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2014考研英语一真题试题及答案(翻译)Directions:Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written on the ANSWER SHEET(10 points)Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life. It might be poetic, philosophical, sensual, or mathematical, but in any case it must, in my view, have something to do with the soul of the human being. Hence it is metaphysical; but the means of expression is purely and exclusively physical: sound. I believe it is precisely this permanent coexistence of metaphysical message through physical means that is the strength of music.46) It is also the reason why when we try to describe music with words, all we can do is articulate our reactions to it, and not grasp music itself.Beethoven’s importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure. Sometimes I feel in his late works a will to break all signs of continuity. The music is abrupt and seemingly disconnected, as in the last piano sonata. In musical expression, he did not feel restrained by the weight of convention. 47) By all accounts he was a freethinking person, and a courageous one, and I find courage an essential quality for the understanding, let alone the performance, of his works.This courageous attitude in fact becomes a requirement for the performers of Beethoven’s music. His compositions demand the performer to show courage, for example in the use of dynamics. 48) Beethoven’s habit of increasing the volume with an extreme intensity and then abruptly following it with a sudden soft passage was only rarely used by composers before him.Beethoven was a deeply political man in the broadest sense of the word. He was not interested in daily politics, but concerned with questions of moral behavior and the larger questions of right and wrong affecting the entire society.49) Especially significant was his view of freedom, which, for him, was associated with the rights and responsibilities of the individual: he advocated freedom of thought and of personal expression.Beethoven’s music tends to move from chaos to order as if order were an imperative of human existence. For him, order does not result from forgetting or ignoring thedisorders that plague our existence; order is a necessary development, an improvement that may lead to the Greek ideal of spiritual elevation. It is not by chance that the Funeral March is not the last movement of the Eroica Symphony, but the second, so that suffering does not have the last word. 50) One could interpret much of the work of Beethoven by saying that suffering is inevitable, but the courage to fight it renders life worth living.46. It is also the reason why when we try to describe music with words, all we can do is articulate our reactions to it, and not grasp music itself.【句型分析】本句主句主干为it is the reason,why引导定语从句,修饰the reason。
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预计平均分会等于或⾼于往年,下⾯我们逐个分析翻译的句⼦: 46. It is also the reason why when we try to describe music with words, all we can do is articulate our reactions to it and not grasp music itself. 此句考察的主要是it形式主语和时间状语从句,注意articulate our reactions to it的翻译,此处可理解为清楚的表达对⾳乐的反应,其他的部分我们⽐较好理解。
参考答案:这也是为什么当我们尝试⽤语⾔来描述⾳乐时,我们能清楚的表达对⾳乐的反应,但并没有领会⾳乐的精髓。
47. By all accounts he was a freethinking person, and a courageous one, and I find courage an essential quality for the understanding, let along the performance, of his works. 此句考察的是并列句与插⼊语,我们可以逐个翻译and链接的语群,重点理解by all accounts: 据⼤家所说。
let along the performance:更不⽤说表演,根据语境我们可以与作品⼀起翻译为:他作品和他演出。
2014考研英语一真题完整版及答案详解[说明:本篇文章是对2014年考研英语一真题的完整版及答案的详细解析。
文章将分为四个部分,分别是阅读理解、完形填空、翻译和写作,以保持整洁美观的排版。
]第一部分:阅读理解[说明:本部分将对2014年考研英语一真题中的阅读理解部分进行分析和解答。
]题目1:阅读理解一[解析:这里是对第一篇阅读理解的题目进行解析。
]题目1答案:B[解析:答案为B。
]题目2:阅读理解二[解析:这里是对第二篇阅读理解的题目进行解析。
]题目2答案:C[解析:答案为C。
]第二部分:完形填空[说明:本部分将对2014年考研英语一真题中的完形填空部分进行分析和解答。
]题目1:完形填空一[解析:这里是对第一篇完形填空的题目进行解析。
]题目1答案:D[解析:答案为D。
]题目2:完形填空二[解析:这里是对第二篇完形填空的题目进行解析。
]题目2答案:A[解析:答案为A。
]第三部分:翻译[说明:本部分将对2014年考研英语一真题中的翻译部分进行分析和解答。
]题目1:翻译一[解析:这里是对第一道翻译题目进行解析。
]翻译1答案:The rapid development of technology has greatly changed people's lives.[解析:正确答案为:技术的迅猛发展极大地改变了人们的生活。
]题目2:翻译二[解析:这里是对第二道翻译题目进行解析。
]翻译2答案:In recent years, China's economy has achieved remarkable growth.[解析:正确答案为:近年来,中国的经济取得了显著增长。
]第四部分:写作[说明:本部分将对2014年考研英语一真题中的写作部分进行分析和解答。
]题目:写作[解析:这里是对写作题目的解析。
]写作答案:As the world becomes more interconnected, it is importantfor individuals to enhance their cross-cultural communication skills.[解析:正确答案为:随着世界变得更加互联互通,个人提升跨文化交流技巧变得越来越重要。
2014年考研英语一真题及答案解析National Entrance Test of English for MA/MS Candidates (NETEM)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 the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)As many people hit middle age, they often start to notice that their memory and mental clarity are not what they used to be. We suddenly can’t remember ___1___ we put the keys just a moment ago, or an old acquaintance’s name, or the name of an old band we used to love. As the brain ___2___, we refer to these occurrences as “senior moments.” ___3___ seemingly innocent, this loss of mental focus can potentially have a (n) ___4___ impact on our professional, social, and personal ___5___.Neuroscientists, experts who study the nervous system, are increasingly showing that there’s actually a lot that can be done. It ___6___ out that the brain needs exercise in much the same way our muscles do, and the right mental ___7___ can significantly improve our basic cognitive___8___. Thinking is essentially a ___9___ of making connections in the brain. To a certain extent, our ability to ___10___ in making the connections that drive intelligence is inherited. ___11___, because these connections are made through effort and practice, scientists believe that intelligence can expand and fluctuate ___12___ mental effort.Now, a new Web-based company has taken it a step ___13___ and developed the first “brain training program”designed to actually help people improve and regain their mental ___14___.The Web-based program ___15___ you to systematically improve your memory and attention skills. The program keeps ___16___ of your progress and provides detailed feedback ___17___ your performance and improvement. Most importantly, it ___18___ modifies and enhances the games you play to ___19___ on the strengths you are developing—much like a(n) ___20___ exercise routine requires you to increase resistance and vary your muscle use.1.A. where B. when C. that D. why2.A. improves B. fades C. recovers D. collapses3.A. If B. Unless C. Once D. While4.A. uneven B. limited C. damaging D. obscure5.A. wellbeing B. environment C. relationship D. outlook6.A. turns B. finds C. points D. figures7.A. roundabouts B. responses C. workouts D. associations8.A. genre B. functions C. circumstances D. criterion9.A. channel B. condition C. sequence D. process10.A. persist B. believe C. excel D. feature11.A. Therefore B. Moreover C. Otherwise D. However12.A. according to B. regardless of C. apart from D. instead of13.A. back B. further C. aside D. around14.A. sharpness B. stability C. framework D. flexibility15.A. forces B. reminds C. hurries D. allows16.A. hold B. track C. order D. pace17.A. to B. with C. for D. on18.A. irregularly B. habitually C. constantly D. unusually19.A. carry B. put C. build D. take20.A. risky B. effective C. idle D. Familiar【参考答案】A B D C A A C B D C D A B A D B D C C B【试题点评】完型填空为了测试考生实际应用英语的能力和语感。
2014考研《英语一》真题:翻译部分Part BDirections:The following paragraphs are given in a wrong order. For Questions 41-45, you are required to reorganize into a coherent text by choosing from the list A-G and filling them into the numbered boxes .Paragraphs A and E have been correctly placed. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)[A] Some archaeological sites have always been easily observable—for example, the Parthenon in Athens, Greece; the pyramids of Giza in Egypt; and the megaliths of Stonehenge in southern England. But these sites are exceptions to the norm .Most archaeological sites have been located by means of careful searching, while many others have been discovered by accident. Olduvai Gorge, fell into its deep valley in 1911.Thousands of Aztec artifacts came to light during the digging of the Mexico City subway in the 1970s.[B] In another case, American archaeologists Rene million and George Cowgill spent years systematically mapping the entire city of Teotihuacan in the valley of Mexico near what is now Mexico City .at its peak around AD 600, this city was one of the largest human settlements in the word. Theresearchers mapped not only the city’s vast and ornate ceremonial areas, but also hundreds of simpler apartment complexes where common people lived.[C] How do archaeologists know where to find what they are looking for when there is nothing visible on the surface of the ground? Typically, they survey and sample (make test excavations on) large areas of terrain to determine where excavation will yield useful information. Surveys and test samples have also become important for understanding the larger landscapes that contain archaeological sites.[D] Surveys can cover a single large settlement or entire landscapes.in one case, many researchers working around the ancient Maya city of Copán, Honduras, have located hundreds of small rural village and individual dwellings by using aerial photographs and by making surveys on foot. The resulting settlement maps show how the distribution and density of the rural population around the city changed dramatically between AD500 and 850, when Copán collapsed.[E] To find their sites, archaeologists today rely heavily on systematic survey methods and a variety of high-technology tools and techniques. Airbone technologies, such as different types of radar and photographic equipment carried by airplanes。
2014考研英语一真题试题及答案(翻译)Directions:Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written on the ANSWER SHEET(10 points)Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life. It might be poetic, philosophical, sensual, or mathematical, but in any case it must, in my view, have something to do with the soul of the human being. Hence it is metaphysical; but the means of expression is purely and exclusively physical: sound. I believe it is precisely this permanent coexistence of metaphysical message through physical means that is the strength of music.46) It is also the reason why when we try to describe music with words, all we can do is articulate our reactions to it, and not grasp music itself.Beethoven’s importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure. Sometimes I feel in his late works a will to break all signs of continuity. The music is abrupt and seemingly disconnected, as in the last piano sonata. In musical expression, he did not feel restrained by the weight of convention. 47) By all accounts he was a freethinking person, and a courageous one, and I find courage an essential quality for the understanding, let alone the performance, of his works.This courageous attitude in fact becomes a requirement for the performers of Beethoven’s music. His compositions demand the performer to show courage, for example in the use of dynamics. 48) Beethoven’s habit of increasing the volume with an extreme intensity and then abruptly following it with a sudden soft passage was only rarely used by composers before him.Beethoven was a deeply political man in the broadest sense of the word. He was not interested in daily politics, but concerned with questions of moral behavior and the larger questions of right and wrong affecting the entire society.49) Especially significant was his view of freedom, which, for him, was associated with the rights and responsibilities of the individual: he advocated freedom of thought and of personal expression.Beethoven’s music tends to move from chaos to order as if order were an imperative of human existence. For him, order does not result from forgetting or ignoring thedisorders that plague our existence; order is a necessary development, an improvement that may lead to the Greek ideal of spiritual elevation. It is not by chance that the Funeral March is not the last movement of the Eroica Symphony, but the second, so that suffering does not have the last word. 50) One could interpret much of the work of Beethoven by saying that suffering is inevitable, but the courage to fight it renders life worth living.46. It is also the reason why when we try to describe music with words, all we can do is articulate our reactions to it, and not grasp music itself.【句型分析】本句主句主干为it is the reason,why引导定语从句,修饰the reason。
2014考研英语阅读真题:考研英语(一)第4篇“The Heart of the Matter,” the just-released report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences(AAAS),deserves praise for affirming the importance of the humanities and social sciences to the prosperity and security of liberal democracy in America.Regrettably, however, the report’s failure to address the true nature of the crisis facing liberal education may cause more harm than good.In 2010, leading congressional Democrats and Republicans sent letters to the AAASasking that it identify actions that could be taken by “federal, state and local governments, universities, foundations, educators,individual benefactors and others” to “maintain national excellence in humanities and social scientific scholarshi p and education.”In response, the American Academy formed the Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences.Among the commission’s 51 members are top-tier-university presidents, scholars, lawyers, judges, and business executives,as well as prominent figures from diplomacy, filmmaking, music and journalism.The goals identified in the report are generally admirable.Because representative government presupposes an informed citizenry, the report supports full literacy;stresses the study of history and government, particularly American history and American government;and encourages the use of new digital technologies.To encourage innovation and competition, the report calls for increased investment in research,the crafting of coherent curricula that improve students’ ability to solve problems and communicate effectively in the 21st century,increased funding for teachers and the encouragement of scholars to bring their learning to bear on the great challenges of the day.The report also advocates greater study of foreign languages, international affairs and the expansion of study abroad programs.Unfortunately, despite 2? years in the making, “The Heart of the Matter” never gets to the heart of the matter:the illiberal nature of liberal education at our leading colleges and universities.The commission ignores that for several decades America’s colleges and universitieshave produced graduates who don’t know the content and chara cter of liberal education and are thus deprived of its benefits.Sadly, the spirit of inquiry once at home on campus has been replaced by the use of the humanities and social sciencesas vehicles for publicizing “progressive,” or left-liberal propaganda.Today, professors routinely treat the progressive interpretation of history and progressive public policy as the proper subject of studywhile portraying conservative or classical liberal ideas--such as free markets and self-relianceas falling outside the boundaries of routine, and sometimes legitimate, intellectual investigation.The AAAS displays great enthusiasm for liberal education.Yet its report may well set back reform by obscuring the depth and breadth of the challenge that Congress asked it to illuminate.美国艺术和科学研究院刚发布的”问题核心”报告,肯定了人文和社会科学对美国的繁荣和保障自由民主的重要性,这一点是值得赞扬的。
一、句子汉译英(本大题共8小题,每小题3分,共24分)请在答题卡上作答。
1.我厂生产的地毯图案新颖,色调雅致,美丽大方,富丽堂皇。
2.几乎所有的产品广告都是寻求利润的商业活动。
3.实用性——是否能满足某种需要或欲望?4.掌握产品说明的学问。
5.请勿在房间或走廊使用任何燃烧器皿取暖或煮食。
6.通常,每个公司都有一个以上的推销员销售某一种产品。
7.自1948年开始建立电视联播网以来,电视已成为主要的广告媒介。
8.海运提货单常常被认为是信用证所要求的最重要的凭证。
二、句子英译汉(本大题共7小题,每小题3分,共21分)请在答题卡上作答。
9. Make all members benefit from the globalization and New Economy by promoting capacitybuilding and exploring future opportunities.10. DDU11. CIF12. We have decided to launch our advertising on a national scale. The television Advertisements have been scheduled to start in December.13. The tins have been carefully packed in strong carton boxes to prevent damage in tlansit14. Either Party can terminate this Agreement by a three month notice in writing.15. The shipment from the manufacture to the shipping port shall only be effected by the seller within 45 days after the Seller's receipt of the Letter of Credit三、段落汉译英(本大题共5小题,每小题6分,共30分)请在答题卡上作答。
翻译硕士英语学位MTI考试四川外国语大学2014年真题(总分:94.00,做题时间:90分钟)一、Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with the appropriate words derived from the words given in parentheses at the end of the sentences.(总题数:10,分数:10.00)1.The front army troops were 1 by a large contingent of students from the military academy. (strength)(分数:1.00)解析:strengthened[解析] 句意:军校的学生分队加入后,前线部队实力得到了增强。
根据句意,此处表示实力被增强,因此需要填入strength的动词过去分词形式。
2.I was looking forward to a casual stroll, but he walked at a 1 pace. (vigor)(分数:1.00)解析:vigorous[解析] 句意:我希望只是随意逛逛,但是他走起来步伐矫健。
由句意可知,此处需填入vigor的形容词形式。
3.A 1 of cultures or ideas occurs when two very different cultures or people meet and conflict. (collide)(分数:1.00)解析:collision[解析] 句意:当两种截然不同的文化或民族相遇并碰撞时,便会产生文化和观念上的冲突。
此处讲文化和观念的冲突,因此应当是collide的名词形式。
4.The 1 purpose of scientific discourse is not the mere presentation of information and thought, but rather its actual communication. (fundament)(分数:1.00)解析:fundamental[解析] 句意:科学论述的最根本的目的不只是传递信息和表达思想,更重要的是现实的交流。
2014年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语(一)试题文章翻译Section I Use of English一到中年,很多人开始发现他们的记忆力和思维清晰度大不如前。
我们突然记不起刚才把钥匙放在哪了、也记不起老相识的名字或者曾经热爱的乐队的名字了。
由于大脑退化,我们把这类事件称为瞬间性老年痴呆。
虽然表面看起来没什么,但这种大脑注意力的丧失会对我们的职业、社交和个人幸福产生有害影响。
越来越多的神经系统科学专家表示,对此我们并非无能为力。
大脑像我们的肌肉一样需要锻炼,研究证明适当的智力锻炼能极大提高我们基本的认知功能。
思考是在脑海中建立联系的过程。
某种程度上来说,我们擅长建立驱动智力发展的联系的能力是遗传的。
但是,由于这些联系是通过努力和练习建立,所以科学家们相信智商可以扩展,并根据大脑锻炼而浮动。
现在,一家新的网络公司更进一步,开发了一套大脑训练项目,旨在帮助人们改善和重获头脑敏锐性。
这套网络项目能系统的改善记忆力和专注度。
而且记录下你的进步,并对你的表现和提高提供详细的反馈。
更重要的是,他会不断修正和提高你所玩的游戏来强化你的优势——就像是一项有效的日常锻炼,要求你提高抵抗力、改变肌肉使用。
Section II Reading ComprehensionPart AText 1为了“改善生活”和减少“依赖性”,英国财政大臣乔治·奥斯本引进了一项预先求职计划。
失业者只有带着简历到就业中心进行网上求职注册,并开始找工作,才有资格领取失业津贴。
而后他们应该每周而非每两周汇报求职进展。
还有更为比这更为合理的措施吗?以下是更显而易见的合理之处。
求职者领取失业津贴须等上七天。
这七天应用来找工作而不是申请领取失业津贴,他说:“这些举措旨在帮助人们远离失业救济,并帮助依靠失业津贴生活的人尽快找到工作。
”帮助?当真?乍一听,乔治·奥斯本真是一位关心社会福祉的财政大臣,试图改善生活。
现有的社会福利体系对刚失业者施加的再就业压力不够,纵容他们的惰性,乔治·奥斯本希望完成对这一体系的改革。
据我们的理解,促使财政大臣实施这一计划的是他对基本公平的热忱——维护纳税人利益,控制政府开销,确保只有最符合条件的人才能获得失业津贴。
失业很痛苦。
你不可能心里唱着歌,欣喜地认为可以从慷慨的政府那里得到相当于你两倍收入的救济金,蹦蹦跳跳的去就业中心。
失业在经济上造成恐惧,心里上带来窘迫,收入降到最低而且极难获得。
你不再被需要,被排除在工作环境之外,失去生活的意义和支撑。
更糟糕的是,养家糊口的重要收入也没有了。
问一个刚失业的人最想要什么,答案一定是:一份工作。
但奥斯本认为,失业后你的第一反应就是依赖津贴,如果可以就永远依赖——政府津贴纵容这种错误想法。
好像20年来举步维艰的就业和津贴管理体制改革从未发生过一样。
英国福利体制不再保障你能够抵御失业风险和无条件领取失业津贴。
甚至“求职者津贴”一词将失业者重新定义为“求职者”,而求职者丧失了基本权利,不能享受其通过缴纳国民保险而获得的利益。
相反的,申请人收到补贴是有时间限制的,而且条件是领取人要积极找工作;没有权益和保险,每周71.7英镑的补贴,在欧盟国家是最少的。
Text 2放眼世界,律师可能是除新闻业以外最容易让人产生敌意的行业。
但是没有哪个国家比美国律师的客户更有理由抱怨。
经济危机之前的十年里,美国法律服务花费的增长速度是通过膨胀的两倍。
精英律师日进斗金,引诱着更多的学生入读法学院。
但是大多数法律专业的毕业生却没能进入大公司工作。
相反的,很多人只能处理一些令人厌烦的诉讼,这使美国的侵权法体系成为收费高昂的噩梦。
致使收费高昂的原因有很多。
一是法律教育的成本过高。
在美国大多数州,成为律师的途径只有一个:在非法律专业接受四年的本科教育,然后再在美国律师协会认可的200所法学院中选择一所攻读三年的法律硕士学位,接着要再花一大笔钱准备司法考试。
这使得法学院的毕业生除了本科阶段的贷款之外又增加10万美金的负债。
攻读法律学院的贷款意味着他们必须拼命工作。
改革这一体制对律师和客户都有好处。
改革这一体制的好想法产生已久,但是管理法律行业的州级机构观念太过保守,致使这些想法无法推行。
一种建议是允许人们在本科阶段攻读法学位。
另一种是让学生在法学院读书两年后即可参加司法考试。
如果司法考试对准律师来说真的足够严格,那么就应该允许可以早点参加考试的学生考试。
不需要接受额外培训的学生可以将债务削减三分之一。
收费高昂的另一原因是律师行业的合伙人制度。
除哥伦比亚地区外,非律师不能拥有律师事务所的股份。
这使律师行业收费高,而且革新迟缓。
改革的压力来自行业内部,管理者中反对改革的人坚持认为禁止非律师涉足法律行业可以让律师免于承担赚钱的压力,而尽责地服务客户。
实际上,允许非律师持有律师事务所的股份,鼓励律师事务所使用技术、雇佣职业经理人以提高效率,可以降低成本、提升客户服务质量。
毕竟,其他国家,像澳大利亚和英国,已经开始律师行业的自由化。
美国应该效仿。
Text 3奖金300万美元的基础物理学奖确实是一个有趣的实验,今年三月Alexander Polyakov领取该奖时说。
基础物理学奖并不是唯一一个这种类型的奖项。
正如《自然》杂志的《新闻特写》一文所说,近年来,为研究者设立的一系列奖金丰厚的奖项加入了诺贝尔奖的阵营。
像基础物理学奖一样,很多奖项由互联网企业家数额巨大的银行账户资助设立。
这些捐助人在其各自的领域功成名就,他们说,他们想利用自己的财富为在科学领域已有建树的人带来关注。
有什么理由不喜欢这些奖项呢?用《新闻特写》一文中提到的几位科学家的话来说:理由很多。
俗话说得好,有钱难买贵族身,这些新贵企业家不能给他们的奖项买到诺贝尔奖的声誉。
科学家说这些新奖项是幕后设立者进行自我推销的工具。
他们会扭曲以成就为基础的、以同行评价为主导的研究体系。
会僵化同行评价型研究的现状。
不会为同行评价型的研究提供资金。
他们会使孤独的天才这一神话得以长存。
奖项设立者的目标似乎和奖项招致的批评一样散乱。
有一些想追求轰动效应,也有一些想将人们的注意力吸引到科学上来,或是想给已在研究领域做出一番事业的人更好的奖励。
正如《自然》杂志之前指出的那样,在新老科学奖项如何分配的问题上存在的一些担忧是有道理的。
今年设立的生命科学突破奖在生命科学包含的领域问题上所采取的观点不具有代表性。
但是诺贝尔奖关于每个奖项最多有三个获奖人,而且三个人必须健在的基本限制早已不再适合现在科学研究合作的本质特点。
关于在希格斯玻色子的发现中谁的贡献被忽略这一问题的争论就证明了这一点。
当然,诺贝尔奖本身也是由富有的个人所创立,而他已决定用自己的钱干什么。
时间而非意图已经证明了诺贝尔奖的合理性。
尽管一些科学家对新奖项颇多控诉,但是有两件事情很明确。
其一,大多数研究者如果获奖,他们会去领奖。
其二,金钱和大众注意力都放在了科学上而不是其他地方,这无疑是件好事。
批评怀疑这一机制无可厚非——毕竟这就是科研文化——但这是奖项设立者的钱,如何使用全凭他们的意愿。
心怀感激、有风度的接受这些奖项才是明智之举。
Text 4美国人文与科学学院最近发布了一篇名为《问题的核心》的报告,报告强调了人权和社会科学对美国自由民主的繁荣和安全的重要性,这一点应该受到褒奖。
然而,遗憾的是,报告并未提到自由教育面临危机的本质问题,这可能使其带来的弊大于利。
2010年,国会中民主党和共和党的领导人致信美国人文与科学学院,要求其明确“联邦、州和地方政府、大学、基金会、教育家、个人捐助者和其他机构可以采取的行动以保持美国在人权和社会科学奖学金与教育中的卓越性”。
美国人文与科学学院成立了人权与社会科学委员会作为回应。
委员会的51个成员有顶级大学的校长、学者、律师、法官、商业领袖以及来自外交、制片、音乐和新闻界的杰出人物。
总体而言,报告提出的目标是值得赞扬的。
因为代议制民主政府以全民具备认知能力为前提,所以报告支持实现全民读写能力;强调对历史和政府的研究,尤其是对美国历史和政府的研究;鼓励新的数字技术的使用。
为了促进革新和竞争,报告号召增加对研究的投资,引进系统的课程以提高学生在21世纪解决问题和有效交流的能力,增加对老师的资金支持并鼓励学者将其所学用来应对当今的挑战。
报告还大力提倡研究外语、国际事务和扩大留学项目。
不幸的是,尽管该报告花费了两年半的时间,但《问题的核心》却从未触及问题的核心:国内顶尖大学自由教育的不自由本质。
委员会忽视了一个问题,即几十年来,美国高等学府培养的毕业生根本不知道自由教育的内容和特色,因此也不能从自由教育中受益。
同样不幸的是,美国大学的探究精神已被用作改革派或左翼自由主义宣传工具的人权和社会科学所取代。
今天,教授们习惯把对历史的进步解读和进步公共政策看作理想的研究对象,而把保守或经典的自由思想—如自由市场和自立—看作是常规领域之外的东西,有时候也看作是合理的智力探索。
美国人文和科学学院显示了对自由教育的极大热情。
但是它出具的报告模糊了国会要求其阐明的挑战的深度和广度而阻碍了改革的进程。
Part B【A】有些考古遗址的发现可谓易如反掌——例如希腊雅典的帕特农神庙、埃及的吉萨金字塔群和英格兰东部的史前巨石群。
但是,相对于一般情况而言,这些遗址都是例外。
大多数考古遗址都要经过仔细的搜寻才能确定其位置,也有很多遗址的发现是出于偶然。
奥杜威峡谷是位于坦桑尼亚的一个早期原始人遗迹,它是由一个蝴蝶猎人在1911年时跌落深谷而发现。
成千上万的的阿兹克特手工艺品在20世纪70年代开挖墨西哥城地铁时得以重见天日。
【F】但是,大部分考古遗址是由专门寻找它们的考古学家发现的。
这样的搜寻耗时数年。
英国考古学家Howard Carter从其他遗址发现的信息中得知了埃及法老Tutankhamun墓冢的存在。
Carter花费七年时间仔细筛查了帝王谷的碎石才于1922年确定了法老墓的位置。
19世纪晚期,英国考古学家Arthur Evan仔细搜寻了希腊雅典的古董商的商店,寻找小雕刻印章。
这枚印章来自公元前15世纪到公元前13世纪主导希腊的古迈锡尼文明。
Evans对这些雕刻品的解读最终在1900年引导他发现了位于克里特岛的克诺索斯的米诺斯王宫。
【E】如今,为了找到考古遗迹,考古学家十分依赖系统勘测法和各种各样的高科技工具和技术。
各种雷达和由飞机或航天器搭载的图像设备等一些航空技术使得考古学家能不用挖掘就知道地面以下的状况。
空中勘测可以定位大致的目标区或更大的隐藏地貌,如古建筑或古战场。
【G】地面勘测可以帮助考古学家精确定位挖掘地点,以一击即中。
大多数地面勘测需要进行大量的步行,寻找地面线索,如陶器碎片。
他们经常在整片区域选择几个点进行测试性挖掘,用以寻找被埋藏物品。