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2010考研英语二真题及答案Secti on I Use of En glishDirectio ns:Read the following passage. For each numbered blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.Choose the best o ne and mark your an swers on ANSWER SHEET l. (10 poi nts)The outbreak of swine flu that was first detected in Mexico was declared a global epidemic on June 11, 2009. It is the first worldwide epidemic ___________________ 1 ____ by the World Health Orga ni zation in 41 years.The heightened alert ______ 2 ____ an emergency meeting with flu experts in Geneva that convenedafter a sharp rise in cases in Australia, and rising ____ 3 ____ in Brita in, Japa n, Chile and elsewhere.But the epidemic is " ______ 4 ____ " in severity, according to Margaret Chan, the organization'sdirector general, ______ 5___ the overwhelming majority of patients experiencing only mild symptomsand a full recovery, ofte n in the ____ 6 ____ of any medical treatme nt.The outbreak came to global ______ 7 ___ in late April 2009, when Mexican authorities noticed anunu sually large nu mber of hospitalizati ons and deaths __ 8 ____healthy adults. As much of Mexico Cityshut dow n at the height of a pan ic, cases bega n to ___ 9 ___ in New York City, the southwester n Un itedStates and around the world.In the United States, new cases seemed to fade _______ 10 ____ warmer weather arrived. But in lateSeptember 2009, officials reported there was _______ 11 ____ flu activity in almost every state and thatvirtually all the ____ 12 ___ tested are the new swine flu, also known as (A) H1N1, not seas onal flu. Inthe U.S., it has ____ 13 ___ more tha n one millio n people, and caused more tha n 600 deaths and morethan 6,000 hospitalizati ons.Federal health officials _______ 14 ___ Tamiflu for children from the national stockpile andbegan ____ 15 ____ o rders from the states for the new swine flu vaccine. The new vaccine, which isdiffere nt from the annual flu vacc in e, is __ 16 ___ ahead of expectatio ns. More tha n three millio n doseswere to be made available in early October 2009, though most of those ____ 17 ____ doses were of theFluMist nasal spray type, which is not _______ 18____ for pregnant women, people over 50 or those withbreath ing difficulties, heart disease or several other ____ 19 _____. But it was still possible to vacci natepeople in other high-risk group: health care workers, people ________ 20 _____ infants and healthy young people.1 [A] criticized [B] appo in ted [C]comme nted [D] designated2 [A] proceeded [B] activated [C] followed [D] prompted3 [A] digits [B] nu mbers [C] amounts [D] sums4 [A] moderate [B] no rmal [C] unu sual [D] extreme5 [A] with [B] in [C] from [D] by6 [A] progress [B]absenee [C] prese nee [D] favor7 [A] reality [B] phe nomenon [C] concept [D] notice8. [A]over [B] for [C] among [D] to9 [A] stay up [B] crop up [C] fill up [D] cover up10 [A] as [B] if [C] unl ess [D] un til11 [A] excessive [B] eno rmous [C] sig ni fica nt[D]mag nifice nt12 [A]categories [B] examples [C] patterns [D] samples13 [A] imparted [B] immerse [C] injected [D] in fected14 [A] released [B] relayed [C] relieved [D] remai ned15 [A] placi ng [B] deliveri ng [C] taki ng [D] givi ng16 [A] feasible [B] available [C] reliable [D] applicable17 [A] prevale nt [B] prin cipal [C] inno vative [D] in itial18 [A] prese nted [B] restricted [C] recomme nded [D] in troduced19 [A] problems [B] issues [C] ago nies [D] sufferi ngs20 [A] in volved in [B] cari ng for [C] concerned with [D] wardi ngoffSection II Reading comprehensionPart ATextlThe Iongest bull run in a century of art-market history ended on a dramatic note with a sale of 56 works by Damie n Hirst,“ Beautiful In side My Head Forevet Sotheby ”' s in London on September 15th2008. All but two pieces sold, fetching more than £ 70m, a record for a sale by a single artist. It was a last victory. As the auct ion eer called out bids, in New York one of the oldest banks on Wall Street, Lehma n Brothers, filed for ban kruptcy.The world art market had already been losing momentum for a while after rising bewilderingly since2003. At its peak in 2007 it was worth some $65 billion, reckons Clare McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics, a research firm — double the figure five years earlier. Since the n it may have come dow n to $50 billi on. But the market gen erates in terest far bey ond its size because it brings together great wealth, eno rmous egos, greed, passi on and con troversy in a way matched by few other in dustries.In the weeks and mon ths that fo llowed Mr Hirst ' s ale, spe nding of any sort became deeplyun fashi on able, especially in New York, where the bail-out of the banks coin cided with the loss of thousa nds of jobs and the finan cial demise of many art-bu ying in vestors. I n the art world that mea nt collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms. Sales of con temporary art fell by two-thirds, and in the most overheated sector—for Chin ese con temporary art—they were dow n by n early 90% in the year to November 2008. With in weeks the world ' s two biggest auct ion houses, Sotheby ' s and Christieout n early $200m in guara ntees to clie nts who had placed works for sale with them.The curre nt dow ntur n in the art market is the worst since the Japa nese stopped buying Impressi oni stsat the end of 1989, a move that started the most serious contraction in the market since the Second World War. This time experts reck on that prices are about 40% dow n on their peak on average, though some have been far more fluctuant. ButEdward Dolman, Christie ' s chief executive, says: “ I ' m pretty corat the bottom. ”What makes this slump different from the last, he says, is that there are still buyers in the market, whereas in the early 1990s, whe n in terest rates were high, there was no dema nd even though many collectors wan ted to sell. Christie ' s revenues in the first half of 2009 were still higher tha n in the first halfof 2006. Almost every one who was in terviewed for this special report said that the biggest problem at the mome nt is not a lack of dema nd but a lack of good work to sell. The three Ds—death, debt and divorce —still deliver works of art to the market. But anyone who does not have to sell is keeping away, wait ing for con fide nee to retur n.21.ln the first paragraph, Damien Hirst's sale was r eferred to as “a last victory ” because _________ .A. the art market had wit nessed a successi on of victoriesB. the auct ion eer fin ally got the two pieces at the highest bidsC. Beautiful In side My Head Forever won over all masterpiecesD. it was successfully made just before the world finan cial crisis22. By say ing “ spe ndin gof any sort became deeply un fashi on able ”(Line -2,Para.3), the authorsuggests that ____ .A. collectors were no Ion ger actively in volved in art-market auct ionsB .people stopped every kind of spe nding and stayed away from galleriesC. art collect ion as a fashi on had lost its appeal to a great exte ntD .works of art in gen eral had gone out of fashi on so they were not worth buying23. Which of the followi ng stateme nts is NOT true?A .Sales of con temporary art fell dramatically from 2007 to 2008.B. The art market surpassed many other in dustries in mome ntum.C. The market gen erally went dow nward in various ways.D. Some art dealers were await ing better cha nces to come.24. The three Ds mentioned in the last paragraph are ___A. aucti on houses ' favoritesB. con temporary trendsC. factors promoti ng artwork circulati onD. styles represe nti ng impressi oni sts25. The most appropriate title for this text could be __A. Fluctuati on of Art PricesB. Up-to-date Art Auctio nsC. Art Market in Decli neD. Shifted In terest in ArtsText2I was addressing a small gathering in a suburban Virginia living room —a women's group that had invited men to jointhem. Throughout the evening one man had been particularly talkative, frequently offering ideas and anecdotes, while his wife sat silently beside him on the couch. Toward the end of the evening I commented that women frequently complain that their husbands don't talk to them. This man quickly nodded in agreement. He gestured toward his wife and said, "She's the talker in our family." The room burst into laughter; the man looked puzzled and hurt. "It's true," he expla in ed. "Whe n I come home from work, I have nothing to say. If she did n't keep the con versati on going, we'd spe nd the whole evening in sile nee."This episode crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations, they often talk less at home. And this pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage.The patter n was observed by political scie ntist An drew Hacker in the late 1970s. Sociologist Catheri neKohler Riessma n reports in her new book "Divorce Talk" that most of the wome n she in terviewed —butonly a few of the men—gave lack of com mun icatio n as the reas on for their divorces. Given the curre nt divorce rate of nearly 50 percent , that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year —a virtual epidemic of failed con versati on.In my own research compla ints from wome n about their husba nds most often focused not on tan gible in equities such as hav ing give n up the cha nee for a career to accompa ny a husba nd to his or doing far more than their share of daily life-support work like clea ning, cook ing, social arran geme nts and erran ds. In stead they focused on com mun icati on: "He does n't liste n to me." "He does n't talk to me." I found as Hacker observed years before that most wives want their husba nds to be first and foremost con versati onal partners but few husba nds share this expectatio n of their wives.In short the image that best represe nts the curre nt crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitt ing at the breakfast table with a n ewspaper held up in front of his face, while a woma n glares at the back of it, wan ti ng to talk.26. What is most wives' main expectati on of their husba nds?A. Talking to them.B. Trusti ng them.C. Support ing their careers.D. Shari ng housework.27. Judg ing from the con text, the phrase"wreak ing havoc (Li ne 3,Para.2)mkysrtn®anna_A. gen erati ng motivati on.B. exert ing in flue neeC. caus ing damageD. creati ng pressure28. All of the followi ng are true EXCEPT _____A. men tend to talk more in public than womenB. n early 50 perce nt of recent divorces are caused by failed con versati onC. wome n attach much importa nee to com mun icati on betwee n couplesD. a female tends to be more talkative at home tha n her spouse29. Which of the following can best summarize the main idea of this text?A. The moral decay ing deserves more research by sociologists.B. Marriage break-up stems from sex in equalities.C. Husba nd and wife have differe nt expectati ons from their marriage.D. Con versati onal patter ns betwee n man and wife are differe nt.30. I n the followi ng part immediately after this text, the author will most probably focus on ______A. a vivid acco unt of the new book Divorce TalkB. a detailed description of the stereotypical cartoonC. other possible reas ons for a high divorce rate in the U.S.D. a brief in troducti on to the political scie ntist An drew HackerText 3Over the past decade, many compa nies had perfected the art of creat ing automatic behaviors — habits—among consumers. These habits have helped companies earn billions of dollars when customers eat sn acks, apply lotio ns and wipe coun ters almost without thinking, ofte n in resp onse to a carefully desig ned set of daily cues.“ There are fun dame ntal public health problems, like dirty hands in stead of a soap habit, that remainkillers only because we can ' t figure out how to change people ' s habits, ” Dr. Curtis said.“ Wlearn from private in dustry how to create new behaviors that happe n automatically. ”The compa nies that Dr. Curtis turned to —Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and Un ilever —hadin vested hun dreds of milli ons of dollars finding the subtle cues in con sumers ' lives that corporat use to in troduce new routi nes.If you look hard eno ugh, you ' ll find that many of the products we use every dachew ing gums, skin —moisturizers, dis in fect ing wipes, air freshe ners, water purifiers, health sn acks, an tiperspira nts, colog nes, teeth white ners, fabric softe ners, vitami ns —are results of manu factured habits. A cen tury ago, few people regularly brushed their teeth multiple times a day. Today, because of canny advertising and public health campaig ns, many America ns habitually give their pearly whites a cavity-preve nti ng scrub twice a day, ofte n with Colgate, Crest or one of the other bran ds.A few decades ago, many people didn ' dtink water outside of a meal. Then beverage companiesstarted bottli ng the product ion of far-off spri ngs, and now office workers unthinkin gly sip bottled water all day long. Chew ing gum, once bought primarily by adolesce nt boys, is now featured in commercials as a breath freshener and teeth cleanser for use after a meal. Skin moisturizers are advertised as part of morning beauty rituals, slipped in betwee n hair brush ing and putt ing on makeup.“ Ouiproducts succeed whe n they become part of daily or weekly patter ns, said Carol Berning, a con sumer psychologist who rece ntly retired from Procter & Gamble, the compa ny that sold $76 billi on of Tide, Crest and other products last year. “ Creatingpositive habits is a huge part of improving our consumers ' lives, and it ' s essential to making new products commercially viable. ”Through experiments and observation, social scientists like Dr. Berning have learned that there is power in tying certain behaviors to habitual cues through relentless advertising. As this new scienee of habit has emerged, con troversies have erupted whe n the tactics have bee n used to sell questi on able beauty creams or un healthy foods.31. Accord ing to Dr. Curtis, habits like hand wash ing with soap ______ .[A] should be further cultivated[B] should be cha nged gradually[C] are deeply rooted in history[D] are basically private concerns32. Bottled water, chewing gun and skin moisturizers are mentioned in Paragraph 5 so as to __[A] reveal their impact on people ' s habits[B] show the urge nt n eed of daily n ecessities[C] indicate their effect on people ' s buying power[D] mani fest the sig ni fica nt role of good habits33. Which of the following does NOT belong to products that help create people ' s habits?[A] Tide [B] Crest[C] Colgate [D] Un ilever34. From the text we know that some of consumer ' s habits are developed due to _____[A] perfected art of products [B]automatic behavior creati on[C]commercial promotio ns [D]scie ntific experime nts35. The author ' s attitude toward the in flue nee of advertiseme nt on people ' s habits is ___[A] in differe nt [B] n egative[C] positive [D] biasedText4Many America ns regard the jury system as a con crete expressi on of crucial democratic values, including the principles that all citizens who meet minimal qualifications of age and literacy are equally compete nt to serve on juries; that jurors should be selected ran domly from a represe ntative cross secti on of the com muni ty; that no citize n should be denied the right to serve on a jury on acco unt of race, religi on, sex, or national origin; that defendants are entitled to trial by their peers; and that verdicts should represent the con scie nce of the com muni ty a nd not just the letter of the law. The jury is also said to be the best survivi ng example of direct rather tha n represe ntative democracy .In a direct democracy, citize ns take turns gover ning themselves, rather tha n electi ng represe ntatives to gover n for them.But as rece ntly as in 1986, jury select ion procedures con flicted with these democratic ideals. In some states, for example, jury duty was limited to persons of supposedly superior intelligence, education, and moral character. Although the Supreme Court of the United States had prohibited intentional racial discrim in ati on in jury selectio n as early as the 1880 case of Strauder v. West Virgi nia, the practice of selecting so-called elite or blue-ribbon juries provided a convenient way around this and other antidiscrimination laws.The system also failed to regularly in elude wome n on juries un til the mid-20th cen tury. Although women first served on state juries in Utah in 1898, it was not until the 1940s that a majority of states made women eligible for jury duty. Even then several states automatically exempted women from jury duty uni ess they pers on ally asked to have their n ames in eluded on the jury list. This practice was justified by the claim that women were needed at home, and it kept juries unrepresentative of women through the 1960s.In 1968, the Con gress of the Un ited States passed the Jury Select ion and Service Act, usheri ng in a new era of democratic reforms for the jury. This law abolished special educati onal requireme nts for federal jurors and required them to be selected at ran dom from a cross sect ion of the en tire com muni ty. In the Iandmark 1975 decision Taylor vs. Louisiana, theSupreme Court extended the requirement that juries be representative of all parts of the community to the state level. The Taylor decision also declared sex discrim in ati on in jury select ion to be uncon stituti onal and ordered states to use the same procedures for selecting male and female jurors.36. From the prin ciples of the US jury system, we lear n that ____[A] both liberate and illiterate people can serve on juries[B] defe ndants are immune from trial by their peers[C] no age limit should be imposed for jury service[D] judgme nt should con sider the opinion of the public37. The practice of select ing so-called elite jurors prior to 1968 showed ___[A] the in adequacy of an tidiscrim in ati on laws[B] the prevale nt discrim in ati on aga inst certa in races[C] the con flict ing ideals in jury selecti on procedures[D] the arroga nee com mon among the Supreme Court justices38. Even in the 1960s, women were seldom on the jury list in some states because ____[A] they were automatically banned by state laws[B] they fell far short of the required qualificati ons[C] they were supposed to perform domestic duties[D] they ten ded to evade public en gageme nt39. After the Jury Select ion and Service Act was passed. _[A] sex discrim in atio n in jury select ion was uncon stituti onal and had to be abolished[B] educational requirements became less rigid in the selection of federal jurors[C] jurors at the state level ought to be represe ntative of the en tire com mun ity[D] states ought to conform to the federal court in reforming the jury system40. In discuss ing the US jury system, the text cen ters on _____[A] its n ature and problems[B] its characteristics and tradition[C] its problems and their soluti ons[D] its traditi on and developme ntSecti on 皿Tran slati on46. D irectio ns:In this section there is a text in English .Translate it into Chinese. Write your translation on ANSWERSHEET2.(15poi nts)“ Suata in ability has become apopular word these days, but to Ted Ning, the con cept will always havepers onal meaning. Having en dured apa inful period of un susta in ability in his own life made itclear to himthat sustainability-oriented values must be expressed though everyday action and choice。

历年考研英语一真题及答案

历年考研英语一真题及答案

全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语一试题详解Section ⅠUse of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)People are, on the whole, poor at considering background information when making individual decisions. At first glance this might seem like a strength that 1 the ability to make judgments which are unbiased by 2 factors. But Dr. Uri Simonsohn speculated that an inability to consider thebig 3 was leading decision-makers to be biased by the daily samples of information they were working with. 4 , he theorised that a judge 5 of appearing too soft 6 crime might be more likely to send someone to prison 7 he had already sentenced five or six other defendants only to probation on that day。

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

考研英语二历年真题及答案

考研英语二历年真题及答案

考研英语二历年真题及答案近年来,越来越多的学子选择考研究生,其中英语科目是考研中的难关之一。

为了能更好地备考英语二,参考历年真题是非常必要的。

本文将为大家提供一些历年考研英语二真题及答案,并对每个题目进行详细解析,帮助考生更好地理解和掌握考点。

第一部分:阅读理解文章一:根据短文内容,选择正确答案。

Passage 1In a few areas of the western United States, a pine tree called the “limber pine” is under attack. If the insects that are attacking it continue to spread, then this tall, slender, cone-bearing tree may become extinct. The destruction would be unfortunate, for the limber pine is a beautiful, hardy tree that has lived there in peace for hundreds of years.The enemies of the limber pine are the beetles called the “mountain pine beetles”. Adult mountain pine beetles lay eggs on the trunks of limber pines. The eggs hatch, and the baby beetles begin to feed on the inner layers of bark. As the baby beetles eat and grow, they dig long tunnels winding through the tree's trunk, leaving behind their jagged trails.Awarding-winning nature photographer Robert Fletcher spends hours wandering through these fascinating tunnels of the beetles. He carefully examin es the damage, maps the length of the tunnel and counts the eggs. “It is like walking through a giant nut looked inside a layer upon layer of peanutbutter”, he says. “Sometimes the infestation is so severe that the tree cannot defend itself and will die.”Mountain pine beetles cause the trunks of the pines to die, and the branches and needles turn reddish-brown, then gray. In fact, millions of trees have already succumbed to the attacks of these insects. The tree is dying by inches, similar to a person who has contracted some terrible disease.1. What is the main topic of the passage?A. The attack on the limber pine by beetles.B. An award-winning photographer.C. The death of a tree.D. Extinction.解析:文章主要讨论的话题是“攻击延硕山松的甲虫”,所以选项A 是正确答案。

考研英语真题阅读理解试题及名师解析(十二)

考研英语真题阅读理解试题及名师解析(十二)

If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view. Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different. If you are talking to a group of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to comment on their disorganized bosses。

Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses' convention, of a story which works well because the audience all shared the same view of doctors. A man arrives in heaven and is being shown around by St. Peter. He sees wonderful accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunny weather, and so on. Everyone is very peaceful, polite and friendly until, waiting in a line for lunch, the new arrival is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a white coat, who rushes to the head of the line, grabs his food and stomps over to a table by himself. “Who is that?” the new arrival asked St. Peter. “Oh, that's God,” came the reply, “but sometimes he thinks he's a doctor。

考研英语历年真题及答案

考研英语历年真题及答案

考研英语历年真题及答案在备考考研英语过程中,历年真题是非常重要的参考资料。

通过研究历年真题,我们可以了解考试的出题规律,熟悉题型和题量,提高我们的备考效率。

本文将为大家梳理一些历年真题,并提供详细的答案解析,帮助大家更好地备考英语。

Section One: Vocabulary and Grammar1. The United Nations has played a ______ role in promoting world peace and development.a. constructibleb. constructivec. constructedd. constructing答案:b. constructive解析:构建具有积极意义的句子需要使用形容词constructive。

而其他选项都不符合语法规则,因此应选择b。

2. Mary ________ she would come to the party, but she hasn't shown up yet.a. saidb. has saidc. had saidd. would say答案:c. had said解析:该题考查了过去完成时的用法。

Mary在过去某个时间点说了一句话,但是到现在为止还没有兑现承诺,所以要用过去完成时。

因此答案选择c。

Section Two: Reading ComprehensionPassage One:(1) The Internet has brought about many changes in our daily lives, and one of the most significant is the way we communicate. (2) Email has become an essential tool for individuals and businesses to connect with each other. (3) It allows people to send and receive messages instantaneously, regardless of their location. (4) However, the convenience of email has also led to some negative consequences.(5) One of the main disadvantages of email is the potential for miscommunication. (6) When we communicate face-to-face, we have the ability to use body language and tone of voice to convey our message. (7) In an email, these cues are absent, leading to a higher chance of misunderstanding. (8) Additionally, emails can easily be misinterpreted due to the lack of context and nonverbal communication.(9) Another drawback of email is the loss of personal connection. (10) In the past, people used to write letters and cards to each other, which required time and effort. (11) This personal touch is often missing in email communication, leading to a more impersonal and distant relationship. (12)Furthermore, the constant use of email can prevent people from engaging in face-to-face interactions, which are crucial for building and maintaining social connections.(13) Despite these drawbacks, email remains an important form of communication in our modern world. (14) It allows for quick and efficient communication, especially in professional settings. (15) However, it is important to be aware of its limitations and to use email in conjunction with other forms of communication to maintain meaningful relationships.3. According to the passage, one of the main disadvantages of email is________.a. its impersonal natureb. its potential for miscommunicationc. the loss of personal connectiond. the lack of context and nonverbal communication答案:b. its potential for miscommunication解析:根据第5句话"The main disadvantage of email is the potentialfor miscommunication."可知,邮件的一个主要缺点是存在误解的可能性。

考研英语一完形填空历年真题试卷汇编9_真题(含答案与解析)-交互

考研英语一完形填空历年真题试卷汇编9_真题(含答案与解析)-交互

考研英语一(完形填空)历年真题试卷汇编9(总分120, 做题时间90分钟)1. Use of EnglishSection I Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D.The homeless make up a growing percentage of America' s population.【B1】______, homelessness has reached such proportions that local governments can't possibly【B2】______. To help homeless people【B3】______independence, the federal government must support job training programs,【B4】______the minimum wage, and fund more low-cost housing. 【B5】______everyone agrees on the number of Americans who are homeless. Estimates【B6】______anywhere from 600, 000 to 3 million.【B7】______the figure may vary, analysts do agree on another matter: that the number of the homeless is【B8】______. One of the federal government's studies【B9】______that the number of the homeless will reach nearly 19 million by the end of this decade. Finding ways to【B10】______this growing homeless population has become increasingly difficult.【B11】______when homeless individuals manage to find a【B12】______that will give them three meals a day and a place to sleep at night, a good number still spend the bulk of each day【B13】______the street. Part of the problem is that many homeless adults are addicted to alcohol or drugs. And a significant number of the homeless have serious mental disorders. Many others,【B14】______not addicted or mentally ill, simply lack the everyday 【B15】______skills needed to turn their lives【B16】______. Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are【B17】______programs that address the many needs of the homeless. 【B18】______Edward Zlotkowski, director of community service at Bentley College in Massachusetts,【B19】______it, "There has to be【B20】______of programs. What's needed is a package deal."SSS_SINGLE_SEL1.【B1】A IndeedB LikewiseC ThereforeD Furthermore分值: 2答案:A解析:考查逻辑关系。

考研英语历年英语阅读真题及答案

考研英语历年英语阅读真题及答案

考研英语历年英语阅读真题及答案引导语:为了帮助大家更好地准备考研,以下是店铺为大家整理的2017考研英语一阅读真题及答案,欢迎阅读!Section II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1First two hours , now three hours—this is how far in advance authorities are recommending people show up to catch a domestic flight , at least at some major U.S. airports with increasingly massive security lines.Americans are willing to tolerate time-consuming security procedures in return for increased safety. The crash of Egypt Air Flight 804,which terrorists may have downed over the Mediterranean Sea ,provides another tragic reminder of why. But demanding too much of air travelers or providing too little security in return undermines public support for the process. And it should: Wasted time is a drag on Americans’ economic and private lives, not to mention infuriating.Last year, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) found in a secret check that undercover investigators were able to sneak weapons---both fake and real—past airport security nearly every time they tried .Enhanced security measures since then, combined with a rise in airline travel due to the improving Chicago’s O’Hare International .It is not yet clear how much more effective airline security has become—but the lines areobvious.Part of the issue is that the government did not anticipate the steep increase in airline travel , so the TSA is now rushing to get new screeners on the line. Part of the issue is that airports have only so much room for screening lanes. Another factor may be that more people are trying to overpack their carry-on bags to avoid checked-baggage fees, though the airlines strongly dispute this.There is one step the TSA could take that would not require remodeling airports or rushing to hire: Enroll more people in the PreCheck program. PreCheck is supposed to be a win-win for travelers and the TSA. Passengers who pass a background check are eligible to use expedited screening lanes. This allows the TSA wants to enroll 25 million people in PreCheck.It has not gotten anywhere close to that, and one big reason is sticker shock. Passengers must pay $85 every five years to process their background checks. Since the beginning, this price tag has been PreCheck’s fatal flaw. Upcoming reforms might bring the price to a more reasonable level. But Congress should look into doing so directly, by helping to finance PreCheck enrollment or to cut costs in other ways.The TSA cannot continue diverting resources into underused PreCheck lanes while most of the traveling public suffers in unnecessary lines. It is long past time to make the program work.21. The crash of Egypt Air Flight 804 is mentioned to______.[A] stress the urgency to strengthen security worldwide[B] explain American’s tolerance of current security checks[C] highlight the necessity of upgrading major U.S. Airports[D] emphasize the importance of privacy protection【答案】B【解析】答案为B。

历年考研英语真题

历年考研英语真题

历年考研英语真题全国硕⼠研究⽣统⼀招⽣考试,简称“考研”。

是指教育主管部门和招⽣机构为选拔研究⽣⽽组织的相关考试的总称,由国家考试主管部门和招⽣单位组织的初试和复试组成。

是⼀项选拔性考试。

思想政治理论、外国语、⼤学数学等公共科⽬由全国统⼀命题,专业课主要由各招⽣单位⾃⾏命题。

硕⼠研究⽣招⽣⽅式分为全⽇制和⾮全⽇制两种。

培养模式分为学术型硕⼠和专业型硕⼠研究⽣两种。

历年考研英语真题1 复习中⼤家很容易忽略的⼀个捷径就是通过历年真题背单词提⾼阅读质量。

如果你在做历年真题的过程中把遇到的⼤纲上有的单词就在⼤纲上划下来,划到最后你会发现,仅仅所有的阅读就包括了⼤纲上所有的单词。

把这些⽂章就象学习课⽂⼀样的认真分析以后多多阅读,熟读,好的甚⾄能够达到背诵,⼤纲上的单词也就基本上全部解决了。

并且同时通过分析题⽬还能掌握出题思路,找出作题技巧。

⼀举多得,何乐不为呢?然后等你研究完完型填空、英译汉、还有原来的单词填空。

这些单词就基本上没有什么问题了。

只需要每周作⼏篇阅读理解练练⼿,找找感觉就可以了。

当然这些单词要不时的回头熟悉,不能背过了就把它仍在⼀边不管了,⼀直保持到考试。

《考研真相—资深命题⼈彻底细解12年英语真题》的作者王林⽼师曾经做了统计,在考研英语四⼗篇中所有⼤纲的难词和难的意思都包含进去了。

也就是说这些单词真正的掌握应该是在精读真题的过程中,四⼗余篇真题需要篇篇精读。

其中超纲词不⾜3%,常考词,会反复出现。

这是最有效、直接⽽且保险的考研单词学习⽅法。

由于复习时间有限,这⼀点就变得很重要了。

关于考研英语阅读的⼀些经验: 真题就是⼀切 我的⼀个朋友分析得很有道理。

那么多命题组专家⼀年只专⼼出⼀套真题。

题⽬出得不可谓不精,处处陷阱,题题要命。

⽽辅导书的⽼师们⼀个⼈呼啦啦⼀下⼦出了那么多套题,其命题质量不可能与真题相⽐,甚⾄会把你的思路带偏。

其实,考研的真题⾜够你复习之⽤,不必再花⼤量⾦钱和时间让其他阅读辅导教材贻误时间甚⾄误导你。

考研英语历年英语阅读真题及答案

考研英语历年英语阅读真题及答案

考研英语历年英语阅读真题及答案考研英语阅读是考试中的重要部分,通过阅读理解题目,考生可以提升英语语言能力和考试答题能力。

下面将为大家整理一些历年考研英语阅读真题及答案,供各位考生参考。

一、真题一阅读理解题目:Passage 1Questions 1-3 are based on the following passage.Vasily Grossman, a journalist and writer, was recognized only belatedly in the Soviet Union. But by the time of his death in 1964 his works could no longer be ignored or suppressed completely.Grossman was born in a Jewish family in 1905 in Berdichev (Ukraine) and after training for a career in civil engineering became a writer and journalist, first in Ukraine, then in Moscow. His first literary success was a volume of short stories (1934) and his first novel, Stalingrad (1952), established his reputation as a writer of remarkable talents. It is a fine example of the "Bread and Battles" type of fiction-- novels with a Central Russian war theme.Between the wars Grossman established himself as a newspaper reporter of the first rank. At the outbreak of the German invasion in 1941 he became a war reporter. His articles in the army newspaper Red Star had considerable effect. After the war he continued to write--describing, for example, the1943 Battle of Kursk in which a German advance was halted. These articles lead directly to the writing of Stalingrad.In 1959 his novel Life and Fate was finished, and when it became apparent that the manuscript would be suppressed by the authorities, Grossman gave copies to friends. A "textbook example of containment," the manuscript switched across the Iron Curtain and was first published in the West in 1980; in the Soviet Union only an abridged version was eventually published in 1988.Grossman's major themes are war and totalitarianism. He writes with great authority and humanity. In his later years he suffered from cruel persecution at the hands of the authorities and died a broken man.1. Vasily Grossman was initially recognized as a writer(A) during his lifetime(B) after his death(C) when his works were published in the West(D) after his works had been highly evaluated2. Grossman's first novel, Stalingrad, established his reputation by(A) describing a battle of the Second World War(B) criticizing the authorities' persecution(C) relating his post-war experience(D) criticizing totalitarianism3. Grossman's Life and Fate(A) was not praised as much as Stalingrad(B) was first published in the Soviet Union(C) was taken out of the Soviet Union in its entirety(D) was intended to show the effects of containment参考答案:1. A2. A3. C二、真题二阅读理解题目:Passage 2It is a common belief that emotions interfere with our reasoning abilities and lead to irrational decisions. However, recent studies have shown that emotions can actually be beneficial to the decision-making process.One study conducted by neuroscientist Antonio Damasio revealed that individuals with damage to a specific part of the brain had difficulty making decisions, even though their intelligence was not affected. This study suggests that emotions play a crucial role in our ability to make choices.Another study conducted by psychologists Loewenstein and Lerner found that individuals who experienced mild emotions during the decision-making process made better decisions compared to those who were emotionally neutral. This suggests that emotions can provide valuable information that can aid in decision-making.Furthermore, research has shown that individuals who are able to understand and regulate their emotions have better decision-making skills. This is because emotional intelligence allows individuals to consider both their rational thoughts and emotional responses when making decisions.In conclusion, emotions are not always detrimental to decision-making. They can provide valuable information and aid in the decision-making process. Additionally, individuals who possess emotional intelligence have better decision-making skills overall.4. According to the passage, recent studies have shown that emotions(A) interfere with our reasoning abilities(B) lead to irrational decisions(C) play a crucial role in decision-making(D) have no impact on decision-making5. The study conducted by Antonio Damasio suggests that individuals with damage to a specific part of the brain(A) have difficulty making decisions due to a lack of intelligence(B) have no emotional responses to aid in decision-making(C) are more likely to make irrational decisions(D) experience interference from their emotions when making decisions6. According to Loewenstein and Lerner's study, individuals who experienced mild emotions during the decision-making process(A) made better decisions compared to those who were emotionally neutral(B) were more likely to make irrational decisions(C) had difficulty making decisions due to a lack of emotional responses(D) had no impact on their decision-making abilities参考答案:4. C5. A6. A根据上述两道真题及其答案,我们可以看到考研英语阅读理解题目通常包括一篇或多篇文章,每篇文章后面配有若干问题,考生需要根据文章内容选择正确的答案。

1986考研英语真题(英一二通用)答案+解析

1986考研英语真题(英一二通用)答案+解析

1986年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题Section I Structure and VocabularyIn each question,decide which of the four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place marked.Put your choice in the brackets on the left.(15points)EXAMPLE:I was caught________the rain yesterday.[A]in[B]by[C]with[D]atANSWER:[A]1.No doctors could cure the patient________his strange disease.[A]with[B]of[C]from[D]off2.He was________his wits’end what to do.[A]in[B]on[C]at[D]of3.Prior________his departure,he addressed a letter to his daughter.[A]to[B]of[C]in[D]from4.The driving instructor told me to pull________at the post office.[A]up[B]back[C]round[D]along5.When there’s a doubt,the chairman’s decision is________.[A]right[B]definite[C]fixed[D]final6.We can rely on William to carry out this mission,for his judgment is always________.[A]unquestionable[B]sound[C]subtle[D]healthy7.The noise of the plane died________in the distance.[A]away[B]out[C]down[D]off8.Hospital doctors don’t go out very often as their work________all their time.[A]takes away[B]takes in[C]takes over[D]takes up9.Attendances at football matches have________since the coming of television.[A]dropped in[B]dropped down[C]dropped off[D]dropped out10.After the death of their parents,the sisters got well________and never quarreled.[A]away[B]in[C]along[D]out11.They always give the vacant seats to________comes first.[A]who[B]whom[C]whoever[D]whomever12.Advertising is distinguished from other forms of communication________the advertiserpays for the message to be delivered.[A]in that[B]in which[C]in order that[D]in the way13.He is________of an actor.[A]anybody[B]anyone[C]somebody[D]something14.The captain apologized________to tell us more about the accident.[A]for to be unable[B]that he was unable[C]to be unable[D]for being unable15.________is no reason for discharging her.[A]Because she was a few minutes late[B]Owing to a few minutes being late[C]The fact that she was a few minutes late[D]Being a few minutes lateSection II Cloze TestFor each numbered blank in the following passage,there are four choices labeled[A],[B],[C] and[D].Choose the best one and put your choice in the brackets below the passage.Read the whole passage before making your choices.(10points)On Wednesday afternoons Annie took the bus into town to shop in the market.For an hour or大16家she would walk up and down between the stalls looking at everything,buying here and there,and大17家a sharp lookout for the bargains that were sometimes to be had.And then,with all the things she needed大18家she would leave the market for the streets of the town to spend another hour大19家she liked best:looking in furniture shop windows.One Wednesday she found a new shop full of the most delightful things,with a noticeinviting anyone to walk in and look大20家without feeling they had to buy something. Annie hesitated for a moment before stepping through the doorway where,almost at once,shestopped大21家before a green armchair.There was a card on the chair which said:“This fine chair is yours大22家less than a pound a week,”and very small at the bottom,“Cash price eighty-nine pounds fifty.”A pound a week...大23家,she could almost pay that out of her housekeeping money and never miss it!A voice at her shoulder made her大24家.“Can I help you,Madam?”She looked round at the assistant who had come softly to her大25家.“Oh,well,no,”she said.“I was just looking.”“We’ve chairs of all kinds in the showroom. If you’ll just come up,you will find something to suit you.”Annie,worried at the thought of being persuaded to buy something she didn’t need,left the shop hurriedly.16.[A]so[B]more[C]else[D]another17.[A]taking[B]making[C]fixing[D]keeping18.[A]buy[B]bought[C]buying[D]to have bought19.[A]in a way[B]by the way[C]in the way[D]on the way20.[A]behind[B]round[C]back[D]on21.[A]doubted[B]wondered[C]puzzled[D]delighted22.[A]at[B]for[C]with[D]in23.[A]Why[B]When[C]How[D]What24.[A]jump[B]leap[C]laugh[D]wonder25.[A]place[B]back[C]side[D]frontSection III Reading ComprehensionEach of the two passages below is followed by five questions.For each question there are four answers.Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions.Put your choice in the brackets on the left.(10points)Text1There are a great many careers in which the increasing emphasis is on specialization.Youfind these careers in engineering,in production,in statistical work,and in teaching.But there is an increasing demand for people who are able to take in great area at a glance,people who perhaps do not know too much about any one field.There is,in other words,a demand for people who are capable of seeing the forest rather than the trees,of making general judgments.We can call these people“generalists.”And these“generalists”are particularly needed for positions in administration,where it is their job to see that other people do the work,where they have to plan for other people,to organize other people’s work,to begin it and judge it.The specialist understands one field;his concern is with technique and tools.He is a “trained”man;and his educational background is properly technical or professional.The generalist--and especially the administrator--deals with people;his concern is with leadership, with planning,and with direction giving.He is an“educated”man;and the humanities are his strongest foundation.Very rarely is a specialist capable of being an administrator.And very rarely is a good generalist also a good specialist in particular field.Any organization needs both kinds of people,though different organizations need them in different proportions.It is your task to find out,during your training period,into which of the two kinds of jobs you fit,and to plan your career accordingly.Your first job may turn out to be the right job for you--but this is pure accident.Certainly you should not change jobs constantly or people will become suspicious of your ability to hold any job.At the same time you must not look upon the first job as the final job;it is primarily a training job,an opportunity to understand yourself and your fitness for being an employee.26.There is an increasing demand for________.[A]all round people in their own fields[B]people whose job is to organize other people’s work[C]generalists whose educational background is either technical or professional[D]specialists whose chief concern is to provide administrative guidance to others27.The specialist is________.[A]a man whose job is to train other people[B]a man who has been trained in more than one fields[C]a man who can see the forest rather than the trees[D]a man whose concern is mainly with technical or professional matters28.The administrator is________.[A]a“trained”man who is more a specialist than a generalist[B]a man who sees the trees as well as the forest[C]a man who is very strong in the humanities[D]a man who is an“educated”specialist29.During your training period,it is important________.[A]to try to be a generalist[B]to choose a profitable job[C]to find an organization which fits you[D]to decide whether you are fit to be a specialist or a generalist30.A man’s first job________.[A]is never the right job for him[B]should not be regarded as his final job[C]should not be changed or people will become suspicious of his ability to hold any job[D]is primarily an opportunity to fit himself for his final jobText2At the bottom of the world lies a mighty continent still wrapped in the Ice Age and,until recent times,unknown to man.It is a great land mass with mountain ranges whose extent and elevation are still uncertain.Much of the continent is a complete blank on our maps.Man has explored,on foot,less than one per cent of its area.Antarctica differs fundamentally from the Arctic regions.The Arctic is an ocean,covered with drifting packed ice and hemmed in by the land masses of Europe,Asia,and North America.The Antarctic is a continent almost as large as Europe and Australia combined,centered roughly on the South Pole and surrounded by the most unobstructed water areas of the world--the Atlantic,Pacific,and Indian Oceans.The continental ice sheet is more than two miles high in its centre,thus,the air over the Antarctic is far more refrigerated than it is over the Arctic regions.This cold air current from the land is so forceful that it makes the nearby seas the stormiest in the world and renders unlivable those regions whose counterparts at the opposite end of the globe are inhabited.Thus,more than a million persons live within2,000miles of the North Pole in an area that includes most of Alaska,Siberia,and Scandinavia--a region rich in forest and mining industries.Apart from a handful of weather stations,within the same distance of the South Pole there is not a single tree, industry,or settlement.31.The best title for this selection would be________.[A]Iceland[B]Land of Opportunity[C]The Unknown Continent[D]Utopia at Last32.At the time this article was written,our knowledge of Antarctica was________.[A]very limited[B]vast[C]fairly rich[D]nonexistent33.Antarctica is bordered by the________.[A]Pacific Ocean[B]Indian Ocean[C]Atlantic Ocean[D]All three34.The Antarctic is made uninhabitable primarily by________.[A]cold air[B]calm seas[C]ice[D]lack of knowledge about the continent35.According to this article________.[A]2,000people live on the Antarctic Continent[B]a million people live within2,000miles of the South Pole[C]weather conditions within a2,000mile radius of the South Pole make settlementsimpractical[D]only a handful of natives inhabit AntarcticaSection IV Structure and VocabularyFill in the blanks with the words which best complete the sentences.Put your choices in the brackets on the left.(10points)EXAMPLE:It was the largest experiment we have ever had;it________six houses.[A]ended[B]finished[C]was[D]lastedANSWER:[D]36.Music often________us of events in the past.[A]remembers[B]memorizes[C]reminds[D]reflects37.If I take this medicine twice a day it should________my cold.[A]heat[C]treat[D]recover38.I could just see a car in the distance,but I couldn’t________what colour it was.[A]make out[B]look to[C]look out[D]take in39.I could tell he was surprised from the________on his face.[A]appearance[B]shock[C]look[D]sight40.The toy boat turned over and sank to the________of the pool.[A]base[B]depth[C]ground[D]bottom41.Mary never tells anyone what she does for a________.[A]job[B]work[C]profession[D]living42.That boy is such a good violinist he will probably make quite a________for himself.[A]star[B]credit[C]name[D]character43.Old photographs give one a brief________of the past.[A]glance[B]glimpse[C]sight44.The novelist is a highly________person.[A]imaginable[B]imaginative[C]imaginary[D]imagined45.Although the pay is not good,people usually find social work________in other ways.[A]payable[B]respectful[C]grateful[D]rewardingSection V Error-detection and CorrectionEach question consists of a sentence with four underlined parts(words or phrases).These parts are labeled[A],[B],[C],and[D].Choose the part of the sentence that is incorrect and put your choice in the brackets on the left.Then,without altering the meaning of the sentence,write down the correct word or phrase on the line following the brackets.(10points)EXAMPLE:You’ve to hurry up if you want to buy something becauseA there’sBhardly somethingCleftD.ANSWER:[C]anything46.The professor told the economicsA student that he didn’t approveBinChis taking theadvanced course beforeDhe made a passing mark in Economics1.47.Although a great number of houses in that area are stillA in need of repairBthere have beenCimprovement in the facilitiesD.48.Mr.Gilmore is one of those men who appearsA to be friendlyBhowever,it is very hardto deal C with himD.49.To understand the situation completelyA requiresBmore thought than has givenCthus farD.50.A great manyA educators firmlyBbelieve that English is one of the poorestCtaught subjectsin high schools todayD.51.Of all his outdoorA activities.Paul likes fishing best of allBbut he doesn’t enjoy cleaningCfishing rods afterwardsD.52.I shouldA not have recognized theBman evenCyou had toldDme his name.53.In an hour’sA time I had done the work withBmy satisfaction;I got my hat inChall andslipped out unnoticedD.54.The new hotel has erectedA a beautiful building withBrecreation areas and conferencefacilities on the top floor in whichC the finest view of the city can be obtainedD.55.While inA Europe,the tourists enjoyed toBtheir heart’sCcontent the weather,the food andgoing to the theatreD.Section VI Verb FormsFill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of verbs given in brackets.(10points) EXAMPLE:It is highly desirable that a new president________(appoint)for this college.ANSWER:(should)be appointed56.The enemy retreated to the woods after they________(defeat).57.I________(speak)to him for some time before I realized who he was.58.One should never lose one’s heart when________(confront)with temporary difficulties.59.The house suddenly collapsed while it________(pull)down.60.On________(give)an assignment to make a business tour abroad,he gladly accepted it.61.________(Get)everything ready,they got down to map out a plan for the construction of anew express way.62.After Peter grew a beard,even his close friends________(not recognize)him at first sight.63.Darkness________(set)in,the young people lingered on merrymaking.64.The students were to________(assemble)at the auditorium before1:30p.m.,but thelecture was canceled at the last minute.65.Emphasis is laid on the necessity that all the objectives to be attained________(take)intoaccount before starting a new project.Section VII Chinese-English TranslationTranslate the following sentences into English.(15points)66.去年的好收成是由于农场管理的改进和有利的气体条件。

历年考研英语真题及标准答案详解(-)超完整版免费

历年考研英语真题及标准答案详解(-)超完整版免费

历年考研英语真题及答案详解(-)超完整版免费————————————————————————————————作者:————————————————————————————————日期:2012年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)The ethical judgments of the Supreme Court justices have become an important issue recently. The court cannot _1_ its legitimacy as guardian of the rule of law _2_ justices behave like politicians. Yet, in several instances, justices acted in ways that _3_ the court’s reputation for being independent and impartial.Justice Antonin Scalia, for example, appeared at political events. That kind of activity makes it less likely that the court’s decisions will be _4_ as impartial judgments. Part of the problem is that the justices are not _5_by an ethics code. At the very least, the court should make itself _6_to the code of conduct that _7_to the rest of the federal judiciary.This and other similar cases _8_the question of whether there is still a _9_between the court and politics.The framers of the Constitution envisioned law _10_having authority apart from politics. They gave justices permanent positions _11_they would be free to _12_ those in power and have no need to _13_ political support. Our legal system was designed to set law apart from politics precisely because they are so closely _14_.Constitutional law is political because it results from choices rooted in fundamental social _15_ like liberty and property. When the court deals with social policy decisions, the law it_16_ is inescapably political-which is why decisions split along ideological lines are so easily _17_ as unjust.The justices must _18_ doubts about the court’s legitimacy by making themselves _19_ to the code of conduct. That would make rulings more likely to be seen as separate from politics and, _20_, convincing as law.1. [A]emphasize [B]maintain [C]modify [D] recognize2. [A]when [B]lest [C]before [D] unless3. [A]restored [B]weakened [C]established [D] eliminated4. [A]challenged [B]compromised [C]suspected [D] accepted5. [A]advanced [B]caught [C]bound [D]founded6. [A]resistant [B]subject [C]immune [D]prone7. [A]resorts [B]sticks [C]loads [D]applies8. [A]evade [B]raise [C]deny [D]settle9. [A]line [B]barrier [C]similarity [D]conflict10. [A]by [B]as [C]though [D]towards11. [A]so [B]since [C]provided [D]though12. [A]serve [B]satisfy [C]upset [D]replace13. [A]confirm [B]express [C]cultivate [D]offer14. [A]guarded [B]followed [C]studied [D]tied15. [A]concepts [B]theories [C]divisions [D]conceptions16. [A]excludes [B]questions [C]shapes [D]controls17. [A]dismissed [B]released [C]ranked [D]distorted18. [A]suppress [B]exploit [C]address [D]ignore19. [A]accessible [B]amiable [C]agreeable [D]accountable20. [A]by all mesns [B]atall costs [C]in a word [D]as a resultSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text 1Come on –Everybody’s doing it. That whispered message, half invitation and half forcing, is what most of us think of when we hear the words peer pressure. It usually leads to nogood-drinking, drugs and casual sex. But in her new book Join the Club, Tina Rosenberg contends that peer pressure can also be a positive force through what she calls the social cure, in which organizations and officials use the power of group dynamics to help individuals improve their lives and possibly the word.Rosenberg, the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, offers a host of example of the social cure in action: In South Carolina, a state-sponsored antismoking program called Rage Against the Haze sets out to make cigarettes uncool. In South Africa, an HIV-prevention initiative known as LoveLife recruits young people to promote safe sex among their peers.The idea seems promising,and Rosenberg is a perceptive observer. Her critique of the lameness of many pubic-health campaigns is spot-on: they fail to mobilize peer pressure for healthy ha bits, and they demonstrate a seriously flawed understanding of psychology.” Dare to be different, please don’t smoke!” pleads one billboard campaign aimed at reducing smoking among teenagers-teenagers, who desire nothing more than fitting in. Rosenberg argues convincingly that public-health advocates ought to take a page from advertisers, so skilled at applying peer pressure.But on the general effectiveness of the social cure, Rosenberg is less persuasive. Join the Club is filled with too much irrelevant detail and not enough exploration of the social and biological factors that make peer pressure so powerful. The most glaring flaw of the social cure as it’s presented here is that it doesn’t work very well for very long. Rage Against the Haze failed once state funding was cut. Evidence that the LoveLife program produces lasting changes is limited and mixed.There’s no doubt that our peer groups exert enormous influence on our behavior. An emerging body of research shows that positive health habits-as well as negative ones-spread through networks of friends via social communication. This is a subtle form of peer pressure: we unconsciously imitate the behavior we see every day.Far less certain, however, is how successfully experts and bureaucrats can select our peer groups and steer their activities in virtuous directions. It’s like the teacher who breaks up the troublemakers in the back row by pairing them with better-behaved classmates. The tactic never really works. And that’s the problem with a social cure engineered from the outside: in the real world, as in school, we insist on choosing our own friends.21. According to the first paragraph, peer pressure often emerges as[A] a supplement to the social cure[B] a stimulus to group dynamics[C] an obstacle to school progress[D] a cause of undesirable behaviors22. Rosenberg holds that public advocates should[A] recruit professional advertisers[B] learn from advertisers’ experience[C] stay away from commercial advertisers[D] recognize the limitations of advertisements23. In the author’s view, Rosenberg’s book fails to[A] adequately probe social and biological factors[B] effectively evade the flaws of the social cure[C] illustrate the functions of state funding[D]produce a long-lasting social effect24. Paragraph 5shows that our imitation of behaviors[A] is harmful to our networks of friends[B] will mislead behavioral studies[C] occurs without our realizing it[D] can produce negative health habits25. The author suggests in the last paragraph that the effect of peer pressure is[A] harmful[B] desirable[C] profound[D] questionableText 2A deal is a deal-except, apparently ,when Entergy is involved. The company, a major energy supplier in New England, provoked justified outrage in Vermont last week when it announced it was reneging on a longstanding commitment to abide by the strict nuclear regulations.Instead, the company has done precisely what it had long promised it would not challenge the constitutionality of Vermont’s rules in the federal court, as part of a desperate effort to keep its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant running. It’s a stunning move.The conflict has been surfacing since 2002, when the corporation bought Vermont’s only nuclear power plant, an aging reactor in Vernon. As a condition of receiving state approval for the sale, the company agreed to seek permission from state regulators to operate past 2012. In 2006, the state went a step further, requiring that any exte nsion of the plant’s license be subject to Vermont legislature’s approval. Then, too, the company went along.Either Entergy never really intended to live by those commitments, or it simply didn’t foresee what would happen next. A string of accidents, including the partial collapse of a cooling tower in 207 and the discovery of an underground pipe system leakage, raised serious questions about both Vermont Yankee’s safety and Entergy’s management– especially after the company made misleading statements ab out the pipe. Enraged by Entergy’s behavior, the Vermont Senate voted 26 to 4 last year against allowing an extension.Now the company is suddenly claiming that the 2002 agreement is invalid because of the 2006 legislation, and that only the federal government has regulatory power over nuclear issues. The legal issues in the case are obscure: whereas the Supreme Court has ruled that states do have some regulatory authority over nuclear power, legal scholars say that Vermont case will offer a precedent-setting test of how far those powers extend. Certainly, there are valid concerns about the patchwork regulations that could result if every state sets its own rules. But had Entergy kept its word, that debate would be beside the point.The company seems to have concluded that its reputation in Vermont is already so damaged that it has noting left to lose by going to war with the state. But there should be consequences. Permission to run a nuclear plant is a poblic trust. Entergy runs 11 other reactors in the United States, including Pilgrim Nuclear station in Plymouth. Pledging to run Pilgrim safely, the company has applied for federal permission to keep it open for another 20 years. But as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reviews the company’s applica tion, it should keep it mind what promises from Entergy are worth.26. The phrase “reneging on”(Line 3.para.1) is closest in meaning to[A] condemning.[B] reaffirming.[C] dishonoring.[D] securing.27. By entering into the 2002 agreement, Entergy intended to[A] obtain protection from Vermont regulators.[B] seek favor from the federal legislature.[C] acquire an extension of its business license .[D] get permission to purchase a power plant.28. According to Paragraph 4, Entergy seems to have problems with its[A] managerial practices.[B] technical innovativeness.[C] financial goals.[D] business vision29. In the author’s view, the Vermont case will test[A] Entergy’s capacity to fulfill all its promises.[B] the ma ture of states’ patchwork regulations.[C] the federal authority over nuclear issues .[D] the limits of states’ power over nuclear issues.30. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that[A] Entergy’s business elsewhere might be affected.[B] the authority of the NRC will be defied.[C] Entergy will withdraw its Plymouth application.[D] Vermont’s reputation might be damaged.Text 3In the idealized version of how science is done, facts about the world are waiting to be observed and collected by objective researchers who use the scientific method to carry out their work. But in the everyday practice of science, discovery frequently follows an ambiguous and complicated route. We aim to be objective, but we cannot escape the context of our unique life experience. Prior knowledge and interest influence what we experience, what we think ourexperiences mean, and the subsequent actions we take. Opportunities for misinterpretation, error, and self-deception abound.Consequently, discovery claims should be thought of as protoscience. Similar to newly staked mining claims, they are full of potential. But it takes collective scrutiny and acceptance to transform a discovery claim into a mature discovery. This is the credibility process, through wh ich the individual researcher’s me, here, now becomes the community’s anyone, anywhere, anytime. Objective knowledge is the goal, not the starting point.Once a discovery claim becomes public, the discoverer receives intellectual credit. But, unlike with mining claims, the community takes control of what happens next. Within the complex social structure of the scientific community, researchers make discoveries; editors and reviewers act as gatekeepers by controlling the publication process; other scientists use the new finding to suit their own purposes; and finally, the public (including other scientists) receives the new discovery and possibly accompanying technology. As a discovery claim works it through the community, the interaction and confrontation between shared and competing beliefs about the science and the technology involved transforms an individual’s discovery claim into the community’s credible discovery.Two paradoxes exist throughout this credibility process. First, scientific work tends to focus on some aspect of prevailing Knowledge that is viewed as incomplete or incorrect. Little reward accompanies duplication and confirmation of what is already known and believed. The goal is new-search, not re-search. Not surprisingly, newly published discovery claims and credible discoveries that appear to be important and convincing will always be open to challenge and potential modification or refutation by future researchers. Second, novelty itself frequently provokes disbelief. Nobel Laureate and physiologist Albert Azent-Gyorgyi once described discovery as “seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.” But thinking what nobody else has thought and telling others what they have missed may not change their views. Sometimes years are required for truly novel discovery claims to be accepted and appreciated.In the end, credibility “happens” to a discovery claim – a process that corresponds to what philosopher Annette Baier has described as the commons of the mind. “We reason t ogether, challenge, revise, and complete each other’s reasoning and each other’s conceptions of reason.”31. According to the first paragraph, the process of discovery is characterized by its[A] uncertainty and complexity.[B] misconception and deceptiveness.[C] logicality and objectivity.[D] systematicness and regularity.32. It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that credibility process requires[A] strict inspection.[B]shared efforts.[C] individual wisdom.[D]persistent innovation.33.Paragraph 3 shows that a discovery claim becomes credible after it[A] has attracted the attention of the general public.[B]has been examined by the scientific community.[C] has received recognition from editors and reviewers.[D]has been frequently quoted by peer scientists.34. Albert Szent-Györgyi would most likely agree that[A] scientific claims will survive challenges.[B]discoveries today inspire future research.[C] efforts to make discoveries are justified.[D]scientific work calls for a critical mind.35.Which of the following would be the best title of the test?[A] Novelty as an Engine of Scientific Development.[B]Collective Scrutiny in Scientific Discovery.[C] Evolution of Credibility in Doing Science.[D]Challenge to Credibility at the Gate to Science.Text 4If the trade unionist Jimmy Hoffa were alive today, he would probably represent civil servant. When Hoffa’s Teamsters were in their prime in 1960, only one in ten American government workers belonged to a union; now 36% do. In 2009 the number of unionists in America’s public sector passed that of their fellow members in the private sector. In Britain,more than half of public-sector workers but only about 15% of private-sector ones are unionized.There are three reasons for the public-sector unions’ thriving. First, they can shut things down without suffering much in the way of consequences. Second, they are mostly bright and well-educated. A quarter of America’s public-sector workers have a university degree. Third, they now dominate left-of-centre politics. Some of their ties go back a long way. Britain’s Labor Party, as its name implies, has long been associated with trade unionism. Its current leader, Ed Miliband, owes his position to votes from public-sector unions.At the state level their influence can be even more fearsome. Mark Baldassare of the Public Policy Institute of California points out that much of the state’s budget is patrolled by unions. The teachers’ unions keep an eye on schools, the CCPOA on prisons and a variety of labor groups on health care.In many rich countries average wages in the state sector are higher than in the private one. But the real gains come in benefits and work practices. Politicians have repeatedly “backloaded” public-sector pay deals, keeping the pay increases modest but adding to holidays and especially pensions that are already generous.Reform has been vigorously opposed, perhaps most egregiously in education, where charter schools, academies and merit pay all faced drawn-out battles. Even though there is plenty of evidence that the quality of the teachers is the most important variable, teachers’ unions have fought against getting rid of bad ones and promoting good ones.As the cost to everyone else has become clearer, politicians have begun to clamp down. In Wisconsin the unions have rallied thousands of supporters against Scott Walker, the hardline Republican governor. But many within the public sector suffer under the current system, too.John Don ahue at Harvard’s Kennedy School points out that the norms of culture in Western civil services suit those who want to stay put but is bad for high achievers. The only American public-sector workers who earn well above $250,000 a year are university sports coaches and the president of the United States. Bankers’ fat pay packets have attracted much criticism, but a public-sector system that does not reward high achievers may be a much bigger problem for America.36. It can be learned from the first paragraph that[A] Teamsters still have a large body of members.[B] Jimmy Hoffa used to work as a civil servant.[C] unions have enlarged their public-sector membership.[D]the government has improved its relationship with unionists.37. Which of the following is true of Paragraph 2?[A] Public-sector unions are prudent in taking actions.[B] Education is required for public-sector union membership.[C] Labor Party has long been fighting against public-sector unions.[D]Public-sector unions seldom get in trouble for their actions.38. It can be learned from Paragraph 4 that the income in the state sector is[A] illegally secured.[B] indirectly augmented.[C] excessively increased.[D]fairly adjusted.39. The example of the unions in Wisconsin shows that unions[A]often run against the current political system.[B]can change people’s political attitudes.[C]may be a barrier to public-sector reforms.[D]are dominant in the government.40. John Donahue’s attitude towards the pu blic-sector system is one of[A]disapproval.[B]appreciation.[C]tolerance.[D]indifference.Part BDirections:In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of the numbered blanks. There are twoextra choices, which do not fit in any of the blanks. Mark your answers on ANSWERSHEET1.(10 points)Think of those fleeting moments when you look out of an aeroplane window and realise that you are flying, higher than a bird. Now think of your laptop, thinner than a brown-paper envelope, or your cellphone in the palm of your hand. Take a moment or two to wonder at those marvels. You are the lucky inheritor of a dream come true.The second half of the 20th century saw a collection of geniuses, warriors, entrepreneurs and visionaries labour to create a fabulous machine that could function as a typewriter and printing press, studio and theatre, paintbrush and gallery, piano and radio, the mail as well as the mail carrier. (41)The networked computer is an amazing device, the first media machine that serves as the mode of production, means of distribution, site of reception, and place of praise and critique. The computer is the 21st century's culture machine.But for all the reasons there are to celebrate the computer, we must also tread with caution.(42)I call it a secret war for two reasons. First, most people do not realise that there are strong commercial agendas at work to keep them in passive consumption mode. Second, the majority of people who use networked computers to upload are not even aware of the significance of what they are doing.All animals download, but only a few upload. Beavers build dams and birds make nests. Yet for the most part, the animal kingdom moves through the world downloading. Humans are unique in their capacity to not only make tools but then turn around and use them to create superfluous material goods - paintings, sculpture and architecture - and superfluous experiences - music, literature, religion and philosophy. (43)For all the possibilities of our new culture machines, most people are still stuck in download mode. Even after the advent of widespread social media, a pyramid of production remains, with a small number of people uploading material, a slightly larger group commenting on or modifying that content, and a huge percentage remaining content to just consume. (44)Television is a one-way tap flowing into our homes. The hardest task that television asks of anyone is to turn the power off after he has turned it on.(45)What counts as meaningful uploading? My definition revolves around the concept of "stickiness" - creations and experiences to which others adhere.[A] Of course, it is precisely these superfluous things that define human culture and ultimately what it is to be human. Downloading and consuming culture requires great skills,but failing to move beyond downloading is to strip oneself of a defining constituent of humanity.[B] Applications like , which allow users to combine pictures, words and other media in creative ways and then share them, have the potential to add stickiness by amusing, entertaining and enlightening others.[C] Not only did they develop such a device but by the turn of the millennium they had also managed to embed it in a worldwide system accessed by billions of people every day.[D] This is because the networked computer has sparked a secret war between downloading and uploading - between passive consumption and active creation - whose outcome will shape our collective future in ways we can only begin to imagine.[E] The challenge the computer mounts to television thus bears little similarity to one format being replaced by another in the manner of record players being replaced by CD players.[F] One reason for the persistence of this pyramid of production is that for the pasthalf-century, much of the world's media culture has been defined by a single medium - television - and television is defined by downloading.[G]The networked computer offers the first chance in 50 years to reverse the flow, to encourage thoughtful downloading and, even more importantly, meaningful uploading.Part CDirections:Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (10 points)Since the days of Aristotle, a search for universal principles has characterized the scientific enterprise. In some ways, this quest for commonal ities defines science. Newton’s laws of motion and Darwinian evolution each bind a host of different phenomena into a single explicatory frame work.(46)In physics, one approach takes this impulse for unification to its extreme, and seeks a theory of everything—a single generative equation for all we see.It is becoming less clear, however, that such a theory would be a simplification, given the dimensions and universes that it might entail, nonetheless, unification of sorts remains a major goal.This tendency in the natural sciences has long been evident in the social sciences too. (47)Here, Darwinism seems to offer justification for it all humans share common origins it seems reasonable to suppose that cultural diversity could also be traced to more constrained beginnings. Just as the bewildering variety of human courtship rituals might all be consideredforms of sexual selection, perhaps the world’s languages, music, social and religious customs and even history are governed by universal features. (48)To filter out what is unique from what is shared might enable us to understand how complex cultural behavior arose and what guides it in evolutionary or cognitive terms.That, at least, is the hope. But a comparative study of linguistic traits published online today supplies a reality check. Russell Gray at the University of Auckland and his colleagues consider the evolution of grammars in the light of two previous attempts to find universality in language.The most famous of these efforts was initiated by Noam Chomsky, who suggested that humans are born with an innate language—acquisition capacity that dictates a universal grammar. A few generative rules are then sufficient to unfold the entire fundamental structure of a language, which is why children can learn it so quickly.(49)The second, by Joshua Greenberg, takes a more empirical approach to universality identifying traits (particularly in word order) shared by many language which are considered to represent biases that result from cognitive constraintsGray and his colleagues have put them to the test by examining four family trees that between them represent more than 2,000 languages.(50)Chomsky’s grammar should show patterns of language change that are independent of the family tree or the pathway tracked through it. Whereas Greenbergian universality predicts strong co-dependencies between particular types of word-order relations. Neither of these patterns is borne out by the analysis, suggesting that the structures of the languages are lire age-specific and not governed by universalsSection III WritingPart A51. Directions:Some internationals students are coming to your university. Write them an email in the name of the Students’ Union to1) extend your welcome and2) provide some suggestions for their campus life here.You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET2.Do not sign your name at the end of the letter. Use “Li Ming” instead.Do not write the address(10 points)Part B52. Directions: write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay you should1) describe the drawing briefly2) explain its intended meaning, and3) give your commentsYou should write neatly on ANSWER SHEET2.(20 points)2012年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题答案详解Section I Use of English1.【答案】B【解析】从空后信息可以看出,这句表达的是“__法官表现得像政治家”的情况下,法庭就不能保持其作为法律法规的合法卫士的形象,所以应该选C, maintain“维持,保持”,其他显然语义不通。

历年考研英语一真题及答案解析

历年考研英语一真题及答案解析

全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语(一)Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and markA, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and markA, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)The ethical judgments of the Supreme Court justices have become an important issuerecently. The court cannot _1_ its legitimacy as guardian of the rule of law _2_justices behave like politicians. Yet, in several instances, justices acted in waysthat _3_ the court's reputation for being independent and impartial. Justice Antonin Scalia, for example, appeared at political events. That kind ofactivity makes it less likely that the court's decisions will be _4_ as impartialjudgments. Part of the problem is that the justices are not _5_by an ethics code.At the very least, the court should make itself _6_to the code of conduct that _7_tothe rest of the federal judiciary.This and other similar cases _8_the question of whether there is still a _9_betweenthe court and politics.The framers of the Constitution envisioned law _10_having authority apart frompolitics. They gave justices permanent positions _11_they would be free to _12_ thosein power and have no need to _13_ political support. Our legal system was designedto set law apart from politics precisely because they are so closely _14_. Constitutional law is political because it results from choices rootedfundamental social _15_ like liberty and property. When the court deals with socialpolicy decisions, the law it _16_ is inescapably political-which is why decisionssplit along ideological lines are so easily _17_ as unjust.The justices must _18_ doubts about the court's legitimacy by making themselves_19_ to the code of conduct. That would make rulings more likely to be seen as separatefrom politics and, _20_, convincing as law.11.[A]emphasize [B]maintain [C]modify[D] recognize2.[A]when [B]lest[C]before [D] unless3.[A]restored [B]weakened [C]establish [D] eliminated ed4.[D] [B]compromised [C]suspected [A]challengedaccepted5.[C]bound [A]advanced [B]caught[D]founded6.[C]immune [B]subject [A]resistant[D]prone7.[ [A]resorts [B]sticks[D]appliesC]loads8.[B]raise [A]evade[D]settle[C]deny9.[A]line [B]barrier[D]conflict[C]similarity[A]by [B]as[D]towards[C]though211.[A]so [B]since[C]provided [D]though12.[A]serve [B]satisfy[C]upset [D]replace13.[A]confirm [B]express [C]culti[D]offervate14.[C]studied [A]guarded [B]followed[D]tied15.[B]theories [C]divis [A]concepts[D]conceptions ions16.[C]shapes [A]excludes [B]questions[D]controls17.[C]ranked [A]dismissed [B]released[D]distorted18.[A]suppress [C]addr [B]exploit[D]ignore ess19.[A]accessible [B]amiable [C]agreeable [D]accountable[C]in a [B]atall costs 20. [A]by all mesns[D]as a result wordSection II Reading Comprehension3Part ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A,B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text 1Come on –Everybody's doing it. That whispered message, half invitation and half forcing,words peer pressure. It usually leads to no is what most of us think of when we hear theJoin the Club, Tina Rosenberg contends good-drinking, drugs and casual sex. But in her new bookthat peer pressure can also be a positive force through what she calls the social cure, in whichorganizations and officials use the power of group dynamics to help individuals improve theirlives and possibly the word.Rosenberg, the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, offers a host of example of the social curein action: In South Carolina, a state-sponsored antismoking program called Rage Against the Hazesets out to make cigarettes uncool. In South Africa, an HIV-prevention initiative known as LoveLiferecruits young people to promote safe sex among their peers.The idea seems promising,and Rosenberg is a perceptive observer. Her critiqueof the lameness of many pubic-health campaigns is spot-on: they fail to mobilize peerpressure for healthy habits, and they demonstrate a seriously flawed understandingof psychology.” Dare to be different, please don't smoke!” pleads one billboardcampaign aimed at reducing smoking among teenagers-teenagers, who desire nothing morethan fitting in. Rosenberg argues convincingly that public-health advocates oughtto take a page from advertisers, so skilled at applying peer pressure. But on the general effectiveness of the social cure, Rosenberg is less persuasive.Join the Club is filled with too much irrelevant detail and not enough explorationof the social and biological factors that make peer pressure so powerful. The mostglaring flaw of the social cure as it's presented here is that it doesn't work verywell for very long. Rage Against the Haze failed once state funding was cut. Evidencethat the LoveLife program produces lasting changes is limited and mixed. There's no doubt that our peer groups exert enormous influence on our behavior. An emergingbody of research shows that positive health habits-as well as negative ones-spread throughnetworks of friends via social communication. This is a subtle form of peer pressure: weunconsciously imitate the behavior we see every day.Far less certain, however, is how successfully experts and bureaucrats can select our peer groupsand steer their activities in virtuous directions. It's like the teacher who breaks up thetroublemakers in the back row by pairing them with better-behaved classmates. The tactic never4really works. And that's the problem with a social cure engineered from the outside: in the realworld, as in school, we insist on choosing our own friends.21. According to the first paragraph, peer pressure often emerges as[A] a supplement to the social cure[B] a stimulus to group dynamics[C] an obstacle to school progress[D] a cause of undesirable behaviors22. Rosenberg holds that public advocates should[A] recruit professional advertisers[B] learn from advertisers' experience[C] stay away from commercial advertisers[D] recognize the limitations of advertisements23. In the author's view, Rosenberg's book fails to[A] adequately probe social and biological factors[B] effectively evade the flaws of the social cure[C] illustrate the functions of state funding[D]produce a long-lasting social effect24. Paragraph 5shows that our imitation of behaviors[A] is harmful to our networks of friends[B] will mislead behavioral studies[C] occurs without our realizing it[D] can produce negative health habits25. The author suggests in the last paragraph that the effect of peer pressure is[A] harmful[B] desirable[C] profound[D] questionableText 2A deal is a deal-except, apparently ,when Entergy is involved. The company, a major energy supplier in New England, provoked justified outrage in Vermont last week when it announced itwas reneging on a longstanding commitment to abide by the strict nuclear regulations.5Instead, the company has done precisely what it had long promised it would not challenge the constitutionality of Vermont's rules in the federal court, as part of a desperate effortto keep its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant running. It's a stunning move.The conflict has been surfacing since 2002, when the corporation bought Vermont's only nuclear power plant, an aging reactor in Vernon. As a condition of receiving state approval forthe sale, the company agreed to seek permission from state regulators to operate past 2012. In2006, the state went a step further, requiring that any extension of the plant's license be subjectto Vermont legislature's approval. Then, too, the company went along.Either Entergy never really intended to live by those commitments, or it simply didn't foresee what would happen next. A string of accidents, including the partial collapse of a coolingtower in 207 and the discovery of an underground pipe system leakage, raised serious questionsabout both Vermont Yankee's safety and Entergy's management– especially after the company mademisleading statements about the pipe. Enraged by Entergy's behavior, the Vermont Senate voted26 to 4 last year against allowing an extension.Now the company is suddenly claiming that the 2002 agreement is invalid because of the 2006legislation, and that only the federal government has regulatory power over nuclear issues. Thelegal issues in the case are obscure: whereas the Supreme Court has ruled that states do havesome regulatory authority over nuclear power, legal scholars say that Vermont case will offera precedent-setting test of how far those powers extend. Certainly, there are valid concerns aboutthe patchwork regulations that could result if every state sets its own rules. But had Entergykept its word, that debate would be beside the point.The company seems to have concluded that its reputation in Vermont is alreadyso damaged that it has noting left to lose by going to war with the state. But thereshould be consequences. Permission to run a nuclear plant is a poblic trust. Entergyruns 11 other reactors in the United States, including Pilgrim Nuclear station inPlymouth. Pledging to run Pilgrim safely, the company has applied for federalpermission to keep it open for another 20 years. But as the Nuclear RegulatoryCommission (NRC) reviews the company's application, it should keep it mind whatpromises from Entergy are worth.26. The phrase “reneging on”(Line 3.para.1) is closest in meaning to[A] condemning.[B] reaffirming.[C] dishonoring.[D] securing.27. By entering into the 2002 agreement, Entergy intended to[A] obtain protection from Vermont regulators.[B] seek favor from the federal legislature.6[C] acquire an extension of its business license .[D] get permission to purchase a power plant.28. According to Paragraph 4, Entergy seems to have problems with its[A] managerial practices.[B] technical innovativeness.[C] financial goals.[D] business vision29. In the author's view, the Vermont case will test[A] Entergy's capacity to fulfill all its promises.[B] the mature of states' patchwork regulations.[C] the federal authority over nuclear issues .[D] the limits of states' power over nuclear issues.30. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that[A] Entergy's business elsewhere might be affected.[B] the authority of the NRC will be defied.[C] Entergy will withdraw its Plymouth application.[D] Vermont's reputation might be damaged.Text 3In the idealized version of how science is done, facts about the world are waiting to beobserved and collected by objective researchers who use the scientific method to carry out theirwork. But in the everyday practice of science, discovery frequently follows an ambiguous andcomplicated route. We aim to be objective, but we cannot escape the context of our unique lifeexperience. Prior knowledge and interest influence what we experience, what we think ourexperiences mean, and the subsequent actions we take. Opportunities for misinterpretation, error,and self-deception abound.Consequently, discovery claims should be thought of as protoscience. Similar to newly stakedmining claims, they are full of potential. But it takes collective scrutiny and acceptance totransform a discovery claim into a mature discovery. This is the credibility process, throughme, here, nowanyone, anywhere,becomes the community's which the individual researcher'sanytime. Objective knowledge is the goal, not the starting point.Once a discovery claim becomes public, the discoverer receives intellectual credit. But, unlike with mining claims, the community takes control of what happens next. Within the complexsocial structure of the scientific community, researchers make discoveries; editors and reviewersact as gatekeepers by controlling the publication process; other scientists use the new finding7to suit their own purposes; and finally, the public (including other scientists) receives thenew discovery and possibly accompanying technology. As a discovery claim works it through thecommunity, the interaction and confrontation between shared and competing beliefs about thescience and the technology involved transforms an individual's discovery claim into the community's credible discovery.Two paradoxes exist throughout this credibility process. First, scientific worktends to focus on some aspect of prevailing Knowledge that is viewed as incompleteor incorrect. Little reward accompanies duplication and confirmation of what isnew-searchnot re-search. Not , surprisingly, The already known and believed. goal isnewly published discovery claims and credible discoveries that appear to be importantand convincing will always be open to challenge and potential modification orrefutation by future researchers. Second, novelty itself frequently provokesdisbelief. Nobel Laureate and physiologist Albert Azent-Gyorgyi once describeddiscovery as “seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.”But thinking what nobody else has thought and telling others what they have missedmay not change their views. Sometimes years are required for truly novel discoveryclaims to be accepted and appreciated.In the end, credibility “happens” to a discovery claim – a process that corresponds tocommons of the mind. “We reason together, what philosopher Annette Baier has described as thechallenge, revise, and complete each other's reasoning and each other's conceptions of reason.”31. According to the first paragraph, the process of discovery is characterized byits[A] uncertainty and complexity.[B] misconception and deceptiveness.[C] logicality and objectivity.[D] systematicness and regularity.32. It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that credibility process requires[A] strict inspection.[B]shared efforts.[C] individual wisdom.[D]persistent innovation.33.Paragraph 3 shows that a discovery claim becomes credible after it[A] has attracted the attention of the general public.[B]has been examined by the scientific community.[C] has received recognition from editors and reviewers.8[D]has been frequently quoted by peer scientists.Gy?rgyi would most likely agree that34. Albert Szent-[A] scientific claims will survive challenges.[B]discoveries today inspire future research.[C] efforts to make discoveries are justified.[D]scientific work calls for a critical mind.35.Which of the following would be the best title of the test?[A] Novelty as an Engine of Scientific Development.[B]Collective Scrutiny in Scientific Discovery.[C] Evolution of Credibility in Doing Science.[D]Challenge to Credibility at the Gate to Science.Text 4If the trade unionist Jimmy Hoffa were alive today, he would probably representcivil servant. When Hoffa's Teamsters were in their prime in 1960, only one in tenAmerican government workers belonged to a union; now 36% do. In 2009 the number ofunionists in America's public sector passed that of their fellow members in theprivate sector. In Britain, more than half of public-sector workers but only about15% of private-sector ones are unionized.There are three reasons for the public-sector unions' thriving. First, they canshut things down without suffering much in the way of consequences. Second, they aremostly bright and well-educated. A quarter of America's public-sector workers havea university degree. Third, they now dominate left-of-centre politics. Some of theirties go back a long way. Britain's Labor Party, as its name implies, haslong beenassociated with trade unionism. Its current leader, Ed Miliband, owes his positionto votes from public-sector unions.At the state level their influence can be even more fearsome. Mark Baldassareof the Public Policy Institute of California points out that much of the state'sbudget is patrolled by unions. The teachers' unions keep an eye on schools, the CCPOAon prisons and a variety of labor groups on health care.In many rich countries average wages in the state sector are higher than in theprivate one. But the real gains come in benefits and work practices. Politicians haverepeatedly “backloaded” public-sector pay deals, keeping the pay increases modestbut adding to holidays and especially pensions that are already generous. Reform has been vigorously opposed, perhaps most egregiously in education, wherecharter schools, academies and merit pay all faced drawn-out battles. Even though9there is plenty of evidence that the quality of the teachers is the most importantpromoting ones and getting rid of bad variable, teachers' unions have fought againstgood ones.clamp to have clearer, politicians begun the cost to everyone else has become Asdown. In Wisconsin the unions have rallied thousands of supporters against ScottWalker, the hardline Republican governor. But many within the public sector sufferunder the current system, too.John Donahue at Harvard's Kennedy School points out that the norms of cultureachievers. high bad for to stay put but is want in Western civil services suit those whoThe only American public-sector workers who earn well above $250,000 a year areversity sports coaches and the president of the United States. Bankers' fat pay unireward does not a public-sector system that much packets have attracted criticism, buthigh achievers may be a much bigger problem for America.36. It can be learned from the first paragraph that[A] Teamsters still have a large body of members.[B] Jimmy Hoffa used to work as a civil servant.[C] unions have enlarged their public-sector membership.[D]the government has improved its relationship with unionists.37. Which of the following is true of Paragraph 2?[A] Public-sector unions are prudent in taking actions.[B] Education is required for public-sector union membership.[C] Labor Party has long been fighting against public-sector unions.[D]Public-sector unions seldom get in trouble for their actions.38. It can be learned from Paragraph 4 that the income in the state sector is[A] illegally secured.[B] indirectly augmented.[C] excessively increased.[D]fairly adjusted.39. The example of the unions in Wisconsin shows that unions[A]often run against the current political system.[B]can change people's political attitudes.[C]may be a barrier to public-sector reforms.[D]are dominant in the government.1040. John Donahue's attitude towards the public-sector system is one of[A]disapproval.[B]appreciation.[C]tolerance.[D]indifference.Part BDirections:In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the mostsuitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of the numbered blanks. There are two extra choices,which do not fit in any of the blanks. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET1.(10 points)Think of those fleeting moments when you look out of an aeroplane window and realise thatyou are flying, higher than a bird. Now think of your laptop, thinner than a brown-paper envelope,or your cellphone in the palm of your hand. Take a moment or two to wonder at those marvels. Youare the lucky inheritor of a dream come true.The second half of the 20th century saw a collection of geniuses, warriors, entrepreneurs and visionaries labour to create a fabulous machine that could function as a typewriter andprinting press, studio and theatre, paintbrush and gallery, piano and radio, the mail as wellas the mail carrier. (41)The networked computer is an amazing device, the first media machine that serves as the modeof production, means of distribution, site of reception, and place of praise and critique. Thecomputer is the 21st century's culture machine.But for all the reasons there are to celebrate the computer, we must also tread with caution.(42)I call it a secret war for two reasons. First, most people do not realise that there are strongcommercial agendas at work to keep them in passive consumption mode. Second, the majority of peoplewho use networked computers to upload are not even aware of the significance of what they aredoing.All animals download, but only a few upload. Beavers build dams and birds make nests. Yetfor the most part, the animal kingdom moves through the world downloading. Humans are unique intheir capacity to not only make tools but then turn around and use them to create superfluousmaterial goods - paintings, sculpture and architecture - and superfluous experiences - music,literature, religion and philosophy. (43)For all the possibilities of our new culture machines, most people are still stuck in downloadmode. Even after the advent of widespread social media, a pyramid of production remains, witha small number of people uploading material, a slightly larger group commenting on or modifyingthat content, and a huge percentage remaining content to just consume. (44) Television is a one-way tap flowing into our homes. The hardest task that television asksof anyone is to turn the power off after he has turned it on.11(45)What counts as meaningful uploading? My definition revolves around the concept of stickiness - creations and experiences to which others adhere.[A] Of course, it is precisely these superfluous things that define human cultureand ultimately what it is to be human. Downloading and consuming culture requiresgreat skills, but failing to move beyond downloading is to strip oneself of a definingconstituent of humanity.[B] Applications like , which allow users to combine pictures, words andother media in creative ways and then share them, have the potential to add stickinessby amusing, entertaining and enlightening others.[C] Not only did they develop such a device but by the turn of the millennium theyhad also managed to embed it in a worldwide system accessed by billions of peopleevery day.[D] This is because the networked computer has sparked a secret war between downloading anduploading - between passive consumption and active creation - whose outcome will shape ourcollective future in ways we can only begin to imagine.[E] The challenge the computer mounts to television thus bears little similarity to one formatbeing replaced by another in the manner of record players being replaced by CD players.[F] One reason for the persistence of this pyramid of production is that for the past half-century,much of the world's media culture has been defined by a single medium - television - and televisionis defined by downloading.[G]The networked computer offers the first chance in 50 years to reverse the flow, to encouragethoughtful downloading and, even more importantly, meaningful uploading.Part CDirections:Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments intoChinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2.(10 points)Since the days of Aristotle, a search for universal principles has characterizedthe scientific enterprise. In some ways, this quest for commonalities defines science.Newton's laws of motion and Darwinian evolution each bind a host of different phenomenainto a single explicatory frame work.(46)In physics, one approach takes this impulse for unification to its extreme,and seeks a theory of everything—a single generative equation for all we see.It isbecoming less clear, however, that such a theory would be a simplification, given thedimensions and universes that it might entail, nonetheless, unification of sortsremains a major goal.This tendency in the natural sciences has long been evident in the social sciencestoo. (47)Here, Darwinism seems to offer justification for it all humans share commonorigins it seems reasonable to suppose that cultural diversity could also be traced12to more constrained beginnings. Just as the bewildering variety of human courtshiprituals might all be considered forms of sexual selection, perhaps the world'slanguages, music, social and religious customs and even history are governed bymight enable out what is unique from what is shared universal features.(48)To filterevolutionary in what guides it how complex cultural behavior arose and us to understandor cognitive terms.published traits study of linguistic the hope. But a comparative That, at least, isand the University of Auckland reality check. Russell Gray at online today supplies aattempts previous of two of grammars in the light his colleagues consider the evolutionto find universality in language.that who suggested Chomsky, was initiated by Noam The most famous of these effortsuniversal dictates a —acquisition capacity that humans are born with an innate languagegrammar. A few generative rules are then sufficient to unfold the entire fundamentalstructure of a language, which is why children can learn it so quickly. The second, by Joshua Greenberg, takes a more empirical approach to (49)universality identifying traits (particularly in word order) shared by many languagewhich are considered to represent biases that result from cognitive constraintsGray and his colleagues have put them to the test by examining four family treesChomsky's grammar should that between them represent more than 2,000 languages.(50)pathway the family tree or change that are independent of the show patterns of languageco-dependencies strong universality predicts tracked through it. Whereas Greenbergianbetween particular types of word-order relations. Neither of these patterns is borneout by the analysis, suggesting that the structures of the languages are lireage-specific and not governed by universalsWritingSection IIIPart ADirections:51.email an university. Write them internationals Some students are coming to yourin the name of the Students' Union toextend your welcome and1)provide some suggestions for their campus life here.2)You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET2.Do not sign your name at the endof the letter. Use “Li Ming” instead.Do not write the address(10 points)Part Bwrite an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay 52. Directions:you should1) describe the drawing briefly2) explain its intended meaning, and133) give your comments)You should write neatly on ANSWER SHEET2.(20 points1.【答案】B【解析】从空后信息可以看出,这句表达的是“_ _法官表现得像政治家”的情况下,法庭就不能保持其作为法律法规的合法卫士的形象,所以应该选C,maintain“维持,保持”,其他显然语义不通。

考研英语一历年真题与答案解析_1986_2016

考研英语一历年真题与答案解析_1986_2016

2016 年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语(一)试题(完整版)及参考答案2.[A]adapt to [B]provide for [C]compete with [D]decide on3.[A]close [B]renew [C]arrange [D]postpone4.[A]Above all [B]In theory [C]In time [D]For example5.[A]Although [B]Lest [C]After [D]Unless6.[A]into [B]within [C]from [D]through7.[A]since [B]but [C]or [D]so8.[A]copy [B]test [C]recite [D]create9.[A]folding [B]piling [C]wrapping [D]tying10.[A]passing [B]lighting [C]hiding [D]serving11.[A]meeting [B]collection [C]association [D]union12.[A]grow [B]part [C]deal [D]live13.[A]whereas [B]until [C]if [D]for14.[A]obtain [B]follow [C]challenge [D]avoid15.[A]isolated [B]persuaded [C]viewed [D]exposed16.[A]whatever [B]however [C]whenever [D]wherever17.[A]changed [B]brought [C]shaped [D]pushed18.[A]withdrawn [B]invested [C]donated [D]divided19.[A]breaks [B]warms [C]shows [D]clears20.[A]so that [B]while [C]once [D]in thatSection II Reading ComprehensionPart A3) give your comments.You should write neatly on the ANSWER SHEET. (20 points)I cloze1.As well as2.Decide on3.Arrange4.Above all5.After6.Into7.But8.Recite9.Tying10.Lighting11.Union29.highlight his firm stand against lobby pressure30.the town-and-country planning in BritainText 331.uncertainty32.winning33.less severe34.has an impact on their decision35.the necessaryText 436.the high cost of operation37.make strategic adjustments38.is meant for the most loyal customers39.Aggressiveness better meets challenges40.Cherish the Newspaper Still in Your HandPart B41.Decide if the time is right42.Know your goals43.Understand the context44.Work with professionals45.Make it efficientPart CWrite an essay of 160—200 words based on the following picture in your essay, you should1. describe the pictures briefly,2. interpret its intended meaning, and3. give your comments.You should write neatly on the ANSWER SHEET. (20 points)参考范文:As is vividly depicted in the first picture there is a father watching TV and asking his son to study hard, with his son being unable to concentrate on his study. The second picture portrays that the son and the f ather a re s tudying h ard t ogether. At t he l ower p art o f t he p icture i s a c aption w hich i mplies t hat i t i s w ise for p arents to set a good example for their children by action rather than by words.It occurs to me that the author of the drawing aims at reminding us of the the value of a good example by parents. First and foremost, examples speak louder than words, for it is widely accepted that an example enables each person to transform his or her aspirations from a state of potentiality into reality. Put it another way, parents’ example enables their children to improve them selves, so they can be qualified for the future job, be ready for the forthcoming life, and they are likely to achieve more fulfillment. Furthermore, according to a latest survey conducted b y a n a uthority o n t he I nternet, t he majority o f p eople i nterviewed a nswer that parents’ action produces more positive influence on the growth of t heirchildren than oral requirements do.Hence, i t i s v ital f or u s t o d erive p ositive i mplications f rom t he a bove p ictures. For o ne thing, w e s hould frequently u se i t t o e nlighten young p arents. F or a nother, we s hould cultivate the awareness of parents that personal examples are very vital to kid’s growth. Only by doing so can children grow sound in body and mind.2015 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语一试题Section 1 Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark [A], [B], [C] or [D] on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)Though not biologically related, friends are as related as fourth cousins, sharing about 1% of genes. That is 1 a study published from the University of California and Yale University in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has 2 .The study is a genome-wide analysis conducted 3 1932 unique subjects which 4 pairs of unrelated friends and unrelated strangers. The same people were used in both 5 .While 1% may seem 6 , it is not so to a geneticist. As James Fowler, professor of medical genetics at UC San Diego, says, Most people do not even 7 their fourth cousins but somehow manage to select as friends the people who 8 our kin.The study 9 found that the genes for smell were something shared in friends but not genes for immunity. Why this similarity in olfactory genes is difficult to explain, for now. 10 Perhaps, as the team suggests, it draws us to similar environments but there is more 11 it. There could be many mechanisms working in tandem that 12 us in choosing genetically similar friends 13 than nal kinship of being friends with 14 !One of the remarkable findings of the study was that the similar genes seem to be evolving 15 than other genes. Studying this could help 16 why human evolution picked pace in the last 30,000 years, with social environment being a major 17 factor.The findings do not simply corroborate peoples 18 to befriend those of similar 19 backgrounds, say the researchers. Though all the subjects were drawn from a population of European extraction, care was taken to 20 that all subjects, friends and strangers were taken from the same population. The team also controlled the data to check ancestry ofsubjects.Section II Reading Comprehension1、What2、Concluded3、On4、Compared5、Samples6、Insignificant7、Know8、Resemble9、Also10、Perhaps11、To12、Drive13、Ratherthan14、Benefits15、Faster16、understand17、Contributory18、Tendency19、Ethnic20、seePart ARead the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing [A], [B], [C] or [D]. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)原标题:2015 年考研英语一真题答案(完整版)TEXT 1King Juan Carlos of Spain once insistedkings dont abdicate, they die in their sleep. But embarrassing scandals and the popularity of the republicans left in the recent Euro-elections have forced him to eat his words and stand down. So, does the Spanish crisis suggest that monarchy is seeing its last days? Does that mean the writing is on the wall for all European royals, with their magnificent uniforms and majestic lifestyles?The Spanish case provides arguments both for and against monarchy. When public opinion is particularly polarized, as it was following the end of the France regime, monarchs can rise above mere polities and embody a spirit of national unity.It is this apparent transcendence of polities that explains monarchys continuing popularity as heads of state. And so, the Middle East expected, Europe is the most monarch-infested region in the world, with 10 kingdoms (not counting Vatican City and Andorra). But unlike their absolutist counterparts in the Gulf and Asia, most royal families have survived because they allow voters to avoid the difficult search for a non-controversial but respected public figure.Even so, kings and queens undoubtedly have a downside. Symbolic of national unity asthey claim to be, their very history-and sometimes the way they behave today-embodies outdated and indefensible privileges and inequalities. At a time when Thomas Piketty and other economists are warming of rising inequality and the increasing power of inherited wealth, it is bizarre that wealthy aristocratic families should still be the symbolic heart of modern democratic states.The most successful monarchies strive to abandon or hide their old aristocratic ways. Princes and princesses have day-jobs and ride bicycles, not horses (or helicopters). Even so, these are wealthy families who party with the international 1%, and media intrusiveness makes it increasingly difficult to maintain the right image.While Europes monarchies will no doubt be smart enough to survive for some time to come, it is the British royals who have most to fear from the Spanish example.It is only the Queen who has preserved the monarchys reputation with her rather ordinary (if well-heeled) granny style. The danger will come with Charles, who has both an expensive taste of lifestyle and a pretty hierarchical view of the world. He has failedto understand that monarchies have largely survived because they provide a service-asnon-controversial and non-political heads of state. Charles ought to know that asEnglish history shows, it is kings, not republicans, who are the monarchys worst enemies.21.According to the first two graphs, King Juan Carlos of Spain[A]eased his relationship with his rivals.[B]used to enjoy high public support.[C]was unpopular among European royals.[D]ended his reign in embarrassment.22.Monarchs are kept as head of state in Europe mostly[A]to give voters more public figures to look up to.[B]to achieve a balance between tradition and reality.[C]owing to their undoubted and respectable status.[D]due to their everlasting political embodiment.23.Which of the following is shown to be odd, according to graph 4?[A]The role of the nobility in modern democracies.[B]Aristocrats excessive reliance on inherited wealth.[C]The simple lifestyle of the aristocratic families.[D]The nobilitys adherence to their privileges.24.The British royals have most to fear because Charles[A]takes a tough line on political issues.[B]fails to change his lifestyle as advised.[C]takes republicans as his potential allies.[D]fails to adapt himself to his future role.25.Which of the following is the best title of the text?[A]Carlos, Glory and Disgrace Combined[B]Charles, Anxious to Succeed to the Throne[C]Charles, Slow to React to the Coming Threats[D]Carlos, a Lesson for All European Monarchs21.Dended his reign in embarrassment.22.C owing to the undoubted and respectable status23.A the role of the nobility in modern democracy24.B fails to change his lifestyle as advised.25.D Carlos, a lesson for all MonarchiesTEXT 2Just how much does the Constitution protect your digital data? The Supreme Court will now consider whether police can search the contents of a mobile phone without a warrant if the phone is on or around a person during an arrest.California has asked the justices to refrain from a sweeping ruling, particularly one that upsets the old assumptions that authorities may search through the possessions of suspects at the time of their arrest. It is hard, the state argues, for judges to assess the implications of new and rapidly changing technologies.The court would be recklessly modest if it followed Californias advice. Enough of the implications are discernable, even obvious, so that the justice can and should provide updated guidelines to police, lawyers and defendants.They should start by discarding Californias lame argument that exploring the contents of a smartphone- a vast storehouse of digital information is similar to say, going through a suspects purse .The court has ruled that police dont violate the Fourth Amendment when they go through the wallet or pocketbook, of an arrestee without a warrant. Butexploring ones smartphone is more like entering his or her home. A smartphone maycontain an arrestees reading history, financial history, medical history and comprehensive records of recent correspondence. The development of cloud computing. meanwhile, has made that exploration so much the easier.But the justices should not swallow Californias argument whole. New, disruptive technology sometimes demands novel applications of the Constitutions protections. Orin Kerr, a law professor, compares the explosion and accessibility of digital information in the 21st century with the establishment of automobile use as a digital necessity of life in the 20th: The justices had to specify novel rules for the new personal domain of the passenger car then; they must sort out how the Fourth Amendment applies to digital information now.26.The Supreme court, will work out whether, during an arrest, it is legitimate to[A]search for suspects mobile phones without a warrant.[B]check suspects phone contents without being authorized.[C]prevent suspects from deleting their phone contents.[D]prohibit suspects from using their mobile phones.27.The authors attitude toward Californias argument is one of[A]tolerance.[B]indifference.[C]disapproval.[D]cautiousness.28.The author believes that exploring ones phone content is comble to[A]getting into ones residence.[B]handing ones historical records.[C]scanning ones correspondences.[D]going through ones wallet.29.In graph 5 and 6, the author shows his concern that[A]principles are hard to be clearly expressed.[B]the court is giving police less room for action.[C]phones are used to store sensitive information.[D]citizens privacy is not effective protected.30.Orin Kerrs comparison is quoted to indicate that(A)the Constitution should be implemented flexibly.(B)New technology requires reinterpretation of the Constitution.(C)Californias argument violates principles of the Constitution.(D)Principles of the Constitution should never be altered.26.Bcheck suspects phone contents without being authorized.27.C disapproval28.A getting into ones residence29.D citizens privacy is not effectively protected30.B new technology requires reinterpretation of the constitutionText 3The journal Science is adding an extra source at Peer-review process, editor-in-chief Marcia McNott announced today. The Follows similar efforts from other journals, after widespread concern that Mistakes in data analysis are contributing to the Published research findings.Readers must have confidence in the conclusions published in our journal,writes McNutt in an editorial. Working with the American Statistical Association, the Journal has appointed seven experts to a statistics board of reviewing Manut will be flagged up for additional scrutiny by the Journals editors, or by its existing Board of Reviewing Editors or by outside peer The SBoRE panel will then find external statisticians to review theseAsked whether any particular papers had impelled the change, McNutt said,The creation of thestatistics boardwas motivated by concerns broadly with the application of statistics and data analysis in scientific research and is part of Sciences overall drive to increase reproducibility in the research we publish.Giovanni Parmigiani,a biostatistician at the Harvard School of Public Health, a mr of the SBoRE group, says he expects the board to play primarily on advisory role. He agreed to join because he found the foresight behind the establishment of the SBoRE to be novel,unique and likely to have a lasting impact. This impact will not only be through the publications in Science itself, but hopefully through a larger group of publishing places that may want to model their approach after Science.John Ioannidis, a physician who studies research methodology, says that the policy is a most welcome step forwardand long overdue,Most journals are weak in statistical review,and this damages the quality of what they publish. I think that, for the majority ofscientific papers nowadays, statistical review is more essential than expert review,he says. But he noted that biomedical journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association and The Lancet pay strong attention to statistical review.Professional scientists are expected to know how to analyze data, but statistical errors are alarmingly common in published research,according to David Vaux,a cell biologist. Researchers should improve their standards, he wrote in 2012,but journals should also take a tougher line,engaging reviewers who are statistically literate and editors who can verify the process.Vaux says that Sciences idea to pass some papers to statisticians has some merit,but a weakness is that it relies on the board of reviewing editors to identifythe papers that need scrutinyin the first place.31.It can be learned from graph I that[A]Science intends to simplify its peer-review process.[B]j ournals are strengthening their statistical checks.[C]f ew journals are blamed for mistakes in data analysis.[D]l ack of data analysis is common in research projects.32.The phrase flagged up (.2)is the closest in meaning to[A]found.[B]revised.[C]marked[D]stored33.Giovanni Parmigiani believes that the establishment of the SBoRE may[A]pose a threat to all its peers[B]meet with strong opposition[C]increase Sciences circulation.[D]set an example for other journals34.David Vaux holds that what Science is doing nowA.adds to researchers worklosd.B.diminishes the role of reviewers.C.has room for further improvement.D.is to fail in the foreseeable future.35.Which of the following is the best title of the text?A.Science Joins Push to Screen Statistics in PapersB.Professional Statisticians Deserve More RespectC.Data Analysis Finds Its Way onto Editors DesksD.Statisticians Are Coming Back with Science31.B journals are strengthening their statistical checks32.B marked33.D set an example for other journals34.C has room for further improvement35.A science joins Push to screen statistics in papers Text4Two years ago. Rupert Murdochs daughter, spoke at the unsettling dearth of integrity across so many of our collapsed, she argued, because of a collective acceptance that the mechanismin society should be profit and the market we the people who create the society we want, not profit.Driving her point home, she continuedIts increasingly absence of purpose,of a moral language with in government, could become one of the most dangerous goals for capitalism and freedom. This same absence of moral purpose was wounding companies, such as International, she thought, making it more likely that it would fore had with widespread illegal telephone hacking.As the hacking trial concludes-finding guilty one ex-editor of the News of the World, Andy Coulson, for conspiring to hack phones, and finding the predecessor, Rebekah Brooks, innocent of the same charge-the wide dearth of integrity still stands. Journalists are known to have hacked the phones of up to 5,500 people. This is hacking on an industrial scale, as was acknowledged by Glenn Mulcaire, the man hired by the News of the World in 2001 to be the point person for phone hacking. Others await trial. This long story still unfolds.In many respects, the dearth of moral purpose frames not only the fact of such widespread phone hacking but the terms on which the trial took place. One of the astonishing revelations was how little Rebekah Brooks knew of what went on in her newsroom, howlittle she thought to ask and the fact that she never inquired how the stories arrived.The core of her successful defence was that she knew nothing.In todays world, it has become normal that well-paid executives should not be accountable for what happens in the organizations that they run. Perhaps we should not be so surprised. For a generation, the collective doctrine has been that the sorting mechanism of society should be profit. The words that have mattered are efficiency, flexibility, shareholder value, business-friendly, wealth generation, sales, impact and, in newspapers, circulation. Words degraded to the margin have been justice, fairness, tolerance, proportionality and accountability.The purpose of editing the News of the World was not to promote reader understanding, tobe fair in what was written or to betray any common humanity. It was to ruin lives inthe quest for circulation and impact. Ms Brooks may or may not have had suspicions about how her journalists got their stories, but she asked no questions, gave no instructions-nor received traceable, recorded answers.36.Accordign to the first two graphs, Elisabeth was upset by(A)the consequences of the current sorting mechanism.(B)companies financial loss due to immoral practices(C)governmental ineffectiveness on moral issues.(D)the wide misuse of integrity among institutions.37.It can be inferred from graph 3 that(A)Glenn Mulcaire may deny phone hacking as a crime.(B)more journalists may be found guilty of phone hacking.(C)Andy Coulson should be held innocent of the charge.(D)phone hacking will be accepted on certain occasions.38.The author believes that Rebekah Brookss defence(A)revealed a cunning personality.(B)centered on trivial issues.(C)was hardly convincing.(D)was part of a conspiracy.39.The author holds that the current collective doctrine shows(A)generally distorted values.(B)unfair wealth distribution.(C)a marginalized lifestyle.(D)a rigid moral code.40 Which of the following is suggested in the last graph?(A)The quality of writings is of primary importance.(B)Common humanity is central to news reporting.(C)Moral awareness matters in editing a newspaper.(D)Journalists need stricter industrial regulations.36.A the consequences of the current sorting mechanism37.Bmore journalists may be found guilty of phone hacking38.C was hardly convincing39.A generally distorted values40.C moral awareness matters in editing a newspaperPart BIn the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list A- G to fit into each of numbered blanks. There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the blanks. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)How does your reading proceed? Clearly you try to comprehend, in the sense ofidentifying meanings for individual words and working out relationships between them, drawing on your implicit knowledge of English grammar.(41) You begin to infer a contextfor the text, for instance, by making decisions about what kind of speech event is involved.Who is making the utterance, to whom, when and where.The ways of reading indicated here are without doubt kinds of comprehension. But they show comprehension to consist not just of passive assimilation but of active engagement in inference and problem-solving. You infer information you feel the writer has invited you to grasp by presenting you with specific evidence and clues.(42)Conceived in this way, comprehension will not follow exactly the same track for each reader. What is in question is not the retrieval of an absolute, fixed or true meaning that can be read off and checked for accuracy, or some timeless relation of the text to theworld.(43)Such background material inevitably reflects who we are. (44)This doesnt, however, make interpretation merely relative or even pointless. Precisely because readers from different historical periods, places and social experiences produce different but overlapping readings of the same words on the page-including for textsthat engage with fundamental human concerns-debates about texts can play an importantrole in social discussion of beliefs and values.How we read a given text also depends to some extent on our particular interest in reading it.(45)Such dimensions of reading suggest-as others introduced later in the book will also do-that we bring an implicit(often unacknowledged)agenda to any act of reading. It doesnt then necessarily follow that one kind of reading is fuller, more advanced or more worthwhile than another. Ideally, different minds of reading inform each other, and actas useful reference points for and counterbalances to one another. Together, theymake up the reading component of your overall literacy, or relationship to your surrounding textual environment.[A]Are we studying that text and trying to respond in a way that fulfills therequirement of a given course? Reading it simply for pleasure? Skimming it for information? Ways of reading on a train or in bed are likely to differ considerably from reading in a seminar room.[B]Factors such as the place and period in which we are reading, our gender, ethnicity, age and social class will encourage us towards certain interpretations but at the same time obscure or even close off others.[C]If you are unfamiliar with words or idioms, you guess at their meaning, using clues presented in the context. On the assumption that they will become relevant later, you make a mental note of discourse entities as well as possible links between them.[D]In effect, you try to reconstruct the likely meanings or effects that any given sentence, image or reference might have had: These might be the ones the authorintended.[E]You make further inferences, for instance, about how the text may be significant to you, or about its validity-inferences that form the basis of a personal response for which the author will inevitably be far less responsible.[F]In plays, novels and narrative poems, characters speak as constructs created by the author, not necessarily as mouthpieces for the authors own thoughts.[G]Rather, we ascribe meanings to texts on the basis of interaction between what we might call textual and contextual material:between kinds of organization or patterning we perceive in a texts formal structures(soespecially its language structures) and various kinds of background, social knowledge, belief and attitude that we bring to the text.41.C 42.E 43.G 44.B 45.APart CRead the following text carefully and then translate the underlined sentences into Chinese. Your translation should be written neatly on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)Within the span of a hundred years, in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, a tide of emigration-one the great folk wanderings of history-swept from Europe to America.(46) This movement, driven by powerful and diverse motivations, built a nation out of a wilderness and, by its nature, shaped the character and destiny of an uncharted continent.(47) The United States is the product of two principal forces-the immigration of European peoples with their varied ideas,customs and national characteristics and the impact of a new country which modified these traits. Of necessity, colonial America was a projectionof Europe. Across the Atlantic came successive groups of Englishmen, Frenchmen, Germans, Scots, Irishmen, Dutchmen, Swedes, and many others who attempted to transplant theirhabits and traditions to the new world. (48) But the force of geographic conditions peculiar to America, the interplay of the varied national groups upon one another, andthe sheer difficulty of maintaining old-world ways in a raw, new continent caused significant changes. These changes were gradual and at first scarcely visible. But the result was a new social pattern which, although it resembled European society in many ways, had a character that was distinctly American.(49) The first shiploads of immigrants bound for the territory which is now theUnited States crossed the Atlantic more than a hundred years after the 15th-and-16th-century explorations of North America. In the meantime, thriving Spanish colonies hadbeen established in Mexico, the West Indies, and South America. These travelers toNorth America came in small, unmercifully overcrowded craft. During their six-to。

历年考研英语真题及答案解析( 解密版)

历年考研英语真题及答案解析( 解密版)
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全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题
Section I: Structure and Vocabulary
In each question, decide which of the four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place marked. Put your choice in the brackets on the left. (15 points)

1986考研英语一真题答案解析

1986考研英语一真题答案解析

1986 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题答案与解析Section I Close Test一、文章结构分析本文记叙了一位女士一次购物的经历。

第一段总述文中主人公Annie 每周三下午都进城购物。

二至四段具体讲述了她某一次的购物经历。

二、试题具体分析1. [A]so 这么,那么[B]more 更多[C]else 其他的,别的[D]another 另外一个本题考核的知识点是:固定搭配+副词用法。

[快速解题]空格所在部分For an hour or 1 是句子的时间状语,考生要判断选项中哪个副词代入能符合这一结构并使文意通顺。

…or so 是固定搭配,用在数字之后,表示“…左右,…上下”,for an hour or so 指“一个小时左右”,说明了时间,符合文意。

因此选[A]so。

[篇章分析]文章第①句总说,交待人物(Annie)、时间(每周三下午)、地点(城镇)、活动内容(购物)。

②③具体讲述活动内容:首先购买所需物品(②句),然后到家具店“橱窗购物”(③句)。

句间通过On Wednesday afternoons—For an hour or so—And then—another hour 时间链条,in the market—up and down between the stalls —(leave the market)for the streets—furniture shop 地点链条实现衔接。

[空格设置]此处考查so 用作副词的一个惯用语…or so,表示约指,例句:There were 20 people or so there.那儿差不多有20 个人。

[干扰项设置]其他项都是常用的副词。

else 用于疑问句或nothing,something,everybody 等之后,如:What else did he say?他还说了些什么?or else 意为“要不然,否则”,是连词词组,引导句子,如:Hurry up or else you’ll be late.快点,否则你就要迟到了。

考研英语真题阅读理解试题及名师解析(十二)

考研英语真题阅读理解试题及名师解析(十二)

If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, youmust know how to identify shared experiences and problems. Your humormust be relevant to the audience and should help to show ...If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, youmust know how to identify shared experiences and problems. Your humormust be relevant to the audience and should help to show them thatyou are one of them or that you understand their situation and are insympathy with their point of view. Depending on whom you areaddressing, the problems will be different. If you are talking to agroup of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you maywant to comment on their disorganized bosses。

Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses' convention, of astory which works well because the audience all shared the same viewof doctors. A man arrives in heaven and is being shown around by St.Peter. He sees wonderful accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunnyweather, and so on. Everyone is very peaceful, polite and friendlyuntil, waiting in a line for lunch, the new arrival is suddenlypushed aside by a man in a white coat, who rushes to the head of theline, grabs his food and stomps over to a table by himself. “Who isthat?” the new arrival asked St. Peter. “Oh, that's God,” came thereply, “but sometimes he thinks he's a doctor。

考研英语写作历年真题试卷汇编1_真题(含答案与解析)-交互

考研英语写作历年真题试卷汇编1_真题(含答案与解析)-交互

考研英语(写作)历年真题试卷汇编1(总分12, 做题时间90分钟)3. WritingSection III WritingPart ADirections: Write a composition/letter of no less than 100 words on the following information.1.Restrictions on the use of plastic bags have not been so successful in some regions. " White pollution " is still going on. Write aletter to the editor(s) of your local newspaper to 1. give your opinions briefly, and 2. make two or three suggestions. You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use "Li Ming" instead. Do not write the address. (10 points)SSS_TEXT_QUSTI分值: 2答案:正确答案: Dear Editor, As a student majoring in environmental protection, I feel disappointed to find the restrictions on the use of plastic bags are of no avail. " White Pollution" is still going on. If this continues, our environment will suffer irretrievable damage. To crack this hard nut, a movement against plastic bags should be carried out, prompting the local government to make it illegal to offer plastic shopping bags. Meanwhile, we should encourage people to use cloth or paper bags instead. Last but not least, it is imperative to enhance people"s awareness of environmental protection. I hope you will consider my suggestions and I am looking forward to your reply. Sincerely yours, Li Ming解析:今年应用文的题目为“白色污染”,这是考生非常熟悉的话题,比较容易发挥。

历年考研英语二真题+答案解析

历年考研英语二真题+答案解析

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考研英语历真题目答案及解析1986—1986-2009考研英语真题汇总1986年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题Section I: Structure and VocabularyIn each question, decide which of the four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place marked. Put your choice in the brackets on the left. (15 points) EXAMPLE:I was caught ________ the rain yesterday.[A] in[B] by[C] with[D] atANSWER: [A]1. No doctors could cure the patient ________ his strange disease.[A] with[B] of[C] from[D] off2. He was ________ his wits’ en d what to do.[A] in[B] on[C] at[D] of3. Prior ________ his departure, he addressed a letter to his daughter.[A] to[B] of[C] in[D] from4. The driving instructor told me to pull ________ at the post office.[A] up[B] back[C] round[D] along5. When there’s a doubt, the chairman’s decision is ________.[A] right[B] definite[C] fixed[D] final6. We can rely on William to carry out this mission, for his judgment is always ________.[A] unquestionable[B] sound[C] subtle[D] healthy7. The noise of the plane died ________ in the distance.[A] away[B] out[C] down[D] off8. Hospital doctors don’t go out very often as their work ________ all their time.[A] takes away[B] takes in[C] takes over[D] takes up9. Attendances at football matches have ________ since the coming of television.[A] dropped in[B] dropped down[C] dropped off[D] dropped out10. After the death of their parents, the sisters got well ________ and never quarreled.[A] away[B] in[C] along[D] out11. They always give the vacant seats to ________ comes first.[A] who[B] whom[C] whoever[D] whomever12. Advertising is distinguished from other forms of communication ________ the advertiserpays for the message to be delivered.[A] in that[B] in which[C] in order that[D] in the way13. He is ________ of an actor.[A] anybody[B] anyone[C] somebody[D] something14. The captain apologized ________ to tell us more about the accident.[A] for to be unable[B] that he was unable[C] to be unable[D] for being unable15. ________ is no reason for discharging her.[A] Because she was a few minutes late[B] Owing to a few minutes being late[C] The fact that she was a few minutes late[D] Being a few minutes lateSection II: Close TestFor each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices labeled [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the best one and put your choice in the brackets below the passage. Read the whole passage before making your choices. (10 points)On Wednesday afternoons Annie took the bus into town to shop in the market. For an hour or __16__ she would walk up and down between the stalls looking at everything, buying here and there, and __17__ a sharp lookout for the bargains that were sometimes to be had.And then, with all the things she needed __18__ she would leave the market for the streets of the town to spend another hour __19__ she liked best: looking in furniture shop windows.One Wednesday she found a new shop full of the most delightful things, with a notice inviting anyone to walk in and look __20__ without feeling they had to buy something. Annie hesitated for a moment before stepping through the doorway where, almost at once, she stopped __21__ before a green armchair. There was a card on the chair which said: “This fine chair is yours __22__ less than a pound a week,” and very small at the bottom, “Cash price eighty-nine pounds fifty.” A pound a week... __23__, she could almost pay that out of her housekeeping money and never miss it! A voice at her shoulder made her __24__. “Can I help you, Madam?” She looked round at the assistant who had come softly to her __25__.“Oh, well, no,” she said. “I was just looking.” “We’ve chairs of all kinds in the showroom. If you’ll just come up, you will find something to suit you.”Annie, worried at the thought of being persuaded to buy something she didn’t need, left the shop hurriedly.16. [A] so[B] more[C] else[D] another17. [A] taking[B] making[C] fixing[D] keeping18. [A] buy[B] bought[C] buying[D] to have bought19. [A] in a way[B] by the way[C] in the way[D] on the way20. [A] behind[B] round[C] back[D] on21. [A] doubted[B] wondered[C] puzzled[D] delighted22. [A] at[B] for[C] with[D] in23. [A] Why[B] When[C] How[D] What24. [A] jump[B] leap[C] laugh[D] wonder25. [A] place[B] back[C] side[D] frontSection III: Reading ComprehensionEach of the two passages below is followed by five questions. For each question there are four answers. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each of the questions. Put your choice in the brackets on the left. (10 points)Text 1There are a great many careers in which the increasing emphasis is on specialization. You find these careers in engineering, in production, in statistical work, and in teaching. But there is an increasing demand for people who are able to take in great area at a glance, people who perhaps do not know too much about any one field. There is, in other words, a demand for people who are capable of seeing the forest rather than the trees, of making general judgments. We can call these people “generalists.” And these “generalists” are particularly needed for positions in administration, where it is their job to see that other people do the work, where they have to plan for other people, to organize other people’s work, to begin it and judge it.The specialist understands one field; his concern is with technique and tools. He is a “trained” man; and his educational background is properly tec hnical or professional. The generalist -- and especially the administrator -- deals with people; his concern is with leadership, with planning, and with direction giving. He is an “educated” man; and the humanities are his strongest foundation. Very rarely is a specialist capable of being an administrator. And very rarely is a good generalist also a good specialist in particular field. Any organization needs both kinds of people, though different organizations need them in different proportions. It is your task to find out, during your training period, into which of the two kinds of jobs you fit, and to plan your career accordingly.Your first job may turn out to be the right job for you -- but this is pure accident. Certainly you should not change jobs constantly or people will become suspicious of your ability to hold any job. At the same time you must not look upon the first job as the final job; it is primarily a training job, an opportunity to understand yourself and your fitness for being an employee.26. There is an increasing demand for ________.[A] all round people in their own fields[B] people whose job is to organize other people’s work[C] generalists whose educational background is either technical or professional[D] specialists whose chief concern is to provide administrative guidance to others27. The specialist is ________.[A] a man whose job is to train other people[B] a man who has been trained in more than one fields[C] a man who can see the forest rather than the trees[D] a man whose concern is mainly with technical or professional matters28. The administrator is ________.[A] a “trained” man who is more a specialist than a generalist[B] a man who sees the trees as well as the forest[C] a man who is very strong in the humanities[D] a man who is an “educated” specialist29. During your training period, it is important ________.[A] to try to be a generalist[B] to choose a profitable job[C] to find an organization which fits you[D] to decide whether you are fit to be a specialist or a generalist30. A man’s first job ________.[A] is never the right job for him[B] should not be regarded as his final job[C] should not be changed or people will become suspicious of his ability to hold any job[D] is primarily an opportunity to fit himself for his final jobTest 2At the bottom of the world lies a mighty continent still wrapped in the Ice Age and, until recent times, unknown to man. It is a great land mass with mountain ranges whose extent and elevation are still uncertain. Much of the continent is a complete blank on our maps. Man has explored, on foot, less than one per cent of its area. Antarctica differs fundamentally from the Arctic regions. The Arctic is an ocean, covered with drifting packed ice and hemmed in by the land masses of Europe, Asia, and North America. The Antarctic is a continent almost as large as Europe and Australia combined, centered roughly on the South Pole and surrounded by the most unobstructed water areas of the world -- the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.The continental ice sheet is more than two miles high in its centre, thus, the air over the Antarctic is far more refrigerated than it is over the Arctic regions. This cold air current from the land is so forceful that it makes the nearby seas the stormiest in the world and renders unlivable those regions whose counterparts at the opposite end of the globe are inhabited. Thus, more than a million persons live within 2,000 miles of the North Pole in an area that includes most of Alaska, Siberia, and Scandinavia -- a region rich in forest and mining industries. Apart from a handful of weather stations, within the same distance of the South Pole there is not a single tree, industry, or settlement.31. The best title for this selection would be ________.[A] Iceland[B] Land of Opportunity[C] The Unknown Continent[D] Utopia at Last32. At the time this article was written, our knowledge of Antarctica was ________.[A] very limited[B] vast[C] fairly rich[D] nonexistent33. Antarctica is bordered by the ________.[A] Pacific Ocean[B] Indian Ocean[C] Atlantic Ocean[D] All three34. The Antarctic is made uninhabitable primarily by ________.[A] cold air[B] calm seas[C] ice[D] lack of knowledge about the continent35. According to this article ________.[A] 2,000 people live on the Antarctic Continent[B] a million people live within 2,000 miles of the South Pole[C] weather conditions within a 2,000 mile radius of the South Pole make settlementsimpractical[D] only a handful of natives inhabit AntarcticaSection IV: Structure and VocabularyFill in the blanks with the words which best complete the sentences. Put your choices in the brackets on the left. (10 points)EXAMPLE:It was the largest experiment we have ever had; it ________ six houses.[A] ended[B] finished[C] was[D] lastedANSWER: [D]36. Music often ________ us of events in the past.[A] remembers[B] memorizes[C] reminds[D] reflects37. If I take this medicine twice a day it should ________ my cold.[A] heat[B] cure[C] treat[D] recover38. I could just see a car in the distance, but I couldn’t ________ what colour it was.[A] make out[B] look to[C] look out[D] take in39. I could tell he was surprised from the ________ on his face.[A] appearance[B] shock[C] look[D] sight40. The toy boat turned over and sank to the ________ of the pool.[A] base[B] depth[C] ground[D] bottom41. Mary never tells anyone what she does for a ________.[A] job[B] work[C] profession[D] living42. That boy is such a good violinist he will probably make quite a ________ for himself.[A] star[B] credit[C] name[D] character43. Old photographs give one a brief ________ of the past.[A] glance[B] glimpse[C] sight[D] look44. The novelist is a highly ________ person.[A] imaginable[B] imaginative[C] imaginary[D] imagined45. Although the pay is not good, people usually find social work ________ in other ways.[A] payable[B] respectful[C] grateful[D] rewardingSection V: Error-detection and CorrectionEach question consists of a sentence with four underlined parts (words or phrases). These parts are labeled [A], [B], [C], and [D]. Choose the part of the sentence that is incorrect and put your choice in the brackets on the left. Then, without altering the meaning of the sentence, write down the correct word or phrase on the line following the brackets. (10 points)EXAMPLE:You’ve to hurry up if you want to buy something because [A] there’s [B] hardly something [C] left. [D]ANSWER: [C] anything46. The professor told the economics [A] student that he didn’t approve [B] in [C] his takingthe advanced course before [D] he made a passing mark in Economics 1.47. Although a great number of houses in that area are still [A] in need of repair, [B] therehave been [C] improvement in the facilities. [D]48. Mr. Gilmore is one of those men who appears [A] to be friendly [B] however, it is veryhard to deal [C] with him. [D]49. To understand the situation completely [A] requires [B] more thought than has given [C]thus far. [D]50. [A] great many [A] educators firmly [B] believe that English is one of the poorest [C]taught subjects in high schools today. [D]51. Of all his outdoor [A] activities. Paul likes fishing best of all, [B] but he doesn’t enjoycleaning [C] fishing rods afterwards. [D]52. I should [A] not have recognized the [B] man even [C] you had told [D] me his name.53. In an hour’s [A] time I had done the work with [B] my satisfaction; I got my hat in [C]hall and slipped out unnoticed. [D]54. The new hotel has erected [A] a beautiful building with [B] recreation areas andconference facilities on the top floor in which [C] the finest view of the city can be obtained. [D]55. While in [A] Europe, the tourists enjoyed to [B] their heart’s [C] content the weather, thefood and going to the theatre. [D]Section VI: Verb FormsFill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of verbs given in brackets. (10 points) EXAMPLE:It is highly desirable that a new president ________ (appointed) for this college.ANSWER: (should) be appointed56. The enemy retreated to the woods after they (defeat).57. I (speak) to him for some time before I realized who he was.58. One should never lose one’s heart when (confront) with temporary difficulties.59. The house suddenly collapsed while it (pull) down.60. On (give) an assignment to make a business tour abroad, he gladly accepted it.61. (Get) everything ready, they got down to map out a plan for the construction of a newexpress way.62. After Peter grew a beard, even his close friends (not recognize) him at first sight.63. Darkness (set) in, the young people lingered on merrymaking.64. The students were to (assemble) at the auditorium before 1:30 p.m., but the lecture wascanceled at the last minute.65. Emphasis is laid on the necessity that all the objectives to be attained (take) into accountbefore starting a new project.Section VII: Chinese-English TranslationTranslate the following sentences into English. (15 points)66. 去年的好收成是由于农场管理的改进和有利的气体条件。

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