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考研英语二真题与答案

Directions:

　　Readthefollowingpassage.ForeachnumberedblanktherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ChoosethebestoneandmarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEETl.（10points）

　Theoutbreakofswine（猪）fluthatwasfirstdetected（检测到的）inMexicowasdeclared（公开宣布）aglobalepidemic（传染病）onJune11,2009.Itisthefirstworldwideepidemic____designated（特指的）___bytheWorldHealthOrganizationin41years.

Theheightened（加重）alert（警告）____followed____anemergencymeetingwithfluexpertsinGeneva（日内瓦）thatconvened（召集）afterasharpriseincasesinAustralia,andrising_____numbers_____inBritain,Japan,Chile（利智）andelsewhere.

Buttheepidemicis"_____moderate（中等的）_____"inseverity（严峻）,accordingtoMargaretChan,theorganization'sdirector（主管）general,_____with_____theoverwhelming（压倒）majorityofpatientsexperiencingonlymild（轻微的）symptoms（症状）andafullrecovery,ofteninthe____absence（缺乏）____ofanymedicaltreatment.

Theoutbreakcametoglobal____notice____inlateApril2009,whenMexicanauthorities（当局）noticedanunusuallylargenumberofhospitalizations（住院医治人数）anddeaths____among____healthyadults.AsmuchofMexicoCityshutdownattheheightofapanic（恐慌）,casesbeganto_____cropup（突然出现）____inNewYorkCity,thesouthwesternUnitedStatesandaroundtheworld.

　　IntheUnitedStates,newcasesseemedtofade_____as_____warmerweatherarrived.ButinlateSeptember2009,officialsreportedtherewassignificant（重大的，成心义的）fluactivityinalmosteverystateandthatvirtually（事实上）allthe__samples__testedarethenewswineflu,alsoknownas（A）H1N1,notseasonalflu.IntheU.S.,ithas___infected___morethanonemillionpeople,andcausedmorethan600deathsandmorethan6,000hospitalizations.

Federal（联邦）healthofficials（官员）____released（已发布）____Tamiflu（克流感）forchildrenfromthenationalstockpile（库存）andbegan____taking___ordersfromthestatesforthenewswinefluvaccine（疫苗）.Thenewvaccine,whichisdifferentfromtheannualfluvaccine,is___available___aheadofexpectations.Morethanthreemilliondoses（剂量）weretobemadeavailableinearlyOctober2009,thoughmostofthose___initial（初始的）___doseswereoftheFluMistnasalspray（鼻用喷雾）type,whichisnotrecommended（推荐，介绍）forpregnantwomen,peopleover50orthosewithbreathingdifficulties,heartdiseaseorseveralother___problems___.Butitwasstillpossibletovaccinatepeopleinotherhigh-riskgroup:

healthcareworkers,people____caringfor___infants（婴儿）andhealthyyoungpeople.

1[A]criticized[B]appointed[C]commented[D]designated

2[A]proceeded[B]activated[C]followed[D]prompted

3[A]digits[B]numbers[C]amounts[D]sums

4[A]moderate[B]normal[C]unusual[D]extreme

5[A]with[B]in[C]from[D]by

6[A]progress[B]absence[C]presence[D]favor

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

8.[A]over[B]for[C]among[D]to

9[A]stayup[B]cropup[C]fillup[D]coverup

10[A]as[B]if[C]unless[D]until

11[A]excessive[B]enormous[C]significant[D]magnificent

12[A]categories[B]examples[C]patterns[D]samples

13[A]imparted[B]immerse[C]injected[D]infected

14[A]released[B]relayed[C]relieved[D]remained

15[A]placing[B]delivering[C]taking[D]giving

16[A]feasible[B]available[C]reliable[D]applicable

17[A]prevalent[B]principal[C]innovative[D]initial

18[A]presented[B]restricted[C]recommended[D]introduced

19[A]problems[B]issues[C]agonies[D]sufferings

20[A]involvedin[B]caringfor[C]concernedwith[D]wardingoff

2010年考研英语二真题答案：

1[D]designated2[C]followed3[B]numbers4[A]moderate5[A]with6[B]absence

7[D]notice8.[C]among9[B]cropup10[A]as11[C]significant12[D]samples

13[D]infected14[A]released15[C]taking16[B]available17[D]initial

18[C]recommended19[A]problems20[B]caringfor

SectionⅡReadingcomprehension

　　PartA

　　Directions:

　　Readthefollowingfourpassages.AnswerthequestionsbeloweachpassagebychoosingA,B,CandD.MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEET1.（40points）

　　Text1

　　Thelongestbullrun（布尔溪镇）inacenturyofart-markethistoryendedonadramatic（戏剧性的）notewithasaleof56worksbyDamienHirst,“BeautifulInsideMyHeadForever”，atSotheby’sinLondononSeptember15th2008.Allbuttwopiecessold,fetching（吸引人的）morethan￡70m,arecordforasalebyasingleartist.Itwasalastvictory.Astheauctioneer（拍卖商）calledoutbids,inNewYorkoneoftheoldestbanksonWallStreet,LehmanBrothers,filedfor（法律上提出）bankruptcy（破产）.

　Theworldartmarkethadalreadybeenlosingmomentum（势头、动力）forawhileafterrisingbewilderingly（令人迷惑的）since2003.Atitspeak（最高点）in2007itwasworthsome$65billion,reckons（估算）ClareMcAndrew,founderofArtsEconomics,aresearchfirm（公司）—doublethefigurefiveyearsearlier.Sincethenitmayhavecomedownto$50billion.Butthemarketgenerates（产生）interestfarbeyonditssize（价钱）becauseitbringstogethergreatwealth,enormous（庞大的）egos（自我）,greed（贪婪）,passion（激情）andcontroversy（争辩）inawaymatchedbyfewotherindustries（工业）.

　　IntheweeksandmonthsthatfollowedMrHirst’ssale,spendingofanysortbecamedeeplyunfashionable,especiallyinNewYork,wherethebail-outofthebankscoincidedwith（符合）thelossofthousandsofjobsandthefinancialdemiseofmanyart-buyinginvestors（投资者）.Intheartworldthatmeantcollectorsstayedawayfromgalleries（美术馆）andsalerooms（销售额）.Salesofcontemporary（今世艺术）artfellby（下降）two-thirds,andinthemostoverheatedsector—forChinesecontemporaryart—theyweredownbynearly90%intheyeartoNovember2008.Withinweekstheworld’stwobiggestauctionhouses（拍卖行）,Sotheby’sandChristie’s,hadtopayoutnearly$200minguarantees（担保）toclients（顾客、委托方）whohadplacedworksforsalewiththem.

　　Thecurrentdownturn（低迷时期）intheartmarketistheworstsincetheJapanesestoppedbuyingImpressionists（印象派画家）attheendof1989,amovethatstartedthemostseriouscontraction（紧缩）inthemarketsincetheSecondWorldWar.Thistimeexpertsreckon（估算）thatpricesareabout40%downontheirpeak（峰值）onaverage,thoughsomehavebeenfarmorefluctuant（波动）.ButEdwardDolman,Christie’schiefexecutive（执行董事）,says:

“I’mprettyconfident（自信）we’reatthebottom.”

　　Whatmakesthisslump（萎缩）differentfromthelast,hesays,isthattherearestillbuyersinthemarket,whereas（但是）intheearly1990s,wheninterestrates（利率）werehigh,therewasnodemand（需求）eventhoughmanycollectorswantedtosell.Christie’srevenues（收入）inthefirsthalfof2009werestillhigherthaninthefirsthalfof2006.Almosteveryonewhowasinterviewed（面试）forthisspecialreportsaidthatthebiggestproblematthemomentisnotalackofdemand（需求）butalackofgoodworktosell.ThethreeDs—death,debtanddivorce—stilldeliver（交付）worksofarttothemarket.Butanyonewhodoesnothavetoselliskeepingaway,waitingforconfidencetoreturn.

　　thefirstparagraph,DamienHirst'ssalewasreferredtoas“alastvictory”because____.

　　A.theartmarkethadwitnessedasuccessionofvictories

　　B.theauctioneerfinallygotthetwopiecesatthehighestbids

　　C.BeautifulInsideMyHeadForeverwonoverallmasterpieces

　　D.itwassuccessfullymadejustbeforetheworldfinancialcrisis

　　saying“spendingofanysortbecamedeeplyunfashionable”（Line1-2,，theauthorsuggeststhat_____.

　　A.collectorswerenolongeractivelyinvolvedinart-marketauctions

　　B.peoplestoppedeverykindofspendingandstayedawayfromgalleries

　　C.artcollectionasafashionhadlostitsappealtoagreatextent

D.worksofartingeneralhadgoneoutoffashionsotheywerenotworthbuying

　　23.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?

　　A.Salesofcontemporaryartfelldramaticallyfrom2007to2008.

　　B.Theartmarketsurpassedmanyotherindustriesinmomentum.

　　C.Themarketgenerallywentdownwardinvariousways.

　　D.Someartdealerswereawaitingbetterchancestocome.

　　24.ThethreeDsmentionedinthelastparagraphare____

　　A.auctionhouses'favorites

　　B.contemporarytrends

　　C.factorspromotingartworkcirculation

　　D.stylesrepresentingimpressionists

　　25.Themostappropriatetitleforthistextcouldbe___

　　A.FluctuationofArtPrices

　　B.Up-to-dateArtAuctions

　　C.ArtMarketinDecline

　　D.ShiftedInterestinArts

　　Text2

　　Iwasaddressingasmallgatheringinasuburban（郊区）Virginialivingroom—awomen'sgroupthathadinvitedmentojointhem.Throughouttheeveningonemanhadbeenparticularly（特别的）talkative,frequentlyofferingideasandanecdotes（奇闻异事）,whilehiswifesatsilentlybesidehimonthecouch（沙发上）.TowardtheendoftheeveningIcommented（发表评论）thatwomenfrequentlycomplainthattheirhusbandsdon'ttalktothem.Thismanquicklynoddedinagreement.Hegestured（指向）towardhiswifeandsaid,"She'sthetalkerinourfamily."Theroomburstintolaughter;themanlookedpuzzledandhurt."It'strue,"heexplained."WhenIcomehomefromwork,Ihavenothingtosay.Ifshedidn'tkeeptheconversationgoing,we'dspendthewholeeveninginsilence."

　　Thisepisode（插曲）crystallizes（明确）theirony（讽刺）thatalthoughAmericanmentendtotalkmorethanwomeninpublicsituations,theyoftentalklessathome.Andthispattern（模式）iswreakinghavoc（严峻破坏）withmarriage.

　　ThepatternwasobservedbypoliticalscientistAndrewHackerinthelate1970s.Sociologist（社会学家）CatherineKohlerRiessmanreportsinhernewbook"DivorceTalk"thatmostofthewomensheinterviewed—butonlyafewofthemen—gavelackofcommunicationasthereason