考研英语二真题及标准答案解析.docx

考研英语二真题及标准答案解析.docx

《考研英语二真题及标准答案解析.docx》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《考研英语二真题及标准答案解析.docx（26页珍藏版）》请在冰豆网上搜索。

考研英语二真题及标准答案解析

2013考研英语

（二）真题

SectionIUseofEnglish

Directions:

Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword（s）foreachnumberedblankand

markA,B,CorDonANSWERSHEET1.（10points）

Giventheadvantagesofelectronicmoney,youmightthinkthatwewould

movequicklytothecashlesssocietyinwhichallpaymentsaremade

electronically.___1___atruecashlesssocietyisprobablynotaroundthecorner.

Indeed,predictionshavebeen___2___fortwodecadesbuthavenotyetcometo

fruition.Forexample,BusinessWeekpredictedin1975thatelectronicmeansof

paymentwouldsoon

evolutionizethevery___3___ofmoneyitself,only

to___4___itselfseveralyearslater.Whyhasthemovementtoacashlesssociety

beenso___5___incoming?

Althoughelectronicmeansofpaymentmaybemoreefficientthanapayments

systembasedonpaper,severalfactorswork___6___thedisappearanceofthepaper

system.First,itisvery___7___tosetupthecomputer,cardreader,and

telecommunicationsnetworksnecessarytomakeelectronicmoneythe___8___form

ofpaymentSecond,papercheckshavetheadvantagethatthey___9___receipts,

somethingthatmanyconsumersareunwillingto___10___.Third,theuseofpaper

checksgivesconsumersseveraldaysof

loat-ittakesseveraldays___11___a

checkiscashedandfundsare___12___fromtheissuer'saccount,whichmeansthat

thewriterofthecheckcancaminterestonthefundsinthemeantime.

___13___electronicpaymentsarcimmediate,theyeliminatethefloatforthe

consumer.

Fourth,electronicmeansofpaymentmay___14___securityandprivacyconcerns.

Weoftenhearmediareportsthatanunauthorizedhackerhasbeenabletoaccessa

computerdatabaseandtoalterinformation___15___there.Thefactthatthisisnot

an___16___occurrencemeansthatdishonestpersonsmightbeabletoaccessbank

accountsinelectronicpaymentssystemsand___17___fromsomeoneelse'saccounts.

The___18___ofthistypeoffraudisnoeasytask,andanewfieldofcomputerscience

isdevelopingto___19___securityissues.Afurtherconcernisthattheuseof

electronicmeansofpaymentleavesanelectronic___20___thatcontainsalarge

amountofpersonaldata.Thereareconcernsthatgovernment,employers,and

marketersmightbeabletoaccessthesedata,therebyviolatingourprivacy.

1.[A]However[B]Moreover[C]Therefore[D]Otherwise

2.[A]off[B]back[C]over[D]around

3.[A]power[B]concept[C]history[D]role

4.[A]reward[B]resist[C]resume[D]reverse

[D]steady5.[A]silent[B]sudden[C]slow

[D]on

[C]with6.[A]for[B]against

[D]productive[C]sensitive7.[A]imaginative[B]expensive

8.[A]similar[B]original[D]dominant[C]temporary

[D]print[B]provide[C]copy9.[A]collect

10.[A]giveup[B]takeover[C]bringback[D]passdown

[D]when[C]since11.[A]before[B]after

[D]withdrawn12.[A]kept[B]borrowed[C]released

[C]Because[B]Until13.[A]Unless[D]Though

[D]ease[C]raise[B]express14.[A]hide

[D]displayed[B]shared15.[A]analyzed[C]stored

[D]unclear16.[A]unsafe[B]unnatural[C]uncommon

[C]benefit[B]choose17.[A]steal[D]return

[B]prevention[C]manipulation[D]justification18.[A]consideration

[D]callfor19.[A]copewith[B]fightagainst[C]adaptto

[D]trail[B]chip20.[A]chunk[C]path

SectionIIReadingComprehension

PartA

Directions:

Readthefollowingfourtexts.AnswerthequestionsbeloweachtextbychoosingA,

B,CorD.MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEET1.（40points）

Text1

Inanessayentitled“MakingItinAmerica”,theauthorAdamDavidson

relatesajokefromcottonaboutjusthowmuchamoderntextilemillhasbeen

automated:

Theaveragemillonlytwoemployeestoday,”amanandadog.The

manistheretofeedthedogistheretokeepthemanawayfromthemachines.”

Davidson'sarticleisoneofanumberofpiecesthathaverecentlyappeared

makingthepointthatthereasonwehavesuchstubbornlyhighunemploymentand

decliningmiddle-classincomestodayisalsobecauseoftheadvancesinboth

globalizationandtheinformationtechnologyrevolution,whicharemorerapidly

thaneverreplacinglaborwithmachinesorforeignworker.

Inthepast,workerswithaverageskills,doinganaveragejob，couldearnan

averagelifestyle,But,today,averageisofficiallyover.Beingaveragejustwon't

earnyouwhatitusedto.Itcan'twhensomanymoreemployershavesomuch

moreaccesstosomuchmoreaboveaveragecheapforeignlabor,cheaprobotics,

cheapsoftware,cheapautomationandcheapgenius.Therefore,everyoneneedsto

findtheirextra-theiruniquevaluecontributionthatmakesthemstandoutin

whateveristheirfieldofemployment.

Yes,newtechnologyhasbeeneatingjobsforever,andalwayswill.Butthere's

beena