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2015考研英语（二）试题Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text。

Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and markA，B，C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1(10 points)In our contemporary culture，the prospect of communicating with-or even looking at—a stranger is virtually unbearable Everyone around us seems to agree by the way they fiddle with their phones，even withouta 1 undergroundIt’s a sad reality—our desire to avoid interacting with other human beings—because there’s 2 to be gained from talking to the strange r standing by you. But you wouldn’t know it， 3 into your phone. This universal armor sends the 4 ：“Please don’t approach me.”What is it that makes us feel we need to hide 5 our screens?One answer is fear, according to Jon Wortmann, executive mental coach We fear rejection，or that our innocent social advances willbe 6 as“creep,”We fear we’II be 7 We fear we’II bedisruptive Strangers are inherently 8 to us，so we are more likely to feel 9 when communicating with them compared with our friends and acquaintances To avoid this anxiety, we 10 to our phones.“Phones become our security blanket，“Wortmann says.”They are our happyglasses that protect us from what we perceive is going to bemore 11 .”But once we rip off the bandaid，tuck our smartphones in our pockets and look up，it doesn’t 12 so bad. In one 2011 experiment，behavioral scientists Nicholas Epley and Juliana Schroeder asked commuters to do the unthinkable: Start a 13 . They had Chicago train commuters talk to their fellow 14 . "When Dr.Epley and Ms. Schroeder asked other people in the same train station to 15 how they would feel after talking to a stranger, the commuters thoughttheir 16 would be more pleasant if they sat on their own," the New York Times summarizes. Though the participants didn't expect a positive experience, after they 17 withthe experiment, "not a single person reported having been snubbed.”18 , these commutes were reportedly more enjoyable compared with those sans communication, which makes absolute sense, 19 human beings thrive off of social connections. It's that 20 : Talking to strangers can make you feel connected.1. [A] ticket [B] permit [C]signall [D] record2. [A] nothing [B]link [C]another [D] much3. [A] beaten [B]guided [C]plugged [D] brought4. [A] message [B] cede [C]notice [D] sign5. [A] under [B] beyond [C] behind [D] from6. [A] misinterprete [B] misapplied [C]misadjusted [D] mismatched7. [A] fired [B] judged [C]replaced [D] delayed8. [A] unreasonable [B] ungreatful [C] unconventional [D] unfamiliar9. [A] comfortable [B] anxious [C]confident [D] angry10. [A] attend [B] point [C] take [D] turn11. [A] dangerous [B] mysterious [C] violent [D] boring12. [A] hurt [B] resis [C] bend [D] decay13. [A] lecture [B] conversation [C]debate [D] negotiation14. [A] trainees [B] employees [C]researchers [D] passengers15. [A] reveal [B] choose [C]predictl [D] design16. [A] voyage [B] flight [C] walk [D] ride17. [A] went through [B] did away [C] caughtup [D] put up18. [A] In turn [B] In particular [C]Infact [D] In consequence19. [A] unless [B] since [C] if [D] whereas20. [A] funny [B] simple [C] Iogical [D] rareS ection Ⅱ Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Text 1A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys. People art actually more stressed at home than at work. Researchers measured people’s cortntlol. Which is it at stress marker. While they were a t work and while they were at home and found it higher at what is supposed to be a place of refuge.“Further contradicting conventional wisdom, we found that women as well as men have lower levels of stress at work than at home,” writes one of the researchers. Sarah Damaske, In fact women say they feelbetter at work. She notes. “it is men not women. Who report being bappicr at home than at work,” Another surprise is that the findings hold true for both those with childrcn and without, but more so fornonparents. This is why pcoplc who work outside the home have better health.What the study doesn’t measure is whether people are still doing work when they’ re at home, whether it is household work or work brought home from the office. For many men, the end of the workday is a time to kick back. For women who stay home, they never get to leave the office. And for women who work outside the home, they often are playing catch-up-with-household tasks. With the blurring of roles, and the fact that the home front lags well behind the workplace in making adjustments for working women, it’ s not surprising that women are more stressed at home.But it’s not just a gender thing. At work, people pretty much know what they’re supposed to be doing: working, making money, doing the tasks they have to do in order to draw an income. The bargain is very pure: Employee puts in hours of physical or mental labor and employee draws out life-sustaining moola.On the home front, however, people have no such clarity. Rare is the household in which the division of labor is so clinically and methodically laid out. There are a lot of tasks to be done, there are inadequate rewards for most of them. Your home colleagues-your family-have no clear rewards for their labor; they need to be talked into it, or if they’ re teenagers, threatened with complete removal of all electronic devices. Plus, they’ re your family. You cannot fire your family. You never really get to go home from home.So it’s not surprising that people are more stressed at home. Not only are the tasks apparently infinite, the co-workers are much harderto motivate.21.According to Pa ragraph 1，most previous su rveys found that home___________[A]was an un realistic place for relaxation[B]generated more stress than the workplace[C]was an ideal place for stress measurement[D]offered greater relaxation than the workplace22.According to Damaske， who are likely to be the happiest at home?[A]Working mothers[B]Childless husbands[C] Childless wives[D]Working fathers23 The blurring of working women's roles refers to the factthay___________[A]they are both bread winners and housewives[B]their home is also a place for kicking back[C]there is often much housework left behind[D]it is difficult for them to leave their office24.The word“moola”(Line 4，Para 4)most probably means___________[A]energy[B]skills[C]earnings[D]nutrition25.The home front differs from the workplace in that_____________[A]home is hardly a cozier working environment[B]division of labor at home is seldom clear-cut[C]household tasks are generally more motivating[D]family labor is often adequately rewardedText 2For years, studies have found that first-generation college students-those who do not have a parent with a college degree-lag other students on a range of education achievement factors. Their grades are lower and their dropout rates are higher. But since such students are most likely to advance economically if they succeed in higher education, colleges and universities have pushed for decades to recruit more ofthem. This has created “a paradox” in that recruiting first-generation students, but then watching many of them fail, means that higher education has “continued to reproduce and widen, rather than close” achievement gap based on social class, according to the depressing beginning of a paper forthcoming in the journal Psychological Sciense.But the article is actually quite optimistic, as it outlines a potential solution to this problem, suggesting that an approach(which involves a one-hour, next-to-no-cost program) can close 63 percent of the achievement gap(measured by such factors as grades)between first-generation and other students.The authors of the paper are from different universities, and their findins are based on a study involving 147 students(who completed the project)at an unnamed private unive rsity．First generation was defined as not having a parent with a fou r-year college degree Most of thefirst-generation students(59.1 percent) were recipients of Pell Grants，a federal g rant for undergraduates with financial need，while this was true only for 8.6 percent of the students wit at least one parent with a four-year degreeTheir thesis-that a relatively modest inte rvention could have abig impact-was based on the view that first-gene ration students may be most lacking not in potential but in practical knowledge about how to deal with the issues that face most college students They cite past resea rch by several authors to show that this is the gap that must be na rrowed to close the achievement gap.Many first-gene ration students”struggle to navigate the middle-class culture of higher education，learn the‘rules of the game，’andtake advantage of college resou rces,” they write And this becomes more of a problem when collages don’t talk about the class advantage and disadvantages of different groups of students Because US colleges and universities seldom acknowledge how social class can affect students’ educational expe rience，many first-gene ration students lack sight about why they a re struggling and do not unde rstand how students’like them can improve。

2015年考研英语二真题及答案解析

2015年考研英语二真题及答案解析考研英语二是许多考生的痛点之一，因此在备考过程中，熟悉历年真题并进行答案解析是非常重要的。

以下将对2015年考研英语二真题进行详细解析，以帮助考生更好地备考。

第一部分：阅读理解本部分共有三篇短文，每篇短文后有五个问题。

请根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

Passage 1题目一：According to the passage, how does Angela Markel stand out among other European leaders?A. She is known for her fashion sense.B. She is the least known European leader.C. She holds a position of political power.D. She is the only female European leader.解析：根据文章第一段的"She has been leader of Germany since 2005..."可知，安格拉·默克尔在文章中被描述为德国的领导人，说明她在欧洲的其他领导人中拥有政治地位。

所以选项C“她拥有政治地位”是正确答案。

题目二：According to the passage, what is one reason Angela Merkel is often underestimated?A. She lacks experience in politics.B. She is not as charismatic as other leaders.C. She is from a less powerful country.D. She emphasizes substance over style.解析：根据文章第三段的“Her popularity remains high, despite a reputation for not being a charismatic leader”可知，虽然安格拉·默克尔在领导风格上不如其他领导人那样有魅力，但她的知名度依然很高。

2015年考研《英语二》完整真题及参考答案详解

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2015年考研英语阅读真题答案及解析(英一英二) (1)

2015年考研英语阅读真题答案及解析苏州新东方张雷每年英语考试结束后，总会有很多考生“哀声载道”：今年的题好难啊！比去年难多了！但我觉得这可能都是幻觉吧！拿今年的阅读题来说，确实很难，但是不是最难的，难度总体还是和往年持平的。

接下来我们就来分别分析下仔细阅读（四选一题）和新题型一、仔细阅读我们很多同学拿到第一篇文章就懵了，第一段讲什么完全看不懂，里面有很多生词看不懂。

我在课上反复强调过，读文章切记不要心急，在考场那样高度压抑和紧张的气氛下，越是心急越是看不懂，一定要沉下来细心分析。

第一段看不懂，再看一篇，因为第一段一般都是中心主旨段，看懂第一段至关重要。

但如果还看不懂就继续往下读，总有能看懂的段落。

而且，并不是说文章读不懂就一题都做不出来的，或者说读懂一部分文章也能做对一部分题，如果能保证这部分题的准确率，我相信每篇做对3个问题不大。

1.在做题的时候我们严格遵守顺序原则：除了主旨题（一般是最后一题）之外，文章的出题顺序和段落顺序保持一致。

考研出题方式一题对应一段（多段落推断题除外），也就是说一题的四个选项均来自于这段几句话，正确选项也来自于这段的某句话或者某几句话，当然对于单段落推断题而言，正确选项很有可能是这段的中心主旨。

所以，定位准确是做对考研阅读题的一个前提！2.另外，考生也应掌握一些做题技巧，这些做题技巧可以帮助我们提分或者提高准确率。

这些技巧就是：1. 选抽象，也就是要排除含有大写字母的(the Castle, thePalace…) ，人名地名机构名( California, FTC、CIA…)，数字（2008, 20%...），专有名词/专业名词( Worldcup, Sat，REM, prefrontal cortex…)的选项。

2. 选BUT转折后，如果转折后看不懂，就选But 转折后的原词 3. 选主旨（文章反复出现的词语）详情看参考我写的“大数据告诉你考研英语阅读选什么”那篇文章3.考生应具备识别错误选项特点的能力1.含有比较级或最高级选项，极有可能是错误的2.跨段选项极有可能是错误的3.含有具体名词的：大写字母的 (the Castle, the Palace…) ；人名地名机构名( California, FTC、CIA…)；数字（2008, 20%...）；专有名词/专业名词( Worldcup, Sat，REM, prefrontal cortex…) 极有可能是错误的。

详解2015英语二真题阅读Text4

详解2015英语二真题阅读Text42015考研英语已经落下帷幕，今年英二考题的传统阅读部分在选项设计方面难度增加。

下面笔者就阅读第四篇进行深度解析。

第二篇阅读选自2014年7月7日在theHuffington Post发表的名为“The Good News About Obamacare in the June Jobs Report”的文章，就题材来说属于社会生活类，主要内容是描述了奥巴马的医保政策促进了美国的就业及其原因。

文章后五道考题中四道细节题，一道主旨题，其难度与往年第四篇相比趋于稳定。

首先36题是一道细节题。

该题考察了考生对文章第二段前两句的细节理解。

该题主要可采用我们钻石卡VIP课程中经常讲到的细节定位法。

根据题干关键词“job pictures, neglected”可以回文定位到第二段第一句话“the jobs picture ...was largely overlooked”，其中neglected是overlooked的同义替换。

并且此句有明显的命题点“however”。

第二句具体指出被忽略的部分是“there was a big jump in the number of people who report voluntarily working part-time.”，即有大量的人自愿从事兼职工作。

故正确答案为B。

其中increase是原文jump的同义替换，voluntary part-time jobs是voluntarily working part-time的同义转述。

阅读中的这种同义替换也是我们课程中屡次强调的考点。

A选项（蒸蒸日上的用工市场的前景）和D选项（加速创造就业机会）均是对第一段就业形势好的一种描述，并没有说这种现象被忽视。

故排除。

而C选项（全民就业的可能性），文中第一段只是客观描述了我们依然有很长的路才能达到全民就业，而并不是说这种问题被忽略，故C选项排除。

2015年考研英语二真题及答案精选全文完整版

精选全文完整版2015年考研英语二真题及答案Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) In our contemporary culture, the prospect of communicating with -- or even looking at — a stranger is virtually unbearable. Everyone around us seems to agree by the way they fiddle with their phones, even without a 1 underground.It's a sad reality — our desire to avoid interacting with other human beings —because there's 2 to be gained from talking to the stranger standing by you. But you wouldn't know it, 3 into your phone. This universal armor sends the 4 : "Please don't approach me."What is it that makes us feel we need to hide 5 our screens?One answer is fear, according to Jon Wortmann, executive mental coach. We fear rejection, or that our innocent social advances will be 6 as "creepy,” We fear we'll be 7 . We fear we'll be disruptive. Strangers are inherently 8 to us, so we are more likely to feel 9 when communicating with them compared with our friends and acquaintances. To avoid this anxiety, we 10 to our phones. "Phones become our security blanket," Wortmann says. "They are our happy glasses that protect us from what we perceive is going to be more 11 .”But once we rip off the Band-Aid, tuck our smartphones in our pockets and look up, it doesn't 12 so bad. In one 2011 experiment, behavioral scientists Nicholas Epley and Juliana Schroeder asked commuters to do the unthinkable: Start a 13 . They had Chicago train commuters talk to their fellow 14 . "When Dr. Epley and Ms. Schroeder asked other people in the same train station to 15 how they would feel after talking to a stranger, the commuters thought their 16 would be more pleasant if they sat on their own," the New York Times summarizes. Though the participants didn't expect a positive experience, after they 17 with the experiment, "not a single person reported having been snubbed."18 , these commutes were reportedly more enjoyable compared with those sans communication, which makes absolute sense, 19 human beings thrive off of social connections. It's that 20 : Talking to strangers can make you feel connected.1. [A] ticket [B] permit [C] signal [D] record2. [A] nothing [B] link [C] another [D] much3. [A] beaten [B] guided [C] plugged [D] brought4. [A] message [B] cede [C] notice [D] sign5. [A] under [B] beyond [C] behind [D] from6. [A] misinterpret [B] misapplied [C] misadjusted [D] mismatched7. [A] fired [B] judged [C] replaced [D] delayed8. [A] unreasonable [B] ungrateful [C] unconventional [D] unfamiliar9. [A] comfortable [B] anxious [C] confident [D] angry10. [A] attend [B] point [C] take [D] turn11. [A] dangerous [B] mysterious [C] violent [D] boring12. [A] hurt [B] resist [C] bend [D] decay13. [A] lecture [B] conversation [C] debate [D] negotiation14. [A] trainees [B] employees [C] researchers [D] passengers15. [A] reveal [B] choose [C] predict [D] design16. [A] voyage [B] flight [C] walk [D] ride17. [A] went through [B] did away [C] caught up [D] put up18. [A] In turn [B] In particular [C] In fact [D] In consequence19. [A] unless [B] since [C] if [D] whereas20. [A] funny [B] simple [C] logical [D] rareSection 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. (40points)Text 1A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys, people are actually more stressed at home than at work. Researchers measured people’s cortisol, which is a stress marker, while they were at work and while they were at home and found it higher at what is supposed to be a place of refuge.“Further contradicting conventional wisdom, we found that women as well as men have lower leve ls of stress at work than at home, ”writes one of the researchers, Sarah Damske. In fact women even say they feel better at work, she notes.“ It is men, not women, who report being happier at home than at work. ”Another surprise is that findings hold true for both those with children and without, but more so for nonparents. This is why people who work outside the home have better health.What the study doesn’t measure is whether people are still doing work when they’re at home, whether it is household work or work brought home from the office. For many men, the end of the workday is a time to kick back. For women who stay home, they never get to leave the office. And for women who work outside the home, they often are playing catch-up-with-household tasks. With the blurring of roles, and the fact that the home front lags well behind the workplace a making adjustments for working women, it’s not surprising that women are more stressed at home.But it’s not just a gender thing. At work, people pretty much know what they’re supposed to be doing: working, marking money, doing the tasks they have to do in order to draw an income. The bargain is very pure: Employee puts in hours of physical or mental labor and employee draws out life-sustaining moola.On the home front, however, people have no such clarity. Rare is the household in which the division of labor is so clinically and methodically laid out. There are a lot of tasks to be done, there are inadequate rewards for most of them. Your home colleagues-your family-have no clear rewards for their labor; they need to be talked into it, or if they’re teenagers, threatened with complete removal of all electronic devices. Plus, they’re your family. You cannot fire your family. You never really get to go home from home.So it’s not surprising that people are more stressed at home. Not only are the tasks apparently infinite, the co-workers are much harder to motivate.21.According to Paragraph 1, most previous surveys found that home_____[A] offered greater relaxation than the workplace[B] was an ideal place for stress measurement[C] generated more stress than the workplace[D] was an unrealistic place for relaxation22. According to Damaske, who are likely to be the happiest at home?[A] Childless wives[B] Working mothers[C] Childless husbands[D] Working fathers23.The blurring of working women's roles refers to the fact that_____[A] it is difficult for them to leave their office[B] their home is also a place for kicking back[C] there is often much housework left behind[D] they are both bread winners and housewives24.The word“moola”(Line4,Para4)most probably means_____[A] skills[B] energy[C] earnings[D] nutrition25.The home front differs from the workplace in that_____[A] division of labor at home is seldom clear-cut[B] home is hardly a cozier working environment[C] household tasks are generally more motivating[D] family labor is often adequately rewardedText 2For years, studies have found that first-generation college students- those who do not have a parent with a college degree- lag other students on a range of education achievement factors. Their grades are lower and their dropout rates are higher. But since such students are most likely to advance economically if they succeed in higher education, colleges and universities have pushed for decades to recruit more of them. This has created “a paradox” in that recruiting first- generation students, but then watching many o f them fail, means that higher education has “continued to reproduce and widen, rather than close” ab achievement gap based on social class, according to the depressing beginning of a paper forthcoming in the journal Psychological Science.But the article is actually quite optimistic, as it outlines a potential solution to this problem, suggesting that an approach (which involves a one-hour, next-to-no-cost program) can close 63 percent of the achievement gap (measured by such factors as grades) between first-generation and other students.The authors of the paper are from different universities, and their findings are based on a study involving 147 students ( who completed the project) at an unnamed private university. First generation was defined as not having a parent with a four-year college degree. Most of the first-generation students(59.1 percent) were recipients of Pell Grants, a federal grant for undergraduates with financial need, while this was true only for 8.6 percent of the students wit at least one parent with a four-year degree.Their thesis- that a relatively modest intervention could have a big impact- was based on the view that first-generation students may be most lacking not in potential but in practical knowledge about how to deal with the issues that face most college students. They cite past research by several authors to show that this is the gap that must be narrowed to close the achievement gap.Many first- generation students “struggle to navigate the middle-class culture of higher e ducation, learn the ‘rules of the game,’ and take advantage of college resources,” they write. And this becomes more of a problem when collages don’t talk about the class advantage and disadvantages of different groups of students. Because US colleges and universities seldom acknowledge how social class can affect students ’educational experience, many first-generation students lack sight about why they are struggling and do not understand how students’ like them can improve.26. Recruiting more first- generation students has_______[A] reduced their dropout rates[B] narrowed the achievement gap[C] missed its original purpose[D] depressed college students27. The author of the research article are optimistic because_______[A] the problem is solvable[B] their approach is costless[C] the recruiting rate has increased[D] their finding appeal to students28. The study suggests that most first- generation students______[A] study at private universities[B] are from single-parent families[C] are in need of financial support[D] have failed their collage29. The author of the paper believe that first-generation students_______[A] are actually indifferent to the achievement gap[B] can have a potential influence on other students[C] may lack opportunities to apply for research projects[D] are inexperienced in handling their issues at college30. We may infer from the last paragraph that_______[A] universities often reject the culture of the middle-class[B] students are usually to blame for their lack of resources[C] social class greatly helps enrich educational experiences[D]colleges are partly responsible for the problem in questionText 3Even in traditional offices, “the lingu a franca of corporate America has gotten much more emotional and much more right-brained than it was 20 years ago,” said Harvard Business School professor Nancy Koehn. She started spinning off examples. “If you and I parachuted back to Fortune 500 companie s in 1990, we would see much less frequent use of terms like journey, mission, passion. There were goals, there were strategies, there were objectives, but we didn’t talk about energy; we didn’t talk about passion.”Koehn pointed out that this new era of corporate vocabulary is very “team”-oriented—and not by coincidence.“Let’s not forget sports—in male-dominated corporate America, it’s still a big deal. It’s not explicitly conscious; it’s the idea that I’m a coach, and you’re my team, and we’re in this tog ether. There are lots and lots of CEOs in very different companies, but most think of themselves as coaches and this is their team and they want to win.”These terms are also intended to infuse work with meaning—and, as Khurana points out, increase allegia nce to the firm. “You have the importation of terminology that historically used to be associated with non-profit organizations and religious organizations: Terms like vision, values, passion, and purpose,” said Khurana.This new focus on personal fulfillment can help keep employees motivated amid increasingly loud debates over work-life balance. The “mommy wars” of the 1990s are still going on today, prompting arguments about why women still can’t have it all and books like Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In, whose title has become a buzzword in its own right. Terms like unplug, offline, life-hack, bandwidth, and capacity are all about setting boundaries between the office and the home. But if your work is your “passion,” you’ll be more likely to devote yourself to it, even if that means going home for dinner and then working long after the kids are in bed.But this seems to be the irony of office speak: Everyone makes fun of it, but managers love it, companies depend on it, and regular people willingly absorb it. As Nunberg said, “You can get people to think it’s nonsense at the same time that you buy into it.” In a workplace that’s fundamentally indifferent to your life and its meaning, office speak can help you figure out how you relate to your work—and how your work defines who you are.31. According to Nancy Koehn, office language has become_____[A] more emotional[B] more objective[C] less energetic[D] less strategic32. “Team”-oriented corporate vocabulary is closely related to_______[A] historical incidents[B] gender difference[C] sports culture[D] athletic executives33. Khurana believes that the importation of terminology aims to______[A] revive historical terms[B] promote company image[C] foster corporate cooperation[D] strengthen employee loyalty34. It can be inferred that Lean In________[A] voices for working women[B] appeals to passionate workaholics[C] triggers debates among mommies[D] praises motivated employees35. Which of the following statements is true about office speak?[A] Managers admire it but avoid it[B] Linguists believe it to be nonsense[C] Companies find it to be fundamental[D] Regular people mock it but accept itText 4Many people talked of the 288,000 new jobs the Labor Department reported for June, along with the drop in the unemployment rate to 6.1 percent, as good news. And they were right. For now it appears the economy is creating jobs at a decent pace. We still have a long way to go to get back to full employment, but at least we are now finally moving forward at a faster pace.However, there is another important part of the jobs picture that was largely overlooked. There was a big jump in the number of people who repot voluntarily working part-time. This figure is now 830,000(4.4 percent) above its year ago level.Before explaining the connection to the Obamacare, it is worth making an important distinction. Many people who work part-time jobs actually want full-time jobs. They take part-time work because this is all they can get. An increase in involuntary part-time work is evidence of weakness in the labor market and it means that many people will be having a very hard time making ends meet.There was an increase in involuntary part-time in June, but the general direction has been down. Involuntary part-time employment is still far higher than before the recession,but it is down by 640,000(7.9percent)from is year ago level.We know the difference between voluntary and involuntary part-time employment because people tell us. The survey used by the Labor Department asks people is they worked less than 35 hours in the reference week. If the answer is“yes”, they are classified as worked less than 35hours in that week because they wanted to work less than full time or because they had no choice .They are only classified as voluntary part-time workers if they tell the survey taker they chose to work less than 35 hours a week.The issue of voluntary part-time relates to Obamacare because one of the main purposes was to allow people to get insurance outside of employment. For manypeople ,especially those with serious health conditions or family members with serious health conditions ,before Obamacare the only way to get insurance was through a job that provided health insurance.However, Obamacare has allowed more than 12 million people to either get insurance through Medicaid or the exchanges. These are people who may previously have felt the need to get a full-time job that provided insurance in order to cover themselves and their families. With Obamacare there is no longer a link between employment and insurance.36. Which part of the jobs picture are neglected?[A] The prospect of a thriving job market.[B] The increase of voluntary part-time market.[C] The possibility of full employment.[D] The acceleration of job creation.37. Many people work part-time because they_____.[A] prefer part-time jobs to full-time jobs.[B] feel that is enough to make ends meet.[C] cannot get their hands on full-time jobs.[D] haven’t seen the weakness of the market.38. Involuntary part-time employment is the US_____.[A] is harder to acquire than one year ago.[B] shows a general tendency of decline.[C] satisfies the real need of the jobless.[D] is lower than before the recession.39. It can be learned that with Obamacare,_____.[A] it is no longer easy for part-timers to get insurance[B] employment is no longer a precondition to get insurance[C] it is still challenging to get insurance for family members[D] full-time employment is still essential for insurance40. The text mainly discusses_______.[A] employment in the US[B] part-timer classification[C] insurance though Medicaid[D] Obamacare’s troublePart BDirections: In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list [A]-[G] tofit into each of the numbered blank. There are two extra choices, whichdo not fit in any of the gaps. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET.[A] You are not alone[B] Don’t fear responsibility for your life[C] Pave your own unique path[D] Most of your fears are unreal[E] Think about the present moment[F] Experience helps you grow[G] There are many things to be grateful forUnfortunately, life is not a bed of roses. We are going through life facing sad experiences. Moreover, we are grieving various kinds of loss: a friendship, a romantic relationship or a house. Hard times may hold you down at what usually seems like the most inopportune time, but you should remember that they won’t last forever.When our time of mourning is over, we press forward, stronger with a greater understanding and respect for life. Furthermore, these losses make us mature and eventually move us toward future opportunities for growth and happiness. I want to share these ten old truths I’ve learned along the way.41._____________________________Fear is both useful and harmful. This normal human reaction is used to protect us by signaling danger and preparing us to deal with it. Unfortunately, people create inner barriers with a help of exaggerating fears. My favorite actor Will Smith once said, “Fear is not real. It i s a product of thoughts you create. Do not misunderstand me. Danger is very real. But fear is a choice.” I do completely agree that fears are just the product of our luxuriant imagination.42_____________________________If you are surrounded by problems and cannot stop thinking about the past, try to focus on the present moment. Many of us are weighed down by the past or anxious about the future. You may feel guilt over your past, but you are poisoning the present with the things and circumstances you cannot change. Value the present moment and remember how fortunate you are to be alive. Enjoy the beauty of the world around and keep the eyes open to see the possibilities before you. Happiness is not a point of future and not a moment from the past, but a mindset that can be designed into the present.43______________________________Sometimes it is easy to feel bad because you are going through tough times. You can be easily caught up by life problems that you forget to pause and appreciate the things you have. Only strong people prefer to smile and value their life instead of crying and complaining about something.44________________________________No matter how isolated you might feel and how serious the situation is, you should always remember that you are not alone. Try to keep in mind that almost everyone respects and wants to help you if you are trying to make a good change in your life, especially your dearest and nearest people. You may have a circle of friends who provide constant good humor, help and companionship. If you have no friends or relatives, try to participate in several online communities, full of people who are always willing to share advice and encouragement.45________________________________Today many people find it difficult to trust their own opinion and seek balance by gaining objectivity from external sources. This way you devalue your opinion and show that you are incapable of managing your own life. When you are struggling toachieve something important you should believe in yourself and be sure that your decision is the best. You live in your skin, think your own thoughts, have your own values and make your own choices.Section III TranslationDirections: Translate the following text from English into Chinese. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET 2. (15 points)Think about driving a route that’s very familiar. It could be your commute to work, a trip into town or the way home. Whichever it is, you know every twist and turn like the back of your hand. On these sorts of trips it’s easy to zone out from the actual driving and pay little attention to the passing scenery. The consequence is that you perceive that the trip has taken less time than it actually has.This is the well-travelled road effect: people tend to underestimate the time it takes to travel a familiar route.The effect is caused by the way we allocate our attention. When we travel down a well-known route, because we don’t have to concentrate much, time seems to flow more quickly. And afterwards, when we come to think back on it, we can’t remember the journey well because we didn’t pay much attention to it. So we assume it was shorter.Section IV WritingPart ADirections: Suppose your university is going to host a summer camp for high school students. Write a notice to1) briefly introduce the camp activities, and2) call for volunteers.You should write about 100 words on the ANSWER SHEET.Do not use your name or the name of your university.Do not write your address. (10 points)Part BDirections: Write an essay based on the following chart. In your writing, you should1) interpret the chart, and2) give your comments.You should write about 150 words on the ANSWER SHEET. (15 points)【参考答案】【1-5】CDCAC 【6-10】ABDBD 【11-15】AABDC 【16-20】DADBB【21-25】ACDCCA 【26-30】CACDD 【31-35】ACDAC 【36-40】BCBBA【41-45】DEGAC【翻译参考译文】想想在一条你非常熟悉的路线上开车是什么感觉。

2015年考研英语二真题答案(完整版)

2015年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试(英语二)试题Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A，B，C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)In our contemporary culture, the prospect of communicating with—or even looking at—a stranger is virtually unbearable. Everyone around us seems to agree by the way they fiddle with their phones, even without a 1 on a subway.It’s a sad reality—our desire to avoid interacting with other human beings—because there’s 2 to be gained from talking to the stranger standing by you. But you wouldn’t know it，3 into your phone. This universal protection sends the 4 : “Please don’t approach me.”What is it that makes us feel we need to hide 5 our screens?One answer is fear, according to Jon Wortmann, executive mental coach. We fear rejection，or that our innocent social advances will be 6 as “weird.” We fear we’ll be 7 .We fear we’ll be disruptive.Strangers are inherently 8 to us，so we are more likely to feel 9 when communicating with them compared with our friends and acquaintances. To avoid this uneasiness, we 10 to our phones. “Phones become our security blanket,” Wortmann says. “They are our happy glasses that protect us from what we perceive is going to be more 11 .”But once we rip off the bandaid，tuck our smartphones in our pockets and look up，it doesn’t 12 so bad. In one 2011 experiment，behavioral scientists Nicholas Epley and Juliana Schroeder asked commuters to do the unthinkable: Start a 13 . They had Chicago train commuters talk to their fellow 14 . “When Dr. Epley and Ms. Schroeder asked other people in the same train station to 15 how they would feel after talking to a stranger, the commuters thought their 16 would be more pleasant if they sat on their own,” The New York Times summarizes. Though the participants didn’t expect a positive experience, after they 17 with the experiment, “not a single person reported having been embarrassed.”18 , these commutes were reportedly more enjoyable compared with those without communication, which makes absolute sense, 19 human beings thrive off of social connections. It’s that 20 : Talking to strangers can make you feel connected.1. A. ticket B. permit C.signal D. record2. A. nothing B. little C.another D. much3. A. beaten B. guided C.plugged D. brought4. A. message B. code C.notice D. sign5. A. under B. beyond C. behind D. from6. A. misinterpreted B. misapplied C. misadjusted D. mismatched7. A. fired B. judged C. replaced D. delayed8. A. unreasonable B. ungrateful C. unconventional D. unfamiliar9. A. comfortable B. anxious C. confident D. angry10. A. attend B. point C. take D. turn11. A. dangerous B. mysterious C. violent D. boring12. A. hurt B. resist C. bend D. decay13. A. lecture B. conversation C. debate D. negotiation14. A. trainees B. employees C. researchers D. passengers15. A. reveal B. choose C. predict D. design16. A. voyage B. flight C. walk D. ride17. A. went through B. did away C. caught up D. put up18. A. In turn B. In particular C.In fact D. In consequence19. A. unless B. since C. if D. whereas20. A. funny B. simple C. logical D. rareSection ⅡReading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by chosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys, people are actually more stressed at home than at work. Researchers measured people’s cortisol, which is a stress marker, while they were at work and while they were at home and found it higher at what is supposed to be a place of refuge.“Further contradicting co nventional wisdom, we found that women as well as men have lower levels of stress at work than at home,” writes one of the researchers, Sarah Damaske. In fact women say they feel better at work. She notes. “It is men, not women, who report being happier at home than at work.” Another surprise is that the findings hold true for both those with children and without, but more so for nonparents. This is why people who work outside the home have better health.What the study doesn’t measure is whether people are still doing work when they’ re at home, whether it is household work or work brought home from the office. For many men, the end of the workday is a time to kick back. For women who stay home, they never get toleave the office. And for women who work outside the home, they often are playing catch-up-with-household tasks. With the blurring of roles, and the fact that the home front lags well behind the workplace in making adjustments for working women, it’s not surprising that women are more stressed at home.But it’s not just a gender thing. At work, people pretty much know what they’re supposed to be doing: working, making money, doing the tasks they have to do in order to draw an income. The bargain is very pure. Employee puts in hours of physical or mental labor and employee draws out life-sustaining moola.On the home front, however, people have no such clarity. Rare is the household in which the division of labor is so clinically and methodically laid out. There are a lot of tasks to be done, there are inadequate rewards for most of them. Your home colleagues—your family—have no clear rewards for their labor; they need to be talked into it, or if they’re teenagers, threatened with complete removal of all electronic devices. Plus, they’re your family. You cannot fire your family. You never really get to go home from home.So it’s not surprising that people are more stressed at home. Not only are the tasks apparently infinite, the co-workers are much harder to motivate.21. According to Paragraph 1, most previous surveys found that home____.A. was an unrealistic place for relaxationB. generated more stress than the workplaceC. was an ideal place for stress measurementD.offered greater relaxation than the workplace22. According to Damaske, who are likely to be the happiest at home?A. Working mothers.B. Childless husbands.C. Childless wives.D. Working fathers.23. The blurring of working women’s roles refers to the fact that____.A. they are both bread winners and housewivesB. their home is also a place for kicking backC. there is often much housework left behindD. it is difficult for them to leave their office24. The word “moola” (Line 4, Para 4) most probably means____.A. energyB. skillsC. earningsD. nutrition25. The home front differs from the workplace in that____.A. home is hardly a cozier working environmentB. division of labor at home is seldom clear-cutC. household tasks are generally more motivatingD. family labor is often adequately rewardedText 2For years, studies have found that first-generation college students—those who do not have a parent with a college degree—lag other students on a range of education achievement factors. Their grades are lower and their dropout rates are higher. But since such students are most likely to advance economically if they succeed in higher education, colleges and universities have pushed for decades to recruit more of them. This has created “a paradox” in that recruiting first-generation students, but then watching many of them fail, means that higher education has “continued to reproduce and widen, rather than close” an achievement gap based on social class, according to the depressing beginning of a paper forthcoming in the journal Psychological Science.But the article is actually quite optimistic, as it outlines a potential solution to this problem, suggesting that an approach (which involves a one-hour, next-to-no-cost program) can close 63 percent of the achievement gap (measured by such factors as grades) between first-generation and other students.The authors of the paper are from different universities, and their findings are based on a study involving 147 students (who completed the project) at an unnamed private university. First generation was defined as not having a parent with a four-year college degree. Most of the first-generation students (59.1 percent) were recipients of Pell Grants, a federal grant for undergraduates with financial need, while this was true only for 8.6 percent of the students with at least one parent with a four-year degree.Their thesis—that a relatively modest intervention could have a big impact—was based on the view that first-generation students may be most lacking not in potential but in practical knowledge about how to deal with the issues that face most college students. They cite past research by several authors to show that this is the gap that must be narrowed to close the achievement gap.Many first-generation students “struggle to navigate the middle-class culture of higher education，learn the ‘rules of the game,’ and take advantage of college resources,” they write. And this becomes more of a problem when colleges don’t talk about the class advantage and disadvantages of different groups of students. “Because US colleges and universities seldom acknowledge how social class can affect students’ educational experience, many first-generation students lack insight about why they are struggling and do not understand how students ‘like them’ can improve.”26. Recruiting more first-generation students has____.A. reduced their dropout ratesB. narrowed the achievement gapC. missed its original purposeD. depressed college students27. The authors of the research article are optimistic because____.A. the problem is solvableB. their approach is costlessC. the recruiting rate has increasedD. their finding appeal to students28. The study suggests that most first-generation students____.A. study at private universitiesB. are from single-parent familiesC. are in need of financial supportD. have failed their college29. The authors of the paper believe that first-generation students____.A. are actually indifferent to the achievement gapB. can have a potential influence on other studentsC. may lack opportunities to apply for research projectsD. are inexperienced in handling their issues at college30. We may infer from the last paragraph that____.A. universities often reject the culture of the middle-classB. students are usually to blame for their lack of resourcesC. social class greatly helps enrich educational experiencesD. colleges are partly responsible for the problem in questionText 3Even in traditional offices, “the lingua franca of corporate America has gotten much more emotional and much more right-brained than it was 20 years ago,” said Harvard Business School professor Nancy Koehn. She started spinning off examples. “If you and I parachuted back to Fortune 500 companies in 1990, we would see much less frequent use of terms like journey, mission, passion. There were goals，there were strategies, there were objectives, but we didn’t talk about energy; we didn’t talk about passion.”Koehn pointed out that this new era of corporate vocabulary is very “team”-oriented—and not by coincidence. “Let’s not f orget sports—in male-dominated corporate America, it’s still a big deal. It’s not explicitly conscious; it’s the idea that I’m a coach, and you’re my team, and we’re in this together. There are lots and lots of CEOs in very different companies, but most think of themselves as coaches and this is their team and they want to win”.These terms are also intended to infuse work with meaning—and, as Khurana points out，increase allegiance to the firm. “You have the importation of terminology that historically used to be associated with non-profit organizations and religious organizations：Terms like vision, values, passion, and purpose,” said Khurana.This new focus on personal fulfillment can help keep employees motivated amid increasingly loud debates over work-life balance The “mommy wars” of the 1990s are still going on today, promptin g arguments about why women still can’t have it all and books like Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In，whose title has become a buzzword in its own right. Terms like unplug, offline, life-hack，bandwidth, and capacity are all about setting boundaries between the offi ce and the home. But if your work is your “passion,” you’ll be more likely to devoteyourself to it, even if that means going home for dinner and then working long after the kids are in bed.But this seems to be the irony of office speak: Everyone makes fun of it, but managers love it, companies depend on it, and regular people willingly absorb it. As Nunberg said, “You can get people to think it’s nonsense at the same time that you buy into it.” In a workplace that’s fundamentally indifferent to your life and its meaning, office speak can help you figure out how you relate to your work—and how your work defines who you are.31. According to Nancy Koehn, office language has become____.A. more emotionalB. more objectiveC. less strategicD. less energetic32. “team”-oriented corporate vocabulary is closely related to____.A. historical incidentsB. gender differenceC. sports cultureD. athletic executives33. Khurana believes that the importation of terminology aims to____.A. revive historical termsB. promote company imageC. foster corporate cooperationD. strengthen employee loyalty34. It can be inferred that Lean In____.A. voices for working womenB. appeals to passionate workaholicsC. triggers debates among mommiesD. praises motivated employees35. Which of the following statements is true about office speak?A. Managers admire it but avoid it.B. Linguists believe it to be nonsense.C. Companies find it to be fundamental.D. Regular people mock it but accept it.Text 4Many people talked of the 288,000 new jobs the Labor Department reported for Jure, along with the drop in the unemployment rate to 6.1 percent, as good news. And they were right. For now it appears the economy is creating jobs at a decent pace. We still have a long way to go to get back to full employment, but at least we are now finally moving forward at a faster pace.However, there is another important part of the jobs picture that was largely overlooked. There was a big jump in the number of people who report voluntarily working part-time. This figure is now 830,000 (4.4 percent) above its year ago level.Before explaining the connection to the Obamacare, it is worth making an important distinction. Many people who work part-time jobs actually want full-time jobs. They take part-time work because this is all they can get. An increase in involuntary part-time work is evidence of weakness in the labor market and it means that many people will be having avery hard time making ends meet.There was an increase in involuntary part-time in June, but the general direction has been down. Involuntary part-time employment is still far higher than before the recession, but it is down by 640,000 (7.9 percent) from its year ago level.We know the difference between voluntary and involuntary part-time employment because people tell us. The survey used by the Labor Department asks people if they worked less than 35 hours in the reference week. If the answer is “yes,” they are classified as working part-time. The survey then asks whether they worked less than 35 hours in that week because they wanted to work less than full time or because they had no choice. They are only classified as voluntary part-time workers if they tell the survey taker they chose to work less than 35 hours a week.The issue of voluntary part-time relates to Obamacare because one of the main purposes was to allow people to get insurance outside of employment. For many people, especially those with serious health conditions or family members with serious health conditions, before Obamacare the only way to get insurance was through a job that provided health insurance.However, Obamacare has allowed more than 12 million people to either get insurance through Medicaid or the exchanges. These are people who may previously have felt the need to get a full-time job that provided insurance in order to cover themselves and their families. With Obamacare there is no longer a link between employment and insurance.36. Which part of the jobs picture was neglected?A. The prospect of a thriving job market.B. The increase of voluntary part-time jobs.C. The possibility of full employment.D. The acceleration of job creation.37. Many people work part-time because they____.A. prefer part-time jobs to full-time jobsB. feel that is enough to make ends meetC. cannot get their hands on full-time jobsD. haven’ t seen the weakness of the market38. Involuntary part-time employment in the US____.A. is harder to acquire than one year agoB. shows a general tendency of declineC. satisfies the real need of the joblessD. is lower than before the recession39. It can be learned that with Obamacare, ____.A. it is no longer easy for part-timers to get insuranceB. employment is no longer a precondition to get insuranceC. it is still challenging to get insurance for family membersD. full-time employment is still essential for insurance40. The text mainly discusses ____.A. employment in the USB. part-timer classificationC. insurance through MedicaidD. Obamacare’s troublePart BDirections:Read the following text and answer the questions by choosing the most suitable subheading from the list A—G for each numbered paragraph (41—45). There are two extra subheadings which you do not need to use. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)A. You are not aloneB. Don’t fear your responsibility for your lifeC. pave your own unique pathD. Most of your fears are unrealE. Think about the present momentF. Experience helps you growG. There are many things to be grateful forSome Old Truths to Help Y ou Overcome Tough TimesUnfortunately, life is not a bed of roses. We are going through life facing sad experiences. Moreover, we are grieving various kinds of loss: a friendship, a romantic relationship or a house. Hard times may hold you down at what usually seems like the most inopportune time, but you should remember that they won’t last forever.When our time of mourning is over, we press forward, stronger with a greater understanding and respect for life. Furthermore, these losses make us mature and eventually move us toward future opportunities for growth and happiness. I want to share these old truths I’ve learned along the way.41.____________________________________Fear is both useful and harmful. This normal human reaction is used to protect us by signaling danger and preparing us to deal with it. Unfortunately, people create inner barriers with a help of exaggerating fears. My favorite actor Will Smith once said, “Fear is not real. It is a product of thoughts you create. Do not misunderstand me. Danger is very r eal. But fear is a choice.” I do completely agree that fears are just the product of our luxuriant imagination.42. ____________________________________If you are surrounded by problems and cannot stop thinking about the past, try to focus on the present moment. Many of us are weighed down by the past or anxious about the future. You may feel guilt over your past, but you are poisoning the present with the things and circumstances you cannot change. Value the present moment and remember how fortunate you are to be alive. Enjoy the beauty of the world around and keep the eyes opento see the possibilities before you. Happiness is not a point of future and not a moment from the past, but a mindset that can be designed into the present.43. ____________________________________Sometimes it is easy to feel bad because you are going through tough times. You can be easily caught up by life problems that you forget to pause and appreciate the things you have. Only strong people prefer to smile and value their life instead of crying and complaining about something.44. ____________________________________No matter how isolated you might feel and how serious the situation is, you should always remember that you are not alone. Try to keep in mind that almost everyone respects and wants to help you if you are trying to make a good change in your life, especially your dearest and nearest people. You may have a circle of friends who provide constant good humor, help and companionship. If you have no friends or relatives, try to participate in several online communities, full of people who are always willing to share advice and encouragement.45. ____________________________________Today many people find it difficult to trust their own opinion and seek balance by gaining objectivity from external sources. This way you devalue your opinion and show that you are incapable of managing your own life. When you are struggling to achieve something important you should believe in yourself and be sure that your decision is the best. You live in your skin, think your own thoughts, have your own values and make your own choices.Section III Translation46.Directions:Translate the following text into Chinese. Write your translation on the ANSWER SHEET.(15 points)Think about driving a route that’s very familiar. It could be your commute to work, a trip into town or the way home. Whichever it is, you know every twist and turn like the back of your hand. On these sorts of trips it’s easy to lose concentration on the driving and pay little attention to the passing scenery. The consequence is that you perceive that the trip has taken less time than it actually has.This is the well-travelled road effect: People tend to underestimate the time it takes to travel a familiar route.The effect is caused by the way we allocate our attention. When we travel down a well-known route, because we don’t have to concentr ate much, time seems to flow more quickly. And afterwards, when we come to think back on it, we can’t remember the journey well because we didn’t pay much attention to it. So we assume it was shorter.Section IV WritingPart A47. Directions:Suppose your university is going to host a summer camp for high school students. Writea notice to1) briefly introduce the camp activities, and2) call for volunteers.You should write about 100 words on the ANSWER SHEET.Do not use your name or the name of your university.Do not write your address.(10 points)Part B48.Directions:Write an essay based on the following chart. In your writing, your should1) interpret the chart, and2) give your comment.You should write about 150 words on the ANSWER SHEET.完型填空题1 .C signal2 .D much3. C plugged4. A message5. C behind6. A misinterpreted7. B judged8. D unfamiliar9. B anxious10. D turn11.A dangerous12. A hurt13.B conversation14. D passengers15.C predict16. D ride17.A went through18.C in fact19.B since20 B simpleSection II Reading ComprehensionPart AText 121、【答案】[A] offered greater relaxation than the workplace【解析】事实细节题。

【Selected】2015考研英语二真题及答案.doc

考研英语二真题2015年Directions:ReadthefollowingteGt.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblanAand marAA，B，CorDontheANSWERSHEET.(10points)Inourcontemporaryculture,theprospectofcommunicatingwith—orevenlo oAingat—astrangerisvirtuallyunbearable.Everyonearoundusseemstoagr eebythewaytheyfiddlewiththeirphones,evenwithouta1onasubway.It’sasadreality—ourdesiretoavoidinteractingwithotherhumanbeings—b ecausethere’s2tobegainedfromtal Aingtothestrangerstandingbyyou.But youwouldn’t Anowit，3intoyourphone.Thisuniversalprotection sendsthe4:“Pleasedon’tappro achme.”WhatisitthatmaAesusfeelweneedtohide5ourscreens?Oneanswerisfear,accordingtoJonWortmann,eGecutivementalcoach.Wefe arrejection，orthatourinnocentsocialadvanceswillbe6as“weird.”Wefearwe’llbe7.W efearwe’llbedisruptive.Strangersareinherently8tous，sowearemoreliAelytofeel9whencommunicatingwiththemcomparedwitho urfriendsandacquaintances.Toavoidthisuneasiness,we10toourphones.“PhonesbecomeoursecurityblanA et,”Wortmannsays.“Theyareourhappygl assesthatprotectusfromwhatweperceiveisgoi ngtobemore11.”Butonceweripoffthebandaid，tucAoursmartphonesinourpocAetsandlooAup，itdoesn’t12sobad.Inone20GGeGperiment，behavioralscientistsNicholasEpleyandJulianaSchroederasAedcommuters todotheunthinAable:Starta13.TheyhadChicagotraincommuterstalAtothei rfel low14.“WhenDr.EpleyandMs.Schroederas Aedotherpeopleinthesame trainstationto15howtheywouldfeelaftertalAingtoastranger,thecommuter sthoughttheir16wouldbemorepleasantiftheysatontheirown,”TheNewYo rA Timessummarizes.Thoughtheparticipantsdidn’te GpectapositiveeGpe rience,afterthey17withtheeG periment,“notasinglepersonreportedhavin gbeenembarrassed.”18,thesecommuteswerereportedlymoreenjoyablecomparedwiththosewit houtcommunication,whichmaAesabsolutesense,19humanbeingsthriveof fofsocialconnections.It’sthat20:Tal AingtostrangerscanmaAeyoufeelcon nected.1.A.ticAetB.permitC.signalD.record2.A.nothingB.littleC.anotherD.much3.A.beatenB.guidedC.pluggedD.brought4.A.messageB.codeC.noticeD.sign5.A.underB.beyondC.behindD.from6.A.misinterpretedB.misappliedC.misadjustedD.mismatched7.A.firedB.judgedC.replacedD.delayed8.A.unreasonableB.ungratefulC.unconventionalD.unfamiliarfortableB.anGiousC.confidentD.angry10.A.attendB.pointC.taAeD.turn11.A.dangerousB.mysteriousC.violentD.boring12.A.hurtB.resistC.bendD.decay13.A.lectureB.conversationC.debateD.negotiation14.A.traineesB.employeesC.researchersD.passengers15.A.revealB.chooseC.predictD.design16.A.voyageB.flightC.walAD.ride17.A.wentthroughB.didawayC.caughtupD.putup18.A.InturnB.InparticularC.InfactD.Inconsequence19.A.unlessB.sinceC.ifD.whereas20.A.funnyB.simpleC.logicalD.rareSectionⅡReadingComprehensionPartADirections:ReadthefollowingfourteGts.AnswerthequestionsbeloweachteGtbychosin gA,B,CorD.MarAyouranswersontheANSWERSHEET.(40points) TeGt1Anewstudysuggeststhatcontrarytomostsurveys,peopleareactuallymorest ressedathomethanatworA.Researchersmeasuredpeople’scortisol,whichisastressmarAer,whiletheywereatworAandwhiletheywereathomeandfoun dithigheratwhatissupposedtobeaplaceofrefuge.“Furthercontradictingconventionalwisdom,wefoundthatwomenaswellas menhavelowerlevelsofstressatworA thanathome,”writesoneoftheresearc hers,SarahDamasAe.InfactwomensaytheyfeelbetteratworA.Shenotes.“Iti smen,notwomen,whoreportbeinghappierathomethanatworA.”Anothers urpriseisthatthefindingsholdtrueforboththosewithchildrenandwithout,b utmoresofornonparents.ThisiswhypeoplewhoworAoutsidethehomehave betterhealth.Whatthestudydoesn’tmeasureiswhetherpeoplearestilldoingwor Awhent hey’reathome,whetheritishouseholdwor AorworAbroughthomefromthe office.Formanymen,theendoftheworAdayisatimetoAicAbacA.Forwomen whostayhome,theynevergettoleavetheoffice.AndforwomenwhoworAout sidethehome,theyoftenareplayingcatch-up-with-householdtasAs.Withth eblurringofroles,andthefactthatthehomefrontlagswellbehindtheworApla ceinmaAingadjustmentsforworA ingwomen,it’snotsurprisingthatwome naremorestressedathome.Butit’snotjustagenderthing.Atwor A,peopleprettymuchAnowwhatthey ’resupposedtobedoing:wor Aing,maAingmoney,doingthetasAstheyhave todoinordertodrawanincome.Thebargainisverypure.Employeeputsinhour sofphysicalormentallaborandemployeedrawsoutlife-sustainingmoola.Onthehomefront,however,peoplehavenosuchclarity.Rareisthehouseholdi nwhichthedivisionoflaborissoclinicallyandmethodicallylaidout.Thereareal otoftasAstobedone,thereareinadequaterewardsformostofthem.Yourhom ecolleagues—yourfamily—havenoclearrewardsfortheirlabor;theyneedto betalA edintoit,orifthey’reteena gers,threatenedwithcompleteremovalof allelectronicdevices.Plus,they’reyourfamily.Youcannotfireyourfamily.Yo uneverreallygettogohomefromhome.Soit’snotsurprisingthatpeoplearemorestressedathome.Notonlyaretheta sAsapparentlyinfinite,theco-worAersaremuchhardertomotivate.21.AccordingtoParagraph1,mostprevioussurveysfoundthathome____.A.wasanunrealisticplaceforrelaGationB.generatedmorestressthanthewor AplaceC.wasanidealplaceforstressmeasurementD.offeredgreaterrelaGationthan theworAplace22.AccordingtoDamasAe,whoareliAelytobethehappiestathome?A.WorAingmothers.B.Childlesshusbands.C.Childlesswives.D.WorAingfathers.23.TheblurringofworAing women’srolesreferstothefactthat____.A.theyarebothbreadwinnersandhousewivesB.theirhomeisalsoaplaceforAicAingbacAC.thereisoftenmuchhouseworAleftbehindD.itisdifficultforthemtoleavetheiroffice24.Theword“moola”(Line4,Para4)mostprobablymeans____.A.energyB.sAillsC.earningsD.nutrition25.ThehomefrontdiffersfromtheworAplaceinthat____.A.homeishardlyacozierworAingenvironmentB.divisionoflaborathomeisseldomclear-cutC.householdtasAsaregenerallymoremotivatingD.familylaborisoftenadequatelyrewardedTeGt2Foryears,studieshavefoundthatfirst-generationcollegestudents—thosew hodonothaveaparentwithacollegedegree—lagotherstudentsonarangeof educationachievementfactors.Theirgradesarelowerandtheirdropoutrates arehigher.ButsincesuchstudentsaremostliAelytoadvanceeconomicallyifth eysucceedinhighereducation,collegesanduniversitieshavepushedfordeca destorecruitmoreofthem.Thishascreated“aparado G”inthatrecruitingfir st-generationstudents,butthenwatchingmanyofthemfail,meansthathighe reducationhas“continuedtoreproduceandwiden,ratherthanclose”anac hievementgapbasedonsocialclass,accordingtothedepressingbeginningof apaperforthcominginthejournalPsychologicalScience.Butthearticleisactuallyquiteoptimistic,asitoutlinesapotentialsolutiontothisproblem,suggestingthatanapproach(whichinvolvesaone-hour,neGt-to-n o-costprogram)canclose63percentoftheachievementgap(measuredbysu chfactorsasgrades)betweenfirst-generationandotherstudents.Theauthorsofthepaperarefromdifferentuniversities,andtheirfindingsareb asedonastudyinvolving147students(whocompletedtheproject)atanunna medprivateuniversity.Firstgenerationwasdefinedasnothavingaparentwith afour-yearcollegedegree.Mostofthefirst-generationstudents(59.1percent )wererecipientsofPellGrants,afederalgrantforundergraduateswithfinancia lneed,whilethiswastrueonlyfor8.6percentofthestudentswithatleastonepar entwithafour-yeardegree.Theirthesis—thatarelativelymodestinterventioncouldhaveabigimpact—wasbasedontheviewthatfirst-generationstudentsmaybemostlacAingnoti npotentialbutinpracticalAnowledgeabouthowtodealwiththeissuesthatfac emostcollegestudents.Theycitepastresearchbyseveralauthorstoshowthat thisisthegapthatmustbenarrowedtoclosetheachievementgap.Manyfirst-generationstudents“struggletonavigatethemiddle-classcultur eofhighereducation，learnthe‘rulesofthegame,’andta A eadvantageofcollegeresources,”the ywrite.Andthisbecomesmoreofaproblemwhencollegesdon’ttal Aaboutt heclassadvantageanddisadvantagesofdifferent groupsofstudents.“Becau seUScollegesanduniversitiesseldomacAnowledgehowsocialclasscanaffectstudents’educationale Gperience,manyfirst-generationstudentslacAinsi ghtaboutwhytheyarestrugglinganddonotunderstandhowstudents‘li Aet hem’canimprove.”26.Recruitingmorefirst-generationstudentshas____.A.reducedtheirdropoutratesB.narrowedtheachievementgapC.misseditsoriginalpurposeD.depressedcollegestudents27.Theauthorsoftheresearcharticleareoptimisticbecause____.A.theproblemissolvableB.theirapproachiscostlessC.therecruitingratehasincreasedD.theirfindingappealtostudents28.Thestudysuggeststhatmostfirst-generationstudents____.A.studyatprivateuniversitiesB.arefromsingle-parentfamiliesC.areinneedoffinancialsupportD.havefailedtheircollege29.Theauthorsofthepaperbelievethatfirst-generationstudents____.A.areactuallyindifferenttotheachievementgapB.canhaveapotentialinfluenceonotherstudentsC.maylacAopportunitiestoapplyforresearchprojectsD.areineGperiencedinhandlingtheirissuesatcollege30.Wemayinferfromthelastparagraphthat____.A.universitiesoftenrejectthecultureofthemiddle-classB.studentsareusuallytoblamefortheirlacAofresourcesC.socialclassgreatlyhelpsenricheducationaleGperiencesD.collegesarepartlyresponsiblefortheprobleminquestionTeGt3Evenintraditionaloffices,“thelinguafrancaofcorporateAmericahasgotten muchmoreemotionalandmuchmoreright-brainedthanitwas20yearsago,”saidHarvardBusinessSchoolprofessorNancyAoehn.Shestartedspinningoff eG amples.“IfyouandIparachutedbac AtoFortune500companiesin1990,w ewouldseemuchlessfrequentuseoftermsliAejourney,mission,passion.Ther eweregoals，therewerestrategies,therewereobjectives,butwedidn’ttal Aaboutenergy; wedidn’ttal A aboutpassion.”A oehnpointedoutthatthisneweraofcorporatevocabularyisvery“team”-oriented—an dnotbycoincidence.“Let’snotforgetsports—inmale-domi natedcorporateAmerica,it’sstillabigdeal.It’snote G plicitlyconscious;it’stheideathatI’macoach,andyou’remyteam,andwe’reinthistogether.T herearelotsandlotsofCEOsinverydifferentcompanies,butmostthinAofthe mselves ascoachesandthisistheirteamandtheywanttowin”.ThesetermsarealsointendedtoinfuseworAwithmeaning—and,asAhurana pointsout，increaseallegiancetothefirm.“Youhavetheimportationofterminologythat historicallyusedtobeassociatedwithnon-profitorganizationsandreligiouso rganizations：TermsliAevision,values,passion,a ndpurpose,”said Ahurana.ThisnewfocusonpersonalfulfillmentcanhelpAeepemployeesmotivatedam idincreasinglylouddebatesoverworA-lifebalanceThe“mommywars”ofthe1990sarestillgoingontoday,promptingargumentsaboutwhywomenstillc an’thaveitallandboo AsliAeSherylSandberg’sLeanIn，whosetitlehasbecomeabuzzwordinitsownright.TermsliAeunplug,offline,lif e-hacA，bandwidth,andcapacityareallaboutsettingboundariesbetweentheofficea ndthehome.ButifyourworA isyour“passion,”you’llbemoreli Aelytodevo teyourselftoit,evenifthatmeansgoinghomefordinnerandthenworAinglon gaftertheAidsareinbed.ButthisseemstobetheironyofofficespeaA:EveryonemaAesfunofit,butman agersloveit,companiesdependonit,andregularpeoplewillinglyabsorbit.As Nunbergsaid,“Youcangetpeopletothin A it’snonsenseatthesametimetha tyoubuyintoi t.”Inawor A placethat’sfundamentallyindifferenttoyourlifea nditsmeaning,officespeaAcanhelpyoufigureouthowyourelatetoyourwor A—andhowyourworAdefineswhoyouare.31.AccordingtoNancyAoehn,officelanguagehasbecome____.A.moreemotionalB.moreobjectiveC.lessstrategicD.lessenergetic32.“team”-orientedcorporatevocabularyiscloselyrelatedto____.A.historicalincidentsB.genderdifferenceC.sportscultureD.athleticeGecutiv es33.Ahuranabelievesthattheimportationofterminologyaimsto____.A.revivehistoricaltermsB.promotecompanyimageC.fostercorporatecooperationD.strengthenemployeeloyalty34.ItcanbeinferredthatLeanIn____.A.voicesforworAingwomenB.appealstopassionateworAaholicsC.triggersdebatesamongmommiesD.praisesmotivatedemployees35.WhichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaboutofficespeaA?A.Managersadmireitbutavoidit.B.Linguistsbelieveittobenonsense.paniesfindittobefundamental.D.RegularpeoplemocAitbutacceptit.TeGt4ManypeopletalAedofthe288,000newjobstheLaborDepartmentreportedf orJure,alongwiththedropintheunemploymentrateto6.1percent,asgoodne ws.Andtheywereright.Fornowitappearstheeconomyiscreatingjobsatadec entpace.WestillhavealongwaytogotogetbacAtofullemployment,butatleas twearenowfinallymovingforwardatafasterpace.However,thereisanotherimportantpartofthejobspicturethatwaslargelyov erlooAed.Therewasabigjumpinthenumberofpeoplewhoreportvoluntarily worAingpart-time.Thisfigureisnow830,000(4.4percent)aboveitsyearagole vel.BeforeeGplainingtheconnectiontotheObamacare,itisworthmaAinganimp ortantdistinction.ManypeoplewhoworApart-timejobsactuallywantfull-ti mejobs.TheytaAepart-timeworAbecausethisisalltheycanget.Anincreaseininvoluntarypart-timeworAisevidenceofweaAnessinthelabormarAetandit meansthatmanypeoplewillbehavingaveryhardtimemaAingendsmeet.Therewasanincreaseininvoluntarypart-timeinJune,butthegeneraldirectio nhasbeendown.Involuntarypart-timeemploymentisstillfarhigherthanbef oretherecession,butitisdownby640,000(7.9percent)fromitsyearagolevel.WeAnowthedifferencebetweenvoluntaryandinvoluntarypart-timeemploy mentbecausepeopletellus.ThesurveyusedbytheLaborDepartmentasAspe opleiftheyworAedlessthan35hoursinthereferenceweeA.Iftheansweris“ye s,”theyareclassifiedaswor Aingpart-time.ThesurveythenasAswhetherthey worAedlessthan35hoursinthatweeAbecausetheywantedtoworAlessthanf ulltimeorbecausetheyhadnochoice.Theyareonlyclassifiedasvoluntarypart -timeworAersiftheytellthesurveytaAertheychosetoworAlessthan35hours aweeA.Theissueofvoluntarypart-timerelatestoObamacarebecauseoneofthemain purposeswastoallowpeopletogetinsuranceoutsideofemployment.Forma nypeople,especiallythosewithserioushealthconditionsorfamilymembers withserioushealthconditions,beforeObamacaretheonlywaytogetinsuranc ewasthroughajobthatprovidedhealthinsurance.However,Obamacarehasallowedmorethan12millionpeopletoeithergetins urancethroughMedicaidortheeGchanges.Thesearepeoplewhomaypreviouslyhavefelttheneedtogetafull-timejobthatprovidedinsuranceinordertoc overthemselvesandtheirfamilies.WithObamacarethereisnolongeralinAbe tweenemploymentandinsurance.36.Whichpartofthejobspicturewasneglected?A.TheprospectofathrivingjobmarAet.B.Theincreaseofvoluntarypart-timej obs.C.Thepossibilityoffullemployment.D.Theaccelerationofjobcreation.37.ManypeopleworApart-timebecausethey____.A.preferpart-timejobstofull-timejobsB.feelthatisenoughtomaAeendsmee tC.cannotgettheirhandsonfull-timejobsD.haven’tseenthewea Anessofthe marAet38.Involuntarypart-timeemploymentintheUS____.A.ishardertoacquirethanoneyearagoB.showsageneraltendencyofdeclineC.satisfiestherealneedofthejoblessD.islowerthanbeforetherecession39.ItcanbelearnedthatwithObamacare,____.A.itisnolongereasyforpart-timerstogetinsuranceB.employmentisnolongerapreconditiontogetinsuranceC.itisstillchallengingtogetinsuranceforfamilymembersD.full-timeemploymentisstillessentialforinsurance40.TheteGtmainlydiscusses____.A.employmentintheUSB.part-timerclassificationC.insurancethroughMedicaidD.Obamacare’stroublePartBDirections:ReadthefollowingteGtandanswerthequestionsbychoosingthemostsuitabl esubheadingfromthelistA—Gforeachnumberedparagraph(41—45).There aretwoeGtrasubheadingswhichyoudonotneedtouse.MarAyouranswerson theANSWERSHEET.(10points)A.YouarenotaloneB.Don’tfearyourresponsibilityforyourlifeC.paveyourownuniquepathD.MostofyourfearsareunrealE.ThinAaboutthepresentmomentF.EGperiencehelpsyougrowG.TherearemanythingstobegratefulforSomeOldTruthstoHelpYouOvercomeT oughTimesUnfortunately,lifeisnotabedofroses.WearegoingthroughlifefacingsadeGp eriences.Moreover,wearegrievingvariousAindsofloss:afriendship,aromant icrelationshiporahouse.Hardtimesmayholdyoudownatwhatusuallyseemsl iA ethemostinopportunetime,butyoushouldrememberthattheywon’tlas tforever.Whenourtimeofmourningisover,wepressforward,strongerwithagreaterun derstandingandrespectforlife.Furthermore,theselossesmaAeusmaturean deventuallymoveustowardfutureopportunitiesforgrowthandhappiness.I wanttosharetheseoldtruthsI’velearnedalongtheway.41.____________________________________Fearisbothusefulandharmful.Thisnormalhumanreactionisusedtoprotectu sbysignalingdangerandpreparingustodealwithit.Unfortunately,peoplecre ateinnerbarrierswithahelpofeGaggeratingfears.MyfavoriteactorWillSmith oncesaid,“Fearisnotreal.Itisaproductofthoughtsyoucreate.Donotmisund erstandme.Dangerisveryreal.Butfearisachoice.”Idocompletelyag reethatf earsarejusttheproductofourluGuriantimagination.42.____________________________________IfyouaresurroundedbyproblemsandcannotstopthinAingaboutthepast,try tofocusonthepresentmoment.Manyofusareweigheddownbythepastoran Giousaboutthefuture.Youmayfeelguiltoveryourpast,butyouarepoisoningt hepresentwiththethingsandcircumstancesyoucannotchange.Valuethepre sentmomentandrememberhowfortunateyouaretobealive.Enjoythebeaut yoftheworldaroundandAeeptheeyesopentoseethepossibilitiesbeforeyou. Happinessisnotapointoffutureandnotamomentfromthepast,butamindset thatcanbedesignedintothepresent.43.____________________________________Sometimesitiseasytofeelbadbecauseyouaregoingthroughtoughtimes.Yo ucanbeeasilycaughtupbylifeproblemsthatyouforgettopauseandappreciat ethethingsyouhave.Onlystrongpeopleprefertosmileandvaluetheirlifeinst eadofcryingandcomplainingaboutsomething.44.____________________________________Nomatterhowisolatedyoumightfeelandhowseriousthesituationis,yousho uldalwaysrememberthatyouarenotalone.TrytoAeepinmindthatalmosteve ryonerespectsandwantstohelpyouifyouaretryingtomaAeagoodchangein yourlife,especiallyyourdearestandnearestpeople.Youmayhaveacircleoffri endswhoprovideconstantgoodhumor,helpandcompanionship.Ifyouhave nofriendsorrelatives,trytoparticipateinseveralonlinecommunities,fullofpe oplewhoarealwayswillingtoshareadviceandencouragement.45.____________________________________TodaymanypeoplefinditdifficulttotrusttheirownopinionandseeAbalanceb ygainingobjectivityfromeGternalsources.Thiswayyoudevalueyouropinion andshowthatyouareincapableofmanagingyourownlife.Whenyouarestrug glingtoachievesomethingimportantyoushouldbelieveinyourselfandbesur ethatyourdecisionisthebest.YouliveinyoursAin,thinAyourownthoughts,ha veyourownvaluesandmaAeyourownchoices.SectionIIITranslation46.Directions:TranslatethefollowingteGtintoChinese.WriteyourtranslationontheANSWE RSHEET.(15points)ThinA aboutdrivingaroutethat’sveryfamiliar.Itcouldbeyourcommutetow orA,atripintotownorthewayhome.Whicheveritis,youAnoweverytwistandt urnliAethebacAof yourhand.Onthesesortsoftripsit’seasytoloseconcentra tiononthedrivingandpaylittleattentiontothepassingscenery.Theconseque nceisthatyouperceivethatthetriphastaAenlesstimethanitactuallyhas.Thisisthewell-travelledroadeffect:Peopletendtounderestimatethetimeitta Aestotravelafamiliarroute.Theeffectiscausedbythewayweallocateourattention.Whenwetraveldowna well-A nownroute,becausewedon’thavetoconcentratemuch,timeseemst oflowmorequicAly.Andafterwards,whenwecometothinAbacAonit,wecan ’trememberthejourneywellbecausewedidn’tpaymuchattentiontoit.So weassumeitwasshorter.SectionIVWritingPartA47.Directions:Supposeyouruniversityisgoingtohostasummercampforhighschoolstuden ts.Writeanoticeto1)brieflyintroducethecampactivities,and2)callforvolunteers.Youshouldwriteabout100wordsontheANSWERSHEET. Donotuseyournameorthenameofyouruniversity. Donotwriteyouraddress.(10points)PartB48.Directions: Writeanessaybasedonthefollowingchart.Inyourwriting,yourshould1)interpretthechart,and2)giveyourcomment.Youshouldwriteabout150wordsontheANSWERSHEET.2015年考研英语(二)真题答案SectionIUseofEnglish1.signal2.much3.plugged4.message5.behind6.misinterpreted7.judged8.unfamiliar9.anGious10.turn11.dangerous12.hurt13.conversation14.passengers15.predict 16.ride17.wentthrough18.Infact19.since20.simpleSectionⅡReadingComprehensionTeGt121.DofferedgreaterrelaGationthantheworAplace22.Bchildlesshusbands23.Atheyarebothbreadwinnersandhousewives24.Cearnings25.Bdivisionoflaborathomeisseldomclear-cutTeGt226.Cmisseditsoriginalpurpose27.Atheproblemissolvable28.Careinneedoffinancialsupport29.DareineGperiencedinhandlingissuesatcollege30.Dcollegesarepartlyresponsiblefortheprobleminquestion TeGt331.Amoreemotional32.Csportsculture33.Dstrengthenemployeeloyalty34.AvoicesforworAingwomenompaniesfindittobefundamentalTeGt436.Btheincreaseofvoluntarypart-timejobsannotgettheirhandsonfull-timejobs38.Bshowsageneraltendencyofdecline39.Bemploymentisnolongerapreconditiontogetinsurance40.AemploymentintheUSPartB41.DMostofyourfearsareunreal42.EThinAaboutthepresentmoment43.GTherearemanythingstobegratefulfor44.Ayouarenotalone45.CPaveyourownuniquepathSectionIIITranslation在一条非常熟悉的路上驾驶的感觉，这可能发生在上班，进城或回家的路上。

2015年[全套]考研英语二真题和答案解析详解

2014年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语(二）试题Section I Use of EnglishDirections：Read the following text. Choose the best word（s） for each numbered blank and mark A, B， C or D on ANSWER SHEET. （10 points）Thinner isn't always better。

A number of studies have __1___ that normal—weight people are in fact at higher risk of some diseases compared to those who are overweight. And there are health conditions for which being overweight is actually ___2___。

For example, heavier women are less likely to develop calcium deficiency than thin women。

___3___ among the elderly, being somewhat overweight is often an ___4___ of good health。

Of even greater ___5___ is the fact that obesity turns out to be very difficult to define。

It is often defined ___6___ body mass index， or BMI。

BMI ___7__ body mass divided by the square of height. An adult with a BMI of 18 to 25 is often considered to be normal weight。

2015年考研英语二真题深入解析之完型

2015年考研英语二真题深入解析之完型1. [A] signal【解析】此题考查名词辨析：they cling to their phones, even without a 1 on a subway.空前后的内容提示我们所选择的单词隶属地铁上的某种东西，但是还和手机相关，能实现这个双重身份的单词只有A选项“信号”。

2. [D] much【解析】此题考查名词辨析和转折逻辑关系：所选择的单词是用于补全there be句型而且该题的选项中存在一对反义词little和much。

后文中的转折But you wouldn’t know it…是一个否定语气的句子，我们便可推测该空应选择一个表达积极意义的词，也就是选项D. much。

3. [C] plugged【解析】此题考查动词辨析和固定搭配：从题干来看，所选单词必须和into搭配，而且所选择的动词要实现人和手机的某种动作关系。

A. beaten“打败”B. guided“指导”D. brought“带来”都不符合要求，只有D. plugged“陷入、投入”才符合。

4. [D] message【解析】此题考查名词辨析：题目要求选择的名词必须符合动宾搭配sends the ，即“发送”。

A. sign“标志”B. code“密码”C. notice“公告”都不符合题目要求，只有D. message “信息”符合。

5. [A] behind【解析】此题考查介词辨析：根据题目要求所选介词要和动词hide搭配，而且要符合人和手机屏幕的一种方位关系，因此behind“在…之后”表示“人类躲在手机屏幕之后”才符合题目要求。

6. [C] misinterpreted【解析】此题考查动词辨析：从题干来看，所选单词必须和as搭配。

题目给出的四个选项中只有misinterpreted常和as搭配，理解为“误认为…”。

A. misapplied“误用”B. mismatched“错配”C. misadjusted“失调”都不常和as连用。

2015年考研英语二阅读理解真题深入分析

2015年考研英语二阅读理解真题深入分析阅读第二篇文章选自NCEC（National Center for Educational Statistics),是关于美国第一代大学生的阶级问题。

整篇文章相对较简单，学生在这篇阅读中拿到满分都是非常有可能的。

26 Recruiting more first-generation students has____（招募更多的第一代大学生会____）这是一道事实细节题。

回归原文第一段，选项A与原文their dropout rates are higher（辍学率更高）不一致原文是说这些学生会是辍学率升高。

B narrowed the achievement gap并没有达到，因为文章中reproduce and widen, rather than close an achievement gap是扩大和再生了差距，而不是缩小了差距。

D原文中并未提到学生因此而沮丧。

正确选项C：本以为这些学生能够获得更大的成就，但是他们很多人却失败了，因此背离了初衷。

27 The authors of the research article are optimistic because_________这是一道细节题，是在问原因。

回归原文第二段，as后面引导的即是原因，as it outlines a potential solution to this problem因为它勾勒了解决这个问题的可能的措施。

所以直接选出正确答案[A].the problem is solvable28 The study suggests that most first-generation students_________同样是一道细节题。

回归第三段。

选项A在私立大学学习，是以偏概全。

选型B、选项D原文未提及，选项C：需要经济支持。

Most of the first-generation students (59.1 percent) were recipients of Pell Grants, a federal grant for undergraduates with at least one parent with a four-year degree.这句话的关键词grant助学金，得到助学金是因为有经济困难。

2015年考研英语(二)真题解析+答案[完整版]

2015年考研英语(二)真题解析+答案[完整版]Directions: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)In our contemporary culture, the prospect of communicating with – or even looking at – a stranger is virtually unbearable. Everyone around us seems to agree by the way they cling to the phones, even without a __1__ on a subway.It’s a sad reality – our desire to avoid interacting with other human beings – because there’s __2__ to be gained from talking to the stranger standing by you. But you wouldn’t know it, __3__ into your phone. This universal protection sends the __4__:”Please don’t approach me.”What is it that makes us feel we need to hide __5__ our screens?One answer is fear, according to Jon Wortmann, an executive mental coach. We fear rejection, or that our innocent social advances will be __6__ as “weird.”We fear we’ll be __7__. We fear we’ll be disruptive.Strangers are inherently__8__to us, so we are more likely to feel__9__when communicating with them compared with our friends and acquaintances. To avoid this uneasiness, we_ 10_ to our phones.” Phones become our security blanket,”Wortmann says.” They are our happy glasses that protect us from what we perceive is going to be more __11___”But once we rip off the band-aid, tuck our smartphones in our pockets and look up, it doesn’t ___12___so bad. In one 2011 experiment, behavioral scientists Nicholas Epley and Juliana Schroeder asked commuters to do the unthinkable: Start a __13___. They had Chicago train commuters talk to their fellow __14___.”When Dr. Epley and Ms.Schroeder asked other people in the same train station to __15___how they would feel after talking to a stranger, the commuters thought their __16___ would be more pleasant if they sat on their own,” The New York Times summarizes. Though the participants didn’t expect a positive experience, after they __17__with the experiment,” not a single person reported having been embarrassed”__18__, these commutes were reportedly more enjoyable compared with those without communication, whichmakes absolute sense, ___19___human beings thrive off of social connections. It’s that ___20___: Talking to strangers can make you feel connected.选项及答案：1.[A]signal[B]permit [C]ticket [D]record2. [A]nothing [B]little [C]another[D]much3. [A]beaten [B]guided[C]plugged[D]brought4. [A]sign [B]code [C]notice [D]message5. [A]under [B]behind[C]beyond [D]from6. [A]misapplied [B]mismatched [C]misadjusted [D]misinterpreted7. [A]replaced [B]fired[C]judged[D]delayed8. [A]unreasonable [B]ungrateful [C]unconventional [D]unfamiliar9. [A]comfortable [B]confident[C]anxious [D]angry10. [A]attend [B]point [C]take[D]turn11.[A]dangerous[B]mysterious [C]violent [D]boring12. [A]hurt[B]resist [C]bend [D]decay13. [A]lecture [B]conversation[C]debate [D]negotiation14.[A]passengers[B]employees [C]researchers [D]trainees15. [A]reveal [B]choose[C]predict[D]design16. [A]voyage [B]ride[C]walk [D]flight17.[A]went through [B]did away [C]caught up [D]put up18. [A]In turn[B]In fact[C]In particular [D]In consequence19. [A]unless[B]since[C]if [D]whereas20. [A]funny [B]logical [C]simple[D]rare[page]原文及答案：While the subway's arrival may be ambiguous, one thing about your commute is certain: No one wants to talk to each other. In our contemporary culture, the prospect of communicating with -- or even looking at -- a stranger is virtually unbearable. Everyone around us seems to agree by the way they fiddle with their phones, even without a 1 signal underground.It's a sad reality -- our desire to avoid interacting with other human beings -- because there's 2 much to be gained from talking to the stranger standing by you. But you wouldn't know it,3 plugged into your phone. This universal armor sends the 4 message: 'Please don't approach me.'What is it that makes us feel we need to hide 5 behind our screens?One answer is fear, according to Jon Wortmann, executive mental coach and author of 'Hijacked by Your Brain: How to Free Yourself When Stress Takes Over.' We fear rejection, or that our innocent social advances will be 6 misinterpreted as 'creepy,' he told The Huffington Post. We fear we'll be 7 judged. We fear we'll be disruptive.Strangers are inherently8 unfamiliar to us, so we are more likely to feel 9 anxious when communicating with them compared with our friends and acquaintances. To avoid this anxiety, we 10 turn to our phones. 'Phones become our security blanket,' Wortmann says. 'They are our happy glasses that protect us from what we perceive is going to be more 11 dangerous.'But once we rip off the bandaid, tuck our smartphones in our pockets and look up, it doesn't12 hurt so bad. In one 2011 experiment, behavioral scientists Nicholas Epley and Juliana Schroeder asked commuters to do the unthinkable: Start a 13 conversation. The duo had Chicago train commuters talk to their fellow14 passengers. 'When Dr. Epley and Ms. Schroeder asked other people in the same train station to15 predict how they would feel after talking to a stranger, the commuters thought their16 ride would be more pleasant if they sat on their own,' the New York Times summarizes. Though the participants didn't expect a positive experience, after they17 went through with the experiment, 'not a single person reported having been snubbed.'18 In fact, these commutes were reportedly more enjoyable compared with those sans communication, which makes absolute sense, 19 since human beings thrive off of social connections. It's that 20 simple: Talking to strangers can make you feel connected. The train ride is a fortuity for social connection -- 'the stuff of life,' Wortmann says. Even seemingly trivial interactions can boost mood and increase the sense of belonging. A study similar in hypothesis to Eplyand Schroder's published in Social Psychological & Personality Science asked participants to smile, make eye contact and chatwith their cashier. Those who engaged with the cashier experienced better moods -- and even reported a better shopping experience than those who avoided superfluous conversation.分析：文章节选自2014.5.16 赫芬顿邮报，难度与2014/2013持平，明显比模考时的文章容易。

2015年考研英语二真题答案及解析

2015年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语(二)答案详解SectionⅠUse of English文章分析本文主要就当前社会存在的一个现象进行分析——为什么现在的人不与周围的陌生人交流，而只专注于手机。

第一段提出现象。

第二段指出与陌生人交流其实大有裨益，只是我们不知道。

第三段提出全文要探讨的问题。

第四段给出原因之一——害怕。

第五段承接第四段继续分析，指出我们把手机视为保护毯，避免与陌生人交谈的尴尬。

第六段用一个实验证明其实与陌生人交谈并不是那么尴尬。

第七段对实验结果进行解释，因为人类的的发展源于社会联系。

试题解析In our contemporary culture,the prospect of communicating with—or even looking at—a stranger is virtually unbearable.Everyone around us seems to agree by the way they fiddle with their phones,even without a__1__on a subway.【译文】在当代文化中，与陌生人交流，甚至看一眼陌生人，都几乎难以忍受。

我们周围的每一个人似乎都同意这点，他们玩弄着手机，即使地铁上一点儿信号都没有。

1.[A]ticket车票[B]permit许可证[C]signal信号[D]record记录【答案】C【考点】词义辨析【直击答案】空格所在句意为：陌生人之间没有交流，大家都只关注自己的手机，即使地铁里没有________。

选项中，只有C项符合上下文语义，与phones和subway有关，因此signal正确。

【命题思路】本题四个选项语义不相关，所以只需要根据上下文确定所需填入的语义即可。

【干扰排除】其余三个选项带入原文都与句意不符，故排除。

It's a sad reality—our desire to avoid interacting with other human beings—because there's__2__to be gained from talking to the stranger standing by you.But you wouldn't know it,__3__into your phone.This universal protection sends the___4___:_“Please don't approach me.”【译文】这是个可悲的现实——我们希望避免与其他人交流——因为和身边的陌生人交流会带来诸多益处。

2015年考研英语阅读真题精析

2015年的研究生考试已经落下帷幕，笔者第一时间与文都网校老师共同研讨，对此次英语考试的内容进行分析，一方面是为参加此次考试的考生分析整体情况，另一方面更是为参加2016年研究生考试的考生们指明复习备考的方向，毕竟方向比速度更重要。

本文笔者就着重分析2015年考研英语阅读部分的情况，供考生参考。

整体情况纵观2015年考研英语的整张试卷，总体难度趋于平稳，这符合研究生考试的一贯风格。

究其原因有二：首先，考研英语的内容取材在近十年已经非常稳定，主要集中在诸如The Economist、BusinessWeek、Time、TheScientist等期刊，取材的稳定性就决定了文章在内容难度上不会有太大波动;其次，对于这样一个有可能决定上百万人命运的考试，在试题难度上玩“过山车”显然有违这门考试的精神。

除了2010年第一次在考研英语中考查了新题型排序题(阅读理解Part B)导致当年这道10分的大题得分率很低(那一年，艺术生分数国家线下调近10分)，其他所有年份的试题难度都基本相同。

针对今年考生们反映的阅读理解难度偏大的问题，笔者认为也有两个原因：其一，今年阅读理解的第一篇文章内容是王室退位，中国考生对这一话题比较陌生;其二，历年考研阅读的四篇文章在难易程度上都有区别，难、易文章的排列顺序也有所不同，而今年把相对较难的文章放在第一篇的位置，因此很多考生还未充分“热身”就被打了个措手不及。

给2016年考生：在考研英语大纲对考试题型不做太大调整的情况下，新一年的试题难度依然以“稳定”为主旋律。

真题解析及备考建议下面笔者从词汇、长难句和命题规律三个方面来具体评析2015年考研英语的阅读部分。

1. 考研高频词汇的重复规律还在延续考研大纲要求的词汇量是5500，每一年实际考查到的卷面词汇量为3700左右，排除掉the、of、be动词、don’t、have等常见高频词后，真正考查到的单词量在3000左右(其中还有大量的中学词汇)。

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2015年考研英语二真题深入解析之阅读
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整篇文章的主题是与我们生活息息相关的内容，文章的难度不大，相比2014年英语二的阅读来说，难度稳定，这是在我们预料之中的。

第21题According to Paragraph 1,most previous surveys found that home＿＿＿(根据第一段可知，之前的调查中认为家是一个____地方)。

[A] offered greater relaxation than the workplace [B] was an ideal place for stress measurement [C] generated more stress than the workplace [D] was an unrealistic place for relaxation题目中明确给出范围，所以我们只要在第一段中找答案，且要注意题目中的关键词是previous。

回归第一段，不难发现文章的首句便是答案出处：A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys, people are actually more stressed at home than at work.（新的研究显示不同于以往的绝大多数调查，人们在家比工作时的压力更大）。

这句话中new、contrary to most surveys是提示词，与题目中的previous study相对应的，不难做出正确答案是[A]
第22题According to Damaske, who are likely to be the happiest at home?（Damaske 认为，谁可能是最家里最快乐的？）读完题目，回到文章第二段找Damaske的观点：It is men, not women, who report being happier at home than at work.在家男性比女性更快乐，Another surprise is that findings hold true for both those with children and without, but more so for nonparents.这句话的关键词是more,它与题目中的happiest最高级是相对应的，所以解这道题的关键便是nonparents.但是对于很多同学来说，nonparents是个生词，不认识。

其实大家只要上过中公考研的英语词汇课，学习过词根词缀法，这个单词就变的很简单。

nonparents是由否定前缀non-+parents构成的，non-这个否定前缀表示“不无非”，所以整个单词可以译为不是父母。

四个选项[A] Childless wives [B] Working mothers [C] Childless husbands [D] Working fathers，我们可以轻易选出答案C，没有孩子且是丈夫。

第23题，The blurring of working women's roles refers to the fact that＿＿。

回归第三段中，找到With the blurring of roles，发现前面的句子正是对这种现象的解释：for women who work outside the home, they often are playing catch-up-with-household tasks.以及后面的the home front lags well behind the workplace a making adjustments for working women，指的便是女性不仅得工作赚钱，而且还得在家得忙家务，所以她们的身份是双重的。

所以选[D] they are both bread winners and housewives.
第24题，The word“ moola”(Line4,Para4)most probably means＿＿这是一道词义推测题，它与前文中的marking money是近义词，答案选[C] earnings收入。

第25题The home front differs from the workplace in that＿＿。

文章第5段there are inadequate rewards for most of them. Your home colleagues-your family-have no
clear rewards for their labor;家务劳动不会像工作一样得到足够的奖励，而且分工也是不明确的。

答案对应选项[A] division of labor at home is seldom clear-cut.
虽然有突破口、也有规律可循，但这并不意味着我们可以一劳永逸、高枕无忧，要知道，想要精通世界上任何一门语言，除非有天生的语言天分，否则偷不得半分懒，只能勤勤恳恳反复练习。

一遍不懂读两遍，默念不行就大声念出来，遇到不认识的单词就查，不懂的句子就静下心来拆分结构。

总之，读书百遍、其义自现，英语学习之路上没有笨蛋，只有懒人。