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1、英语考研二级阅读理解真题 句子其实不难，但是修饰成分多且长。从句(定语、状语、同位语从句等等);介词短语修饰;分词修饰;不定式修饰。对于这种长难句，大家肯定要抓住其主干，再中心发散，搞清其意思。下文是我为你细心编辑整理的英语考研二级阅读理解真题，希望对你有所帮助，更多内容，请点击相关栏目查看，感谢! 英语考研二级阅读理解真题1 Text 2 For years, studies have found that first-generation college students-those who do not have a parent with a college degree-lag ot

2、her students on a range of education achievement factors. Their grades are lower and their dropout rates are higher. But since such students are most likely to advance economically if they succeed in higher education, colleges and universities have pushed for decades to recruit more of them. This ha

3、s created "a paradox" in that recruiting first-generation students, but then watching many of them fail, means that higher education has "continued to reproduce and widen, rather than close" achievement gap based on social class, according to the depressing beginning of a paper f

4、orthcoming in the journal Psychological Sciense. But the article is actually quite optimistic, as it outlines a potential solution to this problem, suggesting that an approach(which involves a one-hour, next-to-no-cost program) can close 63 percent of the achievement gap(measured by such factors as

5、grades)between first-generation and other students. The authors of the paper are from different universities, and their findins are based on a study involving 147 students(who completed the project)at an unnamed private unive rsity.First generation was defined as not having a parent with a fou r-yea

6、r college degree Most of the first-generation students(59.1 percent) were recipients of Pell Grants，a federal g rant for undergraduates with financial need，while this was true only for 8.6 percent of the students wit at least one parent with a four-year degree Their thesis-that a relatively modest i

7、nte rvention could have a big impact-was based on the view that first-gene ration students may be most lacking not in potential but in practical knowledge about how to deal with the issues that face most college students They cite past resea rch by several authors to show that this is the gap that m

8、ust be na rrowed to close the achievement gap. Many first-gene ration students"struggle to navigate the middle-class culture of higher education，learn the'rules of the game，'and take advantage of college resou rces," they write And this becomes more of a problem when collages don&#

9、39;t talk about the class advantage and disadvantages of different groups of students Because US colleges and universities seldom acknowledge how social class can affect students' educational expe rience，many first-gene ration students lack sight about why they a re struggling and do not unde rs

10、tand how students' like them can improve 26. Recruiting more first-generation students has Areduced their d ropout rates Bnarrowed the achievement gao C missed its original pu rpose Ddepressed college students 27 The author of the research article are optimistic because Athe problem is solvable

11、Btheir approach is costless q the recruiting rate has increased Dtheir finding appeal to students 28 The study suggests that most first-gene ration students Astudy at private universities Bare from single-pa rent families q are in need of financial support Dhave failed their collage 29. The author o

12、f the paper believe that first-generation students Aa re actually indifferent to the achievement gap Bcan have a potential influence on othe r students C may lack opportunities to apply for resea rch projects Dare inexperienced in handling their issues at college 30.We mayinfer from the last paragra

13、ph that- Auniversities often rect the culture of the middle-class Bstudents are usually to blame for their lack of resources Csocial class g reatly helps en rich educational experiences Dcolleges are partly responsible for the problem in question 英语考研二级阅读理解真题2 Text 2 An article in Scientific America

14、 has pointed out that empirical research says that, actually, you think youre more beautiful than you are. We have a deep-seated need to feel good about ourselves and we naturally employ a number of self-enhancing strategies to research into what the call the “above average effect”, or “illusory sup

15、eriority”, and shown that, for example, 70% of us rate ourselves as above average in leadership, 93% in driving and 85% at getting on well with othersall obviously statistical impossibilities. We rose tint our memories and put ourselves into self-affirming situations. We become defensive when critic

16、ized, and apply negative stereotypes to others to boost our own esteem, we stalk around thinking were hot stuff. Psychologist and behavioral scientist Nicholas Epley oversaw a key studying into self-enhancement and attractiveness. Rather that have people simply rate their beauty compress with others

17、, he asked them to identify an original photogragh of themselves from a lineup including versions that had been altered to appear more and less attractive. Visual recognition, reads the study, is “an automatic psychological process occurring rapidly and intuitively with little or no apparent conscio

18、us deliberation”. If the subjects quickly chose a falsely flattering image- which must did- they genuinely believed it was really how they looked. Epley found no significant gender difference in responses. Nor was there any evidence that, those who self-enhance the must (that is, the participants wh

19、o thought the most positively doctored picture were real) were doing so to make up for profound insecurities. In fact those who thought that the images higher up the attractiveness scale were real directly corresponded with those who showed other makers for having higher self-esteem. “I dont think t

20、he findings that we having have are any evidence of personal delusion”, says Epley. “Its a reflection simply of people generally thinking well of themselves. If you are depressed, you wont be self-enhancing. Knowing the results of Epley s study,it makes sense that why people heat photographs of them

21、selves Viscerally-on one level, they dont even recognise the person in the picture as themselves, Facebook therefore ,is a self-enhancers paradise,where people can share only the most flattering photos, the cream of their wit ,style ,beauty, intellect and lifestyle its not that peoples profiles are

22、dishonest,says catalina toma of WisconMadison university ,”but they portray an idealized version of themselves. 26. According to the first paragraph, social psychologist have found that _. A our self-ratings are unrealistically high B illusory superiority is baseless effect C our need for leadership

23、 is unnatural D self-enhancing strategies are ineffective 27. Visual recognition is believed to be peoples_ A rapid watching B conscious choice C intuitive response D automatic self-defence 28. Epley found that people with higher self-esteem tended to_ A underestimate their insecurities B believe in

24、 their attractiveness C cover up their depressions D oversimplify their illusions 29.The word “Viscerally”(Line 2,para.5) is closest in meaning to_. Ainstinctively Boccasionally Cparticularly Daggressively 30. It can be inferred that Facebook is self-enhancers paradise because people can _. Apresent

25、 their dishonest profiles Bdefine their traditional life styles Cshare their intellectual pursuits Dwithhold their unflattering sides 英语考研二级阅读理解真题3 Text 2 A century ago, the immigrants from across the Atlantic inclued settlers and sojourners. Along with the many folks looking to make a permanent hom

26、e 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 exanmle, eventually returned to Italy for good. They even had an affectionate nickname, “uccelli di passaggio,” birds of passage.

27、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 immigrantion system and the long political paralysis over how to fix it. We dont need more categories, but we need to change

28、the way we think about categories. We need to look beyond strick definitions of legal and illegal. To start, we can recognize the new birds of passage, those living and thriving in the gray areas. We might then begin to solve our immigration challenges. Crop pickers, violinists, construction workers

29、, entrepreneurs, engineers, home health-care aides and physicists are among todays birds of passage. They are energetic participants in a global economy driven by the flow of work, money and ideas .They prefer to come and go as opportunity calls them , They can manage to have a job in one place and

30、a family in another. With or without permission, they straddle laws, jurisdictions and identities with ease. We need them to imagine the United States as a place where they can be productive for a while without committing themselves to staying forever. We need them to feel that home can be both here

31、 and there and that they can belong to two nations honorably. Accommodating this new world of people in motion will require new attitudes on both sides of the immigration battle .Looking beyond the culture war logic of right or wrong means opening up the middle ground and understanding that managing

32、 immigration today requires multiple paths and multiple outcomes. Including some that are not easy to accomplish legally in the existing system. 26 “Birds of passage” refers to those who_ A immigrate across the Atlantic. B leave their home countries for good. C stay in a foregin temporaily. D find p

33、ermanent jobs overseas. 27 It is implied in paragraph 2 that the current immigration stystem in the US_ A needs new immigrant categories. B has loosened control over immigrants. C should be adopted to meet challenges. D has been fixeed via political means. 28 According to the author, todays birds of

34、 passage want_ A fiancial incentives. B a global recognition. C opportunities to get regular jobs. D the freedom to stay and leave. 29 The author suggests that the birds of passage today should be treated _ A as faithful partners. B with economic favors. C with regal tolerance. D as mighty rivals. 3

35、0 选出最适合文章的标题 A come and go: big mistake. B living and thriving : great risk. C with or without : great risk. D legal or illegal: big mistake. 英语考研二级阅读理解真题4 Text 2 When Liam McGee departed as president of Bank of America in August， his explanation was surprisingly straight up. Rather than cloaking hi

36、s exit in the usual vague excuses， he came right out and said he was leaving “to pursue my goal of running a company.” Broadcasting his ambition was “very much my decision，” McGee says. Within two weeks， he was talking for the first time with the board of Hartford Financial Services Group， which nam

37、ed him CEO and chairman on September 29. McGee says leaving without a position lined up gave him time to reflect on what kind of company he wanted to run. It also sent a clear message to the outside world about his aspirations. And McGee isnt alone. In recent weeks the No.2 executives at Avon and Am

38、erican Express quit with the explanation that they were looking for a CEO post. As boards scrutinize succession plans in response to shareholder pressure， executives who dont get the nod also may wish to move on. A turbulent business environment also has senior managers cautious of letting vague pro

39、nouncements cloud their reputations. As the first signs of recovery begin to take hold， deputy chiefs may be more willing to make the jump without a net. In the third quarter， CEO turnover was down 23% from a year ago as nervous boards stuck with the leaders they had， according to Liberum Research.

40、As the economy picks up， opportunities will abound for aspiring leaders. The decision to quit a senior position to look for a better one is unconventional. For years executives and headhunters have adhered to the rule that the most attractive CEO candidates are the ones who must be poached. Says Kor

41、n/Ferry senior partner Dennis Carey：“I cant think of a single search Ive done where a board has not instructed me to look at sitting CEOs first.” Those who jumped without a job havent always landed in top positions quickly. Ellen Marram quit as chief of Tropicana a decade age， saying she wanted to b

42、e a CEO. It was a year before she became head of a tiny Internet-based commodities exchange. Robert Willumstad left Citigroup in 2005 with ambitions to be a CEO. He finally took that post at a major financial institution three years later. Many recruiters say the old disgrace is fading for top perfo

43、rmers. The financial crisis has made it more acceptable to be between jobs or to leave a bad one. “The traditional rule was its safer to stay where you are， but thats been fundamentally inverted，” says one headhunter. “The people whove been hurt the worst are those whove stayed too long.” 26. When M

44、cGee announced his departure， his manner can best be described as being Aarrogant. Bfrank. Cself-centered. Dimpulsive. 27. According to Paragraph 2， senior executives quitting may be spurred by Atheir expectation of better financial status. Btheir need to reflect on their private life. Ctheir strain

45、ed relations with the boards. Dtheir pursuit of new career goals. 28. The word “poached” (Line 3， Paragraph 4) most probably means Aapproved of. Battended to. Chunted for. Dguarded against. 29. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that Atop performers used to cling to their posts. Bloyalty of

46、top performers is getting out-dated. Ctop performers care more about reputations. Dits safer to stick to the traditional rules. 30. Which of the following is the best title for the text? ACEOs： Where to Go? BCEOs： All the Way Up? CTop Managers Jump without a Net DThe Only Way Out for Top Performers 英语考研本文来源：网络收集与整理，如有侵权，请联系作者删除，谢谢！第19页 共19页第 19 页 共 19 页第 19 页 共 19 页第 19 页 共 19 页第 19 页 共 19 页第 19 页 共 19 页第 19 页 共 19 页第 19 页 共 19 页第 19 页 共 19 页第 19 页 共 19 页第 19 页 共