辽宁大学621英语基础课2017到2011,2008到2006考研真题

辽宁大学英语语言文学考研经验说起考研很多人在自习室强迫自己从早坐到晚，其实不见得学进去了多少，其实学习的关键还是抓住技巧，要多交流，我刚开始复习的时候high研APP上的师哥师姐给了我很多的帮助。

第一门依然是政治，只能说今年政治我的大题拯救了我，也是比较幸运，背的大题基本都用到了。

但是选择题就呵呵哒了，也没有对答案，但是感觉很差。

所以政治真的要想拿高分，选择题还是要多刷几遍。

而我因为复习的有点晚，在大纲出来后才开始看政治，看得比较慢，看一章做一章的练习，政治新时器最后只有刷一遍的时间，只做一遍题目的话肯定基本就没啥印象，所以基础就没打好。

后来导致肖秀荣8套4套卷做的很差，一般选择只有20几分。

所以政治有时间还是要多看几遍。

当然选择题只刷肖秀荣8套4套是不够的，因为就考试来看肖秀荣老师压中的选择题基本很少，很多都是只压中了题目，我当时还做了考虫的押题4套卷包括大题很多都是背的考虫的押题，可以说压中的还是比较多的。

总结政治用到的资料：政治大纲、肖秀荣1000题、肖秀荣8套4套卷。

政治当时我是从红宝书面试后才开始看的，以前从未看过一点。

所以政治开始过早只会拖垮其他方面的复习。

等红宝书，向今年红宝书快10月份才出，不过依然不晚，前面无需买什么任一、精讲精练之类的书，纯属浪费钱。

对于肖的精讲精练我并不推荐，因为在我经过我无数次的对比我发现没人任何书可以取代大纲解析也就是红宝书，任一我扫过一眼，条例确实清晰，但很多内容都没能涉及，看红宝书是让你能全面了解知识，不一定要记住，我是前后看了快4遍，但是什么也没记住，不过会让你不会对每一道题感到陌生。

红宝书出版后要尽快用1个月时间看完一遍，认真看，不过也不必太纠结其中，该理解的理解了就可以。

期间用肖1000题来巩固，这时候看完一遍就到11月份了，每天都看政治但不必过多1到1.5个小时就够了，一个小时看40页红宝书，半个小时做第二遍肖1000，期间配合真题，虽然考试内容有很大调整，但是真题的价值远远高于任何资料，这是我的感受，哲学，是靠做真题理解了几乎课本上全部的知识点，毛邓三考真题也记住了大体重点内容。

2017年温州大学外国语学院621英语基础考研真题科目代码及名称：621 英语基础适用专业：英语语言文学Part One Blank-filling (20分)For each blank in the following passage you are requested to fill in only ONE word. Yale is building on faculty diversity and excellence through $50 million initiative Provost Ben Polak and Professor Richard Bribiescas, deputy provost for faculty development and diversity, have updated the faculty on Yale’s ongoing $50 million initiative to build on the excellence and diversity of the faculty (1) the university.The Provost’s Faculty Development Fund, which was announced last fall, provides up to half the salary for three years to support the appointment of faculty(2) enrich diversity or contribute on another dimension of strategic importance(3) Yale. In its inaugural year, the initiative committed resources to support 26 ladder faculty.“We have been impressed by the enthusiastic participation in the initiative across the schools and departments,” Polak and Bribiescas wrote in a Sept. 7 email to the faculty. “In the first year, every school that (4) a request for funding received support, including the Faculty of Arts & Sciences and the Schools of Divinity, Drama, Engineering & Applied Science, Forestry & Environmental Studies, Law, Medicine, Music, Nursing, and Public Health.”President Peter Salovey said, “I am delighted that the initiative is off to a good start — but there is more (5) to be done. We must recruit and retain the (6) faculty, and ensure that all of them feel welcome and valued.”A number of Yale’s deans said the initiative had contributed significantly to their (7) to recruit outstanding faculty to the University this year.“This initiative has allowed departments to think broadly and creatively about faculty excellence and has allowed us to (8) a number of spectacular scholars and teachers who might otherwise have been beyond our (9) to attract,” said Dean Tamar Gendler of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.“Yale’s initiative is important not only for recruiting, but also for developing our own faculty with a range of diverse characteristics and expertise,” said Dean Ann Kurth of the School of Nursing (YSN). “It has already been a helpful tool at YSN to grow our own diversity. Access (10) the matching funds played a critical role in (11) and has factored heavily into our faculty hire planning for the upcoming year. At YSN we believe strongly that a diverse, inclusive faculty is essential because (12) leads to a stronger, more productive culture at the school and ultimately, a healthier society.”Dean Greg Sterling of the School of Divinity said the initiative (13) his school to recruit new scholars aggressively.“We had an exceptionally deep pool of applicants, the best pool that I have experienced in 15 years (14) a dean at two institutions,”Sterling said. “The fact that we could apply for assistance and that we were confident that ProvostPolak and President Salovey were serious about the funding emboldened us. The results promise to be transformative (15) the Divinity School, and I am deeply grateful for the program.”Dean James Bundy of the School of Drama also credited the initiative for positively (16) the hiring of outstanding faculty at his school.“Yale School of Drama has recruited extraordinary practitioners who are field leaders and who make our faculty community (17) inclusive and representative of the wider world, “Bundy said. “Our successful searches were made possible with support from the Provost.”In addition to supporting appointments to the ladder faculty ranks at Yale, the development fund also supports Presidential Visiting Professors who, Polak and Bribiescas said, are distinguished scholars and practitioners (18) across the world who bring unique research, practice and teaching to Yale. There are 13 inaugural Presidential Visiting Fellows this year.“We must also expand and develop the pool of young scholars who will contribute to the excellence and diversity of future generations of faculty,” Polak and Bribiescas wrote, noting that the initiative also supports the Dean’s Emerging Scholars Program. That program, in collaboration (19) Dean Lynn Cooley of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, helps attract and graduate the best Ph.D. students who will enhance the diversity and excellence of the academy in the future. Fifteen incoming Ph.D. students were admitted as Dean’s Emerging Scholars fellows, and 10 Ph.D. students will be awarded Dean’s Emerging Scholars researchawards.The Provost’s Faculty Development Fund also provided resources to expand Yale’s post-baccalaureate programs that help promising students transition to graduate school and academic careers.Polak and Bribiescas said Yale must invest in current faculty by providing development opportunities and supporting an inclusive climate.The Office of the Provost is partnering with the Center for Teaching and Learning to offer teaching academies for new faculty, with an emphasis on inclusive teaching, and to (20) a Diversity & Education Series: Inclusive Pedagogy in Action.“We have expanded our workshops and resources on inclusive excellence and recognizing and avoiding implicit bias,”they stated. “They are offered university-wide for committees conducting faculty searches, dean searches, and tenure and promotion reviews.”A new website, , centralizes information and resources of particular interest to faculty, such as best practices in faculty searches.Part Two Reading Comprehension （共40分）Even When Hillary Wins, Media Props Trump Up: Do They Think No One Else IsWatching?I waited a day to assess how the debate was analyzed by news accounts and pundits(21), and while there was a huge plurality in favor of Hillary’s performancethere were still the same old attempts to build Donald Trump up and give him credit for retracting stuff he said when no such credit should be acknowledged (22).There’s no question, watching the aftermath on major cable networks such as CNN and MSNBC—and to a lesser extent on Fox News—Trump’s performance was overmatched by Hillary. However, to my mind there was an attempt by most to indicate Donald Trump’s first half hour was strong, even “great” according to liberal commentator Van Jones and extended to perhaps an hour by NBC’s David Gregory.While I will concede (23) the first several minutes—perhaps up to fifteen—showed Trump less onerous than he normally is, the way Jones put it made it appear he got the better of Hillary Clinton. She matched him throughout the debate, even in early moments, so to give him points for not being as awful as he was later on makes it seem Trump whipped (24) Hillary at first.This is important, because Jones stated he thought most people only watched the first twenty or thirty minutes, and with that sort of review he suggested that for them Trump beat Hillary, because they didn’t stick around for the part when most felt she destroyed him.I would like to see the numbers to which Jones and others referred, but even with channel switching after watching only a bit Hillary more than held her own. To Trump’s charge we have too many trade deals, Hillary reminded our population is only 5% of the world and we have to make trade appealing (25). She noted Trump got started with a $14 million loan from his very rich father, backed by articles inthe New York Times.His jabbing about the TPP was Hillary’s only weak moment, because she wouldn’t admit being for the TPP, saying she was hoping it was the gold standard, later realizing it wasn’t. To his charge she changed her position because of him, she should have retorted, “Donald, there’s nothing you’ve ever said that changed my position. If anything might have influenced me, besides studying the issue more closely, it was through the wise counsel of my good friend Bernie Sanders.”That was it. Otherwise, Hillary handled her email issue tersely (26) but effectively, not drawing out her response with an excuse. She simply said she made a mistake and wouldn’t do it again. Conversely, when pressed by (27) moderator Lester Holt innumerable times about the “birther” issue he continued to foment, Trump tried lamely (28) to deflect his impropriety by blaming Hillary for starting the smear, an unproven insinuation, as Hillary never publicly did so. Whereas Trump took credit for the president producing his birth certificate in 2011, but never answered why he continued inflaming doubts through January of this year.He dissembled (29) throughout, having few coherent responses, just trying to fill space and hogging airtime, which in my one major criticism of Lester Holt he should have forcefully halted. Trump interrupted Hillary continually, and when his minutes were up and asked for more time, he used up loads more than ten seconds Holt promised him, with Holt never threatening to cut off his microphone.Perhaps Hillary felt it better to let Donald go on and on, because he was。

2006年考研英语试题及答案Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A,B,Cor D on ANSWER SHEET1.(10points) The homeless make up a growing percentage of America’s population.__1__ homelessness has reached such proportions that local government can’t possibly _____2____. To help homeless people _____3___ independence, the federal government must support job training programs,_____4_____ the minimum wage, and fund more low-cost housing._____5____everyone agrees on the numbers of Americans who are homeless. Estimates ____6__ anywhere from 600,000 to 3 million. _____7__ the figure may vary, analysts do agree on another matter: that the number of the homeless is_____8____, one of the federal government’s studies _____9__ that the number of the homeless will reach nearly 19 million by the end of this decade. Finding ways to __10__ this growing homeless population has become increasingly difficult.___11__when homeless individuals manage to find a ___12__ that will give them three meals a day and a place to sleep at night, a good number still spend the bulk of each day__13__ the street, Part of the problem is that many homeless adults are addicted to alcohol or drugs. And a significant number of the homeless have serious mental disorders. Many others,____14____not addicted or mentally ill, simply lack the everyday __15__ skills need to turn their lives _____16__.Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are_17___programs that address the many needs of the homeless. _____18__ Edward Blotkowsk, director of community service at Bentley College in Massachusetts,___19__it. “There has to be _____20___of programs. What we need is a package deal.” 1.[A]Indeed [B]Likewise [C]Therefore [D]Furthermore 2.[A]stand [B]cope [C]approve [D]retain 3.[A]in [B]for [C]with [D]toward 4.[A]raise [B]add [C]take [D]keep 5.[A]generally [B]almost [C]hardly [D]not 6.[A]cover [B]change [C]range [D]differ 7.[A]Now that [B]Although [C]Provided [D]Except that 8.[A]inflating [B]expanding [C]increasing [D]extending 9.[A]predicts [B]displays [C]proves [D]discovers 10.[A]assist [B]track [C]sustain [D]dismiss 11.[A]Hence [B]But [C]Even [D]Only 12.[A]lodging [B]shelter [C]dwelling [D]house 13.[A]searching [B]strolling [C]crowding [D]wandering 14.[A]when [B]once [C]while [D]whereas 15.[A]life [B]existence [C]survival [D]maintenance 16.[A]around [B]over [C]on [D]up 17.[A]complex [B]comprehensive [C]complementary [D]compensating 18.[A]So [B]Since [C]As [D]Thus 19.[A]puts [B]interprets [C]assumes [D]makes 20.[A]supervision [B]manipulation [C]regulation [D]coordinationSection II Reading Comprehension Part A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B,C, or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 points) Text 1 In spite of “endless talk of difference,” American society is an amazing machine for homogenizing people. This is “the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse, and the casualness and absence of consumption “launched by the 19th –century department stores that offered ‘vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere. Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite.” these were stores “anyone could enter, regardless of class or background. This turned shopping into a public and democratic act.” The mass media, advertising and sports are other forces for homogenization. Immigrants are quickly fitting into this common culture, which may not be altogether elevating but is hardly poisonous. Writing for the National Immigration Forum, Gregory Rodriguez reports that today’s immigration is neither at unprecedented level nor resistant to assimilation. In 1998 immigrants were 9.8 percent of population; in 1900, 13.6 percent. In the 10 years prior to 1990, 3.1 immigrants arrived for every 1,000 residents; in the 10 years prior to 1890, 9.2 for every 1,000. Now, consider three indices of assimilation------language, home ownership and intermarriage. The 1990 Census revealed that “a majority of immigrants from each of the fifteen most common countries of origin spoke English “well” or “very well” after ten years of residence.” The children of immigrants tend to be bilingual and proficient in English. “By the third generation, the original language is lost in the majority of immigrant families.” Hence the description of America as a graveyard” for language. By 1996 foreign-born immigrants who had arrive before 1970 had a home ownership rate of 75.6 percent, higher than the 69.8 percent rate among native-born Americans. Foreign-born Asians and Hispanics “have higher rates of intermarriage than do U.S-born whites and blacks.” By the third generation, one third of Hispanic women are married to non-Hispanics, and 41 percent of Asian-American women are married to non-Asians. Rodriguez not that children in remote villages around world are fans of superstars like Amold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks, yet “some Americans fear that immigrant living within the United States remain somehow immune to the nation’s assimilative power.” Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething in America? Indeed. It is big enough to have a bit of everything. But particularly when viewed against America’s turbulent past, today’s social induces suggest a dark and deteriorating social environment. 21. The word “homogenizing” (Line 2, Paragraph 1) most probably meansA. identifyingB. associatingC. assimilatingD. monopolizing 22. According to the author, the department stores of the 19th century A.played a role in the spread of popular culture. B.became intimate shops for common consumers. C.satisfied the needs of a knowledgeable elite. D.owed its emergence to the culture of consumption. 23. The text suggests that immigrants now in the U.S. A.are resistant to homogenization. B.exert a great influence on American culture. C.are hardly a threat to the common culture. D.constitute the majority of the population. 24. Why are Amold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks mentioned in Paragraph 5? A. To prove their popularity around the world. B. To reveal the public’s fear of immigrants. C. To give examples of successful immigrants. D. To show the powerful influence of American culture. 25. In the author’s opinion, the absorption of immigrants into American society isA. rewardingB. successfulC. fruitlessD. harmful Text 2 Stratford-on-Avon, as we all know, has only one industry—William Shakespeare—but there are two distinctly separate and increasingly hostile branches. There is the Royal Shakespeare Company (ASC), which presents superb productions of the plays at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre on the Avon. And there are the townsfolk who largely live off the tourists who come, not to see the plays, but to look at Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Shakespeare’s birthplace and the other sights. The worthy residents of Stratford doubt that the theatre adds a penny to their revenue. They frankly dislike the RSC’s actors, them with their long hair and beards and sandals and noisiness. It’s all deliciously ironic when you consider that Shakespeare, who earns their living, was himself an actor (with a beard) and did his share of noise-making. The tourist streams are not entirely separate. The sightseers who come by bus- and often take in Warwick Castle and Blenheim Palace on the side—don’t usually see the plays, and some of them are even surprised to find a theatre in Stratford. However, the playgoers do manage a little sight-seeing along with their playgoing. It is the playgoers, the ESC contends, who bring in much of the town’s revenue because they spend the night (some of them four or five nights) pouring cash into the hotels and restaurants. The sightseers can take in everything and get out of town by nightfall. The townsfolk don’t see it this way and local council does not contribute directly to the subsidy of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Stratford cries poor traditionally. Nevertheless every hotel in town seems to be adding a new wing or cocktail lounge. Hilton is building its own hotel there, which you may be sure will be decorated with Hamlet Hamburger Bars, the Lear Lounge, the Banquo Banqueting Room, and so forth, and will be very expensive. Anyway, the townsfolk can’t understand why the Royal Shakespeare Company needs a subsidy. (The theatre has broken attendance records for three years in a row. Last year its 1,431 seats were 94 percent occupied all year long and this year they’ll do better.) The reason, of course, is that costs have rocketed and ticket prices have stayed low. It would be a shame to raise prices too much because it would drive away the young people who are Stratford’s most attractive clientele. They come entirely for the plays, not the sights. They all seem to look alike (though they come from all over)---lean, pointed, dedicated faces, wearing jeans and sandals, eating their buns and bedding down for the night on the flagstones outside the theatre to buy the 20 seats and 80 standing—room tickets held for the sleepers and sold to themwhen the box office opens at 10:30 a.m.Text 3 When prehistoric man arrived in new parts of the world, something strange happened to the large animals. They suddenly became extinct. Smaller species survived. The large, slow-growing animals were easy game, and were quickly hunted to extinction. Now something similar could be happening in the oceans. That the seas are being overfished has been known for years. What researchers such as Ransom Myers and Boris Worm have shown is just how fast things are changing. They have looked at half a century of data from fisheries around the world. Their methods do not attempt to estimate the actual biomass (the amount of living biological matter) of fish species in particular parts of the ocean, but rather changes in that biomass over time. According to their latest paper published in Nature, the biomass of large predators (animals that kill and eat other animals) in a new fishery is reduced on average by 80% within 15 years of the start of exploitation. In some long-fished areas, it has halved again since then. Dr Worm acknowledges that the figures are conservative. One reason for this is that fishing technology has improved. Today's vessels can find their prey using satellites and sonar, which were not available 50 years ago. That means a higher proportion of what is in the sea is being caught, so the real difference between present and past is likely to be worse than the one recorded by changes in catch sizes. In the early days, too, longlines would have been more saturated with fish. Some individuals would therefore not have been caught, since no baited hooks would have been available to trap them, leading to an underestimate of fish stocks in the past. Furthermore, in the early days of longline fishing, a lot of fish were lost to sharks after they had been hooked. That is no longer a problem, because there are fewer sharks around now. Dr Myers and Dr Worm argue that their work gives a correct baseline, which future management efforts must take into account. They believe the data support an idea current among marine biologists, that of the "shifting baseline". The notion is that people have failed to detect the massive changes which have happened in the ocean because they have been looking back only a relatively short time into the past. That matters because theory suggests that the maximum sustainable yield that can be cropped from a fishery comes when the biomass of a target species is about 50% of its original levels. Most fisheries are well below that, which is a bad way to do business. 31. The extinction of large prehistoric animals is noted to suggest that A. large animal were vulnerable to the changing environment. B. small species survived as large animals disappeared. C. large sea animals may face the same threat today. D. Slow-growing fish outlive fast-growing ones 32. We can infer from Dr Myers and Dr. Worm’s paper that A. the stock of large predators in some old fisheries has reduced by 90%. B. there are only half as many fisheries as there were 15 years ago. C. the catch sizes in new fisheries are only 20% of the original amount. D. the number of larger predators dropped faster in new fisheries than in the old. 33. By saying these figures are conservative (Line 1, paragraph 3), Dr Worm means that A. fishing technology has improved rapidly B. then catch-sizes are actually smaller then recorded C. the marine biomass has suffered a greater loss D. the data collected so far are out of date. 34. Dr Myers and other researchers hold that A. people should look for a baseline that can’t work for a longer time. B. fisheries should keep the yield below 50% of the biomass C. the ocean biomass should restored its original level. D. people should adjust the fishing baseline to changing situation 35. The author seems to be mainly concerned with most fisheries’ A.management efficiency B.biomass level C.catch-size limits D.technological application. Text 4 Many things make people think artists are weird and the weirdest may be this: artists' only job is to explore emotions, and yet they choose to focus on the ones that feel bad. This wasn't always so. The earliest forms of art, like painting and music, are those best suited for expressing joy. But somewhere in the 19th century, more artists began seeing happiness as insipid, phony or, worst of all, boring as we went from Wordsworth's daffodils to Baudelaire's flowers of evil. You could argue that art became more skeptical of happiness because modern times have seen such misery. But it's not as if earlier times didn't know perpetual war, disaster and the massacre of innocents. The reason, in fact, may be just the opposite: there is too much damn happiness in the world today. After all, what is the one modern form of expression almost completely dedicated to depicting happiness? Advertising. The rise of anti-happy art almost exactly tracks the emergence of mass media, and with it, a commercial culture in which happiness is not just an ideal but an ideology. People in earlier eras were surrounded by reminders of misery. They worked until exhausted, lived with few protections and died young. In the West, before mass communication and literacy, the most powerful mass medium was the church, which reminded worshippers that their souls were in peril and that they would someday be meat for worms. Given all this, they did not exactly need their art to be a bummer too. Today the messages your average Westerner is bombarded with are not religious but commercial, and forever happy. Fast-food eaters, news anchors, text messengers, all smiling, smiling. Our magazines feature beaming celebrities and happy families in perfect homes. And since these messages have an agenda--to lure us to open our wallets to make the very idea of happiness seem unreliable. "Celebrate!" commanded the ads for the arthritis drug Celebrex, before we found out it could increase the risk of heart attacks. What we forget--what our economy depends on is forgetting--is that happiness is more than pleasure without pain. The things that bring the greatest joy carry the greatest potential for loss and disappointment. Today, surrounded by promises of easy happiness, we need someone to tell us as religion once did, Memento mori: remember that you will die, that everything ends, and that happiness comes not in denying this but in living with it. It's a message even more bitter than a clove cigarette, yet, somehow, a breath of fresh air. 36.By citing the example of poets Wordsworth and Baudelaire, the author intends to show that A. Poetry is not as expressive of joy as painting or music. B. Art grow out of both positive and negative feeling. C. Poets today are less skeptical of happiness. D. Artist have changed their focus of interest. 37. The word “bummer” (Line 5. paragraph 5) most probably means somethingA. religiousB. unpleasantC. entertainingD. commercial 38.In the author’s opinion, advertising A.emerges in the wake of the anti-happy part. B.is a cause of disappointment for the general peer C.replace the church as a major source of information D.creates an illusion of happiness rather than happiness itself. 39.We can learn from the last paragraph that the author believes A.Happiness more often than not ends in sadness. B.The anti-happy art is distasteful by refreshing. C.Misery should be enjoyed rather than denied. D.The anti-happy art flourishes when economy booms 40.Which of the following is true of the text? A.Religion once functioned as a reminder of misery. B.Art provides a balance between expectation and reality. C.People feel disappointed at the realities of morality. D.mass media are inclined to cover disasters and deaths.Part B Directions: In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list A- G to fit into each of numbered blanks. There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the blanks. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) On the north bank of the Ohio River sits Evansville, Ind., home of David Williams, 52, and of a riverboat casino where gambling games are played. During several years of gambling in that casino, Williams, a state auditor earning $35,000 a year, lost approximately $175,000. He had never gambled before the casino sent him a coupon for $20 worth of gambling. He visited the casino, lost the $20 and left. On his second visit he lost $800. The casino issued to him, as a good customer, a Fun Card, which when used in the casino earns points for meals and drinks, and enables the casino to track the user's gambling activities. For Williams, these activities become what he calls electronic morphine. (41)______________. In 1997 he lost $21,000 to one slot machine in two days. In March 1997 he lost $72,186. He sometimes played two slot machines at a time, all night, until the boat locked at 5 a.m., then went back aboard when the casino opened at 9 a.m. Now he is suing the casino, charging that it should have refused his patronage because it knew he was addicted. It did know he had a problem. In March 1998, a friend of Williams's got him involuntarily confined to a treatment center for addictions, and wrote to inform the casino of Williams's gamblers. The casino included a photo of Williams among those of banned gamblers, and wrote to him a” cease admissions” letter notingthe medical/psychological nature of problem gambling behaviors, the letter said that before being readmitted to the patronizing the casino would pose no threat to his safety have to his safety or well-being. (42) ______________. The Wall Street Journal reports that the casino has 20 signs warning: “Enjoy the fun ... and always bet with your head, not over it”. Every entrance ticket lists a toll-free number for counseling from the Indiana Department of Mental Health. Nevertheless, Williams's suit charges that the casino, knowing he was “helplessly addicted to gambling”, intentionally worked to ”love” him to “engage in conduct against his will” well. (43) ______________. The fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) says “pathological gambling” involves persistent, recurring and uncontrollable pursuit less of money than of taking risks in quest of a windfall, (44) ______________.Pushed by science, or what claims to be science, society is reclassifying what once were considered character flaws or moral failings as personality disorders akin to physical disabilities. (45) ______________. Forty-four states have lotteries, 29 have casinos, and most of these states are to varying degrees dependent on --you might say --addicted to--revenues from wagering. And since the first Internet gambling site was created in 1995, competition for gamblers' dollars has become intense. The Oct. 28 issue of NEWSWEEK reported that 2 million gamblers patronize 1,800 virtual casinos every week. With $3.5 billion being lost on Internet wagers this year, gambling has passed pornography as the Web's most profitable business. (A). Although no such evidence was presented, the casino's marketing department continued to pepper him with mailings. And he entered the casino and used his Fun Card without being detected. (B). It is unclear what luring was required, given his compulsive behavior. And in what sense was his will operative? (C). By the time he had lost $5,000 he said to himself that if he could get back to even, he would quit. One night he won $5,500, but he did not quit. (D). Gambling has been a common feature of American life forever, but for a long time it was broadly considered a sin, or a social disease. Now it is a social policy: the most important and aggressive promoter of gambling in America is government. (E). David Williams’s suit should trouble this gambling nation. But don’t bet on it. (F). It is worrisome that society is medicalizing more and more behavioral problems, often defining as addictions what earlier, sterner generations explained as weakness of will. (G). The anonymous, lonely, undistracted nature of online gambling is especially conductive to compulsive behavior. But even if the government knew how to move against Internet gambling, what would be its grounds for doing so? Part C Directions: Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Our translation should be written neatly on ANSWER SHEET2. (10 points) Is it true that the American intellectual is rejected and considered of no account in his society?I am going to suggest that it is not true. Father Bruckbergen told part of the story when he observed that it is the intellectuals who have rejected Americans. But they have done more than that. They have grown dissatisfied with the role of intellectual. It is they, not Americans, who have become anti-intellectual. First, the object of our study pleads for definition. What is an intellectual? (46) I shall define him as an individual who has elected as his primary duty and pleasure in life the activity of thinking in Socratic(苏格拉底) way about moral problems .He explores such problem consciously, articulately, and frankly, first by asking factual questions, then by asking moral questions, finally by suggesting action which seems appropriate in the light of the factual and moral information which he has obtained. (47) His function is analogous to that of a judge, who must accept the obligation of revealing in as obvious a matter as possible the course of reasoning which led him to his decision. This definition excludes many individuals usually referred to as intellectuals --- the average scientist for one 48) I have excluded him because, while his accomplishments may contribute to the solution of moral problems, he has not been charged with the task of approaching any but the factual aspects of those problems. Like other human beings, he encounters moral issues even in everyday performance of his routine duties.--- he is not supposed to cook his experiments, manufacture evidence, or doctor his reports. (49) But his primary task is not to think about the moral code, which governs his activity, any more than a businessman is expected to dedicate his energies to an exploration of rules of conduct in business. During most of his walking life he will take his code for granted, as the businessman takes his ethics. The definition also excludes the majority of factors, despite the fact that teaching has traditionally been the method whereby many intellectuals earn their living (50) They may teach very well and more than earn their salaries, but most of them make little or no independent reflections on human problems which involve moral judgment .This description even fits the majority eminent scholars .“Being learned in some branch of human knowledge in one thing, living in public and industrious thoughts,” as Emerson would say ,“is something else.”Section III Writing Part A 51. Directions: You want to contribute to Project Hope by offering financial aid to a child in a remote area. Write a letter to the department concerned, asking them to help find a candidate. You should specify what kind of child you want to help and how you will carry out your plan. Write your letter with no less than 100 words. Write it on ANSWER SHEET 2. Do not sign your name at the end of the letter; use Li Ming instead. You do not need to write the address. (10 points) Part B 52. Directions: Study the following photos carefully and write an essay of 160~200 words in which you should 1.describe the photos briefly, 2.interpret the social phenomenon reflected by them, and 3.give your point of view. 有两幅图片，图1 把崇拜写在脸上图2 花300元做“小贝头” 注：Beckham 是英国足球明星 有两张照片，一张照片上有一位男士脸上写着足球明星的名字，另一张照片上有一个男子在理发，他要求理发师为他设计一个小贝克汉姆的发型。

2011年辽宁大学外国语学院357英语翻译基础考研真题及详解I. Translate the following phrases into English or Chinese. (2×20=40)1. the National People’s Congress【答案】全国人民代表大会2. Fortune Forum【答案】财富论坛3. public benefit advertisement【答案】公益广告4. GNP(gross national product)【答案】国民生产总值5. EU Integration【答案】欧盟一体化6. chronic fatigue syndrome【答案】慢性疲乏综合征7. labor mobility【答案】劳动力流动8. international practice【答案】国际惯例9. on-line settlement【答案】在线结算10. poverty relief【答案】扶贫11. 安居工程【答案】Comfortable Housing Project12. 双边关系【答案】bilateral relations13. 和平统一【答案】peaceful reunification14. 和谐社会【答案】harmonious society15. 国有企业【答案】state-owned enterprises16. 经济特区【答案】special economic zone17. 科技创新【答案】technical innovation18. 小康社会【答案】a moderately prosperous society19. 和平共处【答案】peaceful co-existence20. 团队精神【答案】team spiritII. Translate the following sentences into Chinese, (5×5=25)1. A shy, retiring man known to his own Columbia University students as a dulllecturer, he had the brilliance of mind that made him the teacher of his time, respected by presidents and philosophers alike.【答案】他是一个害羞，性情孤独的人。

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I. Mark the following statements with T if they are true or F if they false(20 points)1. The design features of human languages include only creativity and displacement.2. The bow-wow theory, the pooh-pooh theory and the “yo-he-ho” theory are well-established theory with adequate supportive evidences.3. Recreational function and metalingual function are the most important functions of language.4. Phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics are branches of linguistics.5. Macrolinguistics is of interdisciplinary nature.6. Articulatory phonetics, acoustic phonetics and auditory phonetics study speech sounds.7. Fictive is among the eleven places of articulation which are distinguished on the IPA chart.8. A physically definable unit, the common factor underlying a set of forms, and a grammatical unit are used to discuss the definition of “word”.9. Broadening, narrowing, meaning shift, class shift and semantic change contribute to change in sentence meaning.10. In Saussure’s view, language is a system of sings, each of which consists of two parts: SIGNIFIED (sound image) and SIGNIFER (concept).11. Syntax refers to the study of the rules governing the ways sounds are combined to form sentences in a language.12. There are generally three kinds of sense relations recognized－sameness relation, oppositeness relation and inclusiveness relation with the technical terms of synonymy, antonymy and hyponymy respectively.13. Pairs of words like buy-sell and lend-borrow belong to complementary antonymy.14. Cognitive psycholinguistics is concerned with making inferences about the content of the human mind.15. The theory of CONTEXT OF SITUATION can be summarized as follows: the relevant features of the participants, the relevant object and the effects of the verbal action.16. Austin claims that there are two types of sentences: performatives and constatives.17. The part of linguistics that studies the language of literature is termed literary stylistics.18. CAI aims at seeing educational problems on the part of the teacher, whereas CAL emphasizes the use of a computer in both teaching and learning in order to help the learner achieve educational objectives.19. Communicative Competence has two components: appropriateness and performance.20. An important contribution of the Prague School to linguistics is that it sees language in terms of FUCTION.II. Fill in each of the following blanks with an appropriate word with the hint of the initial letter (20points)1. A______ of language makes it potentially creative, and conventionality of language makes learning a language laborious. For learners of a foreign language , it is this feature of language that is more worth noticing than its arbitrariness.2. Speaking of the manners of articulation, p______ is complete closure of the articulators involved so that the airstream cannot escape through the mouth..3. V______ is made with the back of the tongue and the soft palate. An example in English is [k] as in “cat”.4. The principle of a______ creation can account for the co-existence of two forms, regular and irregular, in the conjugation of some English verbs.5. G______ is a type of control over the form of some words by other words in certain syntactic constructions.6. P______ logic is the study of the truth conditions for propositions: how the truth ofa composite proposition is determined by the truth of value of its constituent propositions and the connections between them.7. The principle of r______ is defined as every act of ostensive communication communicates the presumption of its own optimal relevance.8. Assonance describes s______ with a common vowel (cVc).9. The type of l______ constructed by second or foreign language learners who are still in the process of learning a language is often referred to as interlanguage.10. E______ is the grammatically incorrect form; mistake appears when the language is correct grammatically but improper in a communicational context.III. Mark the choice that best completes the statement (20points)1. The dog barks wow wow in English but wangwangwang in Chinese. This indicates the ______ relationship between the sound of a morpheme and its meaning.A. arbitraryB. dualC. creativeD. displaced2. The _______function of language is one of the most powerful uses of language because it is so crucial in changing the emotional status of an audience for or against someone or something.A. recreationalB. emotiveC. interpersonalD. performative3. ______ are produced by constricting or obstructing the vocal tract at some place to divert, impede, or completely shut off the flow of air in the oral cavity.A. V owelsB. Semi-vowelsC. ConsonantsD. Semi-consonants4. There are two possibilities of assimilation. If a following sound is influencing a preceding sound, we call it ____ assimilation.A. progressiveB. precedingC. precedingD. regressive5. The term ___ refers to those words that consist of more than one lexical morpheme, or the way to join two separation words to produce a single form.A. compoundB. derivationC. inventionD. blending6. ___ refers to a type of word-forming where a shorter word is derived by deleting an imagined affix from a longer form already in the language.A. BorrowingB. Back-formationC. AcronymD. Analogical creation7. ___, also known agreement, maybe defined as the requirement that the forms of two or more words in a syntactic relationship should agree with each other in terms of some categories.A. tenseB. aspectC. concordD. government8. The ___ construction is defined as a construction whose distribution is not functionally equivalent to any of its constituents, such as “on the shelf”.A. endocentricB. exocentricC. subordinateD. coordinate9. The theory of meaning which relates the meaning of a word to the thing it refers to, or stands for, is known as the ___ theory.A. integratedB. sense relationC. subordinateD. coordinate10. Ogden and Richards proposes a theory that the relation between a word and a thing it refers to is not direct, but it is mediated by ____.A. triangleB. conceptC. meaningD. referential11. ___ describes the additional ease with which a word is accessed due to its more frequent usage in the language.A. Cohort TheoryB. Frequency EffectC. Recency EffectD. Context Effect12. General context effect occurs when our ___ knowledge about the world influences language comprehension.A. generalB. specificC. discourseD. text13. Language may determine our thinking patterns. This is part of the ___.A. Sapir-Whorf HypothesesB. Cross-Cultural Communication theoryC. Context of situation theoryD. Ethnography of Communication theory14. ____ may be said to equivalent to speaker’s meaning, contextual meaning, or extra meaning.A. LocutionaryB. Perloculationary ActC. Illocutionary principleD. Performatives15. Which of the following are not the four categories of maxims introduced by Grice?A. quantityB. qualityC. relationD. obscurity16. Make your contribution necessary and say no more than you must. This is the ___ proposed by Horn.A. Q-principleB. R-principleC. Cooperative principleD. Q-based principle17. The person who tells the story may also be a character in the fictional world of the story, relating the story after the event. In this case, the critics call the narrator ___. A. third-person narrator B. I-narratorC. First narratorD. Indirect narrator18. ___ deals with the principles and practice of using a large body of machine-readable texts in language study.A. SociolinguisticsB. PsycholinguisticsC. PragmaticsD. Corpus linguistics19. Classified by different aims, there are four types of test. Which is not one of them?A. AptitudeB. Attitude testC. Proficiency testD. achievement test20. Chomsky believes that language is somewhat innate, and that children are born with what he calls a ___.DB.MTC. S→R R→SD. ESTⅣ. Match each in Column A with a term in Column B that best describes it (10 points)Ⅴ. Write out the scholar that is closely connected with the concept or theory (10 points)Ⅵ. Analyze two possible interpretations of the following ambiguous expressions by IC Analysis (10 points) Leave the boy at homeⅦ. Explain the following concepts or theories (20 points)1. Language and parole (4 points)2. Morpheme (4 points)3. Explain the three major strands of psycholinguistics research comprehension, production and acquisition (4 points)4. Stress (at word level) (4 points)5. Computational linguistics (4 points)Ⅷ. Essay questions (40 points)1. Illustrate arbitrariness of language with examples. (10 points)2. What is “compound”? Illustrate it with examples from English. (10 points)3. Illustrate Austin’s claim about the type of sentences “performtives”. (10 points)4. What are the contributions of sociolinguistics to language teaching? (10 points)。

招生专业：英语口译、英语笔译考试科目：汉语写作百科与百科知识试题种类：B卷考试时间：1月8日下午（请将答案写在答题纸上，写在试题纸上无效）第一部分百科知识（50分）请简要解释以下段落中划线部分的知识点。

1、唐代诗歌，盛极难继。

初唐时期，诗人中最著名的的当属“初唐四杰”，四杰的诗歌有的是五言、七言长篇，有的是五言律诗、五言绝句。

盛唐时期，有孟浩然和王维的山水田园诗，也有高适和岑参的边塞诗。

在盛唐、中唐时期，还出现了礼拜、杜甫、白居易的诗歌以及韩愈、柳宗元提倡的“古文运动”。

2、中国古代宗教信仰中，最为突出的是“三大崇拜”，它决定了中国古代宗教活动的形式。

封禅是古代宗教最隆重的形式，由帝王亲临。

在古人看来，中国大山以五岳为最，在五岳之中地位最高的山上祭拜，才算完成了天子就位的礼节。

在我国现有的宗教中，佛典佛偈等大量渗入社会生活，经过意义转化，成了一些人们常用的成语。

另外，在胜迹方面，还出现了佛家四大名山等佛教胜迹。

3、继猫王之后，60年代，又出现了一位摇滚歌手巨星：鲍勃·迪伦。

一时间，美国出现了许多的“摇滚歌手”。

“摇滚乐”伴随着民权运动、反战运动、嬉皮士运动的发展而发展，形成了美国文化生活中的一条独特风景线。

70年代中期，在美国又兴起了一种新型的舞蹈——迪斯科。

由于受到年轻人的青睐，旋即风行西方，传遍世界。

摇滚乐的摇与滚通过形体动作被表现的淋漓尽致。

4、苹果电脑风靡全球，其产品由台湾富士康公司在中国组装。

其中一款平板电脑，在美国的市场售价为499美元，生产成本259美元，对美国苹果公司而言，利润接近100%。

在259的成本里面，其中代工费是11.9美元，而富士康还要在这11.9美元里形成4美元的利润，剩下的7.9美元在整个499美元的售价里显然微乎其微，而且纵使如此，全国各地还在为争抢富士康公司在本地落户，为保证富士康的安全“着陆”，在土地方面给出这样那样的优惠条件。

土地租金很低、缺乏核心技术，是苹果产业链条中“中国制造”处于最低端的原因所在。

2006年考研英语真题（英一二通用）-高清版含答案Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET1.(10points)The homeless make up a growing percentage of America’s population. 1，homelessness has reached such proportions that local governments can’t possibly2.To help homeless people3independence,the federal government must support job training programs,4the minimum wage,and fund more low-cost housing.5everyone agrees on the number of Americans who are homeless.Estimates 6anywhere from600,000to3million.7the figure may vary,analysts do agree on another matter:that the number of the homeless is8.One of the federal government’s studies9that the number of the homeless will reach nearly19million by the end of this decade.Finding ways to10this growing homeless population has become increasingly difficult.11when homeless individuals manage to find a12that will give them three meals a day and a place to sleep at night,a good number still spend the bulk of each day13the street.Part of the problem is that many homeless adults are addicted to alcohol or drugs.And a significant number of the homeless have serious mental disorders.Many others,14not addicted or mentally ill,simply lack the everyday15skills needed to turn their lives16.Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are17programs that address the many needs of the homeless.18Edward Zlotkowski,director of community service at Bentley College in Massachusetts,19it,“There has to be20of programs.What’s needed is a package deal.”1.[A]Indeed[B]Likewise[C]Therefore[D]Furthermore2.[A]stand[B]cope[C]approve[D]retain3.[A]in[B]for[C]with[D]toward4.[A]raise[B]add[C]take[D]keep5.[A]Generally[B]Almost [C]Hardly 6.[A]cover[B]change [C]range 7.[A]Now that[B]Although [C]Provided 8.[A]inflating[B]expanding [C]increasing 9.[A]predicts[B]displays [C]proves 10.[A]assist[B]track [C]sustain 11.[A]Hence[B]But [C]Even 12.[A]lodging[B]shelter [C]dwelling 13.[A]searching[B]strolling [C]crowding 14.[A]when[B]once [C]while 15.[A]life[B]existence [C]survival 16.[A]around[B]over [C]on 17.[A]complex[B]comprehensive [C]complementary [D]compensating 18.[A]So[B]Since [C]As [D]Thus 19.[A]puts[B]interprets [C]assumes [D]makes 20.[A]supervision [B]manipulation [C]regulation [D]coordinationSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts.Answer the questions below each text by choosing A,B,C or D.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40points)[D]Not [D]differ [D]Except that [D]extending [D]discovers [D]dismiss [D]Only [D]house [D]wandering [D]whereas [D]maintenance [D]upText1In spite of“endless talk of difference,”American society is an amazing machine for homogenizing people.There is“the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse,and the casualness and absence of deference”characteristic of popular culture.People are absorbed into“a culture of consumption”launched by the 19th-century department stores that offered“vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere.Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite”these were stores“anyone could enter,regardless of class or background.This turned shopping into a public and democratic act.”The mass media,advertising and sports are other forces for homogenization.Immigrants are quickly fitting into this common culture,which may not be altogether elevating but is hardly poisonous.Writing for the National Immigration Forum,Gregory Rodriguez reports that today’s immigration is neither at unprecedented levels nor resistant to assimilation.In1998immigrants were9.8 percent of the population;in1900,13.6percent.In the10years prior to1990,3.1 immigrants arrived for every1,000residents;in the10years prior to1890,9.2for every1,000.Now,consider three indices of assimilation–language,home ownership and intermarriage.The1990Census revealed that“a majority of immigrants from each of the fifteen most common countries of origin spoke English‘well’or‘very well’after ten years of residence.”The children of immigrants tend to be bilingual and proficient in English.“By the third generation,the original language is lost in the majority of immigrant families.”Hence the description of America as a“graveyard”for languages.By1996 foreign-born immigrants who had arrived before1970had a home ownership rate of 75.6percent,higher than the69.8percent rate among native-born Americans.Foreign-born Asians and Hispanics“have higher rates of intermarriage than do U.S.-born whites and blacks.”By the third generation,one third of Hispanic women are married to non-Hispanics,and41percent of Asian-American women are married to non-Asians.Rodriguez notes that children in remote villages around the world are fans of superstars like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks,yet“some Americans fear that immigrants living within the United States remain somehow immune to the nation’s assimilative power.”Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething anger in America?Indeed.It is big enough to have a bit of everything.But particularly when viewed against America’s turbulent past,today’s social indices hardly suggest a dark and deteriorating social environment.21.The word“homogenizing”(Line2,Paragraph1)most probably means[A]identifying.[B]associating.[C]assimilating.[D]monopolizing.22.According to the author,the department stores of the19th century[A]played a role in the spread of popular culture.[B]became intimate shops for common consumers.[C]satisfied the needs of a knowledgeable elite.[D]owed its emergence to the culture of consumption.23.The text suggests that immigrants now in the U.S.[A]are resistant to homogenization.[B]exert a great influence on American culture.[C]are hardly a threat to the common culture.[D]constitute the majority of the population.24.Why are Arnold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks mentioned in Paragraph5?[A]To prove their popularity around the world.[B]To reveal the public’s fear of immigrants.[C]To give examples of successful immigrants.[D]To show the powerful influence of American culture.25.In the author’s opinion,the absorption of immigrants into American society is[A]rewarding.[B]successful.[C]fruitless.[D]harmful.Text 2Stratford-on-Avon,as we all know,has only one industry –William Shakespeare –but there are two distinctly separate and increasingly hostile branches.There is the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC),which presents superb productions of the plays at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre on the Avon.And there are the townsfolk who largely live off the tourists who come,not to see the plays,but to look at Anne Hathaway’s Cottage,Shakespeare’s birthplace and the other sights.It would be a shame to raise prices too much because it would drive away the young people who are Stratford’s most attractive clientele.They come entirely for the plays,not the sights.They all seem to look alike (though they come from all over)–lean,pointed,dedicated faces,wearing jeans and sandals,eating their buns and bedding down for the night on the flagstones outside the theatre to buy the 20seats and 80standing-room tickets held for the sleepers and sold to them when the box office opens at 10:30a.m.The worthy residents of Stratford doubt that the theater adds a penny to their revenue.They frankly dislike the RSC’s actors,them with their long hair and beards and sandals and noisiness.It’s all deliciously ironic when you consider that Shakespeare,who earns their living,was himself an actor (with a beard)and did his share of noise-making.The tourist streams are not entirely separate.The sightseers who come by bus –and often take in Warwick Castle and Blenheim Palace on the side –don’t usually see the plays,and some of them are even surprised to find a theatre in Stratford.However,the playgoers do manage a little sight-seeing along with their playgoing.It is the playgoers,the RSC contends,who bring in much of the town’s revenue because they spend the night (some of them four or five nights)pouring cash into the hotels and restaurants.The sightseers can take in everything and get out of town by nightfall.Anyway,the townsfolk can’t understand why the Royal Shakespeare Company needs a subsidy.(The theatre has broken attendance records for three years in a st year its 1,431seats were 94per cent occupied all year long and this year they’ll do better.)The reason,of course,is that costs have rocketed and ticket prices have stayed low.The townsfolk don’t see it this way and the local council does not contribute directly to the subsidy of the Royal Shakespeare Company.Stratford cries poor traditionally.Nevertheless every hotel in town seems to be adding a new wing or cocktail lounge.Hilton is building its own hotel there,which you may be sure will be decorated with Hamlet Hamburger Bars,the Lear Lounge,the Banquo Banqueting Room,and so forth,and will be very expensive.26.From the first two paragraphs,we learn that[A]the townsfolk deny the RSC’s contribution to the town’s revenue.[B]the actors of the RSC imitate Shakespeare on and off stage.[C]the two branches of the RSC are not on good terms.[D]the townsfolk earn little from tourism.27.It can be inferred from Paragraph3that[A]the sightseers cannot visit the Castle and the Palace separately.[B]the playgoers spend more money than the sightseers.[C]the sightseers do more shopping than the playgoers.[D]the playgoers go to no other places in town than the theater.28.By saying“Stratford cries poor traditionally”(Line2,Paragraph4),the authorimplies that[A]Stratford cannot afford the expansion projects.[B]Stratford has long been in financial difficulties.[C]the town is not really short of money.[D]the townsfolk used to be poorly paid.29.According to the townsfolk,the RSC deserves no subsidy because[A]ticket prices can be raised to cover the spending.[B]the company is financially ill-managed.[C]the behavior of the actors is not socially acceptable.[D]the theatre attendance is on the rise.30.From the text we can conclude that the author[A]is supportive of both sides.[B]favors the townsfolk’s view.[C]takes a detached attitude.[D]is sympathetic to the RSC.Text3When prehistoric man arrived in new parts of the world,something strange happened to the large animals:they suddenly became extinct.Smaller species survived.The large,slow-growing animals were easy game,and were quickly hunted to extinction.Now something similar could be happening in the oceans.That the seas are being overfished has been known for years.What researchers such as Ransom Myers and Boris Worm have shown is just how fast things are changing.They have looked at half a century of data from fisheries around the world. Their methods do not attempt to estimate the actual biomass(the amount of living biological matter)of fish species in particular parts of the ocean,but rather changes in that biomass over time.According to their latest paper published in Nature,the biomass of large predators(animals that kill and eat other animals)in a new fishery is reduced on average by80%within15years of the start of exploitation.In some long-fished areas,it has halved again since then.Dr.Worm acknowledges that these figures are conservative.One reason for this is that fishing technology has improved.Today’s vessels can find their prey using satellites and sonar,which were not available50years ago.That means a higher proportion of what is in the sea is being caught,so the real difference between present and past is likely to be worse than the one recorded by changes in catch sizes.In the early days,too,longlines would have been more saturated with fish.Some individuals would therefore not have been caught,since no baited hooks would have been available to trap them,leading to an underestimate of fish stocks in the past. Furthermore,in the early days of longline fishing,a lot of fish were lost to sharks after they had been hooked.That is no longer a problem,because there are fewer sharks around now.Dr.Myers and Dr.Worm argue that their work gives a correct baseline,which future management efforts must take into account.They believe the data support an idea current among marine biologists,that of the“shifting baseline”.The notion is that people have failed to detect the massive changes which have happened in the ocean because they have been looking back only a relatively short time into the past. That matters because theory suggests that the maximum sustainable yield that can be cropped from a fishery comes when the biomass of a target species is about50%of its original levels.Most fisheries are well below that,which is a bad way to do business.31.The extinction of large prehistoric animals is noted to suggest that[A]large animals were vulnerable to the changing environment.[B]small species survived as large animals disappeared.[C]large sea animals may face the same threat today.[D]slow-growing fish outlive fast-growing ones.32.We can infer from Dr.Myers and Dr.Worm’s paper that[A]the stock of large predators in some old fisheries has reduced by90%.[B]there are only half as many fisheries as there were15years ago.[C]the catch sizes in new fisheries are only20%of the original amount.[D]the number of large predators dropped faster in new fisheries than in the old.33.By saying“these figures are conservative”(Line1,Paragraph3),Dr.Wormmeans that[A]fishing technology has improved rapidly.[B]the catch-sizes are actually smaller than recorded.[C]the marine biomass has suffered a greater loss.[D]the data collected so far are out of date.34.Dr.Myers and other researchers hold that[A]people should look for a baseline that can work for a longer time.[B]fisheries should keep their yields below50%of the biomass.[C]the ocean biomass should be restored to its original level.[D]people should adjust the fishing baseline to the changing situation.35.The author seems to be mainly concerned with most fisheries’[A]management efficiency.[B]biomass level.[C]catch-size limits.[D]technological application.Text4Many things make people think artists are weird.But the weirdest may be this: artists’only job is to explore emotions,and yet they choose to focus on the ones that feel bad.This wasn’t always so.The earliest forms of art,like painting and music,are those best suited for expressing joy.But somewhere from the19th century onward, more artists began seeing happiness as meaningless,phony or,worst of all,boring,as we went from Wordsworth’s daffodils to Baudelaire’s flowers of evil.You could argue that art became more skeptical of happiness because modern times have seen so much misery.But it’s not as if earlier times didn’t know perpetual war,disaster and the massacre of innocents.The reason,in fact,may be just the opposite:there is too much damn happiness in the world today.After all,what is the one modern form of expression almost completely dedicated to depicting happiness?Advertising.The rise of anti-happy art almost exactly tracks the emergence of mass media,and with it,a commercial culture in which happiness is not just an ideal but an ideology.People in earlier eras were surrounded by reminders of misery.They worked until exhausted,lived with few protections and died young.In the West,before mass communication and literacy,the most powerful mass medium was the church,which reminded worshippers that their souls were in danger and that they would someday be meat for worms.Given all this,they did not exactly need their art to be a bummer too.Today the messages the average Westerner is surrounded with are not religious but commercial,and forever happy.Fast-food eaters,news anchors,text messengers, all smiling,smiling,smiling.Our magazines feature beaming celebrities and happy families in perfect homes.And since these messages have an agenda–to lure us to open our wallets–they make the very idea of happiness seem unreliable.“Celebrate!”commanded the ads for the arthritis drug Celebrex,before we found out it could increase the risk of heart attacks.But what we forget–what our economy depends on us forgetting–is that happiness is more than pleasure without pain.The things that bring the greatest joy carry the greatest potential for loss and disappointment.Today,surrounded by promises of easy happiness,we need art to tell us,as religion once did,Memento mori: remember that you will die,that everything ends,and that happiness comes not in denying this but in living with it.It’s a message even more bitter than a clove cigarette,yet,somehow,a breath of fresh air.36.By citing the examples of poets Wordsworth and Baudelaire,the author intendsto show that[A]poetry is not as expressive of joy as painting or music.[B]art grows out of both positive and negative feelings.[C]poets today are less skeptical of happiness.[D]artists have changed their focus of interest.37.The word“bummer”(Line5,Paragraph5)most probably means something[A]religious.[B]unpleasant.[C]entertaining.[D]commercial.38.In the author’s opinion,advertising[A]emerges in the wake of the anti-happy art.[B]is a cause of disappointment for the general public.[C]replaces the church as a major source of information.[D]creates an illusion of happiness rather than happiness itself.39.We can learn from the last paragraph that the author believes[A]happiness more often than not ends in sadness.[B]the anti-happy art is distasteful but refreshing.[C]misery should be enjoyed rather than denied.[D]the anti-happy art flourishes when economy booms.40.Which of the following is true of the text?[A]Religion once functioned as a reminder of misery.[B]Art provides a balance between expectation and reality.[C]People feel disappointed at the realities of modern society.[D]Mass media are inclined to cover disasters and deaths.Part BDirections:In the following article,some sentences have been removed.For Questions41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of numbered gaps. There are two extra choices,which you do not need to use.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET1.(10points)On the north bank of the Ohio river sits Evansville,Ind.,home of David Williams,52,and of a riverboat casino(a place where gambling games are played). During several years of gambling in that casino,Williams,a state auditor earning $35,000a year,lost approximately$175,000.He had never gambled before the casino sent him a coupon for$20worth of gambling.He visited the casino,lost the$20and left.On his second visit he lost$800.The casino issued to him,as a good customer,a“Fun Card,”which when used in the casino earns points for meals and drinks,and enables the casino to track the user’s gambling activities.For Williams,those activities became what he calls“electronic heroin.”(41)_______________________________In1997he lost$21,000to one slot machine in two days.In March1997he lost$72,186.He sometimes played two slot machines at a time,all night,until the boat docked at5a.m.,then went back aboard when the casino opened at9a.m.Now he is suing the casino,charging that it should have refused his patronage because it knew he was addicted.It did know he had a problem.In March1998,a friend of Williams’s got him involuntarily confined to a treatment center for addictions,and wrote to inform the casino of Williams’s gambling problem.The casino included a photo of Williams among those of banned gamblers,and wrote to him a“cease admissions”letter.Noting the “medical/psychological”nature of problem gambling behavior,the letter said that before being readmitted to the casino he would have to present medical/psychological information demonstrating that patronizing the casino would pose no threat to his safety or well-being.(42)_______________________________The Wall Street Journal reports that the casino has24signs warning:“Enjoy the fun...and always bet with your head,not over it.”Every entrance ticket lists a toll-free number for counseling from the Indiana Department of Mental Health.Nevertheless, Williams’s suit charges that the casino,knowing he was“helplessly addicted to gambling,”intentionally worked to“lure”him to“engage in conduct against his will.”Well.(43)_______________________________The fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorderssays “pathological gambling”involves persistent,recurring and uncontrollable pursuit less of money than of the thrill of taking risks in quest of a windfall.(44)_______________________________Pushed by science,or what claims tobe science,society is reclassifying what once were considered character flaws or moral failings as personality disorders akin to physical disabilities.continued to pepper him with mailings.And he entered the casino and used his Fun Card without being detected.[B]It is unclear what luring was required,given his compulsive behavior.And in what sense was his will operative?[C]By the time he had lost $5,000he said to himself that if he could get back to even,he would quit.One night he won $5,500,but he did not quit.[D]Gambling has been a common feature of American life forever,but for a long time it was broadly considered a sin,or a social disease.Now it is a social policy:the most important and aggressive promoter of gambling in America is the government.[E]David Williams’s suit should trouble this gambling nation.But don’t bet on it.[F]It is worrisome that society is medicalizing more and more behavioral problems,often defining as addictions what earlier,sterner generations explained as weakness of will.[G]The anonymous,lonely,undistracted nature of online gambling is especially conducive to compulsive behavior.But even if the government knew how to move against Internet gambling,what would be its grounds for doing so?(45)_______________________________Forty-four states have lotteries,29have casinos,and most of these states are tovarying degrees dependent on –you might say addicted to –revenues from wagering.And since the first Internet gambling site was created in 1995,competition for gamblers’dollars has become intense.The Oct.28issue of Newsweek reported that 2million gamblers patronize 1,800virtual casinos every week .With $3.5billion being lost on Internet wagers this year,gambling has passed pornography as the Web’s most profitable business.[A]Although no such evidence was presented,the casino’s marketing departmentPart CDirections:Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese,Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET2.(10 points)Is it true that the American intellectual is rejected and considered of no account in his society?I am going to suggest that it is not true.Father Bruckberger told part of the story when he observed that it is the intellectuals who have rejected America.But they have done more than that.They have grown dissatisfied with the role of the intellectual.It is they,not America,who have become anti-intellectual.First,the object of our study pleads for definition.What is an intellectual?(46)I shall define him as an individual who has elected as his primary duty and pleasure in life the activity of thinking in a Socratic(苏格拉底)way about moral problems.He explores such problems consciously,articulately,and frankly,first by asking factual questions,then by asking moral questions,finally by suggesting action which seems appropriate in the light of the factual and moral information which he has obtained.(47)His function is analogous to that of a judge,who must accept the obligation of revealing in as obvious a manner as possible the course of reasoning which led him to his decision.This definition excludes many individuals usually referred to as intellectuals–the average scientist,for one.(48)I have excluded him because,while his accomplishments may contribute to the solution of moral problems,he has not been charged with the task of approaching any but the factual aspects of those problems.Like other human beings,he encounters moral issues even in the everyday performance of his routine duties–he is not supposed to cook his experiments, manufacture evidence,or doctor his reports.(49)But his primary task is not to think about the moral code which governs his activity,any more than a businessman is expected to dedicate his energies to an exploration of rules of conduct in business.During most of his waking life he will take his code for granted,as the businessman takes his ethics.The definition also excludes the majority of teachers,despite the fact that teaching has traditionally been the method whereby many intellectuals earn their living.(50)They may teach very well,and more than earn their salaries,but most of them make little or no independent reflections on human problems which involve moral judgment.This description even fits the majority of eminent scholars.Being learned in some branch of human knowledge is one thing；living in“public and illustrious thoughts,”as Emerson would say,is something else.Section III WritingPart A51.Directions:You want to contribute to Project Hope by offering financial aid to a child in a remote area.Write a letter to the department concerned,asking them to help find a candidate.You should specify what kind of child you want to help and how you will carry out your plan.Write your letter in no less than100words.Write it neatly on ANSWER SHEET2.Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter;use“Li Ming”instead.Do not write the address.(10points)Part B52.Directions:Study the following photos carefully and write an essay in which you should1)describe the photos briefly,2)interpret the social phenomenon reflected by them,and3)give your point of view.You should write160-200words neatly on ANSWER SHEET2.(20points)注：Beckham（贝克汉姆）——英国足球明星。

辽宁大学2021年全国硕士研究生招生考试初试自命题科目考试大纲科目代码：621
科目名称：英语基础课
满分：150 分
一、考试目的
英语基础课考试作为英语语言文学和外国语言学及应用语言学专业招生考试的基础科目，其目的是考察考生是否具备文学及语言学研究生学习所要求的英语水平。

二、考试性质与范围
本科目考试是一种测试应试者单项和综合语言能力的考试。

考试范围包括英语语言文学和外国语言学及应用语言学专业考生入学应具备的英语词汇量、语法知识以及英语阅读、写作、翻译等方面的技能。

三、考试基本要求
1.具有良好的英语基本功，认知词汇量在10000以上，掌握8000个以上的积极词汇，即能正确而熟练地运用词汇及其常用搭配。

2.能熟练掌握正确的英语语法、结构、修辞、翻译等语言规范知识。

3.考生熟练掌握英语专业高年级英语课的内容。

4.具有较强的阅读理解能力：能读懂常见外刊上的专题报、历史传记及文学作品等各种文体的文章；既能理解其主旨和大意，又能分辨出其中的事实与细节，并能理解其中的观点和隐含意义；能根据阅读时间要求调整自己的阅读速度。

5.具有较强的英语写作能力：考生能根据所给题目及要求撰写一
篇300词左右的议论文或说明文。

该作文要求语言通顺、用词得当、结构合理、问题恰当。

6. 考生能准确理解、熟练翻译英语专业高年级英语程度的文章。

7. 考生能准确理解、熟练翻译一段100字左右的散文、小说、传记等题材的文章。

四、考试形式
本科目考试采取客观试题与主观试题相结合，单项技能测试与综合技能测试相结合，侧重主观答题方式的方法。

1980-2013年历年考研英语真题集含答案（word版）目录2013年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题- 2 -Section Ⅰ Use of English - 2 -Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension - 3 -Part A - 3 -Part B - 8 -Section III Writing - 11 -Party A - 11 -Part B - 11 -2013年考研英语真题答案- 12 -Part A - 12 -Part B: (20 points) - 13 -2012年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题- 13 -Section I Use of English - 13 -Section II Reading Comprehension - 15 -Part A - 15 -Part B - 21 -Section III Writing - 23 -Part A - 23 -Part B - 24 -2012考研英语真题答案 - 24 -2011年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题- 35 -Section I Use of English - 35 -Section II Reading Comprehension - 35 -Part A - 36 -Part B - 40 -Part C - 41 -Section Ⅲ Writing - 42 -Part A - 42 -Part B - 42 -2011年考研英语真题答案- 42 -2010年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题49Section I Use of English 49Section II Reading Comprehension 51Part A 51Part B 59Part C 61Section ⅢWriting 62Part A 62Part B 622010年考研英语真题答案632009年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题65 Section I Use of English 65Section II Reading Comprehension 67Part A 67Part B 73Part C 75Section ⅢWriting 75Part A 75Part B 752009年考研英语真题答案752008年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题75 Section I Use of English 75Section II Reading Comprehension 75Part A 75Part B 75Part C 77Section III Writing 78Part A 78Part B 782008年考研英语真题答案802007年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题82 Section I Use of English 82Section II Reading Comprehension 85Part A 85Part B 92Part C 94Section III Writing 95Part A 95Part B 952007年考研英语真题答案962006年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题98 Section I Use of English 98Section II Reading Comprehension 101Part A 101Part B 102Part C 102Section III Writing 102Part A 102Part B 1022006年考研英语真题答案1022005年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题102 Section I Use of English 102Section II Reading Comprehension 103Part A 103Part B 110Part C 112Section III Writing 113Part A 113Part B 1132005年考研英语真题答案1152004年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题117 Section I Listening Comprehension 117Part A 117Part B 117Part C 118Section II Use of English 120Section III Reading Comprehension 124 Part A 124Part B 130Section IV Writing 1322004年考研英语真题答案1332003年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题135 Section I Listening Comprehension 135Part A 135Part B 135Part C 136Section II Use of English 138Section III Reading Comprehension 142 Part A 142Part B 149Section IV Writing 1492003年考研英语真题答案1512002年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题153 Section I Listening Comprehension 153Part A 153Part B 154Part C 154Section II Use of English 157Section III Reading Comprehension 161 Part A 161Part B 168Section IV Writing 1682002年考研英语真题答案1702001年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题172 Section I Structure and Vocabulary 172Part A 172Part B 174Section II Cloze Test 178Section III Reading Comprehension 182 Section IV English-Chinese Translation 189 Section V Writing 1902001年考研英语真题答案1922000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题194 Section I Structure and Vocabulary 194Part A 194Part B 196Part C 197Section II Cloze Test 202Section III Reading Comprehension 203 Section IV English-Chinese Translation 211 Section V Writing 2122000年考研英语真题答案2131999年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题215 Section I Structure and Vocabulary 215Part A 215Part B 217Part C 218Section II Cloze Test 222Section III Reading Comprehension 224 Section IV English-Chinese Translation 232 Section V Writing 2321999年考研英语真题答案2341998年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题236 Section I Structure and Vocabulary 236Part A 236Part B 238Part C 239Section II Cloze Test 243Section III Reading Comprehension 245Section IV English-Chinese Translation 253 Section V Writing 2541998年考研英语真题答案2561997年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题258 Section I Structure and Vocabulary 258Part A 258Part B 260Part C 261Section II Cloze Test 265Section III Reading Comprehension 267 Section IV English-Chinese Translation 274 Section V Writing 2751997年考研英语真题答案2771996年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题279 Section I Structure and Vocabulary 279Part A 279Part B 281Part C 282Section II Cloze Test 286Section III Reading Comprehension 288 Section IV English-Chinese Translation 295 Section V Writing 2961996年考研英语真题答案2971995年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题299 Section I Structure and Vocabulary 299Part A 299Part B 301Part C 302Section II Cloze Test 306Section III Reading Comprehension 308 Section IV English-Chinese Translation 315 Section V Writing 3161995年考研英语真题答案3171994年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题319 Section I Structure and Vocabulary 319Part A 319Part B 321Part C 322Section II Cloze Test 326Section III Reading Comprehension 328 Section IV English-Chinese Translation 335Section V Writing 3351994年考研英语真题答案3371993年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题339 Section I Structure and Vocabulary 339 Section II Reading Comprehension 344 Section III Cloze Test 349Section IV Error-detection and Correction 352 Section V English-Chinese Translation 354 Section VI Writing 3541993年考研英语真题答案3561992年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题358 Section I Structure and Vocabulary 358 Section II Reading Comprehension 363 Section III Cloze Test 368Section IV Error-detection and Correction 370 Section V English-Chinese Translation 372 Section VI Writing 3731992年考研英语真题答案3741991年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题376 Section I Structure and Vocabulary 376 Section II Reading Comprehension 381 Section III Cloze Test 386Section IV Error-detection and Correction 389 Section V English-Chinese Translation 390 Section VI Writing 3911991年考研英语真题答案3921990年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题394 Section I Structure and Vocabulary 394 Section II Reading Comprehension 396 Section III Cloze Test 400Section IV Error-detection and Correction 402 Section V Verb Forms 404Section VI Chinese-English Translation 404 Section VII English-Chinese Translation 405 1990年考研英语真题答案4071989年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题409 Section I Structure and Vocabulary 409 Section II Reading Comprehension 411 Section III Cloze Test 416Section IV Error-detection and Correction 418 Section V Verb Forms 419Section VI Chinese-English Translation 420 Section VII English-Chinese Translation 420 1989年考研英语真题答案4221988年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题424 Section I Structure and Vocabulary 424 Section II Reading Comprehension 426 Section III Cloze Test 431Section IV Error-detection and Correction 433 Section V Verb Forms 434Section VI Chinese-English Translation 435 Section VII English-Chinese Translation 435 1988年考研英语真题答案4371987年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题439 Section I Structure and Vocabulary 439 Section II Reading Comprehension 441 Section III Structure and Vocabulary 445 Section IV Cloze Test 447Section V Verb Forms 449Section VI Error-detection and Correction 450 Section VII Chinese-English Translation 452 Section VIII English-Chinese Translation 452 1987年考研英语真题答案4541986年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题456 Section I Structure and Vocabulary 456 Section II Cloze Test 458Section III Reading Comprehension 460 Section IV Structure and Vocabulary 463 Section V Error-detection and Correction 465 Section VI Verb Forms 467Section VII Chinese-English Translation 467 Section VIII English-Chinese Translation 468 1986年考研英语真题答案4691985年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题471 Section I Structure and Vocabulary 471 Section II Cloze Test 473Section III Reading Comprehension 476 Section IV Structure and Vocabulary 477 Section V Error-detection and Correction 479 Section VI Verb Forms 480Section VII Chinese-English Translation 481 Section VIII English-Chinese Translation 4821985年考研英语真题答案4841984年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题487 Section I Structure and Vocabulary 487 Section II Cloze Test 492Section III Reading Comprehension 494 Section IV Structure and Vocabulary 495 Section V Error-detection and Correction 497 Section VI Verb Forms 499Section VII Chinese-English Translation 500 Section VIII English-Chinese Translation 500 1984年考研英语真题答案5021983年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题505 Section I Structure and Vocabulary 505 Section II Verb Forms 507Section III Error-detection 507Section IV Cloze Test 508Section V Reading Comprehension 511 Section VI Structure and Vocabulary 512 Section VII Chinese-English Translation 514 Section VIII English-Chinese Translation 514 1983年考研英语真题答案5161982年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题518 Section I Structure and Vocabulary 518 Section II Verb Forms 520Section III Error-detection 521Section IV Cloze Test 522Section V Reading Comprehension 524 Section VI Chinese-English Translation 526 Section VII English-Chinese Translation 526 1982年考研英语真题答案5291981年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题531 Section I Structure and Vocabulary 531 Section II Error-detection 534Section III Sentence Making 535Section IV Verb Forms 535Section V Cloze Test 536Section VI Chinese-English Translation 537 Section VII English-Chinese Translation 537 1981年考研英语真题答案5401980年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题543 Section I Use of Prepositions 543Section II Verb Tenses 543Section III Verb Forms 544Section IV Structure and Vocabulary 545Section V Error-detection 547Section VI Chinese-English Translation 548Section VII English-Chinese Translation 5481980年考研英语真题答案5512013年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题Section Ⅰ Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) People are, on the whole, poor at considering background information when making individual decisions. At first glance this might seem like a strength that 1 the ability to make judgments which are unbiased by 2 factors. But Dr. Uri Simonsohn speculated that an inability to consider the big 3 was leading decision-makers to be biased by the daily samples of information they were working with. 4 , he theorised that a judge 5 of appearing too soft 6 crime might be more likely to send someone to prison 7 he had already sentenced five or six other defendants only to probation on that day.To 8 this idea, he turned to the university-admissions process. In theory, the 9 of an applicant should not depend on the few others 10 randomly for interview during the same day, but Dr Simonsohn suspected the truth was 11 .He studied the results of 9,323 MBA interviews, 12 by 31 admissions officers. The interviewers had 13 applicants on a scale of one to five. This scale 14 numerous factors into consideration. The scores were 15 used in conjunction with an applicant's score on the Graduate Management Admission Test, or GMAT, a standardised exam which is 16 out of 800 points, to make a decision on whether to accept him or her.Dr Simonsohn found if the score of the previous candidate in a daily series of interviewees was 0.75 points or more higher than that of the one 17 that, then the score for the next applicant would 18 by an average of 0.075 points. This might sound small, but to 19 the effects of such a decrease a candidate would need 30 more GMAT points than would otherwise have been 20 .1.[A] grant [B] submits [C] transmits [D] delivers2.[A] minor [B]objective [C] crucial [D] external3.[A] issue [B] vision [C] picture [D] moment4.[A] For example [B] On average [C] In principle[D] Above all5.[A] fond [B]fearful [C] capable [D] thoughtless6.[A] in [B] on [C] to [D] for7.[A] if [B]until [C] though [D] unless8.[A] promote [B]emphasize [C] share [D] test9.[A] decision [B] quality [C] status [D] success10.[A] chosen [B]stupid [C]found [D] identified11.[A] exceptional [B] defensible [C] replaceable [D] otherwise12.[A] inspired [B]expressed [C] conducted [D] secured13.[A] assigned [B]rated [C] matched [D] arranged14.[A] put [B]got [C]gave [D] took15.[A]instead [B]then [C] ever [D] rather16.[A]selected [B]passed [C] marked [D] introduced17.[A]before [B] after [C] above [D] below18.[A] jump [B] float [C] drop [D] fluctuate19.[A]achieve [B]undo [C] maintain [D]disregard20. [A] promising [B] possible [C] necessary [D] helpfulSection Ⅱ Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections：Read the following four texts. Answer the questions after each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text 1In the 2006 film version of The Devil Wears Prada, Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep, scold her unattractive assistant for imagining that high fashion doesn’t affect her. Priestly explains how the deep blue color of the assistant’s sweater descended over the years from fashion shows to department stores and to the bargain bin in which the poor girl doubtless found her garment.This top-down conception of the fashion business couldn’t be more out of date or at odds with feverish world described in Overdressed, Elizabeth Cline’s three-year indictment of “fast fashion”. In the last decades or so, advances in technology have allowed mass-market labels such as Zara, H&M, and Uniqlo to react to trends more quickly and anticipate demand more precisely. Quckier turnrounds mean less wasted inventory, more frequent releases, and more profit. Those labels encourage style-conscious consumers to see clothes as disposal-- meant to last only a wash or two, although they don’t advertise that--and to renew their wardrobe every few weeks. By offering on-trend items at dirt-cheap prices, Cline argues, these brands have hijacked fashion cycles, shaking all industry long accustomed to a seasonal pace.The victims of this revolution, of course, are not limited to designers. For H&M to offer a 5.95 knit miniskirt in all its 2300-plus stores aroundthe world, it must rely on low-wage, overseas labor, order in volumes that strain natural resources, and use massive amount of harmful chemicals.Overdressed is the fashion world’s answer to consumer activist bestsellers like Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Mass-produced clothing, like fast food, fills a hunger and need, yet is non-durable, and wasteful,” Cline argues, Americans, she finds, buy roughly 20 billion garments a year--about 64 items per person--and no matter how much they give away, this excess leads to waste.Towards the end of Overdressed, Cline introduced her ideal, a Brooklyn woman named SKB, who, since 2008 has make all of her own clothes--and beautifully. But as Cline is the first to note, it took Beaumont decades to perfect her craft; her example, can’t be knocked off.Though several fast-fashion companies have made efforts to curb their impact on labor and the environment--including H&M, with its green Conscious Collection Line--Cline believes lasting-change can only be effected by the customer. She exhibits the idealism common to many advocates of sustainability, be it in food or in energy. Vanity is a constant; people will only start shopping more sustainably when they can’t afford to it.21. Priestly criticizes her assistant for her[A] poor bargaining skill.[B] insensitivity to fashion.[C] obsession with high fashion.[D]lack of imagination.22. According to Cline, mass-maket labels urge consumers to[A] combat unnecessary waste.[B] shut out the feverish fashion world.[C] resist the influence of advertisements.[D] shop for their garments more frequently.23. The word “indictment” (Line 3, Para.2) is closest in meaning to[A] accusation.[B] enthusiasm.[C] indifference.[D] tolerance.24. Which of the following can be inferred from the lase paragraph?[A] Vanity has more often been found in idealists.[B] The fast-fashion industry ignores sustainability.[C] People are more interested in unaffordable garments.[D] Pricing is vital to environment-friendly purchasing.25. What is the subject of the text?[A] Satire on an extravagant lifestyle.[B] Challenge to a high-fashion myth.[C] Criticism of the fast-fashion industry.[D] Exposure of a mass-market secret.Text 2An old saying has it that half of all advertising budgets are wasted-the trouble is, no one knows which half . In the internet age, at least in theory ,this fraction can be much reduced . By watching what people search for, click on and say online, companies can aim “behavioural” ads at those most likely to buy.In the past couple of weeks a quarrel has illustrated the value to advertisers of such fine-grained information: Should advertisers assume that people are happy to be tracked and sent behavioural ads? Or should they have explicit permission?In December 2010 America's Federal Trade Cornmission (FTC) proposed adding a "do not track "(DNT) option to internet browsers ,so that users could tell adwertisers that they did not want to be followed .Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Apple's Safari both offer DNT ;Google's Chrome is due to do so this year. In February the FTC and Digltal Adwertising Alliance (DAA) agreed that the industry would get cracking on responging to DNT requests.On May 31st Microsoft Set off the row: It said that Internet Explorer 10,the version due to appear windows 8, would have DNT as a default.It is not yet clear how advertisers will respond. Geting a DNT signal does not oblige anyone to stop tracking, although some companies have promised to do so. Unable to tell whether someone really objects to behavioural ads or whether they are sticking with Microsoft’s default, some may ignore a DNT signal and press on anyway.Also unclear is why Microsoft has gone it alone. Atter all, it has an ad business too, which it says will comply with DNT requests, though it is still working out how. If it is trying to upset Google, which relies almost wholly on default will become the norm. DNT does not seem an obviously huge selling point for windows 8-though the firm has compared some of its other products favourably with Google's on that count before. Brendon Lynch, Microsoft's chief privacy officer, bloggde:"we believe consumers should have more control." Could it really be that simple?26. It is suggested in paragraph 1 that “behavioural” ads help advertisers to:[A] ease competition among themselves[B] lower their operational costs[C] avoid complaints from consumers[D]provide better online services27. “The industry” (Line 6,Para.3) refers to:[A] online advertisers[B] e-commerce conductors[C] digital information analysis[D]internet browser developers28. Bob Liodice holds that setting DNT as a default[A] many cut the number of junk ads[B] fails to affect the ad industry[C] will not benefit consumers[D]goes against human nature29. which of the following is ture according to Paragraph.6?[A] DNT may not serve its intended purpose[B] Advertisers are willing to implement DNT[C] DNT is losing its popularity among consumers[D] Advertisers are obliged to offer behavioural ads30. The author's attitude towards what Brendon Lynch said in his blog is one of:[A] indulgence[B] understanding[C] appreciaction[D] skepticismText 3Up until a few decades ago, our visions of the future were largely - though by no means uniformly - glowingly positive. Science and technology would cure all the ills of humanity, leading to lives of fulfillment and opportunity for all.Now utopia has grown unfashionable, as we have gained a deeper appreciation of the range of threats facing us, from asteroid strike to epidemic flu and to climate change. You might even be tempted to assume that humanity has little future to look forward to.But such gloominess is misplaced. The fossil record shows that many species have endured for millions of years - so why shouldn't we? Take a broader look at our species' place in the universe, and it becomes clear that we have an excellent chance of surviving for tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of years . Look up Homo sapiens in the "Red List" of threatened species of the International Union for the Conversation of Nature (IUCN) ,and you will read: "Listed as Least Concern as the species is very widely distributed, adaptable, currently increasing, and there are no major threats resulting in an overall population decline."So what does our deep future hold? A growing number of researchers and organisations are now thinking seriously about that question. For example, the Long Now Foundation has its flagship project a medical clock that is designed to still be marking time thousands of years hence .Perhaps willfully , it may be easier to think about such lengthy timescales than about the more immediate future. The potential evolution of today's technology, and its social consequences, is dazzlingly complicated, and it's perhaps best left to science fiction writers and futurologists to explore the many possibilities we can envisage. That's one reason why we have launched Arc, a new publication dedicated to the near future.But take a longer view and there is a surprising amount that we can say with considerable assurance. As so often, the past holds the key to the future: we have now identified enough of the long-term patterns shaping the history of the planet, and our species, to make evidence-based forecasts about the situations in which our descendants will find themselves.This long perspective makes the pessimistic view of our prospects seem more likely to be a passing fad. To be sure, the future is not all rosy. But we are now knowledgeable enough to reduce many of the risks that threatened the existence of earlier humans, and to improve the lot of those to come.31. Our vision of the future used to be inspired by[A] our desire for lives of fulfillment[B] our faith in science and technology[C] our awareness of potential risks[D] our belief in equal opportunity32. The IUCN’s “Red List” suggest that human being are[A] a sustained species[B] a threaten to the environment[C] the world’s dominant power[D] a misplaced race33. Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 5?[A] Arc helps limit the scope of futurological studies.[B] Technology offers solutions to social problem.[C] The interest in science fiction is on the rise.[D] Our Immediate future is hard to conceive.34. To ensure the future of mankind, it is crucial to[A] explore our planet’s abundant resources[B] adopt an optimistic view of the world[C] draw on our experience from the past[D] curb our ambition to reshape history35. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?[A] Uncertainty about Our Future[B] Evolution of the Human Species[C] The Ever-bright Prospects of Mankind[D] Science, Technology and HumanityText 4On a five to three vote, the Supreme Court knocked out much of Arizona’s immigration law Monday-a modest policy victory for the Obama Administration. But on the more important matter of the Constitution,the decision was an 8-0 defeat for the Administration’s effort to upset the balance of power between the federal government and the states.In Arizona v. United States, the majority overturned three of the four contested provisions of Arizona’s controversial plan to have state and local police enforce federal immigration law. The Constitutional principles that Washington alone has the power to “establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization ”and that federal laws precede state laws are noncontroversial . Arizona had attempted to fashion state policies that ran parallel to the existing federal ones.Justice Anthony Kennedy, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and the Court’s liberals, ruled that the state flew too close to the federal sun. On the overturned provisions the majority held the congress had deliberately “occupied the field”and Arizona had thus intruded on the federal’s privileged powers.However,the Justices said that Arizona police would be allowed to verify the legal status of people who come in contact with law enforcement.That’s because Congress has always envisioned joint federal-state immigration enforcement and explicitly encourages state officers to share information and cooperate with federal colleagues.Two of the three objecting Justice-Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas-agreed with this Constitutional logic but disagreed about which Arizona rules conflicted with the federal statute.The only major objection came from Justice Antonin Scalia,who offered an even more robust defense of state privileges going back to the alien and Sedition Acts.The 8-0 objection to President Obama turns on what Justice Samuel Alito describes in his objection as “a shocking assertion assertion of federal executive power”.The White House argued that Arizona’s laws conflicted with its enforcement priorities,even if state laws complied with federal statutes to the letter.In effect, the White House claimed that it could invalidate any otherwise legitimate state law that it disagrees with .Some powers do belong exclusively to the federal government, and control of citizenship and the borders is among them. But if Congress wanted to prevent states from using their own resources to check immigration status, it could. It never did so. The administration was in essence asserting that because it didn’t want to carry out Congress’s immigration wishes, no state should be allowed to do so either. Every Justice rightly rejected this remarkable claim.36. Three provisions of Arizona’s plan were overturned because they[A] deprived the federal police of Constitutional powers.[B] disturbed the power balance between different states.[C] overstepped the authority of federal immigration law.[D] contradicted both the federal and state policies.37. On which of the following did the Justices agree,according to Paragraph4?[A] Federal officers’ duty to withhold immigrants’information.[B] States’ independence from federal immigration law.[C] States’ legitimate role in immigration enforcement.[D] Congress’s intervention in immigration enforcement.38. It can be inferred from Paragraph 5 that the Alien and Sedition Acts[A] violated the Constitution.[B] undermined the states’ interests.[C] supported the federal statute.[D] stood in favor of the states.39. The White House claims that its power of enforcement[A] outweighs that held by the states.[B] is dependent on the states’ support.[C] is established by federal statutes.[D] rarely goes against state laws.40. What can be learned from the last paragraph?[A] Immigration issues are usually decided by Congress.[B] Justices intended to check the power of the Administrstion.[C] Justices wanted to strengthen its coordination with Congress.[D] The Administration is dominant over immigration issues.Part BDirections:In the following article, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of the numbered blank. There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) The social sciences are flourishing.As of 2005,there were almost half a million professional social scientists from all fields in the world, working both inside and outside academia. According to the World Social Science Report 2010,the number of social-science students worldwide has swollen by about 11% every year since 2000.Yet this enormous resource in not contributing enough to today’s global challenges including climate change, security,sustainable development and health.(41)______Humanity has the necessary agro-technological tools to eradicate hunger , from genetically engineered crops to arificial fertilizers . Here , too, the problems are social: the organization and。