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1、考研英语一阅读理解真题考研英语一阅读理解真题2021做阅读要掌握三个方法，1、阅读的本质是逻辑，2、反复强调的是重点，重点即是考点，3、考研阅读理解的答案不是选出来的，而是用排除法比较出来的。下文是WTT为你精心编辑整理的考研英语一阅读理解真题，希望对你有所帮助，更多内容，请点击相关栏目查看，谢谢!考研英语一阅读理解真题1Text 1Among the annoying challenges facing the middle class is one that willprobably go unmentioned in the next presidential caign: What h

2、appens when therobots e for their jobs?Don't dismiss that possibility entirely. About half of U.S. jobs are athigh risk of being automated, according to a University of Oxford study, withthe middle class disproportionately squeezed. Lower-ine jobs like gardeningor day care don't appeal to ro

3、bots. But many middle-class occupations-trucking,financial advice, software engineering have aroused their interest, or soonwill. The rich own the robots, so they will be fine.This isn't to be alarmist. Optimists point out that technological upheavalhas benefited workers in the past. The Industr

4、ial Revolution didn't go so wellfor Luddites whose jobs were displaced by mechanized looms, but it eventuallyraised living standards and created more jobs than it destroyed. Likewise,automation should eventually boost productivity, stimulate demand by drivingdown prices, and free workers from ha

5、rd, boring work. But in the medium term,middle-class workers may need a lot of help adjusting.The first step, as Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee argue in The SecondMachine Age, should be rethinking education and job training. Curriculums fromgrammar school to college- should evolve to focus less

6、 on memorizing facts andmore on creativity and plex munication. Vocational schools should do abetter job of fostering problem-solving skills and helping students workalongside robots. Online education can supplement the traditional kind. It couldmake extra training and instruction affordable. Profes

7、sionals trying to acquirenew skills will be able to do so without going into debt.The challenge of coping with automation underlines the need for the U.S. torevive its fading business dynamism: Starting new panies must be made easier.In previous eras of drastic technological change, entrepreneurs sm

8、oothed thetransition by dreaming up ways to bine labor and machines. The best uses of3D printers and virtual reality haven't been invented yet. The U.S. needs thenew panies that will invent them.Finally, because automation threatens to widen the gap between capitaline and labor ine, taxes and th

9、e safety will have to be rethought.Taxes on low-wage labor need to be cut, and wage subsidies such as the earnedine tax credit should be expanded: This would boost ines, encourage work,reward panies for job creation, and reduce inequality.Technology will improve society in ways big and small over th

10、e next fewyears, yet this will be little fort to those who find their lives and careersupended by automation. Destroying the machines that are ing for our jobswould be nuts. But policies to help workers adapt will be indispensable.21.Who will be most threatened by automation?A Leading politicians.BL

11、ow-wage laborers.CRobot owners.DMiddle-class workers.22 .Which of the following best represent the authors view?A Worries about automation are in fact groundless.BOptimists' opinions on new tech find little support.CIssues arising from automation need to be tackledDNegative consequences of new t

12、ech can be avoided23.Education in the age of automation should put more emphasis onA creative potential.Bjob-hunting skills.Cindividual needs.Dcooperative spirit.24.The author suggests that tax policies be aimed atA encouraging the development of automation.Bincreasing the return on capital investme

13、nt.Ceasing the hostility between rich and poor.Dpreventing the ine gap from widening.25.In this text, the author presents a problem withA opposing views on it.Bpossible solutions to it.Cits alarming impacts.Dits major variations.考研英语一阅读理解真题2Text 1The decision of the New York Philharmonic to hire Ala

14、n Gilbert as its nextmusic director has been the talk of the classical-music world ever since thesudden announcement of his appointment in 2021. For the most part， the responsehas been favorable， to say the least. “Hooray! At last!” wrote AnthonyTommasini， a sober-sided classical-music critic.One of

15、 the reasons why the appointment came as such a surprise， however， isthat Gilbert is paratively little known. Even Tommasini， who had advocatedGilberts appointment in the Times， calls him “an unpretentious musician with noair of the formidable conductor about him.” As a description of the next music

16、director of an orchestra that has hitherto been led by musicians like GustavMahler and Pierre Boulez， that seems likely to have struck at least some Timesreaders as faint praise.For my part， I have no idea whether Gilbert is a great conductor or even agood one. To be sure， he performs an impressive

17、variety of interestingpositions， but it is not necessary for me to visit Avery Fisher Hall， oranywhere else， to hear interesting orchestral music. All I have to do is to goto my CD shelf， or boot up my puter and download still more recorded musicfrom iTunes.Devoted concertgoers who reply that record

18、ings are no substitute for liveperformance are missing the point. For the time， attention， and money of theart-loving public， classical instrumentalists must pete not only with operahouses， dance troupes， theater panies， and museums， but also with therecorded performances of the great classical musi

19、cians of the 20th century.There recordings are cheap， available everywhere， and very often much higher inartistic quality than todays live performances; moreover， they can be“consumed” at a time and place of the listeners choosing. The widespreadavailability of such recordings has thus brought about

20、 a crisis in theinstitution of the traditional classical concert.One possible response is for classical performers to program attractive newmusic that is not yet available on record. Gilberts own interest in new musichas been widely noted： Alex Ross， a classical-music critic， has described him asa m

21、an who is capable of turning the Philharmonic into “a markedly different，more vibrant organization.” But what will be the nature of that difference?Merely expanding the orchestras repertoire will not be enough. If Gilbert andthe Philharmonic are to succeed， they must first change the relationship be

22、tweenAmericas oldest orchestra and the new audience it hops to attract.21. We learn from Para.1 that Gilberts appointment hasAincurred criticism.Braised suspicion.Creceived acclaim.Daroused curiosity.22. Tommasini regards Gilbert as an artist who isAinfluential.Bmodest.Crespectable.Dtalented.23. The

23、 author believes that the devoted concertgoersAignore the expenses of live performances.Breject most kinds of recorded performances.Cexaggerate the variety of live performances.Doverestimate the value of live performances.24. According to the text， which of the following is true ofrecordings?AThey a

24、re often inferior to live concerts in quality.BThey are easily accessible to the general public.CThey help improve the quality of music.DThey have only covered masterpieces.25. Regarding Gilberts role in revitalizing the Philharmonic， the authorfeelsAdoubtful.Benthusiastic.Cconfident.Dpuzzled.考研英语一阅

25、读理解真题3Text 1In the 20xx film version of The Devil Wears Prada ,Miranda Priestly, playedby Meryl Streep, scolds her unattractive assistant for imagining that highfashion doesnt affect her, Priestly explains how the deep blue color of theassistants sweater descended over the years from fashion shows t

26、o departmentsstores and to the bargain bin in which the poor girl doubtless found hergarment.This top-down conception of the fashion business couldnt be more out ofdate or at odds with the feverish would described in Overdressed, EliazabethClines three-year indictment of “fast fashion”. In the last

27、decade or so,advances in technology have allowed mass-market labels such as Zara ,H&;M,and Uniqlo to react to trends more quickly and anticipate demand more precisely.Quicker turnarounds mean less wasted inventory, more frequent release, and moreprofit. These labels encourage style-conscious consume

28、rs to see clothes asdisposable-meant to last only a wash or two, although they dont advertise thatand to renew their wardrobe every few weeks. By offering on-trend items atdirt-cheap prices, Cline argues, these brands have hijacked fashion cycles,shaking an industry long accustomed to a seasonal pac

29、e.The victims of this revolution , of course ,are not limited to designers.For H&;M to offer a $5.95 knit miniskirt in all its 2,300-pius stores aroundthe world, it must rely on low-wage overseas labor, order in volumes that strainnatural resources, and use massive amounts of harmful chemicals.Overd

30、ressed is the fashion worlds answer to consumer-activist bestsellerslike Michael Pollans The Omnivores Dilemma. “Mass-produced clothing ,like fastfood, fills a hunger and need, yet is non-durable and wasteful,” Cline argues.Americans, she finds, buy roughly 20 billion garments a year about 64 itemsp

31、er person and no matter how much they give away, this excess leads towaste.Towards the end of Overdressed, Cline introduced her ideal, a Brooklynwoman named Sarah Kate Beaumont, who since 2021 has made all of her own clothes and beautifully. But as Cline is the first to note, it took Beaumont decadesto perfect her craft; her exle cant be knocked off.Though several fast-fashion panies have made efforts to curb theirimpact on labor and the environment including H&;M, with its greenConscious Collection line Cline believes lasting change can only be ef