会计硕士专业学位联考英语(二)真题2015年_真题(含答案与解析)-交互

会计硕士专业学位联考英语(二)真题2015年
(总分100, 做题时间90分钟)
Section Ⅰ Use English
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A B C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
In our contemporary culture, the prospect of communicating with—or even looking at—a stranger is virtually unbearable. Everyone around us seems to agree by the way they fiddle with their phones, even without a 1 underground.
It"s a sad reality—our desire to avoid interacting with other human beings—because there"s 2 to be gained from talking to the stranger standing by you. But you wouldn"t know it, 3 into your phone. This universal armor sends the 4 : "Please don"t approach me. "
What is it that makes us feel we need to hide 5 our screens?
One answer is fear, according to Jon Wortmann, executive mental coach. We fear rejection, or that our innocent social advances will be 6 as "creepy" . We fear we"ll be 7 . We fear we"ll be disruptive. Strangers are inherently 8 to us, so we are more likely to feel 9
**municating with **pared with our friends and acquaintances. To avoid this anxiety, we 10 to our phones. "Phones become our security blanket," Wortmann says. "They are our happy glasses that protect us from what we perceive is going to be more 11 . "
But once we rip off the bandaid, tuck our smartphones in our pockets and look up, it doesn"t 12 so bad. In one 2011 experiment, behavioral scientists Nicholas Epley and Juliana Schroeder **muters to do the unthinkable: Start a 13 . They had Chicago **muters talk to their fellow 14 "When Dr. Epley and Ms. Schroeder asked other people in the same train station to 15 how they would feel after talking to a stranger, **muters thought their 16 would be more pleasant if they sat on their own," the New York Times summarizes. Though the participants didn"t expect a positive experience, after they 17 with the experiment, "not a single person reported having been snubbed. "
18 , **mutes were reportedly more **pared with those **munication, which makes absolute sense, 19 human beings thrive off of social connections. It"s that 20 : Talking to strangers can make you feel connected.
SSS_SINGLE_SEL
1.
A ticket
B permit
C signal
D record
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答案:C
[解析] 此题考查名词词义。

本题空格所在句子的句意为：现代社会中人与人之间缺乏交流，无论身在何处，即使在没有______的地铁之中都盯着自己的手机看，互相没有交流。

ticket“票”；permit“允许”；signal“信号，打招呼；预兆，征象”；record“记录”。

选项中，只有C项符合上下文语义。

从题材来看本篇文章是当代人们所熟知的社会现象，因此理解起来会相对比较容易。

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2.
A nothing
B link
C another
D much
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答案:D
[解析] 此题考查名词词义。

本题所在的原因状语从句是为了解释前面提及的“我们避免和其他人交流是一件很悲哀的事”。

本题空格所在句子的句意为：因为我们在与陌生人交流时，我们会收获______。

根据作者对人们拒绝和其他人交流这一事实所用的形容词sad“可悲的”可知，与陌生人交流，我们会从中收获很多东西。

本题根据对比的语义关系可确定答案为much。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
3.
A beaten
B guided
C plugged
D brought
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答案:C
[解析] 此题考查动词词义。

本题空格所在句子的句意为：但是你不会意识到它(人们避免与陌生人交流的意愿)被嵌入到了你的手机中。

beaten“被击打的”；guided“被指导的”；brought“被带来的”，均不符合语义。

只有plugged“插入的，嵌入的”符合，因此正确答案为C。

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4.
A message
B cede
C notice
D sign
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答案:A
[解析] 本题考查名词词义。

本题空格所在句子的句意为：这种普遍存在的屏障(不和陌生人交流)传递了“不要接近我”这个______。

显然此处的考点为动宾搭配，而且空格处的内容是说“不要接近我”。

所以，根据sends这个动词和空格后面的内容可以判断出，答案为message。

其他选项均不符合前后语义。

因此正确答案为A。

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5.
A under
B beyond
C behind
D from
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答案:C
[解析] 本题考查介词词义。

本题空格所在句子的句意为：是什么使得我们感觉到自己需要躲藏在手机屏幕______?under“在……下面”；beyond“在……之外”；behind“在……之后”。

hide与from搭配意为“躲避……”。

只有C 符合语义，即躲在屏幕之后。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
6.
A misinterpreted
B misapplied
C misadjusted
D mismatched
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答案:A
[解析] 本题考查动词。

本题空格所在句子的句意为：我们害怕被拒绝，也害怕我们与人交流这一善意的社交之举被______成“怪异的”。

选项中的四个词均为前缀mis-与动词构成的新词，且需填的词为动词的被动形式。

这要求考生能看到这一考点而不会被所谓的生词吓到。

misinterpret“曲解，误解”；misapply“误用，滥用”；misadjust“失调，误调”；mismatch“错配”。

根据句意，只有选项A符合。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
7.
A fired
B judged
C replaced
D delayed
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[解析] 本题考查动词词义。

本题空格所在句子的句意为：我们害怕被______，害怕被扰乱。

本题与第6题空格所在的句子构成了排比句，前面句子中所用的词均为消极语义，可以判定本空需填写的也与其他语义相照应。

fire“解雇”；judge“批评，评论”；replace“代替”；delay“耽搁”。

选项中的fire虽为消极语义，但与本句上下语境不符，故本题选B。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
8.
A unreasonable
B ungrateful
C unconventional
D unfamiliar
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答案:D
[解析] 本题空格所在的句子意思是：陌生人对我们来说本来就是很______，因此较之与朋友及熟人交流，我们可能更易感到______。

本题考查对比语义关系的运用。

比较的对象为“朋友及熟人”，可知前面相反的意思应该为“不熟悉的”。

选项中的四个词为由前缀un-加形容词构成的新词：unreasonable“无理由的”；ungrateful“不感激的，不领情的”；unconventional“非传统的，非常规的”；unfamiliar“不熟悉的，陌生的”。

故答案为D。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
9.
A comfortable
B anxious
C confident
D angry
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答案:B
[解析] 本题考查形容词词义。

根据语义，本题应该填写一个消极语义的词。

comfortable“舒服的”；anxious“紧张的”；confident“有信心的”；angrly“生气的”。

根据词汇的感情色彩，可知道B和D符合语境。

但浏览下一句可以发现本题中需填词汇的词义重现。

下一句中用到了anxious的名词形式anxiety，故判定答案为B。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
10.
A attend
B point
C take
D turn
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[解析] 本题考查动词词组。

题干的意思是：为了避免这种紧张感，我们______我们的手机。

turn to“求助，转向”符合语义，故答案为D。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
11.
A dangerous
B mysterious
C violent
D boring
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答案:A
[解析] 本题考查形容词。

本题空格所在句子的句意为：手机成为了我们的保护伞；它们是保护我们免受我们察觉到的更为______的东西的保护伞。

根据此处结构protect us from what we perceive is可推断空格处填入词汇为负向感情色彩，dangerous“危险的”，意思吻合，且和前文的security“安全”形成对比；mysterious“神秘的”，与主题关联不大，且为中性词；violent“暴力的”，意思比较极端，不合题意；boring“无聊的”，同样不符合该段主题。

故选A。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
12.
A hurt
B resist
C bend
D decay
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答案:A
[解析] 本题考查动词。

本题空格所在句子的句意为：但是一旦我们撕掉害怕与陌生人交流的“创可贴”，将手机收进衣服口袋里，然后抬起头来，我们会发现，其实与陌生人交流并非那么______。

本句意思是对上文意思的转折。

上文指出人们害怕与陌生人交流的原因，那么本句转折的意思一定是“与陌生人交流并不那么痛苦”。

hurt“痛苦”；resist“抵制”；bend“弯曲”；
decay“衰落，衰退”。

只有hurt符合语义。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
13.
A lecture
B conversation
C debate
D negotiation
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答案:B
[解析] 此题考查名词。

本题空格所在句子的句意为：在2011年实行的一次实验中行为学家尼古拉斯·艾蓓雷和茱莉安娜·施罗德让通勤者们做一件不可思议的事：开始______。

lecture“讲座”；conversation“对话”；debate“辩论”；negotiation“谈判”。

上文提及我们都不敢与陌生人交流，因此科学家应该是让人们开始对话，只有B选项符合，故答案为B。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
14.
A trainees
B employees
C researchers
D passengers
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答案:D
[解析] 此题考查名词。

本题空格所在句子的句意为：他们让芝加哥火车站的通勤者和其他______交谈。

trainee“接受培训者，实习生”；employee“受雇者”；researcher“研究者”；passenger“乘客，旅客”。

即通勤者与其他乘客在一起，故答案为D。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
15.
A reveal
B choose
C predict
D design
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答案:C
[解析] 此题考查动词词义。

本题空格所在句子的句意为：“当两位博士让火车站的其他人______和其他陌生人交谈会有什么感觉，乘客们认为……”空格后面的宾语从句中的谓语动词为would+feel，为过去将来时态，可知此处所缺动词表示“预测”。

reveal“揭露；曝光”，多接负面现象，此处不搭配；choose“选择”，不符合题意；predict“预测”，代入文中翻译通顺，语法正确；design“设计”，不符合题意。

故答案为C。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
16.
A voyage
B flight
C walk
D ride
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答案:D
[解析] 本题考查名词词义。

本题空格所在句子的句意为：通勤者认为若他们能安静独处，他们的______会更令人开心。

此处需要填入一个与commuters“上下班往返的人”相关的词。

上文提及是**muters，故排除voyage“旅途”，flight“航班”，walk“步行”。

ride“(乘坐汽车等的)旅行”，为正确答案。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
17.
A went through
B did away
C caught up
D put up
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答案:A
[解析] 本题考查动词短语。

本题空格所在句子的句意为：尽管这些______实验的人并未对实验结果抱有积极的期待，但无一人被报道经历了冷落对待。

go through with“完成”；do away with“废除，消灭”；catch up with“跟上，赶上”；put up with“忍受”。

能够和实验搭配的只能是选项A。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
18.
A In turn
B In particular
C In fact
D Inconsequence
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答案:B
[解析] 本题考查固定词组。

此处需要填入一个固定词组，起到承接上下文的作用。

上文提到那些放下手机，积极与其他乘客交流的人并没有受到冷落。

空格后指出，与那些没有对话的人相比，这些人更加开心。

可见上下文之间是并列或递进的关系。

in turn“轮流，依次”，不符合上下文关系；in
particular“尤其是，特别是”，常常用来表示举例的逻辑关系，因此排除；in consequence“结果”，表示因果的逻辑关系，应该排除。

所以正确答案为in fact“事实上”。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
19.
A unless
B since
C if
D whereas
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答案:B
[解析] 此处考查上下文的逻辑关系。

上文指出，与那些没有对话的人相比，那些积极交谈的人更加开心。

下文则提到人类的繁荣起源于社会联系。

显然，这二者之间不是假设关系，因此排除unless和if；也非转折关系，因此排除whereas；正确答案为since，表因果关系。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
20.
A funny
B simple
C logical
D rare
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答案:B
[解析] 本题考查形容词。

此处需要填入一个可以形容冒号后句子的形容词。

空格处所在句子的句意为：事实很______，与陌生人交谈让你觉得不孤单。

显然这一事实绝非funny“滑稽的”，logical“有条理的”，也非rare“稀有的”。

simple“简单的”符合文意，是正确答案。

Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
Part A
Directions:
Read the following four texts. Answer the questions after each text by choosing A B C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Text 1
A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys, people are actually more stressed at home than at work. Researchers measured people"s cortisol, which is a stress marker, while they were at work and while they were at home and found it higher at what is supposed to be a place of refuge.
"Further contradicting conventional wisdom, we found that women as well as men have lower levels of stress at work than at home," writes one of the researchers, Sarah Damske. In fact women even say they
feel better at work, she notes. "It is men, not women, who report being happier at home than at work." Another surprise is that
findings hold true for both those with children and without, but more so for nonparents. This is why people who work outside the home have better health.
What the study doesn"t measure is whether people are still doing work when they"re at home, whether it is household work or work brought home from the office. For many men, the end of the workday is a time to kick back. For women who stay home, they never get to leave the office. And for women who work outside the home, they often are playing catch-up-with-household tasks. With the blurring of roles, and the fact that the home front lags well behind the workplace at making adjustments for working women, it"s not surprising that women
are more stressed at home.
But it"s not just a gender thing. At work, people pretty much know what they"re supposed to be doing, working, making money, doing the tasks they have to do in order to draw an income. The bargain is very pure: Employee puts in hours of physical or mental labor and employee draws out life-sustaining moola.
On the home front, however, people have no such clarity. Rare is the household in which the division of labor is so clinically and methodically laid out. There are a lot of tasks to be done; there are inadequate rewards for most of them. Your home colleagues—your family—have no clear rewards for their labor; they need to be talked into it, or if they"re teenagers, threatened **plete removal of all electronic devices. Plus, they"re your family. You cannot fire your family. You never really get to go home from home.
So it"s not surprising that people are more stressed at home. Not only are the tasks apparently infinite, the co-workers are much harder to motivate.
SSS_SINGLE_SEL
1.
According to Paragraph 1, most previous surveys found that home
______.
A offered greater relaxation than the workplace
B was an ideal place for stress measurement
C generated more stress than the workplace
D was an unrealistic place for relaxation
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答案:A
[解析] 细节题。

题干问：通过第一段可知，之前的很多研究发现家庭______。

根据题干关键词previous studies和home定位到首段的“A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys, people are actually more stressed at home than at work. ”即新研究表明人们在工作中比在家中的压力更小，而这一结论是与先前的许多研究相反的。

由此可以反推：先前的研究认为人们在家里压力更小，对应选项A。

以前的研究认为，人们在家中感到压
力较小，C项与题干连起来意思为“以前的研究发现在家中比工作场所压力大”。

C项与文章意思不符。

B选项“家是衡量压力的理想地方”，与原文意思不符。

D选项意思是“家不是放松的理想之地”。

依第一段，先前的研究认为
人们在家中压力小。

D项与该意思相反。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
2.
According to Damaske, who are likely to be the happiest at home?
A Childless wives
B Working mothers
C Childless husbands
D Working fathers
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答案:C
[解析] 细节题。

题干问：Damaske认为，谁可能是家里最快乐的?根据关键词Damaske和happiest定位到二段下列内容：Another surprise is that findings hold true for both those with children and without, but more so for nonparents. 本段一共提到了Damaske的三个结论：第一，女性在工作中比在家里压力要小；第二，男性比女性更乐意待在家里；第三，没小孩的成年人比身为父母的成年人更开心。

综上所述，在家最开心的人是选项C。

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3.
The blurring of working women"s roles refers to the fact that ______.
A it is difficult for them to leave their office
B their home is also a place for kicking back
C there is often much housework left behind
D they are both bread winners and housewives
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答案:D
[解析] 语义理解题。

题干问：职业女性角色的模糊指的是______事实。

根据关键词the blurring of roles，women，the fact定位到第三段的下列内容：With the blurring of roles, and the fact that the home front lags well behind the workplace at making adjustments for working women, it"s not surprising that women are more stressed at home. 即因职业女性角色的模糊及在调整方面家庭远远落后于工作场所的事实，女性在家更有压力不足为奇。

表明女性在家中的角色相对固定，难以调整。

再联系上一句“职业女性常常还要奋力兼顾家庭”，表明职业女性的the blurring of roles指的就是“职场人士”和“家庭主妇”的双重身份，对应选项D。

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4.
The word "moola" (Line4, Para4) most probably means ______.
A skills
B energy
C earnings
D nutrition
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答案:C
[解析] 词义理解题。

根据关键词moola定位到第四段的下列内容：The bargain is very pure: Employee puts in hours of physical or mental labor and employee draws out life-sustaining moola. 本句语义是典型的前后对比的关系。

其中put in和draw out为一对反义词。

那么其后各自的宾
语也应为相反的关系。

本句指出雇员投入的是体力或脑力劳动，那么产出的应该为收入，即为与之对照的宾语。

对应选项earnings。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
5.
The home front differs from the workplace in that ______.
A division of labor at home is seldom clear-cut
B home is hardly a cozier working environment
C household tasks are generally more motivating
D family labor is often adequately rewarded
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答案:A
[解析] 细节题。

根据home front，differ from定位到第五段的下列内容：On the home front, however, people have no such clarity. Rare is the household in which the division of labor is so clinically and methodically laid out. 第二句为倒装句，指出在家中，人们的劳动分工鲜有清晰，对应选项A。

选项中的division of labor完全对应原文，
seldom=rare，clear-cut=clinically and methodically laid out。

Text 2
For years, studies have found that first-generation college students—those who do not have a parent with a college degree—lag other students on a range of education achievement factors. Their grades are lower and their dropout rates are higher. But since such students are most likely to advance economically if they succeed in higher education, colleges and universities have pushed for decades to recruit more of them. This has created "a paradox" in that recruiting first-generation students, but then watching many of them fail, means that higher education has "continued to reproduce and widen, rather than close" an achievement gap based on social class, according to the depressing beginning of a paper **ing in the journal Psychological Science.
But the article is actually quite optimistic, as it outlines a potential solution to this problem, suggesting that an approach (which involves a one-hour, next-to-no-cost program) can close 63 percent of the achievement gap (measured by such factors as grades) between first-generation and other students.
The authors of the paper are from different universities, and their findings are based on a study involving 147 students (**pleted the project) at an unnamed private university. First generation was defined as not having a parent with a four-year college degree. Most of the first-generation students (59.1 percent) were recipients of Pell Grants, a federal grant for undergraduates with financial need, while this was true only for 8.6 percent of the students with at
least one parent with a four-year degree.
Their thesis—that a relatively modest intervention could have a big impact—was based on the view that first-generation students may be most lacking not in potential but in practical knowledge about how to deal with the issues that face most college students. They cite past research by several authors to show that this is the gap that must be narrowed to close the achievement gap.
Many first-generation students "struggle to navigate the middle-class culture of higher education, learn the "rules of the game," and take advantage of college resources," they write. And this becomes more of a problem when collages don"t talk about the class advantage and disadvantages of different groups of students. Because US colleges and universities seldom acknowledge how social class can affect students" educational experience, many first-generation students lack sight about why they are struggling and do not understand how students like them can improve.
SSS_SINGLE_SEL
1.
Recruiting more first-generation students has ______.
A reduced their dropout rates
B narrowed the achievement gap
C missed its original purpose
D depressed college students
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答案:C
[解析] 细节题。

题干问：招收更多的“初代”大学生______。

根据关键词recruit，first-generation students定位到首段的下列内容：This has created "a paradox" in that recruiting first-generation students, but then watching many of them fail, means that higher education has "continued to reproduce and widen, rather than close" an achievement gap based on social class...其中根据rather than close an achievement gap based on social class可排除选项B。

选项A和D是无关选项。

由This has created "a paradox" in that recruiting first-generation students 与选项C missed its original purpose是同义替换，paradox“自相矛盾，似是而非的观点”，所以正确答案为C。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
2.
The author of the research article is optimistic because ______.
A the problem is solvable
B their approach is costless
C the recruiting rate has increased
D their finding appeals to students
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答案:A
[解析] 细节题。

题干问：研究论文的作者是乐观的，因为______。

根据关键词the article，optimistic定位到第二段的“But the article is actually quite optimistic, as it outlines a potential solution to this problem”，即这篇文章相当乐观，因为针对这个问题，它已经勾勒出一个可能的解决方案。

as引导的原因状语从句与选项A the problem is solvable“此问题可以解决”意思一致，因此答案为A。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
3.
The study suggests that most first-generation students ______.
A study at private universities
B are from single-parent families
C are in need of financial support
D have failed their collage
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答案:C
[解析] 细节题。

根据关键词the study，most first-generation students定位到第三段的“Most of the first-generation students (59.1 percent) were recipients of Pell Grants, a federal grant for undergraduates with financial need”，即大多数的“初代”大学生是佩尔助学金的获得者，这个奖学金是为那些需要经济帮助的人设置的，对应选项C are in need of financial support“需要经济帮助”。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
4.
The authors of the paper believe that first-generation students
______.
A are actually indifferent to the achievement gap
B can have a potential influence on other students
C may lack opportunities to apply for research projects
D are inexperienced in handling their issues at college
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答案:D
[解析] 细节题。

根据关键词first-generation students定位到第四段的下列内容：Their thesis—that a relatively modest intervention could have a big impact—was based on the view that first-generation students may be most lacking not in potential but in practical knowledge about how to deal with the issues that face most college students. 即他们的论文基于一个观点：“初代”大学生最缺乏的不是潜力，而是实践知识，关于如何应对大多数大学生都会面对的问题的实践知识。

也就是说，他们在应对大学里各种状况的方面缺乏经验，对应选项D。

其中are inexperienced与原文
的lacking in practical knowledge对应；handling their issues与how to
deal with the issues对应；at college与that face most college students对应。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
5.
We may infer from the last paragraph that ______.
A universities often reject the culture of the middle-class
B students are usually to blame for their lack of resources
C social class greatly helps enrich educational experiences
D colleges are partly responsible for the problem in question
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答案:D
[解析] 推理题。

本题可定位到末段的下列内容：Many first-generation students struggle to navigate the middle-class culture of higher education, learn the "rules of the game," and take advantage of college resources, they write. And this becomes more of a problem when collages don"t talk about the class advantage and disadvantages of different groups of students. 定位的两个句子是并列关系，均提出“初代”学生中存在的与社会阶层有关的问题。

第五段第三句以一个because所引导的原因状语从句点明中心，明确该问题的来源：美国高校未承认社会阶层对学生教育经历的影响，故答案为D。

Text 3
Even in traditional offices, "the lingua franca of corporate America has gotten much more emotional and much more right-brained than it was 20 years ago," said Harvard Business School professor Nancy Koehn. She started spinning off examples. "If you and I parachuted back to Fortune 500 companies in 1990, we would see much less frequent use of terms like journey, mission, and passion. There were goals, there were strategies, there were objectives, but we didn"t talk about energy: we didn"t talk about passion. "
Koehn pointed out that this new era of corporate vocabulary is very "team"-oriented—and not by coincidence. "Let"s not forget sports—in male-dominated corporate America, it"s still a big deal. It"s not explicitly conscious; it"s the idea that I"m a coach, and you"re my team, and we"re in this together. There are lots and lots of CEOs in very **panies, but most think of themselves as coaches and this is their team and they want to win."
These terms are also intended to infuse work with meaning—and, as Khurana points out, increase allegiance to the firm. "You have the importation of terminology that historically used to be associated with non-profit organizations and religious organizations. Terms like vision, values, passion, and purpose," said Khurana.
This new focus on personal fulfillment can help keep employees motivated amid increasingly loud debates over work-life balance. The
"mommy wars" of the 1990s are still going on today, prompting arguments about why women still can"t have it all and books like Sheryl Sandberg"s Lean In, whose title has become a buzzword in its own right. Terms like unplug, offline, life-hack, bandwidth, and capacity are all about setting boundaries between the office and the home. But if your work is your "passion," you"ll be more likely to devote yourself to it, even if that means going home for dinner and then working long after the kids are in bed.
But this seems to be the irony of office speak: Everyone makes fun of it, but managers love it, companies depend on it, and regular people willingly absorb it. As Nunberg said, "You can get people to think it"s nonsense at the same time that you buy into it." In a workplace that"s fundamentally indifferent to your life and its meaning, office speak can help you figure out how you relate to your work—and how your work defines who you are.
SSS_SINGLE_SEL
1.
According to Nancy Koehn, office language has become ______.
A more emotional
B more objective
C less energetic
D less strategic
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答案:A
[解析] 细节题。

题干问：在Nancy Koehn看来，办公室语言已经变得______。

根据关键词office language定位到第一段的“the lingua franca of corporate America has gotten much more emotional and much more right-brained”，即美国公司的办公室语言比20年前更富情感。

emotional和
right-brained是近义词，指“有感情的”。

故选A。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
2.
"Team"-oriented corporate vocabulary is closely related to ______.
A historical incidents
B gender difference
C sports culture
D athletic executives
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答案:C
[解析] 细节题。

题干问：“团队”导向型的公司语言与______密切相关。

根据关键词team-oriented，corporate vocabulary定位到第二段的“Let"s not forget sports—in male-dominated corporate America, it"s still a big
deal”，即我们不能忘记体育文化，因为在男性主导的美国公司，它依然是件大事。

说明这种词汇与体育文化息息相关，对应选项C选项。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
3.
Khurana believes that the importation of terminology aims to ______.
A revive historical terms
B **pany image
C foster corporate cooperation
D strengthen employee loyalty
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答案:D
[解析] 细节题。

题干问：Khurana相信专门术语的输入，是为了______。

根据关键词Khurana，importation，terminology定位到第三段的“These terms are also intended to infuse work with meaning—and, as Khurana points out, increase allegiance to the firm”，即这些术语的存在也是为了使工作获得意义，从而增长对公司的忠诚，对应选项D。

loyalty和allegiance是近义词。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
4.
It can be inferred that Lean In ______.
A voices for working women
B appeals to passionate workaholics
C triggers debates among mommies
D praises motivated employees
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答案:A
[解析] 推断题。

根据关键词Lean In定位到第四段的下列内容：The "mommy wars" of the 1990s are still going on today, prompting arguments about why women still can"t have it all and books like Sheryl Sandberg"s Lean In, whose title has become a buzzword in its own right. 即“妈咪之战”依然激起了女性为何不能兼顾工作与家庭的讨论，并推动了Lean In这类书的出现。

由此可见，Lean In这本书道出了许多职场女性
的困扰。

对应选项A。

其中voice做动词，意思是“为……说话”，这里译为“道出了职场女性的心声”。

SSS_SINGLE_SEL
5.
Which of the following statements is true about office speak?
A Managers admire it but avoid it
B Linguists believe it to be nonsense
C Companies find it to be fundamental
D Regular people mock it but accept it
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答案:D
[解析] 判断题。

根据顺序出题原则和关键词office speak定位到第五段的下列内容：But this seems to be the irony of office speak: Everyone makes fun of it, but managers love it, companies depend on it, and regular people willingly absorb it. 即人人都拿它开玩笑，但是经理们喜欢它，公司依赖它，而普通人也愿意接受它。

make fun of“取笑”，
absorb“理解、接受”。

第二句又进行了补充说明：You can get people to think it"s nonsense at the same time that you buy into it. 即你可以让人们一边觉得这是废话，一边又买它的账。

综上所述，对应选项D。

其中mock 是对make fun of的改写，而accept对应absorb。

Text 4
Many people talked of the 288,000 new jobs the Labor Department reported for June, along with the drop in the unemployment rate to 6.1 percent, as good news. And they were right. For now it appears the economy is creating jobs at a decent pace. We still have a long way to go to get back to full employment, but at least we are now finally moving forward at a faster pace.
However, there is another important part of the jobs picture that was largely overlooked. There was a big jump in the number of people who report voluntarily working part-time. This figure is now 830,000 (4.
4 percent) above its year ago level.
Before explaining the connection to the Obamacare, it is worth making an important distinction. Many people who work part-time jobs
actually want full-time jobs. They take part-time work because this is all they can get. An increase in involuntary part-time work is evidence of weakness in the labor market and it means that many people will be having a very hard time making ends meet.
There was an increase in involuntary part-time in June, but the general direction has been down. Involuntary part-time employment is still far higher than before the recession, but it is down by 640,000 (7.9percent) from several years ago.
We know the difference between voluntary and involuntary part-time employment because people tell us. The survey used by the Labor Department asks people if they worked less than 35 hours in the reference week. If the answer is "yes", they are classified as worked less than 35 hours in that week because they wanted to work less than full time or because they had no choice. They are only classified as voluntary part-time workers if they tell the survey taker they chose to work less than 35 hours a week.
The issue of voluntary part-time relates to Obamacare because One of the main purposes was to allow people to get insurance outside of employment. For many people, especially those with serious health conditions or family members with serious health conditions, before。