1、会计硕士专业学位联考英语(二)-9 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)Want to know how long you or your aging parents will live? One simple 1 of wellbeing and longevity among older people is their walking speed, new research shows. In an analysis of nine studies 2 more than 34,000 people
2、aged 65 and older, faster walking speeds were 3 with living longer: Predicted years of remaining life for each age and both sexes increased 4 gait-speed increased, with the most significant gains after age 75. In addition, researchers found that predicting survival based on gait speed was as 5 as pr
3、edictions 6 on age, sex, chronic conditions, smoking history, blood pressure, body mass index and hospitalization. “My hope is that we begin to think about ways to 7 the health and function of older people that goes 8 diseases,“ says lead researcher Stephanie Studenski, a geriatric physician at the
4、University of Pittsburgh, 9 analysis appears today in the Journal of American Medical Association. “Functional status (walking speed) is an important reflection of health.“ Walking is a 10 tool to measure well-being, Studenski says, 11 it requires body support, timing and power, and places demands 1
5、2 the brain, spinal cord, muscles and joints, heart and lungs. Slowing down is associated with getting older. By age 80, gait speed is approximately 10% to 20% 13 than in young adults, she says. The findings can provide doctors with an inexpensive, safe and simple way of measuring performance 14 can
6、 help 15 health problems, she says, and in many cases 16 treatments that can improve well-being, 17 disabilities and help the elderly 18 independence. “I think it“s a very useful tool, and some physicians already use it,“ says Evan Hadley, associate director of geriatrics at the National Institute o
7、n Aging. “It“s 19 universal, though. This study 20 show walking speed is a very strong predictor of survival.“（分数：10.00）A.pointerB.indicatorC.addictionD.exhibitA.to involveB.involveC.involvesD.involvingA.associatedB.companiedC.linkedD.jointA.asB.inC.byD.toA.acuteB.accumulatedC.assuredD.accurateA.lie
8、B.basedC.lineD.dependA.affectB.reflectC.infectD.effectA.toB.forC.outD.beyondA.whoB.whomC.whoseD.hisA.reliableB.relyC.loyalD.faithfulA.soB.thereforeC.therebyD.becauseA.forB.onC.toD.inA.slowerB.higherC.fasterD.smallerA.whoB.whereC.thatD.itA.identityB.reformC.transformD.identifyA.lead toB.to lead toC.l
9、ed toD.leading toA.offenceB.defineC.defenceD.ward offA.mainlyB.majorC.maintainD.mainA.far fromB.far awayC.farD.furtherA.to doB.doingC.doD.does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)If you know exactly what you want, the best route to a job is to get special
10、ized training. A recent survey shows that companies like the graduates in such fields as business and health care who can go to work immediately with very little on-the-job training. That“s especially true of booing fields that are challenging for workers. At Cornell“s School of Hotel Administration
11、, for example, bachelor“s degree graduates get an average of four or five job offers with salaries ranging from the high teens to the low 20s and plenty of chances for rapid advancement. Large companies, especially, like a background of formal education coupled with work experience. But in the long
12、run, too much specialization doesn“t pay off. Business, which has been flooded with MBAs, no longer considers the degree an automatic stamp of approval. The MBA may open doors and command a higher salary initially, but the impact of a degree washes out after five years. As further evidence of the er
13、osion (销蚀) of corporate faith in specialized degrees, Michigan State“s Scheetz cites a pattern in corporate hiring practices. Although companies tend to take on specialists as new hires, they often seek out generalists for middle and upper-level management. “They want someone who isn“t constrained b
14、y nuts and bolts to look at the big picture,“ says Scheetz. This sounds suspiciously like a formal statement that you approve of the liberal-arts graduate. Time and again labor-market analysts mention a need for talents that liberal-arts majors are assumed to have. writing and communication skills,
15、organizational skills, open-mindedness and adaptability, and the ability to analyze and solve problems. David Birch claims he does not hire anybody with an MBA or an engineering degree, “I hire only liberal-arts people because they have a less-than-canned way of doing things,“ says Birch. Liberal-ar
16、ts means an academically thorough and strict program that includes literature, history, mathematics, economics, science, human behaviorplus a computer course or two. With that under your belt, you can feel free to specialize, “A liberal-arts degree coupled with an MBA or some other technical trainin
17、g is a very good combination in the marketplace,“ says Scheetz.（分数：10.00）(1).What kinds of people are in high demand on the job market?（分数：2.00）A.Students with a bachelor“s degree in humanities.B.People with an MBA degree front top universities.C.People with formal schooling plus work experience.D.P
18、eople with special training in engineering.(2).By saying “.but the impact of a degree washes out after five years“ (Line 3, Para. 3), the author means _.（分数：2.00）A.most MBA programs fail to provide students with a solid foundationB.an MBA degree does not help promotion to managerial positionsC.MBA p
19、rograms will not be as popular in five years“ time as they are nowD.in five years people will forget about the degree the MBA graduates have got(3).According to Scheetz“s statement (Lines 45, Para. 4), companies prefer _.（分数：2.00）A.people who have a strategic mindB.people who are talented in fine ar
20、tsC.people who are ambitious and aggressiveD.people who have received training in mechanics(4).David Birch claims that he only hires liberal-arts people because _.（分数：2.00）A.they are more capable of handling changing situationsB.they can stick to established ways of solving problemsC.they are thorou
21、ghly trained in a variety of specialized fieldsD.they have attended special programs in management(5).Which of the following statements does the author support?（分数：2.00）A.Specialists are more expensive to hire than generalists.B.Formal schooling is less important than job training.C.On-the-job train
22、ing is, in the long run, less costly.D.Generalists will outdo specialists in management.五、Text 2(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Perhaps all criminals should carry cards which read “Fragile, Handle with Care“. It will never do, to go around referring to criminals as violent persons. You must refer to them politely a
23、s “social misfits“. The professional killer who wouldn“t think twice about battering some harmless old lady to death in order to rob her of her small life saving must never be given a dose of his own medicine. He is in need of “hospital treatment“. According to his misguided defenders, society is to
24、 blame. A wicked society breeds evil or so the argument goes. When you listen to this kind of talk, it makes you wonder why we aren“t all criminals. We have done away with the absurdly harsh laws of the nineteenth century and this is only right. But surely enough is enough. The most senseless piece
25、of criminal legislation in many countries such as Britain has been the suspension of capital punishment. The violent criminal has become a kind of hero figure in our time. He is glorified on the screen; he is pursued by the press and paid vast sums of money for his “memoirs“. Newspapers which specia
26、lize in crime reporting enjoy enormous circulations and the publisher of trashy cops and robber stories or “number mysteries“ have never had it so good. When you read about the achievements of the great train robbers, it makes you wonder whether you are reading about some glorious resistance movemen
27、t. The hardened criminal is embraced and cosseted by the sociologists on the one hand and adored as a hero by the masses on the other. It“s no wonder he is a privileged person who expects and receives VIP treatment wherever he goes. Capital punishment used to be a major deterrent. It made the violen
28、t robber think twice before pulling the trigger. It prevented unarmed policemen from being killed while pursuing their duty by killers armed with automatic weapons. Above all, it protected the most vulnerable members of society, young children, from brutal violence. It“s frightening to think that th
29、e criminal can literally get away with murder. We all know that “life sentence“ does not mean what it says. After ten years or so of good conduct, the most desperate wicked person can return to society where he will live very comfortably on the proceeds of his crime, or he will go on committing offe
30、nces until he is caught again. People are always willing to hold liberal views at the expense of others. It“s always fashionable to pose as the defender of the underdog so long as you remain unaffected. Did the defenders of crime consult the victims before they suspended capital punishment in their
31、desire for fair play? Hardly, you know, they couldn“t, because all the victims were dead.（分数：10.00）(1).From the last two sentences of Paragraph One, we know that _.（分数：2.00）A.the abolished laws in the 19th century should be put into practice nowB.we should abandon the reasonless laws except for capi
32、tal punishmentC.the measures for punishment are enough to defeat the violent criminalsD.we need to do our best to make the laws enough for us to use in future(2).What is the reason for a monstrous criminal becoming one hero figure?（分数：2.00）A.His continual appearance on the television.B.The ceaseless
33、 tracing of the press and newspaper journalists.C.The lack of effective measures to prevent him from committing crimes.D.His memoir published by the press is very popular to the public.(3).What is said about the foremost function of the capital punishment?（分数：2.00）A.It can make the violent robbers l
34、ay down arms.B.It can turn the criminals into social misfits.C.It can ensure the safety of the policemen on duty.D.It can protect weak people from being hurt.(4).By saying “life sentence“ (Line 5, Para. 3), the author means _.（分数：2.00）A.life imprisonmentB.capital punishmentC.imprisonmentD.punishment
35、(5).We can infer from this passage that _.（分数：2.00）A.the defenders of crime are another kind of criminals in a senseB.everyone thinks all the criminals ought to be punishedC.the capital punishment is the only way to deter criminalsD.the society should be responsible for the criminals“ action六、Text 3
36、(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Once inside the retail location, the shopper receives continuous messages at three levels. Store atmosphere is the overall setting of the store, its design, lighting, fixture, color, and sound. These are developed to convey a mood or feeling that separates the store from others that
37、sell similar merchandise. The more similar the product offerings of competitors, the more important it is to create a unique environment. By going into any large shopping mall and walking from one clothing store to another, a shopper can easily experience atmosphere differences. One store will be br
38、ightly lit with colorful plastic racks and walls. Another will be in seeming disarray, with loud rock music and strobe lights (闪光灯). A third will have a wood dcor, soft lights, and soft music. Each type of atmosphere is aimed at a particular target market, and each serves as a screen to tell shopper
39、s whether or not they will feel comfortable in the store and what type of merchandise they might expect. “Establishing a mood of shopping ambiance has never been more important than it is now,“ says Lois Patrich, vice president of sales promotion and advertising with Carson Pirie Scott parents shoul
40、d be responsible for teaching them how to work. Assign responsibilities around the house and make sure homework deadlines are met. Encourage teenagers to take a part-time job. Kids need plenty of practice delaying gratification and deploying effective organizational skills, such as managing time and
41、 setting priorities. 4 Playing video games encourages immediate content. And hours of watching TV shows with caned laughter only teaches kids to process information in passive way. At the same time, listening through earphones to the same monotonous beats for long stretches encourages kids to stay i
42、nside their bubble instead of pursuing other endeavors. All these activities can prevent the growth of important communication and thinking skills and make it difficult for kids to develop the kind of sustained concentration they will need for most jobs. 5 They should know how to deal with setbacks,
43、 stresses and feelings of inadequacy. They should also learn how to solve problems and resolve conflicts, ways to brainstorm and think critically. Discussions at home can help kids practice doing these things and help them apply these skills to everyday life situations. What about the son or daughte
44、r who is grown but seems to be struggling and wandering aimlessly through early adulthood? Parents still have a major role to play, but now it is more delicate. They have to be careful not to come across as disappointed in their child. They should exhibit strong interest and respect for whatever int
45、erests their fledging adult (as naive or ill conceived as it may seem) while becoming a partner in exploring options for the future. Most of all, these new adults, must feel they are respected and supportedby a farther.（分数：10.00）九、Section Translatio(总题数：1，分数：15.00)1.There“s been a warning that China
46、 faces a diabetes epidemic that almost one in ten adults now has the disease. Chinese researchers“ writing in The New England Journal of Medicine found that most cases were undiagnosed. The scale of the problem revealed by the study has shocked even the researchers themselves. They said rigorous new
47、 tests indicated that more than 92 million Chinese adults had diabetes, twice as many as previously thought. Nearly 150 million more were showing early symptoms. The researchers said rapid economic growth was partly to blame, through urbanisation, changed diets and more sedentary life styles. The fi
48、gures are high because of the size of China“s population and they represent a major public health problem for the authorities in Beijing. （分数：15.00）_十、Section Writing(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十一、Part A(总题数：1，分数：10.00)2.Directions: You have just come hack from Hong Kong and found a letter which came from your f
49、riend David. But you find the letter has been your home for about two weeks. Write him a letter to 1. make an apology, 2. suggest a solution. （分数：10.00）_十二、Part B(总题数：1，分数：15.00)3.Directions: Nowadays, more and more drunk drivers died in car accidents, which also killed many other innocent people. The problem of driving draws many concerns of people. Give us your opinion and you
