epochal figures represented lives hard to imitate, but to be acknowledgedas possessing higher authority than mere mortals.
Communist Manifesto. For them,history did nothing, it possessed no immense wealth nor waged battles:“It isman, real, living man who does all that.” And history should be the story ofthe masses and their record of struggle. As such, it needed to appreciate theeconomic realities, the social contexts and power relations in which each epochstood. For:“Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as theyplease; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but undercircumstances directly found, given and transmitted from the past.” Thiswas the tradition which revolutionized our appreciation of the past. In placeof Thomas Carlyle, Britain nurtured Christopher Hill, EP Thompson and EricHobsbawm. History from below stood alongside biographies of great men. Wholenew realms of understanding — from gender to race to cultural studies — wereopened up as scholars unpicked the multiplicity of lost societies. And ittransformed public history too: downstairs became just as fascinating asupstairs. [A] emphasized the virtue of classical heroes. 41. Petrarch
[B] highlighted the public glory of the leading artists. 42. Niccolo Machiavellli
[C] focused on epochal figures whose lives were hard to imitate. 43. Samuel Smiles
[D] opened up new realms of understanding the great men in history. 44. Thomas Carlyle
[E] held that history should be the story of the masses and their record of struggle.
45. Marx and Engels
[F] dismissed virtue as unnecessary for successful leaders.
[G] depicted the worthy lives of engineer industrialists and explorers Section III Translation 46.Directions:
Translate the following text from Englishinto Chinese.Write your translationon ANSWER SHEET2.(15 points)
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When people in developing countries worryabout migration,they are usually concerned at the prospect of ther best and brightest departure toSilicon Valley or to hospitals anduniversities in the developed world ,These are the kind of workers that countries like Britian ,Canada and Australia try to attract byusing immigration rules that privilegecollege graduates .
Lots of studies have found thatwell-educated people from developing countries are particularly likely to emigrate .A big survey of Indian householdsin 2004 found that nearly 40%ofemigrants had more than a high-school education,compared with around 3.3%of all Indians over the age of25.This \policymakers in poor countries ,They fear that it hurts their economies ,depriving them ofmuch-needed skilled workers who could have taught at their
universities ,worked in their hospitals and come up withclever new products for their factoriesto make . 10.0%
Section IV Writing Part A 47.Directions
Supposeyou have found something wrong with the electronic dictionary that you bought from an onlin store the other day ,Write an email to the customerservice center to
1)makea complaint and 2)demanda prompt solution
Youshould write about 100words on ANSERE SHEET 2
Donot sign your own name at the end of the letter ,Use \ 48 、 write an essay based on the followingtable .In your writing you should 1)describe the table ,and 2)give your comments
You should write at least 150words(15points)
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2012考研英语二真题
