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1、2004年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题Section IIUse of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)Many theories concerning the causes of juvenile delinquency (crimes committed by young people) focus either on the in
2、dividual or on society as the major contributing influence. Theories on the individual suggest that children engage in criminal behavior they were not sufficiently penalized for previous misdeeds or that they have learned criminal behavior through with others. Theories focusing on the role of societ
3、y suggest that children commit crimes in to their failure to rise above their socioeconomic status, as a rejection of middle-class values.Most theories of juvenile delinquency have focused on children from disadvantaged families, the fact that children from wealthy homes also commit crimes. The latt
4、er may commit crimes lack of adequate parental control. All theories, however, are tentative and are to criticism.Changes in the social structure may indirectly juvenile crime rates. For example, changes in the economy that to fewer job opportunities for youth and rising unemployment make gainful em
5、ployment increasingly difficult to obtain. The resulting discontent may in lead more youths into criminal behavior.Families have also changes these years. More families consist of one-parent households or two working parents; , children are likely to have less supervision at home was common in the t
6、raditional family . This lack of parental supervision is thought to be an influence on juvenile crime rates. Other causes of offensive acts include frustration or failure in school, the increased of drugs and alcohol, and the growing of child abuse and child neglect. All these conditions tend to inc
7、rease the probability of a child committing a criminal act, a direct causal relationship has not yet been established.21.A actingB relyingC centeringD commenting22.A beforeB unlessC untilD because23.A interactionB assimilationC cooperationD consultation24.A returnB replyC referenceD response25.A orB
8、 but ratherC butD or else26.A consideringB ignoringC highlightingD discarding27.A onB inC forD with28.A immuneB resistantC sensitiveD subject29.A affectB reduceC checkD reflect30.A pointB leadC comeD amount31.A in generalB on averageC by contrastD at length32.A caseB shortC turnD essence33.A survive
9、dB noticedC undertakenD experienced34.A contrarilyB consequentlyC similarlyD simultaneously35.A thanB thatC whichD as36.A systemB structureC conceptD heritage37.A assessableB identifiableC negligibleD incredible38.A expenseB restrictionC allocationD availability39.A incidenceB awarenessC exposureD p
10、opularity40.A providedB sinceC althoughD supposingSection IIIReading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text 1Hunting for a job late last year, lawyer Gant Redmon
11、stumbled across CareerBuilder, a job database on the Internet. He searched it with no success but was attracted by the sites “personal search agent.” Its an interactive feature that lets visitors key in job criteria such as location, title, and salary, then E-mails them when a matching position is p
12、osted in the database. Redmon chose the keywords legal, intellectual property, and Washington, D.C. Three weeks later, he got his first notification of an opening. “I struck gold,” says Redmon, who E-mailed his resume to the employer and won a position as in-house counsel for a company.With thousand
13、s of career-related sites on the Internet, finding promising openings can be time-consuming and inefficient. Search agents reduce the need for repeated visits to the databases. But although a search agent worked for Redmon, career experts see drawbacks. Narrowing your criteria, for example, may work
14、 against you: “Every time you answer a question you eliminate a possibility.” says one expert.For any job search, you should start with a narrow conceptwhat you think you want to do - then broaden it. “None of these programs do that,” says another expert. “Theres no career counseling implicit in all
15、 of this.” Instead, the best strategy is to use the agent as a kind of tip service to keep abreast of jobs in a particular database; when you get E-mail, consider it a reminder to check the database again. “I would not rely on agents for finding everything that is added to a database that might interest me,” says the author of a job-searching guide.Some sites design their agents to tempt job hunters to return. When CareerSites agent sends out messages to those who have signed up for its service, for e
