207年考研英语二真题及答案.docx
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207年考研英语二真题及答案
Section Ⅰ Use of English
Directions:
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).
People have speculated for centuries about a future without work,.Today is no different, with
academics, writers, and activists once again_1_ warning that technology is replacing human
workers. Some imagine that the coming work-free world will be defined by_2_ inequality:
A few
wealthy people will own all the capital, and the masses will struggle in an impoverished wasteland.
A different and not mutually exculsive _3_ holds that the future will be a wasteland of a different
sort, one _4_by purposelessness:
Without jobs to give their lives _5_, people will simply become
lazy and depressed. _6_, today’s unemployed don’t seem to be having a great time. One Gallup
poll found that 20 percent of Americans who have been unemployed for at least a year report
having depression, double the rate for _7_Americans. Also, some research suggests that the _8_
for rising rates of mortality, mental-health problems, and addiction _9_ poorly-educated,
middle-aged people is a shortage of well-paid jobs. Another study shows that people are often
happier at work than in their free time. Perhaps this is why many _10_ about the agonizing
dullness of a jobless future.
But it doesn’t _11_ follow from findings like these that a world
without work would be filled with malaise. Such visions are based on the_12_of being
unemployed in a society built on the concept of employment. In the _13_ of work, a society
designed with other ends in mind could _14_ strikingly different circumstances for the future of
labor and leisure. Today, the _15_ of work may be a bit overblown. “ Many jobs are boring,
degrading, unhealthy, and a squandering of human potential,” says John Danaher, a lecturer at the
National University of Ireland in Galway who has written about a world without work. “Global
surveys find that the vast majority of people are unhappy at work. ”
These days, becauseleisure time is relatively _16_ for most workers, people use their free time to counterbalance the
intellectual and emotional _17_ of their jobs. “When I come home from a hard day’s work, I
1
often feel _18_,” Danaher says, adding, “In a world in which I don’t have to work, I might feel
rather different”— perhaps different enough to throw himself _19_a hobby or a passion project
with the intensity usually reserved for _20_ matters.
1 [A]boasting [B]warning[C]denying[D]ensuring
2[A]uncertainty[B]unreliability[C]instability[D]inequality
3[A]policy[B]guideline[C]prediction[D]resolution
4[A]measured[B]divied[C]balanced[D]characterized
5[A]meaning[B]wisdom[C]glory[D]freedom
6[A]indeed[B]instead[C]thus[D]nevertheless
7[A]rich[B]working[C]urban[D]educated
8[A]substitute[B]requirement[C]compensation[D] explanation
9[A]under[B]beyond[C]among[D]alongside
10[A]leave behind[B]worry about[C]make up[D]set aside
11[A]atatistically[B]necessarily[C]occasionally[D]economicall
12[A]downsides[B]chance[C]benefits[D]principles
13[A]course[B]height[C]face[D]absence
14[a]disturd[b]restore[C]yield[D]exclude
15[A]model[B]virtue[C]practice[D]hardship
16[A]tricky[B]lengthy[C]scarce[D]mysterious
17[A]threats[B]standards[C]qualities[D]demands
18[A]tired[B]ignored[C]confused[D]starved
19[A]off[B]against[C]into[D]behind
20[A]professional[B]technological[C]educational[D]interpersonal
完型填空【答案】
1. B warning
2. D inequality
3. C prediction
4. D characterized
5. A meaning
6. A Indeed
7. B working
8. D explanation
9. A under
10. worry about
11. B necessarily
12. B chances
13. D absence
14. C yield
15. C practice
16. C scarce
17. D demands
18.A tired
19. C into
20. D interpersonal
Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
Part A
Directions:
Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D.
Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)
Text 1
Every Saturday morning, at 9 am, more than 50,000 runners set off to run 5km around their
local park. The Parkrun phenomenon began with a dozen friends and has inspired 400 events in
the UK and more abroad. Events are free, staffed by thousands of volunteers. Runners range from
four years old to grandparents; their times range from Andrew Baddeley’s world record 13
minutes 48 seconds up to an hour.
Parkrun is succeeding where London’s Olympic “legacy” is failing. Ten years ago on
Monday, it was announced that the Games of the 30th Olympic would be to lever a nation of sport
lovers away from their couches. The population would be fitter,healthier and produce more
winners. It has not happened. The number of adults doing weekly sport did rise, by nearly 2
million in the run-up to 2012-but the general population was growing faster. Worse, the numbers
are now falling at an accelerating rate. The opposition claims primary school pupils doing at least
two hours of sport a week have nearly halved. Obesity has risen among adults and children.
Official retrospections continue as to why London 2012 failed to “inspire a generation.” The
success of Parkrun offers answers.
Parkrun is not a race but a time trial:
Your only competitor is the clock. The ethos welcomes
anybody. There is as much joy over a puffed-out first-timer being clapped over the line as there is
about top talent shining. The Olympic bidders, by contrast, wanted to get more people doing sport
and to produce more elite athletes. The dual aim is mixed up:
The stress on success over taking
part was intimidating for newcomers.
Indeed, there is something a little absurd in the state getting involved planing of such a
fundamentally “grassroots” concept as community sports associations. If there is a role for
government, it should really be getting involved in providing common goods-making sure there
is space for playing fields and the money to pave tennis and netball courts, and encouraging the
provision of all these activities in schools. But successive governments have presided over selling
green spaces, squeezing money from local authorities and declining attention on sport in education.
Instead of wordy, worthy strategies, future governments need to do more to provide the conditions
for sport to thrive. Or at least not make them worse.
21. According to Paragraph 1, Parkrun has
[A] gained great popularity
[B] created many jobs
[C] strengthened community ties
[D] become an official festival
22. The author believes that London’s Olympic “legacy”has failed to
[A] boost population growth
[B] promote sport participation
[C] improve the city’s image
[D] increase sport hours in schools
23. Parkrun is different from Olympic games in that it
[A] aims at discovering talents
[B] focuses on mass competition
[C] does not emphasize elitism
[D] does not attract first-timers
24. With regard to mass sports, the author holds that governments should
[A] organize “grassroots” sports events
[B] supervise local sports associations
[C] increase funds for sports clubs
[D] invest in public sports facilities
25. The author’s attitude to what UK government have done for sports is
[A] tolerant
[B] critical
[C] uncertain
[D] sympathetic
Text1【答案】
21.A gained great popularity
22.B promote sport participation
23.C does not emphasize elitism
24.D invest in public sports facilities
25.B critical
Text 2
With so much focus on children’s use of screens, it’s easy for parents to forget about their
own screen use. “Tech is designed to really suck you in,” says Jenny Radesky in her study of
digital play, “and digital products are there to promote maximal engagement. It makes it hard to
disengage, and leads to a lot of bleed-over into the family routine.”
Radesky has studied the use of mobile phones and tablets at mealtimes by giving
mother-child pairs a food-testing exercise. She found that mothers who used devices during the
exercise started 20 per cent fewer verbal and 39 per cent fewer nonverbal interactions with their
children. During a separate observation, she saw that phones became a source of tension in the
family. Parents would be looking at their emails while the children would be making excited bids
for their attention.
Infants are wired to look at parents’ faces to try to understand their world, and if those faces
are blank and unresponsive- as they often are when absorbed in a device- it can be extremely
disconcerting for the children. Radesky cites the “still face experiment” devised by developmental
psychologist Ed Tronick in the 1970s. In it, a mother is asked to interact with her child in a normal
way before putting on a blank expression and not giving them any visual social feedback:
The
child becomes increasingly distressed as she tries to capture her mother’s attention. “Parents don’t
have to be exquisitely present at all times, but there needs to be a balance and parents need to be
responsive and sensitive to a child’s verbal or nonverbal expressions of an emotional need,” says
Radesky.
On the other hand, Tronick himself is concerned that the worries about kids’ use of screens
are born out of an “oppressive ideology that demands that parents should always be interacting”
with their children:
“It’s based on a somewhat fantasised, very white, very upper-middle-class
ideology that says if you’re failing to expose your child to 30,000 words you are neglecting them.”
Tronick believes that just because a child isn’t learning from the screen doesn’t mean there’s no
value to it- particularly if it gives parents time to have a shower, do housework or simply have a
break from their child. Parents, he says, can get a lot out of using their devices to speak to a friend
or get some work out of the way. This can make them feel happier, which lets them be more
available to their child the rest of the time.
26. According to Jenny Radesky, digital products are de
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