广东财经大学2020年英语写作与翻译考研真题试题

2019年广东财经大学英语写作与翻译考研真题考试年度：2019年考试科目代码及名称：804-英语写作与翻译(自命题)适用专业：050201英语语言文学［友情提醒：请在考点提供的专用答题纸上答题，答在本卷或草稿纸上无效！］一、Part I Writing（100分）1、Summary Writing(1题，共40分)Direction：Summarize the following passage with about120-150English words.Do not directly copy from the passage.We issue them and we accept them,and,when the appointed date arrives,we assume such of our clothes as we believe to be suitable to the gathering,and sally forth to the party of pleasure.Often,indeed usually,it is in the evening.Therefore we clothe ourselves in such garb as men and women have agreed in their strange symbolism,to consider appropriate to the hours after8o’clock or so.And perhaps —who knows?—it is in the exercise of these savage and primitive conventionalism that a large part of the pleasure of the evening gathering consists.We are very primitive creatures,and the mere satisfaction of self-adornment,and of assuming for particular occasion a particular set of clothes,may well tickle our sensibilities.Be that as it may,we arrive at our party dolled up,so to speak and find ourselves in a crowd of our fellow-creatures,all dolled up too.Now we are off.The party of pleasure has begun.We see friends and talk to them.But this we could do with greater comfort at our own homes or in theirs;this cannot,surely, be the promised pleasure.As a matter of fact,if you succeed in getting into a corner with a friend and talking,be sure you will be very soon torn asunder by an energetic hostess,whose motto is“Keeping them moving.”We are introduced to new acquaintances.This may,no doubt,be very agreeable.They may be persons you are glad to know.But it is doubtful whether your acquaintanceship will prosper very much tonight.It may well be that no topics suitable for discussion will present themselves to either of you at the moment of introduction.I know someone who says that she never can think of anything to say to persons introduced to her at a party except“Do you like parties?”And that is too crude;it simply cannot be said. You must think of some more sophisticated remarks.Having thought of it,you must launch it,in the peculiar resonant pitch necessary to carry it above the clamor (for this clamor,which somewhat resembles the shrieking of a jazz band,is anessential accompaniment to a party,and part of the entertainment provided).A conversation will then ensue,and must be carried on until one or other of you either flags or breaks away,or until someone intervenes between you.One way and another, a very great deal gets said at a party.Let us hope that this is a good thing.It is apparent,anyhow,that the mere use of the tongue,quite apart from the words it utters,gives pleasure to many.If it gives you no pleasure,and if,further, you derive none from listening to the remarks of others,there is no need to converse. You had better then take up a position in the solitary corner(if possible on a chair, but this is read treat)and merely listen to the noise as to a concert,not endeavoring to form out of it sentences.As a matter of fact,if thus listened to,the noise of a party will be found a very interesting noise,containing a great variety of different sounds.If you are of those who like also to look at the clothes of others, you will,from this point of vantage,have a good view of these.2、Essay Writing(1题，60分)Direction:Nowadays,dating show appears to be a very popular program in many TV stations. It not only draws great attention from the audience,some of the ideas of the participants also cause sensations.How do you see this kind of dating show?Please write an essay around500English words,expressing your ideas about this type of program.Your essay should be neat and tidy,logical and relevant to the topic.二、Part II Translation(50分)1、English-Chinese Translation(25分)No poet,no artist of any art,has his complete meaning alone.His significance, his appreciation is the appreciation of his relation to the dead poets and artists. You cannot value him alone;you must set him,for contrast and comparison,among the dead.I mean this as a principle of aesthetic,not merely historical,criticism. The necessity that he shall conform,that he shall cohere,is not one-sided;what happens when a new work of art is created is something that happens simultaneously to all the works of art which preceded it.The existing monuments form an ideal order among themselves,which is modified by the introduction of the new(the really new) work of art among them.The existing order is complete before the new work arrives; for order to persist after the supervention of novelty,the whole existing ordermust be,if ever so slightly,altered;and so the relations,proportions,values of each work of art toward the whole are readjusted;and this is conformity between the old and the new.Whoever has approved this idea of order,of the form of European, of English literature will not find it preposterous that the past should be altered by the present as much as the present is directed by the past.And the poet who is aware of this will be aware of great difficulties and responsibilities.2、Chinese-English Translation(25分)说到书，我很动感情，因为它给我带来温暖，我对它满怀感激。

考研真题：广东财经大学2020年[英语水平]考试真题一、Gap Filling 选词填空（从列表的单词中选择合适的词完成段落/非Cloze 选择填空）（30题，每题1分，共30分）Directions: Fill in the gaps numbered 1 to 30 with appropriate words from the word list. There are more words than needed and each word can be used only ONCE . Write down the letters (A to T) representing the words after the numbers 1 to 30 for each passage on the Answer Sheet.Passage OneThe term “globalization ” has been used to 1describe the profound nature of changes affecting economies, cultures and societies worldwide from the late twentieth century 2 . Anthony Giddens has 3 globalization as “the intensification of worldwide social relations which link 4localities in such a way that local happenings are 5 by events occurring many miles away and vice versa”.A central feature of the new, global economy which has 6 in the context of intensified relations is that it is 7 . That is to say, the productivity and competitiveness of firms in the new economic order depend on their ability to create, 8and apply knowledge-based information. Alongside the centrality of information and knowledge, a further 9feature is the nature of economic organization which has emerged in late modernity. The central activities of production, consumption and 10 , as well as their components (capital, raw materials, management, information, technology, 11 ), are organized on a global 12 , either 13or through a network of connections between different economic14 . The importance of the information technology revolution from the 1970s onwards was that it provided the 15 or the material basis for this new economy.Passage TwoFreud’s The Interpretation of Dreams was published in 1900, a remarkable year that was 16to change the world’s thinking profoundly. Its 17reception was saddening – only 351 copies were 18during the first ten years. Later, its value was 19realized by scholars, and the book went eight 20before the death of its author. Now, more than a hundred years has already passed, and it has been 21into more than a dozen languages. Its influence is far 22 : it has profoundly changed the landscape not only in 23 , but also in literature, art, aesthetics, anthropology, philosophy, education, sociology and other 24 . It is reckoned as one of the three 25books together with Darwin’s Origins of the Species and Copernicus’ De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium.Before Freud, dreams were not seriously considered. It was 26as superficial, insignificant and 27 . Freud worked as a 28for many years, dealing with hysteria. He collected many cases and began to think seriously of the 29 between dreams and the psychological condition of patients. In this book, he 30that dreams were the fulfillment of human wishes.二、Proofreading and error correction 改错题(15题，每题2分，共30分) Directions: The following passage contains 15 errors which are indicated by a number after the line. In each indicated line there is only ONE error, and for each error, you just need to change ONE word to make it correct. Write down the correct word on the Answer Sheet.Around 1990 a number of architect around the world began developing new architectural solutions to integrate tradition for new social demands and technological possibilities. The struggle between old and new initiate the birth of a new architecture style – the International Style. The international style stresses minimalism and functionalism, rejects all essential decorative elements and is ignorant to regional characteristics. The ideals of the style are also commonly sum up in four slogans: ornament is a crime, truth to materials, form follows function, and “machines for living.”This could be sound explained in light of the Western industrialization. With their rapid development, society was also changing and evolved rapidly. There was a great demand for constructing better and affordable buildings for factories, industries, commercial complexes, and residential purposes. Thus, the overdoing ornamentation of the buildings of the previous eras, that demanded high level of craftsmanship and was time-consuming, gave way in the simple designs.The international style first blossomed in western Europe, and than it began to flourish in the United States, and matured after World War II. Its became the dominant approach in the US for much decades.1.__________2.__________3.__________4.__________5.__________6.__________7.__________8.__________9.__________ 10.__________ 11.__________ 12.__________ 13.__________ 14.__________ 15.__________三、Sentence Completion 完成句子（根据提供的词，用合适的词的形式完成句子）（15题，每题2分，共30分）Directions: Fill in the gaps with the proper forms of the given words. Write down your answers on the Answer Sheet.1. Benjamin Franklin, an American who was at home wherever he went, gained wide __________ in France and also became well known in England. (popular)2. Although women have been __________ against unjustly, they had been patient until recently. (discrimination)3. As __________ in high places became widespread, the Roman Empire was considerably weakened. (corrupt)4. In response to the self-study problems, this college has evolved programs to meet the ever-__________ needs of its students. (expansion)5. Both animals and humans have been found to cope better with painful or __________ stimuli when they feel they can exercise some degree of control rather than being passive and helpless. (threat)6. Whereas some jobs may make heavier psychological demands than others, certain sorts of people, __________ of their occupation, seem to make heavy psychological demands on themselves – and , as a result, run a greater risk of heart disease. (regard)7. Friendships must be mutually productive. They must not be __________ to either person. (destroy)8. While global warming is __________ an important factor, it does not fully account for these extreme and unusual weather patterns. (doubt)9. Touch may communicate positive emotions mainly between intimates or others who have a _________ close relationship. (relation)10. Modelling is a better way to __________ children than punishment. (social)11. Negative events are more __________ to be reported than positive ones. (like)12. Reforms have brought about rapid __________ growth in China in recent years. (economy)13. Knowledge often results only after __________ investigation. (persist)14. There are three kinds of book owners. The first has all the standard sets and best-sellers – unread, __________. (touch)15. Real beauty is a ___________ of external and internal beauty. (combine)四、Reading Comprehension 阅读理解（30题，每题2分，共60分）Directions: Read the following passages and choose the best answers for the questions numbered 1 to 30. Write down the letter of your choice for each question on the Answer Sheet.Passage OneCate Siu is from Hong Kong, but she's a fan of Korean television shows and she keeps up with gossip about Korean celebrities on the Internet. Her favorite is a beautiful soap-opera star, Song Hye Kyo, whose bee-stung lips and feminine features she admires."Korean actresses have prominent and elegant noses," says Ms. Siu, a 25-year-old aspiring actress. "They look so pretty."So, when Ms. Siu decided she'd have a better shot at breaking into the entertainment business after improving her looks with a surgical makeover, she knew where she wanted to go. In April, she flew more than 1,000 miles to a clinic in Seoul for operations to raise the bridge of her nose, make her eyes appear larger, and sharpen her chin.Across Asia, Korea is cool. From fashion to music to film, the country of 48 million people is redefining style. And as notions of Korean beauty become popularized by the country's exploding cultural exports, women from around the region – andsome men, too – are flocking to Seoul to have their faces remodeled."A lot of my patients bring a picture of a Korean star from a magazine and say, 'I want to look like that,'" says Chung Jong Pil, a surgeon who runs the Cinderella Plastic Surgery Clinic in a fashionable Seoul neighborhood.Dr. Chung estimates that just under ten percent of his customers come from overseas; the rest are locals. Most of the foreign visitors come from China, he says. Jung Dong Hak, a surgeon who specializes in rhinoplasty, or nose jobs, at another Seoul clinic, says roughly 15 percent of his patients are foreign. That number has been rising in the past few years. "The increase has been very big since the Korean wave started," he says.1. Where is the article most probably published?A. in an academic journalB. in a science magazineC. in a bookD. in a newspaper2. What kind of lips does Cate Siu like?A. thickB. thinC. smallD. pink3. What kind of nose does Cate Siu want to have?A. tiny and roundedB. large and noticeableC. dark and thinD. flat and delicate4. The name of Chung Jong Pil's clinic derives from _________.A. a novelB. a fairytaleC. a poemD. an essay5. From Dr. Jung we can know that __________.A. most of his foreign customers are the ChineseB. more foreigners than locals take plastic surgery in KoreaC. more and more foreigners come to Korea for plastic surgeryD. most of his customers are localsPassage TwoFrom early adulthood to middle adulthood, people typically experience a strengthening sense of identity, confidence, and self-esteem. In later life, challenges arise. Income shrinks, work is often taken away, the body deteriorates, recall fades, energy wanes, family members and friends die or move away, and the great enemy, death, looms ever closer. It is not surprising that many presume the over-65 years to be the worst of times. But, they are not, as Ronald Inglehart discovered when he amassed interviewed conducted during the 1980s with representative samples of nearly 170,000 people from 16 nations. Older people report as much happiness and satisfaction with life as younger people do.If anything, positive feelings grow after midlife and negative feelings subside. Older adults increasingly use words that convey positive emotions. They attend less and less to negative information. For example, they are slower than younger adults to perceive negative faces. Their amygdale, a neural processing center for emotions, shows diminishing activity in response to negative events while maintaining its responsiveness to positive events. Moreover, the bad feelings we associate with negative events fade faster than do the good feelings we associate positive events. This contributes to most older people’s sense that life, on balance, has been mostly good. Given that growing older is an outcome of living (an outcome nearly all of us prefer to early dying), the positivity of later life is comforting.6. It is generally believed that __________.A. older adults have a stronger sense of identityB. older adults have fewer friendsC. there are many problems associated with older adulthoodD. there is a positive side of older adulthood7. It can be inferred from the passage that Ronald Inglehart is __________.A. a scholarB. an interviewerC. a scientistD. a reporter8. The level of happiness and satisfaction in old age __________.A. is about the same as younger people’sB. is obviously different from younger people’sC. is significantly lower than younger people’sD. is significantly higher than younger people’s9. The brain of older people tends to __________.A. notice negative events around them rather than positive onesB. ignore negative events and only notice positive onesC. more quickly forget the negative things that happen and remember the positive onesD. more quickly forget the positive things that happen and remember the negative ones10. The research results mentioned in the text can contribute to a more __________ attitude toward older adulthood.A. pessimisticB. optimisticC. dubiousD. uncertainPassage ThreeToday, in the hospital, surgeons and physicians have equal status. The studies of internal medicine and surgery seem supplementary to each other and are therefore treated equally. We may easily take it for granted that it was the same in the past. In fact, historically speaking, internal medicine and surgery had quite different histories, reputations and professions.In the middle ages, in order to become a physician, one must study in a universityfirst in liberal arts for five years, then in medicine for four years. After the long study was finished, he had to pass strict exams to graduate. He then had to obtain a license in order to begin his practice. In other words, physicians should learn from the books. A true doctor was believed to treat patients with remedies, i.e., medicine, instead of giving physical intervention. Physicians were held in high regard. Surgeons were not ranked as high as physicians. Their profession was viewed as a “trade” (i.e. an occupation, especially one requiring skilled labor; craft), not as an “art”. Clerics used to help ill people, which was a natural calling of the Christian doctrine. But their help usually came in the form of religious prayer, and care for patients. They were forbidden to perform surgery because they were not to “spill blood”. Medical doctors, or physicians, looked down upon the profession as a “trade” beneath them and were unwilling to perform surgeries. The most suitable person for the performance of surgery was the barber, who often dealt with small cuts when they were giving a close shave. They were prepared with bandage and styptics (drugs used to stop bleeding). So when someone had an injury, or an ailment that required cutting, the barber was the most skilled person – he was a tradesman with the necessary skills. Thus the profession was often called the barber surgeon.11. It is a popular illusion that __________.A. surgeons and physician have equal statusB. surgeons and physician enjoyed equal statusC. the studies of internal medicine and surgery are treated equallyD. internal medicine and surgery had different reputations12. Which of the following statements about a physician in the middle ages is FALSE?A. A physician must study 9 years in a university.B. It was hard to become a physician.C. A physician was highly reputed.D. A physician was forbidden to operate on patients.13. What can be known about “clerics” in the past from the passage?A. They could perform surgery.B. It was their mission to help ill people.C. They helped physicians to cure diseases.D. They spilled blood when necessary.14. What can be known about barbers in the past from the passage?A. They were not held in high regard.B. They were respectable members of the society.C. They tried different types of work.D. They tried to become physicians.15. What might be discussed in the following paragraphs?A. The earnings of physicians and surgeons.B. The different lifestyles of physicians and surgeons.C. The different status of physicians and surgeons.D. The different contributions of physicians and surgeons.Passage FourA brush with death can actually improve a person’s outlook on life. That, at least, was one of the major findings of a study of some 200 people who come close to dying. Some had come through heart attack; some had fallen, come close to drowning; or survived a terrible car wreck, yet despite the variety of circumstances, they reported strikingly similar reactions to their experiences.Perhaps most surprisingly, many said they were less frightened of death now than they were before. Like most people, before their near-death incidents many had thought death would be painful, the ultimate horror—but they didn’t find it was.Surviving a nearly fatal experience also gave many people a sense of invulnerability （不会受伤害）that made them feel special and even religious. Several believed they had been saved because they were to fulfill some special mission in the remainder of their lives.Perhaps not so surprisingly, these survivors also reported an increased zest for life and a determination to enjoy life more.A few of the survivors did report negative reactions to their experience. A dozen said they felt more vulnerable, and some even felt a sense of helplessness and a loss of control over their lives. Some had become phobic about activities associated with the accident; for example, several said they could no longer swim for fear of drowning.Yet most of those interviewees said they came away with a strong sense of renewal or rebirth. In studying their reactions researchers have concluded that these people have come to understand the relationship of life and death better and more intimately than most of us, that they have come to understand how life is actually defined by death. Life is given meaning by the fact that it will end someday.16.What have you learned about the effects of near-death experiences on the survivors’ life?A. They differ due to the variety of circumstances.B. They vary greatly from person to person.C. They are mostly positive in terms of their outlook on life.D. They are neither positive nor negative.17."Some had become phobic about activities..."( Line 3, Para. 5) How did they feel exactly?A. very clumsyB. very casualC. very curiousD. very fearful18.Which of the titles below best expresses the idea of this passage?A. How to Improve a Person’s Outlook on Life.B. The Effects of Near-Death Experiences.C. Is Death Really Horrible?D. Near-Death Accidents and their Survivors.19.The positive effect of near-death experience was that ______________.A. some people loved life better because they realized its new meaningB. some people got a sense of vulnerability and became religiousC. some people were no longer afraid of death just because they proved to be religiousD. some people wanted to seek extreme happiness because they knew life was too limited20.Which effect of the near-death experience was the one that people had least expected?A. Some people felt more vulnerable.B. Some people did not worry too much about death any more.C. Some people paid more attention to the value of life.D. Some people tended to be too pessimistic about death.Passage FiveThe notion that the great apes, such as chimpanzees and gorillas, can imitate one another might seem unsurprising to anyone who has watched these animals playing at the zoo. But in scientific circles, the question of whether apes really do "ape" has become controversial.Consider a young chimpanzee watching his mother crack open a cola nut, as has been observed in the Tai Forest of Africa. In most cases, the youth will eventually take up the practice himself. How does he learn this? Is it because he copies it from his mother, or does the skill originate solely from trial and error? If the young animal copies adult behavior, then chimpanzees must have the ability to develop culturaltraits, i.e. knowledge or skills passed down from generation to generation, instead of by genetic inheritance. However, if the young learns how to crack the nut exclusively by trial and error, then chimpanzees must, in a sense, reinvent the method each time they deal with a nut, and hence, no real cumulative culture can ever develop.The clearest way to establish how chimpanzees learn is through laboratory experiments. A team of scientists at Goldsmith's College, University of London, used artificial fruits to determine whether chimpanzees imitate or not. In a typical experiment, one group of chimpanzees watched a complex technique for opening a fruit, while a second group observed a very different method. Then the researchers recorded the extent to which the chimpanzees had been influenced by the method they observed. They also conducted similar experiments with three-year-old children as subjects. The results demonstrate that six-year-old chimpanzees show imitative behavior markedly like that seen in the children, although the preciseness of their copying tends to be poorer. In another experiment, chimpanzees copied an entire sequence of actions they had witnessed, but did so only after trying some alternatives. This suggests that they tended to imitate what they had observed others doing at the expense of their own trial-and-error discoveries.In the researchers' view, these findings indicate that apes do ape and that this ability forms one strand in cultural transmission. In other words, learning from elders is crucial to growing up as a competent wild chimpanzee.21. The word "ape" (Line 3, Para. 1) in the quotation marks probably means ______.A. play at the zooB. crack a nutC. imitateD. transmit22. If a chimpanzee cracks a nut solely by trial and error, it suggests that ___________.A. the skill is genetically inheritedB. the skill is learned from othersC. the skill is unique to humansD. the skill is unique to wild animals23. Results from the research mentioned in Para. 3 show that ___________.A. chimpanzees have little ability to imitate although they can open fruits skillfullyB. chimpanzees do imitate although their copying is less faithful than that of childrenC. chimpanzees can open artificial fruits only after observing how others do itD. chimpanzees imitate their elders in a manner different from how children do24. It can be concluded from the passage that ___________.A. chimpanzees in the laboratory are better imitators than those in the wildB. chimpanzees in the laboratory crack nuts differently from those in the wildC. cultural transmission happens at the expense of individual discoveriesD. cultural transmission exists both among wild chimpanzees and in human society25. The main purpose of the passage is ___________.A. to answer a scientific question by providing research findingsB. to explain the procedure of food gathering used by wild animalsC. to compare the differences between animal culture and human cultureD. to illustrate the methods of analyzing young animals' behaviorPassage SixMy friend Peter saunters over with his long-legged, deliberately slow gait, and gives me a pat on the cheek and a squeeze on the arm, which he administers as if he were bestowing a favor. He knows he’s a prize item in this room – a robust, single, intelligent male – and after making some desultory(散漫的) remarks, he proceeds to look around lazily, like a lion surveying his territory in the knowledge that he’s masterof it. Lydia comes up to us, as usual humming with effusive excitement, her eyes shining as if there were no tomorrow. “Peter!” she exclaims, “you’re just the person I wanted to see! I had a phone call today from a TV station in Germany, and they want to do a show on which I think you should be a consultant. Oh, it would be so wonderful if it worked out! Maybe we could go to Berlin together...” The hum continues, a kind of bird song meant to attract males. But she’s making too much effort, and anyway, it’s the wrong song. Peter looks over her head, puts his hand on her shoulder, and says, “Ah, excuse me, I see somebody I know over there...”26. From the passage we can know Peter __________.A. has long legsB. pretends to be friendly to meC. has won a prizeD. is a playboy27. It can be inferred from the passage that __________.A. there are few men in the roomB. there are many unmarried women in the roomC. most of the people in the room are womenD. single men are hard to find28. From the passage we can know Lydia __________.A. is good at singingB. is good at imitating birdsC. is hard-workingD. is too enthusiastic29. Peter’s response to Lydia indicates that __________.A. he has no interest in herB. he has no interest in the TV showC. he doesn’t believe what she tells himD. he doesn’t think he can be a consultant30. What is implied by the author in the passage?A. She enjoys the party whole-heartedly.B. She doesn’t care what is going on.C. She feels detached from her surroundings.D. She detests the people in the room.。

2020年考研经济类联考写作真题及答案(海文版)2020年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试396经济类联考——写作真题参考答案四、写作：第40～41小题，共40分。

其中论证有效性分析20分，论说文20分。

41.论证有效性分析：分析下述论证中存有的缺陷和漏洞，选择若干要点，写一篇600字左右的文章，对该论证的有效性实行分析和评论。

(论证有效性分析的一般要点是：概念特别是核心概念的界定和使用是否准确并前后一致，有无各种明显的逻辑错误，论证的论据是否成立并支持结论，结论成立的条件是否充分等等。

)如何解决网络假货问题?2020年11月，中国互联网大会，阿里巴巴集团董事局主席马云和京东集团创始人刘强东，围绕网络假货问题各自发表了看法。

刘强东已多次指责淘宝“假货”和“逃税问题”，大会开幕前在接受媒体采访时，也直言不讳：中国互联网假货流行已严重影响消费者网购信心，这是整个电子商务行业最重要的“瓶颈”。

当前，网络售卖、假货、水货的大多是大型的有组织化的，动辄千万，几个亿规模的公司。

马云说：“你想想，25块钱买一个劳力士表，这是不可能的，原因是你自己太贪”。

他指出：卖假货的商家害怕在淘宝上卖假货，阿里巴巴很容易就能够查出谁在卖。

近一两年中国电商发展迅猛，若靠假货，每天的交易额不可能达到六、七十亿。

阿里巴巴每年支出逾1610万美元用来打击假货，打假行动也获得了国际上的认可，所以，美国贸易代表将淘宝从2020年恶名市场名单中移除。

刘强东指出解决网络假货问题要依靠行业合作，政府监管。

他建议一方要在整个电子商务行业推广使用电子发票，另一方面，推导卖家实行电子工商注册。

政府各部门联合起来增强跨平台联合监管共同打击有组织有规模的假货公司。

此外，他认为要解决互联网假货问题要从征税根源问题上进，一方面要提升电商营业额起征点到100万元，另一方面，日常营运人数达百人以上的大商家要注册电子工商营业执照，并规定使用电子发票。

马云认为，解决网络假货问题要依靠生态系统和大数据。

广东财经大学硕士研究生入学考试试卷考试年度：2017年 考试科目代码及名称：613-英语水平考试 适用专业：050201 英语语言文学［友情提醒：请在考点提供的专用答题纸上答题，答在本卷或草稿纸上无效！］I. Cloze 完形填空（30题，每题1分，共30分）Direction : There are 3 passages below. Read each of them and choose the proper word from the word list to fill in each of the blanks in the passages. Each word can be used only once.Passage 1Two of the most frustrating things about driving a car are getting lost andgetting stuck in traffic. While the computer revolution is (1)_____to cure these problems, it will have a positive impact. Sensors in your car tuned to radio signals from (2)____satellites can locate your car (3)_____at any moment and warn of traffic jams. We already have twenty-four Navstar satellites orbiting the earth, making up what is called the Global Positioning System. They make it possible to determine your(4)_______on the earth to within about a hundred feet. At any (5)______time, there are several GPS satellites orbiting overhead at a distance of about 11,000 miles. Each satellite cont ains four “atomic clocks,” which (6)_____ at a precise frequency, according to the laws of the quantum theory.As a satellite passes overhead, it sends out a radio (7)___that can be detected bya receiver in a car’s computer. The car’s computer can then (8)___how far the satellite is by (9)____how long it took for the signal to arrive. Since the speed of light is well known, any delay in receivin g the satellite’s signal can be (10)_____into a distance.Passage 2More than 30 million cars and trucks nationwide are (1) with dangerously(2)____air bags, congressional officials say, a number that raises questions about whether the US (3)____industry can handle what could become the largest recall in history.Federal safety (4)____have recalled only 7.8 million vehicles over the defect in afew states, a limited action that (5)____said Thursday was vastly insufficient to(6)____what they deemed “a public safety threat”.Two senators demanded a much (7)____recall that would cover everyaffectedvehicle nationwide. (8)_____a recall of that magnitude ---- including best-selling models from Honda, Toyota, GM, Chrysler and six other companies (9)____ 2002 to 2007 ---- could prove far (10)_____than the industry has ever managed.Passage 3Britain is not just one country and one people; even if some of its inhabitants think so. Britain is, in fact, a nation which can be divided into several (1) __ parts, each part being an individual country with its own language, character and cultural (2) __. Thus Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales do not claim to (3) __ to "England" because their inhabitants are not (4) __ "English". They are Scottish, Irish or Welsh and many of them prefer to speak their own native tongue, which in turn is (5) __ to the others.These cultural minorities(少数民族) have been Britain’s original inhabitants. In varying degrees they have managed to (6) __ their national characteristics, and their particular customs and way of life. This is probably even more true of the (7) __ areas where traditional life has not been so affected by the (8)__ of industrialism as the border areas have been. The Celtic races are said to be more emotional by nature than the English. An Irish temper is legendary. The Scots could rather (9) __ about their reputation for excessive thrift and prefer to be remembered for their folk songs and dances, while the Welsh are famous for their singing. The Celtic (10)__ as a whole produces humorous writers and artists, such as the Irish Bernard Shaw, the Scottish Robert Burns, and the Welsh Dylan Thomas, to mention but a few.II. Proofreading and error correction 改错题 (15题，每题2分，共30分)Directions:The following passage contains 15 errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. Correct the errors and write the answers on your answer sheet.What is corporate culture? At its most basic, it’s described like (1) ____the personality of an organization, or simply as “how things aredone around here.” It guides what employees think, act, and feel. (2)_____ Corporate culture is a wide term used to define the unique (3) _____personality or character of a particular company or organization,and include such elements as core values and beliefs, corporate (4) _____ ethics, and rules of behavior. Corporate culture can express (5) _____in the company’s mission statement and other communications,in the architectural style or interior decoration, by what people wearto work, by how people address to each other, and in the titles given (6) _____ various employees. How do you uncover the corporate culture of (7) _____a potential employer? The truth is that you will never really knowthe corporate culture after you have worked at the company for a (8)______ number of months, but you can get close to them through research (9)______and observation. Understanding culture is a two-steps process, (10) _____ starting with the research before the interview and ending (11)______ with observation at the interview. The bottom line is thatyou are going to spend a lot of time on the work environment-(12)______ and to be happy, success, and productive, you will want to (13)______be in a place where you fit for the culture, a place where you (14)______ can have voice, be respected, and have opportunities for (15)______ growth.III. Gap-filling 选词填空题（15题，每题2分，共30分）Directions: Fill in the following blanks with the correct words given according to the meanings of the sentences.1. Environmentalists are doing everything within their power to ________ theimpact of the oil spill.A. minimizeB. belittleC. rejectD. reclaim2. T opics for conversation should be ________ to the experiences and interests of thestudents.A. satisfiedB. relevantC. concernedD. concentrated3. T hey said the operation had been successful and they expected his wife to________.A. bring aboutB. pull throughC. carry onD. put up4. W e could tell that she was still ________ something and it was our job to find outwhat.A. cancelingB. shelteringC. concealingD. settling5. Y ou are legally ________ to take faulty goods back to the store where you boughtthem.A. assignedB. entitledC. acclaimedD. remained6. H is knowledge of English is ________ for the job, although he is not fluent in thelanguage.A. justifiedB. reliableC. adequateD. assured7. T he scientists have been ________ the necessary funds for their research program.A. desiredB. neglectedC. declinedD. denied8. T here is always a ________ that the legal system is designed to suit lawyers ratherthan to protect the public.A. confidenceB. faithC. deceptionD. suspicion9. A spokesman of Ministry of Agriculture said that a series of policies would beimplemented to ________ the development of agriculture.A. demoteB. promoteC. decreaseD. increase10. A dark suit is ________ to a light one for evening wear.A. favorableB. suitableC. properD. preferable11. The foreign company has been ________ running this factory for decades.A. enormouslyB. effectivelyC. infinitelyD. extremely12. I’m not sick; ________, I’m in the peak of health.A. to be honestB. on the contraryC. to my delightD. on all sides13. By a ________ of good luck, Gene, who had been buried in the rubble for morethan 26 hours, came out alive.A. strokeB. hitC. strikeD. blow14. A dvertising is an intensely ________ business.A. competitiveB. aggressiveC. adventurousD. lucrative15. She was _______ upset to find that she failed in the final examination.A. somehowB. somewayC. somewhatD. somewhereIV. Reading Comprehension 阅读理解（30题，每题2分，共60分）Directions: In this section, there six reading passages followed by a total of thirty multiple-choice questions. Read the passages carefully and then choose the correct answer.Passage 1 The Birth of Photography【1】Perceptions of the visible world were greatly altered by the invention of photography in the middle of the nineteenth century. In particular, and quite logically, the art of painting was forever changed, though not always in the ways one might have expected. The realistic and naturalistic painters of the mid- and late-nineteenth century were all intently aware of photography—as a thing to use, to learn from, and react to.【2】Unlike most major inventions, photography had been long and impatiently awaited. The images produced by the camera obscura, a boxlike device that used a pinhole or lens to throw an image onto a ground-glass screen or a piece of white paper, were already familiar—the device had been much employed by topographical artists like the Italian painter Canaletto in his detailed views of the city of Venice. What was lacking was a way of giving such images permanent form. This was finally achieved by Louis Daguerre (1787-1851), who perfected a way of fixing them on a silvered copper plate. His discovery, the "daguerreotype," was announced in 1839.【3】A second and very different process was patented by the British inventor William Henry Talbot (1800-1877) in 1841. Talbot's "calotype" was the first negative-to-positive process and the direct ancestor of the modern photograph. The calotype was revolutionary in its use of chemically treated paper in which areas hit by light became dark in tone, producing a negative image. This "negative," as Talbot called it, could then be used to print multiple positive images on another piece of treated paper.【4】The two processes produced very different results. The daguerreotype was a unique image that reproduced what was in front of the camera lens in minute, unselective detail and could not be duplicated. The calotype could be made in series, and was thus the equivalent of an etching or an engraving. Its general effect was soft edged and tonal.【5】One of the things that most impressed the original audience for photography was the idea of authenticity. Nature now seemed able to speak for itself, with a minimum of interference. The title Talbot chose for his book, The Pencil of Nature (the first part of which was published in 1844), reflected this feeling. Artists were fascinated by photography because it offered a way of examining the world in much greater detail. They were also afraid of it, because it seemed likely to make their own efforts unnecessary.【6】Photography did indeed make certain kinds of painting obsolete—the daguerreotype virtually did away with the portrait miniature. It also made the whole business of making and owning images democratic. Portraiture, once a luxury for the privileged few, was suddenly well within the reach of many more people.【7】In the long term, photography's impact on the visual arts was far from simple. Because the medium was so prolific, in the sense that it was possible to produce a multitude of images very cheaply, it was soon treated as the poor relation of fine art, rather than its destined successor. Even those artists who were most dependent on photography became reluctant to admit that they made use of it, in case thiscompromised their professional standing.【8】The rapid technical development of photography—the introduction of lighter and simpler equipment, and of new emulsions that coated photographic plates, film, and paper and enabled images to be made at much faster speeds—had some unanticipated consequences. Scientific experiments made by photographers such as Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) and Etienne-Jules Marey (1830-1904) demonstrated that the movements of both humans and animals differed widely from the way they had been traditionally represented in art. Artists, often reluctantly, were forced to accept the evidence provided by the camera. The new candid photography—unposed pictures that were made when the subjects were unaware that their pictures were being taken—confirmed these scientific results, and at the same time, thanks to the radical cropping (trimming) of images that the camera often imposed, suggested new compositional formats. The accidental effects obtained by candid photographers were soon being copied by artists such as the French painter Degas.1.What can be inferred from paragraphs 1 and 2 about the effect of photography on nineteenth-century painting?A. Photography did not significantly change the way people looked at reality.B. Most painters used the images of the camera obscura in preference to those of the daguerreotype.C. Painters who were concerned with realistic or naturalistic representation were particularly influenced by photography.D. Artists used the long-awaited invention of photography in just the ways they had expected to.2. According to paragraphs 2 and 3 which of the following did the daguerreotype and the calotype have in common?A. They were equally useful for artists.B. They could be reproduced.C. They produced a permanent imageD. They were produced on treated paper.3. The word "authenticity" in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning toA. improvement.B. practicality.C. genuineness.D. repetition.4.What point does the author make in paragraph 6?A. Paintings became less expensive because of competition with photography.B. Photography, unlike painting, was a type of portraiture that even ordinary people could afford.C. Every style of painting was influenced by the invention of photography.D. The daguerreotype was more popular than the calotype.5.It can be inferred from paragraph 8 that one effect that photography had on painting was that itA.provided painters with new insights into how humans and animals actually move.B.showed that representing movement could be as interesting as portrait art.C.increased the appeal of painted portraiture among the wealthy.D.influenced artists to improve techniques for painting faster.Passage 2 Early Settlements in the Southwest Asia【1】The universal global warming at the end of the Ice Age had dramatic effects on temperate regions of Asia, Europe, and North America. Ice sheets retreated and sea levels rose. The climatic changes in southwestern Asia were more subtle, in that they involved shifts in mountain snow lines, rainfall patterns, and vegetation cover. However, these same cycles of change had momentous impacts on the sparse human populations of the region. At the end of the Ice Age, no more than a few thousand foragers lived along the eastern Mediterranean coast, in the Jordan and Euphrates valleys. Within 2,000 years, the human population of the region numbered in the tens of thousands, all as a result of village life and farming. Thanks to new environmental and archaeological discoveries, we now know something about this remarkable change in local life.【2】Pollen samples from freshwater lakes in Syria and elsewhere tell us forest cover expanded rapidly at the end of the Ice Age, for the southwestern Asian climate was still cooler and considerably wetter than today. Many areas were richer in animal and plant species than they are now, making them highly favorable for human occupation. About 9000 B.C., most human settlements lay in the area along the Mediterranean coast and in the Zagros Mountains of Iran and their foothills. Some local areas, like the Jordan River valley, the middle Euphrates valley, and some Zagros valleys, were more densely populated than elsewhere. Here more sedentary and more complex societies flourished. These people exploited the landscape intensively, foraging on hill slopes for wild cereal grasses and nuts, while hunting gazelle and other game on grassy lowlands and in river valleys. Their settlements contain exotic objects such as seashells, stone bowls, and artifacts made of obsidian (volcanic glass), all traded from afar. This considerable volume of intercommunity exchange brought a degree of social complexity in its wake.【3】Thanks to extremely fine-grained excavation and extensive use of flotation methods (through which seeds are recovered from soil samples), we know a great deal about the foraging practices of the inhabitants of Abu Hureyra in Syria's Euphrates valley. Abu Hureyra was founded about 9500B.C, a small village settlement of cramped pit dwellings (houses dug partially in the soil) with reed roofs supported by wooden uprights. For the next 1,500 years, its inhabitants enjoyed a somewhat warmer and damper climate than today, living in a well-wooded steppe area where wild cereal grasses were abundant. They subsisted off spring migrations of Persian gazelles from the south. With such a favorable location, about 300 to 400 people lived in a sizable, permanent settlement. They were no longer a series of small bands but lived in a large community with more elaborate social organization, probably grouped into clans of people of common descent.【4】The flotation samples from the excavations allowed botanists to study shifts in plant-collecting habits as if they were looking through a telescope at a changing landscape. Hundreds of tiny plant remains show how the inhabitants exploited nutharvests in nearby pistachio and oak forests. However, as the climate dried up, the forests retreated from the vicinity of the settlement. The inhabitants turned to wild cereal grasses instead, collecting them by the thousands, while the percentage of nuts in the diet fell. By 8200B.C., drought conditions were so severe that the people abandoned their long-established settlement, perhaps dispersing into smaller camps. 【5】Five centuries later, about 7700B.C., a new village rose on the mound. At first the inhabitants still hunted gazelle intensively. Then, about 7000 B.C., within the space of a few generations, they switched abruptly to herding domesticated goats and sheep and to growing einkorn, pulses, and other cereal grasses. Abu Hureyra grew rapidly until it covered nearly 30 acres. It was a close-knit community of rectangular, one-story mud-brick houses, joined by narrow lanes and courtyards, finally abandoned about 5000 B.C.. Many complex factors led to the adoption of the new economies, not only at Abu Hureyra, but at many other locations such as 'Ain Ghazal, also in Syria, where goat toe bones showing the telltale marks of abrasion caused by foot tethering (binding) testify to early herding of domestic stock.6. The word "momentous" in the passage (paragraph 1) is closest in meaning toA. numerous.B. regular.C. very important.D. very positive.7. Major climatic changes occurred by the end of the Ice Age in all of the following geographic areas EXCEPTA. temperate regions of Asia.B. southwestern Asia.C. North America.D. Europe.8. Why does the author mention "seashells, stone bowls, and artifacts made of obsidian" in paragraph 2?A. To give examples of objects obtained through trade with other societies.B. To illustrate the kinds of objects that are preserved in a cool climate.C. To provide evidence that the organization of work was specialized.D. To give examples of the artistic ability of local populations.9. Paragraph 4 suggests that the people of Abu Hureyra abandoned their long-established settlement becauseA. the inhabitants had cleared all the trees from the forests.B. wild cereal grasses took over pistachio and oak forests.C. people wanted to explore new areas.D. lack of rain caused food shortages.10. According to paragraph 5, after 7000 B.C. the settlement of Abu Hureyra differed from earlier settlements at that location in all of the following EXCEPTA. the domestication of animals.B. the intensive hunting of gazelle.C. the size of the settlement.D. the design of the dwellings.Passage 3 Children and Advertising【1】Young children are trusting of commercial advertisements in the media, and advertisers have sometimes been accused of taking advantage of this trusting outlook. The Independent Television Commission, regulator of television advertising in the United Kingdom, has criticized advertisers for "misleadingness"—creating a wrong impression either intentionally or unintentionally—in an effort to control advertisers' use of techniques that make it difficult for children to judge the true size, action, performance, or construction of a toy.【2】General concern about misleading tactics that advertisers employ is centered on the use of exaggeration. Consumer protection groups and parents believe that children are largely ill-equipped to recognize such techniques and that often exaggeration is used at the expense of product information. Claims such as "the best" or "better than" can be subjective and misleading; even adults may be unsure as to their meaning. They represent the advertiser's opinions about the qualities of their products or brand and, as a consequence, are difficult to verify. Advertisers sometimes offset or counterbalance an exaggerated claim with a disclaimer—a qualification or condition on the claim. For example, the claim that breakfast cereal has a health benefit may be accompanied by the disclaimer "when part of a nutritionally balanced breakfast." However, research has shown that children often have difficulty understanding disclaimers: children may interpret the phrase "when part of a nutritionally balanced breakfast" to mean that the cereal is required as a necessary part of a balanced breakfast. The author George Comstock suggested that less than a quarter of children between the ages of six and eight years old understood standard disclaimers used in many toy advertisements and that disclaimers are more readily comprehended when presented in both audio and visual formats. Nevertheless, disclaimers are mainly presented in audio format only.【3】Fantasy is one of the more common techniques in advertising that could possibly mislead a young audience. Child-oriented advertisements are more likely to include magic and fantasy than advertisements aimed at adults. In a content analysis of Canadian television, the author Stephen Kline observed that nearly all commercials for character toys featured fantasy play. Children have strong imaginations and the use of fantasy brings their ideas to life, but children may not be adept enough to realize that what they are viewing is unreal. Fantasy situations and settings are frequently used to attract children's attention, particularly in food advertising. Advertisements for breakfast cereals have, for many years, been found to be especially fond of fantasy techniques, with almost nine out of ten including such content. Generally, there is uncertainty as to whether very young children can distinguish between fantasy and reality in advertising. Certainly, rational appeals in advertising aimed at children are limited, as most advertisements use emotional and indirect appeals to psychological states or associations.【4】The use of celebrities such as singers and movie stars is common in advertising. The intention is for the positively perceived attributes of the celebrity to be transferred to the advertised product and for the two to become automatically linked in the audience's mind. In children's advertising, the "celebrities" are often animated figuresfrom popular cartoons. In the recent past, the role of celebrities in advertising to children has often been conflated with the concept of host selling. Host selling involves blending advertisements with regular programming in a way that makes it difficult to distinguish one from the other. Host selling occurs, for example, when a children's show about a cartoon lion contains an ad in which the same lion promotes a breakfast cereal. The psychologist Dale Kunkel showed that the practice of host selling reduced children's ability to distinguish between advertising and program material. It was also found that older children responded more positively to products in host selling advertisements.【5】Regarding the appearance of celebrities in advertisements that do not involve host selling, the evidence is mixed. Researcher Charles Atkin found that children believe that the characters used to advertise breakfast cereals are knowledgeable about cereals, and children accept such characters as credible sources of nutritional information. This finding was even more marked for heavy viewers of television. In addition, children feel validated in their choice of a product when a celebrity endorses that product. A study of children in Hong Kong, however, found that the presence of celebrities in advertisements could negatively affect the children's perceptions of a product if the children did not like the celebrity in question.11. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in paragraph 1 as being a difficult judgment for children to make about advertised toys?A. How big the toys are?B. How much the toys cost?C. What the toys can do?D. How the toys are made?12. The word “verify” in the passage is closest in meaning toA. establish the truth of.B. approve of.C. understand.D. criticize.13. Cereal advertisements that include the statement “when part of a nutritionally balanced breakfast” are trying to suggest thatA. the cereal is a desirable part of a healthful, balanced breakfast.B. the cereal contains equal amounts of all nutrients.C. cereal is a healthier breakfast than other foods are.D. the cereal is the most nutritious part of the breakfast meal.14. The word “adept”(Paragraph 3)in the passage is cl osest in meaning toA. responsible.B. skillful.C. patient.D. curious.15. In paragraph 4, why does the author mention a show about a cartoon lion in which an advertisement appears featuring the same lion character?A. To help explain what is meant by th e term "host selling” and why it can be misleading to children.B. To explain why the role of celebrities in advertising aimed at children has often been confused with host selling.C. To compare the effectiveness of using animated figures with the effectiveness of using celebrities in advertisements aimed at children.D. To indicate how Kunkel first became interested in studying the effects of host selling on children.Passage 4 Methods of Studying Infant Perception In the study of perceptual abilities of infants, a number of techniques are used to determine infants' responses to various stimuli. Because they cannot verbalize or fill out questionnaires, indirect techniques of naturalistic observation are used as the primary means of determining what infants can see, hear, feel, and so forth. Each of these methods compares an infant's state prior to the introduction of a stimulus with its state during or immediately following the stimulus. The difference between the two measures provides the researcher with an indication of the level and duration of the response to the stimulus. For example, if a uniformly moving pattern of some sort is passed across the visual field of a neonate (newborn), repetitive following movements of the eye occur. The occurrence of these eye movements provides evidence that the moving pattern is perceived at some level by the newborn. Similarly, changes in the infant's general level of motor activity —turning the head, blinking the eyes, crying, and so forth — have been used by researchers as visual indicators of the infant's perceptual abilities.Such techniques, however, have limitations. First, the observation may be unreliable in that two or more observers may not agree that the particular response occurred, or to what degree it occurred. Second, responses are difficult to quantify. Often the rapid and diffuse movements of the infant make it difficult to get an accurate record of the number of responses. The third, and most potent, limitation is that it is not possible to be certain that the infant's response was due to the stimulus presented or to a change from no stimulus to a stimulus. The infant may be responding to aspects of the stimulus different than those identified by the investigator. Therefore, when observational assessment is used as a technique for studying infant perceptual abilities, care must be taken not to over-generalize from the data or to rely on one or two studies as conclusive evidence of a particular perceptual ability of the infant.Observational assessment techniques have become much more sophisticated, reducing the limitations just presented. Film analysis of the infant's responses, heart and respiration rate monitors, and nonnutritive sucking devices are used as effective tools in understanding infant perception. Film analysis permits researchers to carefully study the infant's responses over and over and in slow motion. Precise measurements can be made of the length and frequency of the infant's attention between two stimuli. Heart and respiration monitors provide the investigator with the number of heartbeats or breaths taken when a new stimulus is presented. Numerical。

2020考研英语二试题及答案1. Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)The world is experiencing a dramatic increase in the urban population. According to the United Nations, more than half of the global population now lives in cities, a proportion that is expected to rise to nearly two-thirds by 2050. This trend is particularly pronounced in developing countries, where urbanization is often seen as a necessary step towards economic growth. However, the rapid growth of cities also brings with it a series of challenges.1.1 The main reason for the increase in urban population is _______.A) economic developmentB) population explosionC) rural migrationD) technological innovation1.2 Urbanization is considered as a _______ step towards economic growth.A) necessaryB) sufficientC) optionalD) irrelevant1.3 The rapid growth of cities also brings with it a series of _______.A) opportunitiesB) challengesC) benefitsD) drawbacks2. Directions: Read the following text and answer the questions by choosing the correct option. Mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)The concept of a "smart city" has gained popularity in recent years. A smart city uses digital technology to enhance urban services and improve the quality of life for its residents. This includes the use of sensors and data analytics to manage traffic, monitor air quality, and optimize energy use.2.1 What does a smart city use to enhance urban services?A) Traditional technologyB) Digital technologyC) Renewable energyD) Artificial intelligence2.2 The purpose of a smart city is to _______.A) reduce pollutionB) improve the quality of lifeC) increase population densityD) promote urban sprawl2.3 Which of the following is NOT an example of a smart city feature?A) Traffic managementB) Air quality monitoringC) Energy optimizationD) Population control3. Directions: Read the following text and answer thequestions by filling in the blanks with the correct wordsfrom the given options. (10 points)The rise of e-commerce has transformed the retail industry. Consumers can now shop from the comfort of their homes, and businesses can reach customers across the globe. However,this has also led to a significant increase in packaging waste, as items are often packaged individually for shipping.3.1 The rise of e-commerce has _______ the retail industry.A) damagedB) transformedC) simplifiedD) diversified3.2 Consumers can now shop from the _______ of their homes.A) comfortB) luxuryC) necessityD) urgency3.3 This has also led to a significant increase in _______ waste.A) packagingB) electronicC) foodD) plastic4. Directions: Read the following text and choose the correct answer to the question. (10 points)Climate change is a global issue that requires a collective response. Governments, businesses, and individuals all have a role to play in mitigating its effects. One of the key strategies is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which contribute to global warming.4.1 What is one of the key strategies to mitigate the effects of climate change?A) Increase greenhouse gas emissionsB) Reduce greenhouse gas emissionsC) Ignore the issueD) Encourage deforestation5. Directions: Read the following text and answer the questions by completing the sentences. (10 points)The use of renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind power, is becoming more prevalent as countries seek to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels. This shift is driven by concerns over environmental sustainability and the need to combat climate change.5.1 The use of renewable energy sources is becoming more prevalent as countries seek to _______.A) increase their reliance on fossil fuelsB) reduce their reliance on fossil fuelsC) maintain their current energy consumptionD) promote the use of nuclear energy5.2 This shift is driven by concerns over _______.A) economic growthB) environmental sustainabilityC) technological innovationD) political stability6. Directions: Read the following text and answer the question by choosing the correct option. (10 points)The internet has revolutionized the way we communicate, work, and learn. It has made information more accessible and has facilitated the exchange of ideas across the globe. However, it has also raised concerns about privacy and security.6.1 The internet has revolutionized the way we _______。

广东商学院硕士研究生入学考试试卷考试年度：2013年考试科目代码及名称：613-普通语言学适用专业：050201-英语语言文学［友情提醒：请在考点提供的专用答题纸上答题，答在本卷或草稿纸上无效！］一、名词解释（10题，每题3分，共30分）1.macrolinguistics2.blending3.diphthong4.aspect5.reference6.cooperative principle7.Indo-European family8.taboo9.CALL10.corpus linguistics二、判断题（5题，每题8分，共40分）1.（）Halliday’s linguistic potential is similar to the notions of parole and performance.2.（）Descriptive linguists are concerned with how language work,not with how they can be improved.3.（）The word“hour”contains a diphthong and a pure vowel.4.（）The concept“competence”originally refers to the grammatical knowledge of the ideal language user and has nothing to do with the actual use of language in concrete situation.5.（）All words contain a root morpheme.三、简答题（5题，每题8分，共40分）1.What are the major design features of language?2.What are the methods for the addition of new words in the English language?3.Exemplify the relationship between phone,phoneme and allophone.4.Distinguish the two possible meanings of“more beautiful flowers”by means of IC analysis.5.What is the difference between meaning,concept,connotation and denotation?四、论述题（2题，每题20分，共40分）1.How do you understand the saying that language is symbolic?2.In what way can corpus data contribute to lexical studies?广东财经大学硕士研究生入学考试试卷考试年度：2014年考试科目代码及名称：613-普通语言学适用专业：050201英语语言文学［友情提醒：请在考点提供的专用答题纸上答题，答在本卷或草稿纸上无效！］一、名词解释（10题，每题3分，共30分）1.pragmatics2.diachronic linguistics3.allophones4.morpheme5.cohesion6.cognitive linguistics7.hyponymy8.contrastive analysis9.American nguage Acquisition Device(LAD)二、判断题（5题，每题8分，共40分）1.The Cooperative Principle,an important pragmatic principle proposed by P.Grice, aims to explain how we mean more than we say.2.Phonetics studies the rules governing the structure,distribution,and sequencing of speech sounds and the shape of syllables.3.[m]is a“bilabial lateral”,[j]a“palatal approximant”,and[h]a“glottal fricative”.4.Relevance is a matter of degree.The larger effect produced,the greater the relevance;the smaller effort cost,the greater the relevance.5.Exocentric construction is one whose distribution is functionally equivalent to that of one or more of its constituents,i.e.,a word or a group of words,which serves as a definable centre or head.三、简答题（5题，每题8分，共40分）1.What is the major difference between Saussure’s distinction between langue and parole and Chomsky’s distinction between competence and performance?2.Divide the following words into Roots,IA(inflectional affix)and/or DA (derivational affix).e.g.transformations:trans(DA)-form(Root)–ation(DA) -s(IA)1)unconscious2)earthquakes3)misled4)geese3.Distinguish the two possible meanings of“more complicated examinations”by means of IC analysis.4.Draw a tree diagram according to PS rules to show the deep structure of the sentence: The kid broke a vase yesterday.5.Which of the Conversational Maxims is being violated in the following conversation?A:So you like icecream.What are your favourite flavours?B:Hamburger…fish and chips.四、论述题（2题，每题20分，共40分）1.What are the main differences between pragmatics and semantics?2.Explain the following remark with examples or make some comments:Each language articulates or organises the world nguages do not simply name existing categories;they articulate their own.。

考研真题：广东财经大学2022年[英语写作与翻译]考试真题Part I Writing （100分）（1）Summary Writing. (1题，共40分)Directions: Please read the following passage, and write a summary around 120-150 English words without copying the complete sentences from the text.Not long ago, I took in one of the conversations you’re not supposed to have. It turned on whether Vladimir Nabokov, author of Lolita, really desired underage girls. The usual arguments came out: Nabokov was a master of personae, and Humbert Humbert a game to him. Kinbote, analogous narrator of Pale Fire, didn’t make you think Nabokov loved boys. The late novels were Nabokov’s allegories of the seductions of aestheticism, which transfigures the forbidden into the beautiful; or moral paintings of our acceptance of crime, when crime is presented alluringly. So love of the wrong subject becomes a metaphor for art, ethics, personality, and so forth.I was reluctant to say that I felt these explanations were inadequate and even in bad faith. The trouble with Lolita is plainly its ability to describe what a sexual twelve-year-old looks like. What her dress is like when it brushes her knees, what her toes are like with painted nails, how the color sits on the plump bow of her lips—the phrase for these is that it is “too real”; that’s the scandal. It continues to be the scandal fifty years after publication, and it will be a scandal whenever adult acknowledges the capacity upend his vision and see a child, protected larval stage of the organism, as a sexual object. The girl is still a child, only now she is a sex child. Yet this makes me feel Nabokov was not a pedophile but something he is not credited with being—a social critic.You, too, see it, or should. The trend of these fifty years has been to make us see sexual youth where it doesn’t exist, and ignore it as it does. Adults project the sex of children in lust, or examine children sexually with magnifying glasses to make sure they don’t appeal to us. But these lenses became burning glasses. The hips of Betty Grable melted and disappeared. The breasts of Marilyn Monroe ran off and were replaced with silicone. The geography of fashion created new erogenous zones—pelvic midriff, rear cleavage—for dieters starving off their secondary sex characteristics, and for young teens, in the convergence of the exerciser and the pubescent child. The waif and pixie became ideal. Mama and daughter look the same again before the bedroom mirror—not dressed up in Mama’s pearls and heels this time, but in children’s wear. The dream belongs to sixteen, or to those who can starve themselves to sixteen.The critic Philip Fisher used to note that Lolita, tightly plotted as it is, repeats one scene twice. Humbert spies a lit window far opposite. Because he longs to see a nymphet, he sees one. The wave of arousal returns, its tide dampening him up to his knees. As he nears the climax, the form is refocused as an adult woman or man. Disgusting! But this is the simple inversion of a characteristic experience of our time. A man will see a distant form, in low-cut top and low-slung jeans, and think he is on the trail of eroticism; draw near, and identify a child. Revolting! The defenses against it continue the problem. The more a whole nation inspects the sex characteristics of children to make sure it is not becoming aroused by childishness, and slyly hunts around to make sure its most untrustworthy members are not being so aroused, the more it risks creating a sexual fascination with the child. However you gaze, to accept the fantasy or to assure yourself you see nothing, you join in an abomination.（2）Essay Writing (1题，60分)Cyber-violence has become a new form of violence in our real world. The cyber mob will abuse language, pictures and other media to injure one’s reputation or image, even initiate man-hunting. Please write an essay on cyber-violence, with English words around 500 words.Part II Translation(50分)（1）English-Chinese Translation (25分)I was introduced to George, a Cotswold mason(石匠). He is in his seventies but still at it. When I met him he was engaged in the almost lost art of dry-walling, pulling down some ramshackle old walls and converting their materials into smooth solid rampart. He was a little man, with a dusty puckered face and an immense upper lip so that he looked like a wise old monkey; and he has spent all his long life among stones. There were bits of stone all over him. He handled the stones about him, some of which he showed to us, at once easily and lovingly, as women handle their babies. He was like a being that had been created out of stone, a quarry gnome. He was a pious man, this old George, and when he was not talking about stone walls, he talked in a very quiet evangelical strain about his religious beliefs, which were old and simple. Being a real craftsman, knowing that he could do something better than you or I could do it, he obviously enjoyed his work, which was not so much toil exchanged for so many shillings but the full expression of himself, his sign that he was old George the mason and still at it. Bad walls, not of his building, were coming down, and good walls were going up. The stones in them fitted squarely and smoothly and were a delight to the eye and a great contentment to the mind, so weary of shoddy and rubbish. I have never in my life done anything so thoroughly and truly as that old mason did his building.（2）Chinese-English Translation (25分)“一年之计在于春”，光读这平仄已让人心觉希望。

广东财经大学硕士研究生入学考试试卷［友情提醒：请在考点提供的专用答题纸上答题，答在本卷或草稿纸上无效！］I. Cloze. Read the following passages and choose a proper word to fill in each of the blanks in the passage. (30 points in all, 1 point for each )Passage 1Until the Second World War there was no clear transition period between (1) ____ and adulthood in British society. Young people were (2) ____ children until they were about 16 or before if they had started work. Young people and their parents often (3) ____ similar clothes, attitudes and (4) ____ life. All this began to change in 1950s.In the 1950s the teenagers began to be seen as a special (5) ____ group and that was often characterized as a period of (6) ____ from the family and (7) ____ against the values of home and society. With increasing prosperity in Britain, many teenagers had increasing (8) ____ power and thus became the special (9) ____ for advertising, especially for music and fashion.(10) ____ the 1950s almost each decade has had a characteristic youth cult with the (11) ____ of the rebellious teenager, identifiable(12) ____ the particular style of clothes or music. The first cult to (13) ____ was the Teddy Boys in the 1950s, (14) ____ with early rock ‘ n ’ roll music. In the 1980s it was the Acid House scene, associated with music and drug Ecstasy which (15) ____ the rave culture and clubbing of the 1990s.(1) A. infancyB. youth C. childhood D. Toddlers(2) A. regarded B. seen C. called D. interpreted(3) A. wear B. choose C. obey D. shared(4) A. normal B. daily C. common D. social(5) A. community B.age C. association D. institute(6) A. joining B. connection C. alienation D. distraction(7) A. betray B. fight C. revolt D. revolution(8) A. socializing B. purchasing C. promoting D. marketing(9) A. purpose B. aim C. target D. hope(10) A. AS B. Since C. From D. With(11) A.image B. picture C. impression D. figure(12) A . by B. with C. in D. to(13) A . emerge B. happen C. appear D. expose(14) A . associated B. related C. bond D. afflicted(15) A . changed into B. expanded into C. decreased into D. increased intoPassage 2Everyone seems to be in favor of progress. But “ progress ” is a funny word.It doesn ’ t (1 6 ) ____ mean that something has become stronger, wiser or better. It simply means changing it from being one thing to another and sometimes it (17)____ out to be worse than before.(18) ____ medicine, for instance. No one can deny that medical progress has enriched our lives tremendously. Because of medical (19) ____ , we eat better,live easier and are able to take care of ourselves more efficiently. We can cure disease with no more than one injection (20) ____ a pill. If we have a serious accident, surgeons can put us (21) ____ together again. If we are born (22) ____ something defective, they can repair it. They can make us happy, restore our sanity, ease our pain, replace ( 23 ) ____ parts and give us children. They can even bring us back from the dead. These are wonderful achievements, but there is a ( 24 ) ____ we have to pay.Because medicine has reduced infant mortality and natural death so significantly, the population has been ( 25 ) ____ steadily, in spite of serious ( 26 ) ____ to reduce the rate of population growth. Less than a century ago in the United States, infant mortality ( 27 ) ____ more than half of the newborn ( 28 ) ____ the first year of life. Medical advances, ( 29 ) ____ , have now reduced that rate to nearly zero. A child born in the United States today has ( 30 ) ____ than a 90 per cent chance of survival.(16) A. necessarily B. nearly C. basically D. often(17) es B. gets C. makes D. turns(18) A. See B. Take C. Consider D. Look(19) A. improvements B. advancements C. movements D. care(20) A. or B. and C. with D. of(21) A. back B. up C. through D. over(22) A. of B. from C. out D. with(23) A. tired B. weary C. worn D. fatigued(24) A. cost B. bill C. price D. check(25) A. arising B. rising C. raising D. going(26) A. efforts B. effects C. problems D. events(27) A. exclaimed B. proclaimed C. clamored D. claimed(28) A. over B. within C. between D. among(29) A. however B. though C. moreover D. besides(30) A. more B. greater C. bigger D. betterII. Proofreading and error correction. The following passage contains 15 errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE wordis involved. Correct the errors and write the answers on the answer sheet. (30 points in all, 2 points for each )“ Art does not solve problems, but makes us awared of (1)their existence, ” sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz has said.Arts education, on the other hand, does not solve problems. (2)Years of research shows that it ’ s closely linking to almost (3)anything that we as a nation say we want for our children and (4)demand to our schools: academic achievement, social and (5)emotional development, civic engagement, and equitableopportunity.Involvement in the arts is associated to gains in math, (6)reading, cognitive ability, critical thinking, and verbal skill.Arts learning can also improves motivation, concentration, (7)confidence, or teamwork. A report by the Rand Corporation (8)about the visual arts argue that the intrinsic pleasures and (9)stimulation of the art experience have more than sweeten an (10)individual ’ s life --- according to the report, they “ can connectpeople more deeply to the world and open them in new ways (11)of seeing, ” creating the foundation to forge social bonds andcommunity cohesion. And strong arts programming in schoolshelps close a gap that has left many child behind: From (12)Mozart for babies to tutus for toddlers to family trips to themuseum, the children of affluent, aspired parents generally get (13)exposed to the arts whether or not public schools provide it. (14)Low - income children, often, do not. “ Arts education enablesthose children from a financially challenged background tohave a more level playing field with children who have hadthose en richment experience, ” says Eric Cooper, president and (15)founder of the national Urban Alliance for Effective Education.III. Gap-filling. Fill in the following blanks with the correct words and correct forms of the words given according to the meanings of the sentences. (30 points in all, 2 points for each )(1) (look) at his watch, he saw that it was one o’clock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped.(2) Its (miss) head happened to be among remains of the fifteen century B.C.(3) Before (return) home at night, he took a shower and changed back into his suit.(4) Apart from an interesting - looking carved dagger, the box was full of crockery, much of it (break)(5) The temple which the archaeologists (explore) was used as a place of worship from the fifteen century B.C. until Roman times.(6) Physics (go) from studying the familiar things in our everyday lives like baseballs to strange things like atoms.(7) I often (wonder) some people, who had no intention of making purchase, (take) advantage of this privilege.(8) It is evident that the elderly gentlemen greatly (hurt) and will never come back to the store to sample pudding any more.(9) It (be) only twenty - five years since television came to control American free time.(10) I wish I (live) in Hainan(11) If I (have) the money now, I’d buy a new house.(12) With the help of a (fair) godmother and some animal friends, Cinderellagoes to the ball in a beautiful dress.(13) Few of our modern novels are of great (significant).(14) The current welfare system has been (benefit) to most of us.(15) It has been used as much for improving the design and presentation of day - to - day documents as for producing (publish).IV. Reading Comprehension. In this section, there are 6 reading passages followed by a total of 30 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages carefully and then choose the correct answer. (60 points in all, 2 points for each )11982 was the year of information technology in Great Britain. But what exactly is infotech? 85% of people polled recently had not a clue what is meant, although 53% of those polled said they thought it sounded pretty important. They were right. It is. So w hat is it? Well, put simply, it is the “ marrying - up ” of products from several key industries: computers, telephones, television, satellites. It means using micro - electronics, telecommunication networks, and fibre optics to help produce, store, obtain and send information by way of words, numbers,pictures and sound more quickly and efficiently than ever before.The impact infotech is having and is going to have on our lives and work is tremendous. It is already linking the skills of the space industry with those of cable television so programmes can be beamed directly into our homes from all over the world. Armies of “ steel collar ” workers, the robots, will soon beworking in factories doing the boring, complex and unpleasant jobs which are at present still done by man. In some areas such as the car industry this has already started. Television will also be used to enable customers to shop from the comfort of their homes by simply ordering via the TV screen, payment being made by direct debit of their credit cards. Home banking and the automatic booking of ticketswill also be done through the television screen. Cable television which in manycountries now gives a choice of dozens of channels will soon be used to protect our homes by operating burglar and fire alarms linked to police and fire stations. Computers will run our homes, controlling the heating, air conditioning and cooking systems while robots will cope with the housework. The friendly postman will be a thing of the past as the postal service and letters disappear with the electronic mail received via viewdata screens.All these things are coming very fast and their effects will be as far - reaching as those of the industrial revolution. Infotech is part of the technological revolution and that is with us now.(1) From the first paragraph, we can infer that the author was .A. unaware of the results of the pollB. satisfied with the results of the pollC. surprised at people ’ s ignorance of the meaning of infotechD. deeply impressed with the wiseness of the British people(2) The first paragraph is mainly about .A. theimportance of modern technologyB. the products of key industries in the 1980 ’ sC. the British people ’ s knowledge of infotechD. the exact meaning of infotech(3) The second paragraph is mainly about .A. the ways to link skills of space industry with those of cable televisionB. the great effects infotech is having and will have on our lives and workC. the future uses of computers and robots in both homes and industriesD. the comfortable life people will live in the near future(4) According to the passage, television will be used to to a lot of things EXCEPT .A. ordering goods from shops for customers at their homesB. running our homes and doing all kinds of houseworkC. protecting our homes against fire and burglaryD. depositing money in a bank and withdrawing it from the bank(5) According to the last sentence of Paragraph 2, which of the following statements is TURE?A. The postman has become a thing of the past.B. Viewdata screens are being used now to receive electronic mail.C. Electronic mail will disappear some day.D. The postal service will not be used in the future.2Washington was the first city in history to be created solely for the purpose of governance. Following the Revolution, members of Congress had hotly debated the question of a permanent home for themselves and for those departments --- the Treasury, the Patent Office, and so on --- which even the sketchiest of central governments would feel obliged to establish. In 1790, largely in order to put an end to congressional bickering, George Washington was charged with selecting asite for the newly designed federal district. Not much to anyone ’ s surprise but to the disappointment of many, he chose a tract of land on the banks of the Potomac River, a few miles upstream from his beloved plantation Mount Vernon.The District of Columbia was taken in part from Virginia and in part from Maryland. At the time it was laid out, its hundred square miles consisted of gently rolling hills, some under cultivation and the rest heavily wooded, with a number of creeks and much swampy land along the Potomac. There is now a section of Washington thatis commonly refereed to as Foggy Bottom; that bore the same nickname a hundred and eighty years ago. Two port cities, Alexandria and Georgetown, flourished within sight of the new capital and gave it access by ship to the most important citiesof the infant nation --- Chaleslon, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Newport, Salem, and Portsmouth --- and also to the far-off ports of England and the Continent.(6) In line 6 (Para. 1), the phrase “ charged with ” could best be replacedby which of the following?A. Attacked with.B. Accused of.C. Asked to pay for.D. Given the responsibility of.(7) Why was George Washington ’ s choice for the site of the capital not very surprising?A. The site was close to George Washington ’ s own home.B. The river would bring trade to the city.C. The members of Congress had already stated their preference for the site.D. George Washington had lived on the site before the American Revolution.(8) It can be inferred from the passage that the term “ Foggy Bottom ” in the second paragraph refers to a section of Washington D. C. that .A. used to be mostly swamplandB. lies at the bottom of Mount VernonC. has the lowest population in the districtD. used to be the site of the national weather station(9) The author implies that Georgetown was important in the eighteenth century because it .A. linked the federal district with the oceanB. was a model for building the new federal districtC. defended the east coast against invadersD. was the home of the Treasury and the Patent Office(10) What is the main topic of the passage?A. The role of George Washington in the American Revolution.B. The first years of the United States Congress.C. The founding of WashingtonD. C.D. The governing of the federal district.3Ask Steveland Morris and he ’ ll tell you that blindness is not necessarily disabling. Steveland was born prematurely and totally without sight in 1950. He became Stevie Wonder --- composer, singer, and pianist. The winner of ten Grammy awards, Stevie is widely acclaimed for his outstanding contributions to the music world.As a child, Stevie learned not to think about the things he could not to, but to concentrate on the things that he could do. His parents encouraged him to join his sighted brothers in as many activities as possible. They also helped him to sharpen his sense of hearing, the sense upon which the visually disabled are so dependent.。

广东省2020年专升本英语考试真题及答案全文共3篇示例，供读者参考篇1The 2020 Specialized Undergraduate English Exam is an important standardized test for candidates in Guangdong Province, China. This exam assesses the candidates' proficiency in English and is a requirement for admission to undergraduate programs in many universities. Below are the exam questions and answers for the 2020 Guangdong Specialized Undergraduate English Exam:Section A: Reading Comprehension1. Choose the correct answer:The New Silk Road Initiative _____ by the Chinese government to improve trade relations with other countries.A. was launchedB. is launchingC. will be launchedD. has been launchedAnswer: A. was launched2. Fill in the blanks:The Great Wall of China is one of the _____ wonders of the world, attracting millions of tourists each year.Answer: ancient3. True or False:According to the passage, the Forbidden City in Beijing is the largest ancient palace complex in the world.Answer: FalseSection B: Writing4. Write an essay (200-300 words) on the following topic:"In your opinion, what are the benefits of studying abroad? Provide examples to support your argument."Sample Answer:Studying abroad offers a multitude of benefits for students. Firstly, it allows students to immerse themselves in a different culture, learn a new language, and gain a broader perspective on global issues. For example, a student studying in Italy can learnabout the rich history and art of the country while also enjoying the local cuisine and customs.Furthermore, studying abroad can enhance a student's career prospects. Employers often value candidates with international experience and the ability to adapt to new environments. Additionally, studying abroad can help students develop crucial skills such as independence, problem-solving, and communication.In conclusion, studying abroad is a valuable experience that can enrich a student's personal and professional life in many ways.Section C: Listening Comprehension5. Fill in the blanks:Speaker 1: "______ did you travel to during your summer vacation?"Speaker 2: "I went to Thailand, it was an amazing trip."Answer: Where6. Multiple choice:What is the main topic of the conversation?A. Planning a weddingB. Discussing vacation destinationsC. Negotiating a business dealD. Debating climate changeAnswer: B. Discussing vacation destinationsThese are just a few examples of the types of questions that may appear on the Guangdong Specialized Undergraduate English Exam. Candidates should prepare thoroughly by practicing reading, writing, listening, and speaking in English to ensure success on the exam. Good luck to all the candidates taking the 2020 exam!篇2Below are the 2020 Guangdong Province Adult College Entrance Examination English Test Questions and Answers:Part I Reading Comprehension (50 points)Directions: There are 5 passages in this part. Read the passages and answer the questions following each passage. Passage 1In the past, reading was the main way to get information. Now people obtain information in many ways, such as listening to the radio, watching TV, or surfing the Internet. However, reading is still considered the best way to get the most information in depth.Reading a book allows you to think carefully and choose when to stop and think about what you've read. As a result, reading helps you develop critical thinking skills. You can learn to analyze information, make comparisons and draw conclusions. In addition, reading is also a good way to relax and escape from the pressures of everyday life.In the United States, reading is still a universally accepted way of spending leisure time. Libraries and bookstores can be found anywhere, and reading is considered a lifelong pursuit. While other forms of receiving information are certainly important, reading remains a fundamental and necessary skill in a society that values knowledge and education.Questions:1. According to the passage, what are some other ways of obtaining information besides reading?2. Why is reading considered an important skill in societies that value education?3. What are the benefits of reading books mentioned in the passage?Answers:1. Listening to the radio, watching TV, and surfing the Internet are other ways of obtaining information besides reading.2. Reading is considered an important skill in societies that value education because it allows people to develop critical thinking skills, analyze information, make comparisons, and draw conclusions.3. The benefits of reading books mentioned in the passage include developing critical thinking skills, analyzing information, making comparisons, drawing conclusions, and escaping from the pressures of everyday life.Passage 2Climate change is a significant concern in today's world. The Earth's climate is changing rapidly due to human activities such as burning fossil fuels, deforestation, and industrial processes.These activities release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, which trap heat and cause the planet to warm up.One of the most significant impacts of climate change is rising sea levels. As the Earth warms, ice caps and glaciers melt, leading to an increase in sea levels. This can result in coastal flooding, loss of habitat for plants and animals, and the displacement of people who live in low-lying areas.In addition to rising sea levels, climate change can also lead to extreme weather events such as hurricanes, droughts, and heatwaves. These events can have devastating effects on communities, causing damage to infrastructure, loss of crops, and loss of life.Questions:1. What are some human activities that contribute to climate change?2. What are some of the impacts of climate change mentioned in the passage?3. What can be done to mitigate the effects of climate change?Answers:1. Burning fossil fuels, deforestation, and industrial processes are human activities that contribute to climate change.2. The impacts of climate change mentioned in the passage include rising sea levels, coastal flooding, loss of habitat for plants and animals, displacement of people, and extreme weather events such as hurricanes, droughts, and heatwaves.3. To mitigate the effects of climate change, we can reduce our use of fossil fuels, plant trees to absorb carbon dioxide, and develop renewable sources of energy.Passage 3The importance of education in today's world cannot be overstated. Education is the key to success and can open doors to new opportunities and experiences. Whether it's learning a new skill, gaining knowledge in a particular subject, or obtaining a degree, education is essential for personal and professional growth.In addition to providing individuals with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed, education also plays a crucial role in society. Educated individuals are more likely to be engaged citizens, participate in the democratic process, and contribute to the economic development of their communities.Unfortunately, not everyone has access to quality education. In many parts of the world, education is a luxury that only a privileged few can afford. This inequality in access to education can have far-reaching consequences, perpetuating cycles of poverty, limiting opportunities for social mobility, and widening the gap between the rich and the poor.Questions:1. Why is education important in today's world?2. How does education play a role in society?3. What are some of the consequences of inequality in access to education mentioned in the passage?Answers:1. Education is important in today's world because it is the key to success, opens doors to new opportunities and experiences, and is essential for personal and professional growth.2. Education plays a role in society by providing individuals with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed, encouraging civic engagement, and contributing to economic development.3. The consequences of inequality in access to education mentioned in the passage include perpetuating cycles of poverty, limiting opportunities for social mobility, and widening the gap between the rich and the poor.Passage 4Over the past few decades, technology has transformed the way we live, work, and communicate. The Internet, smartphones, and social media have revolutionized the way we access information, connect with others, and conduct business.While technology has brought many benefits, it has also raised concerns about privacy, security, and the impact on our mental health. With the rise of social media platforms, there is a growing awareness of the dangers of online bullying,cyber-attacks, and the spread of misinformation.Despite these challenges, technology continues to play a vital role in our daily lives. It has enabled us to stay connected with family and friends, work remotely, and access a wealth of information at our fingertips. As technology continues to advance, it is essential that we use it responsibly and ethically to ensure the well-being of society as a whole.Questions:1. How has technology transformed the way we live, work, and communicate?2. What are some of the concerns raised about technology mentioned in the passage?3. What is the importance of using technology responsibly and ethically?Answers:1. Technology has transformed the way we live, work, and communicate by revolutionizing the way we access information, connect with others, and conduct business.2. The concerns raised about technology mentioned in the passage include privacy issues, security risks, online bullying, cyber-attacks, and the spread of misinformation.3. It is important to use technology responsibly and ethically to ensure the well-being of society as a whole and mitigate the negative impact of technology on privacy, security, and mental health.Passage 5The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the world, disrupting economies, healthcare systems, and daily life.The rapid spread of the virus has led to widespread lockdowns, travel restrictions, and social distancing measures to curb its transmission.While the pandemic has brought about challenges, it has also highlighted the resilience and solidarity of communities around the world. People have come together to support frontline healthcare workers, vulnerable populations, and those in need. The pandemic has shown the importance of global cooperation and solidarity in times of crisis.As we navigate the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is crucial that we work together to overcome this global crisis. By following public health guidelines, practicing social distancing, and supporting each other, we can help flatten the curve and prevent further spread of the virus.Questions:1. How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the world?2. What are some of the positive outcomes of the pandemic mentioned in the passage?3. What can individuals do to help overcome the global crisis of COVID-19?Answers:1. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the world by disrupting economies, healthcare systems, and daily life, leading to widespread lockdowns, travel restrictions, and social distancing measures.2. The positive outcomes of the pandemic mentioned in the passage include highlighting the resilience and solidarity of communities, fostering global cooperation and solidarity, and uniting people in support of frontline healthcare workers and vulnerable populations.3. Individuals can help overcome the global crisis of COVID-19 by following public health guidelines, practicing social distancing, and supporting each other to flatten the curve and prevent further spread of the virus.Part II Vocabulary and Structure (30 points)Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence.1. The boy asked his mother if he _____ have some ice cream after dinner.A. canB. wouldC. mightD. shouldAnswer: A2. The police have _____ the suspect in custody for questioning.A. tookB. bringC. takenD. broughtAnswer: C3. He _____ to be an expert in his field, but in reality, he knows very little.A. appearsB. seemsC. looksD. looks likeAnswer: APart III Cloze Test (20 points)Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the passage.The Internet has __1__ a vital role in our lives, providing us with __2__ access to information, communication, and entertainment. However, the rise of social media has __3__ concerns about privacy, security, and the spread of __4__. With the __5__ of online platforms, there is a growing awareness of the dangers of cyber-attacks, online bullying, and the __6__ of personal information. As we navigate the challenges of the digital age, it is essential that we use the Internet __7__ and ethically to ensure the well-being of society as a whole.1. A. playedB. takenC. hadD. providedAnswer: A2. A. freeB. freelyC. freedomAnswer: B3. A. raisedB. roseC. grownD. increased Answer: A4. A. informationB. newsC. knowledgeD. misinformation Answer: D5. A. developmentB. riseC. advanceD. growth Answer: CB. sharingC. spreadD. distributionAnswer: C7. A. responsiblyB. responseC. respondingD. responseAnswer: APart IV Writing (30 points)Directions: Write an essay of about 200 words on the following topic: The impact of technology on our daily lives.Answer:Technology has become an integral part of our daily lives, transforming the way we live, work, and communicate. The Internet, smartphones, and social media have revolutionized the way we access information, connect with others, and conductbusiness. However, technology has also raised concerns about privacy, security, and the impact on our mental health. With the rise of social media platforms, there is a growing awareness of the dangers of online bullying, cyber-attacks, and the spread of misinformation.Despite these challenges, technology continues to play a vital role in our daily lives, enabling us to stay connected with family and friends, work remotely, and access a wealth of information at our fingertips. It is important to use technology responsibly and ethically to ensure the well-being of society as a whole and mitigate the negative impact on privacy, security, and mental health. By embracing technology while being mindful of its potential risks, we can harness its power to enhance our daily lives and contribute to the advancement of society.篇3Title: Guangdong Province 2020 Adult College Entrance Examination English Question Paper and AnswersIntroductionThe Guangdong Province 2020 Adult College Entrance Examination English question paper was released recently, and many candidates have been eagerly awaiting the answers. In thisdocument, we will provide a detailed analysis of the question paper, along with the correct answers to help candidates gauge their performance.Reading Comprehension1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.(Paragraph 1) "The pandemic has had a profound impact on our daily lives, forcing us to adapt to a new way of living."(Paragraph 2) "Despite the challenges, there have been some positive outcomes. People have become more resilient and empathetic towards each other."Questions:1. How has the pandemic impacted our daily lives?2. What positive outcomes have emerged from the pandemic?Answers:1. The pandemic has forced us to adapt to a new way of living.2. People have become more resilient and empathetic towards each other.Vocabulary1. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words from the given options.1. The team demonstrated great _____ in overcoming the challenges they faced.a) persistence b) reluctance c) indifference d) hesitation2. The party was a huge success, thanks to the _____ efforts of the organizers.a) collaborative b) individual c) isolated d) solitaryAnswers:1. a) persistence2. a) collaborativeGrammar1. Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence.1. She _____ her homework before going to bed.a) finishes b) finish c) finished d) finishing2. They _____ to the beach if the weather is good.a) will go b) go c) goes d) goingAnswers:1. c) finished2. a) will goWriting1. Write an essay on the topic "The Importance of Education in the 21st Century" in 200-300 words.Answer:In the 21st century, education plays a crucial role in shaping the future of individuals and society as a whole. It equips us with the necessary knowledge and skills to thrive in a rapidly changing world. Education not only enhances our understanding of the world around us but also empowers us to make informed decisions and solve complex problems. Moreover, education fosters critical thinking, creativity, and innovation, which are essential in today's competitive landscape. In conclusion, education is the key to unlocking our full potential and building a brighter future for ourselves and the generations to come.ConclusionIn conclusion, the Guangdong Province 2020 Adult College Entrance Examination English question paper covered a wide range of topics, including reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, and writing. We hope that the answers provided in this document will help candidates evaluate their performance and prepare for future exams. Good luck to all candidates!。

考研真题：广东财经大学2021年[英语写作与翻译]考试真题一、Writing （100分）1、Summary Writing (1题，共40分)Directions: Read the following passage, and write a summary of about 300 words for it in your own words. Directly copying sentences from the passage will result in deduction of grades. Write down your summary on the Answer Sheet.Does Language Influence Culture？Lera BoroditskyDo the languages we speak shape the way we think? Do they merely express thoughts, or do the structures of languages shape the very thoughts we wish to express?Take “Humpty Dumpty sat on a ...” as an example. Even this snippet（片段）of a nursery rhyme reveals how much languages can differ from one another. In English, we have to mark the verb for tense; in this case, we say "sat” rather than "sit". In Indonesian you need not change the verb to mark tense.In Turkish, you would have to include in the verb how you acquired this information. For example, if you saw the chubby fellow on the wall with your own eyes, you'd use one form of the verb, but if you had simply read or heard about it, you'd use a different form.Do English, Indonesian and Turkish speakers end up attending to, understanding, and remembering their experiences differently simply because they speak different languages?These questions touch on all the major controversies in the study of mind, with important implications for politics, law and religion. Yet very little empirical work had been done on these questions until recently. The idea that language might shape thought was for a long time considered untestable at best and more often simplycrazy and wrong. Now, a flurry of new cognitive science research is showing that in fact, language does profoundly influence how we see the world.The question of whether languages shape the way we think goes back centuries. Charlemagne proclaimed that “to have a second language is to have a second soul”. But the idea went out of favor with scientists when Noam Chomsky's theories of language gained popularity in the 1960s and 1970s. Dr. Chomsky proposed that there is a universal grammar for all human languages — essentially, that languages don't really differ from one another in significant ways. And because languages don't differ from one another, it makes no sense to ask whether linguistic differences lead to differences in thinking.The search for linguistic universals yielded interesting data on languages, but after decades of work, not a single proposed universal has withstood scrutiny. Instead, as linguists probed deeper into the world's languages (7,000 or so, only a fraction of them analyzed), innumerable unpredictable differences emerged.Just because people talk differently doesn't necessarily mean they think differently. In the past decade cognitive scientists have begun to measure not just how people talk, but also how they think, asking whether our understanding of even such fundamental domains of experience as space, time and causality could be constructed by language.For example, in Pormpuraaw, a remote Aboriginal community in Australia, the indigenous languages don't use terms like “left” and “right”. Instead, everything is talked about in terms of absolute cardinal directions (north, south, east, and west), which means you say things like “There's an ant on your southwest leg.” To say hello in Pormpuraaw, one asks, “Where are you going?”, and an appropriate response might be, “A long way to the south-southwest. How about you?” If you don't know which way is which, you literally can't get past hello.About a third of the world's languages rely on absolute directions for space. As aresult of this constant linguistic training, speakers of such languages are remarkably good at staying oriented and keeping track of where they are, even in unfamiliar landscapes. They perform navigational feats scientists once thought were beyond human capabilities. This is a big difference, a fundamentally different way of conceptualizing space, trained by language.Differences in how people think about space don't end there. People rely on their spatial knowledge to build many other more complex or abstract representations including time, number, musical pitch, kinship relations, morality and emotions. So if Pormpuraawans think differently about space, do they also think differently about other things, like time?To find out, my colleague Alice Gaby and I traveled to Australia and gave Pormpuraawans sets of pictures that showed temporal progressions (for example, pictures of a man at different ages, or a crocodile growing, or a banana being eaten). Their job was to arrange the shuffled photos on the ground to show the correct temporal order. We tested each person in two separate sittings, each time facing in a different cardinal direction. When asked to do this, English speakers arrange time from left to right. Hebrew speakers do it from right to left (because Hebrew is written from right to left).Pormpuraawans, we found, arranged time from east to west. That is, seated facing south, time went left to right. When facing north, right to left. When facing east, toward the body, and so on. Of course, we never told any of our participants which direction they faced. The Pormpuraawans not only knew that already, but they also spontaneously used this spatial orientation to construct their representations of time. And many other ways to organize time exist in the world's languages. In Mandarin, the future can be below and the past above. In Aymara, spoken in South America, the future is behind and the past in front.In addition to space and time, languages also shape how we understand causality.For example, English likes to describe events in terms of agents doing things. English speakers tend to say things like “John broke the vase”even for accidents. Speakers of Spanish or Japanese would be more likely to say “the vase broke itself.”Such differences between languages have profound consequences for how their speakers understand events, construct notions of causality and agency, what they remember as eyewitnesses and how much they blame and punish others.In studies conducted by Caitlin Fausey at Stanford, speakers of English, Spanish and Japanese watched videos of two people popping balloons, breaking eggs and spilling drinks either intentionally or accidentally. Later everyone got a surprise memory test: For each event, can you remember who did it? She discovered a striking cross-linguistic difference in eyewitness memory. Spanish and Japanese speakers did not remember the agents of accidental events as well as did English speakers. Mind you, they remembered the agents of intentional events (for which their language would mention the agent) just fine. But for accidental events, when one wouldn't normally mention the agent in Spanish or Japanese, they didn't encode or remember the agent as well.In another study, English speakers watched the video of Janet Jackson's infamous “wardrobe malfunction” (a wonderful nonagentive coinage introduced into the English language by Justin Timberlake), accompanied by one of two written reports. The reports were identical except in the last sentence where one used the agentive phrase “ripped the costume” while the other said “the costume ripped.” Even though everyone watched the same video and witnessed the ripping with their own eyes, language mattered. Not only did people who read “ripped the costume” blame Justin Timberlake more, they also levied a whopping 53% more in fines.Beyond space, time and causality, patterns in language have been shown to shape many other domains of thought. Russian speakers, who make an extra distinction between light and dark blues in their language, are better able to visuallydiscriminate shades of blue. The Piraha, a tribe in the Amazonin Brazil, whose language eschews（避免使用）number words in favor of terms like few and many, are not able to keep track of exact quantities.Patterns in language offer a window on a culture’s dispositions and priorities. For example, English sentence structures focus on agents, and in our criminal-justice system, justice has been done when we’ve found the transgressor and punished him or her accordingly (rather than finding the victims and restituting appropriately, an alternative approach to justice). So does the language shape cultural values, or does the influence go the other way, or both?Languages, of course, are human creations, tools we invent and hone to suit our needs. Simply showing that speakers of different languages think differently doesn't tell us whether it is language that shapes thought or the other way around. To demonstrate the causal role of language, what is needed are studies that directly manipulate language and look for effects in cognition.One of the key advances in recent years has been the demonstration of precisely this causal link. It turns out that if you change how people talk, that changes how they think. If people learn another language, they inadvertently also learn a new way of looking at the world. When bilingual people switch from one language to another, they start thinking differently, too. And if you take away people's ability to use language in what should be a simple nonlinguistic task, their performance can change dramatically, sometimes making them look no smarter than rats or infants. (For example, in recent studies, MIT students were shown dots on a screen and asked to say how many there were. If they were allowed to count normally, they did great. If they simultaneously did a nonlinguistic task— like banging out rhythms—they still did great. But if they did verbal task when shown the dots repeating the words spoken in a news report—their counting fell apart. In other words, they needed their language skills to count.)All this new research shows us that the languages we speak not only reflect or express our thoughts, but also shape the very thoughts we wish to express. The structures that exist in our languages profoundly shape how we construct reality, and help make us as smart and sophisticated as we are.2、Essay Writing (1题，60分)Directions:Throughout the history people have dreamed of living in an ideal society. Although there are many philosophical and literary works centering on this topic, no unified standard about an ideal society has been agreed upon.What philosophical or literary works on ideal society do you know? What, in your opinion, are the most important elements for building an ideal society? How can such a lofty goal be achieved?Give reasons for your response and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.Write no less than 800 words on the Answer Sheet.二、Translation(50分)1、English-Chinese Translation (25分)Directions: Translate the following passage from English to Chinese. Write down your translation on the Answer Sheet.Surgeons retrieving organs for transplant just after a donor’s heart stops beating would no longer have to wait at least two minutes to be sure the heart doesn't spontaneously start beating again under new rules being considered by the group that coordinates organ allocation in the United States.The organization is also poised to eliminate what many consider a central bulwark（防护，壁垒）protecting patients in such already controversial cases: an explicit ban on even considering anyone for those donations before doctors and family members have independently decided to stop trying to save them.The proposed changes by the United Network for Organ Sharing, the Richmond nonprofit organization that coordinates organ donation under a contract with the federal government, are part of the first major overhaul of the 2007 guidelines governing “donation after cardiac death,” or DCD, which accounts for small but growing percentage of donations each year.Proponents say the changes strengthen the transplant system by aligning the rules with other regulatory bodies and better ensure that the wishes of donors and their loved ones are honored without sacrificing necessary protections.Critics, however, say the move heightens the risk that potential donors will be treated more like tissue banks than like sick people deserving every chance to live, or to die peacefully.DCD involves surgeons taking organs within minutes of respirators and other forms of life support have being cut off from hospitalized patients who still have at least some brain activity. DCD had been the norm for organ donors before neurological criteria-- "brain death"-- became the standard in the early 1970s. Since then, most donors have been brain-dead.But as the number of people transplants rose, doctors in the 1990s began reviving what was then called “non-beating heart” donation. DCD has become a growing source of organs as the gap between the number of patients waiting for transplants and the number of available organs has widened. About 6,000 Americans succumb each year while waiting for donated organs.2、Chinese-English Translation (25分)Directions: Translate the following passage from Chinese to English. Write down yourtranslation on the Answer Sheet.一只小鸟——偶记前天在庭树下看见的一件事冰心有一只小鸟,它的巢搭在最高的枝子上，它毛羽还未曾丰满,不能远飞；每日只在巢里啁着，和两只老鸟说着话儿，它们都觉得非常的快乐。

2023年广东财经大学《357英语翻译基础》考研真题Part I Translate the following words and phrases. (30题，每题1分，共30分) Section A English-Chinese Translation (15分)1.time draft2.force majeure3.WWF4.Level Access5.Falling Objects6.Position Closed7.a land of honey and milk8.industrial processparative jurisprudence10. asymmetric information11.C. I. F.12.debt equity13. Claims Procedure14.average cost pricing15.Licensed ProductsSection B Chinese-English Translation (15分)16.承包方17.破釜沉舟18.国家统计局19.新冠20.一带一路21.人类命运共同体22.新征程23.中国共产党第二十次全国代表大会24.中华民族伟大复兴25.脱贫攻坚26.购销合同27.延长报盘28.合作经营企业合同29.东方明珠塔30.国民议会大厦Part II Translate the following sentences. (10题，每题3分，共30分)Section A English-Chinese Translation (15分)1.When the history of the Nixon Administration is finally written, the chances arethat his Chinese policy will stand out as a model of common sense and good diplomacy.2.This modern and spacious hotel is designed to make the most of its advantageous position, in the hills above Sorrento overlooking the enchanting Bay of Naples.3.In order to enable you to apply for the necessary import licence, we are sending out Proforma Invoice No. 234 in triplicate. Please note that if there is any change in price or delivery, we shall keep you informed.4.Fowler had a sound feeling that idiom was the backbone of a language and he was all for the racy phrase; he was no slavish admirer of logic and was willing enough to give usage right of way through the exact demesnes of grammar.5.Interest in historical methods had arisen less through external challenge to the validity of history as an intellectual discipline and more from internal quarrels among historians themselves.Section B Chinese-English Translation (15分)6.本合同生效后，如有未尽事宜，须经双方友好协商同意后，以交换正式文件确认，该文件应视为本合同不可分割的一部分。

广东财经大学硕士研究生入学考试试卷考试年度：2020年考试科目代码及名称：804-英语写作与翻译(自命题)适用专业：050201 英语语言文学［友情提醒：请在考点提供的专用答题纸上答题，答在本卷或草稿纸上无效！］Part I Writing （100分）（1）Summary Writing (1题，共40分)Write a summary based on the following text. Your summary must be in a continuous paragraph and contain 120—150 words.The term “cyberspace”(网际空间) was coined by William Gibson, ascience-fiction writer. He first used it in a short story in 1982, and expanded on it a couple of years later in a novel, “Neuromancer”, whose main character, Henry Dorsett Case, is a troubled computer hacker and drug addict. In the book Mr Gibson describes cyberspace as “a consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators.”His literary creation turned out to be remarkably prescient. Cyberspace has become a popular term, symbolic of the computing devices, networks, wireless links and other infrastructure that bring the internet to billions of people around the world. The myriad connections forged by these technologies have brought tremendous benefits to everyone who uses the web to tap into humanity’s collective store of knowledge every day.But there is a darker side to this extraordinary invention. Data breaches are becoming ever bigger and more common. Last year over 800m records were lost, mainly through such attacks. Among the most prominent recent victims has been Target, whose chief executive, Gregg Steinhafel, stood down from his job in May, a few months after the giant American retailer revealed that online intruders had stolen millions of digital records about its customers, including credit- and debit-card details. Other well-known firms such as Adobe, a tech company, and eBay, an online marketplace, have also been hit. The potential damage, though, extends well beyond such commercial incursions. America’s president, Barack Obama, said in a White House press release earlier this year that cyber-threats “pose one of the gravest national-security dangers” the country is facing.Securing cyberspace is hard because the architecture of the internet was designed to promote connectivity, not security. Its founders focused on getting it to work and did not worry much about threats because the network was affiliated with America’smilitary. As hackers turned up, layers of security, from antivirus programs to firewalls, were added to try to keep them at bay. Gartner, a research firm, reckons that last year organizations around the globe spent $67 billion on information security.But the task is becoming harder. Cyber-security, which involves protecting both data and people, is facing multiple threats, notably cybercrime and online industrial espionage, both of which are growing rapidly. A recent estimate by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) puts the annual global cost of digital crime and intellectual-property theft at $445 billion—a sum roughly equivalent to the GDP of a smallish rich European country such as Austria.There is, therefore, an urgent need to provide incentives to improve cyber-security, be they carrots or sticks. One idea is to encourage internet-service providers, or the companies that manage internet connections, to shoulder more responsibility for identifying and helping to clean up computers infected with malicious software. Another is to find ways to ensure that software developers produce code with fewer flaws in it so that hackers have fewer security holes to exploit.An additional reason for getting tech companies to give a higher priority to security is that cyberspace is about to undergo another massive change. Over the next few years billions of new devices in our daily lives, from cars to household appliances and medical equipment, will be fitted with tiny computers that connect them to the web and make them more useful.（2）Essay Writing (1题，60分)There is a debate in the foreign studies circle over the disciplinary attribute of English major in recent years. Do you agree with those scholars who insist that English is merely a tool of communication, or do you agree with those who regard it more as a carrier of cultural values?Write an essay of 400—600 words on your opinion of English as a foreign language.Part II Translation(50分)（1）English-Chinese Translation (25分)The day passed, and the night following, and the next, and next; till, almost without their being aware, five days had slipped by in absolute seclusion, not a sight or sound of a human being disturbing their peacefulness, such as it was. The changes of the weather were their only events, the birds of the forest their only company. Bytacit consent they hardly once spoke of any incident of the past subsequent to their wedding-day. The gloomy intervening time seemed to sink into chaos, over which the present and prior times closed as if it never had been. Whenever he suggested that they should leave their shelter, and go forwards towards Southampton or London, she showed a strange unwillingness to move.“Why should we put an end to all that’s sweet and lovely!”she deprecated. “What must come will come.” And, looking through the gap of the curtains: “All is trouble outside there; inside here content.”He peeped out also. It was quite true; within was affection, union, error forgiven: outside was the inexorable.（2）Chinese-English Translation (25分)制度创新激发了亿万人的创造力，也改变了亿万人的命运。

2020广东专升本英语作文English:In 2020, I decided to pursue further education in Guangdong with the goal of obtaining a bachelor's degree. This decision was not made lightly, as it required a lot of thought and planning. I believe that further education is essential for my personal and professional growth, and getting a bachelor's degree will open up more opportunities for me in the future. Studying in Guangdong also offers a unique experience, as it allows me to immerse myself in a different culture and environment. I am excited to challenge myself academically and personally as I embark on this new chapter of my life.中文翻译:在2020年，我决定前往广东继续深造，以获取学士学位为目标。

这个决定并非轻率而为，需要进行深思熟虑和计划。

我相信进一步的教育对于我的个人和职业成长至关重要，而获得学士学位将为我未来打开更多机会。

在广东学习也提供了独特的经历，使我能够沉浸在不同的文化和环境中。

我很兴奋地迎接这个新人生篇章，在学业和个人方面挑战自己。

英语二考研2020年真题English 2 Post Graduate Entrance Examination 2020Introduction:The English 2 Post Graduate Entrance Examination is an important test for candidates seeking admission to graduate English programs. This article aims to analyze the 2020 exam from various perspectives, including the difficulty level, key areas of focus, and overall assessment of the exam.Exam Difficulty:The 2020 English 2 exam was widely regarded as challenging. The paper consisted of multiple sections, testing candidates' comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, and writing skills. The questions were designed to assess the candidates' proficiency in English and their ability to comprehend and analyze complex texts. The difficulty level of the exam ensured that only those candidates with a strong command of English were able to secure high scores.Key Areas of Focus:The English 2 exam primarily focused on testing the candidate's understanding and application of English grammar rules, vocabulary, and reading comprehension skills. Candidates were required to comprehend and analyze passages from various genres, including essays, articles, and academic papers. The exam also included questions that assessed the candidate's ability to identify and correct grammatical errors, as well as their knowledge of idiomatic expressions and collocations.Reading Comprehension:The reading comprehension section comprised several passages of varying length and complexity. Candidates were expected to read the passages carefully and answer accompanying questions. The questions aimed to test the candidate's ability to comprehend the main ideas, infer information, identify supporting details, and analyze the author's tone and purpose. The passages covered a wide range of topics, including literature, science, sociology, and history.Grammar and Vocabulary:This section tested the candidate's understanding of English grammar rules, their ability to identify and correct errors, and their knowledge of advanced vocabulary. The questions included identifying the correct form of the verb, choosing the appropriate prepositions, and selecting the synonyms or antonyms of given words. The grammar questions covered a wide range of topics, including tenses, phrasal verbs, conditionals, and sentence structure.Writing Skills:The writing section of the English 2 exam required candidates to write an essay on a given topic. The topics were thought-provoking and required candidates to express their thoughts clearly and coherently. Candidates were expected to present arguments, support them with relevant examples, and demonstrate their ability to organize information effectively. The essay section aimed to assess the candidate's critical thinking, analytical, and persuasive writing skills.Overall Assessment:The 2020 English 2 Post Graduate Entrance Examination was a comprehensive test of candidates' English proficiency and offered a fair assessment of their language skills. The exam tested candidates' reading comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, and writing skills. It challenged the candidates, thereby selecting only those with a strong command of the English language.Conclusion:The English 2 Post Graduate Entrance Examination of 2020 tested candidates' proficiency in English language skills. The exam's difficulty level, variety of question formats, and comprehensive assessment ensured that only the most skilled candidates were selected for admission to graduate English programs. It served as an accurate measure of the candidates' English language proficiency.。