2013考研英语(二)真题及答案解析.pdf
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1、版权所有版权所有 翻印必究翻印必究 1 中公考研学员专用资料中公考研学员专用资料 报名专线:报名专线:400400-63006300-966966 2013 考研英语(二)真题及答案解析 Section I Use of EnglishSection I Use of English Directions:Directions:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and mark A,Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for ea
2、ch numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.(10 points)B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.(10 points)Given the advantages of electronic money,you might think that we would move quickly to the cashless society in which all payments are made electronically.1 a true cashless society is probably not
3、 around the corner.Indeed,predictions have been 2 for two decades but have not yet come to fruition.For example,Business Week predicted in 1975 that electronic means of payment would soon revolutionize the very 3 of money itself,only to 4 itself several years later.Why has the movement to a cashless
4、 society been so 5 in coming?Although electronic means of payment may be more efficient than a payments system based on paper,several factors work 6 the disappearance of the paper system.First,it is very 7 to set up the computer,card reader,and telecornmunications networks necessary to make electron
5、ic money the 8 form of payment Second,paper checks have the advantage that they 9 receipts,something thai many consumers are unwilling to 10.Third,the use of paper checks gives consumers several days of float-it takes several days 11 a check is cashed and funds are 12 from the issuers account,which
6、means that the writer of the check can cam interest on the funds in the meantime.13 electronic payments arc immediate,they eliminate the float for the consumer.Fourth,electronic means of payment may 14 security and privacy concerns.We often hear media reports that an unauthorized hacker has been abl
7、e to access a computer database and to alter information 15 there.The fact that this is not an 16 occurrence means that dishonest persons might be able to access bank accounts in electronic payments systems and 17 from someone elses accounts.The 18 of this type of fraud is no easy task,and a new fie
8、ld of computer science is developing to 19 security issues.A further concern is that the use of e lectronic means of payment leaves an electronic 20 that contains a large amount of 2 中公考研学员专用资料中公考研学员专用资料 版权所有 翻印必究 personal data.There are concerns that government,employers,and marketers might be able
9、 to access these data,thereby violating our privacy.1.A However B Moreover C Therefore D Otherwise 2.A off B back C over D around 3.A power B concept C history D role 4.A reward B resist C resume D reverse 5.A silent B sudden C slow D steady 6.A for B against C with D on 7.A imaginative B expensive
10、C sensitive D productive 8.A similar B original C temporary D dominant 9.A collect B provide C copy D print 10.A give up B take over C bring back D pass down 11.A before B after C since D when 12.A kept B borrowed C released D withdrawn 13.A Unless B Until C Because D Though 14.A hide B express C ra
11、ise Dease 15.A analyzed B shared C stored D displayed 16.A unsafe B unnatural C uncommon D unclear 17.A steal B choose C benefit D return 18.A consideration B prevention C manipulation D justification 19.A cope with B fight against C adapt to D call for 20.A chunk B chip C path D trail Section II Re
12、ading ComprehensionSection II Reading Comprehension Part APart A Directions:Directions:版权所有版权所有 翻印必究翻印必究 3 中公考研学员专用资料中公考研学员专用资料 报名专线:报名专线:400400-63006300-966966 Read the following four texts.Answer the questions below each text by choosing A,Read the following four texts.Answer the questions below e
13、ach text by choosing A,B,C or D.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 points)B,C or D.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 points)Text 1Text 1 In an essay entitled“Making It in America”,the author Adam Davidson relates a joke from cotton about just how much a modern textile mill has been automa
14、ted:The average mill only two employees today,”a man and a dog.The man is there to feed the dog is there to keep the man away from the machines.”Davidsons article is one of a number of pieces that have recently appeared making the point that the reason we have such stubbornly high unemployment and d
15、eclining middle-class incomes today is also because of the advances in both globalization and the information technology revolution,which are more rapidly than ever replacing labor with machines or foreign worker.In the past,workers with average skills,doing an average job,could earn an average life
16、style,But,today,average is officially over.Being average just wont earn you what it used to.It cant when so many more employers have so much more access to so much more above average cheap foreign labor,cheap robotics,cheap software,cheap automation and cheap genius.Therefore,everyone needs to find
17、their extra-their unique value contribution that makes them stand out in whatever is their field of employment.Yes,new technology has been eating jobs forever,and always will.But theres been an acceleration.As Davidson notes,”In the 10 years ending in 2009,U.S.factories shed workers so fast that the
18、y erased almost all the gains of the previous 70 years;roughly one out of every three manufacturing jobs-about 6 million in total-disappeared.There will always be changed-new jobs,new products,new services.But the one thing we know for sure is that with each advance in globalization and the I.T.revo
19、lution,the best jobs will require workers to have more and better education to make themselves above average.In a world where average is officially over,there are many things we need to do to support employment,but nothing would be more important than passing some kind of G.I.Bill 4 中公考研学员专用资料中公考研学员
20、专用资料 版权所有 翻印必究 for the 21st century that ensures that every American has access to poet-high school education.21.The joke in Paragraph 1 is used to illustrate_ A the impact of technological advances B the alleviation of job pressure C the shrinkage of textile mills D the decline of middle-class inco
21、mes 22.According to Paragraph 3,to be a successful employee,one has to_ A work on cheap software B ask for a moderate salary C adopt an average lifestyle D contribute something unique 23.The quotation in Paragraph 4 explains that _ A gains of technology have been erased B job opportunities are disap
22、pearing at a high speed C factories are making much less money than before D new jobs and services have been offered 24.According to the author,to reduce unemployment,the most important is_ A to accelerate the I.T.revolution B to ensure more education for people C ro advance economic globalization D
23、 to pass more bills in the 21st century 25.Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the text?A New Law Takes Effect B Technology Goes Cheap 版权所有版权所有 翻印必究翻印必究 5 中公考研学员专用资料中公考研学员专用资料 报名专线:报名专线:400400-63006300-966966 C Average Is Over D Recession Is Bad Text 2Text 2 A century ago,
24、the immigrants from across the Atlantic inclued settlers and sojourners.Along with the many folks looking to make a permanent home in the United States came those who had no intention to stay,and 7millin people arrived while about 2 million departed.About a quarter of all Italian immigrants,for exan
25、mle,eventually returned to Italy for good.They even had an affectionate nickname,“uccelli di passaggio,”birds of passage.Today,we are much more rigid about immigrants.We divide nemcomers into two categories:legal or illegal,good or bad.We hail them as Americans in the making,or our broken immigranti
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