2016年研究生学位英语统考真题

2016年11月学位英语真题Part 1 Reading comprehension (30%)Passage 1If the Dakota Access Pipeline(输油管道）is completed, it will carry nearly half a million barrels of oil across four states every day. Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), a Texas-based company behind the $ 3.8 billion project, hopes to finish construction this year. But the Standing ROCK Sioux, an American Indian tribe, is determined to stop the 1,172-mile pipeline from being built. (76) Both sides show no signs of backing down.The Dakota Access Pipeline was announced in 2014. A section of it will run near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. A reservation is an area of land set aside for American Indians. The tribe says the construction threatens to destroy historical areas and ancient burial sites. They also say the pipeline could pollute their main water source, the Missouri River. In April, the Standing Rock Sioux began a protest against the project. They camped at the construction site. Since then, thousands of people, including people from other American Indian tribes, have traveled to the site to protest.ETP says that the pipeline will have built-in safety measures to protect against oil leaks. Workers will also monitor it remotely, and will be able to close valves(阀门) within three minutes if leaks are detected.American Indians have been staging a nonviolent protest for months. The protest took a turn last week when police were called to keep the peace between protesters and armed security guards hired by the company.(77) Twenty-eight people have been arrested since then and charged with interfering with the pipeline construction.1. Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?A. The Dakota Access Pipeline will create more markets for oil and gas.B. The Dakota Access Pipeline will create many job opportunities.C. American Indians oppose the construction of an oil pipeline.D. American Indians fight for equal voting rights.2. ETP hopes to finish this project in ____________.A. 2016B. 2017C. 2018D. 20193. Why do American Indians protest against the construction of this pipeline?A. Because it will cost up to $3.8 billion.B. Because it threatens the regions’ water supply.C. Because it will make many people lose their jobs.D. Because it will force many people to leave their homes.4. According to the passage, the workers can _______ in case of pipeline leaks.A. report it to the local governmentB. ask people to leave the leak affected areasC. call 911D. close valves5. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?A. This pipeline will cross four states.B. This pipeline is 1,172 miles long.C. All the protesters are from the Standing Rock Sioux.D. Neither side of the dispute is willing to compromise.Passage 2As the National Park Service celebrates its 100th anniversary(周年纪念), President Barrack Obama has announced the establishment of one new national monument, and the expansion(扩大) of another. In Maine, more than 87,500 acres of forest will become government-protected parkland for the first time. In Hawaii, a national monument created by President George W, Bush in 2006 will expand to about 582,578 square miles, four times its current size.Obama has now created or enlarged 26 national monuments during his presidency. As a result, his a dministration says, Obama has protected more of the nation’s land than any other president has. But some residents and officials, in both Maine and Hawaii, object to the plans. (78) They say their local economies depend on the use of these areas.In establishing this monument, Obama took the side of conservationists (自然资源保护者) who want laws to protect wild lands. Creating a national park usually requires the approval of Congress. But a 1906 federal law allows the president to establish national monument on his own.The lands’ new status as a monument means that mining and drilling operations are forbidden there. (79) It may also severely limit activities such as logging, road-building, and hunting. Some of Maine’s politicians who want to protect the state’s logging industries say Obama should not have acted alone. They say Washington should not tell the states how to use their land, especially when people’s jobs are at stake. Maine politician Susan Collins said the president should have listened to Maine lawmakers and residents, as well as the U.S. Congress before making his decision.However, those who support the president’s decision say the establishment of the new monument will lead to new jobs through tourism.6. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. Creating new jobsB. Protecting wild animalsC. Stimulating local economiesD. Creating new national monuments7. Obama has established or enlarged ______ national monument during his two terms.A. 19B. 20C. 26D. 308. In national monuments, ______ is forbidden.A. loggingB. huntingC. miningD. road-building9. The phrase at stake in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _____.A. in returnB. in dangerC. at presentD. by chance10. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?A. The national monument in Hawaii was created by President Bush.B. There is no objection to President Obama’s decision.C. President Obama made his decision on his own.D. The establishment of the new monument will lead to new jobs.Passage 3Toronto’s third City Hall, now known as Old City Hall, was designed by Edward James Lennox and declared open on Sept. 18, 1899.Created to provide more space for city officials, it turned out to be the largest building in the city and the largest city building in North America at the time.Lennox took three years to design the City Hall and it took 11 years to build it. Contemporaries believe that the odd carving(雕刻) above the Queen Street entrance were actually caricatures(漫画) of councilors at the time.Lennox even included himself in the caricatures, on the west side of the central arch(拱门), and left a strange signature in the stonework of the link portions of the building.The third City Hall was originally used as councilors’ offices and legal offices, but it is used only as a courthouse today.When the fourth City Hall (the one we know today) was declared open in 1965, Old City Hall was threatened to be pulled down. It was saved by a group of people called the “Friends of Old City Hall.”The clock tower stands parallel with the middle of Bay Street, rather than with the center of the building. The bells in the tower were not installed until the building opened. Old City Hall was declared a historical site in 1989.(80) The entire structure cost more than $2.5 million to build at the time. This is equal to $53 million today.11. Toronto’s third City Hall came into use in ______.A. the 18th centuryB. the 19th centuryC. the 20th centuryD. the 21st century12. Old City Hall was constructed in ______ years.A. 3B. 7C. 9D. 1113. The third City Hall is now used as a _________.A. middle schoolB. hospitalC. cinemaD. courthouse14. From the passage we learn that ______.A. Toronto spends lots of money yearly developing the cityB. some local residents showed a great interest in protecting the city’s cultural site.C. the City Council of Toronto hasn’t paid sufficient attention to the protection of the city’s culture.D. the City Hall is still the largest city building in North America today15. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. To build a structure like the City Hall will cost $5.2 million today.B. The clock tower stands parallel with the center of the City Hall.C. Old City Hall was once pulled down in the development of the city.D. Old city Hall is now a historical site.Part II V ocabulary and structure (30%)16. Shanghai is _____ biggest city in _____ China in terms of population.A. the; theB. the; /C. /; theD. /;/17. When Jenny came to my place, I _______ breakfast with James.A. haveB. hadC. have hadD. was having18. ______ I in your position, I would not accept the job.A. WereB. WasC. AmD. Been19. I got ____ money with me, so I wasn’t able to buy even a bottle of water.A. anyB. someC. fewD. little20. –Must we send in our plan this week?–No, _____; you can send it in next week.A.you needn’tB. you mustn’tC. you can’tD. you shouldn’t21. Would you mind _____ me some bread on your way home?A. buyB. to buyC. buyingD. bought22. I can’t finish the work in time, _____ you help me translate the texts.A. unlessB. ifC. whereD. but23. The driver _____ the passengers off at the supermarket and then went to the next stop.A. fellB. sankC. droppedD. stepped24. That restaurant has a good _____ in the community for its delicious food and friendly service.A. moodB. mirrorC. reputationD. report25. The manager at once lost his _____ when he learnt that his secretary was late again for the meeting.A. mindB. temperC. passionD. way26. The young soldier was ____ wounded in the war and died a few days later.A. generouslyB. lonelyC. fatallyD. slightly27. Professor Simpson _____ the project carefully and made a few correction.A. went upB. went downC. went afterD. went over28. When I go to heat the milk please _____ the baby.A. keep an eye onB. set food onC. make a guess atD. look forward to29. Mr. and Mrs. Wright have got nine children----it’s really a big _____.A. homeB. familyC. houseD. room30. Neither Bill nor his parents _____ at home.A. isB. areC. hasD. have31. The summer vacation _____ over, they then got down to their work again.A. wereB. wasC. beingD. had been32. He failed in his exam, ______ proves that he hadn’t worked hard enough.A. whatB. thatC. whichD. such33. _____ is known to all, too much stress can cause disease.A. WhichB. ThatC. ItD. As34. It was not until he came back _____ I left the office.A. thenB. whichC. thatD. when35. Only when he finished his homework _____ that he had made a mistake.A. he then realizedB. did he realizeC. before he realizedD. he realized36. If it _____ rain tomorrow, we’ll have the party outside.A. wouldn’tB. doesn’tC. didn’tD. won’t37. This is the dictionary you’re looking for, _____?A. isn’t thisB. isn’t thatC. isn’t itD. isn’t there38. It’s going to rain, you’d better _____ an umbrella with you.A. bringB. takeC. carryD. fetch39. Mary never tells anyone what she does for a ______.A. lifeB. workC. professionD. living40. I saw a car in the distance, but I couldn’t _____ whether it was red or not.A. make outB. work onC. look outD. take in41. There were a _____ number of students on the playground.A. fewB. littleC. shortD. small42. Students are expected to ______ lectures regularly.A. presentB. goC. attendD. follow43. The lecture was so ______ that everyone went to sleep.A. boringB. boredC. InterestingD. interested44. We can see a lot of people doing morning exercises in the park even ____ a cold morning.A. onB. inC. atD. during45. The guide walked so fast that most of the tourists could not ____ him.A. go in forB. keep up withC. follow upD. pass onPart III Identification (10%)46. Professor Morison has never been to China, nor does Dr. Jones.A B C D47. As early as the 12th century, boys in England enjoyed to play football.A B C D48. Nobody allows to smoke here because smoking indoors is against the law.A B C D49. When a water is heated, it changes into vapor.A B C D50. He has come to work for a local newspaper about ten years ago, when heA B Cgraduated from Peking University.D51. One of the two chairs is mine; the another is my brother’s.A B C D52. The more quickly you get there, the soon you will be able to relax.A B C D53. I ought have invited her to the party but I didn’t know her well.A B C D54. He was seriously ill for days, and now he looks strong and healthy.A B C D55. Although Jim has lived in Beijing for five years, but he doesn’t speak Chinese well. A B C DPart IV Cloze (10%)Green sea turtles (海龟) are the world’s largest species of hard-shelled sea turtle. While most individuals weigh about 136 to 181 kilograms, some can be __56__ heavy as 204 kilograms. These turtle are found nesting (筑巢) along the coastline of more than 80 countries with the largest nesting population __57___ in Costa Rica and Australia.Green sea turtle spend most of their lives underwater, __58____ they can rest for up to five hours at a time before ___59___ up for air. When active, they typically stay underwater for a few minutes and swim up to the surface to ___60__ air for a few seconds. Green sea turtles also bathe in the sun __61_____ land.56. A. at B. for C. in D. as57. A. gone B. moved C. found D. knocked58. A. where B. which C. that D. when59. A. join B. come C. joining D. coming60. A. breathe B. draw C. hold D. attract61. A. for B. at C. on D. inUnlike most other sea turtles, adult green sea turtles eat primarily plant-based foods _____62__ of seaweed and sea grass. Scientists believe these green foods ___63___ the sea turtle’s fat its green color.Similar to other sea turtles, green sea turtles travel long distances __64__ their feeding grounds and their nesting sites, with recorded distances __65____ than 2,600 kilometers. They have strong flippers (鳍形肢) that help them __66___ in the water.62. A. putting B. making C. containing D. consisting63. A. take B. give C. taken D. given64. A. among B. within C. between D. beyond65. A. longer B. deeper C. richer D. higher66. A. arrive B. swim C. reach D. jumpFemale green sea turtles leave the water in __67____ to lay eggs on the beach and will choose the same nesting __68___ as where they were born. A female will dig __69___ a nest with her flippers and lay about 155 eggs. There she’ll cover the eggs __70____ sand and return to the sea. After about two months the babies will use a special “egg tooth” to break their shells an d hatch (孵化) from their eggs.67. A. way B. place C. method D. order68. A. lawn B. street C. level D. spot69. A. out B. away C. above D. below70. A. of B. with C. out D. forThe first few years of a green sea turtle’s life are spe nt __71__ at sea, where they feed on tiny animals and plants __72___ live in the surface layer of the sea. As they grow older, the turtles move to __73___ waters along the coast, where they find sea grass to eat.Adult green sea turtles face many threats, primarily from humans, including injuries from passing boats, being __74___ in fishing nets and pollution. Newly hatched sea turtles are also at___75__ of being hunted by other animals as they move from their nests out to the sea.71. A. float B. think C. floating D. thinking72. A. when B. that C. what D. where73. A. negative B. careful C. shallow D. polite74. A. caught B. dropped C. grown D. reached75. A. risk B. sight C. visit D. deathPart V. translation (20%)76. Both sides show no signs of backing down.77. Twenty-eight people have been arrested since then and charged with interferingwith the pipeline construction.78. They say their local economies depend on the use of these areas.79. It may also severely limit activities such as logging, road-building, and hunting.80. The entire structure cost more than $2.5 million to build at the time.81. 他在这所大学任教多久了？82. 我希望我们的演出会成功。

2016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 the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)In Cambodia，the choice of a spouse is a complex one for the young male. It may involve not only his parents and his friends,１those of the young women, but also a matchmaker. A young man can 2 a likely spouse on his own and them ask his parents to 3 the marriage negotiations，or the young man’s parents may make the choice of a spouse, giving the child little to say in the selection. 4 , a girl may veto the spouse her parents have chosen. 5 a spouse has been selected, each family investigates the other to make sure its child is marrying 6 a good family.The traditional wedding is a long and colorful affair. Formerly it lasted three days， 7 by the 1980s it more commonly lasted a day and a half. Buddhist priests offer a short sermon and 8 prayers of blessing. Parts of the ceremony involve ritual hair cutting, 9 cotton threads soaked in holy water around the bride’s and groom’s wrists ,and 10 a candle around a circle of happily married and respected couples to bless the 11 .Newlyweds traditionally move in with the wife’s parents and may 12 with them up to a year, 13 they can build a flew house nearby.Divorce is legal and easy to 14 ,but not common .Divorced persons are 15 with some disapproval. Each spouse retains 16 property he or she 17 into the marriage, and jointly –acquired property is 18 equally. Divorced persons may remarry, but a gender prejudice 19 up .The divorced male doesn’t have a waiting period before he can remarry 20 the woman must wait the months.1. [A] by way of [B] as well as [C] on behalf of [D] with regard to2. [A] adapt to [B] provide for [C]compete with [D] decide on3. [A] close [B] renew [C]arrange [D] postpone4. [A] In theory [B] Above all [C] In time [D] For example5. [A] Although [B] Lest [C] After [D] Unless6. [A] into [B] within [C] from [D] through7. [A] sine [B] or [C] but [D] so8. [A] test [B]copy [C]recite [D] create9. [A] folding [B] piling [C] wrapping [D] tying10. [A] lighting [B] passing [C] hiding [D] serving11. [A] meeting [B] association [C] collection [D]union12. [A] grow [B] part [C] deal [D]live13. [A] whereas [B] until [C] for [D] if14. [A] obtain [B] follow [C] challenge [ D]avoid15. [A] isolated [B] persuaded [C] viewed [D] exposed16. [A]wherever [B] however [C] whenever [D]whatever17. [A] changed [B] brought [C] shaped [D] pushed18. [A] divided [B] invested [C] donated [D] withdrawn19. [A]clears [B] warms [C] shows [D] breaks20. [A]while [B] so what [C]once [D] in thatSection 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 the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1France, which prides itself as the global innovator of fashion, has decided its fashion industry has lost an absolute right to define physical beauty for woman. Its lawmakers gave preliminary approval last week to a law that would make it a crime to employ ultra-thin models on runways.The parliament also agreed to ban websites that”incite excessive thinness” by promoting extreme dieting.Such measures have a couple of uplifting motives. They suggest beauty should not be defined by looks that end up with impinging on health. That’s a start. And the ban on ultra-thin models seems to go beyond protecting models from starring themselves to health –as some have done. It tells the fashion industry that it move take responsibility for the signal it sends women, especially teenage girls, about the social tape –measure they must use to determine their individual worth.The bans, if fully enforced ,would suggest to woman (and many men )that they should not let others be orbiters of their beauty .And perhaps faintly, they hint that people should look tointangible qualities like character and intellect rather than dieting their way to sine zero or wasp-waist physiques .The French measures, however, rely too much on severe punishment to change a culture that still regards beauty as skin-deep-and bone-showing. Under the law, using a fashion model that does not meet a government-defined index of body mess could result in a $85,000 fine and six months in prison.The fashion industry knows it has an inherent problem in focusing on material adornment and idealized body types. In Denmark, the United States, and a few other countries, it is trying to set voluntary standard for models and fashion images there rely more on pear pressure for enforcement.In contrast to France’s actions, Denmark’s fashion industry agreed last month on rules and sanctions regarding age, health, and other characteristics of models .The newly revised Danish Fashion Ethical charter clearly states, we are aware of and take responsibility for the impact the fashion industry has on body ideals, especially on young people. The charter’s main toll of enforcement is to deny access for designers and modeling agencies to Copenhagen. Fashion week, which is men by the Danish Fashion Institute .But in general it relies on a name-and –shame method of compliance.Relying on ethical persuasion rather than law to address the misuse of body ideals may be the best step. Even better would be to help elevate notions of beauty beyond the material standards of a particular industry.21. According to the first paragraph, what would happen in France?[A] Physical beauty would be redefined[B] New runways would be constructed[C] Websites about dieting would thrive[D] The fashion industry would decline22. The phrase “impinging on”(Line2 Para2) is closest in meaning to[A] heightening the value of[B] indicating the state of[C] losing faith in[D] doing harm to23. Which of the following is true of the fashion industry[A] The French measures have already failed[B] New standards are being set in Denmark[C] Models are no longer under peer pressure[D] Its inherent problems are getting worse24. A designer is most likely to be rejected by CFW for[A] setting perfect physical conditions[B] caring too much about models’ character[C] showing little concern for health factors[D] pursuing a high age threshold for models25. Which of the following maybe the best title of the text?[A] A challenge to the Fashion Industry’s Body Ideals[B] A Dilemma for the starving models in France[C] Just Another Round of struggle for beauty[D] The Great Threats to the Fashion IndustryText 2For the first time in the history more people live in towns than in the country. In Britain this has had a curious result. While polls show Britons rate “the countryside” alongside the royal family. Shakespeare and the National Health Service (NHS) as what make them proudest of their country, this has limited political support. A century ago Octavia Hill launched the National Trust not to rescue stylish houses but to save “the beauty of natural places for everyone forever”. It was specifically to provide city dwellers with spaces for leisure where they could experience “a refreshing air”. Hill’s pressure later led to the creation of national parks and green belts. They don’t make countryside any more, and every year concrete consumes more of it .It needs constant guardianship.At the next election none of the big parties seem likely to endorse this sentiment. The Conservatives’ planning reform explicitly gives rural development priority over conservation, even authorizing “off–plan” building where local people might object. The concept of sustainable development has been defined as profitable. Labour likewise wants to discontinue local planning where councils oppose development. The Liberal Democrats are silent only u sensing itschance, has sides with those pleading for a more considered approach to using green land. Its campaign to protect Rural England struck terror into many local conservative parties.The sensible place to build new houses factories and offices is where people are in cities and towns where infrastructure is in place. The London agents Stirling Ackroyed recently identified enough sites for half of million houses in the Landon area alone with no intrusion on green belts. What is true of London is even truer of the provinces. The idea that “housing crisis” equals “concreted meadows” is pure lobby talk. The issue is not the need for more houses but, as always, where to put them under lobby pressure, George Osborne favours rural new-build against urban renovation and renewal. He favours out-of-town shopping sites against high streets. This is not a free market but a biased one. Rural towns and villages have grown and will always grow. They do so best where building sticks to their edges and respects their character. We do not ruin urban conservation areas. Why ruin rural ones?Development should be planned, not let trip, After the Netherlands, Britain is Europe’s most crowed country. Half a century of town and country planning has enable it to retain an enviable rural coherence, while still permitting low-density urban living. There is no doubt of the alternative-the corrupted landscapes of southern Portugal, Spain or Ireland. Avoiding this rather than promoting it should unite the left and right of the political spectrum.26. Britain’s public sentiment about the countryside[A] is not well reflected in politics[B] is fully backed by the royal family[C] didn’t start fill the Shakespearean age[D] has brought much benefit to the NHS27. According to paragraph 2，the achievements of the National Trust are now being[A] largely overshadowed[B] properly protected[C] effectively reinforced[D] gradually destroyed28. Which of the following can be offered from paragraph 3[A] Labour is under attack for opposing development[B] The Conservatives may abandon “off-plan” building[C] Ukip may gain from its support for rural conservation[D] The Liberal Democrats are losing political influence29. The author holds that George Osbornes’s preference[A] shows his disregard for the character of rural area[B] stresses the necessity of easing the housing crisis[C] highlights his firm stand against lobby pressure[D] reveals a strong prejudice against urban areas30. In the last paragraph the author show his appreciation of[A] the size of population in Britain[B] the enviable urban lifestyle in Britain[C] the town-and-country planning in Britain[D] the political life in today’s BritainText 3“There is one and only one social responsibility of business” wrote Milton Friedman, a Nobel Prize-winning economist “That is, to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits.” But even if you accept Friedman’s premise and regard corporate social responsibility(CSR) policies as a waste of shareholders’s money, things may not be absolutely clear-act. New research suggests that CSR may create monetary value for companies at least when they are prosecuted for corruption.The largest firms in America and Britain together spend more than $15 billion a year on CSR, according to an estimate by EPG, a consulting firm. This could add value to their businesses in three ways. First, consumers may take CSR spending as a “signal” that a company’s products are of high quality. Second, customers may be willing to buy a company’s products as an indirect may to donate to the good causes it helps. And third, through a more diffuse “halo effect” whereby its good deeds earn it greater consideration from consumers and others.Previous studies on CSR have had trouble differentiating these effects because consumers can be affected by all three. A recent study attempts to separate them by looking at bribery prosecutions under American’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act（FCPA）.It argues that since prosecutors do not consume a company’s products as part of their investigations，they could beinfluenced only by the halo effect.The study found that，among prosecuted firms，those with the most comprehensive CSR programmes tended to get more lenient penalties. Their analysis ruled out the possibility that it was firm’s political influence, rather than their CSR stand, that accounted for the leniency: Companies that contributed more to political campaigns did not receive lower fines.In all, the study concludes that whereas prosecutors should only evaluate a case based on its merits, they do seem to be influenced by a company’s record in CSR. “We estimate that either eliminating a substantial labour-rights concern, such as child labour, or increasing corporate giving by about20% result in fines that generally are 40% lower than the typical punishment for bribing foreign officials.” says one researcher.Researchers admit that their study does not answer the question at how much businesses ought to spend on CSR. Nor does it reveal how much companies are banking on the halo effect, rather than the other possible benefits, when they companies get into trouble with the law, evidence of good character can win them a less costly punishment.31. The author views Milton Friedman’s statement about CSR with[A]uncertainty[B]skepticism[C]approval[D]tolerance32. According to Paragraph 2, CSR helps a company by[A]guarding it against malpractices[B]protecting it from consumers[C]winning trust from consumers.[D]raising the quality of its products33. The expression “more lenient”(line 2,Para.4)is closest in meaning to[A]less controversial[B]more lasting[C]more effective[D]less severe34. When prosecutors evaluate a case, a company’s CSR record[A]comes across as reliable evidence[B]has an impact on their decision[C]increases the chance of being penalized[D]constitutes part of the investigation35. Which of the following is true of CSR according to the last paragraph?[A] The necessary amount of companies spending on it is unknown[B] Companies’ financial capacity for it has been overestimated[C] Its negative effects on businesses are often overlooked[D]It has brought much benefit to the banking industryText 4There will eventually come a day when The New York Times ceases to publish stories on newsprint. Exactly when that day will be is a matter of debate. ”Sometime in the future,” the paper’s publisher said back in 2010.Nostalgia for ink on paper and the rustle of pages aside, there’s plenty of incentive to ditch print. The infrastructure required to make a physical newspaper – printing presses, delivery trucks – isn’t just expensive; it’s excessive at a time when online – only competitors don’t have the same set of financial constraints. Readers are migrating away from print anyway. And though print ad sales still dwarf their online and mobile counterparts, revenue from print is still declining.Overhead may be high and circulation lower, but rushing to eliminate its print edition would be a mistake, says BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti.Peretti says the Times shouldn’t waste time getting out of the print business, but only if they go about doing it the right way. “Figuring out a way to accelerate that transition would make sense for them,” he said, “but if you discontinue it, you’re going have your most loyal customers really upset with you.”Sometimes that’s worth making a change anyway. Peretti gives the example of Netflix discontinuing its DVD-mailing service to focus on streaming. “It was seen as blunder,” he said. The move turned out to be foresighted. And if Peretti were in charge atthe Times? ”I wouldn’t pick a year to end print,” he said “I would raise prices and make it into more of a legacy product.”The most loyal customers would still get the product they favor, the idea goes, and they’d feel like they were helping sustain the quality of something they believe in. “So if you’re overpaying for print, you could feel like you were helping,” Peretti said. “Then increase it at a higher rate each year and essentially try to generate additional revenue.”In other words, if you’re going to make a print product, make it for the people who are already obsessed with it. Which may be what the Times is doing already. Getting the print edition seven days a week costs nearly $500 a year – more than twice as much as a digital – only subscription.“It’s a really hard thing to do and it’s a tremendous luxury that BuzzFeed doesn’t have a legacy business,” Peretti remarked. “But we’re going to have questions like that where we have things we’re doing that don’t make sense when the market changes and the world changes. In those situations, it’s better to be more aggressive that less aggressive.”36. The New York Times is considering ending it’s print edition partly due to[A] the increasing online and sales[B] the pressure from its investors[C] the complaints from its readers[D] the high cost of operation37. Peretti suggests that in face of the present situation, The Times should[A] make strategic adjustments[B] end the print sedition for good[C] seek new sources of leadership[D] aim for efficient management38. It can be inferred from paragraphs 5and 6 that a ” legacy product”[A] helps restore the glory of former times[B] is meant for the most loyal customers[C] will have the cost of printing reduced[D] expands the popularity of the paper39. Peretti believes that in a changing world[A] traditional luxuries can stay unaffected[B] cautiousness facilitates problem-solving[C] aggressiveness better meets challenges[D] legacy businesses are becoming out dated40. which of the following would be the best title of the text?[A] shift to online newspapers all at once[B] Cherish the Newspapers still in Your Hand[C] keep Your Newspapers Forever in Fashion[D] Make Your print Newspapers a luxury GoodPart BDirections:Read the following text and answer the questions by choosing the most suitable subheading from the list A-G for each of the numbered paragraphs (41-45). There are two extra subheadings. Mark your answers on the ANSER SHEET. (10 point)[A] Create a new image of yourself[B] Decide if the time is right[C] Have confidence in yourself[D]Understand the context[E]Work with professionals[F]Make it efficient[G]Know your goalsNo matter how formal or informal the work environment, the way you present yourself has an impact. This is especially true in the first impressions. According to research from Princeton University , people assess your competence, trustworthiness, and likeability in just a tenth of a second, solely based on the way you look.The difference between today’s workplace and the “dress for success” era is that the range of options is so much broader. Norms have evolved and fragmented. In some settings, red sneakers or dress T-shirts can convey status; in other not so much. Plus, whatever image we present is magnified by social-media services like LinkedIn. Chances are, your headshots are seen much more often now than a decade or two ago. Millennials, it seems, face the paradox of being the least formal generation yet the most conscious of style and personal branding. It can be confusing.So how do we navigate this? How do we know when to invest in an upgrade? And what’s the best way to pull off one than enhances our goals? Here are some tips:41_________________________As an executive coach, I’ve seen image upgrades be particular helpful during transitions-when looking for a new job, stepping into a new or more public role, or changing work environments. If you’re in a period of change or just feeling stuck and in a rut, now may be a good time. If you’re not sure, ask for honest feedback from trusted friends, colleagues and professionals. Look for cues about how others perceive you. Maybe there’s no need for an upgrade and that’s OK42________________________Get clear on what impact you’re hoping to have. Are you looking to refresh your image or pivot it? For one person, the goal may be to be taken more seriously and enhance their professional image. For another, it may be to be perceived as more approachable, or more modern and stylish. For someone moving from finance to advertising, maybe they want to look more “SoHo.” (It’s OK to use characterizations like that )43 ________________________Look at your work environment like an anthropologist. What are the norms of your environment? What conveys status? Who are your most important audiences? How do the people you respect and look up to present themselves? The better you understand the cultural context, the more control you can have over your impact.44 _______________________Enlist the support of professionals and share with them your goals and context. Hire a personal stylist, or use the free styling service of a store like J. Crew. Try a hair stylist instead of a barber. Work with a professional photographer instead of your spouse or friend. It’s not as expensive as you might think.45 ________________________The point of a style upgrade isn’t to become more vain or to spend more time fussing over what to wear. Instead, use it as an opportunity to reduce decision fatigue. Pick a standard work uniform or a few go-to options. Buy all your clothes at once with a stylist instead of shopping alone, one article of clothing at a time.Part CDirections:Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written neatly on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) Mental health is our birthright. (46) we don’t have to learn how to be mentally healthy, it is built into us in the same way that our bodies know how to heal a cut or mend, a broken bone. Mental health can’t be learned, only reawakened. It is like immune system of the body, which under stress or through lack of nutrition or exercise can be weakened, but which never leaves us. When we don’t understand the value of mental health and we don’t know how to gain access to it, mental health will remain hidden from us. (47) Our mental health doesn’t go anywhere; like the sun behind a cloud, it can be temporarily hidden from view, but it is fully capable of being restored in an instant.Mental health is the seed that contains self-esteem –confidence in ourselves and an ability to trust in our common sense. It allows us to have perspective on our lives-the ability to not take ourselves too seriously, to laugh at ourselves, to see the bigger picture, and to see that things will work out. It’s a form of innate or unlearned optimism. (48) Mental health allows us to view others with sympathy if they are having troubles, with kindness if they are in pain, and with unconditional love no matter who they are. Mental health is the source of creativity for solving problems, resolving conflict, making our surroundings more beautiful, managing our home life, or coming up with a creative business idea or invention to make our lives easier. It gives us patience for ourselves. And toward others as well as patience while driving, catching a fish, working on our car, or raising a child.It allows us to see the beauty that surrounds us each moment in nature, in culture, in the flow of our daily lives. (49)Although mental health is the cure-all for living our lives, it is perfecting ordinary as you will see that it has been there to direct you through all your difficult decisions. It has been available even in the most mundane of life situations to show you right from wrong, good from bad, friend from foe. Mental health has commonly been called conscience, instinct, wisdom, common sense, or the inner voice, we think of it simply as a health and helpful flow of intelligent thought. (50) As you will come to see, knowing that mental health is always available and knowing to trust it allow us to slow down to the moment and live life happily.Section III WritingPart A51. Directions:Suppose you are a librarian in your university. Write a notice of about 100 words. Providing the newly-enrolled international students with relevant information about the library.You should write neatly on the ANSWER SHEET.Do not sign your own name at the end of the notice. Use Li Ming instead.Do not write the address. (10 points)Part B52. Directions:Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following pictures In your essay, you should1) describe the pictures briefly2) interpret the meaning , and3) give your commentsYou should write neatly on the ANSWER SHEET.(20 points)Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use Li Ming instead.Do not write the address. (10 points)1、【答案】[B] as well as【解析】根据空格所在句子的内容可以判断，“择偶涉及男方的亲朋好友，_____女方的亲朋好友”显然前后是并列关系，选项中只有B选项as well as 表示并列关系。

2016年学位课统考真题(A卷)Paper OnePart I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes, 20 points)Section A ( 1 point each)1. A Beauty has advantages and disadvantages.B. Beauty has different meanings to different people.C. Beauty brings attention and opportunities.D. Beauty comes from action and good qualities.2. A. She is using the book now.B. She may give him a hand.C. She can’t lend him the book.D. She will keep the book for him.3. A Rachel lives fairly close to her.B Rachel visits her quite often.C Rachel comes here once a month.D Rachel rarely gets to see her.4. A She forgot about the time change.B She didn’t receive the text messageC Her roommate forgot to give her the message.D Her roommate was too nervous to tell her.5. A He should have got better grades.B The test was based on lecture material.C She misplaced her textbook.D Small luck plays a big role.6. A On the 16th of June.B. On the 18th of June.C On the 9th of June.D On the 8th of June.7. A. Go to sleep.B. Watch the movie later.C Change the channel.D Set the alarm clock.8. A Wear a formal suit.B Wear casual clothes.C Dress up for the party.D Dress in a costume.9. A. She likes to drink coffee.B She rarely wakes up early.C She needs tea to feel alert.D She always skips breakfast.Section BMini-talk One10. A Southern Europe.B United Arab EmiratesC. North Africa.D. The United States.11. A The wings B The tail C The windowsD The engines12. A To change the airplane industryB To make a trip in a tiny plane.C. To overcome weather issues.D To prove the power of new energy sources.Mini-talk Two13. A Feeling sleepy at work.B Feeling sad or depressedC Feeling unable to think clearly.D Feeling tired in the morning.14. A Time zone change.B An extra hour of sleepC Travel by air far distancesD Unmatched work schedule and lifestyle15. A Nighttime work is hard on some of the workers.B Early risers have litter improvement in wellbeing.C A better rest can benefit employers financially.D Workers report the same level of improvement.Section C16. Choose clothing that fits the employer’s ______(2 words) and keep yourself clean and tidy.17. Leave your house in _____(3 words) to arrive at least 15 minutes early for your interview.18. Firmly ____(2 words) , right hand only, even if you’re left-handed.19. If the interviewer seems distracted, lighten the atmosphere by telling an ____(3 words) story about your qualifications.20. If you don’t understand a question orstatement, ask the interviewer to ____(3 words) it.Part II. V ocabulary ( 10 minutes, 10 points) Section A (0.5 points)21. Digital technology can be used to alleviate the harmful side effects brought about by farming.A intensifyB reduceC triggerD convert22. It is believed that any improvement in water efficiency would be of considerable benefit .A enormousB marginalC potentialD beneficial23. Materials science is rapidly transforming the way that everything from cars to light bulbs is made.A enhancingB multiplyingC alteringD pursuing24. The economy of the United States is probably the envy of the world, and its armedforces are unrivalled.A unmatchedB ungrounded D undefined D unpurified25. The central government of China has set about boosting the consumption of greener energy.A discardedB demandedC cancelledD initiated26. Her voice had a peculiarly engaging quality; it was deep, a little husky, and one always heard the breath vibrating behind it.A appealingB disgustingC emergingD painstaking27. Purchase of a second-hand house is a difficult problem that requires careful assessment.A predictionB evaluationC elaborationD assimilation28. A number of ingenious techniques are employed to make the workmanship more delicate.A recruitedB hiredC adopted Dcreated29. The business will show a profit in September provided that sales remain steady all summer.A as soon asB on condition thatC in order thatD by the time30. The miners who had been stuck underground for days were taken to a hospital right away.A for the time beingB behind the timesC at timesD in no timeSection B (0.5 point each)31. Some infectious diseases, such as AIDS, take a heavy___on human immunity.A impactB lossC tollD casualty32. Because of poor grammar, some sentences in research papers by Chinese students seem ___to the reviewers.A incomprehensibleB inedibleC inestimableD irreplaceable33. Almost each college student is equippedwith a cell phone, laptop and other electronic ____A galaxiesB ornamentsC utensilsD gadgets34. Running for president is ____ demanding , emotionally draining, and physically taxing.A incoherentlyB intellectuallyC intimatelyD invalidly35. The common pattern of human influence on tropical rainforest is a ____ of the habitat into smaller patches.36. State leaders of each generation have to think about how to ___complicated economic issues.A adoreB assembleC addressD alienate37. In 2008, Sarkozy threatened to boycott the Olympic Games in Beijing, ___kowtow shortly afterwards by promising never to interfe re with China’s affairs.A only toB so as toC as toD prior to38. New methods of irrigation can reducewater consumption by roughly 30%____conventional systems.A but forB compared withC related toD other than39. As long as you are pursuing your dream, your efforts will eventually ____.A wear offB pay offC ward offD turn off40. The younger you begin ____, the easier it is to remain physically active throughout your life.A setting outB figuring outC running outD working outPart III Cloze Test ( 10 minutes, 10 points, 1 point each)A college education is completely necessary for each of us, but we have to ask what it –41—to get into college? High school grades and standardized tests are still the most common measurements. –42—this information is often considered alongsideother sources of information, other indicators of college potential are typically not considered if high school grades and standardized test scores don’t reach a certain –43---.Even though standardized test scores do predict –44—performance and job performance, relying so heavily on these scores is problematic –45—a number of reasons. For one, studies have found that the SAT is a better predictor of college performance for white students. –46—reason is that other key skills are neglected that contribute to life success, defined more –47—than merely the capacity for academic learning, including active learning –48--, natural motivation, social-emotional intelligence, imagination and creativity. Creativity and imagination are particularly important skills in this century, --49—how quickly this world is changing. This world needs people who are not only quick learners,but also reflective learners as well as –50--- of new knowledge.41.A.means B takes C seems D likes42.A. But B However C While D Yet43.A.standard B destination C aspect D perspective44.A physical B artistic C mechanical D academic45.A because of B due to C for D owing to46.A The second B A second C Second D The other47.A broadly B narrowly C usually D strictly48.A outcomes B advantages C qualifications D strategies49.A concerning B regarding C considering D involving50.A applicants B creators C witnesses D successorsApply, application, applicantSucceed, successive, succeeding , successorsContinual , continuous80 Years has witnessed the ups and downs of ……Standard, level, criteriaWater table, water levelHigh level, low levelDesign criteriaStandard for designPart IV Reading Comprehension (45 minutes, 30 points, 1 point each)Passage OneA year ago, my boss announced that our large New York ad agency would be moving to an open office. After nine years as a seniorwriter, I was forced to trade in my private office for a seat at a long, shared table. It felt like my boss had ripped off my clothes and left me standing in my underwear.However, about 70 percent of U.S. offices now have no or low partitions. Silicon Valley has been the leader in bringing down the dividers. Google, Yahoo and American Express are all adherents. Facebook designed the largest open floor plan in the world, housing nearly 3,000 engineers.Adhere to …These new floor plans are ideal for maximizing a company’s space while minimizing costs. Bosses love the ability to keep a closer eye on their employees, ensuring movie-watching, constant social media-browsing and unlimited personal cellphone use isn’t occupying billing hours. While employees feel like they’re part of a relaxed, innovative enterprise, theenvironment ultimately damages workers’attention spans, creativity and satisfaction. Furthermore, a sense of privacy boosts job performance, while the opposite can cause feeling of helplessness. In addition to the distractions, my colleagues and I have been more vulnerable to illness. Last flu season took down a succession of my co-workers like dominoes.As the new space intended, I’ve formed interesting, unexpected bonds with my colleagues. But my personal performance at work has hit an all-time low. Each day, my associates and I are seated at a table staring at each other, having an ongoing 12-person conversation from 9 a.m to 5 p.m. those who have worked in private offices for decades have proven to be the most noisy and tough. They haven’t had to consider how their loud habits affect others, so I can only work effectively during times when no one else is around, or if I isolate myself in one of thesmall, constantly sought-after, glass-windowed meeting rooms.To make the open-office model work, employers have to take measures to improve work efficiency. For one, they should create more private areas----ones without open windows. Also, they should implement rules on when interaction should be limited. And please, let’s eliminate the music that blankets our workspaces. Companies could simply join another trend----allowing employees to work from home. That model boosts productivity, with employees working more hours and taking fewer breaks. There are fewer interruptions when employees work remotely. At home, my greatest distraction is the refrigerator.51. Which of the following is true according to the first two paragraphs?A The author enjoyed working in an open office.B This open-office model has gainedpopularity.C Companies are compelled to shift to an open office.D Google and Yahoo refuse to go along with the trend.52. Large open floor plans can help bosses to ____A reduce investment in research.B show movies to workers in the officeC supervise co-workers’ conversations.D restrict the use of personal cell phones.53. According to Paragraph 4, an open office ____A can benefit workers’ mental health.B brings no relaxation to workers at all.C adversely affects productivity and health.D contribute to better productivity .54. It can be concluded from Paragraph 5 that in an open office ___A fellow workers are likely to spend a long time talking.B one’s personal performance can beimproved easily.C work efficiency can be ensured amid frequent interaction.D most of the workers can easily become close friends.55. The last sentence of this passage suggests that the author___A can hardly concentrate on his work at home.B often suffers from the noise of the refrigerator.C works more efficiently at home than in the open office.D has nobody to talk to while working at home.56. The central idea of this passage is that the open-office model___A should be highly recommended.B is destroying the workplace.C is more of a blessing than a curse.D proves to be quite innovativePassage TwoThe mosquito-borne Zika virus, which has spread to 22 countries in the Americas, is terrifying to pregnant women and their partners. The virus may cause birth defects in babies whose mothers were infected during pregnancy. In Brazil more than 4,000 have been born with abnormally small heads since last October, compared with fewer than 200 in a typical year. The response of several governments has triggered a debate about abortion and birth control which may outlast the outbreak itself.OutbreakBreak outStudent-leading movementStudent-led movement.Input, output , outset, outskirts, outspread, uphold,Outgrow, outlastMan-eating society , man-eaten societyMan-made satelliteSound-producing insectsIt started after some governments advised women to delay getting pregnant. Colombia, which has the second-highest number of infections after Brazil, advised women to wait six to eight months. Jamaica issued a similar recommendation, even though no cases of Zika have yet been reported there. El Salvador’s government suggested that women should delay pregnancy until 2018. Panama warned women from vulnerable communities not to conceive.Some women find this advice rather bossy. Others say that governments have done little to help women control their fertility. A lobby group in New York notes that rates of teenage pregnancy in Latin America are among theworld’s highest, as 56% of pregnancies in Latin America and the Caribbean are unintended.Rates of accidental pregnancy are high because sex education is inadequate and birth control is hard to come by. Health workers are reluctant to prescribe contraceptives to teenagers or to women who have not yet given birth. If women are to avoid pregnancy, governments must inform them better and provide more access to contraception for both men and women.Some argue that the Zika crisis should prompt countries to liberalize policies that severely restrict abortion. In El Salvador, which does not allow abortion even if a woman’s life is at risk, activists are stepping up their campaign for a change in the law. A Brazilian newspaper argued that Brazil should end its ban on most abortions.Rather than calling on women to delay pregnancy, Brazil is sensibly concentrating itsefforts on the mosquito responsible, which also carries dengue and yellow fever. The country had stamped out the threat by 1958 but let down its guard and allowed it to return. The health minister announced that insect repellent will be distributed to 400,000 expectant mothers. Some 310,000 health workers are teaching people how to keep mosquitoes at bay. Following WHO guidelines, Brazil advises women contemplating pregnancy on how to avoid getting bitten by mosquitoes. Women need facts, not fertility targets.57. The first paragraph is primarily concerned with ___A the harm done by the Zika virus.B abortion and birth controlC the response of some countries.D the origin of the Zika virus .58. The rate of infections with the Zika virus is the highest in ___A ColombiaB BrazilC Jamaica DPanama59. Rates of accidental pregnancy are high in Latin America because of the following except ___A insufficient sex education or information on pregnancy.B the reluctance to prescribe contraceptives to teenagers.C poor accessibility of birth control for men and women.D the extremely low rate of marriage in some countries.60. Which of the following is true according to this passage?A Abortion is strictly prohibited in the whole of Latin America.B Activists in El Salvador are fighting for the right to abortion.C Brazil has managed to eliminate the mosquito responsible.D Most women have been convinced of the advice by governments.61. The underlined words in the last paragraph probably mean ____A stay away from mosquitoesB try to make mosquitoes extinctC confine mosquitoes to the beachD culture some new mosquitoes62. Which of the following can best serve as the title of this passage?A How to Contain the Zika Virus?B health during PregnancyC To Breed, or not to BreedD Measures of Birth ControlCheck :Passage ThreeAfter a jury convicted ex-Virginia Governor, Bob McDonnell, I wrote an op-ed calling attention to the “real stars”of the McDonnell case. It is easy to get distracted by the sensational details of the new case, but it would be better to focus on the big picture.Ex-husband …Ex-president. Late-presidentVice-president ….Deputy-presidentProfessor, associate-professor , lecturer , assistant …The judge convicted him of robbery.The judge convicted him to 15 years’imprisonment.Convince convincing factsAssure sb of sth , assure sb that clause ….I assure him of my honesty .I assure him that I am honest. Integrity, integration( integrate…) =combineIrritation, irrigation =waterConvince sb of sth = convince sb that clause….Assure, ensure, insure,I insured 1000 yuan against unexpected injury.Guarantee ….Ensure = make sure ….To ensure that the meeting goes smoothly, we have made full arrangement.To see(to it) that …=to make sure …American politicians face a harsh reality. The average Senate campaign costs more than $10 million! Point the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) at any elected official, and I suspect it can uncover a contributor who received special treatment: a meeting with staff here, a call to an agency there. None of it is necessarily illegal.Americans are not only allowed to give money to politicians. The Supreme Court hassaid they have a constitutional right to spend money on campaign. Elected officials, in turn, have the freedom to decide which calls they answer, what meetings they arrange, how to craft legislation and whom it benefits.It could be, then, that what set McDonnell apart from other politicians is not the alleged illegality of his conduct, but that the FBI took such a hard look at him. Thankfully, the FBI’s interest doesn’t appear to be political. More likely, agents became interested in these cases like they get interested in lots of things; they happened upon public corruption while looking into something else. The FBI reportedly was investigating Jonnie Williams’company for securities fraud when it stumbled upon his gifts to McDonnell.There are two important lessons here, one for politicians and one for the rest of us. The politicians need to distance themselves from their rich donors. Ethics aside, it is simply too risky to take contributions and gifts frompeople whose interests you intend to advance. Better to lose an election than to go to federal prison.Everyone else should start thinking about prosecutorial power to act. It’s bad enough that our political system seems to be populated with criminals. We should also worry about how prosecutors choose among them to decide whom to imprison.Random selection, which appears to explain the McDonnell case, is the least of our worries. The real concern is politically motivated prosecutions, which are made all too easy in a system flush with cash and regulated by flexible public corruption laws. Sadly in a pay-to-play political system, once FBI agents direct their investigative power at a particular politicians, the likelihood of a federal accusation may only depend on how hard they look.Hit-and-run63. In the first paragraph, “the big picture”probably refers to ____A the details of the McDonnell caseB the political system in the US.C. the economic situation in the US D other officials involved in this case.64. Which of the following is true about the McDonnell case?A McDonnell has turned out to be innocent.B He gave expensive gifts to Jonnie Williams.C The FBI happened to find his criminality.D The FBI’s investigation is politically motivated.65. The lesson that politicians should learn from the case of McDonnell is to ___.A stay away from wealthy donorsB work in the interests of rich donors.C forget about ethics when with rich donorsD make friends with many rich donors.66. The last paragraph implies that in theAmerican political system___A there are few corrupt politiciansB money plays a minor roleC random selection is a big concernD it is easy to spot cases of corruption67 This passage is primarily concerned with _____in the United States.A ways to keep governance cleanB the responsibilities of the FBIC the political corruption problemD the role of money in legal matters68. The attitude of the author towards the American political system is ___A curiousB criticalC appreciativeD indifferentPassage FourThe fourth and final article from Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant in The New York Times’“Women at Work”series appeared today; it is as misguided as the previous three have been, bordering on offensive. Do wereally need Sandberg telling men that if they do a load of laundry now and then, they might get lucky? Yes, that is an exact point in the article. To quote: A man was asked by his wife one night to do a load of laundry. He picked up the basket and asked hopefully, “Is this lean in laundry?”The bigger issue with the entire New York Times series is that rather than focusing on the abilities of women, all they’ve done is offer studies and statistics pointing out how bad things are, then asking men to change that. It is so disappointing that Sandberg and Grant keep repeating the same point---“Hey, guys, help the poor girls out!” They continue to tell men that they should do more office chores, let women speak at work, use the same criteria for evaluating female managers as male ones. It’s all about men and what they need to do to boost up ladies.The tone of these articles also implies that every successful woman was somehow given ashot by some man. Most successful women I know weren’t given anything. They earned it. And when they didn’t get it even after earning it, they struggled and seized it. It is so unproductive for women to repeat that the workplace needs to change to reward us. How about if women change? Why don’t we start behaving in ways that will get us rewarded in the workplace?Whenever I speak or write about equality for women in the workplace, I never address what men need to do differently. Men have no incentive to do anything differently. This system is working for them, and if women want to compete in male-dominated fields, we need to develop the instincts and attitudes what will get us rewarded in those fields. Women don’t have to “behave like men,” but we can make the changes needed to be recognized and promoted without asking them for the scraps. We should not stamp our feet and demand that men help us get there. Afterall, no woman has to lean in when she’s standing at the head of the table.69. What does the author of this passage think of the article mentioned in the first paragraph?A misleadingB instructiveC amusingD paradoxical70. The author believes that the problem with this New York Time s series is that is ___A overemphasizes mutual help between males and females.B elaborates on the advantages of males over femalesC suggests the two sexes be evaluated in the same way.D ignores what women can do for themselves.71.The main idea of the third paragraph is that ____A women have to adapt to the work environment.B there is a man behind each successful woman.C workplace should be changed to reward women.D women become successful on their own.72. In the last paragraph, the author of this passage suggests that ___A men start to do things differently for women’s sake.B women ask men for help whenever necessary.C women become independent and self-reliant.D women stop competing with men at work.73. Which of the following can best serve as the title of this passage?A Women-Stop ‘Leaning” and Start LeadingB Men-Be Helpful at Home and at Work.C Men and Women—Who Is Superior?D Men and Woman—How Different Are They?74. The author seems to be _____ these articles by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant.A interested inB critical about Cconvinced by D encouraged byPassage FiveImagine a world without alcohol sponsorship of sport and without drinks ads on TV. You’re imagining France, the country with a heavy drinking rate one sixth that of Ireland. It’s a country where there is a genuinely sensible and mature approach to alcohol----with a range of regulations for the alcohol industry.To be certain, people drink in France----there is alcoholism and serious issues for public health there, just as in other societies where alcohol is available----but in France, the trend is downward and heavy drinking isn’t group activity where getting drunk is the objective.The drinks industry in Ireland is pitilessly efficient and deeply rational----like any multi-billion euro industry, knowing how to get people to drink more, how to grow amarket, how to cultivate the next generation of drinkers and how to put them on the value addition conveyor belt.The economics of drinking is strikingly obvious. A massive diversity of products at a massively wide range of prices, with a staggering diversity of lifestyle messages and marketing approaches to segment and divide the market. We start with the young drinkers, who don’t have a whole l ot of money----for young men there’re the thin aluminum can beers which promise European sophistication and precious metals. For the ladies there are the lighter alcohols and coolers, which promise to have one laugh uncontrollably into the night with your equally attractive mid-twenties friends, often with a three-for-two offer.The next stage in the process is to get the drinker into the bottled beers and shift the ladies towards whiskey. In summer, everyone is encouraged to dedicate time to quenchingthe thirst with juice---and to move on from there. At each life stage there is a higher-value drink product targeted at our aspirations and an encouragement to get some of the good life. The drinks industry reminds us to tame our animal side with a trip to their website saying that ‘enjoying a drink may be a part of Irish culture…’ and, at the start of an article on the possible health benefits of cutting down on alcohol, states: “Lots of people associate moderate drinking with relaxation and fun.”The drinks industry needs young drinkers----it cultivate drinkers as early as possible, but it cultivates partners and harvests goodwill as well.75. Which of the following statements is true about France?A No one consumes an excessive amount of alcohol.B There are no strict regulations for the alcohol industry.C Sport can be sponsored by alcoholproducers.D There are no TV commercials related to alcohol.76. The underlined words in Paragraph 3 imply that the drinks industry in Ireland___A cares about the health of consumersB is good at boosting sales of alcohol.C has enjoyed quite high productivityD tries to make money by illegal means77. Paragraph 4 and 5 are focused on ____the drinks industry.A the economic employed byB the wide range of products ofC various lifestyle messages fromD health benefits associated with78. The drinks industry has been working hard to increase its sales by ____A telling consumers the truth about the harm of alcohol.B encouraging consumers to use the same drink product.C targeting at young drinkers exclusively and。

硕士研究生英语学位真题2016年12月(A)(总分：99.15，做题时间：150分钟)一、PAPER ONEPART Ⅰ LISTENING COMPREHENSION(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Section A(总题数：9，分数：9.00)（分数：5.00）A.There are many gas stations.B.There are few gas stations.C.There are various risks.D.There are few cars on the road.（分数：4.00）A.She doesn't trust the man.B.She needs the man's help.C.The man is trust-worthy.D.The man is late for school.三、Section B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Mini-talk One(总题数：3，分数：3.00)（分数：3.00）A.In designing a perfect school curriculum.B.In promoting the physical health of kids.C.In reading classical literary works.D.In the intellectual development of kids.五、Mini-talk Two(总题数：3，分数：3.00)（分数：3.00）A.36%.B.60%.C.83%.D.90%.六、Section C(总题数：5，分数：5.00)(1). You should look for day care centers that provide..., along with a safe and 1 (2 words).（分数：0.83）填空项1:__________________(2). You want your child to be happy and comfortable, which is your 1 (2 words).（分数：0.83）填空项1:__________________(3). ...any good day care center is going to encourage 1 (2 words) between the children.（分数：0.83）填空项1:__________________(4). Whatever your option, 1 (2 words) that you know who you are leaving your child with.（分数：0.83）填空项1:__________________(5). Once you have done all this, you can feel more 1 (3 words) in knowing that....（分数：0.83）填空项1:__________________七、PART Ⅱ VOCABULARY(总题数：0，分数：0.00)八、Section A(总题数：10，分数：5.00)5. Studies on cats have helped illuminate some of the abilities of our mysterious housemates.（分数：0.50）A.lightenB.obscureC.explainD.cherish6. The application of renewable sources of energy can be optimized through sophisticated analytics.（分数：0.50）A.conventionalB.expensiveC.exhaustiveD.advanced7. Lung cancer is the UK's biggest cancer killer, claiming more than 35,000 lives a year.（分数：0.50）A.savingB.takingC.demandingD.producing8. This girl has acquired an intense desire to study medicine in order to become a clinical doctor.（分数：0.50）A.strongB.sharpC.shrewdD.shrinking9. World peace requires that the UN resolutions have to be carried out in a strict manner.（分数：0.50）A.behaviorB.fashionC.aspectD.politeness10. The government of China has been backing up the resumption of the six-party talk on DPRK.（分数：0.50）A.relocatingB.condemningC.supportingD.pledging11. Some stereotypes of the Chinese persist in the United States because of the large number of negative reports.（分数：0.50）A.endureB.vanishC.insistD.deteriorate12. Most of the third-year students in our laboratory are occupied with experiments.（分数：0.50）A.are bored withB.are crazy aboutC.are busy withD.are casual about13. The girl spoke at length about her experiences as a volunteer teacher at a high school in Yunnan Province.（分数：0.50）A.at randomB.in detailC.at lastD.for sure14. After the marathon race, some athletes are too fatigued to answer the reporter's questions.（分数：0.50）A.wiped outB.figured outid outD.worn out九、Section B(总题数：10，分数：5.00)15. Treatments that ______ the immune system have shown great promise against some forms of cancer.（分数：0.50）A.proceedB.erodeC.harnessD.precede16. A year ago there were slightly more ______ than jobseekers, but now there are twice as many openings.（分数：0.50）A.vacuumsB.vacanciesC.vacationsD.vocations17. Dogs seem to experience separation anxiety, which also indicates that they feel ______ to their owners.（分数：0.50）A.hostilityB.objectionC.relianceD.attachment18. Previous research has shown that there are immediate ______ benefits from eating chocolate.（分数：0.50）A.cognitiveB.imaginativeC.creativepetitive19. A discovery into the genetic makeup of tumors may deliver therapies that are ______ to individual patients.（分数：0.50）A.entitledB.affiliatedC.tailoredD.obliged20. A major obstacle ______ English learning is the profound influence of the mother tongue.（分数：0.50）A.forB.onC.toD.over21. As the vote will be ______ in favor of the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton is getting near to the presidency.（分数：0.50）A.deliberatelyB.overwhelminglyC.conscientiouslyD.crudely22. It takes courage to ______ all the opposition to the decision to have these corrupt officials arrested.（分数：0.50）A.break downB.turn downC.let downD.shut down23. One choice has to ______ another when you are making a decision as to which college to attend.（分数：0.50）A.be oriented toB.be indulged inC.be coupled withD.be weighed against24. This company is constantly looking for ways to improve services ______ different customers.（分数：0.50）A.on behalf ofB.in case ofC.by means ofD.with a view to十、PART Ⅲ CLOZE TEST(总题数：10，分数：10.00)Free schools are flourishing in the UK. More than 400 free schools have either opened or been approved to open across England 1 . These schools have been made possible by the hundreds of teachers, parents and charities working in their own time to go through a 2 application process to bring their 3 of a new school tolife. 4 these schools proving so popular, parents and groups continue to come forward in significant numbers to set them up. The government's commitment to expand the program with another new 500 schools is 5 a logical next step.Importantly these schools are already making a(n) 6 to the education of thousands of pupils around the country. Over 70% of those inspected have been judged good or outstanding by inspectors, and 7 they are being opened where they are most needed. There are far more free schools in 8 local communities than in wealthy neighborhoods. Obviously free schools can play a role in 9 the current shortage of school places. For free schools to continue to have the biggest impact, they must be allowed to bring in new ideas and challenge existing schools in areas where low 10 have been accepted for far too long.（分数：10.00）A.by farB.so farC.in turnD.at first十一、PART Ⅳ READING COMPREHENSION(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十二、Passage One(总题数：6，分数：6.00)The death of Harambe, the endangered lowland gorilla (大猩猩) shot at the Cincinnati Zoo after a 4-year-old crawled through a barrier and fell into his enclosure, was a shocking event. After such a tragedy, it seems someone must be blamed, but fingers are pointed in the wrong direction.Many in the animal protection community suggest that Harambe wasn't a threat to the boy. Gorillas tend not to be aggressive, and if Harambe wanted to hurt the child, he could have done so immediately, not after playing with this curious creature for 10 minutes.Did the gorilla care staff do enough to separate Harambe from the child? If they could lure the female gorillas away, why not Harambe? Some activists are calling the killing of Harambe an act of cowardice by incompetent zoo employees. Others are arguing that the boy's mother is to blame. How could she let her child fall into a wild-animal enclosure? How long did she let her child wander unsupervised before he got through the barriers? Some people suggest that she be deemed legally negligent and charged with causing the death of an endangered animal.For me, the real question is not who to blame, but why anyone was in a situation in which they had to make a choice between the life of a human child and the life of an endangered teenage gorilla. Keeping wild animals in captivity is detrimental to their health. This tragic choice arose only because we keep animals in zoos. So why have zoos?One of the reasons often given is that zoos protect endangered wild animals. A few zoos, including the Cincinnati Zoo, do fund conservation efforts that are praiseworthy, but captive animals, especially large mammals born in captivity, like Harambe, cannot be "returned to the wild." These sensitive, smart, long-lived gorillas are destined to remain confined, never to experience the freedom of the wild. They are, at best, symbols meant to represent their wild counterparts. Zoos distort our understanding of these wonderful beings and perpetuate the notion that they are here for our purposes.If we really need someone to blame, maybe we should look at our society, which supports these types of institutions of captivity. If zoos were more like shelters where captive animals are treated with respect, free from screaming crowds and external dangers, no one would have had to decide to kill Harambe. Kids could see gorillas in cinemas, where their curiosity could be safely satisfied.Many of the animal conservationists believe that Harambe ______.（分数：6.00）A.should have lived in the wildB.posed a threat to the boy's lifeC.should not have been killedD.was not interested in this boy十三、Passage Two(总题数：6，分数：6.00)Julie Lythcott-Haims noticed a disturbing trend during her decade as the former dean of freshmen at Stanford University. Incoming students were brilliant and accomplished and virtually flawless, on paper. But with each year, more of them seemed incapable of taking care of themselves.At the same time, parents were becoming increasingly involved in their children's lives. They talked to their children multiple times a day and rushed in to personally intervene whenever something difficult happened.Lythcott-Haims came to believe that parents in wealthy communities have been hindering their children by trying so hard to protect the children from any disappointment, failure and hardship. Such "over-helping" might assist children in developing impressive résumés for college applications, but it also deprives them of the chance to learn who they are, what they love and how to navigate the world, she argues in her book."We want so badly to help them by shepherding them from milestone to milestone and by shielding them from failure and pain. But over-helping is devastating," she writes. "It can leave young adults without the strengths of skill, will and character that are needed to know themselves and to craft a life.""Don't call me a parenting expert," she said in an interview. "I'm interested in humans' thriving, and it turns out that over-parenting is getting in the way."She cites statistics on the rise of depression and other mental health problems among the young people. She has seen the effects up close: she lives in a community that, following a string of suicides in the past year, has undertaken a period of soul-searching about what parents can do to stem the pressure that young people face.Her book tour is taking her to more school auditoriums and parent groups than bookstores. She tells stories about over-involvement and shares statistics about problems in young people, which she hopes will spark change incommunities where helicopter parents are making themselves and their children miserable."Our job as a parent is to put ourselves out of a job," she said. "We need to know that our children are able to get up in the morning and take care of themselves."And how can parents help their children become serf-sufficient? Teach them the skills they'll need in real life and make sure they practice those skills on their own. And have them do chores. "Chores build a sense of accountability. They build life skills and a work ethic," she said.According to this passage, many students failed to take care of themselves ______.（分数：6.00）A.because of excessive school assignmentsB.due to low IQ and limited book knowledgeC.for lack of skills needed in real lifeD.for lack of care and love from parents十四、Passage Three(总题数：6，分数：6.00)Teams have become the basic building—blocks of organizations. Recruitment ads routinely call for "team players". Business schools grade their students in part on their performance in group projects. Office managers knock down walls to encourage team-building. Numerous companies were either in the middle of restructuring or about to embark on it, and restructuring meant putting more emphasis on teams.Companies are abandoning functional silos and organizing employees into cross-disciplinary teams that focus on particular products, problems or customers, with more power to run their own affairs and more time to work with each other rather than reporting upwards. A network of teams is replacing the conventional hierarchy.However, teams are not always the answer—teams may provide more insight, creativity and knowledge, but teamwork may also lead to confusion, delay and poor decision-making.It is noted that teams are hindered by problems of coordination and motivation that erode the benefits of collaboration. High-flyers forced to work in teams may be undervalued and free-riders empowered. Groupthink may be unavoidable. Less than 10% of the supposed members agree on who exactly is on the team. Agreeing on its purpose is harder.Profound changes in the workforce are making teams trickier to manage. Teams work best if their members have a strong common culture. This is hard to achieve when, as is now the case in many big firms, a large proportion of staff are temporary contractors. Teamwork improves with time: 73% of the incidents in a civil-aviation database occurred on a crew's first day of flying together.Companies need to think harder about managing teams to keep teams small and focused. A new study finds that the best way to ensure employees are "engaged" is to give them more control over where and how they do their work—which may mean liberating them from having to do everything in collaboration with others.However, organizations need to ask themselves whether teams are the best tools for the job. Team-building skills are in short supply: Deloitte reports that only 12% of the executives understand the way people work together in networks and only 21% feel capable of building cross-functional teams. Slackly managed teams can become hotbeds of distraction—employees routinely complain that they can't get their work done because they are forced to spend too much time in meetings or in noisy offices. Even in the age of open-plan offices and social networks some work is best left to the individual.It can be concluded from the first paragraph that ______.（分数：6.00）A.team players can easily enter better collegesB.team building will probably be short-livedC.team-building is getting increasingly popularD.team players are likely to be business leaders十五、Passage Four(总题数：6，分数：6.00)On the surface, shopping online seems environmentally friendly: it eliminates car trips and carbon emissions. But what about the emissions from fleets of delivery vehicles bringing orders to houses? Delivery trucks also contributesubstantially to the burden of PM2.5, which is associated with many effects on human health.Researchers recently conducted a survey of downtown Newark residents' shopping habits and preferences to calculate the quantity of goods purchased online. They also used the information from delivery companies about the number of trucks on the road and the number of packages per truck to determine how many delivery trucks are required to distribute home shopping purchases. Finally, the researchers used transportation simulation software and data from local transportation authorities to determine the effect of delivery trucks on the transportation network, focusing on an area of downtown Newark that includes a portion of the university's campus. They conducted similar analyses in 2001, at the dawn of the online shopping era, and again in 2008.Curiously, the 2008 data suggested that home shopping in Newark had grown by only 14.8% since 2001. That's much less than the researchers predicted in their earlier study. It also contrasts with data from other researchers showing that Internet shopping increased six-fold between 2001 and 2011.This is an unexpected finding. However, a large proportion of their survey respondents were university students, and the convenience of Internet shopping may appeal more to people who are running a household. Also, the researchers' latest data are from 2008, which suggests that their study underestimates the effect of home shopping on the transportation network.In any case, the researchers found that even though home shopping by residents of Newark grew more slowly than anticipated, traffic in 2008 was worse than they had predicted, for more home shopping purchases increase travel time, traffic delays, and vehicle emissions of the transportation network.While some previous studies suggest that e-commerce is associated with lower carbon emissions than traditional retail, other researchers have warned of a "rebound effect," which occurs when gains in efficiency merely stimulate new consumption. Something similar may be going on in Newark, the results suggest."We found that the total number of vehicles miles travelled hasn't decreased at all with the growth of online shopping," says study leader Arde Faghri. "This suggests that people are using the time saved by Internet shopping to do things like eating out at restaurants, going to the movies, or visiting friends."According to the first paragraph, the author ______.（分数：6.00）A.doubts the environmental friendliness of online shoppingB.believes in the benefit of online shopping to the environmentC.insists that delivery trucks can reduce the emission of PM2.5D.associates online shopping with better human health十六、Passage Five(总题数：6，分数：6.00)Everyone in the UK seems to agree that recorded crime is decreasing. This is one of the arguments the government is using to justify its savage cuts in police budgets. All we have to do now is to get the police more efficient—working smarter, making better use of IT. Reduction in crime means we don't need so many police officers.This belief is based on a false premise. Recorded crime is declining, but that's largely due to the fact that crime has moved from the physical world to cyberspace or the Internet: cybercrime is much safer and more appealing. The rewards are much greater, and the risks of being caught and convicted are vanishingly small. So if you're a rational criminal with a reasonable IQ, why would you bother robbing people, breaking into houses, stealing cars and doing all the other things that old- style crooks do—and that old-style cops are good at catching them doing?Each senior police officer believes that cybercrime has been at alarming levels but none seems confident that our law enforcement system can deal with it. These views are supported by the experiences of the 5% of UK Internet users who have been the victims of various cybercrime; they report a variety of responses—almost none of them helpful—from the local police forces to whom they turn for help.One good reason is that the criminals are hard to identify or turn out to be operating abroad. Other reasons include bureaucratic inertia, lack of technical knowledge and a shortage of resources, which means that cybercrime receives lower priority than other, more urgent, responsibilities. Or simply the fact that officers often don't take it seriously.It's exceedingly difficult to measure accurately, for a variety of reasons—the spectrum of wrongdoing, the fact that much of it is under-reported and widely distributed, and the high cost that includes not only the actual damage done, but the costs of self-protection and the costs of clearing up after an attack. And then there are the opportunity costs: for example, security software used by online merchants typically rejects 4.3% of orders out of fear of fraud, even thoughmany of those potential orders are in fact genuine.The reality we face is that cybercrime is vast and flourishing. But do not expect to hear much about it in the election. What we actually need are more policemen on the net.Police budgets will be cut down in the UK because of the belief that ______.（分数：6.00）A.recorded crime is decliningB.the police will become more efficientC.high-technology will be usedD.cybercrime cases need fewer police officers十七、PAPER TWO(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十八、Section A(总题数：1，分数：10.00)31. At any elementary school in China's metropolises, you will find numerous kids who wear glasses. Undesirable reading habits and chronic exposure to screens not only account for the higher incidence of nearsightedness, but take a heavy toll on the well-being of kids. Kids who are lost in the virtual world are more vulnerable to overweight, whose grades are bound to suffer. The appeal of digital gadgets, such as cell phones or smartphones, seems so irresistible that keeping oneself unplugged for a single day is virtually out of the question. While we are enjoying the benefits of modern conveniences, we are also having some basic necessities of life deprived, including peace of mind and a robust body.（分数：10.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________十九、Section B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)32. 尽管录取标准不同，但中国大多数研究生院的学生人数多得惊人。

2016年12月研究生英语学位课统考（GET）真题试卷听力对话1.(B)A. He failed to catch the bus.B. There are few gas stations.C. There are various risks.D. He didn’t hear clearly.解析：女士说：我们离沙漠还有多远?男士说：大约300英里。

我们必须给车加油。

高速路上加油站很少。

女士说：好。

few and far between 是个成语，意思是“少见”或“彼此距离很远”。

2.(D)A. He failed to catch the bus.B. He didn’t enjoy walking.C. He thought differently.D. He didn’t hear clearly.解析：男士说：您能告诉我从这儿去时代广场的路吗?女士说：好。

你可以坐地铁或公交车。

如果现在感觉不累，你也可以走着去。

男士说：对不起，我没听懂。

3.(A)A. A tour guide.B. A bus driver.C. A hotel attendant.D. A traffic policewoman.解析：女士说：各位请注意。

我们今天的日程安排是首先参观故宫。

在故宫附近的饭店午餐后，我们去颐和园。

我们很可能晚上七点左右回到宾馆。

男士说：我们晚上自由活动吧?女士说：是的，我们没有什么特别安排。

4.(C)A. He was rude to his mother.B. He loves his girlfriend.C. He can tolerate his girlfriend no more.D. He insulted his girlfriend.解析：女士说：我听说你跟女朋友分手了。

是吗?男士说：是的。

她对我一直很不友好。

最无法忍受的是她说我妈妈的坏话。

the last straw 的含义是it is the latest in a series of bad events，and it makes you unable to deal with a situation any longer，也就是“一系列令人不愉快的事情中，最后一件让你忍无可忍的事”。

2016考研英语一真题及参考答案Introduction:The 2016 Graduate Entrance Exam for English. Paper 1 contained a variety of questions that tested the candidates' comprehension and critical thinking skills. In this article, we will explore the different sections of the exam and provide a reference answer for each question. The aim is to help students gain a deeper understanding of the exam format and improve their performance in future exams.Section 1: Reading ComprehensionPassage 1:The first passage discussed the impact of climate change on fish populations. It highlighted how rising sea temperatures are affecting the reproduction and migration patterns of various fish species. The reference answer should include a detailed analysis of the passage's main ideas, supporting evidence, and a clear explanation of the effects of climate change on fish populations.Passage 2:The second passage focused on the benefits of mindfulness meditation. It explained how mindfulness can reduce stress, improve cognitive function, and enhance overall well-being. The reference answer should summarize the main points of the passage, highlight the evidence provided, and discuss the implications of mindfulness meditation in modern society.Section 2: Sentence CompletionThe sentence completion section required candidates to fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word or phrase. The reference answer should provide a comprehensive list of possible answers for each sentence, explaining the context and reasoning behind the choices. It should also include a brief explanation of any grammatical or lexical difficulties that might arise.Section 3: Error DetectionIn this section, candidates had to identify grammatical errors in a given sentence. The reference answer should clearly point out the errors and provide a correct version of the sentence. Additionally, it should explain the grammatical rules or concepts behind each error, helping students understand and avoid similar mistakes in the future.Section 4: TranslationThe translation section required candidates to translate a given English passage into Chinese. The reference answer should provide an accurate translation of the passage while preserving its original meaning and style. It should also explain any cultural or linguistic nuances that might require additional context for a complete understanding.Conclusion:By providing a reference answer for each section of the 2016 Graduate Entrance Exam for English, this article aims to assist students in their preparation for future exams. Understanding the exam format, content, and expected answers can significantly improve performance and increase the chances of success. It is essential for students to practice regularly, analyzetheir mistakes, and seek further guidance to further enhance their English proficiency.。

2016年全国研究生考试英语一2016年全国研究生考试英语一试题如下：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)The concept of man versus machine has characterized the打工of information technology throughout its history. The first mechanical devices in this area appeared in the first century AD. In the Middle Ages, simple 16 were used to do fundamental arithmetic operations, and the abacus helped spread these ideas in Europe. However, all these early mechanical devices were only able to do basic operations and were far from being able to match human 17. The real “computer age” began with the invention of the electronic digital computer in the 1940s. It was the first machine able to do the job of a human calculator, and it marked the beginning of a new 18 of machine intelligence.In the second half of the 20th century, new technologies made it possible to store large amounts of data on computers. With the coming of the Internet age, information and data are becoming more and more important. Computers have become faster, and storage capacity has increased greatly. Nowadays, computer-based decision-making is seen as a means for improving efficiency, precision and productivity in many fields such as finance, manufacturing, and 19 . With the help of computers, many tasks that were once done by humans can now be completed much more efficiently and accurately.However, some people are concerned that computers may eventually replace human beings in the future. This idea may not be as 20 as it seems. Although machines can process data more quickly and accurately than humans, they still need human beings to program and supervise them. In addition, human beings have the ability to think creatively and critically, which is crucial for problem-solving and innovation. Therefore, it is unlikely that computers will be able to completely replace human beings in the near future.答案：16. A. toolsB. toysC. devicesD. equipment正确答案是：C. devices。

2016年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试管理类专业硕士学位联考英语[1A]考生须知1．选择题的答案须用2B铅笔填涂在答题卡上，其它笔填涂的或做在试卷上的答案无效。

2．其他题一律用蓝色钢笔或黑色钢笔或圆珠笔在答题纸上按规定要求作答，凡做在试卷上或未做在指定位置的答案无效。

3．交卷时，请配合监考人员验收，并请监考人员在准考证相应位置签字（作为考生交卷的凭据）。

否则，所产生的一切后果由考生自负。

2016年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试管理类专业硕士学位联考英语试卷1ASection 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)In modern digital era, more and more people feel their lives are disturbed by the ill content which search engines link to their names and want to change it.Many European politicians are 1 to this feeling. Governments such as France and Britain have long allowed the deletion of criminal records in any 2 once punishment is 3 . The European Parliament has backed a 4 known as “a right to forgotten”, but to become law it would need the 5 of all the European Union’s 28 members states. Recently, as a advocate of “a right to forgotten”, Mr. Mosley has won the first round of a 6 battle in Germany to block his “dirty” images appearing on Google 7 there.8 , the right to be forgotten would also undermine the internet’s great strength. 9 ，the internet is similar to a library of unimaginable 10 –full, as all libraries are, of useful news, tips, document material 11 some stuff which may to different degrees be irrelevant, wrong or mad. Internet has made the best and worst of information more freely and readily 12 than ever before. Then, search engines should be 13 library catalogues and should be comprehensive and 14 , without fear or favor of what the contents may reveal, or of 15 they may be used.It should be the right of 16 , rather than governments or institutions, to distinguish what is right or wrong, useful or immaterial and factual or false. People should be 17 of giving the power to make that very 18 , even to a court that thinks hard about it and backs the disadvantaged mass. As James Madison 19 it: I believe there are more instances of the depriving of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent invasion of those in power than by 20 and violent seizure.1. A. indifferent B. sympathetic C. prudent D. ignorant2. A. searches B. explorers C. servers D. engines3. A. on B. out C. over D. off4. A schedule B. practice C. prospect D. campaign5. A. cooperation B. approval C. integration D. intelligence6. A. lateral B. literate C. liberal D. legal7. A. agent B. explorer C. search D. server8. A. Indeed B. However C. Therefore D. Moreover9. A. In turn B. In vain C. In particular D. In effect10. A. size B. roof C. home D. grade11. A. as well as B. as long as C. as far as D. as soon as12. A. available B. feasible C. eligible D. reasonable13. A. with B. like C. against D. among14. A. biased B. diverse C. neutral D. logical15. A. what B. which C. whether D. how16. A. inhabitants B. natives C. individuals D. peoples17. A. tired B. aware C. cautious D. fond18. A. contribution B. judgment C. opportunity D. option19. A puts B. makes C. carries D. lets20. A. random B. normal C. forceful D. sudenSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four passages. Answer the questions below each passage by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1Lots of states would love to be California, having their own little Hollywood, and then film crews would come to town and spend money in hair salons and hotels. Last year, more than 40 states had incentives like huge tax credits to lure film producers, costing them a record $1.4 billion. Yet, the huge tax credits can be justified in no way.California is reluctant but has no way but to be in that game, with the assumption that it has to take actions to defend itself against the new-coming hunters. In 2003, when only a few states offered incentives, California made two-thirds of America’s big-studio films, but now it makes far fewer than half. Film LA, an organization that co-ordinates permits for film shoots in Los Angeles, says that without California’s own tax credit, “2010 would have been the worst year” since the mid-1990s for filming in Hollywood.All this costs money, which legislators volunteer on behalf of taxpayers. Many tax credits exceed the filmmaker’s total tax liability to that state. The credits have even become an industr y unto themselves. In Iowa some filmmakers were transferring their credits to others as transactions until the state shut its program in 2009. Last month an Iowa judge sentenced a producer to ten years in prison for cheating credits. Incentives do not necessarily have to call for the involvement of tax credits. Some states simplify the paperwork by just giving out cash and others remit film-makers from sales or hotel taxes or give them other subsidies.According to Joseph Henchman at the Tax Foundation, even when a state succeeds in luring film crews, they rarely boost the economy or tax revenues enough to justify the costs of the incentives. After all, film companies usually import their staff and export them again when the shoot is over, and thus the local jobs they create are mostly temporary. In addition, since virtually all statesare at it, the programs largely cancel out one another and no state gets a lasting advantage. The craze resembles a war with mutually destructive tariffs with its loopholes for every lobby and thus higher rates for all. The only winner is the film industry.It begins sinking in. Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, New Jersey and Washington have recently ended, suspended or shrunk their programs, and many others, struggling with budget deficits, intend to do the same, diverting the money into something permanent or even leaving it to taxpayers.21. The fact that California makes fewer films is mentioned to illustrate it ________.A. loses its advantages in film shoot technologiesB. does not regard film shoot as a main industryC. gives importance to the attack and defend gameD. is compelled to attract film crews with incentives22. According to paragraph 3, some filmmakers ______.A. are willing to shoulder some tax of taxpayersB. spend more in filmmaking to get subsidiesC. sell their tax credits for profits illegallyD. do not have to pay for their hotel fees23. According to paragraph 4, Joseph Henchman believes ______.A. film companies creates permanent employmentsB. it is not wise to attract film crews by incentivesC. film companies help local in imports and exportsD. film shootings create lasting advantage to a state24. By saying “It begins sinking in” (last paragraph), the author implies that ______.A. some states refuse to accept film shootingB. some states reduce the state deficitsC. some states reconsider attracting film shootingD. some states give in to California in films25. The most appropriate title for this text would be ______.A. Film Shooting: Hard to LoveB. Film Shooting: Thriving BusinessC. Film Shooting: Engine for DevelopmentD. Film Shooting: High-cost IndustryText 2More often than not, it appears, we are told that our American children’s poor performance in tests of math and science, and about new initiatives from universities or foundations to expand STEM courses and deemphasize the humanities. From President Obama on down, public officials have cautioned against pursuing degrees like art, language or history, which are seen as luxuries in today’s world and they contend that a liberal education is irrelevant, and technical training is the only new path forward. It is the only way, we are told, to ensure that Americans survive in an age defined by technology and shaped by global competition. If we are to find what Americans areunited in any conviction currently, it is that we urgently need to shift the country’s education toward the teaching of specific, technical skills.This dismissal of broad-based learning stems from a fundamental misinterpreting of the facts and puts America on a significantly dangerously narrow path for the future. A broad general education helps nurture critical thinking and creativity, and exposure to a variety of fields produces synergy and cross fertilization, which renders it possible that the United States has led the world in economic dynamism, innovation, entrepreneurship and other fields. When unveiling a new edition of the iPad, Jobs explained that “it’s in Apple’s DNA that technology al one is inadequate —that it’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the result that makes our hearts sing.”In their well-known comprehensive research “The Race Between Education and Technology”, Harvard’s Cl audia Goldin and Lawrence Katz point out that in late 18th and 19th century, countries like Britain, France and Germany educated only a few and put them through narrow programs designed to impart only the skills crucial to their professions. America, by contrast, provided mass general education because people were not rooted in specific locations with long-established trades, and the American economy changed so quickly that the nature of work and the qualifications for above-average tended to vary from one generation to the next and people didn’t want to lock themselves into one professional guild for life.In truth, though, the United States has never done well on international tests, and they are not good predictors of our national success. Since 1964, when the first such exam was administered to 13-year-olds in 12 countries, America has lagged behind its peers, rarely rising above the middle of the pack and doing particularly poorly in science and math. Yet, over these past five decades, that same laggard country has dominated the world of science, technology, research and innovation.26. According to the text, the American society generally believe that ______.A. public servants in America are poor at humanitiesB. American education has to change its emphasisC. it’s hard currently to survive in the global competitionD. STEM courses are too difficult to get good text scores27. The quotation of Jobs in paragraph 2 is used to illustrate ______.A. comprehensive education is crucial for the U. S. to keep leadB. America’s education policies are misunderstood in the worldC. world leaders are advanced in critical thinking and creativityD. intermarriage is a well established trend in American society28. Claudia Goldin and Lawrence Katz’s study reveals that compared with other countries’, American’s education is more ______.A. formal in styleB. radical in contentC. variable in devicesD. desirable in design29. The American’s fast changing economy probably calls for people’s ______.A. loyalty to a particular profession they qualifyB. variable skills necessary for potential professionsC. outstanding acquisition of professional knowledgeD. proficiency in a certain skill needed for trade30. The author’s attitude toward the American’s present education is ______.A. skepticalB. biasedC. optimisticD. ironicText 3The number of people who believe they could be born poor, work hard and get rich is at a two-decade low in New York Times polling, further evidence of the fade of the long-held idea of the American Dream. Over the past decade of the Times asking the same question, the proportion of respondents with the belief of starting off impoverished and achieving rich has steadily declined.Another low appeared in the poll conducted in 1983, and this low is worth exploring. It occurred right during a grievous economic recession and unemployment nationwide was over 10 percent and had touched the high teens or even low 20s in some states. In Ronald Reagan's 1983 State of the Union address,he began this way: "As we gather here tonight, the state of our Union is strong, but our economy is stagnant. For too many of our fellow citizens – farmers, steel and auto workers, lumbermen, black teenagers, working mothers – this is a painful period." Of course, 1983 was also a turn-around year for the economy. By year's end, the unemployment rate had dipped by almost two points and Reagan’s reelection a year later went from questionable to certain.It's easy to acknowledge that there exists direct correlation between people not having faith in the American Dream and prolonged periods of economic struggle. Whether the current slow recovery is what's to blame for the extended pessimistic mentalities or whether we, as a country, have simply entered a different stage in our relationship with the idea of the American Dream, remains a question.However, asking people whether they can be born poor and get rich through hard work is not, for everyone, a definition of the American Dream, and "rich" and "successful" are not synonymous. So there may well be people who believe you can be born to humble circumstances and achieve success who don't buy into the poor/rich dynamic presented in the Times questionnaire. In addition, comparing people who say they believe you can be born poor and get rich to people who say things either will or won't be better for future generations isn't apples to apples.There seem to be a dip in the twin ideas that a) the country is moving, inexorably, in a better direction and b) the opportunity to succeed exists for all of us (mostly) equally. That presents a major challenge for some politicians who have spent the last two decades leaning too heavily on what now looks like a somewhat outdated idea of not only the American Dream but whether it can be achieved.31. We can learn from paragraph 1 that ______.A. people from poor families are gradually losing faith in American DreamB. people born to different eras hold different opinions of American dreamC. people believe they are able to realize their dreams by working harderD. people born to rich families get rich more easily than those to poor ones32. According to the text, which of the following is true about 1983’s America?A. Unemployment rate reached historical peak.B. Reagan achieved success in general reelection.C. Fellow citizens were short of life necessities.D. Economy began to recover from former recession.33. According to paragraph 3, it’s hard to decide whether ________.A. lengthy economic recession destroys American DreamB. period of economic recovery pace affects people’s attitudeC. the US has entered a different era of economic growthD. people’s relation loosens during economic recessions34. The author’ attitude toward Times questionnaires is _________.A. positiveB. objectiveC. skepticalD. ironic35. According to the author, some politicians should _________.A. stick to their belief in American DreamB. pursue realization of American dreamC. rely on the ideal of American DreamD. update their idea of American DreamText 4Mention price cartels and many people will think of big, visible ones like the one OPEC runs to fix oil prices and the now-extinct one for diamonds. Nevertheless, at least as damaging are the many insidious cartels in such unattractive areas as ball-bearings and cargo rates, which go unnoticed for years, quietly pushing up the end cost to consumers of all manner of goods and services.Alliances or collusion among manufacturers to manipulate prices and carve up markets is thriving, with the cartels growing ever more complex and global in scope. A Competition Committee’s investigation have uncovered several big conspiracies, including one in which more than 20 airlines worldwide had fixed prices on perhaps 20 billion of freight shipments. They were fined a total of 3 billion. One academic study conducted by the Committee revealed that the typical cartel raised the price of the goods or services in question by 20%.Investigators are still addressing the problem of a huge global cartel network among suppliers of wide range of car parts. Makers of seat belts, radiators and foam seat-stuffing have had substantial fine imposed on them. Earlier this month, the European Council fined five makers of automotive bearings a total of 953m. This week its investigators raided a bunch of makers of car exhausts. Also in recent days, Brazilian officials have charged executives from a dozen foreign train-makers accused of m anipulating bids for rail and subway contracts in the country’s main cities.Anyway, we there are reasons to be optimistic because enforcement has got tougher, smarter, more coordinated, and thus more effective and efficient. Gone are the days when price-fixers got a slap on the wrist. Firms are likely to expect severe fines and bosses are likely to go to jail. Whilemany cartels now operate across boarders, so do investigators. American and Japanese bureau joined forces to flush out the car parts cartels. And incentives for whistle blowers have also increased: around 50 countries now offer immunity or reduced penalties for informers.The best study of the issue so far concluded that, given the still low risk of detection, price alliance manipulation pays. Yet, The preferable answer is stiffer prison sentences, particularly for senior executives. American courts, only too ready to lock up other types of offenders for a long time, have rarely jailed wicked price-fixers for anything like the maximum of ten years that the legislation allows. Or, the other way? Beyond a certain point – which the fines now imposed by American and European regulators have probably reached – fines constitute so much damage on guilty companies that they undermine competition rather than enhance it.36. The best title of the text probably is _________.A. Breaking Overlooked Price-fix AlliancesB. Establishing Proper Price-fix MechanismC. Reversing the Recent Price Rising TrendD. Sustaining the Present Cost of Consumers37. According to paragraph 2, A Competition Committee _________.A. protected 20 airlines from price discriminationB. fixed the prices of airline freight shipmentsC. determined the prices of goods and servicesD. found some companies united to fix prices38. According to the text, punishment of price monopoly has involved all the following industries EXCEPT _________.A. aviationB. tourismC. automobileD. railway39. By “Gone are the days … the wrist” (paragraph 3), the author implies price-fixers _________.A. will possibly be preventedB. are getting less efficientC. employ reliable informersD. cooperate with each other40. The author advocates stiffer prison sentence of price-fixers because _________.A. criminals have to be sentenced to prison longB. laws allow sentence of price-fixers to prisonC. this alternative way helps protect competitionD. price offenders deserve longer imprisonmentPart BDirections: Read the following text and answer questions by finding information from the right column that corresponds to each of the marked details given in the left column. There are two extra choices in the left column. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)The first question people ask me when they learn that my husband lost his job, our house went underwater and we went from middle class to barely working poor during the 2008 economic crisis is: How did you stay together?It always struck me as a strange question. But it’s actually a reasonable one. Overall, America’s divorce rate has fallen. But like many things, the poor have not reaped the benefits of this trend. The number of married, college-educated couples splitting by their seventh anniversary has dropped from more than 20 percent in the early 1980s to just 11 percent today.Why this discrepancy? To start, money is a major source of tension for all couples. And less money can equal more problems. Raevan Zayas stays at home with her 1-year-old baby in California while her husband struggles at a low-paying job. “I can’t afford child care to go to work. We can barely afford groceries. Our kid needs new shoes and clothes, and I can’t remember the last time Isaac and I did something nice together,” she said. “Our relationship is so stra ined. How are you supposed to work through the problems in your relationship when you’re worried about how you’re going to buy milk for your kid?”University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers said he’s also found that working-class families have more stringent views about men as providers and that the economy has shifted so that those without college degrees have more trouble finding such work, which contributes not only to financial hardship but also to relationship stress. As Johns Hopkins sociologist Andrew Cherbin explains: “I’ve looked at the marriage gap between men with high- and low-earning occupations, and it varies directly with the amount of economic inequality in the country.Two-thirds of all divorces are initiated by women, according to Bill Doherty, professor of family social science at the University of Minnesota. In the 1960s and ’70s, he said, highly educated mothers got divorced at about the same rate of less educated mothers. Doherty theorizes that the reason for this has something to do with the changing expectations women have for their partners. “What we have is historically high expectations for what young people call a 50-50 marriage,” he said. “People are looking for a high-intimacy, high-income marriage where both partners contribute, regardless of income bracket.Cece Azadi of Alabama said the anticipations that working-class couples have of each other shouldn’t be unrealistic. It’s not that she needed a man to provide for her, she said, she simply wanted a partner who would work with her rather than against her. “With my first divorce, poverty was an issue, for sure,” she said. “He kept working and quitting, and eventually I realized that since I was the only reliable person in the family making money, there wasn’t m uch reason to hold onto the marriage.”Examples like this ring especially true during periods of high inequality. As we came out of the recession, unemployment levels dropped from their historic highs, but more so for women than men.In the summer of 2013, about 7.5 percent of men over age 20 were unemployed, compared with 6.5 percent of women, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.The workforce has also polarized, with high- and low-income jobs increasing, and middle-income jobs that men without a college degree previously performed disappearing.Section III Translation46. Directions:Translate the following text from English into Chinese. Write your translation on the ANSWER SHEET. (15 points)120 presidents and prime ministers will gather in New York for a UN conference on climate change. It is the first time the subject has brought so many leaders together since the ill-fated Copenhagen summit of 2009. Now, as then, they will assert that reining in global warming is a political priority. Some may commit their governments to policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.According to scientists, cutting carbon-dioxide emission is an essential part of reducing catastrophic risk from climate change. Yet governments are persistently reluctant to provide estimates of how much carbon a policy saves. That may because, in countries where climate change is controversial, it makes more sense to talk about the other benefits a scheme offers rather than its effect on carbon. Or it may be that, in countries which are enthusiastic about renewable energy, pointing out that it may not save that much carbon is seen as unhelpful. Or perhaps governments think climate change is so serious that all measures must be taken, regardless of cost.Section IV WritingPart A47. Directions: You are supposed to write for the Postgraduate’s Association a notice to rec ruit volunteers for an international conference on globalization. The notice should include the basic qualifications for applicants and the other information which you think is relative.You should write about 100 words on the ANSWER SHEET.Do not sign your own but use “Postgraduate’s Association” at the end of the letter.Do not write your address. (10 points)Part B48.Directions: In this section, you are asked to write an essay based on the following chart:1) interpret the chart, and2) give your comments.You should write at least 150 words. Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET 2. (15 points)十年间城镇居民上下班交通方式变化图。

2016年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语（一）试题(完整版)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)In Cambodia, the choice of a spouse is a complex one for the young male. It may involve not only his parents and his friends, 1 those of the young woman, but also a matchmaker.A young man can 2 a likely spouse on his own and then ask his parents to 3 the marriage negotiations, or the young man’s parents may make the choice of a spouse, giving the child little to say in the selection. 4 , a girl may veto the spouse her parents have chosen. 5 a spouse has been selected, each family investigates the other to make sure its child is marrying 6 a good family.The traditional wedding is a long and colorful affair. Formerly it lasted three days, 7 by the 1980s it more commonly lasted a day and a half. Buddhist priests offer a short sermon and 8 prayers of blessing. Parts of the ceremony involve ritual hair cutting, 9 cotton threads soaked in holy water around the bride’s and groom’s wrists, and 10 a candle around a circle of happily married and respected couples to bless the 11 .Newlyweds traditionally move in with the wife’s parents and may 12 with them up to a year, 13 they can build a new house nearby.Divorce is legal and easy to 14 , but not common. Divorced persons are 15 with some disapproval. Each spouse retains 16 property he or she 17 into the marriage, and jointly-acquired property is 18 equally. Divorced persons may remarry, but a gender prejudice 19 up: The divorced male doesn’t have a waiting period before he can remarry 20 the woman must wait ten months.经典文1.[A]by way of [B]on behalf of [C]as well as[D]with regard to2. [A]adapt to [B]provide for [C]compete with[D]decide on3. [A]close [B]renew [C]arrange[D]postpone4. [A]Above all [B]In theory [C]In time[D]For example5. [A]Although [B]Lest [C]After[D]Unless6. [A]into [B]within [C]from[D]through7. [A]since [B]but [C]or[D]so8. [A]copy [B]test [C]recite[D]create9. [A]folding [B]piling [C]wrapping[D]tying10. [A]passing [B]lighting [C]hiding[D]serving11. [A]meeting [B]collection [C]association[D]union12. [A]grow [B]part [C]deal[D]live13. [A]whereas [B]until [C]if[D]for14. [A]obtain [B]follow [C]challenge[D]avoid15. [A]isolated [B]persuaded [C]viewed[D]exposed16. [A]whatever [B]however [C]whenever[D]wherever17. [A]changed [B]brought [C]shaped[D]pushed18. [A]withdrawn [B]invested [C]donated[D]divided19. [A]breaks [B]warms [C]shows[D]clears20. [A]so that [B]while [C]once[D]in thatSection II Reading Comprehension Part ADirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A,B,C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.(40 points)Text 1France,which prides itself as the global innovator of fashion, has decided its fashion industry has lost an absolute right to define physical beauty for women. Its lawmakers gave preliminary approval last week to a law that would make it a crime to employ ultra-thin models on runways.The parliament also agreed to ban websites that “incite excessive thinness” by promoting extreme dieting.Such measures have a couple of uplifting motives. They suggest beauty should not be defined by looks that end up impinging on health. That’s a start. And the ban on ultra-thin models seems to go beyond protecting models from starving themselves to death—as some have done. It tells the fashion industry that it must take responsibility for the signal it sends women, especially teenage girls, about the social tape-measure they must use to determine their individual worth.The bans, if fully enforced, would suggest to women (and many men) that they should not let others be arbiters of their beauty. And perhaps faintly, they hint that people should look to intangible qualities like character and intellect rather than dieting their way to size zero or wasp-waist physiques.The French measures, however, rely too much on severe punishment to change a culture that still regards beauty as skin-deep—and bone-showing. Under the law, using a fashion model that does not meet a government-defined index of body mass could result in a $85,000 fine and six months in prison.The fashion industry knows it has an inherent problem in focusing on material adornment and idealized body types. In Denmark, the United States, and a few other countries, it is trying to set voluntary standards for models and fashion images that rely more on peer pressure for enforcement.In contrast to France’s actions, Denmark’s fashion industry agreed last month on rules and sanctions regarding the age, health, and other characteristics of models. The newly revised Danish Fashion Ethical Charter clearly states: “We are aware of and take responsibility for the impact the fashion industry has on body ideals, especially on young people.” Thecharter’s main tool of enforcement is to deny access for designers and modeling agencies to Copenhagen Fashion Week, which is run by the Danish Fashion Institute. But in general it relies on a name-and-shame method of compliance.Relying on ethical persuasion rather than law to address the misuse of body ideals may be the best step. Even better would be to help elevate notions of beauty beyond the material standards of a particular industry.21.According to the first paragraph, what would happen in France?[A] Physical beauty would be redefined.[B] New runways would be constructed.[C] Websites about dieting would thrive.[D] The fashion industry would decline.22.The phrase “impinging on” (Line 2,Para 2) is closest in meaning to[A] heightening the value of.[B] indicating the state of.[C] losing faith in.[D] doing harm to.23.Which of the following is true of the fashion industry?[A] The French measures have already failed.[B] New standards are being set in Denmark.[C] Model are no longer under peer pressure.[D] Its inherent problems are getting worse.24. A designer is most likely to be rejected by CFW for[A] setting a high age threshold for models.[B] caring too much about models’ character.[C] showing little concern for health factors.[D] pursuing perfect physical conditions.25.Which of the following may be the best title of the text?[A] The Great Threats to the Fashion Industry.[B] Just Another Round of Struggle for Beauty.[C] A Dilemma for the Starving Models in France.[D] A Challenge to the Fashion Industry’s Body Ideals.Text 2For the first time in history more people live in towns thanin the country. In Britain this has had a curious result. While polls show Britons rate “the countryside” alongside the royal family, Shakespeare and the National Health Service (NHS) as what makes them proudest of their country, this has limited political support.A century ago Octavia Hill launched the National Trust not to rescue stylish houses but to save “the beauty of natural places for everyone forever.” It was specifically to provide city dwellers with spaces for leisure where they could experience “a refreshing air.” Hill’s pressure later led to the creation of national parks and green belts. They don’t make countryside any more, and every year concrete consumes more of it. It needs constant guardianship.At the next election none of the big parties seem likely to endorse this sentiment. The Conservatives’ planning reform explicitly gives rural development priority over conservation, even authorizing “off-plan” building where local people might object. The concept of sustainable development has been defined as profitable. Labour likewise wants to discontinue local planning where councils oppose development. The Liberal Democrats are silent. Only Ukip, sensing its chance, has sided with those pleading for a more considered approach to usinggreen land. Its Campaign to Protect Rural England struck terror into many local Consecutive parties.The sensible place to build new houses, factories and offices is where people are, in cities and towns where infrastructure is in place. The London agents Stirling Ackroyd recently identified enough sites for half a million houses in the London are alone, with no intrusion on green bet. What is true of London is even truer of the provinces.The idea that “housing crisis” equals “concreted meadows”is pure lobby talk. The issue is not the need for more houses but, as always, where to put them. Under lobby pressure, George Osborne favours rural new-build against urban renovation and renewal. He favours out-of-town shopping sites against high streets. This is not a free market but a biased one. Rural towns and villages have grown and will always grow. They do so best where building sticks to their edges and respects their character. We do not ruin urban conservation areas. Why ruin rural ones?Development should be planned, not let rip. After the Netherlands, Britain is Europe’s most crowded country. Half a century of town and country planning has enabled it to retainan enviable rural coherence, while still permitting low-density urban living. There is no doubt of the alternative —the corrupted landscapes of southern Portugal, Spain or Ireland. Avoiding this rather than promoting it should unite the left and right of the political spectrum.26.Britain’s public sentiment about the countryside[A] didn’t start till the Shakespearean age.[B] has brought much benefit to the NHS.[C] is fully backed by the royal family.[D] is not well reflected in politics.27.According to Paragraph 2, the achievements of the National Trust are now be[A] gradually destroyed.[B] effectively reinforced.[C] largely overshadowed.[D] properly protected.28.Which of the following can be inferred from Paragraph 3?[A] Labour is under attack for opposing development.[B] The Conservatives may abandon “off-plan” building.[C] The Liberal Democrats are losing political influence.[D] Ukip may gain from its support for rural conservation.29.The author holds that George Osborne’s preference[A] highlights his firm stand against lobby pressure.[B] shows his disregard for the character of rural areas.[C] stresses the necessity f easing the housing crisis.[D] reveals a strong prejudice against urban areas.30.In the last paragraph, the author shows his appreciation of\[A] the size of population in Britain.[B] the political life in today’s Britain.[C] the enviable urban lifestyle in Britain.[D] the town-and-country planning in Britain.Text 3“There is one and only one social responsibility of businesses,” Wrote Milton Friedman, a Nobel prize-winning economist, “That is,to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profit”. But even if youaccept Firedman’s premise and regard corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies as waste of shareholders’ money, things may not be absolutely clear-cut. New research suggest the CSR may create monetary value for companies-at least when they are prosecuted for corruption.The largest firms in America and Britain together spend more than $15 billion a year on CSR,according to an estimate by EPG, a consulting firm.This could add value to their businesses in three ways. First, consumers may take CSR spending as a “signal” that a company’s products are of high quality. Second, customers may be willing to buy a company’s products as an indirect way to donate to the good causes it helps.And third, through a more diffuse “halo effect,” whereby its good deeds earn it greater consideration from consumers and others.Previous studies on CSR have had trouble differentiating these effects because consumers can be affected by all three.A recent study attempts to separate them by looking at bribery prosecutions under America’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). It argues that since prosecutors do not consume a company’s products as part of their investigations, they could be influenced only by the halo effect.The study found that, among prosecuted firms, those with the most comprehensive CSR programmes tended to get more lenient penalties. Their analysis ruled out the possibility that it was firms’ political influence, rather than their CSR stand, that accounted for the leniency: Companies that contributed more to political campaigns did not receive lower fines.In all, the study concludes that whereas prosecutors should only evaluate a case based on its merits, they do seem to be influenced by a company’s record in CSR. “We estimate that either eliminating a substantial labour-rights concern, such as child labour, or increasing corporate giving by about 20% results in fines that generally are 40% lower than the typical punishment for briding foreign officials,”says one researcher.Researchers admit that their study does not answer the question of how much businesses ought to spend on CSR. Nor does it reveal how much companies are banking on the halo effect, rather than the other possible benefits, when they decide their do-gooding policies. But at least they have demonstrated that when companies get into trouble with the law, evidence of good character can win them a less costly punishment.31. The author views Milton Friedman’s statement about CSR with[A] tolerance[B] skepticism[C] uncertainty[D] approval32.According to Paragraph 2, CSR helps a company by[A] winning trust from consumers.[B] guarding it against malpractices.[C] protecting it from being defamed.[D] raising the quality of its products.33. The expression “more lenient” (Line 2, Para. 4) is closest in meaning to[A] more effective[B] less controversial[C] less severe[D] more lasting34.When prosecutors evaluate a case, a company’s CSR record[A] has an impact on their decision.[B] comes across as reliable evidence.[C] increases the chance of being penalized.[D] constitutes part of the investigation.35.Which of the following is true of CSR, according to the last paragraph?[A] Its negative effects on businesses are often overlooked.[B] The necessary amount of companies’ spending on it is unknown.[C] Companies’financial capacity for it has been overestimated.[D] It has brought much benefit to the banking industry.Text 4There will eventually come a day when The New York Times ceases to publish stories on newsprint. Exactly when that day will be is a matter of debate. “Sometime in the future，”the paper’s publisher said back in 2010.Nostalgia for ink on paper and the rustle of pages aside，there’s plenty of incentive to ditch print. The infrastructure required to make a physical newspaper-printing presses, delivery trucks—isn’t just expensive; it’s excessive at a time when online-only competitors don’t have the same set of financial constraints. Readers are migrating away from print anyway. And though print ad sales still dwarf their online and mobile counterparts, revenue from print is still declining.Overhead may be high and circulation lower, but rushing to eliminate its print edition would be a mistake, says BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti.Peretti says the Times should’t waste time getting out of the print business, but only if they go about doing it the right way. “Figuring out a way to accelerate that transition would make sense for them,” he said, “but if you discontinue it, you’re going to have your most loyal customers really upset with you.”Sometimes that’s worth making a change anyway. Peretti gives the example of Netflix discontinuing its DVD-mailing service to focus on streaming. “It was seen as a blunder,”he said. The move turned out to be foresighted. And if Peretti were in charge at the Times? “I wouldn’t pick a year to endprint,” he said. “I would raise prices and make it into more of a legacy product.”The most loyal customers would still get the product they favor, the idea goes, and they’d feel like they were helping sustain the quality of something they believe in. “So if you’re overpaying for print, you could feel like you were helping,”Peretti said. “Then increase it at a higher rate each year and essentially try to generate additional revenue.” In other words, if you’re going to make a print product, make it for the people who are already obsessed with it. Which may be what the Times is doing already. Getting the print edition seven days a week costs nearly $500 a year—more than twice as mush as a digital-only subscription.“It’s a really hard thing to do and it’s a tremendous luxury that BuzzFeed doesn’t have a legacy business,” Peretti remarked. “But we’re going to have questions like that where we have things we’re doing that don’t make sense when the market changes and the world changes. In those situations, it’s better to be more aggressive than less aggressive.”36.The New York Times is considering ending its print edition partly due[A] the high cost of operation.[B] the pressure from its investors.[C] the complaints from its readers.[D] the increasing online ad sales.37. Peretti suggests that, in face of the present situation, the Times should[A] seek new sources of readership.[B] end the print edition for good.[C] aim for efficient management.[D] make strategic adjustments.38.It can be inferred from Paragraphs 5 and 6 that a “legacy product”[A] helps restore the glory of former times.[B] is meant for the most loyal customers.[C] will have the cost of printing reduced.[D] expands the popularity of the paper.39.Peretti believes that, in a changing world.[A] legacy businesses are becoming outdated.[B] cautiousness facilitates problem-solving.[C] aggressiveness better meets challenges.[D] traditional luxuries can stay unaffected.40.Which of the following would be the best title of the text?[A] Shift to Online Newspapers All at Once[B] Cherish the Newspaper Still in Your Hand[C] Make Your Print Newspaper a Luxury Good[D] Keep Your Newspapers Forever in FashionPart BDirections:Read the following text and answer the questions by choosing the most suitable subheading from the A-G for each of the numbered paragraph (41-45). There are two extra subheadings. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)[A] Create a new image of yourself[B] Have confidence in yourself[C] Decide if the time is right[D] Understood the context[E] Work with professionals[F] Make it efficient[G] Know your goalsNo matter how formal or informal the work environment, the way you present yourself has an impact. This is especially true in first impressions. According to research from Princeton University, people assess your competence, trustworthiness, and like ability in just a tenth of a second, solely based on the way you look.The difference between today’s workplace and the “dress for success” era is that the range of options is so much broader, Norms have evolved and fragmented. In some settings, red sneakers or dress T-shirts can convey status; in others not so much. Plus, whatever image we present is magnified by social-media services like decade or two ago. Millennials, it seems, face the paradox of being the least formal generation yet the most conscious of style and personal branding. It can be confusing.So how do we navigate this? How do we know when to invest in an upgrade? And what’s the best way to pull off one thatenhances our goals? Here are some tips:As an executive coach, I’ve seen image upgrades be particularly helpful during transitions-- when looking for a new job, stepping into a new or more public role, or changing work environments. If you’re in a period of change or just feeling stuck and in a rut, now may be a good time. If you’re not sure, ask for honest feedback from trusted friends, colleagues, and professionals. Look for cues about how others perceive you. Maybe there’s no need for an upgrade and that’s OK.Get clear on what impact you’re hoping to have . Are you looking to refresh your image or pivot it?For one person, the goal may be to be taken more seriously and enhance their professional image. For another, it may be to be perceived as more approachable, or more modern and stylish. For someone moving from finance to advertising, maybe they want to look more “SoHo.” (It’s OK to use characterizations like that.)Look at your work environment like an anthropologist. What are the norms of your environment? What convey status? Who are your most important audiences? How do the people you respect and look up to present themselves? The better you understand the cultural context, the more control you can have over your impact.Enlist the support of professionals and share with them your goals and context. Hire a personal stylist, or use the free styling service of a store like J.Crew. Try a hair stylist instead of a barber. Work with a professional photographer instead of your spouse or friend. It’s not as expensive as you might think.The point of a style upgrade isn’t to become more vain or to spend more time fussing over what to wear. Instead, use it as an opportunity to reduce decision fatigue . Pick a standard work uniform or a few go-to options. Buy all your clothes at once with a stylist instead of shopping alone, one article of clothing at a time.Part CDirections: Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written neatly on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)Mental health is our birthright. (46)We don’t have to learn how to be mentally healthy; it is built into us in the same way that our bodies know how to heal a cut or mend a broken bone. Mental health can’t be learned, only reawakened. It is like the immune system of the body, which under stress or through lack of nutrition of exercise can be weakened, but which never leaves us. When we don’t understand the value of mental health and we don’t know how to gain access to it, mental health will remain hidden from us, (47)Our mental health doesn’t really go anywhere; like the sun behind a cloud, it can be temporarily hidden from view, but it is fully capable of being restored in an instant.Mental health is the seed that contains self-esteem—confidence in ourselves and an ability to trust in our common sense. It allows us to have perspective on our lives—the ability to not take ourselves too seriously, to laugh atourselves, to see the bigger picture, and to see that things will work out. It’s a from of innate or unlearned optimism.(48)Mental health allows us to view others with sympathy if they are having troubles, with kindness of they are in pain, and with unconditional love no matter who they are. Mental health is the source of creativity for solving problems, resolving conflict, making our surroundings more beautiful, managing our home life, or coming up with a creative business idea or invention to make our lives easier. It gives us patience for ourselves and toward others as well as patience while driving, catching a fish, working on our car, or raising a child. It allows us to see the beauty that surrounds us each moment in nature, in culture, in the flow of our daily lives.(49)Although mental health is the cure-all for living our lives, it is perfectly ordinary as you will see that it has been there to direct you through all your difficult decisions. It has been available even in the most mundane of life situations to show you right from wrong, good from bad, friend from foe. Mental health has commonly been called conscience, instinct, wisdom, common sense, or the inner voice. We think of it simply as a healthy and helpful flow of intelligent thought. (50)As you will come to see, knowing that mental health is alwaysavailable and knowing to trust it allow us to slow down to the moment and live life happily.Section Ш WritingDirections:Write an essay of 160~200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should1) describe the drawing briefly,2) explain its intended meaning, and then3) give your comments.You should write neatly on the ANSWER SHEET. (20 points)。

考研英语真题2016研究生入学统一考试试题及答案解析(英语二) Section 1 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)Happy people work differently. They’re more productive, more creative, and willing to take greater risks. And new research suggests that happiness might influence__1__firm’s work, too.Companies located in places with happier people invest more, according to a recent research paper.__2__, firms in happy places spend more on R&D (research and development). That’s because happiness is linked to the kind of longer-term thinking__3__for making investments for the future.The researchers wanted to know if the__4__and inclination for risk-taking that come with happiness would__5__the way companies invested. So they compared U.S. cities’average happiness__6__by Gallup polling with the investment activity of publicly traded firms in those areas.__7__enough, firms’investment and R&D intensity were correlated with the happiness of the area in which they were__8__.But is it really happiness that’s linked to investment, or could something else about happier cities__9__why firms there spend more on R&D? To find out, the researchers controlled for various__10__that might make firms more likely to invest –like size, industry, and sales –and for indicators that a place was__11__to live in, like growth in wages or population. The link between happiness and investment generally__12__even after accounting for these things.The correlation between happiness and investment was particularly strong for younger firms, which the authors__13__to “less codified decision making process”and the possible presence of “younger and less__14__managers who are more likely to be influenced by sentiment.”The relationship was__15__stronger in places where happiness was spread more__16__.Firms seem to invest more in places where most people are relatively happy, rather than in places with happiness inequality.__17__ this doesn’t prove that happiness causes firms to invest more or to take a longer-term view, the authors believe it at least__18__at that possibility. It’s not hard to imagine that local culture and sentiment would help__19__how executives think about the future. “It surely seems plausible that happy people would be more forward-thinking and creative and__20__R&D more than the average,”said one researcher.1. [A] why [B] where [C] how [D] when2. [A] In return [B] In particular [C] In contrast [D] In conclusion3. [A] sufficient [B] famous [C] perfect [D] necessary4. [A] individualism [B] modernism [C] optimism [D] realism5. [A] echo [B] miss [C] spoil [D] change6. [A] imagined [B] measured [C] invented [D] assumed7. [A] Sure [B] Odd [C] Unfortunate [D] Often8. [A] advertised [B] divided [C] overtaxed [D] headquartered9. [A] explain [B] overstate [C] summarize [D] emphasize10. [A] stages [B] factors [C] levels [D] methods11. [A] desirable [B] sociable [C] reputable [D] reliable12. [A] resumed [B] held [C]emerged [D] broke13. [A] attribute [B] assign [C] transfer [D]compare14. [A] serious [B] civilized [C] ambitious [D]experienced15. [A] thus [B] instead [C] also [D] never16. [A] rapidly [B] regularly [C] directly [D] equally17. [A] After [B] Until [C] While [D] Since18. [A] arrives [B] jumps [C] hints [ D] strikes19.[A] shape [B] rediscover [C] simplify [D] share20. [A] pray for [B] lean towards [C] give away [D] send outSection ⅡReading 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 1It’s true that high-school coding classes aren’t essential for learning computer science in college. Students without experience can catch up after a few introductory courses, said Tom Cortina, the assistant dean at Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science.However, Cortina said, early exposure is beneficial. When younger kids learn computer science, they learn that it’s not just a confusing, endless string of letters and numbers —but a tool to build apps, or create artwork, or test hypotheses. It’s not as hard for them to transform their thought processes as it is for older students. Breaking down problems into bite-sized chunks and using code to solve them becomes normal. Giving more children this training could increase the number of people interested in the field and help fill the jobs gap, Cortina said.Students also benefit from learning something about coding before they get to college, where introductory computer-science classes are packed to the brim, which can drive the less-experienced or-determined students away.The Flatiron School, where people pay to learn programming, started as one of the many coding bootcamps that’s become popular for adults looking for a career change. The high-schoolers get the same curriculum, but “we try to gear lessons toward things they’re interested in,”said Victoria Friedman, an instructor. For instance, one of the apps the students are developing suggests movies based on your mood.The students in the Flatiron class probably won’t drop out of high school and build the next Facebook. Programming languages have a quick turnover, so the “Ruby on Rails”language they learned may not even be relevant by the time they enter the job market. But the skills they learn —how to think logically through a problem andorganize the results —apply to any coding language, said Deborah Seehorn, an education consultant for the state of North Carolina.Indeed, the Flatiron students might not go into IT at all. But creating a future army of coders is not the sole purpose of the classes. These kids are going to be surrounded by computers —in their pockets, in their offices, in their homes —for the rest of their lives. The younger they learn how computers think, how to coax the machine into producing what they want —the earlier they learn that they have the power to do that —the better.21. Cortina holds that early exposure to computer science makes it easier to____.A. complete future job trainingB. remodel the way of thinkingC. formulate logical hypothesesD. perfect artwork production22. In delivering lessons for high-schoolers, Flatiron has considered their____.A. experienceB. academic backgroundsC. career prospectsD. interest23. Deborah Seehorn believes that the skills learned at Flatiron will____.A. help students learn other computer languagesB. have to be upgraded when new technologies comeC. need improving when students look for jobsD. enable students to make big quick money24. According to the last paragraph, Flatiron students are expected to____.A. compete with a future army of programmersB. stay longer in the information technology industryC. become better prepared for the digitalized worldD. bring forth innovative computer technologies25. The word “coax”(Line4, Para.6) is closest in meaning to____.A. challengeB. persuadeC. frightenD. misguideText 2Biologists estimate that as many as 2 million lesser prairie chickens---a kind of bird living on stretching grasslands—once lent red to the often gray landscape of the midwestern and southwestern United States. But just some 22,000 birds remain today, occupying about 16% of the species’historic range.The crash was a major reason the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)decided to formally list the bird as threatened. “The lesser prairie chicken is in a desperate situation,”said USFWS Director Daniel Ashe. Some environmentalists, however, were disappointed. They had pushed the agency to designate the bird as “endangered,”a status that gives federal officials greater regulatory power to crack down on threats. But Ashe and others argued that the “threatened”tag gave the federal government flexibility to try out new, potentially less confrontational conservations approaches. In particular, they called for forging closer collaborations with western state governments, which are often uneasy with federal action and with the private landowners who control an estimated 95% of the prairie chicken’s habitat.Under the plan, for example, the agency said it would not prosecute landowner or businesses that unintentionally kill, harm, or disturb the bird, as long as they had signed a range—wide management plan to restore prairie chicken habitat. Negotiated by USFWS and the states, the plan requires individuals and businesses that damage habitat as part of their operations to pay into a fund to replace every acre destroyed with 2 new acres of suitable habitat. The fund will also be used to compensate landowners who set aside habitat, USFWS also set an interim goal of restoring prairie chicken populations to an annual average of 67,000 birds over the next 10 years. And it gives the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (W AFWA), a coalition of state agencies, the job of monitoring progress. Overall, the idea is to let “states”remain in the driver’s seat for managing the species，”Ashe said.Not everyone buys the win-win rhetoric Some Congress members are trying to block the plan, and at least a dozen industry groups, four states, and three environmental groups are challenging it in federal court Not surprisingly, doesn’t go far enough “The federal government is giving responsibility for managing the bird to the same industries that are pushing it to extinction,”says biologist Jay Lininger.26. The major reason for listing the lesser prairie as threatened is____[A]its drastically decreased population[B]the underestimate of the grassland acreage[C]a desperate appeal from some biologists[D]the insistence of private landowners27.The “threatened”tag disappointed some environmentalists in that it_____[A]was a give-in to governmental pressure[B]would involve fewer agencies in action[C]granted less federal regulatory power[D]went against conservation policies28.It can be learned from Paragraph3 that unintentional harm-doers will not be prosecuted if they_____[A]agree to pay a sum for compensation[B]volunteer to set up an equally big habitat[C]offer to support the WAFWA monitoring job[D]promise to raise funds for USFWS operations29.According to Ashe，the leading role in managing the species in______[A]the federal government[B]the wildlife agencies[C]the landowners[D]the states30.Jay Lininger would most likely support_______[A]industry groups[B]the win-win rhetoric[C]environmental groups[D]the plan under challengeText 3That everyone’s too busy these days is a cliché. But one specific complaint is made especially mournfully：There’s never any time to read.What makes the problem thornier is that the usual time-management techniques don’t seem sufficient. The web’s full of articles offering tips on making time to read: “Give up TV”or “Carry a book with you at all times”But in my experience, using such methods to free up the odd 30 minutes doesn’t work. Sit down to read and the flywheel of work-related thoughts keeps spinning-or else you’re so exhausted that a challenging book’s the last thing you need. The modern mind, Tim Parks, a novelist and critic, writes, “is overwhelmingly inclined toward communication…It is not simply that one is interrupted; it is that one is actually inclined to interruption”. Deep reading requires not just time, but a special kind of time which can’t be obtained merely by becoming more efficient.In fact, “becoming more efficient”is part of the problem. Thinking of time as a resource to be maximised means you approach it instrumentally, judging any given moment as well spent onlyin so far as it advances progress toward some goal immersive reading, by contrast, depends on being willing to risk inefficiency, goallessness, even time-wasting. Try to slot it as a to-do list item and you’ll manage only goal-focused reading-useful, sometimes, but not the most fulfilling kind. “The future comes at us like empty bottles along an unstoppable and nearly infinite conveyor belt,”writes Gary Eberle in his book Sacred Time, and “we feel a pressure to fill these different-sized bottles (days, hours, minutes)as they pass, for if they get by without being filled, we will have wasted them”. No mind-set could be worse for losing yourself in a book.So what does work? Perhaps surprisingly, scheduling regular times for reading. You’d think this might fuel the efficiency mind-set, but in fact, Eberle notes, such ritualistic behaviour helps us “step outside time’s flow”into “soul time”. You could limit distractions by reading only physical books, or on single-purpose e-readers. “Carry a book with you at all times”can actually work, too-providing you dip in often enough, so that reading becomes the default state from which you temporarily surface to take care of business, before dropping back down. On a really good day, it no longer feels as if you’re “making time to read,”but just reading, and making time for everything else.31. The usual time-management techniques don’t work because[A] what they can offer does not ease the modern mind[B] what challenging books demand is repetitive reading[C] what people often forget is carrying a book with them[D] what deep reading requires cannot be guaranteed32. The “empty bottles”metaphor illustrates that people feel a pressure to[A] update their to-do lists[B] make passing time fulfilling[C] carry their plans through[D] pursue carefree reading33. Eberle would agree that scheduling regular times for reading helps[A] encourage the efficiency mind-set[B] develop online reading habits[C] promote ritualistic reading[D] achieve immersive reading34. “Carry a book with you at all times”can work if[A] reading becomes your primary business of the day[B] all the daily business has been promptly dealt with[C] you are able to drop back to business after reading[D] time can be evenly split for reading and business35. The best title for this text could be[A] How to Enjoy Easy Reading[B] How to Find Time to Read[C] How to Set Reading Goals[D] How to Read ExtensivelyText 4Against a backdrop of drastic changes in economy and population structure, younger Americans are drawing a new 21st-century road map to success, a latest poll has found.Across generational lines, Americans continue to prize many of the same traditional milestones of a successful life, including getting married, having children, owning a home, andretiring in their sixties. But while young and old mostly agree on what constitutes the finish line of a fulfilling life, they offer strikingly different paths for reaching it.Young people who are still getting started in life were more likely than older adults to prioritize personal fulfillment in their work, to believe they will advance their careers most by regularly changing jobs, to favor communities with more public services and a faster pace of life, to agree that couples should be financially secure before getting married or having children, and to maintain that children are best served by two parents working outside the home, the survey found.From career to community and family, these contrasts suggest that in the aftermath of the searing Great Recession, those just starting out in life are defining priorities and expectations that will increasingly spread through virtually all aspects of American life, from consumer preferences to housing patterns to politics.Young and old converge on one key point: Overwhelming majorities of both groups said they believe it is harder for young people today to get started in life than it was for earlier generations. While younger people are somewhat more optimistic than their elders about the prospects for those starting out today, big majorities in both groups believe those “just getting started in life”face a tougher a good-paying job, starting a family, managing debt, and finding affordable housing.Pete Schneider considers the climb tougher today. Schneider, a 27-yaear-old auto technician from the Chicago suburbs says he struggled to find a job after graduating from college. Even now that he is working steadily, he said.”I can’t afford to pay ma monthly mortgage payments on my own, so I have to rent rooms out to people to mark that happen.”Looking back, he is struck that his parents could provide a comfortable life for their children even though neither had completed college when he was young. “I still grew up in an upper middle-class home with parents who didn’t have college degrees,”Schneider said. “I don’t think people are capable of that anymore.”36. One cross-generation mark of a successful life is_____.[A] trying out different lifestyles[B] having a family with children[C] working beyond retirement age[D] setting up a profitable business37. It can be learned from Paragraph 3 that young people tend to ____.[A] favor a slower life pace[B] hold an occupation longer[C] attach importance to pre-marital finance[D] give priority to childcare outside the home38. The priorities and expectations defined by the young will ____.[A] become increasingly clear[B] focus on materialistic issues[C] depend largely on political preferences[D] reach almost all aspects of American life39. Both young and old agree that ____.[A] good-paying jobs are less available[B] the old made more life achievements[C] housing loans today are easy to obtain[D] getting established is harder for the young40. Which of the following is true about Schneider?[A] He found a dream job after graduating from college.[B] His parents believe working steadily is a must for success.[C] His parents’good life has little to do with a college degree.[D] He thinks his job as a technician quite challenging.Part BDirections:Read the following text and answer the questions by choosing the most suitable subheading from the list A-G for each of the numbered paragraphs(41-45).There are two extra subheadings which you do not need to use.Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.[A]Be silly[B]Have fun[C]Express your emotions[D]Don't overthink it[E]Be easily pleased[F]Notice things[G]Ask for helpAs adults,it seems that we are constantly pursuing happiness,often with mixed results.Yet children appear to have it down to an art-and for the most part they don't need self-help books or therapy.instead,they look after their wellbeing instinctively,and usually more effectively than we do as grownups.Perhaps it's time to learn a few lessons from them.41.______________What does a child do when he's sad? He cries.When he's angry?He shouts.Scared?Probably a bit of both.As we grow up,we learn to control our emotions so they are manageable and don't dictate our behaviours,which is in many ways a good thing.But too often we take this process too far and end up suppressing emotions,especially negative ones.that's about as effective as brushing dirt under a carpet and can even make us ill.What we need to do is find a way to acknowledge and express what we feel appropriately, and then-again like children-move.42.____________A couple of Christmases ago, my youngest stepdaughter, who was nine years old at the time, got a Superman T-shirt for Christmas. It cost less than a fiver but she was overjoyed, and couldn't stop talking about it.Too often we believe that a new job,bigger house or better car will be the magic silver bullet that will allow us to finally be content,but the reality is these things have very little lasting impact on our happiness levels. Instead, being grateful for small things every day is a much better way to improve wellbeing.43.______________________Have you ever noticed how much children laugh? If we adults could indulge in a bit of silliness and giggling, we would reduce the stress hormones in our bodies , increase good hormones like endorphins, improve blood flow to our hearts and even have a greater chance of fighting off enfection. All of which, of course, have a positive effect on happiness levels.44.__________________The problem with being a grown up is that there's an awful lot of serious stuff to deal with---work,mortgage payments,figuring out what to cook for dinner. But as adults we also have the luxury of being able to control our own diaries and it's important that we schedule in time to enjoy the things we love.Those things might be social,sporting,creative or completely random(dancing aroud the living room,anyone?)--it doesn't matter,so long as they're enjoyable,and not likely to have negative side effects,such as drinking too much alcohol or going on a wild spending spree if you're on a tight budget.45.___________________Having said all of the above, it's important to add that we shouldn't try too hard to be happy.Scientists tell us this can backfire and actually have a negative impact on our wellbeing. As the Chinese philosopher Chuang Tzu is reported to have said:"Happiness is the absence of striving for happiness."And in that,once more,we need to look to the example of our children,to whom happiness is not a goal but a natural by product of the way they live.Section III TranslationDirections:Translate the following text from English into Chinese. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET 2. (15 points)46. Directions:Translate the following text into Chinese. Your translation should be written on the ANSWER SHEET. (15 points)The supermarket is designed to lure customers into spending as much time as possible within its doors. The reason for this is simple:The longer you stay in the store, the more stuff you'll see, and the more stuff you see, the more you'll buy. And supermarkets contain a lot of stuff. The average supermarket, according to the Food Marketing Institute, carries some 44,00 different items, and many carry tens of thousands more. The sheer volume of available choice is enough to send shoppers into a state of information overload. According to brain-scan experiments, the demands of so much decision-making quickly become too much for us. After about 40 minutes of shopping, most people stop struggling to be rationally selective, and instead begin shopping emotionally - which is the point at which we accumulate the 50 percent of stuff in our cart that we never intended buying.Section IV WritingPart ASuppose you won a translation contest and your friend Jack wrote an email to congratulate you, and ask advice on translation. Write him a reply to1)thank him;2)give your advice.You should write neatly on the ANWSER SHEET. Do not sign you own name at the end of the letter, use “Li Ming ”instead. Do not write the address .(10 point)Part B48.Directions:Write an essay based on the following chart. you should1) interpret the chart and2) give your comments.You should write about 150 words on the ANSWER SHEET.(15 points).2016年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语(二)答案详解Section I Use of English1、[答案]C how[解析]根据空格所在句子可以看出，空格处应该是一个引导宾语从句的从属连词，做influence的宾语。

2016年硕士研究生入学统一考试专业学位英语二Section ⅠUse of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A., B, C. or D. on the ANSWER SHEET .(10 points) Happy people work differently. They ‟re more productive, more creative, and willing to take greater risks. And new research suggest that happiness might influence 1 firms work, too. Companies located in places with happier people invest more, according to a recent research paper 2 2 , , , firms firms firms in in in happy happy happy places places places spend spend spend more more more on on on R&D R&D R&D (research (research (research and and and development development development ). ). ). That That That‟‟s because happiness is linked to the kind of longer-term thinking 3 for making investments for the future. The The researchers researchers researchers wanted wanted wanted to to to know know know if if if the the the 4 4 4 and and and inclination inclination inclination for for for risk-taking risk-taking risk-taking that that that come come come with with happiness would 5 the way companies invested. So they compared U.S. cities ‟ average happiness 6 by Gallup polling with the investment activity of publicly traded firms in those areas. 7 7 enough, enough, enough, firms firms firms‟‟investment investment and and and R&D R&D R&D intensity intensity intensity were were were correlated correlated correlated with with with the the the happiness happiness happiness of of of the the area area in in in which which which they they they were were were 8 . 8 . But But is is is it it it really really really happiness happiness happiness that that that‟‟s s linked linked linked to to to investment, investment, investment, or or or could could something something else else else about about about happier happier happier cities cities cities 9 9 9 why why why firms firms firms there there there spend spend spend more more more on on on R&D? R&D? R&D? To To To find find find out, out, out, the the researchers researchers controlled controlled controlled for for for various various various 10 10 10 that that that might might might make make make firms firms firms more more more likely likely likely to to to invest invest invest ––like like size, size, industry, industry, and and and sales sales sales ––and and for for for indicators indicators indicators that that that a a a place place place was was was 11 11 11 to to to live live live in, in, in, like like like growth growth growth in in in wages wages wages or or population. population. The The The link link link between between between happiness happiness happiness and and and investment. investment. investment. Generally Generally 12 even even after after after accounting accounting for these things. The correlation between happiness and investment was particularly strong for younger firms, which which the the the authors authors authors 13 13 13 to to to “less “less “less codified codified codified decision decision decision making making making process”process”and and the the the possible possible possible presence presence presence of of “younger “younger and and and less less 14 14 managers managers managers who who who are are are more more more likely likely likely to to to be be be influenced influenced influenced by by by sentiment.” sentiment.” sentiment.” The The relationship was 15 stronger in places where happiness was spread more 16 . Firms seem to invest more more in in in places places places where where where most most most people people people are are are relatively relatively relatively happy, happy, happy, rather rather rather than than than in in in places places places with with with happiness happiness inequality. 17 this doesn ‟t prove that happiness causes firms to invest more or to take a longer-term view, the authors believe it at least 18 at that possibility. It ‟s not hard to imagine that local culture and sentiment sentiment would would would help help help 19 19 19 how how how executives executives executives think think think about about about the the the future. future. future. “It “It “It surely surely surely seems seems seems plausible plausible plausible that that happy people would be more forward-thinking and creative and 20 R&D more than the average,” said one researcher. 1 A. why B. where C. how D. when 2 A. In return B. In particular C. In contrast D. In conclusion 3 A. sufficient B. famous C. perfect D. necessary 4 A. individuation B. modernism C. optimism D. realism 5 A. echo B. miss C. spoil D. change 6 A. imagined B. measured C. invented D. assumed 7 A. SureB. OddC. UnfortunateD. Often8 A. advertisedB. dividedC. overtaxedD. headquartered9 A. explain B. overstateC. summarizeD. emphasize10 A. stages B. factors C. levels D. methods 11 A. desirable B. sociable C. reputable D. reliable 12 A. resumed B. held C. emerged D. broke 13 A. attribute B. assign C. transfer D. compare 14 A. serious B. civilized C. ambitious D. experienced 15 A. thus B. instead C. also D. never 16 A. rapidly B. regularly C. directly D. equally 17 A. After B. Until C. While D. Since 18 A. arrives B. jumps C. hints D. strikes 19 A. shapeB. rediscoverC. simplifyD. share 20 A. pray for B. lean towards C. give awayD. send out【参考答案】1. C. how 2. B. In particular 3. D. necessary 4. C. optimism 5. D. change 6. B. measured 7. A. Sure 8. D. headquartered 9. A. explain 10. B. factors 11. A. desirable 12. C. emerged 13. A. attribute 14. D. experienced 15. A. thus 16. D. equally 17. C. While 18. C. hints 19. A. shape 20. B. lean towards Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension Part A Direction: Read the following four texts, Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C, D. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points) Text 1 It It‟‟s s true true true that that that high-school high-school high-school coding coding coding classes classes classes aren aren aren‟‟t t essential essential essential for for for learning learning learning computer computer computer science science science in in college. college. Students Students Students without without without experience experience experience can can can catch catch catch up up up after after after a a a few few few introductory introductory introductory courses, courses, courses, said said said Tom Tom Cortina, the assistant dean at Carnegie Mellon ‟s School of Computer Science. However, However, Cortina Cortina Cortina said, said, said, early early early exposure exposure exposure is is is beneficial. beneficial. beneficial. When When When younger younger younger kids kids kids learn learn learn computer computer science, they learn that it ‟s s not just a confusing, endless string of letters and numbers not just a confusing, endless string of letters and numbers – but a tool to build apps, or create artwork, or test hypotheses. It ‟s not as hard for them to transform their thought processes as it is for older students. Breaking down problems into bite-sized chunks and using code to solve them becomes normal. Giving more children this training could increase the number of people interested in the field and help fill the jobs gap, Cortina said. Students also benefit from learning something about coding before they get to college, where introductory computer-science classes are packed to the brim, which can drive the less-experienced or-determined students away. The The Flatiron Flatiron Flatiron School, School, School, where where where people people people pay pay pay to to to learn learn learn programming, programming, programming, started started started as as as one one one of of of the the the many many coding boot camps that that‟‟s become popular for adults looking for a career change. The high-schoolers high-schoolers get get get the the the same same same curriculum, curriculum, curriculum, but but “we we try try try to to to gear gear gear lessons lessons lessons toward toward toward things things things they they they‟‟re interested in,” said Victoria Friedman, an instructor. For instance, one of the apps the students are developing suggests movies based on your mood. The students in the Flatiron class probably won‟t drop out of high school and build the next Facebook. Programming languages have a quick turnover, so the “Ruby on Rails ” language they learned may not even be relevant by the time they enter the job market. But the skills they learn – how how to to to think think think logically logically logically through through through a a a problem problem problem and and and organize organize organize the the the results results – apply apply to to to any any any coding coding language, said Deborah Seehorn, an education consultant for the state of North Carolina. Indeed, the Flatiron students might not go into IT at all. But creating a future army of coders is not the sole purpose of the classes. These kids are going to be surrounded by computers-in their pockets ,in their offices, in their homes –for the rest of their lives, The younger they learn how computers think, how to coax the machine into producing what they want –the earlier they learn that they have the power to do that –the better. 21. Cortina holds that early exposure to computer science makes it easier to _______ A. complete future job training B. remold the way of thinking C. formulate logical hypotheses D. perfect artwork production 【答案】B 22. In delivering lessons for high - schoolers , Flatiron has considered their________ A. experience B. interest C. career prospects D. academic backgrounds 【答案】B 23. Deborah Seehorn believes that the skills learned at Flatiron will ________ A. help students learn other computer languages B .have to be upgraded when new technologies come C .need improving when students look for jobs D. enable students to make big quick money 【答案】A 24. According to the last paragraph, Flatiron students are expected to ______ A. bring forth innovative computer technologies B. stay longer in the information technology industry C. become better prepared for the digitalized world D. compete with a future army of programmers 【答案】C 25. The word “coax ”(Line4,Para.6) is closest in meaning to ________ A. persuade B. Frighten C. Misguide D. challenge 【答案】A Text 2 Biologists estimate that as many as 2 million lesser prairie chickens---a kind of bird living on stretching grasslands —once lent red to the often grey landscape of the midwestern and southwestern United States. But just some 22,000 birds remain today, occupying about 16% of the species …historic range. The The crash crash crash was was was a a a major major major reason reason reason the the the U.S. U.S. U.S. Fish Fish Fish and and and Wildlife Wildlife Wildlife Service Service Service (USFWS) (USFWS) (USFWS) decided decided decided to to formally list the bird as threatened. “ The lesser prairie chicken is in a desperate situation ,” said USFWS USFWS Director Director Director Daniel Daniel Daniel Ashe. Ashe. Ashe. Some Some Some environmentalists, environmentalists, environmentalists, however, however, however, were were were disappointed. disappointed. disappointed. They They They had had pushed pushed the the the agency agency agency to to to designate designate designate the the the bird bird bird as as as ““endangered,endangered,”” a a status status status that that that gives gives gives federal federal federal officials officials greater greater regulatory regulatory regulatory power power power to to to crack crack crack down down down on on on threats threats threats .But .But .But Ashe Ashe Ashe and and and others others others argued argued argued that that that the the the”” threatened threatened”” tag gave the federal government flexibility to try out new, potentially less confrontational conservations approaches. In particular, they called for forging closer collaborations collaborations with with with western western western state state state governments, governments, governments, which which which are are are often often often uneasy uneasy uneasy with with with federal federal federal action. action. action. and and with the private landowners who control an estimated 95% of the prairie chicken ‟s habitat. Under the plan, for example, the agency said it would not prosecute landowner or businesses that that unintentionally unintentionally unintentionally kill, kill, kill, harm, harm, harm, or or or disturb disturb disturb the the the bird, bird, bird, as as as long long long as as as they they they had had had signed signed signed a a a range range —wide management plan to restore prairie chicken habitat. Negotiated by USFWS and the states, the plan requires individuals and businesses that damage habitat as part of their operations to pay into a fund to replace every acre destroyed with 2 new acres of suitable habitat .The fund will also be used used to to to compensate compensate compensate landowners landowners landowners who who who set set set aside aside aside habitat habitat habitat , , , USFWS USFWS USFWS also also also set set set an an an interim interim interim goal goal goal of of restoring restoring prairie prairie prairie chicken chicken chicken populations populations populations to to to an an an annual annual annual average average average of of of 67,000 67,000 67,000 birds birds birds over over over the the the next next next 10 10 years .And it gives the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (W AFWA), a coalition of state agencies, the job of monitoring progress. Overall, the idea is to let “states ” remain in the driver driver‟‟s seat for managing the species,” Ashe said. Not Not everyone everyone everyone buys buys buys the the the win-win win-win win-win rhetoric. rhetoric. rhetoric. Some Some Some Congress Congress Congress members members members are are are trying trying trying to to to block block block the the plan, plan, and and and at at at least least least a a a dozen dozen dozen industry industry industry groups, groups, groups, four four four states, states, states, and and and three three three environmental environmental environmental groups groups groups are are challenging it in federal court. Not surprisingly, doesn ‟t go far enough. “The federal government is is giving giving giving responsibility responsibility responsibility for for for managing managing managing the the the bird bird bird to to to the the the same same same industries industries industries that that that are are are pushing pushing pushing it it it to to extinction, ” says biologist Jay Lininger. 26. The major reason for listing the lesser prairie as threatened is____. A. its drastically decreased population B. the underestimate of the grassland acreage C. a desperate appeal from some biologists D. the insistence of private landowners 【答案】A 27. The “threatened threatened”” tag disappointed some environmentalists in that it_____. A. was a give-in to governmental pressure B. would involve fewer agencies in action C. granted less federal regulatory power D. went against conservation policies 【答案】D 28. 28. It It It can can can be be be learned learned learned from from from Paragraph3 Paragraph3 Paragraph3 that that that unintentional unintentional unintentional harm-doers harm-doers harm-doers will will will not not not be be be prosecuted prosecuted prosecuted if if they_____. A. agree to pay a sum for compensation B. volunteer to set up an equally big habitat C. offer to support the WAFWA monitoring job D. promise to raise funds for USFWS operations 【答案】A 29. According to Ashe, the leading role in managing the species is______. A. the federal government B. the wildlife agencies C. the landowners D. the states 【答案】D 30. Jay Lininger would most likely support_______. A. industry groups B. the win-win rhetoric C. environmental groups D. the plan under challenge 【答案】B ？A ？Text 3 That That everyone everyone everyone‟‟s s too too too busy busy busy these these these days days days is is is a a a clich clich é. . But But But one one one specific specific specific complaint complaint complaint is is is made made especially mournfully ： There There‟‟s never any time to read. What makes the problem thornier is that the usual time-management techniques don ‘t seem sufficient. The web ‟s full of articles offering tips on making time to read:” Give up TV ” or “Carry a book with you at all times.” But in my experience, using such methods to free up the odd 30 minutes minutes doesn doesn doesn‟‟t t work. work. work. Sit Sit Sit down down down to to to read read read and and and the the the flywheel flywheel flywheel of of of work-related work-related work-related thoughts thoughts thoughts keeps keeps spinning-or spinning-or else else else you you you‟‟re re so so so exhausted exhausted exhausted that that that a a a challenging challenging challenging book book book‟‟s s the the the last last last thing thing thing you you you need. need. need. The The modern modern mind, mind, mind, Tim Tim Tim Parks, Parks, Parks, a a a novelist novelist novelist and and and critic, critic, critic, writes, writes, writes, ““is is overwhelmingly overwhelmingly overwhelmingly inclined inclined inclined toward toward communication …It It is is is not not not simply simply simply that that that one one one is is is interrupted; interrupted; interrupted; it it it is is is that that that one one one is is is actually actually actually inclined inclined inclined to to interruption.interruption.”” Deep Deep reading reading reading requires requires requires not not not just just just time, time, time, but but but a a a special special special kind kind kind of of of time time time which which which can can can‟‟t t be be obtained merely by becoming more efficient. In fact, “becoming more efficient ” is part of the problem. Thinking of time as a resource to be be maximized maximized maximized means means means you you you approach approach approach it it it instrumentally, instrumentally, instrumentally, judging judging judging any any any given given given moment moment moment as as as well well well spent spent only in so far as it advances progress toward some goal. Immersive reading, by contrast, depends on being willing to risk inefficiency, godlessness, even time-wasting. Try to slot it as a to-do list item and you ‟ll manage only goal-focused reading-useful, sometimes, but not the most fulfilling kind. “The The future future future comes comes comes at at at us us us like like like empty empty empty bottles bottles bottles along along along an an an unstoppable unstoppable unstoppable and and and nearly nearly nearly infinite infinite conveyor belt,” writes Gary Eberle in his book Sacred Time, and “we feel a pressure to fill these different-sized bottles (days, hours, minutes) as they pass, for if they get by without being filled, we will have wasted them.” No mind-set could be worse for losing yourself in a book. So what does work? Perhaps surprisingly, scheduling regular times for reading. You‟d think this might fuel the efficiency mind-set, but in fact, Eberle notes, such ritualistic behavior helps us “step outside time ‟s flow ” into “soul time.” You could limit distractions by reading only physical books, books, or on or on single-purpose single-purpose e-readers. e-readers. e-readers. ““Carry Carry a a a book book book with with with you you you at at at all all all times times times”” can can actually actually actually work, work, too-providing you dip in often enough, so that reading becomes the default state from which you temporarily surface to take care of business, before dropping back down. On a really good day, it no no longer longer longer feels feels feels as as as if if if you you you‟‟re re ““making making time time time to to to read,read,read,”” but but just just just reading, reading, reading, and and and making making making time time time for for everything else. 31. The usual time-management techniques don ‟t work because . A. what they can offer does not ease the modern mind B. what challenging books demand is repetitive reading C. what people often forget is carrying a book with them D. what deep reading requires cannot be guaranteed 【答案】D 32. The “empty bottles ” metaphor illustrates that people feel a pressure to . A. update their to-do lists B. make passing time fulfilling C. carry their plans through D. pursue carefree reading 【答案】B 33. Eberle would agree that scheduling regular times for reading helps . A. encourage the efficiency mind-set B. develop online reading habits C. promote ritualistic reading D. achieve immersive reading 【答案】D 34. “Carry a book with you at all times ”can work if . A. reading becomes your primary business of the day B. all the daily business has been promptly dealt with C. you are able to drop back to business after reading D. time can be evenly split for reading and business 【答案】A 35. The best title for this text could be . A. How to Enjoy Easy Reading B. How to Find Time to Read C. How to Set Reading Goals D. How to Read Extensively 【答案】B Text 4 Against Against a a a backdrop backdrop backdrop of of of drastic drastic drastic changes changes changes in in in economy economy economy and and and population population population structure, structure, structure, younger younger Americans are drawing a new 21st-century road map to success, a latest poll has found. Across Across generational generational generational lines, lines, lines, Americans Americans Americans continue continue continue to to to prize prize prize many many many of of of the the the same same same traditional traditional milestones of a successful life, including getting married, having children, owning a home, and retiring in their sixties. But while young and old mostly agree on what constitutes the finish line of a fulfilling life, they offer strikingly different paths for reaching it. oung Y oung people people people who who who are are are still still still getting getting getting started started started in in in life life life were were were more more more likely likely likely than than than older older older adults adults adults to to prioritize prioritize personal personal personal fulfillment fulfillment fulfillment in in in their their their work, work, work, to to to believe believe believe they they they will will will advance advance advance their their their careers careers careers most most most by by regularly changing jobs, to favor communities with more public services and a faster pace of life, to agree that couples should be financially secure before getting married or having children, and to maintain that children are best served by two parents working outside the home, the survey found. From From career career career to to to community community community and and and family, family, family, these these these contrasts contrasts contrasts suggest suggest suggest that that that in in in the the the aftermath aftermath aftermath of of of the the searing Great Recession, those just starting out in life are defining priorities and expectations that will increasingly spread through virtually all aspects of American life, from consumer preferences to housing patterns to politics. Young and old converge on one key point: Overwhelming majorities of both groups said they believe it is harder for young people today to get started in life than it was for earlier generations. While While younger younger younger people people people are are are somewhat somewhat somewhat more more more optimistic optimistic optimistic than than than their their their elders elders elders about about about the the the prospects prospects prospects for for those starting out today, big majorities in both groups believe those “just getting started in life ” face face a a a tougher tougher tougher a a a good-paying good-paying good-paying job, job, job, starting starting starting a a a family, family, family, managing managing managing debt, debt, debt, and and and finding finding finding affordable affordable housing. Pete Schneider considers the climb tougher today. Schneider, a 27-yaear-old auto technician from the Chicago suburbs says he struggled to find a job after graduating from college. Even now that he is working steadily, he said.” I can‟t afford to pay ma monthly mortgage payments on my own, so I have to rent rooms out to people to mark that happen.” Looking back, he is struck that his parents could provide a comfortable life for their children even though neither had completed college college when when when he he he was was was young.young.“I I still still still grew grew grew up up up in in in an an an upper upper upper middle-class middle-class middle-class home home home with with with parents parents parents who who didn didn‟‟t have college degrees,”Schneider said.” I don ‟t think people are capable of that anymore.”36、One cross-generation mark of a successful life is . A. trying out different lifestyles B. having a family with children C. working beyond retirement age D. setting up a profitable business 【答案】B 37、It can be learned from Paragraph 3 that young people tend to . A. favor a slower life pace B. hold an occupation longer C. attach importance to pre-marital finance D. give priority to childcare outside the home 【答案】C 38、The priorities and expectations defined by the young will . A. become increasingly clear B. focus on materialistic issues C. depend largely on political preferences D. reach almost all aspects of American life 【答案】D 39、Both young and old agree that . A. good-paying jobs are less available B. the old made more life achievements C. housing loans today are easy to obtain D. getting established is harder for the young 【答案】D 40、Which of the following is true about Schneider? A. He found a dream job after graduating from college B. His parents believe working steadily is a must for success C. His parents‟ good life has little to do with a college degree D. He thinks his job as a technician quite challenging 【答案】C Part B Directions ：Read the following text and answer the questions by choosing the most suitable subheading from the list A-G for each numbered paragraphs (41-45). There are two extra subheadings which you do not need to use. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET . (10 points) A. Be silly B. Have fun C. Ask for help D. Express your emotions. E. Don‟t overthink it F. Be easily pleased G. Notice things Act Your Shoe Size, Not Your Age. (1) As adults, it seems that we‟re constantly pursuing happiness, often with mixed results. Yet children appear to have it down to an art-and for the most part they don ‟t need self-help books or therapy. Instead, they look after their wellbeing instinctively and usually more effectively than we do as grownups. Perhaps it ‟s time to learn a few lessons from them. 41_____________________. (2) (2) What What What does does does a a a child child child do do do when when when he he he‟‟s s sad? sad? sad? He He He cries. cries. cries. When When When he he he‟‟s s angry? angry? angry? He He He shouts. shouts. shouts. Scared? Scared? Probably a bit of both. As we grow up, we learn to control our emotions so they are manageable and don ‟t dictate our behaviors, which is in many ways a good thing. But too often we take this process process too too too far far far and and and end end end up up up suppressing suppressing suppressing emotions, emotions, emotions, especially especially especially negative negative negative ones. ones. ones. That That That‟‟s s about about about as as effective as brushing dirt under a carpet and can even make us ill. What we feel appropriately and then-again, like children-move on. 。

Jack: Can I help with your luggage?Linda: ________A. No, you’d better not. Thank you anyway.B. No, not necessary. Thank you anyway.C. No, thanks. I can manage it.D. No, please. I can do.纠错答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. No, thanks. I can manage it.)Customer: _______Receptionist: Certainly, do you have a reservation?A. I’d like to rest here, please.B. I’d like to check in, please.C. I’d like to rent a room, please.D. I’d like to stay in, please.纠错答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. I’d like to check in, please.)3.David: We’ve got some tickets for an opera tonight. Would you like to join us?Jill: _______. I don’t quite understand opera.A. I am afraid not.B. No, I can’t actually.C. I really want to go.D. No, I must refuse it.纠错答案解析：正确答案:A正确答案(A. I am afraid not.)Emily: Your little boy has done a good job at school.Nancy: _________A. Yes, I think so.B. No, he doesn’t deserve it.C. No, you are so polite.D. Yes, I am proud of him.纠错答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D. Yes, I am proud of him.)5.Peter: _________?Benjamin: Sorry! Is it disturbing you?A. Stop playing your music!B. Turn off your terrible radio!C. Do you think you could keep the noise down a bit?D. Do you ever care about other people’s feelings?纠错答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. Do you think you could keep the noise down a bit?)6.Martin: Will you please pass me the saltshaker, Robert? Robert: ________A. Just take it.B. There you go.C. Here give you.D. Oh, sure纠错答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D. Oh, sure)7.Alice: Hurry up! We don’t have much time left.Ann: _________. We still have 15 minutes.A. That’s fine.B. You are right.C. Take it easy.D. Take your time.纠错答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. Take it easy.)Daniel: I’m afraid I’ve spilt some ink over your table cloth. I feel terribly sorry for that.Mrs. Gamble: _________A. You should feel better.B. Oh, it doesn’t matter.C. I don’t want to hear it.D. Oh, I don’t like that table cloth.纠错答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. Oh, it doesn’t matter.).George: Hello, could I speak to Mr. Simpson, please?Lisa: __________. Can I take a message?A. Speaking, please.B. Who are you, please?C. I’m sorry he has run away.D. I’m sorry he is not available.纠错答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D. I’m sorry he is not available.)10.Student A: May I borrow your computer this afternoon? Student B: I’m sorry, but I have to finish my term paper with it. Student A: _________A. Never think of it.B. Very nice, thanks.C. Thank you all the same.D. I don’t care.纠错答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. Thank you all the same.)11.Virginia: Have you heard about Eva? She is going to get married with Todd!Bertha: _________A. Congratulations!B. Are you kidding?C. Good luck!D. Is it real?纠错答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. Are you kidding?)Doctor: __________?Patient: I’ve caught a bad cold and a sour throat.A. What seems to be the problem?B. What has happened to you?C. Do you feel better now?D. Do you have something to say?纠错答案解析：正确答案:A正确答案(A. What seems to be the problem?)13.Salesman: Good morning, I wonder if you could spare a few minutes of your time.Mrs. Davis: ______ . Are you selling something?A. I am not free now.B. I don’t know if I can.C. You are welcome.D. You don’t have to wonder.纠错答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. I don’t know if I can.)14.Jim: I think Edward needs to go on a diet. He’s putting on so much weight.Lucas: ________ I think he looks OK.A. I agree with you.B. You are right.C. Do you think so?D. How do I know?纠错答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. Do you think so?)15.Rosemary: We've made an appointment with the students at 7 in the morning. Would you come on time?Nicholas: I’m sorry _________, it is too early.A. I don’t want it.B. I don’t get it.C. I can’t handle it.D. I can’t make it.纠错答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D. I can’t make it.)16.We had decided to sell our house, but after a while we began to have second ________.A. ideasB. thoughtsC. mindsD. plans纠错答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. thoughts)17._________ are that stock price will go up in the coming months.A. ChancesB. OpportunitiesC. PossibilitiesD. Conditions纠错答案解析：正确答案:A正确答案(A. Chances )18.Books in the library are arranged by different__________.A. classesB. categoriesC. degreesD. ranks纠错答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. categories)The Bering Strait Bridge will be one of the most challenging engineering projects ever __________.A. undertakenB. underestimatedC. undergoneD. underneath纠错答案解析：正确答案:A正确答案(A. undertaken)Our customers would ________ it very much if the salesperson could give them clear directions to operate the machine.A. appearB. applyC. appreciateD. anticipate纠错答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. appreciate )21.The economy of the country was_____ with foreign investment.A. boomedB. blossomedC. raisedD. increased纠错答案解析：正确答案:A正确答案(A. boomed )The girl ________ a large amount of money from her parents.A. achievedB. inheritedC. savedD. collected纠错答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. inherited)The HR manager will be ________ for not fulfilling his duty.A. cancelledB. recalledC. correctedD. replaced纠错答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D. replaced)The impact of the Greenhouse Effect has long been ________ and special attention is called upon to examine this issue.A. overcomeB. overlookedC. overchargedD. overrated纠错答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. overlooked )No matter what happens, please remember we are the true friends whom you could always________ .A. turn upB. turn toC. turn inD. turn off纠错答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. turn to)Our series of product _____ from children’s toys to sports equipments.A. differB. separateC. rangeD. include纠错答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. range)The audience were so _____ at the colorful scene of the drama that no one noticed the passage of time.A.fascinatedB.fanciedC.frightened纠错答案解析：正确答案:A正确答案(A. fascinated)Please note down this telephone number ________you meet with any emergencies.A. for fear thatB. so thatC. unlessD. in case that纠错答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D. in case that)29.The houses in this community, most which are beautifully ________, have attracted many buyers.A. decoratedB. demandedC. deliveredD. determined纠错答案解析：正确答案:A正确答案(A. decorated)It’s impossible for anyone to be ________by such an obvious lie.A. taken overB. taken inC. taken downD. taken away纠错答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. taken in)Rosemary is ________ fatter than she was when I first met her.A. consistentlyB. constantlyC. considerablyD. considerately纠错答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案( C. considerably)It may not be a good habit to look up the dictionary whenever you ________a difficult word while reading.A. come atB. come acrossC. come alongD. come up纠错答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. come along)I have tried __________ to make the General Manger change his mind.A. in spiteB. in hopeC. in wayD. in vain纠错答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D. in vain )34.The noise of the parade was very disturbing, which made it almost impossible for us to ________ on what the speaker was saying.A. concentrateB. be concernedC. confirmD. be dependent纠错答案解析：正确答案:A正确答案(A. concentrate)The students are very _______ to Miss Lewis for her kindness and hard work.A. gracefulB. gratefulC. dependentD. confident纠错答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. grateful)36.It was not until August _____ the two sides finally reached an agreement.A. whenB. thatC. beforeD. while纠错答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. that)Don’t worry. She______ it by the time you are ready.A. will be finishingB. will have been finishingC. would finishD. will have finished纠错答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D. will have finished)________will be known tomorrow.A. Whether the flower turns redB. If the flower turns redC.When does the flower turn redD. How does the flower turn red纠错答案解析：正确答案:A正确答案( A. Whether the flower turns red)At midnight, she finally finished the report, ______.A. tiring and wear outB. tiring and worn outC. tired and worn outD. tiring and wearing out纠错答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. tired and worn out)40.Rare animals are still being hunted, ______ there is severe punishment for it.A. as ifB. even thoughC. even asD. as long as纠错答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. even though)Before entering the classroom, Professor Lucas heard_________.A. the students at talkB. some students talkedC. some students talkingD. the students to talk纠错答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. some students talking)The assignment for today is to write a summary _______the major subjects in this chapter are to be covered.A. in thatB. thatC. whichD. in which纠错答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D. in which)43.We________ on it for several hours, but we have not yet found any satisfactory solution.A. are workingB. have been workingC. have been workedD. work纠错答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. have been working)I would have invited Doctor Fox to make a speech, but I _________him very well.A. hadn’t knownB. don’t knowC. wouldn’t knowD. wasn’t knowing纠错答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. don’t know)45._________ objects in the distance is made possible with the help of a telescope.A. ObservationB. ObservatoryC. ObservedD. Observing纠错答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D. Observing)46.______, the worse I seem to feel.A. More medicine takenB.When I take more medicineC. The more medicine I takeD.Taking more of the medicine纠错答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. The more medicine I take)47.They wanted to find out the reason _________ adolescent crimes are increasing.A. becauseB. ofC. whyD. to纠错答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案( C. why)I ________reading newspapers during breakfast.A. am in the habit ofB. make a rule ofC. ought toD. used to be纠错答案解析：正确答案:A正确答案(A. am in the habit of)49.The square is _____ the one in my hometown.A. three times big ofB. as big three times asC. three times as big asD. bigger three times than纠错答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. three times as big as)50.The Asian Games meet ________, sometimes with more than 40 nations taking part.A. once a four yearsB. four years a timeC. for four yearsD. every four years纠错答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D. every four years)What _________ next will be discussed at the meeting in the afternoon.A. can we doB. to be doneC. shall we doD. to doing纠错答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. to be done)52.Many ancient tombs have been stolen by thieves and the treasures inside were lost. _________this is a matter of regret.A. No wonderB. No wayC. No problemD. No doubt纠错答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D. No doubt)The factory ______ two years ago was equipped with the most advanced machinery.A. where I worked thereB. which I workedC. in which I workedD. where I worked in纠错答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. in which I worked)54.No sooner ______ then she realized that it was wise to keep silent.A.hadthewordsspokenB.纠错答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D). had the words been spoken.55.But for the storm, we _____ a great harvest last year.A. would haveB. would have hadC. had hadD. should have纠错答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. would have had)56.Passage One How much do you know about nutrition? If your knowledge is similar to that of food shoppers who answered three surveys for the U. S. Food and Drug Administration, then you probably share somewide-spread misinformation about nutrition. Check your answers to the following statements. Is it true or false?Statement 1: Fresh vegetables cooked at home are always more nutritious than canned or frozen vegetables. False. The nutritional difference depends more on how vegetables are handled or prepared than in whether they are bought fresh or packaged. Overcooking, for example, destroys many nutrients. Vegetables cooked in too much water can lose a significant amount of vitamins.Statement 2:When dieting, avoid starchy(淀粉类) foods, such as bread or potatoes. False. If you cut out starchy foods, such as peas, potatoes, bread, and rice, you cut out very good sources of several B vitamins, Vitamin C, and other nutrients. Moreover, ounce for ounce, bread and potatoes have fewer calories than sirloin steak and roast beef.Statement 3:Taking extra vitamins beyond the recommended daily allowances won’t give you more energy. True. It’s widely believed thatextra vitamins provide more energy. But taking more than the body needs doesn't make it function better, just as overfilling your gas tank doesn’t make your car run faster.If you answered these questions correctly, you can for the time being consider yourself well informed about food and nutrition by today’s standards. But remember that nutrition is a complex and growing science and that today’s beliefs may be changed as new information becomes available.16.The first paragraph implies that many people __________.A. are well informed about nutritionB. don’t care about nutritionC. have much knowledge of nutritionD. have incorrect ideas about nutrition17.According to paragraph 2, which is NOT true about nutrition?A. Overcooking destroys many nutrients.B. It makes no difference how you prepare vegetables.C. Both fresh and packaged vegetables are nutritious.D. Vitamins in vegetable could be lost during cooking.18.Which is a correct attitude towards starchy food?A. Starchy foods are unnecessary in a balanced diet.B. Bread and steak have the same amount of calories per ounce.C. Valuable nutrients could be found in starchy foods.Most women in Ghana--the educated and illiterate, the urban and rural, the young and old--work to earn an income in addition to maintaining their roles as housewives and mothers. Their reputation for economic independence, self-reliance, and hard work is well known and well deserved.Most of Ghana’s working women are farmers and traders. Only one woman in five, or even fewer, can be classified as simply housewives. Even these women often earn money by sewing or by baking and cooking things to sell. They also maintain vegetable gardens and chicken farms. Indeed, the woman who depends entirely upon her husband for support is looked upon with disfavor.Traditionally the tasks of motherhood have been shared. Mothers and sisters, grandmothers and nieces all helped to raise the children and to carry out daily tasks. As the family grew, older brothers and sisters also helped to care for the younger ones and helped in the home. Now with more children going to school, with more people moving away from their traditional homes, not only must the mother continue her income-producing activities, but she must take on all the heavy,time-consuming housework.Ghana today is looking for new ways to meet the needs of women and their families, such as providing more day care centers, sowomen can continue to play their multiple roles in the home and in the economy.21.What is the role of most women in Ghana?A. Handling various housework at home.B. Taking care of children indoors.C. Farming and trading out of house.D. Working as well as maintaining families.22.“self-reliance” could be explained as “__________”.A. making great wealthB. depending on oneselfC. caring for one’s ownD. being a reliable person23.What kind of women do people in Ghana prefer?A. Beautiful and charming.B. Skillful at sewing or baking.C. Depending totally on husbands.D. Working hard to earn incomes.24.Paragraph 3 describes__________.A. how traditional extended families operateB. why women in Ghana have more burdens nowC. how changes in life help the working womenD. the new life style of Ghana’s peoplethe weekends, the workers got together at picnics or drinking places. Travelling black musicians with guitars entertained them. The musicians sang songs about the difficult life of the workers. These songs were called the blues.If you have the blues it means you feel very sad. You can have the blues because you have no money, no job, no lover, or no home. But blue songs were not always sad. Some of them were happy and many of them were funny.Sometimes the blues singers had song contests. Each singer sang new words or a new style of the blues song. They made up the music as they played. In this way they created new music. This is called improvisation. Later, improvisation became a very important part of jazz music.Blues began in the country in the South. As blacks moved into the big cities to work, the blues went with them. There, they sang about life in the cities. W. C. Handy, a black band leader from Memphis made the blues popular all over America. In 1914 he wrote the most famous blues song of all, “The St. Louis Blues”.26.After the Civil War, the Black people _________.A. were mostly slavesB. still led a hard lifeC. enjoyed their new life with familiesD. worked on their own farms27.At the very beginning, the blues were _________.A. not performed on formal occasionsB. traditional songs of the Black peopleC. about the life of travelling musiciansD. very popular throughout the nation28.What kind of emotion does the blues express?A. SadnessB. HappinessC. JokingD. All of the above29.How did “improvisation” come into being?A. The blues singers gathered to have contests.B. New words were added into old songs.C. New styles were played with guitars.D. The blues singers created music while playing.30.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. The blues were born in the country in the South.B. The blues soon disappeared in big cities.C. W. C. Handy is the first blues singer in US.D. The most well-known blues song is “The St. Louis Blues”.reject you for someone more appetizing. The next time a mosquito bites you, just remember that you were chosen. You’re special.If the mosquito likes you, she settles onto your flesh very gently, and she breaks your skin with her proboscis tip. It’s a kind of mouth and it sticks out just below the mosquito’s eyes. She stabs the proboscis tip into your skin at once, and if she hits a blo od vessel, she’ll get a full dinner in about a minute. After that, the mosquito is tired. Heavy with your blood, she picks a spot---on a leave or a stone---to lay her eggs. Just one drop of blood will produce hundreds of eggs.31.By the sentence “you are a cquainted with the mosquito--although you probably wish you weren’t”, the author means that people_________.A. don’t like mosquito but it is always thereB. know mosquito and wish them wellC. wish all the mosquito disappearedD. want to be friendly to mosquito but fail at last32.Why is it only female mosquito that bites?A. She is more unfriendly than male.B. She is greater in number.C. Blood is her favorite food.D. Blood enables her to lay eggs.31.正确答案( A. don’t like mosquito but it is always there)32.正确答案(D. Blood enables her to lay eggs.)33.正确答案(B. the color of the skin)34.正确答案( B. to stick into the flesh and suck blood)35.正确答案(A. why and how mosquito bites people)60.The ups and downs of life may seem to have no predictable plan. But scientists now know there are very definite life patterns that almost all people 76 . Today，when we live 20 years longer than ourgreat-grandparents，and when women mysteriously 77 men by seven years，it is clearer than ever that the“game of life”is really a game of 78 . As we age, we trade strength for ingenuity，speed for thoroughness，passion for reason. These 79 may not always seem fair，but at every age，there are some 80 . So it is reassuring to note that 81 you've passed some of your“prime.”you still have other prime years to experience 82 . Certain important primes seem to 83 later in life. Then which are the best years of life? When asked this question, people may 84 with various answers. It seems that different periods of life 85 to different kinds of achievement.76(1分).76.A. know B. share C. resist D. like77.A. outnumber B. outcome C. outlive D. outbreak78.A.trade-offs B. trade-ins C. years D. age79.A. discussions B. changes C. businesses D. exchanges。

Jack: Can I help with your luggage?Linda: ________A. No, you’d better not. Thank you anyway.B. No, not necessary. Thank you anyway.C. No, thanks. I can manage it.D. No, please. I can do.纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. No, thanks. I can manage it.)Customer: _______Receptionist: Certainly, do you have a reservation?A. I’d like to rest here, please.B. I’d like to check in, please.C. I’d like to rent a room, please.D. I’d like to stay in, please.纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. I’d like to check in, please.)3.David: We’ve got some tickets for an opera tonight. Would you like to join us?Jill: _______. I don’t quite understand opera.A. I am afraid not.B. No, I can’t actually.C. I really want to go.D. No, I must refuse it.纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:A正确答案(A. I am afraid not.)Emily: Your little boy has done a good job at school.Nancy: _________A. Yes, I think so.B. No, he doesn’t deserve it.C. No, you are so polite.D. Yes, I am proud of him.纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D. Yes, I am proud of him.)5.Peter: _________?Benjamin: Sorry! Is it disturbing you?A. Stop playing your music!B. Turn off your terrible radio!C. Do you think you could keep the noise down a bit?D. Do you ever care about other people’s feelings?纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. Do you think you could keep the noise down a bit?)6.Martin: Will you please pass me the saltshaker, Robert? Robert: ________A. Just take it.B. There you go.C. Here give you.D. Oh, sure纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D. Oh, sure)7.Alice: Hurry up! We don’t have much time left.Ann: _________. We still have 15 minutes.A. That’s fine.B. You are right.C. Take it easy.D. Take your time.纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. Take it easy.)Daniel: I’m afraid I’ve spilt some ink over your table cloth. I feel terribly sorry for that.Mrs. Gamble: _________A. You should feel better.B. Oh, it doesn’t matter.C. I don’t want to hear it.D. Oh, I don’t like that table cloth.纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. Oh, it doesn’t matter.).George: Hello, could I speak to Mr. Simpson, please?Lisa: __________. Can I take a message?A. Speaking, please.B. Who are you, please?C. I’m sorry he has run away.D. I’m sorry he is not available.纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D. I’m sorry he is not available.)10.Student A: May I borrow your computer this afternoon? Student B: I’m sorry, but I have to finish my term paper with it. Student A: _________A. Never think of it.B. Very nice, thanks.C. Thank you all the same.D. I don’t care.纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. Thank you all the same.)11.Virginia: Have you heard about Eva? She is going to get married with Todd!Bertha: _________A. Congratulations!B. Are you kidding?C. Good luck!D. Is it real?纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. Are you kidding?)Doctor: __________?Patient: I’ve caught a bad cold and a sour throat.A. What seems to be the problem?B. What has happened to you?C. Do you feel better now?D. Do you have something to say?纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:A正确答案(A. What seems to be the problem?)13.Salesman: Good morning, I wonder if you could spare a few minutes of your time.Mrs. Davis: ______ . Are you selling something?A. I am not free now.B. I don’t know if I can.C. You are welcome.D. You don’t have to wonder.纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. I don’t know if I can.)14.Jim: I think Edward needs to go on a diet. He’s putting on so much weight.Lucas: ________ I think he looks OK.A. I agree with you.B. You are right.C. Do you think so?D. How do I know?纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. Do you think so?)15.Rosemary: We've made an appointment with the students at 7 in the morning. Would you come on time?Nicholas: I’m sorry _________, it is too early.A. I don’t want it.B. I don’t get it.C. I can’t handle it.D. I can’t make it.纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D. I can’t make it.)16.We had decided to sell our house, but after a while we began to have second ________.A. ideasB. thoughtsC. mindsD. plans纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. thoughts)17._________ are that stock price will go up in the coming months.A. ChancesB. OpportunitiesC. PossibilitiesD. Conditions纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:A正确答案(A. Chances )18.Books in the library are arranged by different__________.A. classesB. categoriesC. degreesD. ranks纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. categories)The Bering Strait Bridge will be one of the most challenging engineering projects ever __________.A. undertakenB. underestimatedC. undergoneD. underneath纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:A正确答案(A. undertaken)Our customers would ________ it very much if the salesperson could give them clear directions to operate the machine.A. appearB. applyC. appreciateD. anticipate纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. appreciate )21.The economy of the country was_____ with foreign investment.A. boomedB. blossomedC. raisedD. increased纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:A正确答案(A. boomed )The girl ________ a large amount of money from her parents.A. achievedB. inheritedC. savedD. collected纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. inherited)The HR manager will be ________ for not fulfilling his duty.A. cancelledB. recalledC. correctedD. replaced纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D. replaced)The impact of the Greenhouse Effect has long been ________ and special attention is called upon to examine this issue.A. overcomeB. overlookedC. overchargedD. overrated纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. overlooked )No matter what happens, please remember we are the true friends whom you could always________ .A. turn upB. turn toC. turn inD. turn off纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. turn to)Our series of product _____ from children’s toys to sports equipments.A. differB. separateC. rangeD. include纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. range)The audience were so _____ at the colorful scene of the drama that no one noticed the passage of time.A.fascinatedB.fanciedC.frightened纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:A正确答案(A. fascinated)Please note down this telephone number ________you meet with any emergencies.A. for fear thatB. so thatC. unlessD. in case that纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D. in case that)29.The houses in this community, most which are beautifully ________, have attracted many buyers.A. decoratedB. demandedC. deliveredD. determined纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:A正确答案(A. decorated)It’s impossible for anyone to be ________by such an obvious lie.A. taken overB. taken inC. taken downD. taken away纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. taken in)Rosemary is ________ fatter than she was when I first met her.A. consistentlyB. constantlyC. considerablyD. considerately纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案( C. considerably)It may not be a good habit to look up the dictionary whenever you ________a difficult word while reading.A. come atB. come acrossC. come alongD. come up纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. come along)I have tried __________ to make the General Manger change his mind.A. in spiteB. in hopeC. in wayD. in vain纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D. in vain )34.The noise of the parade was very disturbing, which made it almost impossible for us to ________ on what the speaker was saying.A. concentrateB. be concernedC. confirmD. be dependent纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:A正确答案(A. concentrate)The students are very _______ to Miss Lewis for her kindness and hard work.A. gracefulB. gratefulC. dependentD. confident纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. grateful)36.It was not until August _____ the two sides finally reached an agreement.A. whenB. thatC. beforeD. while纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. that)Don’t worry. She______ it by the time you are ready.A. will be finishingB. will have been finishingC. would finishD. will have finished纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D. will have finished)________will be known tomorrow.A. Whether the flower turns redB. If the flower turns redC.When does the flower turn redD. How does the flower turn red纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:A正确答案( A. Whether the flower turns red)At midnight, she finally finished the report, ______.A. tiring and wear outB. tiring and worn outC. tired and worn outD. tiring and wearing out纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. tired and worn out)40.Rare animals are still being hunted, ______ there is severe punishment for it.A. as ifB. even thoughC. even asD. as long as纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. even though)Before entering the classroom, Professor Lucas heard_________.A. the students at talkB. some students talkedC. some students talkingD. the students to talk纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. some students talking)The assignment for today is to write a summary _______the major subjects in this chapter are to be covered.A. in thatB. thatC. whichD. in which纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D. in which)43.We________ on it for several hours, but we have not yet found any satisfactory solution.A. are workingB. have been workingC. have been workedD. work纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. have been working)I would have invited Doctor Fox to make a speech, but I _________him very well.A. hadn’t knownB. don’t knowC. wouldn’t knowD. wasn’t knowing纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. don’t know)45._________ objects in the distance is made possible with the help of a telescope.A. ObservationB. ObservatoryC. ObservedD. Observing纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D. Observing)46.______, the worse I seem to feel.A. More medicine takenB.When I take more medicineC. The more medicine I takeD.Taking more of the medicine纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. The more medicine I take)47.They wanted to find out the reason _________ adolescent crimes are increasing.A. becauseB. ofC. whyD. to纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案( C. why)I ________reading newspapers during breakfast.A. am in the habit ofB. make a rule ofC. ought toD. used to be纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:A正确答案(A. am in the habit of)49.The square is _____ the one in my hometown.A. three times big ofB. as big three times asC. three times as big asD. bigger three times than纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. three times as big as)50.The Asian Games meet ________, sometimes with more than 40 nations taking part.A. once a four yearsB. four years a timeC. for four yearsD. every four years纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D. every four years)What _________ next will be discussed at the meeting in the afternoon.A. can we doB. to be doneC. shall we doD. to doing纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. to be done)52.Many ancient tombs have been stolen by thieves and the treasures inside were lost. _________this is a matter of regret.A. No wonderB. No wayC. No problemD. No doubt纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D. No doubt)The factory ______ two years ago was equipped with the most advanced machinery.A. where I worked thereB. which I workedC. in which I workedD. where I worked in纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:C正确答案(C. in which I worked)54.No sooner ______ then she realized that it was wise to keep silent.A.hadthewordsspokenB.纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:D正确答案(D). had the words been spoken.55.But for the storm, we _____ a great harvest last year.A. would haveB. would have hadC. had hadD. should have纠错解析答案解析：正确答案:B正确答案(B. would have had)56.Passage One How much do you know about nutrition? If your knowledge is similar to that of food shoppers who answered three surveys for the U. S. Food and Drug Administration, then you probably share some wide-spread misinformation about nutrition. Check your answers to the following statements. Is it true or false?Statement 1: Fresh vegetables cooked at home are always more nutritious than canned or frozen vegetables. False. The nutritional difference depends more on how vegetables are handled or prepared than in whether they are bought fresh or packaged. Overcooking, for example, destroys many nutrients. Vegetables cooked in too much water can lose a significant amount of vitamins.Statement 2:When dieting, avoid starchy(淀粉类) foods, such as bread or potatoes. False. If you cut out starchy foods, such as peas, potatoes, bread, and rice, you cut out very good sources of several B vitamins, Vitamin C, and other nutrients. Moreover, ounce for ounce, bread and potatoes have fewer calories than sirloin steak and roast beef.Statement 3:Taking extra vitamins beyond the recommended daily allowances won’t give you more energy. True. It’s widely believedthat extra vitamins provide more energy. But taking more than the body needs doesn't make it function better, just as overfilling your gas tank doesn’t make your car run faster.If you answered these questions correctly, you can for the time being consider yourself well informed about food and nutrition by today’s standards. But remember that nutrition is a complex and growing science and that today’s beliefs may be changed as new information becomes available.16.The first paragraph implies that many people __________.A. are well informed about nutritionB. don’t care about nutritionC. have much knowledge of nutritionD. have incorrect ideas about nutrition17.According to paragraph 2, which is NOT true about nutrition?A. Overcooking destroys many nutrients.B. It makes no difference how you prepare vegetables.C. Both fresh and packaged vegetables are nutritious.D. Vitamins in vegetable could be lost during cooking.18.Which is a correct attitude towards starchy food?A. Starchy foods are unnecessary in a balanced diet.B. Bread and steak have the same amount of calories per ounce.C. Valuable nutrients could be found in starchy foods.Most women in Ghana--the educated and illiterate, the urban and rural, the young and old--work to earn an income in addition to maintaining their roles as housewives and mothers. Their reputation for economic independence, self-reliance, and hard work is well known and well deserved.Most of Ghana’s working women are farmers and traders. Only one woman in five, or even fewer, can be classified as simply housewives. Even these women often earn money by sewing or by baking and cooking things to sell. They also maintain vegetable gardens and chicken farms. Indeed, the woman who depends entirely upon her husband for support is looked upon with disfavor.Traditionally the tasks of motherhood have been shared. Mothers and sisters, grandmothers and nieces all helped to raise the children and to carry out daily tasks. As the family grew, older brothers and sisters also helped to care for the younger ones and helped in the home. Now with more children going to school, with more people moving away from their traditional homes, not only must the mother continue her income-producing activities, but she must take on all the heavy, time-consuming housework.Ghana today is looking for new ways to meet the needs of women and their families, such as providing more day care centers, sowomen can continue to play their multiple roles in the home and in the economy.21.What is the role of most women in Ghana?A. Handling various housework at home.B. Taking care of children indoors.C. Farming and trading out of house.D. Working as well as maintaining families.22.“self-reliance” could be explained as “__________”.A. making great wealthB. depending on oneselfC. caring for one’s ownD. being a reliable person23.What kind of women do people in Ghana prefer?A. Beautiful and charming.B. Skillful at sewing or baking.C. Depending totally on husbands.D. Working hard to earn incomes.24.Paragraph 3 describes__________.A. how traditional extended families operateB. why women in Ghana have more burdens nowC. how changes in life help the working womenD. the new life style of Ghana’s peopleOn the weekends, the workers got together at picnics or drinking places. Travelling black musicians with guitars entertained them. The musicians sang songs about the difficult life of the workers. These songs were called the blues.If you have the blues it means you feel very sad. You can have the blues because you have no money, no job, no lover, or no home. But blue songs were not always sad. Some of them were happy and many of them were funny.Sometimes the blues singers had song contests. Each singer sang new words or a new style of the blues song. They made up the music as they played. In this way they created new music. This is called improvisation. Later, improvisation became a very important part of jazz music.Blues began in the country in the South. As blacks moved into the big cities to work, the blues went with them. There, they sang about life in the cities. W. C. Handy, a black band leader from Memphis made the blues popular all over America. In 1914 he wrote the most famous blues song of all, “The St. Louis Blues”.26.After the Civil War, the Black people _________.A. were mostly slavesB. still led a hard lifeC. enjoyed their new life with familiesD. worked on their own farms27.At the very beginning, the blues were _________.A. not performed on formal occasionsB. traditional songs of the Black peopleC. about the life of travelling musiciansD. very popular throughout the nation28.What kind of emotion does the blues express?A. SadnessB. HappinessC. JokingD. All of the above29.How did “improvisation” come into being?A. The blues singers gathered to have contests.B. New words were added into old songs.C. New styles were played with guitars.D. The blues singers created music while playing.30.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. The blues were born in the country in the South.B. The blues soon disappeared in big cities.C. W. C. Handy is the first blues singer in US.D. The most well-known blues song is “The St. Louis Blues”.appeal to her, she’ll reject you for someone more appetizing. The next time a mosquito bites you, just remember that you were chosen. You’re special.If the mosquito likes you, she settles onto your flesh very gently, and she breaks your skin with her proboscis tip. It’s a kind of mouth and it sticks out just below the mosquito’s eyes. She stabs the proboscis tip into your skin at once, and if she hits a blood vessel, she’ll get a full dinner in about a minute. After that, the mosquito is tired. Heavy with your blood, she picks a spot---on a leave or a stone---to lay her eggs. Just one drop of blood will produce hundreds of eggs.31.By the sentence “you are acquainted with the mosquito--although you probably wish you weren’t”, the author means that people_________.A. don’t like mosquito but it is always thereB. know mosquito and wish them wellC. wish all the mosquito disappearedD. want to be friendly to mosquito but fail at last32.Why is it only female mosquito that bites?A. She is more unfriendly than male.B. She is greater in number.C. Blood is her favorite food.D. Blood enables her to lay eggs.31.正确答案( A. don’t like mosquito but it is always there)32.正确答案(D. Blood enables her to lay eggs.)33.正确答案(B. the color of the skin)34.正确答案( B. to stick into the flesh and suck blood)35.正确答案(A. why and how mosquito bites people)60.The ups and downs of life may seem to have no predictable plan. But scientists now know there are very definite life patterns that almost all people 76 . Today，when we live 20 years longer than our great-grandparents，and when women mysteriously 77 men by seven years，it is clearer than ever that the“game of life”is really a game of 78 . As we age, we trade strength for ingenuity，speed for thoroughness，passion for reason. These 79 may not always seem fair，but at every age，there are some 80 . So it is reassuring to note that 81 you've passed some of your“prime.”you still have other prime years to experience 82 . Certain important primes seem to 83 later in life. Then which are the best years of life? When asked this question, people may 84 with various answers. It seems that different periods of life 85 to different kinds of achievement.76(1分).76.A. know B. share C. resist D. like77.A. outnumber B. outcome C. outlive D. outbreak78.A.trade-offs B. trade-ins C. years D. age79.A. discussions B. changes C. businesses D. exchanges。

2016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 the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)In Cambodia the choice of a spouse is a complex one for the young male. It may involve not only his parents and his friends,１those of the young women, but also a matchmaker. A young man can 2 a likely spouse on his own and them ask his parents to 3 the marriage negotiations. or the young man’s parents may make the choice of a spouse, giving the child little to say in the selection. 4 , a girl may veto the spouse her parents have chosen. 5 a spouse has been selected, each family investigates the other to make sure its child is marrying 6 a good family.The traditional wedding is a long and colorful affair. Formerly it lasted three days 7 by the 1980s it more commonly lasted a day and a half. Buddhist priests offer a short sermon and 8 prayers of blessing. Parts of the ceremony involve ritual hair cutting, 9 cotto n threads soaked in holy water around the bride’s and groom’s wrists ,and 10 a candle around a circle of happily married and respected couples to bless the 11 .Newlyweds traditionally move in with the wife’s parents and may 12 with them up to a year, 13 they can build a flew house nearby.Divorce is legal and easy to 14 ,but not common .Divorced persons are 15 with some disapproval. Each spouse retains 16 property he or she 17 into the marriage, and jointly –acquired property is 18 equally. Divorced persons may remarry, but a gender prejudice 19 up .The divorced male doesn’t have a waiting period before he can remarry 20 the woman must wait the months.1. [A] by way of [B] as well as [C] on behalf of [D] with regard to2. [A] adapt to [B] provide for [C]compete with [D] decide on3. [A] close [B] renew [C]arrange [D] postpone4. [A] In theory [B] Above all [C] In time [D] For example5. [A] Although [B] Lest [C] After [D] Unless6. [A] into [B] within [C] from [D] through7. [A] sine [B] or [C] but [D] so8. [A] test [B]copy [C]recite [D] create9. [A] folding [B] piling [C] wrapping [D] tying10. [A] lighting [B] passing [C] hiding [D] serving11. [A] meeting [B] association [C] collection [D]union12. [A] grow [B] part [C] deal [D]live13. [A] whereas [B] until [C] for [D] if14. [A] obtain [B] follow [C] challenge [ D]avoid15. [A] isolated [B] persuaded [C] viewed [D] exposed16. [A]wherever [B] however [C] whenever [D]whatever17. [A] changed [B] brought [C] shaped [D] pushed18. [A] divided [B] invested [C] donated [D] withdrawn19. [A]clears [B] warms [C] shows [D] breaks20. [A]while [B] so what [C]once [D] in thatSection 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 the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1France, which prides itself as the global innovator of fashion, has decided its fashion industry has lost an absolute right to define physical beauty for woman. Its lawmakers gave preliminary approval last week to a law that would make it a crime to employ ultra-thin models on runways. The parliament also agreed to ban websites that” incite excessive thinness” by promoting extreme dieting.Such measures have a couple of uplifting motives. They suggest beauty should not be defined by looks that end up with impinging on health. That’s a start. And the ban on ultra-thin models seems to go beyond protecting models from starring themselves to health –as some have done. It tells the fashion industry that it move take responsibility for the signal it sends women, especially teenage girls, about the social tape –measure they must use to determine their individual worth.The bans, if fully enforced ,would suggest to woman (and many men )that they should not let others be orbiters of their beauty .And perhaps faintly, they hint that people should look to intangible qualities like character and intellect rather than dieting their way to sine zero or wasp-waist physiques .The French measures, however, rely too much on severe punishment to change a culture that still regards beauty as skin-deep-and bone-showing. Under the law, using a fashion model that does not meet agovernment-defined index of body mess could result in a $85,000 fine and six months in prison.The fashion industry knows it has an inherent problem in focusing on material adornment and idealized body types. In Denmark, the United States, and a few other countries, it is trying to set voluntary standard for models and fashion images there rely more on pear pressure for enforcement. In contrast to France’s actions, Denmark’s fashion industry agreed last month on rules and sanctions regarding age, health, and other characteristics of models .The newly revised Danish Fashion Ethical charter clearly states, we are aware of and take responsibility for the impact the fashion industry has on body ideals, especially on young people. The charter’s main toll o fenforcement is to deny access for designers and modeling agencies to Copenhagen. Fashion week, which is men by the Danish Fashion Institute .But in general it relies on a name-and –shame method of compliance. Relying on ethical persuasion rather than law to address the misuse of body ideals may be the best step. Even better would be to help elevate notions of beauty beyond the material standards of a particular industry.21. According to the first paragraph, what would happen in France?[A] Physical beauty would be redefined[B] New runways would be constructed[C] Websites about dieting would thrive[D] The fashion industry would decline22. The phrase “impinging on”(Line2 Para2) is closest in mea ning to[A] heightening the value of[B] indicating the state of[C] losing faith in[D] doing harm to23. Which of the following is true of the fashion industry[A] The French measures have already failed[B] New standards are being set in Denmark[C] Models are no longer under peer pressure[D] Its inherent problems are getting worse24. A designer is most likely to be rejected by CFW for[A] setting perfect physical conditions[B] caring too much about models’ character[C] showing little concern for health factors[D] pursuing a high age threshold for models25. Which of the following maybe the best title of the text?[A] A challenge to the Fashion Industry’s Body Ideals[B] A Dilemma for the starving models in France[C] Just Another Round of struggle for beauty[D] The Great Threats to the Fashion IndustryText 2For the first time in the history more people live in towns than in the country. In Britain this has had a curious result. While polls show Britons ra te “the countryside” alongside the royal family. Shakespeare and the NationalHealth Service (NHS) as what make them proudest of their country, this has limited political support. A century ago Octavia Hill launched the National Trust not to rescue styli sh houses but to save “the beauty of natural places for everyone forever”. It was specifically to provide city dwellers with spaces for leisure where they could experience “a refreshing air”. Hill’s pressure later led to the creation of national parks and green belts. They don’t make countryside any more, and every year concrete consumes more of it .It needs constant guardianship.At the next election none of the big parties seem likely to endorse this sentiment. The Conservatives’ planning reform explicitly gives rural development priority over conservation,even authorizing “off–plan” building where local people might object. The concept of sustainable development has been defined as profitable. Labour likewise wants to discontinue local planning where councils oppose development. The Liberal Democrats are silent only u sensing its chance, has sides with those pleading for a more considered approach to using green land. Its campaign to protect Rural England struck terror into many local conservative parties.The sensible place to build new houses factories and offices is where people are in cities and towns where infrastructure is in place. The London agents Stirling Ackroyed recently identified enough sites for half of million houses in the Landon area alone with no intrusion on green belts. What is true of London is even truer of the provinces. The idea that “housing crisis” equals “concreted meadows” is pure lobby talk. The issue is not the need for more houses but, as always, where to put them under lobby pressure, George Osborne favours rural new-build against urban renovation and renewal. He favours out-of-town shopping sites against high streets. This is not a free market but a biased one. Rural towns and villages have grown and will always grow. They do so best where building sticks to their edges and respects their character. We do not ruin urban conservation areas. Why ruin rural ones?Development should be planned, not let trip, After the Netherlands, Britain is Europe’s most crowed country. Half a century of town and country planning has enable it to retain an enviable rural coherence, while still permitting low-density urban living. There is no doubt of the alternative-the corrupted landscapes of southern Portugal, Spain or Ireland. Avoiding this rather than promoting it should unite the left and right of the political spectrum.26. Britain’s public sentiment about the countryside[A] is not well reflected in politics[B] is fully backed by the royal family[C] didn’t start fill the Shakespearean age[D] has brought much benefit to the NHS27. According to paragraph 2，the achievements of the National Trust are now being[A] largely overshadowed[B] properly protected[C] effectively reinforced[D] gradually destroyed28. Which of the following can be offered from paragraph 3[A] Labour is under attack for opposing development[B] The Conservatives may abandon “off-plan” building[C] Ukip may gain from its support for rural conservation[D] The Liberal Democrats are losing political influence29. The author holds that George Osbornes’s preference[A] shows his disregard for the character of rural area[B] stresses the necessity of easing the housing crisis[C] highlights his firm stand against lobby pressure[D] reveals a strong prejudice against urban areas30. In the last paragraph the author show his appreciation of[A] the size of population in Britain[B] the enviable urban lifestyle in Britain[C] the town-and-country planning in Britain[D] the political life in today’s BritainText 3“There is one and only one social responsibility of business” wrote Milton Friedman, a Nobel Prize-winning economist “That is, to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits.” But even if you accept Friedman’s premise and regard corporate social responsibility(CSR) policies as a waste of shareholders’s money, things may not be absolutely clear-act. New research suggests that CSR may create monetary value for companies at least when they are prosecuted for corruption.The largest firms in America and Britain together spend more than $15 billion a year on CSR, according to an estimate by EPG, a consulting firm. This could add value to their businesses in three ways. First, consumers may take CSR spending as a “signal” that a company’s products are of high quality. Second, customers may be willing to buy a company’s products as an indirect may to donate to the good causes it helps. And third, through a more diffuse “halo effect” whereby its good deeds earn it greater con sideration from consumers and others.Previous studies on CSR have had trouble differentiating these effects because consumers can be affected by all three. A recent study attempts to separate them by looking at bribery prosecutions under American’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act（FCPA）.It arg ues that since prosecutors do not consume a company’s products as part oftheir investigations，they could be influenced only by the halo effect. The study found that，among prosecuted firms，those with the most comprehensive CSR programmes tended to get more lenient penalties. Their analysis ruled out the possibility that it was firm’s political influence, rather than their CSR stand, that accounted for the leniency: Companies that contributed more to political campaigns did not receive lower fines.In all, the study concludes that whereas prosecutors should only evaluate a case based on its merits, they do seem to be influenced by a company’s record in CSR. “We estimate that either eliminating a substantiallabour-rights concern, such as child labour, or increasing corporate giving by about20% result in fines that generally are 40% lower than the typical punishment for bribing foreign officials.” says one researcher.Researchers admit that their study does not answer the question at how much businesses ought to spend on CSR. Nor does it reveal how much companies are banking on the halo effect, rather than the other possible benefits, when they companies get into trouble with the law, evidence of good character can win them a less costly punishment.31. The author views Milton Friedman’s statement about CSR with[A]uncertainty[B]skepticism[C]approval[D]tolerance32. According to Paragraph 2, CSR helps a company by[A]guarding it against malpractices[B]protecting it from consumers[C]winning trust from consumers.[D]raising the quality of its products33. The expression “more lenient”(line 2,Para.4)is closest in meaning to[A]less controversial[B]more lasting[C]more effective[D]less severe34. When prosecutors evaluate a case, a company’s CSR record[A]comes across as reliable evidence[B]has an impact on their decision[C]increases the chance of being penalized[D]constitutes part of the investigation35. Which of the following is true of CSR according to the last paragraph?[A] The necessary amount of companies spending on it is unknown[B] Companies’ financial capacity for it has been overestimated[C] Its negative effects on businesses are often overlooked[D]It has brought much benefit to the banking industryText 4There will eventually come a day when The New York Times ceases to publish stories on newsprint. Exactly when that day will be is a matter of deb ate. ”Sometime in the future,” the paper’s publisher said back in 2010.Nostalgia for ink on paper and the rustle of pages aside, there’s plenty of incentive to ditch print. The infrastructure required to make a physical newspaper – printing presses, delivery trucks –isn’t just expensive; it’s excessive at a time when online –only competitors don’t have the same set of financial constraints. Readers are migrating away from print anyway. And though print ad sales still dwarf their online and mobile counterparts, revenue from print is still declining.Overhead may be high and circulation lower, but rushing to eliminate its print edition would be a mistake, says BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti.Peretti says the Times shouldn’t waste time getting out of the print business, but only if they go about doing it the right way. “Figuring out a way to accelerate that transition would make sense for them,” he said, “but if you discontinue it, you’re going have your most loyal customers really upset with you.” Sometimes that’s worth making a change anyway. Peretti gives the example of Netflix discontinuing its DVD-mailing service to focus on streaming. “It was seen as blunder,” he said. The move turned out to be foresighted. And if Peretti were in charge at the Times? ”I wouldn’t pick a year to end print,” he said“I would raise prices and make it into more of a legacy product.” The most loyal customers would still get the product they favor, the idea goes, and they’d feel like they were helping sustain the quality of something they believe in. “So if you’re overpaying for print, you could feel like you were helping,” Peretti said. “Then increase it at a higher rate each year and essentially try to generate additional revenue.”In other words, if you’re going to make a print product, make it for the people who are already obsessed with it. Which may be what the Times is doing already. Getting the print edition seven days a week costs nearly $500 a year – more than twice as much as a digital – only subscription. “It’s a really hard thing to do and it’s a tremendous luxury that BuzzFeed doesn’t have a legacy business,” Peretti remarked. “But we’re going to have questions like that where we have things we’re doing that don’t make sense when the market changes and the world changes. In those situations, it’s better to be more aggressive that less aggressive.”36. The New York Ti mes is considering ending it’s print edition partly due to[A] the increasing online and sales[B] the pressure from its investors[C] the complaints from its readers[D] the high cost of operation37. Peretti suggests that in face of the present situation, The Times should[A] make strategic adjustments[B] end the print sedition for good[C] seek new sources of leadership[D] aim for efficient management38. It can be inferred from paragraphs 5and 6 that a ” legacy product”[A] helps restore the glory of former times[B] is meant for the most loyal customers[C] will have the cost of printing reduced[D] expands the popularity of the paper39. Peretti believes that in a changing world[A] traditional luxuries can stay unaffected[B] cautiousness facilitates problem-solving[C] aggressiveness better meets challenges[D] legacy businesses are becoming out dated40. which of the following would be the best title of the text?[A] shift to online newspapers all at once[B] Cherish the Newspapers still in Your Hand[C] keep Your Newspapers Forever in Fashion[D] Make Your print Newspapers a luxury GoodPart BDirections:Read the following text and answer the questions by choosing the most suitable subheading from the list A-G for each of the numbered paragraphs (41-45). There are two extra subheadings. Mark your answers on the ANSER SHEET. (10 point)[A] Create a new image of yourself[B] Decide if the time is right[C] Have confidence in yourself[D]Understand the context[E]Work with professionals[F]Make it efficient[G]Know your goalsNo matter how formal or informal the work environment, the way you present yourself has an impact. This is especially true in the first impressions. According to research from Princeton University , people assess your competence, trustworthiness, and likeability in just a tenth of a second, solely based on the way you look.The difference between today’s workplace and the “dress for success” era is that the range of options is so much broader. Norms have evolved and fragmented. In some settings, red sneakers or dress T-shirts can convey status; in other not so much. Plus, whatever image we present is magnified by social-media services like LinkedIn. Chances are, your headshots are seen much more often now than a decade or two ago. Millennials, it seems, face the paradox of being the least formal generation yet the most conscious of style and personal branding. It can be confusing.So how do we navigate this? How do we know when to invest in an upgrade? And what’s the best way to pull off one than enhances our goals? Here are some tips:41_________________________As an executive coach, I’ve seen image upgrades be particular h elpful during transitions-when looking for a new job, stepping into a new or more public role, or changing work environments. If you’re in a period of change or just feeling stuck and in a rut, now may be a good time. If you’re not sure, ask for honest fee dback from trusted friends, colleagues and professionals. Look for cues about how others perceive you. Maybe there’s no need for an upgrade and that’s OK42________________________Get clear on what impact you’re hoping to have. Are you looking to refresh your image or pivot it? For one person, the goal may be to be taken more seriously and enhance their professional image. For another, it may be to be perceived as more approachable, or more modern and stylish. For someone moving from finance to advertising, maybe they want to look more “SoHo.” (It’s OK to use characterizations like that )43 ________________________Look at your work environment like an anthropologist. What are the norms of your environment? What conveys status? Who are your most important audiences? How do the people you respect and look up to present themselves? The better you understand the cultural context, the more control you can have over your impact.44 _______________________Enlist the support of professionals and share with them your goals and context. Hire a personal stylist, or use the free styling service of a store like J. Crew. Try a hair stylist instead of a barber. Work with a professional photographer instead of your spouse or friend. It’s not as expensive as you might think.45 ________________________The point of a style upgrade isn’t to become more vain or to spend more time fussing over what to wear. Instead, use it as an opportunity to reduce decision fatigue. Pick a standard work uniform or a few go-to options. Buy all your clothes at once with a stylist instead of shopping alone, one article of clothing at a time.Part CDirections:Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written neatly on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) Mental health is our birthright. (46) we don’t have to learn how to be mentally healthy, it is built into us in the same way that our bodies know how to heal a cut or mend, a broken bone. Mental health can’t be learned, only reawakened. It is like immune system of the body, which under stress or through lack of nutrition or exercise can be weakened, but which never leaves us. When we don’t understand the value of mental health and we don’t know how to gain access to it, mental health will remain hidden from us. (47) Our mental health doesn’t go anywhere; like the sun behind a cloud, it can be temporarily hidden from view, but it is fully capable of being restored in an instant.Mental health is the seed that contains self-esteem –confidence in ourselves and an ability to trust in our common sense. It allows us to have perspective on our lives-the ability to not take ourselves too seriously, to laugh at ourselves, to see the bigger picture, and to see that things will work out. It’s a form of innate or unlearned optimism. (48) Mental health allows us to view others with sympathy if they are having troubles, with kindness if they are in pain, and with unconditional love no matter who they are. Mental health is the source of creativity for solving problems, resolving conflict, making our surroundings more beautiful, managing our home life, or coming up with a creative business idea or invention to make our lives easier. It gives us patience for ourselves. And toward others as well as patience while driving, catching a fish, working on our car, or raising a child.It allows us to see the beauty that surrounds us each moment in nature, in culture, in the flow of our daily lives.(49)Although mental health is the cure-all for living our lives, it is perfecting ordinary as you will see that it has been there to direct you through all your difficult decisions. It has been available even in the most mundane of life situations to show you right from wrong, good from bad, friend from foe. Mental health has commonly been called conscience, instinct, wisdom, common sense, or the inner voice, we think of it simply as a health and helpful flow of intelligent thought. (50) As you will come to see, knowing that mental health is always available and knowing to trust it allow us to slow down to the moment and live life happily.Section III WritingPart A51. Directions:Suppose you are a librarian in your university. Write a notice of about 100 words. Providing thenewly-enrolled international students with relevant information about the library.You should write neatly on the ANSWER SHEET.Do not sign your own name at the end of the notice. Use Li Ming instead.Do not write the address. (10 points)Part B52. Directions:Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following pictures In your essay, you should1) describe the pictures briefly2) interpret the meaning , and3) give your commentsYou should write neatly on the ANSWER SHEET.(20 points)Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use Li Ming instead.Do not write the address. (10 points)2016考研英语一答案解析1、【答案】[B] as well as【解析】根据空格所在句子的内容可以判断，“择偶涉及男方的亲朋好友，_____女方的亲朋好友”显然前后是并列关系，选项中只有B选项as well as 表示并列关系。

2016考研英语一真题及答案解析Introduction:The 2016 English Paper 1 examination for the Graduate Entrance Examination (commonly known as the "考研") is an important benchmark for candidates aiming to pursue further studies in English language and literature. This article serves as a comprehensive analysis of the 2016 English Paper 1, discussing both the questions and providing detailed explanations for the answers.Section 1: Reading ComprehensionIn this section, candidates were presented with several passages on various topics, followed by a set of questions. The passages covered diverse subjects such as literature, history, and science. Each passage was meticulously crafted to test candidates' comprehension skills, vocabulary, and reading speed.To successfully tackle this section, candidates needed to employ effective reading strategies, such as skimming and scanning, to quickly identify the main ideas and key details of each passage. Furthermore, a solid foundation in academic vocabulary and the ability to infer meaning from context were crucial for answering the comprehension questions accurately.Section 2: TranslationThe translation section tested candidates' language proficiency and their ability to convey meaning accurately between English and Chinese. This section required candidates to translate a given English passage into Chinese.The passage chosen for the 2016 exam addressed an important contemporary issue: the impact of social media on personal relationships. To effectively tackle this section, candidates had to demonstrate not only a strong command of both languages, but also a deep understanding of the cultural nuances and idiomatic expressions used in both English and Chinese.Section 3: Writing SkillsThe writing section of the 2016 English Paper 1 presented candidates with two tasks: one focusing on argumentative writing and the other on descriptive writing. These tasks aimed to assess candidates' ability to present logical arguments, use coherent and cohesive language, and showcase their creative writing skills.For the argumentative writing task, candidates were asked to develop a well-structured essay on the benefits and drawbacks of technological advancements. The essay required a clear thesis statement, supporting evidence, and a balanced evaluation of both sides of the argument.The descriptive writing task challenged candidates to create an engaging and vivid description of a memorable personal experience. To excel in this task, candidates needed to demonstrate their ability to effectively utilize descriptive language and engage the reader's senses.Answers Analysis:In this section, we will delve into the specific answers for each question in the 2016 English Paper 1, providing detailed explanations and analysis of the correct options. Due to space limitations, a complete analysis of all thequestions cannot be provided here. However, a general overview of each section's answers will be presented.Section 1: Reading ComprehensionThe reading comprehension section contained a total of five passages, requiring candidates to carefully analyze the information provided before selecting the correct answers. The questions covered a wide range of comprehension skills, including main idea identification, inference, and vocabulary usage.Section 2: TranslationThe translation section tested candidates' ability to accurately convey the meaning of an English passage in Chinese. The selected passage focused on the influence of social media on personal relationships. Successful translation required candidates to maintain the original meaning while adapting it to the target language, paying attention to appropriate vocabulary, grammar, and idiomatic expressions.Section 3: Writing SkillsThe writing section challenged candidates to demonstrate their ability to construct well-organized essays and engage in descriptive writing. For the argumentative writing task, candidates were expected to present a balanced argument while supporting their claims with relevant evidence. The descriptive writing task aimed to assess candidates' ability to create a vivid and engaging narrative.Conclusion:The 2016 English Paper 1 for the Graduate Entrance Examination presented candidates with a comprehensive assessment of their reading comprehension, translation, and writing skills. By carefully analyzing the exam questions and offering detailed explanations of the correct answers, this article aims to provide candidates with a valuable resource for understanding and improving their English language proficiency.Disclaimer: This article provides an analysis of the 2016 English Paper 1 for the Graduate Entrance Examination. It is for informational purposes only and does not guarantee any specific results or success in future exams.。

考研英语2016年真题IntroductionIn 2016, the English subject of the National Postgraduate Entrance Examination became a hot topic for discussion among many students. In this article, we will analyze the 2016 exam and explore effective strategies to excel in the English section of the postgraduate entrance examination.Section I: Listening ComprehensionThe listening comprehension section of the 2016 exam consisted of multiple-choice questions. It aimed to assess the test-takers' ability to understand spoken English in academic and everyday contexts.1. Navigating the Listening SectionTo effectively tackle the listening section, candidates need to adopt a systematic approach. It is recommended to pre-read the questions before listening to the recordings. This helps in forming a general understanding of the content and allows candidates to focus on the specific information they need to listen for.2. Enhancing Listening SkillsImproving listening skills is crucial for success in this section. Regular practice is essential to develop the ability to comprehend English spoken at a natural pace. Engaging in activities such as extensive listening to English podcasts, watching English movies without subtitles, and listening to English songs can greatly enhance listening abilities.Section II: Reading ComprehensionThe reading comprehension section of the 2016 exam consisted of multiple-choice questions, true/false statements, and short answer questions. It aimed to assess the test-takers' ability to understand and analyze English reading materials.1. Skimming and ScanningSkimming and scanning are essential techniques for dealing with the large volume of texts in the reading comprehension section. Skimming involves quickly reading through the passage to get a general understanding of the main ideas and structure. Scanning, on the other hand, involves searching for specific information by quickly glancing through the text.2. Vocabulary BuildingDeveloping a strong vocabulary is crucial for understanding and accurately answering questions in this section. Candidates should regularly engage in vocabulary building exercises and expand their knowledge of academic and general English vocabulary. Reading extensively and using contextual clues to infer word meanings can help improve vocabulary.Section III: TranslationThe translation section of the 2016 exam required test-takers to translate a given passage from Chinese to English. It aimed to assess the test-takers' ability to accurately convey the meaning of the original text in English.1. Mastering Sentence StructureTo excel in the translation section, candidates must have a strong grasp of English sentence structure. This includes understanding word order, verbtenses, subject-verb agreement, and other grammatical rules. Regular practice and review of English grammar are essential for achieving accuracy in translation.2. Retaining the Original MeaningWhen translating, it is crucial to maintain the original meaning of the passage while using appropriate English expressions. Candidates should strive for clarity in their translation, avoiding overly literal translations that may alter the intended meaning.ConclusionIn conclusion, the 2016 English exam for the National Postgraduate Entrance Examination comprised three sections: listening comprehension, reading comprehension, and translation. By employing effective strategies such as pre-reading, practicing listening skills, skimming and scanning, building vocabulary, mastering sentence structure, and retaining the original meaning during translation, test-takers can increase their chances of success. Consistent practice and a comprehensive understanding of the exam format will greatly contribute to achieving a satisfactory score in the English section of the postgraduate entrance examination.。

2016考研英语真题Introduction: 2016 Postgraduate English Exam PaperThe 2016 Postgraduate English Exam is an important assessment for students applying for postgraduate programs in China. This article aims to provide a detailed analysis of the 2016 English exam paper and discuss strategies for effective preparation.Section 1: Reading ComprehensionThe reading comprehension section of the 2016 English exam paper consisted of multiple passages, each followed by several questions. The passages covered a wide range of topics, including science, literature, and history. This section assessed candidates' ability to understand and interpret written information.Section 2: Vocabulary and GrammarThe vocabulary and grammar section evaluated candidates' knowledge and understanding of English vocabulary and grammar rules. It included various types of questions, such as fill in the blanks, sentence completion, and error identification. This section tested candidates' ability to apply vocabulary and grammar rules accurately in context.Section 3: TranslationThe translation section required candidates to translate sentences from Chinese to English. This section examined candidates' language proficiency and their ability to accurately convey meaning between the two languages.Section 4: WritingThe writing section required candidates to write an essay on a given topic. Candidates were expected to express their thoughts clearly, organize their ideas logically, and demonstrate good writing skills. The essay topic for the 2016 exam was "The Impact of Technology on Society."Conclusion:The 2016 Postgraduate English Exam was a comprehensive assessment of candidates' English language proficiency. It tested their reading comprehension skills, vocabulary and grammar knowledge, translation abilities, and writing skills. To perform well in this exam, candidates should develop effective strategies for each section and allocate their time wisely during the examination. With diligent preparation and practice, candidates can improve their chances of success in the Postgraduate English Exam.。

2016年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试《英语二》真题(总分：100.00，做题时间：120分钟)一、Section Ⅰ Use of English (总题数：1，分数：20.00)Happy people work differently. They're more productive, more creative, and willing to take greater risks. And new research suggests that happiness might influence 1 firms work, too. Companies located in place with happier people invest more, according to a recent research paper. 2 , firms in happy places spend more on R&D(research and development).That's because happiness is linked to the kind of longer-term thinking 3 for making investment for the future. The researchers wanted to know if the 4 and inclination for risk-taking that come with happiness would 5 the way companies invested. So they compared U.S. cities' average happiness 6 by Gallup polling with the investment activity of publicly traded firms in those areas. 7 enough, firms' investment and R&D intensity were correlated with the happiness of the area in which they were 8. But it is really happiness that's linked to investment, or could something else about happier cities 9 why firms there spend more on R&D? To find out, the researches controlled for various 10 that might make firms more likely to invest like size, industry , and sales-and-and for indicators that a place was 11 to live in, like growth in wages or population. They link between happiness and investment generally 12 even after accounting for these things. The correlation between happiness and investment was particularly strong for younger firms, which the authors 13 to "less confined decision making process" and the possible presence of younger and less 14 managers who are more likely to be influenced by sentiment.'' The relationship was 15 stronger in places where happiness was spread more 16. Firms seem to invest more in places. 17 this doesn't prove that happiness causes firms to invest more or to take a longer-term view, the authors believe it at least 18 at that possibility. It's not hard to imagine that local culture and sentiment would help 19 how executives think about the future. It surely seems plausible that happy people would be more forward -thinkingand creative and 20 R&D more than the average," said one researcher. （分数：20.00）A.whyB.whereC.how √D.when【解析】根据空格所在句子可以看出，空格处应该是一个引导宾语从句的从属连词，做influence的宾语。