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20１0考研英语二真题及答案

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Ｔheoutbreａｋ　ｏfｓwiｎｅflutｈatwａs　firstdｅteｃｔedin　Mexicowasdeｃｌared　aｇｌobal　eｐiｄeｍiconJune11，20０9.Itiｓ　tｈｅfｉrsｔ　woｒlｄｗｉdeepｉdｅmic___＿_1＿____by　ｔｈe　WｏrｌdＨealthOrganizationin　41yｅaｒｓ.

Theheighｔenedalert__＿__2＿_＿_＿anｅmeｒgencyｍeetingwiｔhflu　ｅxpertsinGeneｖathatｃｏnveｎeｄ　afteｒashａrｐrisｅiｎｃaｓｅsiｎＡｕsｔｒaliａ,aｎd　risｉng_＿＿＿_3＿＿＿＿_in　Britaｉn,　Jａpan,　Ｃhileand　elseｗhere.

Bｕttheepidemicis"＿＿___４_____"inseveｒitｙ,accordｉｎgｔｏMａrgａｒｅtＣhan,　theorgａnization'sｄｉｒｅｃtorｇｅneral,_＿___５＿____　ｔhｅ　oｖｅrwｈeｌminｇmajoriｔｙofpａtｉｅntsexperｉencｉngｏnｌymildsｙmptoｍsandａfｕll　recovery，ofteninthe_＿_＿_6＿__＿_ofaｎｙ　meｄicaltreatmｅｎt.

Tｈeｏutbreakｃamｅtogｌobal_____７＿__＿＿in　laｔeApｒiｌ２009，ｗhenＭexicａnaｕthoritiesｎｏtｉcedanunuｓuaｌlｙlａrgenｕmberoｆhｏspitａlizａtioｎsanddeaｔhｓ_＿＿＿_8_＿＿__heaｌthy　ａdulｔs.　Ａs　muｃh　ofMexiｃoCitｙｓｈｕｔ　ｄownattheｈeiｇhｔｏfapanic,　casesbegａｎ　ｔo　＿____9_____iｎNewYorｋ　Citｙ,theｓｏuthｗeｓtｅrnUnitedStatesaｎdarounｄthｅ　woｒld.　

InｔｈｅUniｔedStates,　newcａseｓｓeemｅｄｔoｆade＿____１0____＿waｒmeｒwｅaｔｈerarrｉved．ButinlateSeptembｅｒ2009，ofｆicialsreporteｄthｅrｅwas＿____11__＿_＿fｌｕactiviｔy　ｉn　alｍｏsteverysｔａteandtｈａtvｉrtｕａｌlyａlｌthe_____12_＿＿__ｔesｔedａretｈｅnew　swｉｎeｆlu，alsｏ　kｎownas　（A）H1N1,nｏt　ｓeasonａl　ｆlｕ．IntheU.S.，it　ｈａs_____13___＿_mｏrｅthanoneｍｉllｉon　peｏplｅ,anｄ　ｃａusedmoreｔhan　６00deaｔhｓａndｍorethaｎ６,000hosｐitalｉｚatｉonｓ.　

Fedｅｒalｈealthofｆicｉalｓ_＿_＿＿１4_____Tamifluforchｉlｄrenfromｔhenatioｎａlｓtｏckpｉleａｎdbｅｇan_＿＿__１5＿_＿__ｏrdeｒsfromｔｈｅstａｔｅsfortheｎeｗ　swｉnｅ　fluvａｃcｉne.Theneｗｖaｃcinｅ,whichis　ｄｉｆfｅrentｆrｏmｔhe　annｕal　fｌuvaccine,　is　＿___16＿＿___ahead　ofexpectations.More　ｔhａｎthｒeｅｍillioｎdosesweretobｅｍadeavaｉlabｌｅineaｒｌyOctｏber200９,　ｔhoughmｏstofthose__＿＿_17＿____doses　weｒe　ofthｅFluMist　nａsaｌsprａｙtyｐe,　ｗhichis　not____＿18_＿___fｏr　ｐregnantwomeｎ，peｏplｅover50orthｏsｅ　witｈｂreaｔｈingｄiffｉcuｌtieｓ,hｅarｔdisｅaseorseveralotｈer_＿___19__＿__.But　iｔwaｓ　still　poｓｓiｂｌeｔo　vａcｃinａtepeopleinotheｒhiｇh－rｉsk　ｇrｏup:

　ｈealthcareworkｅrs,ｐeoｐle＿_＿_＿20_____infａnｔsandhealｔhy　ｙｏｕｎgpeople.

1[A]crｉtiｃized[B]ａｐpoiｎtedﻩ［C]ｃoｍmentedﻩﻩ［Ｄ]ｄｅsignatｅｄ

2[A]　proceｅdeｄﻩ[Ｂ]actiｖatｅｄﻩﻩﻩ［C]fｏllowedﻩﻩ[D]prompｔｅd

3［A]digiｔsﻩﻩ[Ｂ]numberｓ　ﻩ［C]　amountsﻩﻩ[Ｄ]　sums

４　[A]　modｅｒaｔｅﻩ［B］ｎormaｌﻩﻩﻩ[C]　ｕｎｕsual　ﻩﻩﻩ[D］ｅxtremｅ

５[Ａ]　with　[B］in　　　［C］　froｍ[Ｄ］bｙ

６[A］pｒogressﻩﻩ[B]aｂsｅnceﻩﻩ[C]preｓencｅﻩﻩ[D]　faｖｏr

7［A］ｒeaｌitｙ[B]phｅnoｍenｏn　[Ｃ］cｏncepｔﻩﻩﻩ[D]notiｃe

８.[Ａ]oveｒﻩﻩﻩ[Ｂ］foｒﻩﻩﻩﻩ［C］amongﻩﻩ[D]tｏ　

9[A]stayｕｐﻩﻩﻩ[Ｂ]ｃｒｏｐuｐﻩﻩ[C]ｆillｕp　ﻩﻩﻩ[Ｄ］cｏver　up

1０　[A]ａｓ[B]ifﻩﻩ[C］ｕnlｅｓsﻩ[D]uｎtｉl

11　[A]exceｓsiveﻩ［B]ｅｎｏrmoｕｓﻩﻩ［C]sｉgｎificaｎtﻩ[D]ｍagnificｅnt

12［A］cateｇories　ﻩ［B]　eｘamｐlesﻩ[Ｃ]paｔtｅｒｎｓﻩ[D]ｓaｍples

1３[A］impａrtedﻩ[B]ｉmmerseﻩﻩﻩ[C]injｅcteｄﻩ[D］infecteｄ

1４［A]　released　ﻩﻩ[B］　relaｙed［C]　relievedﻩﻩ[D]rｅｍainｅd

1５［Ａ］　plａcing　[B]delｉverｉｎgﻩ［C]ｔａkiｎgﻩ[D]giving

16　[A]　feaｓｉblｅﻩ[B]availaｂlｅﻩﻩ[C]　ｒeliａble[D]apｐlｉcaｂle

17[Ａ]　preｖａｌeｎt［B］pｒｉnciｐaｌﻩﻩ［Ｃ］innovａtｉveﻩ[D］ｉniｔial

18[Ａ]presｅnteｄﻩ[B］ｒeｓtrictedﻩﻩ[Ｃ]recｏｍmenｄｅd[D]introduｃed

19[A]　ｐｒobｌemsﻩ[B］iｓsｕesﻩﻩ[C]agonieｓﻩ[D]ｓuｆfｅrｉｎgs

20［Ａ］ｉnvｏlｖｅｄ　iｎ　ﻩ[Ｂ］carｉｎｇ　fｏrﻩ[C]concｅｒned　ｗｉｔｈ[D]wａrdinｇｏfｆ

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　　Thｅ　lｏngｅｓtbulｌruｎ　inaｃenturyoｆart-maｒｋet　historyenｄed　ｏnａdramaｔicnotewithａsａlｅｏｆ56woｒksbyDａmieｎＨirｓｔ,“BｅautiｆulInｓide　MyHeadＦorｅver”，ａtＳothebｙ’sinLｏndononSeptｅmbeｒ１５th2008.Allｂutｔｗopieｃessoｌd,fetcｈiｎｇ　ｍorｅ　thaｎ　￡70m,　areｃordfｏrａ　salｅ　byasｉｎgｌeaｒtist．Itｗaｓaｌａstｖictory.　Astheauctｉoneercalledoutbiｄs，inNewYorkoｎeofthｅoldｅｓtbａnｋsｏnWａllSｔreet,LｅhmaｎＢrothｅｒｓ,ｆileｄfｏr　bankruptｃy.

Ｔheｗｏｒldartmaｒkethad　ａlｒｅａdybeeｎ　losing　momeｎtum　ｆｏrawhｉｌeafteｒ　risingbewilderｉｎｇlysiｎce2003.Atitspｅａkin　２007ｉｔwaｓ　ｗorthｓome$65biｌｌion，reckoｎsClａre　MｃAｎｄreｗ,　founｄerofArtsEconｏｍiｃs,areseaｒｃh　fｉrm—doubletheｆigureｆiveｙeaｒs　earliｅr.Sｉncethenｉtmａy　havecｏmedowｎtｏ$5０ｂｉｌlion.　Buttｈemarkeｔgenｅrates　interestｆar　beyondｉｔs　sｉzeｂecauseｉtbrings　ｔogetheｒgｒeatwealtｈ，eｎｏrmｏｕs　egos,grｅed,pasｓiｏn　ａndcontｒoversｙiｎa　wａyｍatchedby　feｗotｈerindustrｉes.

　Inｔhe　weeksａnd　monｔhstｈａtｆollowedMrHirsｔ’ssale,　ｓｐｅndｉnｇof　aｎｙ　soｒt　became　deeplyunfaｓｈｉｏnable，especｉａllyｉn　Neｗ　York,wherethｅbail-out　oｆ　thｅｂanｋscｏｉｎcidｅｄ　wiｔh　ｔｈeloｓsoｆｔhｏusａndsofjobs　andthe　financialdemisｅｏfmanyart-buying　inveｓtｏrs．Iｎ　thｅartworldｔｈａt　mｅant　coｌlectｏｒssｔayedawayｆｒomgallｅriｅsａndsaｌeｒoｏmｓ.Salｅｓｏfcｏｎｔemporaｒyａｒtfelｌbytwo－tｈｉrdｓ,ａndinthemｏstｏverｈeaｔed　sｅcｔor—forChiｎｅｓecontempｏrａryarｔ—ｔheyｗeredown　bｙｎeaｒly9０%　intheyeartoNｏveｍbeｒ　2008.Witｈiｎweekｓthewoｒld’stwobｉgｇesｔauctiｏn　houｓeｓ，　Sotｈeby’ｓaｎd　Cｈristie’s,haｄtｏpayoutneａrly$200ｍ　inguaranｔeestｏｃlientswho　had　plaｃｅdｗorkｓｆoｒsaleｗｉth　them.　

Thecurrentｄｏwｎtｕrｎinthｅarｔmａrket　is　thｅwoｒｓtsｉnceｔheＪapａnesｅsｔopｐeｄ　buyｉng　Impｒessｉonistsａｔｔhe　end　of1989,amｏvｅthａtsｔaｒteｄthe　most　seriouscoｎtraｃtioｎｉnｔhe　ｍarkｅtsiｎcetｈｅＳecondWorldＷar.　Thiｓtｉmeexpeｒtsreｃｋon　tｈａｔpｒicesareaｂout　４0%　dｏwn　ontheir　peaｋ　onａｖeragｅ,thougｈｓomｅ　ｈavebｅenfarｍorefｌｕcｔｕａnt.ＢutEdwarｄDolmaｎ,Cｈriｓtie’schiefexecｕtｉve,ｓａyｓ：

　“I’m　ｐｒｅttyｃｏnｆident　ｗe’reatthｅ　ｂｏｔｔom.”

Whatmａkeｓ　ｔｈｉsｓlumpdifferenｔfｒｏmｔhｅ　ｌａｓt,hｅｓays，is　tｈatthereaｒe　ｓtｉｌlｂｕyｅrｓｉn　ｔhe　ｍarkｅt,whｅｒeas　ｉn　ｔhe　eａrｌｙ1990s，wheninteｒｅstrateｓwｅre　hｉgｈ,ｔheｒewasno　dｅmandeｖenthoｕｇｈmany　coｌlｅctorswantedｔosell.　Ｃhrisｔie’srevｅｎuesｉnthｅfirsthaｌfof２００9　weｒestｉｌｌ　higherｔhａｎinthefiｒsthalfｏf2006.Aｌmｏsｔ　ｅveryoｎewｈｏ　ｗas　inteｒviewedfortｈiｓ　speｃial　reｐorｔsaidthａtthe　bｉgｇｅstprｏbleｍatthe　mｏmentiｓnot　aｌaｃkof　ｄemand　bｕtaｌacｋｏfｇoodworkto　sｅll.Thetｈreｅ　Ds—ｄｅａth,debｔ　aｎddｉvorce—stiｌl　ｄeｌiｖeｒworks　ｏf　arttothemaｒkeｔ.Ｂutａｎyonewｈｏdｏesnｏtｈａvｅtｏsｅlｌ　ｉs　ｋeepingaway,waｉtiｎg　for　coｎｆiｄｅncetoretuｒn.

　21.In　tｈeｆiｒsｔｐaraｇrａph,DaｍienHiｒｓｔ's　ｓaｌewasｒｅｆeｒredｔoａｓ　“a　lastvｉctoｒy”becaｕse____.

　　A.ｔｈeartmarket　hａdwitnessｅdasucceｓｓｉｏｎ　oｆviｃtoｒieｓ

B.tｈｅ　aｕcｔionｅerfinallyｇｏtｔhe　twｏpiｅｃｅsattｈe　hｉghest　bids

　　C.　ＢｅauｔifulInｓideMｙHead　Fｏｒevｅｒwｏnoveｒaｌlmasｔｅｒpieces

D.itｗaｓsucｃeｓｓfｕｌlymaｄe　just　befoｒｅ　thｅ　worldfｉnaｎｃialｃriｓiｓ

　　22．Bysaying“spｅnding　ofａnysｏrｔｂecamedeepｌy　unfashｉｏｎablｅ”（Ｌine1－2,Ｐａｒa．3）,ｔheauｔhorsｕggeststｈat＿＿_＿_．

　A.cｏlｌｅctorsweｒeｎｏ　ｌongｅrａctivelｙiｎvｏlvｅｄinarｔ－marｋetauctiｏns

　　B.pｅoplｅ　sｔoppedeverｙkind　of　speｎdｉng　andstayedaｗａyfｒoｍ　galｌeries

　　C.ａrtcollｅctｉonas　afashｉonｈａd　loｓt　itsappealtoaｇｒeateｘtent

D．worｋsof　artingｅｎeralｈaｄgoneout　offashion　sothｅywｅrｅnｏtwｏrtｈbuying

　２3.Wｈｉchoftheｆolｌoｗing　ｓtatements　isNOTtruｅ？

　　A．Sａlｅsofcontemporary　art　fｅll　dramatiｃally　ｆroｍ2０07　to　2００8．

　Ｂ.Thｅａrtmarketsurpassedmanyｏtｈer　indusｔries　inmomeｎtum.

C.Thｅ　mａｒkeｔgenｅraｌly　wentdownｗａｒdｉnvariouｓwａys．

D.Ｓoｍearｔｄealeｒswerｅ　awaiting　beｔter　ｃhancｅsto　ｃomｅ．

　　24.　TheｔｈrｅeDsmｅｎtionｅｄinｔｈeｌastｐaragrａｐhａre＿＿__

　A.aｕctionhouｓes'fａvorites

　　Ｂ.ｃontemｐoｒａryｔｒｅnｄｓ

　C.ｆａctorsｐroｍｏting　aｒtｗorｋciｒcuｌａtion

　　D．sｔylesreｐresｅntｉnｇimpressionｉsts

25.Theｍoｓtapｐropriateｔitleforthisteｘtcｏuld　ｂe　＿_＿

　A．Fluctuaｔion　ｏfＡrtPricｅs

　　B．Up-to-dateArtAｕctioｎs

　　Ｃ．ArtMａrkｅtinDｅｃｌine

　　D.SｈｉfｔｅｄＩnterｅst　iｎ　Arts

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　Iｗasaddresｓｉngａsmａllｇatheriｎｇinａｓubuｒｂan　Virginialｉｖing　roｏm—a　ｗｏmｅｎ'sgroupthat　hadinvited　meｎｔojoin　ｔhem.Throuｇhouｔtｈeevenｉngｏnemanｈａｄ　beｅnｐartiｃuｌarlytａlkａtｉve,fｒequｅntlyoffｅringideasaｎd　ａnecdoｔｅs,wｈｉleｈiｓwifｅ　sａtsｉlently　besiｄehｉmoｎ　tｈe　cｏuch.　TｏｗaｒdｔheendoftheeveｎinｇI　ｃommented　tｈａtｗoｍｅnfｒequently　cｏmplaintｈatｔhｅｉrhusbandsdon'tｔａｌk　tｏtheｍ.　Thisｍａnquicｋｌynoddedｉｎ　ａgreeｍent.Hｅgｅsｔurｅd　ｔowardｈisｗｉfｅ　ａnｄ　sａid,"Sｈe'sｔhetalｋerinour　ｆａｍiｌy."Theroｏmburｓt　inｔoｌaughter;　ｔhemａn　ｌoｏkedpuｚzｌedａndhｕrt.　"It'strｕe,＂ｈｅｅxplained．"WhenIｃomｅ　hｏmefromｗorｋ,　Ihaｖｅnoｔhiｎｇ　tｏsａy．Iｆｓhedidn'tkｅeｐ　tｈｅ　convｅrsatiｏnｇoing，wｅ＇ｄｓpend　thewholｅeveninginsiｌencｅ．"

　Ｔhisepisoｄｅｃrｙstaｌｌizeｓthe　ironythataｌthoｕｇｈ　Americanｍentendｔｏ　talｋmore　tｈanwomenin　pｕblｉｃ　situatiｏｎs,　they　ofteｎ　talｋlｅｓsａthｏme.　Andthｉspatteｒniｓｗreakinｇhavoｃ　wiｔhｍarriagｅ.

Tｈe　patｔern　was　observedbypoliticalscientistＡnｄrewHacker　ｉntｈelate1970s.SocｉologisｔCａtｈｅrｉneKohlｅr　Riｅssmanreportｓｉｎheｒｎeｗbook"Diｖorｃe　Taｌk＂　thａtmoｓtoftｈe　ｗomensｈeｉｎｔeｒvieｗeｄ—but　onｌyａｆew　ofthｅmen—ｇaveｌaｃｋ　ｏｆｃommｕnｉcatｉoｎasthｅ　ｒeａsonfor　ｔheiｒdiｖorｃes.　Gｉvenｔhecurrenｔdivｏrcerate　ofnｅarlｙ50pｅrcenｔ,thａｔamounts　to　miｌlions　ofcaseｓin　thｅＵnｉtｅdＳtatesevｅrｙ　yｅar—a　virtual　epｉｄemic　offaiｌed　ｃｏnveｒｓation.

Iｎmyownreseaｒcｈｃomplaintｓfｒom　ｗomeｎabouttheir　husbanｄs　mｏstoftenfoｃuｓednotonｔangible　inequitiｅssuch　aｓｈａvinggivenｕｐthｅ　ｃhanｃeforacareerto　aｃcomｐanyahusbandtｏｈis　or　ｄｏing　faｒmoｒeｔhan　tｈｅｉrｓhareｏf　daily　liｆe-sｕppoｒｔwoｒkｌiｋecleaning，cｏokｉｎg,sociａlarrａngementｓanｄeｒrａndｓ.Insteadthｅyfｏcused　oncoｍｍunｉcａｔｉon：

＂Ｈeｄｏesｎ'tliｓｔｅｎtome．""Hedoesn'ttaｌktｏme."IfoｕndasHaｃkerｏbserved　years　beｆorethatmostｗｉveｓ　want　thｅirhｕsbanｄｓｔobefirsｔand　ｆoｒemosｔｃoｎｖerｓatｉoｎalpaｒｔnersbｕtfeｗ　huｓｂandssｈａｒethisexpectatioｎ　ｏfｔheirwｉveｓ.

　Inshorttheiｍage　thatbest　represents　thｅcurreｎt　crisｉs　is　tｈe　stereｏtypicalcartoonscene　ｏfamansitｔingat　thebreａkfasttaｂle　wｉｔha　newspapｅrｈeｌdupinfroｎｔ　oｆ　hisｆａｃe，while　a　woｍaｎｇｌaｒes　aｔ