考研英語（二）模擬試卷2（共9套）

（共432題）

考研英語（二）模擬試卷第1套

一、完型填空（本題共20題，每題7.0分，共20分。）

AsItypetheselines,mydaughter,Harriet,whois14,isonheriPhoneskippingamong

nofewerthaneightsocialmediasites.Myson,Penn,whois15,willbeasleepforhours

yet.Hewas[Cl]allnightwithafriendplayingtwovideogames,inajag

fueledbyhisfavoritefoodlike[C2].Ilikethatmykidsarecomfortableand

alertinthewiredworld.ButincreasinglyIam[C3]forthem.It'smore[C4]

everydaythatscreenshavegraduallystolenthemfromthemselves.Mywife,

Cree,andIhave[C5]themtodriftquitedistantlyintotheonlineworld,andwe

fearourcasualncsshasbeena[C6].EachsummerCrccandIresolveto

[C7]thingsback.Thisis[C8]wedraftrulesforanewschoolyear,

strictureslike:nolaptopsinbedroomsduringtheweek;homeworkbeforescreentime;no

electronicsafter10p.m..Theserulesinvariablybeginto[C9]byDay3.By

Day4,thereispleading,andthediscreetslammingofdoors.ByDay8,nooneissure

whatthe[CIO]areanymore.We'rebackwherewestarted,andplumpwith

fear.Thisyearit[Cl1]tomeweneededhelp.SoIsatdownwithanewbook

that[C12]——assistance,andunderstanding.ItisTheBigDisconnect:Protecting

ChildhoodandFamilyRelationshipsintheDigitalAge,whoseprimary[C13],

CatherineSteiner-Adair,isaclinicalpsychologistwhoteachesatHarvardMedical

School.Herbookis[C14]onthousandsofinterviews,anditcanbeeloquent

abouttheneedtorationourchildren'scomputertime.Heretheauthorhaspinnedme.I

liketothinkI'magoodfather,perhapsevencasually[C15]inmybetter

moments,[C16]thereiszerodoubtthat,withoutmyiPhoneinmypalm,]feel

IlosesomethingsinceI'mfairly[C17].1mustchangemylifeabit.CreeandI

arestillhammeringoutourkids'computerrules.Wearetryingto[Cl8]in

mindthatwe'renotourkids'bestfriends;we'retheir[C19].Andweare

[C20]ifthere'sanappforfortitude.

1、[Cl]

A、out

B、awaken

C、away

D^up

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：根據(jù)第一段作者對(duì)女兒的描述“正用iPhone在至少八個(gè)社交媒體網(wǎng)站

中換來換去”及“我15歲的兒子佩恩還得有一陣子才會(huì)去睡覺呢”可知，自己的兒子

也喜歡玩手機(jī)或電腦?？崭袼诰渥拥闹鞲蔀椤八苟荚诤鸵粋€(gè)朋友打兩個(gè)視頻

游戲”，所以應(yīng)該選擇表示“整夜，通宵”的詞，故D.up是副詞，意為“未上床；起

床”，為正確答案。out“外面的”和away”離開；在外面”不符合題意。awaken“喚醒”

為動(dòng)詞，與題意不符。

2、[C2]

A、objects

B、substances

C、things

D、materials

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：本句句意為“利用打游戲的間隔吃點(diǎn)他最喜歡的"，foodlike意

為“食品類的“，通常與substances構(gòu)成foodlikesubstances,指“食品類物質(zhì)”，此處

可活譯為“垃圾食品''，故B.substances“物質(zhì)''為正確答案。objects“物體”，

Uiings“事情”，materials"材料”均不符合題意，故排除。

3、[C3]

A、disappointed

B、satisfied

C、terrified

D、worried

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：空格所在句子開頭是Rut,表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系.根據(jù)第二段第一、二句的

句意“我喜歡我的兩個(gè)孩子這樣，在這個(gè)連線世界中自由自在，也很機(jī)敏。但是我

越來越為他們感到“可知，此處表示“擔(dān)心，害怕”，故排除disappointed“失

望的”和satisfied“滿意的”兩項(xiàng)。worried”擔(dān)心的”干擾性較大，但其通常的搭配為

bewoniedabout,與文中的for不符,故排除。故C.terrified”感到恐懼的；受驚嚇

的”為正確答案。

4、[C4]

A、common

serious

C>negative

D、apparent

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：本句句意為“很,他們每天花在屏幕上的時(shí)間正逐漸地偷走他

們的童年”，這是對(duì)前面描述的現(xiàn)象進(jìn)行總結(jié)，四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中只有D.apparent”明顯

的，顯然的“符合文意，故為正確答案。serious“嚴(yán)重的”和negative”消極的，否定

的''代入句中并不能起到概括總結(jié)的作用。common"通常的，一般的“表意不及

叩parent”明顯的，顯然的”準(zhǔn)確，故排除。

5、[C5]

A、stopped

B、allowed

C、suggested

D、admitted

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：作答此題的關(guān)鍵是第二個(gè)分句中的提示詞casualness”漫不經(jīng)心；隨

便”，在句中表示“沒有管他們?cè)诰W(wǎng)絡(luò)世界中漂流到多遠(yuǎn)”，所以根據(jù)句意，

B.allowed”允許"為正確答案。stopped“停止”表意相反。沒有suggestsb.todo

sth.的搭配，故排除suggested“建議admitted"承認(rèn)，準(zhǔn)許...加入'’的干擾性較

強(qiáng)，但是admit表“允許”時(shí)，一般用被動(dòng)語態(tài)，故排除。

6、[C6]

A、habit

B、failure

C、fortune

D、disaster

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：本句句意為“……我們擔(dān)心，我們的放任已經(jīng)釀成根據(jù)fear

一詞可以判斷是不好的一面，故排除habit“習(xí)慣”和forlune“運(yùn)氣；財(cái)富”。

回lure“失敗”在此處與句意不符，故D.disaster“災(zāi)難”更符合文意，為正確答案。

7、[C7]

A、rein

B、pay

C、return

D、keep

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：本句句意為“每年夏天，克里和我下定決心要此處意在表達(dá)

“挽回事態(tài)；讓事情向好方向發(fā)展"，reinback是固定短語，表示“控制；后退”.符

合文意，故A.rein”控制；駕馭；勒住”為正確答案。payback“償還：報(bào)答”，

returnback“返回”和keepback”留下；隱瞞；阻止''均不符合文意，故排除其他三

項(xiàng)。

8、[C8]

A、when

B、what

C^where

D、because

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：本句句意為“我們?yōu)樾聦W(xué)年定下一套規(guī)定……”，根據(jù)前一句的

句意，尤其是句中的時(shí)間狀語Eachsummer可知，此處意在表達(dá)“這就是我們定規(guī)

定的時(shí)間”，故A.when"當(dāng)……的時(shí)候”為正確答案。在is后的表語從句中不缺少

主語或賓語，故排除what“什么”。前一句中沒有地點(diǎn)狀語，故排除where"在哪

兒”。because“因?yàn)椤焙竺鎽?yīng)該加原因，與文意不符，也排除。

9、[C9]

A、work

B、pause

C、cease

D、crack

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析?：本句句意為“這些規(guī)定亳無例外地都在第三天就根據(jù)本句中

的invariably以及下一句的句意”到第四天請(qǐng)求開始了，還有小心的摔門聲”可知，

孩子們對(duì)這規(guī)定是比較孤觸的，故此處意在表達(dá)“規(guī)定執(zhí)行不下去了“，故

D.crack“破裂；爆裂”為正確答案。work“起作用"顯然排除。pause“暫停”和

cease”停止；終了,、與后面內(nèi)容不符，故排除。

10、[C10]

A、electronics

B、punishments

C、rules

D、concerns

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：本句句意為“第八天，沒有人再去管那些_____是什么了"，本段都在

講制定規(guī)定以及規(guī)定執(zhí)行的情況C再結(jié)合最后一句句意“我們回到了起點(diǎn),繼續(xù)充

滿了擔(dān)憂”可知,C.rules"規(guī)定"為正確答案。electronics“電子設(shè)備”,

punishments“懲罰”和concerns”擔(dān)憂：關(guān)心”均與文意不符，故排除。

11、[C11]

A、occurred

B、took

C、left

D、seemed

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：本句句意為“今年我,我們需要幫助“，it為形式主語，真正的

主語為后面的為weneededhelp,將occurred代入句中，構(gòu)成itoccurredtome(that)

句型，表示“突然想起；開始意識(shí)到“，符合文意，故A.occurred“發(fā)生”為正確答

案。took通常構(gòu)成ittooksb.sometimetodosth.,itlefttosb.表示“留給某人”，

itseemedtosb.that表示“在某人看來“，故三項(xiàng)均排除。

12、[C12]

A^applies

B、relates

C、offers

D、features

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：本句句意為“因此，我開始坐下來看一本幫助和理解的新書”，

本句中的assistance和上一句中的help呼應(yīng)，既然前面說“需要幫助”，那么本句中

的書就是“提供幫助”的，故C.offers“提供”為正確答案。applies“申請(qǐng)”。relates“有

關(guān)”和features”是……的特色，使突出”表意均不及offers“提供”，故排除。

13、[C13]

A^character

B、author

C、partner

D、editor

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：本句句意為“它是《大差距：數(shù)字化時(shí)代保護(hù)親子關(guān)系》。木書的主

要?jiǎng)P瑟琳?斯泰納一阿代爾是一個(gè)在哈佛醫(yī)學(xué)院教書的臨床心理學(xué)家'、，再結(jié)

合下一句開頭的Herbook“她的書”可知，凱瑟琳?斯泰納?阿代爾是這本書的作者，

故B.author“作者”為正確答案。character"角色”,partner"伙伴；合伙人；配偶”和

editor”編輯”均不符合文意，故排除。

14、[C14]

A、written

identified

C、based

D、put

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：根據(jù)本句句意“她的書的素材數(shù)千次的面談，其中有關(guān)限制我

家孩子玩電腦時(shí)間的必要性的解釋可謂動(dòng)人''以及空格前后的is和on可知，is

basedon“基于，根據(jù)，以……為基礎(chǔ)；建立在……基礎(chǔ)上”符合文意，故

C.based“基于”為正確答案。written“書寫”，identified”被識(shí)別的”通常與by搭配，

pur放置”,三項(xiàng)均排除。

15、[C15]

A、inferior

B、superb

C、nice

D、playful

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：根據(jù)本句句意“我喜歡把自己想象成一個(gè)好父親，或許在自我感覺良

好時(shí)，還會(huì)偶然把自己想得”以及句中的even“甚至”可知，此處的形容詞表

意應(yīng)該比前面的good更進(jìn)一步，故B.superb“極好的，卓越的，非同一般的”為正

確答案。inferior“差的；下等的”與文意相反，nice"好的;美好的”與前面的even不

搭配，playful”開玩笑的，愛嬉戲的”不符合文意，三項(xiàng)均排除。

16、［C16］

A、and

B、besides

C、but

D、as

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：根據(jù)本句句意“毫無疑問，如果沒有iPhone在手，我會(huì)感到我

失去些什么”以及前一個(gè)分句的goodfather和后一個(gè)分句的losesomething可知，兩

個(gè)分句之間是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故C.bu儼但是”為正確答案。and“并且”表示并列，

besides"除……之外”，as“因?yàn)椤北硎驹?，三?xiàng)均排除。

17、［C17］

A、confused

B、regretable

C、lonely

D、obsessive

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：根據(jù)本句句意“我會(huì)感到我失去些什么，因?yàn)槲乙呀?jīng)相當(dāng)______了”可

知，D.obsessive”著迷的，迷戀的“為正確答案。confused”困惑的"，regreiable”可

惜的“，lonely”寂寞的”均不能構(gòu)成對(duì)前面結(jié)果的合理解釋，故排除。

18、［C18J

A^put

B、remember

C、stay

D、keep

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：根據(jù)本句句意“克里和我依然在推敲我家孩子使用電腦的規(guī)定。我們

試圖,我們不是孩子最好的朋友...”以及空格后的inmind可知，keepin

mind“記住”為固定短語，代入句中符合文意，故D.keep為正確答案。A項(xiàng)通常構(gòu)

成putsb.inmindofsth.意為“使某人想起""remember“記得"和stay“停留”均不符

合搭配，故排除。

19、［CI9］

A、relatives

parents

C、companions

D^enemies

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：根據(jù)本句句意“……我們不是孩子最好的朋友；我們是他們的“

以及最后一個(gè)單詞fortitude“勇氣”可知，此處作者想表達(dá)在孩子使用電腦方面，家

長(zhǎng)要嚴(yán)格規(guī)定，鼓起勇氣讓孩子執(zhí)行規(guī)定，故B.parents“家長(zhǎng)”為正確答案。

relatives"親戚''和companions”同伴：伴侶''均不符合文意。enemies"敵人'’太極端，

也排除。

2。、[C20]

A、wondering

thinking

C>guessing

D、hoping

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：本句句意為“我們也_____,是否有一款幫人鼓起勇氣的應(yīng)用軟件“，

wonderif是固定搭配表示“想知道是否”，代入句中符合文意，故A.wondering"想

知道”為正確答案。thinking“想”,guessing“猜測(cè)”和hoping“希望”均不符合搭配,故

排除。

二、閱讀（常規(guī)閱讀理解）（本題共20題，每題1.0

分，共20分。）

Icantapmysmartphoneandacabwillarrivealmostimmediately.Anothertapwilltell

methelatestnews,valuemyshareportfolioorgivemeroutedirectionstomynext

meeting.Asaresult,Idonotneedtostandonastreetcornervainlytryingtohailataxito

thetheatre,losemyselfinLondonstreets.Thechangesthathaveoccurredinthepast

decadehave,fromaneconomicperspective,increasedatvirtuallynocosttheefficiency

ofhouseholdproduction.Thedataframeworkwithinwhicheconomicanalysisis

conductedislargelytheproductofthesecondworldwar.Inthe1930sAmerican

economistSimonKuznetsbegantoelaborateasystemofnationalaccounts.Thatwork

wasgivenimpetuswhen（hewarledgovernmentstotakecontrolofimportantsectorsof

economicactivity.Itwassoonrealizedthatthisrequiredfarbetterdatathanhad

previouslyexisted,whichinturnraisedthechallengeofhowbesttostructuresuch

information.Householdproduction—women'sworkashomemakers-didnothavemuch

ofalook-in;thatwasnotthefrontlineagainstfascism.Thejokeaboutthemanwho

reducednationalincomebymarryinghishousekeeper,sothatamarkettransaction

becamepariofhouseholdproduction,wasonceamandatorypariofeveryintroductory

courseonnationalincomeaccountingbuthassuccumbedtopoliticalcorrectness.

Technologicaladvancehasalwaysenhancedhouseholdaswellasbusinessefficiency.

Ourdomesticproductivityhasbenefitedfromwashingmachines,vacuumcleanersand

centralheating,andbeforethatfromelectriclightandautomobiles.Butatleastthese

thingswerepartiallyaccountedfor:fromaneconomicperspectiveacarisafasterand

cheaperhorse.Statisticiansinprincipleincorporatedtheseimprovementsinthe

efficiencyofconsumergoodsintotheirmeasurementofproductivity,thoughinpractice

theydidnottryveryhard.Butthetechnologicaladvancesofthepastdecadeseemto

haveincreasedtheefficiencyofhouseholds,ratherthantheefficiencyofbusinesses,to

anunusualextent.Anereaderinthepocketreplacesaroomfulofbooks,andall(he

world'smusicisstreamedtomycomputer.Welookataggregatestatisticsandworry

abouttheslowdowningrowthandproductivity.Buttheevidenceofoureyesseemsto

telladifferentstory.

21、Itcanbeimpliedfromthefirstparagraphthat.

anewsmartphoneiscreated

B、thenewsmartphonehaschangedpeople'slife

C、therearemanychangesinthepastdecade

D^economicallyspeaking,thechangeshaveimprovedtheefficiencyofhousehold

production

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：推斷題。艱據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵詞thefirstparagraph定位至第一段。根據(jù)第一

段的最后一句Thechangesthathaveoccurredinthepastdecadehave,froman

economicperspective,increasedatvirtuallynocosttheefficiencyofhousehold

productiono此句意為“從經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)視角看，這些發(fā)生在過去十年的變化，幾乎在沒有

任何成本的情況下提高了家庭生產(chǎn)的效率?！笨芍狣項(xiàng)“從經(jīng)濟(jì)角度來說，這些變

化提高了家庭生產(chǎn)率”，符合題意，為正確答案。A項(xiàng)“一種新型的智能手機(jī)被創(chuàng)

造”，B項(xiàng)“新型智能手機(jī)改變了人們的生活”和C項(xiàng)“在過去的十年產(chǎn)生了許多變

化”都是對(duì)第一段表面文字的描述。而首段之所以描述智能手機(jī)對(duì)人們生活產(chǎn)生的

影響均是為了說明最后一句：這些變化對(duì)家庭生產(chǎn)率的影響。故前三項(xiàng)均不正確。

22^Creatingthesystemofnationalaccountswasgivenimpetuswhen.

A、governmentscontrolledtheimportantsectorsofeconomicactivityduringthewar

B、peoplerealizedthisdemandedfarbetterdata

C^itbegantoraisethechallengeofhowbesttostructuresuchinformation

D、itneededmoredatathanbefore

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：細(xì)節(jié)題。眼據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵詞systemofnationalaccounts和impetus定位

至第二段第二、三句：Inthe1930sAmericaneconomistSimonKuznctsbeganto

elaborateasystemofnationalaccounts.Thatworkwasgivenimpetuswhenthewarled

governmentstotakecontrolofimportantsectorsofeconomicactivity.此句意為“20世

紀(jì)30年代，美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家西蒙?庫茲涅茨開始創(chuàng)建國(guó)民核算體系。當(dāng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)導(dǎo)致政府

控制經(jīng)濟(jì)活動(dòng)的重要領(lǐng)域時(shí).這項(xiàng)工作被賦予了動(dòng)力?！惫蔄項(xiàng)“政府在戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中控

制了經(jīng)濟(jì)活動(dòng)的重要領(lǐng)域”符合題意，為正確答案。B項(xiàng)“人們意識(shí)到這項(xiàng)研究需要

更好的數(shù)據(jù)”，C項(xiàng)”它芍來了該如何最好地構(gòu)建此類信息的挑戰(zhàn)”和D項(xiàng)“它需要比

以前更多的數(shù)據(jù)''均是對(duì)其他無關(guān)信息的描述，故排除。做對(duì)此題的關(guān)鍵在于正確

定位。

23、Thephrase"succumbedto"isclosestinmeaningto.

A、turnedto

B、submittedto

C>gaveup

D、sentout

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：含義題。限據(jù)題于關(guān)鍵詞succumbedto定位到第三段最后一句：The

joke...wasonceamandatorypartofeveryintroductorycourseonnationalincome

accountingbuthassuccumbedtopoliticalcoiTectness.此句意為“這個(gè)笑話曾經(jīng)是國(guó)民

收入核算入門課程的必修部分，但已經(jīng)屈從于，政治正確'的時(shí)代潮流?！焙苊黠@，

succumbedto在此處意為“屈服，順從”，故B項(xiàng)符合題意，為正確答案。A項(xiàng)“轉(zhuǎn)

向，朝向“，C項(xiàng)“放棄”和D項(xiàng)“分發(fā)，散發(fā)“均不符合題意，故排除。

24、WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtoParagraph4?

A、Technologicaladvancehasalwaysimprovedthebusinessefficiency.

B、Ourdomesticproductivityhasbenefitedfromtechnologicaladvance.

C^Statisticiansinpracticetriedveryhardastheydidinprinciple.

D、Inprinciple,thestatisticiansshouldconsidertheseimprovementsintheefficiencyof

consumergoodswhentheymeasureproductivity.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：細(xì)節(jié)題。艱據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵詞NOTtrue和Paragraph4定位到第四段c根

據(jù)第一段的前兩句可知A項(xiàng)“技術(shù)進(jìn)步提高了企業(yè)效率”和B項(xiàng)“我們的家庭生產(chǎn)率

受益于技術(shù)進(jìn)步”符合文意，故排除。根據(jù)最后一句：Statisticiansinprinciple

incorporatedtheseimprovementsintheefficiencyofconsumergoodsintotheir

measurementofproductivity,thoughinpracticetheydidnottryveryhard.此句意為

“統(tǒng)計(jì)人員原則上將這些消費(fèi)品效率的提升納入了他們對(duì)生產(chǎn)率的衡量，盡管在實(shí)

踐中他們并未很努力地這樣做。'‘可知C項(xiàng)”統(tǒng)計(jì)人員在實(shí)踐中與在原則上一樣努

力”不符合文意，故為正確答案。D項(xiàng)”原則上，統(tǒng)計(jì)人員在衡量生產(chǎn)率時(shí)，應(yīng)該考

慮消費(fèi)品效率的提升''符合題意，故排除。

25、Accordingtothelastparagraph,theauthorbelieves.

A、thetechnologicaladvanceshaveanunusualeffectonpeople'slife

B、thetechnologicaladvancesbringtreatstorealstores

C^wcdon'tneedtobev/orriedabouttheslowdowningrowthandproductivity

D、theevidenceinlifeseemstobedisadvantageous

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：細(xì)節(jié)題。艱據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵詞lastparagraph定位至最后一段。根據(jù)最后

兩句：Welookataggregatestatisticsandworryabouttheslowdowningrowthand

productivity.Buttheevidenceofoureyesseemstotelladifferentstory.此句意為“我

們盯著統(tǒng)計(jì)總額，擔(dān)心增長(zhǎng)和生產(chǎn)率放緩。但我們的耳聞目睹似乎講述了一個(gè)不同

的故事。”可知作者認(rèn)為未來前景是美好的，我們不必?fù)?dān)心生產(chǎn)率會(huì)放緩。故C項(xiàng)

“我們不需要擔(dān)心增長(zhǎng)和生產(chǎn)率放緩”符合題意，為正確答案。同時(shí)排除D項(xiàng)。A項(xiàng)

“技術(shù)進(jìn)步對(duì)人們生活有不同尋常的影響''和B項(xiàng)”技術(shù)進(jìn)步對(duì)實(shí)體店帶來了威脅”是

對(duì)最后一段前兩句的過度推斷，故排除。

EversinceMuzakstartedserenadingpatronsofhotelsandrestaurantsinthe1930s,

piped-inmusichasbeenpartoftheconsumerexperience.Withoutthethrobofa

synthesiseroraguitar'stwang,shopperswouldsensesomethingmissingastheytriedon

jeansorfilleduptrolleys.SpecialistslikeMoodMedia,whichboughtMuzakin2011,

deviseaudioprogrammestoinfluencethefeelofshopsandcatertocustomers'tastes.

Theideaistoentertain,andtherebyprolongthetimeshoppersspendinstores,says

ClaudeNahon,thefirm'sinternationalchief.Musicbyfamousartistsworksbetterthan

thegenericstuffthatpeopleassociatewithMuzak.Theembarrassingbrandnamewas

droppedin2013.Onlineshoppingisanunder-exploredareaofmerchandising

musicology.AnewstudycommissionedbyeBay,ashoppingwebsite,aimstocorrect

that.Some1,900participantswereaskedtosimulateonlineshoppingwhilelisteningto

differentsounds.Sonicresultswereunsurprising.Thenoiseofroadworksandcrying

babiessouredshoppers1viewsoftheproductsonoffer.Chirrupingbirdsencouragedsales

ofbarbecuesbutnotblendersorboardgames.Soundsassociatedwithqualityandluxury

seemedtobehazardousforshoppers'wallets.Thestudyfoundclassicalmusicand

restaurantbuzzcausedthemtooverestimatethequalityofgoodsonofferandtopay

morethantheyshould.Thatbacksupearlierresearchwhichfoundthatshoppersexposed

ioclassicalmusicinawinestoreboughtmoreexpensivebottlesthan（hosehearingpop.

EBaywantsconsumerstoavoidsuchunhealthyinfluenceswhenshoppingonline.Ithas

blendedbirdsong,dreamymusicandthesoundofarollingtrain—thoughttobepleasant

butnotoverlyseductive-tohelpthembuymoresensibly.Retailerscouldpresumably

counterbyturninguptheChopin."Classicalmusicdoesseemtobethewaytogo"if

youronlyinterestisthenarrowoneofsqueezingasmuchmoneyaspossiblefromyour

clientele,saysthestudy'sauthor,PatrickFagan,alectureratGoldsmiths,partofthe

UniversityofLondon.Fewtraditionalshopsarelikelytousethattactic.H&M,aclothes

retailer,airs"trendy,up-tempo"musicfromnewartists,whileNcsprcsso'scoffee

boutiquesgofor"lounge-y"sounds,saysMr.Nahon.Grocerystores,withabroad

following,playlop40hits.Thetempotendstobeslowerinthemornings,whenshoppers

aresparserandolder,andbecomesmorequickandlivelyasthedaygoeson.

26、ThebrandnameMuzakwasdroppedin2013becauseit.

A、wasoutdated

wasboughtbyMoodMediain2011

C>wasoftenassociatedwithgenericmusic

D、entertainedcustomersbetter

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：細(xì)節(jié)題。艱據(jù)題干定位到第一段。最后兩句話表明：人們總是把乏味

的普通音樂與Muzak聯(lián)想在一起.但著名藝術(shù)家的音樂能更好地刺激消費(fèi)。因此

Muzak這個(gè)尷尬的品牌名稱在2013年被棄用。可見C項(xiàng)“人們經(jīng)常把它與乏味的普

通音樂聯(lián)想在一起“為正確答案。A項(xiàng)“（它）過時(shí)了”，B項(xiàng)“（它）在2011年被Mcod

Media收購(gòu)”，D項(xiàng)”（它）能更好地愉悅消費(fèi)者”，均與題意不符。

27^Thesoundofmayincreasesalesofboardgames.

A、roadworks

cryingbabies

C^chirrupingbirds

D、classicmusic

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：細(xì)節(jié)題。艱據(jù)題干定位到第二段。此題可用排除法。原文Thenoise

ofroadworksandcryingbabiessouredshoppers'viewsoftheproductsonoffer.可以排

除A項(xiàng)“道路施工的噪音”、B項(xiàng)“嬰兒的哭聲”。Chirrupingbirdsencouraged

salesofbarbecuesbutnotblendersorboardgames排除C項(xiàng)“鳥的嘰喳聲因此只能

選擇D項(xiàng)。從全文來看，古典音樂確能提升商品銷售額。

28、Theword"hazardous"(Para.3)probablymeans.

A^safe

B、dangerous

C、helpful

D^lucky

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：含義題。艱據(jù)題干定位到第三段。生詞的含義要聯(lián)系上下文理解。下

文提至paymore(hantheyshould以及shoppersexposedtoclassicalmusicinawine

storeboughtmoreexpensivebottlesthanthosehearingpop,都是使顧客多掏錢或者買

更貴的商品，因此可以準(zhǔn)斷與品質(zhì)和奢華相聯(lián)系的聲音對(duì)顧客的錢包是有“不良”影

響的，只有B項(xiàng)“危險(xiǎn)的”是指不好的影響，因此為正確答案。

29、Thesoundwhichhelpscustomersbuymoresensibly.

A^belongstoclassicalmusic

B、includesthesoundofarollingtrain

C、soundsnoisyandunpleasant

D、isoverlyseductive

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)題干定位到第四段。本段首句中的suchunhealthy

influences與上一段聯(lián)系緊密，表示要避免這種不良影響，因此下文指出有一種音

樂可以使顧客保持理智的同時(shí)又多購(gòu)物：Ithasblendedbirdsong,dreamymusicand

thesoundofarollingtrain—thoughttobepleasantbutnotoverlyseductive-tohelpthem

buymoresensibly.因此B項(xiàng)正確，排除C、D兩項(xiàng)。下文底續(xù)提到零售商的做法

turninguptheChopin...Classicalmusic,可見著名藝術(shù)家演奏的才是古典音樂，排

除A項(xiàng)。

30、Itcanbeinferredthatafashionshopshouldplaytoattractcustomers.

A、trendyandup-tempomusic

B、lounge-ymusic

C>slowandtendermusic

D^quickandlivelymusic

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：推斷題。艱據(jù)題干定位到最后一段。本段講不同的傳統(tǒng)商店如何播放

不同的背景音樂來吸引頃客。根據(jù)原文的H&M,aclothesretailer,airs4ttrendy.

up—tempo'jnusicfromnewartists可以推斷出afashionshop（時(shí)裝店）應(yīng)該也播放快節(jié)

塞的新潮音樂，因此A項(xiàng)為正確答案。B項(xiàng)“l(fā)ounge—y^music是像咖啡店之類消磨

時(shí)光的店鋪播放的，C、D兩項(xiàng)的音樂則是雜貨店在早上和之后的時(shí)間段里播放

的。

Asawisemanoncesaid,weareallultimatelyalone.Butanincreasingnumberof

Europeansaiechoosingtobesoatanevereailierage.Thisisiflthesluffofgloomy

philosophicalcontemplations,butafactofEurope'sneweconomiclandscape,embraced

bysociologists,realestatedevelopersandadexecutivesalike.Theshiftawayfromfamily

lifetosololifestyle,observesaFrenchsociologist,ispartofthe"irresistiblemomentum

ofindividualism"overthelastcentury.Thecommunicationsrevolution,theshiftfroma

businesscultureofstabilitytooneofmobilityandthemassentryofwomenintothe

workforcehavegreatlywreakedhavoconEuropeansprivatelives.Europe'snew

economicclimatehaslargelyfosteredthetrendtowardindependence.Thecurrent

generationofhome-alonerscameofageduringEurope'sshiftfromsocialdemocracyto

thesharper,moreindividualisticclimateofAmerican-stylecapitalism.Raisedinaneraof

privatizationandincreasedconsumerchoice,today'stech-sawyworkershaveembraceda

freemarketinloveaswellaseconomics.ModernEuropeansarerichenoughtoaffordto

livealone,andtemperamentallyindependentenoughtowanttodoso.Onceuponatime,

peoplewholivedalonetendedtobethoseoneithersideofmarriagetwentysomething

professionalsorwidowedseniorcitizens.Whilepensioners,particularlyelderlywomen,

makeupalargeproportionofthoselivingalone,thenewestcropofsinglesarehigh

earnersintheir30sand40swhoincreasinglyviewlivingaloneasalifestylechoice.

Livingalonewasconceivedtobenegative-darkandcold,whilebeingtogether

suggestedwarmthandlight.Butthencamealongtheideaofsingles.Theywereyoung,

beautiful,strong!Now,youngpeoplewanttolivealone.Theboomingeconomymeans

peopleareworkingharderthanever.Andthatdoesn'tleavemuchroomfbrrelationships.

PimpiArroyo,a35-year-oldcomposerwholivesaloneinahouseinParis,sayshehasn't

gotlimetogetlonelybecausehehastoomuchwork."Ihavedeadlineswhichwould

makelifewithsomeoneelsefairlydifficult."OnlyanIdealWomanwouldmakehim

changehislifestyle,hesays.Kaufmann,authorofarecentbookcalled"TheSingle

WomanandPrinceChaming"thinksthisfiercenewindividualismmeansthatpeople

expectmoreandmoreofmates,sorelationshipsdon'tlastlong-iftheystartatall.

Eppendorf,ablondBerlinerwithadeeptan,teachesgradeschoolinthemornings.Inthe

afternoonshesunbathesorsleeps,restingupforgoingdancing.Justshyof50,shesays

she'dneverhavewantedtodowhathermotherdid—giveupacareertoraiseafamily.

Instead,"I'vealwaysdonewhatIwantedtodo:liveaself-determinedlife."

31、MoreandmoreyoungEuropeansremainsinglebecause.

A、theyaredrivenbyanoverwhelmingsenseofindividualism

B、theyhaveenteredtheworkforceatamuchearlierage

C>theyhaveembracedabusinesscultureofstability

D、theyarepessimisticabouttheireconomicfuture

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：推斷題。通過第一段第三句"Theshiftawayfromfamilylifetosolo

lifestyle,observesaFrenchsociologist,ispartofthe4irresistiblemomentumof

individualism^從家庭生活向單身生活方式的轉(zhuǎn)變是個(gè)人主義不可阻擋的潮流的一

部分。）可以推斷出人們的這種選擇是受到整個(gè)社會(huì)的這種趨勢(shì)的影響，故A項(xiàng)“他

們被壓倒性的個(gè)人主義所驅(qū)使”正確。

32、WhatissaidaboutEuropeansocietyinthepassage?

A、Ithasfosteredthetrendtowardssmallfamilies.

B>ItisgettingclosertoAmcncan-stylccapitalism.

C、Ithaslimitedconsumerchoicedespiteafreemarket

D^Itisbeingthreatenedbyirresistibleprivatization.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：細(xì)節(jié)題。第二段第二句話提到"Thecurrentgenerationofhome-aloners

cameofageduringEurope'sshiftfromsocialdemocracytothesharper,more

individualisticclimateofAmcrican-stylccapitalism.”（現(xiàn)在單身生活的這一代人成年

時(shí)，歐洲正處在由社會(huì)民主向更加鮮明，個(gè)人氣息更濃的美式資本主義轉(zhuǎn)換的時(shí)

代。）即歐洲正在向美式資本主義轉(zhuǎn)變。因此，B項(xiàng)“它越來越接近美式資本主義”

正確。其他三項(xiàng)均屬于文中未提及的內(nèi)容。

33、AccordingtoPara.3,thenewestgroupofsinglesare.

A^warmandlighthearted

B、oneithersideofmarriage

C、negativeandgloomy

D^healthyandwealthy

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：推斷題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句"Theywereyoung,beautiful,strong!

Now.youngpeoplewanttolivealone.”（他們年輕,漂亮，強(qiáng)壯!現(xiàn)在年輕人喜歡單

獨(dú)生活）及第三段第二句中的“thenewestcropofsinglesarehighearnersintheir30s

and40swhoincreasinglyviewlivingaloneasalifestylechoice."（最新的單身者是那

些越來越多的選擇獨(dú)身生活的三四十歲的高收入群體），可以得知D項(xiàng)“健康、富有

的”是新一代單身族的特征。A項(xiàng)“熱情、愉快的“不正確。第三段第一句提到“Once

uponatime,peoplewholivedalonetendedtobethoseoneithersideofmarriage…”（從

前，單身生活的人要么是未婚，要么是曾經(jīng)結(jié)過婚……），因此，B項(xiàng)要么是未

婚，要么是曾經(jīng)結(jié)過婚，是指過去的單身族，不是指新一代的單身族。C項(xiàng)“消

極、陰郁的“，也是指過去的單身生活。

34>TheauthorquotesEppendorftoshowthat.

A、somemodernwomenpreferalifeofindividualfreedom

B、thefamilyisnolongerthebasicunitofsocietyinpresent-dayEurope

C、someprofessionalpeoplehavetoomuchworktodotofeellonely

D、mostEuropeansconceivelivingasinglelifeasunacceptable

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：推斷題。文中最后一段引用Eppendoff的話說，TvealwaysdonewhatI

wantedtodo：liveaself-determinedlife.“（我只做自己想做的，過自己做主的生

活），這說明了新單身族的生活主張。故A項(xiàng)“一些現(xiàn)代女性喜歡自由自在的生活”

正確。B項(xiàng)屬于過度推斷。C項(xiàng)與這個(gè)例子無關(guān)。D項(xiàng)與文意不符。

35、Whatistheauthor'spurposeinwritingthepassage?

A、Toreviewtheimpactofwomenbecominghighearners.

B、Tocontemplatethephilosophyunderlyingindividualism.

C、loexaminethetrendotyoungpeoplelivingalone.

D、Tostresstherebuildingofpersonalrelationships.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C'

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：主旨題。本文主要是關(guān)于新一代的年輕人受到社會(huì)和經(jīng)濟(jì)的影響更加

趨于獨(dú)自生活的原因。作者主要討論歐洲大陸單身化趨勢(shì)、單身族的特征以及選擇

單身的原因。C項(xiàng)“審視年輕人單獨(dú)生活的趨勢(shì)”很好地概括了這一內(nèi)容，故正確。

其他三項(xiàng)均概括不正確.不能體現(xiàn)作者的意圖。

Somechiefexecutivessaytheyareunpluggingasbesttheycan,whentheycan.

BaratundcThurston,CEOofhumorcompanyCultivatedWit,braveda25-dayInternet

detoxlastyearandnowsettlesfbrwhathecalls"micro-disconnecting".Forexample,not

checkingTwitteratameeting.AndSpencerRascoff,theCEOofonlinerealestatecenter

Zillow,turnsoffhiscompanyemailfora24-hourstretcheveryweek.Internetsabbaticals

ispopularrecently,butthoseatthehelmofcompaniesaren'tusuallyabletocompletely

cutthewire.Still,manyCEOssaytheywanttofindabalance,suspectingitmight

actuallyhelptheirwork."IamconstantlythinkingaboutZillow,evenwhenI'm

sleeping,"Mr.Rascoffsays."Withouttechnology,Icanthinkaboutitmorethoughtfully

withoutinterruptions.'tLesliePerlow,aHarvardBusinessSchoolprofessor,saystime

awayfromtechnologycanmakepeoplemorecreative,innovativeandproductive.

"Everybodyisbombardedallthetimethesedays/*shesays."Themoresenioryouare,

themoreyouperceive,there'snobodybutme."JimMoffatt,CEOofDeloitteConsulting

LLP,findsthatoccasionallyturningouthelpshimcutthroughthe"fog"and"clutter"of

theday-to-daygrind,makingiteasiertosolvebigproblems.While"recharging"ona

recentsummervacationhecaughtamoviewithhis14year-oldson.Asthecreditsrolled,

hehadanepiphanyaboutwhotheelusive,missingemployeeshouldbefbrateamhewas

puttingtogether.DuringfireworksthispastFourthofJuly,hemappedoutglobalstrategy

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