【考研类试卷】考研英语(阅读)-试卷172及答案解析.doc
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1、考研英语(阅读)-试卷 172 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)_School shootings like the one that devastated the s
2、mall German town of Winnenden on 11 March may not just be random acts of violence. A review of similar killings in the US, and of general school aggression, indicates that some schools are more likely than others to be breeding grounds for killers. Schools can“t be blamed for an individual“s actions
3、, but they may be able to reduce the chance of a killer emerging from their gates. The rare nature of school shootings makes them tough to study in a systematic way. But between July 1999 and June 2006 there were eight school shootings in which more than one person was killed in the US alone. Such c
4、ase studies allow researchers to start drawing some parallels . Traci Wike and Mark Fraser at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, reviewed studies of shooting incidents, such as those at Columbine High School, Colorado, in 1999 and at Virginia Tech in 2007, and of general school aggressio
5、n. They identified shared characteristics that might have helped to shape the killers. “Shootings appear more likely in schools characterized by a high degree of social status and low bonding and attachment between teachers and students,“ Wike says. “They provide rewards and recognition for only an
6、elite few, and create social dynamics that promote disrespectful behavior, bullying, and peer harassment.“ Large, academically competitive schools with an obvious “in-group“ are at greatest risk, she adds. The level of attachment that pupils feel towards a school may also affect displays of violence
7、. “No shooting has involved a student who was attached and committed to school,“ Wike says. Of course, personal factors can“t be ignoredand may be more important than environmental ones. Tim Kretschmer, who killed 15 people last week at Winnenden before turning the gun on himself, displayed many of
8、the characteristics associated with other school shooters, such as anger at a girl, a fascination with violent video games and access to guns. But that doesn“t mean schools can“t play a role in reducing the alienation and hostility that seem to push such individuals over the edge. Tackling feelings
9、of isolation in schools might work better than trying to pick out “the tiny handful of kids who are going to take a gun and massacre their peers“, says Catherine Bradshaw of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health in Baltimore, Maryland. In the US at least, school shootings seem to be declining. Ac
10、cording to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of school associated murders fell between 1992 and 2006, while multiple-victim homicides by students have been stable since 1992, with a small peak in the late 1990s.(分数:10.00)(1).In the opening paragraph, the author introduces
11、 his topic by(分数:2.00)A.posing a contrast.B.justifying an assumptionC.making a comparison.D.citing an example.(2).The author holds in Paragraph 1 that(分数:2.00)A.school shootings are arranged on purpose.B.schools are unable to build a secure environmentC.schools should do something as regards to scho
12、ol violence.D.teens killers are shaped through inappropriate education.(3).What does the author mean by “draw some parallels“(Last line, Paragraph 2)?(分数:2.00)A.Study in a methodical wayB.Make some comparisons.C.Make the final decisions.D.Research in a profound way.(4).According to Traci Wike and Ma
13、rk Fraser,(分数:2.00)A.killers are often from families of lower social status.B.attachment to schools may affect an individual.C.recognition for each student may result in peer harassment.D.displays of violence are the consequences of bullying.(5).Which of the following is true of the text?(分数:2.00)A.
14、Personal factors are not as important and controllable as environmental ones.B.Schools can“t play a role in combating the hostility which urges individuals.C.Feelings of isolation might be one of the reasons for peer massacre.D.Schools have to observe cautiously those students who are likely to beco
15、me killers.“What“s tile difference between God and Larry Ellison?“ asks an old software industry joke. Answer God doesn“t think he“s Larry Ellison. The boss of Oracle is hardly alone among corporate chiefs in having a reputation for being rather keen on himself. Indeed, until the bubble burst and th
16、e public turned nasty at the start of the decade, the worship of the celebrity chief executive seemed to demand bossly narcissism, as evidence that a firm was being led by an all-conquering hero. Narcissus met a nasty end, of course. And in recent years, boss-worship has come to be seen as bad for b
17、usiness. In his management bestseller, “Good to Great“, Jim Collins argued that the truly successful bosses were not the self-proclaimed stars who adorn the covers of Forbes and Fortune, but instead self-effacing, thoughtful sorts who lead by inspiring example. A statistical answer may be at hand. F
18、or the first time, a new study, “It“s All About Me“, to be presented next week at the annual gathering of the American Academy of Management, offers a systematic, empirical analysis of what effect narcissistic bosses have on the firms they run. The authors, Arijit Chatterjee and Donald Hambrick, of
19、Pennsylvania State University, examined narcissism in the upper rank of 105 firms in the computer and software industries. To do this, they had to solve a practical problem: studies of narcissism have relied on surveying individuals personally, something for which few chief executives are likely to
20、have time or inclination. So the authors devised an index of narcissism using six publicly available indicators obtainable without the co-operation of the boss. These are: the prominence of the boss“s photo in the annual report; his prominence in company press releases; the length of his “Who“s Who“
21、 entry; the frequency of his use of the first person singular in interviews; and the ratios of his cash and non-cash compensation to those of the firm“s second-highest paid executive. Narcissism naturally drives people to seek positions of power and influence, and because great self-esteem helps you
22、r professional advance, say the authors, chief executives will tend on average to be more narcissistic than the general population. Messrs Chatterjee and Hambrick found that highly narcissistic bosses tended to make bigger changes in the use of important resources, such as research and development,
23、or in spending; they carried out more and bigger mergers and acquisitions; and their results were both more extreme(more big wins or big losses)and more unstable than those of firms run by their humbler peers.(分数:10.00)(1).Larry Ellison is mentioned in the first paragraph to show that(分数:2.00)A.some
24、 corporate chiefs like to compare themselves to God.B.many corporate chiefs are notorious for being selfish.C.egotism of a boss is fundamental to the success of a firm.D.a boss“ narcissism might have an effect on his business.(2).The statement “Narcissus met a nasty end“(Line 1, Paragraph 2)implies
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