考研英语二真题及答案解析Word格式.docx

1、 - it takes several days_11_a check is cashed and funds are_12_from the issuers account, which means that the writer of the check can cam interest on the funds in the meantime. _13_electronic payments arc immediate, they eliminate the float for the consumer.Fourth, electronic means of payment may_14

2、_security and privacy concerns. We often hear media reports that an unauthorized hacker has been able to access a computer database and to alter information_15_there. The fact that this is not an _16_ occurrence means that dishonest persons might be able to access bank accounts in electronic payment

3、s systems and_17_from someone elses accounts. The_18_of this type of fraud is no easy task, and a new field of computer science is developing to_19_security issues. A further concern is that the use of electronic means of payment leaves an electronic_20_that contains a large amount of personal data.

4、 There are concerns that government, employers, and marketers might be able to access these data, thereby violating our privacy.1. A However B Moreover C Therefore D Otherwise2. A off B back C over D around3. A power B concept C history D role4. A reward B resist C resume D reverse5. A silent B sudd

5、en C slow D steady6. A forB against Cwith D on7. A imaginative B expensiveC sensitive D productive8. A similar B original C temporary D dominant9. A collect B provide C copy D print10. A give up B take overC bring backD pass down11. A before B after C since D when12. A kept B borrowed C released D w

6、ithdrawn13. A Unless B Until C BecauseD Though14. A hide B express C raise Dease15. A analyzed B shared C stored D displayed16. A unsafe B unnatural C uncommon D unclear17. A steal B choose C benefit D return18. A consideration B preventionC manipulationD justification19. A cope with B fight against

7、 C adapt to D call for20. A chunk B chip C path D trailSection IIReading ComprehensionPart ARead the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. （40 points）Text 1In an essay entitled “Making It in America, the author Adam

8、Davidson relates a joke from cotton about just how much a modern textile mill has been automated: The average mill only two employees today, a man and a dog. The man is there to feed the dog is there to keep the man away from the machines.Davidsons article is one of a number of pieces that have rece

9、ntly appeared making the point that the reason we have such stubbornly high unemployment and declining middle-class incomes today is also because of the advances in both globalization and the information technology revolution, which are more rapidly than ever replacing labor with machines or foreign

10、 worker.In the past, workers with average skills, doing an average job，could earn an average lifestyle ,But ,today ,average is officially over. Being average just wont earn you what it used to. It cant when so many more employers have so much more access to so much more above average cheap foreign l

11、abor, cheap robotics, cheap software, cheap automation and cheap genius. Therefore, everyone needs to find their extra-their unique value contribution that makes them stand out in whatever is their field of employment.Yes, new technology has been eating jobs forever, and always will. But theres been

12、 an acceleration. As Davidson notes, In the 10 years ending in 2021, U.S. factories shed workers so fast that they erased almost all the gains of the previous 70 years; roughly one out of every three manufacturing jobs-about 6 million in total -disappeared.There will always be changed-new jobs, new

13、products, new services. But the one thing we know for sure is that with each advance in globalization and the I.T. revolution, the best jobs will require workers to have more and better education to make themselves above average.In a world where average is officially over, there are many things we n

14、eed to do to support employment, but nothing would be more important than passing some kind of G.I.Bill for the 21st century that ensures that every American has access to poet-high school education.21. The joke in Paragraph 1 is used to illustrate_.A the impact of technological advancesB the allevi

15、ation of job pressureC the shrinkage of textile millsD the decline of middle-class incomes22. According to Paragraph 3, to be a successful employee, one has to_A work on cheap softwareB ask for a moderate salaryC adopt an average lifestyleD contribute something unique23. The quotation in Paragraph 4

16、 explains that _A gains of technology have been erasedB job opportunities are disappearing at a high speedC factories are making much less money than beforeD new jobs and services have been offered24. According to the author, to reduce unemployment, the most important is_A to accelerate the I.T. rev

17、olutionB to ensure more education for peopleC to advance economic globalizationD to pass more bills in the 21st century25. Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the text?A New Law Takes EffectB Technology Goes CheapC Average Is OverD Recession Is BadText 2A century ago, the

18、immigrants from across the Atlantic included settlers and sojourners. Along with the many folks looking to make a permanent home in the United States came those who had no intention to stay, and 7millin people arrived while about 2 million departed. About a quarter of all Italian immigrants, for exa

19、mple, eventually returned to Italy for good. They even had an affectionate nickname, “uccelli di passaggio, birds of passage.Today, we are much more rigid about immigrants. We divide newcomers into two categories: legal or illegal, good or bad. We hail them as Americans in the making, or our broken

20、immigration system and the long political paralysis over how to fix it. We dont need more categories, but we need to change the way we think about categories. We need to look beyond strict definitions of legal and illegal. To start, we can recognize the new birds of passage, those living and thrivin

21、g in the gray areas. We might then begin to solve our immigration challenges.Crop pickers, violinists, construction workers, entrepreneurs, engineers, home health-care aides and physicists are among todays birds of passage. They are energetic participants in a global economy driven by the flow of wo

22、rk, money and ideas .They prefer to come and go as opportunity calls them , They can manage to have a job in one place and a family in another.With or without permission, they straddle laws, jurisdictions and identities with ease. We need them to imagine the United States as a place where they can b

23、e productive for a while without committing themselves to staying forever. We need them to feel that home can be both here and there and that they can belong to two nations honorably.Accommodating this new world of people in motion will require new attitudes on both sides of the immigration battle .

24、Looking beyond the culture war logic of right or wrong means opening up the middle ground and understanding that managing immigration today requires multiple paths and multiple outcomes. Including some that are not easy to accomplish legally in the existing system.26 “Birds of passage refers to thos

25、e who_.A immigrate across the AtlanticB leave their home countries for goodC stay in a foreign temporarilyDfind permanent jobs overseas27 It is implied in paragraph 2 that the current immigration system in the US _. A needs new immigrant categoriesB has loosened control over immigrantsC should be adopted to meet challengesD h