2010年考研英语二答案
Section I USE of English
1 [D] 2 [C] 3 [B] 4 [A] 5 [A] 6 [B] 7 [D] 8 [C] 9 [B] 10 [A] 11[C] 12 [D] 13 [D] 14 [A] 15 [C] 16 [B] 17 [D] 18 [C] 19 [A] 20 [B] Section II Reading Comprehension 21 D选【D】，因为第一段段尾句As the auctioneer called out bids, in New York one of the oldest banks on Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy. 即雷曼兄弟公司破产。 22 A选【A】，本题迷惑选项为C，文章第三段只强调了 collectors stayed away；Sales fell，并没有强调“收藏时尚早在这之前就已经大大降温了”。
23 B选【B】因为文章第二段只说了The world art market had already been losing momentum for a while after rising vertiginously since 2003.并没有说比别的行业更有势头冲劲。
24 C选【C】本题其实属于猜词题，问3Ds是什么含义，根据最后一段的上下文的含义，上一段段尾句说：But Edward Dolman, Christie’s chief executive, says: “I’m pretty confident we’re at the bottom。”；以及3Ds之前的句子，there are still buyers in the market；Christie’s revenues in the first half of 2009 were still higher；not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to sell能感觉到后文应该继续表示有信心，对将来乐观。所以选C。 25 C选【C】，文章从第二段开始就说虽然大家还是有信心，但艺术收藏市场不景气。 26 A选【A】，根据第一段women frequently complain that their husbands don't talk to them.。 27 C选【C】，本题属于猜词题，从下文主要内容来看，夫妻缺乏沟通会导致离婚，即对婚姻产生破坏作用。 28 B选【B】，注意本题是选错误选项，ACD都是正确的，但是B选项错误的原因是偷换了50%的比率对象。文章只说了the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent，即目前美国离婚率为50%，并没有说50%的离婚率是因为缺乏沟通造成的，B选项的说法大大低于文章前一句话所说的most of the women gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorce。 29 D选【D】，文章主题强调男女说话交流模式不一样。AB中的moral和inequality不符合原文。C是无中生有。 30 B选【B】，本文围绕着男女交流不一样，导致离婚这一现象展开，所以下文具体会阐述这副图的的细节讨论这个现象。 31 A选【A】，本题关键词Dr. Curtis，定位于第二段，A选项和第二段段尾句“how to create new behaviors that happen automatically” 相同含义。 32 A 选【A】，本题迷惑选项是D，其实文章没有强调这是好习惯，只是中立的立场描述了这些
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产品影响了人们的习惯。 33 D选【D】，根据第四和第六自然段的段尾句，发现只有Unilever文章没有阐述是否它帮助了人们产生习惯 34 C选【C】，根据文章后四段，不难发现商业广告是主要原因，所以选C。 35 B选【B】，作者对于商业广告用的形容词：在第四段是shrewd(狡猾的，精明的)，在第7段是ruthless(无情的，残忍的)，说明作者对于广告的作用的观点是负面的。 36 A
37 C 选【C】，根据第二段段首段尾句，不难看出事与愿违，实际操作与想象不一样，有冲突。B错的原因是偷换了宾语，文章第二段第二句话没有强调当时歧视races(不同种族的人) 38 C 选【C】，关键词1960s定位于第三段，A错误的原因不是state law禁止的，BD无中生有。C来自于段尾句the claim that women were needed at home。 39 C 40 D
新题型 41.F 42.T 43.T 44.T 45. F 翻译参考
46.“坚持不懈”如今已成一个流行词汇，但对TedNing而言，这个概念一直有个人含义，经历了一段痛苦松懈的个人生活，使他清楚面向以坚持不懈为导向的价值观，必须贯彻到每天的行动和选择中。
Ning回忆起20世纪90年代末期卖保险的那段迷茫时光，他通过蓬勃兴起的网络疯狂地找工作，并且与Boulder代理机构签了约。
事情进展并不顺利，TedNing说到：“那真是个糟糕的选择，因为我对此没有激情，”可以预料，他把工作中的矛盾能解释为没有业务。Ning说：“我很痛苦渴望午夜起来盯着天花板，我没钱，我需要工作，每个人都说‘等吧，只要有耐心会好转的。’” 47. Directions:
Dear xxx,
I would like to convey my heartfelt thanks to you for your kindness to receive me when I participated in an exchange program in USA.
Your generous help made it possible that I had a very pleasant stay and a chance to know American cultures better. Besides, I think it is an honor for me to make friends with you and I will cherish the goodwill you showed to me wherever I go. I do hope that you will visit China one day, so that I could have the opportunity to repay your kindness and refresh our friendship.
I feel obliged to thank you again. Yours sincerely,
Zhang Wei 48. Directions:
In this chart, we can see the mobile phone subscriptions in developed countries have a steady and slight increase from 1990 to 2007 and then remain constant in 2008. Meanwhile the mobile phone subscriptions in developing countries have witnessed a slow increase from 1990 to 2004 and then a great surge from 2004 to 20007: the biggest surge happens from 2005 to 2006.
This chart reflects different developing modes of mobile phone industry in developed and developing countries. The developed countries have a limited number of populations, most of whom are well-educated. Therefore, the spreading of the mobile phone service is efficient and soon the market is saturated. Also at the beginning the developed countries have more people who can afford this service. The developing countries have a large population who keeps a large demand for mobile service. As the
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mobile phone service becomes cheaper and cheaper, the increasing customers subscribe to benefit from this service.
As discussed above, it is not surprising to see this change. In my opinion, this trend that the number of mobile-phone subscriptions is increasingly increasing will continue for a while in the future.
2011年考研英语二真题 Section I Use of English
Directions：Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered black and mark A， B， C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
The Internet affords anonymity to its users， a blessing to privacy and freedom of speech. But that very anonymity is also behind the explosion of cyber-crime that has 1 across the Web.
Can privacy be preserved 2 bringing safety and security to a world that seems increasingly 3 ？
Last month， Howard Schmidt， the nation's cyber-czar， offered the federal government
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a 4 to make the Web a safer place-a \trusted identity\system that would be the high-tech 5 of a physical key， a fingerprint and a photo ID card， all rolled 6 one. The system might use a smart identity card， or a digital credential 7 to a specific computer .and would authenticate users at a range of online services.
The idea is to 8 a federation of private online identity systems. User could 9 which system to join， and only registered users whose identities have been authenticated could navigate those systems. The approach contrasts with one that would require an Internet driver's license 10 by the government.
Google and Microsoft are among companies that already have these\make it possible for users to 11 just once but use many different services.
12 the approach would create a \， with safe \and bright \ 13 community.
Mr. Schmidt described it as a \complete online transactions with 14 ，trusting the identities of each other and the identities of the infrastructure 15 which the transaction runs\
Still， the administration's plan has 16 privacy rights activists. Some applaud the approach； others are concerned. It seems clear that such a scheme is an initiative push toward what would 17 be a compulsory Internet \
The plan has also been greeted with 18 by some computer security experts， who worry that the \ 19 .They argue that all Internet users should be 20 to register and identify themselves， in the same way that drivers must be licensed to drive on public roads. 1． A. swept B. skipped C. walked D. ridden 2． A. for B. within C. while D. though
3． A. careless B. lawless C. pointless D. helpless
4． A. reason B. reminder C. compromise D. proposal
5． A. information B. interference C. entertainment D. equivalent 6． A. by B. into C. from D. over
7． A. linked B. directed C. chained D. compared 8． A. dismiss B. discover C. create D. improve 9． A. recall B. suggest C. select D. realize
10． A. relcased B. issued C. distributed D. delivered 11． A. carry on B. linger on C. set in D. log in
12． A. In vain B. In effect C. In return D. In contrast
13． A. trusted B. modernized C. thriving D. competing 14． A. caution B. delight C. confidence D. patience 15． A. on B. after C. beyond D. across
16． A. divided B. disappointed C. protected D. united
17． A. frequestly B. incidentally C. occasionally D. eventually 18． A. skepticism B. relerance C. indifference D. enthusiasm 19． A. manageable B. defendable C. vulnerable D. invisible 20． A. invited B. appointed C. allowed D. forced
Section II Reading Comprehension
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Part A
Directions：Read the following four texts. Answer the questions after each text by choosing A， B， C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40points)
Text 1
Ruth Simmons joined Goldman Sachs's board as an outside director in January 2000： a year later she became president of Brown University. For the rest of the decade she apparently managed both roles without attracting much eroticism. But by the end of 2009 Ms. Simmons was under fire for having sat on Goldman's compensation committee； how could she have let those enormous bonus payouts pass unremarked？ By February the next year Ms. Simmons had left the board. The position was just taking up too much time， she said.
Outside directors are supposed to serve as helpful， yet less biased， advisers on a firm's board. Having made their wealth and their reputations elsewhere， they presumably have enough independence to disagree with the chief executive's proposals. If the sky， and the share price is falling， outside directors should be able to give advice based on having weathered their own crises.
The researchers from Ohio University used a database hat covered more than 10，000 firms and more than 64，000 different directors between 1989 and 2004. Then they simply checked which directors stayed from one proxy statement to the next. The most likely reason for departing a board was age， so the researchers concentrated on those \70. They fount that after a surprise departure， the probability that the company will subsequently have to restate earnings increased by nearly 20%. The likelihood of being named in a federal class-action lawsuit also increases， and the stock is likely to perform worse. The effect tended to be larger for larger firms. Although a correlation between them leaving and subsequent bad performance at the firm is suggestive， it does not mean that such directors are always jumping off a sinking ship. Often they \， smaller firms for larger and more stable firms.
But the researchers believe that outside directors have an easier time of avoiding a blow to their reputations if they leave a firm before bad news breaks， even if a review of history shows they were on the board at the time any wrongdoing occurred. Firms who want to keep their outside directors through tough times may have to create incentives. Otherwise outside directors will follow the example of Ms. Simmons， once again very popular on campus.
21. According to Paragraph 1， Ms. Simmons was criticized for .
[A]gaining excessive profits [B]failing to fulfill her duty
[C]refusing to make compromises [D]leaving the board in tough times
22. We learn from Paragraph 2 that outside directors are supposed to be .
[A]generous investors [B]unbiased executives [C]share price forecasters [D]independent advisers
23. According to the researchers from Ohio University after an outside director's surprise departure， the
firm is likely to . [A]become more stable
[B]report increased earnings
[C]do less well in the stock market
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考研英语二2009-2017历年真题及答案解析
