考研英语二真题与答案.docx

1、考研英语二真题与答案2018年考研英语二真题与答案Ddo them Koziateks Manchester School of Technology High School is trying to fill that gap. Koziateks school is wake-up call. When education becomes one-size-fits-all, it risks overlooking a nations diversity of gifts.21. A broken bike chain is mentioned to show students lack

2、 of.A. academic trainingB. practical abilityC. pioneering spiritD. mechanical memorizetion22. There exists the prejudice that vocational education is for kids who.A. have a stereotyped mind B. have no career motivationC. are financially disadvantagedD. are not academically successful23. We can infer

3、 from Paragraph 5 that high school graduates.A. used to have more job opportunitiesB. used to have big financial concernsC. are entitled to more educational privilegesD. are reluctant to work in manufacturing24. The headlong push into bachelors degrees for all.A. helps create a lot of middle-class j

4、obsB. may narrow the gap in working-class jobsC. indicates the overvaluing of higher educationD. is expected to yield a better-trained wirkforce25. The authors attitude toward Koziateks school can be described as.A. tolerantB. cautiousC. supportiveD. disappointedText 2While fossil fuels - coal, oil,

5、 gas still generate roughly 85 percent of the worlds energy supply, its clearer than ever that the future belongs to renewable sources such as wind and solar. The move to renewable is picking up momentum around the world: They now account for more than half of new power sources going on line.Some gr

6、owth stem from a commitment by governments and farsighted businesses to fund cleaner energy sources. But increasingly the story is about the plummeting prices of renewables, especially wind and solar. The cost of solar panels has dropped by 80 percent and the cost of wind turbines by close to one-th

7、ird in the past eight years.In many parts of the world renewable energy is already a principal energy source. In Scotland, for example, wind turbines provide enough electricity to power 95 percent of homes. While the rest of the world takes the lead, notably China and Europe, the United States is al

8、so seeing a remarkable shift. In March, for the first time, wind and solar power accounted for more than 10 percent of the power generated in the US, reported the US Energy Information Administration.President Trump has underlined fossil fuels especially coal as the path to economic growth. In a rec

9、ent speech in Iowa, he dismissed wind power as an unreliable energy source. But that message did not play well with many in Iowa, where wind turbines dot the fields and provide 36 percent of the states electricity generation and where tech giants like Microsoft are being attracted by the availabilit

10、y of clean energy to power their data centers.The question “what happens when the wind doesnt blow or the sun doesnt s shine?” has provided a quick put-down for skeptics. But a boost in the storage capacity of batteries is making their ability to keep power flowing around the clock more likely.The a

11、dvance is driven in part by vehicle manufacturers, who are placing big bets on battery-powered vehicles. Although electric cars are still a rarity on roads now, this massive investment could change the picture rapidly in coming years.While theres a long way to go, the trend lines for renewables are

12、spiking. The pace of change in energy sources appears to be speeding up perhaps just in time to have a meaningful effect in showing climate change. What Washington does or doesnt do to promote alternative energy may mean less and less at a time of a global shift in thought.26. The word “plummeting”

13、(Line 3, Para.2) is closest in meaning to_.A. stabilizingB. changingC. fallingD. rising27. According to Paragraph 3, the use of renewable energy in America_.A. is progressing notablyB. is as extensive as in EuropeC. faces many challengesD. has proved to be impractical28. It can be learned that in Io

14、wa, _.A. wind is a widely used energy source.B. wind energy has replaced fossil fuelsC. tech giants are investing in clean energyD. there is a shortage of clean energy supply29. Which of the following is true about clean energy according to Paragraphs 5 & 6?A. Its application has boosted battery sto

15、rage.B. It is commonly used in car manufacturing.C. Its continuous supply is becoming a reality.D. Its sustainable exploitation will remain difficult. 30. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that renewable energy_.A. will bring the US closer to other countriesB. will accelerate global environ

16、mental changeC. is not really encouraged by the US governmentD. is not competitive enough with regard to its costText 3The power and ambition of the giants of the digital economy is astonishing Amazon has just announced the purchase of the upmarket grocery chain Whole Foods for $13.5bn, but two year

17、s ago Facebook paid even more than that to acquire the WhatsApp messaging service, which doesnt have any physical product at all. What WhatsApp offered Facebook was an intricate and finely detailed web of its users friendships and social lives. Facebook promised the European commission then that it

18、would not link phone numbers to Facebook identities, but it broke the promise almost as soon as the deal went through. Even without knowing what was in the messages, the knowledge of who sent them and to whom was enormously revealing and still could be. What political journalist, what party whip, wo

19、uld not want to know the makeup of the WhatsApp groups in which Theresa Mays enemies are currently plotting? It may be that the value to Amazon is not so much the 460 shops it owns, but the records of which customers have purchased what.Competition law appears to be the only way to address these imb

20、alances of power. But it is clumsy. For one thing, it is very slow compared to the pace of change within the digital economy. By the time a problem has been addressed and remedied it may have vanished in the marketplace, to be replaced by new abuses of power. But there is a deeper conceptual problem

21、, too. Competition law as presently interpreted deals with financial disadvantage to consumers and this is not obvious when the users of these services dont pay for them. The users of their services are not their customers. That would be the people who buy advertising from them and Facebook and Goog

22、le, the two virtual giants, dominate digital advertising to the disadvantage of all other media and entertainment companies.The product theyre selling is data, and we, the users, convert our lives to data for the benefit of the digital giants. Just as some ants farm the bugs called aphids for the ho

23、neydew they produce when they feed, so Google farms us for the data that our digital lives yield. Ants keep predatory insects away from where their aphids feed; Gmail keeps the spammers out of our inboxes. It doesnt feel like a human or democratic relationship, even if both sides benefit.31. Accordi

24、ng to Paragraph1, Facebook acquired WhatsApp for its A. digital products B. user information C. physical assets D. quality service 32. Linking phone numbers to Facebook identities may _. A. worsen political disputes B. mess up customer records C. pose a risk to Facebook users D. mislead the European

25、 commission33. According to the author, competition law _. A. should serve the new market powers B. may worsen the economic imbalance C. should not provide just one legal solution D. cannot keep pace with the changing market 34. Competition law as presently interpreted can hardly protect Facebook us

26、ers because _.A. they are not defined as customersB. they are not financially reliableC. the services are generally digitalD. the services are paid for by advertisers 35. The ants analogy is used to illustrate _. A. a win- win business model between digital giants B. a typical competition pattern am

27、ong digital giants C. the benefits provided for digital giants customers D. the relationship between digital giants and their usersText 4To combat the trap of putting a premium on being busy, Gal Newport, anther of Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Districted world, recommends building a hab

28、it of “deep work”,the ability to focus without distraction.There are a number of approaches to mastering the mastering the art of deep work- be it lengthy retreats, dedicated to a specific task;developing a daily ritual; or taking a “journalistic” approach to seizing moments of deep work when you ca

29、n throughout the day. Whichever approach, the key is to determine your length of focus time and stick to it. Newport also recommends “ deep scheduling” to combat constant interruptions and get more down in less time. At any given point, Ishold has deep work scheduled for roughly the next month. Once

30、 on the calendar I protect this time like, I would a doctors appointment or important meeting ,he writes. Another approach to getting more down in less time is to rethink how you prioritize your day -in particular how we craft our to - do lists. Tim Harford, author of Messy. The Power of Disorder to

31、 Transform Our Lives, points to a study in the early 1980s, that divided undergraduates into two groups: some were advised to set out monthly goals and study activities; others were told to plan activities and golds in much time detail day by day. While the researchers assumed that the well- structu

32、red daily plans would be most effective when it came to the execution of tasks, they were wrong: the detailed daily plans demotivated students. Hartford argues that inevitable distractions often render the daily to- do list ineffective, while living room for improvisation in such a list canreap the best results. In order to make the most of our focus and energy. We also need to embrace downtime, or as New