考研英语（二）模拟试卷142

考研英语（二）模拟试卷142

一、完型填空（本题共20题，每题7.0分，共20分。）

Ifyouwanttosucceed,youhavetobepassionate[Cl]yourwork.Ilhastobe

true.[C2]speakersaroundtheglobesayso.Theprestigiousconsultingfirm

Deloittequantifieditinareportthatsaid,"Upto87.7percentofAmerica'sworkforceis

notabletocontribute[C3]theirfullpotentialbecausetheydon'thave

enthusiasmfortheirwork."Enthusiasmforyourworkintensifiesfocus,providesthe

drivetopersistwhenchallenges[C4],andenablescreativity.Itisalso

importanttoremember[C5]passioncanfadeandrelationshipswithtoomuch

ofitearlyoncanresult[C6]disillusionment.Youseethisatworkwhena

formerly"passionate1'employeebecomesjadedandcynicalbecausethingsjustaren'tas

theyusedtobeinthepast.Ifyouarefortunatetoworkeverydayatacareerorjobabout

whichyouarepassionate.[C7]yourselflucky.Therealityis,accordingtothe

Deloittestudy,there[C8]thatmanypeoplewhoareenthusiasticaboutwhat

theydo.Youcan'teasilytossthedispassionatemassesasideandhireallnewpeoplewho

areinlovewithwhatyoudo.[C9],somejobsandindustriesjustdon'telicit

passion.Manycompaniesneedpeopletoperformjobsthatneverappearonanyone's

mostdesirablelist.Theyareoftenphysicallychallenging,somewhatmonotonous,and

providelowwages.Theymayhavelimited[CIO]fbradvancement,andthey

existinindustriesthatareprofitablebutnotsexy.Oneofmymanufacturingclients

perfectly[Cl1]thisdescription,anddespitethedifficultenvironment,people

show[C12]anddoagreatjobeveryday.Theyaren'tparticularlycrazyabout

theirjobs,buttheyaredrivenbyanimmenseprideintheirperformance.Apositive

[C13]ofprideisgroundedinhumility.Itestablishesandmaintainsareputation

forexcellence.Pridedoesn't[C14]shortcuts,andmostimportant,itmaintains

highstandardswhenpassionforthejobhasdiminished.Atthe[C15]ofthe

day,youcan'tignoretheimpactofpassion.Virtually[C16]raisestheirhands

whenIaskseminarparticipantsiftheywoulddotheiridealjobsforlessthanonepercent

ofwhattheymaketoday.Weshould,however,paymoreattention[C17]pride.

Pridespeakstocharacter,andcharacterisanexcellentindicatorofthequalityand

commitmentofthework.Dr.MartinLutherKing,Jr.said:"Ifamaniscalledtobea

streetsweeper,heshouldsweepstreets[C18]asMichelangelopainted,or

Beethovencomposedmusic,orShakespearewrotepoetry.Heshouldsweepstreetsso

wellthatallthehostsofheavenandearthwill[09]tosay,herelivedagreat

streetsweeperwhodidhisjobwell."MostassumethatDr.Kingwastalkingaboutthe

importanceofpassion[C20]ofthestatusofyourposition.Perhaps,however,

wemissedtherealmessageabouthavingpersonalprideinyourperformance.

1、[ci]

A^in

B、about

C、from

D、

标准答案：B

知识点解析：搭配题。和passionale搭配的介词只有aboul,表示“喜欢；对……有

激情

2、[C2]

A、Motivated

Motivational

C、Motivating

D、Motivate

标准答案：B

知识点解析：词汇辨析题。此处缺形容词，motivate为动词，排除|D|。motivating

为动词现在分词形式，作定语时一般接force,合起来意为“驱动力”。而

motivational意为“激发积极性的"，如motivationalspeeches；amotivationalspeaker

等。

3、LC3J

A、to

B、down

C、in

D、from

标准答案：A

知识点解析：搭配题。根据contribute的用法可知，contribute一般只跟I。或者

toward*搭配.并且有不同含义ccontributesth.to/towardssth.....奉献

出……”；contributet。sth.“对某事起促进作用”,此处的意思为“为……做出贡

献”。

4、[C4]

A、rise

B、arise

C、raise

D、arisen

标准答案：B

知识点解析:词汇辨析题。[A]rise意为“（数量、价值等）增加“；©raise意为"（将数

量、价格等人为）提升（到一定水平）【B[arise意为"（问题、困难、挑战等）出现”。

该时间状语从句的主语为challenges,所以动词应当选arise,意为“挑战出现一

5、[C5]

A、how

where

C>that

D、why

标准答案：c

知识点解析：语义关系题。此处为主语从句，it为形式主语，that后的内容为

remember的宾语，lorememberlhal+宾语从句（真正的宾语），主要用来陈述事实。

该句的意思是“同样重要的是，请记住激情会消退，而一段感情的初期如果充满了

太多的激情，可能会以失望而收场。

6、[C6]

A、in

B、from

C、to

D^on

标准答案：A

知识点解析：搭配题。考查动词resull的短语结构和用法。含有resull的动词短语

只有两个，resultin意为“导致……的结果"，而resultfrom…则是“由……而引起”的

意思。原文中disillusionment指早期激情过剩导致的"幻想破灭"，囚而答案是resull

ino

7、[C7]

A、regard

B、think

C>consider

D、believe

标准答案：C

知识点解析：搭配题cconsideryourself+adj.是动词+宾语+补语的固定搭配,原文

意思里自认为是幸运的”，而其他选项均没有类似用法，regardsbas+adj.,这里的

as为副词；thinkof+sb+as+adj.；believesbtobe+adj.。

8、[C8]

A、are

B、were

C、aren't

D、weren't

标准答案：C

知识点解析：逻辑关系题。首先是that作为程度副词，常用于否定句，含义是“那

么这句话是说，在现实生活中，有激情的人并没有那么多，从逻辑关系上分

析，后文是Youcan'teasilytossthedispassionatemassesaside,整段时态都是现在

时。从句意上讲也没有过去的含义，因此选择aren't。

9、［C9］

A^Likely

B、Likeless

C、Likeable

D、Likewise

标准答案：D

知识点解析：词汇辨析题。此处句首缺副词。［AILikely虽可用作形容词“可能的；

可能会发生的；可能是真的“，但也可作副词“很有可能地“，相当于probably,与

上下文逻辑关系不太吻合。IBJLikeless在英语中是不存在的；［C］Likeable为形容

词，意思是“可爱的，讨人喜欢的"；［D］Likewise是副词，意为“同样地；同样的道

理”，符合文意，为正确答案。

10、［C10］

A、chance

B、choice

C、time

D、room

标准答案：D

知识点解析：诃汇辨析题。和for搭配的只有room,原文意为“进步空间有限、

11、［C11］

A、gives

B、fits

C、defies

D、beggars

标准答案：B

知识点解析：词汇辨析题。此句承接上一段，用作者的一位客户作为例子，说明有

激情的员「应该是什么样的(fiKthisdescription)0选项中四个单词都可以和

description搭配，但是［A］gives指“提供了这一描述"，而［C］和［D|defy/beggar

descriplion为固定词组，意为“无法形容”，虽然语法基本正确，但含义与上下文不

符。

12、［C12］

A、off

out

C、over

D、up

标准答案：D

知识点解析：搭配题。|A|showoff意为“炫耀［B］showsomebodyout意为“把某人

送出去“，［C］showsomebodyoversomething为英式动词短语，意为"(正式)带某人

参观……从上下文判断，人们上班出勤，然后完成一天的工作，因而答案选

［D］showup”露面；出现

13、［C13］

A^matter

B、sense

C、source

D、swelling

标准答案：B

知识点解析：词义辨析题。asenseof...是非常常见的短语，意为“一种……的感

觉此句话的意思为：积极的自豪感根植于谦逊。matter要和of搭配时应该是as

/beamatterof,意为“事关...，作为/是个...的问题“；asourceof…意为

“……的来源”，这两个短语在句中含义牵强。［D］swelling“肿胀”不能和of搭配。

14、［C14］

A、cross

B、go

C、travel

D、take

标准答案：D

知识点解析：搭配题。一般用短语take/knowashortcutto...来表示“走/知道一条

到……的捷径'、，其他选项的表述是中式英语。

15、［C15］

A、beginning

B、end

C、front

D、middle

标准答案：B

知识点解析：搭配题。iheendoftheday是英式英语电的一个惯用语，意思是“总

而言之：归根结底其他表示一天中的什么时候.和文意不符.均为错误答案c

16、［C16］

A、all

everyone

C、none

D、someone

标准答案：B

知识点解析：词义辨析题。|A|all作为不定代词，其后的谓语动词形式有单复数之

分，需视具体情况而定。［B［everybody代词，指每个人,即所有人。［C］none常用

于noneof...结构，一般代指什么（一个）都没有；而［DJsomcone“某人”不合逻辑、语

义混乱。

17、[C17]

A、for

B、of

C^on

D、to

标准答案：D

知识点解析：搭配题。［D］payattentionto…“关注...”是固定搭配，其余选项均错

、口

哄。

18、［C18］

A、even

B>so

C、such

D、like

标准答案：A

知识点解析：词汇辨析题。even是起到强调作用的副词，在此句中意为“甚至

像……一样做事［B］soas后不可接句子，只能接带to的动词不定式。［C］such

as"比如……”只接短语,不能接句子。［DJlikeas在英语中,没有这样的搭配。

19、［C191

A、happy

B、hate

C、must

D、pause

标准答案：D

知识点解析：词汇辨析题。此句缺少动词，而［A］h叩py是形容词；［C］musl是情态

动词，不可接to。根据文中句子的意思，此处应该是pausetosay“停下来说”的意

思，而非hatetosay”讨厌说

20、［C20］

A、despite

B、dismiss

C、regardless

D、regarding

标准答案：C

知识点解析：词汇辨析题。［A］despile直接跟名词或者动名词，不与。f连用，相当

于inspiteof。［B］dismiss"不予考虑：清除”，是及物动词。四个选项中，能与of搭

配的只有|C［regardless,短语含义为“无论regarding为介词，意为“与……有

关”，句意不符、词法有误。

二、阅读（常规阅读理解）（本题共20题，每题1.0

分,共20分。）

Ifyou'veeverpushedbackyourbedtimetowatchjustonemoreepisodeofOrangeIsthe

NewBlack,orlayinbedwide-eyedafterstreamingthreeexhilaratinghoursofGameof

Thrones,thisnewresearchprobablywon*tsurpriseyou.AnewstudyintheJournalof

ClinicalSleepMedicineisthefirsttolinkbinge-watchingwithpoorersleepquality,more

fatigue,andincreasedinsomnia.Notonlydoeson-demandTVtemptustokeepwatching

episodeafterepisode,saythestudy'sauthors,buttheshowsarealsodesignedtodrawus

in,boostsuspense,andemotionallyinvestinplotlinesandcharacters.Thiscanleadto

excitementandincreasedarousal,theresearchshows,whichcantranslateinto"increased

cognitivealertness"andconsequentlyaninabilitytogettheshuteyeyouneed.

Interestingly,norelationshipwasfoundbetweensleepproblemsandregulartelevision

watching,duringwhichviewerstypicallyswitchfromoneprogramtoanother.Co-author

JanVandenBuick,PhD,professorofcommunicationstudiesattheUniversityof

Michigan,sayshisstudydoesnotprovethatbinge-watchingdirectlyaffectssleep

quality,butitprovidesgoodevidencethatthetwoarelinked.Thereareseveralwaysin

whichstreamingshowsmightkeepusfromscoringslumber,headds.Thestudyinvolved

423youngadults,ages18to25,whocompletedonlinesurveysabouthowoftenthey

watchedtelevision,bothconventionalTVandstreamingservices.Theywerealsoasked

howfrequentlythey"binge-watched'*shows,definedaswatchingmultipleconsecutive

episodesofthesameshowinonesitting,onanytypeofscreen.Theyalsoanswered

questionsabouttheirsleepqualityandhowtired(oralert)theyfeltthroughouttheday.

Morethan80%oftheparticipantsidentifiedthemselvesasbingewatchers,with20%of

thatgroupbinge-watchingatleastafewtimesaweekinthepreviousmonth.Alittle

morethanhalfofbinge-watcherssaidtheytendedtoviewthreetofourepisodesinone

sitting,andtheaveragebingesessionwasjustover3hours.Menbingedlessfrequently

thanwomen,buttheirviewingsessionswerenearlytwiceaslongonaverage.

21、Whatdoesbinge-watchingmeaninParagraph1?

A^ConsumingalcoholwhilewatchingTV.

B、WatchingpoorlymadeTVprograms.

C^WatchingTVforanexcessiveperiodoftime.

D^DownloadingTVprogramsillegally.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：词义理解题。从上下文可以推断出binge-watching一词的意思，第一

段开始用了两个电视剧的例子，假如你为了看《女子监狱》延迟了睡觉时间或是看

了三个小时令人振奋的《权力的游戏》后躺在床上非常清醒，那这项新研究可能就

不会让你吃惊了。从这两个例子可知，疯狂看电视和睡眠差相关，故答案选[C]“看

电视时间过量选项[A]“边看电视边喝酒"，[B]“看制作糟糕的电视”，[D]“非法下

载电视节目“，均不合题意。

22、Whatcouldbetheharmof"increasedcognitivealertness"?

A、Theshowsarcdesignedtoattractviewers.

B、On-demandTVleadstomorepeopleindulgedinTV.

C>Peopleexperienceextremeexcitementandsadness.

D^Somepeopleareunabletofallasleep.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：细节题。由increasedcognilivealerme小可以定位到第二段最后一句，

“文章研究表明，这会让我们兴奋、睡不着，能够造成'强化认知清醒'，最终使人

们做不到闭眼休息。”因此可知，“强化认知清醒”带来的后果就是睡不着觉。

[A]“这些节目是为了吸引观众而设计的“，[B]“点播电视诱惑我们看更多电视”，虽

然这两点也在这一段提及，但这是“强化认知清醒”产生的原因，逻辑错误；[C]“人

们经历极度的兴奋和悲伤”，文章没有提到。

23WhatdoesthestudysayabouttherelationbetweenwatchingTVandsleep?

A^Regulartelevisionwatchinginducesinsomnia.

B>Binge-watchingdirectlyaffectssleepquality.

C^Switchingfromoneprogramtoanotherleadslowersleepquality.

D^Binge-watchingissomehowlinkedwithsleepquality.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：细节题。答案可定位到第三段和第四段。第三段说，“正常看电视不

会导致睡眠问题，正常看电视也就是指一般看电视的时候，观众会从一个台换到另

一个台。因此[A]“正常看电视会导致失眠”和[C]“换台会降低睡眠质量”错误。第四

段说，研究没有证明疯狂刷剧会直接影响睡眠，但却为两者之间的关系提供了很好

的证据。因此[B:疯狂刷剧会直接影响睡眠”错误。

24、Theresultsofstudyshowsthat.

A、Themajorityoftheparticipantsarebingewatchers

B、Womentendtohavemoreself-controloverthefrequencyofbinge-watching

C、ConventionalTVattractmorebinge-watchersthanstreamingservices

D、Youngadultstendtohavemoresleepproblemsthanolderpeople

标准答案：A

知识点解析：细节题。答案可定位到最后两段。最后一段说，“80%以上的受试者

认为自己是疯狂刷剧达人”，由此可知选项[A]“多数受试者是疯狂刷剧达人”正确。

[R]“女性对于疯狂刷剧的频率自捽力较强”与原文柞反：[C]“传统电视比流媒体吸引

的受众多''和[D]"年轻人比年纪大的人睡得多”，都没有提到。

25、Whatisthispassagemainlyabout?

A、Themethodsofavoidbinge-watching.

B、Themethodsofraisingsleepquality.

C、Therelationbetweenbinge-watchingandsleep.

D、Therelationbetweenbinge-watchingandagegroups.

标准答案：c

知识点常析：主旨题。全文的大意是一项新研究首次将疯狂刷剧与睡眠质量差、疲

劳以及失眠联系在一起，主要讲了连续刷剧与睡眠之间的关系，故[C]正确。

Beforetheglobalfinancialcrisis,emergingeconomieslikeChinaaspiredto"decouple"

themselvesfromtherichworld,hopingthatlocaldemandandregionaltradewould

sustainthemevenifWesternmarketsfaltered.Afterthecrisis,richeconomiesaspiredto

couplethemselveswithChina,oneofthefewsourcesofgrowthinamoribundworld.

Car-makersinGermany,iron-oreminersinAustraliaandmilk-powdermakersinNew

ZealandallbenefitedenormouslyfromexportstotheMiddleKingdom.Everycompany

neededaChinastorytotell.ButasChinaslowsandAmericagraduallyrecovers,those

storiesarebecominglesscompelling.Someofthemareturningintocautionarytales.

ExposuretoChinadoesnotalwaysendearafirmtoinvestors,asGlaxoSmithKline,a

Britishpharmaceuticalgiantembroiledinacorruptionscandalinthecountry,isnow

discovering.AsaroughgaugeofmultinationalexposuretoChinaTheEconomistin2010

introduedthe"Sinode-pendencyindex”(中国依赖指数),aslockmarketindexthat

weightsAmericanmultinationalsaccordingtotheirChinarevenues.Thelatestversionof

theindexincludesmanyofthemembercompaniesoftheS&P500index(美国标准普尔

500指数)thatprovideausablegeographicalbreakdownoftheirrevenues.Thebiggest

membersofthe"Sinodependencyindex"areApple,withan11%weightin2013,

followedbyQualcomm(8.3%)andIntel(7%).Thetopthreefirmsintheindexaremore

dependentonChinanowthantheywere.Chinaaccountedfor11.2%oftheirrevenues

onaveragein2015,comparedwith9.8%in2009.Althoughthedependencehasrisen,the

rewardsofmembersofthe"Sinodependencyindex"havenot.Afterhandily

outperformingtheS&P500benchmarkfrom2009to2011,theSinodependencyindex

hassincestruggledtokeeppace.Sofarthisyearithasrisenby9.6%,Thatisfarbetter

thanChina'sownstockmarkets,whichhavefallenbyover9%.Butbothhavebeen

overshadowedbythemuchstrongerperformanceoftheconventionalS&P500index,

whichisupby18%.Perhapsthe367S&P500companiesthatarenotinourindexshould

loudlyproclaimtheirSino-in-dependence.

26、Theemergingeconomieswanttodecouplethemselvesfromrichcountries

because.

A、theydon'twanttobeeconomicallydependentonrichcountries

B、theyhaveenoughresourcesandcapitalstosupportthemselves

C>theyareunabletocompetewitheconomicpowerslikeGermanyorAustralia

D、theycannotevenmeetthelocalandregionaldemand

标准答案：A

知识点解析；细节题。根据关键词decouple可以定位到第一段；“在全球金融危机

前，像中国这样的新兴经济体一直不愿同发达国家掺和在一起，他们希望拉动内部

需求，促进区域内贸易，这样即使在西方市场衰退之际也能保持经济发展。''选项

[B]“新兴国家有足够的资源和资金支持自身发展”用[C]“他们无法与经济强国如德国

和澳大利亚竞争”均没有提到。[D]“它们无法满足地区需求”，与文章意思相反，

27>TheexampleofGlaxoSmithKlineshowsthat.

A、ForeigncompaniesarefacingdiscriminationinChina

B、Chinaistakingtoughmeasurestotacklebribery

C、Chinadoesnotnecessarilymeanaheavenforforeigncompanies

D、ForeigncompaniesaredesperatetopulloutofChina

标准答案：c

知识点解析：细节题。艰据关键词GlaxoSmithKline可以定位到第二段。葛兰素史

克的例子是为了证明中国市场也并不那么吸引人了，一些公司在中国的发展境遇起

了警示作用。［A］“外资公司在中国面临歧视"，［B］”中国正在采取措施打击行贿”和

［D］”外资公司迫切撤离中国“，均不合题意。

28、Whatdocstheauthorsayaboutthetopthreefirmsofthe"Sinodcpcndcncyindex”?

A、TheyhaveexpandedtheiroperationinChina.

TheyhavesufferedfromintensecompetitioninChina.

C、TheyarcincreasinglydependentonChinesemarket.

D、TheytellcautionarytalesaboutinvestinginChina.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：细节题。艰据关键词topthreefirms定位到第四段。第四段通过一系

列数据表明，莘果、高通和英特尔这三家在“中国依赖指数''上排名前三的公司越来

越依赖中国市场。选项［A厂它们扩大了在中国的经营"，［B］“它们在中国市场遭遇

激烈竞争''和［D］“它们告诫在中国投资要谨慎”，均不合题意。

29、Since2011,the"Sinodependencyindex"has.

A、performedevenworsethanChina'sownstockmarkets

B、performedbetterthantheS&P500benchmark

C、risenfasterthantheS&P500index

D、beenovertakenbytheconventionalS&P500index

标准答案：D

知识点解析：细节题。根据Since2011可以定位到最后一段，该段数据较多，需要

仔细比对：“中国依赖指数”在2009年到2011年轻松高出标准普尔500基准指数，

之后，便赶不上了；但是，它的表现还是要比中国的股票市场好得多。所以，自从

2011年后，选项中国依赖指数，被传统的标准普尔500基准指数超越”，是正

确的。

30、Whatcanbeinferredfromthelastsentence?

A、TheUSencouragesitsdomesticfirmstocomehome.

B、Chinahaslostitsadvantageinexportmarket.

C、China'sstockmarketisfallingapart.

D、Chinahaslostsomeofitsappealtosomeforeigncompanies.

标准答案：D-

知识点解析：推断题。最后一句话是“也许另外367家不在，中国依赖指数，覆盖范

围内的标普500企业能骄傲地声称他们对中国一点都不依赖”，说明中国对于外企

的吸引力有所降低。［A］美国鼓励美国企业回本土”，［B「中国失去了在国际出口市

场的竞争力''和［C］”中国股票市场正在崩溃”，文中都没提到。

Oneofourexpectationsabouteducationisthatitwillpayoffintermsofupward

mobility.Historically,theconelationbetweeneducationandincomehasbeenstrong.

Butintheearly1970sacontradictiondevelopedbetweeneducationandtheeconomy.

OurvalueofeducationandouraverageeducalionalattainmenloulstripDedihecapacity

oftheeconomytoabsorb［hegraduates.Sincethe1970s,high-schoolgraduateshave

experiencedastrikingdecreaseinearnings,makingthemthefirstgenerationsinceWorld

WarIItofacealowerstandardoflivingthantheirparentshad.Expertshavearguedthat

thiscontradictionisattheheartoftheproblemofpubliceducationtoday.Business

leadersclaimthattheschoolsarefailingtoproperlyeducatestudents,thattheyare

turningoutyoungpeoplewhoareinadequatelypreparedtofunctionintheworkplace.

Therealproblemisadearthofeconomicopportunitiesforstudentswhoarenot

continuingontocollege.Collegegraduatesalsoarehavingdifficultyfindingjobs.Even

whentheydo,thejobsmaynotbecommensuratetotheirtrainingandexpectations.Part

oftheproblemisthattoomanyyoungAmericansaspiretohaveprofessionaljobs,

makingdisappointmentandfrustrationinevitableforsome.Manystudentsassumedihat

whatwastrueofanindividual—thatthehighertheeducation,thebetterthejob

opportunities—wouldalsobetruetoranentiresociety.Butwhenthenumbersofbetter-

educatedyoungpeoplebecametoogreat,theeconomycouldnolongerabsorbthem.

Anotherpartoftheproblemistheassumptionthatgreatereducationalattainment

guaranteescareeradvancement.Infact,employersdonotroutinelyrewardeducational

attainment;rather,theyrewarditonlywhentheybelieveitwillcontributetothe

employee'sproductivity.Wcshouldnotoverlookthefactthatthereisstillastrong

correlationbetweeneducation,occupation,andincome.Collegegraduateshaveastrong

advantageoverthosewithlesseducation.Butthepayoffisneitheraslargenorascertain

asitoncewas.Unfortunately,Americanshavefocusedsostronglyontheeconomic

payoffthatmanyconsidertheircollegeeducationuselessifitdoesnotyieldadesirable,

well-payingjob.Onlyinthissensecanwespeakofan"oversupply"ofcollegegraduates.

WecouldarguethatalloratleastthemajorityofAmericanswouldprofitbysomedegree

becausehighereducationcanenabletheindividualtothinkmoredeeply,exploremore

widely,andenjoyagreaterrangeofexperiences.

31、TheunderlinedsentenceinParagraph1meansthat.

A、Educationwillpayoffintermsofupwardmobility

B、Peoplewithhigheducationwillhaveimmenseopportunities

C、Educationalinstitutionsprovidemoregraduatesthanneeded

D、Manycollegegraduatesfailtomeetthejobrequirements

标准答案：c

知识点斤：句意理解题。文章划线的是“我们对教育的重视和平均受教育水平超

过社会经济吸纳毕业生的能力水平。”对这句话的理解可以结合本段看，本段对教

育与收入的关系进行了对比，教育以前能帮我们在工作中获得晋升，现在教育和经

济之间产生了矛盾，教育出来的人才数量超出了社会经济所需要的人才数量。因此

答案选［C］。

32、Accordingtotheauthor,whatistherealproblemofpubliceducationtoday?

A^Peoplenothavingreceivedhighereducationfinditdifficulttolandajob.

B、Pooreconomybringsfarlessjobsforcollegegraduatesthanbefore.

C、Collegegraduatesseearemarkabledeclineinincome.

D^Thegovernmenthaslessbudgetforbuildingschools.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：细节题。根据关键词realproblem可以定位到第二段：“真正的问题

是：对那些没能继续到大学里深造的学生来说，他们缺少工作机会。”理解的关键

在于dearlh（名词：缺乏，缺少）一词。选项［B］“糟糕的经济使大学生的就业机会变

少”没有提到；［C］“大学毕'也生收入减少”答非所问；［D］“政府建学校的预算变少”没

有提到。

33、Theunderlinedword''commensurate"isclosestinmeaningto.

A^appropriate

BNrespectable

C、adequate

D^advisable

标准答案：A

知识点解析：词义理解题。根据前后文可知，“大学毕业生找工作也有困难。问题

部分出在有太多的美国年轻人渴望获得一份专业性工作，这使许多人不可避免地会

产生失落感和挫败感。”说明即使他们找到工作，这份工作也可能配不上他们受到

的教育。因此选［A］“恰当的"。［B］“受人尊敬的”，［C］“足够的"和［D］“建议的”,均不

符合文意。

34、Greatereducationalattainmentdoesnotnecessarilyguaranteescareeradvancement

because.

A、educationalattainmentonlyrepresentsacademicachievement

B、educationalattainmentmeansnothingtoemployersifitdoesn'tgiveeconomic

benefits

C、educationalattainmenthasnorelationwithemployees,professionalskills

D^educationalattainmentcanonlybeachievedbyasmallnumberofstudents

标准答案：B

知识点解析：细节题。根据第四段，“雇主不会总是对高学历员工给予特殊关照。

而是只有当雇主认为员工所受的教育能帮助公司提高生产力的时候，他们才会给予

特别关照，增加薪水。”选项［B］”如果教育水平不能带来经济收益，那么它对雇主

来说就什么都不是“正确。

35、Whatdoestheauthorthinkaboutcollegeeducationaccordingtothelastparagraph?

A、Americansshouldfocusmoreonvocationaleducation.

B、Collegeeducationreceivelessattentioninrecentyears.

C>Collegeeducationisuselessingettingadesirablejob.

D、MostAmericansstillfindcollegeeducationrewarding.

标准答案：D

知识点解析：判断推理题。最后一段包含转折的逻辑关系，一开始说：“美国人特

别注重经济回报，以至于如果教育没能使人得到一份令人满意、薪水丰厚的工作的

话，许多人就会认为入学教育毫无用处。”随后进行了转折，”所有美国人或至少大

部分美国人都能或多或少从大学教育中获益，因为高等教育能使人更深入地思考，

进行更广泛的探索，获得更全面的体验。”由此可知，作者对于大学教育持积极态

度。［A］“美国人应该注重职业教育”和［B］"大学教育近年来受的关注少”，这两个选

项文中没有提到；［C「大学教育对找工作没用“太过于绝对。

OnSeptember28thTimCook,Apple'schiefexecutive,publishedanopenletter

apologisingtocustomersfbrtheshortcomingsofthecompany'smaps.Mr.Cookeven

directeduserstoalternativemapapps,writingthattheycouldbedownloadedfrom

Apple'sAppStoreandthatGoogle'sandNokia'smapswereavailableaswebapps.

Apple'smobilemapsusedtobesuppliedbyitsfriend-turned-archrival,Google.Butthis

yearAppledecidedtoputmapsofitsownintoiOS6,ratherthanbebeholdentoitsfoe.

ThenewmapsarebuiltintotheiPhone,whichwentonsaleonSeptember21st.The

Internethasbeenteemingwithcomplaintsaboutalackofdetailandasurfeitoferrors.

AndunlikeGoogle'smaps,Apple'slackpublic-transportinformation.Mapsare

becomingimportantstrategicterrain.TheyaremorethananaidtogettingfromAtoB.

Appsbasedonlocation-tosummonataxi,say-needmapsinsidethem.Digitalmaps

canincludecountlesslayersofinformation,plusadvertisementsfromwhichmoneycan

bemade.Therearethousandsofindoormaps,too,ofairports,departmentstoresandso

forth.Smartphonesalsoactassensors,reportingtheirwhereabouts,whichcanbeusedto

improvemaps.AccordingtocomScore,adatafirm,inAugust95%ofAmericaniPhone

ownersand83%ofownersofsmartphoneswithGoogle'sAndroidoperatingsystem

usedamobilemap.Meanwhile,Appleseemstoberelyingonthreethings.Thefirstis

speedyimprovement.(Itisreportedlytryingtohireex-Googlers.)Thesecondisthe

embeddingofusefulcontent.Itsnewmapshavespokenturn-by-turndrivingdirections,

whichGoogle'sversionfortheiPhonedidnot,aswellasreviewsfromYelp,alocal­

listingscompanythatoffersprettyfullcoverageofeateriesandbarsinAmericabutmuch

lesselsewhere.ThethirdistheloyaltyofApple'sfans.Morethan5niillioniPhone5s

weresoldinthefirstthreedays.Althoughsomeanalystshadexpectedmore,thatstill

beatthepreviousversion,the4S,by1million.UnderthelateSteveJobsApplepaid

fanaticalattentiontodetail,soitisremarkablethatitsmapsshouldhavecomeupso

short.Butpolishingitshardwarewasonething;thestrugglewithmaps"hasbeenthefirst

reallyobvioushead-buttingofthewallJsaysCarolinaMilanesiofGartner,another

researchfirm.Inamarketinwhichbrandscanfallfast,thatisarareluxury.

36、Theexpression"bebeholdentoitsfbe"inParagraph2isclosestinmeaning

to.

A、holdontotraditionalhardwareservices

B、bemanipulatedbyitscompetitor

C、lagbehindandgobankrupt

D^paybillionsofdollarsdevelopingnewiPhone

标准答案：B

知识点解析：语义理解题。句中用到了decidetodo…ratherthan…这个结构,表示

“决定做……，而不做……第二段提到，苹果的移动设备地图应用曾经由谷歌提

供，而现在，决定在iOS6里安装自主研发的地图应用，而非o根据前后逻

辑关系，这里应该是受到谷歌公司的牵制。所以选|B|。[A]“继续坚持传统的硬件

业务”，[C]”落后导致破产”和[D]“花巨资开发新iPhone”，均不合题意。

37、Whydocsmobilemapmeansomuchfortechcompanies?

A、ItprovidesguidanceforpeopletogetfromAtoB.

B、Itdeterminesthefutureoftheautomobileindustry.

C>Itcontainsvastinformationwhichcanbemonetized.

D、Ithasgreatpotentialtoexpandthepoolofusers.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：细节题。定位到第三段，第三段列举了地图应用将成为智能手机行业

重要的战略领域的种种解释：包含无数的信息层，实现盈利，室内地图，收集位置

信息等。因此选[C]“包含大量信息，且能获得金钱收益”。[A]“为人们提供从A点

到B点的指引”，文中说地图的功能不仅限于此；[B]“决定了汽车行业的未来”和

[D]“扩大用户数量”，这两个选项文中没有提到。

38、Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisnotmentionedasoneofthe

thingsAppleshouldfocuson?

A、Upgradingthemapassoonaspossible.

Addinginnovativefeatures.

C、Providingfreemapservicesforloyalfans.

D、Maintainingstronglinkwithfanaticconsumers.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：细节题。定位到第四段，第四段主要内容是苹果要想取得成功需要依

赖的三个条件：其一是快速提高地图应用的质量，其二是在地图应用里植入实用内

容，其三就是苹果拥冠的忠诚性。[C]”为苹果忠实用户提供免费地图服务”在文中

没有提到，属于过度联想。其他选项是原文的同义表达。

39、CarolinaMilanesiimpliesthat.

A、themovetakenbyAppleisnotwise

B、Applemapsarcstrivingtobesoaccurateastobeabletoshowthewallofbuildings

C、Applemapsisboundtobeasuccess

D、Applehasabandonedtheoldtraditionofpayingattentiontodetail

标准答案：A」

知识点解析：细节题。艰据关键词CarolinaMilanesi定位到最后一段最后一句：

“用卡罗琳娜・米拉内西的话来说：努力改善地图应用的苹果公司，这次真的明显是

在自讨苦吃在竞争激烈、淘汰迅速的市场中，时间是极为宝贵的。“说明苹果公

司改进地图App这一举动耗时很长，而在电子产品市场中，时间极为宝贵，卡罗

琳娜・米拉内西认为这是不明智的举动。[B]”苹果公司致力于使地图精确到能显示

墙的位置的地步”，[C]“苹果地图注定会成功”和[D]“苹果抛弃了关注细节的传统”，

均不合题意。

40、Whichisthebesttideofthepassage?

A^CriticismHeapedonApple:theGrowingimportanceofCartography

B、CompetitionheightenedbetweentechgiantsGoogleandApple

C^HowtodesignamobilemapApp

D、Apple:EmbarkingonanewjourneywithoutSteveJobs

标准答案：A

知识点解析：主旨题。本文主要讲的是苹果的移动设备地图出现了问题，正在努力

改进，因为移动设备地图领域至关重要，因此答案选[A]。

三、阅读(补全短文)(本题共5题，每题1.0分，共

5分。)

Youaregoingtoreadalistofheadingsandatext.Choosethemostsuitableheading

fromthelist[A]to[G]foreachnumberedparagraph(41-45).Therearetwoextra

subheadingswhichyoudonotneedtouse.MarkyouranswersontheANSWERSHEET.

(10points)[A]Neighborhood[B]ThePriceoftheHouse[C]YourFinancialSituation

[D]WhatComeswiththeHome[E]HovvMuchPropertyTaxYouPay[F]Home'sHistory

[GJAnnoyingFactorsBuyingahouseisanexcitingbutscarystep.Homeownership

meansmakinganinvestmentinyourfuture,butitalsomeanscommittingtostayput,at

leastforawhile.Beforeyoumakethatcommitment,youshouldensureyouaremaking

aninformeddecision,andnotonebasedonhowbeautifulthehomeisoryourdesireto

beonyourown.[RI]Justbecauseyouqualifyforaloandoesnotnecessarily

meanyoushouldtakealoan.Ontheotherhand,ifyoudon'tthinkyoucanqualifyfora

loan,youmightbemistaken.Whenyouconsiderbuyingahome,sitdownw