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1、 1 / 20 2015 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语二试题 及答案解析 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语二试题 及答案解析 Section I Use of English Directions： Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) In our contemporary culture, the prospect of communicating with or eve
2、n looking at a stranger is virtually unbearable. Everyone around us seems to agree by the way they cling to their phones, even without a 1 on a subway. Its a sad reality our desire to avoid interacting with other human beings because theres 2 to be gained from talking to the stranger standing by you
3、. But you wouldnt know it, 3 into your phone. This universal protection sends the 4 : “Please dont 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
4、 will be 6 as “weird”. We fear well be 7 . We fear well 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,” Wortman
5、n 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 doesnt 12 so bad. In one 2011 experiment, behavioral scientists Nicholas Epley and Juliana Schroeder asked commuter
6、s 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
7、their own,” the New York Times summarizes. Though the participants didnt expect a positive experience, after they 17 with the experiment, “not a single person reported having been embarrassed.” 18 , these commutes were reportedly more enjoyable compared with those without 2 / 20 communication, which
8、 makes absolute sense, 19 human beings thrive off of social connections. Its that 20 : Talking to strangers can make you feel connected. 1. A ticket B permit C signal 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
9、 B beyond C behind D from 6. A misinterpreted B misapplied C misadjusted D mismatched 7. A fired B judged C replaced D delayed 8. A unreasonable B ungrateful 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
10、 violent D boring 12. A hurt B resist C bend D decay 13. A lecture Bconversation C debate D negotiation 14. A trainees B employees C researchers D passengers 15. A reveal B choose C predict 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
11、BIn particular C In fact D In consequence 19. A unless B since C if D whereas 20. A funny B simple C logical D rare 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. (40
12、 points) Text 1 A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys, people are actually more stressed at home than at work. Researchers measured peoples cortisol, which is a 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 re
13、fuge. “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 Damske. In fact women even say they feel better at work, she notes. “It is men, not women, who report being happier at home tha
14、n at work.” Another surprise is that findings hold true for both those with children and without, but more so for nonparents. This is why people who work outside the home have better health. What the study doesnt measure is whether people are still doing work when theyre at home, 3 / 20 whether it i
15、s 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,
16、and the fact that the home front lags well behind the workplace in making adjustments for working women, its not surprising that women are more stressed at home. But its not just a gender thing. At work, people pretty much know what theyre supposed to be doing: working, marking 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 o
