2017考研英语历史学类阅读理解模拟题及答案(三)

2017考研英语历史学类阅读理解模拟题及答案（一）Imagine asking a presidential candidate to sit down for a sensitivity session on gayand lesbian issues. That's exactly what we did last week in Austin ， Texas. George W. Bush invited us ， a dozen gay Republicans ， after he'd refused to meet with a gay Republican group that had criticized him. Our meeting set an important precedent ：neveragain will a major-party candidate be able to run for president without addressing gay and lesbian issues.Bush didn't like everything we had to say. I was struck by his lack of familiarity with the issues ， as well as by his desire to learn. I described how my partner ， Rob Morris ， and I have been in a 17-year relationship. We both come from healthy ， strong ， religious families. Rob grew up in a conservative Republican family in Georgia; I come from a longtime Republican family in Wisconsin. I'm now the vice president of my Lutheran church. I wanted Governor Bush to understand that long-term ， loving relationships ， stable families ， strong faith-based traditions and Republican voting histories are all part of the gay and lesbian community.Our stories had an impact. Bush admitted that ， growing up in Texas ， he had not been as open to elements of America's diverse culture. He had a narrow set of friends and a firm set of traditions. But he was surprised and dismayed to hear that people saw him as intolerant. “What have I said that sent that signal?” he asked repeatedly. We confronted him about his reported statement that if you were openly gay or lesbian you would not be considered for a job in his administration. “I never said that ，” he insisted ， assuring us he would hire gays and lesbians whoboth were qualified and shared his political views.Our perspective was clearly eye-opening to him. When one of us talked about his lesbian sister and her partner adopting children ， the governor acknowledged his often-stated belief that gays should not adopt. “Now you're telling me of a very loving ， caring relationship ，” he said. “I really appreciate hearing that.” We stressed that a Bush administration could not roll back any of the progress made in recent years. We talked about AIDS funding and research. Though Bush was attentive ——and does show a willingness to hear all sides ——I don't think we changed his positions. He still opposes gay marriage and classifying crimes against gays as hate crimes. To be honest ， Bush still has a long way to go. But I think he's a lot farther along today than he was last week.注(1)：本文选自Newsweek ，04/24/2000， p43注(2)：本文习题命题模仿对象2003年真题Text 41. What is implied in the first paragraph?[A]A gay Republican group criticized Bush for his political views.[B]It is impossible to invite a president for discussing the gay issues.[C]No president candidate can ignore gay and lesbian issues at the present time.[D]Gay and lesbian issues are hot issues for the president.2. The author uses himself as an example to show _________.[A]what it is like in the gay and lesbian community[B]what it is like to be a gay.[C]what kind of a family the gays come from.[D]what it is like to maintain a gay relationship3. The author‘s attitude toward Bush’s performance at the meeting is _________.[A]scornful[B]satisfactory[C]supporting[D]objective4. In spite of his careful listening ， Bush still opposes the following behaviors except _________.[A]adopting the child[B]getting married[C]redefining hate crimes[D]employing the gays and lesbians5. The text intends to express the idea that _________.[A]the gays and lesbians long for the normal life[B]Bush has partly changed his views about the gay issues[C]there is still a long way to go to deal with the gay issues properly[D]the gays has had a successful talk with Bush答案：CABDC篇章剖析本文可以说是一篇记叙文，作者以第一人称的身份讲述了十几个共和党人同总统候选人布什的会面，并就男女同性恋问题进行了探讨和交流。

考研英语模拟试题及答案解析（3）Part CDirections:Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on Answer Sheet 2. (10 points)The universities are schools of education, and schools of research. (46) But the primary reason for their existence is not to be found either in the mere knowledge conveyed to the students or in the mere opportunities for research afforded to the members of the faculty.Both these functions could be performed at a cheaper rate, apart from these very expensive institutions. Books are cheap, and the system of apprenticeship is well understood. (47) So far as the mere imparting of information is concerned, no university has had any justification for existence since the popularisation of printing in the fifteenth century. Yet the chief impetus to the foundation of universities came after that date, and in more recent times has even increased.(48) The justification for a university is that it preserves the connection between knowledge and the zest of life, by uniting the young and the old in the imaginative consideration of learning. The university imparts information, but it imparts it imaginatively. At least, this is the function which it should perform for society. A university which fails in this respect has no reason for existence.This atmosphere of excitement, arising from imaginative consideration, transforms knowledge. A fact is no longer a bare fact: it is invested with all its possibilities. It is no longer a burdenon the memory: it is energising as the poet of our dreams, and as the architect of our purposes.Imagination is not to be divorced from the facts: it is a way of illuminating the facts. (49) It works by drawing the general principles which apply to the facts, as they exist, and then by an intellectual survey of alternative possibilities which are consistent with those principles. It enables men to construct an intellectual vision of a new world, and it preserves the zest of life by the suggestion of satisfying purposes.Youth is imaginative, and if the imagination be strengthened by discipline this energy of imagination can in great measure be preserved through life. The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative have but slight experience, and those who are experienced have feeble imaginations. Fools act on imagination without knowledge; pedants act on knowledge without imagination. The task of a university is to weld together imagination and experience.The initial discipline of imagination in its period of youthful vigour requires that there be no responsibility for immediate action. (50) The habit of unbiased thought, whereby the ideal variety of exemplification is discerned in its derivation from general principles, cannot be acquired when there is the daily task of preserving a concrete organisation. You must be free to think rightly and wrongly, and free to appreciate the variousness of the universe undisturbed by its perils.Section Ⅲ WritingPart A51.Directions:Six months from now, you will be graduating from the university. For the time being, you are looking for a chance ofinternship at the Evening Post of the city.1) State your wish to work as an intern with the newspaper;2) Explain what kind of job that you're looking for;3) And State your reasons why you can do the job well.Write your letter with no less than 100 words. Write it neatly on Answer Sheet 2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter, use "Li Ming" instead. You do not need to write the address.(10 points)Part B52.Directions:Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should first describe the drawing, interpret its meaning, and give your comment on it.You should write neatly on Answer Sheet 2. (20 points)。

目录Unit One---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 PartA--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1Text1儿童教育和沟通结合-----------------------------------------------------------------1Text2克隆人和动物--------------------------------------------------------------------------6Text3太阳系内速度限制--------------------------------------------------------------------11Text4互联网和电脑等新型通讯技术的应用--------------------------------------------15 Part B盗窃--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------20Part C撒谎--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------25翻译技巧补充：英译汉概述（一）------------------------------------------------------29Unit Two----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------32 Part A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------32Text1加拿大社会的劣质服务---------------------------------------------------------------32 Text2未来汽车---------------------------------------------------------------------------------36Text3广告业是美国经济的晴雨表---------------------------------------------------------41 Text4英国学业间断期------------------------------------------------------------------------46Part B生命进化历史---------------------------------------------------------------------------51Part C情感商机---------------------------------------------------------------------------------56翻译技巧补充：英译汉概述（二）------------------------------------------------------60Unit Three--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------63 Part A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------63Text1美、加之间贸易摩擦------------------------------------------------------------------63 Text2现代人对维多利亚时代英国人的看法---------------------------------------------68 Text3探讨时尚---------------------------------------------------------------------------------72Text4基因检测法用于侦破案件------------------------------------------------------------76 Part B立法机构在制定法律过程中的作用------------------------------------------------81 Part C美国黑人文学---------------------------------------------------------------------------86翻译技巧补充：词义的选择----------------------------------------------------------------89Unit Four------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------91 Part A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------91Text1五大湖环境状况--------------------------------------------------------------------------91 Text2欧洲铁路-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------95 Text3教师资格认证体系-----------------------------------------------------------------------99 Text4美国食品药品管理局面临的困难-----------------------------------------------------105 Part B网上商务-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------110 Part C物种灭绝-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------116翻译技巧补充：词义的抽象与具体---------------------------------------------------------119 Unit Five--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------121 Part A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------121 Text1鸡蛋中培养流感疫苗-----------------------------------------------------------------------121 Text2国际数学评估反映美国教育问题--------------------------------------------------------126 Text3美国经济不景气----------------------------------------------------------------------------131 Text4全国防止虐待儿童协会-------------------------------------------------------------------137 Part B经济学角度解决垃圾收集问题----------------------------------------------------------142 Part C个人发明和大企业组织的研究----------------------------------------------------------147翻译技巧补充：词性的转换---------------------------------------------------------------------151 Unit Six----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------153Part A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------153Text1童工、教育和贫困--------------------------------------------------------------------------153 Text2加州能源管制--------------------------------------------------------------------------------158 Text3美国社会保障的私有化--------------------------------------------------------------------163 Text4现代美容手术的普及-----------------------------------------------------------------------167 Part B演讲--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------172 Part C幻听--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------177翻译技巧补充：词汇的增译和减译------------------------------------------------------------180 Unit Seven-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------183 Part A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------183 Text1全球经济滞胀----------------------------------------------------------------------------------183 Text2印度妇女受到性别歧视----------------------------------------------------------------------189 Text3梦成现实----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------193 Text4新的教育体制观念----------------------------------------------------------------------------198 Part B优秀的领导者----------------------------------------------------------------------------------202 Part C英国人是政治动物----------------------------------------------------------------------------208翻译技巧补充：重复译----------------------------------------------------------------------------211 Unit Eight----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------213 Part A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------213 Text1外表的美与内在的美--------------------------------------------------------------------------213 Text2生态环境与恐怖主义--------------------------------------------------------------------------218 Text3网络信息安全性--------------------------------------------------------------------------------223 Text4北美印第安音乐--------------------------------------------------------------------------------228 Part BB为青春期的变化做准备---------------------------------------------------------------------232 Part C地球日--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------237翻译技巧补充：正义反译和反义正译-----------------------------------------------------------240 Unit Nine------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------242 Part A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------242 Text1美国解除飞机上使用手机的禁令-----------------------------------------------------------242 Text2环境预防原则-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------247 Text3索尼公司的管理--------------------------------------------------------------------------------253 Text4音乐与政治--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------258 Part B人类艺术与动物类似行为的区别----------------------------------------------------------263 Part C社会保障----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------270翻译技巧补充：分译与合译-----------------------------------------------------------------------273 Unit Ten-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------276 Part A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------276 Text1戏剧包含的要素-------------------------------------------------------------------------------276 Text2节省更多时间来工作的观念----------------------------------------------------------------280 Text3巴西足球运动事业现状----------------------------------------------------------------------286 Text4游戏领域女性工作人员很少----------------------------------------------------------------292 Part B面试----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------297 Part C甘地的和平主义-------------------------------------------------------------------------------303翻译技巧补充：倒置法-----------------------------------------------------------------------------306 Unit Eleven--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------308 Part A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------308 Text1企业绿色外衣现象---------------------------------------------------------------------------308Text2音乐物质文化---------------------------------------------------------------------------------313Text3肥胖问题---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------317Text4美国在联合国欠费问题---------------------------------------------------------------------323Part B个人着装--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------327Part C年轻的作家模仿莎士比亚----------------------------------------------------------------333翻译技巧补充：插入法---------------------------------------------------------------------------336Unit Twelve-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------338Part A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------338Text1新闻如何吸引读者--------------------------------------------------------------------------338Text2星际网络--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------343Text3荷兰艺术家及其作品-----------------------------------------------------------------------347Text4艾滋病最新治疗思路-----------------------------------------------------------------------352Part B成为成功的老板-----------------------------------------------------------------------------357Part C经济学史--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------363翻译技巧补充：重组法----------------------------------------------------------------------------365全书答案汇总------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3682007年6月26日张剑曾鸣编著《英语阅读理解150篇》Unit OnePart ADirections:Read the following four texts.Answer the questions below each text by choosing A,B,C or D.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET1.(40points)Text1Not long after the telephone was invented,I assume,a call was placed.The caller was a parent saying,“your child is bullying my child,and I want it stopped!”The bully's parent replied,“you must have the wrong number.My child is a little angel.”A trillion phone calls later,the conversation is the same.When children are teased or tyrannized,the parental impulse is to grab the phone and rant.But these days,as studies in the U.S.show bullying on the rise and parental supervision on the decline,researchers who study bullying say that calling moms and dads is more futile than ever.Such calls often lead to playground recriminations and don't really teach our kids any lessons about how to navigate the world and resolve conflicts.When you call parents,you want them to“extract the cruelty”from their bullying children,says Laura Kavesh,a child psychologist in Evanston,Illinois.“But many parents are blown away by the idea of their child being cruel.They won t believe it.”In a recent police department survey in Oak Harbor,Washington,89%of local high school students said they had engaged in bullying behavior.Yet only18%of parents thought their children would act as bullies.In a new U.S.PTA survey,5%of parents support contacting other parents to deal with bullying.But many educators warn that those conversations can be misinterpreted,causing tempers to flare.Instead,they say,parents should get objective outsiders,like principals,to mediate.Meanwhile,if you get a call from a parent who is angry about your child's bullying,listen without getting defensive.That's what Laura McHugh of Castro Valley,California,did when a caller told her that her then13-year-old son had spit in another boy's food.Her son had confessed,but the victim's mom“wanted to make sure my son hadn't given her son a nasty disease,”says McHugh,who apologized and promised to get her son tested for AIDS and other diseases.She knew the chance of contracting any disease this way was remote,but her promise calmed the mother and showed McHugh's son that his bad behaviour was being taken seriously.McHugh,founder of Parents Coach Kids,a group that teaches parenting skills, sent the mom the test results.All were negative.Remember:once you make a call,you might not like what you hear.If you have an itchy dialing finger,resist temptation.Put it in your pocket.［419words］1.The word“bullying”probably means______.［A］frightening and hurting［B］teasing［C］behaving like a tyrant［D］laughing at2.Calling to a bully's parent.______.［A］has long existed but changed its content［B］is often done with careful thinking［C］often leads to blaming and misunderstanding［D］is used to warn the child not to do it again3.According to the surveys in the U.S.,_______.［A］bullying among adults is also rising［B］parents are not supervising their children well［C］parents seldom believe bullies［D］most parents resort to calling to deal with bullying4.When bullying occurs,parents should_______.［A］help the bulling child get rid of cruelty［B］resort to the mediator［C］avoid getting too protective［D］resist the temptation of callingura McHugh promised to get the bullied boy tested for diseases because________.［A］her son confessed to being wrong［B］she was afraid to annoy the boy's parent［C］he was likely to be affected by these diseases［D］she wanted to teach her own son a lesson核心词汇blow away*①to completely surprise sb.,to affect intensely;overwhelm使大为惊讶；强烈影响，征服例：That concert blew me away.音乐会震撼了我。

2017考研英语历史学类阅读理解模拟题及答案（五）Europe is often one of the first places people think of when racism is discussed. From the institutionalized racism ， especially in colonial times ， when racial beliefs —even eugenics —were not considered something wrong ， to recent times where the effects of neo-Nazism is still felt. Europe is a complex area with many cultures in a relatively small area of land that has seen many conflicts throughout history. (Note that most of these conflicts have had trade and resource access at their core ， but national identities have often added fuel to some of these conflicts.)Racism has also been used to justify exploitation ， even using “pseudo-science ”。

Debates over the origins of racism often suffer from a lack of clarity over the term. Many conflate recent forms of racism with earlier forms of ethnic and national conflict. In most cases ethnic-national conflict seems to owe to conflict over land and strategic resources. In some cases ethnicity and nationalism were harnessed to wars between great religious empires (for example ， the Muslim Turks and the Catholic Austro-Hungarians)。

2017年考研英语阅读理解练习题及答案（三）店铺考研网为大家提供2017年考研英语阅读理解练习题及答案(三)，更多考研资讯请关注我们网站的更新!2017年考研英语阅读理解练习题及答案(三)RichardBurton probably knew nothing of the small South African town of Cullinan whenhe bought yet another chunky diamond for Elizabeth Taylor in 1969. Now theCullinan mine itself, like so many of the diamonds unearthed there, is about tochange hands. On November 22nd De Beers, the diamond giant that has owned themine since 1930, said it was selling it to a consortium led by Petra Diamonds,one of South Africa’s emerging diamond producers, for 1 billion rand in cash. Providedregulators approve the deal, the transfer should take place by the middle ofnext year.De Beers isselling because the mine is no longer profitable, despite attempts to turn itaround. But Petra reckons the mine still has another 20 years of production init and plans to extract at least 1m carats a year. The unexploited"Centenary Cut" deposit, which lies under the existing mine, couldyield a lot more. This is good news for the mine’s 1,000 or so employees and forthe town, which has depended on the diamond business since Sir Thomas Cullinandiscovered a prospect there in 1898 that contained kimberlite, a rock that canbe rich in diamonds. The mine, established in 1903, is one of 30 or sokimberlite diamond mines in the world, and is believed to be still the world’s second-most-valuable diamondresourcePetra is arelatively small outfit, listed on London’s Alternative Investment Market,that specialises in buying mines that bigger companies see as marginal. Itstrick is to extract better returns by rationalising production and processing,and keepingoperating costs and overheads down. Petra has already bought two ofDe Beers’s loss-making South African mines-both of which are now profitable-and isfinalising the 78.5m rand acquisition of the group’s underground operation in Kimberley,which stopped working in 2005.It alreadyoperates four mines in South Africa and has promising exploration in Angola (ajoint-venture with BHP Billiton), Sierra Leone and Botswana. Petra expects toproduce over 1m carats by 2010-quite a jump from 180,474 carats in the year toJune. The company has yet to make a profit, but expects to be making money bythe middle of next year.In the 1990sDe Beers decided that it was no longer a good idea to try to monopolise thediamond market. It started focusing on higher returns rather than market share,and has been revamping its mine portfolio, selling off mines that are no longerprofitable and investing in more enticing operations, such as its mine off thewest coast of South Africa, its Voorspoed operation in the Free State province,and two new mines in Canada.This hasopened the way for a new class of diamond firm that operates in the vast middleground between the world’s handful of large producers and a multitude of much smaller explorationfirms. The Cullinan deal should entrench Petra in this middle tier, alongsidefirms such as Kimberley Diamond and Trans Hex. But even if it does reach itstarget of 1m carats a year, Petra will still not be able to match the sparkleof the giants. Last year De Beers produced 51m carats from its mines inBotswana, Namibia, South Africa and Tanzania, which amounted to 40% of theworld’s diamonds by va lue.1. TheCullinan mine was named after_____.[A] theoriginal name of the town[B] the nameof its first owner[C] the nameof its discoverer[D] the nameof the town’s first colonist2. Whichone of the following statements is TRUE of the Cullinan mine?[A] The mineis the only business of the town which employs most of the local residents[B] It can bemined for another 20 years given Petra’s advanced technology[C] It is theworld’s second largest diamond mine with a yearly capacity of 1m carats[D] Whetherthe mine will maintain its profitability is yet to know.3. Petra’s opearting philosophy can be said as _____.[A] to makeprofits by reducing the costs[B] toexploit the surrounding areas of an existing mine[C] tointegrate the resources of all the money-losing small mines[D] torestructure the mine portfolio and to optimize the process management4. De Beershas made changes on its development stratege because_____.[A] it plansto shrink its market share and ends its long-term monopoly[B] it wantsto open the way for the middle tier of diamond market[C] itswitches its attention to making larger profits[D] it wantsto turn around the loss-making mines by cooperating with companies of smallersize.5. Thefuture of the new class of diamond firm is _____.[A] promising[B] dim[C] unknown[D]frustrating文章剖析：文章从Petra公司收购矿产为契因，介绍了钻石矿业新兴的一个中间阶层。

考研英语阅读理解模拟题（历史学）考研英语是个非常独特的考试，考研英语考的并不是你的英语水平有多好，而是你多会做考研英语的卷子，以下是为大家分享的考研英语阅读理解模拟题(历史学)，供大家参考借鉴，欢迎浏览!Half the game is 90 percent mental，“ Yogi Berra once said，or something like that， and science is now getting around to putting his aphorism to the test. Researchers including Debbie Crews of Arizona State University and John Milton of the University of Chicago have been studying patterns of brain activation——not in baseball players but in golfers， who make better subjects because they don't move around as much and the electrodes stay stuck to their heads. Yogi might have been surprised by the researchers' conclusion， though： the better the golfer， the less brain activity he shows in the seconds before he makes his shot.Crews， a sports psychologist who studies putting——even the minimal agitation of a chip shot can upset her experimental apparatus——has found that a key difference between amateurs and pros lies in the left hemisphere. This is the seat of logic，analysis， verbal reasoning and the kinds of thoughts——Maybe I should just kind of squinch over a little more to the left——that you never imagine crossing Tiger Woods's mind. Professionals，once they've determined how to make a shot，follow an invariable routine that renders conscious thought unnecessary. “How you think is probably more important than what you think，” Crews says. “Quieting the left hemisphere is really critical.”Or， to put it another way， when Milton asked some LPGA golfers what they thought about just before taking a shot， theyanswered： nothing. To test this， he rounded up a half-dozen pros and an equal number of amateurs and had them imagine making a specific shot——a wedge shot of 100 yards to the green，with no wind——while monitoring their brains in a functional magnetic resonance imaging machine. “The professionals are just much more specialized and efficient，” Milton says. “You put in a quarter and you get your shot.” The amateurs， by contrast， showed more total brain activation，involving more areas of the brain. In particular，amateurs activated the basal ganglia——involved in learning motor functions——and the basal forebrain and amygdala，responsible for， among other functions，emotions. “They're not fearful or anxious，” Milton says，“but they get overwhelmed by details，by the memories of all the shots they've missed in the past.” Some of his subjects worried about hitting the ball into the water， which was curious， because he hadn't even mentioned a water hazard in describing the imaginary shot to them.Professional athletes， as a rule， know how to keep focus，although there are exceptions，like Chuck Knoblauch，the Yankee second baseman who suddenly lost the ability to make a routine throw to first base. Milton is already trying to apply these lessons to stroke and other rehabilitation patients who have to relearn skills like walking；he recommends putting more emphasis on visualization and improving mental focus. In many aspects of life，it seems，half the game really is 90 percent mental.注（1）：本文选自Newsweek； 6/2/2003， p14；注（2）：本文习题命题模仿对象2004年真题Text 4（个别题目顺序加以调整）；1. The views of Yogi Berra and researchers including Crews and Milton are ________.[A]similar[B]identical[C]opposite[D]complementary2. We can learn from the text that the difference between pros and amateurs lies in_______.[A]the activity of the left hemisphere[B]the way of their thinking[C]the ability to control one‘s brain[D]the ability to forget the past failures3. Tiger Woods， according to the text， is probably ________.[A]a professional golf player[B]a professional baseball player[C]a sports psychologist[D]a researcher4. What is the key to the success of golfers according to the text？[A]Not to think of anything related to your past losses.[B]To be more specialized and efficient.[C]Try to activate your whole brain.[D]Quiet your left hemisphere and think of nothing.5. What can we learn from the last paragraph？[A]What the researchers have found proves Yogi Berra‘s words.[B]Baseball player should do as Yogi Berra said.[C]Mentality plays a very important role in many aspects of life.[D]Sports and medicine share some common principles. 答案：CADBC1.2017考研英语阅读理解模拟题2.2016考研英语阅读理解模拟题3.2015年考研英语阅读理解模拟题及解析4.考研英语阅读理解如何快速找答案5.考研英语阅读理解技巧全解6.2018考研英语阅读理解复习技巧7.2017考研英语（一）阅读理解深度分析8.关于考研英语阅读理解如何拿高分9.2017考研英语阅读理解真题及答案10.2016年考研英语一阅读理解答案。

2017考研英语历史学类阅读理解模拟题及答案（八）Various accounts have traced the “Big Apple ” expression to Depression-Era sidewalk apple vendors ， a Harlem night club and a popular 1930s dance known as the “Big Apple.” One fanciful version even links the name with a notorious 19th-century procuress!In fact ， it was the jazz musicians of the 1930s and 40s who put the phrase into more or less general circulation. If a jazzman circa 1940 told you he had a gig in the “Big Apple ，” you knew he had an engagement to play in the most coveted venue of all ， Manhattan ， where the audience was the biggest ， hippest ， and most appreciative in the country.The older generation of jazzmen specifically credit Fletcher Henderson ， one of the greatest of the early BigBand leaders and arrangers ， with popularizing it ， but such things are probably impossible to document. Be that as it may ， the ultimate source actually was not the jazz world but the racetrack.As Damon Runyon (among many others) cheerfully pointed out ， New York in those days offered a betting man a lot of places to go broke. There were no fewer than four major tracks nearby ， and it required no fewer than three racing journals to cover such a lively scene —The Daily Racing Form (which still survives on newsstands today) and The Running Horse and The New York Morning Telegraph (which do not)—and the ultimate credit for marrying New York to its durable catchphrase goes to columnist John J. FitzGerald who wrote for the Telegraph for over 20 years.Despite its turf-related origins ， by the 1930s and ‘40s ， the phrase had become firmly linked to the city ’s jazzscene. “Big Apple ” was the name both of a popular night club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem and a jitterbug-style group dance that originated in the South ， became a huge phenomenon at Harlem ‘s great Savoy Ballroom and rapidly spread across the country. (Neat cultural footnote ： the great African-American cinema pioneer Oscar Micheaux liked to use the Big Apple as a venue for occasional screenings of his latest feature film or documentary.)A film short called The Big Apple came out in 1938， with an all-Black cast featuring Herbert “Whitey ” White ‘s Lindy Hoppers ， Harlem ’s top ballroom dancers in the Swing Era. In a book published the same year ， bandleader Cab Calloway used the phrase “Big Apple ” to mean “the big town ， the main stem ， Harlem.” Anyonewho loved the city would have readily agreed with Jack FitzGerald ：“There ‘s only one Big Apple. That ’s New York.”The term had grown stale and was in fact generally forgotten by the 1970s. Then Charles Gillett ， head of the New York Convention & Visitors Bureau ， got the idea of reviving it. The agency was desperately trying to attract tourists to the town. Mayor John Lindsay had dubbed “Fun City ，” but which had become better-known for its blackouts ， strikes ， street crime and occasional riots. What could be a more wholesome symbol of renewal than a plump red apple?The city ‘s industrial-strength campaign was launched toward the end of the Lindsay administration in 1971， complete with a cheerful Big Apple logo ininnumerable forms (lapel pins ， buttons ， bumper stickers ， refrigerator magnets ， shopping bags ， ashtrays ， ties ， tie tacks ， “Big Apple ” T-shirts ， etc.)。

引导语：为了帮助⼤家更好地准备考研，以下是百分⽹店铺为⼤家整理的2017考研英语⼀阅读真题及答案，欢迎阅读! Section II Reading Comprehension Part A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points) Text 1 First two hours , now three hours—this is how far in advance authorities are recommending people show up to catch a domestic flight , at least at some major U.S. airports with increasingly massive security lines. Americans are willing to tolerate time-consuming security procedures in return for increased safety. The crash of Egypt Air Flight 804,which terrorists may have downed over the Mediterranean Sea ,provides another tragic reminder of why. But demanding too much of air travelers or providing too little security in return undermines public support for the process. And it should: Wasted time is a drag on Americans’ economic and private lives, not to mention infuriating. Last year, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) found in a secret check that undercover investigators were able to sneak weapons---both fake and real—past airport security nearly every time they tried .Enhanced security measures since then, combined with a rise in airline travel due to the improving Chicago’s O’Hare International .It is not yet clear how much more effective airline security has become—but the lines are obvious. Part of the issue is that the government did not anticipate the steep increase in airline travel , so the TSA is now rushing to get new screeners on the line. Part of the issue is that airports have only so much room for screening lanes. Another factor may be that more people are trying to overpack their carry-on bags to avoid checked-baggage fees, though the airlines strongly dispute this. There is one step the TSA could take that would not require remodeling airports or rushing to hire: Enroll more people in the PreCheck program. PreCheck is supposed to be a win-win for travelers and the TSA. Passengers who pass a background check are eligible to use expedited screening lanes. This allows the TSA wants to enroll 25 million people in PreCheck. It has not gotten anywhere close to that, and one big reason is sticker shock. Passengers must pay $85 every five years to process their background checks. Since the beginning, this price tag has been PreCheck’s fatal flaw. Upcoming reforms might bring the price to a more reasonable level. But Congress should look into doing so directly, by helping to finance PreCheck enrollment or to cut costs in other ways. The TSA cannot continue diverting resources into underused PreCheck lanes while most of the traveling public suffers in unnecessary lines. It is long past time to make the program work. 21. The crash of Egypt Air Flight 804 is mentioned to______. [A] stress the urgency to strengthen security worldwide [B] explain American’s tolerance of current security checks [C] highlight the necessity of upgrading major U.S. Airports [D] emphasize the importance of privacy protection 【答案】B 【解析】答案为B。

2017考研英语历史学类阅读理解模拟题及答案（七）We now must address two questions:Firstly ，where on Earth is the population problem the worst?It is my opinion that the world's worst population problem is right here in the United States. This is because of our high per capita resource consumption. It has been estimated that a person added to the population of the United States will have 30 or more times the impact on world resources as will a person added to the population of an underdeveloped nation. Indeed, resource consumption in North America is roughly the same as resource consumption in the entire rest of the world.Secondly ，where should we apply our efforts to have the most beneficial effect in helping to solve the population problem?The answer is, right here in the U.S.For many people, the population problem is a problem of "those people" in distant undeveloped countries. In early 1997, many people successfully lobbied Congress to restore family planning assistance in the U.S. foreign aid programs. This was a great victory, but it treats "those people" as though they were the big problem. Unchecked population growth in the Third World means depletion of water resources. It means famine. It means suffering. It pushes populations to clear rainforests. It pushes populations to go out and graze on land that cannot sustain cattle, and that leads to expansion of deserts worldwide. We all have a stake in the global environment.It is so easy to blame the problem on others and to identify what other people should do to solve the problem, while we ignore our own responsibilities and avoid doing anything to reduce the population problem in the U.S.. We need to work to stop population growth in the U.S..There are two sources that contribute approximately equally to population growth in the U.S.: the excess of births over deaths, and immigration. Both of these must be addressed.Let's compare three aspects of efforts to stop population growth in other countries with efforts to stop population growth in the United States.1) When we give family planning assistance to other countries, we are dealing with countries over which we have no legal jurisdiction and where we have little or no immediate political responsibility.When we confront population growth in the United States, we are dealing with a country where we as citizens have full and complete jurisdiction, and where we have political and family responsibilities. It should be much easier to solve our problem than it is to solve other peoples' problems.2) The negative effects of runaway population growth in an underdeveloped country are generally felt only in that country and in its immediate neighbors.The negative effects of population growth in the U.S. are felt throughout the entire world, because of our enormous per capita consumption of resources. Indeed, one of the aims of the many free-trade agreements about which we currently hear so much, is to open up the world's resources for consumption by consumers in theU.S..3) In countries receiving family planning assistance from the U.S. there will always be individuals who will claim that this assistance is a form of "genocide." They will be strengthened in this belief if we in the U.S. fail to take steps to halt our own population growth. As Tim Wirth of the U.S. Department of State has said, the best thing that we in the U.S. can do to help other countries stop their population growth, is to set an example and stop our own population growth.As you think about addressing the problem of population growth in the U.S., please ponder this challenge:Can you think of any problem, on any scale, from microscopic to global, whose long-term solution is in any demonstrable way, aided, assisted, or advanced, by having continued population growth at the local level, the state level, the national level, or globally?So we can see that Pogo was right:"We've met the enemy, and they're us!"1.What did the author mainly talk about?[A] The population problem in the world.[B] The population condition in the western world.[C] The population problem in Europe.[D] The population problem in the U.S.2. According to the author ， which place should solve the population problem?[A] The US[B] Europe[C] Underdeveloped countries[D] The Third World3. What did the Congressman think about the population problem?[A] He thought that the problem was worst in America.[B] He thought that the problem caused many other problems in the world.[C] He thought that the problem cannot be solved easily.[D] He thought that the problem in the Third World was to be blamed.4. Why are the negative effects of population growth in the U.S. felt throughout the entire world?[A] Because people around the world are all concerned about it.[B] Because per capita consumption of resources in America is enormous.[C] Because the U.S. is the most powerful country in the world.[D] Because the U.S .has great influence on other countries.5. Which is one of the reasons for the Americans to pay attention to their population problem?[A] Because some people always claim that the American assistance for family planning in other countries is a form of "genocide".[B] Because there are too many migrants nowadays.[C] Because once the population is too large, the American government will adopt unfavorable policies to limit migrants' coming to it.[D] Because America is now facing a lot of problems.[疑难长句翻译与注解]1.where should we apply our …effect in helping to solve the population problem?[译文]我们应当从哪方面入手下功夫去寻求最有效的方法来解决人口问题?[注解]该句是倒装句，译成汉语时要把语序调整过来。

公共英语三级阅读模拟试题及解析公共英语三级阅读模拟试题及解析除了课堂上的学习外,平时的'积累与练习也是学生提高成绩的重要途径,以下是店铺为大家搜索整理的2017年公共英语三级阅读模拟试题及解析，希望能给大家带来帮助!Students of United States history, seeking to identify the circumstances that encouraged the emergence of feminist movements, have thoroughly investigated the mid-nineteenth-century American economic and social condition that affected the status of women. These historians, however, have analyzed less fully the development of specifically feminist ideas and activities during the same period. Furthermore, the ideological origins of feminism in the United State have been obscured because, even when historians did take into account those feminist ideas and activities occurring within the United States, they failed to recognize that feminism was then a truly international movement actually centered in Europe. American feminist activists who have been described as “solitary” and “individual theorists” were in reality connected to a mov ement — utopian socialism — which was already popularizing feminist ideas in Europe during the two decades that culminated in the first women’s rights conference held at Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848. Thus, a complete understanding of the origins and development of nineteenth-century feminism in the United States requires that the geographical focus be widened to include Europe and that the detailed study already made of social conditions be expanded to include the ideological development of feminism.The earliest and most popular of the utopian socialists werethe Saint-Simonians. The specifically feminist part of Saint-Simonianism has, however, been less studied than the group’s contribution to early socialism. This is regrettable on two counts. By 1832 feminism was the central concern of Saint-Simonianism and entirely absorbed its adherents’ energy; hence, by ignoring its feminism, European historians have misunderstood Saint-Simonianism. Moreover, since many feminist ideas can be traced to saint-simonia nism European historians’ appreciation of later feminism in France and the United States remained limited.Saint-Simon’s followers, many of whom were women, based their feminism on an interpretation of his project to reorganize the globe by replacing brute force with the rule of spiritual powers. The new world order would be ruled together by a male, to represent reflection, and a female, to represent sentiment. This complementarity reflects the fact that, while the Saint-Simonians did not reject the belief that there were innate differences between men and women, they nevertheless foresaw an equally important social and political role for both sexes in their utopia.Only a few Saint-Simonians opposed a definition of sexual equality based on gender distinction. This minority believe that individuals of both sexes were born similar in capacity and character, and they ascribed male-female differences to socialization and education. The envisioned result of both currents of thought, however, was that women would enter public life in the new age and that sexual equality would reward men as well as women with an improved way of life.1. It can be inferred that the author consider those historians who describe early feminists in the United States as “solitary” to be[A] insufficiently familiar with the international origins of nineteenth-century American feminist thought.[B] overly concerned with the regional diversity of feminist ideas in the period before 1848.[C] not focused narrowly enough in their geographical scope.[D] insufficiently aware of the ideological consequences of the Seneca Falls conference.2. The author’s attitude toward European historians who have studied the Saint-Simonians is primarily one of[A] approval of the specific focus of their research.[B] disapproval of their lack of attention to the issue that absorbed most of the Saint-Simonians’ energy after 1832.[C] approval of their general focus on social conditions.[D] disapproval of their lack of attention to links between the Saint-Simonians and their American counterparts.3. The author mentions all of the following as characteristic of the Saint-Simonians EXCEPT[A] The group included many women among its members.[B] The group believed in a world that would be characterized by sexual equality.[C] The group was among the earliest European socialist groups.[D] Most members believed that women and men were inherently similar in ability and character.4. It can be inferred from the text that the Saint-Simonians envisioned a utopian society having which of the following characteristics?[A] It would be worldwide.[B] It would emphasize dogmatic religious principles.[C] It would most influence the United States.[D] It would have armies composed of women rather than of men.5. According to the text, which of the following would be the most accurate description of the society envisioned by most Saint-Simonians?[A] A society in which women were highly regarded for their extensive education.[B] A society in which the two genders played complementary roles and had equal status.[C] A society in which women did not enter public life.[D] A social order in which a body of men and women would rule together on the basis of their spiritual power.【公共英语三级阅读模拟试题及解析】。