2017考研英语二真题
2017考研英语二真题
Section 1 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 ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
Happy people work differently. They’re more productive, more creative, and willing to take greater risks. And new research suggests that happiness might influence__1__firm’s 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&D (research and development). That’s because happiness is linked to the kind of longer-term thinking__3__for making investments for the future.
The researchers wanted to know if the__4__and inclination for risk-taking that come with happiness would__5__the way companies invested. So they compared U.S. cities’ average happiness__6__by Gallup polling with the investment activity of publicly traded firms in those areas.
__7__enough, firms’ investment and R&D intensity were correlated with the happiness of the area in which they were__8__.But is it really happiness that’s linked to investment, or could something else about happier cities__9__why firms there spend more on R&D? To find out, the researchers controlled for various__10__that might make firms more likely to invest – like size, industry, and sales – and for indicators that a place was__11__to live in, like growth in wages or population. The link between happiness and investment generally__12__even after accounting for these things.
The correlation between happiness and investment was particularly strong for younger firms, which the authors__13__to “less codified decision making process” and the possible presence of “younger and less__14__managers who are more likely to be influenced by sentiment.” The relationship was__15__stronger in places where happiness was spread more__16__.Firms seem to invest more in places where most people are relatively happy, rather than in places with happiness inequality.
__17__ this doesn’t prove that happiness causes firms to invest more or to take a longer-term view, the authors believe it at least__18__at that possibility. It’s not hard to imagine that local culture and sentiment would help__19__how executives think about the future. “It surely seems plausible that happy people would be more forward-thinking and creative and__20__R&D more than the average,” said one researcher.
1. [A] why [B] where [C] how [D] when
2. [A] In return [B] In particular [C] In contrast [D] In conclusion
3. [A] sufficient [B] famous [C] perfect [D] necessary
4. [A] individualism [B] modernism [C] optimism [D] realism
5. [A] echo [B] miss [C] spoil [D] change
6. [A] imagined [B] measured [C] invented [D] assumed
7. [A] Sure [B] Odd [C] Unfortunate [D] Often
8. [A] advertised [B] divided [C] overtaxed [D] headquartered
9. [A] explain [B] overstate [C] summarize [D] emphasize
10.[A] stages [B] factors [C] levels [D] methods
11.[A] desirable [B] sociable [C] reputable [D] reliable
12.[A] resumed [B] held [C]emerged [D] broke
13.[A] attribute [B] assign [C] transfer [D]compare
14.[A] serious [B] civilized [C] ambitious [D]experienced
15.[A] thus [B] instead [C] also [D] never
16.[A] rapidly [B] regularly [C] directly [D] equally
17.[A] After [B] Until [C] While [D] Since
18.[A] arrives [B] jumps [C] hints [D] strikes
19.[A] shape [B] rediscover [C] simplify [D] share 20.[A] pray for [B] lean towards [C] give away [D] send out
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 ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)
Text 1
It’s true that high-school coding classes aren’t essential for learning computer science in college. Students without experience can catch up after a few introductory courses, said Tom Cortina, the assistant dean at Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science.
However, Cortina said, early exposure is beneficial. When younger kids learn computer science, they learn that it’s not just a confusing, endless string of letters and numbers — but a tool to build apps, or create artwork, or test hypotheses. It’s not as hard for them to transform their thought processes as it is for older students. Breaking down problems into bite-sized chunks and using code to solve them becomes normal. Giving more children this training could increase the number of people interested in the field and help fill the jobs gap, Cortina said.
Students also benefit from learning something about coding before they get to college, where introductory computer-science classes are packed to the brim, which can drive the less-experienced or-determined students away.
The Flatiron School, where people pay to learn programming, started as one of the many coding bootcamps that’s become popular for adults looking for a career change. The high-schoolers get the same curriculum, but “we try to gear lessons toward things they’re interested in,” said Victoria Friedman, an instructor. For instance, one of the apps the students are developing suggests movies based on your mood.
The students in the Flatiron class probably won’t drop out of high school and build the next Facebook. Programming languages have a quick turnover, so the “Ruby on Rails” language they learned may not even be relevant by the time they enter the job market. But the skills they learn — how to think logically through a problem and
organize the results — apply to any coding language, said Deborah Seehorn, an education consultant for the state of North Carolina.
Indeed, the Flatiron students might not go into IT at all. But creating a future army of coders is not the sole purpose of the classes. These kids are going to be surrounded by computers — in their pockets, in their offices, in their homes — for the rest of their lives. The younger they learn how computers think, how to coax the machine into producing what they want — the earlier they learn that they have the power to do that — the better.
21. Cortina holds that early exposure to computer science makes it easier to____.
A. complete future job training
B. remodel the way of thinking
C. formulate logical hypotheses
D. perfect artwork production
22. In delivering lessons for high-schoolers, Flatiron has considered their____.
A. experience
B. academic backgrounds
C. career prospects
D. interest
23. Deborah Seehorn believes that the skills learned at Flatiron will____.
A. help students learn other computer languages
B. have to be upgraded when new technologies come
C. need improving when students look for jobs
D. enable students to make big quick money
24. According to the last paragraph, Flatiron students are expected to____.
A. compete with a future army of programmers
B. stay longer in the information technology industry
C. become better prepared for the digitalized world
D. bring forth innovative computer technologies
25. The word “coax” (Line4, Para.6) is closest in meaning to____.
A. challenge
B. persuade
C. frighten
D. misguide
Text 2
Biologists estimate that as many as 2 million lesser prairie chickens---a kind of bird living on stretching grasslands—once lent red to the often gray landscape of the midwestern and southwestern United States. But just some 22,000 birds remain today, occupying about 16% of the species’ historic range.
The crash was a major reason the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)decided to formally list the bird as threatened. “The lesser prairie chicken is in a desperate situation,” said USFWS Director Daniel Ashe. Some environmentalists, however, were disappointed. They had pushed the agency to designate the bird as “endangered,” a status that gives federal officials greater regulatory power to crack down on threats. But Ashe and others argued that the“threatened” tag gave the federal government flexibility to try out new, potentially less confrontational conservations approaches. In particular, they called for forging closer collaborations with western state governments, which are often uneasy with federal action and with the private landowners who control an estimated 95% of the prairie chicken’s habitat.
Under the plan, for example, the agency said it would not prosecute landowner or businesses that unintentionally kill, harm, or disturb the bird, as long as they had signed a range—wide management plan to restore prairie chicken habitat. Negotiated by USFWS and the states, the plan requires individuals and businesses that damage habitat as part of their operations to pay into a fund to replace every acre destroyed with 2 new acres of suitable habitat. The fund will also be used to compensate landowners who set aside habitat, USFWS also set an interim goal of restoring prairie chicken populations to an annual average of 67,000 birds over the next 10 years. And it gives the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA), a coalition of state agencies, the job of monitoring progress. Overall, the idea is to let “states” remain in the driver’s seat for managing the species，” Ashe said.
Not everyone buys the win-win rhetoric Some Congress members are trying to block the plan, and at least a dozen industry groups, four states, and three environmental groups are challenging it in federal court Not surprisingly, doesn’t go far enough “The federal government 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 desperate appeal from some biologists
[D]the insistence of private landowners
27.The “threatened” tag disappointed some environmentalists in that it_____
[A]was a give-in to governmental pressure
[B]would involve fewer agencies in action
[C]granted less federal regulatory power
[D]went against conservation policies
28.It can be learned from Paragraph3 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， the leading role in managing the species 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
[C]environmental groups
[D]the plan under challenge
Text 3
That everyone’s too busy these days is a cliché. But one specific complaint is made especially mournfully： There’s never any time to read.
What makes the problem thornier is that the usual time-management techniques don’t seem sufficient. The web’s full of articles offering tips on making time to read: “Give up TV” or “Carry a book with you at all times” But in my experience, using such methods to free up the odd 30 minutes doesn’t work. Sit down to read and the flywheel of work-related thoughts keeps spinning-or else you’re so exhausted that a challenging book’s the last thing you need. The modern mind, Tim Parks, a novelist and critic, writes, “is overwhelmingly inclined toward communication…It 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 can’t be obtained merely by becoming more efficient.
In fact, “becoming more efficient” is part of the problem. Thinking of time as a resource to be maximised 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, goallessness, even time-wasting. Try to slot it as a to-do list item and you’ll 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 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 reading. You’d think this might fuel the efficiency mind-set, but in fact, Eberle notes, such ritualistic behaviour helps us “step outside time’s 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 actually work, too-providing 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 you’re “making time to read,” but just reading, and making time for everything else.
31. The usual time-management techniques don’t 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 bottles” 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 times” can work if?????
[A] reading becomes your primary business of the day
[B] all the daily business has been promptly dealt with
[C] you are able to drop back to business after reading
[D] time can be evenly split for reading and business
35. The best title for this text could be?????
[A] How to Enjoy Easy Reading
[B] How to Find Time to Read
[C] How to Set Reading Goals
[D] How to Read Extensively
Text 4
Against a backdrop of drastic changes in economy and population structure, younger Americans are drawing a new 21st-century road map to success, a latest poll has found.
Across generational lines, Americans continue to prize many of the same traditional milestones of a successful life, including getting married, having children, owning a home, and retiring in their sixties. But while young and old mostly agree on what constitutes the finish line of a fulfilling life, they offer strikingly different paths for reaching it.
Young people who are still getting started in life were more likely than older adults to prioritize personal fulfillment in their work, to believe they will advance their careers most by regularly changing jobs, to favor communities with more public services and a faster pace of life, to agree that couples should be financially secure before getting married or having children, and to maintain that children are best served by two parents working outside the home, the survey found.
From career to community and family, these contrasts suggest that in the aftermath of the searing Great Recession, those just starting out in life are defining priorities and expectations that will increasingly spread through virtually all aspects of American life, from consumer preferences to housing patterns to politics.
Young and old converge on one key point: Overwhelming majorities of both groups said they believe it is harder for young people today to get started in life than it was for earlier generations. While younger people are somewhat more optimistic than their elders about the prospects for those starting out today, big majorities in both groups believe those “just getting started in life” face a tougher a good-paying job, starting a family, managing debt, and finding affordable housing.
Pete Schneider considers the climb tougher today. Schneider, a 27-yaear-old auto technician from the Chicago suburbs says he struggled to find a job after graduating from college. Even now that he is working steadily, he said.” I can’t afford to pay ma monthly mortgage payments on my own, so I have to rent rooms out to people to mark that happen.” Looking back, he is struck that his parents could provide a comfortable life for their?children even though neither had completed college when he was young. “I still grew up in an upper middle-class home with parents who didn’t have college degrees,” Schneider said. “I don’t think people are capable of that anymore.”
36. One cross-generation mark of a successful life is_____.????
[A] trying out different lifestyles
[B] having a family with children
[C] working beyond retirement age
[D] setting up a profitable business
37. It can be learned from Paragraph 3 that young people tend to?____.???
[A] favor a slower life pace
[B] hold an occupation longer
[C] attach importance to pre-marital finance
[D] give priority to childcare outside the home
38. The priorities and expectations defined by the young will?____.???
[A] become increasingly clear
[B] focus on materialistic issues
[C] depend largely on political preferences
[D] reach almost all aspects of American life
39. Both young and old agree that?____.
[A] good-paying jobs are less available
[B] the old made more life achievements
[C] housing loans today are easy to obtain
[D] getting established is harder for the young
40. Which of the following is true about Schneider?
[A] He found a dream job after graduating from college.
[B] His parents believe working steadily is a must for success.
[C] His parents’ good life has little to do with a college degree.
[D] He thinks his job as a technician quite challenging.
Part B
Directions:
Read the following text and answer the questions by choosing the most suitable subheading from the list A-G for each of the numbered paragraphs(41-45).There are two extra subheadings which you do not need to use.Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.
[A]Be silly
[B]Have fun
[C]Express your emotions
[D]Don't overthink it
[E]Be easily pleased
[F]Notice things
[G]Ask for help
As adults,it seems that we are constantly pursuing happiness,often with mixed results.Yet children appear to have it down to an art-and for the most part they don't need self-help books or therapy.instead,they look after their wellbeing instinctively,and usually more effectively than we do as grownups.Perhaps it's time to learn a few lessons from them.
41.______________
What does a child do when he's sad? He cries.When he's angry?He shouts.Scared?Probably a bit of both.As we grow up,we learn to control our emotions so they are manageable and don't dictate our behaviours,which is in many ways a good thing.But too often we take this process too far and end up suppressing emotions,especially negative ones.that's about as effective as brushing dirt under a carpet and can even make us ill.What we need to do is find a way to acknowledge and express what we feel appropriately, and then-again like children-move.
42.____________
A couple of Christmases ago, my youngest stepdaughter, who was nine years old at the time, got a Superman T-shirt for Christmas. It cost less than a fiver but she was overjoyed, and couldn't stop talking about it.Too often we believe that a new job,bigger house or better car will be the magic silver bullet that will allow us to finally be content,but the reality is these things have very little lasting impact on our happiness levels. Instead, being grateful for small things every day is a much better way to improve wellbeing.
43.______________________
Have you ever noticed how much children laugh? If we adults could indulge in a bit of silliness and giggling, we would reduce the stress hormones in our bodies , increase good hormones like endorphins, improve blood flow to our hearts and even have a greater chance of fighting off enfection. All of which, of course, have a positive effect on happiness levels.
44.__________________
The problem with being a grown up is that there's an awful lot of serious stuff to deal with---work,mortgage payments,figuring out what to cook for dinner. But as adults we also have the luxury of being able to control our own diaries and it's important that we schedule in time to enjoy the things we love.Those things might be social,sporting,creative or completely random(dancing aroud the living room,anyone?)--it doesn't matter,so long as they're enjoyable, and not likely to have negative side effects,such as drinking too much alcohol or going on a wild spending spree if you're on a tight budget.
45.___________________
Having said all of the above, it's important to add that we shouldn't try too hard to be happy.Scientists tell us this can backfire and actually have a negative impact on our wellbeing. As the Chinese philosopher Chuang Tzu is reported to have said:"Happiness is the absence of striving for happiness."And in that,once more,we need to look to the example of our children,to whom happiness is not a goal but a natural by product of the way they live.
Section III Translation
Directions:
Translate the following text from English into Chinese. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET 2. (15 points)
46. Directions:
Translate the following text into Chinese. Your translation should be written on the ANSWER SHEET. (15 points)
The supermarket is designed to lure customers into spending as much time as possible within its doors. The reason for this is simple:The longer you stay in the store, the more stuff you'll see, and the more stuff you see, the more you'll buy. And supermarkets contain a lot of stuff. The average supermarket, according to the Food Marketing Institute, carries some 44,00 different items, and many carry tens of thousands more. The sheer volume of available choice is enough to send shoppers into a state of information overload. According to brain-scan experiments, the demands of so much decision-making quickly become too much for us. After about 40 minutes of shopping, most people stop struggling to be rationally selective, and instead begin shopping emotionally - which is the point at which we accumulate the 50 percent of stuff in our cart that we never intended buying.
Section IV Writing
Part A
Suppose you won a translation contest and your friend Jack wrote an email to congratulate you, and ask advice on translation. Write him a reply to
1)thank him;
2)give your advice.
You should write neatly on the ANWSER SHEET. Do not sign you own name at the end of the letter, use “Li Ming ” instead. Do not write the address .(10 point)
Part B
48.Directions:
Write an essay based on the following chart. you should
1) interpret the chart and
2) give your comments.
You should write about 150 words on the ANSWER SHEET.(15 points).
2017考研英语二真题解析
第一部分英语语言知识运用分析
今年英语知识运用部分选取了一篇有关现代人因使用手机而缺乏交流的说明文，原文题目为Would a Work-Free World Be So Bad? 。文章考察的是如果科技代替人们工作，对于人们生活的种种影响，其中复合句和复杂句居多，这就要求考生在正确分析句子结构的基础上进行答题。
该试题主要考查综合语言运用能力和语篇理解能力，即根据上下文的结构推测文章的主题大意、缺省信息的词义以及语法项目等。关注微信公众号：林健英语。根据考试大纲，主要题型有：词汇辨析题、搭配题、语法题和逻辑关系题。今年的考题与往年类似，题目以上下文理解暗示和词义辨析为主。语法项目已经淡出完形填空考察的范围，除第6题常用逻辑关系词的词义及其用法外，其余的题目都是词义辨析题，包括动词、名词、形容词、代词、连词、介词等各类词的辨析。其中包括纯单词辨识(第3、4、5、7、8、10、12、13、14、15、16、17、18、20题)、同缀词辨析(第1、2、11、20题)、近义词辨析也已经不是考察重点(第16题)、词组辨析(第10题)以及介词搭配(第9、19题)。
由此可见，英语知识运用部分越来越重视词汇的考查，完型填空选项词汇重复率非常高，达到96%以上，这就要求18级考生尽量扩大词汇量，尤其是大纲范围内常用词汇的含义和用法。关注微信公众号：林健英语。
第二部分阅读理解A分析
阅读理解A部分由四篇文章和20道选择题组成。四篇文章平均420字左右，相比往年略有增加，但难度比前几年略有下降。文章全部选自英美报刊文摘或网络博文，内容涉及体育运动、手机等电子设备与家庭关系、大学生与经验积累以及城市火灾就业四个话题，体裁均为论说文。文章虽然在原文基础上做了少许改动，但基本保持了原文的语言风貌。试题题型主要包括：细节题、推断题、判断题、情感态度题、词义推断题和主旨题六大题型。
阅读理解第一篇考察的是Parkrun，这是现在很流行的一种周末相约出去跑步五公里的运动，而且文章还谈到了伦敦奥运会，对这个活动的影响;第二篇阅读讨论的的现在很实际的话题，人们总使用手机等电子设备后，对家庭成员关系的影响;第三篇阅读理解围绕着gap year，间隔年展开，是否学生应该在上大学之前，先去出去积累一些经验;第四篇阅读选至于 源于The Christian Science MonitorJuly 1, 2016;http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2016/0701/As-wildfires-challenge-California-the-causes-go-beyond-climateA shift in thoughtBy Jessica Mendoza, Staff writerJuly1, 2016;讲的是wildfires，野火。怎样才能解决在具体一个城市失火的这一问题。
通篇来看，难度不大，保持之前一直的水准。首先，我们之前说过，英语二的阅读题，主要以细节题为主，今年也仍然是这样，通过题干当中的细节定位，找到答案的来源句，然后仔细阅读找出答案;其次，话题新潮，从刚才我们看的这四篇阅读来看，parkrun，以及科技带给生活的改变，以及野火，间隔年，这些话题也一直都是英语二的作风，那就是紧跟社会话题，社会热点。所以如果你是准备2018年考研的考生，那你一定要在接下来的一年中，好好复习，多看一些英语方面的短文杂志之类的。对于今年的考生而言，应该总体问题不大，因为在考场中可以感觉到学生们还是答题很快，而且也普遍觉得题目比较简单。
考研英语，得阅读者得天下，得细节题得阅读。不少同学一直对如何复习阅读百思不得其解。经常听到有同学说，题目做了很多，答案都已经记得了，就是没有大的进步。学而不思则罔，做题的数量不能作为标准来衡量进步。我们要真正找到复习的高效策略。
首先，在时间规划合理的情况下，建议早期备考的学员适当阅读与考试材料来源有关的期刊杂志文章，比如Newsweek, The Guardian，The Economist，New York Times等等，精读精翻。而且，还可以积累自己的背景知识。在阅读过程中，要有意识地重视长难句破解，学会分析句子主干成分，也就是主谓宾，把其他的修饰成分都拿掉，比如定同状补，这样句子的核心意思就清晰了。此外，记单词的时候，要结合语境，要多多关注词性，注意色彩词汇，重点记忆高频有效词汇。
真题是王道。在研究真题过程中呢，窥破命题人思路最重要。关注微信公众号：林健英语。首先要做到认真读题干，翻译题干，捕捉一些关键词，设别陷阱，同时判断考查题型。我们说阅读主要考查题型有：主旨大意题、推断题、判断题、推测词义句意题、情感态度题，以及细节题。今年的试题中，大部分题型都考到了。对题干准确理解之后，我们就需要根据题干给出的关键信息回到原文中精确定位，然后研读考点信息，最后利用答案特征和干扰项特征，依据原文信息，完美匹配选项，得出答案。
第三部分 新题型
今年阅读理解新题型部分考查的是大纲规定的两种题型之一——多项对应题，也是我们所熟知的连线题。这种题型考前我们就在新题型满分班重点训练过，关注微信公众号：林健英语。难度适中。
第一段描述了狄更斯历史地位。后面开始挖空，如果读一下首尾句，读一下中间内容，中间内容也不是特别难。可以读到有这样的感受，按照人生时间顺序描述他当年出生描述到后来家庭变故。从他父亲从监狱里释放出来，再描述到职业生涯起步，再从描述小短句，再描述到他做出了比较有名的幽默的小说，幽默小说，最后是以他人生最巅峰的一部，也是我们最了解的一部小说《雾都孤儿》来结尾。
这类题侧重考查考生快速检索能力，重点是查读的能力，所以做这类题目是有规律可循的，即使对文章没有完全理解，也可以正确解答。另外，在题目设置上，左侧题干都是包含大写字母的人名，在文中非常容易辨识，所以考生只要快速定位到文中相应段落，然后再根据关键字的上下文意思得出正确答案即可。难度明显偏低。
41. F。【解析】根据direction，B、D选项位置已知，并且D选项是作为首段出现。根据D选项内容，介绍狄更斯的身份地位，F选项开头部分也是对于狄更斯出身的介绍，讲述其出生地的应该在文章开篇的前两段提到，并且之后介绍到其父母、家庭信息，也构成了语义的衔接，故选F。
42. E。【解析】根据41空的F选项后半段，大量提到了狄更斯父亲被判入狱的事情以及对其后期写小说的影响，观察剩下的几个选项，E选项的段首提到了soon after his father’s release fromprison, Dickens got a…，E选项的首句和F选项的内容能够构成最大衔接，故选E。
43. A。【解析】观察E选项末句，提到了狄更斯对于生活有独特的视角，并能根据生活内容来创作，把创作内容提交给杂志，其中submitted short sketches to obscure magazines和A选项的首句the first published sketch “A Dinner at Poplar Work”能够构成衔接连贯，故选A。
44. C。【解析】44小题可以根据A选项的最后一句或B选项的段首句来进行判断，根据B选项首句，提到了特指the runaway success of The Pickwick Papers，再观察剩下的选项，C选项的末句提到了The comic novel, The PosthumousPapers of the Pickwick Clubs…，故44空选C。
45. G。【解析】根据排除法，还剩下G选项，并且B选项末句提到的Pickwick，和G选项开头的after Pickwick，也能构成衔接，故45选G。
第四部分翻译
本文节选自http://www.fmprochester.info/news/featured-student/inese-gailane
发表的一篇博文。本文在原文基础上稍作了改写，全文只1段，共5句话为几年来最少，其中包括1个简单句，3个复合句和1个复杂句。但是，大部分句子结构不太复杂，也没有出现太多生僻词。不过，要将原文完整通顺地翻译出来，需要考生结合上下文，采用增词、意译等多种翻译策略灵活处理。今年的翻译题与往年相比，从总体难度上来说下降了许多。
翻译原文：
MyDream
1.My dream has always been to worksomewhere in an area between fashion and publishing. 2.Two years beforegraduating from secondary school, I took a sewing and design course thinkingthat I would move on to a fashion design course.3. However, during that courseI realized that I was not good enough in this area to compete with othercreative personalities in the future, so I decided that it was not the rightpath for me. 4.Before applying for university I told everyone that I wouldstudy journalism, because writing was, and still is, one of my favoriteactivities.5. But, to be absolutely honest, I said it, because I thought thatfashion and me together was just a dream --- I knew that no one, apart from myself,could imagine me in the fashion industry at all!
[翻译解析]
1.My dream has always been to work somewhere in an area betweenfashion and publishing。
【参考译文】我的梦想一直是在时装设计和出版界之间找寻一个工作。
【句子分析】这个句子是简单句，句子主干是My dreamhas always been to work，后面的部分是状语。难点的地方在于状语部分somewherein an area between fashion and publishing，这里somewhere不需要翻译出来避免后面的介词短语重复，抽象理解为在时尚设计和出版界之间找寻一个工作。
2.Two years before graduating from secondary school， I took a sewing and design course thinking that I would move onto a fashion design course。
【参考译文】在我中学毕业的两年前，我参加了一个缝纫和设计课程，原以为我能再继续参加一个时装设计的课程。
【句子分析】句子主干为I took a sewing and design course 后面是现在分词短语thinking that I would move on to a fashion design course作伴随状语。
3.However， during that course I realized that Iwas not good enough in this area to compete with other creative personalitiesin the future， so I decided that it was not the right path for me。
【参考译文】然而，就在这个课程上，我意识到，将来在这个领域，我是无法和那些富于创新精神的精英们相媲美的。于是，我断定到这条路走不通。
【句子分析】句子结构是i realized +that 引导的宾语从句，so引导的结果状语从句，结果状语从句中that引导宾语从句。第一个宾语从句中主干是I was not good enough in this area，其后有动词不定式短语做目的状语。
4.Before applying for university I told everyone that I wouldstudy journalism， because writing was， and still is， one of my favorite activities。
【参考译文】在申请上大学之前，我和所有人都讲，我想学新闻学，因为，写作曾经是，现在也是我最喜欢的活动之一。
【句子分析】句子结构为I told everyone +that引导的宾语从句，because引导的状语从句。
5.But， to be absolutely honest， I said it， because I thought that fashion andme together was just a dream - I knew that no one， apart frommyself， could imagine me in the fashion industry at all!
【参考译文】但是，说实话，我之所以这样说，是因为我以为从事时装设计不过是一个梦想，我也知道，除了我之外，没有人能想象出我会从事时装设计的工作
【句子分析】本句主句为I said it ，其后又because 引导原因状语从句，原因状语从句中that引导了宾语从句。破折号之后的句子结构为I know +that引导的宾语从句。
第五部分写作
【小作文】
假设你被邀请，给留学生做关于中国文化的报告。
我们上课时特别强调不管考英语1还是英语2，重视一下考过的历年小作文真题。有相互借鉴作用。解题时，千万别匆忙下笔，必须仔细研读direction里的要求，分清楚具体是何种信。不要原句照抄，可以使用里边个别词汇或者词组，这位教授邀请你做一个报告介绍中国文化，写一封回信。 2016年英语2考的回信，去年是赢得一场翻译比赛，一位朋友向你表示祝贺，今年再次写回信。
书信两大出题方式，第一种逆向出题。第二种两种结合，两种书信结合起来整整你。但是，万变不离其中，不同瓶子装相似的酒而已。关注微信公众号：林健英语。。
有三点提纲，第一点展开放在第一段，第二点展开放在第二段。第三段再次感谢。
第一点接受邀请，要感谢一下，用感谢信的寒暄语;第二点中国文化报告的关键点。
这个作文也是关于文化话题的，如果背过文化交流文化融合里很多表达可以使用，关于中国文化，文化的内涵很广泛，随便写一种就可以。
【大作文】
今年考研英语二大作文是考研老司机的盛宴，精心研究历年真题的学生得到了回报。纵观考研英语二写作，四次柱状图，两次饼图，一次表格。考前我就大胆预测过，连续考过静态图之后，该轮到动态图了，而且，折线图是大热门!当你看到那两条单一双升趋势的折线时，是不是顿时想起来“2010年手机订购量的变化图”。关注微信公众号：林健英语。出题人为了第一次全日制和非全日制考生第一次共同的考卷真是操碎了心，太仁慈了。
我们来看看第一段描述数据中的套路：双升图最佳区分为飙升和缓升，考生只需要对考察的两条折线分别进行数据内容呈现就可以了。这么简单的句式，我在作文班都详细地训练过，唯一遗憾的是好多考生博物馆的英语不会写，写成library了。
其次，第二段的原因分析及个人评价，针对博物馆数量及参观者的数量变化趋势，考生可以从经济发展，国家政策，媒体导向，观念改变等方面选取2到3点即可。无论是精神层面还是物质层面，我在考前为大家精心准备的语料，写起来会轻松写意得多。
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