1、会计硕士专业学位联考英语(二)-2 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Section Use Englis(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? 1 an event takes place, newspapers are on the streets 2 the details. Wherever anything happens in the
2、 world, reports are on the spot to 3 the news. Newspapers have one basic 4 , to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to 5 it. Radio, telegraph, television, and 6 inventions brought competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazine
3、s and other means of communication. 7 , this competition merely spurred the newspapers on. They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the 8 and thus the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are 9 and read than ever before. Competition also le
4、d newspapers to branch out to many other fields. Besides keeping readers 10 of the latest news, today“s newspapers 11 and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers“ economic choices 12 advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for
5、 their very 13 . Newspapers are sold at a price that 14 even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main 15 of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The 16 in selling advertising depends on a newspaper“s value to advertisers. This 17 in terms of circulation. How many people
6、read the newspaper? Circulation depends 18 on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment 19 in a newspaper“s pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper“s value to readers as a source of information 20 the community, city, country, state, nation,
7、 and worldand even outer space.（分数：10.00）A.Just whenB.WhileC.Soon afterD.BeforeA.to giveB.givingC.givenD.being givenA.gatherB.spreadC.carryD.bringA.reasonB.causeC.problemD.purposeA.makeB.publishC.knowD.writeA.anotherB.otherC.one anotherD.the otherA.HoweverB.AndC.ThereforeD.SoA.valueB.ratioC.rateD.sp
8、eedA.spreadB.passedC.printedD.completedA.informB.be informedC.to informedD.informedA.entertainB.encourageC.educateD.editA.onB.throughC.withD.ofA.formsB.existenceC.contentsD.purposeA.tries to coverB.manages to coverC.fails to coverD.succeeds inA.sourceB.originC.courseD.financeA.wayB.meansC.chanceD.su
9、ccessA.measuresB.measuredC.is measuredD.was measuredA.somewhatB.littleC.muchD.somethingA.offeringB.offeredC.which offeredD.to be offeredA.byB.withC.atD.about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)Education is all enormous and expensive part of American life
10、. Its size is matched by its variety. Differences in American schools compared with those found in the majority of other countries lie in the fact that education here has long been intended for everyonenot just for a privileged elite. Schools are expected to meet the needs of every child, regardless
11、 of ability, and also the needs of society itself. This means that public schools offer more than academic subjects. It surprises many people when they come here to find high schools offering such courses as typing, sewing, radio repair, computer programming or driver training, along with traditiona
12、l academic subjects such as mathematics, history, and languages. Students choose their curricula depending on their interests, future goals, and level of ability. The underlying goal of American education is to develop every child to the utmost of his or her own possibilities, and to give each one a
13、 sense of civic (公民的) and community consciousness. Schools have traditionally played an important role in creating national unity and “Americanizing“ the millions of immigrants who have poured into this country from many different backgrounds and origins. Schools still play a large role in the commu
14、nity, especially in the small towns. The approach to teaching may seem unfamiliar to many, not only because it is informal, but also because there is not much emphasis on learning facts. Instead, Americans try to teach their children to think for themselves and to develop their own intellectual and
15、creative abilities. Students spend much time, learning how to use resource materials, libraries, statistics and computers. Americans believe that if children are taught to reason well and to research well, they will be able to find whatever facts they need throughout the rest of their lives. Knowing
16、 how to solve problems is considered more important than the accumulation of facts. This is America“s answer to the searching question that thoughtful parents all over the world are asking themselves in the fast-moving time: “How can one prepare today“s child for a tomorrow that one can neither pred
17、ict nor understand?“（分数：10.00）(1).Which of the following best states the goal of American education?（分数：2.00）A.To teach every learner some practical skillsB.To provide every learner with rich knowledgeC.To give every student the opportunity to fully develop his or her abilityD.To train every student
18、 to be a responsible citizen(2).According to the goal of American education, it is implied in the passage that _.（分数：2.00）A.all high-school students take the same coursesB.every high-school student must take some practical ability training coursesC.every public school offers the same academic subjec
19、tsD.the subjects every student takes may vary(3).American schools place great emphasis on the learner“s _.（分数：2.00）A.enrichment of knowledgeB.accumulation of factsC.acquisition of the ability to be creativeD.acquisition of the ability to work with his hands(4).According to the passage, American educ
20、ation meets the needs of all the following EXCEPT _.（分数：2.00）A.the brightest studentsB.the slow studentsC.the students from foreign countriesD.the immigrants(5).Which of the following best states the feature of American education that makes it different from education in other countries?（分数：2.00）A.T
21、he large number of its schoolsB.The variety of the courses offered in its schoolsC.Its special consideration given to immigrantsD.Its underlying goal to develop every child“s abilities to the fullest extent五、Text 2(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Low speed bicycle crashes can badly injure or even kill children if th
22、ey fall onto the ends of the handlebars so a team of engineers is redesigning the humble handlebar in a bid to make it safer. Kristy Arbogast, a bioengineer at the Children“s Hospital of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, began the project with her colleagues after a study of serious abdominal (腹部的) inju
23、ries in children in the past 30 years showing that more than a third were caused by bicycle accidents. “The task was to identify how the injuries occurred and come up with some countermeasures,“ she says. By interviewing the children and their parents, Arbogast and her team were able to reconstruct
24、many of the accidents and identified a common mechanism responsible for serious injures. They discovered that most occur when children hit an obstacle at a slow speed, causing them to topple over. To maintain their balance they turn the handlebars through 90 degreesbut their momentum (冲力) forces the
25、m into the end of the handlebars. The bike then falls over and the other end of the handlebars hits the ground, ramming it into their abdomen. The solution the group came up with is a handgrip (握柄) fitted with a spring and damping (缓冲的) system. The spring absorbs up to 50 per cent of the forces tran
26、smitted through the handlebars in an impact. The group hopes to commercialize the device, which should add only a few dollars to the cost of a bike. “But our task has been one of education because up until now, bicycle manufacturer were unaware of the problem,“ says Arbogast. The team has also appro
27、ached the US Consumer Product Safety Commission to try to persuade manufacturers to adopt the new design. A decision is expected later this year.（分数：10.00）(1).According to the passage, some engineers are trying to improve the handlebars because _.（分数：2.00）A.they are not noble enoughB.they may kill c
28、hildrenC.they are likely to crashD.they make the bike move at a low speed(2).In Paragraph 2, the author mentions a study of serious abdominal injuries _.（分数：2.00）A.to discuss how abdominal injuries in children occurB.to show that more than a third injuries were caused by bicycle accidentsC.to point
29、out what the countermeasures can beD.to tell us why Kristy Arbogast began the project(3).Paragraph 3 mainly discusses _.（分数：2.00）A.why the children and their parents were interviewedB.when the children turn the handlebars through 90 degreesC.what causes the children to topple overD.how serious injur
30、ies occur(4).The new handgrip works in which of the following ways?（分数：2.00）A.It call be commercializedB.It reduces the dangerous forces in bicycle accidentsC.It adds a few dollars to the cost of a bikeD.It changes the direction of the handlebars in all impact(5).The passage implies that _.（分数：2.00）
31、A.it is not easy to persuade manufacturers to adopt the new designB.the team of engineers has not found any countermeasuresC.children like to ride bicycles at a very low speedD.a lot of children were killed in bicycle accidents in the past 30 years六、Text 3(总题数：1，分数：10.00)The chances are that you mad
32、e up your mind about smoking a long time ago and decided it“s not for you. The chances are equally good that you know a lot of smokersthere are, after all about 60 million of themwork with them, and get along with them very well. And finally it“s a pretty safe bet that you“re open-minded and interes
33、ted in all the various issues about smokers and non-smokersor you wouldn“t be reading this. And those three things make you incredibly important today. Because they mean that it“s your voicenot the smoker“s and not the anti-smoker“sthat will determine how much of society“s efforts should go into bui
34、lding walls that separate us and how much into the search for solutions that bring us together. For one tragic result of the emphasis on building walls is the diversion of millions of dollars from scientific research on the causes and cures of diseases which, when all is said and done, still strike
35、the non-smoker as well as the smoker. One prominent health organization, to cite but a single instance, now spends 28 cents of every publicly contributed dollar on “education“ (much of it in anti-smoking propaganda) and only 2 cents on research. There will always be some who want to build walls, who
36、 want to separate people from people, and up to a point, even these may serve society. The anti-smoking wall-builders have, to give them their due, helped to make us all more keenly aware of choice. But our guess, and certainly our hope, is that you are among the far greatest members who know that w
37、alls are only temporary at best, and that over the long run, we can serve society“s interest better by working together in mutual accommodation. Whatever virtue walls may have, they can never move our society toward fundamental solutions. People who work together on common problems, common solutions
38、, can.（分数：10.00）(1).What does the word “wall“ used in the passage mean?（分数：2.00）A.Anti-smoking propagandaB.Diseases striking non-smokers as well as smokersC.Rules and regulations that prohibit smokingD.Separation of smokers from non-smokers(2).In Paragraph 4, “you“ refers to _.（分数：2.00）A.smokersB.no
39、n-smokersC.anti-smokersD.smokers who have quitted smoking(3).It is evident that the author is not in favor of _.（分数：2.00）A.building a wall between smokers and non-smokersB.doing scientific research at the expense of one“s healthC.bringing smokers and non-smokers togetherD.proving accommodation for s
40、mokers(4).As is suggested, the common solution to the common problem is _.（分数：2.00）A.to separate people from peopleB.to work together in mutual accommodationC.to make us more keenly aware of choiceD.to serve society“s interests better(5).According to the passage, the writer looks upon the anti-smoki
41、ng wall-builders“ actions _.（分数：2.00）A.optimisticallyB.pessimisticallyC.unconcernedlyD.skeptically七、Text 4(总题数：1，分数：10.00)For three decades we“ve heard endlessly about the virtues of aerobic (increasing oxygen consumption) exercise. Medical authorities have praised running and jumping as the key to
42、good health, and millions of Americans have taken to the treadmill (踏车) to reap the rewards. But the story is changing. Everyone from the American Heart Association to the surgeon general“s office has recently embraced strength training as a complement to aerobics. And as weight lifting has gone mai
43、nstream, so has the once obscure practice known as “Super Slow“ training. Enthusiasts claim that by pumping iron at a snail“s pacemaking each “rep“ (repeat) last 14 seconds instead of the usual sevenyou can safely place extraordinary demands on your muscles, and call forth an extraordinary response.
44、 Slow lifting may not be the only exercise you need, as some advocates believe, but the benefits are often dramatic. Almost anyone can handle this routine. The only requirements are complete focus and a tolerance for deep muscular burn. For each exerciseleg press, bench press, shoulder press and so
45、onyou set the machine to provide only moderate resistance. But as you draw out each rep, depriving yourself of impetus, the weight soon feels unbearable. Defying the impulse to stop, you keep going until you can“t complete a rep. Then you sustain your vain effort for 10 more seconds while the weight
46、 sinks gradually toward its cradle. Intense? Uncomfortable? Totally. But once you embrace muscle failure as the goal of the workout, it can become almost pleasure. The goal is not to burn calories while you“re exercising but to make your body burn them all the time. Running a few miles may make you
47、sweat, but it expends only 100 calories per mile, and it doesn“t stimulate much bone or muscle development. Strength training doesn“t burn many calories, either. But when you push a muscle to failure, you set off a pour of physiological changes. As the muscle recovers over several days, it will thic
48、ken and the new muscle tissue will demand sustenance. By the time you add three pounds of muscle, your body requires an extra 9,000 calories a month just to break even. Hold your diet steady and, very quickly, you are vaporizing body fat. One might have benefited from any strength-training program.
49、But advocates insist that the slow technique is safer and more effective than traditional methods.（分数：10.00）(1).Many Americans have taken to treadmill for years by virtue of _.（分数：2.00）A.its inherent awards to their healthB.its greater consumption of oxygenC.the compliment paid by authoritiesD.the actual benefits from the exercise(2).According to the author, “Super Slow“ training _.（分数：2.00）A.has been misunderstood for decadesB.has been widely accepted recentlyC.has been the basis of weight liftingD.has become the
