考研英语二真题答案超详解析.docx

1、考研英语二真题答案超详解析2010 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语（二）试题答案与解析Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following passage. For each numbered blank there are four choices marked A, B, Cand 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 epidemicon June 11, 2009. It is the first worldwide epidemic_1_ by the World HealthOrganization in 41 years.The heightened alert _2_an emergency meeting with flu experts in Geneva thatconvened after a sharp rise in cases in Australia, and rising_3_in Britain, Japan, Chil

3、eand elsewhere.But the epidemic is _4_ in severity, according to Margaret Chan, theorganizations director general, _5_ the overwhelming majority of patients experiencingonly mild symptoms and a full recovery, often in the _6_ of any medical treatment.The outbreak came to global_7_in late April 2009,

4、 when Mexican authorities noticed anunusually large number of hospitalizations and deaths_8_healthy adults. As much ofMexico City shut down at the height of a panic, cases began to _9_in New York City, thesouthwestern United States and around the world.In the United States, new cases seemed to fade_

5、10_warmer weather arrived. But inlate September 2009, officials reported there was _11_flu activity in almost every stateand that virtually all the_12_tested are the new swine flu, also known as (A) H1N1, notseasonal flu. In the U.S., it has_13_more than one million people, and caused more than600 d

6、eaths and more than 6,000 hospitalizations.Federal health officials_14_Tamiflu for children from the national stockpile andbegan_15_orders from the states for the new swine flu vaccine. The new vaccine, whichis different from the annual flu vaccine, is _16_ ahead of expectations. More than threemill

7、ion doses were to be made available in early October 2009, though most of those_17_doses were of the FluMist nasal spray type, which is not_18_for pregnantwomen, people over 50 or those with breathing difficulties, heart disease or several other_19_. But it was still possible to vaccinate people in

8、other high-risk group: health careworkers, people _20_infants and healthy young people.1 A criticized B appointed Ccommented D designated2 A proceeded B activated C followed D prompted3 A digits B numbers C amounts D sums4 A moderate B normal C unusual D extreme5 A with B in C from D by6 A progress

9、B absence C presence D favor7 A reality B phenomenon C concept D notice8. Aover B for C among D to9 A stay up B crop up C fill up D cover up10 A as B if C unless D until11 A excessive B enormous C significant Dmagnificent12 Acategories B examples C patterns D samples13 A imparted B immerse C injecte

10、d D infected14 A released B relayed C relieved D remained15 A placing B delivering C taking D giving16 A feasible B available C reliable D applicable17 A prevalent B principal C innovative D initial18 A presented B restricted C recommended D introduced19 A problems B issues C agonies D sufferings20

11、A involved in B caring for C concerned with D warding offSection Reading comprehensionPart AText 1The longest bull run in a century of art-market history ended on a dramatic note with a saleof 56 works by Damien Hirst, “ Beautiful Inside My Head Forever ”，at Sothebys in London onSeptember 15th 2008.

12、 All but two pieces sold, fetching more than 70m, a record for a sale by asingle artist. It was a last victory. As the auctioneer called out bids, in New York one of the oldestbanks on Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy.The world art market had already been losing momentum for a whil

13、e after risingbewilderingly since 2003. At its peak in 2007 it was worth some $65 billion, reckons ClareMcAndrew, founder of Arts Economics, a research firm double the figure five years earlier.Since then it may have come down to $50 billion. But the market generates interest far beyond itssize beca

14、use it brings together great wealth, enormous egos, greed, passion and controversy in away matched by few other industries.In the weeks and months that followed Mr Hirst s sale, spending of any sort became deeplyunfashionable, especially in New York, where the bail-out of the banks coincided with th

15、e loss ofthousands of jobs and the financial demise of many art-buying investors. In the art world thatmeant collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms. Sales of contemporary art fell bytwo-thirds, and in the most overheated sector for Chinese contemporary art they were down bynearly 90% in

16、 the year to November 2008. Within weeks the world?s two biggest auction houses,Sotheby?sand Christie?s, had to pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients who had placedworks for sale with them.The current downturn in the art market is the worst since the Japanese stopped buyingImpressionists at

17、the end of 1989, a move that started the most serious contraction in the marketsince the Second World War. This time experts reckon that prices are about 40% down on theirpeak on average, though some have been far more fluctuant. But Edward Dolman, Christie?s chiefexecutive, says: “ I?m pretty confi

18、dent we?re at the bottom. ”What makes this slump different from the last, he says, is that there are still buyers in themarket, whereas in the early 1990s, when interest rates were high, there was no demand eventhough many collectors wanted to sell. Christie s revenues in the first half of 2009 were

19、 stillhigher than in the first half of 2006. Almost everyone who was interviewed for this special reportsaid that the biggest problem at the moment is not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to sell.The three Ds death, debt and divorce still deliver works of art to the market. But anyone whodoe

20、s 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 succession of victoriesB. the auctioneer finally got the two pieces at the highest bidsC. Beautiful Inside

21、 My Head Forever won over all masterpiecesD. it was successfully made just before the world financial crisis22.By saying“spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable ”(Line 1-2,Para.3)，theauthor suggests that_.A. collectors were no longer actively involved in art-market auctionsB .people stopped

22、 every kind of spending and stayed away from galleriesC. art collection as a fashion had lost its appeal to a great extentD .works of art in general had gone out of fashion so they were not worth buying23. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A .Sales of contemporary art fell dramatically f

23、rom 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.24. The three Ds mentioned in the last paragraph are _A. auction houses favoritesB. contemporary trendsC. fact

24、ors promoting artwork circulationD. styles representing impressionists25. The most appropriate title for this text could be _A. Fluctuation of Art PricesB. Up-to-date Art AuctionsC. Art Market in DeclineD. Shifted Interest in ArtsText 2I was addressing a small gathering in a suburban Virginia living

25、 room a womens group thathad invited men to join them. Throughout the evening one man had been particularly talkative,frequently offering ideas and anecdotes, while his wife sat silently beside him on the couch.Toward the end of the evening I commented that women frequently complain that their husba

26、ndsdont 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 puzzled and hurt.Its true, he explained. When I come home from work, I have nothing to say. If she didnt keepthe conversation g

27、oing, wed spend the whole evening in silence.This episode crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to talk more than womenin public situations, they often talk less at home. And this pattern is wreaking havoc withmarriage.The pattern was observed by political scientist Andrew Hacker in

28、 the late 1970s. SociologistCatherine Kohler Riessman reports in her new book Divorce Talk that most of the women sheinterviewed but only a few of the men gave lack of communication as the reason for theirdivorces. Given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent ，that amounts to millions of case

29、s inthe United States every year a virtual epidemic of failed conversation.In my own research complaints from women about their husbands most often focused not ontangible inequities such as having given up the chance for a career to accompany a husband to hisor doing far more than their share of dai

30、ly life-support work like cleaning, cooking, socialarrangements and errands. Instead they focused on communication: He doesnt listen to me. Hedoesnt talk to me. I found as Hacker observed years before that most wives want their husbandsto be first and foremost conversational partners but few husband

31、s share this expectation of theirwives.In short the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of aman sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face, while a womanglares at the back of it, wanting to talk.26. What is most wives main expectation of their husbands?A. Talkin