1、会计硕士专业学位联考英语(二)-19 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Section Use of Eng(总题数：1，分数：10.00)As I type these lines, my daughter, Harriet, who is 14, is on her iPhone skipping among no fewer than eight social media sites. My son, Penn, who is 15, will be asleep for hours yet. He was 1 all night with a friend pl
2、aying two video games, in a jag fueled by his favorite foodlike 2 . I like that my kids are comfortable and alert in the wired world. But increasingly I am 3 for them. It“s more 4 every day that screens have gradually stolen them from themselves. My wife, Cree, and I have 5 them to drift quite dista
3、ntly into the online world, and we fear our casualness has been a 6 . Each summer Cree and I resolve to 7 things back. This is 8 we draft rules for a new school year, strictures like: no laptops in bedrooms during the week; homework before screen time; no electronics after 10 p.m These rules invaria
4、bly begin to 9 by Day 3. By Day 4, there is pleading, and the discreet slamming of doors. By Day 8, no one is sure what the 10 are anymore. We“re back where we started, and plump with fear. This year it 11 to me we needed help. So I sat down with a new book that 12 assistance, and understanding. It
5、is The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age, whose primary 13 , Catherine Steiner-Adair, is a clinical psychologist who teaches at Harvard Medical School. Her book is 14 on thousands of interviews, and it can be eloquent about the need to ration our childr
6、en“s computer time. Here the author has pinned me. I like to think I“m a good father, perhaps even casually 15 in my better moments, 16 there is zero doubt that, without my iPhone in my palm, I feel I lose something since I“m fairly 17 . I must change my life a bit. Cree and I are still hammering ou
7、t our kids“ computer rules. We are trying to 18 in mind that we“re not our kids“ best friends; we“re their 19 . And we are 20 if there“s an app for fortitude.（分数：10.00）A.outB.awakenC.awayD.upA.objectsB.substancesC.thingsD.materialsA.disappointedB.satisfiedC.terrifiedD.worriedA.commonB.seriousC.negat
8、iveD.apparentA.stoppedB.allowedC.suggestedD.admittedA.habitB.failureC.fortuneD.disasterA.reinB.payC.returnD.keepA.whenB.whatC.whereD.becauseA.workB.pauseC.ceaseD.crackA.electronicsB.punishmentsC.rulesD.concernsA.occurredB.tookC.leftD.seemedA.appliesB.relatesC.offersD.featuresA.characterB.authorC.par
9、tnerD.editorA.writtenB.identifiedC.basedD.putA.inferiorB.superbC.niceD.playfulA.andB.besidesC.butD.asA.confusedB.regretableC.lonelyD.obsessiveA.putB.rememberC.stayD.keepA.relativesB.parentsC.companionsD.enemiesA.wonderingB.thinkingC.guessingD.hoping二、Section Reading Co(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Part A(总题数：0，分
10、数：0.00)四、Text 1(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Like a tired marriage, the relationship between libraries and publishers has long been reassuringly dull. E-books, however, are causing heartache. Libraries know they need digital wares if they are to remain valuable, but many publishers are too wary of piracy and lost
11、 sales to co-operate. Among the big six, only Random House and HarperCollins license e-books with most libraries. The others have either denied requests or are reluctantly experimenting. In August, for example, Penguin will start a pilot with public libraries in New York. Electronic borrowing is awf
12、ully convenient. Unlike printed books, which must be checked out and returned to a physical library miles from where you live, electronic book files can be downloaded at home. Digital library catalogues are often browsed at night, from a comfy sofa. The files disappear from the device when they are
13、due (which means no late fees, nor angst about lost or damaged tomes). E-lending is not simple, however. There are lots of different and often incompatible e-book formats, devices and licences. Most libraries use a company called OverDrive, a global distributor that secures rights from publishers an
14、d provides e-books and audio files in every format. Some 35 million titles were checked out through OverDrive in 2011, and the company now sends useful data on borrowing behavior to participating publishers. Yet publishers and libraries are worried by Over-Drive“s market dominance, as the company ca
15、n increasingly dictate fees and conditions. Publishers were miffed when OverDrive teamed up with Amazon, the world“s biggest online bookseller, last year. Owners of Amazon“s Kindle e-reader who want to borrow e-books from libraries are now redirected to Amazon“s website, where they must use their Am
16、azon account to secure a loan. Amazon then follows up with library patrons directly, letting them know they can “Buy this book“ when the loan falls due. So publishers keep tweaking their lending arrangements in search of the right balance. Random House raised its licensing prices earlier this year,
17、and HarperCollins limits libraries to lending its titles 26 times. Penguin plans to keep new releases out of libraries for at least six months, and each book will expire after a year. Hachette is engaged in some secret experiments, and the others are watching with bated breath. In Britain the govern
18、ment will soon announce a review of the matter. The story of the library e-book is a nail-biter.（分数：10.00）(1).According to the first paragraph, which of the following is true?（分数：2.00）A.E-books make the relationship between libraries and publishers boring.B.Book digitization is certain to cause pira
19、cy and lost sales.C.Random House and HarperCollins are not willing to co-operate.D.Penguin is reluctantly experimenting.(2).We can learn from the passage that printed books _.（分数：2.00）A.can save you a considerable amount of timeB.cannot be browsed at night, from a comfy sofaC.may produce late fee as
20、 they expireD.won“t be lost or broken especially great works(3).OverDrive“s market dominance makes publishers and libraries feel anxious because _.（分数：2.00）A.OverDrive protects rights from publishersB.OverDrive offers e-books and audio filesC.OverDrive borrows useful data and sends themD.OverDrive r
21、aises licensing prices and conditions(4).Judging from the context, the word “miffed“ (Para.4) most probably means _.（分数：2.00）A.excitedB.annoyedC.worriedD.delighted(5).The introduction of Random House, HarperCollins, Penguin, Hachette in the last paragraph is to _.（分数：2.00）A.find the most appropriate
22、 balanceB.adjust their lending arrangementsC.contribute to the Britain governmentD.show the story of the library e-book五、Text 2(总题数：1，分数：10.00)In a famous lab trial, a chimp named Sultan put two interlocking sticks together and pulled down a bunch of bananas hanging just out of arm“s reach. Nearly a
23、 century later, eager tourists have conducted their own version of the experiment. Equipped with the camera extender known as a selfie stick, they can now reach for flattering CinemaScope selfies wherever they go. Art museums have watched this development nervously, fearing damage to their collectio
24、ns or to visitors, as users swing their sticks. Now they are taking action. One by one, museums across the United States have been imposing bans on using selfie sticks for photographs inside galleries (adding them to existing rules on umbrellas, rucksacks, tripods and monopods), yet another example
25、of how controlling overcrowding has become part of the museum mission. The Hirshhorn Museum in Washington prohibited the sticks this month, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston plans to impose a ban. In New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which has been studying the matter for some time, has
26、 just decided that it, too, will forbid selfie sticks. “From now on, you will be asked quietly to put it away,“ said Sree Sreenivasan, the chief digital officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. “It“s one thing to take a picture at arm“s length, but when it is three times arm“s length, you are inva
27、ding someone else“s personal space.“ The personal space of other visitors is just one problem. The artwork is another. “We do not want to have to put all the art under glass,“ said Deborah Ziska, the chief of public information at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, which has been quietly enf
28、orcing a ban on selfie sticks but is in the process of adding it formally to its printed guidelines for visitors. Last but not least is the threat to the camera operator, intent on capturing the perfect shot and oblivious to the surroundings. “If people are not paying attention in the Temple of Dend
29、ur, they can end up in the water with the crocodile sculpture,“ Mr. Sreenivasan said. “We have so many balconies you could fall from, and stairs you can trip on.“（分数：10.00）(1).In the first paragraph, the author suggests that _.（分数：2.00）A.Sultan is as smart as human beingsB.tourists are easy to indul
30、ge in self-pityC.nowadays people use selfie sticks to get things out of reachD.camera extenders are useful to people as interlocking sticks to Sultan(2).Recently, the newly-added items that are banned by museums in the US are _.（分数：2.00）A.backpacksB.umbrellasC.selfie sticksD.supporting equipment for
31、 cameras(3).That US museums impose bans on using selfie sticks reveals that _.（分数：2.00）A.visitors are overcrowded in museumsB.existing rules don“t workC.museums are taking actionD.people like to wave the sticks(4).According to Sree Sreenivasan, when selfie-stick users take pictures, they _.（分数：2.00）
32、A.should keep quietB.may be easily distractedC.cannot stretch arms three timesD.capture the shots of balconies and stairs(5).Selfie sticks have been banned in case of all the following problems EXCEPT _.（分数：2.00）A.invasion of personal spaceB.damage to the artworkC.waste of printed guidelinesD.danger
33、 to camera users六、Text 3(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Robots have been the stuff of science fiction for so long that it is surprisingly hard to see them as the stuff of management fact. It is time for management thinkers to catch up with science-fiction writers. Robots have been doing menial jobs on production li
34、nes since the 1960s. The world already has more than 1 million industrial robots. There is now an acceleration in the rates at which they are becoming both cleverer and cheaper: an explosive combination. Robots are learning to interact with the world around them. Their ability to see things is getti
35、ng ever closer to that of humans, as is their capacity to ingest information and act on it. Tomorrow“s robots will increasingly take on delicate, complex tasks. And instead of being imprisoned in cages to stop them colliding with people and machines, they will be free to wander. Until now executives
36、 have largely ignored robots, regarding them as an engineering rather than a management problem. This cannot go on: robots are becoming too powerful and ubiquitous. Companies certainly need to rethink their human-resources policiesstarting by questioning whether they should have departments devoted
37、to purely human resources. The first issue is how to manage the robots themselves. An American writer, Isaac Asimov laid down the basic rule in 1942: no robot should harm a human. This rule has been reinforced by recent technological improvements: robots are now much more sensitive to their surround
38、ings and can be instructed to avoid hitting people. A second question is how to manage the homo side of homo-robo relations. Workers have always worried that new technologies will take away their livelihoods, ever since the original Luddites“ fears about mechanised looms. Now, the arrival of increas
39、ingly humanoid automatons in workplaces, in an era of high unemployment, is bound to provoke a reaction. Two principlesdon“t let robots hurt or frighten peopleare relatively simple. Robot scientists are tackling more complicated problems as robots become more sophisticated. They are keen to avoid hi
40、erarchies among rescue-robots (because the loss of the leader would render the rest redundant). They are keen to avoid duplication between robots and their human handlers. This suggests that the world could be on the verge of a great management revolution: making robots behave like humans rather tha
41、n the 20th century“s preferred option, making humans behave like robots.（分数：10.00）(1).The second sentence implies that management thinkers should _.（分数：2.00）A.turn robots into superheroes and supervillainsB.give robots names such as the TerminatorC.ponder more about homo-robo relationsD.create more
42、robots with super power(2).Which of the following statements is true about robots?（分数：2.00）A.They will be free and colliding with people and machines.B.They deliver information by acting like a human being.C.Their eyesight is becoming closer to men“s.D.They will do sophisticated jobs.(3).The word “u
43、biquitous“ (Para.3) probably means _.（分数：2.00）A.numerousB.pervasiveC.intelligentD.complicated(4).To deal with the second problem, companies may not _.（分数：2.00）A.show employees that the robot sitting alongside them is a complete helpmateB.explain that robots can help preserve manufacturing jobs in th
44、e rich worldC.persuade workers that robots are productivity-enhancersD.tell workers that robots are not just job-eating aliens(5).From the passage we can see that the author thinks homo-robo relations _.（分数：2.00）A.are intrusiveB.render worriesC.become sentientD.require specifications七、Text 4(总题数：1，分
45、数：10.00)If you watched a certain swimmer“s Rio Games debut on Sunday night, when he propelled the United States 4x 100-meter relay team to a gold medal, you know the answer: Michael Phelps. While it may look like the athletes have been in a bar fight, the purple dots actually are signs of “cupping,“
46、 an ancient Chinese healing practice that is experiencing an Olympic moment. In cupping, practitioners of the healing techniqueor sometimes the athletes themselvesplace specialized cups on the skin. Then they use either heat or an air pump to create suction between the cup and the skin, pulling the
47、skin slightly up and away from the underlying muscles. The suction typically lasts for only a few minutes, but it“s enough time to cause the capillaries just beneath the surface to rupture, creating the circular, eye-catching bruises that have been so visible on Phelps as well as members of the Unit
48、ed States men“s gymnastics team. Physiologically, cupping is thought to draw blood to the affected area, reducing soreness and speeding healing of overworked muscles. Athletes who use it swear by it, saying it keeps them injury free and speeds recovery. Phelps posted an Instagram photo showing himse
49、lf stretched on a table as his Olympic swimming teammate Allison Schmitt placed several cups along the back of his thighs. “Thanks for my cupping today!“ he wrote. While there“s no question that many athletes, coaches and trainers believe in the treatment, there“s not much science to determine whether cupping offers a real physiological benefit or whether the athletes simply are enjoying a placebo effect. “A placebo effect is present in all treatments, and I am sure that it is substantial in the case of cupping as well,“
