2013年考研英语二真题(1).pdf

绝密启用前英语（二）英语（二）（科目代码：204）考生注意事项1.答题前，考生须在试题册指定位置上填写考生编号和考生姓名；在答题卡指定位置上填写报考单位、考生姓名和考生编号，并涂写考生编号信息点。2.考生须把试题册上的“试卷条形码”粘贴条取下，粘贴在答题卡的“试卷条形码粘贴位置”框中。不按规定粘贴条形码而影响评卷结果的，责任由考生自负。3.选择题的答案必须涂写在答题卡相应题号的选项上，非选择题的答案必须书写在答题卡指定位置的边框区域内。超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题册上答题无效。4.填（书）写部分必须使用黑色字迹签字笔书写，字迹工整、笔迹清楚；涂写部分必须使用 2B 铅笔填涂。5.考试结束，将答题卡和试题册按规定交回。（以下信息考生必须认真填写）考生编号考生姓名2013年全国硕士研究生招生考试关注公众号【考研题库】保存更多高清资料2013年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语（二）试题Directions:Section I Use of English Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)Given the advantages of electronic money,you might think that we would move quickly to the cashless society in which all payments are made electronically.1,a true cashless society is probably not around the comer.Indeed,predictions have been 2 for two decades but have not yet come to fruition.For example,Business Week predicted in 1975 that electronic means of payment would soon revolutionize the very 3 of money itself,only to 4 itself several years later.Why has the movement to a cashless society been so 5 in coming?Although electronic means of payment may be more efficient than a payments system based on paper,several factors work 6 the disappearance of the paper system.First,it is very 7 to set up the computer,card reader,and telecommunications networks necessary to make electronic money the义 form of payment.Second,paper checks have the advantage that they 9 receipts,something that many consumers are unwilling to 10.Third,the use of paper checks gives consumers several days of float it takes several days 11 a check is cashed and funds are 12 from the issuers account,which means that the writer of the check can earn interest on the funds in the meantime.13 electronic payments arc in皿ediate,they eliminate the float for the consumer.Fourth,electronic means of payment may 14 security and privacy concerns.We often hear media reports that an unauthorized hacker has been able to access a computer database and to alter information 15 there.The fact that this is not an_l_Q occurrence means that dishonest persons might be able to access bank accounts in electronic payments systems and 17 from someone elses accounts.The 18 of this type of fraud is no easy task,and a new field of computer science is developing to.2.security issues.A further concern is that the use of electronic means of payment leaves an electronic 20 that contains a large amount of personal data.There are concerns that government,employers,and marketers might be able to access these data,thereby violating our privacy.-1-关注公众号【考研题库】保存更多高清资料1.A MoreoverB HoweverC ThereforeD Otherwise2.A offB backC overD around3.A powerB conceptC historyD role4.A reverseB resistC resumeD reward5.A silentB suddenC slowD steady6.A forB againstC withD on7.A expensiveB imaginative C sensitiveD productive8.A similarB original C temporaryD dominant9.A collectB copyC provideD print10.A give upB take over C bring backD pass down11.A beforeBafterC sinceD when12.A keptB borrowedC withdrawnD released13.A UnlessB BecauseC UntilD Though14.A hideB expressC easeD raise15.A analyzedB sharedC storedD displayed16.A unsafeB unnaturalC unclearD uncommon17.A stealB chooseC benefitD return18.A consideration B preventionC manipulationDjustification19.A call for20.A chunkPart A Directions:B fight against C adapt toB chipC trailD cope withD pathSection II Reading Comprehension Read the following four texts.Answer the questions after each text by choosing A,B,C or D.Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.(40 points)-2-关注公众号【考研题库】保存更多高清资料Text 1 In an essay entitled Making It in America,the author Adam Davidson relates a joke from cotton country about just how much a modern textile mill has been automated:The average mill has only two employees today,a man and a dog.The man is there to feed the dog,and the dog is there to keep the man away from the machines.Davidsons article is one of a number of pieces that have recently appeared making the point that the reason we have such stubbornly high unemployment and declining middle-class incomes today is largely because of the big drop in demand because of the Great Recession,but it is also because of the advances in both globalization and the information technology revolution,which are more rapidly than ever replacing labor with machines or foreign workers.In the past,workers with average skills,doing an average job,could earn an average lifestyle.But,today,average is officially over.Being average just wont earn you what it used to.It cant when so many more employers have so much more access to so much more above average cheap foreign labor,cheap robotics,cheap software,cheap automation and cheap genius.Therefore,everyone needs to find their extratheir unique value contribution that makes them stand out in whatever is their field of employment.Yes,new technology has been eating jobs forever,and always will.But theres been an acceleration.As Davidson notes,In the 10 years ending in 2009,U.S.factories shed workers so fast that they erased almost all the gains of the previous 70 years;roughly one out of every three manufacturing jobsabout 6 million in totaldisappeared.There will always be changenew jobs,new products,new services.But the one thing we know for sure is that with each advance in globalization and the I.T.revolution,the best jobs will require workers to have more and better education to make themselves above average.In a world where average is officially over,there are many things we need to do to support employment,but nothing would be more important than passing some kind of G.I.Bill for the 2l8t century that ensures that every American has access to posthigh school education.-3-关注公众号【考研题库】保存更多高清资料21.The joke in Paragraph 1 is used to illustrate.A the impact of technological advancesB the alleviation of job pressureC the shrinkage of textile millseclme of middle-class mcomesD the d 22.According to Paragraph 3,to be a successful employee,one has to.A work on cheap softwareB ask for a moderate salaryC adopt an average lifestyleD contribute something unique23.The quotation in Paragraph 4 explains that.A gains of technology have been erasedB job opportunities are disappearing at a high speedC factories are making much less money than beforeD new jobs and services have been offered24.According to the author,to reduce unemployment,the most important isA to accelerate the I.T.revolutionB to ensure more education for peopleC to advance economic globalizationD to pass more bills in the 21st century25.Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the text?A New Law Takes Effect.B Technology Goes Cheap.C Average Is Over.D Recession Is Bad.-4-关注公众号【考研题库】保存更多高清资料Text2 A century ago,the immigrants from across the Atlantic included settlers and sojourners.Along with the many folks looking to make a permanent home in the United States came those who had no intention to stay,and who would make some money and then go home.Between 1908 and 1915,about 7 million people arrived while about 2 million departed.About a quarter of all Italian immigrants,for example,eventually returned to Italy for good.They even had an affectionate nickname,uccelli di passaggio,birds of passage.Today,we are much more rigid about immigrants.We divide newcomers into two categories:legal or illegal,good or bad.We hail them as Americans in the making,or brand them as aliens to be kicked out.That framework has contributed mightily to our broken immigration system and the long political paralysis over how to fix it.We dont need more categories,but we need to change the way we think about categories.We need to look beyond strict definitions of legal and illegal.To start,we can recognize the new birds of passage,those living and thriving in the gray areas.We might then begin to solve our immigration challenges.Crop pickers,violinists,construction workers,entrepreneurs,engineers,home health-care aides and physicists are among todays birds of passage.They are energetic participants in a global economy driven by the flow of work,money and ideas.They prefer to come and go as opportunity calls them.They can manage to have a job in one place and a family in another.With or without permission,they straddle laws,jurisdictions and identities with ease.We need them to imagine the United States as a place where they can be productive for a while without committing themselves to staying forever.We need them to feel that home can be both here and there and that they can belong to two nations honorably.Accommodating this new world of people in motion will require new attitudes on both sides of the immigration battle.Looking beyond the culture war logic of right or wrong means opening up the middle ground and understanding that managing immigration today requires multiple paths and multiple outcomes,including some that are not easy to accomplish legally in the existing system.-5-关注公众号【考研题库】保存更多高清资料26.Birds of passage refers to those who.A stay in a foreign country temporarily B leave their home countries for good C immigrate across the Atlantic D find permanent jobs overseas 27.It is implied in Paragraph 2 that the current immigration system in the US A needs new immigrant categories B has loosened control over immigrants C should be adapted to meet challenges D has been fixed via political means 28.According to the author,todays birds of passage want.A financial incentives B a global recognition C the freedom to stay and leave D opportunities to get regular jobs 29.The author suggests that the birds of passage today should be treated.A as faithful partners B with legal tolerance C with economic favors D as mighty rivals 30.The most appropriate title for this text would be.A Come and Go:Big Mistake B Living and Thriving:Great Risk C With or Without:Great Risk D Legal or Illegal:Big Mistake-6-关注公众号【考研题库】保存更多高清资料Text3 Scientists have found that although we are prone to snap overreactions,if we take a moment and think about how we are likely to react,we can reduce or even eliminate the negative effects of our quick,hard-wired responses.Snap decisions can be important defense mechanisms;if we are judging whether someone is dangerous,our brains and bodies are hard-wired to react very quickly,within milliseconds.But we need more time to assess other factors.To accurately tell whether someone is sociable,studies show,we need at least a minute,preferably five.It takes a while to judge complex aspects of personality,like neuroticism or open-mindedness.But snap decisions in reaction to rapid stimuli arent exclusive to the interpersonal realm.Psychologists at the University of Toronto found that viewing a fast-food logo for just a few milliseconds primes us to read 20 percent faster,even though reading has little to do with eating.We unconsciously associate fast food with speed and impatience and carry those impulses into whatever else were doing,Subjects exposed to fast-food flashes also tend to think a musical piece lasts too long.Yet we can reverse such influences.If we know we will overreact to consumer products or housing options when we see a happy face(one reason good sales representatives and real estate agents are always smiling),we can take a moment before buying.If we know female job screeners are more likely to reject attractive female applicants,we can help screeners understand their biasesor hire outside screeners.John Gottman,the marriage expert,explains that we quickly thin slice information reliably only after we ground such snap reactions in thick sliced longterm study.When Dr.Gottman really wants to assess whether a couple will stay together,he invites them to his island retreat for a much longer evaluation:two days,not two seconds.Our ability to mute our hard-wired reactions by pausing is what differentiates us from animals:dogs can think about the future only intermittently or for a few minutes.But historically we have spent about 12 percent of our days contemplating the longer term.Although technology might change the way we react,it hasnt changed our nature.We still have the imaginative capacity to rise above temptation and reverse the high-speed trend.-7-关注公众号【考研题库】保存更多高清资料31.The time needed in making decisions may.A predetermine the accuracy of our judgmentB prove the complexity of our brain reactionC depend on the importance of the assessmentD vary according to the urgency of the situation32.0 ur react10n to a fast-food logo shows that snap dec1s10ns.A can be associativeB are not unconsciousC can be dangerousD are not impulsive33 T.o reverse the negative influences of snap dec1s10ns,we should.A trust our first impressionB think before we actC do as people usually doD ask for expert advice34.John Gattman says that reliable snap reactions are based on.A critical assessmentB thin sliced studyC adequate informationD sensible explanation35.The authors attitude toward reversing the high-speed trend is.A tolerantB optimistic C uncertainD Doubtful-8-关注公众号【考研题库】保存更多高清资料Text4 Europe is not a gender-equality heaven.In particular,the corporate workplace will never be completely family-friendly until women are part of senior management decisions,and Europes top corporate-governance positions remain overwhelmingly male.Indeed,women hold only 14 per cent of positions on European corporate boards.The European Union is now considering legislation to compel corporate boards to maintain a certain proportion of womenup to 60 per cent.This proposed mandate was born of frustration.Last year,European Commission Vice President Viviane Reding issued a call to voluntary action.Reding invited corporations to sign up for gender balance goals of 40 per cent female board membership.But her appeal was considered a failure:only 24 companies took it up.Do we need quotas to ensure that women can continue to climb the corporate ladder fairly as they balance work and family?Personally,I dont like quotas,Reding said recently.But I like what the quotas do.Quotas get action:they open the way to equality and they break through the glass ceiling,according to Reding,a result seen in France and other countries with legally binding provisions on placing women in top business positions.I understand Redings reluctanceand her frustration.I dont like quotas either;they run counter to my belief in meritocracy,governance by the capable.But,when one considers the obstacles to achieving the meritocratic ideal,it does look as if a fairer world must be temporarily ordered.After all,four decades of evidence has now shown that corporations in Europe as well as the US are evading the meritocratic hiring and promotion of women to top positionsno matter how much soft pressure is put upon them.When women do break through to the summit of corporate poweras,for example,Sheryl Sandberg recently did at Facebookthey attract massive attention precisely because they remain the exception to the rule.If appropriate public policies were in place to help all womenwhether CEOs or their childrens careg