考研英语-976
(总分100, 做题时间90分钟)
Section Ⅰ U of English
Directions:
Read the following text. Choo the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
As the baby-boomer generation contemplates the prospect of the Zimmer frame there has never been more interest in delaying the process of ageing. One conquence has been a(n) (1) ri in the popularity of brain-training games. But how (2) really is a daily do of cryptic crossword?
Robert Wilson, a neuropsychologist at Rush University in Chicago, and his colleagues decided to (3) out, (4) following a group of people without dementia. Participants were as
ked to (5) how frequently they engaged in cognitively (6) activities. The rearchers were looking for such things as reading newspapers, books and magazines, (7) challenging games like chess, listening to the radio and watching television, and (8) muums.
The good news, as they report in Neurology, is that (9) activity of this sort ems to slow the rate of (10) decline in tho without cognitive (11) . The bad news is that in tho who do then develop Alzheimer's dia it is associated with a more rapid (12) decline.
What ems to be happening is that cognitive stimulation helps (13) the effect of the neurodegenerative lesions associated with dementia. It does not, (14) , make them go away. They continue to (15) , so that when the dia does eventually take (16) 古诗观书有感 there are more of them around than there otherwi would be, which results in a more (17) cognitive fall off. That is not a message of despair, (18) , becau the length of time someone suffers from dementia is thus (19) and their healthy life prolonged. So the message is, (20) on with the crosswords.
1.
A. tiny B. dramatic C. small D. enormous
A B C D
2.
A. effective B. affective C. efficient D. constructive
A B C D
3.
A. check B. figure C. find D. pick
A B C D
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4.
A. with B. by C. in D. as
A B C D
5.
A. rate B. anticipate C. declare D. asrt
A B C 上火眼睛疼D
6.
A. sustaining B. transforming C. receding D. stimulating
A B C D
7.
A. tting B. playing C. arranging D. making
A B C D
8.
A. watching B. viewing C. sighteing D. visiting
A B C D
9.
A. casual B. successive C. frequent D. continuous
A B C D
10.
A. mental B. physical C. spiritual D. energetic
A 筑梦路上纪录片B C D
11.
A. obstacle B. inclination C. limitation D. impairment
A B C D
12.
A. concutive B. subquent C. conrvative D. subrvient
A B C D
13.
A. meet B. encounter C. **e D. conduct
A B C D
14.
A. therefore B. moreover C. indeed D. however
A B 冰卡布奇诺C D
15.
职业健康监护A. amass B. accumulate C. collect D. gather
关于道德的故事A B C D
16.
A. hold B. care C. charge D. up
A B C D
17.
A. slight B. mild C. abundant D. rapid
A B C D
18.
A. until B. though C. unless D. if
A B C D
19.
A. reduced B. degraded C. declined D. incread
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A B C D
20.
A. let B. put C. work D. carry
A B C D
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 ANSWER SHEET 1.
Text 1
At work, as in life, attractive women get a lot of the breaks. Studies have shown that they are more likely to be promoted than their plain-Jane colleagues. Becau people tend to project positive traits onto them, such as nsitivity and poi, they may also be at an adv
antage in job interviews. The only downside to hotness is having to fend off ghastly male colleagues; or so many people think. But rearch by two Israelis suggests otherwi.
Bradley Ruffle at Ben-Gurion University and Ze'ev Shtudiner at Ariel University Centre looked at what happens when job hunters include photos with their curricula vitae, as is the norm in much of Europe and Asia. The pair nt fictional applications to over 2,500 real-life vacancies. For each job, they nt two very similar résumés, one with a photo, one without. Subjects had previously been graded for their attractiveness.
For men, the results were as expected. Hunks were more likely to be called for an interview if they included a photo. Ugly men were better off not including one. However, for women this was reverd. Attractive females were less likely to be offered an interview if they included a mugshot. When applying directly to a company (rather than through an agency) an attractive woman would need to nd out 11 CVs on average before getting an interview; an equally qualified plain one just ven.
At first, Mr Ruffle considered what he calls the "dumb-blonde hypothesis"—that people assume beautiful women to be stupid. However, the photos had also been rated on how i
ntelligent people thought each subject looked; there was no correlation between perceived intellect and pulchritude.
So the cau of the discrimination must lie elwhere. Human resources departments tend to be staffed mostly by women. Indeed, in the Israeli study, 93% of tho tasked with lecting whom to invite for an interview were female. The rearchers' unavoidable—and unpleasant—conclusion is that old-fashioned jealousy led the women to discriminate against pretty candidates.
So should attractive women simply attach photos that make them look dowdy? No. Better, says Mr Ruffle, to discourage the practice of including a photo altogether. Companies might even consider the anonymous model ud in the Belgian public ctor, where CVs do not even include the candidate's name.
