英语二真题及答案.docx

1、英语二真题及答案2010英语二真题及答案【篇一：2010年考研英语二真题及答案】section i use of english directions: read the following passage. for each numbered blank there are four choices marked a, b, c and d. choose the best one and mark your answers on answer sheet l. (10 points) the outbreak of swine flu that was first detected in

2、mexico was declared a global epidemic on years. but the epidemic is in severity, according to margaret chan, the organizations united states and around the world. in the united states, new cases seemed to fade_10_warmer weather arrived. but in late september 2009, officials reported there was activi

3、ty in almost every state and that than 6,000 hospitalizations. federal health for children from the national stockpile and from the states for the new swine flu vaccine. the new vaccine, which is with breathing difficulties, heart disease or several other but it was still possible to young people. 1

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7、art a directions: read the following four passages. answer the questions below each passage by choosing a, b, c and d. mark your answers on answer sheet 1. (40 points) text1 the longest bull run in a century of art-market history ended on a dramatic note with a sale of 56 works by damien hirst, “bea

8、utiful inside my head forever”，at sotheby?s in london on september 15th 2008. all but two pieces sold, fetching more than 70m, a record for a sale by a single artist. it was a last victory. as the auctioneer called out bids, in new york one of the oldest banks on wall street, lehman brothers, filed

9、for bankruptcy. the world art market had already been losing momentum for a while after rising bewilderingly since 2003. at its peak in 2007 it was worth some $65 billion, reckons clare mc andrew, founder of arts economics, a research firmdouble the figure five years earlier. since then it may have

10、come down to $50 billion. but the market generates interest far beyond its size because it brings together great wealth, enormous egos, greed, passion and controversy in a way matched by few other industries. in the weeks and months that followed mr. hirst?s sale, spending of any sort became deeply

11、unfashionable, especially in new york, where the bail-out of the banks coincided with the loss of thousands of jobs and the financial demise of many art-buying investors. in the art world that meant collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms. sales of contemporary art fell by works for sale

12、 with them. two-thirds, and in the most overheated sectorfor chinese contemporary artthey were down by nearly 90% in the year to november 2008. within weeks the world?s two biggest auction houses, sotheby?s and christie?s, had to pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients who had placedthe curren

13、t downturn in the art market is the worst since the japanese stopped buying impressionists at the end of 1989, a move that started the most serious contraction in the market since the second world war. this time experts reckon that prices are about 40% down on their peak on average, though some have

14、 been far more fluctuant. but edward dolman, christie?s chief executive, says: “i?m pretty confident we?re at the bottom.” what makes this slump different from the last, he says, is that there are still buyers in the market, whereas in the early 1990s, when interest rates were high, there was no dem

15、and even though many collectors wanted to sell. christie?s revenues in the first half of 2009 were still higher than in the first half of 2006. almost everyone who was interviewed for this special report said that the biggest problem at the moment is not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to s

16、ell. the three dsdeath, debt and divorcestill deliver works of art to the market. but anyone who does not have to sell is keeping away, waiting for confidence to return. 21. in the first paragraph, damien hirsts sale was referred to as “a last victory” because _.a. the art market had witnessed a suc

17、cession of victoriesb. the auctioneer finally got the two pieces at the highest bidsc. beautiful inside my head forever won over all masterpiecesd. it was successfully made just before the world financial crisis 22.by saying “spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable”(line 1-2,para.3)，the aut

18、hor suggests that_. a. collectors were no longer actively involved in art-market auctionsb .people stopped every kind of spending and stayed away from galleriesc. art collection as a fashion had lost its appeal to a great extent d .works of art in general had gone out of fashion so they were not wor

19、th buying 23. which of the following statements is not true? a .sales of contemporary art fell dramatically from 2007 to 2008.b. the art market surpassed many other industries in momentum.c. the market generally went downward in various ways.d. some art dealers were awaiting better chances to come.

20、24. the three ds mentioned in the last paragraph are _ a. auction houses favorites b. contemporary trends c. factors promoting artwork circulation d. styles representing impressionists 25. the most appropriate title for this text could be _ a. fluctuation of art prices b. up-to-date art auctions c.

21、art market in decline d. shifted interest in arts text2 i was addressing a small gathering in a suburban virginia living rooma womens group that had invited men to join them. throughout the evening one man had been particularly talkative, frequently offering ideas and anecdotes, while his wife sat s

22、ilently beside him on the couch. toward the end of the evening i commented that women frequently complain that their husbands dont talk to them. this man quickly nodded in agreement. he gestured toward his wife and said, shes the talker in our family. the room burst into laughter; the man looked puz

23、zled and hurt. its true, he explained. when i come home from work, i have nothing to say. if she didnt keep the conversation going, wed spend the whole evening in silence. this episode crystallizes the irony that although american men tend to talk more than women in public situations, they often tal

24、k less at home. and this pattern is with marriage. the pattern was observed by political scientist andrew hacker in the late 1970s. sociologist catherine kohler riessman reports in her new book divorce talk that most of the women she interviewedbut only a few of the mengave lack of communication as

25、the reason for their divorces. given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent，that amounts to millions of cases in the united states every year a virtual epidemic of failed conversation. in my own research complaints from women about their husbands most often focused not on tangible inequities

26、such as having given up the chance for a career to accompany a husband to his or doing far more than their share of daily life-support work like cleaning, cooking, social arrangements and errands. instead they focused on communication: he doesnt listen to me. he doesnt talk to me. i found as hacker

27、observed years before that most wives want their husbands to be first and foremost conversational partners but few husbands share this expectation of their wives. in short the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitting at the breakfast table wit

28、h a newspaper held up in front of his face, while a woman glares at the back of it, wanting to talk. 26. what is most wives main expectation of their husbands? a. talking to them. b. trusting them. c. supporting their careers. d. sharing housework. 27. judging from the context, the phrase “wreaking

29、havoc”(line 3,para.2)most probably means _ . a. generating motivation. b. exerting influence c. causing damage d. creating pressure 28. all of the following are true except_a. men tend to talk more in public than women b. nearly 50 percent of recent divorces are caused by failed conversationc. women

30、 attach much importance to communication between couples d. a female tends to be more talkative at home than her spouse 29. which of the following can best summarize the main idea of this text? a. the moral decaying deserves more research by sociologists. b. marriage break-up stems from sex inequali

31、ties. c. husband and wife have different expectations from their marriage. d. conversational patterns between man and wife are different. 30. in the following part immediately after this text, the author will most probably focus on _ a. a vivid account of the new book divorce talk b. a detailed desc

32、ription of the stereotypical cartoon c. other possible reasons for a high divorce rate in the u.s. d. a brief introduction to the political scientist andrew hacker text 3 over the past decade, many companies had perfected the art of creating automatic behaviors habits among consumers. these habits have helped companies earn billions of dollars when customers eat snacks,