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考研英语二最后一套卷

2017年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试

英语试卷（英语二）

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SectionIUseofEnglish

Directions：

Readthefollowingtext．Choosethebestword（s）foreachnumberedblankandmarkA，B，CorDonANSWERSHEET1．（10points）

Businessandgovernmentleadersalsoconsidertheinflationratetobeanimportantgeneralindicator.Inflationisaperiodofincreased__1__thatcausesrapidrisesinprices.__2__yourmoneybuysfewergoodssothatyouget__3__forthesameamountofmoneyasbefore,inflationistheproblem.Thereisageneralrise__4__thepriceofgoodsandservices.Yourmoneybuysless.Sometimespeopledescribeinflationasa（n）__5__when“adollarisnotworthadollaranymore.”

Inflationisaproblemforallconsumers.Peoplewholiveonafixedincomearehurtthe__6__.Retiredpeople,forinstance,cannot__7__onanincreaseinincomeaspricesrise.Elderlypeoplewhodonotworkfaceseriousproblemsinstretchingtheirincomesto__8__theirneedsintimeofinflation.Retirementincome__9__anyfixedincomeusuallydoesnotriseasfastasprices.Manyretiredpeoplemustcuttheirspendingto__10__risingprices.Inmanycasestheymuststop__11__somenecessaryitems,suchasfoodandclothing.Even__12__workingpeoplewhoseincomesaregoingup,inflationcanbeaproblem.The__13__oflivinggoesup,too.Peoplewhoworkmusthaveevenmoremoneytokeepuptheirstandardofliving.Justbuyingthethingstheyneedcostsmore.Whenincomesdonotkeep__14__withrisingprices,thestandardoflivinggoesdown.Peoplemaybeearningthesameamountofmoney,buttheyarenotliving__15__theyarenotabletobuyasmanygoodsandservices.

Governmentunitsgatherinformationaboutpricesinoureconomyandpublishitaspriceindexes__16__therateofchangecanbedetermined.Apriceindexmeasureschangesinpricesusingthepricefora__17__yearasthebase.Thebasepriceisset__18__100,andtheotherpricesarereportedasa__19__ofthebaseprice.Apriceindexmakesitpossibletocomparecurrentpricesoftypicalconsumergoods,__20__,withpricesofthesamegoodsinpreviousyears.

1.[A]spending[B]demanding[C]consuming[D]saving

2.[A]Before[B]Unless[C]Since[D]When

3.[A]much[B]little[C]more[D]less

4.[A]in[B]on[C]at[D]to

5.[A]chance[B]time[C]moment[D]occasion

6.[A]best[B]lest[C]most[D]worst

7.[A]rely[B]rest[C]depend[D]count

8.[A]meet[B]obtain[C]care[D]acquire

9.[A]or[B]and[C]excluding[D]including

10.[A]liveupto[B]catchupto[C]putupwith[D]keepupwith

11.[A]tobuy[B]buying[C]havingbought[D]frombuying

12.[A]for[B]to[C]of[D]if

13.[A]price[B]level[C]cost[D]standard

14.[A]race[B]pace[C]speed[D]step

15.[A]incase[B]until[C]because[D]assuch

16.[A]inwhich[B]fromwhich[C]ofwhich[D]bywhich

17.[A]last[B]definite[C]fixed[D]given

18.[A]on[B]by[C]at[D]against

19.[A]portion[B]percentage[C]proportion[D]fraction

20.[A]bycontrast[B]what’smore[C]forexample[D]like

Section11ReadingComprehension

PartA

Directions：

Readthefollowingfourtexts．AnswerthequestionsbeloweachtextbychoosingA，B，C，orD．MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEET1．（40points）

Textl

Manyparentscomplainthattheirteenagechildrenarerebelling．Theygreettheirchildren'steenagewithneedlessdread.Whileteenagersmayassaultuswithheavy-metalmusic,wearstrangeclothes，havestrangehairstyles．andspendalltheirtimedatingormeetingfriends，suchbehaviorscarcelyaddsuptofull-scalerevolt.

Takeagoodlookatthepresentrebellion．Itseemsthatteenagersarealltakingthesamewayofshowingthattheydisagreewiththeirparents．Insteadofstrikingoutboldlyontheirwings，mostofthemareclutchingatoneanother’shandsforreassurance．Theirreasonforthinkingoractinginthus-and-suchawayisthatthecrowdisdoingit．Ithasbecomeharderandharderforateenagertostandupagainstthepopularitywaveandtogohisorherownway．Theyhavecomeoutoftheircocoon——intoalargercocoon·

Teenagerebellion，accordingtopsychologistLaurenceSteinberg，coauthorofYouandYourAdolescent，hasbeengreatlyoverstated．Manyotherpsychologistsagree.Theideathatteenagersinevitablyrebelisamyththathasthepotentialforgreatfamilyharm．Thisnotioncandamagecommunicationduringthiscriticaltimeforparentstoinfluenceyoungsters·

Stilladolescenceisoftenatryingtimeoftransitionforchildandparent.Teenagersneedtoestablishthemselvesasindividuals——intheirownmindsandintheeyesofothers.Thissearchisn’taboutrebellion：

it's

aboutbecomingapersonofone’sown.“Teenagersoughttobegrowingawayfromtheirparentsandlearningtostandontheirowntwofeet,”saysSteinberg.

Hereisonewayparentscanhelp：

don’tstereotype.“Parentswhoexpectteenagerebellionmayactuallystiritup.”saysKennethI.Howard，amemberofaresearchteamthatcollectedsurveydataonmorethan20,000teenagersovera28-yearperiod．

Howardcautionsparentsnottoresorttosuppressionatthefirstsightofadolescentindependence，fearfulthatgivinginevenslightlynowmeansdrugscannotbefarbehind．Whenparentsoverreact，teenagersassertthemselvesmore，parentsclampdownharder，andafull-scaleblowupresults．

Infact，psychologistssaythatthereisnoinevitablepatterntoteenagebehavior，andnosuchcreatureasatypicalteenager.Yourteenagerisnowlarger，stronger,olderandsmarterthanbefore，withanadditionalsupplyofhormoneragingthroughthebloodstream．Butheorsheisstillthesamehumanbeingyouhavelivedwithsincebirth.Givenachance，yoursonordaughterwillcontinuetobehaveinwaysyouhaveestablished．

21.Accordingtothewriter，parents’fearfortheirchildren’steenageis______·

[A]ridiculous[B]unnecessary

[C]unreasonable[D]sensible

22．“Alargercocoon”asmentionedinParagraph2referstothesituationthat_____．

[A]teenagersdisagreewiththeirparents

[B]teenagerswanttobeindependent

[C]teenagerscannotescapefromthepopularitywave

[D]teenagersneedsupportfromtheirfellowteenagers

23．OverstatingteenagerebellionwillleadtothefollowingconsequencesEXCEPT______．

[A]itcandoharmtothefamily

[B]itcandamageparents’influence

[C]itcanpreventteenagersfrombeingindividuals

[D]itcanimpairteenagers’abilitytomakecorrectjudgment

24．Accordingtothepsychologists，itisbeneficialforparentsto______．‘

[A]showfear[B]usesuppression

[C]clampdownharder[D]treatteenagersastheyusedto

25．Thetextismeantto_______．

[A]advisetheparentshowtogetalongwiththeirteenagers

[B]discussteenagerebellionandwaystocopewithit

[C]introducepsychologists’viewsonteenagebehaviors

[D]clarifythemisconceptionaboutteenagerebellion

Text2

Humanrelationshavecommandedpeople’sattentionfromearlytimes.Thewaysofpeoplehavebeenrecordedininnumerablemyths,folktales,novels,poems,plays,andpopularorphilosophicalessays.Althoughthefullsignificanceofahumanrelationshipmaynotbedirectlyevident,thecomplexityoffeelingsandactionsthatcanbeunderstoodataglanceissurprisinglygreat.Forthisreasonpsychologyholdsauniquepositionamongthesciences．

“Intuitive”knowledgemayberemarkablypenetratingandcansignificantlyhelpusunderstandhumanbehaviorwhereasinthephysicalsciencessuchcommonsenseknowledgeisrelativelyprimitive．Ifweerasedallknowledgeofscientificphysicsfromourworld，notonlywouldwenothavecarsandtelevisionsets,wemightevenfindthattheordinarypersonwasunabletocopewiththefundamentalmechanicalproblemsofpulleysandlevers.Ontheotherhand，ifweremovedallknowledgeofscientificpsychologyfromourworld,problemsininterpersonalrelationsmighteasilybecopedwithandsolvedmuchasbefore．Wewouldstill“know”howtoavoiddoingsomethingaskedofusandhowtogetsomeonetoagreewithus；wewouldstill“know”whensomeonewasangryandwhensomeonewaspleased．Onecouldevenoffersensibleexplanationsforthe“whys’’ofmuchoftheself’sbehaviorandfeelings．Inotherwords，theordinarypersonhasagreatandprofoundunderstandingoftheselfandofotherpeoplewhich，thoughunformulatedoronlyvaguelyconceived，enablesonetointeractwithothersinmoreorlessadaptiveways．Kohlerinreferringtothelackofgreatdiscoveriesinpsychologyascomparedwithphysics，accountsforthisbysayingthat“peoplewereacquaintedwithpractically

allterritoriesofmentallifealongtimebeforethefoundingofscientificpsychology.”

Paradoxically,withallthisnatural，intuitive，commonsensecapacitytograsphumanrelations，thescienceofhumanrelationshadbeenoneofthelasttodevelop．Differentexplanationsofthisparadoxhavebeensuggested．Oneisthatsciencewoulddestroythevainandpleasingillusionspeoplehaveaboutthemselves；butwemightaskwhypeoplehavealwayslovedtoreadpessimistic，debunkingwritings，fromEcclesiastestoFreud．Ithasalsobeenproposedthatjustbecauseweknowsomuchaboutpeopleintuitively，therehasbeenlessincentiveforstudyingthemscientifically：

whyshouldonedevelopatheory，carryoutsystematicobservations，ormakepredictionsabouttheobvious?

Inanycase，thefieldofhumanrelations，withitsvastliterarydocumentationbutmeagerscientifictreatment，isingreatcontrasttothefieldofphysicsinwhichtherearerelativelyfewnonscientificbooks．

26.Whichofth