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2012 Text 2（英语⼀）

A deal is a deal—except, apparently, when Entergy is involved.

协议就是协议——但显然的，Entergy公司就是个例外。

The company, a major energy supplier in New England , provoked

justified outrage in Vermont last week when it announced it was

reneging on a longstanding commitment to abide by the strict nuclear

regulations.

该公司是新英格兰地区的⼀家主要能源供应商。当它上星期宣布将违背“遵守严格的核 安全条例”这⼀⼀期许诺时，在佛蒙特州激起了愤怒，这种愤怒合乎情理。

Instead, the company has done precisely what it had long promised it would

not: challenge the constitutionality of Vermont's rules in the federal court, as

part of a desperate effort to keep its Vermont Yankee

nuclear power plant running.

然⼀，Entergy公司恰恰做出了它过去⼀直承诺不会做的事：在联邦法庭上质疑佛蒙特州核规则的合宪性。这是它为了使佛蒙特州扬基核电⼀继续运营⼀做出的拼死努⼀ 的⼀部分。

It's a stunning move.

这是⼀个惊⼀之举。

The conflict has been surfacing since 2002, when the corporation bought

Vermont's only nuclear power plant, an aging reactor in Vernon.

当2002年时，公司在弗农买下佛蒙特州仅有的核电⼀，⼀个⼀渐⼀化的反应堆，这场 争议便已浮出⼀⼀。 As a condition of receiving state approval for the sale, the company

agreed to seek permission from state regulators to operate past 2012.

作为政府允许买卖的条件，公司当时同意，2012年以后的运营许可证须向州⼀监管机 构申请。

In 2006, the state went a step further, requiring that any extension of the

plant's license be subject to Vermont legislature's approval.

在2006年，政府更进⼀步，该核电⼀的任何延期申请，都需该州⼀法机构的批准。

Then, too, the company went along.

当时，该公司也同意了。

Either Entergy never really intended to live by those commitments, or it simply

didn't foresee what would happen next.

或者是Entergy从未想过要遵守那些约定，或者是它没有预料到接下来所发⼀的事 情。

A string of accidents, including the partial collapse of a cooling tower

in 2007 and the discovery of an underground pipe system leakage, raised

serious questions about both Vermont Yankee's safety and Entergy's

management especially after the company made misleading statements

about the pipe.

⼀连串的事故，包括2007年冷却塔的局部塌陷、地下管道系统的泄漏，尤其在管道事 故错误性的陈述之后——⼀们对佛蒙特州扬基核电⼀的安全性以及Entergy公司的管理 产⼀了质疑。

Enraged by Entergy's behavior, the Vermont Senate voted 26 to 4 last year

against allowing an extension.

由于被Entergy的⼀为激怒了，去年，佛蒙特州参议院以26:4否决了它的延期申请。

Now the company is suddenly claiming that the 2002 agreement is invalid because of the 2006 legislation, and that only the federal

government has regulatory power over nuclear issues.

现在，该公司由于2006年法规突然声明2002的条约⼀效，但只有联邦政府才有对核问 题制定规章的权⼀。

The legal issues in the case are obscure: whereas the Supreme Court

has ruled that states do have some regulatory authority over nuclear power,

legal scholars say that Vermont case will offer a precedent- setting test of

how far those powers extend.

此案件中的法律问题还模糊不清：虽然最⼀法院判定州政府对地⼀核电⼀有管理权， 法学者认为佛蒙特州⼀案将为“州政府的权⼀究竟有多⼀”提供⼀个先例。

Certainly, there are valid concerns about the patchwork regulations that could

result if every state sets its own rules.

当然，假如各州都设⼀⼀⼀的法规，“补丁法规”的担忧也是合理的。

But had Entergy kept its word, that debate would be beside the point.

但如果Entergy遵守约定，这场争议便也就毫不相关了。

The company seems to have concluded that its reputation in Vermont is

already so damaged that it has noting left to lose by going to war with the

state.

这家公司看起来已经推断⼀⼀在佛蒙特州的荣誉尽毁，继⼀⼀⼀所有，所以坚持与政 府对抗。

But there should be consequences.

但是也需要承担后果。

Permission to run a nuclear plant is a public trust.

允许使⼀核能源是公众的信任。 Entergy runs 11 other reactors in the United States, including Pilgrim

Nuclear station in Plymouth .

Entergy在美国经营了包括普利茅斯的核圣地在内的11种其他的反应堆。

Pledging to run Pilgrim safely, the company has applied for federal permission

to keep it open for another 20 years.

为了安全地经营圣地的安全，公司向联邦许申请继续开放20年。

But as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reviews the company'

s application, it should keep it mind what promises from Entergy are worth.

但是，当核条约组织审核公司应⼀时，它应当注意Entergy所应允的是否值得。

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2012年考研英语（二）真题及答案

2012年考研英语（二）真题及答案

Section 1 Use of Eninglish Directions :

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2012年考研英语二真题总体分析

2012年考研英语二真题总体分析

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2012年考研英语二真题总体分析

2012年全国硕士研究生考研英语已经落幕，总体来讲，今年的试题特点维持了历年考察一贯的考察点，没有什么大的变化，难度跟前两年相比基本上是持平的。就各部分而言，第一部分完形填空可能比去年稍微简单一些，涉及的是一篇关于人物生平介绍的文章。阅读理解部分与去年相比难度有所增加，涉及到的是经济类的文章，专业性较强，阅读起来有一定的难度。第三部分段落翻译也稍微有些难度，涉及的也是一篇经济类的文章。写作部分，小作文相对去年来讲要难一些，今年考的是投诉信，大作文则是我们比较熟悉的图表题。总体而言，试题整体难度跟前两年是持平的。

第二部分：阅读理解A部分Text 1文章选自Los Angeles Times（洛杉矶时报）2011年7月1日，原文标题为：L.A. Unified's faulty approach to homework，文章讨论的是关于学生家庭作业方面的内容，是我们比较熟悉的话题。

Text2文章取自The Guardian/The Observer（卫报/观察者）2011年6月19日，原文标题为：The ghettoisation of pink: how it has cornered the little-girl market，本文讲述的是"粉色"这种颜色在市场经济环境下对儿童生活的影响。

Text3是一篇经济类的文章。文章取自The Economist（经济学家）2011年8月4日，原文标题为：Gene-uinely unclear，文章主要讨论的是关于基因获得研究专利等方面的内容，专业性较强。

Text4同样是一篇经济类的文章。文章节选自The Atlantic（大西洋杂志）2010年3月刊，原文标题为：How a New Jobless Era Will Transform America，文章主要讨论失业对一个人在其政治、文化乃至品性等方面的影响。

2012考研英语(一)翻译真题及答案

2012考研英语(一)翻译真题及答案

Part C

Directions:

Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments

into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (10

points)

Since the days of Aristotle, a search for universal principles has characterized

the scientific enterprise. In some ways, this quest for commonalities defines

science. Newton’s laws of motion and Darwinian evolution each bind a host of

different phenomena into a single explicatory frame work.

(46)In physics, one approach takes this impulse for unification to its extreme,

and seeks a theory of everything—a single generative equation for all we see.It is

becoming less clear, however, that such a theory would be a simplification, given

the dimensions and universes that it might entail, nonetheless, unification of sorts

2012考研英语真题—阅读—A4纸完美打印版

2012考研英语真题—阅读—A4纸完美打印版

2012考研英语真题阅读

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Text 1

Come on –Everybody’s doing it. That whispered message, half invitation and

half forcing, is what most of us think of when we hear the words peer pressure. It

usually leads to no good-drinking, drugs and casual sex. But in her new book Join the

Club, Tina Rosenberg contends that peer pressure can also be a positive force through

what she calls the social cure, in which organizations and officials use the power of

group dynamics to help individuals improve their lives and possibly the word.

Rosenberg, the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, offers a host of example of the social

cure in action: In South Carolina, a state-sponsored antismoking program called Rage

Against the Haze sets out to make cigarettes uncool. In South Africa, an HIV-prevention initiative known as LoveLife recruits young people to promote safe sex