1、考研英语（阅读）模拟试卷 207 及答案与解析Part ADirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)0 Boys and girls used to grow up and set aside their childish pursuits. Not anymore. These days, men and women hold on to their inner kid. They live with
2、their parents far longer than previous generations. Theyre getting married later. Even when they have kids, moms and dads download pop songs for their cell phone ringtones, play video games, watch cartoons, and indulge in foodsfrom their childhood. Christopher Noxon explores this Peter Pan culture i
3、n his new book, Rejuvenile: Kickball, Cartoons, Cupcakes, and the Reinvention of the American Grownup.For rejuveniles today, all roads lead back to Peter Pan and the turn of the twentieth century. The natural capacities of children, which for centuries had been viewed as weak and obstinate were over
4、 the course of these few years discovered as a primary source of inspiration and profit. It would be another century before the rejuvenile rebellion we know today, but resistance to what historian Woody Register calls “the weakening prudence, restraint and solemnity of growing up“ began here, with t
5、he first flight of Pan and the dawn of the twentieth century.The temptation today is to think of adulthood as a historic and natural fact. In a 2004 essay on “The Perpetual Adolescent,“ Joseph Epstein wrote that adulthood was treated as the “lengthiest and most earnest part of life, where everything
6、 serious happened.“ To stray outside the defined boundaries of adulthood, he wrote, was “to go against what was natural and thereby to appear inappropriate, to put ones world somehow out of joint.“ Before the Industrial Revolution, no one thought much about adulthood, and even less about childhood.
7、In sixteenth-century Europe, for instance, “children shared the same games with adults, the same toys, and the same fairy stories. They lived their lives together, never apart,“ notes historian J.H. Plumb.This shouldnt suggest that people in the past didnt distinguish between kids and grown-ups. of
8、course they did. The distinction forms the basis of rites of passage that are as old as human history. Amazonian initiation rites, Jewish Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, Christian confirmationsall serve the same basic function: to formally announce the end of childhood and the assumption of new duties and fre
9、edoms. Its a mistake, though, to confuse maturity with adulthood. The maturity celebrated in traditional rites of passage is not the same thing as the idea of adulthood hatched a century ago by a group of Victorian clergymen and society ladies. Maturity is old. “Adulthood“ is new.1 According to the
10、passage, Peter Pan culture is probably a phenomenon that（A）people cast away their childish pursuits once they grow up.（B） people indulge in foods and games from their childhood.（C） people still act in a childish way when they are adults.（D）people hang on to their adult interests and attitudes.2 The
11、natural capacities of children turn out to be（A）weak and unpredictable.（B） inspiring and profitable.（C） restrained and solemn.（D）historic and natural.3 To which of the following statements will Joseph Epstein most probably agree?（A）Considering adulthood as historic and natural is dangerous.（B） Adult
12、hood is the longest and most important period in our life.（C） Since you are an adult, you should behave like an adult.（D）Adulthood is not necessarily a historic and natural period in ones life.4 Historian J. H. Plumbs remarks are cited to show that（A）adults and children had many things in common.（B）
13、 adults and children enjoyed a pretty close relationship.（C） both childhood and adulthood are new topics.（D）adulthood is not a historic and natural fact.5 Such rites of passage as Christian confirmations are performed to celebrate（A）childhood.（B） adolescence.（C） maturity.（D）adulthood.5 After clashes
14、 between riot police and protesters, workers at the Keihin Hotel in Tokyo were forcibly ejected on January 25th. They had been fired in October when the hotel went bankrupt, but decided to keep it runningan example of the lengths to which people will go to keep their jobs in Japan, where unemploymen
15、t is suddenlyrising at an alarming rate. Over 150,000people are expected to lose their jobs between October and March. Hisashi Yamada of the Japan Research Institute expects 1.5 million job losses by the end of next year, lifting the unemployment rate from 4% last year to over 6% Though low by inter
16、national standards, yet that is exceptionally high in Japan.Hardest hit will be “non-regular“ workersthose who work part-time, as day-laborers, for a fixed duration, or under agency contracts. “Regular“ workers enjoy benefits such as housing, bonuses, framing and (usually) lifetime employment, but n
17、on-regular workers earn as little as 40% of the pay for the same work, and do not receive training, pensions or unemployment insurance. In the past 20 years their numbers have grown to one-third of all workers.For years most Japanese ignored their predicament But now their problems have erupted into
18、 plain sight. In January around 500 recently fired, homeless people set up a tent village in Hibiya Parka highly visible spot in the centre of Tokyo. Politicians and television news crews flocked to the scene. The embarrassed city government eventually found accommodation for the parks homeless in u
19、nused city-owned buildings, though it put them up for only a week.The problem is that Japan lacks a social safety net, says Makoto Yuasa, the organizer of the Hibiya tent village, who dropped out of a PhD program at Tokyo University to help homeless people. Because families or companies traditionall
20、y looked after people, the state did not have to. Moreover, there is a stigma in Japan if an unemployed person asks for help: “If you dont work, you dont deserve to eat“, the saying goes.Yet there are signs of change. The main political parties recognize the need to establish better support and trai
21、ning for non-regular workers. And there is even a new government program to help unemployed foreign workers, such as Brazilians who worked at car factories, so that they do not leave Japan if they are laid off. With a shrinking population and workforce, losing skilled hands would only compound the c
22、ountrys woes when the economy eventually recovers.6 We can infer from the event of Keihin Hotel in Japan that（A）workers would try every means to keep their jobs.（B） the protesters are fired because of several conflicts.（C） the hotel has to be shut down to avoid further clashes.（D）unemployed workers
23、cause instability in the society.7 The main difference between regular workers and non-regular workers lies in（A）working environment.（B） legal status.（C） job benefits.（D）labor intensity.8 The word “predicament“ (line 1, Paragraph 3) most probably means（A）plight.（B） inferiority.（C） poverty.（D）misery.
24、9 The text suggests that tent village in Hibiya Park has（A）shown most laid-off workers in Tokyo were homeless.（B） helped 500 homeless or jobless people to find a living place.（C） changed the traditional view of working in Japan.（D）pushed the city government to address the social security problem.10
25、Which of the following is true according to the text?（A）The unemployment rate in Japan is relatively high compared with other nations.（B） The present unemployment rate in Japan is among the highest in its history.（C） The government has not yet recognized the need to help non-regular workers.（D）The g
26、overnment is reluctant to take measures to keep the technical workers.10 Human-induced climate change is likely to make many parts of the world uninhabitable, or at least uneconomic. Over the course of a few decades, if not sooner hundreds of millions of people may be compelled to relocate because o
27、f environmental pressures.To a significant extent, water will be the most important determinant ofthese population movements. Dramatic alterations in the relation between water and society will be widespread, as emphasized in the new report from Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Cli
28、mate Change. These shifts may include rising sea levels, stronger tropical cyclones, the loss of soil moisture under higher temperatures, more intense precipitation and flooding, more frequent droughts, the melting of glaciers and the changing seasonality of snowmelt.Impacts will vary widely across
29、the world. It will be important to keep our eye on at least four zones: low-lying coastal settlements, farm regions dependent on rivers fed by snowmelt and glacier melt, sub humid and arid regions, and humid areas in Southeast Asia vulnerable to changes in monsoon patterns. A significant rise in sea
30、 levels, even by a fraction of a meter could ruin tens or even hundreds of millions of people. One study found that although coastal areas less than 10 meters above sea level constitute only 2 percent of the worlds land, they contain 10 percent of its population These coastal zones are vulnerable to
31、 storm surges and increased intensity of tropical cyclonescall it the New Orleans Effect.Regions much farther inland will wither. Hundreds of millions of people, including many of the poorest farm households, live in river valleys where irrigation is fed by melting glaciers and snow. The annual snow
32、melt is coming earlier every year, synchronizing it less and less well with the summer growing season, and the glaciers are disappearing altogether. Thus, the vast numbers of farmers in the Indo-Gangetic Plain will most likely face severe disruptions in water availability.Until now, the climate deba
33、te has focused on the basic science and the costs and benefits of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Attention will now increasingly turn to the urgent challenge of adapting to the changes and helping those who are most affected. Some hard-hit places will be rescued by better infrastructure that pro
34、tects against storm surges or economizes on water for agriculture.Others will shift successfully from agriculture to industry and services. Yet some places will be unable to adjust altogether, and suffering populations will most likely move. We are just beginning to understand these phenomena in qua
35、ntitative terms. Economists, hydrologists, agronomists and climatologists will have to join forces to take the next steps in scientific understanding of this human crisis.11 Which of the following is true according to the first two paragraphs?（A）Many places in the world are unsuitable to live in due
36、 to climate change.（B） Environmental pressures may render plenty of people displaced.（C） Many people may have to leave their hometowns for lack of water.（D）Rising sea levels will be quite a common phenomenon around the world.12 Attention should be paid to humid areas in Southeast Asia in that（A）they
37、 are subject to the changes of monsoon patterns.（B） they are endangered by fast developing industries.（C） any rise in sea levels will cause certain damages to them.（D）they may be dried up because of global warming.13 The word “synchronizing“ (Line 3, Paragraph 4) most probably means（A）synthesizing.（
38、B） preceding.（C） coinciding.（D）harmonizing.14 What can we infer from the last paragraph?（A）The issue of greenhouse gas emissions does not deserve so much attention.（B） We have to understand climate changes in both quantitative and qualitative terms.（C） Measures should be taken to handle the alterati
39、ons in water-society relation.（D）People from all walks of life should join hands in combating water shortage.15 “Which of the following would be the best title for the text?（A）Water and Life（B） Changes in Water-Society Relation（C） Water Problem and Its Impacts（D）Climate Change Refugees15 Efforts cou
40、ld potentially avoid at least some of the psychopathy (mental illness) that underlies school shootings, since medicine now can help even the most severely ill. And they would also benefit the many young people struggling with far less extreme brain disorders.The U.S. Secret Service, which studies “t
41、argeted violence“, provides insighton the urgency of the need in its 2002 “Safe School Initiative“ report: School attacks, instead of being the random impulsive acts of noisy and cruel fellows, are well-planned events mostly carried out by a single studentwho is not evil but mentally ill Except for
42、being male, the 41 attackers studied fit no profile of family background, race, ethnicity, or even academic performance. Many were A and B students. Few had a history of violent or criminal behavior. But their thoughts were of violence, and their behavior was often intimidating. They frequently expr
43、essed violent themes in their writings, in one instance portraying killing and suicide as solutions to feelings of despair. The criminals often had telegraphed to other students and teachers their depression or desperation and either talked about or had attempted suicide. Feelings of persecution by
44、others were common and led to growing resentment and anger.Psychiatrists and psychologists recognize that these are red flags demanding medical intervention. Yet one of the most striking findings in the report was that the vast majority of these students never had a mental-health evaluation. No wond
45、er only 17 percent were diagnosed with a psychiatric illnessit wasnt looked for. That alone points to a huge mental health gap: If the distress of these students didnt trigger medical attention, its unlikely that less severe struggles that are seen in as many as 15 to 20 percent of other students wi
46、ll do so.Only recently have we learned that these are neurodevelopmental disorders whose early signs might well be picked up in routine pediatric screening. For example, a classic behavior in a child that can precede psychosis later in life is speaking to almost no one, even family, says Nasrallah.G
47、enes are known to confer vulnerability, but equally important is the environment. Stress or great disappointment can aggravate symptoms; connecting with an adult in an ongoing relationship can do the opposite. Interventions like social-skills training combined with talk therapy and targeted medicati
48、on can make a huge difference. Early treatment can lessen the frequency and intensity of psychotic episodes, leaving many patients with only the mildest of symptoms. And the younger the brain, the more malleable it is. The ultimate goal is to not only modify evolution of disease but keep it from ari
49、sing in the first place. This is achievable, and the path to get there is becoming clear.16 According to the US Secret Service, school attacks are characterized as（A）reactive.（B） revengeful.（C） plotted.（D）impulsive.17 One common characteristic of school attackers is that（A）they exhibit bad academic performances.（B） they have violent thoughts and intimidating behavior.（C） they regard homicide and suicide as ways of tackling despair.（D）they have records of violence and crimes.18 Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 3?（A）There is a huge gap between h
