全国硕士研究生入学考试英语模拟试题第二套

2023年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语(二)试题含答案解析2024年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语(二)试题Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Reading the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered black and mark A,B,C or D onthe ANSWER SHEET.(10 points) Your social life is defined as the activities you do with other people,for pleasure,when you are notworking.It is important to have a social life,but what is right for one person wont be right for another.Some of us feel energized by spending lots of time with others,_1_some of us may feel drained,even ifits doing something we enjoy.This is why finding a__2_in your social life is key.Spending too much time on your own,not__3_others,can make you feel lonely and_4_.lomeliness is known to impact on your mental health and_5_a low mood.Anyone can feel lonely at any time.This might be especially true if,__6__,you are workingfrom home and you are __7__on the social conversations that happen in the office.Other life changes also_8_periods of loneliness too,such as retirement,changing a job or becoming a parent.Its important to recognize feelings or loneliness.There are ways to __9___a social life.But it can feeloverwhelming __10.You can then find groups and activities related to those where you will be abletomeet__11__people.There are groups aimed at new parents,at those who want to_12_a new sport forthe first time or networking events for those in the same profession to meet up and __13_ideas.On the other hand,it is__14_possible to have too much of a social life.If you feel like youre alwaysdoing something and there is never any __15_in your calendar for downtime,you could suffer socialbunout or social _16_.We all have our own social limit and its important to recognize when yourefeeling like its all too much.Low mood,low energy,irritability and trouble sleeping could all be_17ofpoor social health.Make sure you _18__some time in your diary when youre _19_for socialising anduse this time to relax,__20__and recover.1.A.becauseB.unlessC.whereasD.until2.A.contrastB.balanceC,linkD.gap3.A.secingB.pleasingC.judgingD.teaching4.A.misguidedB.surprisedC.spoiledD.disconnected5.A.contribute toB.rely onC.interfere withD.go against6.A.in factB.of courseC.for examplsD,on average7.A.cutting backB.missing outC.breaking inD.looking down8.A.shortenB.triggerC.followD.interrupt9.A.assessB,interprelC,providsD.regain10.at firstB.in turnC.on timeD.by chance11.far-sightedB.strong-willedC.kind-heartedD.like-minded12.A.tnyB.promoteC.watchD.describe13.A.testB.shareC,acceptD.revise14.A.alreadyB.thusC.alsoD.only15.A.visitB,orderC.spaceD,boundary16.A.[atigueB.criticismC.injusticeD.dilemma17.A.sourcesB.standardsC.signsD.scores18.A.take overB.wipe offC,add upD.mark out19.A.ungratefu]B.unavailsblgC.responsiblkD.regretful20.A.reactB.repeatC,retunD.restSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts.Answer the questions below each text by choosing A,B,C or D.Mark youranswers on the ANSWER SHEET.(40 points) Text 1Anger over AIs role in exacerbating inequality could endanger the technologys future.In her new bookCogs and Monsters:What Economics Is,and What It Should Be,Diane Coyle,an economist at CambridgeUnivcrsity,arguesthat the digital economy requires new ways of thinking about progress."Whatever wemean by the economy growing,by things getting better,the gains will have to be more evenly shared than inthe recent past,"she writes."An economy of tech millionaires or billionaires and gig workers,withmiddle-income jobs undercut by automation,will not be politically sustainable."Improving living standards and increasing prosperity for more people will require greater use of digitaltechnologies to boost productivity in various sectors,including health care and construction,saysCoyle.Butpeople cant be expected to embrace the changes if theyre not seeing the benefits—if theyre just seeinggood jobs being destroyed.In a recent interview with MIT Technology Review,Coyle said she fears that techs inequality problemcould be a roadblock to deploying AI."Were talking about disruption,"she says."These are transformative technologies that change the ways we spend our time every day,that change business models that succeed.”To make such tremendous changes,"she adds,you need social buy-in.Instead,says Coyle,resentment is simmering among many as the benefits are perceived to go to elites ina handful of prosperous cities.According to the Brookings Institution,a short list of eight American cities that included San Francisco,San Jose,Boston,and Seattle had roughly 38%of all tech jobs by 2019.New AI technologies areparticularly concentrated:Brookingss Mark Muro and Sifan Liu estimate that just 15 cities account fortwo-thirds of the AI assets and capabilities in theUnited States(San Francisco and San Jose alone accountfor aboutone-quarter).The dominance of a few cities in the invention and commercialization of AI means that geographicaldisparities in wealth will continue to soar.Not only will this foster political and social unrest,but it could,asCoyle suggests,hold back the sorts of AI technologies needed for regional economies to grow.Part of the solution could lie in somehow loosening the stranglehold that Big Tech has on defining theAI agenda.That will likely take increased federal funding for research independent of the tech giants.Muroand others have suggested hefty federal funding to help create US regional innovation centers,for example.A more immediate response is to broaden our digital imaginations to conceive of AI technologies thatdont simply replace jobs but expand opportunities in the sectors that different parts of the country care mostabout,like health care,education,and manufacturing.21.Coyle argues that economie growth should_A.give rise to innovationsB.diversity career choicesC.benefit people equallyD.be promoted forcedly22.In Paragraph 2,digital technologies should be used to.A.bring about instant prosperityB.reduce peoples workloadC.raisc ovcrall work cfficicncyD.enhance cross-sector cooperation23.What does Coyle fear about transformative technologics?A.They may affect work-life balance.B.They may be impractical to deploy.C.They may incur huge expenditure.D.They may unwelcome to public.24.Several cities are mentioned toA.the uneven distribution of Al technology in USB.disappointing prospect of jobs in USC.fast progress of US regional economicsD.increasing significance of US AI assets25.With regard to concern,the author suggest________.A.raising funds to start new AI projectsB.encouraging collaboration in AI researchC.guarding against side effectsD.redefine the role ofAIText 2The UK is facing a future construction crisis because of a failure to plant trees to produce wood,Conforhas warned.The forestry and wood trade body has called for urgent action to reduce the countrys relianceon timber imports and provide a stable supply of wood for future generations.Currently only 20 percent ofthe UKs wood requirement is home-grown while it remains the sccond-largest net importer of timber in theworld.Coming at a time of fresh incentives from the UK government for landowners to grow more trees,thetrade body says these dont go far enough and fail to promote the benefits of planting them to boost timbersupplies.“Not only are we facing a carbon crisis now,but we will also be facing a future construction crisisbecause of failure to plant trees to produce wood."said Stuart Goodall,chief executive of Confor."Fordecades we have not taken responsibility for investing in our domestic woodsupply,leaving us exposed tofluctuating prices and fighting for future supplies of wood as global demand rises and our own supplies fall."The UK has ideal conditions for growing wood to build low-carbon homes and is a global leader incertifying that its forests are sustainably managed,Confor says.While around three quarters of Scottishhomes are built from Scottish timber,the use of home-grown wood in England is only around 25 percent.While productive tree planting can deliver real financial benefits to rural economies and contribute to theUKs net-zero strategy,the focus of government support continues to be on food production and therewinding and planting of native woodland solely for biodiversity.Goodall add:“While food productionand biodiversity are clearly of critical importance,we need our land to also provide secure supplies of woodfor construction,manufacturing and contribute to net zero.“While the UK govemment has stated its ambition for more tree planting,there has been little action onthe ground."Confor is now calling for much greater impetus bchind those aspirations to ensure we haveenough wood to meet increasing demand."26.It can be learned from Paragraph 1 that UK need to____.A.increase domestic wood supplyB.reduce demand for timberC.lower wood production costsD.lift control on timber imports27.According to Confor,UK government fresh incentives______.A.can hardly address construction crisisB.are believed to come at wrong timeC.seem to be misleadingD.too costly to put into practice28.The UK exposure to fuctuating wood prices is the result of________.ernments inaction on timber importB.inadequate investment for woodpetition among traders at homeD.wood producersmotive to maximize profits29.Which of following causes the shortage of wood supply?A.excessive timber consumption in constructionB.unfavorable conditions in UKC.outdated technology for wood productionD.farmersunwillingness to plan trees30.What does Goodall think US government should do?A.Subsidize the buildingB.Pay attention to rural economyC.Provide support for tree plantingD.Give priority to pursue net-zero strategyText 3One big challenge in keeping unsafe aging drivers off the road is convincing them that it is time to tumover the key.It is a complete life-changer when someone stops-or is forced to stop -driving,said formerrisk manager Anne M.Menke.The American Medical Association advises physicians that in situation where clear evidence ofsubstantial driving impairment implies a strong threat to patient and public safety,and where the physiciansadvice to discontinue driving privileges is ignored,it is desirable and ethical to notify the Department ofMotor Vehicles,Menke wrote."Some states require physicians to report,others allow but do not mandatereports,while a fewconsider a report breach of confidentiality.There could be liability and penalties if aphysician does not act in accordance with state laws on reporting and confidentiality "she counseled.Part of the problem in keeping older drivers safe is that the difficulties are addressed piccemeal bydifferent professions with different focuses,including gerontologists,highway administration officials,automotive engineers and others,said gerontologist Elizabeth Dugan."Theres not a National Institute ofOlder Driver Studies,"she said."We need better evidence on what makes drivers unsafe"and what can help,said DuganOne thing that does seem to work is requiring drivers to report in person for license renewal.Mandatoryin-person renewal was associated with a 31 percent reduction in fatal crashes involving drivers 85 or older,according to one study.Passing vision tests also produced a similar decline in fatal crashes for those drivers,although there appeared to be no benefit from combining the two.Many old drivers dont see eye doctors or cant afford to.Primary care providers have their hands fulland may not be able to follow through with patients who have trouble driving because they cant turn theirheads or remember where they are going—or have gotten shorter and havent changed their seat settingssufficiently to reach car pedals easily, As long as there are other cars on the roads,self-driving cars wont solve the problems of crashes,saidDugan.Avoiding dangers posed by all those human drivers would require to many algorithms,she said.Butwe need to do more to improve safety,said Dugan."If were going to have 100-year lives,we need cars thata 90-year-old can drive comfortably."31.Aecording to Paragraphl,keeping unsafe aging drivers off the road_ .A.is a ncw safety measureB.has become a disputed issueC.can be a tough task to completeD.will be beneficial to their health32.The American medical associations advice_ .A.has won support from driversB.is generally considered unrealisticC.is wide dismissed as unnecessaryD.has met with different responses33.According to Dugan,efforts to keep older drivers safe.A.have brought about big changesB.necd to be well coordinatedChave gained public concermD.call for relevant legal support34.Some older drivers have trouble driving because they tend to_ .A.stick with bad driving habitsB.have a weakened memoryC.suffer from chronic painsD.neglect car maintenance35.Dugan thinks that the solution to the problems of crashes may lie in__A.npgrading self-driving vehicleB.developing senior-friendly carsC.renovating transport facilitiesD.adjusting the age limit for driversText 4The miracle of the Chesapeake Bay lies not in its depths,but in the complexity of its naturalconstruction,the interaction of fresh and saline waters,and the mix of land and water.The shallowsprovide homes for hundreds of species while storing floodwaters,filtering pollutants from water,and protecting nearby communities from potentially destructive storm surges.All this was put at great risk late last month,when the U.S.Supreme Court issued a ruling in anidaho case that provides the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)far less authority toregulate wetlands and waterways.Specifically,a 5-4 majority decided that wetlands protected bythe EPA under its Clean Water Act authority must have a "continuous surface connection"to bodiesof water.This narrowing of the regulatory scope was a victory for builders,mining operators andother commereial interests often at odds with environmental rules.And it carries "significantrepereussions for water quality and flood control throughout the United States,"as Justice BrettKavanaugh observed.In Maryland,the good news is that there are many state laws in place that provide wetlandsprotections.But thats a very shortsightedview,particularly when it comes to the Chesapeake Bay.The reality is that water,and the pollutants that so often come with it,dont respeet stateboundaries.The Chesapeake draws from a 64,000-square-mile watershed that extends into Virginia,Pennsylvania,New York,West Virginia,the District of Columbia and Delaware.Will thosejurisdictions extend the same protections now denied under Sackettv.EPA?Perhaps some,but all?That seems unlikely.It is too easy,and misleading,to see such court rulings as merely standing up for the rights ofland owners when the consequences can be so dire for their neighbors.And its a reminder that theEPAs involvement in the ChesapeakeBay Program has long been crucial as the means to transcendthe influence of deep-pocketed special interests in neighboring states.Pennsylvania farmers,to useone telling example,arent thinking about next years blue erab harvest in Maryland when theydecide whether to sprend animal waste on their fields,yet the runoff into nearby creeks can haveenormous impact downstream.And so we would eall on state lawmakers from Richmond to Albany to consider reviewing theirown wetlands protections and see for themselves the enormous stakes involved.We can offer thema visit to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Dorchester County where bald engles fly overtidal marshes so shallow you could not paddle a boat across them but teaming with aquatie life.Itsworth the scenic drive.36.A.the prevalence of health apps37.A.Its coverage needs to be extended.38.Before sharing its usershealth information,Flo Health is required to___.A.seek the approval of the FTCB.find qualified third partiesC.remove irrelevant personal dataD.obtain their explicit permission39.What challenges is the FTC currently faced with?A.The complexity of health information.B.The rapid increase in new health apps.C.The subtle deceptiveness of health apps.D.The difficulty in assessing consumer harm.40.D.has gained legislative support in some statesPart BDirections;Read the following text and match each of the numbered items in the left column to its correspondinginformation in the right column.There are two extra choices in the right column.Mark your answers on theANSWER SHEET.(10 points)High school students eager to stand out in the college application process often participate in a litany ofextracurricular activities hopingto bolster their chances of admission a selective undergraduate institution.However,college admissions experts say that the quality of a college hopefuls extracurricular activitiesmatter more than the number of activities.he or she participates in.Sue Rexford,the director of college guidance at the Charles.E.Smith Jewish Day School,says it is notnecessary for a student,filling out the Common Application to list lo activities in the application.“No”college will expect that a students has a huge laundry list of extracurriculars that they have beenpassionately involved in each for an tended period of time,"Rexfon d wrote in an email.Experts say it is toughen to distinguish oneself in aschool-affiliated extracurricular activity that iscommon among high school students than it is to stand out while doing an uncommon activity.The competition to stand out and make an impact is going to be much stiffer,and so if they re going todo a popular activity,Id say,be the best at it."says Sara Harherson,a college admission consultant.High school students who have an impressive personal project they are working on independently oftenimpress colleges,experts say."For example,a student with an interest in entrepreneurship could demonstrate skills and potential bystarting a profitable small business."Olivia Valdes,the founder or Zen Admissions consulting firm,wrote inan emailJosoph Adegboyega—Edun,a Maryland High school guidance counselor,says unconventional,extracurricular activities can help students,impress college admissions offices,assuming they demonstrated,serious commitment."Again,since one of the big question.high school seniors muse consider is"Whatmakes you unique?"having an uncommon,extracurricular activity,a conventional one is an advantage,"hewrote in an email.Experts say demonstrating talent in at lcast one extracurricular activity can help in the collegeadmissions process,especially at top-tier undergraduate institutions."Distinguishing yourself in one focused type of extracurricular activity can be a positive in theadmissions process,especially for highly selective institutions,where having top grades and test scores isnot enough,"Katie Kelley admissions counselor at Ivy Wise admissions consullancy,wrote in anemail.“Students need to have that quality or hook that will appeal to admissions officers and allow them tovisualize how the student might come and enrich their campus community."Extracurricular activities related to the college major declared on a college application are beneficial,experts suggest."If you already know your major,having an extracurricular that fits into that major can be abig plus,"says Mayghin Levine,the manager of educational opportunities with The Cabhage PatchSettlement House,a Louisville,Kentucky,nonprofit community center.High school students who have had a strong positive influence on their community through anextracurricular activity may impress a college and win a scholarship,says Erica Gwyn,a former math andscience magnet programassistant at a publie high school who is now executive director of the KaleidoscopeCareers Academy in Atlanta,a nonprofit organization.41.Sue Rexford42.Sara Harberson43.Katie Kelley44.Mayghin Levine45.Erica Gwyn口EABA.Students who stand out in a specific extracurricular activity will be favored by top-tier institutions.B.Students whose extracurricular activity has benefited their community are likely to win a scholarship.C.Undertaking too many extracurricular activities will hardly be seen as a plus by colleges.D.Student who exhibits activity in doing business can impress colleges.E.High school students participating in popular activity should excel in it.F.Engaging in uncommon activity can demonstrate Studentsdetermination and dedication.G.It is advisable for students to choose an extracurricular activity that is related to their future study atcollege.Section III Translation46.Directions:In this section there is a text in English.Translate the following text into Chinese.Write your translationon the ANSWER SHEET.(15 points) With the smell of coffee and fresh bread floating in the air,stalls bursting with colourful vegetables andtempting cheese,and the buzz of friendly chats,farmersmarkets are a feast for the senses.They alsoprovide an opportunity to talk to the people responsible for growing or raising your food,support your localeconomy and pick up fresh seasonal produce …-all at the same time.Farmersmarkets are usually weekly or monthly events,most often with outdoor stalls,which allowsfarmers or producers to sell their food directly to customers.The size or regularity of markets can vary fromseason to season,depending on the areas agriculture calendar,and you are likely to find different produceon sale at diferent times of the year.By cutting out the middlemen,the farmers secure more profit for theirproduce.Shoppers also benefit from seeing exactly where---and to who their money is going.参考译文·空气中弥漫着咖啡和新鲜面包的香味，摊位上摆满了五颜六色的蔬菜和诱人的奶酪，人们友好地聊天，农贸市场完全是一场感官盛宴。

2023年全国硕士研究生招生考试《英语二》模拟训练卷（2）下列每小题的四个选项中，只有一项是最符合题意的正确答案，多选、错选或不选均不得分。

材料题根据以下材料，回答1-20题Exposure to UV radiation is the main cause of the most common forms of skin cancer. And one of the most effective ways to 1it, of course, is sunscreen. “Any conversation on sunscreen must start with acknowledging that there is 2 evidence that it prevents skin cancer,”says Richard Weller, honorary consultant dermatologist at the University of Edinburgh. This is why, although skin cancer is rising in some countries, it’s decreasing in others—particularly those that have raised the most 3around the importance of using sunscreen. But some researchers have raised concerns that, despite being an 4 important tool in our fight against skin cancer, the 5 of sunscreen may need to be improved to contain safer ingredients—and, at worst, some sunscreens could be damaging our health. Earlier this year the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)—one of the two main global regulators of sunscreen ingredients around the world 6the European Commission—714 of the 16 chemicals found in sunscreens from its “generally accepted as safe and effective” category. Two types of UV filters can be used for sunscreen. The most commonly used are known as organic filters, which absorb UV radiation and 8 it into safer radiation. Inorganic UV filters like titanium dioxide and zinc oxide—which are broadly considered safe—9 UV radiation away from the skin. It’s long been 10 that some organic filters are absorbed through the skin and into the bloodstream. This alone doesn’t mean sunscreen is unsafe, but there is growing focus on the potential 11effects of the most common UV filter worldwide:oxybenzone. In one study from 2015, researchers studied 500 couples who were trying to 12 and found that female partners with higher concentrations of oxybenzone had a 30% lower chance of getting pregnant. There are also 13that sunscreen prevents the human body from making vitamin D, which we mostly get from sun exposure. After all, vitamin D deficiency might be more 14than we think—could sunscreen use be to blame? It shouldn’t be a major cause, says Rachel Neale, associate professor at QIMR Berghofer. “The 15 of sunburn is different to vitamin D production, and there is a 16of evidence suggesting that using sunscreen doesn’t seem to influence vitamin D levels much,” says Neale. Concerns around sunscreen blocking vitamin D production also may be 17 because so few people use sunscreen correctly. It’s 18 we put two mg/cm2 on our skin, around six teaspoons. Most people 19 around a quarter of that, he says. For those concerned about potential effects of UV filters being absorbed into your skin, a sunscreen containing inorganic filters may be the better 20.1. 【完形填空】第1题选A. respondB. avoidC. flipD. recall正确答案：B2. 【完形填空】第2题选A. robustB. intenseC. nastyD. maximum正确答案：A3. 【完形填空】第3题选A. limitationB. awarenessC. stimulation第 2 页共 22 页D. promotion正确答案：B4. 【完形填空】第4题选A. uncertainlyB. unacceptablyC. undeniablyD. unaccountably正确答案：C5. 【完形填空】第5题选A. procedureB. versionC. analysisD. formulation正确答案：D6. 【完形填空】第6题选A. alongsideB. despiteC. therebyD. thus正确答案：A7. 【完形填空】第7题选A. slippedB. removedC. degradedD. altered正确答案：B8. 【完形填空】第8题选A. convertB. constructC. confirmD. contrast正确答案：A9. 【完形填空】第9题选A. reflectB. revolveC. reformD. resist正确答案：A10. 【完形填空】第10题选A. affectedB. applaudedC. establishedD. expressed正确答案：C11. 【完形填空】第11题选A. promisingB. optimisticC. adverseD. devastating正确答案：C12. 【完形填空】第12题选A. conceiveB. perceiveC. receiveD. deceive正确答案：A13. 【完形填空】第13题选A. conditions第 4 页共 22 页B. concernsC. conclusionsD. confessions正确答案：B14. 【完形填空】第14题选A. rareB. prosperousC. infectiousD. prevalent正确答案：D15. 【完形填空】第15题选A. mechanismB. mechanicsC. machineryD. mechanization正确答案：A16. 【完形填空】第16题选A. transitionB. bodyC. combinationD. scale正确答案：B17. 【完形填空】第17题选A. overstatedB. overreactedC. overachievedD. overlooked正确答案：A18. 【完形填空】第18题选A. informedB. statedC. advisedD. interfered正确答案：C19. 【完形填空】第19题选A. addB. accumulateC. assumeD. apply正确答案：D20. 【完形填空】第20题选A. explorationB. demonstrationC. optionD. evolution正确答案：C下列每小题的四个选项中，只有一项是最符合题意的正确答案，多选、错选或不选均不得分。

全国硕士研究生考试《英语》(二)模拟试题及答案总分：70分题量：35题一、单选题（共16题，共32分）1.He________methathedecidedtoleaveonMonday.A.spokeB.saidC.talkedD.told正确答案：D本题解析：暂无解析2.Thistest________anumberofmultiplechoicequestions.posesofposesinC.consistsofD.consistsin正确答案：C本题解析：暂无解析3.Ipreferthisdiagram________thatone.A.thanB.morethanC.ratherthanD.to正确答案：C本题解析：暂无解析4.Ihavebeenstudyinghereforfouryears,bynextsummerI________.A.shallgraduateB.shallbegraduatedC.shallbegraduatingD.shallhavegraduated正确答案：D本题解析：暂无解析5.Hardlyhadhefinishedhisspeech________theaudiencestartedcheering.A.andB.whenC.thanD.as正确答案：B本题解析：暂无解析6.Iwishyou________likethat.A.don’ttalkB.won’ttalkC.wouldn’ttalkD.nottotalk正确答案：C本题解析：暂无解析7.Onlywhenyouhaveobtainedsufficientdata________cometoasoundconclusion .A.canyouB.wouldyouC.youwillD.youcan正确答案：A本题解析：暂无解析8.Ifound________toanswerallthequestionswithinthetimegiven.A.nopossibilityB.therewasimpossibilityC.impossibleD.itimpossible正确答案：D本题解析：暂无解析9.You________gonow.It’sgettinglate.A.hadratherB.wouldratherC.wouldratherD.wouldbetter正确答案：C本题解析：暂无解析10.Hotmetal________asitgrowscooler.A.contractsB.reducesC.condensespresses正确答案：A本题解析：暂无解析11.Wooddoesnotconductelectricity;________.A.sodoesn’trubberB.alsodoesn’trubberC.nordoesrubberD.norrubberdoes正确答案：C本题解析：暂无解析radeLi________beinBeijingbecauseIsawhimintownonlyafewminutesago .A.mustn’tB.can’tC.maynotD.isn’tableto正确答案：B本题解析：暂无解析13.Iknowitisn’timportantbutIcan’thelp________aboutit.A.buttothinkB.thinkingC.thinkD.tothink正确答案：B本题解析：暂无解析14.Themorewelookedatthepicture,________.A.thelesswelikeditB.welikeitlessC.betterwelikeditD.itlookedbetter正确答案：C本题解析：暂无解析15.Tosucceedinascientificresearchproject________.A.oneneedstobepersistentB.persistenceisneededC.oneneedsbeapersistentpersonD.oneneedsbeapersistentperson正确答案：A本题解析：暂无解析16.Thisdiploma(毕业文凭)________thatyouhavecompletedhighschool.A.entitlesB.certifiesC.securesD.approves正确答案：B本题解析：暂无解析二、填空题（共19题，共38分）17.Thosewho’dliketovisittheexhibition________(sign)yournameshere. 答：sign18.Agreatnumberofsmallpowerstations________(setup)intheircounty sinceliberation.答：havebeensetup19.Heaskedmewhethermybrother________(fly)toBeijing.答：hadflown20.Hefellasleepimmediatelylastnight;hemust________(be)verytired. 答：havebeen21.“Haveyoumovedintothenewflat?”“Notyet.Therooms________(paint).”答：arebeingpainted22.Thedirectorrecommendedthatshe________(study)moreEnglishbeforegoin gabroad.答：study23.heteachertoldthemsincelight________(travel)fasterthansound,lightning________(appear)togobeforethunder.答：travels,appears24.Howlong________they________(dig)theditch?答：have…beendigging25.Herefusedtotelluswhetherhe________(undertake)thejob.答：wouldundertake26.Matteristhename________(give)toeverythingwhichhasweightandoccupie sspace.答：given27.Ishallneverforget________(meet)thelatePremierZhouduringhisinspect ionofourfactory.答：meeting28.Iwonderifhecouldgetit________(do)beforetomorrow.答：done29.Abeamoflightwillnotbendroundcornersunless________(make)todosowith thehelpofareflectingdevice答：made30.Night________(fall),wehurriedhome.答：falling31.Wewerebusy________(get)thingsreadyforthetrialproductionwhenhephon edus.答：getting32.Somemoleculesarelargeenough________(see)undertheelectronicmicrosc ope.答：tobeseen33.Thefloordoesnotlooksobadwhen________(sweep)clean.答：swept34.________(fail)severaltimes,theyneedsomeencouragement.答：Havingfailed35.________(catch)intherain,hewaswettotheskin.答：Caught(Havingbeencaught,Beingcaught)。

2024年全国硕士研究生招生考试《英语二》模拟测试卷（2）下列每小题的四个选项中，只有一项是最符合题意的正确答案，多选、错选或不选均不得分。

材料题根据以下材料，回答1-20题Holiday eating gets a bad rap. Around New Years, we’re hit with calls to clean up our wayward diets by eliminating 1and counting calories. But psychologists and epidemiologists alike 2 that all this fuss could do more harm than good.The social aspect of the holidays can make it difficult to 3 your usual diet—it’s hard to 4 another cookie or glass of wine when everyone around you is partaking—so it’s understandable if you feel like you must have caused your body harm. But research suggests that festive meals come with their own set of health 5. A 2017 study published in Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology found that people who ate more meals in social 6 were more likely to feel better about themselves and have a wider social network—characteristics that, as the study authors point out, are 7with happiness, wellbeing, and lower risk of illness. Evening meals involving alcohol were the most likely to 8 feelings of warmth and bonding.Sometimes, participating in these social situations involves 9caloric, fatty, or sugary foods and drinks. Bioethicists at Johns Hopkins argue that those foods, too, have health value. “Sharing food is a way to express love, forge relationships, and 10 bonds,”they wrote in an article published in the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal. “What we eat expresses our personal and 11 identities.”Our cultural obsession over whether foods are healthy or not is 12universal. Psychologists at the University of Pennsylvania recently asked 947 Indian, French, and American participants to sort a list of foods in whatever 13they deemed mostappropriate. Their results showed that 14French and Indian respondents generally chose to sort foods into 15 groupings like “food vs. drink,” most Americans chose to 16 foods by whether they deemed them healthy or unhealthy.Researchers found that the French were the most likely to associate food with pleasure, and the least likely to associate food with health. Americans were on the 17 end of the spectrum. That’s significant because French people, on average, have lower rates of heart disease and live around four years longer. That’s not to say that French diets are the key to health and 18, but a(n) 19 on the pleasure of food rather than its health-value certainly doesn’t seem to 20.1. 【完形填空】第1题答案是A. weedsB. treatsC. drugsD. staples正确答案：B2. 【完形填空】第2题的答案是A. denyB. demandC. cautionD. promise正确答案：C3. 【完形填空】第3题的答案是A. diversifyB. improveC. balanceD. maintain正确答案：D4. 【完形填空】第4题的答案是A. turn down第 2 页共 21 页B. eat upC. indulge inD. settle for正确答案：A5. 【完形填空】第5题的答案是A. restrictionsB. benefitsC. regulationsD. risks正确答案：B6. 【完形填空】第6题的答案是A. classesB. termsC. settingsD. relations正确答案：C7. 【完形填空】第7题的答案是A. comparedB. presentedC. associatedD. equipped正确答案：C8. 【完形填空】第8题的答案是A. suppressB. exhaustC. exploitD. trigger正确答案：D9. 【完形填空】第9题的答案是A. preparingB. consumingC. limitingD. avoiding正确答案：B10. 【完形填空】第10题的答案是A. reinforceB. diminishC. aggravateD. disconnect正确答案：A11. 【完形填空】第11题的答案是A. nationalB. culturalC. privateD. group正确答案：D12. 【完形填空】第12题的答案是A. in partB. far fromC. in essenceD. as usual正确答案：B13. 【完形填空】第13题的答案是A. combinationB. situationC. directionD. manner正确答案：D第 4 页共 21 页14. 【完形填空】第14题的答案是A. sinceB. untilC. whileD. unless正确答案：C15. 【完形填空】第15题的答案是A. neutralB. binaryC. openD. sequential正确答案：A16. 【完形填空】第16题的答案是A. purchaseB. processC. categorizeD. evaluate正确答案：C17. 【完形填空】第17题的答案是A. oppositeB. identicalC. severeD. moderate正确答案：A18. 【完形填空】第18题的答案是A. prosperityB. freedomC. wealthD. longevity正确答案：D19. 【完形填空】第19题的答案是A. banB. focusC. attemptD. attack正确答案：B20. 【完形填空】第20题的答案是A. hurtB. careC. matterD. hold正确答案：A下列每小题的四个选项中，只有一项是最符合题意的正确答案，多选、错选或不选均不得分。

2024年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语二全文共6篇示例，供读者参考篇1The Big Grown-Up TestHey there! My name is Lily and I'm 8 years old. I just learned about this super important test that all the big kids have to take called the National Postgraduate Entrance Examination English Test 2. It's a huge deal and decides if you get to go to an even bigger school called "grad school" after college. Wild, right?From what I understand, the test is allllll about English. And I mean everything English - reading, writing, listening, you name it. It's meant to see just how good the big kids' English skills are before they move on to the next level of school.I asked my older brother Jimmy about it since he's going to have to take it next year when he finishes college. He said the reading part is no joke! There are allllll kinds of passages from books, magazines, websites and who knows what else. The big kids have to read through each one and then answer a bunch of questions about whatthe main ideas were, the details, vocabulary words - the whole shebang.My brother looked a little stressed just talking about it! He said you really have to use your critical thinking skills to analyze every passage and pick out the key points. No skimming allowed on this test!Then there's the writing section which actually sounds kind of fun. At least you get to express yourself instead of just bubbling in answers. From what Jimmy explained, there are two writing tasks - the first is reading a short passage and then writing a summary about the main points. Kinda like the book reports we do in school, but probablysuper hard.The second writing task is where you get to share your own thoughts and opinions on a topic in a big essay. Jimmy said the prompts can be about anything from education to technology to environmental issues. You have to construct a well-organized argumentative essay, complete with fancy vocabulary, examples, and logical reasoning. Is your hand cramping up just thinking about it? Because mine is!Whew, I'm getting stressed out just thinking about this massive test! It honestly sounds like a lot for anyone to handle, let alone kids who are still in school. My big bro said studying takes months of dedication and practice. Yikes!But you know what? I have so much respect for allthe big kids going after their dreams and working hard to pass this thing. If Jimmy and his friends can power through it, I know I'll be able to too some day when it's my turn. This test may be huge, but it's a stepping stone to an awesome education and bright future.Who knows, maybe I'll be writing about my own testing experience on this exam in a few years! For now, I'll be the cutest little cheerleader, wishing all the big kids good luck. You've got this!篇2The Big Tough Test for Grown Up StudentsHey kids! Today I'm gonna tell you all about this super huge test that a bunch of older kids have to take. It's called the National Graduate Entrance Examination for Master's Programs. That's a really long name, so let's just call it the Big Tough Test!The Big Tough Test happens once a year, on a special day in January. Thousands and thousands of students from all over China have to take it. These aren't just regular students though - they're all kids who have already graduated from university with a bachelor's degree. Now they want to go to an even higher levelof school called graduate school to get a master's degree. But first, they gotta pass the Big Tough Test!The test has four main sections - two of them are about the students' major subject that they want to study more about in graduate school. Like if someone wants to get a master's in math, there will be a bunch of really hard math problems on the test. If they want to study literature, they'll have to read some deep poetry and stuff and answer questions about it.Then there are two more sections that everyone has to take, no matter what subject they are majoring in. One is called "Politics" and it tests how much they know about the laws, government, and leadership of China. The other is an English test to see if they can read, write, and understand English well enough.From what I hear, the English part is no joke! It has listening comprehension where you gotta listen to recordings and answer questions. There's also reading passages that can be super long and twisty to understand. Not to mention vocabulary, grammar, and writing sections too! My older cousin Jake is taking the Big Tough Test this year to try to get into a top graduate program for engineering. He's been studying English like crazy!I can't even imagine having to know that much English. It makes my head spin just thinking about it! You hear all these stories about the crazy things students do to prepare. Some of them rent out tiny study rooms and live there for months, eating nothing but instant noodles. Others form study groups and quiz each other for hours every night. A few even hire private English tutors to get extra help.It's absolutely insane how much work goes into getting ready for this test. But I guess it makes sense since getting into a good graduate school can lead to way better jobs and more money down the road. Employers really respect people with master's degrees. So the schools can make the Big Tough Test as hard as they want, and students will still work themselves to the bone to pass it.That's just how important education is here in China. We have this saying that goes "Birth is not a choice, but studying hard is!" Families will sacrifice so much and students will kill themselves preparing, all because they know that getting far in school is the key to success. Crazy when you think about how we're just little kids and already expected to be studying like maniacs!Anyway, that's the deal with the National Graduate Entrance Examination for Master's Programs. A marathon of a test that makes or breaks dreams. Every year there are students who ace it and get into prestigious schools, while others are devastated if they don't get the score they needed. The amount of pressure must be overwhelming.I'm just grateful I've got several more years before I need to start worrying about that kind of stuff! Although who knows, maybe by 2034 the Big Tough Test will be even MORE difficult. Higher level English like analyzing ancient Sanskrit poetry or something! For now, I'll stick to learning my abc's and simple vocab. Let me know if you need help studying for your kindergarten spelling tests. That's about as "tough" as it gets at my level!篇3Certainly! Here's a 2000-word essay written from the perspective of an elementary school student, discussing the 2024 National Postgraduate Entrance Examination for English (Type 2):Hey guys! It's me, your friend Tommy. Today I wanted to talk to you about something really exciting that's happening nextyear – the big English test for grown-ups who want to go to a fancy school called "graduate school."You might be thinking, "Why would a kid like me care about a test for adults?" Well, let me tell you a story.Last week, my big sister Emily was stressing out like crazy. She had all these books and papers all over her room, and she was mumbling to herself about "vocabulary" and "reading comprehension." I was like, "Emily, what's going on?"She told me that she's planning to take this huge test called the National Postgraduate Entrance Examination for English (Type 2). It's a really important test that all the grown-ups have to take if they want to go to graduate school and learn even more stuff after they finish college.Now, you know how much I love learning new things, so I got super curious about this test. Emily explained that it's all about testing how well you can read, write, and understand English. She said there are different sections like reading passages, cloze tests (whatever those are), and even writing essays!At first, I thought, "Psh, that doesn't sound too hard. I'm a pro at English!" But then Emily showed me some of the practicequestions, and let me tell you, they were no joke. There were all these big, fancy words that I'd never even heard of before. And the reading passages were talking about things like "economic globalization" and "socio-political dynamics." I was like, "Huh? Can someone please translate this into normal human language?"That's when I realized that this test is no walk in the park. It's tough stuff, even for grown-ups who have been studying English for years and years.But you know what? I think it's super cool that there's a test like this out there. It shows how important it is to be able to communicate in English in today's world, especially if you want to do important research or work at a high level.Emily told me that the test is designed to make sure that people who go to graduate school have the language skills they need to read complex academic texts, write clearly and effectively, and engage in scholarly discussions and debates. That way, when they become experts in their fields, they can share their knowledge with people from all over the world, no matter what language they speak.Isn't that amazing? Just imagine – my sister could end up discovering a cure for a disease or coming up with agroundbreaking new theory, and she'll be able to share it with scientists and researchers everywhere because she aced this English test.I have to admit, I'm a little jealous of her. She gets to learn all these fascinating new words and concepts while I'm still stuck with my lame elementary school textbooks. But hey, maybe one day I'll be the one taking the National Postgraduate Entrance Examination for English (Type 2)! Who knows, I might even get a higher score than my big sister. (Just don't tell her I said that!)Anyway, I think it's pretty awesome that there are tests like this out there, pushing people to become better communicators and thinkers. It's not easy, but anything worthwhile in life rarely is, right?So if you ever find yourself stressing out over a big test or a tough assignment, just remember – even the grown-ups have to go through challenges like this. And if they can do it, so can you!Keep studying hard, keep learning new things, and most importantly, keep having fun with it all. That's the only way you'll ever get to be as cool and smart as my sister Emily.Well, that's all for now, my friends. I've got to go practice my English skills by reading some more of those fancy academic papers. Wish me luck!Your pal,Tommy篇4The Big Test for Grown-UpsGuess what? The grown-ups have to take a really hard test soon! It's called the National Postgraduate Entrance Exam. I overheard my mom and dad talking about it the other day. They sounded kind of stressed out.From what I could tell, the test has a bunch of different sections like math, Chinese, and English. The English part is called "English Two" which I thought was kind of funny. Isn't English just English? Why do they need to call it "Two"? Maybe there's an "English One" part too that I didn't hear about.Anyway, my mom said the English Two part is super important for the grown-ups who want to go to graduate school. That's like college but even harder! Can you imagine having to go to more school after you're already a grown-up? No thanks!My dad was complaining that he has to memorize a ton of big vocabulary words for the English part. He had a massive book of word lists that he's been studying from every night. I tried reading it but I could barely understand any of the words. They were really long and complicated.Some examples were words like "ubiquitous", "quintessential", and "idiosyncratic". I have no idea what those even mean! My dad said they're the kind of fancy words you need to know to do well on the test. He looked exhausted from trying to cram them all into his brain.In addition to vocabulary, there's also a reading comprehension section where you have to read some long, boring passages and answer questions about them. My mom was practicing with one about the history of the cotton gin or something. She kept re-reading the same paragraph over and over trying to understand what it meant. I felt bad for her.From what I've seen, this English Two test is no joke! The grown-ups have to work really, really hard to get ready for it. I'm kind of glad I don't have to take it for a long time. Being a kid is hard enough without having to learn words like "quintessential"!My parents both want to go to graduate school really badly, so they've been stressing out a lot about doing well on the test.Every night they spend hours with their noses buried in books and practice test materials. My dad has even started drinking extra coffee to help him stay awake and study longer!I overheard them saying that getting a high score could help them get into a top university for graduate school. A low score might mean they have to go to a not-so-good school or don't get to go at all. No wonder they're freaking out about it!The test is supposed to happen at the end of this year. It's only a few months away now. The pressure is really ramping up in our house. My parents barely have time to help me with my homework anymore because they're so focused on studying.I tried my best to encourage them though. Last week, I made them good luck cards with glitter and stickers. I told them they're the smartest grown-ups I know and that I know they're going to ace the test. Hopefully that helped take a tiny bit of stress away.When the test day finally arrives, I think our whole family will be relieved. No more late nights hunched over vocabulary lists! No more fighting over who gets to use the good lamp to read by! We can finally go back to having normal family game nights without my parents' minds being elsewhere.Part of me will be sad if my parents do get into graduate school though. I've gotten used to having them around all the time to help me with stuff. If they become graduate students, I bet they'll be even busier than before. Who will take me to soccer practice or help me with my math homework?But an even bigger part of me really hopes they do get to go to a good school. I know how important this has become for them and how hard they've worked. They deserve to achieve their dreams, whatever those might be. Maybe one day they'll be teachers or scientists or authors. How cool would that be?No matter what happens, I'll always be proud of my mom and dad. Preparing for a test like this English Two exam is really hard, especially at their age. Just making it through all that studying shows how dedicated they are.Who knows, maybe I'll be taking a huge test like this one myself in a couple of decades! If I ever do, I'll definitely be using my parents as motivation. If they can put in this kind of work, so can I. Though I really hope my test doesn't require learning words like "quintessential"! I still have no clue what that one means.篇5The Big Grown-Up TestWow, you guys won't believe what my big sister Lily is doing this year! She's taking the hugest test ever - the 2024 National Postgraduate Entrance Examination English Test 2. I know, I know, it sounds really boring. But Lily says if she does well, she can go to a brand new school called "grad school" and learn super duper hard things to become really really smart.Lily has been studying like crazy for this test. She has a million textbooks scattered all over her room. Whenever I try to play in there, she yells at me "Can't you see I'm trying to learn idioms and pragmatic competence?!" I'm like "Huh? You're just reading books." But she says it's way more complicated than that.The test has four sections - listening, reading, writing, and translation. Lily groans about how there's no multiple choice, so she has to write out everything by hand. For the listening, she has to listen to conversations and lectures and summarize the main points. The reading has her read all kinds of passages and essays and analyze the authors' views. Writing requires her to write an essay from an outline. And translation means translating passages back and forth between English and Chinese. Phew, sounds exhausting!I asked Lily to let me look at one of the practice tests, and I was like "This is impossible! How can anyone answer these questions?" She just laughed and said "Welcome to grad school admissions!" I guess they only want the uber-geniuses to get in.The test is allllll day long too - from 8am to 5pm with just two little breaks for lunch and a snack. No recess or naptime allowed! Lily has been doing practice tests at home to build up her stamina. Sometimes she'll sit at her desk working on EnglishSamples for 8 hours straight. Her hands get so crabby from all the writing that she can barely hold her pencil afterwards.But you know what the worst part is? The test is only graded on a scale from 100 to 130. So even getting a "perfect" 130 doesn't even mean you got everything right! It's just rated compared to all the other students. Lily says every single point counts because so many people are applying to the top schools. Just a couple points could be the difference between getting into Tsinghua or Beida or having to "settle" for a lower ranked university. The pressure must be intense!I feel really bad for Lily having to go through all this craziness. But she says it will be worth it when she gets her dream job after graduating. I guess adults have to do lots of difficult things thatseem silly to kids. At least when I have big tests, it's just on simple stuff like math and spelling. I can't imagine having to take an eight-hour exam on listening to lectures and writing essays. No thank you!Lily keeps trying to get me interested in academics by explaining some of the things she's learning. Like last week she rambled on about critical thinking skills and drawing inferences from context. It probably was super fascinating stuff...if you're a grown-up. To me, it just sounded like "Blah blah blah,smarty-pants words, blah blah blah."I did think it was pretty cool when Lily translated the first Harry Potter book from English to Chinese though. She read me a page in Chinese and it was exactly the same story, just in a different language! It's like magic. Lily said translating requires "deep comprehension and cultural interpretation" - whatever that means. I just know it gave me a newfound appreciation for bilingual people. It's not easy being fluent in multiple languages!Anyways, Lily's big test is coming up in just a few weeks. She is suuuper stressed, although she tries to act calm around me. Some nights I can hear her tossing and turning, mumbling "pragmatic competence...discourse analysis..." under her breath as she sleeps. I'm making her a good luck card with all myfavorite stickers. I really hope she does amazingly well because she has worked incredibly hard to prepare.I'll never forget the morning of the test. My parents and I went to take Lily to the testing center before sunrise. There were longgggg lines of people looking just as nervous as Lily. Once it was time for the test to start, parents had to leave. We gave Lily a big hug and wished her good luck. She gave me a high five and told me "Wish me lots of pragmatic competence!" I didn't know what that meant, but I cheered really loud for her anyway as she walked inside clutching her No. 2 pencils and test booklets.Eight grueling hours later, Lily emerged looking like a zombie. She couldn't even muster a smile - she just groaned "Never again!" and collapsed ona bench. My parents asked how she thought she did, but Lily just shook her head. "I have no idea. That was...indescribable."We'll have to wait a few months to get Lily's score. Until then, she says she's going to sleep for a week straight. She deserves it after that篇6The Big Grown-Up TestWow, can you believe it? My big sister is taking the hugest test ever this year! It's called the National Postgraduate Entrance Examination for English Course II. That's a really long name, but everyone just calls it the English Test for short.My sister has been studying like crazy to get ready. She has a giant stack of books on her desk that she reads every night after dinner. They have words like "linguistics" and "pragmatics" that I can't even pronounce. She also listens to these weird audio files with people just rambling on and on in English. I have no idea what they're saying!Sometimes I try to quiz my sister on the stuff she's learning. I'll pick up one of her books, open it to a random page, and just start reading out loud. She gets this funny look on her face like she smelled something stinky. Then she'll take the book from me and explain what I just read, using all these big vocabulary words that go right over my head."Don't you get it?" she'll say, sounding exasperated. "That passage was discussing the sociolinguistic implications ofcode-switching among bilingual speakers in an inner-city environment.""Uhh...sure, I totally got that," I'll lie, trying to act like I understand.The funny thing is, my sister is actually really good at English. She spent a year in America as an exchange student when she was in high school. She used to come home and tell us all about the adventures she had, the places she went, and the people she met. Her English was perfect! But now she acts like she doesn't know anything."These entrance exams are brutal," she tells me with a worried look. "They expect you to know everything about English - the grammar rules, the literature, the culture, you name it. It's not just about being able to speak the language anymore."I feel bad for my sister. She spends every waking hour with her face buried in those books. The stress is really getting to her too. The other day, I walked into the living room and she had pelted the walls with all her pencils in frustration. "Aghh, I'm never going to get this!" she screamed before bursting into tears.I gave her a hug and told her it would be okay, but I'm not sure she believed me.The exam is still a few months away, but my sister is already freaking out about it. She keeps saying stuff like, "My entire future depends on this test!" I think that's a little dramatic, but I get why it's so important to her. Apparently, getting into a goodgraduate school can lead to better job opportunities and higher salaries down the road. No wonder she's stressed!I just hope my sister doesn't burn herself out before test day. Sometimes when I see her slumped over her desk at night, drooling on her books, I want to yell "Pencils down! No more studying, missy!" But I know that's not going to happen. She's determined to ace this thing, come hell or high water.When the big day finally arrives, I'll be there to wish her luck and give her a high five. And no matter how she scores, I'll still be proud of her. That test may be important, but it doesn't define who my amazing big sis is. She's gonna do great things, whether she gets a perfect score or not.Sometimes I daydream about being in her shoes years from now, stressing out over my own huge, scary exam. Will I be as driven and hard-working as her? Or will I be that kid having pencil-throwing tantrums every night? Only time will tell, I guess. But one thing's for sure - I'll definitely be calling her for tutoring and moral support when the time comes!So good luck on your test, sis! Knock 'em dead out there. And if you still need help with all those crazy linguistics terms after you're done, you know who to call - your little bro, the "sociolinguistic implications" expert!。

2023年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语二真题2023 National Postgraduate Entrance Examination in English II2023年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语二真题Section I: Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)Part A: Spot Dictation(1)Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer on the Answer Sheet.(2)Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.People may think that sight and hearing are the most important senses for human beings, but we can go without them and still live quite a(n) (1) life. It is true that a person who is blind or deaf has to develop other senses more, but this does not make his life impossible. However, one thing humans cannot survive without is touch.Touch provides information about the world around us. It tells us whether an object is (2) or cold, rough or smooth, hard or soft. We touch things to find out what they are like and to learn about the world we live in. We learn about (3) from touch very young, and even when we are grown, we continue learning from it. That is why people who cannot see or hear canlearn to do things almost as well as anybody else, but people who cannot touch things cannot live on their own.There have been studies done on infants who were (4) touch from other people because of insensitivity to pain. These children have a difficult time holding a baby bottle or writing. If they don't have the sensation of touch, they will not be able to live alone when they grow up.When a person loses touch with another person, or when a person gets cut off from the society around him, he feels alone. We need touch as much as we need to eat or sleep. If we (5) away from people who are close, we suffer even more than we do when we cannot eat or sleep.Part B: Listening Comprehension(1)Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear short conversations. After each conversation, you will hear a question about the conversation. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.(2)Questions 6 to 8 are based on the following conversation.M: Have you thought about which college you want to go to?W: Yeah, I've been considering several options. But I'm still not sure where to go.Question 6: What has the woman been doing?Question 7: What is the woman's current situation?Question 8: What can be inferred from the conversation?(4)Questions 9 to 11 are based on the following conversation.M: I heard that there will be a new professor for the psychology course next semester.W: Yes, and I hope he will assign less reading than the previous professor.(5)Question 9: What will happen next semester?Question 10: How does the woman feel about the previous professor?Question 11: What can be inferred about the woman?(6)Questions 12 to 15 are based on the following passage.M: Excuse me, could you please give me directions to the nearest post office?W: Sure, just walk straight ahead for about three blocks. It will be on your left.Question 12: Where does the man want to go?Question 13: How far is it from the man's location?Question 14: Which direction should the man go?Question 15: What can be inferred from the conversation?Section II: Reading Comprehension (30 minutes)Part A: Text Completion(1)Directions: Read the following three texts. Choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) for each blank and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.(2)Text 1Many people nowadays choose to (16) physically active to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Whether it's jogging, swimming, cycling, or participating in team sports, exercise is an important part of our daily routine. However, there are numerous benefits to adding a new dimension to your regular exercise program: engaging in mindfulness exercises.(3)Text 2Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer just science fiction. It is now a (17) part of our daily lives. From voice assistants like Siri and Alexa torecommendation systems on streaming platforms, AI algorithms are at the core of these technologies. Despite its increasing influence, AI still (18) many people.(4)Text 3Being organized is a valuable (19) for success. It helps us manage our time effectively, reduces stress, and increases productivity. However, staying (20) is not always easy, especially in today's fast-paced world.Part B: Reading Comprehension(1)Directions: Read the following three passages. Answer the questions according to the information given in each passage. Mark your answers on the Answer Sheet.(2)Passage 1(3)Every year, millions of tons of plastic waste end up in the oceans, causing serious environmental problems. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, located between California and Hawaii, is a massive collection of floating debris that spans an area twice the size of Texas. Plastic waste poses a significant threat to marine life, as animals can mistake it for food or become entangled in it.To tackle this issue, various solutions have been proposed, including plastic recycling and reducing single-use plastics. However, one innovative approach gaining attention is the use of sustainable materials for packaging and product design.(4)Passage 2(5)Space tourism has long been considered a futuristic concept reserved for the wealthy elite. However, with advancements in technology and private space companies like SpaceX, the dream of traveling to space may soon become a reality for ordinary citizens. While the cost of space travel remains high, several companies are working on making it more accessible to the general public.(6)Passage 3(7)The concept of universal basic income (UBI) has gained traction in recent years as a potential solution to income inequality and automation-induced job loss. UBI involves providing every citizen with a guaranteed income, regardless of their employment status. Proponents argue that it could alleviate poverty, provide a safety net, and empower individuals to pursue their passions and entrepreneurial endeavors.Section III: Vocabulary and Structure (10 minutes)Part A: Vocabulary(1)Directions: For each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.(2)1. The new shopping mall offers a wide variety of __________, from luxury brands to affordable options.2. The employee's __________ performance led to his promotion.3. The professor's lecture was so __________ that many of the students fell asleep.4. The company has implemented stricter __________ measures to prevent theft.5. The book provides a __________ overview of the history of modern art.Part B: Grammar and Structure(1)Directions: For each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.(2)6. She __________ studying for two hours when her friends called her.7. __________ you bring an umbrella, you will get wet in the rain.8. The teacher asked the students __________ they had finished their homework.9. I wish I __________ more time to spend with my family.10. It's __________ that we finish the report by tomorrow.Section IV: Error Correction (10 minutes)(1)Directions: There are ten errors in the following passage. Each line contains one error. You should correct the errors by underlining the incorrect part and writing the correct part in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.(2)Example:My father is lawyer. My father is a lawyer.(3)Text:China has a long history ancient civilization, (11)_________________________________dating back over 5,000 years. It is known by (12)_________________________________its rich cultural heritage and many historical (13)_________________________________landmarks. The Great Wall of China being one (14)_________________________________the most famous attractions in the world, (15)_________________________________drawing millions visitors each year. In (16)_________________________________addition, Chinese cuisine has become (17)_________________________________popular all around a world, with dishes (18)_________________________________such as dumplings and Peking duck enjoyed (19)_________________________________by people around the globe. The Chinese (20)_________________________________Section V: Writing (30 minutes)(1)Directions: In this part of the test, you are required to write an essay on the topic of "The Benefits of Bilingual Education." You should write at least 250 words and base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below:(2)双语教育的好处(3)1. 双语教育可以提高语言能力；2. 双语教育对认知能力的提升有积极影响；3. 双语教育有助于培养跨文化沟通能力；4. 双语教育对就业和全球竞争力的意义。

2024年全国硕士研究生入学考试英语二试题全文共3篇示例，供读者参考篇1National Master's Entrance Examination 2024Part I Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In this section, you will hear five short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. By car.B. By bus.C. By plane.D. By train.2. A. Black.B. Blue.C. Red.D. White.3. A. At 2:00.B. At 2:15.C. At 2:30.D. At 2:45.4. A. She's from France.B. She's from Germany.C. She's from Italy.D. She's from Spain.5. A. In a restaurant.B. In a library.C. In a park.D. In a classroom. Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 6 to 10 with the exact words you have just heard. For the third time, please check what you have written.6. ________________7. ________________8. ________________9. ________________10. ________________Part II Reading ComprehensionDirections: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them, there are four choices marked A, B, C, or D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet.Passage OneQuestions 11 to 15 are based on Passage One.11. What is the aim of the passage?A. To introduce information about Facebook.B. To discuss the disadvantages of using Facebook.C. To emphasize the importance of Facebook.D. To provide opinions on using Facebook.12. According to the passage, what can be inferred about Facebook?A. It is beneficial for students' academic performance.B. It poses a threat to students' academic performance.C. It has no impact on students' academic performance.D. It is mainly used by teachers.13. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. Social networking.B. Facebook addiction.C. Class participation.D. Teacher satisfaction.14. What contributes to students' excessive use of Facebook?A. Lack of interest in education.B. Need for social approval.C. Strict regulations on internet use.D. Limited access to technology.15. What does the passage suggest about controlling Facebook use among students?A. It can be achieved through punishment.B. It requires teachers' active involvement.C. It should be left to students' discretion.D. It will not affect students' academic performance.Passage TwoQuestions 16 to 20 are based on Passage Two.16. What is the main topic of the passage?A. The benefits of reading.B. The impact of technology on reading.C. The history of reading.D. The decline of reading habits.17. According to the passage, what has contributed to the decline in reading habits?A. The popularity of e-books.B. The convenience of audiobooks.C. The limited access to libraries.D. The lack of educational programs.18. What can be inferred about reading in the digital age?A. It has led to an increase in reading habits.B. It has transformed the way people read.C. It has eliminated the need for traditional books.D. It has made reading less enjoyable.19. What does the author suggest regarding reading choices?A. People should only read classic literature.B. People should explore different genres.C. People should avoid reading non-fiction.D. People should focus on reading bestsellers.20. What impact does the author believe reading can have on individuals?A. It can improve mental health.B. It can lead to social isolation.C. It can hinder cognitive development.D. It can limit creativity.Passage ThreeQuestions 21 to 25 are based on Passage Three.21. What is the main purpose of the passage?A. To introduce the benefits of meditation.B. To discuss the popularity of mindfulness.C. To emphasize the importance of relaxation.D. To describe the practice of meditation.22. What did the study by JAMA Internal Medicine find about the effects of meditation?A. It can help reduce stress levels.B. It has no impact on physical health.C. It can increase the risk of heart disease.D. It is only effective for young adults.23. How does the author view the future of meditation?A. It will become less popular.B. It will replace traditional medicine.C. It will continue to gain acceptance.D. It will lose its effectiveness.24. According to the passage, what benefit does mindfulness meditation offer?A. Improved mental clarity.B. Enhanced physical strength.C. Higher academic achievement.D. Reduced social interactions.25. What conclusion can be drawn from the passage?A. Meditation is a temporary trend.B. Meditation has no proven benefits.C. Meditation can have positive effects.D. Meditation is only for the elderly.Part III Cloze TestDirections: In this section, there are 10 blanks in Passage Four. For each blank, there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should choose the best answer and mark the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet.Passage FourOne of the most important skills for anyone who is using English as a second language is the ability to listen. When people start learning a language, they usually focus on(26)_________ from books, which is important, but listening plays a vital role in improving(27)_________ listening comprehension. Listening to native speakers can help you understand proper pronunciation and intonation. The (28)_________ you listen to English, the more familiar you will become with the language. This will enable you to understand different accents and dialects more easily.(29)_________ English is not only about listening to others speak but also about understanding what is being said. This is why listening practice is so important. It helpslearners(30)_________ the language in real-life situations. Many people find it difficult to follow a conversation between native speakers because they are used to(31)_________ in a structured classroom environment. Listening to various English materials,such as podcasts, news broadcasts, and movies, can improve your listening(32)_________.In addition, listening can(33)_________ vocabulary acquisition. By listening to spoken English, you will become more familiar with the words and phrases that native speakers use. This can help you expand your vocabulary and improve your abilityto(34)_________ effectively. As you listen to more English, you will become more confident in your ability to(35)_________ spoken language.26. A. learningB. learnC. learnedD. to learn27. A. theirB. hisC. herD. your28. A. frequentlyB. frequentC. more frequentD. most frequent29. A. LearningB. To learnC. LearnedD. To learning30. A. usingB. usesC. useD. used31. A. studyB. studiedC. studyingD. to study32. A. capabilityB. capableC. capabilitiesD. capably33. A. promoteB. promotingC. promotesD. promoted34. A. communicateB. communicationC. communicativeD. communications35. A. understandB. understandingC. understoodD. understandsPart IV WritingSection ADirections: In this section, you are required to write a short essay on the topic of "The Importance of Higher Education inToday's Society." You should write at least 200 words and present your opinion with relevant examples and explanations.Section BDirections: In this section, you are required to write an email to a professor requesting feedback on your research paper. In your email, you should introduce yourself, provide a brief overview of your paper, and politely ask for the professor's feedback. You should write at least 100 words and ensure your email is well-structured and professional.End of TestGood luck with your examination!篇22024 National Postgraduate Entrance ExaminationEnglish IIPart I Reading Comprehension (40 points)Section ADirections: In this section, there are four passages followed by questions or incomplete statements. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them,there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage OneQuestions 1 to 5 are based on this passage.Water scarcity is becoming an increasing problem globally, with many countries facing the challenge of limited access to clean drinking water. The number of people suffering from water scarcity is expected to rise due to factors such as climate change and polluted water sources. This issue not only affects human health, but also has serious implications for agriculture and food production.1. What is the main problem discussed in the passage?A) Climate change.B) Water scarcity.C) Health issues.D) Food production.2. What is causing the increase in water scarcity?A) Pollution.B) Climate change.C) Population growth.D) Industrial development.3. Why is water scarcity a serious problem for agriculture?A) It affects food production.B) It causes pollution.C) It leads to climate change.D) It harms human health.4. What is the expected outcome of water scarcity?A) Increased access to clean water.B) Enhanced food production.C) Medical breakthroughs.D) More people suffering.5. What does the passage suggest about the future of water resources?A) They will remain stable.B) They will become more plentiful.C) They will become scarcer.D) They will become more polluted.Passage TwoQuestions 6 to 10 are based on this passage.Electric vehicles (EVs) are gaining popularity as a more environmentally friendly alternative to traditionalgasoline-powered cars. The adoption of EVs can help reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, contributing to efforts to combat climate change. However, the high cost of EVs and limited charging infrastructure are barriers to widespread adoption.6. What is the main advantage of EVs over traditional cars?A) They are cheaper to purchase.B) They are more powerful.C) They produce less pollution.D) They have longer range.7. How do EVs help combat climate change?A) By increasing air pollution.B) By emitting fewer greenhouse gases.C) By consuming more energy.D) By using fossil fuels.8. What is a barrier to the widespread adoption of EVs?A) Low fuel efficiency.B) High cost.C) Lack of power.D) Limited speed.9. Why is charging infrastructure important for EVs?A) It reduces emissions.B) It improves performance.C) It extends battery life.D) It increases convenience.10. What is the potential impact of widespread EV adoption?A) Increased air pollution.B) Reduced greenhouse gas emissions.C) Higher energy consumption.D) More fossil fuel use.Section BDirections: In this section, you will read several passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them, there is a choice of four alternatives marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Passage ThreeQuestions 11 to 15 are based on this passage.Technology plays a significant role in modern education, offering new opportunities for learning and teaching. Tools such as online courses and educational apps have transformed the way students access information and interact with teachers. However, there are concerns about the impact of technology on students' attention spans and academic performance.11. What does technology provide in modern education?A) New opportunities.B) Traditional methods.C) Fewer resources.D) Limited access.12. How have online courses and educational apps changed education?A) They have decreased student-teacher interactions.B) They have improved student performance.C) They have limited information access.D) They have caused distractions.13. What are some concerns about technology in education?A) Increased student engagement.B) Reduced attention spans.C) Enhanced academic performance.D) Improved teaching methods.14. What impact does technology have on students' attention spans?A) It improves focus.B) It decreases concentration.C) It enhances memory.D) It boosts creativity.15. How does technology influence academic performance?A) It has a positive impact.B) It has a negative impact.C) It has no impact.D) It depends on the student.Passage FourQuestions 16 to 20 are based on this passage.The rise of social media has transformed how people communicate and share information online. Platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram allow users to connect with others, express opinions, and discover new content. However, there are concerns about privacy, cyberbullying, and misinformation on social media.16. What has social media changed in online communication?A) Information sharing.B) Connectivity.C) Privacy.D) Content discovery.17. What can users do on social media platforms?A) Connect with others.B) Protect their privacy.C) Avoid cyberbullying.D) Share misinformation.18. What are some concerns about social media?A) Information sharing.B) Privacy violations.C) Positive interactions.D) Authentic content.19. How do privacy issues affect social media users?A) They enhance security.B) They increase trust.C) They raise concerns.D) They improve communication.20. What is a potential downside of social media use?A) Enhanced connectivity.B) Cyberbullying.C) Privacy protection.D) Misinformation prevention.Part II Vocabulary and Structure (20 points)Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence, there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the one that best completes the sentence and mark your choice on the Answer Sheet.21. The temperature dropped ___________ we had to cancel the picnic.A) unlessB) soC) thereforeD) consequently22. Mary is the _____ girl on the team, always cheering her teammates on.A) happyB) nicestC) happierD) happiest23. The government has implemented new __________ to reduce traffic congestion.A) rulesB) lawsC) regulationsD) restrictions24. The world's oceans are facing a ___________ threat from pollution and climate change.A) significantB) littleC) minorD) minor25. _________ the rain, the farmers' crops will be ruined.A) WithoutB) DespiteC) AlthoughD) Even26. Tom enjoys _________ different types of cuisine when he travels.A) tastingB) testedC) tasteD) tastes27. The students _________ in the library when the fire alarm went off.A) studyingB) were studiedC) were studyingD) is studying28. We must _________ measures to protect the environment.A) takeB) takingC) tookD) taking29. The company plans to _________ its production capacity by 20%.A) increaseB) increasedC) increasingD) increases30. The movie was _________ long, so we left before it finished.A) soB) tooC) suchD) veryPart III Reading Comprehension (40 points)Directions: There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each one, there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the best one and mark it on the Answer Sheet.Passage FiveQuestions 31 to 35 are based on this passage.Climate change is a pressing issue that requires immediate action to mitigate its effects. Rising global temperatures, extreme weather events, and sea-level rise are some of the consequences of climate change. Governments, businesses, and individuals must work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and transition to renewable energy sources.31. What issue requires immediate action?A) Pollution.B) Climate change.C) Deforestation.D) Water scarcity.32. What are some consequences of climate change?A) Decreased temperatures.B) Increased greenhouse gases.C) Rising sea levels.D) Improved weather.33. Who needs to collaborate to address climate change?A) Governments, businesses, and individuals.B) Scientists only.C) Corporations.D) Politicians.34. What must be done to mitigate climate change?A) Increase greenhouse gas emissions.B) Reduce renewable energy sources.C) Promote deforestation.D) Transition to renewable energy sources.35. What is a key solution to combat climate change?A) Plant more trees.B) Reduce emissions.C) Use fossil fuels.D) Ignore the problem.Passage SixQuestions 36 to 40 are based on this passage.Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing various industries, from healthcare to finance. Through machine learning and data analysis, AI systems can automate tasks, improve efficiency, and enhance decision-making processes. However, there are concerns about the ethical implications and potential job displacement caused by AI.36. What is revolutionizing industries?A) Automation.B) Robotics.C) Artificial intelligence.D) Data analysis.37. How can AI systems improve efficiency?A) Through data analysis.B) By reducing tasks.C) By employing more people.D) By increasing errors.38. What are some ethical concerns about AI?A) Job displacement.B) Data analysis.C) Automation.D) Potential biases.39. What could AI systems lead to in terms of jobs?A) Increased opportunities.B) Enhanced creativity.C) Job displacement.D) Improved work-life balance.40. How can the ethical implications of AI be addressed?A) Through increased automation.B) By reducing data analysis.C) By implementing regulations.D) Through job displacement.Part IV Writing (20 points)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: The Importance of Learning English. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:1. 英语是一门国际通用语言，具有重要的地位。

10、全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语（二）模拟试题Part I Use of English(10%)Directions:Read the following passage. For each numbered blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)Large lecture classes are frequently regarded as a necessary evil. Such classes 1 be offered in many colleges and universities to meet high student 2 with limited faculty resource, 3 teaching a large lecture class can be a 4 task. Lecture halls are 5 large, barren, and forbidding. It is difficult to get to know students. Students may seem bored in the 6 environment and may 7 read newspapers or even leave class in the middle of a lecture. Written work by the students seems out of the 8 .Although the challenges of teaching a large lecture class are 9 , they are not insurmountable. The solution is to develop 10 methods of classroom instruction that can reduce, if not 11 , many of the difficulties 22 in the mass class. In fact, we have 13 at Kent State University teaching techniques which help make a large lecture class more like a small 14 .An 15 but important benefit of teaching the course 16 this manner has involved the activities of the teaching assistants who help us mark students’ written work. The faculty instructor originally decided to ask the teaching assistants for help 17 this was the only practical way to 18 that all the papers could be evaluated. Now those 19 report enjoying their new status as ―junior professors‖, gaining a very different 20 on college education by being on the other side of the desk, learning a great deal about the subject matter, and improving their own writing as a direct result of grading other students’ papers.1．A．should B．will C．can D．have to 2．A．requirement B．demand C．challenge D．request 3．A．and B．but C．although D．unless 4．A．competitive B．rewarding C．routine D．troublesome 5．A．spaciously B．exceptionally C．typically D．unusually 6．A．unconscious B．impatient C．unaware D．impersonal 7．A．frequently B．delightedly C．inevitably D．unexpectedly 8．A．problem B．solution C．question D．answer 9．A．tiny B．potential C．fundamental D．substantial 10．A．personal B．innovative C．initiative D．persuasive 11．A．increase B．accumulate C．eliminate D．diminish 12．A．inherent B．inherited C．injected D．integrated13．A．introduced B．inserted C．modified D．revised 14．A．conference B．assembly C．seminar D．course 15．A．incredible B．obscure C．unanticipated D．inspiring 16．A．at B．through C．by D．in 17．A．because B．although C．when D．so that 18．A．ensure B．assure C．secure D．certify 19．A．new teachers B．senior studentsC．associate professors D．part-time professionals 20．A．inspiration B．expectation C．stimulation D．perspective Part II Reading Comprehension (50%)Section APassage OneShoppers choose hybrid cars, "green" washing-up liquid and energy-saving devices over cheaper but dirtier alternatives partly to improve their social status, according to a new study published today.Bram Van den Bergh of Rotterdam School of Management, one of the study's authors, said: "Driving a luxurious non-green car, like a Hummer, communicates one's wealth, but also suggests that the buyer is a selfish and uncaring individual who is concerned primarily about his own comfort rather than the welfare of society. Driving a hybrid, like a Prius, not only displays one's wealth as it costs many thousands of dollars more than a conventional but highly fuel-efficient car, but also signals the owner cares about others and the environment."Adam Corner, a research associate at Cardiff University and expert on the psychology of communicating climate change, said social status is a key driver of behaviour: "It's not surprising that people might choose to try and signal their social status through the conspicuous consumption of 'green products'. Even if people don't care about climate change, they care about what other people think of them." He added that one of the most important aspects of the research is that the power of social status could be harnessed to become a critical tool in promoting wider changes in pro-environmental behaviour, such as voting for the greenest party in an election or engaging in environmental activism.The study does come with one important warning –-- no one was actually dipping into their wallet. Michael Valvo, a spokesperson for Toyota UK, saidthat the company's market research indicated the attraction of advanced technology and the cost of the ownership, not the environment or social status, were the main reasons drivers bought the Prius hybrid car. "Paying £20,000 for a car is a pretty expensive way to make a statement about being green, it's the second biggest purchase after a house," he said.The research also failed to reflect the complexity of ethical consumer activity, said Rob Harrison, the editor of Ethical Consumer magazine. "Ethical buying behaviour is far more complicated. If you look at the Co-Operative Bank's report on ethical spending, a third of that annual spend is on investment and banking, which you can't do conspicuously unless you leave investment brochures lying around on your coffee table. Our readers say they buy green and ethical products because they want to be instrumental about a goal, such as helping a farm in Kenya by buying fair trade Kenyan coffee." He said only a minority of green shoppers buy green products for status reasons.21. According to one study, car buyers now _____.A. Regard price as nothing much.B. Are more environment-consciousC. Show off with expensive luxuries.D. Are more concerned with publicity.22. In the view of Bram, Hummer is more a symbol of _____.A. WealthB. StatusC. SuccessD. Character23. To which of the following does Adam Corner most probably agree?A. People behave largely in order to enhance their public image.B. Voting is an efficient way to change people's social status.C. Conspicuous consumption is unsurprisingly pursued and done.D. Environmental participation can be promoted in a critical way.24. Judging from the context, "no one was ...dipping into their wallet" (Para.4) probably means that _____.A. Technology is the first consideration.B. Social status is easily purchased.C. being green is too dear to affordD. Wallet is better covered in hard times.25. The author mentioned the Co-operative bank's report to show _____.A. Kenya coffee is a good buy as a green product.B. It is not easy to figure out the morality of consuming.C. Spending on expensive cars is becoming a trend.D. Investment decision is mostly made on a coffee table.Passage TwoTop business chiefs like Indra Nooyi, Anu Agha and Shikha Sharma may have broken the glass ceiling to command their own boardrooms but these are mere exceptions rather than the norm. A new global survey reveals that women enter the workforce in large numbers but over time steadily "vaporise" from the higher ranks of organisational hierarchy.Research by a business consulting firm Bain and Companythe showed that organisations lost talent, with a disproportionate number of women employees at middle and senior levels leaving their jobs. "A 5% decrease in female retention, after 10 years, results in the equivalent of wiping out the benefits of increasing female recruitment from 30% to 50%," the report said."Achieving gender parity in the workplace is possible if business leaders take a systematic and customised approach to finding out what counteracts women along the way at their organisations," Orit Gadiesh, Bain chairman and co-author of the study, said. The study showed that senior management in 75% of companies had not made gender parity a stated and visible priority, while 80% of firms had not committed adequate funding or resources to the initiatives.Other findings showed that while 66% of men reported that they believed women shared equal opportunity to be promoted to leadership and governance positions, less than a third of women felt the same. Also, while a majority of responders supported the idea of gender parity in the workplace, it was the women who voted strongly in favour of strategic commitment. More than 80% of women agreed or strongly agreed while only 48% men felt that achieving genderparity should be a critical business imperative for their organisations.Incidentally, while both men (87%) and women (91%) voted in large numbers in favour of the belief that either sex could be a primary breadwinner, when it came to making career sacrifices, however, men and women reacted differently. While 59% of women agreed they would sacrifice their career for the sake of the household, a slightly lower 53% of men felt the same way. Men tended to be more confident than women that their partner would make a career sacrifice: in the survey results, 77 of men felt their partner would compromise on their career for the sake of family, while only 45% of women could confidently make the same claim.When asked about recruitment or promotion into management or executive positions, both men and women were less likely to agree that parity existed and men saw a rosier picture than women. In the survey results, about twice as many men as women felt that women had an equal chance as men of being recruited in executive roles, promoted on the same time line into executive roles or appointed to key leadership or governance roles. (456 words)26.In the beginning, "vaporise" is closest in meaning to ______.A. quitB. PromoteC. EmployD. recruit27.One of the findings from the study tells us that ____.A.Senior management had no say due to male dominanceB.Most companies couldn't afford the cost of this pursuit.C.Women could hopefully be treated with dignity one day.D.Gender equality was largely neglected by most executives.28.From paragraph 4, we may learn that _____.A. Most male colleagues had equally strong belief in workplace equality.B. A wide gap still existed in how to make gender parity come trueC. A large part of the females showed no interest in business leadership.D. Females should enjoy more opportunities in terms of getting advanced.29. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A.Executive positions were reserved predominantly for men alone.B.Men tended to overestimate the situation for female equality.C.Women were the easier victim when career gave in to family.D.Both sexes accepted the role of supporting the family by work.30.The text is mainly concerned with ______.A.Female sacrificeB.Male prioritiesC.Gender equalityD.Female promotionPassage ThreeThere are more differences between the United States and Japan than conflicting values during World War II. Cultural and societal differences between the two nations and its peoples shaped beliefs and perceptions and thus interactions within those societies and between them as well.The Japanese media made sure to cast the United States in a negative light during the war. Even afterward, they would distort everything from Ted Kennedy's car accident and the death of Mary Jo Kopechne to important battles and events. During World War II, newspapers tried to give the public what they wanted for morale. Positive news was widely broadcast, but anything negative was also distorted or hidden. Sons or husbands who died during World War II were heroes, for sure, but the concept of suicide missions was unknown to the Japanese.The dropping of "warning fliers" by the United States before the atomic bomb was let go is controversial. Some feel they were fair and that the Japanese denied their existence and failed to adequately warn the people. Others think they were a part of psychological warfare, really dropped after Anola Gay flew off to Hiroshima, and merely acting as a doubtful precursor of any future attacks.The war and the role of the Japanese government caused uncertainty and hatred among the Japanese toward Americans. Any of the few white people living in Japan sometimes had their houses searched --- not by the government, but by curious neighbors. "What I never got used to was my home being searched; nothing ever stolen, just investigated frequently," said one American woman living in Japan at the time.The Japanese looked upon Americans as crude and immoral, by their standards, as a melting pot without a culture of its own. They also underestimated America's ability to unite for a cause and develop such a powerful bomb, perhaps because of the broadcasts by the Japanese media.The United States citizens looked down upon the Japanese as well, disgusted by the brutality of medical experimentation on human subjects by the Japanese government . The treatment of POWs angered the United States as well; the notable photo of Australian Sgt. Leonard Siffleet about to be beheaded with a sword didn't help with anti-Japanese sentiments, which probably began with the "sneak attack" on Pearl Harbor.Similarly to the actions of the Japanese media during World War II, the United States felt it necessary to dehumanize the enemy with bombs . Their refusal to accept defeat angered and put off Americans, as did Japanese propaganda. Boycotts on Japanese products popped up in America.Culture clashes continue to leave gaps between America and Japan. News of sexual slavery during WWII on the part of Japan, and anti-Japanese sentiments evident in American societal products and business, keep thenations apart. (451 words)31. The examples of Kennedy and Mary were provided to ____.A. Disguise some bad information.B. Uncover the truth about Japanese.C. Show the prejudice in the media.D. Reveal the cultural differences.32. The author quoted one American woman so as to ____.A. Argue that the Japanese in general distrusted Americans .B. Show how curious Japanese people were towards foreigners.C. Warn Americans of the possible dangers living in Japan.D. Demonstrate the positive role of the Japanese government.33. Which of the following does NOT describe Japanese view of American culture?A. Weak-unitednessB. Lack of moralityC. Melting potD. Cruel mind34. American disrespect for the Japanese is expressed in _____.A. Winning the war with atomic bombs.B. Stopping to buy Japanese-made goodsC. Using human bodies for experiment.D. Taking brute revenge on Pearl Harbor.35. In the following text, the author will deal with _____.A. .Detailed description of the way Japan surprisingly attacked Pearl harbourB. More reports of how the Japanese intentionally abused media coverage.C. Ways of narrowing the cultural differences between the two countriesD. Reasons of why people's beliefs and perceptions an be formed by media.Passage FourIn UK every year 400 patients die while waiting for an organ to come available. We are all far more likely to be in need of an organ transplant than to be a donor. Most of us expect that if we needed a transplant, someone would donate one. On the basis of the ethical golden rule –-- do unto others as you would want them to do for you, we should all think seriously about whether and how we could donate our organs if we no longer need them.One important way to do this is to sign the organ donation register and to let loved ones know that you would like to donate after your death. 16 million people in the UK are on the register for organ donation.However, there is another potential way of donating organs that we should consider. When patients are seriously ill in intensive care and not likely to recover doctors and families often decide to stop life support and let the patient die. 5000 patients in the UK per year die in these circumstances.Here is how. We can give them the option in advance to donate their organs if they are ever going to have their treatment limited because their diagnosis is deemed hopeless. If the person agreed in advance to be such an organ donor, and an independent committee confirmed that the patient’s diagnosis was hopeless and treatment should be stopped, the patient could be taken to an operating theatre in controlled circumstances, given a general anaesthetic and have their organs removed. The surgical procedure would be a form of euthanasia. This option would give people the best chance of ensuring that their organs do not go to waste after their death. It would also prevent the patient from suffering after life support was withdrawn. It would harm no one, and would potentially benefit a number of seriously ill patients in organ failure.Importantly, what we are proposing is to give people a choice about how they die and whether they can donate their organs. Organ donation euthanasia would only be available to patients having life support stopped on grounds of futility. It would only apply to patients who are going to die anyway. It would only apply to patients who have specifically asked for this option during life, when they were competent and understood what was being offered.This option may not be for everyone. Some people would not want the option of organ donation euthanasia. They should not be forced to. They may still want to be on the organ donor register and to donate their organs in case of brain death. But what we are proposing is that people who do want this option be given the choice. Deciding to donate your organs is one of the best decisions that we can make. We should support people who want to donate. We should give them the choice of organ donation euthanasia. (456 words)36. From the beginning of the text it can be learned that _____.A. Most of the UK patients die yearly due to the lack of proper organ transplant.B. Approximately 16 million American people are willing to donate organ.C. The ethical golden rule maynot apply to the current issue of organ donation.D. The number of the organs needed exceeds that of the organs donated in UK.37.One result of the surgical euthanasia is ______.ans may be invalid before the death happens.B.An independent committee can make confirmation.C.Patients can be relieved of pre-death suffering.D.Any treatment should terminate to save resources.38.According to paragraph 5, which of the following is NOT fit for organ donation euthanasia?A. Patients are terminally ill and dying hopelessly.B. Doctors decide to stop the medical procedures.C. Patients make the choice out of understanding.D. Life support is deemed useless and so confirmed.39.It can be concluded that the most important characteristic of the proposal is _____.A. Donor's choiceB. Organ euthanasiaC. Public supportD. Potential benefit40.The best title of this passage may be _____.A.Free option before deathB.Donation as a generosityC. A modest proposalan donation in UKSection 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 answer on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points).Next month world leaders will gather in Copenhagen to thrash out a deal to tackle climate change. Reaching agreement at this UN summit will be the key to addressing one of the defining challenges of our century. But the hard work isn't just setting those targets, it's reaching them. Each country will have to set their own priorities to reduce emissions and here in the UK, we'll need to look close to home. Twenty-seven per cent of all the carbon emissions in this country actually come from the homes we all live in. So it's clear that improving the carbon footprint of our housing stock is crucial if we are to meet our legally binding carbon reduction targets.Part of the solution lies in making the new homes we build as energy efficient as possible and I enthusiastically support the concept of building all new homes at zero carbon. However, the fact remains that 85% of the housing stock that we'll be living in by 2050 already exists.So, there is a simple and, once again, inconvenient truth –greening-up the 25m existing homes is essential. The efficiency of these properties has been largely ignored thus far.Under a Conservative government, however, we will introduce the Green Deal. Every household in this country will be entitled to an allowance of up to £6,500 for energy improvements. Utilities companies, charities, social landlords will improve homes with no cost to the homeowner.Healthy competition in those improvements will create 70,000 new jobs and a £2.5bn marketplace, while consumers save money and most importantly 9.4m tonnes of carbon emissions are avoided. It's a great scheme, but that doesn't necessarily lead to great take-up. The key is to create a trigger for people to easily and quickly sign up for home renovating.Imagine if you could walk into your favourite store, buy some clothes or do your weekly shop and then at the checkout, as you hand over your clubcard, the cashier offers you the prospect of permanently lower utility bills. There's nothing to pay, now or later. Your home will be furnished and all you'll notice is that it costs less to heat and power it. Unless you enjoy burning money, you're going to love the Green Deal. Behind the scenes this retailer is working with the banking sector to fund the £6,500 spent on retro-fitting your home, resulting in home improvements like energy-efficient lighting, modern boilers, cavity and loft insulation.Under a Conservative government you won't have to imagine this scheme, because the likes of Marks & Spencer and Tesco are already interested andmore providers of all types will want to get in on the act. In future you'll be able to pick up your groceries and green up your home at the same time.But living a greener life isn't just about the physical changes you can make to your home; it's about how you live in it too.41. Obviously, the improvement of the carbon footprint of our housing stock is of vital importance if _______.42. The efficiency of making the 25m existing homes green _______.43. Healthy competition in home improvements will create both jobs and marketplace, while ________.44. Behind the scenes the seller and the banks pay for retro-fitting your home, _______45 In future it is anticipated that we'll be able to buy our groceries and _______.A huge amount of carbon emissions are reduced.B costs less to heat and power the new homes.C we are to reach our targets that legally require carbon reduction.D green up our home in the meanwhile.E has not been paid due attention so far.F building all houses with little or zero carbonG bringing with a variety of home improvements.Part IIIDirections: Read the following text carefully, and translate it into Chinese. Remember to put your answer on Answer Sheet II. (15%)Meanwhile some research is being done to assess what the possible choices might do – new energy economy or not. Electric cars hold greater promise for reducing emissions and lowering U.S. oil imports than a national renewable standard. No cleverness, innovation, or risks –-- going for as much electrified personal transport as possible as a national policy does have two outstanding attributes. The primary one is the reduction in fossil fuel use –-- particularly imports if the administration and congress can get themselves and their liking for regulations and extra taxes under control. Transport fueling could be a U.S. self-sufficient market with some policy incentives and less penalty. The other would be the CO2 emission reduction.That idea is really just a summary of many ideas that are available in a summary used during the conference that runs –-- more than 77 pages – available in a downloadable file.Part IV English Writing (25)Section ADirections: Read the following passage carefully, and you're required to write an abstract in about 100 words. (10%)新媒体时代的阅读我们已经生活在数字化时代，网络数码产品快速融入了普通人的日常生活，阅读大环境也随之发生了巨大的变化。

Test Two答案速查Section One ACBDB CBAAD CACBD CBCADSection Two DBADB CADCB BDDBD BCADC CAEDG答案精析Section ⅠUse of English1. ［答案］A形容词辨析。

A）relaxed意为“放松的，不受拘束的”；B）frustrated意为“失败的”；C）amused意为“开心的”；D）exhausted意为“疲惫的”。

只有A是正确的选项，表明英国人只有和认识的人在一起才会不受拘束。

2. ［答案］C副词辨析。

此句意思是：“当有陌生人在场时，他会紧，甚至局促不安。

”根据句意应选C。

3. ［答案］B动词辨析。

A）experience意为“经历”；B）witness意为“目击”；C）watch 意为“观看”；D）undergo意为“经历，遭受”。

只有witness 能与the truth of this搭配。

4. ［答案］D副词辨析。

空格后的句子显然是对前面的容进行总结，故选D，意为“显然”。

A）Deliberately意为“故意地”；B）Consequently意为“因此”；C）Frequently意为“经常地”。

5. ［答案］B连词辨析。

此句的意思为：“（行为准则）一旦打破”。

故B正确。

6. ［答案］C名词辨析。

此句的意思为：“冒犯者立即遭到批评。

”A）suspicion意为“怀疑”；B）opposition意为“敌对”；C）criticism意为“批评”；D）praise意为“赞扬”。

故C 正确。

7. ［答案］B短语辨析。

have a fancy for意为“喜欢，入迷”，是习惯用语。

8. ［答案］A短语辨析。

此句意思是：“如果有机会，他会详细地谈论它。

”A）at length 意为“详细地”；B）to a great extent意为“很大程度上”；C）from his heart意为“从他的心里”；D）by all means意为“尽一切办法”。

全国研究生入学考试英语（二）摸底测试Section I Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank. Begin doing the work you love as soon as possible,even if you don‘t get 1 for it, or if you can only work at itpart-time. Albert Einstein was unable to get a job as a physics professor. He 2 to himself, ―Well, I just don‘thave the work relative to 3 . Ishould give up on it and settle for something else.‖ 4 , he wrote the two most famous papers while 5 asa patent office worker. 6 that, there was not any major 7 in the world that would not have wanted him towork for them as a professor. If you want to work as an artist and you are 8 as a waiter, don‘t think of yourself as awaiter who 9 one day to become an artist. That puts the 10 you love somewhere off in the distancefuture. Rather, think yourself as 11 , supporting yourself by waiting tables andpaint or draw as much as you can. It is 12 to earn a living wage as a waiter13 24 hours a week. That 14 plenty of time to devote to training or developing your craft in the 15 hours. While seeking the work youit helps to expand your awareness into the universe of all possibilities. You don‘t want to be 16 the ideas of what you should do or what youhave done before. Having opened to 17 possibilities, you can make a final 18 and select the work you love as your own. Doing the work you love 19 that you be equally comfortable with the imaginative and the 20 . It requires the ability to dream big dreams and the ability to face and master all the little details that make dreams come true. 1.  A.done B.started C.praisedD.paid2.   A.could have said B.shouldn‘t have said C.must have said D.may have said3.   A.science B.maths C.physics D.money4.   A.So B.Instead C.Therefore D.And5.   A.employed B.regarded C.worked D.recognized6.A.After  B.Before C.Until D.During7.   A.city B.factory C.university pany8.   A.known B.chosen C.leading a life D.making a living9.   A.thinks B.imagines C.hopes D.decides10.   A.man B.woman C.person D.work11.   A.an artist B.a waiter C.a waitress D.a big potato12.   A.impossible B.possible C.important D.lucky13.   A.working B.worked C.to be working D.to work14.   A.sends B.spares C.leaves D.takes15. A.on B.office C.business D.off16.   A.interested in B.devoted to C.limited to D.troubled by17.   A.no B.all C.few D.both18.   A.decision B.plan C.conclusion D.judge19.   A.suggests B.requires C.insists D.encourages20.   A.necessary B.practical C.careful D.honestSection II Reading Comprehension Part A -Text 1Directions:Read the following four passages. Answer the questions below each passage by choosing A, B, C,D. Too often young people get themselves employed quite by accident, not knowing what lies in the way of opportunity for promotion,happiness and security. As a result, they are employed doing jobs that afford them little or no satisfaction. Our school leavers face so much competition that they seldom care what they do as long as they can earn a living . Some stay long at a job and learn to like it ;others leave one from one to another looking for something to suit them.The young graduates who leave the university look for jobs that offer a salary up to their expectation. Very few go out intothe world knowing exactly what they want and realizing their own abilities. The reason behind all this confusion is that there never has been a proper vocational guidance in our educational institution. Nearly all grope(摸 索) in the dark and their chief concern when they lookfor a job is to ask what salary is like. They never bother to think whether they are suited for the job or, even more important, whether the job suits them.Having a job is more than merely providing yourself and your dependants withdaily bread and some money for leisure and entertainment. It sets a pattern oflife and, in many ways, determines social status in life, selection of friends,leisure and interest. In choosing a career you should first consider the type of work which will suit your interest .Nothing is more pathetic than taking on a job in which you have no interest, for it will not only discourage your desire to succeed in life but also ruin your talents andultimately make you an emotional wreck (受到严重伤害的人)anda bitter person. 21. Few school leavers have plans for the long term when finding jobs because ______   A.they are lowly paid B. they are not well trained C. it is difficult to get employed D. they don't know what they are interested in22. The reason for the difficulty in choosing a suitable job lies mainly in that_____ .   A. much competition has to be faced B. many employees have no working experience C. the young people only care about how much they can earn D. schools fail to offer students appropriate vocational guidance23. Which of the following statements is most important when finding a job according to the passage?   A. Your job must suit your interest. B. Your job must set a pattern of life. C. Your job must offer you a high salary. D. Your job must not ruin your talents.24.The best title for this passage would be ____.   A. What Can A Good Job Offer B. Earning A Living C. Correct Attitude On Job-hunting D. How To Choose A Job25. The word ―pathetic‖in paragraph 2 most probably means ____ . A. splendid B. miserable C. disgusted D. touchingSection II Reading Comprehension PartA-Text 2The rise of the Internet has been one of the most transformative developments inhuman history, comparable in impact to the invention of the printing press and the telegraph. Over two billion people worldwide now have access to vastly more information than ever before, and can communicate with each other instantly,often using Web-connected mobile devices they carry everywhere. But the Internet‘s tremendous impact has only just begun. ―Mass adoption of the Internet is driving one of the most exciting social, cultural, and political transformations in history, and unlike earlier periods of change, this time the effects are fully global,‖Schmidt and Cohen write in their new book The New Digital Age. Perhaps the most profound changes will come when the five billion people worldwide who currently lack Internet access get online. The authors do an excellent job of examining the implications of the Internet revolution for individuals, governments, and institutions like the news media. Perhaps the most profound changes will come when the five billion people worldwide who currently lack Internet access get online. The authors do an excellent job of examining the implications of the Internet revolution for individuals, governments, and institutions like the news media. But if the book has one major shortcoming, it‘s that authors don‘t spend enough time applying a critical eye to the role of Internet businesses in these sweeping changes. In their book, the authors provide the most authoritative volume to date that describes — and more importantly predicts — how the Internet will shape our lives in the coming decades. They paint a picture of a world in whichindividuals, companies, institutions, and governments must deal with two realities, one physical, and one virtual.At the core of the book is the idea that ―technology is neutral, but people aren‘t.‖ By using this concept as a starting point, the authors aim to move beyond the now familiar optimist vs. pessimist dichotomy(对立观点)that has characterized many recent debates about whether the rise ofthe Internet will ultimately be good or bad for society. In an interview with TIME earlier this week, Cohen said although he and his co-author are optimistic about many aspects of the Internet, they‘re also realistic about the risks and dangers that lie ahead when the next five billion people come online,particularly with respect to personal privacy and state surveillance(监视). 26. In what way is the rise of the Internet similar to the invention of the printing press and the telegraph   A.It transforms human history. B.It makes daily communication easy. C.It is adopted by all human beings. D. It revolutionizes people's thinking.27.How do Schmidt and Cohen describe the effects of the Internet?   A. They are immeasurable. B. They are unpredictable C. They are worldwide. D. They are contaminating.28. In what respect is the book The New Digital Age considered inadequate?   A.It fails to recognize the impact of the Internet technology. B.It fails to look into the social implications of the Internet. C.It lacks an objective evaluation of the role of Internet businesses. D.It does not address the technical aspects of Internet communication.29. What will the future be like when everybody gets online?   A.People will be living in two different realities. B.People will have equal access to information. C.People don‘t have to travel to see the world. D.People don‘t have to communicate face to face.30. What does the passage say about the authors of The New Digital Age   A.They leave many questions unanswered concerning the Internet. B.They are optimistic about the future of the Internet revolution. C.They have explored the unknown territories of the virtual world. D.They don‘t take sides in analyzing the effects of the Internet.Section II Reading Comprehension PartA-Text 3In 1950, a young man would have found it much easier than it is today to get and keep a job in the auto industry. And in that year the average autoworker could meet monthly mortgage(抵押贷 款)payments on an average home with just 13.4 percent of his take-homepay. Today a similar mortgage would claim more than twice that share of his monthly eamings. Other members of the autoworker‘s family, however might be less inclined to trade the present for the past. His retired parents would certainly have had less economic security back then. Through-out much of the 1960s,more than aquarter of men and women and women age 65 and older lived below the poverty level, compared to less than 10 percent in 2010. In most stales, his wife could not have taken out a loan or a card in her own name. In 42 states, a homemaker had no legal claim on the earnings of her husband. And nowhere did a wife have legal protection against family violence. Most black workers would not want to return to a time when, on average they earned 40 percent less than their white counterparts(职位相当的人),white racially restrictive agreements largely prevented them from buying into the suburban neighborhoods being built for white working –class families.Today, new problems have emerged in the process of resolving old ones, but the solution is not to go back to the past. Some people may long for an era when divorce was still hard to come by. The spread of no -fault divorce has reduced the bargaining power of whichever spouse is more interested in continuing the relationship. And the breakup of such marriages has caused pain for many families.The growing diversity of family life comes with new possibilities as well as new challenges. According to a recent poll, more than 80 percent of Americans believe that their current family is as close as the one in which they grew up,or closer. Finding ways to imaginary golden age.31.What do we learn about American autoworkers in 1950?∙ A.They had less job security than they do today.∙ B.It was not too difficult for them to buy a house.∙ C.Their earnings were worth twice as much as today.∙ D.They were better off than workers in other industries32. What does the author about retired people today?∙ A.They invariably long to return to the golden past.∙ B.They do not depend so much on social welfare.∙ C.They feel more secure economically than in the past.∙ D.They are usually unwilling to live with their children.33. Why couldn‘t black workers buy a house in a whitc suburban neighborhood ?∙ A.They lacked the means of transportation.∙ B.They were subjected to racial inequality.∙ C.They were afraid to break the law.∙ D.They were too poor to afford it.34. What is the result of no-fault divorce ?∙ A.Divorce is easier to obtain.∙ B.Domestic violence is lessened.∙ C.It causes little pain to either side.∙ D.It contributes to social unrest.35. What does the author suggest society do?∙ A.Get prepared to face any new challenges.∙ B.Try to better the current social security.∙ C.Narrow the gap between blacks and whites.∙ D.Improve the lives of families with problems.Section II Reading Comprehension PartA-Text 4 Obviously television has both advantages and disadvantages.In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also a comparatively cheap one. With aTV set in the family people don‘t have to pay for expensive seats at the theatre, the cinema, or the opera .All they have to so is to push a button orturn a knob, and they can see plays, films, operas and shows of every kind.Some people, however, think that this is where the danger lies. The television viewers need do nothing. He does not even have to use his legs if the has aremote control. He makes no choice and exercises, no judgment. He is completely passive and has everything presented to him without any effort in his part.Television, it is often said, keeps one informed about current events and the latest developments in science and politics. The most distant countries and the strangest customs are brought right into one‘s sitting room. It could be argued that the radio performs this service as well;but on television everything is much more living, much more real. Yet here again there is a danger. The television screenitself has a terrible, almost physical charm for us. We get so used to looking at the movements on it ,so dependent on its pictures, that it begins to control our lives. People are often heard to say that their television sets have broken down and that they have suddenly found that they have far more time to do things and the they have actually begin to talk to each other again. It makes one think, doesn‘t it?There are many other arguments for and against television. We must realize that television itself is neither good nor bad. It is the uses that it is put to that determine its value to society.36. What is the major function of paragraph 1?∙ A. To arouse t he reader‘s concern∙ B. To introduce the theme of the whole passage∙ C. To summarize the whole passage∙ D. To state the primary uses of TV37. Television, as a source of entertainment, is ______.∙ A. not very convenient∙ B. very expensive∙ C. quite dangerous∙ D. relatively cheap38. Why are some people against TV?∙ A. Because TV programs re not interesting∙ B. Because TV viewers are totally passive∙ C. Because TV prices are very high.∙ D. Because TV has both advantages and disadvantages39. One of the most obvious advantages of TV is that ______.∙ A. it keeps us informed∙ B. it is very cheap∙ C. it enables us to have a rest∙ D. it controls our lives40. According to the passage, whether TV is good or not depends on _______ .∙ A. its quality∙ B. people ‘s att itude towards it∙ C. how we use it∙ D. when we use itSection II Reading Comprehension PartBDirections:Directions:The 12,000 members of the Electricity Workers‘ Union on strike last weekand. Since then there has been no electricity. For question 41-45, match the names with the statements below.Mr. Mike Smith:It wasn‘t an easy decision, but we‘ve been asking for a decent wage for years. Now at last people are beginning to listen to us. We‘re only asking fora 25 percent increase in our wages. 250 dollars a week. That‘s all. It‘s pity so many people have to be inconvenienced by out strike. But please don‘t blameus. Blame the government for refusing our claim.Mr. Tom Brown:It‘s totally unreasonable to demand so much money when we are trying desperately to control inflation. If wages go up, so do prices. If we gave into the electricity workers, all the other unions would want more, with the inevitable result that the crisis would become uncontrollable. What we‘retrying to impress upon everybody is that inflation hurts everybody, especially the poor people. We offer theelectricity workers a 10 percent increase. And that‘s already too much. My stand at this meeting will be to persuade the Unionto see reason.Mr. Bob Davis:Everybody will be hurt by this strike, including the electricity workers themselves. The economy will be destroyed and many people will lose their jobs. Already people are saying that the big unions have too much power and shouldn‘t be allowed to strike. O course the electricity want to get more money. Don‘t we all?Mr. Baker:My opinion is ―Get the Army in‖. All the power stations should be managed by the army. The strikers should be thrown into prison. That‘s what this country needs. Why must we all suffer just because a few men are gr eedy?If they don‘t like their jobs, nobody ‗s forcing them to work. They should try and live on 50 dollars a week like I have to. Perhaps they‘d keep their mouths shut then.Miss Slater:Let‘s face it. It‘s neither here nor there. The electricity workers are in a strong position. Perhaps we can‘t do anything bout it. What I say is: let them have their 250 dollars so we can return to work. I mean, the government wastes the taxpayers‘ money all the time on trivial things. How can anyone say 250 dollars is ―too much‖? Pop singers get more. Nurses get less. It‘s just one of those things..41. Mr. Mike Smith∙[A] A 10 % increase is already too much, and I‘m here to persuade the Union to see reason.∙[B] I hope that strikes should be banned in all sectors relating to the nation‘s security and stability.∙[C] We will never go back to work until our goals are achieved.∙[D] I think that the government should give in to the electricity worker‘s demands.∙[E] I strongly suggest that all the power stations should be run by the army and that the strikers should be put into prison.∙[F] I must take you clear that strikes will destroy the economy and that many people will lose their jobs.∙[G] We are forced to call a strike because the government rejected our wage claim.42. Mr. Tom Brown∙[A] A 10 % increase is already too much, and I‘m here to persuade the Union to see reason.∙[B] I hope that strikes should be banned in all sectors relating to the nation‘s security and stability.∙[C] We will never go back to work until our goals are achieved.∙[D] I think that the government should give in to the electricity worker‘s demands.∙[E] I strongly suggest that all the power stations should be run by the army and that the strikers should be put into prison.∙[F] I must take you clear that strikes will destroy the economy and that many people will lose their jobs.∙[G] We are forced to call a strike because the government rejected our wage claim.43.Mr. Bob David∙[A] A 10 % increase is already too much, and I‘m here to pe rsuade the Union to see reason.∙[B] I hope that strikes should be banned in all sectors relating to the nation‘s security and stability.∙[C] We will never go back to work until our goals are achieved.∙[D] I think that the government should give in to the electricity worker‘s demands.∙[E] I strongly suggest that all the power stations should be run by the army and that the strikers should be put into prison.∙[F] I must take you clear that strikes will destroy the economy and that many people will lose their jobs.∙[G] We are forced to call a strike because the government rejected our wage claim.44.Mrs. baker∙[A] A 10 % increase is already too much, and I‘m here to persuade the Union to see reason.∙[B] I hope that strikes should be banned in all sectors relating to the nation‘s security and stability.∙[C] We will never go back to work until our goals are achieved.∙[D] I think that the government should give in to the electricity worker‘s demands.∙[E] I strongly suggest that all the power stations should be run by the army and that the strikers should be put into prison.∙[F] I must take you clear that strikes will destroy the economy and that many people will lose their jobs.∙[G] We are forced to call a strike because the government rejected our wage claim.45. Miss Slater∙[A] A 10 % increase is already too much, and I‘m here to persuade the Union to see reason.∙[B] I hope that strikes should be banned in all sectors relating to the nation‘s security and stability.∙[C] We will never go back to work until our goals are achieved.∙[D] I think that the government should give in to the electricity worker‘s demands.∙[E] I strongly suggest that all the power stations should be run by the army and that the strikers should be put into prison.∙[F] I must take you clear that strikes will destroy the economy and that many people will lose their jobs.∙[G] We are forced to call a strike because the government rejected our wage claim.Section III Translation46.Direction: In this section, there is a text in English. Translate it into Chinese. (15points)The Silk Road was a trade route connecting China and Rurasia which began to emerge in the 2nd century BC. This ancient trade route stated mainly with the trade of silk, hence the name the Silk Road.This trade route was also an important link connecting ancient Chinese civilization with that of other countries across Asia and Europe. It was through the Silk Road that ancient China‘s Four Great Inventions, namely papermaking, gunpower, compass, and printing, were spread to the rest of the world.公元前2世纪，丝绸之路是连接中国和公元前2世纪，丝绸之路是连接中国和中亚地区的必经之道。