2021年考研英語二真題試卷+答案解析

2021考研英語二真題難度跟往年比略微提升，尤其是閱讀第四篇文章和閱讀PartB

比往常略難。但是由于英語二報考者增多，因此皮卡丘預測分數線可能和去年持平。

具體來看，完型填空講的是給員工設定目標不難，但是設定目標有負面作用，關注一

個就會忽視另一個。

閱讀四篇文章，textl是關于疫情下的就業問題-re-skilling再培訓再上崗-其它行業

轉向醫療行業；Text2是關于英語脫歐后英國農產品無法自足的問題；Text3科技巨頭通

過兼并新興公司消除潛在競爭對手，這一現象已經引起政府監管部門的注意；Text4有時

候直覺比思考更有效

PartB是關于如何跟比你更強大的人表示不同意見，難度比往年有增加，因為同義替

換增多，比如calm替換cooldown.

今年的翻譯和作文比較常規難度適中！

考研英語二（專碩）

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SectionIUseofEnglish

Directions:

ReadthefollowingtextChoosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA.B.CorD

ontheANSWERSHEET.(10points)

It'snotdifllculttosettargetstorslafTItismuchharder,1.tounderstandlhc>rn^ative

consequencesMostwork-relatedbehaviorshavemultiplecomponents.2oneandtheothers

becomedistorted

TravelonaLondonbusandyou'll3seehowthisworkswithdriversWatchpeopleget

onandshowtheirticketsArctheycarctullyinspected?Never.Dopeoplegetonwithoutpaying**

Ofcounse，Arethereinspectorsto4thatpeoplehavepaid?Possibly,butveryfewAndpeople

whorunlorthebus?Theyare5.Howaboutjumpinglights?Busesdosoalmostasfrequently

ascyclists

Why0Becausethetargetis6Peoplecomplainedthatbuseswerelateandinlrequeni

7.thenumberofbusesandbuslaneswereincreased,anddriverswere8orpunished

Accordingtothetimetheytook.Anddrivershitthesetargets.Butthey__9hitcyclistsIfthe

largerwaschangedto10.youwouldhavemoreinspectorsandmoresensitivepricing.Ifthe

criterionchangedtosafety,youwouldgetmore11driverswhoobeyedtrafticlaws.Butboth

thesecritcnawouldbealtheexpenseoftime

[■hereisanother12_peoplebecameimmenselyinventiveinhittingtargets.HaveyouJJ

thatyoucanleaveonaflightanhourlatebutstillarriveontime?Tailwinds?Ofcoursenot!

Airlineshavesimplychangedthetimea】4ismeanttotakeAone-hourBightisnowballad

asatwo-hourflight.

TheofthestoryissimpleMosijobsaremultidimensional,withmultiplecritcna.

Chooseonecriterionandyoumaywell16others.EveryihmgCanbedonefasterandmade

Thisisnotanargumentagainsttai^et-seningButitisanargumenttorexploring

consequencesfirstAllgoodtargetsshouldhavemultiplecriteria18criticaIfactorssuchas

timejnoney,qualityandcustomerfeedback.Thetrickisnotonlyio19justoneoreventwo

dimensionsoftheobjective,butalsotounderstandhowtohelppeoplebetter20theobjective.

1A.thereforeBhoweverCagainD.moreover

2.A.EmphasizeB.IdentifyC.AssessD.Explain

3A.nearlyBcunouslyCeagerlyD.quickly

4A.claimB.proveC.checkD.recall

5A.threatenedBignoredC.mockedD.blamed

6A.punctualityBhospitalityCcompetitionD.innovaticw

7A.YetB.SoCBesidesD.Still

8A.hiredB.trainedCrewardedD.grouped

9A.onlyBralhcrCOnceD.Also

10.A.comfortB.revenueC.efliciencyD.security

11.A.friendlyB.quietC.cautiousD.diligent

12.A.purposeB.problemC.prejudiceD.policy

13.AinterestingB.revealedCabmittedD.noticed

14.A.breakB.tripCdepartureD.transfer

15.A.moralBbackgroundCstyleD.fbnn

16.AinterpretB.criticizeCsacrificeD.tolerate

17.A.taskB.secretC.productD.cost

18A.leadingtoBcallingforCrelatingtoD.accountingfor

19AsnecifVBnredictCrestoreDcreate----

20-A.modifyB.reviewCpresentD.achieve

參考答案:

1-5：BADCB

6-10：ABCDB

CBDBA

16-20：CDCAD

SectionIIReadingComprehension

PartA

Directions:

Readthefollowingfourtexts.AnswerthequestionsaftereachtextbychoosingA,B,CorD

MarkyouranswersontheANSWERSHffiT(40points)

TextI

Reskilhngissomethingthatsoundslikeabuzzwordbutisactuallyarequirementifweplan

tohaveafuturewherealotofwould-bcworkersdonotgetleftbehind.

Weknowwearemovingintoaperiodwherethejobsindemandwillchangerapidly,aswill

therequirementsofthejobsthatremainResearchbytheWEFdetailedintheHarvardBusiness

Review,findsthatonaverage42percentofthe''coreskill''withinjobroleswillchangeby2022

Thalisaveryshorttimeline,sowecanonlyimaginewhaithechangeswillbefurtherinthe

future.

ThequestionofwhoshouldpaytorrefillingisathornyoneForindividualcompanies,the

temptationisalwaystoletgoofworkerswhoseskillsarcnolongerdemandandreplacethemwith

thosewhoseskillsarcThatdoesnotalwayshappen.AT&Tisoftengivenasthegoldstandardof

strategyultimatelyretraining18.000employeesPrepandemic,otherctxnpaniesincluding

AmazonandDisneyhadalsopledgedtocreatetheirownplansWhentheskillsmismatchisinthe

broadereconomyth。吵h.ihe(beususuallyturnstogovernmenttohandle.EflortsinCanadaand

elsewherehavebeenai3uablylanguidatbest,andhavegivenusasituationwherewefrequently

hearofemployersbeggingforworkersevenattimesandinregionswhereunemploymentishigh

Withthepandemic,unemploymentisveryhighindeed.InFebruary,at35percentand5.5

percentrespectively,unemploymentratesinCanadaandtheUnitedStateswereatgenerational

lowsandworkershortageswereeverywhereAsofMay.thoserateshadspikedupio13.3per

centand137percent,andalthoughmanyworkershortageshaddisappeared,notallhaddoneso

Inthemedicalfield.Iotakeanobviousexample,thepandemicmeantthattherewerestillclear

shortagesofdoctors,nursesandothermedicalpersonnel

Ofcourse,itisnothkcyoucanukcanunemployedwaiterandtramhimtobedoctorinlew

weeks,nomailerwhopaysforitButevenifyoucannotclosethatgap,maybeyoucanclose

others,anddoingsowouldbetothebencGtofallconcernedThaltobethecaseinSweden,

wherethepandemickick-startedaretrainingprogramwherebusinessaswellasgovernmenthada

role.

RcskilhnginthiswaywouldbechallenginginaNorthAmericancontext.Youcaneasily

imagineachorusof"youcan'tdothat,becauseteachersornursesorwhoeverhavespecialskills,

andusinganysupportstaffwhohasbeenquicklytrainedisboundtoendindisasterMaybeOr

maybeHissomethingthatcanworkwellinSweden,withitshistoryofco-operationbetween

business,labourandgovernment,butnotinNorthAmericawhereourhistoryisverydiflerent

Thenagain,maybeitisakintowartime,whenextraordinatythingstakeplace,butitisbusinessas

usualafterthefactAndyet,asinwarthepandemicisteachingusthatmanythings,including

rapidrcskilling,canbedoneifthereisawilllodothem.Inanycase.Swcdcns,workforceisnow

moreskilled,inmorethings,andmoreflexiblethanitwasbeibre

Ofcourse,reskiIlingprograms,whetherforpandemicneedsorthepostpandemicworld,arc

expensiveandatatimewheneveryone'sbudgetsarcleanthismaynotbethetimetoimplement

themThenagain,extendingincomesupportprogramstogetu$throughthenextmonthsis

expensive,too.tosaynothingofthecostofhavingaswathoflong-iermunemployedinthe

jump-startustoaplacewherereskillingbecomesmuchmorethanabuzzword

21ResearchbytheWorldEconomicForumsuggests

A.anincreaseinfull-timeemployment

B.anurgentdemandfornewjobskills

Casteadygrowthofjobopportunities

D.acontroversyaboutthe-coreskills”

22.AT&Tiscitedtoshow

Aanalternativetothefire-and-hirestrateg),

B.animmediateneedforgovernmentsupport

C.theimportanceofstaffappraisalstandards

D.thecharactensticsofreskillingprogram

23EfibrtstoresolvetheskillsmismatchmCanada

A.havedrivenuplabourcosts

B.haveprovedtobeinconsistent

C.havemetwithfierceopposition

D,haveappearediobein$ufTicicnt

24.WecanlearnfromParagraph3thattherewas

A.acallforpolicyadjustment

B.achangeinhiringpractices

C.alackofmedicalworkers.

D.asignofeconomicrecovery.

25.ScandinavianAirlinesdecidedto

A.Greatjobvacanciesfortheunemployed

B.Preparetheirlaid-ofTworkersforotherjobs.

CRetraintheircabinstart'ibrbetterservices

D.financetheirstaffscollegeeducation

Text2

agriculturalproductioninsomeregionswillneedtonearlydoubletokeeppace,foodsecurityis

increasinglymakingheadlines.IntheUK.ithasbecomeabigtalkingpointrecentlytoo.fora

ratherparticularreasonBrexit.

BrexitisseenbysomeasanopportunitytoreversearecenttrendtowardstheUKimporting

foodThecountryproducesonlyabout60percentofthefooditeats,downfromalmost

three-quartersinthelate1980s.Amovebacktoself-sufficiency,theargumentgoes,wouldboost

thefarmingindustry,politicalsovereigntyandeventhenationshealth.Soundsgreat-buthow

feasibletsthisvision?

AccordingtoareportonUKfoodproductionfromtheUnivcrsilyofLeeds,UK,85percent

ofthecountry'stotallandareaisassociatedwithmeatanddairyproduction.Thalsupplies80

percentofwhatisconsumed,soevencoveringthewholecountryinlivestockfannswouldn't

allowustocoverallourmeatanddairyneeds

Therearemanycaveatstothosefigures,buttheyarestillgrave.Tobecomemuchmore

seif-sufl'icient,theUKwouldneedtodrasticallyreduceitsconsumptionofanimalfoods,and

probablyalsotarmmoreintensivelymeaningfewergreenfieldsandmorefactor>'-style

production

Butswitchingtoamainlyplant-baseddietwouldn'thelpThereisagoodreasonwhytheUK

isdominatedbyanimalhusbandry：mostofitsterraindoesn'thavetherightsoilorclimateto

growcropsoncommercialbasisJust25percentofthecounty'slandissuitablefor

crop-growing,mostofwhichisalreadyoccupiedbyarablefieldsEvenifwcconvertedallthe

suitablelandtofieldsoffruitandveg---whichwouldinvolvetakingoutallthenaturereserves

andremovingthousandsofpeoplefromtheirhomes—wcwouldachieveonlya30percentboost

incropproduction.

Just23percentofthefruitandvegetablesconsumedintheUKarecurrentlyhome-grown,so

evenwiththemostextrememeasureswecouldmeetonly30percentofourfreshproduceneeds

Thatisbeforewelookforthespacetogrowthegrains,sugars,seedsandoilsthatprovideuswith

thevastbulkofourcurrentcaloricintake.

26.Somepeoplearguethatfoodself-sufficiencymtheUKwou!d____

[A]abehinderedbyitspopulationgrowth

[Cjbecomeapriorityofthegovernment

[D]poslachallengetoitsfarmingindustry

27.HiereportbytheUniversityofLeedsshowedthatintheUK

IA]farmlandhasbeenincHkicntlyutilised

[B]factorystyleproductionneedsreforming

[C]mostlandisusedfbrmealanddairyproduction

[D]moregreenfieldswillbeconvertedfbrtarming

28.Crop-growingintheUKisrestricteddueio_

[A]ilsfarmingtechnology

|B|itsdietaiytradition

[(7]itsnaturalconditions

[D]itscommercialinterests

29.IlcanbelearnedfromthelastparagraphthatBntishpeople

[A]relylargelyonimportsforfreshproduce

[B]enjoyasteadynscinfruitconsumption

[C]arcseekingcllcxtivewaystocutcaloricintake

DJarctryingtogrownewvarietiesofgrains

30Theauthor'satliiudctofoodscircfticicncyintheUKis

[A]defensive

[BJdoubtful

[C]tolerant

[D]optimistic

Text3

WhenMicrosoftboughttaskmanagementappWuncrlistandmobilecalendarSunrisein

2015,itpickeduptwonewcomersthatwereattractingconsiderablebuzzinSiliconValley

Microsoft'sownOfficedominatesthemarket!br"productivity“software,butthestart-ups

Bothapps.however,werelaterscrapped,afterMicrosoftsaidithadusedtheirbest

featuresmitsownmoducts.Theirteamsofengineersstayedon.makingthemtwoofthemany

“acqui-hires”thatthebiggestcompanieshaveusedtofeedtheirinsatiablehungertortechtalent.

ToMicrosoft'scritics,thelaicsofWunderlistandSunrisearcexamplesofaremorseless

drivebyBiglechtochewupanyinnovativecompaniesthatheintheirpaih"Theyboughtthe

seedlingsandclosedthemdown,"complainedPaulArnold,apartneratSanFrancisco-bascd

SwitchVcnlumputtingpaidtobusinessesthatmightonedaytumintocompetitors.Microsoft

declinedtocomment

Likeotherstart-upinvest?s,MrArnold'sownbusinessoftendependsonselling

start-upstolargertechcompanies,thoughheadmitstomixedfeelingsabouttheresult:**Ithink

thesethingsaregoodforme.ifIputmyselfishhatonButaretheygoodfortheAmerican

economy?1don'tknow."

TheUSFederalTradeCommissionsaysitwantstofindtheanswertothatquestionThis

week,itaskedthefivemostvaluableUStechcompaniesfbrinformationabouttheirmanysmall

acquisitionsoverthepastdecade.Althoughonlyaresearchprojectatthisstage,therequesthas

raisedtheprospectofregulatorswadingintoearly-stagelechmarketsthatuntilnowhavebeen

beyondtheirreach

Giventheircombinedmarketvalueofmorethan$5.5tm,riflingthroughsuchsmall

dealsimanyofthemmuchlessprcnnincntthanVVunderhstandSunrise-mightseembesidethe

point.Betweenthem,thefivecompaniesApple,Microsoft,Google,AmazonandFacebook)have

spentanaverageofonlyS34bnayearonsub-Slbnacquisitionsoverthepasifiveyears—adrop

intheoceancomparedwiththeirmassivefinancialreserves,andthemorethan$130bnofventure

capitalthatwasinvestedintheUSlastyear.

However,cnticssaythatthebigcompaniesusesuchdealstobuytheirmostthreatening

potentialcompetitorsbeforetheirbusinesseshaveachancetogainmomcnlum.insomecasesas

partofa**buyandkill"tactictosimplyclosethemdown

A.Theirmarketvaluesdeclined.

BTheirtechfeaturesimproved.

C.Theirengineerswereretained.

D.Theirproductswererc-priccd

32Microsoft'scriticsbelievethatthebigtechcompaniestendto

A.ignorepublicoptions

Btreatnewtechtalentunfairly

Cexaggeratethetrproductquality

Deliminateth?irpotentialcompetitors

33.PaulArnoldisconcernedthatsmallacquisitionsmight

A.harmthenationaleconomy

Bworsenmarketcompetition

C.discouragestart-upinvestors

D.weakenbigtechcompanies

34TheUSFederalTradeCommissionintendto

A.examinesmallacquisitions

BlimitBigTech'sexpansion

Csupervisestart-upsoperations

35.Forthefivebiggesttechcompanies,theirsmallacquisitionhave

A.broughtlittlefinancialpressure

Braisedfewmanagementchallenges

Csetanexampleforfuturedeals

Dgenerateconsiderableprofits

Text4

We*refairlygoodatjudgingpeoplebasedonfirstimpression,thinslicesof

experiencerangingfromaglimpseofaphototofive-minuteinteraction,and

deliberationcanbenotonlyextraneousbutintrusive.Inonestudyoftheabilityshe

dubbed"thinslicing."thelatepsychologistNaliniAmbadyaskedparticipantsto

watchsilent10-sccondvideoclipsofprofessorsandtoratetheinstructor'soverall

effectiveness.Theirratingscorrelatedstronglywithstudents'end-ot：semesterratings.

.Anotherseiofparticipantshadcountbackwardfrom1.000byninesastheywatched

theclips,occupyingtheirconsciousworkingmemory.Tlieirratingswerejustas

accurate,demonstratingtheintuitivenatureofthesocialprocessing.

Critically,anothergroupwasaskedtospendaminutewritingdownreasonsfor

tlieirjudgment,beforegivingtherating.Accuracydroppeddramatically.Ambady

suspectedthatdeliberationfocusedthemonvividbutmisleadingcues,suchascertain

gesturesorutterances,ratherthanlettingthecomplexinterplayofsubtlesignalsform

aholisticimpression.Shefoundsimilarinterferencewhenparticipantswatched

15-secondclipsofpairsofpeopleandjudgedwhethertheywerestrangers,friends,or

datingpartners.

Otherresearchshowswe'rebetteratdetectingdeceptionansexualorientation

drivingastickshift."saysJudithHall,apsychologistatNortheasternUniversity,“and

ifyoustartthinkingaboutittoomuch,youcan'lrememberwhatyou'redoing.Buiif

yougoonautomaticpilot,you'reHne.MuchofoursociallifeislikeIhal.”

'Iliinkingloomuchcanalsoharmourabilitytoformpreferences.College

students'ratingsofstrawberryjamsandcollegecoursealignedbetterwithexperts'

opinionswhenthestudentsweren'taskedtoanalyzetheirrationale..Andpeoplemade

car-buyingdecisionsthatwerebothobjectivelybetterandmorepersonallysatisfying

whenaskedtofocusontheirfeelingsraiherthanondetails,butonlyifthedecision

wascomplex-whentheyhadalotofinlbmiationtoprocess.

Intuition(sspecialpower*areunleashedonlyincertaincircumstances.Inone

study,participantscompletedabaitcryofeighttasks,includingtourthattapped

reflectivethinking(discerningmlecomprehendingvocabulary)andlourthattapped

intuitionancreativity(generatingnewproductsorfiguresofspeech).Thentherated

tliedegreetowhichtheyhadusedintuition("gut^eclings."^"hunches.""myheart").

Useoftheirguthurttheirperformanceonthefirstfourtasks,asexpected,andhelped

themontherest.Sometimestheheartissmarterthanthehead.

36.NaliniAmbaby1sstudydealswith

A.instructorstudentinteraction

B.thepowerofpeople'smemory

C.thereliabilityoffirstimpressions

1).People'sabilitytoinfluenceothers

37.In.Ambaby'sstudy,ratingaccuracydroppedwhenparticipants

A.gavetheratinginlimitedtime

C.watchcdshortervideoclips

B.tbcuscdonspecificdetails

D.discussedwithonanother

A.mcmorycanbeselective

B.reflectioncanbedistracting

C.socialskillsmustbecultivated

1).deceptionisdifllculttodetect

39.Whenyouaremakingcomplexdecisions,itisadvisableto

A.followyourfeelings

B.listyourpreferences

C.seekexpertadvice

D.collectenoughdata

40.WhatcanweIcamfromthelastparagraph?

A.Generatingmewproductstakestime.

B.Intuitionmayaflectreflectivetasks.

C.Vocabularycomprehensionneedscreativity.

D.O可ccliveUiinkingmayboostintuitiveness.

PartB

Directions:

Readthefollowingtextandanswerthequestionsbychoosingthemostsuitablesubheadingfrom

thelistA-Gloreachofthenumberedparagraphs(4)-45)Ilicrearetwoextrasubheadingswhich

youdonotneedtouseMarkyouranswersontheANSWERSHEET.(10points)

A.Staycalm

BStayhumbk

C.Don'tmakejudgments

D.Berealisticabouttherisks

E.Decidewhethertowait

FAdepermissiontodisagree

M=T-￡?cn」=匚

HowtoDisagreewitSomeoneMorePoweriulthanYou

Yourbossproposesanewinitiativeyouthinkwon'twork.Yourseniorcolleagueoutlinesa

projecttimelineyouthinkisunrealisticWhatdoyousaywhenyoudisagreewithsomeonewho

hasmorepowerthanyoudo?Howdoyoudecidewhetherit,sworthspeakingup?Andifyoudo,

whatexactlyshouldyousay9IIcrc'showtodisagreewithsomeonemorepowerfulthanyou

41.______

Youmaydecideit'sbesttoholdoffonvoicingyouropinionMaybeyouhaven'tfinished

thinkingtheproblemthroi^h.thewholediscussionwasasurprisetoyou,oryouwanttogeta

clearersenseofwhatthegroupthinks.Ifyouthinkotherpeoplearegoingtodisagreetoo,you

mightwantlogatheryourannyfirst.Peoplecancontributeexperienceorinformationloyour

think-allthethingsthatwouldmakethedisagreementstrongerormorevalid.It'salsoagood

ideatodelaytheconversationifyou'reinameetingorotherpublicspace.Discussingtheissuein

privatewillmakethepowerfulpersonfee!lessthreatened

42.

Beforeyoushareyourthoughts,thinkaboutwhatthepowerfulpersoncaresabout-ilmay

be"thecredibilityoftheirteamongettingaprojectdoneontime/'saysGrcnny.You'remore

likelylobeheardifyoucanconnectyourdisagreementtoa“higherpurpose".Whenyoudospeak

up.don'tassumethelinkwillbeclearYou*Ilwantlostateitovertly,contextualizingyour

staicmenlssothatyou'reseennotasadisagreeableunderlingbutasacolleaguewho'stningto

advanceasharedgoal.Thediscussionwillthenbecomemorelikeachessgamethanaboxing

match

43

Thisstepmaysoundoverlydeferential,butit,sasmartwaytogivethepowerfulperson

psychologicalsafelyandcontrolYoucansaysomethinghkc."Iknowweseemtobemoving

towardafirst-quartercommitmenthereIhavereasonstothinkthatwon'tworkI'dliketolayout

myreasoningWouldthatbeOK?"Thisgivesthepersonachoice,allowingthemtoverballyopt

inAnd.assumingtheysayyes,ilwillmakeyout(xlmoreconfidentaboutvoicingyour

disagreement

44

neutralinbothyourwordsandactions.Whenyourbody-languagecommunicatesreluctanceor

anxiety,itundercutsthemessage.Itsendsamixedmessage,andyourcounterpartgetstochoose

whattoreadDeepbreathscanhelp,ascanspeakingmoreslowlyanddeliberately.Whenweice!

panickywetendtotalklouderandfaster.Simplyslowingthepaceandtalkinginaneventone

helpstheotherpersoncalmdownanddocsthesameforyou.Italsomakesyouseemconfident,

evenifyouaren't

45.

Emphasizethatyou'reofleringyouropinion,notgospeltruthItmaybeawell-informed,

well-researchedopinion,butit'sstillanopinion,mytalktentativelyandslightlyunderstateyour

confidenceInsteadofsayingsomethinglike"Ifwesetanend-of-quarterdeadline,we'11never

makeH/say."Thisisjustmyopinion,butIdon'lseehowwewillmakeihatdeadline"Having

assertedyourp