完整word版考研英语二真题汇总阅读中文翻译.docx

1、完整word版考研英语二真题汇总阅读中文翻译2013：Section I Use of English Directions: 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 i

2、n which all payments are made electronically. _1_, a true cashless society is probably not around the corner. Indeed, predictions of such a society 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 so

3、on revolutionize the very _3_ of money itself,” only to _4_ itself several years later. Why has the movement to a cashless society been so _5_ in coming? Although e-money might be more convenient and may be more efficient than a payments system based on paper, several factors work _6_ the disappeara

4、nce of the paper system. First, it is very _7_ to set up the computer, card reader, and telecommunications 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,

5、the use of paper checks gives consumers several days of loat-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 earn interest on the funds in the meantime. _13_ electronic payments are immediate, they eliminate the f

6、loat for the consumer. Fourth, electronic means of payment _14_ 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. Because this is not an _16_ occurrence, unscrupulous persons might b

7、e able to access bank accounts in electronic payments systems and _17_ funds by moving them from someone elses accounts into their own. The _18_ of this type of fraud is no easy task, and a whole new field of computer science has developed to _19_ security issues. A further concern is that the use o

8、f electronic means of payment leaves an electronic _20_ that contains a large amount of personal data on buying habits. There are worries that government, employers, and marketers might be able to access these data, thereby encroaching on our privacy. 1. A However B Moreover C Therefore D Otherwise

9、2. A off B back C over D around 3. A power B concept C history D role 4. A reward B resist C resume D reverse 5. A silent B sudden C slow D steady 6. A for B against Cwith D on 7. A imaginative B expensive C sensitive D productive 8. A similar B original C temporary D dominant 9. A collect B provide

10、 C copy D print 10. A give up B take over C bring back D pass down 11. A before B after C since D when 12. A kept B borrowed C released D withdrawn 13. A Unless B Until C Because D Though 14. A hide B express C raise Dease 15. A analyzed B shared C stored D displayed 16. A unsafe B unnatural C uncom

11、mon D unclear 17. A steal B choose C benefit D return 18. A consideration B prevention C manipulation D justi.fication 19. A cope with B fight against C adapt to D call for 20. A chunk B chip C path D trail Part A Text 1 In an essay entitled “Making It in America”, the author Adam Davidson relates a

12、 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 recently appeared m

13、aking 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 worker. In the

14、 past, workers with average skills, doing an average job，could earn an average li.festyle ,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 r

15、obotics, 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 an accelera

16、tion. As Davidson 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 jobs-about 6 million in total -disappeared. There will always be changed-new jobs, new products,

17、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 need to do

18、 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 advances B the alleviation o

19、f job pressure C the shrinkage of textile mills D the decline of middle-class incomes 22. According to Paragraph 3, to be a successful employee, one has to_ A work on cheap software B ask for a moderate salary C adopt an average li.festyle D contribute something unique 23. The quotation in Paragraph

20、 4 explains that _ A gains of technology have been erased B job opportunities are disappearing at a high speed C factories are making much less money than before D new jobs and services have been offered 24. According to the author, to reduce unemployment, the most important is_ A to accelerate the

21、I.T. revolution B to ensure more education for people C ro advance economic globalization D to pass more bills in the 21st century 25. Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the text? A New Law Takes Effect B Technology Goes Cheap C Average Is Over D Recession Is Bad Text 2 A

22、 century ago, the immigrants from across the Atlantic inclued 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 im

23、migrants, for exanmle, 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 nemcomers into two categories: legal or illegal, good or bad. We hail them as Americans in the mak

24、ing, or our broken immigrantion 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 strick definitions of legal and illegal. To start, we can recognize the new birds of passage, thos

25、e living and thriving 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 dri

26、ven by the flow of work, 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

27、place where they can be 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 t

28、he immigration battle .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 o

29、f passage” refers to those who_ A immigrate across the Atlantic. B leave their home countries for good. C stay in a foregin temporaily. D find permanent jobs overseas. 27 It is implied in paragraph 2 that the current immigration stystem in the US_ A needs new immigrant categories. B has loosened con

30、trol over immigrants. C should be adopted to meet challenges. D has been fixeed via political means. 28 According to the author, todays birds of passage want_ A fiancial incentives. B a global recognition. C opportunities to get regular jobs. D the freedom to stay and leave. 29 The author suggests t

31、hat the birds of passage today should be treated _ A as faithful partners. B with economic favors. C with legal tolerance. D as mighty rivals. 30 which of the best title for the passage? A come and go: big mistake. B living and thriving : great risk. C with or without : great risk. D legal or illegal: big mistake Text 3