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1、2016年考研英语二试题真题Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and markA,B,C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)Happy people work differently.They7re more productive,more creative,andwilling to take greater risks.And new research suggests tha

2、t happiness mightinfluence 1 firms work,too.Companies located in place with happier people investmore,according to a recent research paper.2,firms in happy places spend more onR&D(research and development).That9s because happiness is linked to the kind oflonger-term thinking 3 for making investment

3、for the future.The researchers wanted to know if the 4 and inclination for risk-taking that come withhappiness would 5 the way companies invested.So they compared U.S.citiesaverage happiness 6 by Gallup polling with the investment activity of publicly tradedfirms in those areas.7 enough,firms invest

4、ment and R&D intensity were correlatedwith the happiness of the area in which they were 8.But it is really happiness thatslinked to investment,or could something else about happier cities 9 why firms therespend more on R&D?To find out,the researches controlled for various 10 that mightmake firms mor

5、e likely to invest like size,industry,and sales-and-and for indicatorsthat a place was 11 to live in,like growth in wages or population.They link betweenhappiness and investment generally 12 even after accounting for these things.Thecorrelation between happiness and investment was particularly stron

6、g for youngerfirms,which the authors 13 to less confined decision making process”and thepossible presence of younger and less 14 managers who are more likely to beinfluenced by sentiment.9 9 The relationship was 15 stronger in places where happinesswas spread more 16.Firms seem to invest more in pla

7、ces.17 this doesnt prove thathappiness causes firms to invest more or to take a longer-term view,the authorsbelieve it at least 18 at that possibility.Its not hard to imagine that local culture andsentiment would help 19 how executives think about the future.It surely seemsplausible that happy peopl

8、e would be more forward-thinking and creative and 20R&D more than the average,said one researcher.1.A why B where C how D when2.A In return B In particularfC In contrast D In conclusion3.A sufficient B famousfC perfect D necessary4.(A individualism B modernism C optimism D realism5.Aecho B miss C sp

9、oil Dchange6.A imagined B measured C invented D assumed7.A sure B odd C unfortunate D often8.A advertised B divided C overtaxed D headquartered9.A explain B overstate C summarize D emphasize10.A stages B factors C levels D methods11.A desirable B sociable C reputable D reliable12.A resumed B held C

10、emerged D broke13.A attribute B assign C transfer D compare14.A serious B civilized C ambitious D experienced15.A thus B instead C also D never16.A rapidly B regularly C directly D equally17.A After B Until C While D Since18.A arrives B jumps C hints D strikes19.Ashape20.A pray forDirections:B redis

11、cover C simplify D share B lean towards C give away D send actSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ARead the following four texts.Answer the questions below each text by choosing A,B,C or D.Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.(40 points)Text 1Ifs tme that high-school coding classes arent essential

12、 for learning computer sciencein college.Students without experience can catch up after a few introductory courses,said Tom Cortina,the assistant dean at Cainegie Mellons School of ComputerScience.However,Cortina said,early exposure is beneficial.When younger kids learncomputer science,they learn th

13、at its not just a confusing,endless string of letters andnumbers-but a tool to build apps,or create artwork,or test hypotheses.Its not ashard for them to transform their thought processes as it is for older students.Breakingdown problems into bite-sized chunks and using code to solve them becomes no

14、rmal.Giving more children this training could increase the number of people interested inthe field and help fill the jobs gap,Cortina said.Students also benefit from learning something about coding before they get to college,where introductory computer-science classes are packed to the brim,which ca

15、n drivethe less-experienced or-determined students away.The Flatiron School,where people pay to learn programming,started as one of themany coding bootcamps thats become popular for adults looking fbr a career change.The high-schoolers get the same curriculum,but“we try to gear lessons toward things

16、they9re interested in,“said Victoria Friedman,an instructor.For instance,one of theapps the students are developing suggests movies based on your mood.The students in the Flatiron class probably wont drop out of high school and buildthe next Facebook.Programming languages have a quick turnover,so th

17、e“Ruby onRails language they learned may not even be relevant by the time they enter the jobmarket.But the skills they learn-how to think logically through a problem andorganize the results-apply to any coding language,said Deborah Seehom,aneducation consultant for the state of North Carolina.Indeed

18、,the Flatiron students might not go into IT at all.But creating a future army ofcoders is not the sole purpose of the classes.These kids are going to be surrounded bycomputers-in their pockets,in their offices,in their homes-fbr the rest of their lives,The younger they learn how computers think,how

19、to coax the machine into producingwhat they want-the earlier they learn that they have the power to do that-the better.21.Cortina holds that early exposure to computer science makes it easier toA.complete future job trainingB.remodel the way of thinkingC.formulate logical hypothesesD.perfect artwork

20、 production22.1 n delivering lessons for high-schoolers,Flatiron has considered theirA.experienceB.interestC.career prospectsD.academic backgrounds23.Deborah Seehom believes that the skills learned at Flatiron willA.help students learn other computer languagesB.have to be upgraded when new technolog

21、ies comeC.need improving when students look for jobsD.enable students to make big quick money24.According to the last paragraph,Flatiron students are expected toA.bring forth innovative computer technologiesB.stay longer in the information technology industryC.become better prepared for the digitali

22、zed worldD.compete with a future army of programmers25.The word tcoax,(Line4,Para.6)is closest in meaning toA.persuadeB.frightenC.misguideD.challengeText 2Biologists estimate that as many as 2 million lesser prairie chickens-a kind of birdliving on stretching grasslands-once lent red to the often gr

23、ey landscape of themidwestern and southwestern United States.But just some 22,000 birds remain today,occupying about 16%of the species historic range.The crash was a major reason the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service(USFWS)decided toformally list the bird as threatened.The lesser prairie chicken is in a

24、 desperatesituation said USFWS Director Daniel Ashe.Some environmentalists,however,were disappointed.They had pushed the agency to designate the bird as“endangered,“a status that gives federal officials greater regulatory power to crack down onthreats.But Ashe and others argued that the“threatened t

25、ag gave the federalgovernment flexibility to try out new,potentially less confrontational conservationsapproaches.In particular,they called for forging closer collaborations with westernstate governments,which are often uneasy with federal action,and with the privatelandowners who control an estimat

26、ed 95%of the prairie chickens habitat.Under the plan,fbr example,the agency said it would not prosecute landowner orbusinesses that unintentionally kill,harm,or disturb the bird,as long as they hadsigned a range-wide management plan to restore prairie chicken habitat.Negotiatedby USFWS and the state

27、s,the plan requires individuals and businesses that damagehabitat as part of their operations to pay into a fund to replace every acre destroyedwith 2 new acres of suitable habitat.The fund will also be used to compensatelandowners who set aside habitat,USFWS also set an interim goal of restoring pr

28、airiechicken populations to an annual average of 67,000 birds over the next 10 years.Andit gives the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies(WAFWA),acoalition of state agencies,the job of monitoring progress.Overall,the idea is to let“states remain in the driver fs seat for managing the sp

29、ecies,Ashe said.Not everyone buys the win-win rhetoric.Some Congress members are trying to blockthe plan,and at least a dozen industry groups,four states,and three environmentalgroups are challenging it in federal court.Not surprisingly,doesnt go far enough.“The federal government is giving responsi

30、bility for managing the bird to the sameindustries that are pushing it to extinction,says biologist Jay Lininger.26.The major reason for listing the lesser prairie as threatened is.Aits drastically decreased population Bthe underestimate of the grassland acreage Ca desperate appeal from some biologi

31、sts Dthe insistence of private landowners27.The“threatened tag disappointed some environmentalists in that it.Awas a give-in to governmental pressure Bwould involve fewer agencies in action Cgranted less federal regulatory power Dwent against conservation policies28.It can be learned from Paragraphs

32、 that unintentional harm-doers will not beprosecuted if t h e y.Aagree to pay a sum for compensation Bvolunteer to set up an equally big habitat Coffer to support the WAFWA monitoring job Dpromise to raise funds for USFWS operations29.According to Ashe,the leading role in managing the species in.Ath

33、e federal government Bthe wildlife agencies Cthe landowners Dthe states3O.Jay Lininger would most likely s u p p o r t.Aindustry groups Bthe win-win rhetoric CJenvironmental groups Dthe plan under challengeText 3That everyones too busy these days is a cliche.But one specific complaint is madeespecia

34、lly mournfully:Theres never any time to read.What makes the problem thornier is that the usual time-management techniques dontseem sufficient.The webs full of articles offering tips on making time to read:Giveup TV or“Carry a book with you at all times.But in my experience,using suchmethods to free

35、up the odd 30 minutes doesnt work.Sit down to read and theflywheel of work-related thoughts keeps spinning-or else youre so exhausted that achallenging book*s the last thing you need.The modern mind,Tim Parks,a novelistand critic,writes,is overwhelmingly inclined toward communication.It is notsimply

36、 that one is interrupted;it is that one is actually inclined to interruption.,9 Deepreading requires not just time,but a special kind of time which can*t be obtainedmerely by becoming more efficient.In fact,becoming more efficient“is part of the problem.Thinking of time as aresource to be maximised

37、means you approach it instrumentally,judging any givenmoment as well spent only in so far as it advances progress toward some goal.Immersive reading,by contrast,depends on being willing to risk inefficiency,goallessness,even time-wasting.Try to slot it as a to-do list item and youll manageonly goal-

38、focused reading-useful,sometimes,but not the most fulfilling kind.Thefuture comes at us like empty bottles along an unstoppable and nearly infiniteconveyor belt,writes Gary Eberle in his book Sacred Time,and“we feel a pressureto fill these different-sized bottles(days,hours,minutes)as they pass,for

39、if they getby without being filled,we will have wasted them.No mind-set could be worse forlosing yourself in a book.So what does work?Perhaps surprisingly,scheduling regular times for reading.Youdthink this might fuel the efficiency mind-set,but in fact,Eberle notes,such ritualisticbehaviour helps u

40、s“step outside times flow into“soul You could limitdistractions by reading only physical books,or on single-purpose e-readers.Carry abook with you at all times can actually work,too-providing you dip in often enough,so that reading becomes the default state from which you temporarily surface to take

41、care of business,before dropping back down.On a really good day,it no longer feelsas if youre making time to read J but just reading,and making time fbr everythingelse.31.The usual time-management techniques dont work because.A what they can offer does not ease the modern mind B what challenging boo

42、ks demand is repetitive reading C what people often forget is canying a book with them D what deep reading requires cannot be guaranteed32.The“empty bottles metaphor illustrates that people feel a pressure to.A update their to-do lists Bl make passing time fulfilling C carry their plans through D pu

43、rsue carefree reading33.Eberle would agree that scheduling regular times for reading helps.A encourage the efficiency mind-set B develop online reading habits C promote ritualistic reading D achieve immersive reading34.Carry a book with you at all timescan work if.A reading becomes your primaiy busi

44、ness of the day B all the daily business has been promptly dealt with C you are able to drop back to business after reading D time can be evenly split for reading and business35.The best title for this text could be.A How to Enjoy Easy Reading B How to Find Time to Read C How to Set Reading Goals D

45、How to Read ExtensivelyText 4Against a backdrop of drastic changes in economy and population structure,youngerAmericans are drawing a new 21st-century road map to success,a latest poll hasfound.Across generational lines,Americans continue to prize many of the same traditionalmilestones of a successf

46、ul life,including getting married,having children,owning ahome,and retiring in their sixties.But while young and old mostly agree on whatconstitutes the finish line of a fulfilling life,they offer strikingly different paths forreaching it.Young people who are still getting started in life were more

47、likely than older adults toprioritize personal fulfillment in their work,to believe they will advance their careersmost by regularly changing jobs,to favor communities with more public services anda faster pace of life,to agree that couples should be financially secure before gettingmarned or having

48、 children,and to maintain that children are best served by twoparents working outside the home,the survey found.From career to community and family,these contrasts suggest that in the aftermath ofthe searing Great Recession,those just starting out in life are defining priorities andexpectations that

49、 will increasingly spread through virtually all aspects of Americanlife,from consumer preferences to housing patterns to politics.Young and old converge on one key point:Overwhelming majorities of both groupssaid they believe it is harder for young people today to get started in life than it wasfor

50、earlier generations.Whlie younger people are somewhat more optimistic than theirelders about the prospects for those starting out today,big majorities in both groupsbelieve those just getting started in life99 face a tougher a good-paying job,starting afamily,managing debt,and finding affordable hou