[考研类试卷]考研英语(二)模拟试卷62及答案与解析.doc
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1、考研英语(二)模拟试卷 62 及答案与解析一、Section I Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D. (10 points) 0 Parenthood isnt a career-killer. In fact, economists with two or more kids tend to produce more research, not less, than their one-
2、child or childless colleagues. But female economists【C1】_can pay a price in terms of productivity after becoming mothers, especially【C2】 _theyre young or unmarried.Thats according to a new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. There is widespread【C3】_that motherhood is【C4】 _costly in
3、terms of professional career advancement. “In particular, it is often【C5】_that the only way for young women to【C6】_a challenging career is to remain childless,“ they wrote. Our study of the academic labor market arrives at a somewhat less【C7 】_picture: We do not observe a family gap in research prod
4、uctivity among female academic economists.【C8 】_, motherhood-induced decreases in research productivity are less pronounced than usually purported.The authors in early 2012【C9】_about 10, 000 economists through the Research Papers in Economics online platform,【C10】_the academics answers with their pu
5、blication records. They gauged an economists productivity【 C11】_looking at their output: published research, weighted by journal【C12】_. Among their findings:Mothers of at least two children are,【C13】_, more productive than mothers of only one child, and mothers in general are more【C14】_than childles
6、s women. Fathers of【C15】_two children are also more productive than fathers of one child and childless men. Toward the end of their careers, however, childless men appear to be somewhat more productive than fathers of one child.Parenthood does appear linked to【C16】_productivity while the children ar
7、e 12 and younger: mothers average a 17.4% loss, while fathers average a 5% loss. A female economist with three children, on average,【C17】_the equivalent of four years of research【C18】_by the time her kids become teenagers. Women who are married or in a【C19 】_relationship do not have any drop in rese
8、arch productivity in the three years following childbirth. For single mothers, research output drops by roughly a third【C20】_the same period.1 【C1 】(A)in principle(B) in turn(C) in addition(D)in particular2 【C2 】(A)when(B) if(C) because(D)unless3 【C3 】(A)foundation(B) tradition(C) conviction(D)pheno
9、menon4 【C4 】(A)extremely(B) largely(C) obviously(D)oppositely5 【C5 】(A)insisted(B) argued(C) judged(D)concluded6 【C6 】(A)make(B) choose(C) take(D)engage7 【C7 】(A)ideal(B) desirable(C) dreary(D)agreeable8 【C8 】(A)Therefore(B) Moreover(C) Otherwise(D)However9 【C9 】(A)collected(B) claimed(C) investigat
10、ed(D)surveyed10 【C10 】(A)matching(B) comparing(C) classifying(D)lining11 【C11 】(A)with(B) from(C) by(D)in12 【C12 】(A)size(B) name(C) quantity(D)quality13 【C13 】(A)for example(B) on average(C) in principle(D)above all14 【C14 】(A)productive(B) successful(C) laborious(D)effective15 【C15 】(A)smart(B) na
11、ughty(C) at least(D)at best16 【C16 】(A)increase(B) lower(C) affect(D)promote17 【C17 】(A)loses(B) gains(C) influences(D)changes18 【C18 】(A)papers(B) results(C) work(D)output19 【C19 】(A)flexible(B) stable(C) balanced(D)variable20 【C20 】(A)over(B) for(C) among(D)toPart ADirections: Read the following f
12、our texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)20 What sort of glass you drink from predicts how fast you drink. “Would you like that in a straight or a jug, sir?“ was once a common response to Britishers request for a pint in a pub. Like the Lilliputians in Gul
13、livers Travels, who argued whether a boiled egg should be opened at the pointed or the rounded end, beer drinkers were adamant that only from their preferred shape of glass did their drinks taste best.Straight-sided glassessometimes with a bulge a little below the liphave largely won the day. Jugs e
14、quipped with handles are now rare. But that is probably because straight glasses are easier for bar staff to collect and stack. The shape of a beer glass does, nevertheless, matter. For a group of researchers at the University of Bristol have shown that it can regulate how quickly someone drinks.Ang
15、ela Attwood and her colleagues asked 160 undergraduates80 women and 80 mento do one of four things: drink beer out of a straight glass; drink beer out of a flutea tall narrow wineglass; or drink lemonade from one of these two sorts of glass. To complicate matters further, some of the glasses were fu
16、ll whereas others were half-full. What Dr. Attwood and her team were really interested in was how quickly the various drinks would be drunk.The answer was that a full straight glass of beer was polished off in 11 minutes, on average. A full flute, by contrast, was finished off in seven, which was al
17、so the amount of time it took to drink a full glass of lemonade, regardless of the type of vessel. If a glass started half-full, however, neither its shape nor its contents mattered. It was drunk in an average of five minutes.Though beer flutes are not common in British pubs, her observation that th
18、e shape of a glass can affect how fast it is drunk from bears investigation. Both health campaigners and breweries would be interested in the results, though they would probably draw opposite conclusions about what is the best-shaped glass in which to serve a bevvy.21 According to the first two para
19、graphs, which of the following is true?(A)Beer drinkers also care about the shape and angle when opening a boiled egg.(B) People prefer to use a glass with a handle when drinking beer.(C) It is hard for jug lovers and their fellow-drinkers to collect jugs.(D)Straight glasses are popular in recent ye
20、ars.22 Judging from the context, the word “stack“(Para. 2)most probably means_.(A)pile(B) store(C) clean(D)preserve23 How long did it take to drink a full flute of lemonade?(A)Four minutes.(B) Five minutes.(C) Seven minutes.(D)Eleven minutes.24 What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?(A)The volunteers
21、 spent less time in drinking beer out of a jug.(B) Whether a glass was full or half-full makes no difference to drinking speed.(C) It took the volunteer five minutes to drink wine out of a straight glass.(D)If a glass was full of lemonade, its shape matters.25 Which of the following can best summari
22、ze the main idea of this text?(A)The beer in the best-shaped glass tastes best.(B) What sort of glass can affect the speed of drinking.(C) The shape and the contents of a glass matter.(D)Angela Attwood offers us a research about glasses.25 Bill Gates was 20 years old. Steve Jobs was 21. Warren BufTe
23、tt was 26. Ralph Lauren was 28. Estee Lauder was 29.These now iconic names were all 20-somethings when they started their companies that would throw them, and their enterprises, into some of the biggest successes ever known. Consider this: many of the truly remarkable innovations of the latest gener
24、ationa list that includes Google, Face-book and Twitterwere all founded by people under 30. The number of people in their mid-20s disrupting entire industries, taking on jobs usually reserved for people twice their age and doing it in the glare of millions of social media “followers“ seems to be gro
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