1、考研英语（二）模拟试卷 136 及答案解析(总分：136.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Use of English(总题数：2，分数：80.00)1.Section I Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D.（分数：40.00）_A new economics paper has some old-fashioned advice for people navigating the str
2、esses of life: Find a spouse who is also your best friend. Social scientists have long known that 【C1】_ people tend to be happier, but they debate whether that is because marriage causes happiness or simply because happier people are more【C2】_ to get married. The new paper, 【C3】_ by the National Bur
3、eau of Economic Research, controlled for pre-marriage happiness levels. It【C4】_that being married makes people happier and more satisfied 【C5】_ their lives than those who remain singleparticularly during the most stressful periods, like 【C6】_ crises. Even as fewer people are marrying, the disadvanta
4、ges of remaining single have broad【C7】_. Its important【C8】_marriage is increasingly a force behind inequality.【C9】_marriages are more common among educated, high-income people, and increasingly out of reach for those who are not. That divide appears to【C10】_not just people s income and family stabil
5、ity, but also their happiness and stress levels. A quarter of todays young adults will have never married by 2030, which would be the highest【C11】_in modern history, according to Pew Research Center.【C12】_both remaining unmarried and divorcing are more common among less-educated, lower-income people
6、.【C13】_, high-income people still marry at high rates and are less likely to divorce. Those whose lives are most difficult could【C14】_most from marriage, according to the economists who wrote the new paper, John Helliwell and Shawn Grover. “Marriage may be most important when there is that stress in
7、 life and when things are going【C15】_,“ Mr. Grover said. 【C16】_ marital happiness long outlasted the honeymoon period.【C17】_some social scientists have argued that happiness levels are innate, so people return to their natural level of well-being【C18】_joyful or upsetting events, the researchers foun
8、d that the benefits of marriage persist. One【C19】_for that might be the role of friendship within marriage. Those who【C20】_their spouse or partner to be their best friend get about twice as much life satisfaction from marriage as others, the study found.（分数：40.00）(1).【C1】（分数：2.00）A.singleB.engagedC.
9、marriedD.divorced(2).【C2】（分数：2.00）A.eagerB.likelyC.easyD.excited(3).【C3】（分数：2.00）A.madeB.studiedC.foundD.published(4).【C4】（分数：2.00）A.deniedB.concludedC.doubtedD.imagined(5).【C5】（分数：2.00）A.withB.fromC.byD.in(6).【C6】（分数：2.00）A.financialB.midlifeC.academicD.quarterlife(7).【C7】（分数：2.00）A.necessitiesB.tr
10、ansmissionsC.implicationsD.significances(8).【C8】（分数：2.00）A.whenB.becauseC.soD.if(9).【C9】（分数：2.00）A.StableB.NormalC.ConstantD.Poor(10).【C10】（分数：2.00）A.affectB.promoteC.lowerD.control(11).【C11】（分数：2.00）A.figureB.rateC.scoreD.share(12).【C12】（分数：2.00）A.EvenB.StillC.YetD.And(13).【C13】（分数：2.00）A.EducatedB
11、.IntelligentC.DignifiedD.Knowledgeable(14).【C14】（分数：2.00）A.stealB.chooseC.benefitD.suffer(15).【C15】（分数：2.00）A.wrongB.badC.greatD.well(16).【C16】（分数：2.00）A.FortunatelyB.UnexpectedlyC.IntriguinglyD.Surprisingly(17).【C17】（分数：2.00）A.UnlessB.HenceC.UntilD.Though(18).【C18】（分数：2.00）A.afterB.beforeC.duringD.
12、within(19).【C19】（分数：2.00）A.optionB.reasonC.resultD.tendency(20).【C20】（分数：2.00）A.believeB.seeC.considerD.regard二、Reading Comprehensio(总题数：10，分数：52.00)2.Section II Reading Comprehension_3.Part ADirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D._I
13、can tap my smartphone and a cab will arrive almost immediately. Another tap will tell me the latest news, value my share portfolio or give me route directions to my next meeting. As a result, I do not need to stand on a street corner vainly trying to hail a taxi to the theatre, lose myself in London
14、 streets. The changes that have occurred in the past decade have, from an economic perspective, increased at virtually no cost the efficiency of household production. The data framework within which economic analysis is conducted is largely the product of the second world war. In the 1930s American
15、economist Simon Kuznets began to elaborate a system of national accounts. That work was given impetus when the war led governments to take control of important sectors of economic activity. It was soon realized that this required far better data than had previously existed, which in turn raised the
16、challenge of how best to structure such information. Household productionwomen s work as homemakersdid not have much of a look-in; that was not the front line against fascism. The joke about the man who reduced national income by marrying his housekeeper, so that a market transaction became part of
17、household production, was once a mandatory part of every introductory course on national income accounting but has succumbed to political correctness. Technological advance has always enhanced household as well as business efficiency. Our domestic productivity has benefited from washing machines, va
18、cuum cleaners and central heating, and before that from electric light and automobiles. But at least these things were partially accounted for: from an economic perspective a car is a faster and cheaper horse. Statisticians in principle incorporated these improvements in the efficiency of consumer g
19、oods into their measurement of productivity, though in practice they did not try very hard. But the technological advances of the past decade seem to have increased the efficiency of households, rather than the efficiency of businesses, to an unusual extent. An ereader in the pocket replaces a roomf
20、ul of books, and all the world s music is streamed to my computer. We look at aggregate statistics and worry about the slowdown in growth and productivity. But the evidence of our eyes seems to tell a different story.（分数：10.00）(1).It can be implied from the first paragraph that_.（分数：2.00）A.a new sma
21、rtphone is createdB.the new smartphone has changed people s lifeC.there are many changes in the past decadeD.economically speaking, the changes have improved the efficiency of household production(2).Creating the system of national accounts was given impetus when_.（分数：2.00）A.governments controlled t
22、he important sectors of economic activity during the warB.people realized this demanded far better dataC.it began to raise the challenge of how best to structure such informationD.it needed more data than before(3).The phrase “succumbed to“ is closest in meaning to_.（分数：2.00）A.turned toB.submitted t
23、oC.gave upD.sent out(4).Which of the following is NOT true according to Paragraph 4?（分数：2.00）A.Technological advance has always improved the business efficiency.B.Our domestic productivity has benefited from technological advance.C.Statisticians in practice tried very hard as they did in principle.D
24、.In principle, the statisticians should consider these improvements in the efficiency of consumer goods when they measure productivity.(5).According to the last paragraph, the author believes_.（分数：2.00）A.the technological advances have an unusual effect on people s lifeB.the technological advances b
25、ring treats to real storesC.we dont need to be worried about the slowdown in growth and productivityD.the evidence in life seems to be disadvantageousEver since Muzak started serenading patrons of hotels and restaurants in the 1930s, piped-in music has been part of the consumer experience. Without t
26、he throb of a synthesiser or a guitars twang, shoppers would sense something missing as they tried on jeans or filled up trolleys. Specialists like Mood Media, which bought Muzak in 2011, devise audio programmes to influence the feel of shops and cater to customers tastes. The idea is to entertain,
27、and thereby prolong the time shoppers spend in stores, says Claude Nahon, the firms international chief. Music by famous artists works better than the generic stuff that people associate with Muzak. The embarrassing brand name was dropped in 2013. Online shopping is an under-explored area of merchan
28、dising musicology. A new study commissioned by eBay, a shopping website, aims to correct that. Some 1,900 participants were asked to simulate online shopping while listening to different sounds. Some results were unsurprising. The noise of roadworks and crying babies soured shoppers views of the pro
29、ducts on offer. Chirruping birds encouraged sales of barbecues but not blenders or board games. Sounds associated with quality and luxury seemed to be hazardous for shoppers wallets. The study found classical music and restaurant buzz caused them to overestimate the quality of goods on offer and to
30、pay more than they should. That backs up earlier research which found that shoppers exposed to classical music in a wine store bought more expensive bottles than those hearing pop. EBay wants consumers to avoid such unhealthy influences when shopping online. It has blended birdsong, dreamy music and
31、 the sound of a rolling trainthought to be pleasant but not overly seductiveto help them buy more sensibly. Retailers could presumably counter by turning up the Chopin. “Classical music does seem to be the way to go“ if your only interest is the narrow one of squeezing as much money as possible from
32、 your clientele, says the studys author, Patrick Fagan, a lecturer at Goldsmiths, part of the University of London. Few traditional shops are likely to use that tactic. H willingness to search for compromise; recognition of the limits of personal knowledge; awareness that more than one perspective o
33、n a problem can exist; and appreciation of the fact that things may get worse before they get better. The upshot was that, as Dr. Grossmann had found before, Americans do get wiser with age. Their intergroup wisdom score averaged 45 at the age of 25 and 55 at 75. Their interpersonal score similarly
34、climbed from 46 to 50. Japanese scores, by contrast, hardly varied with age. Both 25-year-olds and 75-year-olds had an average intergroup wisdom of 51. For interpersonal wisdom, it was 53 and 52. Taken at face value, these results suggest Japanese learn wisdom faster than Americans. One up, then, to
35、 the wizened Zen-masters. But they also suggest a paradox. Generally, America is seen as an individualistic society, whereas Japan is quite collectivist. Yet Japanese have higher scores than Americans for the sort of interpersonal wisdom you might think would be useful in an individualistic society.
36、 Americans, by contrastat least in the maturity of old agehave more intergroup wisdom than the purportedly collectivist Japanese. Perhaps, then, you need individual skills when society is collective, and social ones when it is individualistic. All of which goes to show that the real root of wisdom i
37、s this: do not assume, little grasshopper, that your prejudices are correct. （分数：10.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_5.Part CDirections: Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese._6.Quality of life is about more than the size of your pay cheque. I
38、t means being able to spend an evening with your family once a weekinstead of keeping one parent at home with the kids while the other works, and then exchanging a few words when you switch roles halfway through the day. It means being able to request working hours that allow you to travel when buse
39、s are running so you do not have to walk miles to get to work. Those things matter to workers. When someone on a low wage talks about finding a better job, better pay is just part of the mix. This is why campaigns groups across America are trying to win better conditionsenabling employees to address
40、 questions of health, safety and life quality, alongside their wage gains. Short-notice rotas, as much as low pay or unsafe conditions, are central to a spate of protests across the US.（分数：2.00）_三、Writing(总题数：5，分数：4.00)7.Section III Writing_8.Part ADirections: Write a composition/letter of no less t
41、han 100 words on the following information._9.You are going to take part in MBA exam. Write a letter of inquiry to the dean of Management School to inquire about: 1)the subjects to be examed; 2)the number of students to be enrolled; 3)other things you should pay attention to. You should write about
42、100 words on the ANSWER SHEET. Do not use your own name. Use “Li Ming“ instead. Do not write the address.(10 points)（分数：2.00）_10.Part BDirections: Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following information._11.Write an essay based on the following chart, in your writing, you should 1)interpr
43、et the chart, and 2)give your comments. You should write about 150 words on the ANSWER SHEET.(15 points) （分数：2.00）_考研英语（二）模拟试卷 136 答案解析(总分：136.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Use of English(总题数：2，分数：80.00)1.Section I Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank
44、and mark A, B, C or D.（分数：40.00）_解析：A new economics paper has some old-fashioned advice for people navigating the stresses of life: Find a spouse who is also your best friend. Social scientists have long known that 【C1】_ people tend to be happier, but they debate whether that is because marriage cau
45、ses happiness or simply because happier people are more【C2】_ to get married. The new paper, 【C3】_ by the National Bureau of Economic Research, controlled for pre-marriage happiness levels. It【C4】_that being married makes people happier and more satisfied 【C5】_ their lives than those who remain singleparticularly during the most stressful periods, like 【C6】_ crises. Even as fewer people are marrying, the disadvantages of remaining single have broad【C7】_. Its important【C8】_marriage is increasingly a force behind inequality.【C9】_marriages are
