2015年-2016年全国考研真题及答案解析（英语二共2套）.pdf

绝密启用前20201515年全国硕士研究生招生考试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2015年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语（二）试题Section I Use of English Directions: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)In our contemporary culture,the prospect of communicating withor even looking ata stranger is virtually unbearable.Everyone around us seems to agree by the way they cling to their phones,even without a 1 on a subway.Its a sad realityour desire to avoid interacting with other human beings because theres 2 to be gained from talking to the stranger standing by you.But you wouldnt know it,3 into your phone.This universal protection sends the 4:Please dont approach me.What is it that makes us feel we need to hide 5 our screens?One answer is fear,according to Jon Wortmann,an executive mental coach.We fear rejection,or that our innocent social advances will be 6 as weird.We fear well be_.We fear well be disruptive.Strangers are inherently 8 to us,so we are more likely to feel 9 when communicating with them compared with our friends and acquaintances.To avoid this uneasiness,we 10 to our phones.Phones become our security blanket,Wortmann says.They are our happy glasses that protect us from what we perceive is going to be more 11.But once we rip off the band-aid,tuck our smartphones in our pockets and look up,it doesnt 12 so bad.In one 2011 experiment,behavioral scientists Nicholas Epley and Juliana Schroeder asked commuters to do the unthinkable:Start a 13.They had Chicago train commuters talk to their fellow 14.When Dr.Epley and Ms.Schroeder asked other people in the same train station to 15 how they would feel after talking to a stranger,the commuters thought their 16 would be more pleasant if they sat on their own,The New York Times summarizes.Though the participants didnt expect a positive experience,after they 17 with the experiment,not a single person reported having been embarrassed.18,these commutes were reportedly more enjoyable compared with those without communication,which makes absolute sense,19 human beings thrive off of social connections.Its that 20:Talking to strangers can make you feel connected.英语（二）试题.1.(共 14 页）1.A signal2.A nothing3.A beaten4.A message5.A under6.A misapplied7.A judged8.A unreasonable9.A comfortable10.A attend11.A dangerous12.A bend13.A lecture14.A trainees15.A reveal16.A voyage17.A went through18.A In tum19.A unless20.A funnyPart A Directions:B permitC ticketD recordB littleC anotherD muchB pluggedC guidedD broughtB codeC noticeD signB beyondC behindD fromB misinterpretedC misadjustedD mismatchedB firedC replacedD delayedB ungratefulC unconventionalD unfamiliarB confidentC anxiousD angryB tumC takeD pointB mysteriousC violentD boringB resistC hurtD decayB debateC conversationD negotiationB employeesC researchersD passengersB chooseC predictD designB flightC walkD rideB did awayC caught upD put upB In factC In particularD In consequenceB whereasC ifD sinceB simpleC logicalD rareSection II Reading Comprehension Read the following four texts.Answer the questions below each text by choosing A,B,C or D.Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.(40 points)英语（二）试题.2.(共 14 页）Text 1 A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys,people are actually more stressed at home than at work.Researchers measured peoples cortisol,which is a stress marker,while they were at work and while they were at home and found it higher at what is supposed to be a place of refuge.Fu门her contradicting conventional wisdom,we found that women as well as men have lower levels of stress at work than at home,writes one of the researchers,Sarah Damaske.In fact women even say they feel better at work,she notes.It is men,not women,who report being happier at home than at work.Another surprise is that the findings hold true for both those with children and without,but more so for nonparents.This is why people who work outside the home have better health.What the study doesnt measure is whether people are still doing work when theyre at home,whether it is household work or work brought home from the office.For many men,the end of the workday is a time to kick back.For women who stay home,they never get to leave the office.And for women who work outside the home,they often are playing catch-up-with-household tasks.With the blurring of roles,and the fact that the home front lags well behind the workplace in making adjustments for working women,its not surprising that women are more stressed at home.But its not just a gender thing.At work,people pretty much know what theyre supposed to be doing:working,making money,doing the tasks they have to do in order to draw an income.The barg。