考研英语一试卷全国硕士研究生考试真题完整版（2014年）

絶密启用前2014年全囯硬士研究生招生考试英语（一）（科目代碼：201)考生注意事頊1.答題前，考生須在试題冊指定位置上填写考生編丹和考生姓名；在答題卡指定位置上填写扳考单位、考生姓名和考生編弓，并涂写考生編弓信息熹。2.考生須把试題冊上的试卷糸形碼粘貼茶取下，粘貼在答題卡的试卷糸形碼粘貼位置框中。不按規定粘貼糸形碼而影喃讠平卷結果的，貴任由考生自負。3.造拌題的答案必須涂写在答題卡相成題另的造璜上，非造拌題的答案必須节写在答題卡指定位置的辺框図域內。超出答題図域节写的答案元效；在草稿纸、试題冊上答題元效。4.填（节）写部分必須使用黑色字迹签字黽节写，字迹工整、竜迹清楚；涂写部分必須使用2B铂僊填涂。5.考试結束，将答題卡和试題冊按既定交回。（以下信息考生必颜从真填写）二二I11111111111111 I 1Section IUse of EnglishDirections:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and markA,B,C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)As many people hit middle age,they often start to notice that their memoryand mental clarity are not what they used to be.We suddenly cant remember1we put the keys just a moment ago,or an old acquaintances name,or thename of an old band we used to love.As the brain2,we refer to theseoccurrences as“senior moments.”3seeminglyinnocent,this loss of mentalfocus can potentially have a(n)4impact on our professional,social,andpersonal5.Neuroscientists,experts who study the nervous system,are increasinglyshowing that theres actually a lot that can be done.It6out that the brainneeds exercise in much the same way our muscles do,and the rightmental7can significantly improve our basic cognitive8.Thinking isessentially a9of making connections in the brain.To a certain extent,ourability to10in making the connections that drive intelligence is inherited.11,because these connections are made through effort and practice,scientists believethat intelligence can expandand fluctuate12mentaleffort.Now,a new Web-based company has taken it a step13and developedthe first“brain training program”designed to actually help people improve and regaintheir mental14.TheWeb-basedprogram15youtosystematicallyimproveyourmemory and attention skills.The program keeps16of your progress andprovides detailed feedback 17your performance and improvement.Mostimportantly,it18modifies and enhances the games you play to19onthe strengthsyouaredevelopingmuchlike a(n)20exercise routinerequires you to increase resistance and vary your muscle use.1.A that B when C why D where 2.A fades B improves C collapses D recovers 3.A Unless B While C Once D If 4.A damaging B limited C uneven D obscure 5.A relationship B environment C wellbeing D outlook 6.A figures B finds C points D turns 7.A responses B associations C workouts D roundabouts 8.A genre B criterion C circumstances D functions 9.A channel B process C condition D sequence 10.A persist B feature C excel D believe 11.A However B Moreover C Otherwise D Therefore 12.A according to B regardless of C apart from D instead of 13.A back B further C aside D around 14.A framework B stability C flexibility D sharpness 15.A hurries B reminds C allows D forces 16.A order B track C pace D hold 17.A on B to C for D with 18.A habitually B constantly C irregularly D unusua恥19.A carry B put C build D take 20.A idle B risky C familiar D effective Section II Reading Comprehension Part A Directions: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)2 Text 1 In order to change lives for the better and reduce dependency,George Osborne,Chancellor of the Exchequer,introduced the upfront work search scheme.Only if the jobless arrive at the jobcentre with a CV,register for online job search,and start looking for work will they be eligible for benefit-and then they should report weekly rather than fortnightly.What could be more reasonable?More apparent reasonableness followed.There will now be a seven-day wait for the jobseekers allowance.Those first few days should be spent looking for work,not looking to s洫on,he claimed.Were doing these things because we know they help people stay off benefits and help those on benefits get into work faster.Help?Really?On first hearing,this was the socially concerned chancellor,trying to change lives for the better,complete with refom面 to an obviously indulgent system that demands too little effort from the newly unemployed to find work,and subsidises laziness.What motivated him,we were to understand,was his zeal for fundamental fairness-protecting the taxpayer,controlling spending and ensuring that only the most deserving claimants received their benefits.Losing a job is hurting:you dont skip down to the jobcentre with a song in your heart,delighted at the prospect of doubling your income from the generous state.It is financially terrifying,psychologically embarrassing and you know that support is minimal and extraordinarily hard to get.You are now not wanted;you are now excluded from the work environment that offers purpose and structure in your life.Worse,the crucial income to feed yourself and your family and pay the bills has disappeared.Ask anyone newly unemployed what they want and the answer is always:a job.But in Osbomeland,your first instinct is to缸1 into dependency-permanent dependency if you can get it-supported by a state only too ready to indulge your falsehood.It is as though 20 years of ever-t