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1、3.16考研英语课堂练习词义的正确选择1 for example, a grandmotherly woman staffing an animal rights booth at a recent street fair was distributing a brochure that encouraged readers not to use anything that comes from or is tested in animalsno meat, no fur; no medicines.(2003 i弼读 2)2 most journalists learn to see the

2、 world through a set of standard templates (patterns) into which they plug each day's events.(2001 阅读 3)3. the oecd estimates in its latest economic outlook that, if oil prices averaged $22 a barrel for a full year, compared with $13 in 1998, this would in crease the oil import bill in rich econ

3、o mies by only 0.25-0.5% of gdp.(2002 阅读 3)定语从句的理解1. the united states is the product of two principal forces-the immigration of european peoples with their varied ideas, customs, and national characteristics and the impact of a new country which modified these traits. (2014)2. it applies equally to

4、 traditional historians who view history only the external and internal criticism of sources, and to social science historians who equate their activity with specific tech niques.3 but even more important, it was the farthest (cosmic cloud) that scientists had been able to look into the past, for wh

5、at they were saying were the patterns and structures that existed 15 billion years ago.4 but that, pearson points out, is only start of marrmachine integration: "it will be the beginning on the long process of integration that will ultimately lead to a fully electronic human before the end of t

6、he next century5 the first shiploads of immigrants bound for the territory which is now the united states crossed the atlantic more than a hundred years after the 15th and 16th-century explorations of north america.阅读理解a-1(2013年)in the 2006 film version of the devil wears prada .miranda priestly, pl

7、ayed by meryl streep, scolds her unattractive assistant for imagining that high fashion doesift affect her, priestly explains how the deep blue color of the assistant sweater descended over the years from fashion shows to departments stores and to the bargain bin in which the poor girl doubtless fou

8、nd her garment.this top-dow n con ceptio n of the fashio n business could n't be more out of date or at odds with the feverish world described in overdressed, eliazabeth cline's three-year indictment of "fast fashion ".in the last decade or so advances in tech no logy have allowed

9、mass-market labels such as zara h&m，and uniqlo to react to trends more quickly and an ticipate dema nd more precisel y. quicker turnarounds mean less wasted inventory, more frequent release, and more profit. these labels encourage style-conscious consumers to see clothes as disposable-meant to l

10、ast only a wash or two, although they dorft advertise that -and 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 pacethe victims of this revolution , of

11、course ,are not limited to designers. for h&m to offer a $5.95 knit miniskirt in all its 2,300-pius 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 chemicalsoverdressed is the fashion world's

12、 answer to consumer-activist bestsellers like michael pollans the omnivore's dilemma"mass-produced clothing ,like fast food, fills a hunger and need, yet is non-durable and wasteful/ cline argues america ns, she finds, buy roughly 20 billi on garments a year 一 about 64 items per person - an

13、d no matter how much they give away, this excess leads to waste.towards the end of overdressed, cline introduced her ideal, a brooklyn woman named sarah kate beaumont, who since 2008 has made all of her own clothes 一 and beautifully. but as cline is the first to note, it took beaumont decades to per

14、fect her craft; her example cant be knoeked off.though several fast-fashion companies have made efforts to curb their impact on labor and the environment including h&m, with its green conscious collection line -cline believes lasting cha nge can only be effected by the customer. she exhibits the

15、 idealism com mon to many advocates of sustainability, be it in food or in energy. vanity is a constant; people will only start shopping more sustainably when they can't afford not to.21. priestly criticizes her assistant for hera poor bargaining skill. b insensitivity to fashion.c obsession wit

16、h high fashion. d lack of imagination.22. according to cline, mass-market labels urge consumers toa combat unnecessary waste.b shut out the feverish fashion worldc resist the in flue nee of advertiseme nts. d shop for their garme nts more freque ntly.23. the word "indictment" (line 3, para

17、.2) is closest in meaning toa accusation. b enthusiasm. c indifferenee. d toleranee.24. which of the following can be inferred from the last paragraph?a vanity has more often been found in idealistsb the fast-fashion industry ignores sustainabilityc people are more interested in unaffordable garment

18、sd pricing is vital to environment-friendly purchasing.25. what is the subject of the text?a satire on an extravagant i讦estyle. b challenge to a high-fashion myth.c criticism of the fast-fashion industry. d exposure of a mass-market secret.homework:考研题源阅读timetime (often written in all-caps as time)

19、is an american weekly news magazine published in new york city. it was founded in 1923 and for decades dominated by henry luce, who built a highly profitable stable of magazines a european edition (time europe, formerly known as time atlantic) is published in london and also covers the middle east,

20、africa and, since 2003, latin america. an asian edition (time asia) is based in hong kong. the south pacific edition, which covers australia, new zealand, and the pacific islands, is based in sydney, australia. in december 20()& time discontinued publishing a canadian advertiser editiontime has

21、the world's largest circulation for a weekly news magazine, and has a readership of 25 million, 20 million of which are based in the united states.richard stengel was the managing editor from may 2006 to october 2013, when he joined the u.s. state department.34 nancy gibbs has been the managing

22、editor since october 2013. 4at harvard college in september, a controversy erupted over the adoption of a "freshman pledge/' which for the first time asked in coming students to sign a commitment to act with respect, integrity, and kindness in order to "promote understanding. libertari

23、an commentator virginia postrel, wrote that "treating 'kindness9 as the way to civil discourse doesn5t show students how to argue with accuracy and respect： harry r. lewis, a former dean of harvard college and someone with an excellent perspective on undergraduate education, warned that it

24、impinged on freedom of thought and that “a student would be breaking the pledge if she woke up one moming and decided it was more important to achieve intellectually than to be kind."has empathy become the new scapegoat in the long-standing concern about academic attainment in american schools?

25、 books like academically adrift chart the decline in academic rigor on american college campuses, citing the plummeting hours that students spend on studying and critical thinking skills. but there also been a troubling, and concurrent, decrease in empathy over the past thirty years a study of 14,00

26、0 college students published in personality and social psychology review in 2011 showed that the majority of college students today are less empathetic than their predecessors of prior decades. and other research even shows that education (like medical school!) can actually wring the empathy out of

27、studentsin fact, there need be no tradeoff, at harvard or anywhere else, between intellectual rigor and kindness this is a false dichotomy, like the belief that a sick person must choose between a competent doctor and a humane one indeed，empathetic behavior 一 listening well, for example 一 actually m

28、akes a doctor better able to diagnose and treat illness, and studies show that when doctors are empathetic, their patients need less medication to relieve pain and less time to heal woundspeople often equate empathy with gentleness and passivity. but empathy is really just a cognitive walk in anothe

29、r person's shoes. an empathetic person is, fundamentally, a curious and imaginative person empathy involves a search for understanding. and we need today's students to understand the world better in order to respond to its seemingly intractable problems.many educators agree that the intellec

30、tual skills required for the 21st century depend on not only a mastery of facts and figures, but also on complex communication, flexibility, collaboration, adaptability, and innovation. we live in a more open society than ever, with greater mixing of people and ideas.the ability to master a new lang

31、uage, to translate scientific findings into policy, or to weave the concerns of one field into the terms of another (the way a macintosh computer melds engineering and design), requires students to step outside of their own life experience and habits of mind. steve jobs had empathy for his customers

32、.of course, we can always find examples of world-class thinkers who are oblivious to peopled feelings but that doesnl negate the fact that the vast majority of students will need to assume the perspective of others in order to get ahead in life we can call this empathy or we can call it 21st century learning. it's both empathy doesnt always lead to more moral behavior, but it can lead to more intelligent behavior.句子结构分析与翻译example :so few authors have brai ns eno ugh or literary gift eno ugh to keep their own end up