2009-2013年考研英语二真题及答案.pdf

2009年考研英语二真题Section II Close(10%)Directions:For each numbered blank in the following passage,there are four choices marked A,B,C,and D.Choose thebest one and mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 with a pencil.(10 points)In 1999,the price of oil hovered around S16 a barrel.By 2008,it had(21 )the$100 a barrel mark.Thereasons for the surge(22)from the dramatic growth of the economies of china and India to widespread(23)inoil-producing regions,including Iraq and Nigeria*s delta region.Triple-digit oil prices have(24)theeconomic and political map of the world,(25)some old notions of power.Oil-rich nations are enjoyinghistoric gains and opportunities,(26)major importers-including chinaand India,home to a third of theworld*s population (27)rising economic and social costs.Managing this new order is fast becoming a central(28)of global politics.Countries that need oil are clawing at each other to(29)scarce supplies,and arewilling to deal with any government,(30)how unpleasant,to do it.In many poor nations with oil,the profits are being Jost to corruption,(31)these countriesof their best hope for development.And oil is fueling enormous investment funds run by foreign governments,(32)some in the west see as a new threat.Countries like Russia,Venezuela and Iran are well supplied with rising oil 33,a change reflected innewly aggressive foreign policies.But some unexpected countries are reaping benefits,(34)costs,fromhigher prices.Consider Germany.(35)it imports virtually all its oil,it has prospered from extensive tradewith a booming Russia and the Middle East.German exports to Russia(36)128 percent from 2001 to 2006.In the United States,as already high gas prices rose(37)higher in the spring of 2008,the issuecropped up in the presidential campaign,with Senators McCain and Obama(38)for a federal gas tax holidayduring the peak summer driving months.And driving habits began to(39),as sales of small cars jumpedand mass transport systems(40)the country reported a sharp increase in riders.21.A.comeB.goneC.crossedD.arrived22.A.coveredB.discoveredC.arrangedD.ranged23.A.intensityB.infinityC.insecurity0.instability24.A.drawnB.redrawnC.retainedD.reviewed25.A.fightingB.strugglingC.challengingD.threatenin26.A.andB.whileC.thusD.though27.A.confineB.conflictC.conformD.confront28.A.problemB.questionC.matterD.event29.A.look forB.lock upC.send outD.keep off30.A.no matterB.what ifC.only ifD.in spite of31.A.abolishingB.deprivingC.destroyingD.eliminating32.A.whatB.thatC.whichD.whom33.A.interestsB.taxesC.incomesD.revenues34.A.as many asB.as good asC.as far asD.as well as35.A.AlthoughB.BecauseC.SinceD.As36.A.advancedB.grewC.reducesD.multiplie37.A.evenB.stillC.ratherD.fairly38.A.askingB.requestingC.callingD.demanding39.A.changeB.turnC.shiftD.transform40.A.forB.fromC.acrossD.OverPart III Reading Comprehension(40%)Direction:There are 4 passages in this part.Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C,and D.You should decide on the best choice.Thenblacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a pencil.PASSAGE!.Henric Ibsen,author of the playA Dolls House,in which a pretty,helpless housewife abandons.Herhusband and children to seek a more serious life,would surely have approved.From January 1st,2008,all publiccompanies in Norway are obliged to ensure that at least 40%of their board directors are women.Most firms haveobeyed the law,which was passed in 2003.But about 75 out of the 480 or so companies it affects are still too malefor the governments liking.They will shortly receive a letter informing them that they have until the end ofFebruary to act,or face the legal consequences which could include being dissolved.Before the law was proposed,about 7%of board members in Norway were female,according to the Centrefor Corporate Diversity.The number has since jumped to 36%.That is far higher than the average of 9%for bigcompanies across Europe or Americas 15%for the Fortune 500.Norways stock exchange and its main businesslobby oppose the law,as do many businessmen.I am against quotas for women or men as a matter of principle/1says Sverre Munck,head of international operations at a media firm.HBoard members of public companiesshould be chosen solely on the basis of merit and experience,be says.Several firms have even given up theirpublic status in order to escape the new law.Companies have had to recruit about 1,000 women in four years.Many complain that it has been difficult tofind experienced candidates.Because of this,some of the best women have collected as many as 25-35directorships each,and are known in Norwegian business circles as the golden skirts.One reason for the scarcityis that there are fairly few women in management in Norwegian companies-they occupy around 15%of seniorpositions.It has been particularly hard for finns in the oil,technology and financial industries to find women witha enough experience.Some people worry that their relative lack of exper。