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1、免费领取考研专业课真题 微信关注公众号 高校教材教辅 QQ 群 626511031 2015 年考研英语二真题答案 完整版 Section 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
2、stranger is virtually unbearable Everyone around us seems to agree by the way they fiddle with their phones even without a1underground It s a sad reality our desire to avoid interacting with other human beings because there s 2to be gained from talking to the strange r standing by you But you wouldn
3、 t know it 3 into your phone This universal armor sends the4 Please don t approach me What is it that makes us feel we need to hide5our screens One answer is fear according to Jon Wortmann executive mental coach We fear rejection or that our innocent social advances will be6as creep We fear we II be
4、7 We fear we II be disruptive Strangers are inherently8to us so we are more likely to feel 9when communicating with them compared with our friends and acquaintances To avoid this anxiety we10to our phones Phones become our security blanket Wortmann says They are our happy glasses that protect us fro
5、m what we perceive is going to be more11 But once we rip off the bandaid tuck our smartphones in our pockets and look up it doesn t 12so bad In one 2011 experiment behavioral scientists Nicholas Epley and Juliana Schroeder asked commuters to do the unthinkable Start a13 They had Chicago train commut
6、ers talk to their fellow14 When Dr Epley and Ms Schroeder asked other people in the same train station to15how they would feel after talking to a stranger the commuters thought their16would be more pleasant if they sat on their own the New York Times summarizes Though the participants didn t expect
7、a positive experience after they17with 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 19human beings thrive off of social connections It s that20 Talking to strangers c
8、an 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 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
9、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 emp
10、loyees 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 signal2
11、 Much3 plugged4 message5 behind 6 misinterpreted7 judged8 unfamiliar9 anxious10 turn 11 dangerous12 hurt13 Conversation14 passengers 15 predict16 ride17 went through18 in fact 19 since20 simple Section Reading Comprehension Part A Directions Text 1 A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys
12、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 wome
13、n 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 chi
14、ldrcn 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 workda
15、y 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 workin
16、g 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 methodi
