2023年全国硕士研究生考试考研英语二试题真题（含答案）

2023年全国硕士研究生招生考试年全国硕士研究生招生考试 英语（二）试题英语（二）试题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)Heres a common scenario that any number of entrepreneurs face today:youre the CEO of a small business,and though youre making a nice _1_,you need to find a way to take it to the next level.What you need to do is _2_ growth by establishing a growth team.A growth team is made up of members from different departments within your company,and it harnesses the power of collaboration to focus _3_ on finding ways to grow.Lets look at a real-world _4_.Prior to forming a growth team,the software company BitTorrent had 50 employees working in the _5_ departments of engineering,marketing and product development.This brought them good results until 2012,when their growth plateaued.The _6_ was that too many customers were using the basic,free version of their product.And _7_ making improvements to the premium,paid version,few people were making the upgrade.Things changed,_8_,when an innovative project-marketing manager came aboard,_9_ a growth team and sparked the kind of _10_ perspective they needed.By looking at engineering issues from a marketing point of view,it became clear that the _11_ of upgrades wasnt due to a quality issue.Most customers were simply unaware of the premium version and what it offered.Armed with this _12_,the marketing and engineering teams joined forces to raise awareness by prominently _13_ the premium version to users of the free version._14_,upgrades skyrocketed,and revenue increased by 92 percent.But in order for your growth team to succeed,it needs to have a strong leader.It needs someone who can _15_ the interdisciplinary team and keep them on course for improvement.This leader will _16_ the target area,set clear goals and establish a time frame for the _17_ of these goals.The growth leader is also _18_ for keeping the team focused on moving forward and steering them clear of distractions._19_ attractive new ideas can be distracting,the team leader must recognize when these ideas dont _20_ the current goal and need to be put on the back burner.1.A purchaseB profitC connectionD bet2.A defineB predictC prioritizeD appreciate3.A exclusivelyB temporarilyC potentiallyD initially4.A experimentB proposalC debateD example5.A identicalB marginalC provisionalD traditional6.A rumorB secretC mythD problem7.A despite B unlike C through D besides 8.A moreover B however C therefore D again 9.A inspected B created C expanded D reformed 10.A cultural B objective C fresh D personal 11.A end B burden C lack D decrease 12.A policy B suggestion C purpose D insight 13.A contributing B allocating C promoting D transforming 14.A as a result B at any rate C by the way D in a sense 15.A unite B finance C follow D choose 16.A share B identify C divide D broaden 17.A announcement B assessment C adjustment Daccomplishment 18.A famous B responsible C available D respective 19.A before B once C while D unless 20.A serve B limit C summarize D alter Section II Reading Comprehension Part A Directions:Read the following four texts.Answer the questions after each text by Choosing A,B,C or D.Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.(40 points)Text 1 In the quest for the perfect lawn,homeowners across the country are taking a shortcut and it is the environment that is paying the price.About eight million square metres of plastic grass is sold each year but opposition has now spread to the highest gardening circles.The Chelsea Flower Show has banned fake grass from this years event,declaring it to be not part of its ethos.The Royal Horticultural Society(RHS),which runs the annual show in west London,says it has introduced the ban because of the damage plastic grass does to the environment and biodiversity.Ed Horne,of the RHS,said:“We launched our sustainability strategy last year and fake grass is just not in line with our ethos and views on plastic.We recommend using real grass because of its environmental benefits,which include supporting wildlife,mitigating flooding and cooling the environment.”The RHSs decision comes as campaigners try to raise awareness of the problems fake grass causes.A Twitter account called Shit Lawns,which claims to“cut through the greenwash”of artificial grass,already has more than 20,000 followers.It is trying to encourage people to sign two petitions,one calling for a ban on the sale of plastic grass and another calling for an“ecological damage”tax on such lawns.They have gathered 7,260 and 11,272 signatures.However,supporters of fake grass point out that there is also an environmental impact with natural lawns,which need mowing and therefore usually consume electricity or petrol.The industry also points out that real grass requires considerable amounts of water,weed killer or other treatments and that people who lay fake grass tend to use their garden more.The industry also claims that people who lay fa