policies in scientific publications[D] the discrimination of professionals against amateurs54.The direct reason for specialization is .[A] the development in communication[B] the growth of professionalisation[C] the expansion of scientific knowledge[D] the splitting up of academic societiesText 2A great deal of attention is being paid today to the so-called digital divide -- the division of the world into the info (information) rich and the info poor. And that divide does exist today. My wife and I lectured about this looming danger twenty years ago. What was less visible then, however,were the new, positive forces that work against the digital divide. There are reasons to be optimistic.There are technological reasons to hope the digital divide will narrow. As the Internet becomes more and more commercialized, it is in the interest of business to universalize access -- after all, the more people online, the more potential customers there are. More and more governments, afraid their countries will be left behind, want to spread Internet access. Within the next decade or two, one to two billion people on the planet will be netted together. As a result, I now believe the digital divide will narrow rather than widen in the years ahead. And that is very good news because the Internet may well be the most powerful tool for combating world poverty that we’ve ever had.Of course, the use of the Internet isn’t the only way to defeat poverty. And the Internet is not the only tool we have. But it has enormous potential.To take advantage of this tool, some impoverished countries will have to get over their outdated anti-colonial prejudices with respect to foreign investment. Countries that still think foreign investment is an invasion of their sovereignty might well study the history of infrastructure (the basic structural foundations of a society) in the United States. When the United States built its industrial infrastructure, it didn’t have the capital to do so. And that is why America’s Second Wave infrastructure -- including roads, harbors, highways, ports and so on -- were built with foreign investment. The English, the Germans, the Dutch and the French were investing in Britain’s former colony. They financed them. Immigrant Americans built them. Guess who owns them now? The Americans. I believe the same thing would be true in places like Brazil or anywhere else for that matter. The more foreign capital you have helping you build your Third Wave infrastructure, which today is an electronic infrastructure, the better off you’re going to be. That doesn’t mean lying down and becoming fooled, or letting foreign corporations run uncontrolled. But it does mean recognizing how important they can be in building the energy and telecom infrastructures needed to take full advantage of the Internet.55.Digital divide is something .[A] getting worse because of the Internet[B] the rich countries are responsible for[C] the world must guard against[D] considered positive todayernments attach importance to the Internet because it .[A] offers economic potentials[B] can bring foreign funds[C] can soon wipe out world poverty[D] connects people all over the world57.The writer mentioned the case of the United States to justify the policy of .[A] providing financial support overseas[B] preventing foreign capital’s control[C] building industrial infrastructure[D] accepting foreign investment58.It seems that now a country’s economy depends much on .[A] how well-developed it is electronically[B] whether it is prejudiced against immigrants[C] whether it adopts America’s industrial pattern[D] how much control it has over foreign corporationsText 3Why do so many Americans distrust what they read in their newspapers? The American Society of Newspaper Editors is trying to answer this painful question. The organization is deep into a long self-analysis known as the journalism credibility project.Sad to say, this project has turned out to be mostly low-level findings about factual errors and spelling and grammar mistakes, combined with lots of head-scratching puzzlement about what in the world those readers really want.But the sources of distrust go way deeper. Most journalists learn to see the world through a set of standard templates (patterns) into which they plug each day’s events. In other words, there is a conventional story line in the newsroom culture that provides a backbone and a ready-made narrative structure for otherwise confusing news.There exists a social and cultural disconnect between journalists and their readers, which helps explain why the “standard templates”of the newsroom seem alien to many readers. In a recent survey, questionnaires were sent to reporters in five middle-size cities around the country, plus one large metropolitan area. Then residents in these communities were phoned at random and asked the same questions.Replies show that compared with other Americans, journalists are more likely to live in upscale neighborhoods, have maids, own Mercedeses, and trade stocks, and they’re less likely to go to church, do volunteer work, or put down roots in a community.Reporters tend to be part of a broadly defined social and cultural elite, so their work tends to reflect the conventional values of this elite. The astonishing distrust of the news media isn’t rooted in inaccuracy or poor reportorial skills but in the daily clash of world views between reporters and their readers.This is an explosive situation for any industry, particularly a declining one. Here is a troubled business that keeps hiring employees whose attitudes vastly annoy the customers. Then it sponsors lots of symposiums and a credibility project dedicated to wondering why customers are annoyed and fleeing in large numbers. But it never seems to get around to noticing the cultural and class biases that so many former buyers are complaining about. If it did, it would open up its diversity program, now focused narrowly on race and gender, and look for reporters who differ broadly by outlook, values, education, and class.59.What is the passage mainly about?[A] needs of the readers all over the world[B] causes of the public disappointment about newspapers[C] origins of the declining newspaper industry[D] aims of a journalism credibility project60.The results of the journalism credibility project turned out to be .[A] quite trustworthy[B] somewhat contradictory[C] very illuminating[D] rather superficial61.The basic problem of journalists as pointed out by the writer lies in their .[A] working attitude[B] conventional lifestyle[C] world outlook[D] educational background62.Despite its efforts, the newspaper industry still cannot satisfy the readers owing to its.[A] failure to realize its real problem[B] tendency to hire annoying reporters[C] likeliness to do inaccurate reporting[D] prejudice in matters of race and genderText 4The world is going through the biggest wave of mergers and acquisitions ever witnessed. The process sweeps from hyperactive America to Europe and reaches the emerging countries with unsurpassed might. Many in these countries are looking at this process and worrying: “Won’t the wave of business concentration turn into an uncontrollable anti-competitive force?”There’s no question that the big are getting bigger and more powerful. Multinational corporations accounted for less than 20% of international trade in 1982. Today the figure is more than 25% and growing rapidly. International affiliates account for a fast-growing segment of production in economies that open up and welcome foreign investment. In Argentina, for instance, after the reforms of the early 1990s, multinationals went from 43% to almost 70% of the industrial production of the 200 largest firms. This phenomenon has created serious concerns over the role of smaller economic firms, of national businessmen and over the ultimate stability of the world economy.I believe that the most important forces behind the massive M&A wave are the same that underlie the globalization process: falling transportation and communication costs, lower trade andinvestment barriers and enlarged markets that require enlarged operations capable of meeting customer’s demands. All these are beneficial, not detrimental, to consumers. As productivity grows, the world’s wealth increases.Examples of benefits or costs of the current concentration wave are scanty. Yet it is hard to imagine that the merger of a few oil firms today could re-create the same threats to competition that were feared nearly a century ago in the U.S., when the Standard Oil Trust was broken up. The mergers of telecom companies, such as WorldCom, hardly seem to bring higher prices for consumers or a reduction in the pace of technical progress. On the contrary, the price of communications is coming down fast. In cars, too, concentration is increasing -- witness Daimler and Chrysler, Renault and Nissan -- but it does not appear that consumers are being hurt.Yet the fact remains that the merger movement must be watched. A few weeks ago, Alan Greenspan warned against the megamergers in the banking industry. Who is going to supervise, regulate and operate as lender of last resort with the gigantic banks that are being created? W on’t multinationals shift production from one place to another when a nation gets too strict about infringements to fair competition? And should one country take upon itself the role of “defending competition” on issues that affect many other nations, as in the U.S. vs. Microsoft case?63.What is the typical trend of businesses today?[A] to take in more foreign funds[B] to invest more abroad[C] to combine and become bigger[D] to trade with more countries64.According to the author, one of the driving forces behind M&A wave is .[A] the greater customer demands[B] a surplus supply for the market[C] a growing productivity[D] the increase of the world’s wealth65.From Paragraph 4 we can infer that .[A] the increasing concentration is certain to hurt consumers[B] WorldCom serves as a good example of both benefits and costs[C] the costs of the globalization process are enormous[D] the Standard Oil Trust might have threatened competition66.Toward the new business wave, the writer’s attitude can be said to be .[A] optimistic[B] objective[C] pessimistic[D] biasedText 5When I decided to quit my full time employment it never occurred to me that I might become a part of a new international trend. A lateral move that hurt my pride and blocked my professional progress prompted me to abandon my relatively high profile career although, in the manner of a disgraced government minister, I covered my exit by claiming “I wanted to spend more time with my family”.Curiously, some two-and-a-half years and two novels later, my experiment in what the Americans term “downshifting”has turned my tired excuse into an absolute reality. I have been transformed from a passionate advocate of the philosophy of “having it all,”preached by Linda Kelsey for the past seven years in the page of She magazine, into a woman who is happy to settle for a bit of everything.I have discovered, as perhaps Kelsey will after her much-publicized resignation from the editorship of She after a build-up of stress, that abandoning the doctrine of “juggling your life,” and making the alternative move into “downshifting”brings with it far greater rewards than financial success and social status. Nothing could persuade me to return to the kind of life Kelsey used to advocate and I once enjoyed: 12-hour working days, pressured deadlines, the fearful strain of office politics and the limitations of being a parent on “quality time”.In America, the move away from juggling to a simpler, less materialistic lifestyle is a well-established trend. Downshifting -- also known in America as “voluntary simplicity”-- has, ironically, even bred a new area of what might be termed anti-consumerism. There are a number of best-selling downshifting self-help books for people who want to simplify their lives; there are newsletters, such as The Tightwad Gazette, that give hundreds of thousands of Americans useful tips on anything from recycling their cling-film to making their own soap; there are even support groups for those who want to achieve the mid-’90s equivalent of dropping out.While in America the trend started as a reaction to the economic decline -- after the mass redundancies caused by downsizing in the late ’80s -- and is still linked to the politics of thrift, in Britain, at least among the middle-class downshifters of my acquaintance, we have different reasons for seeking to simplify our lives.For the women of my generation who were urged to keep juggling through the ’80s, downshifting in the mid-’90s is not so much a search for the mythical good life -- growing your own organic vegetables, and risking turning into one -- as a personal recognition of your limitations.67.Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 1?[A] Full-time employment is a new international trend.[B] The writer was compelled by circumstances to leave her job.[C] “A lateral move” means stepping out of full-time employment.[D] The writer was only too eager to spend more time with her family.68.The writer’s experiment shows that downshifting .[A] enables her to realize her dream[B] helps her mold a new philosophy of life[C] prompts her to abandon her high social status[D] leads her to accept the doctrine of She magazine69.“Juggling one’s life” probably means living a life characterized by .[A] non-materialistic lifestyle[B] a bit of everything[C] extreme stress[D] anti-consumerism70.According to the passage, downshifting emerged in the U.S. as a result of .[A] the quick pace of modern life[B] man’s adventurous spirit[C] man’s search for mythical experiences[D] the economic situationSection IV English-Chinese TranslationDirections:Read the following passage carefully and then translate the underlined sentences into Chinese. Your translation must be written neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (15 points)In less than 30 years’ time the Star Trek holodeck will be a reality. Direct links between the brain’s nervous system and a computer will also create full sensory virtual environments, allowing virtual vacations like those in the film Total Recall.71) There will be television chat shows hosted by robots, and cars with pollution monitors that will disable them when they offend. 72) Children will play with dolls equipped with personality chips, computers with in-built personalities will be regarded as workmates rather than tools, relaxation will be in front of smell-television, and digital age will have arrived.According to BT’s futurologist, Ian Pearson, these are among the developments scheduled for the first few decades of the new millennium (a period of 1,000 years), when supercomputers will dramatically accelerate progress in all areas of life.73) Pearson has pieced together the work of hundreds of researchers around the world to produce a unique millennium technology calendar that gives the latest dates when we can expect hundreds of key breakthroughs and discoveries to take place. Some of the biggest developments will be in medicine, including an extended life expectancy and dozens of artificial organs coming into use between now and 2040.Pearson also predicts a breakthrough in computer-human links. “By linking directly to our nervous system, computers could pick up what we feel and, hopefully, simulate feeling too so that we can start to develop full sensory environments, rather like the holidays in Total Recall or the Star。
2010-2014考研英语二真题及答案
2010考研英语二真题及答案Section I Use of EnglishDirections:The outbreak of swine flu that was first detected in Mexico was declared a global pandemic on June 11, 2009, in the first designation by the World Health Organization of a worldwide pandemic in 41 years.The heightened alert came after an emergency meeting with flu experts in Geneva that convened after a sharp rise in cases in Australia, and rising numbers in Britain, Japan, Chile and elsewhere.But the pandemic is "moderate" in severity, according to Margaret Chan, the organization's director general, with the overwhelming majority of patients experiencing only mild symptoms and a full recovery, often in the absence of any medical treatment.The outbreak came to global notice in late April 2009, when Mexican authorities noticed an unusually large number of hospitalizations and deaths among healthy adults. As much of Mexico City shut down at the height of a panic, cases began to crop up in New York City, the southwestern United States and around the world.In the United States, new cases seemed to fade as warmer weather arrived. But in late September 2009, officials reported there was significant flu activity in almost every state and that virtually all the samples tested are the new swine flu, also known as (A) H1N1, not seasonal flu. @Zov&01 In the U.S., it has infected more than one million people, and caused more than 600 deaths and more than 6,000 hospitalizations.Federal health officials released Tamiflu for children from the national stockpile and began taking orders from the states for the new swine flu vaccine. The new vaccine, which is different from the annual flu vaccine, is available ahead of expectations. More than three million doses were to be made available in early October 2009, though most of those initial doses were of the FluMist nasal spray type, which is not recommended for pregnant women, people over 50 or those with breathing difficulties, heart disease or several other problems. But it was still possible to vaccinate people in other high-risk group: health care workers, people caring for infants and healthy young people.Section ⅡReading comprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four passages. Answer the questions below each passage by choosing A, B, C and D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 points) Text1The longest bull run in a century of art-market history ended on a dramatic note with a sale of 56 works by Damien Hirst, “Beautiful Inside My Head Forever”, a t Sotheby‟s in London on September 15th 2008 (see picture). All but two pieces sold, fetching more than ā70m, a record for a sale by a single artist. It was a last hurrah. As the auctioneer called out bids, in New York one of the oldest banks on Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy.The world art market had already been losing momentum for a while after rising vertiginously since 2003. At its peak in 2007 it was worth some $65 billion, reckons Clare McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics, a research firm—double the figure five years earlier. Since then it may have come down to $50 billion. But the market generates interest far beyond its size because it brings together great wealth, enormous egos, greed, passion and controversy in a way matched by few other industries.In the weeks and months that followed Mr Hirst‟s sale, spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable, especially in New York, where the bail-out of the banks coincided with the loss of thousands of jobs and the financial demise of many art-buying investors. In the art world that meant collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms. Sales of contemporary art fell by two-thirds, and in the most overheated sector—for Chinese contemporary art—they were down by nearly 90% in the ye ar to November 2008. Within weeks the world‟s two biggest auction houses, Sotheby‟s and Christie‟s, had to pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them.The current downturn in the art market is the worst since the Japanese stopped buying Impressionists at the end of 1989, a move that started the most serious contraction in the market since the second world war. This time experts reckon that prices are about 40% down on their peak on average, though some have been far more volatile. But Edward Dolman, Christie‟s chief executive, says: “I‟m pretty confident we‟re at the bottom.”What makes this slump different from the last, he says, is that there are still buyers in the market, whereas in the early 1990s, when interest rates were high, there was no demand even though many collectors wanted to sell. Christie‟s revenues in the first half of 2009 were still higher than in the first half of 2006. Almost everyone whowas interviewed for this special report said that the biggest problem at the moment is not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to sell. The three Ds—death, debt and divorce—still deliver works of art to the market. But anyone who does not have to sell is keeping away, waiting for confidence to return.21.In the first paragraph,Damien Hirst's sale was referred to as “a last victory”because ____-.A.the art market hadwitnessed a succession of victoryiesB.the auctioneer finally got the two pieces at the highest bidsC.Beautiful Inside My Head Forever won over all masterpiecesD.it was successfully made just before the world financial crisis22.By saying “spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable”(Line 1-2,Para.3),the author suggests that_____ .A . collectors were no longer actively involved in art-market auctionsB .people stopped every kind of spending and stayed away from galleriesC.art collection as a fashion had lost its appeal to a great extentD .works of art in general had gone out of fashion so they were not worth buying23.Which of the following statements is NOT ture?A .Sales of contemporary art fell dramatically from 2007to 2008.B.The art market surpassed many other industries in momentum.C.The market generally went downward in various ways.D.Some art dealers were awaiting better chances to come.24.The three Ds mentioned in the last paragraph are ____A.auction houses ' favoritesB.contemporary trendsC.factors promoting artwork circulationD.styles representing impressionists25.The most appropriate title for this text could be ___A.Fluctuation of Art PricesB.Up-to-date Art AuctionsC.Art Market in DeclineD.Shifted Interest in Arts（编辑）Text2I was addressing a small gathering in a suburban Virginia living room -- a women's group that had invited men to join them. Throughout the evening one man had been particularly talkative frequently offering ideas and anecdotes while his wife sat silently beside him on the couch. Toward the end of the evening I commented that women frequently complain that their husbands don't talk to them. This man quickly concurred. He gestured toward his wife and said "She's the talker in our family." The room burst into laughter; the man looked puzzled and hurt. "It's true" he explained. "When I come home from work I have nothing to say. If she didn't keep the conversation going we'd spend the whole evening in silence."This episode crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations they often talk less at home. And this pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage.The pattern was observed by political scientist Andrew Hacker in the late '70s. Sociologist Catherine Kohler Riessman reports in her new book "Divorce Talk" that most of the women she interviewed -- but only a few of the men -- gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces. Given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year -- a virtual epidemic of failed conversation.In my own research complaints from women about their husbands most often focused not on tangible inequities such as having given up the chance for a career to accompany a husband to his or doing far more than their share of daily life-support work like cleaning cooking social arrangements and errands. Instead they focused on communication: "He doesn't listen to me" "He doesn't talk to me." I found as Hacker observed years before that most wives want their husbands to be first and foremost conversational partners but few husbands share this expectation of their wives.In short the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face while a woman glares at the back of it wanting to talk.26.What is most wives' main expectation of their husbands?A.Talking to them.B.Trusting them.C.Supporting their careers.D. Shsring housework.27.Judging from the context ,the phrase “wreaking havoc”(Line 3,Para.2)most probably means ___ .A generating motivation.B.exerting influenceC.causing damageDcreating pressure28.All of the following are true EXCEPT_______A.men tend to talk more in public tan womenB.nearly 50percent of recent divorces are caused by failed conversationC.women attach much importance to communication between couplesDa female tends to be more talkative at home than her spouse29.Which of the following can best summarize the mian idea of this text ?A.The moral decaying deserves more research by sociologists .B.Marriage break_up stems from sex inequalities.C.Husband and wofe have different expectations from their marriage.D.Conversational patterns between man and wife are different.30.In the following part immediately after this text,the author will most probably focuson ______A.a vivid account of the new book Divorce TalkB.a detailed description of the stereotypical cartoonC.other possible reasons for a high divorce rate in the U.S.D a brief introduction to the political scientist Andrew HackerTxet3over the past decade, many companies had perfected the art of creating automatic behaviors — habits — among consumers. These habits have helped companies earn billions of dollars when customers eat snacks, apply lotions and wipe counters almost without thinking, often in response to a carefully designed set of daily cues.“There are fundamental public health problems, like hand washing with soap, that remain killers only because we can‟t figure out how to change people‟s habits,” Dr. Curtis said. “We wanted to learn from private industry how to cre ate new behaviors that happen automatically.”The companies that Dr. Curtis turned to —Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever —had invested hundreds of millions of dollars finding the subtle cues in consumers‟ lives that corporations could use to introduce new routines.If you look hard enough, you‟ll find that many of the products we use every day — chewing gums, skin moisturizers, disinfecting wipes, air fresheners, water purifiers, health snacks, antiperspirants, colognes, teeth whiteners, fabric softeners, vitamins —are results of manufactured habits. A century ago, few people regularly brushed their teeth multiple times a day. Today, because of canny advertising and public health campaigns, many Americans habitually give their pearly whites a cavity-preventing scrub twice a day, often with Colgate, Crest or one of the other brands.A few decades ago, many people didn‟t drink water outside of a meal. Then beverage companies started bottling the production of far-off springs,and now office workers unthinkingly sip bottled water all day long. Chewing gum, once bought primarily by adolescent boys, is now featured in commercials as a breath freshener and teeth cleanser for use after a meal. Skin moisturizers are advertised as part of morning beauty rituals,slipped in between hair brushing and putting on makeup.“Our products succeed when they become part of daily or weekly patterns,” said Carol Berning, a consumer psychologist who recently retired from Procter & Gamble, the company that sold $76 billion of Tide, Crest and other products last year. “Creating positive habits is a huge part of improving our consumers‟ lives, and it‟s essential to making new products commercially viable.”Through experiments and observation, social scientists like Dr. Berning have learned that there is power in tying certain behaviors to habitual cues through relentless advertising. As this new science of habit has emerged, controversies have erupted when the tactics have been used to sell questionable beauty creams or unhealthy foods.31.According to Dr.Curtis,habits like hand washing with soap________.[A] should be further cultivated[B] should be changed gradually[C] are deepiy rooted in history[D] are basically private concerns（编辑：）32.Bottled water,chewing gun and skin moisturizers are mentioned in Paragraph5 so as to____[A] reveal their impact on people‟habits[B] show the urgent need of daily necessities[C]indicate their effect on people‟buying power[D]manifest the significant role of good habits33.which of the following does NOT belong to products that help create people‟s habits?[A]Tide[B]Crest[C]Colgate[D]Unilver34.From the text wekonw that some of consumer‟s habits are developed due to _____[A]perfected art of products[B]automatic behavior creation[C]commercial promotions[D]scientific experiments35.the author‟sattitude toward the influence of advertisement on people‟s habits is____[A]indifferent[B]negative[C]positive[D]biasedText4Many Americans regard the jury system as a concrete expression of crucial democratic values, including the principles that all citizens who meet minimal qualifications of age and literacy are equally competent to serve on juries; that jurors should be selected randomly from a representative cross section of the community; that no citizen should be denied the right to serve on a jury on account of race, religion, sex, or national origin; that defendants are entitled to trial by their peers; and that verdicts should represent the conscience of the community and not just the letter of the law. The jury is also said to be the best surviving example of direct rather than representative democracy. In a direct democracy, citizens take turns governing themselves, rather than electing representatives to govern for them.But as recently as in 1986, jury selection procedures conflicted with these democratic ideals. In some states, for example, jury duty was limited to persons of supposedly superior intelligence, education, and moral character. Although the Supreme Court of the United States had prohibited intentional racial discrimination in jury selection as early as the 1880 case of strauder v. West Virginia,the practice of selecting so-called elite or blue-ribbon juries provided a convenient way around this and other antidiscrimination laws.The system also failed to regularly include women on juries until the mid-20th century. Although women first served on state juries in Utah in 1898,it was not until the 1940s that a majority of states made women eligible for jury duty. Even thenseveral states automatically exempted women from jury duty unless they personlly asked to have their names included on the jury list. This practice was justified by the claim that women were needed at home, and it kept juries unrepresentative of women through the 1960s.In 1968, the Congress of the United States passed the Jury Selection and Service Act, ushering in a new era of democratic reforms for the jury.This law abolished special educational requirements for federal jurors and required them to be selected at random from a cross section of the entire community. In the landmark 1975 decision Taylor v. Louisiana, the Supreme Court extended the requirement that juries be representative of all parts of the community to the state level. The Taylor decision also declared sex discrimination in jury selection to be unconstitutional and ordered states to use the same procedures for selecting male and female jurors.36.From the principles of theUS jury system,welearn that ______[A]both litcrate and illiterate people can serve on juries[B]defendants are immune from trial by their peers[C]no age limit should be imposed for jury service[D]judgment should consider the opinion of the public37.The practice of selecting so—called elite jurors prior to 1968 showed_____[A]the inadcquavy of antidiscrimination laws[B]the prevalent discrimination against certain races[C]the conflicting ideals in jury selection procedures38.Even in the 1960s,women were seldom on the jury list in some states because_____[A]they were automatically banned by state laws[B]they fell far short of the required qualifications[C]they were supposed to perform domestic duties[D]they tended to evade public engagement39.After the Jury Selection and Service Act was passed.___[A]sex discrimination in jury selection was unconstitutional and had to be abolished[B]educational requirements became less rigid in the selection of federal jurors[C]jurors at the state level ought to be representative of the entire community[D]states ought to conform to the federal court in reforming the jury system40.in discussing the US jury system,the text centers on_______[A]its nature and problems[B]its characteristics and tradition[C]its problems and their solutions[D]its tradition and developmentSection ⅢTranslation46.Directions:In this section there is a text in English .Translate it into Chinese. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET2.(15points)（编辑：）“Suatainability” has become apopular word these days, but to Ted Ning, the concept will always have personal meaning. Having endured apainful period of unsustainability in his own life made itclear to him that sustainability-oriented values must be expressed though everyday action and choice.Ning recalls spending aconfusing year in the late 1990s sel ling insurance. He‟d been though the dot-com boom and burst and,desperate for ajob,signed on with a Boulder agency.It didin‟t go well. “It was a really had move because that‟s not my passion,” says Ning, whose dilemma about the job translated, predictably, into a lack of sales. “I was miserable, I had so much anxiety that I would wake up in the middle of the night and stare at the ceiling. I had no money and needed the job. Everyone said, …Just wait, you‟ll trun the corner, give it some time.‟”翻译参考“坚持不懈”如今已成一个流行词汇，但对TedNing而言，这个概念一直有个人含义，经历了一段痛苦松懈的个人生活，使他清楚面向以坚持不懈为导向的价值观，必须贯彻到每天的行动和选择中。
2022年考研英语二真题全文翻译答案超详解析
2022 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语〔二〕试题答案与解析Section I Use of English一、文章题材结构分析本文主要分析了无现金社会为何迟迟不来的原因。
第一段是文章的中心段落，指出真正的无现金社会很可能不会马上到来。
第二、三段从电子支付设备昂贵、纸质支票提供收据、使用纸质支票能获得浮存利息以及电子支付方式存在的平安隐私问题四个方面分析纸币系统得以继续存在的理由。
二、试题解析1．【答案】A 〔However〕说“真正的无现金社会很可能不会马上到来〞，两者之前出现了明显的转折关系，因此答案A。
B. moreover 表递进C.therefore 表结果D. Otherwise 表比照2．【答案】D 〔around〕【解析】由空格所在句的“but〞得知，句子前后是转折关系。
事实上,这样的预测已经二十年了,但迄今还没有实现。
A. off 停止; B. back 返回; C. over 结束，与后文均不构成转折，故答案选D. around 出现。
3．【答案】B 〔concept〕【解析】空格所在的句子意思为例如, 1975 年?商业周刊?预测电子支付手段不久将“彻底改变货币本身的____〞将四个选项带入，能够彻底改变的对象只能是金钱的概念〔定义〕，而A“力量〞,C“历史〞,D “角色〞，语义都不恰当，并且如果选择role 的话，应该是复数roles, 因为是金钱的作用不止一个，故答案选B。
4．【答案】D 〔reverse〕【解析】空格填入的动词跟前面的动词revolutionize 〔变革〕意思上应该是同义替换的，要选择含有变革，彻底改变意思的词汇，四个选项中A. reward 奖励B. 抵抗C. resume 重新开始，继续，都不适宜，只有D 选项reverse“颠覆〞最为贴切，本句译为“电子支付方式不久将改变货币的定义,并将在数年后颠覆货币本身。
〞5．【答案】C 〔slow〕能不会马上到来〞，因此也得出这种变革是一个缓慢的过程，故答案选择C。
2021年考研《英语二》阅读真题及答案(海文版)
2021年考研《英语二》阅读真题及答案(海文版)Section II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections：Read the following four texts。
Answer the questions below each text by choosing A， B， C or D。
Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET。
(40 points)Text 1It is curious that Stephen Koziatek feels almost as though he has to justify his efforts to give his students a better future。
Mr。
Koziatek is part of something pioneering。
He is a teacher at a New Hampshire high school where learning is not something of books and tests and mechanical memorization， but practical。
When did it become accepted wisdom that students should be able to name the 13th president of the United States but be utterly overwhelmed by a broken bike chain?As Koziatek knows，there is learning in just about everything。
Nothing is necessarily gained by forcing studentsto learn geometry at a graffitied desk stuck with generations of discarded chewing gum。
考研英语二阅读真题及答案
考研英语二阅读真题及答案2017考研英语二阅读真题及答案引导语：为了帮助大家更好地准备考研，以下是店铺为大家整理的2017考研英语二阅读真题及答案，欢迎阅读!英语二Section 1 Use of English1. [标准答案][C]how[考点分析]连词辨析[选项分析]? 根据语境，“新发现表明：快乐可能会影响工作__的稳定。
”[A] 为什么 [B] 哪里 [C] 怎样，多么 [D] 当…时候。
根据语义分析，C选项填入原文，译为“快乐可能会影响工作是有多么稳定”，C为正确选项。
2. [标准答案][B]In particular[考点分析]上下文语义以及短语辨析[选项分析][A] 反过来 [B] 尤其是 [C] 相反 [D] 总的来说根据前文语境，第二段第一句译为“根据近期的研究，拥有更多快乐的人的公司会投资更多”。
而第二句“_______那些在快乐氛围中的公司会做更多的研发以及发展。
“第二句是在第一句的基础上进一步强调说明，因此B选项更符合语境要求。
3. [标准答案] [D]necessary[考点分析]上下文语义及形容词词义辨析[选项分析][A]充足的 [B] 著名的 [C] 完美的 [D] 必要的首先，根据本句题干“That’s?because happiness is linked to the kind of longer-term thinking 3 for making investments for the future.”译为“因为快乐与对未来投资有______长远考虑相联系。
”要求填写形容词, 我们要考虑其搭配与其修饰成分。
空格处搭配介词for, 并且修饰“长远考虑”。
因此D选项最符合语境要求。
4. [标准答案][C]optimism[考点分析]上下文语义及名词词义辨析[选项分析][A]个人主义[B] 现代主义[C] 乐观主义[D] 现实主义本题考查同后缀的名词辨析。
根据原文主旨，探讨“happy people”与公司的关系。
2015考研英语二真题和答案
2015年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语二试题完形填空：Section I Use of EnglishDirections:In our contemporary culture, the prospect of communicating with - or even looking at - a stranger is virtually unbearable. Everyone around us seems to agree by the way they cling to their phones, even without a 1 on a subway.It’s a sad reality - our desire to avoid interacting with other human beings- becausethere’s 2 to be gained from talking to the stranger standing by you. But you wouldn’t know it,3 into your phone. This universal protection sends the4 :“Please don’t approach me.”What is it that makes us feel we need to hid 5 our screens?One answer is fear, according to Jon Wortmann, an executive mental coach. We fear rejection, or that our innocent social advances will be 6 as “weird.”We fear we’ll be 7 . We fear we’ll be disruptive.Strangers are inherently 8 to us, so we are more likely to feel 9 when communicating with them compared with our friends and acquaintances. To avoid this uneasiness, we 10 to turn our phones.“Phones become our security blanket,”Wortmann says. “They are our happy glasses that protect us from what we perceive is going to be more 11 .”But once we rip off the band-aid, tuck our smartphones in our pockets and ’t12 so bad. In one 2011 experiment, behavioral scientists Nicholas Epley and Juliana Schroeder asked commuters todo the unthinkable:“Start a 13 . They had Chicago train commuters talk to their fellow 14 . When Dr. Epley and Ms. Schroederasked other people in the same train station to 15 how the would feel after talking to a stranger, the commuters thought their 16 would be more pleasant if they sat on thier own,” The New York Times summarizes. Though the participants didn’t expect a positive experience, after they 17 with the experiment, “not a single person reported having been embarrassed.”18 these commutes were reportedly more enjoyable compared with those without communication, which makes absolute sense, 19 human beings thrive off of social connections. It's that 20 : Talking to strangers can make you feel connected.1.[A]signal [B]permit [C]ticket [D]record2.[A]nothing [B]little [C]another [D]much3.[A]beaten [B]guided [C]plugged [D]brought4.[A]sign [B]code [C]notice [D]message5.[A]under [B]behind [C]beyond [D]from6.[A]misapplied [B]mismatched [C]misajusted [D]misinterpreted7.[A]replaced [B]fired [C]judged [D]delayed8.[A]unreasonable [B]ungrateful [C]unconventional [D]unfamiliar9.[A]comfortable [B]confident [C]anxious [D]angry10.[A]attend [B]point [C]take [D]turn11.[A]dangerous [B] mysterious [C]violent [D]boring12.[A]hurt [B] resist [C]bend [D]decay13.[A]lecture [B]conversation [C]debate [D]negotiation14.[A]passengers [B]employees [C]researchers [D]trainees15.[A]reveal [B]choose [C]predict [D]design16.[A]voyage [B]ride [C]walk [D]flight17.[A]went though [B]did away [C]caught up [D]put up18.[A]In turn [B]In fact [C]In particular [D]In consequence19.[A]unless [B]since [C]if [D]whereas20.[A]funny [B]logical [C]simple [D]rare 答案：A. signalD. muchB. pluggedD. messageC.behindD.misinterpretedC.judgedD.unfamiliarA. anxiousD. turnA.dangerousA hurtB.conversationA. passengersC. predictB. rideA.went throughB.in factB.sinceC.simple阅读：Text1A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys, people are actually more stressed at home than at work. Researchers measured people’s cortisol, which is a stress marker, while they were at work and while they were at home and found it higher at what is supposed to be a place of refuge.“Further contradicting conventional wisdom, we found that women as well as men have lower levels of stress at work than at home, ”writes one of the researchers, Sarah Damaske.In fact women even say they feel better at work, shenotes.“ It is men, notwomen, who report being happier at home than at work. ”Another surprise is that findings hold true for both those with children and without, but more so for nonparents. This is why people who work outside the home have better health.What the study doesn’t measure is whether people are still doing work when they’re at home, whether it is household work or work brought home from the office. For many men, the end of the workday is a time to kick back. For women who stay home, they never get to leave the office. And for women who work outside the home, they often are playing catch-up-with-householdtasks. With the blurring of roles, and the fact that the home front lags well behind the workplace a making adjustments for working women, it’s not surprising that women are more stressed at home.But it’s not just a gender thing. Atwork, people pretty much know what they’re supposed to be doing:working,marking money,doing the tasks they have to do in order to draw an income.The bargain is very pure:Employee puts in hours of physical or mental labor and employee draws out life-sustaining moola.On the home front, however, people have no such clarity.Rare is the household in which the division of labor is so clinically and methodically laid out. There are a lot of tasks to be done, there are inadequate rewards for most of them. Your home colleagues-your family-have no clear rewards for their labor; theyneed to be talked into it, or if they’re teenagers, threatened with complete removal of all electronic devices.Plus,they’re your family.You cannot fire your family.You never really get to go home from home.So it’s not surprising that people are more stressed at home. Not only are the tasks apparently infinite, the co-workers are much harder to motivate.21.According to Paragraph 1,most previous surveys found that home[A] offered greater relaxation than the workplace[B] was an ideal place for stress measurement[C] generated more stress than the workplace[D] was an unrealistic place for relaxation22.According to Damaske, who are likely to be the happiest at home?[A] Childless wives[B] Working mothers[C] Childless husbands[D] Working fathers23.The blurring of working women's roles refers to the fact that[A] it is difficult for them to leave their office[B] their home is also a place for kicking back[C] there is often much housework left behind[D] they are both bread winners and housewives24.The word“ moola”(Line4,Para4)most probably means[A] skills[B] energy[C] earnings[D] nutrition25.The home front differs from the workplace in that[A] division of labor at home is seldom clear-cut[B] home is hardly a cozier working environment[C] household tasks are generally more motivating[D] family labor is often adequately rewardedText 1 答案21 A offered greater relaxation than the workplace22 C childless husbands23 D they are both bread winners and housewives.24 C earnings25 A division of labor at home is seldom clear-cutText 2For years，studies have found that fiest-generation college students –those who do not have a parent with a college – lag other students on a range of education achievement factors. Their grades are lower and their dropout rates are higher. But since such students are most likely to advance economically if they succeed in higher education, colleges and universities have pushed for decades to recuit more of them.. This has created “a paradox”in that recruiting first-generation students, but then watching many of them fail, means that higher education has “continued to reproduce and whden, rather than close” an achievement gap based on social class, according to the depressing beginning ofa paper forthcoming in the joutnal Psychological Science.But the article is actually quite optimisitic, as it outlines a potential solution to this problem, suggesting that an approach (which involves a one-hour, next-to-no-cost program) can close 63 percent of the achievement gap (measured by such factors as grades) between first-generation and other students.The authors of the paper are from different universities, and their finding are based on a study invoving 147 students (who completed the project) at an unnamed private university. First generation was defined as not having a parent with a four-year college degree. Most of the first-generation students (59.1 percent) were recipients of Pell Grants, a federal grant for undergraduates with at least one parent with a four-year degree.Their thesis – that a relatively modest intervention could have a big impact – was based on the view that first-generation students may be most lacking not in potential but in practical knowledge about how to deal with the issues that face most college students. They cite past research by several authors to show that this is the gap that must be narrowed to close the achievenebt gap.Many first-generation students “struggle to navigate the middle-class culture of higher education, learn the ‘rules of the game,’ abd take advantage of college resources,”they write.And this becomes more of a problem when college don’t talk about the class advantages and disadvantages of diffierent groups of students.“Because US colleges and universities seldom acknowledge how social class can affect about why they are struggling and do not understand how students ‘like them’ can improve.26Recruiting more first-generation students has_A.reduced their dropout ratesB.narrowed the achievement gapC.missed its original purposeD.depressed college students27The authors of the research article are optimisitic becauseA.the problem is solvableB.their approach is costlessC.the recruiting rate has increasedD.their finding appeal to students28The study suggests that most first-generation studentsA.study at private universitiesB.are from single-parent familiesC.are in need of financial supportD.have failed their college29The authors of the paper believe that first-generation studentsA are actually indifferent to the achievement gapB.can have a potential influence on other studentsC.may lack opportunities to apply for research projectsD.are inexperienced in handing their issues at college30 We may infer from the last paragraph thatA. universities often reject the culture of the middle-classB.students are usually to blame for their lack of resourcesC.social class greatly helps enrich educational experiencesD.colleges are partly responsible for the problem in questionText 2 答案26 C missed its original purpose27 A the problem is solvable28 C are in need of financial support29 D are experienced in handling their issues at college30 D colleges are partly responsible for the problem in questionText 3The journal Science is adding an extra round of statistical checks to its peer-review process, editor-in-chief Marcia McNutt announced today. The policyfollows similar efforts from other journals, after widespread concern that basic mistakes in data analysis are contributing to the irreproducibility of many published research findings.“Readers must have confidence in the conclusions published in our journal,”writes McNutt in an editorial. Working with the American Statistical Association, the journal has appointed seven experts to a statistics board of reviewing editors (SBoRE). Manuscript will be flagged up for additional scrutiny by the journal’s internal editors, or by its existing Board of Reviewing Editors or by outside peer reviewers. The SBoRE panel will then find external statisticians to review these manuscripts.Asked whether any particular papers had impelled the change, McNutt said: “The creation of the ‘statistics board’ was motivated by concerns broadly with the application of statistics and data analysis in scientific research and is part of Science’s overall drive to increase reproducibility in the research we publish.”Giovanni Parmigiani, a biostatistician at the Harvard School of Public Health, a member of the SBoRE group, says he expects the board to “play primarily an advisory role.” He agreed to join because he “found the foresight behind the establishment of the SBoRE to be novel, unique and likely to have a lasting impact. This impact will not only be through the publications in Science itself, but hopefully through a larger group of publishing places that may want to model their approach after Science.”31、It can be learned from Paragraph I that[A] Science intends to simplify its peer-review process.[B]journals are strengthening their statistical checks.[C]few journals are blamed for mistakes in data analysis.[D]lack of data analysis is common in research projects.32、The phrase “flagged up ”(Para.2)is the closest in meaning to[A]found.[B]revised.[C]marked[D]stored33、Giovanni Parmigiani believes that the establishment of the SBoRE may[A]pose a threat to all its peers[B]meet with strong opposition[C]increase Science’s circulation.[D]set an example for other journals34、David Vaux holds that what Science is doing nowA.adds to researchers’ worklosd.B.diminishes the role of reviewers.C.has room for further improvement.D.is to fail in the foreseeable future.35.Which of the following is the best title of the text?A.Science Joins Push to Screen Statistics in PapersB.Professional Statisticians Deserve More RespectC.Data Analysis Finds Its Way onto Editors’ DesksD.Statisticians Are Coming Back with ScienceText3 答案31 A more emotional32 C sports culture33 D strengthen employee loyalty34 A voices for working women35 D regular people mock it but accept itText4Many people talked of the 288,000 new jobs the Labor Department reported for June ,along with the drop in the unemployment rate to 6.1 percent,as good news.And they were right.For now it appears the economy is creating jobs at a decent pace.We still have a long way to go to get back to full employment, but at least we are now finally moving forward at a faster pace.However, there is another important part of the jobs picture that was largely overlooked.There was a big jump in the number of people who repot voluntarily working part-time.This figure is now 830,000(4.4 percent)above its year ago level.Before explaining the connection to the Obamacare, it is worth making an important distinction.Many people who work part-time jobs actually wantfull-time jobs.They take part-time work because this is all they can get.An increase in involuntary part-time work is evidence of weakness in the labor market and it means that many people will be having a very hard time making ends meet.There was an increase in involuntary part-time in June,but the general direction has been down.Involuntary part-time employment is still far higher than before the recession,but it is down by 640,000(7.9percent)from is year ago level.We know the difference between voluntary and involuntary part-time employment because people tell us.The survey used by the Labor Department asks people is they worked less than 35 hours in the reference week.If the answer is“yes”,they are classified as worked less than 35hours in that week because they wanted to work less than full time or because they had no choice .They are only classified as voluntary part-time workers if they tell the survey taker they chose to work less than 35 hours a week.The issue of voluntary part-time relates to Obamacare because one of the main purposes was to allow people to get insurance outside of employment. For many people ,especially those with serious health conditions or family members with serious health conditions ,before Obamacare the only way to get insurance was through a job that provided health insurance.However, Obamacare has allowed more than 12 million people to either get insurance through Medicaid or the exchanges. These are people who may previously have felt the need to get a full-time job that provided insurance in order to cover themselves and their families.With Obamacare there is no longer a link between employment and insurance.36.Which part of the jobs picture are neglected?[A] The prospect of a thriving job market.[B] The increase of voluntary part-time market.[C] The possibility of full employment.[D] The acceleration of job creation.37.Many people work part-time because they .[A] prefer part-time jobs to full-time jobs.[B] feel that is enough to make ends meet.[C] cannot get their hands on full-time jobs.[D] haven’t seen the weakness of the market.38.Involuntary part-time employment is the US .[A] satisfies the real need of the jobless.[B] is harder to acquire than one year ago.[C] shows a general tendency of decline.[D] is lower than before the recession.39.It can be learned that with Obamacare, .[A] it is no longer easy for part-timers to get insurance[B] full-time employment is still essential for insurance[C] it is still challenging to get insurance for family members[D] employment is no longer a precondition to get insurance40.The text mainly discusses .[A] employment in the US[B] part-timer classification[C] insurance though Medicaid[D] Obamacare’s trouble 新题型：41 D most of your fears are unreal42 E think about the present moment43 G there are many things to be grateful for44 A you are not alone45 C pave your own unique path翻译：回想一下这样的经历：开车行驶在一条非常熟悉的道路上。
考研英语二13年真题
考研英语二13年真题一、词汇单选题。
（每题 1 分，共 20 分）1. Small class sizes ensure close interaction between students and faculty.中划线单词的释义为______。
[单选题] *A. 设备B. 能力C. （高等院校的）全体教员(正确答案)D. （政府的）专门机构答案解析：1. C。
本句句意为：小班授课确保了学生和教师之间的密切互动。
在本句中，faculty 意为“（高等院校的）全体教员”。
2. The threat of unemployment has been looming on the horizon. 中划线单词的释义为 ______。
[单选题] *A. 消失B. 收获C. 跟随D. 逼近(正确答案)答案解析：2. D。
本句句意为：失业的威胁已经在逼近。
在本句中，loom 意为“逼近”。
3. Multiple clinical trials are underway to investigate potential treatments.中划线单词的释义为______。
[单选题] *A. 审判B. 琐事C. 试验(正确答案)D. 踪迹答案解析：3. C。
本句句意为：目前正在进行多项临床试验，以研究潜在的治疗方法。
在本句中，trial 意为“试验”。
4. They called for assurances that the government is committed to its education policy.中划线单词的释义为______。
[单选题] *A. 津贴B. 保证(正确答案)C. 保险D. 自信答案解析：4. B。
本句句意为：他们要求政府保证切实执行其教育方针。
在本句中，assurance 意为“保证”。
5. The reporting in the papers is entirely partial and makes no attempt to be objective.中划线单词的释义为______。