【考研类试卷】考研英语(阅读)-试卷14及答案解析.doc
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1、考研英语(阅读)-试卷 14 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)_Family traditions are very visible signs of our love
2、 for each other. Traditions represent stability in an often very shaky world. Traditions are frequently the security blanket we need to get through tough situations. Those statements may sound like platitudes, or pie-in-the-sky ideals, but they are the truth in our family as we share and grow togeth
3、er. What do pinwheel steaks and ice cream cakes have in common? In our family, food is always a part of our traditional times together. The birthday person always gets to pick a favorite meal, and no one else will complain because that is the way it is. Sometimes it is comforting not to have to give
4、 a reason for everything a teenager questions! We celebrate birthdays with favorite foods be it a carrot cake or apple pie for dessert because that is just the way it is! Growing boys with a craving for meat usually order pinwheel steaks with mashed potatoes. Grandpa always wants an ice cream cake t
5、o celebrate while Grandma wants a strawberry rhubarb pie for dessert. Requests are honored without question or debate so that these times together are filled with love. When someone in the family is having a shaky time in school or at work, everyone gathers to sit around the fireplace and talk. A ho
6、memade chocolate milkshake and a bowl of buttered popcorn add the additional familiarity that can bring comfort to a troubled day and make the problem easier to solve. Sometimes just watching the flames flicker with family surrounding each other can calm a moment and bring solutions to issues. The t
7、radition of gathering together is the beginning of the answer to the problem. Christmas Eve at our house is now filled with growing grandchildren and wonderful in-laws, but the traditions have only grown as new family members are added. For over forty years, Christmas Eve means going to church as a
8、family. There is great comfort in the routine and in having this security blanket to cover us and draw us even closer together. Since we don“t have to worry about how we are going to celebrate, we can just relax and enjoy the evening. Traveling to new vacation spots and sampling different foods are
9、also a part of the tradition our family enjoys. We love the comfortable long-standing traditions, but as new friends and family enter our circle of life, we delight in trying new adventures and ways of sharing. Some of these ideas we know will even become long-standing traditions. Because traditions
10、 are built with love over time, they will continue to bring happiness and make our family bonds even stronger.(分数:10.00)(1).The author believes that family traditions_.(分数:2.00)A.represent our initial elevated idealsB.promote social solidity and balanceC.give us security in the troubled worldD.are i
11、nherited form parents and ancestors(2).What pinwheel steaks and ice cream cakes have in common is that they_.(分数:2.00)A.provide us with pleasure in special occasionsB.serve as traditional meals in family gatheringsC.are favorite foods used to celebrate birthdaysD.are indispensible to teenagers and t
12、he elderly(3).That family gatherings are filled with love is shown in that_.(分数:2.00)A.growing boys usually crave for meatB.people have different tastes for foodC.affection replaces question and debateD.everyone“s demands are well respected(4).The tradition of family gatherings_.(分数:2.00)A.offers an
13、 opportunity to enjoy delicacyB.helps us find solutions to our problemsC.brings joy, peace and comfort to all of usD.enhances mutual understanding and trust(5).It is implied in the text that family traditions _.(分数:2.00)A.instruct us to celebrate Christmas EveB.encourage us to try various adventures
14、C.afford comfort and pleasure to everyoneD.enhance the cohesive affinity of a familyThe first time Tom Kiklas saw an electronic cigarette, he recalls, “I couldn“t stand it . I thought, “I don“t want to be involved in this. “ I“m an anti-smoking kind of guy. “ But after Kiklas realized that electroni
15、c cigarettes, a. k. a. e-cigarettes, deliver nicotine without tobacco or combustion products, thereby eliminating virtually all of the health hazards associated with smoking, he was comfortable becoming media relations director for inLife, one of the companies that sell the devices in the United Sta
16、tes. Unfortunately, many anti-smoking activists and public health officials are stuck in that first stage of visceral antipathy toward anything that resembles cigarettes, an emotional reaction that could prove deadly for smokers. Introduced by the Chinese company Ruyan in 2004, e-cigarettes produce
17、water vapor containing nicotine and the food additive propylene glycol. The tip of the battery-powered “cigarette“ lights up when a user sucks on it, and the vapor looks like smoke, but it dissipates immediately and contains none of the toxins and carcinogens that are generated when tobacco burns. G
18、iven the enormous differences between this vapor and tobacco smoke, the companies that sell e-cigarettes online and from shopping mall kiosks are on firm ground in advertising them as safer alternatives to conventional cigarettes that can be used in places where smoking is banned. The arguments of e
19、-cigarette opponents, by contrast, reek of red herrings . The critics warn that nicotine is addictive, that it may contribute to cardiovascular problems, and that smokers may use e-cigarettes as way of coping with smoking bans, continuing their habits instead of quitting. All of these objections als
20、o apply to the nicotine gum, patches, sprays, and inhalers the FDA has approved as safe and effective smoking cessation tools. E-cigarettes are less expensive than those products and may be more appealing to smokers looking for an experience that“s closer to the real thing. Although they have not be
21、en subject to the sort of rigorous testing the FDA demands for new drugs, the drug they contain is not new. It“s the same one delivered, in a much dirtier manner, by the cigarettes that the government says kill 400,000 Americans every year. “The standard for lower-risk products for use by current sm
22、okers,“ argues the American Association of Public Health Physicians, “should be the hazard posed by cigarettes, not a pharmaceutical safety standard. “ Telling smokers they may not use e-cigarettes until they“re approved by the FDA is like telling a floundering swimmer not to climb aboard a raft bec
23、ause it might have a leak.(分数:10.00)(1).It is evident that Tom Kiklas_.(分数:2.00)A.used to be an enthusiastic anti-smoking activistB.accepted the position of a section director gladlyC.was convinced of the safety of a. k. a. e-cigarettesD.couldn“t stand any kind of new electronic devices(2).The autho
24、r notes that anti-smoking activists_.(分数:2.00)A.are naturally disgusted with any electronic cigarettesB.act in line with the direction of public health officialsC.disbelieve in the harmlessness of electronic cigarettesD.had a stronger emotional reaction than most smokers(3).E-cigarettes are advertis
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