202年考研英语二新题型大纲样题.docx

1、202年考研英语二新题型大纲样题2012年考研英语二新题型大纲样题Sample （1）多项对应Directions:Read the following text and answer questions by finding information from the right column thatcorresponds to each of the marked details given in the left column. There are two extra choices inthe right column. Mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET

2、 1. (10 points)The world economy has run into a brick wall. Despite countless warnings in recent years about the need to address a looming hunger crisis in poor countries and looming energy crisis worldwide, world leaders failed to think ahead. The result is a global food crisis. Wheat, corn and ric

3、e prices have more than doubled in the past two years, and oil prices have more than tripled since the start of 2004. These food-price increases combined with soaring energy costs will slow if not stop economic growth in many parts of the world and will even undermine political stability, as evidenc

4、ed by the protest riots that have erupted in places like Haiti, Bangladesh and Burkina Faso. Practical solutions to these growing woes do exist, but well have to start thinking ahead and acting globally.The crisis has its roots in four interlinked trends. The first is the chronically low productivit

5、y of farmers in the poorest countries, caused by their inability to pay for seeds, fertilizers and irrigation. The second is the misguided policy in the U.S. and Europe of subsidizing the diversion of food crops to produce biofuels like corn-based ethanol. The third is climate change; take the recen

6、t droughts in Australia and Europe, which cut the global production of grain in 2005 and 2006. The fourth is the growing global demand for food and feed grains brought on by swelling populations and incomes. In short, rising demand has hit a limited supply, with the poor taking the hardest blow.So,

7、what should be done? Here are three steps to ease the current crisis and avert the potentialfor a global disaster. The first is to scale-up the dramatic success of Malawi, a famine-prone country in southern Africa, which three years ago established a special fund to help its farmers get fertilizer a

8、nd high-yield seeds. Malawis harvest doubled after just one year. An international fund based on the Malawi model would cost a mere $10 per person annually in the rich world, or $10 billion in all. Such a fund could fight hunger as effectively as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria is cont

9、rolling those diseases. Second, the U.S. and Europe should abandon their policies of subsidizing the conversion offood into biofuels. The U.S. government gives farmers a taxpayer-financed subsidy of 51 cents pergal of ethanol to divert corn from the food and feed-grain supply. There may be a case fo

10、r biofuelsproduced on lands that do not produce foods􀃼tree crops (like palm oil), grasses and wood productsbut theres no case for doling out subsidies to put the worlds crops as soon and as effectively aspossible. For a poor farmer, sometimes something as simple as a farm pond􀃼whic

11、h collects rainwater to be used for emergency irrigation in a dry spell􀃼can make the difference between a bountiful crop and a famine. The world has already committed to establishing a Climate Adaptation Fund to help poor regions climate-proof vital economic activities such as food producti

12、on and health care but has not yet acted upon the promise. A poor countries41. Anti-hunger campaigns are successful in B all the world42. Production of biofuels are subsidized in C the Climate Adaptation Fund43. Protest riots occurred in D the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria44. The efforts

13、 were not so successful with E Bangladesh45. Food shortage becomes more serious in F Malawi G the U.S. and EuropeSample （2）小标题对应Directions:Read the following text and answer questions by finding a subtitle for each of the marked parts orparagraphs. There are two extra items in the subtitles. Mark yo

14、ur answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(10 points)A Follow OnlinesB Whisper: Keep It to YourselfC Word of Experience: Stick to ItD Code of Success: Freed and TargetedE Efficient Work to Promote Efficient WorkersF Recipe: Simplicity Means EverythingG Efficiency Comes from Order Every decade has its defining se

15、lf-help business book. In the 1940s it was How to WinFriends and Influence People, in the 1990s The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People. Thesedays were worried about something much simpler: Getting Things Done.41._ Thats the title of productivity guru David Allen pithy 2001 treatise on working

16、efficiently,which continues to resonate in this decades overworked, overwhelmed, overteched workplace.Allen hasnt just sold 500,000 copies of his book. He has preached his message of focus, discipline and creativity everywhere from Sony and Novartis to the World Bank and the U.S. Air Force. He counsels swamped chief executives on coping with information ove