【考研类试卷】考研英语(阅读)模拟试卷459及答案解析.doc
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1、考研英语(阅读)模拟试卷 459 及答案解析(总分:60.00,做题时间:90 分钟)一、Reading Comprehensio(总题数:6,分数:60.00)1.Section II Reading Comprehension(分数:10.00)_2.Part ADirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D.(分数:10.00)_There will eventually come a day when The New York
2、 Times ceases to publish stories on newsprint. Exactly when that day will be is a matter of debate. “Sometime in the future,“ the papers publisher said back in 2010. Nostalgia for ink on paper and the rustle of pages aside, there s plenty of incentive to ditch print. The infrastructure required to m
3、ake a physical newspaperprinting presses, delivery trucksisnt just expensive; it s excessive at a time when online-only competitors dont have the same set of financial constraints. Readers are migrating away from print anyway. And though print and sales still dwarf their online and mobile counterpar
4、ts, revenue from print is still declining. Overhead may be high and circulation lower, but rushing to eliminate its print edition would be a mistake, says BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti. Peretti says the Times shouldnt waste time getting out of the print business, but only if they go about doing it the
5、right way. “Figuring out a way to accelerate that transition would make sense for them,“ he said, “but if you discontinue it, youre going to have your most loyal customers really upset with you.“ Sometimes thats worth making a change anyway. Peretti gives the example of Netflix discontinuing its DVD
6、-mailing service to focus on streaming. “It was seen as a blunder,“ he said. The more turned out to be foresighted. And if Peretti were in change at the Times? “I wouldnt pick a year to end print,“ he said. “I would raise prices and make it into more of a legacy product.“ The most loyal customers wo
7、uld still get the product they favor, the idea goes, and theyd feel like they were helping sustain the quality of something they believe in. “So if you re overpaying for print, you could feel like you were helping,“ Peretti said. “Then increase it at a higher rate each year and essentially try to ge
8、nerate additional revenue.“ In other words, if youre going to make a print product, make it for the people who are already obsessed with it. Which may be what the Times is doing already. Getting the print edition seven days a week costs nearly $ 500 a yearmore than twice as much as a digital-only su
9、bscription. “Its a really hard thing to do and its a tremendous luxury that BuzzFeed doesnt have a legacy business,“ Peretti remarked. “But were going to have questions like that where we have things were doing that dont make sense when the market changes and the world changes. In those situations,
10、its better to be more aggressive than less aggressive.“(分数:10.00)(1).The New York Times is considering ending its print edition partly due to(分数:2.00)A.the high cost of operation.B.the pressure from its investors.C.the complaints from its readers.D.the increasing online ad sales.(2).Peretti suggests
11、 that, in face of the present situation, the Times should(分数:2.00)A.seek new sources of readership.B.end the print edition for good.C.aim for efficient management.D.make strategic adjustments.(3).It can be inferred from Paragraphs 5 and 6 that a “legacy product“(分数:2.00)A.helps restore the glory of
12、former times.B.is meant for the most loyal customers.C.will have the lost of printing reduced.D.expands the popularity of the paper.(4).Peretti believes that, in a changing world,(分数:2.00)A.legacy businesses are becoming outdated.B.cautiousness facilitates problems-solving.C.aggressiveness better me
13、ets challenges.D.traditional luxuries can stay unaffected.(5).Which of the following would be the best title of the text?(分数:2.00)A.Shift to Online Newspapers All at OnceB.Cherish the Newspaper Still in Your HandC.Make Your Print Newspaper a Luxury GoodD.Keep Your Newspaper Forever in FashionIn a sw
14、eeping change to how most of its 1,800 employees are paid, the Union Square Hospitality Group will eliminate tipping at Union Square Cafe and its 12 other restaurants by the end of next year, the companys chief executive, Danny Meyer, said on Wednesday. The move will affect New York City businesses.
15、 The first will be the Modern, inside the Museum of Modern Art, starting next month. The others will gradually follow. A small number of restaurants around the country have reduced or eliminated tipping in the last several years. Some put a surcharge on the bill, allowing the restaurants to set the
16、pay for all their employees. Others, including Bruno Pizza, a new restaurant in the East Village, factor the cost of an hourly wage for servers into their menu prices. Union Square Hospitality Group will do the latter. The Modern will be the pilot restaurant, Mr. Meyer said, because its chef, Abram
17、Bissell, has been agitating for higher pay to attract skilled cooks. The average hourly wage for kitchen employees at the restaurant is expected to rise to $15.25 from $11.75. Mr. Meyer said that restaurants such as his needed to stay competitive as the state moved to a $15 minimum wage for fast-foo
18、d workers. If cooks wages do not keep pace with the cost of living, he said, “its not going to be sustainable to attract the culinary talent that the city needs to keep its edge.“ Mr. Meyer said he hoped to be able to raise pay for junior dining room managers and for cooks, dishwashers and other kit
19、chen workers. The wage gap is one of several issues cited by restaurateurs who have deleted the tip line from checks. Some believe it is unfair for servers pay to be affected by factors that have nothing to do with performance. A rash of class-action lawsuits over tipping irregularities, many of whi
20、ch have been settled for millions of dollars, is a mounting worry. Scott Rosenberg, an owner of Sushi Yasuda in Manhattan, said in an interview in 2013 that he had e-liminated tipping so his restaurant could more closely follow the customs of Japan, where tipping is rare. He said he also hoped his c
21、ustomers would enjoy leaving the table without having to solve a math problem. While Drew Nieporent, who owns nine restaurants in New York City and one in London, said he doubted the average diner would accept an increase in prices. “Tipping is a way of life in this country,“ he said. “It may not be
22、 the perfect system, but it s our system. It s an American system.“(分数:10.00)(1).According to the first paragraph,what would happen in New York City?(分数:2.00)A.1,800 employees of the Union Square Hospitality Group will be paid as much as before.B.Tips in 13 restaurants of the Union Square Hospitalit
23、y Group will be removed.C.All the business will be affected by Danny Meyer s action and eliminate tipping.D.There will be a new tipping system in the Modern, inside the Museum of Modern Art.(2).By “do the latter“(Para. 2), the writer probably means Union Square Hospitality Group will(分数:2.00)A.reduc
24、e tips.B.decrease prices.C.explain that prices include “hospitality“.D.provide blank lines for tips on checks.(3).Why does Danny Meyer make the Modern be the first restaurant to eliminate tipping?(分数:2.00)A.Tips can not be distributed to its skilled cooks.B.Its chef argues strongly for higher pay to
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