2006年7月英语二真题答案
2006年英语真题+答案解析
河南省2019年普通高等学校选拔优秀专科毕业生进入本科阶段学习考试公共英语Part Ⅰ Word Formation (1×10 points)Directions:There are 10 incomplete statements in this part. You should fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word, and write the right answer in the brackets.1. She was engaged in an _______(argue)with Roberts about equal pay for men and women.2. These methods are _______(effect)in English teaching.3. The professor has a large _______(collect)of books.4. If you read the paper _______(care), I am sure you will pass the exam.5. The _______(excite)crowd rushed into the mayor’s office.6. I don’t think it wise to teach students of different _______(able) in the same class.7. The whole world looks upon the rapid _______(economy)development of our country as a great wonder.8. It is_______ (scientific)to think that science can solve all the problems for human beings.9. Many television viewers take him as their _______(favor) actor.10. After he finished the assignment, he found some _______(addition)exercises to do.Part Ⅱ Vocabulary and Structure (1×40 points)Directions:In this part there are 40 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A,B,C and D.Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence and write the choice in the brackets.11. The departure time of the plane has been postponed, so we have nothing to do now but _____.A.waitB.to be waitingC.to waitD.waiting12. I couldn’t understand why he pretended _____ in the garden.A. not to see me C. to see me notB. not see me D. to see not me13. Only when we came back home, _____ that my watch was missing.A. did I find C. I had foundB. I found D. Had I found14. _____ more time, the scientists will be able to work out a good solution to the problem.A. GivenB.GivingC. To giveD. Be given15. Some of the apples were rotten before reaching the market and _____ away.A.could be thrown C. could throwB. had to be thrown D. had to throw16. _____ in Beijing for more than twenty years, he knows the city very well.A.LivingB. LivedC. Having livedD. To live17. Mr. Zhang, _____ came to see me yesterday, is an old friend of my father’s.A. WhichB.thatC. whoD.whom18. We plan to increase the output of the machine _____ 7.4 percent this year.A. AtB. inC.byD. with19. I don’t mind _____ out for a walk in such bad weather.A.goB.to goC. goingD. gone20. As a lawyer he spent a lot of time _____ investigations.A. Conducted C. conductB. to conduct D. conducting21. The new invention is to make our daily life easier, _____ it more difficult.A. not to make C. not makingB. not make D. do not make22. _____, the old man had a sharp ear for even the slightest sound.A.As he was blind C.Blind as he wasB. As blind as he was D. As he was just blind23. I _____ a little earlier, but I met a friend of mine on the way.A.should arrive C.could have arrivedB.would be arriving D. arrived24. The news _____ our football team had won the match excited all of us.A. WhatB. whichC. thatD. as25. Henry looked very much _____ when he was caught cheating in the exam.A. DiscouragedB. embarrassedC. disappointedD.pleased26. We are interested in the weather because it _____ us so directly.A.benefitsB. affectsC. guidesD. effects27. Janet, _____ was read by the teacher, is a top student in our class.A.the composition of hers C. her compositionB. the composition of whom D. whose composition28. Hardly had he entered the classroom _____ the bell rang.A. ThanB. thenC. whenD. so29. I would rather you _____ to the party with her.A.goB. wentC. will go D has gone30. His English was so poor that he found it difficult to make himself _____.A.understood C. be understoodB. Understand D. to understand31. The sun heats the earth, _____ makes it possible for plants to grow.A.thatB. whereC. whichD. what32. Little _____ that the police are about to arrest him.A. does he know C.he doesn’t knowB. he knows D. he didn’t know33. It’s high time we _____ something to stop road accidents.A.are doingB.didC. will doD.do34. This is the best novel _____ I have ever read.A. WhichB. whereC. thatD. what35. It’s necessary that the problem _____ in some way or other.A. is settled C.be settledB. has been settled D. was settled36. _____ you say, I am sure that the young man is innocent.A. Whatever C. HoweverB.Whoever D. Wherever37. Staying in a hotel costs _____ renting a room in an apartment for a week.A. twice as more as C. twice as much asB. as more twice as D. as much twice as38. John puts up his hand _____ the teacher asks a question.A. every timeB. in timeC.some timeD. at times39. When you are free this afternoon, please help me to have these letters _____.[A.to mail B. mail C. mailed D. mailing40. I wish you _____ here last night. All of us were waiting for your arrival.A.came C. comeB. had come D. will come41. By the time you arrive in London, we _____ in Europe for two weeks.A. shall stay C. have stayedB. will have stayed D. have been staying42. I didn’t see him at the meeting yesterday afternoon. He _____ it.A. mustn’t attend C. wouldn’t have attendedB. can’t have attended D. needn’t have attended43. I think there’s no comparison between the two cars, one _____ clearly far better than the other.A.beingB. wasC. having beenD. be44. Many of his novels are reported _____ into several foreign languages last year.A.to be translated C. being translatedB. to translate D.to have been translated45. Mary said it was _____ box for me to carry.A. a too heavy C.too heavy aB.too a heavy D. too heavy46. The children are required not to leave the building unless _____ to do so.A. being told C.be toldB.they will be told D. told47. I’ve never seen the young man _____ next to the director.A.sitsB. satC. sittingD. to sit48. We object _____ carrying out the plan.A. ForB. to beC. aboutD. to49. Shanghai has experienced such great changes that everyone can recognize that it is no longer_____.A.what it used to C. the same it used to beB. that it used to like D. what it used to be50. He bought a new mobile phone last Sunday, because his old one _____.A.had stolenB. had been stolenC.was stolenD. stolenPart Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (2×20 points)Directions: There are four passages in this part. 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 the best choice.Passage 1Who takes care of the elderly in the United States today?The fact is that family members provide over 80% of the care that elderly people need.In most cases the elderly live in their own homes.A very small percentage of America’s elderly live in nursing homes.Samuel Preston, a sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania, studied how the American family is changing. He reported that by the time the average American couple reaches about 40 years of age, their parents are usually still alive. The statistics show the change in lifestyles and responsibilities of aging (老龄化)Americans.The average middle aged couple can look forward to caring for elderly parents sometime after their own children have grown up.Moreover, because people today live longer after an illness than people did years ago, family members must provide long term care. These facts also mean that after caregivers provide for their elderly parents, who will eventually die,they will be old and may require care too. When they do, their spouses(配偶)will probably take care of them because they have had fewer children than their parents did.Because Americans are living longer than ever, more social workers have begun to study ways of care giving to improve the care of the elderly. They have found that all caregivers share a common characteristic:They believe that they are the best people for the job. The social workershave also discovered three basic reasons why the caregivers take on the responsibility of caring for an elderly, dependent relative. Many caregivers believe they had an obligation(职责) to help their relatives. Some think that helping others makes them feel more useful.Others hope that by helping someone now, they will deserve care when they become old and dependent.51. Samuel Preston’s study shows that________.A. lifestyles and responsibilities of the elderly are not changingB. most American couples over 40 have no living parentsC. Middle aged Americans have to take care of their children and parents at the same timeD. elderly people may need care for a long time because they live longer after an illness52. Who will most probably take care of the middle aged Americans when they need care themselves?A. They themselves.B. Their close friends.C. Their children.D. Their husbands or wives.53. All caregivers believe that they can________.A. care for their elderly parents better than any other peopleB. keep closer to their old parents by this meansC. do much better if they have a job as social workersD. improve the care of the elderly with the help of the social workers54. Which of the following is NOT a reason why people look after their relatives?A. They feel they are of use to other people.B. They want to set an example to their children.C. They think it is their duty to help their relatives.D. They hope they deserve care when they need it.55. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Most old people live longer today after an illness than people did years ago.B. Many old people are put into nursing homes by their families, who do not visit themr egularly.C. Most elderly people are taken care of by their families, who assume the responsibility ford ifferent reasons.D. Most elderly people are satisfied with the better ways of care giving that social workershave come up with.Passage 2I once knew a young man, nineteen years of age, who lived with absolute outward (外表的) confidence and self possession for a number of years before I discovered that he could not read or write. His various methods of trick, which were also skills of self protection, were so skillful and so desperate(绝望) that neither I nor any of his other adult friends were aware of his entire helplessness in face of written words until we went to dinner one night at a local restaurant—and suddenly discovered that he could not read.Even here, it was not the first time we went out to eat, but something like the second or third, that Peter’s desperation shocked me. The first time, he was clever enough to cover the truth. He studied the menu for a moment, then looked up to the waitress and asked her if he could have “just a coke and a hamburger”. He told me later that he had done the same thing many times before and that he had learned to act as if he were examining the menu:“Then I ask for a coke and a hamburger…Sometimes they give me a hamburger on a plate with salad and potatoes…Then I ask the m for a roll and make my own hamburger.”As we began to go out to eat more frequently, Peter would ask to go to Howard Johnson’s. I soon discovered the reason for his choice: The photographs, attached in cellophane(玻璃纸) containers to each of the standard items on the menu, could help him not to struggle with the shape of words at all. Howard Johnson’s, whether intentionally or not, had provided the perfect escape for the endangered pride of an adult who was illiterate(文盲).56. When he went to a restaurant, Peter would________.A. pretend that he could not read or writeB. pretend to be studying the menuC. be desperate for help from other peopleD. protect himself by playing a musical instrument57. The young man was not found to be illiterate until________.A. he dined out with his adult friends at Howard Johnson’sB. he could no longer come up with various ways of deceptionC. he had dinner with his friends at a certain local restaurant for the second or third timeD. he was not careful enough to be aware of his entire helplessness in face of written words58. What did the young man usually have at a restaurant?A. Standard items on the menu.B. A hamburger made by himself.C. Foods that other people ordered.D. A coke and a hamburger.59. The word “self pos session”（Para.1）probably means________.A. Self confidenceB. self consciousnessC. Self disciplineD. self devotion60. Why did the young man like to go to Howard Johnson’s?A. Howard Johnson’s provided a perfect escape when anything dangerous should happen.B. The menu at Howard Johnson’s gave a clear introduction of the food it served.C. The photographs attached to the main items on the menu helped conceal his illiteracy.D. He would feel at ease because eaters at Howard Johnson’s were all ad ult non readers.Passage 3After practising as a surgeon for several years, Dr.Ginoux decided to apply for membership in the American College of Surgeons(美国外科医生学会), a highly selective and distinguished(著名的) professional organization.As part of the application procedure(手续)，Dr.Ginoux was asked to prepare a list of all the operations performed in the previous even years. Slowly, as she worked on the long list, she began to feel uncertain. She began to question some of her decisions. Had she used the best technique in that case?Maybe, in this case, she should have given one more test before operating?On the other hand, maybe she should have...Would the doctors on the selection committee understand that, as the only trained surgeon in the area, she usually could not get advice from others and therefore, had to rely completely on her own judgment?For the first time, Dr.Ginoux felt lonely and isolated. The longer Dr.Ginoux worked on the application forms, the more depressed she became. As hope faded, she wondere d if a “country doctor”had a realistic chance of being accepted by the American College of Surgeons.61. Dr.Ginoux was working in________.A. a large cityB. the American College of SurgeonsC. an area far from any big cityD. a selective organization62. It was most probable that Dr.Ginoux was________.A. a member in that organizationB. a well trained surgeonC. a graduate from American College of SurgeonsD. a distinguished surgeon in America63. When she was filling the application forms, Dr.Ginoux began to be________.A. RealisticB. depressedC. PuzzledD. decisive64. The application forms must include________.A. the decision procedureB. the college achievementsC. the best techniqueD. a list of advice and judgments65. When filling the forms, Dr.Ginoux felt depressed because________.A. she didn’t perform enough operationsB. some operations were unsuccessfulC. she didn’t get advice from the selection committeeD. she was doubtful about her previous operationsPassage 4Are some people born clever and other born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience?Strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus the limits of a person’s intelligence are fixed at birth, whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways.It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people is, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from the population, it is likely that their degree of intelligence will be completely different. If, on the other hand, we take two identical twins, they will very likely be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depend on birth.Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring. We would soon find differences in their intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all are likely to have similar degree of intelligence.66. If a child is born with low intelligence, he can________.A. not reach his intelligence in his lifeB. go beyond his intelligence limits in rich surroundingsC. still become a genius if he should be given special educationD. become a genius67. “If we take two unrelated people at random from the population”(Para.2)means if we________.A. choose two persons with different intelligenceB. choose two persons who are relativeC. take out two persons of close relationshipD. pick any two persons68. The example of the twins going to a university and to a factory separately shows________.A. the part that birth playsB. the importance of their positionsC. the role of environment on intelligenceD. the importance of their intelligence69. The writer is in favor of the view that man’s intelligence is given to him________.A. neither at birth nor through educationB. both at birth and through educationC. through educationD. at birth70. The best title of this passage can be________A. Effect of EducationB. Dependence on EnvironmentC. IntelligenceD. SurroundingsPart Ⅳ Cloze Test (1×20 points)Directions:In this part there are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the one that best fits into the passage. Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Earthquakes are something that most people fear. There are some places that have 71 or no earthquakes. Most places in the world, 72, have them regularly. Some places, 73 Iran and Guatemala have them frequently. Countries that have a lot of earthquakes are usually quite 74.The earthquake that the people most 75 about in the United States was the one happening in San Francisco in 1906. Over 500 people died 76 it. The strongest one in North America was in 1964. It happened in Alaska.Strong earthquakes are not always the ones that kill 77. In 1755, one of the strongest earthquakes ever 78 happened in Portugal. Around 20,000 people died.In 1923, a very powerful earthquake 79 the Tokyo-Yokohama area of Japan. A hundred and forty thousand people died. Most of them died in fires which 80 the earthquake.One of the 81 earthquakes ever was in China in 1976. It killed 82 people. The most destructive （破坏性的）earthquake ever reported was also in China. 400,000 people were killed or 83 in this quake, which happened in 1556.Earthquakes are 84 which people fear. Floods and tidal waves also cause people to be 85, as 86 like typhoons and cyclones（飓风）. Sometimes these things cause lots of deaths. In 1970, a cyclone and tidal wave killed over 200,000 in Pakistan.These kinds of things make people afraid and they are very dangerous. But they probably do not worry people 87 earthquakes do, especially in these modern times. The reason is 88 we often know they are coming, because we have some 89 . Some day we may be able to know an earthquake is coming. So far, however, there is no sure way to 90 an earthquake. When one comes, it is a surprise. People cannot prepare for it.71. A. Less B. much C. Few D. little72. A. therefore B. however C. for that reason D. likewise73. A. so far as B. as C. except for D. like74. A. mysterious B. portable C. Mountainous D. movable75. A. talking B. talks C. Talked D. talk76. A. in B. over C. Of D. for77. A. most B. the majority C. most the people D. the most people78. A. broken out B. exploded C. Recorded D. brought about79. A. hindered B. imposed C. Happened D. hit80. A. participated B. invested C. Followed D. pursued81. A. maximum B. worst C. Heaviest D. mature82. A. a large sum of B. a great deal of C. a large number of D. a large amount of83. A. damaged B. injured C. Harmed D. wrecked84. A. not only the acts of nature B. not only the nature of actsC. not only acts of the natureD. not the only acts of nature85. A. feared B. surprised C. Confused D. afraid86. A. the bad storm did B. do the bad storms C. the storms did badly D. the bad storms do87. A. as many as B. as much as C. so many as D. as more as88. A. because B. why C. That D. whether89. A. warnings B. clues C. Symbols D. evidences90. A. advocate B. proclaim C. put forward D. predictPart Ⅴ Translation (2×10 points)Section ADirections:There are 5 sentences in this section. Please translate them from Chinese into English.81.就是在这间小屋里，他们勤奋地工作着。
06年7月期末试题
别 班级姓名 考号密 封线 以 上 不 准 答 题 ------------------------------------○----------------------------------○---------------------------○--------------------------------○----------------------------○-大连水产学院职业技术学院2007-2008学年第一学期 06年7月期末试题. 说明：本试卷闭卷共 6 页， 五 道大题，满分为100分，请考生仔细检查，以免漏答。
Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections. Section A Directions : This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Example :you will hear: You will read: A)New york city. B)An evening party. C)An air trip. D)The man ’s job. From the dialogue we learn that the man is to take a flight to New york. Therefore, C)An air trip is the correct answer. You should mark C)on the Answer Sheet. Now the test will begin. 1.A)Two dollas. B)Three dollas. C)Four dollas. D)Five dollas. 2.A)Customer and saleman. B)Colleagues. C)Emoloyee and boss. D)Classmates. 3.A)Change his mind. B)Study untill midnight. C)Sleep late in the morning. D)Go to bed early. 4.A)At a concert. B)At a flower shop. C) At a restaurant. D)At an art museum. 5.A)Henry failed the exam for the fist time. B)Henry played football after the exam. C)Henry paid no attention to his study before the exam. D)Henry was an excellent football player. Section B Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations. There are 2 recorded conversations in it. After each conversation, there are some recorded questions. Both the conversations and questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Conversation 1 6. A)A shop assistant. B)A waiter. C)The woman ’s friend. D)The woman ’ husband. 7. A)A glass of red wine. B)A bottle of red wine. C)A pizza. D)Both A and C. Conversation 2 8. A)Zhongshan street. B)The traffic lights. C)Friendship Hotel. D)A fountain.9. A)She’s lost her way in the city.B)She doesn’t know the way to the place she wants to go to.C)She can’t get to the fountain.D)She is tired of walking.10. A)Behind a fountain. B)On the right of a fountain.C)On the west side of Zhongshan Street. D)On the east side of Zhongshan Street. Section CDirections: This section is to test your ability to comprehend short passages. You will hear a recorded passage. After that you will hear five questions. Both the passage andquestions will be read two times. When you hear a question, you shouldcomplete the answer to it with a word or a short phrase (in no more than 3words). The questions and incomplete answers are printed in your test paper.You should write your answers on the Answer Sheet correspondingly. Now thepassage will begin.11.How many people are there on earth now?Now there are about of us on earth.12.How much could the world’s population reach in furher 75 years?The world’s population could reach in furher 75 years.13.What does a major new study show?A major new study shows that the situation .14.Where is the drop in birth rate happening?It is happening in .15.How much has china reduced its population since 1970?China has already cut its rate of population growth by .Part II Vocabulary and Structure (30分)Section A(20分)Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the words or phrases given below。
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2006年考研英语试题及答案Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A,B,Cor D on ANSWER SHEET1.(10points) The homeless make up a growing percentage of America’s population.__1__ homelessness has reached such proportions that local government can’t possibly _____2____. To help homeless people _____3___ independence, the federal government must support job training programs,_____4_____ the minimum wage, and fund more low-cost housing._____5____everyone agrees on the numbers of Americans who are homeless. Estimates ____6__ anywhere from 600,000 to 3 million. _____7__ the figure may vary, analysts do agree on another matter: that the number of the homeless is_____8____, one of the federal government’s studies _____9__ that the number of the homeless will reach nearly 19 million by the end of this decade. Finding ways to __10__ this growing homeless population has become increasingly difficult.___11__when homeless individuals manage to find a ___12__ that will give them three meals a day and a place to sleep at night, a good number still spend the bulk of each day__13__ the street, Part of the problem is that many homeless adults are addicted to alcohol or drugs. And a significant number of the homeless have serious mental disorders. Many others,____14____not addicted or mentally ill, simply lack the everyday __15__ skills need to turn their lives _____16__.Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are_17___programs that address the many needs of the homeless. _____18__ Edward Blotkowsk, director of community service at Bentley College in Massachusetts,___19__it. “There has to be _____20___of programs. What we need is a package deal.” 1.[A]Indeed [B]Likewise [C]Therefore [D]Furthermore 2.[A]stand [B]cope [C]approve [D]retain 3.[A]in [B]for [C]with [D]toward 4.[A]raise [B]add [C]take [D]keep 5.[A]generally [B]almost [C]hardly [D]not 6.[A]cover [B]change [C]range [D]differ 7.[A]Now that [B]Although [C]Provided [D]Except that 8.[A]inflating [B]expanding [C]increasing [D]extending 9.[A]predicts [B]displays [C]proves [D]discovers 10.[A]assist [B]track [C]sustain [D]dismiss 11.[A]Hence [B]But [C]Even [D]Only 12.[A]lodging [B]shelter [C]dwelling [D]house 13.[A]searching [B]strolling [C]crowding [D]wandering 14.[A]when [B]once [C]while [D]whereas 15.[A]life [B]existence [C]survival [D]maintenance 16.[A]around [B]over [C]on [D]up 17.[A]complex [B]comprehensive [C]complementary [D]compensating 18.[A]So [B]Since [C]As [D]Thus 19.[A]puts [B]interprets [C]assumes [D]makes 20.[A]supervision [B]manipulation [C]regulation [D]coordinationSection II Reading Comprehension Part A Directions: 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 In spite of “endless talk of difference,” American society is an amazing machine for homogenizing people. This is “the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse, and the casualness and absence of consumption “launched by the 19th –century department stores that offered ‘vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere. Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite.” these were stores “anyone could enter, regardless of class or background. This turned shopping into a public and democratic act.” The mass media, advertising and sports are other forces for homogenization. Immigrants are quickly fitting into this common culture, which may not be altogether elevating but is hardly poisonous. Writing for the National Immigration Forum, Gregory Rodriguez reports that today’s immigration is neither at unprecedented level nor resistant to assimilation. In 1998 immigrants were 9.8 percent of population; in 1900, 13.6 percent. In the 10 years prior to 1990, 3.1 immigrants arrived for every 1,000 residents; in the 10 years prior to 1890, 9.2 for every 1,000. Now, consider three indices of assimilation------language, home ownership and intermarriage. The 1990 Census revealed that “a majority of immigrants from each of the fifteen most common countries of origin spoke English “well” or “very well” after ten years of residence.” The children of immigrants tend to be bilingual and proficient in English. “By the third generation, the original language is lost in the majority of immigrant families.” Hence the description of America as a graveyard” for language. By 1996 foreign-born immigrants who had arrive before 1970 had a home ownership rate of 75.6 percent, higher than the 69.8 percent rate among native-born Americans. Foreign-born Asians and Hispanics “have higher rates of intermarriage than do U.S-born whites and blacks.” By the third generation, one third of Hispanic women are married to non-Hispanics, and 41 percent of Asian-American women are married to non-Asians. Rodriguez not that children in remote villages around world are fans of superstars like Amold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks, yet “some Americans fear that immigrant living within the United States remain somehow immune to the nation’s assimilative power.” Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething in America? Indeed. It is big enough to have a bit of everything. But particularly when viewed against America’s turbulent past, today’s social induces suggest a dark and deteriorating social environment. 21. The word “homogenizing” (Line 2, Paragraph 1) most probably meansA. identifyingB. associatingC. assimilatingD. monopolizing 22. According to the author, the department stores of the 19th century A.played a role in the spread of popular culture. B.became intimate shops for common consumers. C.satisfied the needs of a knowledgeable elite. D.owed its emergence to the culture of consumption. 23. The text suggests that immigrants now in the U.S. A.are resistant to homogenization. B.exert a great influence on American culture. C.are hardly a threat to the common culture. D.constitute the majority of the population. 24. Why are Amold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks mentioned in Paragraph 5? A. To prove their popularity around the world. B. To reveal the public’s fear of immigrants. C. To give examples of successful immigrants. D. To show the powerful influence of American culture. 25. In the author’s opinion, the absorption of immigrants into American society isA. rewardingB. successfulC. fruitlessD. harmful Text 2 Stratford-on-Avon, as we all know, has only one industry—William Shakespeare—but there are two distinctly separate and increasingly hostile branches. There is the Royal Shakespeare Company (ASC), which presents superb productions of the plays at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre on the Avon. And there are the townsfolk who largely live off the tourists who come, not to see the plays, but to look at Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Shakespeare’s birthplace and the other sights. The worthy residents of Stratford doubt that the theatre adds a penny to their revenue. They frankly dislike the RSC’s actors, them with their long hair and beards and sandals and noisiness. It’s all deliciously ironic when you consider that Shakespeare, who earns their living, was himself an actor (with a beard) and did his share of noise-making. The tourist streams are not entirely separate. The sightseers who come by bus- and often take in Warwick Castle and Blenheim Palace on the side—don’t usually see the plays, and some of them are even surprised to find a theatre in Stratford. However, the playgoers do manage a little sight-seeing along with their playgoing. It is the playgoers, the ESC contends, who bring in much of the town’s revenue because they spend the night (some of them four or five nights) pouring cash into the hotels and restaurants. The sightseers can take in everything and get out of town by nightfall. The townsfolk don’t see it this way and local council does not contribute directly to the subsidy of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Stratford cries poor traditionally. Nevertheless every hotel in town seems to be adding a new wing or cocktail lounge. Hilton is building its own hotel there, which you may be sure will be decorated with Hamlet Hamburger Bars, the Lear Lounge, the Banquo Banqueting Room, and so forth, and will be very expensive. Anyway, the townsfolk can’t understand why the Royal Shakespeare Company needs a subsidy. (The theatre has broken attendance records for three years in a row. Last year its 1,431 seats were 94 percent occupied all year long and this year they’ll do better.) The reason, of course, is that costs have rocketed and ticket prices have stayed low. It would be a shame to raise prices too much because it would drive away the young people who are Stratford’s most attractive clientele. They come entirely for the plays, not the sights. They all seem to look alike (though they come from all over)---lean, pointed, dedicated faces, wearing jeans and sandals, eating their buns and bedding down for the night on the flagstones outside the theatre to buy the 20 seats and 80 standing—room tickets held for the sleepers and sold to themwhen the box office opens at 10:30 a.m.Text 3 When prehistoric man arrived in new parts of the world, something strange happened to the large animals. They suddenly became extinct. Smaller species survived. The large, slow-growing animals were easy game, and were quickly hunted to extinction. Now something similar could be happening in the oceans. That the seas are being overfished has been known for years. What researchers such as Ransom Myers and Boris Worm have shown is just how fast things are changing. They have looked at half a century of data from fisheries around the world. Their methods do not attempt to estimate the actual biomass (the amount of living biological matter) of fish species in particular parts of the ocean, but rather changes in that biomass over time. According to their latest paper published in Nature, the biomass of large predators (animals that kill and eat other animals) in a new fishery is reduced on average by 80% within 15 years of the start of exploitation. In some long-fished areas, it has halved again since then. Dr Worm acknowledges that the figures are conservative. One reason for this is that fishing technology has improved. Today's vessels can find their prey using satellites and sonar, which were not available 50 years ago. That means a higher proportion of what is in the sea is being caught, so the real difference between present and past is likely to be worse than the one recorded by changes in catch sizes. In the early days, too, longlines would have been more saturated with fish. Some individuals would therefore not have been caught, since no baited hooks would have been available to trap them, leading to an underestimate of fish stocks in the past. Furthermore, in the early days of longline fishing, a lot of fish were lost to sharks after they had been hooked. That is no longer a problem, because there are fewer sharks around now. Dr Myers and Dr Worm argue that their work gives a correct baseline, which future management efforts must take into account. They believe the data support an idea current among marine biologists, that of the "shifting baseline". The notion is that people have failed to detect the massive changes which have happened in the ocean because they have been looking back only a relatively short time into the past. That matters because theory suggests that the maximum sustainable yield that can be cropped from a fishery comes when the biomass of a target species is about 50% of its original levels. Most fisheries are well below that, which is a bad way to do business. 31. The extinction of large prehistoric animals is noted to suggest that A. large animal were vulnerable to the changing environment. B. small species survived as large animals disappeared. C. large sea animals may face the same threat today. D. Slow-growing fish outlive fast-growing ones 32. We can infer from Dr Myers and Dr. Worm’s paper that A. the stock of large predators in some old fisheries has reduced by 90%. B. there are only half as many fisheries as there were 15 years ago. C. the catch sizes in new fisheries are only 20% of the original amount. D. the number of larger predators dropped faster in new fisheries than in the old. 33. By saying these figures are conservative (Line 1, paragraph 3), Dr Worm means that A. fishing technology has improved rapidly B. then catch-sizes are actually smaller then recorded C. the marine biomass has suffered a greater loss D. the data collected so far are out of date. 34. Dr Myers and other researchers hold that A. people should look for a baseline that can’t work for a longer time. B. fisheries should keep the yield below 50% of the biomass C. the ocean biomass should restored its original level. D. people should adjust the fishing baseline to changing situation 35. The author seems to be mainly concerned with most fisheries’ A.management efficiency B.biomass level C.catch-size limits D.technological application. Text 4 Many things make people think artists are weird and the weirdest may be this: artists' only job is to explore emotions, and yet they choose to focus on the ones that feel bad. This wasn't always so. The earliest forms of art, like painting and music, are those best suited for expressing joy. But somewhere in the 19th century, more artists began seeing happiness as insipid, phony or, worst of all, boring as we went from Wordsworth's daffodils to Baudelaire's flowers of evil. You could argue that art became more skeptical of happiness because modern times have seen such misery. But it's not as if earlier times didn't know perpetual war, disaster and the massacre of innocents. The reason, in fact, may be just the opposite: there is too much damn happiness in the world today. After all, what is the one modern form of expression almost completely dedicated to depicting happiness? Advertising. The rise of anti-happy art almost exactly tracks the emergence of mass media, and with it, a commercial culture in which happiness is not just an ideal but an ideology. People in earlier eras were surrounded by reminders of misery. They worked until exhausted, lived with few protections and died young. In the West, before mass communication and literacy, the most powerful mass medium was the church, which reminded worshippers that their souls were in peril and that they would someday be meat for worms. Given all this, they did not exactly need their art to be a bummer too. Today the messages your average Westerner is bombarded with are not religious but commercial, and forever happy. Fast-food eaters, news anchors, text messengers, all smiling, smiling. Our magazines feature beaming celebrities and happy families in perfect homes. And since these messages have an agenda--to lure us to open our wallets to make the very idea of happiness seem unreliable. "Celebrate!" commanded the ads for the arthritis drug Celebrex, before we found out it could increase the risk of heart attacks. What we forget--what our economy depends on is forgetting--is that happiness is more than pleasure without pain. The things that bring the greatest joy carry the greatest potential for loss and disappointment. Today, surrounded by promises of easy happiness, we need someone to tell us as religion once did, Memento mori: remember that you will die, that everything ends, and that happiness comes not in denying this but in living with it. It's a message even more bitter than a clove cigarette, yet, somehow, a breath of fresh air. 36.By citing the example of poets Wordsworth and Baudelaire, the author intends to show that A. Poetry is not as expressive of joy as painting or music. B. Art grow out of both positive and negative feeling. C. Poets today are less skeptical of happiness. D. Artist have changed their focus of interest. 37. The word “bummer” (Line 5. paragraph 5) most probably means somethingA. religiousB. unpleasantC. entertainingD. commercial 38.In the author’s opinion, advertising A.emerges in the wake of the anti-happy part. B.is a cause of disappointment for the general peer C.replace the church as a major source of information D.creates an illusion of happiness rather than happiness itself. 39.We can learn from the last paragraph that the author believes A.Happiness more often than not ends in sadness. B.The anti-happy art is distasteful by refreshing. C.Misery should be enjoyed rather than denied. D.The anti-happy art flourishes when economy booms 40.Which of the following is true of the text? A.Religion once functioned as a reminder of misery. B.Art provides a balance between expectation and reality. C.People feel disappointed at the realities of morality. D.mass media are inclined to cover disasters and deaths.Part B Directions: In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list A- G to fit into each of 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) On the north bank of the Ohio River sits Evansville, Ind., home of David Williams, 52, and of a riverboat casino where gambling games are played. During several years of gambling in that casino, Williams, a state auditor earning $35,000 a year, lost approximately $175,000. He had never gambled before the casino sent him a coupon for $20 worth of gambling. He visited the casino, lost the $20 and left. On his second visit he lost $800. The casino issued to him, as a good customer, a Fun Card, which when used in the casino earns points for meals and drinks, and enables the casino to track the user's gambling activities. For Williams, these activities become what he calls electronic morphine. (41)______________. In 1997 he lost $21,000 to one slot machine in two days. In March 1997 he lost $72,186. He sometimes played two slot machines at a time, all night, until the boat locked at 5 a.m., then went back aboard when the casino opened at 9 a.m. Now he is suing the casino, charging that it should have refused his patronage because it knew he was addicted. It did know he had a problem. In March 1998, a friend of Williams's got him involuntarily confined to a treatment center for addictions, and wrote to inform the casino of Williams's gamblers. The casino included a photo of Williams among those of banned gamblers, and wrote to him a” cease admissions” letter notingthe medical/psychological nature of problem gambling behaviors, the letter said that before being readmitted to the patronizing the casino would pose no threat to his safety have to his safety or well-being. (42) ______________. The Wall Street Journal reports that the casino has 20 signs warning: “Enjoy the fun ... and always bet with your head, not over it”. Every entrance ticket lists a toll-free number for counseling from the Indiana Department of Mental Health. Nevertheless, Williams's suit charges that the casino, knowing he was “helplessly addicted to gambling”, intentionally worked to ”love” him to “engage in conduct against his will” well. (43) ______________. The fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) says “pathological gambling” involves persistent, recurring and uncontrollable pursuit less of money than of taking risks in quest of a windfall, (44) ______________.Pushed by science, or what claims to be science, society is reclassifying what once were considered character flaws or moral failings as personality disorders akin to physical disabilities. (45) ______________. Forty-four states have lotteries, 29 have casinos, and most of these states are to varying degrees dependent on --you might say --addicted to--revenues from wagering. And since the first Internet gambling site was created in 1995, competition for gamblers' dollars has become intense. The Oct. 28 issue of NEWSWEEK reported that 2 million gamblers patronize 1,800 virtual casinos every week. With $3.5 billion being lost on Internet wagers this year, gambling has passed pornography as the Web's most profitable business. (A). Although no such evidence was presented, the casino's marketing department continued to pepper him with mailings. And he entered the casino and used his Fun Card without being detected. (B). It is unclear what luring was required, given his compulsive behavior. And in what sense was his will operative? (C). By the time he had lost $5,000 he said to himself that if he could get back to even, he would quit. One night he won $5,500, but he did not quit. (D). Gambling has been a common feature of American life forever, but for a long time it was broadly considered a sin, or a social disease. Now it is a social policy: the most important and aggressive promoter of gambling in America is government. (E). David Williams’s suit should trouble this gambling nation. But don’t bet on it. (F). It is worrisome that society is medicalizing more and more behavioral problems, often defining as addictions what earlier, sterner generations explained as weakness of will. (G). The anonymous, lonely, undistracted nature of online gambling is especially conductive to compulsive behavior. But even if the government knew how to move against Internet gambling, what would be its grounds for doing so? Part C Directions: Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Our translation should be written neatly on ANSWER SHEET2. (10 points) Is it true that the American intellectual is rejected and considered of no account in his society?I am going to suggest that it is not true. Father Bruckbergen told part of the story when he observed that it is the intellectuals who have rejected Americans. But they have done more than that. They have grown dissatisfied with the role of intellectual. It is they, not Americans, who have become anti-intellectual. First, the object of our study pleads for definition. What is an intellectual? (46) I shall define him as an individual who has elected as his primary duty and pleasure in life the activity of thinking in Socratic(苏格拉底) way about moral problems .He explores such problem consciously, articulately, and frankly, first by asking factual questions, then by asking moral questions, finally by suggesting action which seems appropriate in the light of the factual and moral information which he has obtained. (47) His function is analogous to that of a judge, who must accept the obligation of revealing in as obvious a matter as possible the course of reasoning which led him to his decision. This definition excludes many individuals usually referred to as intellectuals --- the average scientist for one 48) I have excluded him because, while his accomplishments may contribute to the solution of moral problems, he has not been charged with the task of approaching any but the factual aspects of those problems. Like other human beings, he encounters moral issues even in everyday performance of his routine duties.--- he is not supposed to cook his experiments, manufacture evidence, or doctor his reports. (49) But his primary task is not to think about the moral code, which governs his activity, any more than a businessman is expected to dedicate his energies to an exploration of rules of conduct in business. During most of his walking life he will take his code for granted, as the businessman takes his ethics. The definition also excludes the majority of factors, despite the fact that teaching has traditionally been the method whereby many intellectuals earn their living (50) They may teach very well and more than earn their salaries, but most of them make little or no independent reflections on human problems which involve moral judgment .This description even fits the majority eminent scholars .“Being learned in some branch of human knowledge in one thing, living in public and industrious thoughts,” as Emerson would say ,“is something else.”Section III Writing Part A 51. Directions: You want to contribute to Project Hope by offering financial aid to a child in a remote area. Write a letter to the department concerned, asking them to help find a candidate. You should specify what kind of child you want to help and how you will carry out your plan. Write your letter with no less than 100 words. Write it on ANSWER SHEET 2. Do not sign your name at the end of the letter; use Li Ming instead. You do not need to write the address. (10 points) Part B 52. Directions: Study the following photos carefully and write an essay of 160~200 words in which you should 1.describe the photos briefly, 2.interpret the social phenomenon reflected by them, and 3.give your point of view. 有两幅图片，图1 把崇拜写在脸上图2 花300元做“小贝头” 注：Beckham 是英国足球明星 有两张照片，一张照片上有一位男士脸上写着足球明星的名字，另一张照片上有一个男子在理发，他要求理发师为他设计一个小贝克汉姆的发型。
2006年考研英语二真题和答案
2006年全国攻读工商管理硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题Section I Vocabulary （10 points ）Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence Then blacken the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a pencil.1. In some countries girls are still_____ of a good education.A. denied.B. declinedC. derivedD. deprived2. As the years passed, the memories of her childhood______ away.A. fadedB. disappearedC. flashedD. fired3. Brierley’s book has the________ of being both informative and readable.A. inspirationB. requirementsC. mythD. merit4. If I have any comments to make, I’ll write them in the ______of the book I’m readingA. edgeB. pageC. marginD. side5. My ________would really trouble me if I wore a fur coat.A. consciousnessB. consequenceC. constitutionD. conscience6. When the post fell _______, Dennis Bass was appointed to fill it.A. emptyB. vacantC. hollowD. bare7. Mother who takes care of everybody is usually the most _________person in each family.A. considerateB. considerableC. consideringD. constant8. For ten years the Greeks _______the city of Troy to separate it from the outside.A. capturedB. occupiedC. destroyedD. surrounded9. Other guests at yesterday's opening, which was broadcast______ by the radio station, included Anne Mclntosh and the Mayor.A. liveB. aliveC. livingD. lively10.A New Zealand man was recently _____ to life imprisonment for the murder of an English tourist, Monica Cantwell.A. punishedB. accusedC. sentencedD. put11.The past 22 years have really been amazing, and every prediction we've made about improvements have all come____A. trulyB. trueC. truthD. truthful12.The teachers tried to ______these students that they could solve the complicated problem, however, they just didn’t see the point.A. convinceB. encourageC. consultD. concern13.I'm _________ to think that most children would like their teachers to be their friends rather than their commanders.A. subjectedB. supposedC. declinedD. inclined14. She is under the impression that he isn’t a ________ person for he wouldn’t tell her where and when he went to university.A. geniusB. generousC. genuineD. genetic15. The first glasses of Coca-Cola were drunk in 1886. The drink was first _____by a US chemist called John PembertonA. formedB. madeC. foundD. done16.These two chemicals ______with each other at a certain temperature to produce a substance which could cause an explosion.A. interactB. attractC. reactD. expel17. ________they can get people in the organization to do what must he done, they will not succeed.A. SinceB. UnlessC. IfD. Whether18. Once you have started a job, you should do it__________.A. in practiceB. in theoryC. in earnestD. in a hurry19. Although the new library service has been very successful, its future is ______certain.A. at any rateB. by no meansC. by all meansD. at any cost20.To my surprise, at yesterday's meeting he again ________the plan that had been disapproved a week before.A. brought aboutB. brought outC. brought upD. brought downSection II Cloze (10 points)Directions: For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWET SHEET with a pencil. Wholesale prices in July rose more sharply than expected and at a faster rate than consumer prices, 21 that businesses were still protecting consumers 22 the full brunt (冲击) of higher energy costs.The Producer Price Index, 23 measures what producers receive for goods and services,24 1 percent in July, the Labor Department reported yesterday, double 25 economists had been expecting and a sharp turnaround from flat prices in June. Excluding 26 and energy, the core index of producer prices rose 0.4 percent, 27 than the 0.1 percent that economists had 28 .Much of that increase was a result of an 29 increase in car and truck prices.On Tuesday, the Labor Department said the 30 that consumers paid for goods and services in July were 31 0.5 percent over all, and up 0.1 percent, excluding food and energy.32 the overall rise in both consumer and producer prices 33 caused by energy costs, which increased 4.4 percent in the month. (Wholesale food prices 34 0.3 percent in July. 35 July 2004, wholesale prices were up 4.6 percent, the core rate 36 2.8 percent, its fastest pace since 1995.Typically, increases in the Producer Price Index indicate similar changes in the consumer index 37 businesses recoup (补偿) higher costs from customers. 38 for much of this expansion, which started 39 the end of 2001, that has not been the 40 . In fact, many businesses like automakers have been aggressively discounting their products21. A. indicate B. to indicate C. indicating D. indicated22. A. of B. to C. by D. from23. A. that B. which C. it D. this24. A. rise B. rises C. rose D. raised25.A. that B. what C. which D. this26. A. food B. grain C. crop D. diet27. A. less B. lower C. higher D. more28. A. said B. reported C. calculated D. forecast29. A. expectable B. unexpected C. expectation D. expecting30. A. prices B. costs C. charges D. values31. A. down B. from C. to D. up32. A. Much B. Most C. Most of D. Much of33. A. was B. were C. is D. are34. A. fall B. fell C. falls D. has fallen35. A. Comparing with B. In comparison C. Compared with D. Compare to36. A. dropped B. declined C. lifted D. climbed37. A. as B. so C. while D. when38. A. And B. But C. Yet D. Still39. A. at B. by C. in D. to40. A. condition B. situation C. matter D. caseSection III Reading Comprehension (40 points)Directions: There are 4passages in this part. Each passage os followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marded A, B, C, and D. You should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a pencil.Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage:Office jobs are among the positions hardest hit by compumation (计算机自动化). Word processors and typists will lose about 93,000 jobs over the next few years, while 57,000 secretarial jobs will vanish. Blame the PC: Today, many executives type their own memos and carry their：“secretaries”in the palms of their hands. Time is also hard for stock clerks, whose ranks are expected to decrease by 68,000. And employees in manufacturing firms and wholesalers are being replaced with computerized systems.But not everyone who loses a job will end up in the unemployment line. Many will shift to growing positions within their own companies. When new technologies shook up the telecomm business, telephone operator Judy Dougherty pursued retraining. She is now a communications technician, earning about $ 64,000 per year. Of course, if you've been a tollbooth collector for the past 30 years, and you find yourself replaced by an E¬-ZPass machine, it may be of little consolation(安慰) to know that the telecomm field is booming.And that's just it: The service economy is fading; welcome to the expertise(专门知识) economy. To succeed in the new job market, you must be able to handle complex problems. Indeed, all but one of the 50 highest-paying occupations---air-traffic controller---de mand at least a bachelor’s degree. For those with just a high school diploma(毕业证书),It's going to get tougher to find a well-paying job. Since fewer factory and clerical jobs will be available, what's left will be the jobs that compumation can’t kill: Computers can’t clean offices ,or care for Alzheimer's patients(老年痴呆病人). But ,since most people have the skills to fill those positions, the wages stay painfully low ,meaning compumation could drive an even deeper wedge (楔子) between the rich and poor. The best advice now: Never stop learning ,and keep up with new technology.For busy adults, of course, that can be tough. The good news is that the very technology that's reducing so many jobs is also making it easier to go back to school without having to sit in a classroom. So-called Internet distance learning is hot, with more than three million students currently enrolled , and it’s gaining credibility with employers.Are you at risk of losing your job to a computer ? Check the federal Bureau of LaborStatistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook, which is available online at bls. gov.41、From the first paragraph we can infer that all of the following persons are easily thrown into unemployment EXCEPT.A. secretariesB. stock clerksC. managersD. wholesalers42、In the second paragraph the author mentions the tollbooth collector toA. mean he will get benefits from the telecomm fieldB. show he is too old to shift to a new positionC. console him on having been replaced by a machineD. blame the PC for his unemployment43.By saying “┅compumation could drive an even deeper wedge between the rich and poor ”(line 5, Para. 4) the author meansA. people are getting richer and richerB. there will be a small gap between rich and poorC. the gap between rich and poor is getting larger and largerD. it’s time to close up the gap between the rich and poor44、What is the author's attitude towards computers?A. positiveB. negativeC. neutralD. prejudiced45、Which of the following might serve as the best title of passage?A. Blaming the PCB. The booming telecomm fieldC. Internet distance leaningD. Keeping up with compumationQuestion 46 to 50 are based on the following passage：Tens of thousands of 18-year-olds will graduate this year and be handed meaningless diplomas. These diplomas won't look any different from those awarded their luckier classmates .Their validity will be questioned only when their employers discover that these graduates are semiliterate(半文盲)Eventually a fortunate few will find their way into educational –repair shops—adult–literacy programs, such as the one where I teach basic grammar and writing. There, high-school graduates and high-school dropouts pursuing graduate-equivalency certificates will learn the skills they should have learned in school, They will also discover they have been cheated by our educational system.I will never forget a teacher who got the attention of one of my children by revealing the trump card of failure. Our youngest, a world-class charmer, did little to develop his intellectual talents but always got by Until Mrs. Stifter.Our son was high-school senior when he had her for English. “He sits in the back of the room talking to his friends.” she told me, “Why don't you move him to the front row? ” I urged, believing the embarrassment would get him to settle down. Mrs. Stifter said, 'I don't move seniors. I flunk (使┅不及格) them. ' Our son's academic life flashed before my eyes. No teacher had ever threatened him. By the time I got home I was feeling pretty good about this .It was a radical approach for these times, but, well, Why not? “She's going to flunk you.” I told my son.I did not discuss it any further. Suddenly English became a priority (头等重要) in his life. He finished out the semester with an A.I know one example doesn't make a case, but at night I see a parade of students who are angry for having been passed along until they could no longer even pretend to keep up. Of average intelligence or better, they eventually quit school, concluding they were too dumb to finish.” I should have been held back,” is a comment I hear f requently. Even sadder are those students who are high-school graduates who say to me after a few weeks of class.” I don’t know how I ever got a high-school diploma.”Passing students who have not mastered the work cheats them and the employers who expect graduates to have basic skills. We excuse this dishonest behavior by saying kids can't learn if they come from terrible environments. No one seems to stop to think that most kids don't put school first on their list unless they perceive something is at risk. They'd rather be sailing.Many students I see at night have decided to make education a priority. They are motivated by the desire for a better job or the need to hang on to the one they've got. They have a healthy fear of failure.People of all ages can rise above their problems, but they need to have a reason to do so. Young people generally don't have the maturity to value education in the same way my adult students value it. But fear of failure can motivate both.46.What is the subject of this essay?A. view point on learningB. a qualified teacherC. the importance of examinationD. the generation gap47.How did Mrs. Sifter get the attention of one of the author’s children?A. flunking himB. moving his seatC. blaming himD. playing card with him48.The author believes that the most effective way for a teacher is toA. purify the teaching environments .B. set up cooperation between teachers and parents.C. hold back student.D. motivate student.49. From the passage we can draw the conclusion that the authors’ attitude toward flunking isA. negativeB. positiveC. biasedD. indifferent50. Judging from the content, this passage is probably written forA. administratorsB. studentsC. teachersD. parentsQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage:Names have gained increasing importance in the competitive world of higher education. As colleges strive for market share, they are looking for names that project the image they want or reflect the changes they hope to make. Trenton State College, for example, became the College of New Jersey nine years ago when it began raising admissions standards and appealing to students from throughout the state.“All I hear in higher education is, Brand, brand, brand,” said Tim Westerbeck, who specializes in branding and is managing director of Lipman Hearne, a marketing firm based in Chicago that works with universities and other nonprofit organizations. “There has been a sea change over the last 10 years. Marketing used to be almost a dirty word in higher education.”Not all efforts at name changes are successful, of course . In 1997 , the New School for Social Research became New School University to reflect its growth into a collection of eight colleges, offering a list of majors that includes psychology, music ,urban studies and management. But New Yorkers continued to call it the New School .Now, after spending an undisclosed sum on an online survey and a marke ting consultant’s creation of “naming structures.” “brand architecture” and “ identity systems,” the university has come up with a new name: the New School. Beginning Monday, it will adopt new logos (标识)，banners, business cards and even new names for the individual colleges, all to include the words “the New School.”Changes in names generally reveal significant shifts in how a college wants to be perceived. In altering its name from Cal State. Hayward, to Cal State, East Bay, the university hoped to project its expanding role in two mostly suburban countries east of San Francisco.The University of Southern Colorado, a state institution, became Colorado State University at Pucblo two years ago, hoping to highlight many internal changes, including offering more graduate programs and setting higher admissions standards.Beaver College turned itself into Arcadia University in 2001 for several reasons: to break the connection with its past as a women’s college, to promote its growth into a full-fledged(完全成熟的) university and officials acknowledged, to eliminate some joke s about the college’s old name on late-night television and “morning zoo” radio shows.Many college officials said changing a name and image could produce substantial results. At Arcadia, in addition to the rise in applications, the average student's test score has increased by 60 points, Juli Roebeck, an Arcadia spokeswoman, said.51. which of the following is NOT the reason for colleges to change their names?A. They prefer higher education competitionB. They try to gain advantage in market share.C. They want to project their image.D. They hope to make some changes.52. It is implied that one of the most significant changes in higher education in the past decade isA. the brand.B. the college namesC. the concept of marketingD. list of majors.53.The phrase ' come up with'(Line 3, Para. 4) probably meansA. catch up withB. deal withC. put forwardD. come to the realization54 The case of name changing from Cal State, Hayward, to Cal State indicates that the universityA. is perceived by the societyB. hopes to expand its influenceC. prefers to reform its reaching programsD. expects to enlarge its campus55.According to the spokeswoman, the name change of Beaver CollegeA. turns out very successfulB. fails to attain its goalC. has eliminated some jokesD. has transformed its statusQuestion 56 to 60 are based on the following passage:It looked just like another aircraft from the outside .The pilot told his young passengers that it was built in 1964.But appearances were deceptive, and the 13 students from Europe and the USA who boarded the aircraft were in for the flight of their lives.Inside, the area that normally had seats had become a long white tunnel. Heavily padded(填塞) from floor to ceiling ,it looked a bit strange. There were almost no windows, but lights along the padded walls illuminated it. Most of the seats had been taken out apart from a few at the back where the young scientists quickly took their places with a look of fear.For 12 months, science students from across the continents had competed to win a place on the flight at the invitation of the European Space Agency .The challenge had been to suggest imaginative experiments to be conducted in weightless conditions.For the next two hours, the flight resembled that of an enormous bird which had lose its reason, shooting upwards towards the heavens before rushing towards Earth. The invention was to achieve weightlessness for a few seconds.The aircraft took off smoothly enough, but any feelings that I and the young scientists had that we were on anything like a scheduled passenger service were quickly dismissed when the pilot put the plane into a 45 degree climb which lasted around 20 seconds. Then the engines cut our and we became weightless. Everything became confused and left or right, up or down no longer had any meaning. After ten seconds of free-fall descent (下降) the pilot pulled the aircraft out of its nosedive. The return of gravity was less immediate than its loss, but was still sudden enough to ensure that some students came down with a bump.Each time the pilot cut the engines and we became weightless, a new team conducted its experiment. First it was the Dutch who wanted to discover how it is that cats always land on their feet. Then the German team who conducted a successful experiment on a traditional building method to see if it could be used for building a future space station. The Americans had an idea to create solar sails that could be used by satellites.After two hours of going up and down in the lane doing their experiments, the predominant feeling was one of excitement rather than sickness. Most of the students thought it was an unforgettable experience and one they would be keen to repeat.56、What did the writer say about the plane?.A、It had no seats.B、It was painted white.C、It had no windows.D、The outside was misleading.57、According to the writer ，how did the young scientists feel before the flight？A、sickB、keenC、nervousD、impatient58、what did the pilot do with the plane after it took off？A、He quickly climbed and then stopped the engines.B、He climbed and then made the plane fall slowly.C、He took off normally and then cut the engines for 20 seconds.D、He climbed and then made the plane turn over.59.Acoording to the passage, the purpose of being weightless was toA. see what conditions are like in spaceB. prepare the young scientists for future work in spaceC. show the judges of the competition what they could doD. make the teams try out their ideas60.this passage was written toA. encourage young people to take up scienceB. describe the process of a scientific competitionC. show scientists what young people can doD. report on a new scientific techniqueSection IV Translation (20 point)Directions: in this section there is a passage in English. Translate the five underlined sentences into Chinese and write your translation on the ANSWER SHEETThe smooth landing of shuttle (航天飞机) Discovery ended a flight that was successful in almost every respect but one: the dislodging of a big chunk of foam, like the one that doomed the Columbia. This flight was supposed to vault the shuttle fleet back into space after a prolonged grounding for repairs. But given the repeat of the very problem that two years of retooling was supposed to resolve, the verdict is necessarily mixed.(61) Once again, the space agency has been forced to put off the flight until it can find a solution to the problem, and no one seems willing to guess how long that may take .The Discovery astronauts performed superbly during their two-week mission, and the shuttle looked better than ever in some respects. (62) Space officials were justifiably happy that so much had gone well, despite daily worries over possible risks. The flight clearly achieved its prime objectives.The astronauts transferred tons of cargo to the international space station, which has been limping along overhead with a reduced crew and limited supplies carried up on smaller Russian spacecraft.(63) They replaced a broken device, repaired another and carted away a load of rubbish that had been left on the station, showing the shuttle can bring full loads back down from space.This was the most scrutinized shuttle flight ever, with the vehicle undergoing close inspection while still in orbit. (64) New sensing and photographic equipment to look for potentially dangerous damage to the sensitive external skin proved valuable .A new back flip maneuver allowed station astronauts to photograph the shuttle's underbelly, and an extra-long robotic arm enabled astronauts see parts of the shuttle that were previously out of sight.(65).The flood of images and the openness in discussing its uncertainties about potential hazards sometimes made it appear that the shuttle was about to fall apart. In the end the damage was clearly tolerable. A much-touted spacewalk to repair the shuttle's skin-the first of its kind- moved anastronaut close enough to pluck out some protruding material with his hand. Preliminary evidence indicates that Discovery has far fewer nicks and gouges than shuttles on previous flights, perhaps showing that improvements to reduce the shedding of debris from the external fuel tank have had some success.Section V Writing (20 points)Directions: in this section .you are asked to write an essay based on the following diagram. Describe the diagram and analyze the possible causes .You should write at least 150 words on the ANSWER SHEET.参考答案：词汇：1——5 D A D C D 6——10 B A D A C11——15 B B D A B16——20 A B C B C 完型填空：21——25 C D B C B26——30 A C D B A31——35 D D A B C36——40 D A C A D阅读理解：41——45 C B C A D 46——50 A A D B C51——55 A C C A C 56——60 A C A D A61）航天部门被迫再次推迟飞行，直到找到问题的解决办法。
2006年考研英语参考答案及详细解答(4)
2006年考研英语参考答案及详细解答(4) Part B本部分内容请参见Part B（二）答案解析及参考译文Part C篇章导读本文的中心内容为如何改进公众对科学研究的认识。
文章首先提出了虽然不同领域间的相互受益在科学界被广为认同，但公众却不清楚这一事实，之后阐述了改进公众对科学认识的时机已经成熟并讲述了如何提高公众对科学研究的认识，最后作者以农业为例，说明了其它学科领域的研究对生物医学进步所起的作用。
思路解析46.本句的句子主干结构为“……the scientific community could build a more effective case for public support of all science……”，其中“Because……is strong”为because引导的原因状语从句，“by articulating……”为方式状语，在该方式状语中how引导“articulate”的宾语从句。
47.本句的句子主干结构为“……we can work to enhance public appreciation of scientific research……”，其中“by showing……”为方式状语，在该方式状语中how引导“show”的宾语从句。
48.本句为简单句。
句子的主干结构为“……it may appear to have made few significant contributions to biomedicaladvances……”，在该句中“related to human nutrition”为形容词短语作后置定语，修饰前面的“those.”49.本句的主句为“it was……that”的强调句型，其中“at the turn of the century”为时间状语，该时间状语包含一个when引导的非限制性定语从句，修饰前面的“the turn of the century”，该定语从句为连词and连接的并列结构。
2006教育硕士 英语二 真题及答案
2006年Section I Use of English (20 minutes, 10%) Read the following text. Choose the best word for each numbered blank from A, B, C or D.With its common interest in lawbreaking but its extremely large range of subject matter and widely varying methods of treatment, the crime novel could make a reasonable 1 to be regarded as a separate branch of literature. The detective story is probably the most 2 of the crime species. Its creation is often the relaxation of university teachers, 3 economists, scientists or even poets. 4 may occur more frequently and mysteriously than might be expected in polite society, 5 the world in which they happen, the village, seaside resort, college or studio, is familiar to us, if not 6 our own experience, at 7 in the newspaper or the lives of friends. The characters, 8 normally realized superficially, are as recognizably human and 9 as our less intimate associates. A story set in a more 10 environment, African jungle, or Australian bush, ancient China or gaslit London, 11 to our interest in geography or history, and most detective story writers are 12 in providing reasonably true background. The 13 , carefully-assembled plot, disliked by the modern intellectual 14 and creators of significant novels’, has found 15 in the murder mystery, with a small number of clues and apparent 16 , all with appropriate solutions and explanations at the end. 17 the guilt of escapism from Real Life nagging gently, we secretly take great delight in the 18 of evil by a vaguely superhuman detective, who sees through and disperses the 19 of suspicion which stayed so unjustly over the 20 .01. [A] plea [B] appeal [C] claim [D] assertion02. [A] acceptable [B] respectable [C] debatable [D] vulnerable03. [A] literary [B] curious [C] sensible [D] observant04. [A] Schemes [B] Assassinations [C] Mysteries [D] Misfortunes05. [A] and [B] but [C] as [D] for06. [A] by [B] in [C] from [D] with07. [A] last [B] best [C] most [D] least08. [A] if [B] when [C] most [D] least09. [A] consistent [B] insistent [C] persistent [D] competent10. [A] strange [B] remote [C] primitive [D] mysterious11. [A] attracts [B] accords [C] appeals [D] applies12. [A] conscious [B] ambitious [C] industrious [D] conscientious13. [A] elaborate [B] accurate [C] considerate [D] deliberate14. [A] authors [B] critics [C] novelists [D] spectators15. [A] flaw [B] trouble [C] refuge [D] evidence16. [A] contradictions [B] probabilities [C] implications [D] impossibilities17. [A] With [B] For [C] Despite [D] Without18. [A] unveiling [B] unmasking [C] unwitting [D] unpacking19. [A] fog [B] mist [C] shade [D] cloud20. [A] victim [B] suspect [C] innocent [D] accusedSection II Reading Comprehension (70 minutes, 50%Part AVirtue is not so much a matter of learning specific rules or principles as it is one of developing special skills of exercising one's capacity for right action. Since "virtue" can mean both "moral goodness" and "successful or excellent action," comment regarding the teaching of virtue must apply to both senses or uses of the term, narrow or broad. Both are matters of human action or activity and, as such, are taught performatively.That virtue is taught and learned performatively has something to do with the normative quality of human action or activity. Norms are ways of doing something, getting something done, which are taught by doing and showing how to do. Being normative, however, human actions can go wrong. As Stanley Cavell wrote: "The most characteristic facts about actions is that they can be performed incorrectly. This is not a moral assertion, though it points the moral of intelligent activity. These are actions which we perform, and our successful performance of them depends upon our adopting and following the ways in which the action in question is done and upon what is normative for it." Thus, in talking about virtue, we are talking about normative matters, matters taught and learned in terms of unsuccessful human action. As such, we are speaking about the cultivation of human skills and practices, human ways of acting in this world.Whether virtue is narrowly or broadly understood, the teaching of virtue is the teaching of a skill within a practice of form of life, the training of a capacity, not the memorization of rules or guidelines. Virtue is embodied in action; accordingly, our knowledge of virtue is a kind of performative knowledge ---- both knowledge acquired through action and knowledge expressed or revealed in action. Our knowledge of virtue is not, then, a matter of prepositional knowledge, but rather a matter of performative knowledge. This helps account for our relative inability to define what virtue is with any assurance. Knowing what virtue is, is not the same as knowing what some kind of object is, because virtue is not an object. And since so much of Western thought uses our knowledge of objects as the paradigm of knowledge, any kind of knowledge that does not fit the model is apt to seem not quite or fully knowledge at all. Hence, an inability to articulate the meaning of virtue is not a sign of the lack of knowledge of virtue. Instead, it is a part of the grammar of virtue: it shows what kind of thing virtue is.21. The broad definition of virtue differs from the narrow one in its[A] dealing with cultural norms. [B] ruling out physical activities.[C] comprising the skillful teaching. [D] involving more than moral honesty.22. The author would depict the view that some human actions are morally non-normative as[A] logically persuasive. [B] profoundly mistaken.[C] reasonable and practical. [D] ambiguous and misleading.23. Which of the following statements about norms would the author support?[A] Most of them are the result of persistent teaching.[B] They are derived from specific rules for behavior.[C] They are essential to the acquisition of virtue.[D] Many of them are sound principles of action.24. The author argues that teachers of virtue strive primarily to pass on[A] practical capabilities. [B] cultural conventions.[C] favorable experiences. [D] traditional principles.25. It would serve as an example for the "prepositional knowledge" (Par. 3) to[A] experiment on a trial and error basis.[B] learn diverse philosophical definitions.[C] practice virtue by imitating moral actions.[D] advance arguments without enough evidence.26. The text is chiefly aimed at[A] revealing diverse attitudes toward virtue.[B] insisting on the value of capacity training.[C] arguing for the essence of virtue instruction.[D] providing approaches to the teaching of virtue.Part BYou are going to read an extract about sign language. Six paragraphs have been removed from the extract. Choose from Paragraphs A-G the one which fits each gap (27-32). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to usSign LanguageSince most deaf children have heating parents and thus do not learn ASL (American Sign Language) at home, they normally learn it from the other deaf children when they get to school. However, the minority of deaf children with deaf parents learn ASL under conditions similar to those of heating children learning spoken language.27As mentioned earlier, deaf children engage in making soft sounds as much as do hearing children. However, it has been claimed that babbling falls off in deaf children after six months, presumably due to the lack of auditory feedback. It has also been claimed that mirrors hung over the cribs of deaf babies prolong and increase their vocalization28The first word (sign) generally appears sooner in ASL than in speaking children. The first sign has been reported as being at 5 or 6 months, ‘compared with 10 months in normal children. Two-sign utterances have been reported in children as young as eight months. Two reasons for such early acquisition have been given. One is the nature of many signs.29The first signs appear to be of the same types that have been reported for acquisition of vocal language ---- for example, signs for things that move or that can be handled by the child.30Children sometimes will make the sign in the wrong orientation. For example, the sign meaning "shoes" is made by bringing the two fists together, making contact at the side of the hands. One child brought the fists together so that the knuckles made contact instead. Or they might bring the hand, palm downward to the bottom of thechin and wiggling the fingers. One child made it by putting the hand in the mouth instead. Or they might use the wrong hand shape.31Just as one can argue that there are phonological-like errors, so there are similarities in how children alter the meaning of words. In one area of the acquisition of meaning, one would suspect that deaf children would find it easier than hearing children. This is the acquisition of the signs corresponding to the personal pronouns me and you. One would expect deaf children learning ASL not to have any problems with these pronouns, because "me" is expressed by pointing to oneself and "you" is expressed by pointing to the person or persons being talked to. Thus ASL uses the obvious natural gestures. Yet deaf parents sign utterances such as Want Mommy help Jane? Instead of Want me help you? Just as hearing parents do in spoken languages.32[A] There are many different sign languages, which in general are no more intelligible to a user of another sign language than a French speaker would be to a monolingual English speaker. However, experienced deaf travelers can establish communication with users of other sign languages much more easily than can speakers of two oral languages. Deaf people accomplish this by using gestures and mime along with their signs.[B] Phonological mistakes generally involve simplification, such as dropping phonemes from the word or making phonemes within a word more like each other. Of the four aspects of signs, it is logically impossible to leave one out. Although not as extensive as in the case of phonology, there is some evidence of this. Specifically, of18 different hand shapes used in making signs to one child, he always used only 9.[C] The manual equivalent of babbling, at 3 to 10 months, has been reported. The manual equivalents of happy sounds begin at a younger age, but one cannot say that there is a difference here, because all infants wave their arms about. Should this be considered making a sound? Perhaps if there were statistical evidence that infants of deaf parents wave their arms more than similarly age infants of hearing parents one could argue that this excess was making soft sound.[D] Just as the first vocal words are pronounced inaccurately, so the first signs are less than perfect imitations of the adult version. There are four major aspects to the making of any ASL sign: the shape of the hand, the location of the hand, the movement of the hand, and the orientation of the hand. Children first learning ASL will generally get some of these aspects right but make mistakes on others.[E] The ASL signs meaning "cry", "drink", "eat" and "sleep" all resemble the actual actions and thus can be figured out and used by children at an earlier age, so the argument goes. The other reason involves the relative rates of maturation of neuromuscular control of the hands and of the vocal apparatus. After all normal children often begin to comprehend words four months before they begin to speak. [F] A number of such children have been studied for the purposes of comparing ASL acquisition with that of spoken language. In most respects acquisition of ASL parallels that of spoken language, but there are some slight differences, as we shall see.[G] The deaf parents do this because they know that deaf children make the samecomprehension errors, mixing up the pronouns, that hearing children do. Deaf children learning sign language apparently acquire it as an arbitrary signal system, just as hearing children acquire speech. It may be true that infants acquire their first signs sooner because the nature of ASL, but once the acquisition process starts, the nature of signs doesn't seem to help as much as one might expect.Part CYou are going to read a passage about the how to give an academic talk. Choose from the list of headings A-G, choose the best one to summarize each paragraph (33-38) of the passage. There is one extra heading that you do not need to use.How to Give an Academic Talk33Written academic language is too complex and too awkward for reading aloud. Just talk ---- it's easier to understand, and it allows you to make genuine contact with your audience. Furthermore, it ultimately helps you to think more clearly, by forcing you to communicate your points in ordinary terms. While you are talking, stand up unless you're literally forced to sit. People can see you better. Standing also puts you in a dominant position. This may sound politically incorrect, but it's not. Remember, you're the focus. The audience wants you to be in charge. Listeners need your help to maintain their attention.34Speak loudly and clearly, facing the audience. Make sure, especially when using visual aids, that you continue to face the audience when you speak. An important element of vocal technique is to focus on the bottom (the deepest pitch) of your vocal range, which is its loudest and most authoritative tone. This can be especially important for women. Speak from the gut, not the throat. Breathe deeply ---- it's necessary for volume, and will also help you keep your mind clear. Here are two effective vocal "special effects." First, when you come to a key phrase that you want people to remember, repeat it. Second, pause for a few seconds at several points in your talk; this breaks the monotony of a continuous flow of speech. It also gives you a chance to sip some water.35In a conference situation, where talks are short and yours is one of many, your audience is not going to remember details. In such a situation, less is more. Give them short, striking "punch lines" that they'll remember. They can always read your written work later, but if you don't get them interested and show them why it's important, they won't want to.36At a minimum, have an outline of your talk. Some people seem to think they're giving everything away by showing people what they're going to say before they're said it. But the effect of a good talk outline is exactly the opposite: it makes your audience want to hear the details. At the same time, it helps them understand the structure of your thinking. Slides should be extremely concise and visually simple. Slides are maps, not territories; they are tracking devices that let both you and your audience follow the flow of the talk. So they must not be overfilled.37In conference settings, exceeding your time limit is also incredibly rude, since it cuts into other speakers' time to speak and/or other people's time to discuss. Don't rely on panel chairs to enforce time limits; do it yourself. You can make real enemies by insisting on continuing after your time is up--but nobody has ever been criticized for finishing two minutes early. Nothing is more embarrassing ---- for both you and your audience ---- than getting only halfway through your talk before hitting the time limit. The only way to be sure you time things right is to rehearse your talk. Timing is a complicated, learned skill that requires a lot of practice--so practice where it's easy, i.e. at home.38Perhaps the best way to become an excellent speaker yourself is to watch really good, experienced speakers and model your talks on theirs. Notice/not just what they say, but what they do: how they move, how they use their voices, how they look at the audience, how they handle timing and questions. If you find an excellent model and work hard to imitate that person, you can't go wrong.A Imitate excellent speakersB Focus on main argumentsC Make the best of your voiceD Respond to the audienceE Talk rather than readF Time your talk wiselyG Use visual aidPart D You are going to read a passage about research on L2 writing. Decide whether the statement in the box agree with the information given in the passage. You should choose from the following:A YES = the statement agrees with the information in the passageB NO = the statement contradicts the information in the passageC NOT GIVEN = there is no information on this in the passage.As a teacher of L2 writing for many years, I had puzzled over how my students were learning to write and correspondingly how I could improve my pedagogy. While teaching writing (and reading) in an intensive preparatory program in a Turkish university, I had taken a current-traditional rhetoric approach, stressing the arrangement of sentences and paragraphs into appropriate patterns within the traditional five-paragraph essay and correcting liberally with red ink to prevent, I had hoped, grammatical errors from taking root. In addition, I had read various composition theories pointing out differences between "good" and "not so good" writing and strategies, and had attempted to "transmit" them to my students. These theories offered only descriptions of what experienced and inexperienced writers did. They did not explain how new writers became good writers, nor did they offer me the critical edge I needed to analyze my teaching practice. After all, most students do improve their writing with sufficient study and practice. Were they improving because of my teaching practice? Because of their own practice? A mix of the two?My quest to answer these questions began with returning to the U. S. to pursue a doctorate degree in foreign language education. Among the courses I took, several dealt with writing, and I studied the research on composition in school and in the workplace. Most of the research focused on process, product, or socializationdescribing differences between "good" writers and "novices," between native-speaker products and those of non-native speakers, and between newcomers and oldtimers in the workplace or a discipline.This research did not, however, address the nature of learning. Even the process research did not consider the processes of learning to write. Rather, it studied differences between experts and beginners. It analyzed what experts do and asked new writers to try to do the same, a sort of Here you are and There you need to be approach that notes the two ends but does not map out the crucial path of processes connecting them and through which good writers acquired their expertise. To link the two ends and evaluate pedagogy critically, I felt it necessary to attend more directly to the nature of learning. In fields other than writing, I came across current theories that did address the nature of learning. Three of these were radical constructivism, sociocultural theory, and complexity theory. The first two are prominent in educational research (even dominant in the fields of science and mathematics educational research ), and the third, although not yet widespread, has its adherents across both social and natural sciences. Nevertheless, they are not well known in L2 research, and much less inI2 composition research. Only a few articles have appeared explicitly addressing radical constructivism in the L2 literature, and although some L2 writing studies have taken approaches fitting together with it, a review of the table of contents of the Journal of Second Language Writing for the past eight years emphasizes most researchers' concern with text, strategies, and skills rather than the process of learning to construct texts and to acquire strategies, skills, and an understanding of writing in a foreign language.39 The author had difficulty in improving his students' writing competence.40 The author corrected the students' writing with red ink because there were too many errors.41 The author did not think the theories he had read met his needs.42 The author took some writing courses when returning to the U. S.43 The process research failed to find out how students could become expert writers.44 There is a need to combine process and product research45 There are theories that could account for the real process ofSection III Translation (20 minutes, 20%)The act of teaching is always a dynamic interaction of individuals (teachers and teachers, teachers and learners, learners and learners), in which decisions constantly are being made by all concerned. We believe that teaching must be deliberate and planned.Not all of the decisions are made as the result of systematic and organized planning. Sometimes the choices are made intuitively. The use of intuition in teaching is quite prevalent. Many choices must be made intuitively because the rapid pace of classroom learning demands instant decision-making. In these instances, teachers depend on experience and quick thinking to provide the most appropriate instructional technique. [46] We may assume that the intuition of the experienced teacher is likely to be superior to that of the beginner, and that it is like an opinion in that its usefulnessis dependent on the experiential background on which it is based. Yet, in many cases, teachers depend on intuition when systematic and organized planning would be more appropriate. For example, a teacher may believe that a new activity ought to be offered in the school setting, so a particular course of action is taken. [47] Sometimes these intuitions prove to be right and the results are beneficial to the students, but sometimes they are not effective or are inappropriate for the needs of the learners.Intuition as a sole guide to instructional behavior represents a very limited view of the teaching process. [48] Like the proposition that "good teachers are born, not made," the use of intuition alone restricts teachers from considering teaching as both science and art, which negates the development of a systematic planning pattern from which rational and consistent decisions can be made. It implies that intuition is the beginning and end of instructional effectiveness, rather than one aspect of the teaching process.[49] Too often the teacher who relies exclusively on intuition determines objectives and selects procedures that are more reflective of instructor needs than student needs. Thus if a teacher feels like lecturing, a lecture is delivered. If a teacher feels like showing a film, a film it is! Few of us would tolerate this mode of operation in arenas outside the realm of education. [50] Consider for a minute how much confidence you would place in a bus driver who repeatedly changed the bus route because of a belief that such changes were inherently good and relieved both the driver and the riders of boredomSection I 01. CBADB 06. CDDAB 11. CDABC 16. DABDCSection II Part A 21 D B D A B C Part B 27 F C E D B G Part C 33 E C B GF A Part D39 C B A B A C A46 我们可以认定有经验教师的直觉可能比新教师的直觉优越 直觉像是一种想法 因为它是否有效取决于它赖以存在的经验背景。
2006年英语试题及答案
2006年英语试题及答案一、听力理解（共20分）第一部分：短对话理解（每题1分，共5分）1. A) 去图书馆。
B) 去超市。
C) 去电影院。
D) 去公园。
2. A) 8:00。
B) 8:30。
C) 9:00。
D) 9:30。
3. A) 老师。
B) 学生。
C) 医生。
D) 律师。
4. A) 雨。
B) 雪。
C) 风。
D) 雾。
5. A) 同意。
B) 不同意。
C) 不确定。
D) 未提及。
答案：1-5 CADBA第二部分：长对话理解（每题2分，共10分）6. 问题：What is the man's major?A) Biology. B) Chemistry. C) Physics. D) Mathematics.7. 问题：Why does the woman suggest going to the museum?A) To see the new exhibits. B) To meet her friend. C) To relax. D) To study.8. 问题：What does the woman plan to do after the exam?A) Go on a trip. B) Start a part-time job. C) Visit her parents. D) Take a course.9. 问题：What is the relationship between the speakers?A) Classmates. B) Teacher and student. C) Friends. D) Colleagues.10. 问题：What is the man's opinion about the restaurant?A) The food is delicious but expensive.B) The service is good but the food is not.C) The restaurant is too crowded.D) The restaurant is not worth the price.答案：6-10 BACDA第三部分：短文理解（每题2分，共5分）11. 问题：What is the main topic of the passage?A) The importance of education.B) The benefits of traveling.C) The impact of technology.D) The role of cultural exchange.12. 问题：According to the passage, what is the first step to success?A) Setting a goal. B) Taking action. C) Perseverance. D) Opportunity.13. 问题：What does the author suggest about learning a new language?A) It is easy for everyone.B) It requires practice and patience.C) It is only useful for traveling.D) It is not necessary in the modern world.14. 问题：What is the author's view on the future of technology?A) It will make life easier.B) It will replace human labor.C) It will lead to unemployment.D) It will create more problems than it solves.15. 问题：What is the purpose of the passage?A) To inform. B) To persuade. C) To entertain. D) To describe.答案：11-15 DBBAD二、阅读理解（共30分）A节：阅读理解（每题2分，共20分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
2006考研英语二阅读理解解析
考研英语：阅读理解之观点态度题解题秘籍2013-08-15 15:53根据历年考研英语大纲规定可知，考查考生理解作者的意图、观点或态度。
这种题型要求考生把握作者写作某篇文章的目的，搞清作者对文章所论述的观点和中心是什么态度。
考研英语试卷对这一部分的考查主要表现为情感态度题。
该题型常问作者对某事是什么态度：主观(subjective)还是客观(objective) ;肯定(positive)还是否定(negative) ;赞成(approval)还是反对(opposition)等等。
解题的关键是要看作者在文中用了什么样的口气。
若用褒义词，显然是赞成。
若用贬义词，显然是反对。
若客观陈述，则是中性的立场，不偏不倚。
注意：作者态度常常在转折词后表明出来。
所以，but一词至关重要(还有类似的yet, however, although, nevertheless等).这种题目对考生而言难度较大，迷惑性也较强，因为命题专家是针对整篇文章设问，考生很难找到具体对应的语言点，所以要把握整篇文章。
例如作者在谈一件事时是用反讽的口气，还是赞成的语气，此类题所给的答案选项一般是四个形容词，考生应在审题时就把握好这四个形容词所表达的意思，然后返回文章去寻找信息。
特别提醒考生要牢记所遇到的构成作者态度题选项的每一个形容词。
做文章作者态度题时，千万不要把考生自己的态度揉进文章中，同时要注意区分作者本人的态度与作者引用的观点态度。
理解作者的意图、观点和态度是近几年考试的热点题目，考生在做此类题时要把握这样的判断原则：既纵观全文，掌握主题思想有要注意文章的措辞，把握文章的基调或主旨(tenor)，又要分清文章的话语范围(field)及话语方式(mode)。
该题型常见的提问形式有：1) The tone of the passage can best be described as ____2) The tone of the passage would be _____3) Which of the following best describes the tone of the passage____4) What is the attitude of the author towards____5) How does the writer feel about______6) The writer is of the opinion that_____7) The author seems to be _____情感和态度在考研中大致可分为三类：happy/unhappy; security/insecurity; satisfaction/dissatisfaction, 它们作为标记语反映出作者对某个现象采取的姿态，并从情感的角度评价该现象。
2006年考研英语二真题和答案
2006年全国攻读工商管理硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题Section I Vocabulary （10 points ）Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are fourchoices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence Then blacken thecorresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a pencil.1. In some countries girls are still_____ of a good education.A. denied.B. declinedC. derivedD. deprived2. As the years passed, the memories of her childhood______ away.A. fadedB. disappearedC. flashedD. fired3. Brierley’s book has the________ of being both informative and readable.A. inspirationB. requirementsC. mythD. merit4. If I have any comments to make, I’ll write them in the ______of the book I’m readingA. edgeB. pageC. marginD. side5. My ________would really trouble me if I wore a fur coat.A. consciousnessB. consequenceC. constitutionD. conscience6. When the post fell _______, Dennis Bass was appointed to fill it.A. emptyB. vacantC. hollowD. bare7. Mother who takes care of everybody is usually the most _________person in each family.A. considerateB. considerableC. consideringD. constant8. For ten years the Greeks _______the city of Troy to separate it from the outside.A. capturedB. occupiedC. destroyedD. surrounded9. Other guests at yesterday's opening, which was broadcast______ by the radio station, includedAnne Mclntosh and the Mayor.A. liveB. aliveC. livingD. lively10.A New Zealand man was recently _____ to life imprisonment for the murder of an Englishtourist, Monica Cantwell.A. punishedB. accusedC. sentencedD. put11.The past 22 years have really been amazing, and every prediction we've made aboutimprovements have all come____A. trulyB. trueC. truthD. truthful12.The teachers tried to ______these students that they could solve the complicated problem,however, they just didn’t see the point.A. convinceB. encourageC. consultD. concern13.I'm _________ to think that most children would like their teachers to be their friends ratherthan their commanders.A. subjectedB. supposedC. declinedD. inclined14. She is under the impression that he isn’t a ________ person for he wouldn’t tell her wher when he went to university.A. geniusB. generousC. genuineD. genetic15. The first glasses of Coca-Cola were drunk in 1886. The drink was first _____by a US chemistcalled John PembertonA. formedB. madeC. foundD. done16.These two chemicals ______with each other at a certain temperature to produce a substance which could cause an explosion.A. interactB. attractC. reactD. expel17. ________they can get people in the organization to do what must he done, they will not succeed.A. SinceB. UnlessC. IfD. Whether18. Once you have started a job, you should do it__________.A. in practiceB. in theoryC. in earnestD. in a hurry19. Although the new library service has been very successful, its future is ______certain.A. at any rateB. by no meansC. by all meansD. at any cost20.To my surprise, at yesterday's meeting he again ________the plan that had been disapproved a week before.A. brought aboutB. brought outC. brought upD. brought downSection II Cloze (10 points)Directions: For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B,C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWET SHEET with a pencil. Wholesale prices in July rose more sharply than expected and at a faster rate than consumer prices, 21 that businesses were still protecting consumers 22 the full brunt (冲击) of higher energy costs.The Producer Price Index, 23 measures what producers receive for goods and services,24 1 percent in July, the Labor Department reported yesterday, double 25 economists had been expecting and a sharp turnaround from flat prices in June. Excluding 26 and energy, the core index of producer prices rose 0.4 percent, 27 than the 0.1 percent that economists had 28 .Much of that increase was a result of an 29 increase in car and truck prices.On Tuesday, the Labor Department said the 30 that consumers paid for goods and services in July were 31 0.5 percent over all, and up 0.1 percent, excluding food and energy.32 the overall rise in both consumer and producer prices 33 caused by energy costs, which increased 4.4 percent in the month. (Wholesale food prices 34 0.3 percent in July. 35 July 2004, wholesale prices were up 4.6 percent, the core rate 36 2.8 percent, its fastest pace since 1995.Typically, increases in the Producer Price Index indicate similar changes in the consumer index 37 businesses recoup (补偿) higher costs from customers. 38 for much of this expansion, which started 39 the end of 2001, that has not been the 40 . In fact, many businesses like automakers have been aggressively discounting their products21. A. indicate B. to indicate C. indicating D. indicated22. A. of B. to C. by D. from23. A. that B. which C. it D. this24. A. rise B. rises C. rose D. raised25.A. that B. what C. which D. this26. A. food B. grain C. crop D. diet27. A. less B. lower C. higher D. more28. A. said B. reported C. calculated D. forecast29. A. expectable B. unexpected C. expectation D. expecting30. A. prices B. costs C. charges D. values31. A. down B. from C. to D. up32. A. Much B. Most C. Most of D. Much of33. A. was B. were C. is D. are34. A. fall B. fell C. falls D. has fallen35. A. Comparing with B. In comparison C. Compared with D. Compare to36. A. dropped B. declined C. lifted D. climbed37. A. as B. so C. while D. when38. A. And B. But C. Yet D. Still39. A. at B. by C. in D. to40. A. condition B. situation C. matter D. caseSection III Reading Comprehension (40 points)Directions: There are 4passages in this part. Each passage os followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marded A, B, C, and D. You shoulddecide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a pencil.Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage:Office jobs are among the positions hardest hit by compumation (计算机自动化). Word processors and typists will lose about 93,000 jobs over the next few years, while 57,000 secretarialjobs will vanish. Blame the PC: Today, many executives type their own memos and carry their：“secretaries”in the palms of their hands. Time is also hard for stock clerks, whose ranks are expected to decrease by 68,000. And employees in manufacturing firms and wholesalers are beingreplaced with computerized systems.But not everyone who loses a job will end up in the unemployment line. Many will shift to growingpositions within their own companies. When new technologies shook up the telecomm business, telephone operator Judy Dougherty pursued retraining. She is now a communications technician,earning about $ 64,000 per year. Of course, if you've been a tollbooth collector for the past 30 years,and you find yourself replaced by an E¬-ZPass machine, it may be of little consolation(安慰)to know that the telecomm field is booming.And that's just it: The service economy is fading; welcome to the expertise(专门知识) economy. To succeed in the new job market, you must be able to handle complex problems. Indeed, all but oneof the 50 highest-paying occupations---air-traffic controller---de mand at least a bachelor’s degree. For those with just a high school diploma(毕业证书),It's going to get tougher to find a well-payingjob. Since fewer factory and clerical jobs will be available, what's left will be the jobs that compumation can’t kill: Computers can’t clean offices ,or care for Alzheimer's patients(老年痴呆病人). But ,since most people have the skills to fill those positions, the wages stay painfullylow ,meaning compumation could drive an even deeper wedge (楔子) between the rich and poor.The best advice now: Never stop learning ,and keep up with new technology.For busy adults, of course, that can be tough. The good news is that the very technology that's reducing so many jobs is also making it easier to go back to school without having to sit in a classroom. So-called Internet distance learning is hot, with more than three million students currently enrolled , and it’s gaining credibility with employers.Are you at risk of losing your job to a computer ? Check the federal Bureau of LaborStatistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook, which is available online at bls. gov.41、From the first paragraph we can infer that all of the following persons are easily thrown into unemployment EXCEPT.A. secretariesB. stock clerksC. managersD. wholesalers42、In the second paragraph the author mentions the tollbooth collector toA. mean he will get benefits from the telecomm fieldB. show he is too old to shift to a new positionC. console him on having been replaced by a machineD. blame the PC for his unemployment43.By saying “┅compumation could drive an even deeper wedge between the rich and poor ”(line 5, Para. 4) the author meansA. people are getting richer and richerB. there will be a small gap between rich and poorC. the gap between rich and poor is getting larger and largerD. it’s time to close up the gap between the rich and poor44、What is the author's attitude towards computers?A. positiveB. negativeC. neutralD. prejudiced45、Which of the following might serve as the best title of passage?A. Blaming the PCB. The booming telecomm fieldC. Internet distance leaningD. Keeping up with compumationQuestion 46 to 50 are based on the following passage：Tens of thousands of 18-year-olds will graduate this year and be handed meaningless diplomas. These diplomas won't look any different from those awarded their luckier classmates .Their validitywill be questioned only when their employers discover that these graduates are semiliterate(半文盲)Eventually a fortunate few will find their way into educational –repair shops—adult–literacy programs, such as the one where I teach basic grammar and writing. There, high-school graduatesand high-school dropouts pursuing graduate-equivalency certificates will learn the skills they should have learned in school, They will also discover they have been cheated by our educational system.I will never forget a teacher who got the attention of one of my children by revealing the trump cardof failure. Our youngest, a world-class charmer, did little to develop his intellectual talents but always got by Until Mrs. Stifter.Our son was high-school senior when he had her for English. ―He sits in the back of the roomrow? ‖ I urged, believing talking to his friends.‖ she told me, ―Why don't you move him to the frontthe embarrassment would get him to settle down. Mrs. Stifter said, 'I don't move seniors. I flunk (使┅不及格) them. ' Our son's academic life flashed before my eyes. No teacher had ever threatened him. By the time I got home I was feeling pretty good about this .It was a radical approach for thesed my son.times, but, well, Why n ot? ―She's going to flunk you.‖ I tolI did not discuss it any further. Suddenly English became a priority (头等重要) in his life. Hefinished out the semester with an A.I know one example doesn't make a case, but at night I see a parade of students who are angryfor having been passed along until they could no longer even pretend to keep up. Of averageIintelligence or better, they eventually quit school, concluding they were too dumb to finish.‖ should have been held back,‖ is a comment I hear frequently. Even sadder are thosestudents whoare high-school graduates who say to me after a few weeks of class.‖ I don’t know how I ever got high-school diploma.‖ Passing students who have not mastered the work cheats them and the employers who expectgraduates to have basic skills. We excuse this dishonest behavior by saying kids can't learn if theycome from terrible environments. No one seems to stop to think that most kids don't put school firston their list unless they perceive something is at risk. They'd rather be sailing.Many students I see at night have decided to make education a priority. They are motivated bythe desire for a better job or the need to hang on to the one they've got. They have a healthy fear offailure.People of all ages can rise above their problems, but they need to have a reason to do so. Youngpeople generally don't have the maturity to value education in the same way my adult studentsvalue it. But fear of failure can motivate both.46.What is the subject of this essay?A. view point on learningB. a qualified teacherC. the importance of examinationD. the generation gap47.How did Mrs. Sifter get the attention of one of the author’s children?A. flunking himB. moving his seatC. blaming himD. playing card with him48.The author believes that the most effective way for a teacher is toA. purify the teaching environments .B. set up cooperation between teachers and parents.C. hold back student.D. motivate student.49. From the passage we can draw the conclusion that the authors’ attitude toward flunking isA. negativeB. positiveC. biasedD. indifferent50. Judging from the content, this passage is probably written forA. administratorsB. studentsC. teachersD. parentsQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage:Names have gained increasing importance in the competitive world of higher education. Ascolleges strive for market share, they are looking for names that project the image they want orreflect the changes they hope to make. Trenton State College, for example, became the College ofNew Jersey nine years ago when it began raising admissions standards and appealing to studentsfrom throughout the state.―All I hear in higher education is, Brand, brand, brand,‖ said Tim Westerbeck, who specializes in branding and is managing director of Lipman Hearne, a marketing firm based in Chicago thatworks with universities and other nonprofit organizations. ―There has been a sea change over the last 10 years. Marketing used to be almost a dirty word in higher education.‖ Not all efforts at name changes are successful, of course . In 1997 , the New School for SocialResearch became New School University to reflect its growth into a collection of eight colleges,offering a list of majors that includes psychology, music ,urban studies and management. But NewYorkers continued to call it the New School .Now, after spending an undisclosed sum on an online survey and a marketing consultant’s crhas come upof ―naming structures.‖―brand architecture‖ and ― identity systems,‖ the universitywith a new name: the New School. Beginning Monday, it will adopt new logos (标识)，banners,business cards and even new names for the individual colleges, all to include the words “the NewSchool.”Changes in names generally reveal significant shifts in how a college wants to be perceived. Inaltering its name from Cal State. Hayward, to Cal State, East Bay, the university hoped to project itsexpanding role in two mostly suburban countries east of San Francisco.The University of Southern Colorado, a state institution, became Colorado State University atPucblo two years ago, hoping to highlight many internal changes, including offering more graduateprograms and setting higher admissions standards.Beaver College turned itself into Arcadia University in 2001 for several reasons: to break theconnection with its past as a women’s college, to promote its growth into a full-fledged(完全成熟的) university and officials acknowledged, to eliminate some joke s about the college’s old nameon late-night television and ―morning zoo‖ radio shows.Many college officials said changing a name and image could produce substantial results. AtArcadia, in addition to the rise in applications, the average student's test score has increased by 60points, Juli Roebeck, an Arcadia spokeswoman, said.51. which of the following is NOT the reason for colleges to change their names?A. They prefer higher education competitionB. They try to gain advantage in market share.C. They want to project their image.D. They hope to make some changes.52. It is implied that one of the most significant changes in higher education in the past decade isA. the brand.B. the college namesC. the concept of marketingD. list of majors.53.The phrase ' come up with'(Line 3, Para. 4) probably meansA. catch up withB. deal withC. put forwardD. come to the realization54 The case of name changing from Cal State, Hayward, to Cal State indicates that the universityA. is perceived by the societyB. hopes to expand its influenceC. prefers to reform its reaching programsD. expects to enlarge its campus55.According to the spokeswoman, the name change of Beaver CollegeA. turns out very successfulB. fails to attain its goalC. has eliminated some jokesD. has transformed its statusQuestion 56 to 60 are based on the following passage:It looked just like another aircraft from the outside .The pilot told his young passengers that it was built in 1964.But appearances were deceptive, and the 13 students from Europe and the USA who boarded the aircraft were in for the flight of their lives.Inside, the area that normally had seats had become a long white tunnel. Heavily padded(填塞) from floor to ceiling ,it looked a bit strange. There were almost no windows, but lights along the padded walls illuminated it. Most of the seats had been taken out apart from a few at the back where the young scientists quickly took their places with a look of fear.For 12 months, science students from across the continents had competed to win a place on the flight at the invitation of the European Space Agency .The challenge had been to suggest imaginative experiments to be conducted in weightless conditions.For the next two hours, the flight resembled that of an enormous bird which had lose its reason, shooting upwards towards the heavens before rushing towards Earth. The invention was to achieve weightlessness for a few seconds.The aircraft took off smoothly enough, but any feelings that I and the young scientists had that we were on anything like a scheduled passenger service were quickly dismissed when the pilot put the plane into a 45 degree climb which lasted around 20 seconds. Then the engines cut our and we became weightless. Everything became confused and left or right, up or down no longer had any meaning. After ten seconds of free-fall descent (下降) the pilot pulled the aircraft out of its nosedive. The return of gravity was less immediate than its loss, but was still sudden enough to ensure that some students came down with a bump.Each time the pilot cut the engines and we became weightless, a new team conducted its experiment. First it was the Dutch who wanted to discover how it is that cats always land on their feet. Then the German team who conducted a successful experiment on a traditional building method to see if it could be used for building a future space station. The Americans had an idea to create solar sails that could be used by satellites.After two hours of going up and down in the lane doing their experiments, the predominant feeling was one of excitement rather than sickness. Most of the students thought it was an unforgettable experience and one they would be keen to repeat.56、What did the writer say about the plane?.A、It had no seats.B、It was painted white.C、It had no windows.D、The outside was misleading.57、According to the writer ，how did the young scientists feel before the flight？A、sickB、keenC、nervousD、impatient58、what did the pilot do with the plane after it took off？A、He quickly climbed and then stopped the engines.B、He climbed and then made the plane fall slowly.C、He took off normally and then cut the engines for 20 seconds.D、He climbed and then made the plane turn over.59.Acoording to the passage, the purpose of being weightless was toA. see what conditions are like in spaceB. prepare the young scientists for future work in spaceC. show the judges of the competition what they could doD. make the teams try out their ideas60.this passage was written toA. encourage young people to take up scienceB. describe the process of a scientific competitionC. show scientists what young people can doD. report on a new scientific techniqueSection IV Translation (20 point)Directions: in this section there is a passage in English. Translate the five underlined sentences into Chinese and write your translation on the ANSWER SHEETThe smooth landing of shuttle (航天飞机) Discovery ended a flight that was successful in almost every respect but one: the dislodging of a big chunk of foam, like the one that doomed the Columbia. This flight was supposed to vault the shuttle fleet back into space after a prolonged grounding for repairs. But given the repeat of the very problem that two years of retooling was supposed to resolve, the verdict is necessarily mixed.(61) Once again, the space agency has been forced to put off the flight until it can find a solution to the problem, and no one seems willing toguess how long that may take .The Discovery astronauts performed superbly during their two-week mission, and the shuttle looked better than ever in some respects. (62) Space officials were justifiably happy that so muchhad gone well, despite daily worries over possible risks. The flight clearly achieved its prime objectives.The astronauts transferred tons of cargo to the international space station, which has been limping along overhead with a reduced crew and limited supplies carried up on smaller Russian spacecraft. (63) They replaced a broken device, repaired another and carted away a load of rubbish that had been left on the station, showing the shuttle can bring full loads back down from space.This was the most scrutinized shuttle flight ever, with the vehicle undergoing close inspection while still in orbit. (64) New sensing and photographic equipment to look for potentially dangerous damage to the sensitive external skin proved valuable .A new back flip maneuver allowed station astronauts to photograph the shuttle's underbelly, and an extra-long robotic arm enabled astronauts see parts of the shuttle that were previously out of sight.(65).The flood of images and the openness in discussing its uncertainties about potential hazards sometimes made it appear that the shuttle was about to fall apart. In the end the damage was clearly tolerable. A much-touted spacewalk to repair the shuttle's skin-the first of its kind- moved anastronaut close enough to pluck out some protruding material with his hand. Preliminary evidence indicates that Discovery has far fewer nicks and gouges than shuttles on previous flights, perhaps showing that improvements to reduce the shedding of debris from the external fuel tank have had some success.Section V Writing (20 points)Directions: in this section .you are asked to write an essay based on the following diagram. Describe the diagram and analyze the possible causes .You should write at least 150 words on the ANSWER SHEET.参考答案：词汇：1——5 D A D C D 6——10 B A D A C11——15 B B D A B16——20 A B C B C 完型填空：21——25 C D B C B26——30 A C D B A31——35 D D A B C36——40 D A C A D阅读理解：41——45 C B C A D 46——50 A A D B C51——55 A C C A C 56——60 A C A D A61）航天部门被迫再次推迟飞行，直到找到问题的解决办法。
自考英语二0015历年真题及答案(2006-2012)六年来完整收藏版
2006年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英语（二）试卷及答案（课程代码：00015）PART ONE (50 POINTS)I．Vocabulary and Structure (10 points, 1point each)1. It would be better to make a decision now, ______ leave it until next week.A. other thanB. rather thanC. less thanD. more than2. We'll inform you as soon as tickets become ______.A. valuableB. capableC. acceptableD. available3. The foreign company has been______ running this factory for decades.A. enormouslyB. effectivelyC. infinitelyD. extremely4. If you ______ my advice, you wouldn't be in such trouble now.A. tookB. takesC. has takenD. had taken5. The meeting ______, we left the room quickly for dinner.A. overB. was overC. is overD. been over6. All the money ______, Frederick started looking for work.A. having spentB. has been spentC. having been spentD. had been spent7. ______ his talk when Mary ran out of the lecture hall.A. Hardly had be begunB. Hardly he had begunC. Hardly he has begunD. He hardly had begun8. The two sisters are _____ in many ways, not only in appearance but also in temperament.A. likeB. likelyC. alikeD. lively9. The purpose of the program is to provide training for employees so that they can work ______.A. lateB. laterC. latelyD. latest10. I hope my boy friend will be handsome, strong and ______ kind.A. above allB. in allC. at allD. after allII. Cloze Test (10 points, 1 point each)However careful one may be, he cannot possibly listen carefully to everything that he hears. There are 11 of reasons for this. One of them is the overload of messages most of us 12 each day. In addition to the numerous hours we 13 hearing other people speak, we may spend several hours listening to the radio or sitting in front of a television set. 14, it is impossible to focus our attention completely on what is said; our mind might be 15 elsewhere. Preoccupation with our personal concerns is 16 reason we don't always listen carefully. A romance 17 sour or a good grade on a test may take prominence in our mind even as 18 is speaking to us. Furthermore, we are surrounded by all kinds of noises which interfere 19 listening. For example, voices at a party or 20 of traffic may simply make it difficult for us to catch everything that is being said.11. A. the number B. a number C. number D. numbers12. A. accept B. obtain C. receive D. possess13. A. put B. consume C. spend D. spare14. A. Besides B. Whereas C. Otherwise D. Nevertheless15. A. wondering B. swinging C. recycling D. wandering16. A. other B. some C. the other D. another17. A. gone B. going C. goes D. went18. A. anyone B. everyone C. someone D. few19. A. to B. with C. of D. about20. A. sound B. noise C. voice D. screamIII. Reading Comprehension (30 points, 2 points each)Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.Many of today's most trusted sales techniques were invented over a century ago by a young merchant named Eaton in Toronto. When he was young, Eaton worked briefly with his brothers in small-town stores. In 1869, he sep up his own shop in downtown Toronto. He had many competitors, but he was also ambitious and had a plan for success. He offered a unique style of trade, but as was expected, all the other shopkeepers laughed at him, believing he would eventually fail. However, Eaton was not a man to be easily defeated; he came up with a brand new notion of business - "Goods satisfactory, or money refunded." He sold all his goods at fixed prices and only for cash.With a sharp sense of what the public wanted, he went out of the way to meet their needs. His business grew rapidly. He set up new branches and started mail order service that allowed people to buy from a list of his goods.Eaton's list-advertisements of his day-was the first of its kind. It was distributed and read all over the country. It was the only way to access good-quality goods at reasonable prices for people living far away from big cites. It became part of their life. They even called it The Wishing Book. The secret of the list's success was that Eaton gained the respect of this customers; they trusted him for good prices and quality goods. Probably because he remembered his miserable early days in Ireland, Eaton thought much of the welfare of his employees: better working conditions, shorter weekday hours than his competitors and Saturday afternoons off in the summer. In all this, he was a leader.21. The best description of Eaton is that ______.A. he was the richest merchant in TorontoB. he was a successful technical inventorC. he introduced new sales practicesD. he changed people's ideas about businessmen22. Eaton's success lay primarily in that ____.A. he sold only good quality goodsB. he was the first person to provide good serviceC. he treated his employees better than any of his competitorsD. he won respect from his customers23. From the passage we can infer that ______.A. Eaton invented the idea of the internet shoppingB. Eaton drove other businessmen to failureC. Eaton never sold his goods on creditD. Eaton was defeated by his rivals24. The best title for this passage is _____.A. Good Goods, of Money RefundedB. Eaton, a Sales InventorC. Customers' Respect, a Secret of SuccessD. Eaton's list, a Welcome Event in Sales History25. Eaton's List was important to people on farms because it was a convenient way of getting _____.A. good-quality goods at reasonable pricesB. goods at unreasonable pricesC. good-quality goods at unreasonable pricesD. poor-quality goods at reasonable pricesPassage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.The threat of a global outbreak (疾病大爆发) of bird flu makes it urgent for the international community to cooperate effectively. Wealthy countries will have to provide hundreds of millions of dollars for the testing and production of medicines necessary for treating patients suffering from bird flu. Developing countries, particularly in Southeast Asia, where the bird flu virus (病毒) has spread since 1997, must work out special programs so that farmers will not hide sighs of possible outbreaks. In addition, the way such farm birds as chickens and ducks are traditionally raised and marketed in the developing world should be changed; there should be more distance between the birds and their keepers. Countries should deal with the disease with joint effort. If one country is inadequately prepared, it will be a threat to every other country.The potential effects of a national outbreak of bird flu are enormous. Firstly, an outbreak may kill large numbers of people. World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that an outbreak similar to the mild Hong Kong flu of 1968 could kill as many as 7.4 millions people. If it were as dangerous as the 1918 Spanish flu, which killed 50 million, the number would be much higher. Secondly, such an outbreak may cause great financial damage. The latest outbreak of bird flu, which began in December 2003, has cost Southeast Asia more than $10 billion and depressed its GDP by 1.5 percent. If a new outbreak of bird flu were to last for a whole year, $800 billion would be lost. Despite the 124 human cases and 63 deaths from bird flu since December 2003, the virus remains mainly a disease animals. However, the more animals that die of the disease, the more chances it has of spreading to people. Large numbers of dead or dying birds mean that more people will be exposed to the virus and change into a virus with new characteristics. If the international community works together efficiently, man can surely prevent such a virus and possibly save millions of lives.26. Faced with the threat of a global outbreak of bird flu, the international community should ________.A. establish new marketsB. work together effectivelyC. stop birds from flying to other countriesD. raise fewer chickens and ducks27. The second paragraph focuses on ______.A. World Health OrganizationB. flus in Hong Kong and SpainC. the economy of Southeast AsiaD. possible effects of a bird flu outbreak28. The number of people who have died of bird flu since 2003 is _______.A. 63B. 124C. 7.4 millionD. 50 million29. In the third paragraph, the author is mainly interested in _____.A. stimulating financial growthB. reducing economic damagesC. saving human livesD. protecting bird species30. The passage deals with all the following aspects bird flu EXCEPT _______.A. the origin and history of bird fluB. the importance of international cooperationC. the possible dangers of a national outbreakD. the significance of preventing it from spreadingPassage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.The long summer holidays are finally over and some parents are pleased. "We worry more about their safety in the holidays," explains one mother from North London. If teenagers are not wandering around on public transport in a big and potentially dangerous city, they are chatting to strangers in an internet chat room! Well, that's an extreme picture of the UK today, but many parents are worried about how much freedom they can give their children during the holidays and at weekends.Weekends are not the only time to worry! Newspaper are full of stories about too many school kids going to school by car because their parents do not want them to travel alone on a bus or train. This summer there were more frightening stories of teenagers disappearing with questionable friends that they met on the net. All the Media stories help increase parents fears, but is the UK really so dangerous?Many young people feel that life for their parents was easier. In the 1960s young people played in the streets more and traveled around town without their parents. "At least our parents can keep tabs on us," says 16-year-old Julia. "So many people have mobile phones now and their parents ring to find out where they are. I use my mobile to get Dad to come to the station when I arrive late." Mobiles are not just expensive toys; they help keep young people safe. Most significantly, they help keep young people safe. Most significantly, they make parents feel better. Only one problem is, though, that some young people have been attacked by thieves who want to steal their mobile phones.Young people like going out with friends, but they now need to learn how to get home safely. Five million young people in the UK between the ages of 9 to 16 use chat rooms to make friends, but they, too, need to be careful and never give their personal details to a stranger. Young people today have more opportunities to meet new people and go out at night more than their parents ever did. Now school, television programs and newspapers must help teenagers to enjoy their freedom and to be responsible for their own safety.31. Some parents are upset about the summer holidays mainly because their children ______.A. wander around on bus in the cityB. chat to strangers in Internet chat roomsC. make questionable friends on the netD. are taken little care of by teachers32. For the sake of the safety, many parents send their kids to school ________.A. by carB. by busC. by trainD. by public transport33. Most significantly, mobile phones _______.A. enable parents keep a close watch on their kidsB. help keep teenagers safeC. make parents feel less worriedD. protect teenagers from being attacked34. Teenagers should never give any strangers ______.A. their mobile phone numbersB. their family addressC. their personal informationD. their parents' names35. This passage is mainly about ________.A. freedom for teenagers in summer holidaysB. safety for teenagers in summer holidaysC. activities for teenagers in summer holidaysD. troubles for teenagers in summer holidaysPART TWO (50 POINTS)将下列汉语单词译成英语。
自考英语二0015历年真题及答案(2006-2012)六年来完整收藏版
2006年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英语（二）试卷及答案（课程代码：00015）PART ONE (50 POINTS)I．Vocabulary and Structure (10 points, 1point each)1. It would be better to make a decision now, ______ leave it until next week.A. other thanB. rather thanC. less thanD. more than2. We'll inform you as soon as tickets become ______.A. valuableB. capableC. acceptableD. available3. The foreign company has been______ running this factory for decades.A. enormouslyB. effectivelyC. infinitelyD. extremely4. If you ______ my advice, you wouldn't be in such trouble now.A. tookB. takesC. has takenD. had taken5. The meeting ______, we left the room quickly for dinner.A. overB. was overC. is overD. been over6. All the money ______, Frederick started looking for work.A. having spentB. has been spentC. having been spentD. had been spent7. ______ his talk when Mary ran out of the lecture hall.A. Hardly had be begunB. Hardly he had begunC. Hardly he has begunD. He hardly had begun8. The two sisters are _____ in many ways, not only in appearance but also in temperament.A. likeB. likelyC. alikeD. lively9. The purpose of the program is to provide training for employees so that they can work ______.A. lateB. laterC. latelyD. latest10. I hope my boy friend will be handsome, strong and ______ kind.A. above allB. in allC. at allD. after allII. Cloze Test (10 points, 1 point each)However careful one may be, he cannot possibly listen carefully to everything that he hears. There are 11 of reasons for this. One of them is the overload of messages most of us 12 each day. In addition to the numerous hours we 13 hearing other people speak, we may spend several hours listening to the radio or sitting in front of a television set. 14, it is impossible to focus our attention completely on what is said; our mind might be 15 elsewhere. Preoccupation with our personal concerns is 16 reason we don't always listen carefully. A romance 17 sour or a good grade on a test may take prominence in our mind even as 18 is speaking to us. Furthermore, we are surrounded by all kinds of noises which interfere 19 listening. For example, voices at a party or 20 of traffic may simply make it difficult for us to catch everything that is being said.11. A. the number B. a number C. number D. numbers12. A. accept B. obtain C. receive D. possess13. A. put B. consume C. spend D. spare14. A. Besides B. Whereas C. Otherwise D. Nevertheless15. A. wondering B. swinging C. recycling D. wandering16. A. other B. some C. the other D. another17. A. gone B. going C. goes D. went18. A. anyone B. everyone C. someone D. few19. A. to B. with C. of D. about20. A. sound B. noise C. voice D. screamIII. Reading Comprehension (30 points, 2 points each)Passage OneQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.Many of today's most trusted sales techniques were invented over a century ago by a young merchant named Eaton in Toronto. When he was young, Eaton worked briefly with his brothers in small-town stores. In 1869, he sep up his own shop in downtown Toronto. He had many competitors, but he was also ambitious and had a plan for success. He offered a unique style of trade, but as was expected, all the other shopkeepers laughed at him, believing he would eventually fail. However, Eaton was not a man to be easily defeated; he came up with a brand new notion of business - "Goods satisfactory, or money refunded." He sold all his goods at fixed prices and only for cash.With a sharp sense of what the public wanted, he went out of the way to meet their needs. His business grew rapidly. He set up new branches and started mail order service that allowed people to buy from a list of his goods.Eaton's list-advertisements of his day-was the first of its kind. It was distributed and read all over the country. It was the only way to access good-quality goods at reasonable prices for people living far away from big cites. It became part of their life. They even called it The Wishing Book. The secret of the list's success was that Eaton gained the respect of this customers; they trusted him for good prices and quality goods. Probably because he remembered his miserable early days in Ireland, Eaton thought much of the welfare of his employees: better working conditions, shorter weekday hours than his competitors and Saturday afternoons off in the summer. In all this, he was a leader.21. The best description of Eaton is that ______.A. he was the richest merchant in TorontoB. he was a successful technical inventorC. he introduced new sales practicesD. he changed people's ideas about businessmen22. Eaton's success lay primarily in that ____.A. he sold only good quality goodsB. he was the first person to provide good serviceC. he treated his employees better than any of his competitorsD. he won respect from his customers23. From the passage we can infer that ______.A. Eaton invented the idea of the internet shoppingB. Eaton drove other businessmen to failureC. Eaton never sold his goods on creditD. Eaton was defeated by his rivals24. The best title for this passage is _____.A. Good Goods, of Money RefundedB. Eaton, a Sales InventorC. Customers' Respect, a Secret of SuccessD. Eaton's list, a Welcome Event in Sales History25. Eaton's List was important to people on farms because it was a convenient way of getting _____.A. good-quality goods at reasonable pricesB. goods at unreasonable pricesC. good-quality goods at unreasonable pricesD. poor-quality goods at reasonable pricesPassage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.The threat of a global outbreak (疾病大爆发) of bird flu makes it urgent for the international community to cooperate effectively. Wealthy countries will have to provide hundreds of millions of dollars for the testing and production of medicines necessary for treating patients suffering from bird flu. Developing countries, particularly in Southeast Asia, where the bird flu virus (病毒) has spread since 1997, must work out special programs so that farmers will not hide sighs of possible outbreaks. In addition, the way such farm birds as chickens and ducks are traditionally raised and marketed in the developing world should be changed; there should be more distance between the birds and their keepers. Countries should deal with the disease with joint effort. If one country is inadequately prepared, it will be a threat to every other country.The potential effects of a national outbreak of bird flu are enormous. Firstly, an outbreak may kill large numbers of people. World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that an outbreak similar to the mild Hong Kong flu of 1968 could kill as many as 7.4 millions people. If it were as dangerous as the 1918 Spanish flu, which killed 50 million, the number would be much higher. Secondly, such an outbreak may cause great financial damage. The latest outbreak of bird flu, which began in December 2003, has cost Southeast Asia more than $10 billion and depressed its GDP by 1.5 percent. If a new outbreak of bird flu were to last for a whole year, $800 billion would be lost. Despite the 124 human cases and 63 deaths from bird flu since December 2003, the virus remains mainly a disease animals. However, the more animals that die of the disease, the more chances it has of spreading to people. Large numbers of dead or dying birds mean that more people will be exposed to the virus and change into a virus with new characteristics. If the international community works together efficiently, man can surely prevent such a virus and possibly save millions of lives.26. Faced with the threat of a global outbreak of bird flu, the international community should ________.A. establish new marketsB. work together effectivelyC. stop birds from flying to other countriesD. raise fewer chickens and ducks27. The second paragraph focuses on ______.A. World Health OrganizationB. flus in Hong Kong and SpainC. the economy of Southeast AsiaD. possible effects of a bird flu outbreak28. The number of people who have died of bird flu since 2003 is _______.A. 63B. 124C. 7.4 millionD. 50 million29. In the third paragraph, the author is mainly interested in _____.A. stimulating financial growthB. reducing economic damagesC. saving human livesD. protecting bird species30. The passage deals with all the following aspects bird flu EXCEPT _______.A. the origin and history of bird fluB. the importance of international cooperationC. the possible dangers of a national outbreakD. the significance of preventing it from spreadingPassage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.The long summer holidays are finally over and some parents are pleased. "We worry more about their safety in the holidays," explains one mother from North London. If teenagers are not wandering around on public transport in a big and potentially dangerous city, they are chatting to strangers in an internet chat room! Well, that's an extreme picture of the UK today, but many parents are worried about how much freedom they can give their children during the holidays and at weekends.Weekends are not the only time to worry! Newspaper are full of stories about too many school kids going to school by car because their parents do not want them to travel alone on a bus or train. This summer there were more frightening stories of teenagers disappearing with questionable friends that they met on the net. All the Media stories help increase parents fears, but is the UK really so dangerous?Many young people feel that life for their parents was easier. In the 1960s young people played in the streets more and traveled around town without their parents. "At least our parents can keep tabs on us," says 16-year-old Julia. "So many people have mobile phones now and their parents ring to find out where they are. I use my mobile to get Dad to come to the station when I arrive late." Mobiles are not just expensive toys; they help keep young people safe. Most significantly, they help keep young people safe. Most significantly, they make parents feel better. Only one problem is, though, that some young people have been attacked by thieves who want to steal their mobile phones.Young people like going out with friends, but they now need to learn how to get home safely. Five million young people in the UK between the ages of 9 to 16 use chat rooms to make friends, but they, too, need to be careful and never give their personal details to a stranger. Young people today have more opportunities to meet new people and go out at night more than their parents ever did. Now school, television programs and newspapers must help teenagers to enjoy their freedom and to be responsible for their own safety.31. Some parents are upset about the summer holidays mainly because their children ______.A. wander around on bus in the cityB. chat to strangers in Internet chat roomsC. make questionable friends on the netD. are taken little care of by teachers32. For the sake of the safety, many parents send their kids to school ________.A. by carB. by busC. by trainD. by public transport33. Most significantly, mobile phones _______.A. enable parents keep a close watch on their kidsB. help keep teenagers safeC. make parents feel less worriedD. protect teenagers from being attacked34. Teenagers should never give any strangers ______.A. their mobile phone numbersB. their family addressC. their personal informationD. their parents' names35. This passage is mainly about ________.A. freedom for teenagers in summer holidaysB. safety for teenagers in summer holidaysC. activities for teenagers in summer holidaysD. troubles for teenagers in summer holidaysPART TWO (50 POINTS)将下列汉语单词译成英语。
2006-2011英语真题详解
2006年江苏省普通高校“专转本”统一考试大学英语参考答案1．B由第一节可知，很多人享受于家庭园艺。
2．C第二节中“从春季到深秋”即大半年的时间。
3．A由第四节第一句可知，人们花在花园上的钱可多可少。
4．D由第五节最后一句可知。
5．B由最后一节最后一句可知。
6．C由本文第一句可知，以前女性不出门工作，人们思想较为保守，女秘书会干扰到职员们的工作。
7．B。
由第二节可知，女秘书们需要为上司做所有的事情。
8．A。
由第三节可知，现代社会的芯片和高科技可以取代秘书做很多事情。
9．C由第三节和第四节可知，秘书这一职位会因为科技含量的提高而提高社会地位，这在美国已经成为了事实。
10．A。
在最后一节中，作者认为男人有实力竞争这一职业。
11．A。
全篇意在说明与全球的生物进化相比，人类历史只有很短的时间。
12．D。
由第二节最后一句可知。
13．B。
根据第二节第二句可知，地球在二月份温度降低，变成坑状，形成最初的海洋。
由此可以推断，最初的地球温度很高。
14．C。
由第三节最后一句可知。
15．C。
由本文最后一句可知，《独立宣言》的签订比新年早一分钟。
16．A。
第一节主要是讨论网络求职给求职者带来了更长的等待回复的时间。
17．D。
本题可采用排除法。
Challenger教授陈述了网络求职成功率的低下，认为网络不应该仅仅用来投电子简历，建议求职者与招聘方面对面。
18．D。
由第二节可知，很多不符合岗位要求的简历增加了求职者等待回复的时间。
19．B。
因为不相关简历的增加，所以降低求职者简历到达招聘人面前几率的“过滤软件”也出现了。
20．B。
由倒数第二节可知，网络确实是职场的一场革命，给求职者带来了更多的机会。
PartⅡ21．D。
“当距离太阳更近时”，地球转得更快。
22．C。
主语中心词是number，因此谓语用单数形式。
23．D。
realistic义为“现实的”，accurate义为“准确的”，exact义为“精确的”，genuine义为“真实的”。
考研英二真题答案2006
考研英二真题答案20062006年的考研英语二真题是考生们备考的重要参考资料之一。
通过分析这份真题的答案，我们可以了解考试的难度和命题方向，为今后的备考提供一些指导。
本文将对2006年考研英语二真题的答案进行分析和解读，帮助考生们更好地理解考试内容和要求。
首先，我们来看看2006年考研英语二真题的阅读理解部分。
这一部分共有三篇文章，分别涉及到文化、科技和社会问题。
通过仔细阅读和分析这些文章的答案，我们可以发现，这些文章的题目和答案之间存在着一定的逻辑关系。
考生们在解答这些题目时，需要综合运用自己的阅读理解能力和逻辑思维能力，对文章的内容进行准确的理解和分析。
同时，还需要注意文章中的关键词和句子，以便更好地把握文章的主旨和要点。
接下来，我们来看看2006年考研英语二真题的翻译部分。
这一部分共有两道翻译题，分别涉及到文学和科技领域。
通过仔细研究这些题目的答案，我们可以发现，这些题目的答案与原文之间存在着一定的对应关系。
考生们在翻译这些题目时，需要准确理解原文的意思，并用准确、通顺的语言表达出来。
同时，还需要注意语法和词汇的正确使用，以便更好地传达原文的含义。
最后，我们来看看2006年考研英语二真题的写作部分。
这一部分要求考生们根据所给的提示，写一篇短文。
通过分析这些题目的答案，我们可以发现，考生们在写作时，需要围绕提示进行合理的组织和展开。
同时，还需要注意语法和词汇的正确使用，以及句子结构的多样性和连贯性。
写作时，考生们可以从自己的经验和观点出发，进行合理的推理和论证，以便更好地表达自己的观点和思考。
综上所述，2006年考研英语二真题的答案对于考生们的备考具有重要的参考价值。
通过分析这些答案，我们可以了解考试的难度和命题方向，为今后的备考提供一些指导。
同时，我们还可以从这些答案中学习到一些解题的技巧和方法，提高自己的解题能力和应试能力。
希望考生们能够认真对待这些答案，充分利用它们来提高自己的备考效果。
06高考英语试题及答案
06高考英语试题及答案一、听力理解（共15分）1. What does the man suggest they do?A. Go to the cinemaB. Go to the concertC. Go to the museumD. Go to the park答案：A2. When is the woman's appointment?A. At 10:00B. At 11:00C. At 12:00D. At 13:00答案：B3. What is the man's opinion about the book?A. It's too difficult.B. It's too expensive.C. It's too boring.D. It's too short.答案：C二、阅读理解（共45分）Passage 14. What is the main topic of the passage?A. The importance of sleepB. The effects of sleep deprivationC. The benefits of taking napsD. The relationship between sleep and health答案：D5. According to the passage, which of the following is a sign of sleep deprivation?A. Difficulty in concentratingB. Increased appetiteC. Improved memoryD. Enhanced mood答案：APassage 26. What is the purpose of the article?A. To introduce a new technologyB. To discuss the impact of technology on societyC. To promote a new productD. To warn against the overuse of technology答案：B7. What does the author suggest about the future?A. Technology will replace humans in many jobs.B. Humans will become more dependent on technology.C. Technology will make life easier for everyone.D. Technology will lead to a better future for all.答案：A三、完形填空（共30分）8. The word "abandoned" in the passage is closest in meaning to ______.A. neglectedB. cherishedC. preservedD. destroyed答案：A9. The author's attitude towards the old house is ______.A. indifferentB. nostalgicC. fearfulD. annoyed答案：B10. The main reason for the house's decline is ______.A. natural disastersB. lack of maintenanceC. economic depressionD. urban development答案：B四、语法填空（共20分）11. If he had studied harder, he ______ the exam.A. would have passedB. had passedC. passedD. has passed答案：A12. ______ you are leaving tomorrow, we can go out for a meal tonight.A. ThoughB. WhetherC. SinceD. Unless答案：C13. The book was so interesting that he read it ______.A. in a hurryB. by accidentC. on purposeD. in no time答案：D五、短文改错（共20分）14. The following sentence contains a grammatical error: "He does not only like reading but also enjoys writing." The correct form should be: "He not only likes reading but also enjoys writing."15. The sentence "She is one of the student who got the highest scores in the school." should be corrected to: "She is one of the students who got the highest scores in the school."六、书面表达（共30分）16. Write an essay of about 120 words on the topic "The Importance of Teamwork." Begin your essay with a brief description of a situation where teamwork was crucial, and then explain why teamwork is important in both personal and professional settings.参考答案：In my opinion, teamwork is an essential skill that candetermine the success or failure of a project. One situation that exemplifies the importance of teamwork was during our school's annual sports day. Our relay team, despite not being the fastest individually, won the race due to our excellent coordination and support for each other. This experience taught me that when individuals work together towards a common goal, they can achieve more than they could alone. In both personal and professional settings, teamwork fosters a sense of belonging and encourages the sharing of ideas and resources. It also helps to distribute workload and responsibilities, making tasks more manageable and increasing the likelihood of success. Therefore, I believe thatfostering a collaborative environment is crucial for achieving our goals and overcoming challenges.。
2006年高考试题与答案-全国卷2英语
英语作文常用谚语、俗语1、A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。
2、A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解，自欺欺人。
3、All rivers run into sea. 海纳百川。
4、All roads lead to Rome. 条条大路通罗马。
5、All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。
6、A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。
7、Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
8、A faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。
9、A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。
10、A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难，失朋友易。
11、A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是成功的一半。
12、A good beginning makes a good ending. 善始者善终。
13、A good book is a good friend. 好书如挚友。
14、A good medicine tastes bitter. 良药苦口。
15、A mother's love never changes. 母爱永恒。
16、An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 一天一苹果，不用请医生。
17、A single flower does not make a spring. 一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。
18、A year's plan starts with spring. 一年之计在于春。
历年英语二全国真题及答案范文
山东省2006年7月高等教育自学考试英语（二）试卷【14学分】（课程代码：0015 考试时间：150分钟）PART ONE (50 POINTS)I. V ocabulary and Structure (10points, 1 point for each item)从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并在答题纸上将相应的字母填在题号后括号内。
1. Kate is a good student, .A. her math probems are always rewritten to ensure clearnnessB. her math problems are always rewriting to ensure cleannessC. her math problems always rewritten to ensure cleannessD. her math problems always rewriting to ensure cleanness2. you are to accept these facts, you’ll be.A. The better able… the less angryB. The best able… the least angryC. Better able… less angryD. Best able… least angry3.To stay there wating was they could only do.A. howB. whatC. /D. that4. Not only rising, but unemployment was on the increase.A. the inflation rate wasB. was the inflation rateC. the inflation rate isD. is the inflation rate5. The working conditions in this factory are so terrible that the workers can no longer them.A. come up withB. put up withC. take on withD. put on with6. When attending a formal dinner, you should look your to show your respect others.A. good … forB. best … forC. good … toD. best … to7. He me two yuan for repairing the bicycle.A. chargedB. spentC. tookD. cost8. At last, justice has and the guilty man has been punished.A. prevailedB. deliveredC. enduredD. faded9. He is a(n) teacher and can teach almost all the courses of the courses of the English Department.A. sternB. potentialC.objectiveD. versatile10.These figures are not with the results obtained in previous experiments.A. conservativeB. considerateC. consistentD. constantII. Cloze Test (10points, 1 point for each item)下面短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。