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外语考研二外英语阅读理解高分特训100篇-多项选择-社会生活类【圣才出品】

社会生活类Passage54题材：社会生活类字数：431In some society it is the custom for parents to arrange the marriages of their children.The father and mother of the bride will meet with the father and mother of the groom,and if both families are pleased with each other,an agreement will be made.Often the brides and grooms will not be asked for their opinion in this matter, and sometimes they do not even meet each other until the day of the wedding.In some countries,men advertise for mail—order brides in the local paper.Most Americans find the idea of arranged marriages difficult to understand or accept.They believe that two people should marry for love,after a period of dating or courtship.During that period,the prospective marriage partners are supposed to learn enough about each other to decide whether or not they will be able to build a successful marriage.Today in America,it is common for people to live together as a way of preparing for marriage.The idea of an arranged marriage seems very old-fashioned indeed.But aren’t all marriages arranged in one way or another?In the United States marriages are seldom formally arranged,but quite a lot of informal arranging goes on before two people become husband and wife.People who get married are introduced to each other by friends.These friends have already decided that the two people are right for each other and arrange for them to meet.In the UnitedStates this kind of arrangement is very common.Because friends have such great influence,their approval of a dating or mating partner is very important.Families also exert open and subtle pressures on their children to influence their choices of marriage partners.Parents often arrange dates for their own children.One parent often tells a friend about her beautiful daughter or handsome son.Also,parents can meet the perfect marriage prospect for their son or daughter through business relationships.Since parents often assist their children financially, they feel that they have the right to help the bride and groom select where they will live,what type of furniture they will purchase,and what their life-style will be like. To a larger extent,social class determines the choice of a marriage partner in the United States.Marriages are usually arranged between people of similar religious, ethnic,and financial backgrounds.Despite what we see in the movies,the son of a bank president rarely marries or even meets a miner’s daughter.Americans may not accept or understand arranged marriages,but marriages in the United States are arranged nevertheless.1.Which of the following can be chosen as the best title of this passage?[A]Americans’Marriage[B]Arranged Marriage[C]Marriage for Love[D]Perfect Marriage2.Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?[A]Some couples marry according to their parents’arrangement.[B]Some men seek their future-wife by advertising in the newspaper.[C]The Americans will not live together before their marriage.[D]Friends and parents usually play an important role in arranging marriage.3.Most Americans deem that______.[A]financial status determines the choice of a marriage partner[B]young men and women should get married as soon as they fall in love[C]arranged marriages are hardly understood and accepted[D]love plays a critical role in marriage4.According to the passage,all of the following statements are true except that ______.[A]in arranged marriages,the brides and grooms never meet before their wedding[B]many Americans think the idea of arranged marriage out of date[C]all marriages are not arranged in America[D]a lot of informally arranged marriages exist in America5.We can draw the conclusion that______.[A]children always ask their parents for opinions about marriage[B]the author thinks that in America marriages still bear class character[C]it is unusual for Americans to live together as a way of preparing for marriages[D]despite the different backgrounds,people still marry in America参考答案及解析1.B主旨题。

PETS二级考试题库章节题库(阅读短文理解——社会问题类)【圣才出品】

第一章阅读—短文理解◆社会问题类Passage 1Urban life has always involved a balancing of opportunities and rewards against dangers and stress; its motivating force is, in the broadest sense, money. The presence of huge numbers of people inevitably involves more conflict, more traveling, the overloading of public services and exposure to those deviants and criminals who are drawn to the rich pickings of great cities.As a defense against these developments, city dwellers tend to use various strategies to try and reduce the pressures upon themselves; contacts with other people are generally made brief and impersonal; doors are kept locked and so on. There are other strategies, too, which are positively harmful to the individuals, for example, reducing awareness through drugs or alcohol. Further- more, all these defensive forms of behavior are harmful to society in general. Lack of informal social contact and indifference to the misfortunes of others are amongst the major causes of urban crime.Present day architecture and planning have enormously worsened the human problems of urban life. People have been forced to leave their familiar homes, usually to be rehoused in tower blocks which are inconvenient. This destruction of established social structures is the worst possible approach to the difficulties of living in a town or city. Instead, every effort should be made to con serve thehuman scale of the environment, and to retain familiar landmarks.1. According to the author, living in a city causes stress because there are so manypeople who are _____.[A] in need of help[B] naturally aggressive[C] likely to commit crime[D] anxious to succeed2. The author thinks that crime is increasing in cities because _____.[A] criminals are difficult to trace in large populations[B] people do not communicate with their neighbors[C] people feel anonymous there[D] the trappings of success are attractive to criminals3. According to the article, what is the worst problem facing people living in cities?[A] Crime.[B] Finding somewhere to live.[C] Social isolation.[D] Drugs and alcoholism.【答案及解析】1.D 事实细节题。

外语考研二外英语高分范文短文写作(大学校园)【圣才出品】

◆大学校园Practice 23Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic: Reduce Waste on Campus. You should write at least 200 words, and base your composition on the outline given below in Chinese.1. 目前有些校园内浪费现象严重；2. 浪费的危害；3. 从我做起，杜绝浪费。

【参考范文】Reduce Waste on CampusAt present, among so many colleges, waste is a frequently found phenomenon. Take a walk on campus, one may be shocked by the sight of various kinds of waste －intact main foodstuff dumped everywhere, intact clothes thrown in the dustbin, unnecessary things bought at will and so on. When going out with so-called friends, extravagant college students would prefer taxi to the bothersome and crowded bus, buy themselves elegant dresses, especially girls, have meals in an expensive restaurant and indulge themselves in luxurious bars. All these present a typical wasteful student’s life on campus.It is the waste habit that will bring about many negative effects. First, it is a waste of money and a waste of other people’s laborious fruits. Uncountable taxpayers’work makes the adolescents have the opportunity to receive higher education in universities. There’s no reason for them to waste time and money inself-enjoyment. Considering from the social perspective, it is a loss to the agricultural and industrial production when their work is mistreated and wasted. Apart from that, students who get used to wasting don’t know how to respect other people and their work and become arrogant gradually in every aspect of their daily lives on campus. If the case is to be so, it is a failure of modern education. There are so many bad effects if students develop a habit of waste, we should do something to put an end to this behavior. Consume when it is necessary, and never dump food in good condition or things still useful and so on. By conforming to these principles, we can learn to show respect to others and their diligent work and become a more responsible person with a right sense of morality.【范文点评】近年来，大学浪费现象日益严重，而这种现象与大学生的消费观是否正确紧密相关。

二外英语考研模拟试题及详解(一)【圣才出品】

二外英语考研模拟试题及详解（一）I. There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. (10%)1. The scientist was rewarded by the Government for his scientific ______.A. requirementB. progressC. achievementD. advance【答案】C【解析】achievement成就。

requirement 要求。

progress 进步。

advance 前进，提升。

2. The workers ______ their support for the strike.A. pledgedB. plungedC. ploughedD. pleaded【答案】A【解析】pledge保证,允诺。

plunge使陷入。

plough犁耕。

plead祈求。

3. Our club ______ seven new members at the last meeting.A. enrolledB. ensuredC. enrichedD. entitled【答案】A【解析】enroll 招收，使成为成员。

ensure 保证，担保。

enrich 使富足。

entitle 给…权利或资格。

4. A package holiday is a holiday where a travel ______ books your travel and accommodation for you.A. agencyB. organizationC. foundationD. company【答案】A【解析】agency 代理。

外语考研二外英语阅读理解高分特训100篇-多项选择-文学传记类【圣才出品】

◇文学传记类Passage1题材：文学传记类字数：416He is fearless,altruistic,steel-willed,hospitable,unbelievably hardy, unpretentious and warm—and he has lost none of these qualities since becoming Russia’s president.It is a scrupulously unbiased snapshot of Vladimir Putin if you believe the author of the first volume of a Kremlin-backed trilogy on Putin’s life,written in the unmistakable style the Soviets once reserved for Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin.“I do not think it is a eulogy.I simply conveyed what people(who met Putin) said,”Oleg Blotsky told a news conference on Monday as he posed for photos with his“Vladimir Putin”.The book,complete with a genealogical tree back to the beginning of the18th century and a chapter dedicated to Putin’s ancestors,spans from his birth to the start of his career as a KGB spy.Putin contributed to the work with extensive interviews to Blotsky.The result is a selection of memories by Putin’s friends and acquaintances who hold nothing but the warmest recollections of him.The only person in the book who does not heap praise on the president is Putin himself,who is characteristically humble.Praise bestowed on the Kremlin leader ranges from young judoist Putin fighting“like a snow leopard”to many years later his being visibly moved whendecorated war veterans in the Kremlin stood up in salute as he entered the hall.It opens with the Kremlin generously answering an old woman’s plea—addressed in a letter to“V.V.Putin,the Kremlin,Moscow”—to help erect a decent tombstone on the grave of Putin’s first teacher.One account portrays Putin as a man who would stop at nothing to win a fight.“He would scratch,bite,snatch tufts of hair,do anything to avoid being humiliated in any way,”an old friend said.But young Putin is also an ordinary boy,frightened by a looming visit to the dentist.The book is written in simple easy-to-read Russian.Blotsky said neither Putin nor any other Kremlin official ever sought to censor his work or steer it in a specific direction.Putin only read the book when it hit shop shelves last week,he said.The book’s first run of15,000copies was selling well in Moscow shops and China,Bulgaria and Slovenia have shown an interest in issuing a translation,the publisher said.Blotsky,who said he was a converted Putinist after his audiences with the president,said he was already working on the second volume of his series “Vladimir Putin:Rise to Power”.1.What do we know about Lenin’s biography according to the second paragraph?[A]It was the first perfect biography without mistakes in Soviet history.[B]It was written in the form of a scrupulously unbiased snapshot.[C]It was written by the same author of Putin’s biography.[D]It was a voluminous Kremlin-backed biography.2.Oleg Blotsky doesn’t want others to regard the biography as______.[A]a praise of Putin[B]public opinions[C]his personal understanding of Putin[D]an imitation of Lenin’s biography3.Putin was deeply touched by the war veterans when______.[A]they sang high praise of him[B]he recalled their heroic deeds[C]they saluted him with respect[D]he decorated them in the Kremlin4.How did Putin react to the plea of erecting a decent tombstone on the grave of his first teacher?[A]He delegated the task to one of his subordinates.[B]He helped erect the tombstone accordingly and willingly.[C]He not only erected the tombstone but also rebuilt the grave.[D]He went to visit the grave before promising to erect the tombstone.5.How was Blotsky influenced by Putin?[A]He decided to write the biography because he was a Putinist.[B]He was sure that the readers would be converted to Putinists.[C]His interviews with Putin made him adore Putin very much.[D]His interviews with Putin eliminated his doubts about Putin.参考答案及解析1.B由第二段可知列宁传记是以the unmistakable style写成的，普京传记在写作上也使用了the unmistakable style，根据上下文推断可知这种unmistakable style指的是该段开头提到的a scrupulously unbiased snapshot.所以B项正确。

考研英语(二)阅读理解C节过关必做30篇(社会生活类)【圣才出品】

◆社会生活类Passage 13The man whose life is centered around producing, selling and consuming commodities transforms himself into a commodity. He becomes increasingly attracted to that which is man-made and mechanical, rather than to that which is natural and organic. Many men today are more interested in sports cars than in women; or they experience women as a car which one can cause to race by pushing the right button.Altogether they expect happiness is a matter of finding the right button, not the result of a productive, rich life, a life which requires making an effort and taking risks. In their search for the button, some go to the psychoanalyst, some go to church and some read “self-help” books. Bu t while it is impossible to find the button for happiness, the majority are satisfied with pushing the buttons of cameras, radios, television sets, and watching science fiction becoming reality.【答案及解析】【译文】当一个人的周边环境充斥着商品的制造、销售和消费时，他自己也会变成一种商品。

外语考研二外英语阅读理解高分特训多项选择(社会生活类)【圣才出品】

◇社会生活类Passage 54 题材：社会生活类字数：431In some society it is the custom for parents to arrange the marriages of their children. The father and mother of the bride will meet with the father and mother of the groom, and if both families are pleased with each other, an agreement will be made. Often the brides and grooms will not be asked for their opinion in this matter, and sometimes they do not even meet each other until the day of the wedding. In some countries, men advertise for mail—order brides in the local paper.Most Americans find the idea of arranged marriages difficult to understand or accept. They believe that two people should marry for love, after a period of dating or courtship. During that period, the prospective marriage partners are supposed to learn enough about each other to decide whether or not they will be able to build a successful marriage. T oday in America, it is common for people to live together as a way of preparing for marriage. The idea of an arranged marriage seems very old-fashioned indeed.But aren’t all marriages ar ranged in one way or another? In the United States marriages are seldom formally arranged, but quite a lot of informal arranging goes on before two people become husband and wife. People who get married are introduced to each other by friends. These friends have already decided that the two people are right for each other and arrange for them to meet. In the UnitedStates this kind of arrangement is very common. Because friends have such great influence, their approval of a dating or mating partner is very important. Families also exert open and subtle pressures on their children to influence their choices of marriage partners. Parents often arrange dates for their own children. One parent often tells a friend about her beautiful daughter or handsome son. Also, parents can meet the perfect marriage prospect for their son or daughter through business relationships. Since parents often assist their children financially, they feel that they have the right to help the bride and groom select where they will live, what type of furniture they will purchase, and what their life-style will be like.To a larger extent, social class determines the choice of a marriage partner in the United States. Marriages are usually arranged between people of similar religious, ethnic, and financial backgrounds. Despite what we see in the movies, the son of a bank president rarely marries or even meets a miner’s daughter. Americans may not accept or understand arranged marriages, but marriages in the United States are arranged nevertheless.1. Which of the following can be chosen as the best title of this passage?[A] Americans’ Marriage[B] Arranged Marriage[C] Marriage for Love[D] Perfect Marriage2. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?[A] Some couple s marry according to their parents’ arrangement.[B] Some men seek their future-wife by advertising in the newspaper.[C] The Americans will not live together before their marriage.[D] Friends and parents usually play an important role in arranging marriage.3. Most Americans deem that ______.[A] financial status determines the choice of a marriage partner[B] young men and women should get married as soon as they fall in love[C] arranged marriages are hardly understood and accepted[D] love plays a critical role in marriage4. According to the passage, all of the following statements are true except that______.[A] in arranged marriages, the brides and grooms never meet before their wedding[B] many Americans think the idea of arranged marriage out of date[C] all marriages are not arranged in America[D] a lot of informally arranged marriages exist in America5. We can draw the conclusion that ______.[A] children always ask their parents for opinions about marriage[B] the author thinks that in America marriages still bear class character[C] it is unusual for Americans to live together as a way of preparing for marriages[D] despite the different backgrounds, people still marry in America1.B 主旨题。

外语考研二外英语高分范文短文写作(永恒话题)【圣才出品】

◆永恒话题Practice 12Write an essay of no less than 160 words in response to the prompt below. “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”—Charles W. Eliot【参考范文】Books: our friends, counselors and teachersThe importance of books is almost universally agreed by all great minds and the benefits they bring to us are too many to numerate. As Charles W. Eliot put it, “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”It is not too exaggerating to say that books are to humans is what water to fish. Whenever exhausted by the hustle and bustle of daily life or distressed about certain problems, you can find peace in books. Just like loyal friends, books will always be there for you quietly, offering comfort and consolation.To be troubled by certain doubts is bound to happen to everyone during his life time, yet these doubts are not always easily to be cleared by someone else, or the person concerned is not readily to be convinced. Then the most accessible and wisest counselors will be books, which will provide you with answers. Eventuall y,you will suddenly see the light after reading certain book or simply a few lines of a book.It is more than knowledge that we are gaining from books, since the formation of correct world outlook and values to a large extent owes to the constant appreciation of good books. The books are the most patient of all teachers, and in Rene Descartes’ words, “The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest men of past century.”【范文点评】没有人会否认书籍是人类的良师益友，书籍在人们的生活中扮演着重要的角色。

考研英语(二)阅读理解高分特训100篇-第一章至第三章【圣才出品】

第1章考研英语（二）阅读理解考试指南1.1大纲要求一、考试性质英语（二）考试是为高等学校和科研院所招收专业学位硕士研究生而设置的具有选拔性质的全国统一入学考试科目。

其目的是科学、公平、有效地测试考生对英语语言的运用能力，评价的标准是高等学校非英语专业本科毕业生所能达到的及格或及格以上水平，以保证被录取者具有一定的英语水平，并有利于各高等学校和科研院所在专业上择优选拔。

二、考试目标考生应能读懂不同题材和体裁的文字材料。

题材包括经济、管理、社会、文化、科普等，体裁包括说明文、议论文和记叙文等。

根据阅读材料，考生应能：（1）理解主旨要义;（2）理解文中的具体信息;（3）理解语篇的结构和上下文的逻辑关系;（4）根据上下文推断重要生词或词组的含义;（5）进行一定的判断和推理;（6）理解作者的意图、观点或态度。

三、考试内容阅读理解部分主要考查考生获取信息、理解文章、猜测重要生词词义并进行推断等方面的能力。

该部分由A、B两节组成，共25小题，每小题2分，共50分。

A节（20小题）：本部分为多项选择题。

共四篇文章，总长度为1500词左右。

要求考生阅读文章并回答每篇文章后面的问题。

考生需要在每小题所提供的选项（A、B、C、D）中选出唯一正确或是最合适的答案。

每篇文章设5题，共20题。

每小题2分，共40分。

B节（5小题）：本部分有两种备选题型。

每次考试从这两种题型中选择其中的一种形式，或者两种形式的组合进行考查。

本节文章设5小题，每小题2分，共10分。

备选题型包括：1）多项对应本部分为一篇长度为450～550词的文章，试题内容分为左右两栏，左侧一栏为5道题目，右侧一栏为7个选项。

要求考生在阅读后根据文章内容和左侧一栏中提供的信息从右侧一栏中的7个选项中选出对应的5项相关信息。

2）小标题对应在一篇长度为450～550词的文章前有7个概括句或小标题。

这些文字或标题分别是对文章中某一部分的概括或阐述。

要求考生根据文章内容和篇章结构从这7个选项中选出最恰当的5个概括句或小标题填入文章空白处。

PETS二级考试章节题库(阅读—补全文章)【圣才出品】

第二章阅读—补全文章Passage 1Business is the organized approach to providing customers with the goods and services they want. The word business also refers you an organization that provides these goods and services. Most business seek to make a profit (利润)—they aim to achieve income that is more than the costs of operating the business.1. _____ Commonly called nonprofits, these organizations are primarily nongovernmental service providers. 2. _____Business management is a term used to describe the techniques of planning, direction, and control of the operations of a business. 3. _____ One is the establishment (制定)of broad basic policies with respect to production; sales; the purchase of equipment, materials and and supplies; and accounting. 4. _____ The third relates to the establishment of standards of word in all departments. Direction is concerned primarily with supervision(监管)and guidance by the management in authority. 5. _____[A] Control includes the use of records and reports to compare actual work with the set standards for work.[B] In this connection there is the difference between top management and operative management.[C] Examples of nonprofit business top management and operative management.[D] However, some businesses only seek to enough to cover their operating costs.[E] The second aspect relates to the application of these policies by departments.[F] In the theory of business management, organization has two main aspects.[G] Planning in business management has three main aspects.【答案及解析】1.D 前文介绍了什么是营利性商业机构。

考研英语(二)完形填空高分特训100篇-社会生活类高分特训25篇【圣才出品】

第3章社会生活类高分特训25篇基础篇Test1Warning:Holding a cell phone against your ear or storing it in your pocket may be hazardous to your health.This paraphrases a warning that cell phone manufacturers include in the small print that is often1when a new phone is purchased.Apple,2,doesn’t want IPhones to come closer to you than1.5centimeters;Research In Motion,Black Berry’s manufacturer,3 2.5centimeters.If health issues4cell phone use,the implications are huge.According to a recent survey,Americans chat5cell phones2.26trillion minutes annually, which6$109billion for the wireless carriers.Epidemiologists(流行病学家) pointed out that brain cancer is a(n)7.Overall,there has not been a(n)8 in its incidence since cell phones arrived.But the average9an increase in brain cancer in the20-to-29age group10a drop for the older population.“Most cancers have11causes,”an expert says,12she points to laboratory research that suggests low-energy radiation could damage cells that could possibly lead to cancer.Besides,children are more13to radiation than adults,other scientists point out.Radiation that14only five centimeters into the brain of an adult willreach much deeper into the brains of children because their skulls are thinner and their brains15more absorptive fluid.Henry Lai,a research professor at the University of Washington,began laboratory radiation studies in1980and found that rats16radio frequency radiation had17DNA in their brains.Ms.Davis recommends18wired headsets or the phone’s speaker. Children should text19call,she said,and pregnant women should keep phones away from the abdomen20.1.A.tossed off B.tossed about C.tossed aside D.tossed down2.A.for example B.such as C.as a result D.in fact3.A.intends B.offers C.shows D.recommends4.A.result in B.arise from C.derive from D.account for5.A.on B.in C.from D.at6.A.emerges B.arises C.generates D.arouses7.A.issue B.concern C.certainty D.accident8.A.raise B.decrease C.add D.rise9.A.masks B.conceals C.disguises D.hides10.A.when B.though C.while D.however11.A.plentiful B.multiple C.versatile D.abundant12.A.or B.but C.and D.otherwise13.A.supposed B.bound C.superior D.vulnerable14.A.penetrates B.passes C.pierces D.fills15.A.contain B.own C.exist D.produce16.A.exposed to B.discovered by C.experimented by D.absorbed by17.A.ruined B.damaged C.wrecked D.violateding B.to use e D.to using19.A.as well as B.in contrast to C.instead of D.rather than20.A.automatically B.intentionally C.consciously D.immediately「文章大意」本文指出了使用手机对人们(尤其是青少年)的负面影响。

英语专业考研基础英语阅读理解高分特训100篇(补全文章上)【圣才出品】

英语专业考研基础英语阅读理解高分特训100篇补全文章上◇文学传记类Passage73题材：文学传记类字数：523You have probably heard of ghost towns.They are complete cities that were once lived in,but now are deserted.You find them mainly in the western United States,where they sprang up during the gold rush days.(1)___________I visited one recently on my summer vacation to Italy.It was the old Roman town of Pompeii that disappeared after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, a nearby volcano.The eruption covered the town completely with hot ashes and ciders,turning it into an everlasting city of stone within a few hours.(2)___________But the people were not concerned because,as far as they knew, Mount Vesuvius was just an ordinary mountain.However,on what happend to be a regular summer day in A.D.79,the grand began to tremble,and there was an enormous cracking sound.The top of Vesuvius blew off!A huge cloud of dust and ash came pouring out.The cloud hid the sun,and it became as dark as night.Tiny,hot pebbles began to fall on Pompeii.Then a horrible smell like rotten eggs filled the air.It was the fumes of a poisonous gas.Some people tried to escape by sea.The Roman writerPliny,whose letters describing the eruption later led to the discovery of Pompeii, managed to get his mother to safety.But the majority of people were trapped.About2,000people out of a possible20,000have been discovered in excavations of Pompeii,the molds of their bodies preserved forever in the hardened ash.Now they can be seen as they were on that day,for plaster casts have been made of them,depicting every detail down to the agony and despair on their faces.(3)___________By this time Pompeii had been buried for so long that it had been forgotten,and a new town had been built on top of it.However,people started to dig up remains of walls and buildings,while at the same time Pliny's letters about the eruption were being read.Finally a stone with"Pompeii"written on it was found, and the excavation began in earnest.I saw about three-fourths of Pompeii that had been uncovered.It was amazing to think that I was looking at the very buildings that these people had lived in,and I was walking along the very streets they had run down in the hopes of escaping the hot ashes and pebbles.It was a strange feeling.(4)___________The streets were well surfaced,and many of the buildings were intact.There were stores which once sold silver,shoes,and wine.I noticed that the better houses contained windows,indoor plumbing,cisterns,taps,steam baths, central heating,and drainage system--all almost as modern as my house back in the United States!Pictures still remained,painted on the walls.Even the election slogans and graffiti were there,revealing the feelings and hopes of thetownspeople.(5)___________There were theaters,shopping malls,temples,and even public baths which reminded me of our health clubs and gyms.I was struck by how modern everything seemed,yet,at the same time,I felt that I was walking years back into history.Choose from the sentences A-G,the one which best fits each gap of1-5.There are extra sentences which you do not need to use.[A]The excavations began in the1700s.[B]Visiting Pompeii was an incredible experience.[C]There are,however,much older ghost towns than the former mining towns.[D]Mount Vesuvius had made rumbling noises when an earthquake damaged the city.[E]I could almost see the people going about their business,for the lava hadpreserved everything exactly as it was on the day the volcano erupted.[F]One can imagine the scene:everyone creaming,running and shouting,andcoming out of their houses and stores with horror.[G]Remains of the other buildings showed me that the Romans had alsodiscovered many other conveniences and forms of entertainment that we enjoy.1.C根据上下文可知此处谈论的是ghost towns，只有C项与之相关，填入文章后，衔接得当，故答案为C项。

考研英语(二)英语知识运用过关必做20篇(社会生活类)【圣才出品】

◆社会生活类Test 5Loneliness is seldom alleviated by marriage. Lonely people who many hoping to be no longer lonely often face the very thing they want to avoid.There are three main types of loneliness. First, there is the loneliness of the individual who simply has not learned how to 1 with people. When such lonely people marry each other, each one has high 2 of his spouse. Neither realizes that the other is 3 by the same limitations as he is. As a result, both of them4 lonelier than ever.A second type of loneliness is found 5 people who are the very 6 of those in the first group. They have bright 7 and well developed social skills and are 8 the desire to be popular 9 all costs. Such people make good sales and advertising 10 and social leaders. Many of them give the appearance of being “sexy’’, when 11 they may be sexually unskilled or frigid, 12 they may have had a number of 13 with the opposite sex. In marriage, as in relation with people 14 , he will be lonely, no mater how outgoing and what a good mixer he may appear to be.A third kind of loneliness is seen in the type who must be best in 15 it is he does. Many successful people in the arts, industry and business 16 this category. People of this sort trust no one to do anything well, 17 that almost everyone-even their spouses-will stand in the way of their 18 rush towardsuccess. If they are glamorous or powerful enough, they may be able to get mates who will put up with this for a while. 19 , such marriages usually don’t last. And they will try again and again, drifting from one marriage to another, getting more 20 and more lonely.1.[A]getalong [B]argue [C]comply [D]accord2.[A]hopes [B]desires [C]expectations [D]obligations3.[A]deafened [B]blinded [C]paralyzed [D]numbed4.[A]holdup [B]drawup [C]windup [D]coverup5.[A]for [B]in [C]at [D]with6.[A]opposite [B]similar [C]echo [D]reflection7.[A]temper [B]properties [C]personalities [D]features8.[A]relievedof [B]reckonedas [C]obsessedwith [D]plungedinto9.[A]at [B]about [C]for [D]above10.[A]faculty [B]personnel [C]organization [D]crew11.[A]inpractice [B]ineffect [C]inreality [D]intheory12.[A]although [B]eventhough [C]since [D]whereas13.[A]events [B]scandals [C]incidents [D]affairs14.[A]atlength [B]atlarge [C]atmost [D]atleast15.[A]however [B]whomever [C]whatever[D]whichever16.[A]fallinto [B]classifyinto [C]arecomposed [D]consistof17.[A]faultfinding [B]criticizing [C]questioning [D]suspecting18.[A]prospective [B]ultimate [C]headlong [D]passionate19.[A]However [B]Otherwise [C]Byandlarge[D]Byandby20.[A]suspicious [B]suspected [C]susceptible[D]untrustworthy「文章大意」文中主要介绍了三种孤独的人，第一种人是不知道如何与人相处，第二种孤独的人正好与第一种相反，他们有着优秀的品格，很高的社交技巧，而且一心期望得到他人喜欢，甚至不惜一切代价。

《外语考研二外英语完形填空高分特训100篇》-篇章选词填空、篇章盲填【圣才出品】

篇章选词填空（Passage 66～Passage 80）Directions:Choose one appropriate word from the following list to fill in each of the blanks in the passage below. Change the word form where necessary.Remember the list contains some extra words that may not be used infilling in any of the blanks.◆文学传记类The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed __(1)__ for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the __(2)__ for help, but none seemed approaching.Exhausted, he __(3)__ managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements, and to store his few __(4)__. But then one day, after searching for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in __(5)__, the smoke rolling up to the sky.The worst had happened；everything was lost.He was stunned with __(6)__ and anger. “God, how could you do this to me!”he cried.Early the next day, however, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that was approaching the island. It had come to rescue him. “How did you know I was here?” asked the __(7)__ man of his rescuers. “We saw your smoke signal,” they replied.It is easy to get __(8)__ when things are going bad.But we shouldn’t lose heart, because God is at work in our lives, even in the midst of pain and suffering. Remember, next time your little hut is burning to the ground it just may be a smoke signal that __(9)__ the grace of God.For all the negative things we have to say to ourselves. God has a __(10)__ answer for it.参考答案及解析1. earnestly(该处应填入副词修饰动词prayed。

外语考研二外英语高分范文100篇-短文写作-工作就业【圣才出品】

第2章　二外英语高分范文100篇本部分精选的100篇高分范文按照各院校外语考研“二外英语”历年考研真题的考题规律，分为短文写作和应用文写作。

2.1　短文写作◆工作就业Practice 30Directions: Write an essay with at least 300 English words on the given topic below. You should have your own point of view and it should bedeveloped with sufficient supporting points.It is often said that Chinese female students always faces sex discrimination in employment. When job opportunities are limited while the number of graduates is excessive, they become more disfavored in the furious competition. Do you think it is fair to female students? Develop your own point of view with solid grounds. 【参考范文】Sex discrimination in employmentThousands of years ago, female are the not favored part of the working sector in China. Although, a lot of acts have been announced to protect women rights nowadays, they still didn’t get the equal opportunity or treatment in job huntingor at work. Maybe there are a lot of reasons, such as the physical deficiency, or even the pregnancy or the maternity leave becomes a disadvantage of women. But, these reasons do not make sense. This is not female’s fault, they were born like that, and on the other hand, with out these women carrying the children, our world would extinct by now. So, how couldn’t the society respect these mothers and at least give them equal opportunity at work?It is unfair for women to be discriminated in employment. Women can do the same job as men can, and women are as talented as man. In recent years, women have shown great ability in all professions and vocations. They can do equally well as doctors, lawyers, scientists, drivers, plumbers, policewomen, or even astronauts. Females are the other part of the human beings, and they take as much responsibility as males do, why can’t they be treated equally?It is true, with the development of our society and our civilization, we have take measures on the sex discrimination problem, and we had pass a lot acts to protect female right. But it is not enough.We have to call our people’s attention on the problem, both the males and the females. Males should get rid of the ideas of being the cores, and respect females in their heart, as well as helping them on every respect. The females should wake up to gain their rights and also to improve themselves in order to be able to fit the work.Above all, we should work together to get rid of discrimination on female, and forming a much more harmonious world.【范文点评】性别歧视至今仍然是找工作时面临的一大问题，尽管社会各界一直在强调男女平等。

外语考研二外英语阅读理解高分特训 (阅读理解技巧指南)【圣才出品】

第1章阅读理解技巧指南“二外英语”是全国各院校日语、法语、德语、俄语等外国语专业（不含英语）研究生入学考试科目，考生第二外语为英语。

一般来说，“二外英语”总分为100分，考试时间为3小时。

1.1 考核要求和出题形式1．二外英语阅读理解部分考核要求对于“二外英语”，全国各大院校自主命题，而且各院校的考核要求水平也有差异，所以没有相应的考试大纲来说明其考核要求。

通过分析各大院校的二外英语历年试题，可看出二外英语大致相当于大学公共英语四、六级水平，而且，二外英语历年试题中有些是出自四、六级考试的真题，有些是出自英语专业四级考试真题（大致相当于公共英语六级水平），还有些是出自考研英语真题，虽然比重不大，但从此可看出目前高校对考生二外英语的大体要求，下面根据大学英语四、六级考试大纲以及非英语专业本科生《大学英语课程教学要求》，对“二外英语”的阅读方面考核要求归纳如下：阅读方面，要求考生既能理解个别句子的意义，也能理解上下文的逻辑关系；既理解字面的意思，也能理解隐含的意思；既理解事实和细节，也能理解所读材料的主旨和大意；能就文章的内容进行判断、推理和信息转换。

选材的原则是：（1）题材广泛，可以包括人物传记、社会、文化等方面，但是所涉及的背景知识应能为学生所理解；（2）体裁多样，可以包括叙述文、说明文、议论文等；（3）文章语言难度适中，文中无法猜测而又影响理解的关键词，用汉语注明词义。

2．出题形式①要求考生阅读若干篇短文，每篇短文后有若干个问题。

考生应根据文章内容从4个选择项中选出一个最佳答案。

②要求考生阅读一篇短文，短文后有若干个问题。

考生应根据文章内容作出简要回答。

问题多种多样，既可以针对整篇文章，如概括文章主旨大意，也可以对文中的某个观点进行评论，要求简要说明理由等等。

③给出一篇文章，文中一般有5个空白处，空白处可能位于段首、段落中间、段尾，选项部分一般为7段文字，每段可能为一个句子，也可能是两三个句子。

外语考研二外英语高分范文短文写作(资源环境)【圣才出品】

◆资源环境Practice 74Directions: It this part, you are expected to write a composition entitled Pollution Control.Outline:(1) reasons for pollution.(2) harm of pollution.(3) efforts having been made to control pollution.【参考范文】Pollution ControlEnvironmental pollution has become one of the greatest problems in the world today. There may be different causes for pollution. First of all, there are so many vehicles in cities, especially big cities. These vehicles give off waste, sometimes even poisonous gases. Second, many factories, such as paper-making mills, let their dirty water directly flow into our rivers and lakes. Third, farmers use more and more chemicals and pesticides. So, our fields are seriously polluted. These pollutants are harmful to our health. Some rivers have become undrinkable. Some polluted food or vegetables can cause cancer and other diseases. And if we breathe dirty air into lungs, we may fall ill.Now, some governments are taking measures to solve the problem. For example,our government is making a policy to punish the factories which have made the Huaihe River very dirty. Also, our government is reducing the number of cars in Beijing. I think all of these measures are very necessary. If we all work hard, this problem can be solved in the near future.【范文点评】作文题目表明文章的中心思想是关于防治环境污染的。

外语考研二外英语高分范文应用文写作(便笺)【圣才出品】

◆便笺Practice 99Directions: You are about to go for shopping. Leave a note to your roommate Mary. There are three affairs in the note:(1) you are going to shopping and would buy something for her in passing(2) tell her someone rang her when she was away(3) tell her that the washing machine was just broken downDo not sign your own name at the end of the note. Use “Jane” instead.【范文】Dear Mary,I’m going out for shopping. I will take some items you need by the way. I suppose they are toothpaste, a reading lamp, and a notebook. It can’t be wrong, right? Tom rang you at about two o’clock. He wants to meet you at the weekend, and he also wants to borrow some book from you. You had better to ring him back.And the washing machine can’t work. I suppose it’s the problem of the timing button. So don’t waste time getting your clothes prepared for washing. I’ve called the service department, and they will be here tomorrow.Wait for me back.Yours,Jane【范文点评】本题要求给室友写一个便条。

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◇社会生活类Passage 97 题材：社会生活类字数：595 Nasty breakups are bad enough. But what if your ex broadcast your dirty laundry, to millions? That’s what British actress Tricia Walsh-Smith did notoriously on April 10, when she posted the YouTube videos in which she slammed hersoon-to-be-ex-husband for everything. Walsh-Smith’s videos, which were collectively viewed more than 4 million times, reflect more than just the despair of a deserted woman. They’re part of a larger and fast-growing problem reputation-wrecking online.(1)________. “Now we have this giant megaphone of the Internet, where every little whisper about someone shows up in Google,” says Matt Zimmerman, senior staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation.(2)________. Many try to discredit their attackers by posting a rebuttal to the offending post or by asking website managers to remove disagreeable material. Some folks sue their critics for defamation. Still others take the ultimate step, hiring online-reputation- management firms to help re-craft their Web image.If you had the resources, you could always launch your own counterattack. Barack Obama, frustrated with the false rumors being spread about his background and religious history, created a website called Fight The Smears to expose them. (3)________. But to win a ease, you’d have to prove that intentionally falsestatements have damaged a lot more than just your feelings. You would also have to know whom exactly to sue, which can be virtually impossible since so many Web posts are anonymous. Wha t’s more, the 1996 Communications Decency Act frees site operators from any liability for posts made by visitors to their sites. “It is ridiculous how you can post something on the Internet and not be accountable for it,” says Chris Martin, founder of the online-reputation-management firm Reputation Hawk.(4) ________. “We call the top five search results the ‘danger zone’ ,because you don’t even have to scroll down to see them,” says Martin. For $1,500 a month, Reputation Hawk will actually create new Web pages that east you in a positive light (usually with your name in the URL), post links to positive Web mentions of you and start positive blogs. (Keeping the blogs up-to-date is your responsibility, however.)(5)________ “The answer to bad speech is more speech,” says Google’s Matt Cutts, who’s in charge of ranking search results. T o start, he suggests setting up a free Google Alert, which e-mails you every time your name appears in a blog post or on a website; this at least lets you know if you have a problem and, often, with whom.The upside of the ever churning online rumor mill is that it does justice to those subjects who have come by their bad reputations legitimately. For bad guys, the megaphone of the Web can be a very useful thing. For everybody el se, it’s nice to know that when the virtual community starts to whisper, you can now shout back.Choose from the sentences A-G, the one which best fits each gap of 1-5. There are extra sentences which you do not need to use.[A] The primary goal of online-reputation-management firms is to delete the first page of a client’s Google search results of all negative links.[B] Disadvantageous comments spread easily online, but in the real world, they are often easily forgotten. The same kind of malicious statement posted online can spread farther and last forever.[C] Once you’ve found your critics, you have to figure out what to say. The right response will get you everywhere.[D] These days, as more and more people join social-networking sites, personal attacks against individuals and businesses on the Web are being taken more seriously than ever.[E] If you don’t have a few thousand dollars to spare, a more reasonable approach is to confront your detractors directly.[F] Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales was notoriously outed in 2005 for attempting to whitewash his own entry on the site.[G] If you can’t mute your critics on your own, suing them for defamation might seem like the most effective way to stop the problem.1.B 本文首段以事例引出话题，即网络名誉诽谤问题。

第二段后文又引用相关言论，提出网络传播如扩音器的比喻，由此可推知此处缺少的是关于网络流言传播现象的语句。

选项B 和D 都有所涉及，D侧重的是人们对待网络流言的态度，B讲流言在网络上比在现实生活中传播得更快、更远，与下文的比喻联系紧密，根据上下文判断B更合适。

2.D 上文提出网络流言的现象，空格后文提到人们对待网络流言的各种不同做法，由此可推断，人们对网上关于个人或商务上的攻击越来越重视。

此处D正合此意，为正确答案。

此处选项F有干扰，F讲在网站上对个人名誉进行粉饰，而全文讲网络流言问题，并未提及名誉粉饰，不合文意，所以可排除。

3.G 文章三、四段主要讲人们用各种手段和方法对付网络流言的办法，而本段接下来主要讲针对网络毁谤发起诉讼的难度很大，由此可知此处是关于提出诉讼案的内容G项提到“控告他们诽谤可能是对付它的最有效的方式”，承上启下，因此为正确答案。