2010年全国硕士研究生考试英语（二）真题（含解析）
绝密启用前2010 年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语（二）（科目代码：204）考生注意事项1.答题前，考生须在试题册指定位置上填写考生编号和考生姓名；在答题卡指定位置上填写报考单位、考生姓名和考生编号,并涂写考生编号信息点。2.考生须把试题册上的“试卷条形码”粘贴条取下，粘贴在答题卡的“试卷条形码粘贴位置”框中。不按规定粘贴条形码而影响评卷结果的，责任由考生自负。3.选择题的答案必须涂写在答题卡相应题号的选项上，非选择题的答案必须书写在答题卡指定位置的边框区域内。超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题册上答题无效。4.填（书）写部分必须使用黑色字迹签字笔书写，字迹工整、笔迹清楚；涂写部分必须使用 2B 铅笔填涂。5.考试结束，将答题卡和试题册按规定交回。（以下信息考生必须认真填写）考生编号考生姓名2010年全国硕士研究生考试英语（二）真题第 1 页，共 71 页英语（二）试题 .1 .（共 14 页）Section IUse of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and markA, B, C or D onANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)The outbreak of swine flu that was first detected in Mexico was declared aglobal epidemic on June 11, 2009. It is the first worldwide epidemic1by theWorld Health Organization in 41 years.The heightened alert2an emergency meeting with flu experts in Genevathat assembled after a sharp rise in cases in Australia, and rising3in Britain,Japan, Chile and elsewhere.But the epidemic is “4” in severity, according to Margaret Chan, theorganizations director general,5the overwhelming majority of patientsexperiencing only mild symptoms and a full recovery, often in the6of anymedical treatment.The outbreak came to global7in late April 2009, when Mexican authoritiesnoted an unusually large number of hospitalizations and deaths8healthy adults.As much of Mexico City shut down at the height of a panic, cases began to9inNew York City, the southwestern United States and around the world.In the United States, new cases seemed to fade10warmer weatherarrived. But in late September 2009, officials reported there was11fluactivity in almost every state and that virtually all the12tested are the newswine flu, also known as (A) H1N1, not seasonal flu. In the U.S., it has13morethan one million people, and caused more than 600 deaths and more than 6,000hospitalizations.Federal health officials14Tamiflu for children from the nationalstockpile and began15orders from the states for the new swine flu vaccine.The new vaccine, which is different from the annual flu vaccine, is16aheadof expectations. More than three million doses were to be made available in earlyOctober 2009, though most of those17doses were of the FluMist nasal spraytype, which is not18for pregnant women, people over 50 or those withbreathing difficulties, heart disease or several other19. But it was stillpossible to vaccinate people in other high-risk groups: health care workers,people20infants and healthy young people.2010年全国硕士研究生考试英语（二）真题第 2 页，共 71 页英语（二）试题 .2 .（共 14 页）1. A criticizedB appointedC commentedD designated2. A proceededB activatedC followedD prompted3. A digitsB numbersC amountsD sums4. A moderateB normalC unusualD extreme5. A withB inC fromD by6. A progressB absenceC presenceD favor7. A realityB phenomenonC conceptD notice8. A overB forC amongD to9. A stay upB crop upC fill upD cover up10. A asB ifC unlessD until11. A excessiveB enormousC significantD magnificent12. A categoriesB examplesC patternsD samples13. A impartedB immersedC injectedD infected14. A releasedB relayedC relievedD remained15. A placingB deliveringC takingD giving16. A feasibleB availableC reliableD applicable17. A prevalentB principalC innovativeD initial18. A presentedB restrictedC recommendedD introduced19. A problemsB issuesC agoniesD sufferings20. A involved inB caring forC concerned withD warding offSection IIReading ComprehensionPartADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A,B, C or D. Mark your answers onANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)2010年全国硕士研究生考试英语（二）真题第 3 页，共 71 页英语（二）试题 .3 .（共 14 页）Text 1The longest bull run in a century of art-market history ended on a dramatic notewith a sale of 56 works by Damien Hirst, Beautiful Inside My Head Forever, atSothebys in London on September 15th 2008. All but two pieces sold, fetching morethan 70m, a record for a sale by a single artist. It was a last victory. As theauctioneer 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 risingbewilderingly since 2003. At its peak in 2007 it was worth some $65 billion, reckonsClare McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics, a research firm double the figure fiveyears earlier. Since then it may have come down to $50 billion. But the marketgenerates interest far beyond its size because it brings together great wealth,enormous egos, greed, passion and controversy in a way matched by few otherindustries.In the weeks and months that followed Mr. Hirsts sale, spending of any sortbecame deeply unfashionable. In the art world that meant collectors stayed away fromgalleries and salerooms. Sales of contemporary art fell by two-thirds, and in the mostoverheated sector, they were down by nearly 90% in the year to November 2008.Within weeks the worlds two biggest auction houses, Sothebys and Christies, hadto pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale withthem.The curre
