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1、考研阅读理解真题英语一考研阅读理解真题英语一 考研阅读理解真题英语一1 Text 2 When Liam McGee departed as president of Bank of America in August， hisexplanation was surprisingly straight up. Rather than cloaking his exit in theusual vague excuses， he came right out and said he was leaving “to pursue mygoal of running a company.” Broa

2、dcasting his ambition was “very much mydecision，” McGee says. Within two weeks， he was talking for the first time withthe board of Hartford Financial Services Group， which named him CEO and chairmanon September 29. McGee says leaving without a position lined up gave him time to reflect onwhat kind o

3、f company he wanted to run. It also sent a clear message to theoutside world about his aspirations. And McGee isnt alone. In recent weeks theNo.2 executives at Avon and American Express quit with the explanation that theywere looking for a CEO post. As boards scrutinize succession plans in responset

4、o shareholder pressure， executives who dont get the nod also may wish to moveon. A turbulent business environment also has senior managers cautious ofletting vague pronouncements cloud their reputations. As the first signs of recovery begin to take hold， deputy chiefs may bemore willing to make the

5、jump without a net. In the third quarter， CEO turnoverwas down 23% from a year ago as nervous boards stuck with the leaders they had，according to Liberum Research. As the economy picks up， opportunities willabound for aspiring leaders. The decision to quit a senior position to look for a better one

6、isunconventional. For years executives and headhunters have adhered to the rulethat the most attractive CEO candidates are the ones who must be poached. SaysKorn/Ferry senior partner Dennis Carey：“I cant think of a single search Ivedone where a board has not instructed me to look at sitting CEOs fir

7、st.” Those who jumped without a job havent always landed in top positionsquickly. Ellen Marram quit as chief of Tropicana a decade age， saying she wantedto be a CEO. It was a year before she became head of a tiny Internet-basedcommodities exchange. Robert Willumstad left Citigroup in 2022年 with ambi

8、tions tobe a CEO. He finally took that post at a major financial institution three yearslater. Many recruiters say the old disgrace is fading for top performers. Thefinancial crisis has made it more acceptable to be between jobs or to leave abad one. “The traditional rule was its safer to stay where

9、 you are， but thatsbeen fundamentally inverted，” says one headhunter. “The people whove been hurtthe worst are those whove stayed too long.” 26. When McGee announced his departure， his manner can best be described asbeing Aarrogant. Bfrank. Cself-centered. Dimpulsive. 27. According to Paragraph 2， s

10、enior executives quitting may be spurredby Atheir expectation of better financial status. Btheir need to reflect on their private life. Ctheir strained relations with the boards. Dtheir pursuit of new career goals. 28. The word “poached” (Line 3， Paragraph 4) most probably means Aapproved of. Batten

11、ded to. Chunted for. Dguarded against. 29. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that Atop performers used to cling to their posts. Bloyalty of top performers is getting out-dated. Ctop performers care more about reputations. Dits safer to stick to the traditional rules. 30. Which of the follow

12、ing is the best title for the text? ACEOs： Where to Go? BCEOs： All the Way Up? CTop Managers Jump without a Net DThe Only Way Out for Top Performers 考研阅读理解真题英语一2 TEXT 2 Just how much does the Constitution protect your digital data? The SupremeCourt will now consider whether police can search the con

13、tents of a mobile phonewithout a warrant if the phone is on or around a person during an arrest. California has asked the justices to refrain from a sweeping ruling,particularly one that upsets the old assumptions that authorities may searchthrough the possessions of suspects at the time of their ar

14、rest. It is hard, thestate argues, for judges to assess the implications of new and rapidly changingtechnologies. The court would be recklessly modest if it followed Californias advice.Enough of the implications are discernable, even obvious, so that the justicecan and should provide updated guideli

15、nes to police, lawyers and defendants. They should start by discarding Californias lame argument that exploringthe contents of a smartphone- a vast storehouse of digital information issimilar to say, going through a suspects purse .The court has ruled that policedont violate the Fourth Amendment whe

16、n they go through the wallet orpocketbook, of an arrestee without a warrant. But exploring ones smartphone ismore like entering his or her home. A smartphone may contain an arresteesreading history, financial history, medical history and comprehensive records ofrecent correspondence. The development

17、 of “cloud computing. meanwhile, has madethat exploration so much the easier. But the justices should not swallow Californias argument whole. New,disruptive technology sometimes demands novel applications of the Constitutionsprotections. Orin Kerr, a law professor, compares the explosion andaccessib

18、ility of digital information in the 21st century with the establishmentof automobile use as a digital necessity of life in the 20th: The justices hadto specify novel rules for the new personal domain of the passenger car then;they must sort out how the Fourth Amendment applies to digital information

19、now. 26. The Supreme court, will work out whether, during an arrest, it islegitimate to A search for suspects mobile phones without a warrant. B check suspects phone contents without being authorized. C prevent suspects from deleting their phone contents. D prohibit suspects from using their mobile

20、phones. 27. The authors attitude toward Californias argument is one of A tolerance. B indifference. C disapproval. D cautiousness. 28. The author believes that exploring ones phone content is comparableto A getting into ones residence. B handing ones historical records. C scanning ones correspondenc

21、es. D going through ones wallet. 29. In Paragraph 5 and 6, the author shows his concern that A principles are hard to be clearly expressed. B the court is giving police less room for action. C phones are used to store sensitive information. D citizens privacy is not effective protected. 30.Orin Kerr

22、s comparison is quoted to indicate that (A)the Constitution should be implemented flexibly. (B)New technology requires reinterpretation of the Constitution. (C)Californias argument violates principles of the Constitution. (D)Principles of the Constitution should never be altered. 考研阅读理解真题英语一3 Text 2

23、 A new survey by Harvard University finds more than two-thirds of youngAmericans disapprove of President Trumps use of Twitter. The implication isthat Millennials prefer news from the White House to be filtered through othersource, Not a presidents social media platform. Most Americans rely on socia

24、l media to check daily headlines. Yet asdistrust has risen toward all media, people may be starting to beef up theirmedia literacy skills. Such a trend is badly needed. During the 2022年presidential campaign, nearly a quarter of web content shared by Twitter usersin the politically critical state of

25、Michigan was fake news, according to theUniversity of Oxford. And a survey conducted for BuzzFeed News found 44 percentof Facebook users rarely or never trust news from the media giant. Young people who are digital natives are indeed becoming more skillful atseparating fact from fiction in cyberspac

26、e. A Knight Foundation focus-groupsurvey of young people between ages 14and24 found they use “distributed trust”to verify stories. They cross-check sources and prefer news from differentperspectivesespecially those that are open about any bias. “Many young peopleassume a great deal of personal respo

27、nsibility for educating themselves andactively seeking out opposing viewpoints,” the survey concluded. Such active research can have another effect. A 2022年 survey conducted inAustralia, Britain, and the United States by the University of Wisconsin-Madisonfound that young peoples reliance on social

28、media led to greater politicalengagement. Social media allows users to experience news events more intimately andimmediately while also permitting them to re-share news as a projection of theirvalues and interests. This forces users to be more conscious of their role inpassing along information. A s

29、urvey by Barna research group found the top reasongiven by Americans for the fake news phenomenon is “reader error,” more so thanmade-up stories or factual mistakes in reporting. About a third say the problemof fake news lies in “misinterpretation or exaggeration of actual news” viasocial media. In

30、other words, the choice to share news on social media may bethe heart of the issue. “This indicates there is a real personal responsibilityin counteracting this problem,” says Roxanne Stone, editor in chief at BarnaGroup. So when young people are critical of an over-tweeting president, theyreveal a

31、mental discipline in thinking skills and in their choices on when toshare on social media. 26. According to the Paragraphs 1 and 2, many young Americans cast doubtson A the justification of the news-filtering practice. B peoples preference for social media platforms. C the administrations ability to

32、 handle information. D social media was a reliable source of news. 27. The phrase “beer up”(Line 2, Para. 2) is closest in meaning to A sharpen B define C boast D share 28. According to the knight foundation survey, young people A tend to voice their opinions in cyberspace. B verify news by referring to diverse resources. C have s strong sense of responsibility. D like to excha