考研英語（閱讀）模擬試卷627

一、閱讀（常規閱讀理解）（本題共20題，每題7.0

分，共20分。）

Thelistoffamouscompaniesfoundedduringeconomicdownturnsislongandvaried.A

2009studyfoundthatoverhalfofFortune500companiesgottheirstartduringa

downturnorabearmarket.Arecession,itseems,maynotbeanentirelybadtimetostart

acompany.Indeed,busts（andbooms）castalongershadowonthebusinesslandscape

thaniscommonlyrealised,becausetheyinfluenceboththerateofbusinessformationand

howexistingfirmsarerun.Somearguethatrecessionsspeeduptheprocessofeconomic

restructuring-whatJosephSchumpetercalled"creativedestruction".Thedestruction

partiseasytosee:downturnskillbusinesses,leavingboarded-upwindowsonthehigh

streetastheirgravestones.Butrecessionsmayalsospurthecreationofnewbusinesses.

Whenpeoplesuddenlyhavelessmoneytospend,cleverentrepreneursmayseean

opportunitytosetupbusinessesthatgivethemwhattheywantmorecheaplyor

efficiently.Downturnsmayalsoswelltheranksofpotentialfirmcreators,becausemany

whomightotherwisehavesoughtastablesalarywillreinventthemselvesas

entrepreneurs.Toughtimesdonotsuddenlyprompteveryonetostartabusiness.Thevast

majorityofpeoplewhoreachworkingageduringadownturnstilllookforajob.But

researchalsosuggeststhatrecessionshavelastingeffectsonhowexecutivesmanage

businesses.AntoinetteSchoarandLuoZuooftheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology

foundthatthosewhobegantheirmanagementcareersduringabustweresubstantial'y

morerisk-averse,lookonlessdebtandgenerallyweremoreconservativemanagersthan

therestofthesample,evenmanydecadeslater.Thatwillstrikecriticsoftheover-

leveragedcompanyasthoroughlygoodnews,butitishardtosaywhetherthiseffectis

entirelybenign.Bosseswhosecareersbeganinarecessionalsotendtobesoconcerned

aboutcost-effectivenessthatthecompaniestheygoontorunspendlessonresearchand

development.Theymaythusbetooconservative:firmswithbosseswhoseprofessional

baptismcameinaweakeconomyhavelowerreturnsonassetsthanthoserunbyother

managers.Whyshouldthisbe?Oneplausibleexplanationisthatrecessionsaffectthe

waypeopletakedecisions.Whethertheyweresetupduringaboomorabust,today's

firmsaredeeplyaffectedbytheeconomicfluctuationsofthepast.

1、Itcanbeinferredfromthefirstparagraphthat.

theeconomicdownturnissuitableforstartups

B、mostofFortune500companiesweresetupduringabearmarket

C、abustmaynotbeanentirelybadtimetocreatenewbusinesses

D^itisquiteeasytostartacompanyinarecession

標準答案：C

知識點解析：推斷題。眼據題干定位到第一段。文中提到Arecession,itseems,

maynotbeanentirelybadtimetostartacompany（經濟衰退時期看起來并非完全不適

合創辦新公司），因此C項正確，bust,createnewbusinesses分別是recession,start

acompany的同義復現。

2、Bysaying"creativedestruction"（Para.2）.theauthormeansthatdownturns.

A^killbusinessesinacreativeway

B、createnewbusinesseswhilekillingbusinesses

C>slowdowntheprocessofeconomicrestructuring

D、haveapositiveeffectontheeconomy

標準答案：B

知識點解析：含義題。限據題干定位到第二段。第一句講什么是creative

destruction,即recessionsspeeduptheprocessofeconomicrestructuring（經濟衰退力U

速了經濟結構調整的進程）。第二句介紹了其destruction的一面，即

killbusinesseso第三句介紹其creative的一面，即spurthecreationofnew

businesses0山此可見B項是對creativedestruction的正確解釋。

3、Recessionsmayspurthecreationofnewbusinessesprobablybecause

A、theydecreasethenumberofpotentialcompetitors

B、theydecreasethenumberofpotentialemployees

C、theyincreasethenumberofcleverfirmcreators

D、theyincreasethenumberofpotentialentrepreneurs

標準答案：D

知識點解析：細節題。艱據題干定位到第二段最后一句。這是啟下性質的句子，因

此答案可從第三段找。本段指出經濟衰退刺激新企業誕生有兩方面的原因：一是人

們可支配的收入減少，因此聰明的企業家會抓住這個機會興辦企業，生產更便宜更

有效的商品；二是經濟衰退可能擴大潛在創業者的規模。縱觀四個選項，只有D

項“它們（經濟衰退）增加了潛在企業家的數量”為正確答案，increase,

number,entrepreneurs分別是原文swell,rank,firmcreator的同義復現。

4、Themanagerswhobegantheircareersinarecessiondon'ttendtobe.

A、heavilyindebt

13、risk-averse

C^concernedaboutcost-effectiveness

D^tooconservative

標準答案：A

知識點解析：細節題。注意此題是反向選擇題。根據題干關鍵詞定位到第四、五

段。第四段提到tookonlessdebt,即那些人負債更少，A項heavilyindebt”負債

多”很明顯不是他們的特點，因此選A項。

5、Themainideaofthistextcouldbe.

A、theinfluenceofrecessionsonnewbusinesses

B、theinfluenceofrecessionsonexistingfirms

C、theinfluenceofrecessionsonentrepreneursandmanagers

D、theinfluenceofrecessionsoncreationanddestruction

標準答案：C

知識點解析：主旨題。此題考查全文主旨，需結合全文，尤其是重點考慮首尾兩

段。文章首段最后一句說蕭條（和繁榮）既影響新企業的設立速度乂影響現有企業的

運營狀況；第二、三段講經濟衰退如何刺激新企業的誕生；第四、五段則講述經濟

衰退而管理者的管理方式的影響，即如何影響現有企業的運營狀況。最后一段再次

總結：不管創建于經濟繁榮時期還是衰退時期，今天的公司都深深地受到過夫經濟

波動的影響?？梢娙氖强偡挚偨Y構，主旨是經濟衰退的影響，且影響涉及兩方

面：新企業與現有企業。C項entrepreneursandmanagers就代表了新企業與現有企

業，因此是正確選項。

Everyoneknowsthatbeingtheparentofaninfantishard.There'sthesleeplessness,the

screamingfitstotendto,thelossofautonomy,thesocialisolationandthecomplete

monotonyofit.Everyonealsoknowsthatthereisonlyonesociallyacceptableresponse

tothispredicament:adoggedinsistencethattheadorationyoufeelforyourchildmakes

allthesacrificesworthwhile.Theonlyvalidexcuseforfeelingsadordespondentisa

postpartumhormonalcrash.Thisistheideologyofmodernparenting,anditcanleadto

unnecessaryfeelingsofguiltandshame,foritignoresaninconvenienttruth:thatmany

womenandmenexperiencesignificantpsychologicaldistressinresponsetobecominga

parentandthatmuchofthisdistressisn*tcausedbyahormonalepiphenomcnonofthe

birthprocess.Itisdriveninsteadinlargemeasurebytheobjectivelybleakcircumstances

newparentsoftenface.Thatyou'reyourchildisnotalwayssufficienttocounteractthis

reality.Fortunately,overthepastfewyears,theideologyofparentinghasbeen

challengedbysocialscientists,whohaverepeatedlydemonstratedaprofounddisconnect

betweenparentingdogmaandtheactualexperienceofparenthood.Accordingtoa2010

article,amongnewparents-threetosixmonthspostpartum-42percentofmothersand

26percentoffathersexhibitsignsofclinicaldepression.Thestoryissimilarlybleak

whenwelookatpeople'sday-to-dayexperiences.Inastudypublishedinthejournal

Science,peoplereported(heiremotionalexperiencesduringeachof16activitiesoverthe

courseofthepreviousday：working,commuting,exercising,watchingTV,eating,

socializingandsoon.Theyexperiencedmorenegativeemotionwhenparentingthan

duringanyactivityotherthanworking.Parenthoodtakesitstollonyourrelationshipsas

well.A2009studyfoundthatthetransitiontoparenthoodislinkedtoreducedhappiness

inthemarriageandmorenegativebehaviorduringspousalconflict.Thisresearch,which

doesn'teventouchonthestaggeringfinancialcostofraisingachild,providesclear

evidencethatformanypeoplebecomingaparentisonepartblessing,oneparttrauma.

Giventheideologyofparenting,it'snotsurprisingthatwetypicallyblamebiologyfbr

theexperienceofpostpartumdepression.Butthefactthatpostpartumdepressionratesarc

muchhigheramongthepoorthanamongthewealthy,whocanpurchasepeaceofmind

throughhiredchildcare,supportstheideathatthephenomenonis,inmostcases,more

circumstantialthanbiological.

6、Theideologyofmodernparentinginsiststhat.

A^beingtheparentofaninfantishard

B、therearcmanysociallyacceptableresponsestothesacrifices

C、youloveyourchildmakesallthesacrificesworthwhile

D^youcanfindmanyexcusesforfeelingsad

標準答案：C

知識點解析：細節題。限據題干關鍵詞定位到第三段。本段開頭提到ThisisIhe

ideologyofmodernparenting,Thisis提示答案信息從上文找。第二段出現/a

doggedinsistence,那么它后面的內容應是現代為人父母的理念。因此C項“你愛你

的孩子使得所有的犧牲都是值得的”與原文theadorationyoufeelforyourchildmakes

allthesacrificesworthwhile相符，為止確答案。

7、Youngparentsexperiencesignificantpsychologica'distressbecauseof

A、birthprocess

B、thelovefortheirchild

C、postpartumhormonalcrash

D^thefrustratingexternallife

標準答案：D」

知識點解析：細節題。艱據題干關鍵詞定位到第三段。文中提到manywomenand

menexperiencesignificantpsychologicaldistress...Itisdriveninsteadinlargemeasure

bytheobjectivelybleakcircumstancesnewparentsoftenface.因此D項為正確答案，

即年輕父母們承受了很大的心理壓力，而這在很大程度上是父母們面對前景黯淡的

生活導致的。

8、TheactualexperienceofparenthoodincludesallofthefollowingEXCEPT.

A、clinicaldepression

spousalconflict

C、morepassivefeeling

D、declinedhappinessinthemarriage

標準答案：B

知識點解析：細節題。艱據題干關鍵詞定位到第四段。本段提到社會科學家們發現

/aprofounddisconnectbetweenparentingdogmaandtheactualexperienceof

parenthood,接下來的三段分別由:述了現實中父母有哪些遭遇，如clinical

depression,morenegativeemotion?reducedhappinessinthemarriage,morenegative

behaviorduringspousalconflict,substantialreductionsinthesizeofaparent's

networksoffamilyandfriends等等，因此B項表述與原文不符，為正確答案。

9^Thephrase"takesitstollonyourrelationships"(Para.7)probablymeans.

A、hasnegativeimpactonyourrelationships

hasdeepinfluenceonyourrelationships

C、helpstoimproveyourrelationships

D、helpstostrengthenyourrelationships

標準答案：A''

知識點解析：含義題。取據題干關鍵詞定位到第七段。本段第一句話為Parenthood

takesitstollonyourrelationshipsaswell,接下來做;具體說明，如reduced

happinessinthemarriage,morenegativebehaviorduringspousalconflict,substantial

reductionsinthesizeofaparent'snetworksoffamilyandfriends,由止匕可見為人父母

給夫妻關系帶來的是消吸影響，因此A項為正確答案，takeitstollon…意為

“對……造成負面影響

10、Wccanlearnfromthelasttwoparagraphsthat.

A、the2009studyfoundtheenormousfinancialcostofraisingachild

beingaparentispartlyanemotionalwoundfbrmanypeople

C、postpartumdepressionhasnothingtodowithwealth

D、postpartumdepressionisbynomeanscausedbybiology

標準答案：B

知識點解析：推斷題。限據題干關鍵詞定位到最后兩段。根據倒數第二段的「or

manypeoplebecomingaparentisonepartblessing,oneparttrauma可知，B項”對很

多人來說，做父母是一種情感傷害”與原文相符，為正確答案。

Atrulyinformeddinerwouldchoosearestaurantbasedonthequalityofthemenuand

thechefsexperience.Thediscerninginvestorwoulddecidewhichcompanytobackafter

studyingthebusinessplanandmeetingthefounders.Inreality,peopleoftencopythe

choicesofothers.Dinerspickthecrowdedrestaurantovertheemptyone.Investorsgo

withthecompanythatalreadyhasmultiplebackers.Suchbandwagoneffectsarenot

necessarilyirrational.Often,thebuyerknowslessaboutaproductthantheseller;the

collectivewisdomofthecrowdcancorrectforsuch"asymmetricinformation”.Scholars

arcnowaskingwhetherherdbehavioralsoprevailsinlabormarkets.Tofindout,Kory

KroftoftheUniversityofTorontodevisedanexperimentinwhichtheyappliedfor3,000

clerical,administrative,salesandcustomer-servicejobsadvertisedonlinebysubmitting

12,000fictitiousCVs.Thesubmissionsweredesignedsothatapplicantswithsimilar

backgrounds,educationandexperiencewentforthesamejob.Theonlydifferencewas

howlongtheapplicanthadbeenjobless,aperiodthatrangedfromnotimeatalltoas

muchas36months.Theyfoundthattheoddsofanapplicantbeingcalledbackbyan

employerdeclinedsteadilyasthedurationofunemploymentrose,from7.4%afterone

monthwithoutworkdownto4-5%attheeight-monthmark,wherethecall-backrate

stabilized,theseresults,theauthorssay,cannotbebecauseemployersfoundsome

qualitativeflawinthelonger-termunemployedthatwashiddenfromoutsiders,sincethe

applicantsweresimilarinotherrespects.Anotherexplanationforlong-term

unemployment-thatpeoplemakelessefforttofindworkastheirtimeoutofthelabor

forcelengthens—isalsonotapplicablehere.Athirdpossibilityisthatemployersequate

lengtheningunemploymentwithatrophyingskillsandthusfallingproductivity.Butthis

shouldbetruewhethertheeconomyisboomingorinrecession.Thedeclineincall-back

rateswasmuchmorepronouncedincitieswithtightlabourmarkets;callbackrates

changedrelativelylittlewhenhigherunemploymentprevailedlocally.Fromthis,the

authorsinterthatemployersaremorelikelytooverlookalongperiodofunemployment

ifoveralleconomicconditionsarcstackedagainstcandidates.Theseresultsstrongly

suggestthatlong-termunemploymentisatleastpartlyself-fulfilling.Likepatronswho

avoidrestaurantspurelybecausetheyareempty,employerswerereluctanttohire

someoneotheremployersdidn'twant.

11、Bysaying^asymmetricinformation"(Para.1),whatdoestheauthormean?

A、Thecollectivewisdomismorethananindividual's.

Thecrowdmayhavemoreinformationofproduct.

C、Thesellerhavemorewisdomthanthebuyer.

D、Thesellerknowmorethanthebuyeroftheproductinformation.

標準答案：D

知識點解析：含義題。艱據題干關鍵詞定位到文章第一段。最后提到Oflen,the

buyerknowslessaboutaproductthantheseller；thecollectivewisdomofthecrowdcan

4t,,

correctforsuchasymmctricinformation)由such可知asymmetricinformation指的

就是前文的ihebuyerknowslessaboutaproductthantheseller,因此D項“賣方對產

品信息的了解多于買方”為正確答案。

12、KoryKrottoftheUniversityof1orontodevisedanexperimentto.

A、figureoutwhetherbandwagonbehaviorisalsopopularinlabormarkets

testthedifferenceofapplicantswithsimilarbackgrounds,educationandexperience

C、testthefictitiousCVsfor3,000clerical,administrative,salesandcustomer-service

jobs

D、figureouthowthebandwagonbehavioraffectthechoiceofemployee

標準答案：A

知識點解析：細節題。根據題干關鍵詞定位到第二段。由本段第一、二句Scholars

arenowaskingwhetherherdbehavioralsoprevailsinlabormarkets.Tofindout,Kory

KroftoftheUniversityofTorontodevisedanexperiment...,可知實驗的目的是tofind

outwhetherherdbehavioralsoprevailsinlabormarkets,由此可知A項為正確答案，

figureout,bandwagonbehavior,popular分別是對原文findout,herdbehavior,prevail

的同義復現。

13、Onereasonableexplanationfortheresearchresultsmaybe.

A、employersfoundsomequalitativeflawinthelonger-termunemployed

B、peoplemakelessefforttofindworkastheirunemploymenttimelengthens

C、lengthyunemploymentisequivalentofdescendingproductivity

D、call-backratesdeclinedclearlywhenhigherunemploymentprevailed

標準答案：C

知識點解析：細節題。艱據題干關鍵詞定位到第四、五段。本題要求找出能夠合理

解釋實驗結果的選項。由第五段的第一、二句可以得出C項“長時間失業等同于工

作效率的下降''為正確答案。

14、Theresearchresultsconveythemessagethat.

A、long-termunemploymenthasnothingtodowithcall-backrates

B、long-termunemploymentistosomeextentcausedbypeoplethemselves

C、patronsavoidrestaurantspurelybecausetheyareempty

D^employerswerewillingtohiresomeoneotheremployersdidn'twant

標準答案：B」

知識點解析：細節題。根據題干關鍵詞定位到最后一段。首句指出Theseresults

stronglysuggestthatlong-termunemploymentisatleastpartlyself-fulfilling,因此B項

為正確答案。

15、Generallyspeaking,theauthor'sattitudetowardsbandwagonbehavioris.

A^indifferent

B、critical

C、negative

D、favorable

標準答案：D

知識點解析：態度題。此題考查作者對從眾行為的態度，需結合全文做出判斷。首

段指出Suchbandwagoneffectsarenotnecessarilyirrational...thecollectivewisdomof

thecrowdcancorrectforsucht4asymmctricinformation”，即從眾效應不一定是非理性

的。因為一般來說，買方對商品的了解要少于賣方，因而大眾的集體智慧可以作為

這種“不對稱信息”的修正而存在。中間研究了從眾效應對招聘市場的影響，最后一

段指出，長期失業至少有一部分原因是自己造成的，雇主在招聘時也不愿意雇傭那

些別人不想要的人。可見作者認為從眾效應是有一定道理的。因此D項

favorable”贊成的”為正確答案。

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evencheaper.Ofcourse,wecan*lforgetthefinancialbenefittothissector,whichgrew

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Buttherearesomeconcernsaboutgettingwiredinthenameofhealth.Likewhat

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