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1、考研英文二级阅读理解真题 说到词汇量，就免不了要背单词，这也是我们每个考研人都感到头疼的地方。大多数同学都有这样的体会，单词背了忘，忘了又背，做翻译阅读时，觉得很眼熟、很亲切，但就是想不起来。下文是我为你细心编辑整理的考研英文二级阅读理解真题，希望对你有所帮助，更多内容，请点击相关栏目查看，感谢! 考研英文二级阅读理解真题1 Text 2 While fossil fuelsstill generate roughly 85 percent of the worlds energy supply, its clearer than ever that the future belongs to
2、 renewable sources such as wind and solar. The move to renewables is picking up momentum around the world: They now account for more than half of new power sources going on line. Some growth stems from a commitment by governments and farsighted businesses to fund cleaner energy sources. But increasi
3、ngly the story is about the plummeting prices of renewables, especially wind and solar. The cost of solar panels has dropped by 80 percent and the cost of wind turbines by close to one-third in the past eight years. In many parts of the world renewable energy is already a principal energy source. In
4、 Scotland, for example, wind turbines provide enough electricity to power 95 percent of homes. While the rest of the world takes the lead, notably China and Europe, the United States is also seeing a remarkable shift. In March, for the first time, wind and solar power accounted for more than 10 perc
5、ent of the power generated in the US, reported the US Energy Information Administration. President Trump has underlined fossil fuelsespecially coalas the path to economic growth. In a recent speech in Iowa, he dismissed wind power as an unreliable energy source. But that message did not play well wi
6、th many in Iowa, where wind turbines dot the fields and provide 36 percent of the states electricity generationand where tech giants like Microsoft are being attracted by the availability of clean energy to power their data centers. The question “What happens when the wind doesnt blow or the sun doe
7、snt shine?” has provided a quick put-down for skeptics. But a boost in the storage capacity of batteries is making their ability to keep power flowing around the clock more likely. The advance is driven in part by vehicle manufacturers, who are placing big bets on battery-powered electric vehicles.
8、Although electric cars are still a rarity on roads now, this massive investment could change the picture rapidly in coming years. While theres a long way to go, the trend lines for renewables are spiking. The pace of change in energy sources appears to be speeding upperhaps just in time to have a me
9、aningful effect in slowing climate change. What Washington doesor doesnt doto promote alternative energy may mean less and less at a time of a global shift in thought. 26. The word “plummeting”(Line 3, Para. 2) is closest in meaning to . A stabilizing B changing C falling D rising 27. According to P
10、aragraph 3, the use of renewable energy in America . A is progressing notably B is as extensive as in Europe C faces many challenges D has proved to be impractical 28. It can be learned that in Iowa, . A wind is a widely used energy source B wind energy has replaced fossil fuels C tech giants are in
11、vesting in clean energy D there is a shortage of clean energy supply 29. Which of the following is true about clean energy according to Paragraphs 5&6? A Its application has boosted battery storage. B It is commonly used in car manufacturing. C Its continuous supply is becoming a reality. D Its
12、sustainable exploitation will remain difficult. 30. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that renewable energy_. A will bring the USA closer to other countries. B will accelerate global environmental change. C is not really encouraged by the USA government. D is not competitive enough with reg
13、ard to its cost. 考研英文二级阅读理解真题2 Text 2 For years, studies have found that first-generation college students-those who do not have a parent with a college degree-lag other students on a range of education achievement factors. Their grades are lower and their dropout rates are higher. But since such st
14、udents are most likely to advance economically if they succeed in higher education, colleges and universities have pushed for decades to recruit more of them. This has created "a paradox" in that recruiting first-generation students, but then watching many of them fail, means that higher e
15、ducation has "continued to reproduce and widen, rather than close" achievement gap based on social class, according to the depressing beginning of a paper forthcoming in the journal Psychological Sciense. But the article is actually quite optimistic, as it outlines a potential solution to
16、this problem, suggesting that an approach(which involves a one-hour, next-to-no-cost program) can close 63 percent of the achievement gap(measured by such factors as grades)between first-generation and other students. The authors of the paper are from different universities, and their findins are ba
17、sed on a study involving 147 students(who completed the project)at an unnamed private unive rsity.First generation was defined as not having a parent with a fou r-year college degree Most of the first-generation students(59.1 percent) were recipients of Pell Grants，a federal g rant for undergraduate
18、s with financial need，while this was true only for 8.6 percent of the students wit at least one parent with a four-year degree Their thesis-that a relatively modest inte rvention could have a big impact-was based on the view that first-gene ration students may be most lacking not in potential but in
19、 practical knowledge about how to deal with the issues that face most college students They cite past resea rch by several authors to show that this is the gap that must be na rrowed to close the achievement gap. Many first-gene ration students"struggle to navigate the middle-class culture of h
20、igher education，learn the'rules of the game，'and take advantage of college resou rces," they write And this becomes more of a problem when collages don't talk about the class advantage and disadvantages of different groups of students Because US colleges and universities seldom ackn
21、owledge how social class can affect students' educational expe rience，many first-gene ration students lack sight about why they a re struggling and do not unde rstand how students' like them can improve 26. Recruiting more first-generation students has Areduced their d ropout rates Bnarrowed
22、 the achievement gao C missed its original pu rpose Ddepressed college students 27 The author of the research article are optimistic because Athe problem is solvable Btheir approach is costless q the recruiting rate has increased Dtheir finding appeal to students 28 The study suggests that most firs
23、t-gene ration students Astudy at private universities Bare from single-pa rent families q are in need of financial support Dhave failed their collage 29. The author of the paper believe that first-generation students Aa re actually indifferent to the achievement gap Bcan have a potential influence o
24、n othe r students C may lack opportunities to apply for resea rch projects Dare inexperienced in handling their issues at college 30.We mayinfer from the last paragraph that- Auniversities often rect the culture of the middle-class Bstudents are usually to blame for their lack of resources Csocial c
25、lass g reatly helps en rich educational experiences Dcolleges are partly responsible for the problem in question 考研英文二级阅读理解真题3 Text 2 A century ago, the immigrants from across the Atlantic inclued settlers and sojourners. Along with the many folks looking to make a permanent home in the United State
26、s came those who had no intention to stay, and 7millin people arrived while about 2 million departed. About a quarter of all Italian immigrants, for exanmle, eventually returned to Italy for good. They even had an affectionate nickname, “uccelli di passaggio,” birds of passage. Today, we are much mo
27、re rigid about immigrants. We divide nemcomers into two categories: legal or illegal, good or bad. We hail them as Americans in the making, or our broken immigrantion system and the long political paralysis over how to fix it. We dont need more categories, but we need to change the way we think abou
28、t categories. We need to look beyond strick definitions of legal and illegal. To start, we can recognize the new birds of passage, those living and thriving in the gray areas. We might then begin to solve our immigration challenges. Crop pickers, violinists, construction workers, entrepreneurs, engi
29、neers, home health-care aides and physicists are among todays birds of passage. They are energetic participants in a global economy driven by the flow of work, money and ideas .They prefer to come and go as opportunity calls them , They can manage to have a job in one place and a family in another.
30、With or without permission, they straddle laws, jurisdictions and identities with ease. We need them to imagine the United States as a place where they can be productive for a while without committing themselves to staying forever. We need them to feel that home can be both here and there and that t
31、hey can belong to two nations honorably. Accommodating this new world of people in motion will require new attitudes on both sides of the immigration battle .Looking beyond the culture war logic of right or wrong means opening up the middle ground and understanding that managing immigration today re
32、quires multiple paths and multiple outcomes. Including some that are not easy to accomplish legally in the existing system. 26 “Birds of passage” refers to those who_ A immigrate across the Atlantic. B leave their home countries for good. C stay in a foregin temporaily. D find permanent jobs oversea
33、s. 27 It is implied in paragraph 2 that the current immigration stystem in the US_ A needs new immigrant categories. B has loosened control over immigrants. C should be adopted to meet challenges. D has been fixeed via political means. 28 According to the author, todays birds of passage want_ A fian
34、cial incentives. B a global recognition. C opportunities to get regular jobs. D the freedom to stay and leave. 29 The author suggests that the birds of passage today should be treated _ A as faithful partners. B with economic favors. C with regal tolerance. D as mighty rivals. 30 选出最适合文章的标题 A come a
35、nd go: big mistake. B living and thriving : great risk. C with or without : great risk. D legal or illegal: big mistake. 考研英文二级阅读理解真题4 Text 2 An article in Scientific America has pointed out that empirical research says that, actually, you think youre more beautiful than you are. We have a deep-seat
36、ed need to feel good about ourselves and we naturally employ a number of self-enhancing strategies to research into what the call the “above average effect”, or “illusory superiority”, and shown that, for example, 70% of us rate ourselves as above average in leadership, 93% in driving and 85% at get
37、ting on well with othersall obviously statistical impossibilities. We rose tint our memories and put ourselves into self-affirming situations. We become defensive when criticized, and apply negative stereotypes to others to boost our own esteem, we stalk around thinking were hot stuff. Psychologist
38、and behavioral scientist Nicholas Epley oversaw a key studying into self-enhancement and attractiveness. Rather that have people simply rate their beauty compress with others, he asked them to identify an original photogragh of themselves from a lineup including versions that had been altered to app
39、ear more and less attractive. Visual recognition, reads the study, is “an automatic psychological process occurring rapidly and intuitively with little or no apparent conscious deliberation”. If the subjects quickly chose a falsely flattering image- which must did- they genuinely believed it was rea
40、lly how they looked. Epley found no significant gender difference in responses. Nor was there any evidence that, those who self-enhance the must (that is, the participants who thought the most positively doctored picture were real) were doing so to make up for profound insecurities. In fact those wh
41、o thought that the images higher up the attractiveness scale were real directly corresponded with those who showed other makers for having higher self-esteem. “I dont think the findings that we having have are any evidence of personal delusion”, says Epley. “Its a reflection simply of people general
42、ly thinking well of themselves. If you are depressed, you wont be self-enhancing. Knowing the results of Epley s study,it makes sense that why people heat photographs of themselves Viscerally-on one level, they dont even recognise the person in the picture as themselves, Facebook therefore ,is a sel
43、f-enhancers paradise,where people can share only the most flattering photos, the cream of their wit ,style ,beauty, intellect and lifestyle its not that peoples profiles are dishonest,says catalina toma of WisconMadison university ,”but they portray an idealized version of themselves. 26. According
44、to the first paragraph, social psychologist have found that _. A our self-ratings are unrealistically high B illusory superiority is baseless effect C our need for leadership is unnatural D self-enhancing strategies are ineffective 27. Visual recognition is believed to be peoples_ A rapid watching B
45、 conscious choice C intuitive response D automatic self-defence 28. Epley found that people with higher self-esteem tended to_ A underestimate their insecurities B believe in their attractiveness C cover up their depressions D oversimplify their illusions 29.The word “Viscerally”(Line 2,para.5) is c
46、losest in meaning to_. Ainstinctively Boccasionally Cparticularly Daggressively 30. It can be inferred that Facebook is self-enhancers paradise because people can _. Apresent their dishonest profiles Bdefine their traditional life styles Cshare their intellectual pursuits Dwithhold their unflattering sides 本文来源：网络收集与整理，如有侵权，请联系作者删除，谢谢！第19页 共19页第 19 页 共 19 页第 19 页 共 19 页第 19 页 共 19 页第 19 页 共 19 页第 19 页 共 19 页第 19 页 共 19 页第 19 页 共 19 页第 19 页 共 19 页第 19 页 共 1