2015年考研英语二真题及答案
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sction I Use of English
Directions:
Read the following text。Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and
markA，B，C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1(10 points)
In our contemporary culture，the prospect of communicating with-or even looking
at-a stranger is virtually unbearable Everyone around us seems to agree by the way
they fiddle with their phones，even without a 1 underground
It's a sad reality-our desire to avoid interacting with other human
beings-because there's 2 to be gained from talking to the strange r standing by you.
But you wouldn't know it， 3 into your phone. This universal armor sends the 4 ：
"Please don't approach me."
What is it that makes us feel we need to hide 5 our screens?
One answer is fear, according to Jon Wortmann, executive mental coach We fear
rejection，or that our innocent social advances will be 6 as"creep,"We fear we'II
be 7 We fear we'II 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 anxiety, 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 bandaid，tuck our smartphones in our pockets and look
up，it doesn't 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 didn't expect
a positive experience, after they 17 with
the experiment, "not a single person reported having been snubbed."
18 , these commutes were reportedly more enjoyable compared with those sans
communication, which makes absolute sense, 19 human beings thrive off of social
connections. It's that 20 : Talking to strangers can make you feel connected.
1. [A] ticket [B] permit [C]signall [D] record
2. [A] nothing [B] link [C]another [D] much
3. [A] beaten [B] guided [C]plugged [D] brought
2015年考研英语二真题及答案
4. [A] message [B] cede [C]notice [D] sign
5. [A] under [B] beyond [C] behind [D] from
6. [A] misinterprete [B] misapplied [C] misadjusted [D] mismatched
7. [A] fired [B] judged [C] replaced [D] delayed
8. [A] unreasonable [B] ungreatful [C] unconventional [D] unfamiliar
9. [A] comfortable [B] anxious [C] confident [D] angry
10. [A] attend [B] point [C] take [D] turn
11. [A] dangerous [B] mysterious [C] violent [D] boring
12. [A] hurt [B] resis [C] bend [D] decay
13. [A] lecture [B] conversation [C] debate [D] negotiation
14. [A] trainees [B] employees [C] researchers [D] passengers
15. [A] reveal [B] choose [C] predictl [D] design
16. [A] voyage [B] flight [C] walk [D] ride
17. [A] went through [B] did away [C] caught up [D] put up
18. [A] In turn [B] In particular [C]In fact [D] In consequence
19. [A] unless [B] since [C] if [D] whereas
20. [A] funny [B] simple [C] Iogical [D] rare
答案：
1. signal 2. Much 3. plugged 4. message 5. behind
6. misinterpreted 7. judged 8. unfamiliar 9. anxious 10. turn
11. dangerous 12. hurt 13. Conversation 14. passengers
15. predict 16. ride 17. went through 18. in fact
19. since 20. Simple
Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
Part A
Directions:
Text 1
A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys. People art actually more
stressed at home than at work. Researchers measured people's cortntlol. Which is
it at 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.
"Further 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 say they feel better at work. She notes. "it is men
not women. Who report being bappicr at home than at work," Another surprise is that
the findings hold true for both those with childrcn and without, but more so for
nonparents. This is why pcoplc who work outside the home have better health.
What the study doesn't measure is whether people are still doing work when they'
re 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, it' s not surprising that women are more stressed at home.
But it's not just a gender thing. At work, people pretty much know what they're
supposed to be doing: working, making money, doing the tasks they have to do in order
to draw an income. The bargain is very pure: Employee puts in hours of physical or
mental labor and employee draws out life-sustaining moola.
On the home front, however, people have no such clarity. Rare is the household
in which the division of labor is so clinically and methodically laid out. There
are a lot of tasks to be done, there are inadequate rewards for most of them. Your
home colleagues-your family-have no clear rewards for their labor; they need to be
talked into it, or if they' re teenagers, threatened with complete removal of all
electronic devices. Plus, they' re your family. You cannot fire your family. You
never really get to go home from home.
So it's not surprising that people are more stressed at home. Not only are the
tasks apparently infinite, the co-workers are much harder to motivate.
21.According to Pa ragraph 1，most previous su rveys found that home___________
[A]was an un realistic place for relaxation
[B]generated more stress than the workplace
[C]was an ideal place for stress measurement
[D]offered greater relaxation than the workplace
22.According to Damaske， who are likely to be the happiest at home?
[A]Working mothers
[B]Childless husbands
[C] Childless wives
[D]Working fathers
23 The blurring of working women's roles refers to the fact thay___________
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