考研英语（阅读）模拟试卷618

考研英语（阅读）模拟试卷618

一、阅读（补全短文）（本题共20题，每题7.0分，共

20分。）

[A]Airbnbisfightingtherulingwithalawsuit.Itsmainargumentindefendingits

positionascomplementaryratherthaninoppositiontohotelsisthatitsaveragehost

providesthisserviceinthehometheylivein,andonlywhentheyareaway.InLondon,

forexample,Airbnbhasdescribeditsaveragehostassomeonewhoopensuptheirhome

forabout50nightsandearns£3,500peryearbydoingso.Inaddition,almostthree

quartersofthelistingsareoutsidethemaintouristareasandinplaceswheretherearen't

enoughhotels.[B]Ontheotherhand,whentheyaskedpeoplewhohadheardofbutnot

yetusedsharingwebsitessuchasAirbnb,theonethingthesepeoplesaidtheyneededto

startsharingwastraining.Withthisastheprimaryreasonfornotsharing,Airbnb's

complementaryapproach—providinghostswithinformationandhelpingthemwitha

varietyofissues—fromfiresafetyortaxation,tohowtoprovideabetterserviceto

guests,hashelpedthecompanydowellinmanycities,makingthecontroversiesinNew

York,BarcelonaandBerlinrareevents.[C]Asisshowninanotherresearchprojecton

howstart-upscanenterhighlyregulatedmarkets,Airbnb'scollaborativeapproachtocity

officialsandlocalcommunities-communicatingwiththelocalauthoritiesandproviding

themwithusefulinformationabout,fbrexample,thegrowthoftourism—istheonly

sensibleroutefbracompanythatisdependentonlocalregulation.Butitwillalwaysbe

weighedagainstthevoiceandcollectivepoweroftheincumbentswhoserevenuesthey

threaten-asisthecaseinNewYork.[D]Thus,theseindividualsarenotmultiple

homeownerstryingtoevadetaxes.Alocallawchangeenactedlastyearmeansthat

Londonersdonothavetofiletaxesforrentingtheirroomsorhomesforupto90days,

earningupto£7,500annually.|E]Inarecentsurveydevelopedjointlybetween

WarwickUniversityandImperialCollegeintheU.K,theauthorslookedatindividuals'

attitudestowardthesharingeconomy,usingalargesamplethatisrepresentativeofthe

Britishpopulation.Theirresultsconfirmthatthemajorityofsharingeconomyusersand

providersintheU.Khaveanaverageincomebelow£40,000anduseorofferthese

servicesonceeveryfewmonths.[F]Airbnbisinthemiddleofalegalbattlewiththe

stateofNewYorktocombatanewlawagainstshort-termrentals.Itfollowsabill,

recentlysignedbyNewYorkgovernorAndrewCuomo,thatwillfinetenantsor

landlordsfbrrentingouttheirapartmentsforlessthan30days.Theaimistoprevent

peoplefromconvertingtheirapartmentsintohotelswithoutpayingtax,bywhichthey

offendthevestedinterestofhoteliers.[G]Airbnb'sexperienceinNewYorkalso

highlightsthatthedegreeoffrictionitfacesalsodependsontheextenttowhichhotels

launchanoffensiveagainstthesenewservices.InNewYork,forinstance,theHotel

AssociationofNewYorkCityannouncedinthelastyearthatAirbnbcausedaU.S.S2

billionlosstotheirbusiness,urgingitsmemberstoengageincollectiveactionagainstthe

company.Thishasresultedintremendouspressureoncityofficialstobantheservice.

3.—*4.G1-[_5-]

标准答案：F

知识点解析：A首句的theruling、B开头的Ontheotherhand、C首句的another

researchprojectsD开头的Thus均说明这些段落有前文，都不会是文章第一段,F

通过Airbnb和纽约州的这场法律战引出本文谈论的话题，简单扼要地介绍了此次

事件，符合文章首段用事件引题的行文特点，故确定F为正确答案。

2、

标准答案：A

知识点解析：上一段F亮到Airbnb与纽约州的法律战，A接着讲这一法律战的细

节，即Airbnb公司的立场和辩护理由，两段语义衔接；其中，A首句的theruling

指代F中纽约州长签署的法案的内容(finetenants...30days),而inoppositionto

hotels则对应了F结尾的Iheyoffend...hoteliersoB讲到人们没开始共享的原因以及

Airbnb对此的策略，与上一段法律战的主题相差较远。C首句的inanotherresearch

project说明C之前应该已提到另一项调查研究，而F并没有提到调查研究。D以

Thus开头，但F的内容无法与D形成因果关系。故最终确定本题选A。

3、

标准答案：D

知识点解析：本题在E之后。E将讨论重心从Airbnb的法律战转移到共享经济在

英国的发展上，提到一项研究探讨了个体如何看待共享经济，并在结尾处介绍了该

调查的结果。D首句的theseindividuals指代E结尾提到的共享经济的参与者(the

majority...usersandproviders)o这些人平均收入低于4万英镑，每隔几个月才会使

用或提供这种服务，由此可以推出D首句说的“他们并不是拥有好几处房产且想要

逃税的房主”，体现了D开头的Thus。故答案选D。

4、

标准答案：B

知识点解析：本题在D之后。E和D讲述一项针对英国共享经济的研究。B说的

是该研究项目的另一个方面，也涉及共享经济。C探讨另一项研究：新兴公司如何

进入高度规范的市场。可见，B和D关联更紧密。B首句的they指代E中的the

authorsoE和D讲的是已经参与到共享经济的个体狞类型，B探讨个体还未开始投

入到共享经济的原因，二者属于共享经济的两个方面。故选B。

5、

标准答案：C

知识点解析：本题在G之后。G前面的段落介绍了一项关于英国共享经济的研

究，而G为固定段落，对前文提及的这项研究的介绍就此结束，谈论的重心转移

到Airbnb公司在美国受到最大的阻力的来源。从逻辑上看，C接着提到另一项调

查研究也很自然。同时，C结尾处提到的But...whoserevenuesthey

threaten...caseinNewYork正好与G探讨的Airbnb所受阻力的来源这个话题

相呼应。故答案选C。

[A]Itmayseemsillythatascavengerhuntforcartoonmonstersisthebeginningofa

newworld,butfewarcabletopredictwhattechnologywavewcrideintothefuture.

PokemonGomaybeafad,butthetechnologybehinditisnotaugmentedrealityis

coming,loTiscoming,and5Gnetworksarealmosthere.Itmaytaketheformofan

mfuriatinglyglitchygamefromthe'90sthatcrashesmoreconsistentlythanitworks,but

it'saglimpseintothefuture.[B]PokemonGohasignitedthedigitalworld.Everynews

organizationhasreportedonwhyPokemonGo,thesmartphoneappbasedonthe

Japanesecartoongamefromthe1990s,isextraordinarilypopular.Thesmartphonegame

ismakingpeopleexercise,helpingwithdepressionandmentalhealthandit'sprovingthat

millennialsplaygamesontheirphonesinsacredplacesandwhiledriving.|C]It'salsoa

briefinsightintothetechnologyourworldwillwield10orevenfiveyearsfromnow.

Augmentedrealityofthefuturemeansafiremancanseethestructuralvulnerabilities,

temperaturesandexitroutes.TheInternetofThings(loT)addingbillionsofsensors

meanswearableswillhelpemergencyservicestrackdownvictims.Fifthgeneration(5G)

wirelessnetworks,forexample,willenabletheinstanttransferofhighqualityimaging,

lettingpatientsreceivequalitycarefromspecialistsaroundtheworldandbreakingdown

bannersbuiltbycostandgeography.|D|ButPokemonGoismorethanjustagame—it's

aprimitiveportalintotechnologythatistransformingourworld.PokemonGouses

augmentedreality(AR)andGPStoconnecttoreal-worldplaces,creatingacartoon­

monsterscavengerhuntwithprofoundimplications.PokemonGo'saugmentedreality

overlaysapictureofaPikachuontheviewthroughtheuser'ssmartphonecamera.

Augmentedrealityhasbeenusedinglassesandothervisualaids,butPokemonGois

arguablythefirstwidelyaccessibleandfreeversionofthetechnology.Anyonewitha

smartphonehasaccesstothegame.[E]Thepotentialforsecuritybreachesleadtothe

confoundingquestion:arepiecesofloTreally"smart"ifthey'restupidwhenitcomesto

security?AccordingtoNonresidentSeniorFellowJohnVillasenor,"TheInternetof

ThingswillbeuselessunlessitisanInternetofsecurethings."[F]However,whenthe

worldreliesonAR,loT,and5Gnetworksformorethanagame,thereareserious

implicationsifthereislatencyornetworksgoofflinecompletely.Ifsonethingwhen

Pok6monGofreezesinthemidstofcatchinganotherWeedle,butit'sanotherissue

entirelywhencomputersfreezeorevenlaginaworldwhererobotsperformsurgery.[G]

AnotherwayPokemonGoisexposingfutureissuesisinsecurityandprivacy.Originally,

theappallowedNiantic,thecompanyNintendocreatedtheappwith,toaccess

everythingontheplayersGoogleaccounts.Thathassincechanged,butitraisesserious

questionsaboutwhatprivacyprotectionswillbeinplacewhentherearesensorsthat

monitormoresensitiveinformation,likeheartconditionsandmedicalhistory.Hospitals

arealreadyfacingprivacychallenges:insteadofjuststealingpatientdata,hackershave

heldwholehospitalITsystemshostage,demandingransoms.

6、

标准答案：B

知识点解析：B开篇引题，指出《精灵宝可梦Go》这款游戏很火爆，并对其进行

简要介绍，符合文章首段介绍主题的行文特点，适合做文章首段。C开头有akO、

D有转折连词But、G有Anotherway,说明都应该会有上文与这几段衔接，故都排

除。E开头一来便说“安全漏洞的潜在威胁让人不禁怀疑”，读者并不知是说什么事

物存在的安全漏洞，缺乏前文交代，也不可能作为首段。综上所述，本题选B。

7、

标准答案：D

知识点解析：本题在F之前，可以借助F进行反推。首先，F开头出现了几项技术

的名字,都是用缩略语形式(AR,lol和5G),而这几个词的“全称+缩略语”形式出

现在C和D,则可肯定这两段会在本段之前，故排除E和G。而C的首句出现了

提示词also,说明C应该在D之后，故圈定本题答案为D。继B介绍《精灵宝可

梦Go》这款游戏，以及其对人的好处之后，D进一步指出这个游戏还有更深一层

的意义：它是一扇原始的门，通往正在改变我们世界的科技，这两段语义衔接自

然。故确定本题选D。

8、

标准答案：C

知识点解析：D指出《精灵宝可梦Go》的意义，而C则指出该款游戏的另一个意

义：让我们预见到未来会运用到什么科技，两段联系紧密、语义衔接，故D后应

该是C。F的位置已经给出，也可以借助F进行反推。C主要介绍了AR、IoT和

5G网络技术在未来的运用，而F开头以However进行过渡，指出当世界都依赖

AR、IoT和5G网络技术的时候会发生怎样的消极后果，转换C提到的好处，谈不

好的地方，C的内容便使得F的However连接恰当，文意连贯。故确定答案选C。

9、

标准答案：G

知识点解析：本题在F和AI之间，剩下的G和E都是在谈论安全隐患的问题，从

G开头提到的Anotherway...isexposingfutureissue可以推断G的前一段同样

也是在说这款游戏揭示了科技在未来会出现的问题，而且与G说的问题不一样，

而F满足这个要求，所以可判断G接在F后面。而E以Thepotentialforsecurity

breachesleadto...开头说明前一段应该会有跟安全漏洞相关的内容，但是F没有提

到与安全漏洞相关的内容，故排除E。因此确定G为答案。

10、

标准答案：E

知识点解析：G指出《精灵宝可梦Go》揭示了科技在未来的发展中会面临到安全

问题和隐私问题，而E开头的Thepotentialforsecuritybreaches概述「G的内容，

很好地将两段衔接起来，过渡连贯，故选E。

[A]Takeawalk[B]Lookatcurrenttrends[C]Brainstormwithfriends[D]Shareyour

opinionsontheInternet[E]Lookatoldarticlesyouhavewritten[F]Dosomethingoutof

theordinary[G]ReviewyouroldbooksHowtoBreakThroughWriter'sBlockAsa

writer,therewillalwaysbetimesthatwriter'sblockhitshardanditseemslikenothing

canbedonetopullyououtandthatsurrenderistheonlyoption.Everywriterhasbeen

there,evensomeofthegreatestwritersever.However,thedifferencebetweenasecond-

ratewriterandagreatwriterishowtheymanageandovercomedifficultarticlesand

writersblock.Thisarticlewilldiscussseveralkeywaystocreatecompellingcontent

evenwhenyouhavenoideahowtowriteapaperorarticle.[RI]

Sometimesthepeopleinyourlifethatseemquiteordinarycanactuallybeawealthof

extraordinaryinformationandknowledge.Whethertheyarefellowwriters,students,or

someonewhoisnotanauthoratall,theyareoftengreatpeopletobounceideasfromand

generateideasfrom.Theycanalsohelpeducateyouabouttopicsthatyouknowvery

littleaboutandwhenyouneedanewtakeonopinionsfloatingaroundontheInternet.

[R2]Sometimesyoujustneedtoslowdownandtakeabreakfrom

writingwhenyougetaparticularlydifficultassignmentorwhenyouhavehitthewall

fromwriter'sblock.Takingastrollaroundtheblockortoanearbyparkcantakeyour

mindoffthestressofthearticleandre-energizeyou.Whenyoucomebacktostart

writingagain,newideaswillemergeandthewritingwillbecomeeasyagain.Afterall,

youwouldn'tbeawriterifwritingwasalwayshardforyou.De-stressingcanenableyou

torememberwhyyouenjoywritingsomuchindiefirstplace.[R3]

Havinganewexperiencewhethertryinganewrestaurantorgoingtoaconcertofaband

you'veneverheardofcansparknewideas,evenifthearticleyouareworkingonhas

nothingtodowithfood,music,orculturalexperiences.Allowingyourselflothink

outsideoftheboxevenifjustforabitcanhelpyouthinkoutsideoftheboxinother

areasofyourlifeaswell-includingyourwriting.Tryingsomethingdaringlike

skydivingorwhitewaterraftingcanalsogetyourcreativejuicesflowingagain.[R4]

Ifyouarewritinganarticleorblogonatopicthatyouhavewrittenabout

ofteninthepast,considermakingalistofthe"bestofyourtipsoryourarticles.For

example,anarticlethatcombineslittlepiecesandtipsofpastarticlesandpoststitled

"BestAdvicefor..."ismuchmoreinterestingthananarticlethatboringlyrepeatsanolder

postinadifferentway.Combiningyourarticlestogetherwillalsoattractnewreaders

whoenjoylookingthroughonearticletofindtheinformationtheyarelookingfor,and

notbrowsingyourentiredocumentsforscatteredinformation.5.Ifyouarestruggling

withatopictowriteabout,lookatwhatispopularonFacebook,Twitter,andGoogle.

Thiscangiveyouanideaaboutwhattowriteabout,whetheryouappreciatewhatisnow

trendingorifyouwanttowriteaculturalreviewofwhatourculturefindsinterestingand

amusing.

II、[Ri]

标准答案：C

知识点解析：由以上分析可知，C”与朋友进行头脑风暴”最贴近本段主题。另外，

本段提至帕勺bounce/generateideasfrom...>helpeducateyouabouttopics…和when

youneedanewtake…，都是人与人互相交流、进行思想碰撞的行为，C的

brainstorm很好地概括了这个意思。由此可确定答案为C。

12、[R2]

标准答案：A

知识点解析：综观各选项，只有A表达了“休息，放松”的意思，而且takeawalk

与本段提到的Takingastrollaround同义。此外，文中提到的takeabreakfrom

writingtakeyourmindoff>De-stressing也都表达了需要休息和减压的意思。由此

确定本题选A。

13、[R3]

标准答案：F

知识点解析：本段中提及的Havinganewexperience、yoiCveneverheardof>think

outsideofthebox和Tryingsomethingdaring都是旨在强调要去尝试更多新鲜事物，

1做一些不寻常的事情，，表达的意思与之相符，故为答案。

14、[R4]

标准答案：E

知识点解析：本段反复出现了article一词，因此可以初步将答案锁定在出现

articles一词的E上。且根据以上分析，本段主要讲的就是如何通过回顾自己过去

所写的文章来得出新的创作，故确定E为答案。

15、[R5]

标准答案：B

知识点解析：本段首句就是主题句，B的Lookatcurrenttrends是该句的lookat

whatispopularon...的同义表达。再者，像Facebook、Twitter>Google这样的

社交网站即是潮流的风向标，也跟currenllrends相对应。由此确定本题选B。

[A]Identifypeoplewhoyouwanttotalkto|BJFindoutwhereyoursupportis[C|Ask

fortheflooratconferences[D]Offertohelp[E]Beaggressiveinobtainingwork

experience[F]Becarefulabouttheroutinework[G]Perforinyourverybestandbe

reliableHowtoMaketheMostofYourInternshipThequalityofinternshipsvaries

greatly.Ifyou'relucky,youmaybeassignedamentororsupervisorwhowilltakeyouto

meetingsandansweryourquestions.However,youmayfindthatyoudon'thaveenough

tokeepyoubusyoryoumaynotknowwhotoreachouttowithquestions.Ifyouarein

thatposition,herearesomewaysyoucangetmoreoutofyourinternship.[RI]

Itmaybeuncomfortabletodoorrequiredigging,butyoumustfigureout

whocanhelpyou.Ifit'scompletelyunclearwhoyoureporttoasanintern,talkwiththe

humanresourcesdepartment.Askastaffmembertohelpyoufindoutwhoshouldbe

assigningyouwork.Whilethatpersonorpeoplemaynotendupcomingtoyouregularly

withassignments,youwillthenknowwhotoaskifthereisworkyoucanhelpthemwith.

[R2]Aninternshipcanbemorethanjustdoingtheroutinework.Be

observant:Arethereconferences,meetingsoreventstheorganizationputsonordoes

participatinginthatinterestyou?Askyourmentorifyoucanattend.Considerthework

goingonaroundyou.Ifyou'dliketolearnthewholeprocessfromabsorptionofaclient

throughtheprojectmanagementcycleandcloseout,askifyoucanparticipatein

differentstages.Ifthafsnotpossible,askifyoucanshadowyourmentorthroughoutthe

processtoseehowitallworks.[R3]Theremaybepeopleinthe

companyyoulearnaboutthroughconversationsorobservation.Ifyou'reinterestedin

talkingtothemabouttheircareerpathortogettheiradvice,don'tbeafraidtoask.You'll

wanttoaskyourmentororhumanresourceshowthey'dadviseyouapproachthose

peoplewiththerequesttohaveabriefconversation.Prepareforthosemeetingsaheadof

timebycomingupwithquestionstoaskeachperson.Notonlyareyoulearningmore

aboutthecompany,younaygetideasforyourfuturecareer.[R4]

Internshipsareoftennotextremelychallenging,butyoushoulddoyourverybestno

matterwhatthetaskis.Scanemailsandreportsformistakesbeforeyousubmitthem.

Makesureyourcopiescapturethefullpageandarelegible.Turninginflawlessprojects

bringsgreatdividends