204英语二是什么

篇一：2010年英语二真题204

2010年英语二真题204

Section I Use of English

Directions:

Read the following passage. For each numbered blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET l. (10 points)

The outbreak of swine flu that was first detected in Mexico was declared a global epidemic on June 11, 2009. But the epidemic is in severity, according to Margaret Chan, the organization's director general, the overwhelming majority of patients experiencing only mild symptoms and a fullworld.

In the United States, new cases seemed to fade_____10_____warmer weather arrived. But in late September 2009, officials reported there was activity in almost every state and that virtually all are the new swine flu, also known as (A) H1N1, not seasonal flu. In the U.S., it than one million people, and caused more than 600 deaths and more than 6,000 hospitalizations.

Federal health for children from the national stockpile and from the states for the new swine flu vaccine. The new vaccine, which is different from the annual flu vaccine, is ahead of expectations. More than three million doses were to be disease or several other But it was still possible to vaccinate people in other high-risk group: 1 [A] criticized[B] appointed[C]commented [D] designated

2 [A] proceeded [B] activated [C] followed[D] prompted

3 [A] digits [B] numbers [C] amounts[D] sums

4 [A] moderate [B] normal[C] unusual [D] extreme

5 [A] with [B] in [C] from [D] by

6 [A] progress[B] absence [C] presence [D] favor

7 [A] reality [B] phenomenon [C] concept [D] notice

8. [A]over[B] for[C] among [D] to

9 [A] stay up[B] crop up [C] fill up [D] cover up

10 [A] as [B] if[C] unless [D] until

11 [A] excessive[B] enormous[C] significant[D]magnificent

12 [A]categories[B] examples [C] patterns[D] samples

13 [A] imparted[B] immerse [C] injected[D] infected

14 [A] released[B] relayed [C] relieved[D] remained

15 [A] placing [B] delivering[C] taking[D] giving

16 [A] feasible [B] available[C] reliable[D] applicable

17 [A] prevalent [B] principal[C] innovative[D] initial

18 [A] presented[B] restricted [C] recommended [D] introduced

19 [A] problems[B] issues [C] agonies[D] sufferings

20 [A] involved in [B] caring for[C] concerned with [D] warding off

Section Ⅱ Reading comprehension

Part A

Directions:

Read the following four passages. Answer the questions below each passage by choosing A, B, C and D.

The longest bull run in a century of art-market history ended on a dramatic note with a sale of 56 works by

Damien Hirst, “Beautiful Inside My Head Forever”， at Sotheby?s in London on September 15th 2008. All but two pieces sold, fetching more than ￡70m, a record for a sale by a single artist. It was a last victory. As the auctioneer called out bids, in New York one of the oldest banks on Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy。

The world art market had already been losing momentum for a while after rising vertiginously since 2003. At its peak in 2007 it was worth some $65 billion, reckons Clare McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics, a research firm—double the figure five years earlier. Since then it may have come down to $50 billion. But the market generates interest far beyond its size because it brings together great wealth, enormous egos, greed, passion and controversy in a way matched by few other industries。

In the weeks and months that followed Mr Hirst?s sale, spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable, especially in New York, where the bail-out of the banks coincided with the loss of thousands of jobs and the financial demise of many art-buying investors. In the art world that meant collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms. Sales of contemporary art fell by two-thirds, and in the most overheated sector—for Chinese contemporary art—they were down by nearly 90% in the year to November 2008. Within weeks the world?s two biggest auction houses, Sotheby?s and Christie?s, had to pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them。

The current downturn in the art market is the worst since the Japanese stopped buying Impressionists at the end of 1989, a move that started the most serious contraction in the market since the Second World War. This time experts reckon that prices are about 40% down on their peak on average, though some have been far more volatile. But Edward Dolman, Christie?s chief executive, says: “I?m pretty confident we?re at the bottom。”

What makes this slump different from the last, he says, is that there are still buyers in the market, whereas in the early 1990s, when interest rates were high, there was no demand even though many collectors wanted to sell. Christie?s revenues in the first half of 2009 were still higher than in the first half of 2006. Almost everyone who was interviewed for this special report said that the biggest problem at the moment is not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to sell. The three Ds—death, debt and divorce—still deliver works of art to the market. But anyone who does not have to sell is keeping away, waiting for confidence to return。

21. In the first paragraph, Damien Hirst's sale was referred to as “a last victory” because ____-。

A. the art market had witnessed a succession of victories

B. the auctioneer finally got the two pieces at the highest bids

C. Beautiful inside My Head Forever won over all masterpieces

D. it was successfully made just before the world financial crisis

22. By saying “spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable”(Line 1-2,Para.3)，the author suggests that_____ 。

A. collectors were no longer actively involved in art-market auctions

B. people stopped every kind of spending and stayed away from galleries

C. art collection as a fashion had lost its appeal to a great extent

D. works of art in general had gone out of fashion so they were not worth buying

23. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A .Sales of contemporary art fell dramatically from 2007to 2008.

B. The art market surpassed many other industries in momentum。

C. The market generally went downward in various ways。

D. Some art dealers were awaiting better chances to come。

24. The three Ds mentioned in the last paragraph are ____

A. auction houses' favorites

B. contemporary trends

C. factors promoting artwork circulation

D. styles representing impressionists

25. The most appropriate title for this text could be ___

A. Fluctuation of Art Prices

B. Up-to-date Art Auctions

C. Art Market in Decline

D. Shifted Interest in Arts

I was addressing a small gathering in a suburban Virginia living room -- a women's group that had invited men to join them. Throughout the evening one man had been particularly talkative frequently offering ideas and

anecdotes while his wife sat silently beside him on the couch. Toward the end of the evening I commented that women frequently complain that their husbands don't talk to them. This man quickly concurred. He gestured toward his wife and said "She's the talker in our family." The room burst into laughter; the man looked puzzled and hurt. "It's true" he explained. "When I come home from work I have nothing to say. If she didn't keep the conversation going we'd spend the whole evening in silence."

This episode crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations they often talk less at home. And this pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage。

The pattern was observed by political scientist Andrew Hacker in the late '70s. Sociologist Catherine Kohler Riessman reports in her new book "Divorce Talk" that most of the women she interviewed -- but only a few of the men --- gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces. Given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year --- a virtual epidemic of failed conversation。

In my own research complaints from women about their husbands most often focused not on tangible

inequities such as having given up the chance for a career to accompany a husband to his or doing far more than their share of daily life-support work like cleaning cooking social arrangements and errands. Instead they focused on communication: "He doesn't listen to me" "He doesn't talk to me." I found as Hacker observed years before that most wives want their husbands to be first and foremost conversational partners but few husbands share this expectation of their wives。

In short the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face while a woman glares at the back of it wanting to talk。

26. What is most wives' main expectation of their husbands?

A. Talking to them.B. Trusting them.

C. Supporting their careers. D. Sharing housework。

27. Judging from the context, the phrase “wreaking havoc” (Line 3, Para.2) most probably means ___。

A. generating motivation.B. exerting influence

C. causing damageD. creating pressure

28. All of the following are true EXCEPT_______

A. men tend to talk more in public tan women B. nearly 50percent of recent divorces are caused by failed conversation C. women attach much importance to communication between couples D a female tends to be more talkative at home than her spouse29. Which of the following can best summarize the main idea of this text? A. The moral decaying deserves more research by sociologists。 B. Marriage break-up stems from sex inequalities。 C. Husband and wife have different expectations from their marriage。 D. Conversational patterns between man and wife are different。30. In the following part immediately after this text, the author will most probably focus on ______ A. a vivid account of the new book Divorce Talk B. a detailed description of the stereotypical cartoon C. other possible reasons for a high divorce rate in the U.S。 D. a brief introduction to the political scientist Andrew Hacker

Over the past decade, many companies had perfected the art of creating automatic behaviors — habits — among consumers. These habits have helped companies earn billions of dollars when customers eat snacks, apply lotions and wipe counters almost without thinking, often in response to a carefully designed set of daily cues。“There are fundamental public health problems, like hand washing with soap, that remain killers only because we can?t figure out how to change people?s habits,” Dr. Curtis said. “We wanted to learn from private industry how to create new behaviors that happen automatically。”

The companies that Dr. Curtis turned to — Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever — had

invested hundreds of millions of dollars finding the subtle cues in consumers? lives that corporations could use to introduce new routines。

If you look hard enough, you?ll find that many of the products we use every day — chewing gums, skin

moisturizers, disinfecting wipes, air fresheners, water purifiers, health snacks, antiperspirants, colognes, teeth whiteners, fabric softeners, vitamins — are results of manufactured habits. A century ago, few people regularly brushed their teeth multiple times a day. Today, because of canny advertising and public health campaigns, many Americans habitually give their pearly whites a cavity-preventing scrub twice a day, often with Colgate, Crest or one of the other brands。

A few decades ago, many people didn?t drink water outside of a meal. Then beverage companies started bottling the production of far-off springs, and now office workers unthinkingly sip bottled water all day long. Chewing gum, once bought primarily by adolescent boys, is now featured in commercials as a breath freshener and teeth cleanser for use after a meal. Skin moisturizers are advertised as part of morning beauty rituals, slipped in between hair brushing and putting on makeup。

“Our products succeed when they become part of daily or weekly patterns,” said Carol Berning, a consumer psychologist who recently retired from Procter & Gamble, the company that sold $76 billion of Tide, Crest and other products last year. “Creating positive habits is a huge part of improving our consumers? lives, and it?s essential to making new products commercially viable。”

Through experiments and observation, social scientists like Dr. Berning have learned that there is power in tying certain behaviors to habitual cues through relentless advertising. As this new science of habit has emerged, controversies have erupted when the tactics have been used to sell questionable beauty creams or unhealthy foods。

31. According to Dr.Curtis, habits like hand washing with soap________。

[A] should be further cultivated

[B] should be changed gradually

[C] are deeply rooted in history

[D] are basically private concerns

32. Bottled water, chewing gun and skin moisturizers are mentioned in Paragraph 5 so as to____

[A] reveal their impact on people? habits

[B] show the urgent need of daily necessities

[C] indicate their effect on people? buying power

[D] manifest the significant role of good habits

33. Which of the following does NOT belong to products that help create people?s habits?

[A]Tide [B] Crest[C] Colgate [D] Unilever

34. From the text we know that some of consumer?s habits are developed due to _____

[A]perfected art of products

[B]automatic behavior creation

[C]commercial promotions

[D]scientific experiments

35. The author?s attitude toward the influence of advertisement on people?s habits is____

[A]indifferent [B]negative [C]positive [D]biased

Many Americans regard the jury system as a concrete expression of crucial democratic values, including the principles that all citizens who meet minimal qualifications of age and literacy are equally competent to serve on juries; that jurors should be selected randomly from a representative cross section of the community; that no citizen should be denied the right to serve on a jury on account of race, religion, sex, or national origin; that

defendants are entitled to trial by their peers; and that verdicts should represent the conscience of the community and not just the letter of the law. The jury is also said to be the best surviving example of direct rather than representative democracy. In a direct democracy, citizens take turns governing themselves, rather than electing representatives to govern for them。

But as recently as in 1986, jury selection procedures conflicted with these democratic ideals. In some states, for example, jury duty was limited to persons of supposedly superior intelligence, education, and moral character. Although the Supreme Court of the United States had prohibited intentional racial discrimination in jury selection as early as the 1880 case of Strauder v. West Virginia, the practice of selecting so-called elite or blue-ribbon juries provided a convenient way around this and other antidiscrimination laws。

The system also failed to regularly include women on juries until the mid-20th century. Although women first served on state juries in Utah in 1898, it was not until the 1940s that a majority of states made women eligible for jury duty. Even then several states automatically exempted women from jury duty unless they personally asked to have their names included on the jury list. This practice was justified by the claim that women were needed at home, and it kept juries uepresentative of women through the 1960s。

In 1968, the Congress of the United States passed the Jury Selection and Service Act, ushering in a new era of democratic reforms for the jury. This law abolished special educational requirements for federal jurors and required them to be selected at random from a cross section of the entire community. In the landmark 1975

decision Taylor v. Louisiana, the Supreme Court extended the requirement that juries be representative of all parts of the community to the state level. The Taylor decision also declared sex discrimination in jury selection to be unconstitutional and ordered states to use the same procedures for selecting male and female jurors。

36. From the principles of the US jury system, we learn that ______

[A]both literate and illiterate people can serve on juries

[B]defendants are immune from trial by their peers

[C]no age limit should be imposed for jury service

篇二：考研英语2大纲

英语（二）编辑

概念

考研英语（二）与历年考研试卷有所不同，它针对的是一些报考专业学位硕士学生的一套考研英语试卷。由教育部考试中心组织专家研究命题，在考研统考中使用。也就是说，英语一和英语二在研究生考试中同时使用。

那么考研英语二主要针对哪些考生呢。弄清这个问题，大家要先弄清楚自己所考的硕士类别。近几年国家研究生教育在进行改革，改革方向是将硕士分为两种:一种是学术性研究生，偏重学术方面，还有一种称为专业学位研究生，偏重培养高级管理人才或专门人才，如职业经理人、会计师、工程师等等。这种分法在国外教育体制中体现得很明显，典型的如英国。我们国家以后研究生培养方向将和国际接轨，分为这两种类别。

学术性研究生要继续考英语一，而一部分考专业学位的研究生将遭遇考研英语二。国家教育部有详尽规定说明，目前我国专业学位研究生包括19种，如体育硕士、汉语国际教育硕士、翻译硕士等。大家要注意这19种专业学位硕士不是都要考英语二，其中一些专业学位硕士基本上是不会考英语二的，比如法律硕士。而有一些是要考英语二的，比如MBA、MPA等。

具体来说，如何确定自己考英语一还是英语二呢。考生可参照报考院校的招生简章中的报考科目，简章中会明确说明考英语一还是英语二。其中英语一编号为201，政治编号为101，而英语二编号为204。。还有一个简便的方法是，考研网上报名成功后，考生使用报名号登录网上报名网站，输入报名号，查看自己的报名信息就可以看到自己的初试考试科目。

考试内容

试题分四部分，共48题，包括英语知识运用、阅读理解、英译汉和写作。 第一部分 英语知识运用

主要是考查考生对英语知识的综合运用能力。共20小题，每小题0.5分，共10分。 在一篇约350词的文章中留出20个空白，要求考生从每题所给的4个选项中选出最佳答案，使补全后的文章意思通顺、前后连贯、结构完整。考生在答题卡1上作答。

第二部分 阅读理解

主要是考查考生获取信息、理解文章、猜测重要生词词义并进行推断等方面的能力。该

部分由A、B两节组成，共25小题，每小题2分，共50分。

A节（20小题）

本部分为多项选择题，共四篇文章，总长度为1500词左右。要求考生阅读文章并回答每篇文章后面的问题。考生需在每小题所提供的选项（A、B、C、D）中选出唯一正确或是最合适的答案。

每篇文章设5题，共20小题。每小题2分，共40分。考生在答题卡1上作答。 B节（5小题）

本部分有2种备选题型。每次考试从这2种备选题型中选择一种进行考查。或者这2种形式的组合进行考查。本节文章设5小题，每小题2分，共10分。

考生在答题卡1上作答。 备选题型有： 1）多项对应。 2）小标题对应。 第三部分：英译汉

考查考生理解所给英语语言材料并将其译成汉语的能力。要求译文准确、完整、通顺。 要求考生阅读、理解长度为150词左右的一个或几个英语段落，并将其全部译成汉语。考生在答题卡2上作答。共15分。

第四部分 写作

该部分由A、B两节组成，主要考查考生的书面表达能力。共2小题，共25分。 A节：题型有两种，每次考试选择其中的一种形式。 备选题包括：

1）考生根据所给情景写出一篇约100词（标点符号不计算在内）的应用性短文，包括私人和公务信函、备忘录、报告等。

2）考生根据所提供的汉语文章，用英语写出一篇80~100词的该文摘要。 考生在答题卡2上作答。共10分。

B节：要求考生根据所规定的情景或给出的提纲，写出一篇150词以上的英语说明文或

议论文，提供情景的形式为图画、图表或文字。

考生在答题卡2上作答。共15分。

考查目标

考生应掌握下列语言知识和技能： (一)语言知识 1. 语法知识

考生应能熟练地运用基本的语法知识，其中包括： 名词、代词的数和格的构成及其用法 动词时态、语态的构成及其用法

形容词与副词的比较级和最高级的构成及其用法 常用连接词的词义及其用法

非谓语动词（不定式、动名词、分词）的构成及其用法 虚拟语气的构成及其用法

各类从句（定语从句、主语从句、表语从句等）及强调句型的结构及其用法 倒装句、插入语的结构及其用法 2. 词汇

考生应能掌握5500左右的词汇以及相关词组。

考生应能根据具体语境、句子结构或上下文理解一些非常用词的词义。 (二)语言技能 1. 阅读

考生应能读懂选自各类书籍和报刊的不同类型的文字材料。题材包括经济、管理、社会、文化、科普等，体裁包括说明文、议论文和记叙文等。根据阅读材料考生应能：

1)理解主旨要义； 2)理解文中的具体信息；

3)理解语篇的结构及上下文的逻辑关系； 4) 根据上下文推断重要生词或词组的含义； 5)进行一定的判断和推理； 6)理解作者的意图、观点或态度； 2. 写作

考生应能根据所给的提纲、情景或要求完成相应的短文写作。短文应中心思想明确、切中题意、结构清晰、条理清楚、用词恰当、无明显语言错误。

考试形式

考试形式为笔试。考试时间为180分钟。满分为100分。

试卷分试题册和答题卡。答题卡分为答题卡1和答题卡2.考生应将英语知识运用和阅读理解部分的答案按要求填涂在答题卡1上，将英译汉和写作部分的答案写在答题卡2上。

试卷结构

如图

区别

考研英语二题型总体与英语一非常相近，考试时间180分钟，满分100分。试卷第一部分是英语知识运用，即我们常说的完型填空，总共10分，20题，每题0.5分。第二部分是阅读理解，这部分英语二和英语一考试方式略有不同。英语二阅读理解分两个部分，第一部分是常见的4选1选择题，共4篇文章，每篇5道题，共40分。英语二阅读理解第二部分是新题型，对应的是英语一的新题型部分，5道题共10分。这部分可能出现3种题型，由易到难分别是:判断正误题、7选5简化版题型及搭配题。

整体而言，从单词量上我们可以看出，虽然英语二大纲要求的阅读理解单词量与英语一相同，但在大纲中英语二阅读理解没有说明有超纲单词，而英语一明确说将有百分之三的超纲单词。我们可以判断，英语二阅读理解的单词量起码不会超过英语一。这在大纲样题中也有反映，考研英语二样题比过去历年考研英语真题难度要低。

第三部分是翻译，主要是英译汉。考查方式是翻译一个包含150个单词的英文段落。我个人认为难度比考研英语一小。首先，虽然翻译总量同英语一相同，但在一个英语段落中，句子有易有难，有过渡句、解释成份，这些比较好翻译。而考研英语一是从400单词段落中抽出5个长难句。英语二在难度降低的同时，翻译题所占分值却提高了。所以提醒各位考生，抓好15分翻译题，这是拿分关键点，抓住这一点，总体分数可以提高2-5分。

最后就是写作。分别是小作文和大作文，小作文要求一样，一种是书信，如感谢信、求职信等。同时提醒考生注意，在英语一和英语二大纲都出现的一种形式是英文摘要，这在以后研究生学习中非常重要。它主要考查大家词汇量及拼写的问题，而对于语法问题要求不高。小作文也是大家准备考研英语二的重点，它要求100字左右，但分数达到10分，大家可以多做练习。大作文的样题是图表作文，字数要求低，为150字以上。而英语一要求是160-200单词，要求比英语二高，分值也低，为15分。根据这一判断，我个人认为英语二的大作文考提纲式作文或图表式作文概率大些，比英语一的图画式作文可能要简单。

整体而言，从主客观两方面来说，我个人判断考研英语二比考研英语一要简单些。首先从客观来说，英语二是大家考专业学位硕士所需要考的英语，毕竟不是研究型研究生，它对英语的要求和理解稍微低些，要求看懂专业型文章和科研论文即可。从主观上来说，考研英语二大纲附的样题难度比英语一小。

篇三：2013年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试204英语二参考答案

2013年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试

204英语二答案

Section I Useof English

Directions:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank andmark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)

答案：

1-5: BDDAB

6-10: BBDBA

11-15: ADCCC

16-20: CABAD

Section II Reading Comprehension

PartA

Directions:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions after each text by choosingA, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)

Text 1

答案：

21-25: ADBBC

26-30: CCDCD

31-35: DACDC

36-40: BAADC

Part B:

Directions:

You are going to read a list of headings anda text. Choose the most suitable heading from the list A-F for each numberedparagraph (41-45).Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET1. (10 points)

答案：

41 F

42 E

43 G

44 C

45 D

Section III

Translation

46.Directions: Translate the following text from English to Chinese. Write yourtranslation on ANSWER SHEET2. (15points)

从过去的53年里随便找出一天，我都能够立刻想起那一天我在哪里，那一天发生了什么新闻，甚至那一天是星期几。从4岁起，我就能这么做了。

我从来没有为自己所记住的大量的事情而感到不知所措。我似乎能够应对这种状况，能够有条理地将这些信息记在脑子里。当我想起悲伤的事情时，我会像每个人一样，尽力把它放在一边，不去想它。我并不认我因为我的记忆非常清晰，这么做对我来说就很难。强大的记忆力并不能使我的情感更加敏锐和生动。我能够记得我祖父去世的那一天，以及前一天我们去医院的路上所感到的悲伤。同样，我也能记得同一天在百老汇上演的音乐剧《Hair》—

—这些事情都以同样的方式在我脑海里突然浮现。

Section IV Writing

47Writing

Supposeyour class is to hold a charity sale for kids in need of help. Write yourclassmates an email to

1)inform them about the details and

2)encourage them to participate 100 words use Li Ming. Don't write your address。(10points)Dear Classmates,

I am writing to notify you of a charity sale our classwill oganize. The detailed arrangements are as follows。

This event will be held in the playground of ouruniversity on May 10, 2013, and it will start at 7 and end at 10 o’clock in theevening. At the opening ceremony, our Monitor will make clear that the purposeof the sale is to help children who have dropped out of shool because theirfamily cannot afford their tuitioin.Then is the time for donating activity。

Giving your love is a virtue, so I really appeal toall the students to take part in this event and I will be grateful if you comeand give your donation。

Sincerely yours,

Li Ming

PartB (15 points)

48Write an essay based on the following chart in your writing, you should

(1)

interpret the chart, and

(2)

give your comments

Youshould write about 150 words。

某高校学生兼职情况

The Change in College Students’ Thinking Patterns

As is illustrated by the figure in the chart, thenumber of college students doing part-time jobs has been on rise steadily from66.77% to 88.24 during the four university life. From the change in the chart,it goes without saying that more and more college students choose to engage inoutside programs recently。

Considering these changes, we can find severalmain reasons. Firstly, with grown-up of the students, most parents tend tosupport their children to going out to do some social practice. What is moreimportant, the fast changing society has raised higher requirements for collegegraduates. The authorities of Chinese university or college have beenencouraging their students to do part-time jobs in the hope that collegestudents would broaden their view to know more about the society and becomemore adaptable to the future work after they graduate. Therefore, more studentsgo out traveling or doing social practices during the vacations。

As a college student, I think the chart reflectsthe exciting progress on the college students’ thinking patterns from freshman tosenior. We have become much mature to realize how to spend our spare time meaningfullyand practically. From the changes in the charts, it is easy for us to predictthat more and more college students will walk out their home and throwthemselves into more various vacation activities。

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