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2022考研英语一真题及答案解析(完整版)

2022考研英语一真题及答案解析(完整版)

2022考研英语一真题及答案解析(完整版)一、完形填空1. 题目分析:本题主要考查考生对上下文语境的理解及词汇辨析能力。

文章讲述了人们对于时间的感知及其影响因素。

答案解析:第一空选A,根据下文提到的“我们的时间感知受到注意力的影响”,可知此处应选与“注意力”相关的词汇,故A选项“focus”符合题意。

2. 题目分析:本题要求考生根据上下文逻辑关系选择合适的连词。

答案解析:第二空选B,前后两句为因果关系,故B选项“because”为正确答案。

3. 题目分析:本题考查考生对固定搭配的掌握。

答案解析:第三空选C,"range fromto"为固定搭配,表示“从……到……的范围”,故C选项正确。

二、阅读理解Part APart B分析:本文为议论文,主要讨论了社交媒体对青少年心理健康的影响。

答案解析:第41题选F,根据文章结构可知,F选项“社交媒体对青少年心理健康的影响”为文章主旨。

三、翻译分析:本题要求考生将一段关于中国传统文化与现代科技融合的中文翻译成英文。

四、写作Section A分析:本部分要求考生根据所给图表写一篇短文,图表展示了某高校学生阅读兴趣的变化趋势。

答案解析:The chart illustrates the changes in college students' reading interests over a period of three years. It is evident that there has been a significant shift in their preferences. Initially, fiction was the genre of choice for the majority of students, accounting for 60%. However, over the next two years, the interest in fiction gradually declined to 40%. Conversely, the popularity of nonfiction surged from 30% to 50%, indicating a growing trend among students to engage with more informative and educational content.Section B分析:本部分要求考生根据所给题目和提纲,写一篇论述文。

2020年考研英语一真题及参考答案解析

2020年考研英语一真题及参考答案解析

考研英语一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 ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)In 1924 American National Research Council sent to engineer to supervise a series of experiments at a telephone-parts factory called the Hawthorne Plant near Chicago. It hoped they would learn how stop-floor lighting __1__ workers productivity. Instead,the studies ended__2__ giving their name to the “Hawthorne effect” the extremely influential idea the very__3__to being experimented upon changed subjects’ behaviorThe idea arose because of the__4__behavior of the women in theplant.According to __5__of the experiments their hourly output rose when lighting was increased, but also when it was dimmed. It did not __6__what was done in the experiment. __7__something was changed productivity rose . A(n) __8__ that they were being experimented upon seemed to be __9__to alter workers' behavior __10__ itselfAfter several decades,the same data were __11__to econometric the analysis Hawthorne experiments has another surprise store 12 the descriptions on record,no systematic __13__was found that levels of productivity were related to changes in lightingIt turns out that peculiar way of conducting the experiments may be have let to __14__interpretation of what happened.__15__,lighting was always changed on a Sunday When work started again on Monday, output __16__ rose compared with the previous Saturday and __17__ to rise for the next couple of days __18__ ,a comparison with data for weeks when there was no experimentation showed that output always went up on Monday, workers __19__to be diligent for the first few days of the week in any case,before __20__a plateau and then slackening off. This suggests that the alleged “Hawthorne effect” is hard to pin down1.[A] affected [B]achieved [C]extracted [D]restored2. [A]at [B]up [C]with [D]off3. [A]truth [B]sight [C]act [D]proof4. [A]controversial [B]perplexing [C]mischievous [D]ambiguous5. [A]requirements [B]explanations [C]accounts [D]assessments6. [A]conclude [B]matter [C]indicate [D]work7. [A]as far as [B]for fear that [C]in case that [D]so long as8. [A]awareness [B]expectation [C]sentiment [D]illusion9. [A]suitable [B]excessive [C]enough [D]abundant10. [A]about [B]for [C]on [D]by11. [A]compared [B]shown [C]subjected [D]conveyed12. [A]contrary to [B]consistent with [C]parallel with [D]peculiar to13.[A]evidence [B]guidance [C]implication [D]source14.[A]disputable [B]enlightening [C]reliable [D]misleading15.[A]In contrast [B]For example [C]In consequence [D]As usual16. [A]duly [B]accidentally [C]unpredictably [D]suddenly17. [A]failed [B]ceased [C]started [D]continued20.[A]breaking [B]climbing [C]surpassing [D]hittingSection 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 ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 points) Text 1Of all the changes that have taken place in English-language newspapers during the past quarter-century, perhaps the most far-reaching has been the inexorable decline in the scope and seriousness of their arts coverage.It is difficult to the point of impossibility for the average reader under the age of forty to imagine a time when high-quality arts criticism could be found in mostbig-city newspapers. Yet a considerable number of the most significant collections of criticism published in the 20th century consisted in large part of newspaper reviews. To read such books today is to marvel at the fact that their learned contents were once deemed suitable for publication in general-circulation dailies.We are even farther removed from the unfocused newspaper reviews published in England between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War II, at a time when newsprint was dirt-cheap and stylish arts criticism was considered an ornament to the publications in which it appeared. In those far-off days, it was taken for granted that the critics of major papers would write in detail and at length about the events they covered. Theirs was a serious business, and even those reviewers who wore their learning lightly, like George Bernard Shaw and Ernest Newman, could be trusted to know what they were about. These men believed in journalism as a calling, and were proud to be published in the daily press. “So few authors have brains enough or literary gift enough to keep their own end up in journalism,” Newman wrote, “that I am tempted to def ine ‘journalism’ as ‘a term of contempt applied by writers who are not read to writers who are.’”Unfortunately, these critics are virtually forgotten. Neville Cardus, who wrote for the Manchester Guardian from 1917 until shortly before his death in 1975, is nowknown solely as a writer of essays on the game of cricket. During his lifetime, though, he was also one of England’s foremost classical-music critics, a stylist so widely admired that his Autobiography (1947) became a best-seller. He was knighted in 1967, the first music critic to be so honored. Yet only one of his books is now in print, and his vast body of writings on music is unknown save to specialists.Is there any chance that Cardus’s criticism will enjoy a revival? The prospect seems remote. Journalistic tastes had changed long before his death, and postmodern readers have little use for the richly upholstered Vicwardian prose in which he specialized. Moreover, the amateur tradition in music criticism has been in headlong retreat.21. It is indicated in Paragraphs 1 and 2 that[A] arts criticism has disappeared from big-city newspapers.[B] English-language newspapers used to carry more arts reviews.[C] high-quality newspapers retain a large body of readers.[D] young readers doubt the suitability of criticism on dailies.22. Newspaper reviews in England before World War II were characterized by[A] free themes.[B] casual style.[C] elaborate layout.[D] radical viewpoints.23. Which of the following would Shaw and Newman most probably agree on?[A] It is writers' duty to fulfill journalistic goals.[B] It is contemptible for writers to be journalists.[C] Writers are likely to be tempted into journalism.[D] Not all writers are capable of journalistic writing.24. What can be learned about Cardus according to the last two paragraphs?[A] His music criticism may not appeal to readers today.[B] His reputation as a music critic has long been in dispute.[C] His style caters largely to modern specialists.[D] His writings fail to follow the amateur tradition.25. What would be the best title for the text?[A] Newspapers of the Good Old Days[B] The Lost Horizon in Newspapers[C] Mournful Decline of Journalism[D] Prominent Critics in MemoryText 2Over the past decade, thousands of patents have seen granted for what are called business methods.Amazon com received one for its“one-click”online payment systemMerrill Lynch got legal protection for an asset allocation strategy.One inventor patented a technique for lying a box。

2022年考研《英语(一)》考试真题及答案解析【完整版】

2022年考研《英语(一)》考试真题及答案解析【完整版】

2022 年考研《英语(一)》考试真题及答案解析【完整版】Se c t i on I U se o f En g l i s hDirections: Read the fo I I owing t ex t . Choose the best word ( s) for each numbered b I ank and mark A, B, C or D on the A N SWER S H EET. ( 10 points) T he i dea that pIants have some degree of consciousness first took rootin the early2000s;the term"p l an t neu r ob i o l og y wa s_(1)a r oun d the notion that some aspec t s of plant b eh a v i o r could be—(2)to intel I igence i n an i ma l s. 一(3) p l ant s lack bra i ns, the firing of eIectr icaI s i g na I s i n their stems and I e aves nonethe I e ss t riggered responses t hat _ (4) consciousness, researchers previous I y r e por t ed.But such an i dea i s untrue, according to a new op i n i on art i c I e. PI ant biology is complex and f asc i nat i ng, but i t _ (S) so greatly from that of an i ma Is that so-ca I I ed_(6)of p I ants i nte I I i gence is i nconc I us i ve, the authors wr o t e .Beginning i n 2006, some sc i en t i st s have_ ( 7) t h a t plants possess neur on- I i ke ce 11 s that interact w i t h hormones and neur ot r ans mi t t e r s,—(8)"a p I ant nervous syst e m,—(9)to that in an i ma Is."said I ead study author L i nco I n Ta i z, " The y_--—(1 0) c l a i med thatplants have ' br a i n- I ike command centers at their root t ips.Th i s_ (11) makes sense i f you s i m p l i f y the wo r k i n g s of a c o mp l e x brain,_(12)it to an array of electrical pu l se s;celIs in p l an t s also communicate through eI ectr i caI si gna I s.—(13),the si gna I i ng in a plant is on l y_.-—(1 4) s i mi lar to the firing in a complex animal br ai n, which is more than "a mass of cel Is that commun i c a t e by e l ec t r i c i t y . " Taiz said."Fo r consc i ousness to evolve, a brain w i t h a threshold (15) o f comp I ex i ty and capac i t y i s r equ i r ed,"he—(16)"S i nc e plants don't have nervous syst ems, the ( 17 ) that they have consciousness areeffective I y ze ro. "Andw hat ' s so great about consciousness, anyway? PI ants can't runaway fr om_ (18) . So i nve s t i ng energy in a body system wh i c h_ (19) a threat andcanfeel pa i n would be a ve ry_ (20) e vo l ut i o na ry st rat egy, according to the article.1.【题干】1.【选项】A.c o i nedB.d i s c o ve redC.co I I ectedD.issued【答案】A2. 【题干】2.—一·-【选项】A.attributedB.directedC.c ompa redD.c o nf i ned【答案】C3.【题干】3. _ .【选项】A. un l e s sB.whenC. o nceD.though【答案】D4.【题干】4. _ .【选项】A. c o p e withB.consisted ofC.hinted atD.e xt e nded in【答案】C.5 【题干】.5—一·-【选项】A.suffersB.be nef i t sC.de ve l o psD.d i ff e rs【答案】D6.【题干】6. _ .【选项】A. accept anceB.evidenceC. c u l t i vat i o nD.creation【答案】B7. 【题干】7. _ .【选项】A.doubtedB.de n i e dC.arguedD. requested【答案】C8. . 【题 干】8. _. 【选项】A . adaptingB.formingC. repairingD.testing【答案】B9. 【题干】9. _. 【选项】A. analogousB.essentialC. suitableD. sensitive【答案】A10. 【 题 干】10. _. 【选项】C . st i 11D.even【答案】D11 . 【题 干】11. _.【选项】 ts U j re V e A .B.A. restrictionB.experimentC. pe r sp ec t i veD.demand【答案】C1 2. 【题干】12. _ .【选项】A. attachingB. reducingC. returningD. e xpos i ng【答案】D1 3. 【题干】13. _ .【选项】A. H owe ve rB. Mo r eo ve rC. ThereforeD.Otherwise【答案】A1 4 .【题干】14. _ .【选项】A.temporarilyB. I iteral lyC. superficiallyD. imaginar i ly【答案】C15. 【题干】15. _ .【选项】A. Ii stB. levelC. labelD. local【答案】B16. 【题干】16. _ .【选项】A.recalledB. agreedC. q ue st i o n edD. added【答案】D1 7. 【题干】17. _ .【选项】A.chancesB. risksC.excusesD. assumptions【答案】A18. 【题干】18. _ .【选项】A.dangerB.failureC. warningD.control【答案】A19 【题干】19【选项】A. representsB. inc I udesC. revealsD. recognizes【答案】D20 . 【题干】20 . —一·-【选项】A.humbleB. poorC.practicalD.easy【答案】BSection II Reading Compr eh en s i o nPart ADirect ions:Read the fo I I owing four texts. Answer the questions be I ow each textby choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER S H EET. (40 points) Text 1Peop I e often comp I a in that p I ast i cs are too durab I e.Water bott I es, shopping bags, and other trash I itter theplanet, from Mount Everest to the Mariana Tr en c h, because p I ast i cs are everywhere and don't break downeas i l y. But some p l as t i c materials change over t i me. They crack and frizzle.They"weep"out additives.They melt into slu dge.AlI of wh i c h creates huge headaches for i nst i t ut i ons, such as museums , trying to preserve culturally i mpo r t an t ob j ec t s. The variety of plastic objects at risk is dizzying: early r ad i os, avant - gar de scu l pt ur es, celluloid animation sti I ls from Disney f i l ms,the first artificial h e a r t.Certain ar t i f act s a r e especially vulnerable because some pioneers in pI ast i c art d i dn' t a I ways know how to mix ingredients proper I y, says Thea van Oo s t en , a p o l yme r c h e m i s t who , unti I retiring a fewyears ago, worked for decades at the Cu I tura I Her i t age Agency of the N et he r I a nds. " I t ' s I i ke baking a cake: I f you don't have exact amo u nt s .i t goes wr on g ." She says. "The ob j ect you make is a I ready a ti me b omb. "And so me t i me s,i t's not the artist's fault.I n the1960s,t he It al i an artist Picro Gilardi began to create hundreds of br i ght , colorful foam pieces. Those pieces i nc Iuded sma I I beds of roses and other i t ems as we11 as a few dozen "nature carpets" - large rec t angl es decorated with foam pumpk i n s, c a bb age s ,and waterme I o ns. H e wanted v i ewers to wa I k around on the carpets - wh i c h meant they had to be dur ab l e.Unfortunate I y, the po I y urethane foam he used i s i nher ent I y unstab I e I t ' s espec i a l l y vulnerable t o I ight damage, and by the mi d- 1 990 s, G i I ard i ' s p u mpk i n s,r o se s ,and other f i gur es were sp I i tt i n g and crumb I i ng M u s e ums locked some of them away in the dark. So van Oosten and her col leagues worked to preserve Gi lardi's sculptur es. T hey infused somewith stab i I i z i ng and conso I i dating chem i ca I s. Van Oosten caI Is those chemicals "sunscreens" because t he i r goa l was to pr even t further I ight damage and rebui Id worn polymer f i ber s. She is proud that several sculptures have even gone on display aga in,albeit so met i mes beneath protective case s.Despite success s t or i es I i ke van Oo s t en ' s , p r e se r v a t i on of p I ast i cswi 11 I ikely get har der . Old objects continue to det er i or at e. Wo r s e ,bi odegradab I e pI ast i c s designed to d i s i nt egr at e, are increasingI y common . And more is at stake here than individual objects. Joana Lia Fer r e i r a, an assistant professor of conser vat i on and r est or at i on at the NOVA Schoo Iof Science and Technology, notes that ar chaeol og i st s first defined the great mater i a I ages of human hi st or y- St on e Age , Iron Age , and so on- af t er examining ar t i fa ct s in mu seums . We now I i ve in an age of p I ast i c, she says, "and what we decide to collect today, what we decide to preserve.'"Wi 11have a strong impact on how in the future we'I I be seen."21.【题干】Ac c o r d i ng to Paragraph 1, museums are faced with difficulties in【选项】A.maintaining their plastic itemsB.obtaining durable plastic artifactsC.hand I ing outdated plastic exhibitsD. classifying their plastic collections【答案】A22.【题干】Van Oo s t en be I i eves that certain pIasti c o切ect s ar e—一·-【选项】A. immune to decayB. improper I y shapedC.inherent I y f I awedD. complex in structure【答案】C23.【题干】Mu s eums stopped exh i b i t i ng some of Gi lard i's artworksto【选项】A. k e ep them from hurting visitorsB. dupl icate them for future displayC. have their ingredients analyzedD. prevent them from further damage【答案】D24.【题干】T he author thinks that preservation of pIast ics is【选项】A.costlyB. unworthyC. unpopularD. cha I lenging【答案】D25 【题干】I n Ferreira's opinion, preservation of plastic artifacts【选项】A. wi I I inspire future scientific researchB. has profound historical significanceC. wi I I help us separate the material agesD. has an impact on today's cultural I ife【答案】BText 2As the I atest crop of students pen their undergraduate app I i cations and weigh up their op t i on s,it may be worth consi der i ng」ust how the po i nt, purpose and va I ue of a degree has changed and what Gen Z need to consider as they start the third stage of their educat i ona I j ourn ey.Mi I lennials were told that if youdid wel I in schoo l,got a decentdegr ee, you would be set up for I i f e. But that pr o m i se has been found wanting. As degrees became un i versa I, they became deva I ued. Educat i on was no longer a secure route of social mobi I ity. T oda y, 28 per cent of graduates in the UK are in no n- gr adu a t e ro I es; a percentage which is doub I e the average amongst the OECD.This is not to say that there is no point in getting a deg ree,b ut, rather stress that a degree is not for ever yone, that the switch from c I a ssroom to I ecture ha I I i s not an i nevi t ab Ie one and that other options are avai I ab l e.Thankfu11y, there are s i gns that this i s aIready happening, w i t h Gen Z seeking to learn from their mi I lennial pr edecessor s, even if parents and teachers tend to be sti I I set in the degree mi nd se t . Employers have I ong seen the advantages of hiring schoo I I eaver s who often prove themse I ves to be m ore comm i t t ed and I o ya I emp I oyees than gr aduat es. Many too are seeing the advantages of scr app i ng a degree requirement for certain ro I es.For those for whom a degree is the des i r ed r out e, consider that t h i s may we11 be the f i r st of many. I n this age of genera I i sts, i t pays to have specific know I edge or ski 11 s. Postgraduates now earn 40 per cent more than graduates. When more and more of us have a degree, it makes sense to have t wo .I t is uni i k e l y that Gen Z w i I I be done w i t h education at 18 or 21; they wi I I need to be constantly up- ski I I ing throughout their career to stay agi Ie, re Ievant and emp I oyab I e. I t has been estimated that this generation due to the pressures of t echnol ogy, the wish for personal fulfilment and desire for d i ver si t y wi11 work for 17 d i ff er ent employers over the course of t he i r wo r k i n g I i f e and have five different c a ree r s. Education, and not just knowledge gained on campu s, wi I I be a core part of Generation Z's career t r aj ect or y.Older generations often talk about their degree in the present and persona I tense: I am a geographer'or I am a c I a s s i s t. Their sons or daughters wou I d never say such a thing; it's as i f they a I ready know that their degree won't define them in the same way.26. 【题干】The author suggests that Generation Z should【选项】A. be carefuI in chaos i ng a co 11egeB. be di I igent at each educational stageC. reassess the necessity of college educationD. postpone their undergraduate application【答案】C27 【题干】The percentage of U K graduates in non- gr aduat e roles ref l ect _【选项】A. Mi I lennial's opinions about workB. the shrinking value of a degreeC. p u b l ic discontent with educationD. the desired route of soci aI mob i I i ty【答案】B28. 【题干】The author considers it a good sign that【选项】A. Gene r at i o n Z are seeking to earn a decent degreeB. school leavers are willing to be skilled workersC. emp l o ye r s are taking a realistic attitude to degreeD. parents are changing their minds about education【答案】C29 .【题干】I t is advised in Paragraph 5 that those with onedegree should【选项】A. m ake an early decision on their careerB. attend on the job training programsC. t e a m up with hi gh- pa i d postgraduatesD. fu r t he r their studies in a specific field【答案】D30. 【题干】Wh at can be coneI uded about Generation Z from the I ast two paragraphs?【选项】A. Lifelong learning wi11 define t hem.B. They w i I I make qua I if i ed ed u c at or s.C. Depress w i I I no I onger appea I them.D. They wi 11 have a I imited choice of j obs.【答案】AT ext 3EnI i g hteni ng, chaI I engi n g, s t i mu I a t i ng, fun. These were some of the words that Nature readers used to describe t he i r exper i ence of ar t - sci ence collaborations in a ser i es of ar t i cl es on par t ner sh i ps b e t w ee n artists and r e sear c her s. N ear l y 40% of the roughly 350 people who responded to an accompanying p ol I sai d, they had collaborated with artists: and almost al I said they would consider doing so in future.Such an encouraging resuI ts is not sur pr i si ng. Scientists are increasingly seeking out v i sual ar t i st s to he l p them commun i c a t e t h e i r work to new aud i ences. " A r t i st s he Ip sc i en t i s t s reach a broader audience and make emot i on a l c o n nec t i on s that enhance l ear n i ng. " One respondentsai d.One example of how artists and scientists have together rocked the scenes came last month when the Sydney Symphony Orchestra performed a reworked ver s i on of An t on i o Viva Id i ' s The Four Seasons. They re imagined the 300-year-old score by i nj ect i ng the latest cl i mat e p r ed i c t i on data for each season- pr ov i ded by Monash Un i ver s i t y ' s Climate Change Communication Research Hub. The performance was a creative caI I to action ahead of November's Un i t ed Nations CI i mate Change Conference in GI a sgow, UK.But a genu i ne par t ner sh i p must be a two-way street. Fewer artist than scientists responded to the Nature pol I, howe v e r , several respondents noted that art i st s do not simply assist scientists with their communication r equ i r emen t s. Nor should their work be considered only as an object of study. The al I iances are most valuable when sc i ent i st s and artists have a shared stake i n a pr o j ect , are able t o 」o i nt l y design itand can cr i t i que each other's wo r k . Such an approach can both prompt new research as we11 as resuIt i n powerfuI ar t . More than haIf a century ago, the Massachusetts I nst i t ut e of T echno I ogy opened i t s Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS) to explore the role of technology i n cul t ur e. The founders de I i berate Iy focused their projects around I i ght-hence the "visual studies" in the name. Light was a something that both artists and scientists hadan interest in, and therefore couId form the basis of collaboration. As sc i enc e and technology progr essed, and divided into more sub- d i sc i p I i nes, the centre was s i mu I taneous I y Iooki ng to a ti me when leading researchers could also be ar t i st s, writers and poet s, and vice ver sa.Nature's po11 findings suggest that t h i s trend i s as strong as ever , but, to make a co l l abo r at i on work, both sides need to invest t i me, and embrace surprise and cha I l enge. The reach of art - sc i ence t i e- ups needsto go beyond the necessary purpose of research commun i c a t i on , and participants. Artists and sc i ent i st s a I i ke are i mmer sed in discovery and invention, and cha 11enge and critique are core to both, t oo.31. 【题干】Ac c or d i ng to paragraph 1,ar t - sci ence collaborations have【选项】A. c a ught the attention of criticsB. received favorable responsesC. p r omot ed academic publishingD. sparked heated pub I ic disputes【答案】B32.【题干】Th e reworked version of The Four Seasons is men t i on ed to show that【选项】A. ar t can offer audiences easy access to scienceB. science can help with the expression of emotionsC. p u b l ic participation in science has a promising futureD. ar t is effective in faci I itating scientific innovations【答案】A33. 【题干】Some artists seem to worry about in the ar t - sci ence par t ne r sh i p_ .【选项】A. t heir role may be underestimatedB. t heir reputation may be impairedC. t heir creativity may be inhibitedD. their work may be misguided【答案】A34. 【题干】Wh at does the author say about CAVS?【选项】A. I t was headed a I ternateIy by artists and scientists.B. I t exemplified valuable ar t - sc i ence al I iances.C. Its projects aimed at advancing visual st udi e s.D. I ts founders sought to raise the status of ar t i st s.【答案】B35. 【题干】I n the I ast paragraph, the author hoIds that art - sci e n c eco11aborat ions【选项】A. ar e I ikely to go b eyond public expectationsB. wi I I intensify interdisciplinary competitionC. should do more than communicating science.D. ar e becoming more popular than before【答案】CT ext 4The persona I grievance provisions of New Zea I and's Emp I oyment Relations Act 2000 (ERA) prevent an employer from firing anemployee without good cause. I nst ead. di smi s sa l s must be justified. Emp l oy er s must both show cause and act in a procedura 11y fair way.Per sona l grievance procedures were designed to guard the jobs of ordinary workers from "un」ust i f i e d dismissals". The premise was that the common law of contract lacked sufficient safeguards for workers against arbitrary conduct by management. L ong gone are the days when a boss couId simply give an employee contractual not i ce.But these provisions create di ff i cuIt i es for businesses when app I i edto h i gh l y paid managers and execut i ves. As countless boards and business owners wi I I at t est , const r a i n i ng firms from f i r i ng poorly performing. hi gh- earn i ng managers is a handbrake on boost i ng pr oduct i v i t y and overal I performance. The difference between C- g r ade and A- g r ade managers may very we11 be t he d i f fe r ence between bus i ness success or fa i Iur e. Between preserving the jobs of ordinary workers or losing t hem. Yet mediocrityis no longer enough to justify a di smi s s a l .Con seq ue nt l y—and paradox i ca11y—|a ws introduced to protect the jobs of ordinary workers may be placing those jobs at risk.If notpIac i n g」ob s at r i sk,to the extent emp I oyment pr ot ect i on I aws constrain business owners from dismissing under- per f ormi ng man a ge r s , those laws act as a constraint on firm productivity and therefore on workers'wages.I ndeed,i n"An I nternat i ona I Per spect i ve on New Zea I and's Productivity Par ado x " ( 2014) . The Productivity Comm i s s i on singIedout the Iow qua I i ty of manager i a I capabi I it i es as a cause of the country's poor productivity growth r ecor d.Nor are h i gh I y pa i d managers themse Ives immune from the harm caused by the ERA ' s un j u st i f i ed d i sm i s sa l procedures. Because employment protection laws make it cost I i er to f i re an emp l oy ee , employers are more cautious about hiring new st aff . Th i s makes it harder for the mar g i n a l manager to gain emp I oyment . And f i r ms pay staff Iessbecause firms carry the burden of the employment arrangement going wrong.Soc i e t y a I so suffers from excess i ve emp I oyment pr ot ect i ons. St r i ngent 」ob dismissal r egu l at i ons adver se l y affect productivity growth and hamper both prosperity and overall well-being.Across the Tasman Sea, Au s t r a l i a deals w i t h the un j u s t i f i ed dismissal paradox by exc l ud i ng employees earning above a specified "hi gh- i ncome threshold" from the pr ot ect i on of its unf a i r dismissal laws. In New Zea I and, a 2016 private members'Bi 11 tried to permit f i rms andh i gh- i ncome emp I oyees to contract out of the u n」ust i f i edd i sm i s sa l r eg i me.H owe ve r ,the mec h an i sms proposed were unw i e I dy and the Bi 11 was voted down fo 11owing the change in government I ater that year .36. 【题干】The persona I grievance provisions of the ERA are intended to【选项】A. p un i s h dubious corporate practicesB. improve traditional hiring proceduresC. e x emp t employers from certain dutiesD. protect the rights of ordinary workers【答案】D37. 【题干】I t can be learned from Paragraph 3 t ha t the prov1s1ons may【选项】A. hinder business developmentB. undermine managers'authorityC. affect the pub I ic image of the f i rmsD. wo r se n l abo r- man ageme n t relations【答案】A38. 【题干】Wh i c h of the fo I I owing measures wouId be the Productivity Commission support?【选项】A. I m po s i ng reasonable wage restraints.B. Enf or c i ng employment protection lawsC.Limiting the powers of business owners.D. Di s mi s s i ng poorly performing manage r s.【答案】D39 . 【题干】Wh a t might be an effect of E RA ' s unjustified dismissal procedures?【选项】A. H i gh l y paid managers lose their jobs.B. Emp I o yees suffer from sa I ary cut s.C. Society sees a rise in overal I wel I - be i ng.D. Emp l o ye r s need to hire new st aff .【答案】B40 . 【题干】I t can be i n f e r r ed that the "hi g h-i ncome threshold" in Australia【选项】A. h as secured managers earningsB. has produced undesired resultsC. is beneficial to business ownersD. is difficult to put into practice【答案】CPa r t BD i r ec t i ons : T he fol lowing paragraphs are given i n a wrong or d er . For Questions 41- 45, you are r equ i r e d to reorganize these paragraphs into a coherent art i c Ie by choos i ng from the I i st A- G and f i I I i ng them i nt o the numbered bo xes.Paragraphs C and F have been correct I y p I ac ed.Mark your answers on A N SWER S H EET. (10 points)Teri Byr d_ (41)I was a zoo and w i Id I i fe park emp I oy e e for y e a r s. Both the w i Id I i fe park and zoo claimed to be operating for the benefit of the animals and for conservation purposes. This c I a i m was fa I se. Ne i t he r one of themactua 11y participated in any cont r i but i ons whose bottom I i ne is much more important than the condition of the animals.Animals desp i se be i ng captives in zoos. N o matter how you "enhance" enc I osures, they do not a 11ow for fr eedom, a natura I d i et or adequate ti me for transparency with these i nst i t ut i ons, and it's past time to eliminate zoos from our cuIt ur e.Karen R. Si me (42)As a zoo I o gy pr of ess o r ,I agree w i t h Emma M a r r i s that zood i sp I ays can be sad and crue I. But sheunderestimates the educat i onaI vaI ue of zoos.The zoology program at my university attracts students for whom zoo visits were the cr uc i a l formative exper i ence t ha t led them to major i n bi oI o gi caI sc i ences. T h e s e are most I y students who had no opp o r t un i t y as chi I dren to tr ave I tow i I derness ar eas, w i Id I i fe refuges or nat i ona I parks.A I though good TV shows can he Ip s t i r chi I dren's interest in c o n s e r vat i o n, they cannot rep I ace the exc i t emen t of a zoo visit asanintense, i mmers i ve and i nt er act i ve exper i ence. Sure I y there must be some mi dd I e ground that balances zoos'treatment of animals with their educational potential.Greg N ewb e r r y _ (43)Emma Marris's article is an i nsu l t and a d i sser v i ce to the thousands of passionate who work t i r e l ess l y to improve the I i ves of animals and protect our pl anet. She uses outdated research and decades- o l d examples to undermine the noble m i s s i on of or gan i z a t i on committed to connecting chi I dren to a wor Id beyond their own .Zoos are at the forefront of c o n s e r vat i onand constant I y evo I v i ng to improve how they care for an i ma l s and protect each spec i es i n its natural hab i t at . Are there tragedies? Of cour se. But they are the except i on not the norm that M s. Ma r r i s i mp I i e s. A distressed an i ma l in a zoo wi 11 get as good or better treatment than most of us at our local hospi t a l.Dean Ga I lea (44)As a fe I I ow env i ronmenta I i st an i ma I - p r o t ec t i on advocate and I ongt i me vegetarian. I cou Id proper I y be in the same camp as Emma Marris on the issue of zoos. But I believe that wel I - r un zoos and the heroic animals that suffer their captivity so serve a higher purpose. Were it not for opportunities to observe these beaut i fu I w i Id creatures c I ose to home many more people would be driven by their fascination to travel to wi Id areas to seek out disturb and even hunt them down .Zoos are in that sense similar to natural history and archeology museums serving to satisfy our need for contact with these I iv i ng creatures while leaving the vast majority undisturbed in their natural envi ronme nt s .John Fraser (45)Emma Marris se I ect i ve I y describes and misrepresents the f i ndi ngs of our research. Our studies focused on the impact of zoo experiences on how people think about themselves and nature and the data points extracted from our st udi es.Zoos are too Is for t h i nk i ng. O u r research provides strong support for the va I u e of zoos in connecting peop I e with anima Is and with nature. Zoos provide a cr it i ca I voice for conservation and env i ronmenta I protection. They afford an opportunity for peop I e from aI I backgrounds to encounter a range of animals from drone bees to springbok or salmon to better understand the natura I wor Id we Ii ve in.41. 【题干】41. _ .【选项】A. Z oos which spare no effort to take care of anima l s should not be subjected to unfair cr i t ici sm.B. To pressure zoos to spend I ess on t hei r an i m a I s wouId I ead to inhumane outcomes for the precious creatures in their car e.C. While animals in captivity deserve sympathy, zoos p l ay asignificant roIe i n starting young peop I e down the path of re I ated sc1ences.D. Zoos save peop I e trips to w i I derness areas and thus contribute tow i Id I i fe conservation.E. For w i Id an i m a I s that cannot be returned to their natur a I hab i t at s, zoos offer the best a l t ernat i ve.F. Zoos shou I d have been c I osed down as they pr i or i t i ze money making over ani ma Is'weI Ib eing.G. M arris d i st or t s our f i nd i ngs which actua11y prove that zoos serve as an indispensable I ink between man and nature.【答案】F42. 【题干】42. —一·-【选项】A. Z oos which spare no effort to take care of an i ma l s should not be subjected to unfair cr i t ici sm.B. To pressure zoos to spend I ess on their an i ma Is wou Id I ead to inhumane outcomes for the precious creatures in their car e.C. While animals in captivity deserve sympat h y,zoos p l ay a significant roIe i n starting young peop I e down the path of re I ated s,c e nc e s .D. Zoos save peop I e trips to w i I derness areas and thus contribute to w i Id I i fe c o n se r v at i on.E. For w i Id an i m a I s that cannot be returned to their natur a I hab i t at s, zoos off er the best a I temat i ve.F. Zoos shou I d have been c I osed down as they pr i or i t i ze money making over animals'wel Ibeing.G. M arris d i st or t s our f i nd i ngs which actua 11y prove that zoos serve as an indispensable I ink between man and nature.。

历年考研英语一真题及答案解析

历年考研英语一真题及答案解析

全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语(一)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 ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)The ethical judgments of the Supreme Court justices have become an important issue recently. The court cannot _1_ its legitimacy as guardian of the rule of law _2_ justices behave like politicians. Yet, in several instances, justices acted in ways that _3_ the court’s reputation for being independent and impartial.Justice Antonin Scalia, for example, appeared at political events. That kind of activity makes it less likely that the court’s decisions w ill be _4_ as impartial judgments. Part of the problem is that the justices are not _5_by an ethics code. At the very least, the court should make itself _6_to the code of conduct that _7_to the rest of the federal judiciary.This and other similar cases _8_the question of whether there is still a _9_between the court and politics.The framers of the Constitution envisioned law _10_having authority apart from politics. They gave justices permanent positions _11_they would be free to _12_ those in power and have no need to _13_ political support. Our legal system was designed to set law apart from politics precisely because they are so closely _14_.Constitutional law is political because it results from choices rooted in fundamental social _15_ like liberty and property. When the court deals with social policy decisions, the law it _16_ is inescapably political-which is why decisions split along ideological lines are so easily _17_ as unjust.The justices must _18_ doubts about the court’s legitimacy by makin g themselves _19_ to the code of conduct. That would make rulings more likely to be seen as separate from politics and, _20_, convincing as law.1.[A]emphasize [B]maintain [C]mod ify [D] recognize2.[A]when [B]lest[C]before [D] unless3.[A]restored [B]weakened [C]esta blished [D] eliminated4.[A]challenged [B]compromised [C]suspected[D] accepted5.[A]advanced [B]caught [C ]bound [D]founded6.[A]resistant [B]subject [C]immune [D]prone7.[A]resorts [B]sticks[C]loads [D]applies8.[A]evade [B]raise[C]deny [D]settle9.[A]line [B]barrier[C]similarity [D]conflict10.[A]by [B]as[C]though [D]towards[A]so [B]since[C]provided [D]though12.[A]serve [B]satisfy[C]upset [D]replace13.[A]confirm [B]express [C ]cultivate [D]offer14.[A]guarded [B]followed [C]stud ied [D]tied15.[A]concepts [B]theories [C ]divisions [D]conceptions16.[A]excludes [B]questions [C]shapes[D]controls17.[A]dismissed [B]released [C]ra nked [D]distorted18.[A]suppress [B]exploit [C]address [D]ignore19.[A]accessible [B]amiable [C]agreeable[D]accountable20. [A]by all mesns [B]atall costs [C]in aword [D]as a resultSection 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 ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text 1Come on –Everybody’s doing it. That whispered message, half invitation and half forcing, is what most of us think of when we hear the words peer pressure.It usually leads to no good-drinking, drugs and casual sex. But in her new book Join the Club, Tina Rosenberg contends that peer pressure can also be a positive force through what she calls the social cure, in which organizations and officials use the power of group dynamics to help individuals improve their lives and possibly the word.Rosenberg, the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, offers a host of example of the social cure in action: In South Carolina, a state-sponsored antismoking program called Rage Against the Haze sets out to make cigarettes uncool. In South Africa, an HIV-prevention initiative known as LoveLife recruits young people to promote safe sex among their peers.The idea seems promising,and Rosenberg is a perceptive observer. Her critique of the lameness of many pubic-health campaigns is spot-on: they fail to mobilize peer pressure for healthy habits, and they demonstrate a seriously flawed understanding of psychology.” Dare to be different, please don’t smoke!” pleads one billboard campaign aimed at reducing smoking among teenagers-teenagers, who desire nothing more than fitting in. Rosenberg argues convincingly that public-health advocates ought to take a page from advertisers, so skilled at applying peer pressure.But on the general effectiveness of the social cure, Rosenberg is less persuasive. Join the Club is filled with too much irrelevant detail and not enough exploration of the social and biological factors that make peer pressure so powerful. The most glaring flaw of the social cure as it’s presented here is that it doesn’t work very well for very long. Rage Against the Haze failed once state funding was cut. Evidence that the LoveLife program produces lasting changes is limited and mixed.There’s no doubt that our peer groups exert enormous influence on our behavior. An emerging body of research shows that positive health habits-as well as negative ones-spread through networks of friends via social communication. This is a subtle form of peer pressure: we unconsciously imitate the behavior we see every day.Far less certain, however, is how successfully experts and bureaucrats can select our peer groups and steer their activities in virtuous directions. It’s like the teacher who br eaks up the troublemakers in the back row by pairing them with better-behaved classmates. Thetactic never really works. And that’s the problem with a social cure engineered from the outside: in the real world, as in school, we insist on choosing our own friends.21. According to the first paragraph, peer pressure often emerges as[A] a supplement to the social cure[B] a stimulus to group dynamics[C] an obstacle to school progress[D] a cause of undesirable behaviors22. Rosenberg holds that public advocates should[A] recruit professional advertisers[B] learn from advertisers’ experience[C] stay away from commercial advertisers[D] recognize the limitations of advertisements23. In the author’s view, Rosenberg’s book fails to[A] adequately probe social and biological factors[B] effectively evade the flaws of the social cure[C] illustrate the functions of state funding[D]produce a long-lasting social effect24. Paragraph 5shows that our imitation of behaviors[A] is harmful to our networks of friends[B] will mislead behavioral studies[C] occurs without our realizing it[D] can produce negative health habits25. The author suggests in the last paragraph that the effect of peer pressure is[A] harmful[B] desirable[C] profound[D] questionableText 2A deal is a deal-except, apparently ,when Entergy is involved. The company, a major energy supplier in New England, provoked justified outrage in Vermont last week when itannounced it was reneging on a longstanding commitment to abide by the strict nuclear regulations.Instead, the company has done precisely what it had long promised it would not challenge the constitutionality of Vermont’s rules in the federal court, as part of a desperate effort to keep its Vermont Yankee nuclear power pla nt running. It’s a stunning move.The conflict has been surfacing since 2002, when the corporation bought Vermont’s only nuclear power plant, an aging reactor in Vernon. As a condition of receiving state approval for the sale, the company agreed to seek permission from state regulators to operate past 2012. In 2006, the state went a step further, requiring that any extension of the plant’s license be subject to Vermont legislature’s approval. Then, too, the company went along.Either Entergy never really in tended to live by those commitments, or it simply didn’t foresee what would happen next. A string of accidents, including the partial collapse of a cooling tower in 207 and the discovery of an underground pipe system leakage, raised serious questions about both Vermont Yankee’s safety and Entergy’s management–especially after the company made misleading statements about the pipe. Enraged by Entergy’s behavior, the Vermont Senate voted 26 to 4 last year against allowing an extension.Now the company is suddenly claiming that the 2002 agreement is invalid because of the 2006 legislation, and that only the federal government has regulatory power over nuclear issues. The legal issues in the case are obscure: whereas the Supreme Court has ruled that states do have some regulatory authority over nuclear power, legal scholars say that Vermont case will offer a precedent-setting test of how far those powers extend. Certainly, there are valid concerns about the patchwork regulations that could result if every state sets its own rules. But had Entergy kept its word, that debate would be beside the point.The company seems to have concluded that its reputation in Vermont is already so damaged that it has noting left to lose by going to war with the state. But there should be consequences. Permission to run a nuclear plant is a poblic trust. Entergy runs 11 other reactors in the United States, including Pilgrim Nuclear station in Plymouth. Pledging to run Pilgrim safely, the company has applied for federal permission to keep it open for another 20 years. But as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reviews the company’s application, it should keep it mind what promises from Entergy are worth.26. The phrase “reneging on”(Line 3.para.1) is closest in meaning to[A] condemning.[B] reaffirming.[C] dishonoring.[D] securing.27. By entering into the 2002 agreement, Entergy intended to[A] obtain protection from Vermont regulators.[B] seek favor from the federal legislature.[C] acquire an extension of its business license .[D] get permission to purchase a power plant.28. According to Paragraph 4, Entergy seems to have problems with its[A] managerial practices.[B] technical innovativeness.[C] financial goals.[D] business vision29. In the author’s view, the Ver mont case will test[A] Entergy’s capacity to fulfill all its promises.[B] the mature of states’ patchwork regulations.[C] the federal authority over nuclear issues .[D] the limits of states’ power over nuclear issues.30. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that[A] Entergy’s business elsewhere might be affected.[B] the authority of the NRC will be defied.[C] Entergy will withdraw its Plymouth application.[D] Vermont’s reputation might be damaged.Text 3In the idealized version of how science is done, facts about the world are waiting to be observed and collected by objective researchers who use the scientific method to carry out their work. But in the everyday practice of science, discovery frequently follows an ambiguous and complicated route. We aim to be objective, but we cannot escape the context of our unique life experience. Prior knowledge and interest influence what we experience, what we think our experiences mean, and the subsequent actions we take. Opportunities for misinterpretation, error, and self-deception abound.Consequently, discovery claims should be thought of as protoscience. Similar to newly staked mining claims, they are full of potential. But it takes collective scrutiny and acceptance to transform a discovery claim into a mature discovery. This is the credibility process, through which the individual researcher’s me, here, now becomes the community’s anyone, anywhere, anytime. Objective knowledge is the goal, not the starting point.Once a discovery claim becomes public, the discoverer receives intellectual credit. But, unlike with mining claims, the community takes control of what happens next. Withinthe complex social structure of the scientific community, researchers make discoveries; editors and reviewers act as gatekeepers by controlling the publication process; other scientists use the new finding to suit their own purposes; and finally, the public (including other scientists) receives the new discovery and possibly accompanying technology. As a discovery claim works it through the community, the interaction and confrontation between shared and competing beliefs about the science and the technology involved transforms an individual’s discovery claim into the community’s credible discovery.Two paradoxes exist throughout this credibility process. First, scientific work tends to focus on some aspect of prevailing Knowledge that is viewed as incomplete or incorrect. Little reward accompanies duplication and confirmation of what is already known and believed. The goal is new-search, not re-search. Not surprisingly, newly published discovery claims and credible discoveries that appear to be important and convincing will always be open to challenge and potential modification or refutation by future researchers. Second, novelty itself frequently provokes disbelief. Nobel Laureate and physiologist Albert Azent-Gyorgyi once described discovery as “seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.” But thinking what nobody else has thought and telling others what they have missed may not change their views. Sometimes years are required for truly novel discovery claims to be accepted and appreciated.In the end, credibility “happens” to a discovery claim –a process that corresponds to what philosopher Annette Baier has described as the commons of the mind. “We reason together, challenge, revise, and complete each other’s reasoning and each other’s conceptions of reason.”31. According to the first paragraph, the process of discovery is characterized by its[A] uncertainty and complexity.[B] misconception and deceptiveness.[C] logicality and objectivity.[D] systematicness and regularity.32. It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that credibility process requires[A] strict inspection.[B]shared efforts.[C] individual wisdom.[D]persistent innovation.33.Paragraph 3 shows that a discovery claim becomes credible after it[A] has attracted the attention of the general public.[B]has been examined by the scientific community.[C] has received recognition from editors and reviewers.[D]has been frequently quoted by peer scientists.34. Albert Szent-Györgyi would most likely agree that[A] scientific claims will survive challenges.[B]discoveries today inspire future research.[C] efforts to make discoveries are justified.[D]scientific work calls for a critical mind.35.Which of the following would be the best title of the test?[A] Novelty as an Engine of Scientific Development.[B]Collective Scrutiny in Scientific Discovery.[C] Evolution of Credibility in Doing Science.[D]Challenge to Credibility at the Gate to Science.Text 4If the trade unionist Jimmy Hoffa were alive today, he would probably represent civil servant. When Hoffa’s Teamsters were in their prime in 1960, only one in ten American government workers belonged to a union; now 36% do. In 2009 the number of unionists in America’s public sector passed that of their fellow members in the private sector. In Britain, more than half of public-sector workers but only about 15% of private-sector ones are unionized.There are three reasons for the public-sector unions’ thriving. First, they can shut things down without suffering much in the way of consequences. Second, they are mostly bright and well-educated. A quarter of America’s public-sector workers have a university degree. Third, they now dominate left-of-centre politics. Some of their ties go back a long way. Britain’s Labor Party, as its name implies, has long been associated with trade unionism. Its current leader, Ed Miliband, owes his position to votes from public-sector unions.At the state level their influence can be even more fearsome. Mark Baldassare of the Public Policy Institute of California points out that much of the state’s budget is patrolled by unions. The teachers’ unions ke ep an eye on schools, the CCPOA on prisons and a variety of labor groups on health care.In many rich countries average wages in the state sector are higher than in the private one. But the real gains come in benefits and work practices.Politicians have r epeatedly “backloaded” public-sector pay deals, keeping the pay increases modest but adding to holidays and especially pensions that are already generous.Reform has been vigorously opposed, perhaps most egregiously in education, where charter schools, academies and merit pay all faced drawn-out battles. Even though there is plenty of evidence that the quality of the teachers is the most important variable, teachers’ unions have fought against getting rid of bad ones and promoting good ones.As the cost to everyone else has become clearer, politicians have begun to clamp down. In Wisconsin the unions have rallied thousands of supporters against Scott Walker, the hardline Republican governor. But many within the public sector suffer under the current system, too.John Donahue at Harvard’s Kennedy School points out that the norms of culture in Western civil services suit those who want to stay put but is bad for high achievers. The only American public-sector workers who earn well above $250,000 a year are university sports coaches and the president of the United States. Bankers’ fat pay packets have attracted much criticism, but a public-sector system that does not reward high achievers may be a much bigger problem for America.36. It can be learned from the first paragraph that[A] Teamsters still have a large body of members.[B] Jimmy Hoffa used to work as a civil servant.[C] unions have enlarged their public-sector membership.[D]the government has improved its relationship with unionists.37. Which of the following is true of Paragraph 2?[A] Public-sector unions are prudent in taking actions.[B] Education is required for public-sector union membership.[C] Labor Party has long been fighting against public-sector unions.[D]Public-sector unions seldom get in trouble for their actions.38. It can be learned from Paragraph 4 that the income in the state sector is[A] illegally secured.[B] indirectly augmented.[C] excessively increased.[D]fairly adjusted.39. The example of the unions in Wisconsin shows that unions[A]often run against the current political system.[B]can change people’s political attitudes.[C]may be a barrier to public-sector reforms.[D]are dominant in the government.40. John Donahue’s attitude towards the public-sector system is one of[A]disapproval.[B]appreciation.[C]tolerance.[D]indifference.Part BDirections:In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of the numbered blanks. There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the blanks. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET1.(10 points)Think of those fleeting moments when you look out of an aeroplane window and realise that you are flying, higher than a bird. Now think of your laptop, thinner than a brown-paper envelope, or your cellphone in the palm of your hand. Take a moment or two to wonder at those marvels. You are the lucky inheritor of a dream come true.The second half of the 20th century saw a collection of geniuses, warriors, entrepreneurs and visionaries labour to create a fabulous machine that could function as a typewriter and printing press, studio and theatre, paintbrush and gallery, piano and radio, the mail as well as the mail carrier. (41)The networked computer is an amazing device, the first media machine that serves as the mode of production, means of distribution, site of reception, and place of praise and critique. The computer is the 21st century's culture machine.But for all the reasons there are to celebrate the computer, we must also tread with caution. (42)I call it a secret war for two reasons. First, most people do not realise that there are strong commercial agendas at work to keep them in passive consumption mode. Second, the majority of people who use networked computers to upload are not even aware of the significance of what they are doing.All animals download, but only a few upload. Beavers build dams and birds make nests. Yet for the most part, the animal kingdom moves through the world downloading. Humans are unique in their capacity to not only make tools but then turn around and use them to createsuperfluous material goods - paintings, sculpture and architecture - and superfluous experiences - music, literature, religion and philosophy. (43)For all the possibilities of our new culture machines, most people are still stuck in download mode. Even after the advent of widespread social media, a pyramid of production remains, with a small number of people uploading material, a slightly larger group commenting on or modifying that content, and a huge percentage remaining content to just consume. (44) Television is a one-way tap flowing into our homes. The hardest task that television asks of anyone is to turn the power off after he has turned it on.(45)What counts as meaningful uploading? My definition revolves around the concept of "stickiness" - creations and experiences to which others adhere.[A] Of course, it is precisely these superfluous things that define human culture and ultimately what it is to be human. Downloading and consuming culture requires great skills, but failing to move beyond downloading is to strip oneself of a defining constituent of humanity.[B] Applications like , which allow users to combine pictures, words and other media in creative ways and then share them, have the potential to add stickiness by amusing, entertaining and enlightening others.[C] Not only did they develop such a device but by the turn of the millennium they had also managed to embed it in a worldwide system accessed by billions of people every day.[D] This is because the networked computer has sparked a secret war between downloading and uploading - between passive consumption and active creation - whose outcome will shape our collective future in ways we can only begin to imagine.[E] The challenge the computer mounts to television thus bears little similarity to one format being replaced by another in the manner of record players being replaced by CD players.[F] One reason for the persistence of this pyramid of production is that for the past half-century, much of the world's media culture has been defined by a single medium - television - and television is defined by downloading.[G]The networked computer offers the first chance in 50 years to reverse the flow, to encourage thoughtful downloading and, even more importantly, meaningful uploading.Part CDirections:Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (10 points) Since the days of Aristotle, a search for universal principles has characterized the scientific enterprise. In some ways, this quest forcommonalities defines science. Newton’s laws of motion and Darwinia n evolution each bind a host of different phenomena into a single explicatory frame work.(46)In physics, one approach takes this impulse for unification to its extreme, and seeks a theory of everything—a single generative equation for all we see.It is becoming less clear, however, that such a theory would be a simplification, given the dimensions and universes that it might entail, nonetheless, unification of sorts remains a major goal.This tendency in the natural sciences has long been evident in the social sciences too. (47)Here, Darwinism seems to offer justification for it all humans share common origins it seems reasonable to suppose that cultural diversity could also be traced to more constrained beginnings. Just as the bewildering variety of human courtship rituals might all be considered forms of sexual selection, perhaps the world’s languages, music, social and religious customs and even history are governed by universal features. (48)To filter out what is unique from what is shared might enable us to understand how complex cultural behavior arose and what guides it in evolutionary or cognitive terms.That, at least, is the hope. But a comparative study of linguistic traits published online today supplies a reality check. Russell Gray at the University of Auckland and his colleagues consider the evolution of grammars in the light of two previous attempts to find universality in language.The most famous of these efforts was initiated by Noam Chomsky, who suggested that humans are born with an innate language—acquisition capacity that dictates a universal grammar. A few generative rules are then sufficient to unfold the entire fundamental structure of a language, which is why children can learn it so quickly.(49)The second, by Joshua Greenberg, takes a more empirical approach to universality identifying traits (particularly in word order) shared by many language which are considered to represent biases that result from cognitive constraintsGray and his colleagues have put them to the test by examining four family trees that between them represent more than 2,000 languages.(50)Chomsky’s grammar should show patterns of language change that are independent of the family tree or the pathway tracked through it. Whereas Greenbergian universality predicts strong co-dependencies between particular types of word-order relations. Neither of these patterns is borne out by the analysis, suggesting that the structures of the languages are lire age-specific and not governed by universalsSection III WritingPart A51. Directions:Some internationals students are coming to your university. Write them an1)extend your welcome and2)provide some suggestions for their campus life here.You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET2.Do not sign your name at the end of the letter. Use “Li Ming” instead.Do not write the address(10 points)Part B52. Directions: write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay you should1) describe the drawing briefly2) explain its intended meaning, and3) give your commentsYou should write neatly on ANSWER SHEET2.(20 points)1.【答案】B【解析】从空后信息可以看出,这句表达的是“_ _法官表现得像政治家”的情况下,法庭就不能保持其作为法律法规的合法卫士的形象,所以应该选C,maintain“维持,保持”,其他显然语义不通。

2020年考研英语一真题答案及解析

2020年考研英语一真题答案及解析

2020年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语((一)试题解析Section I Use of English1、【答案】[C] On【解析】本题考查介词的用法。

在具体的某一天之前要用介词on,故本题正确答案为[C]On o2【答案】[A]match【解析】本题考查语义理解。

前文说数百万的英国人将在本周末庆祝本国的一个重大传统节日:周日烧烤节。

故英国人民在这一天应该特别欢乐的,因而也就没有什么烹饪乐趣(culinary pleasure)能与之媲美,故本题正确答案为[A]match 031 答案答案]][B] enjoyment【解析】本题考查语义理解。

由空前this可知本空应填名词,且该名词在前文应该出现过或与前文出现过的名词同义,而前文反复出现的名词为pleasureo并且,填入之后本句大意为这种快乐将会被视为是某种快乐,语义上能够说通,故本题正确答案为[B]enjoyment41 答案】[D] guaranteed【解析】本题考查语义理解。

前文说这种快乐将被视为是另一种罪悉的欢愉,并且从语法结构来看本句已完整,故本空及空后内容应该是分词短语作后置定语,修饰前文的guilty pleasure0后文说这种欢愉会损害我们的健康,根据情感一致原则可首先排除privileged,再结合上下文语义,可确定本题正确答案为[D]guaranteed,本句意为:这是一种升级的欢愉,并确定无疑地会损害我们的健康。

51 答案][A]issued公开的警示))为本空的宾语,浏览【解析】本句考查语意搭配。

由结构分析可知,空后名词短语a public waning (公开的警示四个选项可知本题正确答案为[A]issued,填入后意为“发布一则公开的警示”。

61答案】[B]at【解析】本题考查介词搭配的用法。

空前后大意为“在高温下烹饪的食物",a...temperature表示在……温度下,故本题正确答案为[B]at071 答案][D]avoid【解析】本题考查语义理解。

2020-2021考研英语一真题及答案解析

2020-2021考研英语一真题及答案解析

2020年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语(一)试题Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or Don the ANSWER SHEET.(IO points)Even if families don't sit down to eat together as frequently as before,millions of Britons will nonetheless have got a share this weekend of one of that nation's great traditions:the Sunday roast.l a cold winter's day,few culinary pleasures can l it.Yet as we report now,the food police are determined our health.That this_J should be rendered yet another guilty pleasure4to damage our healthThe Food Standards Authority(FSA)has i a public worming about the risks of a compound called acrylamide that forms in some foods cooked high temperatures.This means that people should l crisping their roast potatoes,reject thin-crust pizzas and only toast their bread.But where is the evidence to support such alam邯t advice?2studies have shown that acrylamide can cause neurological damage in mice,there is no l Q evidence that it causes cancer in humansScientists say the compound is ll_to cause cancer but have no hard scientific proof lLthe precautionary pnnc1ple it could be argued that it is l1_to follow the FSA advice.l4,it was rumoured that smoking caused cancer for years before the evidence was found to prove a12Doubtless a piece of boiled beef can always be lLup on Sunday alongside some steamed vegetables,without the Yorkshire pudding and no wme But would life be worth living?l1,the FSA says it1s not telling people to cut out roast foods18,but reduce their lifetime intake However its19nsks commg a cross as bemg pushy and overprotective Constant health scares Just2.Q_with no one listeningI[A]In[B]Towards[C]On[D]Till2[A]match[B]express[C]satisfy[D]influence3[A]patience[B]enJoyment[C]surpnse[D]concem4[A]intensified[B]privileged[C]compelled[D]guaranteed5[A]1ssued[B]rece1ved[C]1gnored[D]cancelled6[A]under[B]at[C]for[D]by7[A]forget[B]regret[C]finish[D]avmd8[A]partially[B]regularly[C]easily[D]initially9[A]Unless[B]Smce[C]If[D]WhileIO[A]secondary[B]extemal[C]conclusive[D]negative11[A]msuffic1ent[B]bound[C]likely[D]slow12[A]On the basis of[B]At the cost of[C]In addition to[D]In contrast to13[A]interesting[B]advisable[C]urgent[D]fortunate14[A]As usual[B]In particular[C]By definition[D]A仆er all15[A]resemblance[B]combination[C]connection[D]pattem16[A]made[B]served[C]saved[D]used17[A]To be fair[B]For mstance[C]To be brief[D]In general18.[A]reluctantly19.[A]promise20.[A]follow up [B]entirely[B]expenence[B]pick up[C]gradually[C]campaign[C]open up[D]carefully[D]competition[D]end upPart ASection II Reading ComprehensionDirections: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.(40points)Text1A group of labour MPs,among them Yvette Cooper,are bringing in the new year with a call to institute a UK "town of culture"award.The proposal is that it should sit alongside the existing city of culture title,which was held by Hull in2017and has been awarded to Coventry for2021.Cooper and her colleagues argue that the success of the crown for Hull,where it brought in立20m of investment and an avalanche of arts,ought not to be confined to cities Britain'town,it is true are not prevented from applying,but they generally lack the resources to put together a bid to beat their bigger competitions.A town of culture award could,it is argued,become an annual event,attracting funding and creating jobsSome might see the proposal as a booby prize for the fact that Britain is no longer be able to apply for the much more prestigious title of European capital of culture,a sought-after award bagged by Glasgow in1990and Liverpool in2008.A cynic might speculate that the UK is on the verge of disappearing into an endless fever of self-celebration in its desperation to reinvent itself for the post-Brexit world:after town of culture,who knows that will follow—village of culture?Suburb of culture?Hamlet of culture?It is also wise to recall that such titles are not a cure-all.A badly run"year of culture"washes in and out of a place like the tide,bringing prominence for a spell but leaving no lasting benefits to the con皿unity.The really successful holders of such titles are those that do a great deal more than fill hotel bedrooms and bring in high-profile arts events and good press for a year.They transform the aspirations of the people who live there;they nudge the self-image of the city into a bolder and more optimistic light.It is hard to get right,and requires a remarkable degree of vision,as well as cooperation between city authorities,the private sector,community groups and cultural organisations.But it can be done:Glasgow's year as European capital of culture can certainly be seen as one of complex series of factors that have turned the city into the power of art,music and theatre that it remains today A"town of culture"could be not just about the arts but about honouring a town's peculiarities-helping sustain its high street,supporting local facilities and above all celebrating its people and turn it into action21.Cooper and her colleagues argue that a"town of culture"award could[A]consolidate the town-city ties in Britain[B]promote cooperation among Britain's towns[C]increase the economic strength of Britain's towns[D]focus Britain's limited resources on cultural events22.According to Paragraph2,the proposal might be regarded by some as[A]a sensible compromise [C]an eye-cotching bonus [B]a self-deceiving attempt [D]an inaccessible target23.The author suggests that a title holder is successful only if it[A]endeavours to maintain its image.[B]meets the aspirations of its people[C]brings its local arts to prommence[D]commits to its long-term growth24.Glasgow is mentioned in Paragraph3to present[A]a contrasting case [C]a background story [B]a supporting example [D]a related topic25.What is the author's attitude towards the proposal?[A]Skeptical[B]Objective[C]FavourableText2[D]CriticalScientific publishing has long been a licence to print money.Scientists need journals in which to publish their research,so they will supply the articles without monetary reward.Other scientists perform the specialised work of peer review also for free,because it is a central element in the acquisition of status and the production of scientific knowledgeWith the content of papers secured for free,the publisher needs only find a market for its journal.Until this century,university libraries were not very price sensitive.Scientific publishers routinely report profit margins approaching40%on their operations,at a time when the rest of the publishing industry is in an existential crisis The Dutch giant Elsevier,which claims to publish25%of the scientific papers produced in the world,made profits of more than£900m last year,while UK universities alone spent more than立10m in2016to enable researchers to access their own publicly funded research:both figures seem to rise unstoppably despite increasingly desperate efforts to change themThe most drastic,and thoroughly illegal,reaction has been the emergence of Sci-Hub,a kind of global photocopier for scientific papers,set up in2012,which now claims to offer access to every paywalled article published since2015.The success of Sci-Hub,which relies on researchers passing on copies they have themselves legally accessed,shows the legal ecosystem has lost legitimacy among its users and must be transformed so that it works for all participantsIn Britain the move towards open access publishing has been driven by funding bodies.In some ways it has been very successful.More than half of all British scientific research is now published under open access terms:either freely available from the moment of publication,or paywalled for a year or more so that the publishers can make a profit before being placed on general releaseYet the new system has not worked out any cheaper for the universities.Publishers have responded to the demand that they make their product free to readers by charging their writers fees to cover the costs of preparing an article.These range from around£500to$5,000.A report last year pointed out that the costs both of subscriptions and of these"article preparation costs"had been steadily rising at a rate above inflation.In some ways the scientific publishing model resembles the economy of the social internet:labour is provided free in exchange for the hope of status,while huge profits are made by a few big firms who run the market places.In both cases,we need a rebalancing of power26.Scientific publishing is seen as"a licence to print money"partly because[A]its content acquisition costs nothing [C]its payment for peer review is reduced [B]its marketing strategy has been successful [D]its funding has enjoyed a steady mcrease27.According to Paragraphs2and3,scientific publishers Elsevier have[A]financed researchers generously [C]revived the publishing industry [B]gone through an existential cns1s [D]thrived mainly on university libraries28.How does the author feel about the success of Sci-Hub?[A]Relieved[B]Concerned[C]Puzzled[D]Encouraged29.It can be learned from Paragraphs5and6that open access terms[A]free universities from financial burdens [C]reduce the cost of publication substantially [B]render publishing much easier for scientists [D]allow publishers some room to make money30.Which of the following characterises the scientific publishing model?[A]Trial subscription is offered [C]The few feed on the many [B]Labour triumphs over status [D]Costs are well controlled Text3Progressives often support diversity mandates as a path to equality and a way to level the playing field.But all too often such policies are an insincere form of virtue-signaling that benefits only the most privileged and does little to help average peopleA pair of bills sponsored by Massachusetts state Senator Jason Lewis and House Speaker Pro Tempore Patricia Haddad,to ensure"gender parity"on boards and commissions,provide a case in pointHaddad and Lewis are concerned that more than half the state-government boards are less than40percent female.In order to ensure that elite women have more such opportunities.they have proposed imposing government quotas.If the bills become law,state boards and con皿issions will be required to set aside50percent of board seats for women by2022The bills are similar to a measure recently adopted in California,which last year became the first state to reqmre gender quotas for private companies.In signing the measure.California Governor Jerry Brown admitted that the law, which expressly classifies people on the basis of sex,is probably unconstitutionalThe US Supreme Court frowns on sex-based classifications unless they are designed to address an"important" policy interest,Because the California law applies to all boards,even where there is no history of prior discrimination, courts are likely to rule that the law violates the constitutional guarantee of"equal protection"But are such government mandates even necessary?Female participation on corporate boards may not currently ml订or the percentage of women in the general population.but so what?The number of women on corporate boards has been steadily increasing without government interference According to a study by Catalyst,between20IO and2015the share of women on the boards of global corporations increased by54percentRequiring companies to make gender the primary qualification for board membership will inevitably lead to less experienced private sector boards.That is exactly what happened when Norway adopted a nationwide corporate gender quotaWriting in The New Republic,Alice Lee notes that increasing the number of opportunities for board membership without increasing the pool of qualified women to serve on such boards has led to a"golden skirt"phenomenon, where the same elite women scoop up multiple seats on a variety of boardsNext time somebody pushes corporate quotas as a way to promote gender equity,remember that such policies are largely self-serving measures that make their sponsors feel good but do little to help average women31.The author believes that the bills sponsored by Lewis and Haddad will[A]help little to reduce gender bias [C]raise women's position in politics [B]pose a threat to the state government [D]greatly broaden career options32.Which of the following is true of the California measure?[A]It has irritated private busmess owners [C]It may go against the Constitution [B]It is welcomed by the Supreme Court [D]It will settle the prior controversies33.The author mentions the study by Catalyst to illustrate[A]the harm from arbitrary board decision.[B]the importance of constitutional guarantees[C]the pressure on women in global corporations.[D]the needlessness of government interventions34.Norway's adoption of a nationwide corporate gender quota has led to[A]the underestimation of elite women's role[B]the objection to female participation on boards[C]the entry of unqualified candidates into the board[D]the growing tension between labor and management35.Which of the following can be inferred from the text?[A]Women's need in employment should be considered[B]Feasibility should be a prime concern in policymaking[C]Everyone should try hard to promote social justice[D]Major social issues should be the focus of legislationText4Last Thursday,the French Senate passed a digital services tax,which would impose an entirely new tax on large multinationals that provide digital services to consumers or users in France.Digital services include everything from providing a platform for selling goods and services online to targeting advertising based on user data,and the tax applies to gross revenue from such services.Many French politicians and media outlets have refe订ed to this as a "GAF A tax,"meaning that it is designed to apply primarily to companies such as Google,Apple,Facebook and Amazon—in other words,multinational tech companies based in the United States。

2020年考研英语一真题及答案完整解析

2020年考研英语一真题及答案完整解析

全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语(一)The ethical judgments of the Supreme Court justices have become an important issue recently. The court cannot _1_ its legitimacy as guardian of the rule of law _2_ justices behave like politicians. Yet, in several instances, justices acted in ways that _3_ the court’s reputation for being independent and impartial.Justice Antonin Scalia, for example, appeared at political events. That kind of activity makes it less likely that the court’s decisions will be _4_ as impartial judgments. Part of the problem is that the justices are not _5_by an ethics code. At the very least, the court should make itself _6_to the code of conduct that _7_to the rest of the federal judiciary.This and other similar cases _8_the question of whether there is still a_9_between the court and politics.The framers of the Constitution envisioned law _10_having authority apart from politics. They gave justices permanent positions _11_they would be free to _12_ those in power and have no need to _13_ political support. Our legal system was designed to set law apart from politics precisely because they are so closely _14_.Constitutional law is political because it results from choices rooted in fundamental social _15_ like liberty and property. When the court deals with social policy decisions, the law it _16_ is inescapably political-which is why decisions split along ideological lines are so easily _17_ as unjust.The justices must _18_ doubts about the court’s legitimacy by making themselves _19_ to the code of conduct. That would make rulings more likely to be seen as separate from politics and, _20_, convincing as law.1. [A]emphasize [B]maintain [C]modify [D] recognize2. [A]when [B]lest [C]before [D] unless3. [A]restored [B]weakened [C]established [D] eliminated4. [A]challenged [B]compromised [C]suspected [D] accepted5. [A]advanced [B]caught [C]bound [D]founded6. [A]resistant [B]subject [C]immune [D]prone7. [A]resorts [B]sticks [C]loads [D]applies8. [A]evade [B]raise [C]deny [D]settle9. [A]line [B]barrier [C]similarity [D]conflict10. [A]by [B]as [C]though [D]towards11. [A]so [B]since [C]provided [D]though12. [A]serve [B]satisfy [C]upset [D]replace13. [A]confirm [B]express [C]cultivate [D]offer14. [A]guarded [B]followed [C]studied [D]tied15. [A]concepts [B]theories [C]divisions [D]conceptions16. [A]excludes [B]questions [C]shapes [D]controls17. [A]dismissed [B]released [C]ranked [D]distorted18. [A]suppress [B]exploit [C]address [D]ignore19. [A]accessible [B]amiable [C]agreeable [D]accountable20. [A]by all mesns [B]atall costs [C]in a word [D]as a resultCome on –Everybody’s doing it. That whispered message, half invitation and half forcing, is what most of us think of when we hear the words peer pressure. It usually leads to no good-drinking, drugs and casual sex. But in her new book Join the Club, Tina Rosenberg contends that peer pressure can also be a positive force through what she calls the social cure, in which organizations and officials use the power of group dynamics to help individuals improve their lives and possibly the word.Rosenberg, the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, offers a host of example of the social cure in action: In South Carolina, a state-sponsored antismoking program called Rage Against the Haze sets out to make cigarettes uncool. In South Africa, an HIV-prevention initiative known as LoveLife recruits young people to promote safe sex among their peers.The idea seems promising,and Rosenberg is a perceptive observer. Her critique of the lameness of many pubic-health campaigns is spot-on: they fail to mobilize peer pressure for healthy habits, and they demonstrate a seriously flawed understanding of psychology.” Dare to be different, please don’t smoke!” pleads one billboard campaign aimed at reducing smoking amongteenagers-teenagers, who desire nothing more than fitting in. Rosenberg arguesconvincingly that public-health advocates ought to take a page from advertisers, so skilled at applying peer pressure.But on the general effectiveness of the social cure, Rosenberg is less persuasive. Join the Club is filled with too much irrelevant detail and not enough exploration of the social and biological factors that make peer pressure so powerful. The most glaring flaw of the social cure as it’s presented here is that it doesn’t work very well for very long. Rage Against the Haze failed once state funding was cut. Evidence that the LoveLife program produces lasting changes is limited and mixed.There’s no doubt that our peer groups exert enormous influence on our behavior. An emerging body of research shows that positive health habits-as well as negative ones-spread through networks of friends via social communication. This is a subtle form of peer pressure: we unconsciously imitate the behavior we see every day.Far less certain, however, is how successfully experts and bureaucrats can select our peer groups and steer their activities in virtuous directions. It’s like the teacher who breaks up the troublemakers in the back row by pairing them with better-behaved classmates. The tactic never really works. And that’s the problem with a social cure engineered from the outside: in the real world, as in school, we insist on choosing our own friends.21. According to the first paragraph, peer pressure often emerges as[A] a supplement to the social cure[B] a stimulus to group dynamics[C] an obstacle to school progress[D] a cause of undesirable behaviors22. Rosenberg holds that public advocates should[A] recruit professional advertisers[B] learn from advertisers’ experience[C] stay away from commercial advertisers[D] recognize the limitations of advertisements23. In the author’s view, Rosenberg’s book fails to[A] adequately probe social and biological factors[B] effectively evade the flaws of the social cure[C] illustrate the functions of state funding[D]produce a long-lasting social effect24. Paragraph 5shows that our imitation of behaviors[A] is harmful to our networks of friends[B] will mislead behavioral studies[C] occurs without our realizing it[D] can produce negative health habits25. The author suggests in the last paragraph that the effect of peer pressure is[A] harmful[B] desirable[C] profound[D] questionableA deal is a deal-except, apparently ,when Entergy is involved. The company, a major energy supplier in New England, provoked justified outrage in Vermont last week when it announced it was reneging on a longstanding commitment to abide by the strict nuclear regulations.Instead, the company has done precisely what it had long promised it would not challenge the constitutionality of Vermont’s rules in the federal court, as part of a desperate effort to keep its Vermont Yankee nuclear powe r plant running. It’s a stunning move.The conflict has been surfacing since 2002, when the corporation bought Vermont’s only nuclear power plant, an aging reactor in Vernon. As a condition of receiving state approval for the sale, the company agreed to seek permission from state regulators to operate past 2012. In 2006, the state went a step further, requiring that any extension of the plant’s license be subject to Vermont legislature’s approval. Then, too, the company went along.Either Entergy never real ly intended to live by those commitments, or it simply didn’t foresee what would happen next. A string of accidents, including the partial collapse of a cooling tower in 207 and the discovery of an underground pipe system leakage, raised serious questions about both Vermont Yankee’s safety and Entergy’s management–especially after the company made misleading statements about the pipe. Enraged by Entergy’s behavior, the Vermont Senate voted 26 to 4 last year against allowing an extension.Now the company is suddenly claiming that the 2002 agreement is invalid because of the 2006 legislation, and that only the federal government has regulatory power over nuclear issues. The legal issues in the case are obscure: whereas the Supreme Court has ruled that states do have some regulatory authority over nuclear power, legal scholars say that Vermont case will offer a precedent-setting test of how far those powers extend. Certainly, there are valid concerns about the patchwork regulations that could result if every state sets its own rules. But had Entergy kept its word, that debate would be beside the point.The company seems to have concluded that its reputation in Vermont is already so damaged that it has noting left to lose by going to war with the state. But there should be consequences. Permission to run a nuclear plant is a poblictrust. Entergy runs 11 other reactors in the United States, including Pilgrim Nuclear station in Plymouth. Pledging to run Pilgrim safely, the company has applied for federal permission to keep it open for another 20 years. But as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reviews the company’s application, it should keep it mind what promises from Entergy are worth.26. The phrase “reneging on”(Line 3.para.1) is closest in meaning to[A] condemning.[B] reaffirming.[C] dishonoring.[D] securing.27. By entering into the 2002 agreement, Entergy intended to[A] obtain protection from Vermont regulators.[B] seek favor from the federal legislature.[C] acquire an extension of its business license .[D] get permission to purchase a power plant.28. According to Paragraph 4, Entergy seems to have problems with its[A] managerial practices. [B] technical innovativeness.[C] financial goals. [D] business vision29. In the author’s view, the Vermont case will test[A] Entergy’s capacity to fulfill all its promises.[B] the mature of states’ patchwork regulations.[C] the federal authority over nuclear issues .[D] the limits of states’ power over nuclear issues.30. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that[A] Entergy’s business elsewhere might be affected.[B] the authority of the NRC will be defied.[C] Entergy will withdraw its Plymouth application.[D] Vermont’s reputation might be damaged.In the idealized version of how science is done, facts about the world are waiting to be observed and collected by objective researchers who use the scientific method to carry out their work. But in the everyday practice of science, discovery frequently follows an ambiguous and complicated route. We aim to be objective, but we cannot escape the context of our unique life experience. Prior knowledge and interest influence what we experience, what we think our experiences mean, and the subsequent actions we take. Opportunities for misinterpretation, error, and self-deception abound.Consequently, discovery claims should be thought of as protoscience. Similar to newly staked mining claims, they are full of potential. But it takes collective scrutiny and acceptance to transform a discovery claim into a mature discovery. This is the credibility process, through which the individual researcher’s me, here, now becomes the community’s anyone, anywhere, anytime. Objective knowledge is the goal, not the starting point.Once a discovery claim becomes public, the discoverer receives intellectual credit. But, unlike with mining claims, the community takes control of what happens next. Within the complex social structure of the scientific community, researchers make discoveries; editors and reviewers act as gatekeepers by controlling the publication process; other scientists use the new finding to suit their own purposes; and finally, the public (including other scientists) receives the new discovery and possibly accompanying technology. As a discovery claim works it through the community, the interaction and confrontation between shared and competing beliefs about the science and the technology involved transforms an individual’s discovery claim into the community’s credible discovery.Two paradoxes exist throughout this credibility process. First, scientific work tends to focus on some aspect of prevailing Knowledge that is viewed as incomplete or incorrect. Little reward accompanies duplication and confirmation of what is already known and believed. The goal is new-search, not re-search. Not surprisingly, newly published discovery claims and credible discoveries that appear to be important and convincing will always be open to challenge and potential modification or refutation by future researchers. Second, novelty itself frequently provokes disbelief. Nobel Laureate and physiologist AlbertAzent-Gyorgyi once described discovery as “seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.” But thinking what nobody else has thought and telling others what they have missed may not change their views. Sometimes years are required for truly novel discovery claims to be accepted and appreciated.In the end, credibility “happens” to a discovery claim – a process that corresponds to what philosopher Annette Baier has described as the commons of the mind. “We reason together, challenge, revise, and complete each other’s reasoning and each other’s conceptions of reason.”31. According to the first paragraph, the process of discovery is characterized by its[A] uncertainty and complexity.[B] misconception and deceptiveness.[C] logicality and objectivity.[D] systematicness and regularity.32. It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that credibility process requires[A] strict inspection. [B]shared efforts.[C] individual wisdom. [D]persistent innovation.33.Paragraph 3 shows that a discovery claim becomes credible after it[A] has attracted the attention of the general public.[B]has been examined by the scientific community.[C] has received recognition from editors and reviewers.[D]has been frequently quoted by peer scientists.34. Albert Szent-Györgyi would most likely agree that[A] scientific claims will survive challenges.[B]discoveries today inspire future research.[C] efforts to make discoveries are justified.[D]scientific work calls for a critical mind.35.Which of the following would be the best title of the test?[A] Novelty as an Engine of Scientific Development.[B]Collective Scrutiny in Scientific Discovery.[C] Evolution of Credibility in Doing Science.[D]Challenge to Credibility at the Gate to Science.If the trade unionist Jimmy Hoffa were alive today, he would probably represent civil servant. When Hoffa’s Teamsters were in their prime in 1960, only one in ten American government workers belonged to a union; now 36% do. In 2009 the number of unionists in America’s public sector passed that of their fellow members in the private sector. In Britain, more than half of public-sector workers but only about 15% of private-sector ones are unionized.There are three reasons for the public-sector unions’ thriving. First, they can shut things down without suffering much in the way of consequences. Second, they are mostly bright and well-educated. A quarter of Americ a’s public-sector workers have a university degree. Third, they now dominate left-of-centre politics. Some of their ties go back a long way. Britain’s Labor Party, as its name implies, has long been associated with trade unionism. Its current leader, Ed Miliband, owes his position to votes from public-sector unions.At the state level their influence can be even more fearsome. Mark Baldassare of the Public Policy Institute of California points out that much of the state’s budget is patrolled by unions. The teachers’ unions keep an eye on schools, the CCPOA on prisons and a variety of labor groups on health care.In many rich countries average wages in the state sector are higher than in the private one. But the real gains come in benefits and work practices.Politicians have repeatedly “backloaded” public-sector pay deals, keeping the pay increases modest but adding to holidays and especially pensions that are already generous.Reform has been vigorously opposed, perhaps most egregiously in education, where charter schools, academies and merit pay all faced drawn-out battles. Even though there is plenty of evidence that the quality of the teachers is the most important variable, teachers’ unions have fought against getting rid of bad ones and promoting good ones.As the cost to everyone else has become clearer, politicians have begun to clamp down. In Wisconsin the unions have rallied thousands of supporters against Scott Walker, the hardline Republican governor. But many within the public sector suffer under the current system, too.John Donahue at Harvard’s Kennedy School points out that the norms of culture in Western civil services suit those who want to stay put but is bad for high achievers. The only American public-sector workers who earn well above $250,000 a year are university sports coaches and the president of the United States. Bankers’ fat pay packets have attracted much criticism, but apublic-sector system that does not reward high achievers may be a much bigger problem for America.36. It can be learned from the first paragraph that[A] Teamsters still have a large body of members.[B] Jimmy Hoffa used to work as a civil servant.[C] unions have enlarged their public-sector membership.[D]the government has improved its relationship with unionists.37. Which of the following is true of Paragraph 2?[A] Public-sector unions are prudent in taking actions.[B] Education is required for public-sector union membership.[C] Labor Party has long been fighting against public-sector unions.[D]Public-sector unions seldom get in trouble for their actions.38. It can be learned from Paragraph 4 that the income in the state sector is[A] illegally secured. [B] indirectly augmented.[C] excessively increased. [D]fairly adjusted.39. The example of the unions in Wisconsin shows that unions[A]often run against the current political system.[B]can change people’s political attitudes.[C]may be a barrier to public-sector reforms.[D]are dominant in the government.40. John Donahue’s attitu de towards the public-sector system is one of[A]disapproval.[B]appreciation.[C]tolerance.[D]indifference.Think of those fleeting moments when you look out of an aeroplane window and realise that you are flying, higher than a bird. Now think of your laptop, thinner than a brown-paper envelope, or your cellphone in the palm of your hand. Take a moment or two to wonder at those marvels. You are the lucky inheritor of a dream come true.The second half of the 20th century saw a collection of geniuses, warriors, entrepreneurs and visionaries labour to create a fabulous machine that could function as a typewriter and printing press, studio and theatre, paintbrush and gallery, piano and radio, the mail as well as the mail carrier. (41)The networked computer is an amazing device, the first media machine that serves as the mode of production, means of distribution, site of reception, and place of praise and critique. The computer is the 21st century's culture machine.But for all the reasons there are to celebrate the computer, we must also tread with caution. (42)I call it a secret war for two reasons. First, most people do not realise that there are strong commercial agendas at work to keep them in passive consumption mode. Second, the majority of people who use networked computers to upload are not even aware of the significance of what they are doing.All animals download, but only a few upload. Beavers build dams and birds make nests. Yet for the most part, the animal kingdom moves through the world downloading. Humans are unique in their capacity to not only make tools but then turn around and use them to create superfluous material goods - paintings, sculpture and architecture - and superfluous experiences - music, literature, religion and philosophy. (43)For all the possibilities of our new culture machines, most people are still stuck in download mode. Even after the advent of widespread social media, a pyramid of production remains, with a small number of people uploading material, a slightly larger group commenting on or modifying that content, and a huge percentage remaining content to just consume. (44)Television is a one-way tap flowing into our homes. The hardest task that television asks of anyone is to turn the power off after he has turned it on.(45)What counts as meaningful uploading? My definition revolves around the concept of "stickiness" - creations and experiences to which others adhere.[A] Of course, it is precisely these superfluous things that define human culture and ultimately what it is to be human. Downloading and consuming culturerequires great skills, but failing to move beyond downloading is to strip oneself of a defining constituent of humanity.[B] Applications like , which allow users to combine pictures, words and other media in creative ways and then share them, have the potential to add stickiness by amusing, entertaining and enlightening others.[C] Not only did they develop such a device but by the turn of the millennium they had also managed to embed it in a worldwide system accessed by billions of people every day.[D] This is because the networked computer has sparked a secret war between downloading and uploading - between passive consumption and active creation - whose outcome will shape our collective future in ways we can only begin to imagine.[E] The challenge the computer mounts to television thus bears little similarity to one format being replaced by another in the manner of record players being replaced by CD players. [F] One reason for the persistence of this pyramid of production is that for the pasthalf-century, much of the world's media culture has been defined by a single medium - television - and television is defined by downloading.[G]The networked computer offers the first chance in 50 years to reverse the flow, to encourage thoughtful downloading and, even more importantly, meaningful uploading.Part CSince the days of Aristotle, a search for universal principles has characterized the scientific enterprise. In some ways, this quest for commonalities defines science. Newton’s laws of motion and Darwinian evolution each bind a host of different phenomena into a single explicatory frame work.(46)In physics, one approach takes this impulse for unification to its extreme, and seeks a theory of everything—a single generative equation for all we see.It is becoming less clear, however, that such a theory would be a simplification, given the dimensions and universes that it might entail, nonetheless, unification of sorts remains a major goal.This tendency in the natural sciences has long been evident in the social sciences too. (47)Here, Darwinism seems to offer justification for it all humans share common origins it seems reasonable to suppose that cultural diversity could also be traced to more constrained beginnings. Just as the bewildering variety of human courtship rituals might all be considered forms of sexual selection, perhaps the world’s languages, music, social and religious customs and even history are governed by universal features. (48)To filter out what is unique from what is shared might enable us to understand how complex cultural behavior arose and what guides it in evolutionary or cognitive terms.That, at least, is the hope. But a comparative study of linguistic traits published online today supplies a reality check. Russell Gray at the University of Auckland and his colleagues consider the evolution of grammars in the light of two previous attempts to find universality in language.The most famous of these efforts was initiated by Noam Chomsky, who suggested that humans are born with an innate language—acquisition capacity that dictates a universal grammar. A few generative rules are then sufficient to unfold the entire fundamental structure of a language, which is why children can learn it so quickly.(49)The second, by Joshua Greenberg, takes a more empirical approach to universality identifying traits (particularly in word order) shared by many language which are considered to represent biases that result from cognitive constraintsGray and his colleagues have put them to the test by examining four family trees that between them represent more than 2,000 languages.(50)Chomsky’s grammar should show patterns of language change that are independent of the family tree or the pathway tracked through it. Whereas Greenbergian universality predicts strong co-dependencies between particular types of word-order relations. Neither of these patterns is borne out by the analysis, suggesting that the structures of the languages are lire age-specific and not governed by universalsSection III WritingSome internationals students are coming to your university. Write them an email in the name of the Students’Union to1) extend your welcome and2) provide some suggestions for their campus life here.You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET2.Do not sign your name at the end of the letter. Use “Li Ming”instead.Do not write the address(10 points)Part B52. Directions: write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay you should1) describe the drawing briefly2) explain its intended meaning, and3) give your commentsYou should write neatly on ANSWER SHEET2.(20 points)1.【答案】B【解析】从空后信息可以看出,这句表达的是“_ _法官表现得像政治家”的情况下,法庭就不能保持其作为法律法规的合法卫士的形象,所以应该选C,maintain“维持,保持”,其他显然语义不通。

考研英语一真题及答案解析-完整版

考研英语一真题及答案解析-完整版

考研英语一真题及答案解析-完整版【考研英语一真题及答案解析-完整版】考研英语一真题及答案解析已成为考研复习的重要内容之一。

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一、阅读理解以下是一道考研英语一真题的阅读理解部分,附有答案解析:Passage 1In the late 19th century, the advent of the telephone and transportation of ever-larger quantities of goods led to the elaboration of methods of mass production, with the telephone expanding the market for products of all kinds. But it was also clear at once that the telephone brought with it the disadvantage of the growing number of interruptions in the intimacy (亲密)of family life.As long as only telegrams could be received over the telephone, this disadvantage only concerned business and politicians who could be interrupted at home. But as soon as relatives and friends began to telephone one another, people had to start struggling with new difficulties and new obligations (义务). As many other important inventions in the course of history, the telephone became a burden (负担)for persons of culture who would not easily yield their privacy (隐私权).With the invention of the telephone, ways had to be found to establish rules as to when and by whom telephone calls could be made without interrupting. The telephone, in order to be acceptable, had to bear certain qualities which were also valid for other cultural goods – mainly the quality to bring people toward one another and to integrate (整合)them into the common world.These results could, however, be achieved only by the contribution of a large number of people who followed certain rules of behavior with regard to the telephone. But such rules had to be collectively established, they had to be known and accepted by everyone; it would not have been sufficient if only a few informed persons, acting in a purely academic capacity =by themselves, had found them out and had spread (传播)them – that is, if people had known the rules only in the abstract.As soon as propriety (礼节)became a matter of public interest, the invention of the telephone brought about the establishment of a teachers of telephone behavior – professors who explained the norms (规范)of telephone behavior, who taught people how to accept messages, how to make a call politely and yet firmly (委婉), how to end calls courteously (谦虚地), and how to use a telephone correctly. These professors were also at the service of companies and private persons for individual consultation on the same topics. Thanks to these people the invasion of privacy by telephone could be tempered (缓和), the annoyance (麻烦) of being interrupted by telephone calls could be reduced.11. According to the passage, the advent of the telephone led to ______.A) an almost immediate invasion of privacyB) the formation of new obligationsC) the integration of business and politicsD) the expansion of the market for various products答案解析:D) the expansion of the market for various products.解析:根据文章的第一句“In the late 19th century, the advent of the telephone and transportation of ever-larger quantities of goods led to the elaboration of methods of mass production.”可知,电话的出现推动了商品市场的扩大。

2023年考研英语一真题及答案

2023年考研英语一真题及答案

2023年考研英语一真题及答案2023年全国硕士研究生招生考试(英语一)参考答案及解析Section ⅠUse of EnglishCaravanserais were roadside inns that were built along the Silk Road in areas including China, North Africa and the Middle East. They were typically __1_ outside the walls of a city or village and were usually funded by governments of _2__.This word “Caravanserais”is a __3__ of the Persian word “karvan”, which means a group of travellers or a caravan, and seray, a palace or enclosed building. The Perm caravan was used to __4__ groups of people who travelled together across the ancient network for safety reasons, __5__ merchants, travellers or pilgrims.From the 10th century onwards, as merchant and travel routes become more developed, the __6__ of the Caravanserais increased and they served as a safe place for people to rest at night. Travellers on the Silk Road __7__ possibility of being attacked by thieves or being __8__ to extreme conditions. For this reason, Caravanserais were strategically placed __9__ they could be reached in a day’s travel time.Caravanserais served as an informal __10__ point for the various people who travelled the Silk Road. __11__, those structures became important centers for culture __12__ and interaction, with travelers sharing their cultures, ideas and beliefs, __13__ talking knowledge with them, greatly __14__ the development of several civilizations.Caravanserais were also an important marketplace for commodities and __15__ in the trade of goods along the Silk Road. __16__, it was frequently the first stop merchants looking to sell their wares and __17__ supplies for their own journeys. It is __18__ that around 120000 to 15000 caravanserais were built along the Silk Road, __19__ only about 3000 are known to remain today, many of which are in __20__.1.A. displayed B. occupied C. located D. equipped2.A. privately B. regularly C. respectively D. permanently3.A. definition B. transition C. substitution D. combination4.A. classify B. record C. describe D. connect5.A. apart from B. instead of C. such as D. along with6.A. construction B. restoration C. impression D. evaluation7.A. doubted B. faced C. accepted D. reduced8.A. assigned B. subjected C. accustomed D. opposed9.A. so that B. even if C. now that D. in case10.A. talking B. starting C. breaking D. meeting11.A. by the way B. on occasion C. in comparison D. As a result12.A. heritage B. revival C. exchange D. status13.A. with regard to B. in spite of C. as well as D. in line with14.A. completing B. influencing C. resuming D. pioneering15.A. aided B. invested C. failed D. competed16.A. Rather B. Indeed C. otherwise D. However17.A. go in for B. standard up for C. lose in on D. stock up on18.A. believed B. predicted C. recalled D. implied19.A. until B. because C. unless D. although20.A. ruins B. debt C. fashion D. series【1】C. located 后面outside the walls of a city or village表示位置只有located 可以后接地址,表示坐落在……地方【2】A privately 此处副词修饰前面的fund, 带入只有privately 私下资助更为合理【3】 D. combination 空后面接了of the Persian word “karvan”和and seray, a palace or enclosed building 表示是这两个词的结合体词为combination,【4】C. describe 根据上一句对与词Caravanserais的解释,这一句也是表示同义方向的内容,用来解释The Perm caravan,这里只有描述这个词可以表达词义。

2020年考研英语(一)真题答案及解析

2020年考研英语(一)真题答案及解析

2020年考研英语(一)真题答案及解析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)Even if families are less likely to sit down to eat together than was once the case, millions of Britons will none the less have partaken this weekend of one of the nation's great traditions: the Sunday roast. __1__ a cold winter's day, few culinary pleasures can __2__it. Yet as we report now, the food police are determined that this __3__ should be rendered yet another guilty pleasure __4__ to damage our health.The Food Standards Authority (FSA) has __5__ a public warning about the risks of a compound called acrylamide that forms in some foods cooked __6__ high temperatures.This means that people should __7__ crisping their roast potatoes, spurn thin-crust pizzas and only __8__ toast their bread. But where is the evidence to support such alarmist advice? __9__ studies have shown that acrylamide can cause neurological damage in mice, there is no __10__ evidence that it causes cancer inhumans.Scientists say the compound is "__11__ to be carcinogenic" but have no hard scientific proof. __12__ the precautionary principle, it could be argued that it is __13__ to follow the FSA advice. __14__, it was rumored that smoking caused cancer for years before the evidence was found to prove a __15__. Doubtless a piece of boiled beef can always be __16__ up on Sunday alongside some steamed vegetables,without the Yorkshire pudding and no wine. But would life be worth living? __17__, the FSA says it is not telling people to cut out roast foods __18__, but to reduce their lifetime intake. However, their __19__ risks coming across as exhortation and nannying. Constant health scares just __20__ with no one listening.1. A In B Towards C On D Till2. A match B express C satisfy D influence3. A patience B enjoyment C surprise D concern4. A intensified B privileged C compelled D guaranteed5. A issued B received C ignored D canceled6. A under B at C for D by7. A forget B regret C finish D avoid8. A partially B regularly C easily D initially9. A Unless B Since C If D While10. A secondary B external C inconclusive D negative11. A insufficient B bound C likely D slow12. A On the basis of B At the cost of C In addition to D In contrast to13. A interesting B advisable C urgent D fortunate14. A As usual B In particular C By definition D After all15. A resemblance B combination C connection D pattern16. A made B served C saved D used17. A To be fair B For instance C To be brief D in general18. A reluctantly B entirely C gradually D carefully19. A promise B experience C campaign D competition20. A follow up B pick up C open up D end up解析:今年完形填空的难度较前两年略难,虽然话题不难理解,但不易把握上下文的线索。

2020年考研英语1真题答案及解析

2020年考研英语1真题答案及解析

全国硕士研究生入学考试英语一真题及答案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 ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)People are, on the whole, poor at considering background information when making individual decisions. At first glance this might seem like a strength that 1 the ability to make judgments which are unbiased by 2 factors. But Dr. Uri Simonsohn speculated that an inability to consider the big 3 was leading decision-makers to be biased by the daily samles of information they were working with. 4 , he theorised that a judge 5 of apperaring too soft 6 crime might be more likely to send someone to prison 7 he had already sentenced five or six other defendants only to forced community service on that day。

To 8 this idea, he turned to the university-admissions process. In theory, the 9 of an applicant should not depend on the few others 10 randomly for interview during the same day, but Dr. Simonsoho suspected the truth was 11 。

考研英语1真题答案及解析

考研英语1真题答案及解析

2021 年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语一真题及答案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 ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)People are, on the whole, poor at considering background information when makingindividual decisions. At first glance this might seem like a strength that 1the ability to makejudgments which are unbiased by2factors. But Dr. Uri Simonsohn speculated that aninability to consider the big3was leading decision-makers to be biased by the dailysamles of information they were working with. 4 , he theorised that a judge 5 ofapperaring too soft 6 crime might be more likely to send someone to prison7 he hadalready sentenced five or six other defendants only to forced community service on that day。

To 8 this idea, he turned to the university-admissions process. In theory, the9 of an applicant should not depend on the few others10randomly for interview during the sameday, but Dr. Simonsoho suspected the truth was11。

2020年考研英语一真题答案及解析

2020年考研英语一真题答案及解析

2020年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语(一)试题解析Section I Use of English1、【答案】[C] On【解析】本题考查介词的用法。

在具体的某一天之前要用介词on,故本题正确答案为[C]On o2【答案】[A]match【解析】本题考查语义理解。

前文说数百万的英国人将在本周末庆祝本国的一个重大传统节日:周日烧烤节。

故英国人民在这一天应该特别欢乐的,因而也就没有什么烹饪乐趣(culinary pleasure)能与之媲美,故本题正确答案为[A]match 031 答案][B] enjoyment【解析】本题考查语义理解。

由空前this可知本空应填名词,且该名词在前文应该出现过或与前文出现过的名词同义,而前文反复出现的名词为pleasureo并且,填入之后本句大意为这种快乐将会被视为是某种快乐,语义上能够说通,故本题正确答案为[B]enjoyment 041 答案】[D] guaranteed【解析】本题考查语义理解。

前文说这种快乐将被视为是另一种罪悉的欢愉,并且从语法结构来看本句已完整,故本空及空后内容应该是分词短语作后置定语,修饰前文的guilty pleasure0后文说这种欢愉会损害我们的健康,根据情感一致原则可首先排除privileged,再结合上下文语义,可确定本题正确答案为[D]guaranteed,本句意为:这是一种升级的欢愉,并确定无疑地会损害我们的健康。

51 答案][A]issued【解析】本句考查语意搭配。

由结构分析可知,空后名词短语a public waning (公开的警示)为本空的宾语,浏览四个选项可知本题正确答案为[A]issued,填入后意为“发布一则公开的警示”。

61答案】[B]at【解析】本题考查介词搭配的用法。

空前后大意为“在高温下烹饪的食物",a...temperature表示在……温度下,故本题正确答案为[B]at071 答案][D]avoid【解析】本题考查语义理解。

考研英语一历年真题、答案及解析(2010年-2020年)

考研英语一历年真题、答案及解析(2010年-2020年)

In 1924 America’s National Research Council sent two engineers to supervise a series of experiments at a telephone-parts factory called the Hawthorne Plant near Chicago. It hoped they would learn how shop-floor lighting __1__ workers’ productivity. Instead, the studies ended __2__ giving their name to the “Hawthorne effect”, the extremely influential idea that the very __3__ of being experimented upon changed subjects’ behavior.
It turns out that peculiar way of conducting the experiments may have led to __14__ interpretations of what happed. __ 15__, lighting was always changed on a Sunday .When work started again on Monday, output __16__ rose compared with the previous Saturday and __ 17__ to rise for the next couple of days. __ 18__, a comparison with data for weeks when there was no experimentation showed that output always went up on Mondays. Workers __19__ to be diligent for the first few days of the week in any case, before __20__ a plateau and then slackening off. This suggests that the alleged “Hawthorne effect” is hard to pin down.

2020年考研英语(一)真题及答案解析

2020年考研英语(一)真题及答案解析

2020年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语(一)试题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)Even if families don't sit down to eat together as frequently as before, millions of Britons will nonetheless have got a share this weekend of one of that nation s great traditions:the Sunday roast.1____a cold winter's day,few culinary pleasures can2____it.Yet as we report now.The food police are determined our health. That this 3____should be rendered yet another quality pleasure 4___to damage our health.The Food Standards Authority (FSA) has 5 a public worming about the risks of a compound called acrylamide that forms in some foods cooked 6____high temperatures.This means that people should 7____ crisping their roast potatoes,reject thin- crust pizzas and only_ 8____toast their bread.But where is the evidence to support such alarmist advice? 9 studies have shown that acrylamide can cause neurological damage in mice,there is no 10____ evidence that it causes cancer in humans.Scientists say the compound is 11____to cause cancer but have no hard scientific proof 12____the precautionary principle it could be argued that it is 13____to follow the FSA advice.14____,it was rumoured that smoking caused cancer for years before the evidence was found to prove a 15____.Doubtless a piece of boiled beef can always be 16 up on Sunday alongside some steamed vegetables,without the Yorkshire pudding and no wine. But would life be worth living? 17____,the FSA says it is not telling people to cut out roast foods18____,but reduce their lifetime intake.However its 19____risks coming a cross as being pushy and overprotective.Constant health scares just 20____ with one listening.1.[A]In [B]Towards [C]On [D]Till2.[A] match [B]express [C]satisfy [D]influence :3.[A]patience [B]enjoyment [C]surprise [D]concern4.[A]intensified [B]privileged [C]compelled [D]guaranteed5.[A]isued [B]received [C]compelled [D] guaranteed6.[A]under [B]at [C]for [D]by7.[A]forget [B]regret [C]finish [D]avoid8.[A]partially [B]regular [C]easily [D]intally9.[A]Unless [B]Since [C]If [D] While10.[A]secondary [B]external [C]conclusive [D]negative11.[A]insufficient [B]bound [C]likely [D] slow12.[A]On the basis of [B]At the cost of [C]In addition to [D]In contrast to13.[A]interesting [B]advisable [C]urgent [D]fortunate14.[A]As usual [B]In particular [C]By definition [D]After all15.[A]resemblance [B]combination [C]connection [D]patterm16.[A]made [B]served [C]saved [D]used17.[A]To be fair [B]For instance [C]To be brief [D]In general18.[A]reluctantly [B]entirely [C]gradually [D]carefully19.[A]promise [B]experience [C]campaign [D]competition20.[A]follow up [B]pick up [C]open up [D]end up .Section II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts.Answer the questions below cach text bychoosing[A],[B],[C],or[D].Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.(40 points)Text 1A group of labour MPs,among them Yvette Cooper,are bringing in the new year with a call to institute a UK“town of culture"award.The proposal is that it should sit alongside the existing city of culture title,which was held by Hull in 2017 and has been awarded to Coventry for zoz1.Cooper and her colleagues argue that the success of the crown for Hull,where it brought in 220m of investment and an avalanche of arts,out not to be confined to cities.Britain' town,it is true are not prevented from applying, but they generally lack the resources to put together a bit to beat their bigger competitions.A town of culture award could,it is argued,become an annual event,attracting funding and creating jobs.Some 1might see the proposal as a boo by prize for the fact that Britain is no longer be able to apply for the much more prestigious title of Furopean capital of culture,a sough after award bagged by Glasgow in 1990 and Liverpool in 2008.A cynic might speculate that the UK is on the verge of disappearing into an endless fever ofself-celebration in its desperation to reinvent itself for the post-Brexit world: aftertown of culture, who knows that will follow-village of culture?Suburb of culture? Hamlet of culture?It is also wise lo recall that such titles are not a cure-al1.A badly run“year of culture"washes in and out ofa place like the tide, bringing prominence for a spell but leaving no lasting benefits to the community.The really successful holders of such titles are those that do a great deal more than fill hotel bedrooms and bring in high profile arts events and good press for a year.They transform the aspirations of the people who live there;they nudge the self-image of the city into a bolder and more optimistic light.It is hard to get right, and requires a remarkable degree of vision, as well as cooperation between city authorities,the private sector,community.groups and cultural organisations.But it can be done:Glasgow's year as European capital of culture can certainly be seen as one of complex series of factors that have turned the city into the power of art, music and theatre that it remains today.A“town of culture" could be not just about the arts but about honouring a town's peculiarities-helping sustain its high street, supporting local facilities and above all celebrating its people and turn it into action.21.Cooper and her colleagues argue that a“town of culture" award could_____[A] consolidate the town-city ties in Britain.[B] promote cooperation among Britain's towns.[C] increase the economic strength of Britain's towns.[D] focus Britain's limited resources on cultural events.22.According to Paragraph 2, the proposal might be regarded by some as______[A]a sensible compromise.[B]a self-deceiving attempt.[C]an eye catching bonus[D]an inaccessible target.23.The author suggests that a title holder is successful onlyif it_____[A]endeavours to maintain its image.[B]meets the aspirations of its people.[C]brings its local arts to prominence.[D]commits to its long-term growth.24.Glasgow is mentioned in Paragraph 3 to present_____[A]a contrasting case.(B]a supporting example.[C]a background story.[D]a related topic.25.What is the author 's attitude towards the proposal?[A]Skeptical.[B]Objective.[C]Favourable.[D]Critical.Text 2Scientific publishing has long been a licence to print money. Scientists need joumals in which to publish their research, so they will supply the articles without monetary reward.Other scientists perform the specialised work of peer review also forfree,because it is a central element in the acquisition of status and the production of scientific knowledge.With the content of papers secured for free,the publisher needs only find a market for its journal.Until this century, university libraries were not very price sensitive.Scientific publishers routinely report profit margins approaching 40% on their operations,at a time when the rest of the publishing industry is in an existential crisis.The Dutch giant Elsevier,which claims to publish 25% of the scientific papers produced in the world, made profits of more than f900m last year,while UK universities alone spent more than f210m in 2016 to enable researchers to access their own publicly funded research;both figures seem to rise unstoppably despite increasingly desperate efforts to change them.The most drastic, and thoroughly illegal, reaction has been the emergence of Sci-Hub,a kind of global photocopier for scientific papers,set up in 2012, which now claims to offer access to every paywalled article published since 2015.The success of Sci-Hub, which relies on researchers passing on copies they have themselves legally accessed,shows the legal ecosystem has lost legitimacy among is users and must be transformed so that it works for all participants.In Britain the move towards open access publishing has been driven by funding bodies.In some ways it has been very successful.More than half of all Brtish scientificresearch is now published under open access terms: either freely available from the moment of publication,or paywalled for a year or more so that the publishers can make a profit before being placed on general release.Yet the new system has not worked out any cheaper for the universities.Publishers have responded to the demand that they make their product free to readers by charging their writers fees to cover the costs of preparing an article. These range from around £500 to S5,000.A report last year pointed out that the costs both of subscriptions and of these“article preparation costs" had been steadily rising at a rate above inflation.In some ways the scientific publishing model resembles the economy of the social internet:labour is provided free in exchange for the hope of status,while huge profits are made by a few big firms who run the market places.In both cases,we need a rebalancing of power.26.Scientific publishing is seen as“a licence to print money" partly because______[A]its funding has enjoyed a steady increase.[B]its marketing strategy has been successful.[C]its payment for peer review is reduced.[D]its content acquisition costs nothing.27.According to Paragraphs 2 and 3,scientific publishers Elsevier have_____[A]thrived mainly on university libraries.[B]gone through an existential crisis.[C]revived the publishing industry.[D]financed researchers generously.28.How does the author feel about the success of Sci-Hub?______[A]Relieved.[B]Puzzled.[C]Concermed.[D]Encouraged.29.It can be learmned from Paragraphs 5 and 6 that open access terms_____[A]allow publishers some room to make money.[B]render publishing much easier for scientists.[C]reduce the cost of publication subtantially[D]free universities from financial burdens.30.Which of the following characteristics the scientific publishing model?______[A]Trial subscription is offered.[B]Labour triumphs over status.[C]Costs are well controlled.[D]The few feed on the many.Text 3Progressives often support diversity mandates as a path to equality and a way to level the playing field. But all too often such policies are an insincere form ofvirtue-signaling that benefits only the most privileged and does little to help average people.A pair of bills sponsored by Massachusetts state Senator Jason Lewis and House Speaker Pro Tempore Patricia Haddad,to ensure “gender parity"on boards andcommissions, provide a case in commissions will be required to set aside 50 percent of board seats for women by 2022.The bills are similar to a measure recently adopted in California, which last year became the irst state to require gender quotas for private companies.In signing the measure,California Govermor Jery Brown admitted that the law, which expressly classifies people on the basis of sex,is probably unconstitutional.The US Supreme Court frowns on sex-based classifications unless they are designed to address an“important"policy interest,Because the California law applies to all boards,ever where there is no history of prior discrimination,courts are likely to rule that the law violates the constitutional guarantee of“equal protection”.But are such government mandates even necessary?Female participation on corporate boards may not currently mirror the percentage of women.in the general population,but so what?The number of women on corporate boards has been steadily increasing without govenment interference.According to a study by Catalyst,between 2010 and 2015 the share of women on the boards of global corporations increased by 54 percent. Requiring companies to make gender the primary qualification for board membership will inevitably lead to less experienced private sector boards.That is exactly what happened when Norway adopted a nationwide corporate gender quota. Writing in The New Republic, Alice Lee notes that increasing the number of opportunities for board membership without increasing the pool of qualified women to serve on such boards has led to a“golden skirt"phenomenon. where the same elite women scoop up multiple seats on a variety of boards.Next time somebody pushes corporate quotas as a way to promote gender equity,remember that such policies are largely self-serving measures that make their sponsors feel good but do little to help average women.31.The author believes hat the bills sponsored by Lewis and Haddad will_____[A] help lttle to reduce gender bias.[B] pose a threat to the state government.[C] raise women's position in politics.[D] greatly broaden career options.32.Which of the following is true of the Califomnia measure?____[A] It has irritated private business owners.[B] It is welcomed by the Supreme Court.[C]It may go against the Constitution.[D] It will setle the prior controversies.33.The author mentions the study by Catalyst to illustrate_____[A] the harm from arbitrary board decision.[B] the importance of constitutional guarantees.[C] the pressure on women in global corporations.[D] the needlessness of government interventions.34.Norway's adoption of a nationwide corporate gender quota has led to_____[A] the underestimation of elite women's role.[B] the objection to female participation on bards.[C] the entry of unqualified candidates into the board.[D] the growing tension between Labor and management.35. Which of the following can be inferred from the text?_____IAI Women's need in employment should be considered[B] Feasibility should be a prime concern in policymaking.[C] Everyone should try hard to promote social justice.[D] Major social issues should be the focus of legislation.Text 4Last Thursday, the French Senate passed a digital services tax, which would impose an entirely new tax on large multinationals that provide digital services to consumers or users in France. Digital services include everything from providing a platform for selling goods and services online to targeting advertising based on user data and the tax applies to gross revenue from such services.Many French politicians and media outlets have referred to this as a“GAFA tax,"meaning that it is designed to apply primarily to companies such as Google,Apple,Facebook and Amazon-in other words,mutinational tech companies based in the United States.The digital services tax now awaits the signature of President Emmanuel Macron, who has expressed support for the measure,and it could go into effect within the next few weeks.But it has already sparked significant controversy, with the Unite States trade representative opening a investigation into whether the tax discriminates against American companies,which in tum could lead to trade sanctions against France. The French tax is not just a unilateral move by one country in need ofrevenue.Instead,the digital services tax is part of a much larger trend, with countriesover the past few years proposing or putting in place an alphabet soup of new international tax provisions.These have included Britain's DPT (diverted profits tax), Australia's MAAL (multinational antiavoidance law),and India's SEP (significant economic presence) test, but a few.At the same time,the European Union,Spain,Britain and several other countries have all seriously contemplated digital services taxes.These unilateral developments differ in their specifics,but they are all designed to tax multinationals on income and revenue that countries believe they should have a right to tax,even if intermnational tax rules do not grant them that right.In other words,they all share a view that the international tax system has failed to keep up with the current economy.In response to these many unilateral measures, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)is currently working with 131 countries to reach a consensus by the end of 2020 on an international solution.Both France and the United States are involved in the organization's work, but France's digital services tax and the American response raise questions about what the future holds for the interational tax system.France's planned tax is a clear waning:Unless a broad consensus can be reached on reforming the international tax system.other nations are likely to follow suit, and American companies will face a cascade of different taxes from dozens of nations that will prove burdensome and costly.36. The French Senate has passed a bill to____[A] regulate digital services platforms.[B] protect French companies' interests.[C] impose a levy on tech multinationals.[D] curb the influence of advertising.37. It can be learmned from Paragraph 2 that the digital services tax_____[A] may trigger countermeasures against France.[B] is apt to arouse criticism at home and abroad.[C] aims to ease intermational trade tensions.[D] will prompt the tech giants to quit France.38. The countries adopting the unilateral measures share the opinion that_____[A] redistribution of tech giants' revenue must be ensured.[B] the current intermational tax system needs upgrading[C] tech multinationals' monopoly should be prevented.[D] all countries ought to enjoy equal taxing rights.39. It can be learned from Paragraph 5 that the OECO'S current work_____[A] is being resisted by Us companies.[B] needs to be readjusted immediately.[C] is faced with uncertain prospects.[D] needs to involve more countries.40. Which of the following might be the best title for this text?_____[A] France Is Confronted with Trade Sanctions[B] France leads the charge on Digital Tax[C]France Says "NO" to Tech Multinationals[D] France Demands a Role in the Digital EconomyPart BDirections:Read the following text and answer the questions by choosing the most suitable subheading from the A-G for each of the numbered paragraph (41 -45).There are two extra subheadings.Mark youranswers on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)[A] Eye fixations are brief[B] Too much eye contact is instinctively felt to rude[C] Eye contact can be a friendly social signal[D] Personality can affect how a person reacts to eye contact[E] Biological factors behind eye contact are being investigated[F] Most people are not comfortable holding eye contact with strangers[G] Eye contact can also be aggressive.In a social situation, eye contact with another person can show that you are paying attention in a friendly way.But it can also be antagonistic such as when a political candidate turns toward their competitor during a debate and makes eye contact that signals hostility.Here's what hard science reveals about eye contact:41._________________________We know that a typical infant will instinctively gaze into its mother's eyes, and she will look back.This mutual gaze is a major part of the attachment between mother and child. In adulthood,looking someone else in a pleasant way can be a complimentary sign of paying attention.It can catch someone 's attention in a crowded room,“Eye contact and smile" can signal availability and confidence,a common-sense notion supported in studies by psychologist Monica Moore.42._________________________Neuroscientist Bonnie Augeung found that the hormone oxytocin increased the amount of eye contact from men toward the interviewer during a brief interview when the direction of their gaze was recorded. This was also found inhigh-functioning men with some autistic spectrum symptoms,who may tend to avoid eye contact.Specific brain regions that respond during direct gaze are being explored by other researches, using advanced methods of brain scanning.43.__________________________With the use of eye-tracking technology,Julia Minson of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government concluded that eye contact can signal very different kinds of messages,depending on the situation.While eye contact may be a sign of connection or trust in friendly situations,it's more likely to be associated with dominance or intimidation in adversarial situations.“Whether you're a politician or a parent,it might be helpful to keep in mind that trying to maintain eye contact may backfire if you're trying to convince someone who has a different set of beliefs than you,"said Minson.44.___________________________When we look at a face or a picture, our eyes pause on one spot at a time,often on the eyes or mouth.These pauses typically occur at about three per second, and the eyes then jump to another spot until several important points in the image are registered like a series of snapshots.How the whole image is then assembled and perceived is still a mystery although it is the subject of current research.45.____________________________In people who score high in a test of neuroticism, a personality dimension associated with self-consciousness and anxiety, eye contact triggered more activity associated with avoidance,according to the Finnish researcher Jari Hietanen and colleagues. “Our findings indicate that people do not only feel different when they are the centre of attention but that their brain reactions also differ."A more direct finding is that people who scored high for negative emotions like anxiety looked at others for shorter periods of time and reported more comfortable feelings when others did not look directly at them.Part CDirections:Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written neatly on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) Following the explosion of creativity in Florence during the 14th century known as the Renaissance, the modern world saw a departure from what it had once known.It turned from God and the authority of the Roman Catholic Church and instead favoured a more humanistic approach to being. Renaissance ideas had spread throughout Europe well into the 17th century,with the arts and sciences flourishing extraordinarily among those with a more logical disposition. 46.With (the gap between) the Church's teachings and ways of thinking being eclipsed by the Renaissance, the gap between the Medieval and modern periods had been bridged, leading to new and unexplored intellectual territories.During the Renaissance, the great minds of Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei demonstrated the power of scientific study and discovery. 47. Before each of their revelations. many thinkers at the time had sustained more ancient ways of thinking, including the Ptolemaic and Aristotlean geocentric view that the Earth was at the centre of our universe.Copernicus theorised in 1543 that in actual fact, all of the planets that we knew of revolved not around the Earth, but the Sun, a system that was later upheld by Galileo at his own expense.Offering up such a theory during a time of high tension between scientific and religious minds was branded as heresy, and any such heretics that continued to spread these lies were to be punished by imprisonment or even death. Galileo was excommunicated by the Church and imprisoned for life for his astronomical observations and his support of the heliocentricprinciple.48.Despite attempts by the Church to strong-arm this new generation of logicians and rationalists, more explanations for how the universe functioned were being made, and at a ratethat the people一including the Church一could no longer ignore. It was with these great revelations that a new kind of philosophy founded in reason was born.The Church's long- standing dogma was losing the great battle for truth to rationalists and scientists. This very fact embodied the new ways of thinking that swept through Europe during most of the 17th century. 49. As many took on the duty of trying to integrate reasoning and scientific philosophies into the world. The Renaissance was over and it was time for a new era-the Age of Reason.The 17th and 18th centuries were times of radical change and curiosity. Scientific method,reductionism and the questioning of Church ideals was to be encouraged, as were ideas of liberty, tolerance and progress. 50. Such actions to seek knowledge and to understand what information we already knew were captured by the Latin phrase 'sapere aude' or'dare to know', after Immanuel Kant used it in his essay An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment?. It was the purpose and responsibility of great minds to go forth and seek out the truth, which they believed to be founded in knowledge.47. Before each of their revelations, many thinkers at the time had sustained more ancient ways of thinking, including the geocentric view that the Earth was at the centre of our universe.48. Despite attempts by the Church to sop suppress this new generation of logicians and rationalists,more explorations for how the universe functioned were being made at a rate that people could no longer ignore.49. As many took on the duty of trying to integrate reasoning and scientific philosophies into the world, the Renaissance was over and it was time for a new era.50. Such actions to seek knowledge and to understand what information we already knew were captured by the Latin phrase's 'Sapere aude’or ’dare to know’.SectionⅢwritingPart AThe student union of your university has assigned you to inform the international studentsabout an upcoming singing contest.Write a notice in about 100 words.Write your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.Do not use your own name in the notice.(10 points)Part B52. Directions:Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the pictures below.In your essay,you should1) describe the picture briefly,2) interpret the implied meaning. am3) give your comments.Write your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. (20 points)2020年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语(一)真题答案一:完型填空答案解析:今年完形填空的难度较前两年略难,虽然话题不难理解,但不易把握上下文的线索。

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2017年考研英语一(答案及解析)Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) from each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)Could a hug a day keep the doctor away? The answer may be a resounding "yes!" ___1__ helping you feel close and __2___to people you care about, it turns out that hugs can bring a ___3__ of health benefits to your body and mind. Believe it or not, a warm embrace might even help you __4___ getting sick this winter.In a recent study ___5__ over 400 healthy adults,researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in pennsylvania examined the effects of perceived social support and the receipt of hugs ___6__ the participants' susceptibility to developing the common cold after being ___7__ to the virus. People who perceived greater social support were less likely to come ___8__ with a cold, and the researchers __9___ that the stress-reducing effects of hugging ___10__ about 32 percent of that beneficial effect. ___11__ among those who got a cold, the ones who felt greater social support and received more frequent hugs had less severe __12___."Hugging protects people who are under stress from the ___13__ risk for colds that's usually__14___ with stress," Notes sheldon Cohen, a professor of psychology at Carnegie. Hugging "is a marker of intimacy and helps __15___ the feeling that others are there to help ___16__difficulty."Some experts ___17__ the stress-reducing,health-related benefits of hugging to the release of oxytocin, often called"the bonding hormone" __18___ it promotes attachment in relationships, including that between mothers and their newborn babies. Oxytocin is made primarily in the central lower part of the brain, and some of it is released into the bloodstream. But some of it___19__ in the brain, where it __20___ mood, behavior and physiology.1. [A]Besides[B]Unlike[C]Throughout[D]Despite2. [A]equal[B]restricted[C]connected[D]inferior3. [A]view[B]host[C]lesson[D]choice4. [A]avoid[B]forget[C]recall[D]keep5. [A]collecting[B]affecting[C]guiding[D]involving6. [A]on[B]in[C]at[D]of7. [A]devoted[B]attracted[C]lost[D]exposed8. [A]along[B]across[C]down[D]out9. [A]imagined[B]denied[C]doubted[D]calculated10. [A]served[B]restored[C]explained[D]required11. [A]Thus[B]Still[C]Rather[D]Even12. [A]defeats[B]symptoms[C]errors[D]tests13. [A]highlighted[B]increased[C]controlled[D]minimized14. [A]presented[B]equipped[C]associated[D]compared15. [A]assess[B]generate[C]moderate[D]record16. [A]in the name of[B] in the form of[C] in the face of[D] in the way of17. [A]attribute[B]commit[C]transfer[D]return18. [A]unless[B]because[C]though[D]until19. [A]remains[B]emerges[C]vanishes[D]decreases20. [A]experiences[B]combines[C]justifies[D]influences完型答案:1-5: ACBAD6-10: ADCDC11-15: DBBCB16-20:CABADSection 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 1First two hours, now three hours — this is how far in advance authorities are recommending people show up to catch a domestic flight, at least at some major . airports with increasingly massive security lines.Americans are willing to tolerate time-consuming security protocols in return for increased safety. The crash of Egypt Air Flight 804, which terrorists may have downed over the Mediterranean Sea, provides another tragic reminder of why. But demanding too much of air travelers or providing too little security in return undermines public support for the process. And it should: Wasted time is a drag on Americans' economic and private lives, not to mentioninfuriating.Last year, the Transportation Security Administration(TSA) found in a secret check that undercover investigators were able to sneak weapons — both fake and real — past airport security nearly every time they tried. Enhanced security measures since then, combined with a rise in airline travel due to the improving economy and low oil prices, have resulted in long waits at major airports such as Chicago's O' Hare International. It is not yet clear how much more effective airline security has become — but the lines are obvious.Part of the issue is that the government did not anticipate the steep increase in airline travel, so the TSA is now rushing to get new screeners on the line. Part of the issue is that airports have only so much room for screening lanes. Another factor may be that more people are trying to overpack their carry-on bags to avoid checked-baggage fees, though the airlines strongly disputethis.There is one step the TSA could take that would not require remodeling airports or rushing to hire: Enroll more people in the PreCheck program. PreCheck is supposed to be a win-win for travelers and the TSA. Passengers who pass a background check are eligible to use expedited screening lanes. This allows the TSA to focus on travelers who are higher risk, saving time for everyone involved. TSA wants to enroll 25 million people in PreCheck.It has not gotten anywhere close to that, and one big reason is sticker shock: Passengers must pay $85 every five years to process their background checks. Since the beginning, this price tag has been PreCheck's fatal flaw. Upcoming reforms might bring the price to a more reasonable level. But Congress should look into doing so directly, by helping to finance PreCheck enrollment or to cut costs in other ways.The TSA cannot continue diverting resources into underused PreCheck lanes while most of the traveling public suffers in unnecessary lines. It is long past time to make the program work.21. The crash of Egypt Air Flight 804 is mentioned to[A]explain American’s tolerance of current security checks.[B]stress the urgency to strengthen security worldwide.[C]highlight the necessity of upgrading major . airports.[D]emphasize the importance of privacy protection.答案 A[答案解释] 根据题干关键词 The Crash of EgyptAir Flight 804 定位到第一段第 3 句。

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