整理年考研英语二真题及答案解析.docx

1、整理年考研英语二真题及答案解析2013年考研英语二真题及答案解析 编辑整理：尊敬的读者朋友们：这里是精品文档编辑中心，本文档内容是由我和我的同事精心编辑整理后发布的，发布之前我们对文中内容进行仔细校对，但是难免会有疏漏的地方，但是任然希望（2013年考研英语二真题及答案解析）的内容能够给您的工作和学习带来便利。同时也真诚的希望收到您的建议和反馈，这将是我们进步的源泉，前进的动力。本文可编辑可修改，如果觉得对您有帮助请收藏以便随时查阅，最后祝您生活愉快 业绩进步，以下为2013年考研英语二真题及答案解析的全部内容。2013考研英语（二）真题Section I Use of EnglishDire

2、ctions:Read the following text. Choose the best word（s) for each numbered blank and mark A， B， C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. （10 points）Given the advantages of electronic money, you might think that we would move quickly to the cashless society in which all payments are made electronically._1_ a true ca

3、shless society is probably not around the corner. Indeed， predictions have been_2_for two decades but have not yet come to fruition。 For example, Business Week predicted in 1975 that electronic means of payment would soon ”revolutionize the very _3_ of money itself，” only to_4_itself several years l

4、ater。 Why has the movement to a cashless society been so_5_in coming？ Although electronic means of payment may be more efficient than a payments system based on paper， several factors work_6_the disappearance of the paper system. First, it is very_7_to set up the computer， card reader， and telecommu

5、nications networks necessary to make electronic money the_8_form of payment Second， paper checks have the advantage that they_9_receipts, something that many consumers are unwilling to_10_. Third， the use of paper checks gives consumers several days of ”float it takes several days_11_a check is cash

6、ed 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_security and privacy concerns。 We often he

7、ar 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 payments systems and_17_from someone elses account

8、s. 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。 There are concerns that government, employ

9、ers， 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 sudden C slow D steady6。 A forB against Cwith D

10、 on7. A imaginative B expensive C sensitive D productive8。 A similar B original C temporary D dominant9。 A collect B provide C copy D print10. A give up B take over C bring backD pass down11. A before B after C since D when12. A kept B borrowed C released D withdrawn13。 A Unless B Until C Because D

11、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 C adapt to D call for20。 A chunk B chip

12、 C path D trailSection IIReading ComprehensionPart ADirections：Read 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 Davidson relates a joke from

13、 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 recently appeared making the p

14、oint 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 worker.In the past， worke

15、rs 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 labor， cheap robotics， chea

16、p 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 an acceleration. As David

17、son notes,” In the 10 years ending in 2009, 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 jobsabout 6 million in total -disappeared。There will always be changednew jobs, new products， new services。 But

18、 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 need to do to support employ

19、ment， 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 alleviation of job pressureC the

20、shrinkage of textile millsD the decline of middleclass 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 explains that _A gains of t

21、echnology 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. revolutionB to ensure more educ

22、ation 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 immigrants from across the A

23、tlantic 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 example， eventually returned to

24、 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 immigration system and the

25、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 thriving in the gray areas. We mig

26、ht then begin to solve our immigration challenges.Crop pickers, violinists, construction workers， entrepreneurs, engineers, home healthcare aides and physicists are among todays birds of passage。 They are energetic participants in a global economy driven by the flow of work， money and ideas .They pr

27、efer 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 be productive for a while wit

28、hout 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 。Looking beyond the culture w

29、ar 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 those who_.A immigrate across the AtlanticB leave their home countries for goodC stay in a f