1、最全、最新、完全免费的英语资料下载站 http:/en.F精华汇集 随心所取新东方在线 网络课堂电子教材系列 07 考研英语冲刺教材2007 年考研英语阅读冲刺电子讲义主讲：范猛欢迎使用新东方在线电子教材教材说明：本讲义的页码跟老师授课用的页码一样，请学员根据老师说的页码找到相应的文章即可学习，2006 年的阅读试题在文章的最后。祝广大考研学子们都能顺利的考上理想的学校！新东方在线 网络课堂电子教材系列 07 考研英语冲刺教材32考研英语阅读理解Directions:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each
2、 text by choosing A, B, C, or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Unit 1Passage 1Hunting for a job late last year, lawyer Gant Redmon stumbled across Career Builder, a job database on the Internet. He searched it with no success but was attracted by the sites “personal search agent“.
3、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 posted in the database. Redmon chose the keywords legal, intellectual property, and Washington, D.C. Three weeks later, he got his first notification o
4、f 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 thousands of career-related sites on the Internet, finding promising openings can be time-consuming and inefficient. Search agents reduce the need for repeate
5、d visits to the databases. But although a search agent worked for Redmon, career experts see drawbacks. Narrowing your criteria, for example, may work 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 conce
6、pt what 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 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-mai
7、l, 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 Career Sites agent sends out mes
8、sages to those who have signed up for its service, for example, it includes only three potential jobs those it considers the best matches. There may be more matches in the database; job hunters will have to visit the site again to find them and they do. “On the day after we send our messages, we see
9、 a sharp increase in our traffic,“ says Seth Peets, vice president of marketing for Career Site.Even those who arent hunting for jobs may find search agents worthwhile. Some use them to keep a close watch on the demand for their line of work or gather information on compensation to arm themselves wh
10、en negotiating for a raise. Although happily employed, Redmon maintains his agent at Career Builder. “You always keep your eyes open,“ he says. Working with a personal search agent means having another set of eyes looking out for you.1. How did Redmon find his job?A By searching openings in a job da
11、tabase.B By posting a matching position in a database.C By using a special service of a database.新东方在线 网络课堂电子教材系列 07 考研英语冲刺教材33D By E-mailing his resume to a database.2. Which of the following can be a disadvantage of search agents?A Lack of counseling.B Limited number of visits.C Lower efficiency.
12、D Fewer successful matches.3. The expression “tip service“ (Line 4, Paragraph 3) most probably means _.A advisory.B compensation.C interaction.D reminder.4. Why does Career Sites agent offer each job hunter only three job options?A To focus on better job matches.B To attract more returning visits.C
13、To reserve space for more messages.D To increase the rate of success.5. Which of the following is true according to the text?A Personal search agents are indispensable to job-hunters.B Some sites keep E-mailing job seekers to trace their demands.C Personal search agents are also helpful to those alr
14、eady employed.D Some agents stop sending information to people once they are employed.Passage 2Over the past century, all kinds of unfairness and discrimination have been condemned or made illegal. But one insidious form continues to thrive: alphabetism. This, for those as yet unaware of such a disa
15、dvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet.It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone directories. Less well known is the advantage t
16、hat Adam Abbott has in life over Zo Zysman. English names are fairly evenly spread between the halves of the alphabet. Yet a suspiciously large number of top people have surnames beginning with letters between A and K.Thus the American president and vice-president have surnames starting with B and C
17、 respectively; and 26 of George Bushs predecessors (including his father) had surnames in the first half of the alphabet against just 16 in the second half. Even more striking, six of the seven heads of government of the G7 rich countries are alphabetically advantaged (Berlusconi, Blair, Bush, Chira
18、c, Chrtien and Koizumi). The worlds three top central bankers (Greenspan, Duisenberg and Hayami) are all close to the top of the alphabet, even if one of them really uses Japanese characters. As are the worlds five richest men (Gates, Buffett, Allen, Ellison and Albrecht).Can this merely be coincide
19、nce? One theory, dreamt up in all the spare time enjoyed by the alphabetically disadvantaged, is that the rot sets in early. At the start of the first year in infant school, teachers seat pupils alphabetically from the front, to make it easier to remember their names. So short-sighted Zysman junior
20、gets stuck in the back row, and is rarely asked the improving 新东方在线 网络课堂电子教材系列 07 考研英语冲刺教材34questions posed by those insensitive teachers. At the time the alphabetically disadvantaged may think they have had a lucky escape. Yet the result may be worse qualifications, because they get less individua
21、l attention, as well as less confidence in speaking publicly.The humiliation continues. At university graduation ceremonies, the ABCs proudly get their awards first; by the time they reach the Zysmans most people are literally having a ZZZ. Shortlists for job interviews, election ballot papers, list
22、s of conference speakers and attendees: all tend to be drawn up alphabetically, and their recipients lose interest as they plough through them.6. What does the author intend to illustrate with AAA A cars and Zodiac cars?A A kind of overlooked inequality.B A type of conspicuous bias.C A type of perso
23、nal prejudice.D A kind of brand discrimination.7. What can we infer from the first three paragraphs?A In both East and West, names are essential to success.B The alphabet is to blame for the failure of Zo Zysman.C Customers often pay a lot of attention to companies names.D Some form of discriminatio
24、n is too subtle to recognize.8. The 4th paragraph suggests that _.A questions are often put to the more intelligent students.B alphabetically disadvantaged students often escape form class.C teachers should pay attention to all of their students.D students should be seated according to their eyesigh
25、t.9. What does the author mean by “most people are literally having a ZZZ“ (Lines 2 - 3, Paragraph 5)?A They are getting impatient.B They are noisily dozing off.C They are feeling humiliated.D They are busy with word puzzles.10. Which of the following is true according to the text?A People with surn
26、ames beginning with N to Z are often ill-treated.B VIPs in the Western world gain a great deal from alphabetism.C The campaign to eliminate alphabetism still has a long way to go.D Putting things alphabetically may lead to unintentional bias.Passage 3When it comes to the slowing economy, Ellen Spero
27、 isnt biting her nails just yet. But the 47-year-old manicurist isnt cutting, filling or polishing as many nails as shed like to, either. Most of her clients spend $12 to $50 weekly, but last month two longtime customers suddenly stopped showing up. Spero blames the softening economy. “Im a good eco
28、nomic indicator,“ she says. “I provide a service that people can do without when theyre concerned about saving some dollars.“ So Spero is downscaling, shopping at middle-brow Dillards department store near her suburban Cleveland home, instead of Neiman Marcus. “I dont know if other clients are going
29、 to abandon me, too“ she says.新东方在线 网络课堂电子教材系列 07 考研英语冲刺教材35Even before Alan Greenspans admission that Americas red-hot economy is cooling, lots of working folks had already seen signs of the slowdown themselves. From car dealerships to Gap outlets, sales have been lagging for months as shoppers te
30、mper their spending. For retailers, who last year took in 24 percent of their revenue between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the cautious approach is coming at a crucial time. Already, experts say, holiday sales are off 7 percent from last years pace. But dont sound any alarms just yet. Consumers seem
31、only concerned, not panicked, and many say they remain optimistic about the economys long-term prospects, even as they do some modest belt-tightening.Consumers say theyre not in despair because, despite the dreadful headlines, their own fortunes still feel pretty good. Home prices are holding steady
32、 in most regions. In Manhattan, “theres a new gold rush happening in the $4 million to $10 million range, predominantly fed by Wall Street bonuses,“ says broker Barbara Corcoran. In San Francisco, prices are still rising even as frenzied overbidding quiets. “Instead of 20 to 30 offers, now maybe you
33、 only get two or three,“ says john Deadly, a Bay Area real-estate broker. And most folks still feel pretty comfortable about their ability to find and keep a job.Many folks see silver linings to this slowdown. Potential home buyers would cheer for lower interest rates. Employers wouldnt mind a littl
34、e fewer bubbles in the job market. Many consumers seem to have been influenced by stock-market swings, which investors now view as a necessary ingredient to a sustained boom. Diners might see an upside, too. Getting a table at Manhattans hot new Alain Ducasse restaurant need to be impossible. Not an
35、ymore. For that, Greenspan we are genetically programmed to disintegrate and perish, even under ideal conditions. We all understand that at some level, yet as medical consumers we treat death as a problem to be solved. Shielded by third-party payers from the cost of our care, we demand everything th
36、at can possibly be done for us, even if its useless. The most obvious example is late-stage cancer care. Physicians-frustrated by their inability to cure the disease and fearing loss of hope in the patient-too often offer aggressive treatment far beyond what is scientifically justified.In 1950, the
37、U.S. spent $12.7 billion on health care. In 2002, the cost will be $1540 billion. Anyone can see this trend is unsustainable. Yet few seem willing to try to reverse it. Some scholars conclude that a government with finite resources should simply stop paying for medical care that sustains life beyond
38、 a certain age say 83 or so. Former Colorado governor Richard Lamm has 新东方在线 网络课堂电子教材系列 07 考研英语冲刺教材42been quoted as saying that the old and infirm “have a duty to die and get out of the way“, so that younger, healthier people can realize their potential.I would not go that far. Energetic people now
39、 routinely work through their 60s and beyond, and remain dazzlingly productive. At 78, Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone jokingly claims to be 53. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day OConnor is in her 70s, and former surgeon general C. Everett Koop chairs an Internet start-up in his 80s. These leaders ar
40、e living proof that prevention works and that we can manage the health problems that come naturally with age. As a mere 68-year-old, I wish to age as productively as they have.Yet there are limits to what a society can spend in this pursuit. As a physician, I know the most costly and dramatic measur
41、es may be ineffective and painful. I also know that people in Japan and Sweden, countries that spend far less on medical care, have achieved longer, healthier lives than we have. As a nation, we may be overfunding the quest for unlikely cures while underfunding research on humbler therapies that cou
42、ld improve peoples lives.16. What is implied in the first sentence?A Americans are better prepared for death than other people.B Americans enjoy a higher life quality than ever before.C Americans are over-confident of their medical technology.D Americans take a vain pride in their long life expectan
43、cy.17. The author uses the example of cancer patients to show that _.A medical resources are often wasted.B doctors are helpless against fatal diseases.C some treatments are too aggressive.D medical costs are becoming unaffordable.18. The authors attitude toward Richard Lamms remark is one of _.A st
44、rong disapproval.B reserved consent.C slight contempt.D enthusiastic support.19. In contrast to the U.S., Japan and Sweden are funding their medical care _.A more flexibly.B more extravagantly.C more cautiously.D more reasonably.20. The text intends to express the idea that _.A medicine will further
45、 prolong peoples lives.B life beyond a certain limit is not worth living.C death should be accepted as a fact of life.D excessive demands increase the cost of health care.Unit 3Passage 1If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experiences and
46、problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to 新东方在线 网络课堂电子教材系列 07 考研英语冲刺教材43show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view. Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different. If you
47、 are talking to a group of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to comment on their disorganized bosses.Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses convention, of a story which works well because the
48、 audience all shared the same view of doctors. A man arrives in heaven and is being shown around by St. Peter. He sees wonderful accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunny weather, and so on. Everyone is very peaceful, polite and friendly until, waiting in a line for lunch, the new arrival is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a white coat, who rushes to the head of the line, grabs his foo
