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1、近十年考研英语真题及答案Section 1 Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.(10 points)Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle viewed laughter as “a bodily exercise precious to health. But -some claims to the contrary, l

2、aughing probably has little influence on physical filness Laughter does short-term changes in the function of the heart and its blood vessels,heart rate and oxygen consumption But because hard laughter is difficult to, a good laugh is unlikely to have benefits the way, say, walking or jogging does.,

3、 instead of straining muscles to build them, as exercise does, laughter apparently accomplishes the, studies dating back to the 1930s indicate that laughter, muscles,Such bodily reaction might conceivably help the effects of psychological stress. Any way,the act of laughingprobably does produce othe

4、r types of feedback,that improve an individuals emotional state. oneclassical theory of emotion,our feelings are partially rooted physical reactions. It was argued at the end ofthe 19th century that humans do not cry they are sad but they become sad when te tears begin to flow.Although sadness also

5、tears,evidence suggests that emotions can flow muscular responses.In anexperiment published in 1988,social psychologist Fritz.1. AJamong Bexcept Cdespite Dlike2. Ajreflect Bdemand Cindicate Dproduce3. Astabilizing Bboosting Cimpairing Ddetermining4. Atransmit Bsustain Cevaluate Dobserve5. Ameasurabl

6、e Bmanageable Caifordable Drenewable6. AJInturn |B|Infact CJln addition DJln brief7. AJopposite BJimpossible CJaverage DJexpected8. Ahardens |B|weakens Ctightens DJrelaxes9. Aaggravate Bgenerate Cmoderate Denhance10. Aphysical Bmental CJsubconscious Dinternal11. AJExcept for BAccording to CJDue to D

8、 D|supposing20. AEventually BJConsequently CJSimilarly DJConverselySection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, |B, C or |D|. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text 1The decision of the New York Phil

9、harmonic to hire Alan Gilbert as its next music director has been the talk of the classical-music world ever since the sudden announcement of his appointment in 2009. For the most part, the response has been favorable, to say the least. Hooray! At last!” wrote Anthony Tommasini, a sober-sided classi

10、cal-music critic.One of the reasons why the appointment came as such a surprise, however, is that Gilbert is comparatively little known. Even Tommasini, who had advocated Gilberts appointment in the Times, calls him “an unpretentious musician with no air of the formidable conductor about him. As a d

11、escription of the next music director of an orchestra that has hitherto been led by musicians like Gustav Mahler and Pierre Boulez, that seems likely to have struck at least some Times readers as faint praise.For my part, I have no idea whether Gilbert is a great conductor or even a good one. To be

12、sure, he performs an impressive variety of interesting compositions, but it is not necessary for me to visit Avery Fisher Hall, or anywhere else, to hear interesting orchestral music. All 1 have to do is to go to my CD shelf, or boot up my computer and download still more recorded music from iTunes.

13、Devoted concertgoers who reply that recordings are no substitute for live performance are missing the point. For the time, attention, and money of the art-loving public, classical instrumentalists must compete not only with opera houses, dance troupes, theater companies, and museums, but also with t

14、he recorded performances of the great classical musicians of the 20th century. There recordings are cheap, available everywhere, and very often much higher in artistic quality than todays live performances; moreover, they can be consumed at a time and place of the listeners choosing. The widespread

15、availability of such recordings has thus brought about a crisis in the institution of the traditional classical concert.One possible response is for classical performers to program attractive new music that is not yet available on record. Gilberts own interest in new music has been widely noted: Ale

16、x Ross, a classical-music critic, has described him as a man who is capable of turning the Philharmonic into a markedly different, more vibrant organization. But what will be the nature of that difference? Merely expanding the orchestras repertoire will not be enough. If Gilbert and the Philharmonic

17、 are to succeed, they must first change the relationship between Americas oldest orchestra and the new audience it hops to attract.21. We learn from Para.1 that Gilberts 叩pointment has Aincurred criticism.Braised suspicion.Creceived acclaim. DJaroused curiosity.22. Tommasini regards Gilbert as an ar

18、tist who is Ainfluential.B modest.Crespectable.|Dtalented.23. The author believes that the devoted concert goersAignore the expenses of live performances.Breject most kinds of recorded performances.Cexaggerate the variety of live performances. Doverestimate the value of live performances.24. Accordi

19、ng to the text, which of the following is true of recordings?AThey are often inferior to live concerts in quality.B |They are easily accessible to the general public.CThey help improve the quality of music.DJThey have only covered masterpieces.25. Regarding Gilberts role in revitalizing the Philharm

20、onic, the author feels AdoubtfuLBenthusiastic.Cconfident.Dpuzzled.Text 2When Liam McGee departed as president of Bank of America in August, his explanation was surprisingly straight up. Rather than cloaking his exit in the usual vague excuses, he came right out and said he was leaving ”to pursue my

21、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 named him CEO and chairman on September 29.McGee says leaving without a position lined up gave hi

22、m 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 American Express quit with the explanation that they were looking for a CEO post. As boards scrut

23、inize 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 pronouncements cloud their reputations.As the first signs of recovery begin to take hold, deputy c

24、hiefs 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. As the economy picks up, opportunities will abound for aspiring leaders.The decision to quit a s

25、enior 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 Kom/Ferry senior partner Dennis Carey:I cant think of a single search Ive done where a board has not

26、 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 be a CEO. It was a year before she became head of a tiny Internet-based commodities exchange. Robert W

27、illumstad 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 performers. The financial crisis has made it more acceptable to be between jobs or to leave a bad one. The

28、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 McGee announced his departure, his manner can best be described as beingA arrogant.Bfrank.CJself-centered.DJ

29、impulsive.27. According to Paragraph 2, senior executives quitting may be spurred byAtheir expectation of better financial status.B|their need to reflect on their private life.CJtheir strained relations with the boards.IDtheir pursuit of new career goals.28. The word “poached” (Line 3, Paragraph 4)

30、most probably means AJapproved of.Battended to.Chunted fo匚 Dguarded against.29. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that Atop performers used to cling to their posts. Bloyalty of top performers is getting out-dated. Ctop performers care more about reputations. Dis safer to stick to the tradit

31、ional rules.30. Which of the following is the best title for the text?A|CEOs: Where to Go?BCEOs: All the Way Up?CTop Managers Jump without a NetDJThe Only Way Out for Top PerformersText 3The rough guide to marketing success used to be that you got what you paid fo匚 No longer. While traditional “paid

32、 media - such as television commercials and print advertisements - still play a major role, companies today can exploit many alternative forms of media. Consumers passionate about a product may create owned” media by sending e-mail alerts about products and sales to customers registered with its Web

33、 site. The way consumers now approach the broad range of factors beyond conventional paid media.Paid and owned media are controlled by marketers promoting their own products. For earned media , such marketers act as the initiator for users, responses. But in some cases, one marketers owned media bec

34、ome another marketers paid media - for instance, when an e-commerce retailer sells ad space on its Web site. We define such sold media as owned media whose traffic is so strong that other organizations place their content or e-commerce engines within that environment. This trend ,which we believe is

35、 still in its infancy, effectively began with retailers and travel providers such as airlines and hotels and will no doubt go further. Johnson & Johnson, for example, has created BabyCenter, a stand-alone media property that promotes complementary and even competitive products. Besides generating in

36、come, the presence of other marketers makes the site seem objective, gives companies opportunities to learn valuable information about the appeal of other companies marketing, and may help expand user traffic for all companies concerned.The same dramatic technological changes that have provided mark

37、eters with more (and more diverse) communications choices have also increased the risk that passionate consumers will voice their opinions in quicker, more visible, and much more damaging ways. Such hijacked media are the opposite of earned media: an asset or campaign becomes hostage to consumers, o

38、ther stakeholders, or activists who make negative allegations about a brand or product. Members of social networks, for instance, are learning that they can hijack media to apply pressure on the businesses that originally created them.If that happens, passionate consumers would try to persuade other

39、s to boycott products, putting the reputation of the target company at risk. In such a case, the companys response may not be sufficiently quick or thoughtful, and the learning curve has been steep. Toyota Motor, for example, alleviated some of the damage from its recall crisis earlier this year wit

40、h a relatively quick and well-orchestrated social-media response campaign, which included efforts to engage with consumers directly on sites such as Twitter and the social-news site Digg.31. Consumers may create earned media when they areA obsessed with online shopping at certain Web sites.BJ inspir

41、ed by product-promoting e-mails sent to them.C eager to help their friends promote quality products.D enthusiastic about recommending their favorite products.32. According to Paragraph 2,sold media featureA a safe business environment.B| random competition.C strong user traffic.D flexibility in orga

42、nization.33. The author indicates in Paragraph 3 that earned mediaA invite constant conflicts with passionate consumers.B can be used to produce negative effects in marketing.C may be responsible for fiercer competition.D deserve all the negative comments about them.34. Toyota Motors experience is c

43、ited as an example ofA responding effectively to hijacked media.B persuading customers into boycotting products.C cooperating with supportive consumers.|D taking advantage of hijacked media.35. Which of the following is the text mainly about ?A Alternatives to conventional paid media.B Conflict betw

44、een hijacked and earned media.C Dominance of hijacked media.D Popularity of owned media.Text 4Its no surprise that Jennifer Seniors insightful, provocative magazine cover story, “I love My Children, I Hate My Life, is arousing much chatter - nothing gets people talking like the suggestion that child

45、 rearing is anything less than a completely fulfilling, life-enriching experience. Rather than concluding that children make parents either happy or miserable, Senior suggests we need to redefine happiness: instead of thinking of it as something that can be measured by moment-to-moment joy, we shoul

46、d consider being happy as a past-tense condition. Even though the day-to-day experience of raising kids can be soul-crushingly hard. Senior writes that “the very things that in the moment dampen our moods can later be sources of intense gratification and delight.The magazine cover showing an attract

47、ive mother holding a cute baby is hardly the only Madonna-and-child image on newsstands this week. There are also stories about newly adoptive - and newly single - mom Sandra Bullock, as well as the usual “Jennifer Aniston is pregnant news. Practically every week features at least one celebrity mom,

48、 or mom-to-be, smiling on the newsstands.In a society that so persistently celebrates procreation, is it any wonder that admitting you regret having children is equivalent to admitting you support kitten-killing ? It doesnt seem quite fair, then, to compare the regrets of parents to the regrets of the children. Unhappy parents rarely are provoked to

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