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For a round table, consider seating guests in a way that allows everyone to see and talk to each other easily.Another important factor to consider is the mix of personalities at the table. Try to seat guests with similar interests next to each other toencourage conversation. It's also a good idea to seat more outgoing guests next to quieter ones to help balance the dynamics of the table.In conclusion, the seating arrangement is a key element in hosting a successful dinner party. By taking the time to carefully plan out the seating, you can ensure that your guests have an enjoyable and memorable experience.1. What is one important aspect that is often overlooked when hosting a dinner party?A. The guest listB. The menuC. The seating arrangementD. The decorations2. According to the passage, what is the best seating arrangement for a long rectangular table?A. Guests sitting next to each otherB. Guests sitting randomlyC. Guests seated across from each otherD. Guests seated in a circle3. What should be considered when seating guests to encourage conversation?A. Similar personalitiesB. Different personalitiesC. Different interestsD. Age differences4. How can outgoing guests help balance the dynamics of the table?A. By being the center of attentionB. By sitting next to each otherC. By engaging with quieter guestsD. By leaving early5. What does the author suggest is the key element in hosting a successful dinner party?A. The menuB. The guest listC. The decorationsD. The seating arrangementPassage 2Questions 6-10 are based on the following passage.Technology has become an integral part of our lives, with smartphones, tablets, and laptops being used on a daily basis. While these devices offer convenience and connectivity, there are also downsides to their constant usage.One of the major concerns related to technology is the impact it has on our sleep. The blue light emitted by screens can disrupt our natural sleep cycle, making it harder for us to fall asleep at night. Additionally, the constant notifications and alerts from our devices can lead to increased stress and anxiety, further affecting our ability to get a good night's rest.Moreover, technology has changed the way we communicate with others. While it has made it easier to stay in touch with friends and family, it has also led to a decrease in face-to-face interactions. Many people now rely on texting and social media to communicate, rather than having meaningful conversations in person.In conclusion, while technology offers many benefits, it's important to be mindful of its impact on our sleep and social interactions. Finding a balance between technology use and offline activities is crucial for maintaining our physical and mental well-being.6. According to the passage, what is a major concern related to technology?A. Its impact on our physical healthB. Its impact on our sleepC. Its impact on our social interactionsD. Its impact on our work productivity7. How does the blue light emitted by screens affect our sleep?A. It helps us fall asleep fasterB. It has no impact on our sleepC. It disrupts our natural sleep cycleD. It improves the quality of our sleep8. What can the constant notifications and alerts from devices lead to?A. Increased productivityB. Decreased stress and anxietyC. Improved memoryD. Increased stress and anxiety9. What has technology changed in terms of communication?A. It has decreased face-to-face interactionsB. It has increased face-to-face interactionsC. It has made face-to-face interactions easierD. It has had no impact on face-to-face interactions10. According to the passage, what is crucial for maintaining our physical and mental well-being in relation to technology use?A. Using technology more oftenB. Limiting offline activitiesC. Finding a balance between technology use and offline activitiesD. Completely avoiding technology useSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in the passage. However, the statements are numbered, and you may find the statements in a different order. Choose the order in which the statements are mentioned in the passage.Passage 3A. Twelve-year-old Laxmi Agarwal was walking down the street when she was attacked by a man twice her age. Enraged that she had rejected his advances, the attacker poured acid on her face, leaving her with disfigured features and a lifetime of physical and emotional pain.B. Acid attacks are brutal acts of violence that scar their victims not only physically but emotionally and psychologically as well. Yet, despite the trauma and discrimination they face, many survivors have shown incredible resilience and strength in rebuilding their lives.C. The aftermath of an acid attack is devastating, as victims are left to deal with physical injuries, trauma, and societal stigma. Reconstructive surgery is often needed to restore their appearance, but the emotional scars can be harder to heal.D. Survivors of acid attacks face numerous challenges, including medical treatment, legal battles, and societal judgment. However, many have turned their pain into power by advocating for stricter laws against acid violence and raising awareness about the issue.E. Acid attacks are a form of gender-based violence that stems from jealousy, revenge, or rejection. Victims are frequently targeted byperpetrators who seek to exert power and control over them, using acid as a weapon to disfigure and intimidate.F. Despite the physical and emotional scars they carry, acid attack survivors have shown remarkable courage and resilience in overcoming their trauma. 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Some people argue that it is because the British weather seldom 9 forecast and hence becomes a source of interest and 10 to everyone. This may be so. 11 a British cannot have much 12 in the weathermen, who, after promising fine, sunny weather for the following day, are often proved wrong 13 a cloud over the Atlantic brings rainy weather to all districts! The man in the street seems to be as accurate-or as inaccurate-as the weathermen in his 14 .Foreigners may be surprised at the number of references 15 weather that the British make to each other in the course of asingle day. Very often conversational greetings are 16 by comments on the weather. "Nice day, isn't it?" 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He started a project to produce rechargeable batteries in two small rooms of his family mansion in Brittany. “I asked him, ‘what are you doing? and I told him to stop, that it wouldn t go anywhere,” says Alain Minc, a business consultant in Paris who has advised Mr Bolloréfor many years.Fortunately, he says, Mr Bolloré continued.[B] The real aim for Mr Bolloré, however, is to showcase his battery technology. His group has developed a type of rechargeable cell, called a lithium metal polymer (LMP) battery. This is different from the lithium ion batteries used by most of the car industry. Mr Bollorébelieves fervently that his batteries are superior, mainly because they are safer. Lithium ion batteries can explode if they overheat—which in the past happened in some laptops. Carmakers incorporate safety features to prevent the batterys cells from overheating.[C] The city of Paris will cover most of the cost of the stations, but Mr Bolloré will pay an estimated 105m to supply his design of “Bluecar” vehicles and their batteries. He will bear a further 80m a year in running costs. The city s estimates for how popular the new service will be are highly optimistic, said a recent study by the government. Autolib could make 33ma year for Mr Bolloré, according to the study, but it could easily just breakeven or lose as much as 60mannually. Autolib will also be the first time the group has operated in a big consumer facing business where it will be held directly responsible for problems such as vandalism or breakdowns.[D] Going up against the rest of the car industry may seem quixotic. Before he won Autolib, Mr Bolloré says, people may well have thought he and his team were mad to venture into such a new area. But theyunderestimated his group s knowledge of electricity storage, he maintains. And if the growing number of electric cars on the road does lead to safety concerns over batteries, then Mr Bollorés LMP technology could move from the margin to the mainstream—provided, of course, they pass their test on the streets of Paris.[E] “Being a family company means we can invest for the long term,” says Mr Bolloré, who has spent 1.5 bill ion on battery development since 1996. Most of his group s money comes from transport and logistics, with a strong position in Africa, and from petrol distribution in France. Mr Bolloréhas also made billions from financial investments such as in Rue Imperiale, a holding company. Autolib will be keenly watched throughout the car industry. It is the first large scale city car sharing service to use only electric vehicles from the outset; a scheme in Ulm in Germany, by contrast, started with diesel vehicles. Running Autolib could mean shouldering substantial losses for the Bolloré Group. Mr Bolloré was not expected to win the contract, but did so mainly because he offered low rental charges for drivers.[F] Mr Bollorés LMP batteries are said to be more stable when being charged and discharged, which is when batteries come under most strain. Just two European carmakers have seen the batteries, which are made only by the Bolloré Group. One car industry executive says that though the LMP technology is attractive from a safety point of view, thebatteries have to be heated up to function—which takes power and makes them less convenient to use.[G] Mr Bollorés technology is about to hit the road. In his group won a contract to run Autolib, a car sharing scheme designed by Bertrand Delan e, the mayor of Paris, which will put 3,000 electric vehicles on the city s streets along with 1,120 stations for parking and recharging. Construction of the stations started in the summer, and Mr Bolloré will begin testing the service on October 1st before opening it to the public in December. Rechargeable batteries are now an important technology for the global car industry as it starts to make ever more electric and hybrid vehicles. Renault, a French manufacturer, is alone investing 4 billion ($5.6 billion) in a range of electric models which it will start selling this autumn. Many producers will unveil new electric vehicles next week when the Frankfurt Motor Show opens.1→2→3→C→4→F→5Passage 4Directions: For question 1—5, choose the most suitable paragraphs from the list A—G and fill them into the numbered boxes to form a coherent text. Paragraphs A and D have been correctly placed.[A] The contest has been held in anticipation of a new era of pylon building. By XX, a quarter of the country s current generating capacity will need replacing; the government hopes the new supply will comefrom renewable sources such as onshore and offshore wind farms. Today s offshore capacity is just 7% of ministers targets for the end of the decade—and all of the new generation out to sea will need to land transmission cables ashore. The existing electricity grid is in the wrong place for many of these new sources of power. That creates a paradox: trying to save the world by cutting carbon emissions means scarring particular bits of it by dragging new power lines through scenic countryside.[B] This is an old problem. The launch of Britain s national electricity grid in 1933 was decried for desecrating the landscape. More recently, the location of wind farms has prompted similar debates. The difficulty with pylons is that they go everywhere. Scotland has had nearly five years of disputes over the planned 600pylon upgrade of a transmission line running from Beauly in the Highlands to the central belt where more electricity is used. The same clashes will now play out in England and Wales. A new planning commission was set up in 2009 to speed up the glacial pace of infrastructure decision making. But weighing economic demands against beauty remains a thorny and potentially time-consuming job.[C] Opponents of towering pylons say the answer is to bury power lines: at present only 950km of Britain s 13,000km of high voltage cable runs underground, most of it in urban areas. But sinking wires,which means clearing a corridor 17m to 40m wide and cannot be done in all terrains, carries an environmental toll too. “You are effectively sterilising land use in the area,” says Richard Smith of National Grid; no planting, digging or building is allowed. That makes installing subsurface cables 12 to 17 times as pricey as overhead lines, according to National Grid (they also need replacing sooner). Since consumers pay for this through their electricity bills, everyone would have to fork out to protect the views and house prices of a few people.[D] So finding a new shape for pylons may be only one aspect of the coming power rows. But it will be a tricky one. Typically the best designs combine elegance with utility. Yet rather than being a feature in itself, the optimal pylon blends in with nature. That s a tough task for20 tons of steel, however impressively shaped.[E] The skeletal, lattice design of Britain s electricity pylons has changed little since the first one was raised in 1928. Many countries have copied these “striding steel sentries”, as the poet Stephen Spender called them; more than 88,000 now march across the country s intermittently green and pleasant land.[F] Now six new models are vying to replace these familiar steel towers. The finalists in a government sponsored competition to design a new pylon include a single shard spiking into the sky and an arced, open bow. After a winner is picked in October, National Grid, which runs theelectricity transmission network, will decide whether to construct it.[G] But the price of despoiling pretty scenery is hard to calculate. The risk is that the cost of damaging the landscape is ignored because it is not ascribed a monetary value, says Steve Albon, co author of a government commissioned report on how much the natural environment contributes to Britain s economy. As yet, though, no one has found an easy or accepted measure of this worth to help make decisions.1→2→A→3→4→5→DPassage 5Directions: For question 1—5, choose the most suitable paragraphs from the list A—G and fill them into the numbered boxes to form a coherent text. Paragraphs C and E have been correctly placed.[A] Nor can it buy companies as freely as postal services in Europe, Canada or Asia have been doing for the past decade. Many European countries, as well as New Zealand and Japan, have already privatised or liberalised their postal services. Combined, foreign posts now get most of their revenue from new businesses such as retailing or banking for consumers, or warehousing and logistics for companies.[B] THE US Postal Service has an unofficial creed that harks back to Herodotus, who was admiring the Persian Empire s stalwart messengers. Its own history is impressive too, dating to a royal license byWilliam and Mary in 1692, and including Benjamin Franklin as a notable postmaster, both for the crownand then for the newly independent country. Ever since, the post has existed “to bind the Nation together”.[C] Quasi independent since 1970, the post gets no public money. And yet it is obliged (as FedEx and UPS are not) to visit every mailbox, no matter how remote, six days a week. This has driven the average cost of each piece of mail up from 34 cents in 2006 to 41 cents. Yet the post is not allowed to raise prices (of stamps and such) willy nilly; a 2006 law set formulas for that. So in effect, the post cannot control either its costs or its revenues.[D] So America s post is looking for other solutions. It is planning to close post offices; up to 3,653, out of about 32,000. This month it announced plans to lay off another 120,000 workers by , having already bidden adieu to some 110,000 over the past four years (for a total of about 560,000 now). It also wants to fiddle with its workers pensions and health care.[E] Ultimately, says Mr Donahoe, the post will have to stop delivering mail on Saturdays. Then perhaps on other days too. The post has surv ived new technologies before, he points out. “In 1910, we owned the most horses, by 1920 we owned the most vehicles.” But the internet just might send it the way of the pony express.[F] But as ever more Americans go online instead of sending paper,the volume of mail has been plummeting. The decline is steeper than even pessimists expected a decade ago, says Patrick Donahoe, the current postmaster general. Worse, because the post must deliver to every address in the country—about 150m, with some 1.4m additions every year—costs are simultaneously going up. As a result, the post has lost $20 billion in the last four years and expects to lose another $8 billion this fiscal year.[G] And although the recession made everything worse, the internet is the main culprit. As Christmas cards have gone online (and “green”), so have bills. In 2000, 5% of Americans paid utilities online. Last year 55% did, and eventually everybody will, says Mr Donahoe. Photos now go on Facebook, magazines come on iPads. Already, at least for Americans under a certain age, the post delivers only bad news or nuisances, from jury summonses to junk mail. Pleasant deliveries probably arrive by a parcel service such as UPS or FedEx.1→2→3→C→4→5→EPassage 6Directions: For question 1—5, choose the most suitable paragraphs from the list A—G and fill them into the numbered boxes to form a coherent text. Paragraphs A and B have been correctly placed.[A] Among national newspapers, paywalls are still rare, though the New York Times and the Times of London both have them. Mostwall building is being done by small local outfits. “Local newspapers are more vital to their communities, and they have less competition,” explains Ken Doctor, the author of “Newsonomics”[B] The paywall builders tend to report a drop in online traffic. But not usually a steep drop, and not always an enduring one. Oklahoma s Tulsa World, which started demanding subscriptions from heavy online readers in April, reports that traffic in August of this year was higher than a year earlier. One possible explanation, odd as it may sound, is that readers are still discovering its website. “We have paper subscribers who want nothing to do with the internet,” explains Robert Lorton, the Tulsa World s publisher. Fewer than half of the newspaper s print subscribers have so far signed up for unrestricted free access to the website. Other newspapers report similar proportions.[C] That suggests the game is not over. The early adopting young abandoned print newspapers long ago. But many newspapers have a surprisingly large, if dwindling, herd of paying customers. They will milk them as hard as they can.[D] On October 10th the Baltimore Sun will join a fast growing club. The newspaper will start tracking the number of times people read its stories online; when they reach a limit of 15 a month, they will be asked to pay. Local bloggers may squawk about content wanting to be free. But perhaps not as much as they would have done a few months ago.There is a sense of inevitability about paywalls. In April PaidContent, an online publication, found 26 American local and metropolitan newspapers charging for online access. Several times that number now do so. More than 100 newspapers are using Press+, an online payment system developed in part by a former publisher of the Wall Street Journal. Media News, a newspaper group, put up two paywalls in ; it has erected23 so far this year.[E] Why the rush? One reason is that building paywalls has become easier: Press+ and Google s One Pass will collect online subscriptions on behalf of newspapers, skimming a little off the top. The popularity of Apple s iPad is another explanation. Many newspapers have created paid for apps. There is little point doing that if a tablet user can simply read the news for free on a web browser. But the big push comes from advertising—or the lack of it.[F] The most ambitious architects are in Europe. Since May Slovakia has had a virtual national paywall—a single payment system that encompasses nine of the country s biggest publications. Slovaks who want to read news online pay 2.90 ($3.90) a month, which is split between the newspapers according to a formula that accounts for where people signed up and how heavily they use each publication s website. Piano Media, which built the system, plans to launch another national paywall in Europe early next year.[G] Jim Moroney, publisher of the Dallas Morning News, says American newspapers used to abide by an “8020” rule. That is, 80% of their revenues came from advertising and 20% came from subscriptions. Those days are over. Newspaper advertising, print and online combined, has crashed from $9.6 billion in the second quarter of 2008 to $6 billion in the second quarter of , according to the Newspaper Association of America. Few believe it will ever fully recover. So the race is on to build a subscription business, both in print (cover prices are going up) and online.1→A→2→3→4→B→5Passage 7Directions: For question 1—5, choose the most suitable paragraphs from the list A—G and fill them into the numbered boxes to form a coherent text. Paragraphs A and G have been correctly placed.[A] A GOOD unit of measurement, writes Robert Crease, must satisfy three conditions. It has to be easy to relate to, match the things it is meant to measure in scale (no point using inches to describe geographical distances) and be stable. In his new book, “World in the Balance”, Mr Crease, who teaches philosophy at Stony Brook University on Long Island and writes a column for the magazine Physics World, describes man s quest for that metrological holy grail. In the process, he shows that the story of metrology, not obvious material for a page turner, canin the right hands make for a riveting read.[B] In response the metre, from the Greek metron, meaning “measure”, was ushered in, helped along by French revolutionaries, eager to replace the Bourbon toise (just under two metres) with an all new, universal unit. The metre was to be defined as a fraction of the Paris meridian whose precise measurement was under way. Together with the kilogram, initially the mass of a decaliter of distilled water, it formed the basis of the metric system.[C] Successful French metrological diplomacy meant that in the ensuing decades the metric system supplanted a hotchpotch of regional units in all bar a handful of nations. Even Britain, long wedded to its imperial measures, caved in. (Americans are taking longer to persuade.) In 1875 Nature, a British magazine, hailed the metric system as “one of the greatest triumphs of modern civilisation”. Paradoxically, Mr Crease argues, it thrived in part as a consequence of British imperialism, which all but wiped out innumerable indigenous measurement systems, creating a vacuum that the new framework was able to fill.[D] For all its diplomatic success, though, the metre failed to live up to its original promise. Tying it to the meridian, or any other natural benchmark, proved intractable. As a result, the unit continued to be defined in explicit reference to a unique platinum iridium ingot until 1960. Only then was it recast in less fleeting terms: as a multiple of thewavelength of a particular type of light. Finally, in 1983, it was tied to a fundamental physical constant, the speed of light, becoming the distance light travels in 1/299,792,458 of a second. (The second had by then itself got a metrological makeover: no longer a 60th of a 60th of a 24th of the period of the Earth s rotation, it is currently the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of a phenomenon called microwave transition in an atom of caesium133.)[E] The earliest known units met the first two of Mr Crease s requirements well. Most were drawn from things to hand: the human body (the foot or the mile, which derives from the Latin milia passuum, or 1,000 paces) and tools (barrels, cups). Others were more abstract. The journal (from jour, French for “day”), used in medieval France, was equivalent to the area a man could plough in a day with a single ox, as was the acre in Britain or the morgen in north Germany and Holland.[F] But no two feet, barrels or workdays are quite the same. What was needed was “a foot, not yours or mine”. Calls for a firm standard that was not subject to fluctuations or the whim of feudal lords, grew louder in the late 17th century. They were a consequence of the beginnings of international trade and modern science. Both required greater precision to advance.[G] Now the kilogram, the last artefact based unit, awaits its turn. Adding urgency is the fact the “real” kilogram, stored in a safe in theInternational Bureau of Weights and Measures in Sèvres, near Paris, seems to be shedding weight relative to its official copies. Metrologists are busy trying to recast it in terms of Planck s constant, a formula which is deemed cosmicly inviolate, as is the speed of light (pending further findings from CERN, anyway). In his jolly book, Mr Crease is cheering them on.A→1→2→3→4→5→GPassage 8Directions: For question 1—5, choose the most suitable paragraphs from the list A—G and fill them into the numbered boxes to form a coherent text. Paragraphs B and G have been correctly placed.[A] There are doubters, of course. The cost of electricity may rise, and some polluters may flee the state, taking jobs away. But California already has one in four of America s solar energy jobs and will add many more. Sun, wind, geothermal, nuclear: “We need it all,” says Terry Tamminen, who advised Mr Schwarzenegger. The state is setting up an “interesting experiment”, he thinks. “California goes one way, the United States another.”[B] To Europeans, Asians and Australians, this may seem nothing much. After all, the European Union already has a similar emissions trading market, and a carbon tax is now wending its way through the Australian legislature. India have adopted versions of carbon。

大学生考研英语模拟试题一套(带答案)

大学生考研英语模拟试题一套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)The key position and role of women in the process of development is increasingly being recognized. 1 the three great World Conferences of Women were more concerned 2 recognizing and compiling approaches to 3 , we can currently confirm a general sharpening of awareness. It has become clear that the Third World Cultures, in earlier times strongly matriarchal, have been weakened 4 this respect by the methods of colonial education which are almost 5 directed towards the male. Of the many criticisms of this situation let one voice be heard: "Development education groups and programmes are very much 6 and lack woman's perspective". So, too, the hopes placed in vocational training—"vocationalization" —as an aid to equality have been disappointed since this in its turn was to large extent focused on the male.In these circumstances we should not be surprised that until now women have 7 at least in the educational processes which have been introduced. Only 20% attend primary school and the 8 of those who leave early is highest 9 girls. Because of the lack of basic training only around 10% take part in Adult Education programmes. Hence it is vitally important to 10 a turning-point by increasing the 11 of the need 12 education.Hence even Primary Education for girls should be 13 towards the basic needs and necessities and provide answers which are as simple as possible. In rural districts such answers will be different from those 14 in urban areas. The education of girls and women must to a large degree be an education for the life they will lead, tailored 15 a woman's position. In saying this we are in fact demanding that the education of women, like all educational work in the Third World, should be an 16 part of the community. 17 there are many partners in this process school, family, small businesses, governmental and non-governmental organizations. The educational skill 18 keeping this interplay active in such a way that there is no deficiency in material content. An important consequence of this is the 19 of the desire to question, which, on the one hand, presses for further education and on the other for its 20 application.1、A. Although B. For C. Nevertheless D. Because2、A. with B. of C. upon D. over3、A. salvage B. revolution C. liberty D. liberation4、A. in B. of C. upon D. with5、A. specially B. distinctively C. exclusively D. respectively6、A. males-dominating B. female-dominating C. male-dominating D. females-dominating7、A. pooled B. joined C. taken D. participated8、A. percentage B. number C. fraction D. part9、A. in B. between C. of D. among10、A. secure B. strike C. save D. hit11、A. acknowledgementB. awareness C. affirmation D. agreement12、A. for B. of C. in D. with13、A. aimed B. targeted C. directed D. manipulated14、A. offered B. provided C. told D. given15、A. for B. to C. with D. at16、A. synthetic B. combined C. integrated D. comprehensive17、A. Subsequently B. Consequently C. Accordingly D. Reversely18、A. consists of B. accounts for C. consists in D. leads to19、A. waking B. awakening C. rising D. arising20、A. practical B. useful C. material D. artificialSection ⅡReading 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 1The past 40 years have witnessed an extraordinary evolution. From slow expensive machines controlled by punched cards, computers have become low-cost, powerful units taking up no more space than a briefcase. Simultaneously, our world has become interlaced with telephone wires, optic fibers, undersea cables, microwave links, television channels and satellite communications.At the crossing of these two developments stands the Internet—a direct result of computer technology intersecting with communication technology. But for many in the world of today's media, this is merely a first landmark in what promises to be a giant upheaval in the way people communicate, relax and work. This is the era of digital convergence.According to a recent article in Scientific American, convergence is in principle "the union of audio, video and data communications into a single source, received on a single device, delivered by a single connection." Digital technology has already provided a medium for integrating media that until now required distinct channels of communication: we can now send emails using our televisions or text messages over mobile phones. Real-time video can be transmitted over radio channels, while television and radio can be received on Personal Computers.Full digital convergence promises real-time access to information anywhere in the world, and global communication through text, graphics, video and audio. In fact, there seems to be no technological limit to what might be possible. "The reality of 'anywhere, anytime' access to broadband digital networks is going to make our lives freer and fuller," Gerald Levin, chief executive officer of AOL Time Warner, has promised. But technology alone cannot bring about such a world, as long as consumers and companies do not embrace it, convergence is likely to go the way of several hyped-up predecessors.Over a decade ago, for example, virtual reality was the technology of thefuture, and many people anticipated a day where we would be wearing head-mounted displays and interacting with all manner of virtual environments. At the time there was real concern about changes in industrial practices and social behavior brought about by this technology. So what happened to this vision? Well, we got it wrong. Currently, the home computer is the main interface to the Internet. But relatively few people in the world have access to PCs, and few would argue that they are ideal for the purpose--they can crash and freeze because they were not designed for widespread Internet use.21、In this text the extraordinary evolution refers to______.A. the appearance of the smaller, low-cost and powerful computers.B. the interrelated telephone wires, optic fibers, undersea cables, microwave links.C. the popularity of TV channels and satellite communication.D. the fast development of computer and communication technology.22、According to this text the Internet_________.A. develops with the advance of computer technology.B. combines computer technology and communication technology.C. brings great changes to today's media.D. will give way to digital convergence.23、The medium for integrating media is______.A. the Internet.B. the digital technology.C. the mobile phone.D. Personal Computer.24、The word "convergence (in Para. 3) means__________.A. revolution.B. communication.C. integration.D. transmission.25、Full digital convergence depends on_______.A. whether more people have access to PCs.B. the provision of more interfaces to the Internet.C. the improvement of the technology of virtual reality.D. whether the users will accept the new technology or not.Text 2Linguists have been able to follow the formation of a new language in Nicaragua. The catch is that it is not a spoken language but, rather, a sign language which arose spontaneously in deaf children.The Nicaraguan Sign Language (NSL) emerged in the late 1970s, at a new school for deaf children. Initially the children were instructed by teachers who could hear. No one taught them how to sign; they simply worked it out for themselves. By conducting experiments on people who attended the school at various points in its history, Dr. Senghas has shown how NSL has become more sophisticated over time. For example, concepts that an older signer uses a single sign for, such as rolling and falling, have been unpacked into separate signs by youngsters.Early users, too, did not develop a way of distinguishing left from right. Dr. Senghas showed this by asking signers of different ages to converse about a set of photographs that each could see. One signer had to pick a photograph and describeit. The other had to guess which photograph was being described.When all the photographs contained the same elements, merely arranged differently, older people, who had learned the early form of the language, could neither signal which photo they meant, nor understand the signals of their younger partners. Nor could their younger partners teach them the signs that indicate left and right. The older people clearly understood the concept of left and right, they just could not converse about it a result that bears on the vexing question of how much language merely reflects the way the brain thinks about the world, and how much it actually shapes such thinking.For a sign language to emerge spontaneously, though, deaf children must have some inherent tendency to tie gestures to meaning. Spoken language, of course, is frequently accompanied by gestures. But, as a young researcher, Dr. Goldin-Meadow suspected that deaf children use gestures differently from those who can hear. In a 30-year-long project carried out on deaf children in America and Taiwan, whose parents can hear normally, she has shown that this is true.Even deaf children who have no deaf acquaintances use signs as words. The order the signs come in is important. It is also different from the order of words in either English or Chinese. But it is the same, for a given set of signs and meanings, in both America and Taiwan.Curiously enough, the signs produced by children in Spain and Turkey, whom Dr. Goldin- Meadow is also studying, while similar to each other, differ from those that American and Taiwanese children produce. Dr. Goldin-Meadow is not certain why that is. However, the key commonality is that their spontaneously created languages resemble fully-formed languages.26、The Nicaragua Sign Language is__________.A. a non-verbal language created by deaf children.B. an artificial language used by people in Nicaragua.C. a language invented by teachers who teach the deaf.D. a language described and modified by deliberate linguists27、The experiment with the photographs shows that_________.A. none of them are clever enough to communicate freely.B. early signs fail to communicate certain ideas.C. the youngsters are better at describing the photographs.D. the elders are better at locating the photographs.28、It can be inferred from the fourth paragraph that_________.A. the way of thinking determines the way of expression.B. the way of expression determines the way of thinking.C. people are not sure about the relationship between language and thinking.D. people are unable to tell right from left due to brain problems.29、Which of the following is true according to the text?A. Deaf children are born to tie gestures with meanings.B. Gestures used by the deaf and the normal are similar.C. No countries share similar gestures orders in sign language.D. NSL is to some extent similar to spoken language.30、What can be the best title for the text?A. Sign language and spoken language.B. The history of NSL.C. Findings about sign language.D. The origin of language.Text 3For a variety of reasons, travel medicine in Britain is a responsibility nobody wants. As a result, many travelers go abroad ill prepared to avoid serious disease. Why is travel medicine so unloved? Partly there's an identity problem. Because it takes an interest in anything that impinges on the health of travelers, this emerging medical specialism invariably cuts across the traditional disciplines. It delves into everything from seasickness, jet lag and the hazards of camels to malaria and plague. But travel medicine has a more serious obstacle to overcome. Travel clinics are meant to tell people how to avoid ending up dead or in a tropical Diseases hospital when they come home. But it is notoriously difficult to get everybody to pay out money for keeping people healthy.Travel medicine has also been colonized by commercial interests—the vast majority of travel clinics in Britain are run by airlines or travel companies. And while travel concerns are happy to sell profitable injections, they may be less keen to spread bad news about travelers' diarrhea in Turkey, or to take the time to spell out preventive measures travelers could take. "The NHS consultant finds it difficult to define travelers' health," says Ron Behrens, the only NHS consultant in travel and tropical medicine and director of the travel clinic of the Hospital forTropical Diseases in London. "Should it come within the NHS or should it be paid for? It's a grey Tropical Diseases in London. area, and opinion is split. No one seems to have any responsibility for defining its role," he says.To compound its low status in the medical hierarchy, travel medicine has to rely on statistics that are patchy at best. In most cases we just don't know how many Britons contract diseases when abroad. And even if a disease is linked to travel there is rarely any information about where those afflicted went, what they ate, how they behaved, or which vaccinations they had. This shortage of hard facts and figures makes it difficult to give detailed advice to people, information that might even save their lives.A recent leader in the British Medical Journal argued: "Travel medicine will emerge as a credible discipline only if the risks encountered by travelers and the relative benefits of public health interventions are well defined in terms of their relative occurrence, distribution and control." Exactly how much money is wasted by poor travel advice? The real figure is anybody's guess, but it could easily run into millions. Behrens gives one example. Britain spends more than fl million each year just on cholera vaccines that often don't work and so give people a false sense of security. "Information on the prevention and treatment of all forms of diarrhea would be a better priority," he says.31、Travel medicine in Britain is________.A. not something anyone wants to run.B. the responsibility of the government.C. administered by private doctors.D. handled adequately by travel agents.32、One big obstacle to the development of travel medicine is________.A. there's an identity problem.B. it involves knowledge of many traditional disciplines.C. nobody, either the government or individuals, is willing to pay for the service.D. the information of how to avoid, tropical diseases are of little use for those travel to Antarctica.33、The main interest of travel agencies dealing with travel medicine is toA. prevent people from falling iii.B. make money out of it.C. give advice on specific countries.D. get the government to pay for it.34、In Behren's opinion the question of who should run travel medicineA. is for the government to decide.B. should be left to specialist hospitals.C. can be left to travel companies.D. has no clear and simple answer.35、People will only think better of travel medicine if_________.A. it is given more resources by the government.B. more accurate information on its value is available.C. the government takes over responsibility from the NHS.D. travelers pay more attention to the advice they get.Text 4The first great cliche of the Internet was, "Information wants to be free." The notion was that no one should have to pay for "content" words and pictures and stuff like that and, in the friction-free world of cyberspace, no one would have to.The reigning notion today is that the laws of economics are not, after all, suspended in cyberspace like the laws of gravity in outer space. Content needs to be paid for on the Web just as in any other medium. And it probably has to be paid for the same way most other things are paid for. by the people who use it. We tried charging the customers at Slate. It didn't work. Future experiments may be more successful. But meanwhile, let's look again at this notion that in every medium except the Internet, people pay for the content they consume. It's not really true.TV is the most obvious case. A few weeks ago a producer from "Nightline" contacted Slate while researching a possible show on the crisis of content on the Internet. He wanted to know how on earth we could ever be a going business if we gave away our content for free. I asked how many people pay to watch "Nightline". Answer. none. People pay for their cable or satellite transmission, and they pay for content on HBO, but "Nightline" and other broadcast programs thrive without a penny directly from viewers. There are plenty of differences, of course, and the ability of Web sites to support themselves on advertising is unproven. But "Nightline" itself disproves the notion that giving away content is suicidal.Now, look at magazines. The money that magazine subscribers pay often doesn't even cover the cost of persuading them to subscribe. A glossy monthly will happily send out $ 20 of junk mail--sometimes far more to find one subscriber who will pay $12 or $15 for a yearly subscription. Why? Partly in the hope that she or he will renew again and again until these costs are covered. But for many magazines including profitable ones--the average subscriber never pays back the cost of finding, signing and keeping him or her. The magazines need these subscribers in order to sell advertising.Most leading print magazines would happily send you their product for free, if they had any way of knowing (and proving to advertisers) that you read it. Advertisers figure, reasonably, that folks who pay for a magazine are more likely to read it, and maybe see their ad, than those who don't. So magazines make you pay, even if it costs them more than they get from you.This madcap logic doesn't apply on the Internet, where advertisers pay only for ads that have definitely appeared in front of someone's "eyeballs". They can even know exactly how many people have clicked on their ads. So far advertisers have been insufficiently grateful for this advantage. But whether they come around or not, there will never be a need on the Internet to make you pay just to prove that you're willing. So maybe the Internet's first great cliche had it exactly backward: Information has been free all along. It's the Internet that wants to enslave it.36、The predominant idea of today is thatA. information should be free in cyberspace.B. content on the Web should be paid for.C. the laws of economics are not applicable to cyberspace.D. the laws of economics are as outdated as the laws of gravity.37、The "Nightline" case shows that________.A. a media program survives on ad rather than on subscription.B. the role of ad in helping a program survive is negligible.C. people indeed pay a certain amount of money for the content.D. the media can afford to give away the content for free.38、Many magazines charge the consumers some money________.A. because they need that money badly for survival.B. so that the consumers are more likely to read the ad in them.C. because it encourages the consumers to renew subscription.D. since the monthly postage itself costs quite a lot of money.39、Most leading magazines would be given to consumers for free as long as______.A. they earned enough money to keep the business going.B. consumers take the trouble to read the ad in the magazine.C. consumers read the main content of these magazines.D. consumers understand the policy of the magazine business.40、The last sentence of the text means that it is the Internet that________.A. wants consumers to pay for information.B. fails to see the prospect of a brand new business.C. provides outdated rather than updated information to consumers.D. tries to use information to manipulate consumers' minds.Part BDirections:You are going to read a list of headings and a text about Managing the Dell Way. Choose the most suitable heading from the list A-F for each numbered paragraph (41-45). The first and last paragraphs of the text are not numbered. There is one extra heading which you do not need to use. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)A. No ExcuseB. Worry About saving Money, Not saving FaceC. Leave the Ego at the DoorD. No victory LapsE. No Easy TargetsF. Be DirectMichael Dell revolutionized the PC biz with a direct-sales model that keeps costs low and customer satisfaction high. That was 19 years ago, y. et Dell is still outdistancing rivals. Credit his management principles:41.________________.It's an attitude, not just a business model. When the CEO talks, he doesn't mince words, and workers shouldn't either. They're supposed to question everything and challenge their bosses. And no one is exempt. In Dell's own annual 360-degree review, workers complained of his detached style, so he has pledged to be more emotionally engaged.42.________________.Dell believes in accountability above all else: "There's no 'the dog ate my homework' at Dell," he warns. A manager must quickly admit a problem, confront it, and never be defensive. Dell ruthlessly exposes weak spots during grueling quarterly reviews. And execs know they had better fix the problem before the next meeting.43.________________.To Dell, celebration breeds complacency. He once rejected an idea to display Dell artifacts in the company's lobby because "museums are looking at the past." When they succeed, managers must make due with a short e-mail or a quick pat on the back. The founder s mantra: Celebrate for a nanosecond, then move on."44.________________.The company favors "two-in-a-box" management, in which two exec utives share responsibility for a product, a region, or a company function. That forces them to work as a team, playing off each other's strengths and watching out for each other's weaknesses.45.________________.It's not enough to rack up profits or turbocharge growth--execs must do both. Miss a profit goal, and you're not cutting costs fast enough. Overshoot it, and you're leaving sales on the table. In the past year, the server, storage, and networking chiefs were reassigned, despite solid results. "Pity the folks who didn't use all the bullets intheir gun "says a former exec.Unlike its rivals, Dell is quick to pull the plug on disappointing new ventures. The latest: Despite a year of work and extensive news coverage, Michael Dell spiked a plan to put e-commerce kiosks in Sears stores after just four were installed. Instead, kiosks are going into public areas in malls.41、42、43、44、45、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)Scientists at Johns Hopkins have discovered "striking" differences between men and women in a part of the brain linked with ability to estimate time, judge speed, visualize things three-dimensionally and solve mathematical problems.47)The differences, the researchers say, may underlie well-known trends that vary by sex, such as the fact that more men than women are architects, mathematicians and race-car drivers.In a study reported this week in the Journal Cerebral Cortex, the researchers show that a brain region called the inferior parietal lobule is significantly larger overall in men than in women. The area is part of the cerebral cortex and appears on both sides of the brain just above ear-level.Also, there's a symmetry difference, with men having a larger left IPL than right. 48) In women in the study, it's the right IPL that's somewhat larger, though the difference between the two sides of the brain is less obvious than in men, says psychiatrist Godfrey Pearlson, M. D. who headed the project.Researchers also compared IPL volumes on the left and the right sides of the brain. After allowances for men's larger overall head and brain size, men had roughly 6 percent more IPL tissue than women."The inferior parietal lobule is far more developed in people than in animals and has evolved relatively recently, "says Pearlson. 49)It allows the brain to process information from senses such as vision and touch, and enables the sort of thinking involved in selective attention and perception.Studies link the right IPL with a working memory of spatial relationships, the ability to sense relationships between body parts and awareness of a person's own affect or feelings. The left IPL, Pearlson says, is more involved in perception, such as judging how fast something is moving, estimating time and having the ability to mentally rotate 3-D figures."To say this means men are automatically better at some things than women is a simplification, "says Pearlson. "It's easy to find women who are fantastic at math and physics and men who excel in language skills. Only when we look at very largepopulations and look for slight but significant trends do we see the generalizations. 50) There are plenty of exceptions, but there's also a grain of truth, revealed through the brain structure, that we think underlies some of the ways people characterize the sexes."46、47、48、49、50、Section ⅢWritingPart A51、Directions:A student wants to join the Students' Union, and asks you to write a recommendation letter, of which the content should include:1) The reason why the student wants to join the Students' Union2) The student's study and work ability3) Your confidence in him or her of holding the postYou 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. You do not need to write the address. (10 points)Part B52、Directions:Write an essay of 160 200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should first describe the drawing, then point out the reasons of launching the spaceships, and give your comment.You should write neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (20 points)答案:Section ⅠUse of English1、A[解析] 第二句谈的是尽管…，我们必须承认一个事实。

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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 ANSEER SHEET 1. (10 points)The use of biological or chemical weapons is a sensitive topic, especially now. Experts 1 that though a bioterrorism attack in the United States is not inevitable, the science exists to 2 such an attack and, obviously, 3 does the hatred. President Clinton said 4 1999 that a biological or chemical attack on the United states was “ 5 li kely.”A commander of Afghanistan’s Taliban said that Osama bin Laden was training his fighters6 the use of chemical weapons. Satellite photos shows dead animals at a terrorist training7 in eastern Afghanistan8 by Osama bin Laden.Fighting with disease was prohibited by a 1972 treaty signed by 143 nations, 9 biological weapons have been, 10 , used in the past. In the Middle Ages, sieges were broken by throwing corpses 11 castle walls to spread poxes and plagues.During the Gulf War, Saddam Hussein was 12 using chemical weapons against Iraq’s Kurdish minority. The CIA says he is now 13 the biological and chemical weapons again.The United States and the former Soviet Union 14 vast germ warfare stockpiles. In July, the Bush administration 15 out of negotiations to further 16 the biological weapons ban.Subsequent reports suggest 17 nations still investigate new bioweapons, including anthrax. Experts speculate that hardships might prompt some Russian scientists 18 their know-how on the black market. In addition to Iraq, Iran and Libya have 19 pursued germ warfare. In Japan, a dozen commuters were killed on a Tokyo subway 20 nerve gas in 1995.1.[A] deduce [B] speculate [C] predict [D] caution2.[A] resist [B] release [C] discharge [D] launch3.[A] such [B] either [C] much [D] so4.[A] asearlyas [B] noearlierthan [C] soearlyas [D] lessearlythan5.[A] largely [B] widely [C] highly [D] broadly6.[A] in [B] at [C] with [D] for7.[A] camp [B] basis [C] quarters [D] station8.[A] initiated [B] operated [C] designed [D] administered9.[A] whereas [B] though [C] but [D] lest10.[A] bynecessity [B] inadvance [C] byaccident [D] onoccasion11.[A] above [B] over [C] onto [D] beyond12.[A] restrainedfrom [B] accusedof [C] scoldedfor [D]rushedinto13.[A] pursuing [B] chasing [C] trailing [D] following14.[A] erected [B] constructed [C] built [D] accomplished15.[A] pulled [B] pushed [C] withdrew [D] retreated16.[A] enhance [B] engage [C] enforce [D] ensure17.[A] either [B] both [C] all [D] any18.[A] tosell [B] toselling [C] sell [D] soldto19.[A] confessedly [B] disappointedly [C] expectedly [D] reportedly20.[A] in [B] with [C] on [D] forSection 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 1“I've never met a human worth cloning,” says cloning expert Mark Westhusin from the cramped confines of his lab at Texas A&M University. “It's a stupid endeavor.” That's an interesting choice of adjective, coming from a man who has spent millions of dollars trying to clone a 13-year-old dog named Missy. So far, he and his team have not succeeded, though they have cloned two calves and expect to clone a cat soon. They just might succeed in cloning Missy later thisyear—or perhaps not for another five years. It seems that the reproductive system of man's best friend is one of the mysteries of modern science.Westhusin's experience with cloning animals leaves him vexed by all this talk of human cloning. In three years of work onthe Missyplicity project, using hundreds upon hundreds of canine eggs, the A & M team has produced only a dozen or so embryos carrying Missy's DNA. None have survived the transfer to a surrogate mother. The wastage of eggs and the many spontaneously aborted fetuses may be acceptable when you're dealing with cats or bulls, he argues, but not with humans. “Cloning is incredibly inefficient, and also dangerous,” he says.Even so, dog cloning is a commercial opportunity, with a nice research payoff. Ever since Dolly the sheep was cloned in 1997, Westhusin's phone at A & M College of V eterinary Medicine has been ringing busily. Cost is no obstacle for customers like Missy's mysterious owner, who wishes to remain unknown to protect his privacy. He's plopped down $ 3.7 million so far to fund the research because he wants a twin to carry on Missy's fine qualities after she dies. But he knows her clone may not have her temperament. In a statement of purpose, Missy's owner and the A & M team say they are “both looking forward to studying the ways th at her clone differs from Missy.”The fate of the dog samples will depend on Westhusin's work. He knows that even if he gets a dog viably pregnant, the offspring, should they survive, will face the problems shown at birth by other cloned animals: abnormalities like immature lungs and heart and weight problems. “Why would you ever want to clone humans,” Westhusin asks, “when we're not even close to getting it worked out in animals yet?”21. Which of the following best represents Mr Westhusin's attitude toward cloning?[A] Animal cloning is a stupid attempt.[B] Human cloning is not yet close to getting it worked out.[C] Cloning is too inefficient and should be stopped.[D] Animals cloning yes, and human cloning at least not now.22. The Missyplicity project does not seem very successful probably because .[A] there isn't enough fund to support the research[B] cloning dogs is more complicated than cloning cats and bulls[C] Mr. Westhusin is too busy taking care of the business[D] the owner is asking for an exact copy of his pet23. When Mr. Westhusin says “... cloning is dangerous,” he implies that .[A] lab technicians may be affected by chemicals[B] cats and dogs in the lab may die of diseases[C] experiments may waste lots of lives[D] cloned animals could outlive the natural ones24. We can infer from the third paragraph that .[A] rich people are more interested in cloning humans than animals[B] cloning of animal pets is becoming a prosperous industry[C] there is no distinction between a cloned and a natural dog[D] Missy's master pays a lot in a hope to revive the dog25. We may conclude from the text that .[A] human cloning will not succeed unless the technique is more efficient[B] scientists are optimistic about cloning technique[C] many people are against the idea of human cloning[D] cloned animals are more favored by owners even if they are weakerText 2Because some resources must be allocated at the nationallevel, we have created policies which reflect the aggregated attributes of our society. The Federal budget determines the proportion of Federal resources to be invested in social welfare programs and how these resources are distributed among competing programs. This budget is arrived at through a reiterative aggregative political process which mediates the claims of groups interested in health, education. welfare, and so on, thus socializing the continuing conflict generated by their separate aspirations. The test of whether a policy is “good” under this system is whether it can marshal sufficient legitimacy and consent to provide a basis for cohesion and action. Technical criteria may play a role in the process, but the ultimate criteria are political and social.Whether a policy which is “good” in the aggregate sense is also “good” for a particular person, however, is a different matter. If everyone had identical attributes, these criteria of goodness would produce identical outcomes. With any degree of complexity or change, however, these criteria will always produce different outcomes. Any policy negotiated to attain an aggregate correctness will be wrong for every individual to whom the policy applies. The less a person conforms to the aggregate, the more wrong it will be.When a policy is not working, we normally assume that the policy is right in form but wrong in content. It has failed because insufficient intelligence has informed its construction or insufficient energy has been put to its implementation. We proceed to replace the old policy by a new one of the same form. This buys time, since some time must elapse before the new policy can fully display the same set of symptoms of failure as the old. We thus continue to invest our time, energy, and otherresources as if every new discovery of a nonworking policy is a surprise, and a surprise that can be corrected with some reorganized model. But if policies based on complex, aggregated information are always wrong with respect to the preferences of every person to whomthey apply, we should concentrate on limiting such policies to mini ma or “floors.” Rat her than trying for better policies, we should try for fewer policies or more limited aggregated ones. Such limitations could be designed to produce policies as spare and minimal as possible, for the resources not consumed in their operation would then be usable in a nonaggregative and person-specific—that is, in a disaggregated fashion. This will require more than just strengthened “local” capacity; it will require the development of new procedures, institutions, roles, and expe rts.26 . Which of the following best states the central theme of the passage?[A] Policies designed to meet the needs of a large group of people are inherently imperfect andshould be scaled down.[B] Policies created by the democratic process are less effective than policies designed by asingle, concentrated body of authority.[C] The effectiveness of a social policy depends more upon the manner in which the policy isadministered than upon its initial design.[D] Since policies created on the Federal level are inherently ineffective, all Federal socialwelfare programs should be discontinued.27. According to the passage, the test of whether a policy is successful in the aggregate sense iswhether or not it __________.[A] applies to a large number of people[B] satisfies the needs of the people to whom it applies[C] appeals to a sufficiently large number of people[D] can be revised periodically in response to changing conditions28. The author places the word “good” in quotation marks in paragraph 1 in order to ________.[A] emphasize that the word is ambiguous when applied to public policies[B] stress that no two people will a gree on what is “good” and what is not[C] point out that the word can be applied to individuals but not to groups[D] remind the reader that the word is a technical term29. Which of the following words, when substituted for the word “aggregate” in parag raph 2 wouldleast change the meaning of the sentence?[A] extreme [B] group [C] average [D] quantity30. The author regards the use of aggregative policies as_________.[A] enlightened but prohibitively expensive[B] undesirable but sometimes necessary[C] wasteful and open to corruption[D] essential and praiseworthyTest 3As hard as it is to date something as vast and complex as the universe, the methods often rest on simple principles. Stars are like these strobe light: The closer they are, the brighter they look. When scientists know how bright a star actually is, they candetermine its distance by comparing its true brightness with how bright it appears. As distances become known, the universe's age comes into sharper focus. Pegged at 50 million light-years away, the M100 galaxy is one piece recently snapped into the puzzle.Until Edwin Hubble came on the scene, astronomers not only had no way to gauge the age of the universe, they weren't sure that anything existed beyond the Milky Way. Then in 1924 Hubble discovered that there was more. (There are, in fact, billions of galaxies.) But he didn't stop there: by decade's end Hubble had proved that the universe is expanding—and that its expansion rate can help tell us its age.Hubble found that galaxies move away from each other at speeds that increase proportionally with distance. If we know how fast galaxies are moving away from our own and how far away they are, we can determine the expansion rate of the universe—known as the Hubble constant. Then it is possible to calculate the universe's age. But it has been hard to get a dependable figure for the constant. Velocities are relatively easy to measure by looking at a galaxy's light spectrum: The more it is shifted into the red end, the faster the galaxy is moving away from us. But measuring distances is difficult—so much so that Bubble's measurement of his own constant turned out to be wrong by a factor of almost ten.In the 1990s a second Hubble weighed in: The Hubble Space Telescope brought crucial data to Hubble's equation. In the M100 galaxy astronomers found 52 Cepheid variables, young stars that pulsate at rates that correlate with their brightness. By measuring the period of the pulse (in the case of the star outlined, 50 days), one can calculate a Cepheid's absolute brightness, compare that with its apparent brightness, and determine how far the star isfrom Earth. This is how researchers concluded that Ml 00 is 50 million light-years away. Using distances derived from Cepheids in 27 galaxies, astronomer Wendy Freedman and other investigators calculated a Hubble constant of 72. Combined with other cosmological data, this yields an age for the universe of about 13 billion years.31. Which statement is NOT true?[A] Before Hubble nobody knew if the Milky Way is the only thing in the space.[B] Hubble was the first one to find the way of measuring the age of the universe.[C] The st ar’s distance and the expansion rate of the universe are not related to its age.[D] The universe is increasing in size.32. When did Hubble discover the universe is expanding?[A] By the end of 30s of 20 century. [B] In 1942.[C] In 1990s. [D] In the end of 1990s.33. How can we determine the Hubble constant?[A] By knowing the distance of galaxies from ours.[B] Given the speed of galaxies' movement from ours.[C] By looking at galaxy's light spectrum.[D] [A] and [B]34. Which statement is true?[A] It is impossible to calculate the universe's age.[B] It is not easy to have a reliable figure for the constant.[C] It is easy to measure velocities of galaxies.[D] A galaxy's light spectrum has nothing to do with its speed.35. How could scientists conclude that M100 is 50 million light-years away?[A] By using distances derived from Cepheids in 27 galaxies.[B] By measuring the period of the pulse.[C] By calculating a Cepheid's brightness.[D] By comparing the brightness and distance.Text 4When a Scottish research team startled the world by revealing 3 months ago that it had cloned an adult sheep, President Clinton moved swiftly. Declaring that he was opposed to using this unusual animal husbandry technique to clone humans, he ordered that federal funds not be used for such an experiment—although no one had proposed to do so—and asked an independent panel of experts chaired by Princeton President Harold Shapiro to report back to the White House in 90 days with recommendation for a national policy on human cloning. That group—the National Bioethics Advisor Commission (NBAC)—has been working feverishly to put its wisdom on paper, and at a meeting on 17 May, members agreed on a near-final draft of their recommendations.NBAC will ask that Clinton’s 90-day ban on federal funds for human cloning be extended indefinitely, and possibly that it be made law. But NBAC members are planning to word the recommendation narrowly to avoid new restrictions on research that involves the cloning of human DNA or cells—routine in molecular biology. The panel has not yet reached agreement on a crucial question, however, whether to recommend legislation that would make it a crime for private funding to be used for human cloning.In a draft preface to the recommendations, discussed at the 17 May meeting, Shapiro suggested that the panel had found a broad consensus that it would be “morally un acceptable to attempt to create a human child by adult nuclear cloning.”Shapiro ex plained during the meeting that the moral doubt stems mainly from fears about the risk to the health of the child. The panel then informally accepted several general conclusions, although some details have not been settled.NBAC plans to call for a continued ban on federal government funding for any attempt to clone body cell nuclei to create a child. Because current federal law already forbids the use of federal funds to create embryos (the earliest stage of human offspring before birth) for research or to knowingly endanger an embryo’s life, NBAC will re main si lent on embryo research.NBAC members also indicated that they will appeal to privately funded researchers and clinics not to try to clone humans by body cell nuclear transfer. But they were divided on whether to go further by calling for a federal law that would impose a complete ban on human cloning. Shapiro and most members favored an appeal for such legislation, but in a phone interview, he said this issue was still “up in the air.”36. We can learn from the first paragraph that .[A] federal funds have been used in a project to clone humans[B] the White House responded strongly to the news of cloning[C] NBAC was authorized to control the misuse of cloning technique[D] the Wh ite House has got the panel’s recommendations on cloning37. The panel agreed on all of the following except that .[A] the ban on federal funds for human cloning should be made a law[B] the cloning of human DNA is not to be put under morecontrol[C] it is criminal to use private funding for human cloning[D] it would be against ethical values to clone a human being38. NBAC will leave the issue of embryo research undiscussed because .[A] embryo research is just a current development of cloning[B] the health of the child is not the main concern of embryo research[C] an embryo’s life will not be endangered in embryo research[D] the issue is explicitly stated and settled in the law39. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that .[A] some NBAC members hesitate to ban human cloning completely[B] a law banning human cloning is to be passed in no time[C] privately funded researchers will respond positively to NBAC’s appeal[D] the issue of human cloning will soon be settled40. Which of the following statements is true?[A] NBAC has decided to recommend Clinton’s 90-day ban be made law.[B] NBAC strongly objects to cloning of any kind.[C] NBAC has not decided whether to recommend a complete ban on human cloning.[D] NBAC fears that human cloning may be used for criminal purposes.Part BDirections:In the following text, some segments have been removed. For Questions 41---45, choose the most suitable one from thelist 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 SHEET 1.(10 points)The time for sharpening pencils, arranging your desk , and doing almost anything else instead of writing has ended. The first draft will appear on the page only if you stop avoiding the inevitable and sit, stand up, or lie down to write. (41 ) .Be flexible. Your outline should smoothly conduct you from one point to the next, but do not permit it to railroad you. If a relevant and important idea occurs to you now, work it into the draft.(42) . Grammar, punctuation, and spelling can wait until you revise. Concentrate on what you are saying. Good writing most often occurs when you are in hot pursuit of an idea rather than in a nervous search for errors.( 43 ) . Your pages will be easier to keep track of that way, and, if you have to clip a paragraph to place it elsewhere, you will not lose any writing on the other side.If you are working on a word processor, you can take advantage of its capacity to make additions and deletions as well as move entire paragraphs by making just a few simple keyboard commands. Some software programs can also check spelling and certain grammatical elements in your writing. (44) . These printouts are also easier to read than the screen when you work on revisions.Once you have a first draft on paper, you can delete material that is unrelated to your thesis and add material necessary to illustrate your points and make your paper convincing. The student who wrote “The A & P as a State of Mind” wiselydropped a paragraph that questioned whethe r Sammy displays chauvinistic attitudes toward women. (45) .Remember that your initial draft is only that. You should go through the paper many times---and then again---working to substantiate and clarify your ideas. You may even end up with several entire versions of the paper. Rewrite. The sentences within each paragraph should be related to a single topic. Transitions should connect one paragraph to the next so that there are no abrupt or confusing shifts. Awkward or wordy phrasing or unclear sentences and paragraphs should be mercilessly poked and prodded into shape.[A] To make revising easier, leave wide margins and extra space between lines so that you caneasily add words, sentences, and corrections. Write on only one side of the paper.[B] After you have clearly and adequately developed the body of your paper, pay particularattention to the introductory and concluding paragraphs. It’s probably best to write the introduction last, after you know precisely what you are introducing. Concluding paragraphs demand equal attention because they leave the reader with a final impression.[C] It’s worth remembering, however, that though a clean copy fresh off a printer may look terrific,it will read only as well as the thinking and writing that have gone into it. Many writers prudently store their data on disks and print their pages each time they finish a draft to avoid losing any material because of power failures or other problems.[D] It makes no difference how you write, just so you do. Now that you have developed a topic intoa tentative thesis, you can assemble your notes and begin to flesh out whatever outline youhave made.[E] Although this is an interesting issue, it has nothing to do with the thesis, which explains howthe setting infl uences Sammy’s decision to quit his job. Instead of including that paragraph, she added one that described Lengel’ s crabbed response to the girls so that she could lead up to theA & P “policy” he enforces.[F] In the final paragraph about the significanc e of the setting in “A & P,” th e student bringstogether the reasons Sammy quit his job by referring to his refusal to accept Lengel’s store policies.[G] By using the first draft as a means of thinking about what you want to say, you will very likelydis cover more than your notes originally suggested. Plenty of good writers don’t use outlines at all but discover ordering principles as they write. Do not attempt to compose a perfectly correct draft the first time around.Part CDirections: read the following carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (10 point)In choosing a method for determining climatic conditions that existed in the past, paleoclimatologists invoke four principal criteria. (46) First, the material —rocks, lakes, vegetation, etc. —on which the method relies must be widespread enough to provide plenty of information, since analysis of material that is rarely encountered will not permit correlation with other regionsor with other periods of geological history. Second, in the process of formation, the material must have received an environmental signal that reflects a change in climate and that can be deciphered by modern physical or chemical means. Third, at least some of the material must have retained the signal unaffected by subsequent changes in the environment. Fourth, it must be possible to determine the time at which the inferred climatic conditions held. (47)This last criterionis more easily met in dating marine sediments, because dating of only a small number of layers in a marine sequence allows the age of other layers to be estimated fairly reliably by extrapolation and interpolation. By contrast, because sedimentation is much less continuous in continental regions, estimating the age of a continental bed from the known ages of beds above and below is more risky.One very old method used in the investigation of past climatic conditions involves the measurement of water levels in ancient lakes. In temperate regions, there are enough lakes for correlations between them to give us a reliable picture. (48) In arid and semiarid regions, on the other hand, the small number of lakes and the great distances between them reduce the possibilities for correlation. Moreover, since lake levels are controlled by rates of evaporation as well as by precipitation, the interpretation of such levels is ambiguous. For instance, the fact that lake levels in the semiarid southwestern United States appear to have been higher during the last ice age than they are now was at one time attributed to increased precipitation. (49) On the basis of snow-line elevations, however, it has been concluded that the climate then was not necessarily wetter than it is now, but rather that both summers and winters were cooler,resulting in reduced evaporation.Another problematic method is to reconstruct former climates on the basis of pollen profiles. The type of vegetation in a specific region is determined by identifying and counting the various pollen grains found there. Although the relationship between vegetation and climate is not as direct as the relationship between climate and lake levels, the method often works well in the temperate zones. (50) In arid and semiarid regions in which there is not much vegetation, however, small changes in one or a few plant types can change the picture dramatically, making accurate correlations between neighboring areas difficult to obtain.Section III WritingPart A51. Directions:You have just come back from your travel to London with a tourist group. Your tourist guide Linda did a good job for you in visiting the Buckingham Palace and the Hyde Park. Write her a letter to thank her for her service.You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET.Do not sign your own 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 briefly,2) explain its intended meaning, and3) give your comments.You should write neatly on ANSWER SHEET. (20 points)。

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英语一考研模拟试题Section I: Reading ComprehensionDirections: There are four passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them, there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Passage 1Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:CCTV’s English-language channel announced that a narrowband IoT system will make its debut at the upcoming 2021 Beijing Horticultural Expo, promoting smart agriculture in the capital.This phase of the expo is hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the Beijing municipal government.A total of 51 types of sensors will be used across the expo for health monitoring, precise irrigation and fertilization, and environmental control. A smart unmanned tractor has also been equipped to show how it could be controlled through a phone application.“The system is abl e to identify the precise location of farmland and distribute water and fertilizers accordingly,” said Zhang Yuping, the director of the Beijing Horticultural Engineering Center. “We’re exploring more possibilities to apply this advanced technology in the field.”Zhang added that special areas at the expo are set up to showcase the automated management of a seedling company and explore cutting-edge agricultural technology provided by tech giant Huawei.The expo has taken place in Beijing every year since 1999, 10 years before the founding of China Central Television (CCTV), to address the challenges facing the industry. The expo was issued a special commemorative postage stamp earlier this month by the State Post Bureau.1. According to the passage, what will be promoted at the upcoming 2021 Beijing Horticultural Expo?A) Smart citiesB) Smart agricultureC) Smart homesD) Smart schools2. Who is hosting this phase of the Beijing Horticultural Expo?A) CCTVB) The State Post BureauC) The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsD) Huawei3. How many types of sensors will be used across the expo?A) 51B) 21C) 31D) 414. What is mentioned about a smart unmanned tractor at the expo?A) It will be controlled through a phone application.B) It will be used for cooking demonstrations.C) It will perform on-stage during a music concert.D) It will be showcased at the opening ceremony.5. When did the Beijing Horticultural Expo start taking place every year?A) 1999B) 2009C) 2019D) 2001Passage 2Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:China on Thursday announced a guideline on exploring stronger social forces whose import and export activities are in compliance with laws in a bid to promote higher-level opening-up.With the core content of the guideline released by the State Council, China will unremittingly and steadily promote the development of social forces to participate in import and export activities, build a more open andtransparent import and export market, and create a more fair and competitive trading environment.The guidelines encourage exploring new channels for social forces to engage in import and export trading, promote innovation and upgrading of China’s foreign trade by supporting the participation of social forces in import and export activities, the guideline stated.According to the guideline, more efforts will be made to push forward the reforms to streamline administration, delegate power, and improve regulations. Procedures for starting a business and obtaining various licenses and certificates will be further simplified. And measures to reduce taxes and fees should be implemented to lower market thresholds.The guideline also asked authorities to guide social forces to enhance their abilities to participate in international cooperation in production capacity and investment...6. What did China announce a guideline on exploring?A) More restrictions on social forcesB) The participation of social forces in illegal activitiesC) Stronger social forces and their import and export activities that comply with lawsD) The abolishment of import and export trading7. According to the passage, what will China promote with the development of social forces participating in import and export activities?A) A more closed and opaque import and export marketB) Lower standards for import and export tradingC) Innovation and upgrading of China’s foreign tradeD) Higher taxes and fees8. What does the guideline encourage exploring according to the passage?A) More channels for social forces to engage in import and export tradingB) Less participation of social forces in import and export activitiesC) Halting all foreign tradeD) Stricter regulations for obtaining licenses and certificates9. Which procedures will be simplified according to the guideline mentioned in the passage?A) Procedures for importing banned goodsB) Procedures for obtaining various licenses and certificatesC) Procedures for increasing taxes and feesD) Procedures for making trading environments more complex10. What will be done to lower market thresholds according to the article?A) Increase regulationsB) Expand taxes and feesC) Implement measures to reduce taxes and feesD) Streamline administration---请注意，在这篇文章中，我根据给定的标题"英语一考研模拟试题"选择了阅读理解部分的模拟试题，以帮助您练习英语一部分考研内容的理解和应用。

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Even so, dog cloning is a commercial opportunity, with a nice research payoff.Ever since Dolly the sheep was cloned in 1997, Westhusin’s phone at A&M College of Veterinary Medicine has been ringing busily.Cost is no obstacle for customers like Missy’s mysterious owner, who wishes to remain unknown to protect his privacy.He’s plopped down $3.7 million so far to fund the research because he wants a twin to carry on Missy’s fine qualities after she dies.But he knows her clone may not have her temperament.In a statement of purpose, Missy’s owners and the A&M team say they are “both looking forward to studying the ways that her clone differs from Missy.”
Some people, however, 8 to the very idea of persuasion.They may regard it as an unwelcome intrusion 9 their lives or as a manipulation or domination.10 , we believe that persuasion is 11 —to live is to persuade.Persuasion may be ethical or unethical, selfless or selfish, 12 or degrading.Persuaders may enlighten our minds or 13 on our vulnerability.Ethical persuasion, however, calls 14 sound reasoning and is sensitive to the feelings and needs of listeners.Such persuasion can help us 15 the wisdom of the past to the decisions we now must make.16 , an essential part of education is learning to 17 the one kind of persuasion and to encourage and practise the other.

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随着19世纪上半叶民主权利的扩展和接踵⽽⾄的联邦体制的衰退，⼀种新的教育观念开始浮现出来。

教育不再是对先前存在的地位的确认，⽽成了获得更⾼地位的⼯具。

对于不断进步的新⼀代学⽣来说，教育的⽬标不是培养他们在⾃⼰出⽣的环境中舒适地⽣活，⽽是教给他们⼀些新的品德和技能，从⽽把他们推进⼀个不同的更好的世界。

教育变成了训练，学⽣也不再是"等待的绅⼠"，⽽成了⼀些寻求提⾼社会地位的职业学徒。

在19世纪，⼤学教育开始被看成是跻⾝世界前列的⼀种⼿段。

国家赠予⼟地的⼤学为那些来⾃⾮盎格鲁.萨克孙⾎统，⼯⼈阶级以及社会中下层的贫穷⽽有抱负的男孩们敞开了⾼等教育的⼤门。

那些完成⼤学学业⽽获得成功的穷孩⼦的神话驱使数百万的穷⼈孩⼦涌⼊新的⼤学校园。

随着这种转变，教育变得更加职业化：教育的⽬标是获取实⽤的技术和有⽤的信息。

对于那些准绅⼠来说，美德⾸先包括⾼雅的风度和作风，及符合⾃⼰⾝份地位的表现;教育仅仅是达到优雅的⼀种⽅式。

⽽笨拙，粗俗，⽆礼，招摇等都是恶⾏的表现。

⽽对于那些学徒来说，美德表现在通过努⼒获得的成功中。

⼈物必备的品质不是优雅风度⽽是积极，决⼼和寻找机会的锐利的眼光。

当懒散的⾃由化及⾄挥霍浪费成了绅⼠的特⾊时，节俭，⾃制就成了新学徒的标志。

绅⼠的社会地位已经很⾼，因此不再渴望更⾼的社会地位，⽽学徒却⼀直努⼒地向上攀登。

对于学徒来说，原地不动，没有上升就意味着失败。

Part BSample One41.F 42.A 43.D 44.B 45.C分析本⽂是⼀篇介绍19世纪神话研究发展的⽂学艺术理论型⽂章。

译⽂当从其他⽂化获得的资料越来越多时，欧洲的学者逐渐认识到神话传统的极⼤复杂性。

尤其有价值的是像《薄伽梵歌》和《亚吠陀》这样的古印第安和伊朗经⽂提供的证据。

这些来源很清楚地说明了神话⼈物变化多样, 不仅有地理区域的不同，也有历史时期的差别。

德国学者卡尔?奥特弗雷德?缪勒在其1825年出版的《科学神话绪论》⼀书中遵循了这种研究思路。

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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 )In the past few decades, remarkable findings have been made in ethology, the study of animal social behavior. Earlier scientists had 1 that nonhuman social life was almost totally instinctive or fixed by genetics. Much more careful observation has shown that 2 variation occurs among the social ties of most species, showing that learning is a part of social life. That is, the 3 are not solely fixed by the genes.4，the learning that occurs is often at an early age in a process that is called imprinting. Imprinting is clearly 5 instinctive, but it is not quite like the learning of humans; it is something in between the two. An illustration best 6 the nature of imprinting. Once, biologists thought that ducklings followed the mother duck because of instincts. Now we know that, shortly 7 they hatch, ducklings fix 8 any object about the size of a duck and will henceforth follow it. So ducklings may follow a basketball or a briefcase if these are 9 for the mother duck at the time when imprinting occurs. Thus, social ties can be considerably 10, even ones that have a considerable base 11 by genetics.Even among the social insects something like imprinting 12 influence social behavior. For example, biologists once thought bees communicated with others purely 13 instinct. But, in examining a "dance" that bees do to indicate the distance and direction of a pollen source, observers found that bees raised in isolation could not communicate effectively. At a higher level, the genetic base seems to be much more for an all purpose learning rather than the more specific responses of imprinting. Chimpanzees, for instance, generally 14 very good mother but Jane Goodall reports that some chimps carry the infant upside down or 15 fail to nurture the young. She believes that these females were the youngest or the 16 child of a mother. In such circumstances, they did not have the opportunity to observe how their own mother 17 for her young. Certainly adolescent chimps who are still with their mothers when other young are born take much interest in the rearing of their young brother or sister. They have an excellent opportunity to learn, and the social ties that are created between mother and young 18 Goodall to describe the social unit as a family. The mother offspring tie is beyond 19;there is some evidence to 20 that ties also continue between siblings of the same sex, that is "brother brother" and "sister sister".1 A assumedB adoptedC believedD surmised2 A considerateB consideratedC considerableD considering3 A statuesB statusesC statutesD statures4 A What s moreB HenceC ButD However5 A notB onl yC butD solely6 A clarifiesB classifiesC definesD outlines7 A thanB beforeC whenD after8 A onB withC inD within9 A appropriatedB substitutedC assignedD distributed10 A variedB deviatedC differedD altered11 A fashionedB modifiedC inf luencedD affected12 A mayB shouldC mustD can13 A byB out ofC fromD through14 A proveB makeC turnD create15 A otherwiseB stillC yetD even16 A oneB soleC singleD only17 A lookedB attendedC caredD provided18 A guideB causeC directD lead19 A limitationB imaginationC doubtD expectation20 A adviseB hintC implyD suggestSection ⅡReading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D Mark you r answers on ANSWER SHEET 1 (40 points)Text 1New figures from France,Germany and Italy-the three biggest economies in the 12 country Eurozone -suggest the continent's economic woes may have been exaggerated.In France, evidence emerged that consumer spending remained solid in July and August,rising 1.4%and 0.6%respectively.Forecasters had generally expected the July figure to show a 0.1% slippage,with August unchanged.But the figures were flattered slightly by a down grade to the June figure,to 0.7% from1.5%.With manufacturing in the doldrums across Europe and the US,consumer spending has been increasingly seen as the best hope of stopping the global economic slowdown from turning into a recession.The French government said the news proved that the economy was holding up to the strain of the slowdown.Meanwhile in Germany,new regional price figures went someway towards calming fears about inflation in Europe's largest economy-a key reason for the European Central Bank's reluctance to cut interest 15 states said consumer prices were broadly stable,with inflation falling year on year.The information backed economists' expectations that inflation for the country as a whole is set to fall back to a yearly rate of 2.1%,compared to a yearly rate of 2.6% in August,closing in on the Euro wide target of 2%.The drop is partly due to last year's spike in oil prices dropping out of the year on year calculation.The icing on the cake was news that Italy's job market has remained buoyant.The country's July unemployment rate dropped to 9.4% from 9.6% the month before,its lowest level in more than eight years.And a business confidence survey from quasi governmental research group ISAE told of a general pick up in demand in the six weeks to early September.But the news was tempered by an announcement by Alitalia,the country's biggest airline,that it will have to get rid of 2，500 staff to cope with the expected contraction as well as selling 12 aeroplanes. And industrial group Confindustria warned that the attacks on US targetsmeant growth will be about 1.9% this year,well short of the government's 2.4% target. And it said the budget deficit will probably be about 1.5%,nearly twice the 0.8% Italy's government has promised its European Union partners.21 We know from the first paragraph that.A new figures from the three European countries show the prediction of forecasters is exactly rightB European economy gets on better than forecasters have predictedC all of the forecasters expect the fully figure to show a reductionD in threeE uropean countries the consumer spending continues to rise22 The term"in the doldrums"in Paragraph 2 refers to .A in the process of risingB experiencing a sharp turningC in the recessionD rising rapidly23 Which of the following statements i s true according to the text?.A The reason for the ECB's unwilling to cut interest rates is inflation was actually expected to fall in GermanyB In Germany consumer prices were fallingC Last year's oil prices dropping out of the year on year ca lculation directly leads to the drop of inflationD The European Central Bank is willing to cut interest rate24 ln this passage,the word"buoyant" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to the word.A depressingB gloomyC activeD calm25 lndustria l group Confindustria warned that.A the attacks on US targets lead to the comparatively lower growthB the growth had been well short of the government's targetC the budget deficit must be about 1.5%D the budget deficit will probably be grea t different from the country's promiseText 2Survey results indicate that smoking and alcohol and marijuana use increased among residents of Manhattan during the 5～8 weeks after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center which took place on September 11, 2001. Almost one third of the nearly 1,000 persons interviewed reported an increased use of alcohol, marijuana, or cigarettes following the September 11th attacks. The largest increase was in alcohol use. About one fourth of the respondents said they were drinking more alcohol in the weeks after September 11; about 10% reported an increase in smoking, and 3.2% said they had increased their use of marijuana.The investigators found survey participants by randomly dialing New York City phone numbers and screened potential respondents for Manhattan residents living in areas close to the World Trade Center. Interviews were conducted with 988 individuals between October 16 and November 15, 2001. Participants were asked about their cigarette smoking, alcohol drinking, and marijuana use habits before and after September 11. During the week prior to September 11, 2001, 22.6% of the participants reported smoking cigarettes, 59.1% drinking alcohol, and 4.4% using marijuana. After September 11th, 23.4% reported smoking cigarettes, 64.4% drinking alcohol, and 5.7% smoking marijuana. Among those who smoked, almost 10% reported smoking at least an extra pack of cigarettes a week and among those who drank alcohol, more than 20% reported imbibing at least one extra drink a day.The researchers found that people who reported an increase in substance abuse were more likely to suffer from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and from depression. People who reported an increase in cigarette smoking or marijuana use were also more likely to have both PTSD and depression, while those who reported an increase in alcohol use were more likely to have depression only. Persons who were living closer to the World Trade Center were more likely to increase their cigarette smoking, but other factors such as being displaced from home, losing possessions during the attacks, or being involved in the rescue efforts were not consistently associated with increased substance use. Symptoms of panic attack were associated with anincrease in the use of all substances.Increase in substance abuse did not differ significantly between men and women or among racial or ethnic groups. Demographic factors such as age, marital status, and income seemed to play a more critical role in determining if the events of September 11th led to an increase in substance use.26. The survey results suggest that the largest increase in substance use was .A alcoholB marijuanaC cigarettesD cocaine27. The survey participants were .A randomly selected Uni t ed States citizensB randomly selected New York City citizensC randomly selected Manhattan residents who live close to the World Trade CenterD randomly selected American citizens who witnessed the terrorist attack28. The author is trying to show that .A use of substances may vary from time to timeB abuse of certain substances is harmful for healthC the attack of september 11th has left incurable harm to people s mental healthD terrorist attack increase anxiety and sens e of insecurity among residents29. What can be said about substance abuse after September 11?A People who reported an increase in alcohol use were more likely to have PTSD.B People who were living closer to World Trade Center were most likely to increase cigarette smoking.C Displacement from home and involvement in rescue efforts were consistently associated with increased substance use.D Symptoms of panic attach were unrelated with increased use of substances.30. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A Demographic information such as gender, race and marital status was not collected.B Gender and race do not have much effect on the amount of substance abuse.C Age and marital status do not make any difference on substance abuse.D Income is a better predictor of substance abuse than age.Text 3The entrepreneur, according to French economist J.B. Say, "is a person who shifts economic resources out of an area of lower and into an area of higher productivity and yield."But Say s definition does not tell us who this entrepreneur is. Some define the entrepreneur simply as one who starts his or her own new and small business. For our purposes, we will define the entrepreneur as a person who takes the necessary risks to organize and manage a business and receives the financial profits and nonmonetary rewards.The man who opens a small pizza restaurant is in business, but is he an entrepreneur? He took a risk and did something, but did he shift resources or start the business? If the answer is yes, then he is considered an entrepreneur. Ray Kroc is an example of an entrepreneur because he founded and established McDonald s. His hamburgers were not a new idea, but he applied new techniques, resource allocations, and organizational methods in his venture. Ray Kroc upgraded the productivity and yield from the resources applied to create his fast food chain. This is what entrepreneurs do; this is what entrepreneurship means.Many of the sharp, black and white contrasts between the entrepreneur and theprofessional have faced to a gray color. Formerly, professionals such as doctors, lawyers, dentists, and accountants were not supposed to be entrepreneurial, aggressive, or market oriented. They were "above" the market driven world. Entrepreneurs, on the other hand, were the mavericks of society. They were risk takers who aggressively sought to make something happen. Long hours were about all the two worlds had in common. However, increased competition, saturated markets, and a more price conscious public have changed the world of the professionals. Today they need to market their skills, talents, and competencies; Lawyers advertise their services. Doctors specialize in one form of surgery. Accounting firms join with other businesses(e.g., consulting and law) to serve clients.Entrepreneurs exhibit many different behaviors; searching for a specific personality pattern is very difficult. Some entrepreneurs are quiet, introverted, and analytical. On the other hand, some are brash, extroverted, and very emotional. many of them share some qualities. Viewing change as the norm, entrepreneurs usually search for it, respond to it, and treat it as an opportunity. An entrepreneur such as Ray Kroc of McDonald s is able to take resources and shift them to meet a need. Making the decision to shift resources works better if a person is creative, experienced, and confident.31.According to the first paragraph, who can be regarded as an entrepreneur?A.The CEO of a big company.B.The owner of a profitable restaurant.C.A man who started a new kind of business but eventually failed after 5 years because of some financial problems.D.A successful salesman.32.Which of the followings are necessary for an entrepreneur?①a resource shifter②one who starts a new business③non professional④money gaining⑤a risk takerA.①②③B.①②④⑤C.①②⑤D.①②③④⑤33.From the text, we learn that .A.an entrepreneur should be very extrovertedB.an entrepreneur should be quick to seize opportunitiesC.change is not norm in an entrepreneur s eyesD.the French economist J.B. Say is the first person who gave the definition of "entrepreneur"34.The purpose of the author in writing the passage is to .plete the definition of entrepreneurB.tell the readers what is entrepreneur and the main characteristics of entrepreneursC.show what kind of people can become entrepreneursD.illustrate why Ray Kroc can become an entrepreneur35.What will most possibly follow the text?A.An example of how an entrepreneur operates.B.Another theory about entrepreneurship.C.The bad effects of entrepreneurs.D.The good effects of entrepreneurs.Text 4Modern technology and science have produced a wealth of new materials and new ways of using old materials.For the artist this means wider opportunities.There is no doubt that the limitations of materials and nature of tools both restrict and shape a man's work.Observe how the development of plastics and light metals along with new methods of welding has changed the direction of sculpture.Transparent plastic materials allow one to look through an object,to see its various sides superimposed on each other(as in Cubism or in an X ray).Today,welding is as prevalent as casting was in the past.This new method encourages open designs,where surrounding and intervening space becomes as important as form itself.More ambiguous than other scientific inventions familiar to modern artists,but no less influential,are the psychoanalytic studies of Freud and his followers,discoveries that have infiltrated recent art,especially Surrealism.The Surrealists,in their struggle to escape the monotony and frustrations of everyday life,claimed that dreams were the only hope.Turning to the irrational world of their unconscious,they banished all time barriers and moral judgements to combine disconnected dream experiences from the past,present and intervening psychological states.The Surrealists were concerned with overlapping emotions more than with overlapping forms.Their paintings often become segmented capsules of associative experiences.For them,obsessive and often unrelated images replaced the direct emotional message of expressionism.They did not need to smash paint and canvas;they went beyond this to smash the whole continuity of logical thought.There is little doubt that contemporary art has taken much from contemporary life.In a period when science has made revolutionary strides,artists in their studios have not been unaware of scientists in their laboratories.But this has rarely been a one w ay street.Painters and sculptors,though admittedly influenced by modern science,have also molded and changed our world.If break up has been a vital part of their expression,it has not always been a symbol of destruction.Quite the contrary:it has been used to examine more fully,to penetrate more deeply,to analyze more thoroughly,to enlarge,isolate and make more familiar certain aspects of life that earlier we were apt to neglect.In addition,it sometimes provides rich multiple experiences so organized as not merely to reflect our world,but in fact to interpret it.36.According to the passage,it is true that.A artistic creations seem to be the reproductions of modern technologyB artistic creations have made great strides scientificallyC artistic creations appear to be incapable of ignoring material a dvancesD artistic creations are the reflection of the material world37.The welding techniques.A can cause a lot of changes in sculpture artsB permit details of an object to be seen clearlyC can superimpose multiple sides of sculpto r's designsD can make artists adaptable to be surroundings38.We can learn from the text that Freud's studies.A are more ambiguous than any other scientific inventionB have influenced other scientific inventionsC cause SurrealismD have infiltrated Surrealism39.Which of the following is true about Surrealists?A They diminished all time barriers and moral judgements to combine disconnecteddream experiences.B They tried to express their subconscious world.C They could transform real existence into incoherent dreams.D They wanted to substitute direct expressions for fragmented images.40.The sentence "But this has rarely been a one way street."in the last paragraph means that.A contemporary art has be en nourished by modern scienceB modern science has been nourished by artC artists can become scientists and scientists can become artistsD the impacts of modern art and science are actually mutualPart BDirections:In the following article,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 blank.There are two extra choices,which do not fit in any of the gaps.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(10 points) Aremote Patagonian town that's just beginning to prosper by guiding tourists through the virgin forests nearby is being shaken by the realization that it's sitting on a gold mine. Literally.41)___________________________________________________________________Esquel's plight is winning attention from international conservation and environmental groups such as Greenpeace. 42)__________________________About 3.2 million acres already are under contract for mineral exploration in poor and sparsely settled Chubut Province, where Esquel is, near the southern tip of South America.43)______________________________________Meridian's project, about 5 miles outside Esquel at a higher elevation, is about 20 miles from a national park that preserves rate trees known as alerces, a southern relative of California's giant sequoia. Some of them have been growing serenely in the temperate rain forest for more than 3,000 years.The greatest fear is that cyanide, which is used to leach gold from ore, will drain downhill and poison Esquel's and possibly the park's water supplies. The mine will use 180 tons of the deadly chemical each month. Although many townspeople and some geologists disagree, the company says any excess cyanide would drain away from Esquel."We won't allow them to tear things up and leave us with the toxic aftermath," said Felix Aguilar, 28, as he piloted a boatload of tourists through a lake in the Alerces National Park."We take care of things here, so that the entire world can hear and see nature in its pure state. The world must help us prevent this."44)__________________________________________________________________________A young English botanist named Charles Darwin, the author of the theory of evolution, was the first European to see alerces, with trunks that had a circumference of 130 feet. He gave the tree its generic name, Fitzroya cupressoides, for the captain of his ship, Robert Fitzroy.Argentina, pressed by the United States, Canada, the World Bank and other global lenders, rewrote its mining laws in the 1990s to encourage foreign investment.45)________________________________________Argentina took in more than＄1 billion over the past decade by granting explorationcontracts for precious metals to more than 70 foreign and domestic companies. If the country were to turn away a major investor, the message to its mining sector would be chilling.［A］Whether Meridian Gold Corp. gets its open pit gold mine outside Esquel could determine the fate of mining in Patagonia, a pristine region spanning southern Argentina and Chile.［B］Forest ecologist Paul Alaback, a University of Montana professor who studies the alerces, said Argentine authorities could gain from Alaska's successful nature based tourism.［C］More than 3,000 worried Esquel residents recently took to the streets in protests aimed at assuring that their neat community of 28,000 becomes a ecotourism center, not a gold rush town.［D］American Douglas Tomkins,the founder of the Esprit clothing line and a prominent global conservationist, has bought more than 800,000 wilderness acres in Chile to preserve alerces and protect what's left of the temperate rain forest. Ted Turner, the communications magnate, also has bought land in Argentine Patagonia with an eye to conservation.［E］Residents also complain that Argentina hasn't given nature based tourism a chance.［F］Mining companies received incentives such as 30 years without new taxes and duty free imports of earth moving equipment.［G］In Argentina, the town has become a national symbol in the debate over exploitation vs. preservation of the country's vast natural resources.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)For better or worse,multiple marriages aren't just for actress Elizabeth Taylor (renowned for her eight marriages) anymore.More Americans than ever are tying the knot (getting married) for the third time or more.Lynn Y. Naugle Haspel,a 53 year old family therapist in New Orleans,says that people's personal needs and desires simply changes as their life evolves."What functions well in the first part of our lives may not function well in the second or third parts of our lives,"she explains.She didn't start her career as a therapist until her children from her first marriage went to school.That marriage lasted 21 years,her second marriage five years.Two years ago,she wed for a third time,and she describes this union as an "extremely easy marriage".Today,at an estimated one of seven weddings,the bride,the groom or both are making that trip down the aisle for at least the third time.That's twice as many as a generation ago,according to the US National Centre for Health Statistics.46)In part,the surge in multiple marriages is a side effect of the 1970s divorce boom that has supplied an ever expanding pool of divorced singles.Even the simple fact that people are living longer has opened the door to marrying more often.No fault divorce laws (meaning no one is blamed for the failure of the marriage),and cultural changes have also meant there's less peer pressure than in past generations to stay in a joyless or abusive marriage.47)While a single divorce didn't block either Ronald Reagan or Bob Dole from seeking the most highly scrutinized job in America - the US presidency - modern society still raises an eyebrow at more than one matrimonial mistake.Indeed,there are signs that attitudes are changing.Even the language is softening.Clinical papers in social science journals no longer probe for "neurosis" or mental depressive disorderamong the "divorce prone". More and more marriages are said to "end," not "fail," and one author has coined the term "encore marriages"."It's coming out of the closet or becoming more accepted," says Glenda Riley,a Ball State University professor who wrote a book on the history of divorce in the US.48)"There's still embarrassment on the personal level,while there is growing acceptance on the public level" for three or more marriages in a lifetime.49)Some experts say that the trend toward multiple marriages shows an erosion in Americans' capacity for commitment."We live in the age of light.We have light cream cheese,light beer,light mayonnaise,"says Wayne Sotile,a psychologist and marriage counselor in Winston Salem,North Carolina.But,he adds,"There's no such thing as light,long term,intimate,romantic marriage.You've got to commit yourself to those thi n gs."There's no guarantee,of course,that the third time is the best.50)To the contrary,second and third marriages run an equal or greater risk of divorce than first marriages,which today are given 4 out of 10 odds of failing,and they tend to end more q uickly.Divorce statistics show that failed second marriages typically end two years sooner than first marriages,lasting six years on average rather than eight.That leaves some doubly divorced people open for a third try at a relatively young age.Section ⅢWritingPart A51.Direction:You've just come back from a tour in JiuZhaiGou, and you're writing to your friend Mary.1)tell her that you've been back at the very day2)share your travelling experience with her3）invite her to a tour in ZhangJiajie in the coming yearYou should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use "Jane" instead. You do not need to wirte the address.(10 points) Part B52.Direction:study the following picture carefully and write an essay of about 200 words.In the essay you should1)interpret the picture's meaning2)give your comments on the phenomenon3)give your suggestions to solve the problem答案Section ⅠUse of English1 A assumed根据题意，"早期的科学家，假定非人类动物的社会生活几乎完全是天生的，或是由遗传决定的",assume多用于未证实的假定；adopt 意为"采用，接受"；believe 意为"相信"；surmise 意为"猜测，推测"，相当于"guess"。

【英语一】2021考研-全真模拟题-A及答案解析

2021年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语（一）模拟试题ASection I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)Irritable? Sarcastic? Cynical? If these personality traits are your go-to emotions, you may need to learn some ways to reduce hostility for the 1 of your heart health.A study found that a generally 2 outlook on life can make a person who has experienced one heart attack more vulnerable 3 a second one. Researchers looked at 2,300 heart attack 4 , and followed them over a 2-year period. Patients in the study were assessed to determine how hostile their personality type was. Hostile personalities are 5 by traits like irritability, sarcasm and anger. More than half of those in the study (57%) had this type of personality. People with an 6 personality have a generally negative outlook on life. They may have poor 7 with others and may be under a lot of 8 . Then they get irritable.The researchers found that hostility, in itself, is an 9 risk factor for dying of a second heart attack, even after adjusting for other risk factors like age, gender, smoking, education, diabetes and high blood pressure. Science is not sure exactly how hostility affects the heart, 10 the study notes that it is a 11 trait among those who have had heart attacks. This research could lead to 12 a hostility personality assessment for heart patients, as well as better education.13 mental health behavioral changes may be important.Learning to reduce your hostile personality traits may be 14 . But when it comes to your heart health, there’s no better 15 to try. Calming techniques, like counting to 10 16 reacting, meditating for a few minutes with an app to 17 you, or asking yourself if something will 18 in three weeks, three months or three years, can work, said Tina B.Tessina. Yoga would also be great. Any kind of 19 training helps. By healing your hostility, you can do more than 20 your heart.1.[A] picture[B]sake[C]context[D]analysis2.[A] fresh[B]liberal[C]hostile[D]positive3.[A] to[B]in[C]with[D]of4.[A] admissions[B]rates[C]symptoms[D]survivors5.[A] identified[B]replaced[C]surrounded[D]addressed6.[A] engaging[B]intact[C]energetic[D]adversarial7.[A] outcomes[B]records[C]choices[D]interactions8.[A] dust[B]stress[C]discussion[D]review9.[A] irrelevant[B]inhibiting[C]independent[D]insignificant10.[A] but[B]or[C]so[D]although11.[A] cultural[B]single[C]common[D]behavioral12.[A] representing[B]paying[C]overlooking[D]adding13.[A] Observing[B]Suggesting[C]Forcing[D]Making14.[A] lengthy[B]tricky[C]mysterious[D]scarce15.[A] compromise[B]reminder[C]reason[D]proposal16.[A] after[B]before[C]since[D]when17.[A] guide[B]interrupt[C]spoil[D]track18.[A] succeed[B]matter[C]return[D]stop19.[A] resistance[B]strength[C]relaxation[D]weight20.[A] heal[B]break[C]open[D]fillSection 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)2Text 1Back in the early 2000s, the only people who could get stuck in a dull conversation aboutMuch of the credit goes to easy-to-use genetic testing tools for shifting the public perception of DNA from “boring stuff” to fascinating, personal journey. Reading our DNA and using it online is incredibly informative and fun, and these tools have engaged the public into genetics to a level that science writers could have only dreamed of.With the prevalent success of this technology, however, also comes a reality distortion field. In the enthusiasm surrounding the progress of genomics, we end up overstating the real nature of our DNA and believing that it is more important than it is.DNA is not a blueprint: it’s a recipe coding for thousands of different proteins that interact with each other and with the environment. Take two identical twins: they share the same DNA, and their embryos developed side-by-side in the same womb. Yet, they have different tastes, characters and attitudes, and make different choices in life.We do not inherit specific instructions on how to build a cell or an organ. Our DNA contains a list of biochemical ingredients (the proteins coded in the genes) and the basic rules for their assembly but the pieces self-organize into biochemical pathways, cells and tissues without reading a manual. The genetic recipe for a cat will not give an elephant, but you can’t read the DNA of an individual and see a Mini-Me of his features.The long-standing blueprint analogy, with its attached determinism, is a toxic meme we have to fight in the era of genetic consumerism. As long as people will believe that our identity and fate is programmed into their DNA, there will be a market for questionable genetic tests aimed at predicting intelligence, music, reading and math abilities.Make no mistake: some traits are indeed genetically programmed, and some diseases are deterministic: people with a disease-causing mutation in the CFTR gene will develop cystic fibrosis regardless of their lifestyle. Even abilities once considered only a matter of upbringing like language, abstract thinking and many behavioral traits have a significant genetic component. But it doesn’t mean that DNA always has the upper hand. The opposite is true: an overwhelming majority of our traits depend on the blending of many genetic and nongeneticfactors and therefore are hard to predict from DNA.So when the postman knocks at your door with the DNA kit you bought online, promise to relax for a minute and repeat to yourself: “DNA is not a blueprint. And my genes are not destiny.”21.The underlined sentence (Para.1) most probably shows that DNA has ______.[A]stirred up a huge controversy[B]gained prompt recognition[C]raised strong suspicion[D]drawn great public attention22.The reason for public’s recent engagement in genetics is ______.[A]convenient genetic testing devices[B]new discovery in laboratories[C]endless conversation about genetics[D]science writers’ obsession with DNA23.The process of building a cell or an organ ______.[A]generally follows fixed instructions[B]strengthens the functions of proteins[C]reorganizes the genetic recipe for life[D]won’t reflect individual characteristics24.The author’s attitude toward DNA blueprint analogy is one of ______.[A]indifference[B]acceptance[C]disapproval[D]tolerance25.It can be inferred from Paragraph 7 that ______.[A]genetic mutation is the main reason for diseases4中公考研祝你金榜题名[B]gene can determine a person’s ability level[C]nongenetic factors may affect individual traits[D]gene is an important indicator of life spanText 2This week, a strike of 46,000-odd workers from General Motors (GM) demanding better treatment, is the company’s longest since 1970. Some see it as a sign of a long-overdue rebalancing of American capitalism. Terry Dittes, an official from the United Auto Workers (UAW), said that with corporate profits and executive salaries in America at an all-time high, “there’s something bigger brewing here.”Yet if the GM strike shows anything, it is how America’s economy has transformed since the days when industrial firms and blue-collar unions called the shots. That past was at times glorious. The 1936 strike in Flint led to the unionisation of GM. The Treaty of Detroit in 1950, between the UAW and GM, offered full medical benefits to workers. But after that unions and industry started to drag each other down. The unions’ victories made carmakers less competitive. As two sociologists write in a new book, “Wrecked”,the carmakers responded to organised labour by moving away from Detroit, lest strikers turn it into a choke point. That weakened the unions’ bargaining power—but also the carmakers’ productivity by pushing them away from innovation clusters.The strike itself is mostly about health-care costs. Its workers pay just 4% of their m edical costs, a pittance by the standards of corporate America. Like other carmakers, GM is desperate for them to foot more of the bill, which is swelling as workers age and American health care grows pricier. The same rising costs mean that many workers would struggle to pay for treatments out of pocket.Across America, private-sector unions are struggling. Membership has fallen from 30% in the 1950s to just 11%. Among private firms it is less than 7%. Tech firms are non-unionised. Industrial concentration has made things worse. Workers’ threats to fl ee to a competitor are less credible when there are fewer rival employers.Some in the Democratic Party hope to revive the fortunes of the traditional union. But it seems more likely that new forces are at work in the relation between capital and labour.Employees of big firms are “self-organising” via social media, often around issues alien to union bosses of old. One group, United for Respect, has successfully badgered Walmart, America’s biggest private employer, into changing its pregnancy policies and offering more family-friendly schedules—areas that male-dominated unions ignore—as well as better pay. Another, , enables people to press their employers on issues ranging from parental leave to climate change through online petitions. Last year Google was persuaded to drop out of a lucrative tender to provide the Pentagon with artificial-intelligence software after moral objections from its coddled coders.26.GM workers’ strike this week ______.[A]is more destructive than the strikes in 1970[B]influences the return on capital investment[C]aggravates the hostility between workers and bosses[D]reflects a kind of unbalance in American capitalism27.The relationship between unions and industry after 1950 can be described as ______.[A]a lose-lose situation[B]mutual dependence[C]oppression and resistance[D]competition and cooperation28.It can be learned from Paragraph 3 tha t medical costs in America ______.[A]have been overlooked by corporations[B]are among the lowest around the world[C]will become burdensome for workers[D]are likely to continue decreasing29.Members of private-sector unions in America are ______.[A]declining sharply in numbers[B]suffering from competitive pressure[C]pouring to big tech firms[D]a drag on industrial concentration30.The author’s attitude to United for Respect is ______.[A]critical[B]appreciative[C]contemptuous[D]tolerantText 3Since the $2trn stimulus package was passed in March, America has temporarily had one of the world’s most generous unemployment-insurance (UI) systems. Some fear this comes at a steep price. With the unemployment rate still in double digits, is giving state handouts stopping people from looking for new jobs or returning to old ones?During the recession a decade ago, Robert Barro of Harvard University calculated that nearly a third of unemployment in 2010 was due to prolonged and more generous UI benefits. But if economists thought UI was generous then, they have seen nothing yet. Seven in ten of those on UI now receive benefits greater than their wages, studies suggest. One-fifth of those on benefits are receiving double what they previously made. If people can earn a decent living from the state, why bother to seek work?One reason is that for many Americans jobs are tied to health care and retirement programs. It makes no sense to turn down a job with potentially lifetime benefits to cash in a few more UI cheques. Many workers do not even have the option of doing so. Some states oblige employers to report employees who decline to return to work. Those workers’ benefits are stopped if the refusal to work is not due to health concerns.So far there is little evidence to suggest that the extra $600 a week is slowing down the labour-market recovery. If bosses were struggling to fill positions, you might expect vacancies to be high. In fact the number of job vacancies in April was the lowest since 2014, at only 4.9m openings. Homebase, a company that provides scheduling tools to businesses, tracks small hospitality and retail firms. Applicants per job doubled in early April, suggesting that laid-off workers were quick to look for something else.Another signal that employers were struggling to fill positions would be soaring wages. Workers might hold bosses hostage with the threat of settling for benefits instead. At first glance, this seems to be true. Average hourly earnings in the second quarter of 2020 increased by about 7% from a year ago, according to Goldman Sachs. However this is largely because low-paid workers have lost jobs in disproportionate numbers, dragging average wages upwards.All of this implies that the main factor behind the high unemployment rate is lack of jobs, not an unwillingness to work. Economists normally fight like cats in a bag. But an astonishing 0% of those surveyed by researchers at the University of Chicago disagreed with the idea that “employment growth is currently constrained more by firms’ lack of interest in hiring than people’s willingness to work at prevailing wages.”31.Some people fear that America’s generous UI system may lead to _______.[A]public anxiety about price[B]reluctance to seek jobs[C]a reduction in state handouts[D]worries about losing jobs32.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 shows that _______.[A]Robert Barro’s calculation about unemploy ment is wrong[B]economists have done little study on America’s UI system[C]some Americans cannot survive on the wages they are earning[D]America’s present UI is more generous than a decade ago33.Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 4?[A]UI is a flaw in America’s labour-market recovery policy.[B]The number of job vacancies is not adequate for applicants.[C]Job seekers are rushing to hospitality and retail businesses.[D]Many employees change work frequently to get a better salary.34.According to Paragraph 5, a verage hourly earnings rise mainly because _______.8[A]employers find it hard to fill positions and offer high salaries[B]workers threaten to file a lawsuit against their bosses[C]more low-paid workers have lost jobs compared with others[D]America’s stimulus package has driven average wages upwards35.What is the main limiting factor of employment growth according to economists?[A]Firms’ lack of intention to provide jobs.[B]People’s discontent at prevailing wages.[C]America’s ever-growing UI benefits.[D]Goverment’s delay in promoting employment.Text 4As cities around the world experience the effects of urbanization and increased density, how and where we provide green space to urban dwellers becomes more important. Proximity to green spaces such as parks and biking trails helps to promote physical and mental health, and should be shared equally amongst urban communities. However, like many public goods, new green space can create higher demand for housing in areas nearby, driving up living costs and displacing low-income groups that have been there for decades.This phenomenon is known as eco-gentrification, and it leads to a situation where only the relatively wealthy benefit from the designation of new urban green spaces. To explore this phenomenon further, Mallory Richards, a research assistant for mortgage backed securities and professor Katie Black of Kenyon College looked into the impact of New York’s High Line (which was converted into a green space) on residential property values. They found that homes within 0.1 miles of the High Line rose in value 35.3 percent more than homes in the range of 0.1–0.4 miles away. In other words, the home price premium associated with green space proximity decreases as distance from the High Line increases.Allocating green space without displacing the long-term, low-income residents of an area is an important consideration for policy makers as they seek to balance the positive effects of green space allocation and the negative affects of eco-gentrification. Researchers Winifred Curran and Trina Hamilton pose the “just green enough” theory, indicating quality-of-lifeimprovements generated as a result of urban greening initiatives should be enjoyed by the existing residents of a neighborhood rather than pandering to the entry of wealthier households.The obvious increase in property values resulting from the High Line confirms the unfair impact of the walkway’s introduction. This reinforces eco-gentrification models in which green space access is only affordable to the wealthy, leaving poor communities bearing the weight of environmental disamenities. For example, lack of green space reinforces the urban heat island effect, causing low income areas to experience disproportionately higher temperatures and worse air quality than their wealthier counterparts.For these reasons, cities must take a more critical and community-centered approach to greening initiatives. Too often, as was the case with the High Line, private funding and planning lends itself to private interests that do not focus on the public which the good is intended to serve. The High Line is a mark of success for real estate developers and New York’s tourism industry, but it has also contributed to rising inequity among New York’s residents. The affordability of accessible green space should be a primary issue in the future for urban planners, and the retention of an area’s existing residents must be an explicit goal of greening projects in order to avoid the pitfalls of eco-gentrification.36.It can be learned from Paragraph 1 that green space ______.[A]significantly increases cities’ density[B]is a sign for high degree of urbanization[C]squeezes funding for other public goods[D]contributes to public health improvement37.Professor Katie Black’s research is mainly about ______.[A]the pervasiveness of eco-gentrification phenomenon[B]the importance of High Line for urban transportation[C]the relationship between green space and housing prices[D]lack of access to green spaces for low income residents38.The author suggests that the “just green enough” ______.10[A]demonstrates the incapability of some policy makers[B]stresses the necessity of considering the existing residents’ interests[C]reveals the widening income gap between poor and wealthy families[D]emphasizes the urgency of quality-of-life improvements39.The word “disamenities” (Para. 4) most probably means ______.[A]improvements[B]responsibilities[C]inconveniences[D]declarations40.The author suggests that urban planning should be more focused on ______.[A]making green space affordable[B]regulating the real estate market[C]easing the hostility among residents[D]attracting more private fundingPart BDirections:Read the following text and answer the questions by choosing the most suitable subheading from the list A~G for each of the numbered paragraphs (41~45). There are two extra subheadings. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)[A]Commit to healthy habits[B]Select your mental activities strategically[C]Elevate brain health fitness with age[D]Learn from conventional wisdom[E]Change your mind about memory[F]Boost your brain performance[G]Recall important memoriesThanks to medical advances, more of us will live to be 100 and beyond, but our peak brain performance comes, at best, at about half that age. These startling statistics beg the question: Are we destined to lose our ability to think for ourselves with years left to live? Five facts below should motivate you to adopt healthy brain habits to make your brain smarter—longer.41.Conventional wisdom holds that intelligence is innate and that cognitive function undergoes unavoidable declines beginning in the mid-forties. New scientific evidence reveals that aging does not have to bring on deteriorating ability to think for yourself, and in fact, that you can get smarter with age. The key: You must remain mentally, physically and socially engaged. The majority of healthy individuals manifest potential for maintaining intellect, capacity for new learning, and consistency in decision-making throughout adulthood. Age alone does not have to hinder and impair your cognitive abilities needed to support independent living.42.Staying mentally active is one of the most protective factors against age-related cognitive decline. Recent research shows that cognitive abilities can be improved, strengthened, and rebuilt by adopting and maintaining challenging mental habits.Boost your brain performance by: Synthesizing big ideas from information no matter the source—lectures, readings, emails, conversations, movies, etc. Absorbing new information needed to update and make financial decisions. Reasoning through different choices based on incoming data and individual beliefs.43.Research reveals that all mental activities are not equally beneficial for brain health. Games such as crosswords, number puzzles, or online brain training programs may make you better at those specific games, but will not likely improve your higher-order thinking skills. These activities keep the mind busy; however they may not be aid us in achieving the gains we are seeking. To be beneficial for brain health, mental tasks should improve the cognitive skills needed to support independent life purposes such as decision-making, problem-solving, planning, and higher order reasoning.44.How much and how fast we can remember facts decreases with age. But, memory is not the definition of smart. Don’t stress too much about small memory glitches experienced from time to time unless these memory problems are impacting your daily life success. Instead, think of the hundreds of things your brain recalled for you each day. The most robust form of memory is one that knits to-be-remembered ideas together into generalized meanings by utilizing rich life experience and accumulated knowledge. Compensate for information needed to-be-remembered by recording it on a smartphone, computer or putting pen to paper.45.In addition to staying mentally engaged and socially involved, add other healthy lifestyle habits to enrich your brain’s health fitness. Make time for physically fitness: regular aerobic exercises (three times a week for 50 minutes) will improve memory function. Watch what you eat, and get a good night’s rest.Your brain is your greatest asset and natural resource. Whether you are in your 20s, 40s or 80s, you cannot ignore your brain’s health another month, another day. You are the driver of your brain’s health. Will you steer your brain to advance it forward with cognitive growth or let it slip backwards into cognitive loss? The evidence is clear. Mind your brain and take immediate action to better your brain health fitness. Without brain health, we do not have health.Part CDirections:Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written neatly on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)As the son of a clergyman, Rutger Bregman was brought up in a religious tradition that regards mankind as stubbornly prone to wickedness, yet called by the Creator to turn towards goodness. As a young, bestselling supporter of catchy ideas about history and economics, he has rejected parts of that outlook while retaining others. Mr Bregman does not believe wickedness is innate, but, on the contrary, that people are naturally inclined to good and helpful behaviour. (46) In his new book “Humankind”, he tries energetically to discredit pieces of evidence cited by others to demonstrate humanity’s badness, which range frompsychological research to dark interpretations of history.In every case, Mr Bregman insists, the true story is different. (47) Take the famous experiments in which subjects were persuaded to administer painful electric shocks to strangers, for which he argues passionately that the research was dishonestly conducted and reported. And he attacks one explanation for an anthropological mystery—the near-deserted state of Easter Island in the Pacific. The theory he denounces is that there was a catastrophic war between two resident groups. (48) For eco-pessimists, Easter Island foreshadows the destiny of the Earth that as its population grows and resources decrease, humans may hurt each other for limited survival chances. But Mr Bregman thinks the premise is wrong. There never was a big war on the island. He cannot deny that people sometimes commit unspeakably evil acts. He also considers why Nazi troops went on fighting firmly when their cause seemed doomed. (49) Like most soldiers, he concludes, they persevered not out of ideological belief, nor even fear of their commanders, but from loyalty and love for each other. Perhaps so, in many cases; but one of the weaknesses of his book is that it fails to deal frankly with the painful moral tests posed by 20th-century totalitarianism—tests that many people failed.(50)At times, readers of “Humankind” will sense Mr Bregman struggling with his heritage, stamping on pessimistic aspects but affirming positive bits in a tone some will find unrealistic. When he writes about the dawn of human history, he correctly asserts that agriculture and fixed settlements transformed warfare. But his confidence that before those changes hunter-gatherers were getting along fine, and loved meeting strangers, sounds naive. Mr Bregman is too sure of a lost—but real—Eden in which people lived co-operatively before the sudden rise of factors that distorted human goodness. But 21st-century readers are short on prophets, especially the optimistic kind, and will give this one a cheerful hearing.Section III WritingPart A51.Directions:Suppose your cousin Jack has just been admitted to your university. Write him a letter to1)recommend a club in your university, and2)give reasons for your recommendation.You should write about 100 words on the ANSWER SHEET.Do not use your own name. Use “Li Ming” instead. (10 points)Part B52.Directions:Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the pictures below. In your essay, you should1)describe the pictures briefly,2)interpret the implied meaning, and3)give your comments.Write your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. (20 points)2021年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语（一）模拟试题A参考答案及详解Section I Use of English1.答案：【B】sake【解析】固定搭配题。