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2018年全国硕士研究生招生考试
英语（二）
标学
（科目代码：204）
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SectionⅠU of English
Directions：
Read the following text.Choo the best word(s)for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.(10points)
Why do people read negative Internet comments and do other things that will obviously be painful?Becau humans have an inherent need to1uncertainty, according to a recent study in Psychological
Science.The new rearch reveals that the need to know is so strong that people will2to satisfy their curiosity even when it is clear the answer will3.
In a ries of four experiments,behavioral scientists at the University of Chicago and the Wisconsin School of Business tested students’willingness to4themlves to unpleasant stimuli in an effort to satisfy curiosity.For one5,each participant was shown a pile of pens that the rearcher claimed were from a previous experiment.The twist?Half of the pens would6an electric shock when clicked.
Twenty-ven students were told which pens were electrified;another twenty-ven were told only that some were electrified.7left alone in the room, the students who did not know which ones would shock them clicked more pens and incurred more shocks than the students who knew what would8.Subquent experiments reproduced this effect with other stimuli,9the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard and photographs of disgusting incts.
The drive to10is deeply rooted in humans,much the same as the basic drives for11or shelter,says Christopher He of the University of Chicago. Curiosity is often considered a good instinct–it can12new scientific advances, for instance–but sometimes such13can backfire.The insight that curiosity can drive you to do14things is a profound one.
Unhealthy curiosity is possible to15,however.In a final experiment, participants who were encouraged to16how they would feel after viewing an unpleasant picture were less likely to17to e such an image.The results suggest that imagining the18of following through on one’s curiosity ahead of time can help determine19it is worth the endeavor.“Thinking about long-term 20is key to reducing the possible negative effects of curiosity,”He says.In other words,don’t read online comments.
1.A.protect B.resolve C.discuss D.ignore
fu B.wait C.regret D.ek
3.A.hurt B.last C.mislead D.ri
4.A.alert B.tie C.treat D.expo
ssage B.review C.trial D.concept
ve B.weaken C.interrupt D.deliver
7.A.When B.If C.Though D.Unless
inue B.happen C.disappear D.change
9.A.rather than B.regardless of C.such as D.owing to
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10.A.discover B.forgive C.forget D.disagree
11.A.pay B.marriage C.schooling D.food
12.A.lead to B.rest on C.learn from D.begin with
13.A.withdrawal B.persistence C.inquiry D.diligence
14.A.lf-reliant B.lf-destructive C.lf-evident D.lf-deceptive
15.A.define B.resist C.replace D.trace
16.A.overlook B.predict C.design D.conceal
ber B.promi C.choo D.pretend
lief B.plan C.duty D.outcome
19.A.why B.whether C.where D.how拉姆图片
quences B.investments C.strategies D.limitations
Section II Reading Comprehension
Part A
Directions:
Read the following four texts.Answer the questions after each text by choosing A,B, C or D.Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.(40points)
Text1
It is curious that Stephen Koziatek feels almost as though he has to justify his efforts to give his students a better future.
Mr.Koziatek is part of something pioneering.He is a teacher at a New Hampshire high school where learning is not something of books and tests and mechanical memorization,but practical.When did it
become accepted wisdom that students should be able to name the13th president of the United States but be utterly overwhelmed by a broken bike chain?
As Koziatek knows,there is learning in just about everything.Nothing is necessarily gained by forcing students to learn geometry at a graffitied desk stuck with generations of discarded chewing gum.They can also learn geometry by asmbling a bicycle.
东北老式锅包肉But he’s also found a kind of insidious prejudice.Working with your hands is en as almost a mark of inferiority.Schools in the family of vocational education “have hat it’s for kids who can’t make it academically,”he says.
On one hand,that viewpoint is a logical product of America’s evolution. Manufacturing is not the economic engine that it once was.The job curity that the US economy once offered to high school graduates has largely evaporated.More education is the new principle.We want more for our kids,and rightfully so.
But the headlong push into bachelor’s degrees for all–and the subtle devaluing of anything less–miss an important point:That’s not the only thing the American economy needs.Yes,a bachelor’s degree opens more doors.But even now,54percent of the jobs in the country are middle-skill jobs,suc
h as construction and high-skill manufacturing.But only44percent of workers are adequately trained.
In other words,at a time when the working class has turned the country on its political head,frustrated that the opportunity that once defined America is vanishing, one obvious solution is staring us in the face.There is a gap in working-class jobs,but the workers who need tho jobs most aren’t equipped to do them.Koziatek’s Manchester School of Technology High School is trying to fill that gap.
Koziatek’s school is a wake-up call.When education becomes one-size-fits-all,it risks overlooking a nation’s diversity of gifts.
21.A broken bike chain is mentioned to show students’lack of_____.
A.practical ability
B.academic training
C.pioneering spirit
22.There exists the prejudice that vocational education is for kids who_____.
A.have a stereotyped mind
B.have no career motivation
C.are not academically successful
D.are financially disadvantaged
23.We can infer from Paragraph5that high school graduates_____.
A.ud to have big financial concerns
B.ud to have more job opportunities
C.are reluctant to work in manufacturing
情侣之间D.are entitled to more educational privileges
四正念什么24.The headlong push into bachelor’s degrees for all_____.
A.helps create a lot of middle-skill jobs
B.may narrow the gap in working-class jobs
C.is expected to yield a better-trained workforce
D.indicates the overvaluing of higher education
25.The author’s attitude toward Koziatek’s school can be described as_____.
A.supportive
C.disappointed
D.cautious
