1、考研英语-952 及答案解析(总分：92.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：10.00)It is often observed that the aged spend much time thinking and talking about their past lives, rather than about the future. These reminiscences are not simply random or trivial memories, (1) is their purpose merely to make conv
2、ersation. The old persons recollections of the past help to (2) an identity that is becoming increasingly fragile: (3) any role that brings respect or any goal that might provide (4) to the future, the individual mentions their (5) as a reminder to listeners, that here was a life (6) living. (7) , t
3、he memories form part of a continuing life (8) , in which the old person (9) the events and experiences of the years gone by and (10) on the overall meaning of his or her own almost completed life.As the life cycle (11) to its close, the aged must also learn to accept the reality of their own impend
4、ing death. (12) this task is made difficult by the fact that death is almost a (13) subject in the United States. The mere discussion of death is often regarded as (14) As adults, many of us find the topic frightening and are (15) to think about it and certainly not to talk about it (16) the presenc
5、e of someone who is dying. Death has achieved this taboo (17) only in the modern industrial societies. There seems to be an important reason for our reluctance to (18) the idea of death; It is the very fact that death remains (19) our control; it is almost the only one of the natural processes (20)
6、is so. Notes: reminiscence n. 回忆 fragile adj. 脆弱的。impending adj. 即将发生的。（分数：10.00）(1).A. so B. even C. nor D. hardly（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(2).A. preserve B. conserve C. resume D. assume（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(3).A. performing B. playing C. undertaking D. lacking（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(4).A. orientation B. implication
7、 C. succession D. presentation（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(5).A. present B. past C. experience D. fate（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(6).A. worthy B. worth C. worthless D. worthwhile（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(7).A. In a word B. In brief C. In addition D. In particular（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(8).A. prospect B. impetus C. impression D. revie
8、w（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(9).A. integrates B. incorporates C. includes D. interacts（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(10).A. reckons B. counts C. reflects D. conceive（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(11).A. keeps B. draws C. inclines D. tends（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(12).A. Therefore B. And C. Yet D. Otherwise（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(13).A. taboo B. dis
9、pute C. contempt D. neglect（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(14).A. notorious B. indecent C. obscure D. desperate（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(15).A. ready B. willing C. liable D. reluctant（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(16).A. at B. on C. with D. in（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(17).A. status B. circumstance C. environment D. priority（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(
10、18).A. encounter B. confront C. tolerate D. expose（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(19).A. under B. above C. beyond D. within（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.(20).A. which B. what C. as D. that（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D.二、Section Reading Co(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Part A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Text 1(总题数：1，分数：10.00)There is no question that some “greenwas
11、hing“ is going on in the corporate world. Bayernwerk, a Bavarian utility, began selling “Aqua Power“ last year when Germany began to let customers choose their electricity supplier. Bayernwerk markets Aqua Power as 100% green, renewable, hydroelectric energy. But any customer who signs up gets power
12、 from the same mix of sources as before: hydro, gas, coal and nuclear. Nothing changes except some accounting, and there is no net benefit to the environment. There is a benefit, though, to Bayernwerk, which charges more for Aqua Power and has been swamped with orders for it.Greenwashing takes many
13、forms. “Companies often advertise themselves as environmentally friendly even though they might have some pretty hideous environmental records,“ says Jill Johnson of the group Earth Day 2000. Californias PG in the years since, it has levelled off, never again topping 50 mentions per year.44. _Becaus
14、e of concern with job losses among Americans during this political season, McJob citations in American newspapers and magazines are up sharply in the past twelve months, on track to break the 1994 record. If the word does get its buzz back, chairman Cantalupo would have helped a great deal. His publ
15、ic complaint can only keep the debate sizzling and the tally of McJobs usage rising as a result.45. _A But it remained common enough to warrant inclusion in the American Heritage Dictionary (2000) and the online edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.B According to the new Merriam-Websters Collegi
16、ate Dictionary, McJob means “low-paying and dead-end work“ with no future.C It was an innocent play on words in a 1985 news story on the labour shortage at the burger restaurant chain. In order to attract more applicants, the TV commercial began with “Ronald McDonald has a McJob for you“, with no sc
17、orn intended whatsoever.D That is the kind of corporate strategy you would expect from a circus clown, not the CEO of the mighty McDonalds.E Not only had it created dozens of its own words, such as McScholar (McDonalds awards scholarship money to its college-bound employees as a form of encouragemen
18、t), but the company prides itself on the kind of standardization such names suggest, prescribing routines and recipes practically down to the number of seeds on a burger bun.F Who wouldnt? For example, the Disney Co. cant be pleased that “Mickey Mouse“ means trivial or simple in everyday American En
19、glish, as it has been since the 1930s. And the American Legion probably wishes someone else had come down with the now called Legionnaires disease?G McJobs, launched in 1984, is the companys own programme for training people with disabilities. To the chairman of the burger chain, the definition of t
20、he word is therefore also an insult to the disabled as well as trademark infringement. (When the word is used in the plural form, it is a recognized trade mark. ) Ironically, nobody seems to have warned him that a head-on attack on the dictionary editors might help perpetuate the very usage of the w
21、ord he wants to stamp out.（分数：10.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_九、Part C(总题数：1，分数：10.00)In the current immigration wave, something markedly different is happening here in the middle of the great American “melting pot.“ (46) There is a sense that, especially as immigrant populations reach a cr
22、itical mass in many communities, it is no longer the melting pot that is transforming them, but they who are transforming American society.American culture remains a powerful forcefor better or worsethat influences people both here and around the world in countless ways. But several factors have com
23、bined in recent years to allow immigrants to resist, if they choose, the Americanization that had once been considered irresistible.In fact, the very concept of assimilation is being called into question as never before. (47) Some sociologists argue that the melting pot often means little more than
24、“Anglo conformity“ and that assimilation is not always a positive experiencefor either society or the immigrants themselves. And with todays emphasis on diversity and ethnicity, it has become easier than ever for immigrants to avoid the melting pot entirely. Even the metaphor itself is changing, hav
25、ing fallen out of fashion completely with many immigration advocacy and ethnic groups. They prefer such terms as the “salad bowl“ and the “mosaic,“ metaphors that convey more of a sense of separateness in describing this nation of immigrants.(48) Among socially conservative families such as the Jaci
26、ntos, who initially moved to California from their village in Mexicos Guanajuato state, then migrated here in 1988 to find jobs in the meatpacking industry, bad influences are a constant concern. They see their children assimilating, but often to the worst aspects of American culture.Their concerns
27、reflect some of the complexities and ambivalence that mark the assimilation process these days. Immigrants such as the Jacintos are here to stay but remain wary of their adoptive country. According to sociologists, they are right to be concerned.“If assimilation is a learning process, it involves le
28、arning good things and bad things,“ said Ruben G. Rumbaut, a sociology professor at Michigan State University. “It doesnt always lead to something better.“The ambivalence of assimilation can cut both ways. Many native-born Americans also seem to harbor mixed feelings about the process. (49) As a nat
29、ion, the United States increasingly promotes diversity, but there are underlying concerns that the more emphasis there is on the factors that set people apart, the more likely that society will end up divided.With Hispanics, especially Mexicans, accounting for an increasing proportion of U.S. popula
30、tion growth, it is this group, more than any other, that is redefining the melting pot.Hispanics now have overtaken blacks as the largest minority group in Nebraska and will become the biggest minority in the country within the next seven years, according to Census Bureau projections. (50) The natio
31、ns 29 million Hispanics, the great majority of them from Mexico, have thus become the main focus for questions about how the United States today is assimilating immigrants, or how it is being transformed.（分数：10.00）_十、Section Writing(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十一、Part A(总题数：1，分数：10.00)1.1)time and place of the ac
32、ademic conference,2) the reasons why the professor is expected to attend the meeting,3) the schedule of the professor in the academic conference.You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use “Li Ming“ instead. Do not write the address.（分数
33、：10.00）_十二、Part B(总题数：1，分数：20.00)2.Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should 1) describe the picture, 2) interpret the phenomenon, and 3) give your opinion about the phenomenon. （分数：20.00）_考研英语-952 答案解析(总分：92.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数
34、：10.00)It is often observed that the aged spend much time thinking and talking about their past lives, rather than about the future. These reminiscences are not simply random or trivial memories, (1) is their purpose merely to make conversation. The old persons recollections of the past help to (2)
35、an identity that is becoming increasingly fragile: (3) any role that brings respect or any goal that might provide (4) to the future, the individual mentions their (5) as a reminder to listeners, that here was a life (6) living. (7) , the memories form part of a continuing life (8) , in which the ol
36、d person (9) the events and experiences of the years gone by and (10) on the overall meaning of his or her own almost completed life.As the life cycle (11) to its close, the aged must also learn to accept the reality of their own impending death. (12) this task is made difficult by the fact that dea
37、th is almost a (13) subject in the United States. The mere discussion of death is often regarded as (14) As adults, many of us find the topic frightening and are (15) to think about it and certainly not to talk about it (16) the presence of someone who is dying. Death has achieved this taboo (17) on
38、ly in the modern industrial societies. There seems to be an important reason for our reluctance to (18) the idea of death; It is the very fact that death remains (19) our control; it is almost the only one of the natural processes (20) is so. Notes: reminiscence n. 回忆 fragile adj. 脆弱的。impending adj.
39、 即将发生的。（分数：10.00）(1).A. so B. even C. nor D. hardly（分数：0.50）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 结构搭配。本句中第 1分句是否定句，nor 引导连续否定句。(2).A. preserve B. conserve C. resume D. assume（分数：0.50）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 词义搭配。preserve vt. (keep sth. for further use)保留，如：preserve traditional culture(保留传统文化)。conserve vt保存，保藏，保重：conserve ones str
40、ength(保存力量)，conserve ones health 保重健康。resume vt.停顿后又重新开始：resume work 继续工作；resume traffic(使车辆行人恢复通行)。assume vt假设；承担： assume a hard task(承担一项艰巨的任务)。(3).A. performing B. playing C. undertaking D. lacking（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 逻辑词义搭配。perform a role 起作用，承担角色。play a role 起作用。undertake vt. 承担，担任；undertake
41、 responsibility(承担责任)；undertake a task(接受任务)。从上下文的逻辑意思来判断，此处应选 lacking。(4).A. orientation B. implication C. succession D. presentation（分数：0.50）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 词义搭配。orientation 方向；implication 含义；succession 连续，presentation 赠送，提出。(5).A. present B. past C. experience D. fate（分数：0.50）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 逻辑词义搭配
42、。根据上下文的逻辑联系来看，此处应填 past(过去)。present 目前， experience经验，fate 命运，均不符合句意。(6).A. worthy B. worth C. worthless D. worthwhile（分数：0.50）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 词义结构搭配。be worth sth. doing 值得：1)What is it worth?(这值多少?) 2)The book is worth reading. (这本书值得一读)。be worthy of 够得上，值得：be worthy of remembrance be worthy of being
43、 remembered =be worthy to be remembered(值得纪念)。be worthy of the name名不虚传。worthless 无价值的； a worthless book。worthwhile 值得花时间的，值得做的：a worthwhile experiment。(7).A. In a word B. In brief C. In addition D. In particular（分数：0.50）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 逻辑搭配。从上下文的逻辑意思看，此处表示递进。(8).A. prospect B. impetus C. impression
44、D. review（分数：0.50）A.B.C.D. 解析：解析 词义搭配。life review 生活回顾。prospect 展望，前景。此处用 prospect不妥，因为从上下文看前面讲的是回忆，故不可能回忆“前景”。impetus 动力，推动力；刺激；impression 印象，均与上下文不符，不能入选。(9).A. integrates B. incorporates C. includes D. interacts（分数：0.50）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 词义搭配。integrate vt.把集成，综合；使完整：integrate theory with practice把理论
45、与实践结合起来。incorporate vt. 结合，合并，编人：1)incorporate new ideas into a book(把新思想编入书内)；2)We will incorporate your suggestion in this new plan. (我们将把你的建议编入这个新计划内。)3)The new plan incorporates the old one.(这个新计划把这个旧计划吸收进去。)4)May I incorporate what you have written in my book?(我是否可以把你写的材料编入我的书里?)include vt.包括；i
46、nteract(with)与交往。(10).A. reckons B. counts C. reflects D. conceive（分数：0.50）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 词义结构搭配。reflect on 反省，反思。reckon on 指望；依靠；count on 指望； conceive vt.设想，抱有；均不合题意。(11).A. keeps B. draws C. inclines D. tends（分数：0.50）A.B. C.D.解析：解析 词义搭配。draw to 接近，符合句意，故可入选。Keep to 坚持：keep to ones post 坚持岗位；inclin
47、e to 倾向于：incline to leanness (有消瘦的倾向)The dog inclines to meat as food. (狗好吃肉食。)tend to 倾向于：The world tends to socialism. (全世界倾向于社会主义。)可见，keep to，incline to，tend to 与 draw to虽搭配相同，但词义相差甚远，故均不能入选。(12).A. Therefore B. And C. Yet D. Otherwise（分数：0.50）A.B.C. D.解析：解析 逻辑搭配。从上下文看，此句表示语气转折，故应选 yet。(13).A. taboo B. dispute C. contempt D. neglect（分数：0.50）A. B.C.D.解析：解析 词义搭配。taboo 禁忌，忌讳，符合句意，可以入
