1、WORD格式2017 年考研英語二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 on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)1.A boastingB denyingC warningD ensuring2.A inequalityB instabilityC unreliabilityD uncertainty3.A policyBguidelineC res

2、olutionD prediction4.A characterizedBdividedC balancedDmeasured5.A wisdomB meaningC gloryD freedom6.A InsteadB IndeedC ThusD Nevertheless7.A richB urbanCworkingD educated8.A explanationB requirementC compensationD substitute9.A underB beyondC alongsideD among10.A leave behindB make upC worry aboutD

3、set aside11.A statisticallyB occasionallyC necessarilyD economically12.A chancesB downsidesC benefitsD principles13.A absenceB heightC faceD course14.A disturbB restoreC excludeD yield15.A modelB practiceC virtueD hardship16.A trickyB lengthyC mysteriousD scarce17.A demandsB standardsC qualitiesD th

4、reats專業資料整理118.A ignoredB tiredC confusedD starved19.A offB againstC behindD into20.A technologicalB professionalC educationalD interpersonalSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections ：Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark youranswer

5、s on the ANSWER SHEET.（ 40 points）Text 12Text 23Text 3Today, widespread social pressure to immediately go to college in conjunction wit h increasingly high expectations in a fast-moving world often causes students to comple tely overlook the possibility of taking a gap year. After all, if everyone y

6、ou know is goin g to college in the fall, it seems silly to stay back a year, doesn't it? And after going to sc hool for 12 years, itdoesn't feel natural to spend a year doing something thatisn tacade mic.4But while this may be true, it snot a good enough reason to condemn gap years.There

7、9;s always a constant fear of falling behind everyone else on the socially perpetuated “raceto the finish line, whether” that be toward graduate school, medical school or lucrative career. But despite common misconceptions, a gap year does not hinder the success of academic pursuitsin fact, it proba

8、bly enhances it.Studies from the United States and Australia show that students who take a gap yea r are generally better prepared for and perform better in college than those who do not. Rather than pulling students back, a gap year pushes them ahead by preparing them for i ndependence, new respons

9、ibilities and environmental changes all things that first-year s tudents often struggle with the most. Gap year experiences can lessen the blow when it comes to adjusting to college and being thrown into a brand new environment, making i t easier to focus on academics and activities rather than accl

10、imation blunders.If you're not convinced of the inherent value in taking a year off to explore interest s, then consider its financial impact on future academic choices. According to the Natio nal Center for Education Statistics, nearly 80 percent of college students end up changin g their major

11、s at least once. Thisisn tsurprising, considering the basic mandatory high school curriculum leaves students with a poor understanding of themselves listing one major on their college applications, but switching to another after taking college classes. It snot necessarily a bad thing, but depending

12、on the school, it can be costly to make u p credits after switching too late in the game. At Boston College, for example, you woul d have to complete an extra year were you to switch to the nursing school from another department. Taking a gap year to figure things out initially can help prevent stre

13、ss and s ave money later on.31.One of the reasons for high-school graduates not taking a gap year is that_.Athey think it academically misleadingBthey have a lot of fun to expect in collegeCit feels strange to do differently from othersDit seems worthless to take off-campus courses32.Studies from th

14、e US and Australia imply that taking a gap year helps_.Akeep students from being unrealisticBlower risks in choosing careersCease freshmens financial burdensDrelieve freshmen of pressures33.The word “acclimation”（Line 8, Para. 3） is closest in meaning to_.Aadaptation Bapplication Cmotivation D compe

15、tition34.A gap year may save money for students by helping them_.Aavoid academic failures Bestablish long-term goals Cswitch to another college Ddecide on the right major 35.The most suitable title for this text would be_.AIn Favor of the Gap Year BThe ABCs of the Gap Year CThe Gap Year Comes Back D

16、The Gap Year: A DilemmaText 4Though often viewed as a problem for western states, the growing frequency of w5ildfires is a national concern because of its impact on federal tax dollars, says Professor Max Moritz, a specialist in fire ecology and management.In 2015, the US Forest Service for the firs

17、t time spent more than half of its $5.5 b illion annual budget fighting fires-nearly double the percentage it spent on such efforts 20 years ago. In effect, fewer federal funds today are going towards the agency's other work such as forest conservation, watershed and cultural resources managemen

18、t, and in frastructure upkeep that affect the lives of all Americans.Another nationwide concern is whether public funds from other agencies are going in to construction in fire-prone districts. As Moritz puts it, how often are federal dollars bu ilding homes that are likely to be lost to a wildfire?

19、“ It salready a huge problem from a public expenditure perspective for the whole country, he” says. We need to take a magnifying glass to that. Like,“ Wait minute, is this OK?”“ Dowe want instead to redirect those funds to concentrate on lower-hazard parts of the landscape? ”Such a view would requir

20、e a corresponding shift in the way US society today views fire, researchers say.For one thing, conversations about wildfires need to be more inclusive. Over the past decade, the focus has been on climate change how the warming of the Earth from greenhouse gases is leading to conditions that worse n

21、fires. While climate is a key element, Moritz says, it shouldn tcome at the expense of the rest of the equation.“ The human systems and the landscapes we live on are linked, and the interactionsgo both ways," he says. Failing to recognize that, he notes, leads to "an overly simplifie d vie

22、w of what the solutions might be. Our perception of the problem and of what the so lution is becomes very limited. ”At the same time, people continue to treat fire as an event that needs to be wholly co ntrolled and unleashed only out of necessity, says Professor Balch at the University of C olorado

23、. But acknowledging fire's inevitable presence in human life is an attitude crucial to developing the laws, policies, and practices that make it as safe as possible, she says .“ Wevedisconnected ourselves from living with fire, Balch” says. “Itis really impo rtant to understand and try and tease

24、 out what is the human connection with firetoday. ” 36.More frequent wildfires have become a national concern because in 2015 they_.Aexhausted unprecedented management effortsBconsumed a record-high percentage of budgetCseverely damaged the ecology of western statesDcaused a huge rise of infrastruct

25、ure expenditure37.Moritz calls for the use of "a magnifying glass" to _.Araise more funds for fire-prone areasBavoid the redirection of federal moneyCfind wildfire-free parts of the landscapeDguarantee safer spending of public funds38.While admitting that climate is a key element, Moritz n

26、otes that _.6Apublic debates have not settled yetBfire-fighting conditions are improvingCother factors should not be overlookedDa shift in the view of fire has taken place39.The overly simplified view Moritz mentions is a result of failing to _.Adiscover the fundamental makeup of natureBexplore the

27、mechanism of the human systemsCmaximize the role of landscape in human lifeDunderstand the interrelations of man and nature40. Professor Balch points out that fire is something man should _. Ado away withBcome to terms with Cpay a price for Dkeep away fromPart BDirections：Read the following text and

28、 match each of the numbered items in the left column to its corresponding info rmation in the right column. There are two extra choices in the right column. Mark your answers on the ANS WER SHEET. （ 10 points）The decline in American manufacturing is a common refrain, particularly from Don ald Trump.

29、 "We don't make anything anymore," he told Fox News, while defending his own made-in-Mexico clothing line.Without question, manufacturing has taken a significant hit during recent decades, a nd further trade deals raise questions about whether new shocks could hit manufacturin g.But th

30、ere is also a different way to look at the data.Across the country, factory owners are now grappling with a new challenge: instead of having too many workers, they may end up with too few. Despite trade competition a nd outsourcing, American manufacturing still needs to replace tens of thousands of

31、retir ing boomers every years. Millennials may not be that interested in taking their place, ot her industries are recruiting them with similar or better pay.For factory owners, it all adds up to stiff competition for workers and upward pressu re on wages. "They're harder to find and they h

32、ave job offers," says Jay Dunwell, presid ent of Wolverine Coil Spring, a family-owned firm, "They may be coming into the wor kforce, but they've been plucked by other industries that are also doing an well as manu facturing," Mr. Dunwell has begun bringing high school juniors to

33、the factory so they ca n get exposed to its culture.At RoMan Manufacturing, a maker of electrical transformers and welding equipmen t that his father cofounded in 1980, Robert Roth keep a close eye on the age of his nearl y 200 workers, five are retiring this year. Mr. Roth has three community-colle

34、ge student s enrolled in a work-placement program, with a starting wage of $13 an hour that rises t o $17 after two years.At a worktable inside the transformer plant, young Jason Stenquist looks flustered7by the copper coils he's trying to assemble and the arrival of two visitors. It's his f

35、irst w eek on the job. Asked about his choice of career, he says at high school he considered m edical school before switching to electrical engineering. "I love working with tools.I love creating." he says.But to win over these young workers, manufacturers have to clear another major hurd

36、le: parents, who lived through the worst US economic downturn since the Great Depressio n, telling them to avoid the factory. Millennials "remember their father and mother both were laid off. They blame it on the manufacturing recession," says Birgit Klohs, chief e xecutive of The Right Pl

37、ace, a business development agency for western Michigan.These concerns aren't misplaced: Employment in manufacturing has fallen from 17 million in 1970 to 12 million in 2013. When the recovery began, worker shortages first appeared in the high-skilled trades. Now shortages are appearing at the m

38、id-skill levels."The gap is between the jobs that take to skills and those that require a lot of skill," s ays Rob Spohr, a business professor at Montcalm Community College. "There're enoug h people to fill the jobs at McDonalds and other places where you don't need to have m

39、uch skill. It's that gap in between, and that's where the problem is."Julie Parks of Grand Rapids Community points to another key to luring Millennials into manufacturing: a work/life balance. While their parents were content to work long hours, young people value flexibility. "Ove

40、rtime is not attractive to this generation. The y really want to live their lives," she says.Section III Translation Directions:Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation sh ould be written neatly on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)4

41、6. My dream has always been to work somewhere in an area between fashion and publishing.Two years before graduating from secondary school, I took a sewing and design cou rse thinking that I would move on to a fashion design course. However, during that cours e I realised that I was not good enough i

42、n this area to compete with other creative persona lities in the future, so I decided that it was not the right path for me. Before applying for8university I told everyone that I would study journalism, because writing was, and still is, one of my favourite activities. But, to be absolutely honest,

43、I said it, because I thought th at fashion and me together was just a dream - I knew that no one, apart from myself, coul d imagine me in the fashion industry at all!Section IV WritingPart A9參考答案1.C 空格之后的賓語從句部分“technology is replacing human workers. ”結合選項，應該選擇 warning 。2.A 空格單詞后面的句意看到了貧富對比，故作為上文對其進行

44、概括關鍵應選擇inequality 。3.D 空格之后的內容 “ holds that the future will be a wasteland of a different sort，”該定語從句是對空格詞匯的修飾與說明，既然文中用到了will 這一個表示將來時態的助動詞，故答案為prediction 。4. A one 4 by purposelessness。其他三項均不符合，故排除。5. B Without jobs to give their lives 5 ， people will simply become lazy and depressed. 空格所在句后面的表述與空格

45、前的內容屬于并列關系， 由逗號連接。 答案選擇 meaning。A wisdom C glory D freedom 這些選項都表示褒義色彩和后面 lazy、 depressed 矛盾。6. B 分析下四個選項可以看出并無體現因果關系故 A Thus 排除，另外 instead，nevertheless 表示轉折語意，但是上下文邏輯并無體現。7. C One Gallup poll found that 20 percent of Americans who have been unemployed for at least a year report having depression， d

46、ouble the rate for 7 Americans. 根據上下文對比的語意對照應該選擇working 。前面提到unemployed 。此處在進行對比，故選擇表示反義呼應的詞working 。8. A some research suggests that the 8 for rising rates of mortality ， mental-health problems ， and addicting 9 po orly-educated middle-aged people is shortage of well-paid jobs.9.D 很明顯應該指前者的發生范圍。瀏覽四

47、個選項，among“在 .中”表示范圍，符合此處語義需要，故為答案。10. C Perhaps this is why many 10 the agonizing dullness of a jobless future.11. C But it doesn t 11 follow from findings like these that a world without work would be filled with unease.But表示轉折語意。doesn't necessarily 不一定。符合此處語意需要，故為答案。12. B Such visions are base

48、d on the 12 of being unemployed in a society built on the concept of employment. 答案的線索在于空格后面的介詞短語，后面提到being unemployed。這是貶義。其他選項均不符條件。13 . AIn the 13 of work ， a society designed with other ends in mind could 14 strikingly different circumstancesfor the future of labor and leisure.14. D In the 13 of

49、 work ， a society designed with other ends in mind could 14 strikingly different circumstancesfor the future of labor and leisure. 該空格所選詞匯的主語是a society 賓語是 different circumstances. 根據主謂一致的原則應該選擇yield 。語義為：產生。15. C overblown. 一詞為解題線索。含義：吹散吹倒表貶義。后面的內容Many jobs are boring ， degrading， unhealthy ， and a

50、 waste of human potential ，” says John Danaher， a lectur er at the National University of Ireland in Galway. 是對這句話的進一步解釋，結合前后的上下文語義理解，應選擇 virtue ，其他選項均排除。16. D because leisure time is relatively 16 for most workers， people use their free time to counterbalance the intellectual and emotional 17 of th

51、eir jobs. 結合常識認知及上下文理解應該選擇scarce。17. A 根據語義的要求，瀏覽選項，只有demands符合語義要求。18. B “ When I come home from a hard day s work ， I often feel 18 ，”Danaher says， adding， “In a world in which I don t have to work ， I might feel rather different ” .19. D perhaps different enough to throw himself 19 a hobby or a p

52、assion project with the intensity usually reserved for 20 matters. “ Throw oneself into . ”意思是：一頭扎進；投身于，積極從事20 B perhaps different enough to throw himself into a hobby or a passion project with the intensity usually reserved for 20 matters. 此處空格處答案和前面的intensity 形成呼應與關聯。故此處professional 符合語義需要，入選。閱讀21

53、.【答案】 A 【解析】由題干中的關鍵詞According to Paragraph 1, 可以快速的定位到文中的第一段，第一段講了每周六大約有五萬多人都會在他們當地的公園里跑步，跑步的年齡跨度之大：從4 歲的小朋友到祖父母年紀的人都有；跑步所用的時間跨度也很大：從世界紀錄的13 分 48 秒到一個小時。由此可見，這是10一個全民運動，與 A 選項的 great popularity 相互對應，所以選 A. 其他選項， B 創造了很多就業機會； C 增強了社會的凝聚力； D 成為一個官方的節日；這幾個選項原文中都沒有涉及，所以排除。22. 【答案】B 【解析】可以發現原文中第二段第一句話s Olympic “ legacy” is failing 與題干中的關鍵詞London s OlympicParkrun is succeeding where London “ legacy” has failed to. 對應，所以可以