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1、精品资料1980历年考研英语一真题集含答案.19802019年历年考研英语真题集含答案2019年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语(一)试题Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET (10 points)Today we live in a world where GPS systems, digital maps, and other na

2、vigation apps areavailable on our smart phones. I of us just walk straight into the woods without a phone. Butphones 2 on batteries, and batteries can die faster than we realize, 3 you get lost withouta phone or a compass, and you 4 cant find north, a few tricks to help you navigate_5 tocivilization

3、, one of which is to follow the land.When you find yourself well 6 a trail, but not in a completely 7 area, you have toanswer two questions: Which 8 is downhill, in this particular area? And where is the nearestwater source? Humans overwhelmingly live in valleys, and on supplies of fresh water._9 ,i

4、fyou head downhill, and follow any H20 you find, you should 10 see signs of peopleIf youve explored the area before, keep an eye out for familiar sights-you may be 11 how quickly identifying a distinctive rock or tree can restore your bearings.Another 12 Climb high and look for signs of human habita

5、tion. 13 even in densefores, you should be able to 14 gaps in the tree line due to roads, train tracks, and otherpaths people carve 15 the woods. Head toward these 16 to find a way out. At mightcan the horizon for 17 light sources such as fires and streetlights, then walk toward the glowof light pol

6、lution.18 , assuming youre lost in an area humans tend to frequent, look for the 19 weleave on the landscape. Trail blazes tire tracks. and other features can 20 you to civilization.1. ASome BMost C Few D All2. Aput Btake C run D come3. ASince BIf CThough D until 4. AFormally Brelatively C gradually

7、 D literally5. A back Bnext C around D away6. A onto Boff Cacross D alone7. A unattractive Buncrowded Cunchanged Dunfamiliar8.A site Bpoint Cway D place9. A So BYet CInstead D Besides lO. A immediately B intentionally C unexpectedly Deventually11. A surprised B annoyed C frightened Dconfused12. A pr

8、oblem Boption Cview D result13. A Above all B In contrast COn average D For example14. Abridge B avoid Cspot D separate15. Aform Bthrough C beyond D Under16. A posts Blinks C shades Dbreaks17. A artificial B mysterious Chidden Dlimited18. A Finally BConsequently CIncidentally D Generally19. A memori

9、es Bmarks Cnotes Dbelongings20. Arestrict Badopt C lead D exposeSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts, Answer the questions each text by choosing A B. C or D.Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET (40 points)Text 1Financial regulators in Britain have imposed a

10、 rather unusual rule on the bosses of big banks.Starting next year. any guaranteed bonus of top executives could be delayed 1o years if their banks are under investigation for wrongdoing. The main purpose of this clawback rule is to hold bankers accountable for harmful risk taking and to restore pub

11、lic trust in financial institution, Yet officials also hope for a much larger benefit: more long term decision-making not only by banks but by all corporations, to build a stronger economy for future generations.“Short-termism” or the desire for quick profits, has worsened in publicly traded compani

12、es.says the Bank of Englands top economist. Andrew Haldane. He quotes a gaint of classicaleconomics, Alfred Marshall in describing this financial impatience as acting like Children whopick the plums out of their pudding to eat them at once” rather than putting them aside to be eaten last. The averag

13、e time for holding a stock in both the United States and Britain. he notes hasdropped from seven years to seven months in recent decades. Transient investors, who demandhigh quarterly profits from companies, can hinder a firms efforts to invest in lone-term researchor to build up customer loyalty. T

14、his has been dubbed quarterly capitalism”.In addition, new digital technologies have allowed more rapid trading of equities quicker useof information, and thus shorters attention spans in financial markets. There seems to be apredominance of short- term thinking at the expense of long-term investing

15、,” said CommissionerDaniel Gallagher of the US Securities and Exchange Commission in a speech this week.In the US, the Sarbanes-Oxley Acl of 2002 has pushed most public companies to deferperformance bonuses for senior executives by about a year, slightly helping reduceshort-termism. In its latest su

16、rvey of CEO pay The Wall street Journal finds thata substantial partof executive pay is now tied to performance.Much more could be done to encourage long-termism, such as changes in the tax codeand quicker disclosure of stock acquisitions. In France, shareholders who hold onto a companyinvestment fo

17、r at least two years can sometimes can more voting rights in a company.Within companies, the right compensation design can provide incentives for executives tothink beyond their own time at the company and on behalf of all stakeholders, Britains new rule is a reminder to bankers that society has an

18、interest in their performance not just for the short term but for the long term.21. According to Paragraph 1, one motive in imposing the new rule is theA. enhance bankers sense of responsibilityB help corporations achieve larger profitsC. build a new system of financial regulationD. guarantee the bo

19、nuses of top executives22. Alfred Marshall is quoted to indicateA. the conditions for generating quick profitsB. governments impatience in decision-makingC. the solid structure of publicly traded companiesD. short-termism in economic activities23. It is argued that the influence of transient investm

20、ent on public companies can beA. indited B. adverse C. minimal D temporary24. The US and France examples and used to illustrateA. the obstacles to preventing short-termism.B. the significance or long term thinking.C. the approaches to promoting long-termism.D. the prevalence of short-term thinking.2

21、5. Which of the following would be the best title for the textA. Failure of Quarterly CapitalismB. Patience as a Corporate VirtueC. Decisiveness Required of Top ExecutivesD. Frustration of Risk-taking BankersText 2Grade inflation-the gradual increase in average GPAs (grade-point averages) over the p

22、astfew decades-is often considered a product of a consumer era in higher education, in whichstudents are treated like customers to be pleased. But another, related force -a policy often buried deep in course catalogs called grade forgiveness- is helping raise GPAs.Grade forgiveness allows students t

23、o retake a course in which they received a low grade, andthe most recent grade or the highest grade is the only one that counts in calculating a studentsoverall GPA.The use of this little-known practice has accelerated in recent years, as colleges continue todo their utmost to keep students in schoo

24、l (and paying tuition) and improve their gradation rates.When this practice fir started decades ago, it was usually limited to freshmen, to give them asecond chance to take a class in their first year if they struggled in their transition to college-levelcourses. But now most colleges, save for many

25、 selective campuses, allow all undergraduates, andeven graduate students, to get their low grades forgiven.College officials tend to emphasize that the goal of grade forgiveness is less about the gradeitself and more about encouraging students to retake courses critical to their degree program andgr

26、adation without incurring a big penalty. Untimely. said Jack Mine, Ohio State Universitysregistrar. we see students achieve more success because they retake a course and do better insubsequent contents or master the content that allows them to graduate on time.That said, there is a way in which grad

27、e forgiveness satisfies colleges own needs as well. Forpublic institutions state finds are sometimes tied partly to their success on metrics such asgraduation rates and student retention so better grades can, by boosting figures like those, meanmore money. And anything that raises GPAs will likely m

28、ake students who, at the end of the dayare paying the bill-feel theyve gotten a better value for their tuition dollars, which is another bigconcern for colleges.Indeed grade forgiveness is just another way that universities are responding to consumersexpectations for higher education. Since students

29、 and parents expect a college degree to lead to a job, it is in the best interest of a school to tum out gradates who are as qualified as possible-orat least appear to be. On this, students and colleges incentives seem to be aligned.26. What is commonly regarded as the cause of grade inflation?A. Th

30、e change of course catalogs.B. Students indifference to GPAS.C Colleges neglect of GPAS.D. The influence of consumer culture.27. What was the original purpose of grade forgivenessA. To help freshmen adapt to college learning.B. To maintain colleges graduation rates.C. To prepare graduates for a chal

31、lenging future.D. To increase universities income from tuition.28. According to Paragraph 5. grade forgiveness enables collegesA. obtain more financial support.B. boost their student enrollments.C. improve their teaching quality.D. meet local governments needs.29. What does the phrase “to be aligned

32、” (Line 5. Para. 6) most probably mean?A. To counterbalance each otherB. To complement each other.C. To be identical with each otherD. To be contradictory to each other.30. The author examines the practice of grade forgiveness byA assessing its feasibilityB.analyzing the causes behind it. C. compari

33、ng different views on it.D. listing its long-run effectsText 3This year marks exactly two centuries since the publication of Frankenstein, or. The ModemPrometheus by Mary Shelley. Even before the invention of the electric light bulb, the authorproduced a remarkable work of speculative fiction that w

34、ould foreshadow many chical questionsto be raised by technologies yet to come.Today the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (An) raises fundamental questions: What isintelligence, identity, or consciousness? what makes humans humans?What is being called artificial general intelligence, machines

35、that would imitate the wayhumans think continues to evade scientists. Yet humans remain fascinated by the idea of robotsthat would look, move, and respond like humans, similar to those recently depicted on popularsci-fi Tv series such asWestworld andHumans.Just how people think is still far too comp

36、lex to be understood let alone reproduced, saysDavid Eagleman, a Stanford University neuroscientist, We are just in a situation where there areno good theories explaining what consciousness actually is and how you could ever build a machine to get there.”But that doesnt mean crucial ethical issues i

37、nvolving Al arent at hand. The coming use ofautonomous vehicles. for example poses thorny ethical questions. Human drivers sometimemake split-second decisions. Their reactions may be a complex combination of instant reflexes.input from past driving experiences, and what their eyes and ears tell them

38、 in that moment. AI visiontoday is not nearly as sophisticated as that of humans. And to anticipate every imaginable driving situation is a difficult programming problem.Whenever decisions are based on masses of data. you quickly get into a lot of ethicalquestions, notes Tan Kiat How, chief executiv

39、e of a Singapore-based agency that is helping thegovernment develop a voluntary code for the ethical use of Al. Along with Singapore, othergovernments and mega-corporations are beginning to establish their own guidelines. Britain issetting up a data ethics center. India released its Al ethics strate

40、gy this spring.On June 7 Google pledged not todesign or deploy Ar that would causeoverall harm, orto develop Al-directed weapons or use Al for surveillance that would violate international norms.It also pledged not to deploy AI whose use would violate international laws or human rights.While the sta

41、tement is vague, it represents one starting point, So does the idea that decisions made by Al systems should be explainable, transparent. and fair.To put it another way. How can we make sure that the thinking of intelligent machines reflects humanitys highest values? Only then will they be useful se

42、rvants and not Frankensteins out-of-control monster. 31. Mary Shelleys novel Frankenstein is mentioned becauseA. fascinates Al scientists all over the worldB.has remained popular for as long as 200 years.C. involves some concerns raised by Al todayD.has sparked serious ethical controversies32. In Da

43、vid Eaglemans opinion, our current knowledge of consciousnessA. helps explain artificial intelligence.B. can be misleading to robot makingC. inspires popular sci-fi TV seriesD.is too limited for us to reproduce it33.The solution to the ethical issues brought by autonomous vehiclesA. can hardly ever

44、be found.B. is still beyond our capacityC. causes little public concernD.has aroused much curiosity34. The authors attitude toward Googles pledges is one ofA. Affirmation B. skepticism C. contempt D. respect35. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A. Als Future: In the Hands o

45、f Tech giantsB. Frankenstein, the Novel Predicting the Age of AC. The Conscience of Al: Complex But InevitableD. AI Shall Be Killers once out of ControlText 4States will be able to force more people to pay sales tax when they make online purchasesunder a Supreme Court decision Thursday that will lea

46、ve shoppers with lighter wallets but is a bigfinancial win for states. The Supreme Courts opinion Thursday overruled a pair of decades-old decisions that statessaid cost them billions of dollars in lost revenue annually. The decisions made it more difficult forstates to collect sales tax on certain

47、online purchases.The cases the court overturned said that if a business was shipping a customers purchase to a state where the business didnt have a physical presence such as a warehouse or office. thebusiness did t have to collect sales tax for the state. Customers were generally responsible forpay