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1、考研英语二阅读理解历年真题考研英语二阅读理解历年真题1 Text 1 A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys. People art actually more stressed at home than at work. Researchers measured people's cortntlol. Which is it at stress marker. While they were at work and while they were at home and found it higher at what is

2、 supposed to be a place of refuge. Further contradicting conventional wisdom, we found that women as well as men have lower levels of stress at work than at home, writes one of the researchers. Sarah Damaske, In fact women say they feel better at work. She notes. it is men not women. Who report bein

3、g bappicr at home than at work, Another surprise is that the findings hold true for both those with childrcn and without, but more so for nonparents. This is why pcoplc who work outside the home have better health. What the study doesn't measure is whether people are still doing work when they&#

4、39; re at home, whether it is household work or work brought home from the office. For many men, the end of the workday is a time to kick back. For women who stay home, they never get to leave the office. And for women who work outside the home, they often are playing catch-up-with-household tasks.

5、With the blurring of roles, and the fact that the home front lags well behind the workplace in making adjustments for working women, it' s not surprising that women are more stressed at home. But it's not just a gender thing. At work, people pretty much know what they're supposed to be d

6、oing: working, making money, doing the tasks they have to do in order to draw an income. The bargain is very pure: Employee puts in hours of physical or mental labor and employee draws out life-sustaining moola. On the home front, however, people have no such clarity. Rare is the household in which

7、the division of labor is so clinically and methodically laid out. There are a lot of tasks to be done, there are inadequate rewards for most of them. Your home colleagues-your family-have no clear rewards for their labor; they need to be talked into it, or if they' re teenagers, threatened with

8、complete removal of all electronic devices. Plus, they' re your family. You cannot fire your family. You never really get to go home from home. So it's not surprising that people are more stressed at home. Not only are the tasks apparently infinite, the co-workers are much harder to motivate

9、. 21.According to Pa ragraph 1，most previous su rveys found that home_ Awas an un realistic place for relaxation Bgenerated more stress than the workplace Cwas an ideal place for stress measurement Doffered greater relaxation than the workplace 22.According to Damaske， who are likely to be the happi

10、est at home? AWorking mothers BChildless husbands C Childless wives DWorking fathers 23 The blurring of working women's roles refers to the fact thay_ Athey are both bread winners and housewives Btheir home is also a place for kicking back Cthere is often much housework left behind Dit is diffic

11、ult for them to leave their office 24.The wordmoola(Line 4，Para 4)most probably means_ Aenergy Bskills Cearnings Dnutrition 25.The home front differs from the workplace in that_ Ahome is hardly a cozier working environment Bdivision of labor at home is seldom clear-cut Chousehold tasks are generally

12、 more motivating Dfamily labor is often adequately rewarded 答案： 21.D offered greater relaxation than the workplace 22.B childless husbands 23.A they are both bread winners and housewives 24.C earnings 25.B division of labor at home is seldom clear-cut 考研英语二阅读理解历年真题2 Text 1 It is curious that Stephen

13、 Koziatek feels almost as though he has to justify his efforts to give his students a better future. Mr. Koziatek is part of something pioneering. He is a teacher at a New Hampshire high school where learning is not something of books and tests and mechanical memorization, but practical. When did it

14、 become accepted wisdom that students should be able to name the 13th president of the United States but be utterly overwhelmed by a broken bike chain? As Koziatek knows, there is learning in just about everything. Nothing is necessarily gained by forcing students to learn geometry at a graffitied d

15、esk stuck with generations of discarded chewing gum. They can also learn geometry by assembling a bicycle. But hes also found a kind of insidious prejudice. Working with your hands is seen as almost a mark of inferiority. Schools in the family of vocational education “have that stereotype.that its f

16、or kids who cant make it academically,”he says. On one hand, that viewpoint is a logical product of Americas evolution. Manufacturing is not the economic engine that it once was. The job security that the US economy once offered to high school graduates has largely evaporated. More education is the

17、new principle. We want more for our kids, and rightfully so. But the headlong push into bachelors degrees for all and the subtle devaluing of anything less misses an important point: Thats not the only thing the American economy need. Yes, a bachelors degree opens more doors. But even now, 54 percen

18、t of the jobs in the country are middle-skill jobs, such as construction and high-skill manufacturing. But only 44 percent of workers are adequately trained. In other words, at a time when the working class has turned the country on its political head, frustrated that the opportunity that once defin

19、ed America is vanishing, one obvious solution is staring us in the face. There is a gap in working-class jobs, but the workers who need those jobs most arent equipped to do them. Koziateks Manchester school of Technology High School is trying to fill that gap. Koziateks school is a wake-up call. Whe

20、n education becomes one-size-fits-all, it risks overlooking a nations diversity of gifts. 21. A broken bike chain is mentioned to show students lack of . A practical ability B academic training C pioneering spirit D mechanical memorization 22. There exists the prejudice that vocational education is

21、for kids who . A have a stereotyped mind B have no career motivation C are not academically successful D are financially disadvantaged 23. We can infer from Paragraph 5 that high school graduates . A used to have big financial concerns B used to have more job opportunities C are reluctant to work in

22、 manufacturing D are entitled to more educational privileges 24. The headlong push into bachelor's degrees for all . A helps create a lot of middle-skill jobs B may narrow the gap in working-class jobs C is expected to yield a better-trained workforce D indicates the overvaluing of higher educat

23、ion 25. The author's attitude toward Koziateks school can be described as . A supportive B tolerant C disappointed D cautious 考研英语二阅读理解历年真题3 Text 1 What would you do with 590m? This is now a question for Gloria Mackenzie, an 84-year-old widow who recently emerged from her small, tin-roofed house

24、 in Florida to collect the biggest undivided lottery jackpot in history. If she hopes her new-found for tune will yield lasting feelings of fulfillment, she could do worse than read Happy Money by Elizabeth Dumn and Michael Norton. These two academics use an array of behavioral research to show that

25、 the most rewarding ways to spend money can be counterintuitive. Fantasies of great wealth often involve visions of fancy cars and extravagant homes. Yet satisfaction with these material purchases wears off fairly quickly what was once exciting and new becomes old-hat; regret creeps in. It is far be

26、tter to spend money on experiences, say Ms Dumn and Mr Norton, like interesting trips, unique meals or even going to the cinema. These purchases often become more valuable with time-as stories or memories-particularly if they involve feeling more connected to others. This slim volume is packed with

27、tips to help wage slaves as well as lottery winners get the most happiness bang for your buck. It seems most people would be better off if they could shorten their commutes to work, spend more time with friends and family and less of it watching television (something the average American spends a wh

28、opping two months a year doing, and is hardly jollier for it).Buying gifts or giving to charity is often more pleasurable than purchasing things for oneself, and luxuries are most enjoyable when they are consumed sparingly. This is apparently the reason MacDonald's restricts the availability of

29、its popular McRib - a marketing trick that has turned the pork sandwich into an object of obsession. Readers of “HappyMoney” are clearly a privileged lot, anxious about fulfillment, not hunger.Money may not quite buy happiness, but people in wealthier countries are generally happier than those in po

30、or ones. Yet the link between feeling good and spending money on others can be seen among rich and poor people around the world, and scarcity enhances the pleasure of most things for most people. Not everyone will agree with the authors policy ideas, which range from mandating more holiday time to r

31、educing tax incentives for American homebuyers. But most people will come away from this book believing it was money well spent。 21.According to Dumn and Norton,which of the following is the most rewarding purchase? AA big house BA special tour CA stylish car DA rich meal 22.The authors attitude tow

32、ard Americans watching TV is Acritical Bsupportive Csympathetic Dambiguous 23.Macrib is mentioned in paragraph 3 to show that Aconsumers are sometimes irrational Bpopularity usually comes after quality Cmarketing tricks are after effective Drarity generally increases pleasure 24.According to the las

33、t paragraph,Happy Money Ahas left much room for readerscriticism Bmay prove to be a worthwhile purchase Chas predicted a wider income gap in the us Dmay give its readers a sense of achievement 25.This text mainly discusses how to Abalance feeling good and spending money Bspend large sums of money wo

34、n in lotteries Cobtain lasting satisfaction from money spent Dbecome more reasonable in spending on luxuries 考研英语二阅读理解历年真题4 Text 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 automated: The averag

35、e 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 declining mi

36、ddle-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 lifestyle ,

37、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 fi

38、nd 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 fa

39、st that they 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

40、 and the I.T. revolution, 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.B

41、ill 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 incomes 22. A

42、ccording 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 disappeari

43、ng 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 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 C Average Is Over D Recession Is Bad 考研英语二