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1、 播得 2016 2016 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试 英语（二）英语（二） 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) Happy people work differently. Theyre more productive, more creative, and willing
2、 to take greater risks. And new research suggests that happiness might influence_1_firms work, too. Companies located in places with happier people invest more, according to a recent research paper. _2_, firms in happy places spend more on R enviornmentalists doesnt go far enough. The federal govern
3、ment is giving responsibility for managing the bird to the same industries that are pushing it to extinction, says biologist Jay Lininger. 26. The major reason for listing the lesser prairie as threatened is_. A its drastically decreased population B the underestimate of the grassland acreage C a de
4、sperate appeal from some biologists D the insistence of private landowners 27.The threatened tag disappointed some environmentalists in that it_. Awas a give-in to governmental pressure B would involve fewer agencies in action C granted less federal regulatory power D went against conservation polic
5、ies 28.It can be learned from Paragraph 3 that unintentional harm-doers will not be prosecuted if they_. A agree to pay a sum for compensation B volunteer to set up an equally big habitat C offer to support the WAFWA monitoring job D promise to raise funds for USFWS operations 29. According to Ashe,
6、 the leading role in managing the species lies in_. A the federal government B the wildlife agencies C the landowners D the states 30.Jay Lininger would most likely support_. A industry groups B the win-win rhetoric 播得 C environmental groups D the plan under challenge Text 3 That everyones too busy
7、these days is a clich . But one specific complaint is made especially mournfully: Theres never any time to read. What makes the problem thornier is that the usual time-management techniques dont seem sufficient. The webs full of articles offering tips on making time to read: Give up TV or Carry a bo
8、ok with you at all times. But in my experience, using such methods to free up the odd 30 minutes doesnt work. Sit down to read and the flywheel of work-related thoughts keeps spinning or else youre so exhausted that a challenging books the last thing you need. The modern mind, Tim Parks, a novelist
9、and critic, writes, is overwhelmingly inclined toward communicationIt is not simply that one is interrupted; it is that one is actually inclined to interruption. Deep reading requires not just time, but a special kind of time which cant be obtained merely by becoming more efficient. In fact, becomin
10、g more efficient is part of the problem. Thinking of time as a resource to be maximized means you approach it instrumentally; judging any given moment as well spent only in so far as it advances progress toward some goal immersive reading, by contrast, depends on being willing to risk inefficiency,
11、goallessness, even time-wasting. Try to slot it as a to-do list item and youll manage only goal-focused reading useful, sometimes, but not the most fulfilling kind. The future comes at us like empty bottles along an unstoppable and nearly infinite conveyor belt, writes Gary Eberle in his book Sacred
12、 Time, and we feel a pressure to fill these different-sized bottles (days, hours, minutes)as they pass, for if they get by without being filled, we will have wasted them. No mind-set could be worse for losing yourself in a book. So what does work? Perhaps surprisingly, scheduling regular times for r
13、eading. Youd think this might fuel the efficiency mind-set, but in fact, Eberle notes, such ritualistic behaviour helps us step outside times flow into soul time. You could limit distractions by reading only physical books, or on single-purpose e-readers. Carry a book with you at all times can actua
14、lly work, tooproviding you dip in often enough, so that reading becomes the default state from which you temporarily surface to take care of business, before dropping back down. On a really good day, it no longer feels as if youre making time to read, but just reading, and making time for everything
15、 else. 31. The usual time-management techniques dont work because_. A what they can offer does not ease the modern mind B what challenging books demand is repetitive reading C what people often forget is carrying a book with them D what deep reading requires cannot be guaranteed 32. The empty bottle
16、s metaphor illustrates that people feel a pressure to_. A update their to-do lists B make passing time fulfilling C carry their plans through D pursue carefree reading 33. Eberle would agree that scheduling regular times for reading helps_. A encourage the efficiency mind-set B develop online reading habits C promote ritualistic reading D achieve immersive reading 34. Carry a book with you at all tim
