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1、2010 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试 英语（二) 试题 课程适用 MBA、MPAcc、MEM、MTA、MPA、MLIS、Maud 的考生 咨询：400-600-0270 国内第一家针对于管理类联考的在线实用学习平台，为考生提供行业内顶级讲师录制的 在线学习课程及个性化的移动互联网学习体验。 微信公众号 试卷详细解析请访问 1 2010 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试2010 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试 英语（二）英语（二） Section IUse of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s)f
2、or each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points) The outbreak of swine flu that was first detected in Mexico was declared a global epidemic on June 11, 2009. It is the first worldwide epidemic1by the World Health Organization in 41 years. The heightened alert2an emergency m
3、eeting with flu experts in Geneva that assembled after a sharp rise in cases in Australia, and rising3in Britain, Japan, Chile and elsewhere. But the epidemic is 4 in severity, according to Margaret Chan, the organizations director general,5the overwhelming majority of patients experiencing only mil
4、d symptoms and a full recovery, often in the6of any medical treatment. The outbreak came to global7in late April 2009, when Mexican authorities noted an unusually large number of hospitalizations and deaths8healthy adults. As much of Mexico City shut down at the height of a panic, cases began to9in
5、NewYork City, the southwestern United States and around the world. In the United States, new cases seemed to fade10warmer weather arrived. But in late September 2009, officials reported there was11flu activity in almost every state and that virtually all the12tested are the new swine flu, also known
6、 as (A) H1N1, not seasonal flu. In the U. S., it has13more than one million people, and caused more than 600 deaths and more than 6,000 hospitalizations. Federal health officials14Tamiflu for children from the national stockpile and began15orders from the states for the new swine flu vaccine. The ne
7、w vaccine, which is different from the annual flu vaccine, is16ahead of expectations. More than three million doses were to be made available in early October 2009, though most of those17doses were of the FluMist nasal spray type, which is not18for pregnant women, people over 50 or those with breath
8、ing difficulties, heart disease or several other19. But it was still possible to vaccinate people in other high-risk groups: health care workers, people20infants and healthy young people. 1. A criticizedB appointedC commentedD designated 2. A proceededB activatedC followedD prompted 3. A digitsB num
9、bersC amountsD sums 4. A moderateB normalC unusualD extreme 5. A withB inC fromD by 6. A progressB absenceC presenceD favor 7. A realityB phenomenonC conceptD notice 8. A overB forC amongD to 9. A stay upB crop upC fill upD cover up 10. A asB ifC unlessD until 11. A excessiveB enormousC significantD
10、 magnificent 12. A categoriesB examplesC patternsD samples 13. A impartedB immersedC injectedD infected 14. A releasedB relayedC relievedD remained 15. A placingB deliveringC takingD giving 16. A feasibleB availableC reliableD applicable 17. A prevalentB principalC innovativeD initial 18. A presente
11、dB restrictedC recommendedD introduced 19. A problemsB issuesC agoniesD sufferings 20. A involved inB caring forC concerned withD warding off 试卷详细解析请访问 2 Section IIReading Comprehension PartA Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D.Mar
12、k your answers on theANSWER SHEET.(40 points) Text 1 The longest bull run in a century of art-market history ended on a dramatic note with a sale of 56 works by Damien Hirst, Beautiful Inside My Head Forever, at Sothebys in London on September 15th 2008. All but two pieces sold, fetching more than 7
13、0m, a record for a sale by a single artist. It was a last victory. As the auctioneer called out bids, in New York one of the oldest banks on Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy. The world art market had already been losing momentum for a while after rising bewilderingly since 2003. At
14、 its peak in 2007 it was worth some $65 billion, reckons Clare McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics, a research firmdouble the figure five years earlier. Since then it may have come down to $50 billion. But the market generates interest far beyond its size because it brings together great wealth, eno
15、rmous egos, greed, passion and controversy in a way matched by few other industries. In the weeks and months that followed Mr Hirsts sale, spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable. In the art world that meant collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms. Sales of contemporary art fell
16、 by two-thirds, and in the most overheated sector, they were down by nearly 90% in the year to November 2008. Within weeks the worlds two biggest auction houses, Sothebys and Christies, had to pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them. The current downturn in the art market is the worst since the Japanese stopped buying Impressionists at the end of 1989. This time experts reckon that prices are about 40% down on their peak on average, though some
