考研英语历年真题来源报刊阅读100篇Text5
2001 考研英语阅读真题Text 5(英语二)
2001 Text 5（英语⼆）"降档" 的⽣活When I decided to quit my full-time employment, it never occurred to me that I might become a part of a new international trend.A lateral move that hurt my pride and blocked my professional progress prompted me to abandon my relatively high profile career although, in the manner of adisgraced , I covered my exit by claiming "I wanted to spend more time with my family".Curiously, some two-and-a-half years and two novels later, my experiment in what the Americans term "downshifting" has turned my tired excuse into an absolute reality.I have been transformed from a passionate advocate of the philosophy of "having it all", preached by Linda Kelsey for the past seven years in the pages of She magazine,into a woman who is happy to settle for a bit of everything.I have discovered, as perhaps Kelsey will after her much-publicized resignation from the editorship of She after a build-up of stress, that abandoning the doctrine of "juggling your life", and making the alternative move into "downshifting" brings with it far greater rewards than financial success and .Nothing could persuade me to return to the kind of life Kelsey used to advocate and I once enjoyed: 12-hour working days, pressured deadlines, the fearful strain of office politics and the limitations of being a parent on "quality time".当我决定辞掉我的全职⼯作时，我从来没有想过我可能会成为国际新潮流的⼀部分。
新东方考研英语阅读100篇(提高级)_UNIT_5
UNIT FIVETEXT ONEBoosted by booming international financial markets, the City of London has not had it so good since the end of the dotcom bonanza in the late 1990s. Basking in double-digit growth rates, London's law firms have both contributed to that success and benefited fromit. The earnings of top City lawyers can now exceed £2m a year.Having opted to expand and go global ahead of most others, Britain's leading law firms tend to be bigger than their American rivals. Indeed, according to a survey of the world's top 50 law firms, compiled by Legal Business, a British trade paper, five of the world's top six law firms—in terms of turnover—are now British (if DLA Piper, the resultof an Anglo-American merger, is included). But they have tended to lag behind in terms oftheir profitability. That is now changing.The profit margins of the City's five “magic circle” firms—Clifford Chance, Slaughter and May, Allen & Overy, Linklaters and Freshfields—have soared in recent yea rs and are now comparable with, if not higher than, those of New York's “white shoe” elite. Slaughter and May, the only one of the five not to have gone global, has the joint second-highest profit margin among the top 50.Not so long ago, a London surgeon could expect to earn as much as a City lawyer. Buteven the recent big rises in hospital consultants' earnings pall in comparison with those enjoyed by London lawyers. At Slaughter and May, for example, average profits per equity partner (PEP) jumped by almost a third (in dollar terms) last year to $2.75m—more than atany other of the top 50 law firms bar two in New York where PEP averaged $2.8m and $3.0m respectively. Some senior partners get a lot more of course.Competition for the best lawyers is fierce and poaching frequent. Hence the need to keep headline PEP figures up—even at the cost of getting rid of equity partners, leaving a bigger share of the bounty for the remaining ones. Freshfields is in the process of shedding around 100 of its equity partners. Other leading firms are also undertaking painful restructuring.Newly qualified lawyers' salaries have also been shooting up in the search for the best talent. Both Freshfields and Allen & Overy now pay their first-year associates £65,000, rising to around £90,000 after three years. (First-year associates at America's top law firmsget the equivalent of £80,000.)But, as many other top-rank City employers have discovered, big earnings do not necessarily guarantee big satisfaction. According to a YouGov poll, published by the Lawyer earlier this month, a quarter of Britain's lawyers (including a fifth of law-firmpartners) would like to leave the profession. The disgruntled complained about cripplingly long hours, intense competition and the impersonality of the biggest firms (some with more than 3,000 lawyers). So why don't they quit? Because, say three-quarters, of the pay.1. Which one of the following is TURE of the status quo of London’s economy?[A] London is enjoying its best time of economic development since 1990s.[B] The growth rate of London is doubled since the beginning of the 1990s.[C] The growth rate started to boost since the end of the dotcom era.[D] The current economy of London is mostly driven by its legal instead of financial market.2. The world’s top 50 law firms are graded according to _____[A] their annual margin.[B] their profitability.[C] their sale volume.[D] their quantity of business.3.The phrase “white shoe” (Line 3, Paragraph 3) most probably means____[A] white collars.[B] first-class law firms.[C] financial agencies.[D] international banks.4. In order to be competitive, the law firms take the following measures except_____.[A] dismissing equity partners.[B] carrying out restructuring.[C] having their best lawyers turn more competitive.[D] raising salaries for recruiting talents.5. From the YouGov poll, it can be inferred that____[A] this profession is far from satisfactory.[B] most lawyers will leave the profession sooner or later.[C] most lawyers are satisfied with the profession because of the fat pay.[D] high salary is always contradictory to big satisfaction.文文文文：这这文文这这这这这这这这这这这这这这。
考研英语2001阅读5
考研英语2001阅读5在2001年的考研英语考试中，阅读理解部分的第五篇文章探讨了教育领域中一个日益受到关注的问题：如何平衡学术研究与实际应用之间的关系。
文章指出，尽管学术研究对于推动知识的发展和创新至关重要，但在现实世界中，研究成果往往需要经过一段时间才能转化为实际应用。
文章首先提到，许多学者和研究人员在进行研究时，更多地关注于理论的深度和创新性，而忽视了这些研究成果在实际生活中的应用价值。
这种趋势在一定程度上导致了学术界与产业界的脱节，使得许多有潜力的研究成果无法得到有效的利用。
然而，随着社会对技术创新和应用的需求日益增长，越来越多的教育机构和研究机构开始重视研究成果的实用性。
文章中提到了一些成功的案例，这些案例表明，通过与产业界的紧密合作，学术研究成果可以更快地转化为实际应用，从而推动社会和经济的发展。
文章还强调了跨学科研究的重要性。
在许多领域，单一学科的知识已经无法解决复杂的现实问题。
因此，鼓励不同学科的研究人员进行合作，共同探索问题的解决方案，已经成为提高研究成果实用性的一个重要途径。
最后，文章提出了一些建议，以帮助学者和研究人员更好地平衡学术研究与实际应用之间的关系。
这些建议包括：加强与产业界的合作，提高研究成果的可见度和影响力；鼓励跨学科的研究，以促进不同领域知识的融合；以及在研究过程中，更多地考虑研究成果的实际应用潜力。
总的来说，2001年考研英语阅读第五篇文章为我们提供了一个关于学术研究与实际应用之间关系的深刻见解。
它提醒我们，在追求学术创新的同时，也应关注研究成果的实际价值，以实现知识与实践的有机结合。
考研英语真题来源阅读100篇
考研英语历年真题来源报刊阅读100篇节选A fuzzy pictureNO.1NO.11A fuzzy picture“THIS is a really exciting time—a new era is starting,” says Peter Bazalgette, the chief creative officer of Endemol, the television company behind “Big Brother” and other popular shows. He is referring to the upsurge of interest in mobile television, a nascent industry at the intersection of telecoms and media which offers new opportunities to device makers, content producers and mobile network operators.Already, many mobile operators offer a selection of television channels or individual shows, which are “streamed”across their third generation (3G) networks. In South Korea, television is also sent to mobile phones via satellite and terrestrial broadcast networks, which is far more efficient than sending video across mobile networks. In Europe, the Italian arm of 3, a mobile operator, recently acquired Canale 7, a television channel, with a view to launching mobile TV broadcasts in Italy in the second half of 2006.Meanwhile, Apple Computer, which launched a video capable version of its iPod portable music player in October, is striking deals with television networks to expand the range of shows that can be purchased for viewing on the device, including “Lost”, “Desp erate Housewives” and “Law & Order”.Despite all this activity, however, the prospects for mobile TV are unclear. For a start, nobody really knows if consumers will pay for it, though surveys suggest they like the idea. Informa, a consultancy, says there will be 125m mobile TV users by 2010. But many other mobile technologies inspired high hopes and then failed to live up to expectations. And even if people do want TV on the move, there is further uncertainty in two areas: technology and business models. At the moment, mobile TV is mostly streamed over 3G networks. But sending an individual data stream to each viewer is inefficient and will be unsustainable in the long run if mobile TV takes off. So the general consensus is that 3G streaming is a prelude to the construction of dedicated mobile TV broadcast networks, which transmit digital TV signals on entirely different frequencies to those used for voice and data. There are three main standards: DVB H, favoured in Europe; DMB, which has been adopted in South Korea and Japan; and MediaFLO, which is being rolled out in America. Watching TV using any of these technologies requires a TV capable handset, of course.In contrast, watching downloaded TV programmes on an iPod or other portable video player is already possible today. And unlike a programme streamed over 3G or broadcast via a dedicated mobile TV network, shows stored on an iPod can be watched on an underground train or in regions with patchy network coverage. That suggests that some shows (such as drama) better suit the download model, while others (such as live news, sports or reality shows) are better suited to real time transmission. The two approaches will probably co exist.Just as there are several competing mobile TV technologies, there are also many possible business models. Mobile operators might choose to build their own mobile TV broadcast networks; or they could form a consortium and build a shared network; or existing broadcasters could build such networks.The big question is whether the broadcasters and mobile operators can agree how to divide thespoils, assuming there are any. Broadcasters own the content, but mobile operators generally control the handsets, and they do not always see eye to eye. In South Korea, a consortium of broadcasters launched a free to air DMB network last month, but the country’s mobile operators were reluctant to provide their users with handsets able to receive the broadcasts, since they were unwilling to undermine the prospects for their own subscription based mobile TV services.Then there is the question of who will fund the production of mobile TV content: broadcasters, operators or advertisers? Again, the answer is probably “all of the above”.launch［lC:ntF］v.①发射；②使（船）下水；③发动，开展；n.发射，下水［真题例句］The debate was launched (v.③) by the Government, which invited anyone with an opinion of the BBC—including ordinary listeners and viewers—to say what was good or bad about the Corporation, and even whether they thought it was worth keeping.［1996年阅读2］［例句精译］这场争论是英国政府发起的，它邀请每一位对BBC有看法的人——包括普通的听众和观众——对公司好坏进行评论，甚至可以评论他们是否认为公司值得办下去。
考研英语历年真题来源报刊阅读100篇
Thermoelectrics：Ev ery little helpsHERE is a thought: approximately 60% of the energy converted in power generation is wasted. The price of energy is high, both in terms of the actual cost to the consumer and the consequences of the climate change that generating power from fossil fuels causes. If even a small proportion of this wasted heat could be converted to useful power, it would be a good thing.At this week’s meeting of the American Physical Society, in Baltimore, Mercouri Kanatzidis of Michigan St ate University proposed such a scheme. He advocates attaching thermoelectric devices that convert heat into electricity to chimney stacks and vehicle exhausts, to squeeze more useful energy from power generation.The technology to do so has existed for years. If one end of an electrical conductor is heated while the other is kept cool, a small voltage is created between the two. Placing two dissimilar metals, or other electrically conductive materials, in contact with each othe r and then heating them also generates a voltage. Such devices, called thermocouples, are nowadays usually made using semiconductors. They are widely used as thermometers. But if they could be made cheaper, or more efficient, or both, they could also be employed to generate power.Dr Kanatzidis is developing new thermoelectric materials designed to be capable of converting up to 20% of the heat that would otherwise be wasted into useful electricity. The challenge lies in finding a substance that conducts electricity well and hea t badly. These two properties define what physicists call the “figure of merit” of a thermoelectric substance, which describes the power a devic e made of that substance could generate. Dr Kanatzidis’s group aims to make materials with higher figures of merit than those attainable with today’s semiconductors.Since the electrical properties of solids depend on their crystal structures, his group is experimenting with new atomic lattices. In particular, they are working on a group of chemicals called chalcogenides. These are compounds of oxygen, sulphur, selenium and tellurium that are thought to be particularly suitable for thermoelectric applications because their structure allows electric currents to flow while blocking thermal currents. They thus have a high figur e of merit. Dr Kanatzidis’s group is developing new ways of making these compounds crystallise correctly.But even existing devices could become economically useful as fuel prices rise, Dr Kanatzidis argues. In America, transport a ccounts for a quarter of the energy used. Fitting small thermoelectric devices to the exhaust pipes of vehicles could squeeze another 10% from the fue l—a saving that would be especially relev ant in hybrid petrol/electric devices where the b attery is recharged in part by recyclin g energy that would otherwise be dissipated by energy-draining activities such as braking. Similarly, attaching thermoelectric devices to the flues of power plants could generate more useful power.And thermoelectric devices could be used in other areas. They could work alongside solar cells and solar heating systems. They could also be used in geothermal and nuclear power plants. Dr Kanatzidis argues that wherever heat is generated as part of power generat ion, thermoelectric devices could help extract more useful energy. Waste not, want not.考研词汇：converted [kən'və:tid] a.更换信仰的, 修改的advocate [ˈædvəkit] n.提倡者，鼓吹者；v.提倡，鼓吹［真题例句］One of the first advocates (n.) for a national list was a researcher at Laval University. ［2005年新题型］［例句精译］Laval大学一位研究人员是首先提出创立全国性代理机构的倡导者之一。
考研英语历年真题来源报刊阅读100篇
Senate inquiry in loan case is studying stock transferAn Education Department official and financial aid directors at three universities received stock in a student loan company from the company's current president in what may have been a violation of securities law, Senate aides looking into the transactions say.In various documents that have been turned over to staff members working for Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the president of the company described the transfers as gifts. But at least one recipient of the shares has said he paid for the stock.Because the executive, Fabrizio Balestri of Student Loan Xpress, had acquired the shares in a private placement of stock that restricts how it can be transferred, the gifts-or sale-may have run afoul of federal securities laws, said Mr. Kennedy, the Massachusetts Democrat who heads the Senate education committee. Yesterday he called on federal regulators to investigate the transactions.The senator's staff has been investigating relations between loan companies and universities. The disclosures last week that the financial aid administrators owned the stock have prompted concerns that they had an incentive to steer students to the loan company. The government official helped oversee lenders in the federal student loan program.The documents describing the transfers of stock as gifts were signed by Mr. Balestri and his wife. They contradict what one financial aid director said in an interview last week. That official, Lawrence Burt of the University of Texas at Austin, said he had paid $1,000 for 1,500 shares. Mr. Burt could not be reached for comment last night.Mr. Balestri transferred stock not only to Mr. Burt but also to David Charlow, financial aid director for Columbia's undergraduate college and its engineering school; Catherine Thomas, director of financial aid at the University of Southern California; and Matteo Fontana, general manager in a unit of the Office of Federal Student Aid at the Department of Education. In recent days, all four have been put on leave by their employers.Senate aides said that for each $10,000 in the private placement, investors had received 10,000 shares and 5,000 warrants, or options to purchase additional stock before a certain date, in Education Lending Group, which was then the parent of Student Loan Xpress. Mr. Balestri obtained $80,000 worth of stock and kept none of it, according to the documents. In a personal list called "memorandums of gift", he wrote that he gave away 80,000 shares to 16 people on Dec. 31, 2001. That was one day before he began work at the company as its president.The 2001 private placement raised $3.7 million for Education Lending and was authorized by that company's chief executive, Robert deRose. At the time, the stock was trading between $1 and $2 a share. It is not clear who purchased the rest of the shares or whether anyone else at the company had knowledge of Mr. Balestri's transfers.考研词汇：violation[ˌvaiəˌleiʃən]n.违反, 违背, 妨碍, 侵害, [体]违例afoul[ə'faul]a.冲撞的，纠缠的ad.冲突着, 碰撞着securities law证券法steer[ˌstiə]v.驾驶，掌舵[真题例句] Much of the language used to describe monetary policy, such as "steering the economy to a soft landing" or "a touch on the brakes", makes it sound like a precise science.[1997年阅读5][例句精译] 很多用来描述货币政策的词，如"引导经济软着陆"、"经济刹车"，使货币政策听起来像是一门精确的科学。
干货：2021考研英语：历年考研试题阅读文章具体来源汇总(上)
干货：2021考研英语：历年考研试题阅读文章具体来源汇总(上)摘要：众所周知，考研英语阅读的很多文章都是摘自外国的学术期刊或者报纸的。
所以，大家可以多看下这些读物，对你英语阅读有益处。
为此，整理了2021考研英语：历年考研试题阅读文章具体来源汇总(上)的文章，希望对大家有所帮助。
2016年考研阅读1.2015年4月5日《基督教科学箴言报》(TheChristian Science Monitor)2.2014年11月15日《卫报》(The guardian)3.2015年7月23日的《经济学家》(Economist)4.2015年3月26日《美国大西洋月刊》(TheAtlantic)2015年考研阅读1.6/4/2014《卫报》( The guardian)2.4/28/2014《华盛顿邮报》(TheWashingtonPost)3.7/3/2014《自然杂志》( Nature )4.6/29/2014《卫报》(The Guardian)2014年考研阅读：1- 2013年6月29日的《卫报》(Theguardian)2- 2013年2月2日的《经济学家》(The Economist)3- 2013年6月12日的《自然杂志》(Nature)4- 2013年7月1日的《华尔街日报在线》The Wall StreetJournal Online2013年考研阅读：1- 2012年6月21日的《商业周刊》(Businessweek)2- 2012年6月9日的《经济学家》(TheEconomist)3- 2012年5月23日的《科学美国人》(ScientificAmericans) 4- 2012年6月25日的《华尔街日报》(TheWall StreetJournal) 2012年考研阅读：1- 2011年3月24日的《时代周刊》(Times)2- 2011年4月24日的3- 一本书《EverydayPractice of Science: Where Intuitionand Passion Meet Objectivity and Logic》4- 2011年3月17日的《经济学家》(Economist)新题型：2011年7月5日的《新科学家》(New scientist)翻译：2011年4月20日的《自然杂志》(Nature)2011年考研:阅读：1- 2007年9月《社评杂志》(commentarymagazine)2- 2009年11月《商业周刊》(Business week)3- 2010年1月《福布斯》(Forbes)4- 2010年7月9日《新闻周刊》(News Week)新题型：一本书《Professionalizingthe professor：the difficultiesof an American doctoralstudent University education in America》翻译：一本书《Fifty self-helpclassics》2010年考研阅读：1- 不详2- 2008年2月26号的《商业周刊》(Business week)3- 2007年2月的《哈佛经济评价》(HarvardBusiness Review) 4- 2009年4月的《经济学家》(The Economist)新题型：2008年4月美国哥伦比亚广播公司新闻报道(CBS)完形填空：2009年6月6日《经济学家》(The Economist)翻译：一本书A Sand CountyAlmanac(Aldo Leopold)。
96年研究生考试英语阅读真题分篇text-5
1996年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题T ext 5Rumor has it that more than 20 books on creationism/evolution are in the publisher’s pipelines.A few have already appeared. The goal of all will be to try to explain to a confused and often unenlightened citizenry that there are not two equally valid scientific theories for the origin and evolution of universe and life. Cosmology, geology, and biology have provided a consistent, unified, and constantly improving account of what happened. “Scientific” creationism, which is bein g pushed by some for “equal time” in the classrooms whenever the scientific accounts of evolution are given, is based on religion, not science. Virtually all scientists and the majority of non-fundamentalist religious leaders have come to regard “scientific” creationism as bad science and bad religion.The first four chapters of Kitcher’s book give a very brief introduction to evolution. At appropriate places, he introduces the criticisms of the creationists and provides answers. In the last three chapters, he takes off his gloves and gives the creationists a good beating. He describes their programmes and tactics, and, for those unfamiliar with the ways of creationists, the extent of their deception and distortion may come as an unpleasant surprise. When their basic motivation is religious, one might have expected more Christian behavior.Kitcher is a philosopher, and this may account, in part, for the clarity and effectiveness of his arguments. The non-specialist will be able to obtain at least a notion of the sorts of data and argument that support evolutionary theory. The final chapter on the creationists will be extremely clear to all. On the dust jacket of this fine book, Stephen Jay Gould says: “This book stands for reason itself.” And so it does -- and all would be well were reason the only judge in the creationism/evolution debate.67. “Creationism” in the passage refers to ________.[A] evolution in its true sense as to the origin of the universe[B] a notion of the creation of religion[C] the scientific explanation of the earth formation[D] the deceptive theory about the origin of the universe68. Kitcher’s book is intended to ________.[A] recommend the views of the evolutionists[B] expose the true features of creationists[C] curse bitterly at this opponents[D] launch a surprise attack on creationists69. From the passage we can infer that ________.[A] reasoning has played a decisive role in the debate[B] creationists do not base their argument on reasoning[C] evolutionary theory is too difficult for non-specialists[D] creationism is supported by scientific findings70. This passage appears to be a digest of ________.[A] a book review[B] a scientific paper[C] a magazine feature[D] a newspaper editorial。
2000考研英语text5
2000考研英语text5摘要：I.引言- 介绍考研英语的背景和意义- 简述文本5 的内容和结构II.考研英语文本5 概述- 文章的主题和作者的态度- 文章的主要论点和论据- 文章的结论和影响III.详细分析文本5- 文章的主题和作者的态度- 文章的主要论点和论据- 文章的结论和影响1.主题和态度- 文章主题：如何应对考研英语中的阅读理解- 作者态度：鼓励学生积极应对，提高阅读理解能力2.主要论点和论据- 论点1：考研英语阅读理解需要广泛的知识储备和词汇量- 论据1：阅读理解的材料涉及多个领域，需要学生具备较广泛的知识储备- 论据2：词汇量不足会影响阅读理解的速度和准确率- 论点2：考研英语阅读理解需要掌握一定的阅读技巧和方法- 论据3：通过练习和总结，学生可以掌握一定的阅读技巧和方法，提高阅读理解能力3.结论和影响- 结论：通过广泛的知识储备、词汇量和阅读技巧，学生可以提高考研英语阅读理解能力- 影响：这种提高将对学生的整体考研成绩产生积极影响IV.总结- 重新强调考研英语阅读理解的重要性- 鼓励学生通过不断学习和实践，提高阅读理解能力正文：考研英语作为研究生入学考试的重要组成部分，其阅读理解部分往往令许多学生感到困惑和挫败。
然而，只要我们能够掌握一定的方法和技巧，就完全有可能战胜这个难关。
文本5 为我们提供了很好的指导。
首先，文章明确指出了考研英语阅读理解所需要的是广泛的知识储备和词汇量。
这是因为阅读理解的材料涉及了多个领域，如社会科学、自然科学、人文科学等，如果学生对这些领域一无所知，那么就很难理解文章的内容。
同时，词汇量不足也会影响阅读理解的速度和准确率。
因此，我们应该在平时的学习中积累知识，扩大词汇量，为阅读理解打下坚实的基础。
其次，文章提出了考研英语阅读理解需要掌握一定的阅读技巧和方法。
这些技巧和方法包括快速浏览、寻找关键词、推理判断等。
通过练习和总结，学生可以掌握这些技巧，从而提高阅读理解能力。
考研英语历年真题来源报刊阅读100篇(I)
考研英语历年真题来源报刊阅读100篇 Text 1Declining populations：Incredible shrinking countriesDuring the second half of the 20th century, the global population explosion was the big demographic bogey. Robert McNamara, president of the World Bank in the 1970s, compared the threat of unmanageable population pressures with the danger of nuclear war. Now that worry has evaporated, and this century is spooking itself with the opposite fear: the onset of demographic decline.The shrinkage of Russia and eastern Europe is familiar, though not perhaps the scale of it: Russia's population is expected to fall by 22% between 2005 and 2050, Ukraine's by a staggering 43%. Now the phenomenon is creeping into the rich world: Japan has started to shrink and others, such as Italy and Germany, will soon follow. Even China's population will be declining by the early 2030s, according to the UN, which projects that by 2050 populations will be lower than they are today in 50 countries.Demographic decline worries people because it is believed to go hand in hand with economic decline. At the extremes it may well be the result of economic factors: pessimism may depress the birth rate and push up rates of suicide and alcoholism. But, in the main, demographic decline is the consequence of the low fertility that generally goes with growing prosperity. In Japan, for instance, birth rates fell below the replacement rate of 2.1 children per woman in the mid1970s and have been particularly low in the past 15 years.But if demographic decline is not generally a consequence of economic decline, surely it must be a cause? In a crude sense, yes. As populations shrink, GDP growth will slow. Some economies may even start to shrink, too. The result will be a loss of economic influence.Governments hate the idea of a shrinking population because the absolute size of GDP matters for great power status. The bigger the economy, the bigger the military, the greater the geopolitical clout: annual GDP estimates were first introduced in America in the 1940s as part of its war effort. Companies worry, too: they do not like the idea of their domestic markets shrinking. People should not mind, though. What matters for economic welfare is GDP per person.The crucial question is therefore what the effect of demographic decline is on the growth of GDP per person. The bad news is that this looks likely to slow because working age populations will decline more rapidly than overall populations. Yet this need not happen. Productivity growth may keep up growth in GDP per person: as labour becomes scarcer, and pressure to introduce new technologies to boost workers' efficiency increases, so the productivity of labour may rise faster. Anyway, retirement ages can be lifted to increase the supply of labour even when the population is declining.People love to worry-maybe it's a symptom of ageing populations-but the gloom surrounding population declines misses the main point. The new demographics that are causing populations to age and to shrink are something to celebrate. Humanity was once caught in the trap of high fertility and high mortality. Now it has escaped into the freedom of low fertility and low mortality. Women's control over the number of children they have is an unqualified good-as is the average person's enjoyment, in rich countries, of ten more years of life than they had in 1960. Politicians may fear the decline of their nations' economic prowess, but people should celebrate the new demographics as heralding a golden age.Pressuren.①压（力）；②强制，压迫，压强；v.强制，迫使［真题例句］ They can hope that, if one province includes a drug on its list, the pressure (n.①) will cause others to include it on theirs.［2005年新题型］［例句精译］他们可能会认为如果一个省把一种药包括在一个药品名录单上，就会迫使其他省把这种药也包括在药品名录单上。
考研英语阅读理解精读100篇
阅读理解精选100篇---经济类考研英语阅读理解精读100篇unit1unit1Some of the concerns surrounding Turkey’s application to join the European Union, to be voted on by the EU’s Council of Minis ters on December 17th, are economic-in particular, the country’s relative poverty. Its G DP per head is less than a third of the average for the 15 pre-2004 members of the EU. But it is not far off that of one of the ten new members which joined on May 1st 2004 (Latvia), and it is much the same as those of two countries, Bulgaria and Romania, which this week concluded accession talks with the EU that could make them full members on January 1st 2007.Furthermore, the country’s recent economic progress has been, according to Donald Johnston, the secretary-general of the OECD, "stunning". GDP in the second quarter of the year was 13.4% higher than a year earlier, a rate of growth that no EU country comes close to matching. Turkey’s inflation rate has just fallen into single figures for the first time since 1972, and this week the countr y reached agreement with the IMF on a new three-year, $10 billion economic programme that will, according to the IMF’s managing director, Rodrigo Rato, "help Turkey... reduce inflation toward European levels, and enhance the economy’s resilience".Resilience has not historically been the country’s economic strong point. As recently as 2001, GDP fell by over 7%. It fell by more than 5% in 1994, and by just under 5% in 1999. Indeed, throughout the 1990s growth oscillated like an electrocardiogram recording a violent heart attack. This irregularity has been one of the main reasons (along with red tape and corruption) why the country has failed dismally to attract much-needed foreign direct investment. Its stock of such investment (as a percentage of GDP) is lower now than it was in the 1980s, and annual inflows have scarcely ever reached $1 billion (whereas Ireland attracted over $25 billion in 2003, as did Brazil in every year from 1998 to 2000).One deterrent to foreign investors is due to disappear on January 1st 2005. On that day, Turkey will take away the right of virtually every one of its citizens to call themselves a millionaire. Six noughts will be removed from the face value of the lira; one unit of the local currency will henceforth be worth what 1m are now-ie, about €0.53 ($0.70). Goods will have to be priced in both the new and old lira for the whole of the year, but foreign bankers and investors can begin to look forward to a time in Turkey when they will no longer have to juggle mentally with indeterminate strings of zeros.注（1）：本文选自Economist；12/18/2004, p115-115, 2/5p；注（2）：本文习题命题模仿2004年真题text 1第1题和第3题（1，3），2001年真题text 1第2题（2），1999年真题text 2第2题（4）和2002年真题text 3第4题（5）；1. What is Turkey’s economic situation now?[A] Its GDP per head is far lagging behind that of the EU members.[B] Its inflation rate is still rising.[C] Its economy grows faster than any EU member.[D] Its economic resilience is very strong.2. We can infer from the second paragraph that__________.[A] Turkey will soon catch the average GDP level of the 15 pre-2004 EU members[B] inflation rate in Turkey used to be very high[C] Turkey’s economy will keep growing at present rate[D] IMF’s economic program will help Turkey join the EU3. The word “oscillated” (Line 3, Para graph 3) most probably means_________.[A] fell[B] climbed[C] developed[D] swang4. Speaking of Turkey’s foreign direct investment, the author implies that_________.[A] it’s stock is far less than that of other countries[B] it does not have much influence on Turkey’s economic progress[C] steady GDP growth will help Turkey attract more foreign direct investment[D] Turkey’s economic resilience relies on foreign direct investment5.We can draw a conclusion from the text that__________.[A] foreign investment environment in Turkey will become better[B] Turkey’s citizens will suffer heavy loss due to the change of the face value of the lira[C] the local currency will depreciate with the removal of six noughts from the face value[D] prices of goods will go up答案：C B D C A篇章剖析本篇文章是一篇说明文，介绍了土耳其的经济状况。
考研英语历年真题来源报刊阅读100篇（二）
A matter of life and deathNO.22A matter of life and deathCONCEPTION and cancer, which mark the beginning and, often, the end of life, share some molecular details. Cancer cells copy their contents and divide rapidly; so do newly fertilized eggs. This requires genetic reprogramming. Curiously, as a result of the reprogramming, both contain appreciable amounts of an enzyme called reverse transcriptase that biologists more usually associate with certain viral infections, including HIV. Reverse transcriptase makes part of the cell’s protein publishing line work backwards, recreating DNA, a molecule in which organisms typically store genetic information, from its less stable and correspondingly less favoured cousin, RNA. Why it does so in cancer and in embryos, though, is something of a mystery.Corrado Spadafora, of Italy’s National Institute of Health, in Rome, studies this little known puzzle. There are thousands of reverse transcriptase genes in the genomes of all mammals. What that job is exactly, Dr Spadafora is not sure, but data he presented at the annual meeting of the British Andrology Society, in Leeds, suggest some answers.Dr Spadafora showed recently that reverse transcriptase is required for mouse embryos to develop. He did this by removing it in two ways. First, he exposed embryos created in Petri dishes to a common AIDS drug called nevirapine, which works by gumming the enzyme up. This halted development whenever it was added to embryos up to the stage when they were only four cells big. Adding the drug later, when the four cells had divided into eight, had no effect. Second, he checked the drug was not bad for the embryos in some other, unknown, way by specifically turning off reverse transcriptase producing genes. The result was the same: the embryos did not die, and again, during the sensitive period, they seemed to get stuck in a juvenile stage.There are hints that reverse transcriptase is needed for a lot of early embryonic functions associated with getting cells ready to specialize into different types of tissue. Seven of the ten genes Dr Spadafora tested were active in healthy embryos, but were shut down in the nevirapine arrested ones.Since cancer cells also contain a lot of reverse transcriptase, Dr Spadafora wondered whether stopping the enzyme working might stop them dividing as well. He transplanted four kinds of human cancer into four groups of mice and treated some of each group with nevirapine or a similar drug. In all cases the earlier he gave the drug, the slower the tumours grew, and they always grew more slowly than tumours in mice which got neither drug. As in the embryo experiments, he then silenced the cancer cell genes that produced reverse transcriptase, and likewise found the tumours grew more slowly.Moreover, both the drugs and the gene silencing technique flattened some types of cancer cells, which suggests that both methods of getting rid of reverse transcriptase’s effects caused similar molecular changes inside the cells.That common anti HIV drugs slow cancer growth in AIDS patients has been known for some time. Doctors, however, have attributed the fact to the healthier immune systems the drugs promote. Dr Spadafora’s results suggest a more precise mechanism.molecular［mEu5lekjulE］a.分⼦的，由分⼦组成的［真题例句］ But NBAC members are planning to word the recommendation narrowly to avoid new restrictions on research that involves the cloning of human DNA or cells routine in molecular biology.［1999年阅读4］［例句精译］但是，NBAC成员们正计划在建议的措辞上更为严谨，以避免给克隆⼈体DNA或细胞等研究带来更多地限制——（这属于）分⼦⽣物研究中的常规课题。
1996年考研英语阅读5
1996年考研英语阅读5
摘要：
1.1996 年考研英语阅读5 概述
2.文章主题与结构
3.文章详细内容
4.文章结论
正文：
【1996 年考研英语阅读5 概述】
1996 年考研英语阅读5 是一篇讲述科技发展的文章，通过介绍一种名为“电子纸”的新型材料，以及它在未来可能带来的影响，让读者了解到科技的进步对于人类社会的改变。
文章采用总分总的结构，首先介绍了电子纸的概念和特点，然后分析了电子纸可能带来的社会变革，最后对全文进行了总结。
【文章主题与结构】
文章的主题是探讨电子纸这一新型材料在未来可能带来的影响。
全文分为四个部分：引言、电子纸的介绍、电子纸可能带来的社会变革以及结论。
【文章详细内容】
在引言部分，作者首先提到了电子纸这一新型材料，并表示在未来它可能会对人类社会产生重要影响。
接着，在介绍电子纸的部分，作者详细描述了电子纸的特点，包括它的薄度、可弯曲性、低能耗和可读性等。
此外，作者还提到了电子纸的生产过程，以及它与传统纸张的区别。
在电子纸可能带来的社会变革部分，作者分析了电子纸在未来可能带来的
影响。
首先，作者指出电子纸的出现将会对传统纸张产业产生冲击，同时，它也将改变人们的阅读习惯。
此外，作者还提到了电子纸在教育、广告和出版等领域的应用前景。
【文章结论】
在结论部分，作者对全文进行了总结，并强调了电子纸在未来的重要性。
研究生英语精读教程课文原文+翻译+短文unit5
The End Is Not at HandThe environmental rhetoric overblown.The planet will surviveRobert J. SamuelsonWhoever coined the phrase "save the planet" is a public relation genius. It conveys the sense of impending catastrophe and high purpose that has wrapped environmentalism in an aura of moral urgency.It also typifies environmentalism's rhetorical excesses, which, in any other context, would be seen as wild exaggeration or simple dishonesty.无论是谁杜撰了"拯救地球〞这一说法,他都是一位公共关系方面的天才.这一说法既表达了对即将来临的灭顶之灾的意识,也满怀着使环境保护论带有道义紧迫感这一大的目标.同时这种说法也表明环境保护论言过其实,这种夸大在其他任何场合都会被视为是在危言耸听或愚蠢的欺骗.Up to a point, our environmental awareness has checked a mindless enthusiasm for unrestrained economic growth.We have sensibly curbed some of growth's harmful side effects. But environmentalism increasingly resembles a holy crusade addicted to hype and ignorant of history.Every environmental ill is depicted as an onrushing calamity that—if not stopped will end life as we know it.就某种程度而言,我们的环境意识遏制了对自由经济增长所表现出的盲目热情.我们已明智地抑制了增长中所出现的一些有害的副作用,但是环境保护论却越来越像一场沉缅于狂热的宣传与对历史一无所知的圣战.每一由环境问题引发的不幸都被描绘成一场势不可挡的灾难.这场灾难如不加以制止,正像我们所知晓的那样,就会摧毁生命.Take the latest scare: the greenhouse effect. We' re presented with the horrifying specter of a world that incinerates itself.Act now, or sizzle later. Food supplies will wither. Glaciers will melt. Coastal areas will flood. In fact, the probable losses from any greenhouse warming are modest: 1 to 2 percent of our economy's output by the year 2050, estimates economist William Cline.The loss seems even smaller compared with the expected growth of the economy <a doubling> over the same period.以最近出现的恐慌——温室效应——为例.展现在我们面前的是一个自我焚毁、可怕的幽灵般的世界.即刻行动,否则世界将咝咝烧焦.食品供应即将枯竭.冰川即将溶化.沿海地区即将淹没.事实上,任何温室热效应可能造成的损失都是有限的：经济学家威廉·克莱恩估计,到2050年只占我们经济产出的1%到2%.与预想的同期经济增长<翻一番>相比,这一损失更显得微不足道.No environmental problem threatens the "planet" or rates with the danger of a nuclear war.No oil spill ever caused suffering on a par with today's civil war in Yugoslavia, which isa minor episode in human misery. World WarⅡleft more than35 million dead. Cambodia's civil war resulted in 1 million to 3 million deaths.The great scourges of humanity remain what they have always been: war, natural disaster, oppressive government, crushing poverty and hate. On any scale of tragedy, environmental distress is a featherweight.没有任何环境问题威胁这颗"星球〞,任何环境问题无法用核战争所带所来的危害来衡量.任何石油溢出造成的危害也无法同今日南斯拉夫内战——它不过是人类苦难中的一段小插曲——相比拟.第二次世界大战导致 3 500 多万人死亡.柬埔寨内战导致100至300万人死亡.人类的巨大祸患一如既往：战争、自然灾害、暴虐政府、极度的贫困与仇恨.在悲剧的任何尺度上,环境问题造成的痛苦都轻如鸿毛.This is not an argument for indifference or inaction. It is an argument for perspective and balance. You can believe <as I do> that the possibility of greenhouse warming enhances an already strong case for an energy tax.A tax would curb ordinary air pollution, limit oil imports, cut the budget deficit and promote energy efficient investments that make economic sense.这并非在为漠不关心或无动于衷进行辩解,这是在为前途和平衡而进行辩论.你可以相信<像我那样>,温室热效应的可能性强化了已具说服力的征缴能源税的理由.税收会抑制通常的空气污染,限制石油进口,减少预算赤字并提高具有经济意义的能效投入.But it does not follow that anyone who disagrees with me is evil or even wrong.On the greenhouse effect, for instance, there‘s ample scientific doubt over whether warming will occur and, if so, how much. Moreover, the warming would occur over decades. People and businesses could adjust. To take one example: farmers could shift to more heat-resistant seeds.但这并非意味着同我观点相悖的人就是居心叵测,或甚至是错误的.例如,就温室效应而言,热效应是否会发生,如果发生,其程度如何,对这类问题还存在大量的科学疑问.此外,热效应的发生需几十年的时间.人与行业可以进行调整.举一例：农民可改用更为耐热的种子.Unfortunately, the impulse of many environmentalists is to vilify and simplify. Critics of environmental restrictions are portrayed as selfish and ignorant creeps.Doomsday scenarios are developed to prove the seriousness of environmental dangers. Cline‘s recent greenhouse study projected warming 250 years into the future. Guess what, it increases sharply. This is anabsurd exercise akin to predicting life in 1992 at the time of the French and Indian War <1754～1763>.遗憾的是,许多环境保护论者感情用事,搞中伤和将事情简单化.环境限制法的批评者被描绘为自私自利、愚昧无知的小人.创作出了有关世界末日的电影剧本以证实环境危险的严重性.克莱恩最近对温室效应的研究展现了热效应在今后250年间的变化.猜猜吧,结果是什么?它在急剧增长.这就类似于一种在法印战争〔1754~1763〕时期预言1992的生活的无稽之谈.The rhetorical overkill is not just innocent excess. It clouds our understanding. For starters, it minimizes the great progress that has been made, especially in industrialized countries. In the United States, air and water pollution have dropped dramatically.Since 1960, particulate emissions <soot, cinders> are down by 65 percent. Lead emissions have fallen by 97 percent since 1970. Smog has declined in most cities.大谈特谈过多的伤亡并非过分的无知,它混淆人们的视听.对工业刚起步的国家来说,它低估了特别是工业化国家已取得的巨大成就.在美国,空气与水污染已得到显著缓解.自1960年以来,微颗粒物排放量〔煤灰、煤渣〕已下降65%.自1970年以来,铅排放量已降低97%.在大多数城市中,烟雾已减少.What's also lost is the awkward necessity for choices. Your environmental benefit may be my job. Not every benefit is worth having at any cost.Economists estimate that environmental regulations depress the economy's output by 2.6 to 5 percent, or about $150 billion to $290 billion. <Note: this is larger than the estimated impact of global warming.> For that cost, we've lowered health risks and improved our surroundings. But some gains are small compared with the costs. And some costs are needlessly high because regulations are rigid.同时我们也受到损失.这就是必须进行棘手的选择.你在环保方面所得到的好处也许就是我应尽的义务.并非每种利益都值得不惜任何代价而求之.经济学家估计,环境法规使经济产出下降2.6%至5%,或 1 500亿至2 900亿美元〔注：这一数字大于全球热效应的估计影响〕.我们用这一代价的确减轻了给身体所带来的危害,并且改善了我们的环境.但是,有些却得不偿失,而且由于法规的刻板僵化而使得一些代价毫无必要地上升.Balance: The worst sin of environmental excess is its bias against economic growth. The cure for the immense problems of poor countries usually lies with economic growth. A recent report from the World Bank estimates that more than 1 billion people lack healthy water supplies and sanitary facilities.Theresult is hundreds of millions of cases of diarrhea annually and the deaths of 3 million children <2 million of which the World Bank judges avoidable>. Only by becoming wealthier can countries correct these conditions.平衡：过份夸大环境作用的最大罪过是对经济增长所执的偏见.解决贫困国家所存在的大量问题通常与经济增长息息相关.世界银行最近的一份报告估计, 10亿多人缺少健康用水和卫生设施.其结果是每年成千百万人患痢疾,并导致三百万儿童死亡〔世界银行认为,其中200万人可以免于死亡〕.国家只有变得富裕起来才能改变这些状况.Similarly, wealthier societies have both the desire and the income to clean their air and water. Advanced nations have urban-air-pollution levels only a sixth that of the poorest countries. Finally, economic growth tends to reduce high birthrates, as children survive longer and women escape traditional roles.与此同理,较富庶的国家既具有愿望也具有财政收入来静化空气和用水,发达国家的城市空气污染仅为贫穷国家的六分之一.最终,经济增长将降低高的出生率,因为儿童寿命延长了,妇女也摆脱了传统的角色.Yes, we have environmental problems. Reactors in the former Soviet Union pose safety risks. Economic growth and theenvironment can be at odds. Growth generates carbon dioxide emissions and causes more waste. But these problems are not - as environmental rhetoric implies - the main obstacles to sustained development. The biggest hurdle is inept government. Inept government fostered unsafe reactors. Inept government hampers food production in poor countries by, say, preventing farmers from earning adequate returns on their crops.的确,我们存在环境问题.前苏联的反应堆给安全造成威胁.经济增长与环境会发生矛盾.增长产生二氧化碳排放物,并且造成更多的废弃物.但是这些问题并不像环境保护论者夸夸其谈的那样,是持续发展的主要障碍.最大的障碍是无能的政府.无能的政府培育出无安全保障的反应堆.在贫穷的国家,无能的政府,比如说,通过限止农民从其作物中获得适当的利润,阻碍食品生产.By now, everyone is an environmentalist. But the label is increasingly meaningless, because not all environmental problems are equally serious and even the serious ones need to be balanced against other concerns. Environmentalism should hold the hype. It should inform us more and frighten us less.到现在为止,人人都是环境保护论者,但是这种说法越来越没有意义,因为并非一切环境问题都同样严重,甚至即使那些严重的环境问题也需要同其他利害关系来均衡考虑.环境保护论应当终止那种刺激性宣传.它应当给予我们更多一些信息,更少一些恐吓.Supplementary ReadingJAKARTA - Planet Earth was battered by floods, drought and fire in 1997, a year which ended with the world's major polluters squabbling over ways to prevent further environmental disaster.The 160 nations attending a UN conference on global warming, billed as one of the most vital ever held, finally reached a consensus on cutting greenhouse gas emissions through the next decade.The climate was dominated in the latter part of the year by El Nino, an upswelling of warmer water off the South American coast which affects global weather patterns."I think for sure the most dramatic thing has been the El Nino phenomenon that has been experienced throughout the tropics," said Jeffrey Sayer, director general of the International Centre for Forestry Research <CIFOR>,at Bogor near Jakarta.El Nino, called by Peruvian fisherman after the Christ Child because of its appearance around Christmas, is being blamed for widespread floods and drought in the tropics, and has affected other areas as well.A major manifestation of the phenomenon was drought-aggravated bush fires in Indonesia that spread a choking smog across large areas of Southeast Asia before badly delayed monsoon rains started to fall in late November.Floods swept arid Somalia in East Africa, while the rain forests of Indonesia's lrian Jaya dried out and hundreds of tribes people died from starvation and disease.Apart from El Nino, eastern and central Europe suffered the worst floods in living memory in early July, with over 100 people killed in Poland and the Czech Republic, and many thousands of families displaced through the region and eastern Germany.In the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto, a UN gathering of 159 countries finally agreed on cutting greenhouse gas emissions after 11 days of frenetic negotiations."Perhaps this day will be in the future remembered as the Day of the Atmosphere," conference chairman Raul Estrada told the conference after a treaty text was passed by consensus on December 11.The conference agreed that developed nations should cut emission of carbon dioxide and other "greenhouse" gases blamed for global warming.The United States accepted a 7 per cent cut from 1990 levels by 2008～2112, the European Union 8 per cent and Japan 6 per cent.The conference accepted scientific evidence that heating of the Earth's surface by gases trapped in the atmosphere causes more and fiercer storms, expanding deserts, melting polar ice and raising sea levels which threaten to submerge low lying islands-and some island states, such as the Maldives in the Indian Ocean.The United States wants developing countries brought under the emission control umbrella and the treaty still faces a major hurdle in its passage in Washington through a potentially hostile Republican Congress.US Vice President Al Gore called the Kyoto agreement "a vital turning point", but echoed the EU's Environment Minister Ritt Bjerregaard that more still needed to be done."This is not good enough for the future...we would like the parties to be more ambitious," Bjerregaard said.Indonesia's Environment Minister Sarwono Kusumaatmadja said it was up to the developed countries to provide the leadership to guarantee Earth's future.The Kyoto conference would at least provide a greaterawareness of environmental problems, particularly as it took place in an El Nino year."But there is always a time lag between awareness and action, and I think that the time lag can be very long..."he said.He also condemned Western criticism of the environmental and conservation policies of developing countries, saying "market forces" were responsible for many of the problems."Basically, we are facing problems with the present contemporary civilization with its consumption and production attitude...."The market is not friendly to the environment ,and we are part of the market. It is too big a problem for us to handle ...so they want to have their cake and eat it."They want to have their market and they want to have us perform as guardians of the world's environment without them having anything to do with it."The Kyoto conference also pitted big business against campaigners for the environment-although major insurance organizations did offer support to the "greens".CIFOR's Sayer told reporters that a major development in the last two or three years was the emergence of major multinational corporations in the global timber industry."This is not necessarily a bad thing because those companies also have the resources to practice sustainable forestry if they are motivated to do so."。
考研英语真题阅读理解试题及名师解析(五)
考研英语真题阅读理解试题及名师解析(五)考研英语真题阅读理解试题及名师解析(五)If ambition is to be well regarded, the rewards of ambition—wealth, distinction, control over one's destiny—must be deemed worthy of the sacrifices made on ambition's behalf. If the tradition of ambition is to have vitality,it must be widely shared; and it especially must be highly regarded by people who are themselves admired, the educated not least among them. In an odd way, however, it is the educated who have claimed to have given up on ambition asan ideal. What is odd is that they have perhaps most benefited from ambition—if not always their own then thatof their parents and grandparents. There is a heavy note of hypocrisy in this, a case of closing the barn door afterthe horses have escaped―with the educa ted themselvesriding on them。
Certainly people do not seem less interested in suess andits signs now than formerly. Summer homes, European travel, BMWs—the locations, place names and name brands may change, but such items do not seem less in demand today than a decade or two years ago. What has happened is that people cannot confess fully to their dreams, as easily and openly as once they could, lest they be thought pushing,acquisitive and vulgar. Instead, we are treated to fine hypocritical spectacles, which now more than ever seem inample supply: the critic of American materialism with a Southampton summer home; the publisher of radical books who takes his meals in three-star restaurants; the journalist advocating participatory democracy in all phases of life, whose own children are enrolled in private schools. For such people and many more perhaps not so exceptional, the proper formulation is," Sueed at all costs but avoid appearing ambitious."The attacks on ambition are many and e from various angles; its public defenders are few and unimpressive, where they are not extremely unattractive. As a result, the supportfor ambition as a healthy impulse, a quality to be admired and fixed in the mind of the young, is probably lower than it has ever been in the United States. This does not mean that ambition is at an end, that people no longer feel its stirrings and promptings, but only that, no longer openly honored, it is less openly professed. Consequences follow from this, of course, some of which are that ambition is driven underground, or made sly. Such, then, is the way things stand: on the left angry critics, on the right stupid supporters, and in the middle, as usual, themajority of earnest people trying to get on in life。
2000考研英语text5
The Power of Perseverance in the Pursuit ofDreamsIn the fast-paced and often unpredictable world of modern life, the journey towards achieving one's dreams can be a challenging and demanding endeavor. This is especially true when faced with obstacles and setbacks that seem insurmountable. However, as the fifth text of the 2000 Graduate Entrance Examination (GEE) aptly illustrates, perseverance and determination are the key ingredients in overcoming these challenges and ultimately achieving success.The text, which focuses on the life and achievements of a renowned scientist, Dr. Jane Goodall, serves as a powerful reminder of the transformative power of perseverance. Despite facing numerous difficulties and doubts in her quest to study chimpanzees in their natural habitat, Dr. Goodall never gave up. Her坚定的信念和不屈不挠的精神enabled her to overcome obstacles and make groundbreaking discoveries about chimpanzee behavior.The lesson here is clear: perseverance is not just about stubbornly sticking to one's goals despite setbacks,but about learning from failures, adapting to changing circumstances, and never losing sight of the end goal. Itis about finding the balance between persistence and flexibility, between staying focused and being open to new possibilities.In the world of academics, perseverance is perhaps even more crucial. The journey towards acquiring knowledge and achieving academic success often requires years of hard work, dedication, and perseverance. Students must bewilling to put in the hours, endure the frustrations, and persevere in the face of difficulties. Only through consistent effort and dedication can they hope to achieve their academic goals.Moreover, perseverance also plays a vital role in personal growth and development. It is through persevering in the face of challenges that we learn to grow and become stronger. Whether it's overcoming a personal fear, achieving a fitness goal, or simply staying committed to a daily routine, perseverance is the key to success.However, it is important to note that perseverance does not mean stubbornly sticking to a single path. Sometimes,the wisest course of action is to reevaluate one's goals and objectives in the light of changing circumstances. This kind of flexible perseverance allows us to adapt to new situations and seize new opportunities that may arise.In conclusion, the power of perseverance is an invaluable asset in the pursuit of dreams. It is thedriving force that propels us forward in the face of difficulties and setbacks. By combining perseverance with adaptability and a willingness to learn from failures, we can achieve anything we set our minds to. Let us draw inspiration from Dr. Jane Goodall's life and embrace the power of perseverance in our own journey towards success. **坚持梦想的力量**在现代社会快节奏且充满不确定性的生活中，追求梦想的旅程往往充满挑战和艰辛。
历年考研英语阅读文章来源
历年考研英语阅读文章来源1、以5年内的国外报刊杂志文章为主：在绝大多数情况下，历年考研真题的文章来源一般控制在过去的5年之内，即倘若要参加2007年考研的话，2007年的文章一般来自于2002年到2006年之间的报刊杂志上，当然历史上也有少部分文章不受年份的限制。
这时我们阅读的范围就小了很多。
2、文章字数在450－600左右：我们在整理以上统计数据过程中，很容易发现历年考研英语真题文章字数一般在350－500字之间，段落上一般控制在3到6个段落。
由于考研命题组一般会对国外来文章进行修改。
所以说，符合以下条件的国外报刊杂志是我们选择的目标：文章字数在450-650字，段落在3-7个，年份在近5年之内合。
这样一来我们就把复习的范围大为减少了。
3、以这四本国外报刊杂志为主：根通过分析2003年－2006年这4年的考研阅读文章来源，我们发现，80%以上文章来自于The Economis t (经济学家)、Newsweek (新闻周刊)，Time (时代周刊)以及U.S New s and World Report (美国新闻与世界报道)四本杂志。
因此，我们可以再次将复习范围缩小，根据不完全统计2005年Th e Economist (经济学家)全年的60多期杂志里平均每期符合考研阅读理解命题文章要求的每期不超过3篇，像其他的三本杂志也是如此的情况，符合考研阅读要求也不是很多。
所以，只要我们精心地把此处提及的符合考查要求的文章挑选出来进行精读，那是最好的考研阅读的课后阅读材料。
第四节、本人建议：就《经济学家》这一本杂志就足够了为什么本人说对付考研阅读，《The Economist》（经济学家）这一本杂志就足够了？原因有三：第一个原因是几乎每年都有考研阅读文章来自《The Economist》杂志，并且这本杂志非常具有代表性，文章的谴词造句、行文逻辑非常适合大家阅读，值得大家学习参考，对提高你们的阅读能力绝对有帮助！另外，还有重要一点就是，考研英语阅读一般来自《经济学人》杂志上这两个栏目：“Science & Technology”和“Reader”。
00年英语一阅读text5
00年英语一阅读text52000年英语一阅读Text 5是关于"科技对人类社会的影响"的文章。
文章主要探讨了科技发展对社会、经济和个人生活的积极和消极影响。
以下是对该文章的多角度全面完整回答：该文章首先提到了科技对社会的积极影响。
科技的进步使得信息传递更加快捷和便利，促进了全球化和国际交流。
人们可以通过互联网和社交媒体与世界各地的人交流和分享知识。
此外，科技的发展也带来了许多便利的生活方式，例如电子商务、在线教育和远程医疗等。
这些科技的应用使得人们的生活更加便捷和高效。
然而，该文章也提到了科技对社会的消极影响。
科技的快速发展导致了信息爆炸和信息过载的问题。
人们面临着大量的信息选择，容易陷入信息焦虑和信息疲劳。
此外，科技的发展也带来了一些社会问题，例如个人隐私泄露、网络安全威胁和虚拟沉迷等。
这些问题对社会稳定和个人健康产生了一定的负面影响。
在经济方面，科技的发展为经济增长提供了新的动力。
新兴科技产业的兴起促进了就业机会的增加和经济结构的转型。
同时，科技的应用也提高了生产效率和质量，推动了经济的发展。
然而，科技的发展也导致了一些问题，例如劳动力失业和贫富差距的加剧。
自动化和人工智能的发展使得一些传统行业的工作岗位面临风险，需要人们不断学习和适应新的技术变革。
从个人生活角度来看，科技的发展给人们的生活带来了巨大的改变。
人们可以通过智能手机和社交媒体与朋友和家人保持联系，也可以通过各种应用程序方便地获取信息和服务。
科技的进步还带来了娱乐方式的变革，例如在线视频和游戏等。
然而，科技的过度依赖也给人们的生活带来了一些负面影响，例如沉迷于虚拟世界、社交孤立和健康问题等。
综上所述，2000年英语一阅读Text 5探讨了科技对人类社会的影响。
科技的发展带来了社会、经济和个人生活的积极和消极影响。
我们应该充分利用科技的优势，同时也要警惕科技可能带来的负面影响，努力寻找平衡点，以确保科技对人类社会的发展产生更加积极的影响。
2000考研英语text5
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1.考研英语的重要性
2.2000 年考研英语 text5 的主要内容
3.text5 对考研英语的启示
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【1】考研英语的重要性
在我国，考研英语一直是许多学生追求更高学位的必经之路。
考研英语的重要性不仅体现在它对学生未来学术发展的影响，还体现在它对学生综合素质的提升。
通过考研英语的系统学习和训练，学生可以提高自己的英语水平，更好地了解国际学术动态，为未来的学术研究打下坚实的基础。
同时，考研英语也是检验学生英语水平的重要手段，对于培养学生的应试能力和心理素质具有重要意义。
【2】2000 年考研英语 text5 的主要内容
2000 年考研英语 text5 是一篇关于人类文明发展的文章，主要讨论了人类文明发展的三个阶段：采集狩猎时代、农业时代和工业时代。
文章通过分析这三个阶段的特点，总结了人类文明发展的规律，并对未来文明的发展方向进行了展望。
【3】text5 对考研英语的启示
text5 为考研英语的备考提供了许多有益的启示。
首先，text5 提醒我们要关注人类文明的发展，了解国际学术动态。
在考研英语的阅读理解部分，这类题材的文章经常出现，因此学生需要具备相关的知识储备。
其次，text5 告诉我们要善于总结和分析，把握文章的主旨和结构。
在考研英语的写作和翻译部分，这种能力尤为重要。
最后，text5 启示我们要关
注未来，对未来的发展趋势进行预测和展望。
在考研英语的完形填空和阅读理解部分，这种前瞻性的思维方式可以帮助我们更好地理解文章。
考研英语一真题手译阅读2001-Text5
考研英语一真题手译阅读2001-Text5百度官方认证店铺：考研资料2001-1Text51-When I decided to quit my full time employment it never occurred to me that I might become a part of a new international trend.A lateral move that hurt my pride and blocked my professional progress prompted me to abandon my relatively high profile career although,in the manner of a disgraced government minister,I covered my exit by claiming“I wanted to spend more time with my family”.2-Curiously,some two-and-a-half years and two novels later,my experiment in what the Americans term “downshifting”has turned my tired excuse into an absolute reality.I have been transformed from a passionate advocate of the philosophy of“having it all,”preached by Linda Kelsey for the past seven years in the page of She magazine,into a woman who is happy to settle for a bit of everything.3-I have discovered,as perhaps Kelsey will after her much-publicized resignation from the editorship of She after a build-up of stress,that abandoning the doctrine of“juggling your life,”and making the alternative move into“downshifting”brings with it far greater rewards than financial success and social status.分享考研资料，助力考研成功！。
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考研英语历年真题来源报刊阅读100篇Text5作者：佚名 资料来源：网络 点击数： 1 更新时间：2008-7-22Behind the bleeding edgeMANKIND’S progress in developing new gizmos is often referred to as the "march of technology". That conjures up images of constant and relentless for ward movement orchestrated with military precision. In reality, technological progress is rather less order ly. Some technologies do indeed improve at such a predictable pace that they obey simple formulae suc h as Moore’s law, whic h acts as a battle plan for the semiconductor industry. Other technologies procee d by painful lurches-think of third generation mobile phones, or new versions of Microsoft Windows. And there are some cases, particularly in the developing world, when technological progress takes the f orm of a leapfrog.Such leapfrogging involves adopting a new technology directly, and skipping over the earlier, inferi or versions of it that came before. By far the best known example is that of mobile phones in the de veloping world. Fixed line networks are poor or non existent in many developing countries, so people have leapfrogged straight to mobile phones instead. The number of mobile phones now far outstrips the number of fixed line telephones in China, India and sub Saharan Afri ca.There are other examples. Incandescent light bulbs, introduced in the late 1870s, are slowly being displaced in the developed world by more energy efficient light emitting diodes (LEDs), in application s from traffic lights to domestic lighting. LEDs could, however, have an even greater impact in parts o f the developing world that lack mains power and elect ric lighting altogether. LEDs’ greater energy effi ciency makes it possible to run them from batteries charged by solar panels during the day.Being behind the "bleeding edge" of technological development can sometimes be a good thing, in short. It means that early versions of a technology, which may be buggy, unreliable or otherwise inferi or, can be avoided. America, for example, was the first country to adopt colour television, which explai ns why American television still looks so bad today: other countries came to the technology later and a dopted technically superior standards.The lesson to be drawn from all of this is that it is wrong to assume that developing countries wi ll follow the same technological course as developed nations. Having skipped fixed line telephones, so me parts of the world may well skip desktop computers in favour of portable devices, for example. Ent ire economies may even leapfrog from agriculture straight to high tech industries. That is what happene d in Israel, which went from citrus farming to microchips; India, similarly, is doing its best to jump str aight to a high tech service economy.Those who anticipate and facilitate leapfrogging can prosper as a result. Those who fail to see it c oming risk being jumped over. Kodak, for example, hit by the sudden rise of digital cameras in the de veloped world, wrongly assumed that it would still be able to sell old fashioned film and film cameras in China instead. But the emerging Chinese middle classes leapfrogged straight to digital cameras-and even those are now outnumbered by camera phones.precisionn.精确，精确度［真题例句］ The tests themselves are merely tools, with characteristics that can be measured withreasonable precision under specified conditions.［1995年翻译］［例句精译］这些测试本身只是一种工具，其各种特性是可以在规定的条件下用相当的精度来测定的。
skipv.跳，蹦，急速改变，跳读，遗漏，跳跃；n.跳跃inferiora.①（to）下等的，下级的；②差的，次的；n.下级，晚辈［真题例句］He will not do so for long, for mercifully the public has the good sense not to buy the inferior (a.②) article more than once.［1995年阅读1］［例句精译］他这样做的时间不会长，因为庆幸的是，公众有良好的判断力，他们不会一而再、再而三地去购买劣质商品。
versionn.①型，版本；②译本，译文；③说法，看法；④（某种）形式［真题例句］And if scientists have yet to create the mechanical version (④) of science fiction, th ey have begun to come close.［2002年阅读2］［例句精译］如果科学家们还没有在机械上实现科幻小说的幻想，那么他们也已经很接近这个目标了。
assumev.①假装；②假定，设想；③采取，承担；④呈现；⑤以为，认为［真题例句］(71) Actually, it isn t, because it assumes (②) that there is an agreed account of h uman rights, which is something the world does not have.［1997年翻译］［例句精译］（71）事实并非如此，因为这种问法是以人们对人的权利达成共识为基础的，而这种共同认识并不存在。
［真题例句］(41：Neither) kind of sleep is at all well understood , but REM sleep is (42：assu med) (⑤) to serve some restorative function of the brain.［1995年完形］［例句精译］我们对两种形式的睡眠了解都不多，但是人们认为REM睡眠对大脑起着某种康复功能。
facilitatev.使变得（更）容易，使便利［真题例句］Technology has facilitated the sharing of information and the storage and delivery of information, thus making more information available to more people.［1995年阅读3］考试大收集整理［例句精译］技术的发展促进了信息分享、存储和传递，这就使更多的人得到更多的信息。