考研英语一试卷全国硕士研究生考试真题完整版（2013年）

绝密启用前2013年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语（一）（科目代码：201)女考生注意事项女1.答题前，考生须在试题册指定位置上填写考生编号和考生姓名；在答题卡指定位置上填写报考单位、考生姓名和考生编号，并涂写考生编号信息点。2.考生须把试题册上的“试卷条形码”粘贴条取下，粘贴在答题卡的“试卷条形码粘贴位置”框中。不按规定粘贴条形码而影响评卷结果的，责任由考生自负。3.选择题的答案必须涂写在答题卡相应题号的选项上，非选择题的答案必须书写在答题卡指定位置的边框区域内。超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题册上答题无效。4.填（书）写部分必须使用黑色字迹签字笔书写，字迹工整、笔迹清楚；涂写部分必须使用2B铅笔填涂。5.考试结束，将答题卡和试题册按规定交回。（以下信息考生必须认真填写）二：I 11111111111111 I 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.(IO points)People are,on the whole,poor at considering background information when making individual decisions.At first glance this might seem like a strength that 1 the ability to make judgments which are unbiased by 2 factors.But Dr Uri Simonsohn speculated that an inability to consider the big 3 was leading decision-makers to be biased by the daily samples of information they were working with.4,he theorised that a judge 5 of appearing too soft 6 crime might be more likely to send someone to prison 7 he had already sentenced five or six other defendants only to forced community service on that day.To 8 this idea,he turned to the university-admissions process.In theory,the 9 of an applicant should not depend on the few others 10 randomly for interview during the same day,but Dr Simonsohn suspected the truth was 11.He studied the results of 9,323 MBA interviews 12 by 31 admissions officers.The interviewers had 13 applicants on a scale of one to five.This scale 14 numerous factors into consideration.The scores were 15 used in conjunction with an applicants score on the Graduate Management Admission Test,or GMAT,a standardised exam which is 16 out of 800 points,to make a decision on whether to accept him or her.Dr Simonsohn found if the score of the previous candidate in a daily series of interviewees was 0.75 points or more higher than that of the one 17 that,then the score for the next applicant would 18 by an average of 0.075 points.This might sound small,but to 19 the effects of such a decrease a candidate would need 30 more GMATpoints than would otherwise have been 20.2 1.A grants B submits C transmits D delivers 2.A minor B external C crucial D objective 3.A issue B vision C picture D moment 4.A Above all B On average C In principle D For example 5.A fond B fearful C capable D thoughtless 6.A in B for C to D on 7.A if B until C though D unless 8.A test B emphasize C share D promote 9.A decision B quality C status D success 10.A found B studied C chosen D identified 11.A otherwise B defensible C replaceable D exceptional 12.A inspired B expressed C conducted D secured 13.A assigned B rated C matched D arranged 14.A put B got C took D gave 15.A instead B then C ever D rather 16.A selected B passed C marked D introduced 17.A below B after C above D before 18.A jump B float C fluctuate D drop 19.A achieve B undo C maintain D disregard 20.A necessary B possible C promising D helpful 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 the ANSWER SHEET.(40 points)3 Text 1 In the 2006 film version of The Devil Wears Prada,Miranda Priestly,played by Meryl Streep,scolds her unattractive assistant for imagining that high fashion doesnt affect her.Priestly explains how the deep blue color of the assistants sweater descended over the years from fashion shows to department stores and to the bargain bin in which the poor girl doubtless found her garment.This top-down conception of the fashion business couldnt be more out of date or at odds with the feverish world described in Overdressed,Elizabeth Clines three-year indictment of fast fashion.In the last decade or so,advances in technology have allowed mass-market labels such as Zara,H&M,and Uniqlo to react to trends more quickly and anticipate demand more precisely.Quicker turnarounds mean less wasted inventory,more frequent releases,and more profit.These labels encourage style-conscious consumers to see clothes as disposablemeant to last only a wash or two,although they dont advertise thatand to renew their wardrobe every few weeks.By offering on-trend items at dirt-cheap prices,Cline argues,these brands have hijacked fashion cycles,shaking an industry long accustomed to a seasonal pace.The victims of this revolution,of course,are not limited to designers.For H&M to offer a$5.95 knit miniskirt in all its 2,300-plus stores around the world,it must rely on low-wage overseas labor,order in volumes that strain natural resources,and use massive amounts of harmful chemicals.Overdressed is the fashion worlds answer to consumer-activist bestsellers like Michael Pollans The Omnivores Dilemma.Mass-produced clothing,like fast food,fills a hunger and need,yet is non-durable and wasteful,Cline argues.Americans,she finds,buy roughly 20 billion garments a yearabout 64 items per personand no matter how much they give away,this excess leads to waste.Towards the end of Over