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2002年考研英语真题及解析

2002年一、文章总体分析本文主要介绍了计算机的发展对通信革命及人们的生存方式产生的影响。

文章第一段从早期的通信革命入手，指出在15、16世纪和20世纪之间发生了很多事情，特别是通信革命加快了步伐。

第二段接着提到20世纪计算机的出现极大地改变了这一进程。

第三段指出随着计算机的发展，我们步入了一个信息社会。

在计算机影响下，通信革命改变了我们的工作和休闲方式，也影响了我们的思考和感知方式。

在结尾部分，文章提到，当然，关于这种通信革命在经济、政治、社会和文化各方面的影响是利大于弊还是弊大于利，还存在争议。

二、试题具体解析1. [A] between在…当中，在空间、位置或时间的中间[B] before在此之前早些时候，在…前面[C] since自从…以后，以前[D] later 后来，稍后，随后[答案] A[解析] 本题考核的知识点是：时间副词的用法辨析。

解此题关键看两个方面，一是理解文章第一句话的含义：人们曾对20世纪电视的发展以及15世纪和16世纪印刷术的传播进行了比较。

二是注意转折连词yet的用法，yet一般标志着接下来的内容与前面的内容出现了较大的不同，如：She said she would be late, yet she arrived on time.（她说她会迟到，但她却准时到达了）。

文中第二句话结构非常简单，主语和谓语都无法体现与第一句话的强烈对照，这时只能通过空格里填入的时间状语来体现了，因此这个时间副词应与第一句话中的时间状语in the 20th century和 in the 15th and 16th centuries相呼应并对照。

接下来关键看这个时间副词表示的是哪个时间段，15、16世纪之前，20世纪之后还是两者之间。

其实我们从下文中的the 19th century也可以推断出正确答案是between，即“然而，在这两个时段之间却发生了很多事情”。

2. [A] after [B] by [C] during [D] until[答案]D[解析]本题考核的知识点是：固定句型。

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Ⅳ.阅读理解。

认真阅读下列两篇短⽂，每篇短⽂后有5个问题，根据短⽂的内容从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择⼀个正确答案，并将选项号填在答题纸的相应位置上。

(本⼤题共10⼩题，每⼩题1分，共10分)Read the two passages and answer the questions.(10 points)(1)Making Use of Your TimeEverybody wastes time.Instead of doing their lessons,students watch television,or go and enjoy themselves outside the campus(校园).Writers neglect their work,and wander up and down in the room making cups of coffee and daydreaming.They all have good intentions,but they keep putting off the moment when they must start work.As a consequence,they begin to feel guilty,and then waste even more time wishing they had not allowed themselves to be distracted.When someone else is organizing our time for us,as,for instance,during lessons or working hours,we do not necessarily work more efficiently,but at least we are subject to the discipline of a routine.It is when we are responsible for organizing our own time that the need for self-discipline arises.Self-employed people,particularly those engaged in such creative activities as writing,can only survive,let alone prosper,if they can organize their time efficiently.I know two writers who seem to me to have got to grips with(正确解决) the problem,but in quite different ways.Bob is extremely methodical(井井有条).He arrives at his office at 9 a.m. and is creative until 12∶30.At 2 p.m.,he returns to his desk and is creative until 5 p.m.,when he goes home and switches off until the following morning.Alan would deny that you can regulate your creativity in this way,by the clock as it were.He works in inspired bursts,often missing meals and sleep in order to get down on paper the ideas that are in his head.Such periods of intense activity are usually followed by days of laziness,when he walks around his flat,listening to Mozart or flicking through magazines.Their places of work reflect their styles.Bob's books are neatly arranged on the shelves by his desk.He can always find the books he wants,and there is not a single book in his office which is not directly relevant to his work.Alan,on the other hand,has books and magazines all over the place,some on shelves,some in piles on the floor and the table,still some even on or under the bed.Both Bob and Alan have managed to organize their lives in such a way that they are able to produce work of very high quality.Obviously,each works in the way that suits his character,and it would be foolish to take either as a model.All the same,there is a lot we can learn from them.For example,Bob has the excellent idea of setting targets for each week.As long as he is “on target,”he will occasionally take one afternoon off for relaxation without feeling guilty;he deliberately plans to waste time for recovery from tiredness.It seems to be a much better idea to relax and enjoy your time-wasting,rather than to feel guilty about it both at the time and afterwards.51.The author implies that a person who has wasted time should notA. waste any more time regretting it.B. feel uneasy or blame others.C. avoid being distracted a second time.D. try to make up for the lost time.52.Even if a writer can organize his time efficiently,heA. may not achieve much success.B. is unlikely to produce high quality work.C. still can't work creatively or productively.D. is less productive than people with regular jobs.53.Through the example of Bob and Alan,the author wants to showA. self-discipline is the most important in the profession of writing.B. creativity can never be regulated by devices such as a clock.C. one should not feel uneasy when wasting time once a target is hit.D. not bothering with small matters is a work style rather than a shortcoming.54.To make use of our time,we shouldA. keep warning ourselves against wasting time.B. set targets for each time unit.C. deliberately plan to waste time.D. work hard while working and enjoy ourselves while playing.55.The author suggests that wasting time can sometimes beA. necessary.B. shameful.C. productive.D. enjoyable.。

2002年下半年高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英语(二)试题及答案要点

Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage．
Pigs，fishponds and crops-all housed in tall buildings．This is a vision of industrial farming in the Nethedands(荷兰)．In a world concerned about the environment and transport，would it not make sense to concentrate food production next to a harbor and an airport? And since humans can live in tall buildings，why not pigs and fish?
A．speculating upon
B．coinciding with
C．putting into operation
D．distinguishing between
8．A good manager identifies the interest of his employees __________ his own．
A．senseless B．sensible C．sentimental D．sensitive
5．If you are walking away from a clock tower，you will hear the ticking of the clock fade to a point __________ it Cannot be heard．
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2002年考研英语真题及参考答案

2002年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题Section I Listening Comprehension（略）Section II Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)①Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in the 20th century and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries. ②Yet much had happened 21 . ③As was discussed before, it was not 22 the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic 23 , following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the 24 of the periodical. ④It was during the same time that the communications revolution 25 up, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading 26 through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures 27 the 20th-century world of the motor car and the airplane. ⑤Not everyone sees that process in 28 . ⑥It is important to do so.①It is generally recognized, 29 , that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, 30 by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, 31 its impact on the media was not immediately 32 . ②As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became “personal” too, as well as 33 , with display becoming sharper and storage 34 increasing. ③They were thought of, like people, 35 generations, with the distance between generations much 36 .①It was within the computer age that the term “information society” began to be widely used to describe the 37 within which we now live. ②The communications revolution has 38 both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been39 views about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. ③“Beneﬁts” have been weighed 40 “harmful” outcomes. ④And generalizations have proved difﬁcult.21. [ A ] between [ B ] before [ C ] since [ D ] later22. [ A ] after [ B ] by [ C ] during [ D ] until23. [ A ] means [ B ] method [ C ] medium [ D ] measure24. [ A ] process [ B ] company [ C ] light [ D ] form25. [ A ] gathered [ B ] speeded [ C ] worked [ D ] picked26. [ A ] on [ B ] out [ C ] over [ D ] off27. [ A ] of [ B ] for [ C ] beyond [ D ] into28. [ A ] concept [ B ] dimension [ C ] effect [ D ] perspective29. [ A ] indeed [ B ] hence [ C ] however [ D ] therefore30. [ A ] brought [ B ] followed [ C ] stimulated [ D ] characterized31. [ A ] unless [ B ] since [ C ] lest [ D ] although32. [ A ] apparent [ B ] desirable [ C ] negative [ D ] plausible33. [ A ] institutional [ B ] universal [ C ] fundamental [ D ] instrumental34. [ A ] ability [ B ] capability [ C ] capacity [ D ] faculty35. [ A ] by means of [ B ] in terms of [ C ] with regard to [ D ] in line with36. [ A ] deeper [ B ] fewer [ C ] nearer [ D ] smaller37. [ A ] context [ B ] range [ C ] scope [ D ] territory38. [ A ] regarded [ B ] impressed [ C ] inﬂuenced [ D ] effected39. [ A ] competitive [ B ] controversial [ C ] distracting [ D ] irrational40. [ A ] above [ B ] upon [ C ] against [ D ] withSection III Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text 1①If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experiences and problems. ②Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view. ③Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different. ④If you are talking to a group of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to comment on their disorganized bosses.①Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses’ convention, of a story which works well because the audience all shared the same view of doctors. ②A man arrives in heaven and is being shown around by St. Peter. ③He sees wonderful accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunny weather, and so on. ④Everyone is very peaceful, polite and friendly until, waiting in a line for lunch, the new arrival is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a white coat, who rushes to the head of the line, grabs his food and stomps over to a table by himself. ⑤“Who is that?” the new arrival asked St. Peter. ⑥“Oh, that’s God,” came the reply, “but sometimes he thinks he’s a doctor.”①If you are part of the group which you are addressing, you will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and it’ll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or the chairman’s notorious bad taste in ties. ②With other audiences you mustn’t attempt to cut in with humor as they will resent an outsider making disparaging remarks about their canteen or their chairman. ③You will be on safer ground if you stick to scapegoats like the Post Ofﬁce or the telephone system.①If you feel awkward being humorous, you must practice so that it becomes more natural.②Include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner. ③Often it’s the delivery which causes the audience to smile, so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are makinga light-hearted remark.①Look for the humor. ②It often comes from the unexpected. ③A twist on a familiar quote “If at ﬁrst you don’t succeed, give up” or a play on words or on a situation. ④Searchfor exaggeration and understatement. ⑤Look at your talk and pick out a few words or sentences which you can turn about and inject with humor.41.To make your humor work, you should_______.[A] take advantage of different kinds of audience[B] make fun of the disorganized people[C] address different problems to different people[D] show sympathy for your listeners42. 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The author uses the example of a monkey to argue that robots are_______.[A] expected to copy human brain in internal structure[B] able to perceive abnormalities immediately[C] far less able than human brain in focusing on relevant information[D] best used in a controlled environmentText 3①Could the bad old days of economic decline be about to return? ②Since OPEC agreed to supply-cuts in March, the price of crude oil has jumped to almost $26 a barrel, up from less than $10 last December. ③This near-tripling of oil prices calls up scary memories of the 1973 oil shock, when prices quadrupled, and 1979-1980, when they also almost tripled. ④Both previous shocks resulted in double-digit inflation and global economic decline. ⑤So where are the headlines warning of gloom and doom this time?①The oil price was given another push up this week when Iraq suspended oil exports.②Strengthening economic growth, at the same time as winter grips the northern hemisphere, could push the price higher still in the short term.①Yet there are good reasons to expect the economic consequences now to be less severe than in the 1970s. ②In most countries the cost of crude oil now accounts for a smaller share of the price of petrol than it did in the 1970s. ③In Europe, taxes account for up to four-ﬁfths of the retail price, so even quite big changes in the price of crude have a more muted effect on pump pricesthan in the past.①Rich economies are also less dependent on oil than they were, and so less sensitive to swings in the oil price. ②Energy conservation, a shift to other fuels and a decline in the importance of heavy, energy-intensive industries have reduced oil consumption. ③Software, consultancy and mobile telephones use far less oil than steel or car production. ④For each dollar of GDP (in constant prices) rich economies now use nearly 50% less oil than in 1973. ⑤The OECD estimates in its latest Economic Outlook that, if oil prices averaged $22 a barrel for a full year, compared with $13 in 1998, this would increase the oil import bill in rich economies by only 0.25-0.5% of GDP. ⑥That is less than one-quarter of the income loss in 1974 or 1980. ⑦On the other hand, oil-importing emerging economies—to which heavy industry has shifted—have become more energy-intensive, and so could be more seriously squeezed.①One more reason not to lose sleep over the rise in oil prices is that, unlike the rises in the 1970s, it has not occurred against the background of general commodity-price inﬂation and global excess demand. ②A sizable portion of the world is only just emerging from economic decline.③The Economist’s commodity price index is broadly unchanging from a year ago. ④In 1973 commodity prices jumped by 70%, and in 1979 by almost 30%.51. The main reason for the latest rise of oil price is________.[A] global inﬂation [B] reduction in supply[C] fast growth in economy [D] Iraq’s suspension of exports52. It can be inferred from the text that the retail price of petrol will go up dramatically if________.[A] price of crude rises [B] commodity prices rise[C] consumption rises [D] oil taxes rise53. The estimates in Economic Outlook show that in rich countries________.[A] heavy industry becomes more energy intensive[B] income loss mainly results from ﬂuctuating crude oil prices[C] manufacturing industry has been seriously squeezed[D] oil price changes have no signiﬁcant impact on GDP54. We can draw a conclusion from the text that________.[A] oil price shocks are less shocking now[B] inﬂation seems irrelevant to oil-price shocks[C] energy conservation can keep down the oil prices[D] the price rise of crude leads to the shrinking of heavy industry55. From the text we can see that the writer seems________.[A] optimistic [B] sensitive [C] gloomy [D] scaredText 4①The Supreme Court’s decisions on physician-assisted suicide carry important implications for how medicine seeks to relieve dying patients of pain and suffering.①Although it ruled that there is no constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide, the Court in effect supported the medical principle of “double effect”, a centuries-old moral principle holding that an action having two effects—a good one that is intended and a harmful one that is foreseen—is permissible if the actor intends only the good effect.①Doctors have used that principle in recent years to justify using high doses of morphine to control terminally ill patients’ pain, even though increasing dosages will eventually kill the patient.①Nancy Dubler, director of Montefiore Medical Center, contends that the principle will shield doctors who “until now have very, very strongly insisted that they could not give patients sufﬁcient medication to control their pain if that might hasten death.”①George Annas, chair of the health law department at Boston University, maintains that, as long as a doctor prescribes a drug for a legitimate medical purpose, the doctor has done nothing illegal even if the patient uses the drug to hasten death. ②“It’s like surgery,” he says. ③“We don’t call those deaths homicides because the doctors didn’t intend to kill their patients, although they risked their death. ④If you’re a physician, you can risk your patient’s suicide as long as you don’t intend their suicide.”①On another level, many in the medical community acknowledge that the assisted-suicide debate has been fueled in part by the despair of patients for whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying.①Just three weeks before the Court’s ruling on physician-assisted suicide, the National Academy of Science (NAS) released a two-volume report, Approaching Death: Improving Care atthe End of Life. ②It identiﬁes the undertreatment of pain and the aggressive use of “ineffectual and forced medical procedures that may prolong and even dishonor the period of dying” as the twin problems of end-of-life care.①The profession is taking steps to require young doctors to train in hospices, to test knowledge of aggressive pain management therapies, to develop a Medicare billing code for hospital-based care, and to develop new standards for assessing and treating pain at the end of life.①Annas says lawyers can play a key role in insisting that these well-meaning medical initiatives translate into better care. ②“Large numbers of physicians seem unconcerned with the pain their patients are needlessly and predictably suffering,” to the extent that it constitutes “systematic patient abuse.”③He says medical licensing boards “must make it clear... that painful deaths are presumptively ones that are incompetently managed and should result in license suspension.”56. From the ﬁrst three paragraphs, we learn that________.[A] doctors used to increase drug dosages to control their patients’ pain[B] it is still illegal for doctors to help the dying end their lives[C] the Supreme Court strongly opposes physician-assisted suicide[D] patients have no constitutional right to commit suicide57. Which of the following statements is true according to the text?[A] Doctors will be held guilty if they risk their patients’ death.[B] Modern medicine has assisted terminally ill patients in painless recovery.[C] The Court ruled that high-dosage pain-relieving medication can be prescribed.[D] A doctor’s medication is no longer justiﬁed by his intentions.58. According to the NAS’s report, one of the problems in end-of-life care is________.[A] prolonged medical procedures [B] inadequate treatment of pain[C] systematic drug abuse [D] insufﬁcient hospital care59. Which of the following best deﬁnes the word “aggressive” ( line 3, paragraph 7 )?[A] Bold. [B] Harmful. [C] Careless. [D] Desperate.60. George Annas would probably agree that doctors should be punished if they________.[A] manage their patients incompetently[B] give patients more medicine than needed[C] reduce drug dosages for their patients[D] prolong the needless suffering of the patientsPart BDirections:Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written carefully on ANSWER SHEET 2. (10 points) Almost all our major problems involve human behavior, and they cannot be solved by physical and biological technology alone. What is needed is a technology of behavior, but we have been slow to develop the science from which such a technology might be drawn. (61) One difficulty is that almost all of what is called behavioral science continues to trace behavior to states of mind, feelings, traits of character, human nature, and so on. Physics and biology once followed similar practices and advanced only when they discarded them. (62) The behavioral sciences have been slow to change partly because the explanatory items often seem to be directly observed and partly because other kinds of explanations have been hard to ﬁnd. The environment is obviously important, but its role has remained obscure. It does not push or pull, it selects, and this function is difﬁcult to discover and analyze. (63) The role of natural selection in evolution was formulated only a little more than a hundred years ago, and the selective role of the environment in shaping and maintaining the behavior of the individual is only beginning to be recognized and studied. As the interaction between organism and environment has come to be understood, however, effects once assigned to states of mind, feelings, and traits are beginning to be traced to accessible conditions, and a technology of behavior may therefore become available. It will not solve our problems, however, until it replaces traditional prescientiﬁc views, and these are strongly entrenched. Freedom and dignity illustrate the difficulty. (64) They are the possessions of the autonomous (self-governing) man of traditional theory, and they are essential to practices in which a person is held responsible for his conduct and given credit for his achievements. A scientific analysis shifts both the responsibility and the achievement to the environment. It also raises questions concerning “values”. Who will use a technology and to what ends? (65) Until these issues are resolved, a technology of behavior will continue to be rejected, and with it possibly the only way to solve our problems.Section IV Writing66. Directions:Study the following picture carefully and write an essay entitled “Cultures—National and International”. In the essay you should1) describe the picture and interpret its meaning, and2) give your comment on the phenomenon.You should write about 200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (20 points)An American girl in traditional Chinese costume（服装）Section III Reading ComprehensionPart AText141. C. address different problems to different people42. B. very conscious of their godlike role43. D. have often been the laughing stock44. D. as casually as possible45. A. Use Humor EffectivelyText246. C. the invention of tools for difﬁcult and dangerous work47. C. devices48. D. respond independently to a changing world49. B. deal with some errors with human intervention50. C. far less able than human brain in focusing on relevant informationText351. B. reduction in supply52. D. oil taxes rise53. D. oil price changes have no signiﬁcant impact on GDP54. A. oil price shocks are less shocking now55. A. optimisticText456. B. it is still illegal for doctors to help the dying end their lives57. C. The Court ruled that high-dosage pain-relieving medication can be prescribed.58. B. inadequate treatment of pain59. A. Bold60. D. prolong the needless suffering of the patientsPart B61.难题之一在于几乎所有所谓的行为科学都继续从心态、情感、性格特征、人性等方面去寻找行为的根源。

全国2002年4月高等教育自学考试英语(二)试题答案

全国2002年4月高等教育自学考试英语(二)试题参考答案课程代码：00015Ⅰ.V ocabulary and Structure (10 points,1 point for each item)1.A2.C3.B4.B5.D6.A7.A8.D9.C 10.DⅡ.Cloze Test (10 points, 1 point for each item)11.B 12.D 13.D 14.A 15.B16.C 17.A 18.B 19.A 20.CⅢ.Reading Comprehension(30 points, 2 points for each item)21.D 22.C 23.B 24.C 25.A26.D 27.C 28.D 29.C 30.A31.C 32.D 33.A 34.C 35.AⅣ.Word Spelling (10 points, 1 point for two items)36.passport 37.graduate 38.relief 39.cargo40.profound 41.lengthen 42.urban 43.appoint44.honesty pel 46.critical 47.devotion48.efficient 49.manual 50.routine 51.neutral52.youthful 53.heighten 54.additional 55.householdⅤ.Word Form (10 points, 1 point for each item)56.Standing 57.to be held 58.had made 59.appreciation60.testing 61.smaller 62.increasingly 63.disapproval64.had not been 65.livedⅥ.Translation from Chinese into English(15 points, 3 points for each item)66.The librarian asked the students to replace the magazines after reading.67.The police have taken a detailed and comprehensive investigation into the case.68.It's up to you whether you will withdraw all your money form the bank.69.He took no notice of his wife's threat to leave him.70.If you persist in ignoring what I (have) said , I will punish you.Ⅶ.Translation from English into Chinese(15 points)谈到聪明，我们不是指在某些种类的考试中得高分、或者在学校取得优异成绩的能力。

全国2002年4月高等教育自学考试英语（二）试题5

将括号中的各词变为适当的形式填⼊空⽩。

答案写在答题纸上。

56.______(stand) at the gate was a young man in green coat.57.It is said the conference is ______(hold) in this hall next month.58.Little did they realize that they _____(make) an importantdiscovery in science.59.we would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere _____ (appreciate) of your help.60.As research techniques become more advanced, the number of animals used in experiments may decrease,but stopping ____(test) on animals altogether is a long way away.rge or fat people who want to look ____(small) than they are usuallywear dark clothes.62.Robots, becoming ______(increase) prevalent in factories, are programmed and engineered to do morejobs.63.The author of the text expresses a strong _____(disapprove) of working on and off frequently.64.He would have given you more help, if he ______ (not be) so busy.65.A life _____(live)without fantasy and daydreaming is a really poor life indeed. Ⅵ.Translation from Chinese into English(15 points, 3 points for each item)将下列各句译成英语并将答案写在答题纸上。

2002年4月英语二试题(全国卷)

课程代码：00015PART ONEⅠ.Vocabulary and Structure (10 points, i point for each item)从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将选项号填在答题纸的相应位置上。

1.Studies have shown _______ teenagers often suffer form depression.A.thatB.whichC.in whichD.in that2.The party has failed to _______ the majority of voters that it is capable of governing the country.A.trustB.creditC.convinceD.believe3._______ driving around all day looking for somewhere to park, why don't you take a bus to town?A.In spite ofB.Rather thanC.In palce ofD.Other than4.The kids are _______ be hungry when they get home—they always are.A. obliged toB. bound toC. desired toD. motivated to5.All the characteristics that distinguish birds _______ other animals can be traced to prehistoric times.A.toB.betweenC.forD.from6.When the city was _______, everyone knew that total defeat was certain.A.cut offB.cut downC.cut acrossD.cut out7.If we _______ everything ready by now, we should be having aterrible time tomorrow.A.hadn't gotB. didn't getC.wouldn't have gotD. wouldn’t get8.In his composition there were no other errors _______ a few misspelled words.A.besideB.exceptC.thenD.than9.In deciding _______ a course of action, the candidates tried to estimate its likely impact on the voters.A.what to pursueB.which to pursueC.whether to pursueD.if to pursue10.Since we have a focused subject, we should not talk _______.A.at onceB.at handC.at intervalsD.at randomⅡ.Cloze Test (10 points, 1 point for each item)下列短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。

02-08年考研英语二历年真题及答案

2002Directions：Translate the following passage into Chinese and put your translation on the ANSWER SHEET．Since 1981，farmers in Holland have been encouraged to adopt“green”farming techniques that were thought to benefit plant and bird life．Farmers who have voluntarily adopted these measures are compensated by the European Union．The goal of the program is to work against the negative effects of modem fanning，such as declines in species diversity and the disturbance of local nesting grounds．The“green”methods of farming cost the European Union about 1.7 billion Euros annually．This is about 4 percent of the budget for“Common Agricultural Policy,”and the compensation is expected to rise to 10 percent within the next few years．Various forms of“green farming”employed around the world have proved successful, and all new methods thought to be environmentally sensitive should be subject to sound scientific evaluation to determine whether they are actually meeting the intended goals．Part V Writing(30 minutes，15 points)Directions：You are to write in no less than 120 words about the title“What I Consider Important in Life”．Your composition should be based on the Chinese outline given below．1．人生有不同的目标：富有、名气、地位、幸福的家庭等…2．其中我认为重要的是…；理由是…3．结论…2003Paper TwoPart V Translation (30 minutes, 15 points)Directions: Translate the following passage into Chinese and put your translation on the ANSWER SHEET.The generation gap is so great in Hong Kong that the teenagers there rarely turn to their parents or teachers for advice on anything. Whether it be sex, AIDS, school worries or family problems, adults are not considered up to the job.Until now, no one has asked Hong Kong youth, “What do you think?” Some understanding of the emotions of Hong Kong’s youth, how ever, has come from the work of Dr. Jeffrey Day－at the University of Hong Kong. His survey of young people does not focus, for example, on how many drugs they take-but tries to answer the question why.Dr. Day hopes the results, which he plans to explain in full next week, will reveal what troubles－as well as pleases－today’s high-school students. Conclusions will be passed on not only to government departments but back to the schools which took part.Part VI Writing (30 minutes, 15 points)Directions: Y ou are to write in no less than 120 words about the title “Lifelong Learning”. You should base your composition on the Chinese outline given below:1.终身学习对每个人的重要性。

2002年考研英语真题和答案

2002年考研英语真题和答案diffusion n. 扩散；传播，普及，散布(P1L1)display n. （计算机屏幕上的）显示，显像(P2L4)dominant a. more important, powerful or noticeable than other things 首要的；占支配地位的；显著的例：The firm has achieved a dominant position in the world market. 这家公司在国际市场上占有举足轻重的地位。

(P1L3)generalization n. 概括，归纳，泛论例：You are making too many generalizations about an issue that you don't really understand.你对一个你并不真正了解的问题做了太多的归纳。

(P3L4)impactn. *1.the powerful effect that something has on somebody/something 巨大影响；强大作用［+ (of sth) (on sb/sth)］ 2. 撞击；冲撞；冲击力v. （对某事物）有影响，有作用［+ (on/upon) sth］例：Her father’s death impacted greatly on her childhood years. 父亲去世对她的童年造成巨大影响。

2.冲击；撞击(P2L2)integrated circuit集成电路(P2L2)in the wake of 随……之后而来，跟随在……之后例：Outbreaks of disease occurred in the wake of the drought. 那场旱灾过后，疾病肆虐。

(P1L4)motion picture （=movie）电影(P1L6) periodical n. 期刊，杂志(P1L4)through prep. 经过，贯穿（各阶段）；自始至终例：The children are too young to sit through a concert. 这些孩子太小，音乐会没完就坐不住了。

2002年考研英语真题答案

2002年真题答案diffusion n. 扩散；传播，普及，散布(P1L1)display n. （计算机屏幕上的）显示，显像(P2L4)dominant a. more important, powerful or noticeable than other things 首要的；占支配地位的；显著的例：The firm has achieved a dominant position in the world market. 这家公司在国际市场上占有举足轻重的地位。

2002年4月自考大学英语（二）试题及答案

全国2002年4月高等教育自学考试英语(二)试题及答案2007年03月06日星期二星期二 13:35Ⅰ.V .Vocabulary and Structure (10 points, i point for each item) ocabulary and Structure (10 points, i point for each item) 从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将选项号填在答题纸的相应位置上。

从下列各句四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将选项号填在答题纸的相应位置上。

1.Studies have shown _______ teenagers often suffer form depression. A.that B.which C.in which D.in that 2.The party has failed to _______ the majority of voters that it is capable of governing the country. A.trust B.credit C.convince D.believe 3._______ 3._______ driving driving driving around around around all all all day day day looking looking looking for for for somewhere somewhere somewhere to to to park, park, park, why why why don't don't don't you you you take take take a a bus bus to to town? A.In spite of B.Rather than C.In palce of D.Other than 4.The kids are _______ be hungry when they get home —they always are. A. obliged to B. bound to C. desired to D. motivated to 5.All the characteristics that distinguish birds _______ other animals can be traced to prehistoric times. A.to B.between C.for D.from 6.When the city was _______, everyone knew that total defeat was certain. A.cut off B.cut down C.cut across D.cut out 7.If we _______ everything ready by now, we should be having a terrible time tomorrow. A.hadn't got B. didn't get C.wouldn't have got D. wouldn’t get8.In his composition there were no other errors _______ a few misspelled words. A.beside B.except C.then D.than 9.In deciding _______ a course of action, the candidates tried to estimate its likely impact on the voters. A.what to pursue B.which to pursue C.whether to pursue D.if to pursue 10.Since we have a focused subject, we should not talk _______. A.at once B.at hand C.at intervals D.at random Ⅱ.Cloze Test (10 points, 1 point for each item) 下列短文中有十个空白，每个空白有四个选项。

2002年4月全国综合英语(二)试题及答案

全国2002年4月高等教育自学考试综合英语(二)试题课程代码：00795PART ONEⅠ.语法、词汇。

用适当的词填空。

从A 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中，选出一个正确答案，并将选项号填在答题纸的相应位置上。

(本大题共25小题，每小题1分，共25分) Complete each of the following sentences with the most likely answer.(25 points)1.Books require hard work and practice and ,like sports ,they can be both a ______ and a delight.A. nuisanceB. annoyanceC. challengeD. prodding2.A lot of trouble in this world is caused by ______ a narrow mind with a wide mouth.A. combiningB. concerningC. addingD. involving3.Most economists believe that the five-day work week has had a positive ______ on our economy.A. influenceB. affectC. after-effectD. effect4.If a man does not make new acquaintances ,he will soon find himself ______.A. out in the coldB. lonelyC. behindD. in peace5.The boy ran ______ from home to school and was just in time for class.A. all the moreB. all the wayC. all the sameD. all the time6.Parents unable to spend much time with their children are likely to ______ them with a lot of playthings.A. coverB. fillC. rainD. shower7.Some people have trouble ______ to a life of retirement.A. changingB. adoptingC. adjustingD. fitting8.A good way to forget your trouble is to help others out of ______.A. themB. theirC. theirs'D. theirs9.Garbage collecting is as ______ a job as clerking ,or teaching.A. respectableB. respectiveC. respectfulD. respecter10.There's nothing shameful ______ being wrong .Nobody can be right all the time.A. onB. forC. aboutD. concerning11.It is not hard to find the truth ;what is hard is not to run away from it ______ you have found it.A. whileB. onceC. as long asD. as soon as12.______ men fail through ignorance of their strength than through knowledge of their weakness.A. ManyB. SomeC. MoreD. Less13.According to a medical report,______ 75 percent of the current violent crime is drug related.A. so many asB. as many asC. so much asD. as much as14.______ so many people been interested in computers as today.A. There never haveB. Never before haveC. There have neverD. Before never have15.She was the only one in her family ______ the disastrous earthquake.A. survivingB. having survivedC. to surviveD. survived16.It is the first time that I ______ really relaxed for months.A. feelB. have feltC. feltD. will have felt17.“Will you join us tonight?”“Oh ,I ______,but I have an essay to write.”A. would love toB. would loveC. would love to joinD. would love joining18.I don't regret ______ her what I thought of her husband ,even though it might have upset her.A. tellingB. to tellC. that I will tellD. to have to tell19.The higher the standard of living ,the ______.A. greater is the amount of goods to consumeB. greater amount of goods consumedC. greater the amount of goods consumedD. amount of goods consumed is greater20.“Why didn't you buy the dictionary?”“I ______,but I didn't have enough money with me.”A. would buyB. would haveC. had boughtD. had done21.To be frank ,I'd rather you ______ anything about it for the time being.A. doB. don't doC. didD. didn't do22.______ dark clouds gathering on the horizon ,he stopped the work in hand and went home.A. To seeB. Having been seeingC. SeeingD. Having to see23.“Couldn't he understand that the few drops of water ______ out of us so fast if we waited until night?”I thought to myself.;A. won’t be sweatedB. wouldn't be sweatedC. won’t be sweatingD. wouldn't be sweating24.His eyes wouldn't close .They kept ______ me ,narrow and dangerous.A. watchB. watchingC. to watchD. watched25.I think you ought ______ me about the matter and not have let me make such a fool of myself.A. have toldB. tellC. had toldD. to have toldⅡ.完形填空。

2002 考研英语二真题及答案解析

2002年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题Section I Listening ComprehensionDirections:This Section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. There are three parts in this section, Part A, Part B and Part C.Remember, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your answers in your test booklet. At the end of the listening comprehension section, you will have 5 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET 1.Now look at Part A in your test booklet.Part ADirections:For Questions 1-5, you will hear an introduction about the life of Margaret Welch. While you listen, fill out the table with the information you’ve heard. Some of the information has been given to you in the table. Write only 1 word or number in each numbered box. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below. (5 points)Part BDirections:For questions 6-10, you will hear a talk by a well-known U.S. journalist. While you listen, complete the sentences or answer the questions. Use not more than 3 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the sentences and questions below. (5 points) Besides reporters, who else were camped out Arrayfor days outside the speaker’s home?One reporter got to the speaker’s apartment Arraypretending to pay.The speaker believed the reporter wanted a Arraypicture of her lookingWhere is a correction to a false story usually Arrayplaced?According to the speaker, the press will lose Arrayreaders unless the editors and the newsdirectorsPart CDirections:You will hear three pieces of recorded material. Before listening to each one, you will have time to read the questions related to it. While listening, answer each question by choosing [A], [B], [C] or[D]. After listening, you will have time to check your answers. You will hear each piece once only.(10 points)Questions 11-13 are based on a report about children’s healthy development. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11-13.11. What unusual question may doctors ask when giving kids a checkup next time? [A] How muchexercise they get every day.[B] What they are most worried about.[C] How long their parents accompany them daily.[D] What entertainment they are interested in.12. The academy suggests that children under age two ________.[A] get enough entertainment[B] have more activities[C] receive early education[D] have regular checkups13. According to the report, children’s bedrooms should ________.[A] be no place for play[B] be near a common area[C] have no TV sets[D] have a computer for studyQuestions 14-16 are based on the following talk about how to save money. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14-16.14. According to the speaker, what should one pay special attention to if he wants to save up?[A] Family debts.[B] Bank savings.[C] Monthly bills.[D] Spending habits.15. How much can a person save by retirement if he gives up his pack-a-day habit?[A] $190,000.[B] $330,000.[C] $500,000.[D] $1,000,000.16. What should one do before paying monthly bills, if he wants to accumulate wealth?[A] Invest into a mutual fund.[B] Use the discount tickets.[C] Quit his eating-out habit.[D] Use only paper bills and save coins.Questions 17-20 are based on an interview with Herbert A. Glieberman, a domestic-relations lawyer. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17-20.17. Which word best describes the lawyer’s prediction of the change in di vorce rate?[A] Fall[B] Rise[C] V-shape[D] Zigzag18. What do people nowadays desire to do concerning their marriage?[A] To embrace changes of thought.[B] To adapt to the disintegrated family life.[C] To return to the practice in the ‘60s and ‘70s.[D] To create stability in their lives.19. Why did some people choose not to divorce 20 years ago?[A] They feared the complicated procedures.[B] They wanted to go against the trend.[C] They were afraid of losing face.[D] they were willing to stay together.20. Years ago a divorced man in a company would have ________.[A] been shifted around the country.[B] had difficulty being promoted.[C] enjoyed a happier life.[D] tasted little bitterness of disgrace.You now have 5 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET 1.THIS IS THE END OF SECTION IDO NOT READ OR WORK ON THE NEXT SECTIONUNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO CONTINUE全国硕士研究生入学考试英语试题(二)National Entrance Test of English for MA/MS Candidates (2002)考生注意事项1. 考生必须严格遵守各项考场规则，得到监考人员指令后方可开始答题。

2002年考研英语真题及解析(答案很详细,值得下载一看)

2002年Section I Use of EnglishDirections：Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C OR D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in the 20th century and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries. Yet much had happened 1 . As was discussed before, it was not 2 the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic_ 3 _ ，following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the 4 of the periodical. It was during the same time that the communications revolution 5 up, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading 6 through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures 7 the 20th century world of the motor car and the air plane. Not everyone sees that Process in 8 . It is important to do so.It is generally recognized, 9 , that the introduction of the computer in the early20th century, 10 by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, 11 its impact on the media was not immediately 12 . As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became “personal” too, as well as 13 , with display becoming sharper and storage 14 increasing. They were thought of, like people, 15 generations, with the distance between generations much 16 .It was within the computer age that the term “information society” began to be widely used to describe the 17 within which we now live. The communications revolution has 18 both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been 19 view about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. “Benefits” have b een weighed 20 “harmful” outcomes. And generalizations have proved difficult.1. ［A］between ［B］before ［C］since ［D］later2. ［A］after ［B］by ［C］during ［D］until3. ［A］means ［B］method ［C］medium ［D］measure4. ［A］process ［B］company ［C］light ［D］form5. ［A］gathered ［B］speeded ［C］worked ［D］picked6. ［A］on ［B］out ［C］over ［D］off7. ［A］of ［B］for ［C］beyond ［D］into8. ［A］concept ［B］dimension ［C］effect ［D］perspective9. ［A］indeed ［B］hence ［C］however ［D］therefore10. ［A］brought ［B］followed ［C］stimulated ［D］characterized11. ［A］unless ［B］since ［C］lest ［D］although12. ［A］apparent ［B］desirable ［C］negative ［D］plausible13. ［A］institutional ［B］universal ［C］fundamental ［D］instrumental14. ［A］ability ［B］capability ［C］capacity ［D］faculty15. ［A］by means of ［B］in terms of ［C］with regard to［D］in line with16. ［A］deeper ［B］fewer ［C］nearer ［D］smaller17. ［A］context ［B］range ［C］scope ［D］territory18. ［A］regarded ［B］impressed ［C］influenced ［D］effected19. ［A］competitive ［B］controversial ［C］distracting ［D］irrational20. ［A］above ［B］upon ［C］against ［D］withSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing [A], [B], [C] or [D]. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text 1If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view. Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different. If you are talking to a group of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to comment on their disorganized bosses.Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses’ convention, of a story which works well because the audience all shared the same view of doctors. A man arrives in heaven and is being shown around by St. Peter. He sees wonderful accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunny weather, and so on. Everyone is very peaceful, polite and friendly until, waiting in a line for lunch, the new arrival is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a white coat, who rushes to the head of the line, grabs his food and stomps over to a table by himself. “Who is that?” the new arrival asked St. Peter. “Oh, that’s God,” came the reply, “but sometimes he thinks he’s a doctor.”If you are part of the group which you are addressing, you will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and it’ll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or the chairman’s notorious bad taste in ties. With other audiences you mustn’t attempt to cut in with humor as they will resent an outsider making disparaging remarks about their canteen or their chairman. You will be on safer ground if you stick to scapegoats like the Post Office or the telephone system.If you feel awkward being humorous, you must practice so that it becomes more natural. Include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner. Often it’s the delivery which causes the audience to smile, so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are making a light-hearted remark.Look for the humor. It often comes from the unexpected. A twist on a familiar quote “If at first you don’t succeed, give up”or a play on words or on a situation. Search for exaggeration and understatement. Look at your talk and pick out a few words or sentences which you can turn about and inject with humor.21. To make your humor work, you should .[A] take advantage of different kinds of audience[B] make fun of the disorganized people[C] address different problems to different people[D] show sympathy for your listeners22. The joke about doctors implies that, in the eyes of nurses, they are .[A] impolite to new arrivals[B] very conscious of their godlike role[C] entitled to some privileges[D] very busy even during lunch hours23. It can be inferred from the text that public services .[A] have benefited many people[B] are the focus of public attention[C] are an inappropriate subject for humor[D] have often been the laughing stock24. To achieve the desired result, humorous stories should be delivered .[A] in well-worded language[B] as awkwardly as possible[C] in exaggerated statements[D] as casually as possible25. The best title for the text may be .[A] Use Humor Effectively[B] Various Kinds of Humor[C] Add Humor to Speech[D] Different Humor StrategiesText 2Since the dawn of human ingenuity, people have devised ever more cunning tools to cope with work that is dangerous, boring, burdensome, or just plain nasty. That compulsion has resulted in robotics—the science of conferring various human capabilities on machines. And if scientists have yet to create the mechanical version of science fiction, they have begun to come close.As a result, the modern world is increasingly populated by intelligent gizmos whose presence we barely notice but whose universal existence has removed much human labor. Our factories hum to the rhythm of robot assembly arms. Our banking is done at automated teller terminals that thank us with mechanical politeness for the transaction. Our subway trains are controlled by tireless robot-drivers. And thanks to the continual miniaturization of electronics and micro-mechanics, there are already robot systems that can perform some kinds of brain and bone surgery with submillimeter accuracy—far greater precision than highly skilled physicians can achieve with their hands alone.But if robots are to reach the next stage of laborsaving utility, they will have to operate with less human supervision and be able to make at least a few decisions for themselves—goals that pose a real challenge. “While we know how to tell a robot to handle a specific error," says Dave Lavery, manager of a robotics program at NASA, “wecan't yet give a robot enough ‘common sense’ to reliably interact with a dynamic world.”Indeed the quest for true artificial intelligence has produced very mixed results. Despite a spell of initial optimism in the 1960s and 1970s when it appeared that transistor circuits and microprocessors might be able to copy the action of the human brain by the year 2010, researchers lately have begun to extend that forecast by decades if not centuries.What they found, in attempting to model thought, is that the human brain's roughly one hundred billion nerve cells are much more talented—and human perception far more complicated—than previously imagined. They have built robots that can recognize the error of a machine panel by a fraction of a millimeter in a controlled factory environment. But the human mind can glimpse a rapidly changing scene and immediately disregard the98 percent that is irrelevant, instantaneously focusing on the monkey at the side ofa winding forest road or the single suspicious face in a big crowd. The most advanced computer systems on Earth can't approach that kind of ability, and neuroscientists still don’t know quite how we do it.26. Human ingenuity was initially demonstrated in .[A] the use of machines to produce science fiction.[B] the wide use of machines in manufacturing industry.[C] the invention of tools for difficult and dangerous work.[D] the elite’s cunning tackling of dangerous and boring work.27. The word “gizmos” (line 1, paragraph 2) most probably means .[A] programs［B］ experts［C］ devices ［D］ creatures28. According to the text, what is beyond man's ability now is to design a robot thatcan .[A] fulfill delicate tasks like performing brain surgery.[B] interact with human beings verbally.[C] have a little common sense.[D] respond independently to a changing world.29. Besides reducing human labor, robots can also .[A] make a few decisions for themselves.[B] deal with some errors with human intervention.[C] improve factory environments.[D] cultivate human creativity.30. The author uses the example of a monkey to argue that robots are .[A] expected to copy human brain in internal structure.[B] able to perceive abnormalities immediately.[C] far less able than human brain in focusing on relevant information.[D] best used in a controlled environment.Text 3Could the bad old days of economic decline be about to return? Since OPEC agreed to supply-cuts in March, the price of crude oil has jumped to almost $26 a barrel, up from less than $10 last December. This near-tripling of oil prices calls up scary memoriesof the 1973 oil shock, when prices quadrupled, and 1979-1980, when they also almost tripled. Both previous shocks resulted in double-digit inflation and global economic decline. So where are the headlines warning of gloom and doom this time?The oil price was given another push up this week when Iraq suspended oil exports. Strengthening economic growth, at the same time as winter grips the northern hemisphere, could push the price higher still in the short term.Yet there are good reasons to expect the economic consequences now to be less severe than in the 1970s. In most countries the cost of crude oil now accounts for a smaller share of the price of petrol than it did in the 1970s. In Europe, taxes account for up to four-fifths of the retail price, so even quite big changes in the price of crude have a more muted effect on pump prices than in the past.Rich economies are also less dependent on oil than they were, and so less sensitive to swings in the oil price. Energy conservation, a shift to other fuels and a decline in the importance of heavy, energy-intensive industries have reduced oil consumption. Software, consultancy and mobile telephones use far less oil than steel or car production. For each dollar of GDP (in constant prices) rich economies now use nearly 50% less oil than in 1973. The OECD estimates in its latest Economic Outlook that, if oil prices averaged $22 a barrel for a full year, compared with $13 in 1998, this would increase the oil import bill in rich economies by only 0.25-0.5% of GDP. That is less than one-quarter of the income loss in 1974 or 1980. On the other hand, oil-importing emerging economies—to which heavy industry has shifted—have become more energy-intensive, and so could be more seriously squeezed.One more reason not to lose sleep over the rise in oil prices is that, unlike the rises in the 1970s, it has not occurred against the background of general commodity-price inflation and global excess demand. A sizable portion of the world is only just emerging from economic decline. The Economist’s commodity price index is broadly unchanging from a year ago. In 1973 commodity prices jumped by 70%, and in 1979 by almost 30%.31. The main reason for the latest rise of oil price is_______[A] global inflation. [B] reduction in supply.[C]fast growth in economy. [D] Iraq’s suspension of exports.32. It can be inferred from the text that the retail price of petrol will go updramatically if______.[A] price of crude rises. [B] commodity prices rise.[C] consumption rises. [D] oil taxes rise.33. The estimates in Economic Outlook show that in rich countries_______.［A］heavy industry becomes more energy-intensive.［B］income loss mainly results from fluctuating crude oil prices.［C］manufacturing industry has been seriously squeezed.［D］oil price changes have no significant impact on GDP.34. We can draw a conclusion from the text that_______.［A］oil-price shocks are less shocking now.［B］inflation seems irrelevant to oil-price shocks.［C］energy conservation can keep down the oil prices.［D］the price rise of crude leads to the shrinking of heavy industry.35. From the text we can see that the writer seems__________.［A］optimistic. ［B］sensitive. ［C］gloomy. ［D］scared.Text 4The Supreme Court’s decisions on physician-assisted suicide carry important implications for how medicine seeks to relieve dying patients of pain and suffering.Although it ruled that there is no constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide, the Court in effect supported the medical principle of “double effect”, a centuries-old moral principle holding that an action having two effects—a good one that is intended and a harmful one that is foreseen—is permissible if the actor intends only the good effect.Doctors have used that principle in recent years to justify using high doses of morphine to control terminally ill patients’pain, even though increasing dosages will eventually kill the patient.Nancy Dubler, director of Montefiore Medical Center, contends that the principle will shield doctors who “until now have very, very strongly insisted that they could not give patients sufficient medication to control their pain if that might hasten death”.George Annas, chair of the health law department at Boston University, maintains that, as long as a doctor prescribes a drug for a legitimate medical purpose, the doctor has done nothing illegal even if the patient uses the drug to hasten death. “It’s like surgery,”he says. “We don’t call those deaths homicides because the doctors didn’t intend to kill their patients, although they risked their death. If you’re a physician, you can risk your patient’s suicide as long as you don’t intend their suicide.”On another level, many in the medical community acknowledge that the assisted-suicide debate has been fueled in part by the despair of patients for whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying.Just three weeks before the Court’s ruling on physician-assisted suicide, the National Academy of Science (NAS) released a two-volume report, Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life. It identifies the undertreatment of pain and the aggressive use of “ineffectual and forced medical procedures that may prolong and even dishonor the period of dying” as the twin problems of end-of-life care.The profession is taking steps to require young doctors to train in hospices, to test knowledge of aggressive pain management therapies, to develop a Medicare billing code for hospital-based care, and to develop new standards for assessing and treating pain at the end of life.Annas says lawyers can play a key role in insisting that these well-meaning medical initiatives translate into better care. “Large numbers of physicians seem unconcerned with the pain their patients are needlessly and predictably suffering”, to the extent that it constitutes “systematic patient abuse”. He says medical licensing boards “must make it clear...that painful deaths are pre sumptively ones that are incompetently managed and should result in license suspension”.36. From the first three paragraphs, we learn that .[A] doctors used to increase drug dosages to control their patients’pain[B] it is still illegal for doctors to help the dying end their lives[C] the Supreme Court strongly opposes physician-assisted suicide[D] patients have no constitutional right to commit suicide37. Which of the following statements its true according to the text?[A] Doctors will be held guilty if they risk their patients’death.[B] Modern medicine has assisted terminally ill patients in painless recovery.[C] The Court ruled that high-dosage pain-relieving medication can be prescribed.[D] A doctor’s medication is no longer justified by his intentions.38. According to the NAS’s report, one of the problems in end-of-life care is .[A] prolonged medical procedures [B] inadequate treatment of pain[C] systematic drug abuse [D] insufficient hospital care39. Which of the following best defines the word “aggressive” (line 4, paragraph 7)?[A] Bold. [B] Harmful. [C] Careless. [D] Desperate40. George Annas would probably agree that doctors should be punished if they .[A] manage their patients incompetently[B] give patients more medicine than needed[C] reduce drug dosages for their patients[D] prolong the needless suffering of the patientsPart BDirections:Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (10 points)Almost all our major problems involve human behavior, and they cannot be solved by physical and biological technology alone. What is needed is a technology of behavior, but we have been slow to develop the science from which such a technology might be drawn.（41）One difficulty is that almost all of what is called behavioral science continues to trace behavior to states of mind, feelings, traits of character, human nature, and so on. Physics and biology once followed similar practices and advanced only when they discarded them. （42）The behavioral sciences have been slow to change partly because the explanatory items often seem to be directly observed and partly because other kinds of explanations have been hard to find. The environment is obviously important, but its role has remained obscure. It does not push or pull, it selects, and this function is difficult to discover and analyze.（43）The role of natural selection in evolution was formulated only a little more than a hundred years ago, and the selective role of the environment in shaping and maintaining the behavior of the individual is only beginning to be recognized and studied. As the interaction between organism and environment has come to be understood, however, effects once assigned to states of mind, feelings, and traits are beginning to be traced to accessible conditions, and a technology of behavior may therefore become available. It will not solve our problems, however, until itreplaces traditional prescientific views, and these are strongly entrenched. Freedom and dignity illustrate the difficulty. （44）They are the possessions of the autonomous （self-governing）man of traditional theory, and they are essential to practices in which a person is held responsible for his conduct and given credit for his achievements. A scientific analysis shifts both the responsibility and the achievement to the environment. It also raises questions concerning “values”. Who will use a technology and to what ends? （45）Until these issues are resolved, a technology of behavior will continue to be rejected, and with it possibly the only way to solve our problems.Section III Writing46. Directions:Study the following picture carefully and write an essay entitled “Cultures National and International”.In the essay you should1. describe the picture and interpret its meaning, and2. give your comment on the phenomenon.You should write about 200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (20 points)An American girl in traditional Chinese costume（服装）第一部分英语知识应用试题解析一、文章总体分析本文主要介绍了计算机的发展对通信革命及人们的生存方式产生的影响。

2002考研英语阅读真题 Text 3(英语二)

2002 Text 3（英语⼆）⽯油价格Text 3Could the bad old days of economic decline be about to return?Since agreed to supply-cuts in March, the has jumped to almost $26 a barrel, up from less than $10 last December.This near-tripling of oil prices calls up scary memories of the 1973 oil shock, when prices quadrupled, and 1979-80, when they also almost tripled.Both previous shocks resulted in double-digit in ﬂation and global economic decline.So where are the headlines warning of this time?The oil price was given another push up this week when suspended .Strengthening , at the same time as winter grips the , could push the price higher still in the short term.Yet there are good reasons to expect the economic consequences now to be less severe than in the 1970s.In most countries the cost of crude oil now accounts for a smaller share of the price 短⽂ 3过去经济衰落的⽇⼦会不会重来？OPEC price of crude oil ⾃从⽯油输出国组织在 3⽉决定减少原油供应，原油的价格便从去年12⽉的不到10美元⼀桶上升到约 26美元⼀桶。

02年考研英语真题

02年考研英语真题02年考研英语真题解析考研英语一直是考生们的重点备考科目之一，而2002年的考研英语真题可以作为备考的重要参考资料。

本文将对该年份的考研英语真题进行解析，帮助考生深入理解考点和备考要点。

第一部分：阅读理解本部分共有3篇阅读材料，每篇后面都有5个问题要求考生选择正确答案。

此部分主要考察考生对阅读材料的理解和分析能力。

第一篇阅读材料: 语言能力的重要性这篇文章主要探讨了语言能力对于个人成长和社会发展的重要性。

文章从教育、经济和人际交往等多个角度阐述了语言能力的重要作用。

在教育方面，文章指出语言能力是学习的基础，它使我们能够理解和运用各种知识。

在经济方面，语言能力成为了求职和职场提升的关键。

在人际交往方面，语言能力是构建良好人际关系和有效沟通的基础。

针对这篇文章，以下是一道典型问题：1. What does the passage mainly discuss?A. The importance of language ability in education.B. The importance of language ability in economic development.C. The importance of language ability in interpersonal communication.D. The importance of language ability in social development.答案应选择A. The importance of language ability in education（语言能力在教育中的重要性）。

第二部分：完形填空此部分共有20个小题，要求考生从4个选项中选择最佳答案。

此部分主要考察考生对于词汇、语法和篇章结构的理解和运用能力。

篇章结构是考生完形填空题中需要着重关注的一项内容。

通过分析文章上下文和逻辑关系，考生可以更好地判断空白处所需填写的词语或短语。