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*** 考研英语历年阅读理解真题精析 --2006 年

Part One

In spite of “endless talk of difference, ” American society is an

amazing machine for homogenizing people. This is “the democratizing

uniformity of dress and discourse, and the casualness and absence of

consumption “launched by the 19th –century department stores that

offered ‘vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere. Instead of

intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite. ” these were stores

“anyone could enter, regardless of class or background. This turned

shoppin g into a public and democratic act. ” The mass media, advertising

and sports are other forces for homogenization.

Immigrants are quickly fitting into this common culture, which may

not be altogether elevating but is hardly poisonous. Writing for the

National Immigration Forum, Gregory Rodriguez reports that today ’s

immigration is neither at unprecedented level nor resistant to

assimilation. In 1998 immigrants were 9.8 percent of population; in 1900,

13.6 percent. In the 10 years prior to 1990, 3.1 immigrants arrived for

every 1,000 residents; in the 10 years prior to 1890, 9.2 for every 1,000.

Now, consider three indices of assimilation------language, home

ownership and intermarriage.

The 1990 Census revealed that “a majority of immigrants from each

of the fifteen most commoncountries of origin spoke English “well ” or

“very well ” after ten years of residence. ” The children of immigrants

tend to be bilingual and proficient in English. “By the third generation,

the original language is lost in the majority of immigrant families. ”

Hence the description of America as a graveyard ” for language. By 1996

foreign-born immigrants who had arrive before 1970 had a home ownership

rate of 75.6 percent, higher than the 69.8 percent rate amongnative-born

Americans.

Foreign- born Asians and Hispanics “have higher rates of

intermarriage than do U.S- born whites and blacks. ” By the third

generation, one third of Hispanic womenare married to non-Hispanics, and

41 percent of Asian-American women are married to non-Asians.

Rodriguez not that children in remote villages around world are fans of

superstars like Amold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks, yet “some

Americans fear that immigrant living within the United States remain

somehow immune to the nation ’s assimilative power. ”***

*** Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething in America? Indeed.

It is big enough to have a bit of everything. But particularly when viewed

against America’s turbulent past, today ’s social induces suggest a dark

and deteriorating social environment.

13.7 The word “homogenizing” （Line 2, Paragraph 1）most probably means___

A. identifying B. associating C. assimilating D.

monopolizing

13.8 According to the author, the department stores of the 19th century___

A. played a role in the spread of popular culture.

B. became intimate shops for common consumers.

C. satisfied the needs of a knowledgeable elite.

D. owed its emergence to the culture of consumption.

13.9 The text suggests that immigrants now in the U.S.___

A. are resistant to homogenization.

B. exert a great influence on American culture.

C. are hardly a threat to the common culture.

D.constitute the majority of the population.

13.10 Why are Amold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks mentioned in Paragraph

5?

A. To prove their popularity around the world.

B. To reveal the public ’s fear of immigrants.

C. To give examples of successful immigrants.

D. To show the powerful influence of American culture.

13.11 In the author ’s opinion, the absorption of immigrants into American

society is

A. rewarding B. Successful C. fruitless D. harmful***

*** Unit 13 （2006）Part 1

重点词汇：

13.12 uniformity n. 一样，一致；统一性；（相关词） uniform a. 相同的，

统一标准的； be uniform with 与,, 同一形式或外貌

13.13 casualness n. 偶然，意外；草率行事；漫不经心；平心静气

13.14 array ① n. 排列；一批，大量；显眼的一系列 ② vt. 排列，制

定（计划等）： array oneself 装扮，打扮自己、搭配 vast arrays of 大批的，

大量的

13.15 knowledgeable a. 有知识的，学识渊博的，有见识的

13.16 amaze v. 使（某人）惊异或惊奇

13.17 intimate a. 密切的，亲密的

13.18 cater v. = provide food and service 提供饮食及服务 ; 搭配

cater for （或 to ）提供饮食及服务，迎合（某人）

13.19 elite n. 精英，尖子

13.20 elevate vt. 提升，抬起，振作精神；使（人）欢欣鼓舞；提高（思

想、道德品质、文化素质等）。例： Good books may elevate the mind. 好书

可以提高思想修养。搭配 elevate to 提升为，提拔至。

13.21 unprecedented a. 前所未有的，空前的，无前例的

13.22 assimilation n. 吸收，（社会/ 民族的） 同化； 文化的吸收 （相关词）

assimilate ...into 使同化；被同化；融合到 ,, 中去； assimilate ...to 使

（某人）相似；使相同 / 一模一样； assimilate with 同化；与,, 融为一体；

assimilative a. 同化的，引起同化作用的 resistant （+to ） 对,, 有抵

抗力的；耐 ,, 的；抗,, 的；防,, 的

13.23 proficient （+in ） ① a. 熟练的；精通的 ② n. 专家；能手

13.24 intermarriage n. 异族通婚； 近亲结婚 相关词 intermarry with 与,,

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考研英语历年阅读理解真题精析--2007年part4

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It never rains but it pours. Just as bosses and boards have finally sorted out their worst accounting and compliancetroubles, and improved their feeble corporation governance, a new problem threatens to earn them – especially in America –

the sort of nasty headlines that inevitably lead to heads rolling in the executive suite: data insecurity. Left, until now, to odd,

low-level IT staff to put right, and seen as a concern only of data-rich industries such as banking, telecoms and air travel,

information protection is now high on the boss’s agenda in businesses of every variety.

Several massive leakages of customer and employee data this year – from organizations as diverse as Time Warner,the American defense contractor Science Applications International Corp and even the University of California, Berkeley –

考研英语历年真题阅读理解同义转化概览

考研英语历年真题阅读理解同义转化概览

考研英语历年真题阅读理解同义转化概览

年份篇章题号题目原文原文的位置

1997Passage 1No.1From the second paragraph we learn that it

takes time to realize the significance of thelaw's passageThe full import may take a

while to sink in第二段首句

No.2When the author says that observers are

waiting for the dominoes to start falling, he

means similar bills are likely to be passed

in the US, Canada and other countries.===In the US and Canada, where

the right-to-die movement is

gathering strength, observers

are waiting for the domioew

to start falling.+But the

tide is unlikely to turn back(段尾句）+ （段

No.3When Lloyd Nickson dies, he will face his

death with calm characteristic of

euthanasia.===For Lloyd Nickson, a 54-year-

old Darwin resident suffering

from lung cancer, the NT

Rights of Terminally Ill law

means he can get on with

living without the haunting

fear of his suffering.

考研英语历年真题阅读长难句100句精析

考研英语历年真题阅读长难句100句精析

考研英语历年真题阅读长难句100句精析

1、 While warnings are often appropriate and necessary — the dangers of drug

interactions,for example—and many are required by state or federal regulations,it isn't clear that

they actually protect the manufacturers and sellers from liability if a customer is injured、

【译文】 尽管警告常常就是适当而且必须得——比如对于药物相互作用得危险提出警告——许多警告还就是按州或联邦政府规定要求给出得，然而(我们) 并不清楚，如果顾客受到伤害时，这些警告就是不就是确实可以使得生产者与销售者豁免责任。參鐵鹘東質騙譚。

【分析】 在这个主从复合句中，it isn't clear that they actually protect the manufacturers

and sellers from liability if a customer is injured就是主句。主句用了一个形式主语it，真正得主语就是that引导得从句，而that从句之后就是一个if引导得条件从句。从句由两个部分组成，中间用and连接。破折号之间得部分就是举例说明warnings得内容。注意：many are

required by state or federal regulations中得many就是指many warnings。莶万賂縣舆鋪缓。

2、 Additional social stresses may also occur because of the population explosion or

problems arising from mass migration movements—themselves made relatively easy nowadays by

考研英语历年阅读理解真题精析--2006年part3

考研英语历年阅读理解真题精析--2006年part3

Part Three

When prehistoric man arrived in new parts of the world, something strange happened to the large animals. Theysuddenly became extinct. Smaller species survived. The large, slow-growing animals were easy game, and were quicklyhunted to extinction. Now something similar could be happening in the oceans.

That the seas are being overfished has been known for years. What researchers such as Ransom Myers and BorisWorm have shown is just how fast things are changing. They have looked at half a century of data from fisheries around theworld. Their methods do not attempt to estimate the actual biomass （the amount of living biological matter）of fish speciesin particular parts of the ocean, but rather changes in that biomass over time. According to their latest paper published inNature, the biomass of large predators （animals that kill and eat other animals）in a new fishery is reduced on average by80% within 15 years of the start of exploitation. In some long-fished areas, it has halved again since then.