2024年考研英語閱讀真題

考研英語閱讀真題1

Thateveryone*stoobusythesedaysisacliche.Butonespecificcomplaintis

madeespeciallymournfully:There'sneveranytimetoread.

Whatmakestheproblemthornieristhattheusualtime-managementtechniques

don,tseemsufficient.Theweb'sfullofarticlesofferingtipsonmakingtimetoread:

“GiveupTV"or"Carryabookwithyouatalltimes“Butinmyexperience,using

suchmethodstofreeuptheodd30minutesdoesn,twork.Sitdowntoreadandthe

flywheelofwork-relatedthoughtskeepsspinning-orelseyou'resoexhaustedthata

challengingbook*sthelastthingyouneed.Themodernmind,TimParks,anovelist

andcritic,writes,"isoverwhelminglyinclinedtowardcommunication...Itisnotsim*

thatoneisinterrupted;itisthatoneisactuallyinclinedtointerruption".Deepreading

requiresnotjusttime,butaspecialkindoftimewhichcan/tbeobtainedmereyby

becomingmoreefficient.

Infact,"becomingmoreefficient"ispartoftheproblem.Thinkingoftimeasa

resourcetobemaximisedmeansyouapproachitinstrumentally,judginganygiven

momentaswellspentonlyinsofarasitadvancesprogresstowardsomegoal

immersivereading,bycontrast,dependsonbeingwillingtoriskinefficiency,

goallessness,eventime-wasting.Trytoslotitasato-dolistitemandyou'IImanage

onlygoal-focusedreading-useful,sometimes,butnotthemostfulfillingkind."The

futurecomesatuslikeemptybottlesalonganunstoppableandnearlyinfinite

conveyorbelt,“writesGaryEberleinhisbookSacredTime,and“wefeelapressureto

fillthesedifferent-sizedbottles(days,hours,minutes)astheypass,foriftheygetby

withoutbeingfilled,wewillhavewastedthem”.Nonind-setcouldbeworseforlosing

yourselfinabook.

Sowhatdoeswork?Perhapssurprisingly,sche*ngregulartimesforreading.

You'dthinkthismightfueltheefficiencymind-set,butinfact,Eberlenotes,such

ritualisticbehaviourhelpsus“stepoutsidetime,sflow"into"soultime”.You

couldlimitdistractionsbyreadingonlyphysicalbooks,oronsingle-purposee-readers.

“CarryabookwithyouatalltimesHcanactuallywork,too-providingyoudipinoften

enough,sothatreadingbecomesthedefaultstatefromwhichyoutemporarilysurface

totakecareofbusiness,beforedroppingbackdown.Onareallygoodday,itnolonger

feelsasifyou*re“makingtimetoread,"butjustreading,andmakingtimefor

everythingelse.

31.Theusualtime-managementtechniquesdon'tworkbecause

[A]whattheycanofferdoesnoteasethemodernmind

[B]whatchallengingbooksdemandisrepetitivereading

[C]whatpeopleoftenforgetiscarryingabookwiththem

[D]whatdeepreadingrequirescannotbeguaranteed

32.The"emptybottles"metaphorillustratesthatpeoplefeelapressureto

[A]theirto-dolists

[B]makepassingtimefulfilling

[C]carrytheirplansthrough

[D]pursuecarefreereading

33.Eberlewouldagreethatsche*ngregulartimesforreadinghelps

[A]encouragetheefficiencymind-set

[B]developonlinereadinghabits

[C]promoteritualisticreading

[D]achieveimmersivereading

34."Carryabookwithyouatalltimesncanworkif

[A]readingbecomesyourprimarybusinessoftheday

[B]allthedailybusinesshasbeenpromptlydealtwith

[C]youareabletodropbacktobusinessafterreading

[D]timecanbeevenlysplitforreadingandbusiness

35.Thebesttitleforthistextcouldbe

[A]HowtoEnjoyEasyReading

[B]HowtoFindTimetoRead

[C]HowtoSetReadingGoals

[D]HowtoReadExtensively

考研英語閱讀真題2

Forthefirsttimeinhistorymorepeopleliveintownsthaninthecountry.InBritain

thishashadacuriousresult.WhilepollsshowBritonsrate"thecountryside"alongside

theroyalfamily,ShakespeareandtheNationalHealthSerivce(NHS)aswhatmakes

themproudestoftheircountry,thishaslimitedpoliticalsupport.

AcenturyagoOctaviaHillLaunchedtheNationalTrustnottorescuestylishhouses

buttosave“thebeautyofnaturalplacesforeveryoneforever,*.Itwasspecificallyto

providecitydwellerswithspacesforleisurewheretheycouldexperience"arefreshing

air"Hiirspressurelaterledtocreationofnationalparksandgreenbelts.They

don'tmakecountrysideanymore,andeveryyearconcreteconsumesmoreofit.It

needsconstantguardianship.

Atthenextelectionnoneofthebigpartiesseemlikelytoendorsethissentiment.

Theconservatives1planningreformexplicitlygivesruraldevelopmentpriorityover

conservation,evenauthorising“off-plan“buildingwherelocalpeoplemightobject.

Theconceptofsustainabledevelopmenthasbeendefinedasprofitable.Labour

likewisewantstodiscontinuelocalplanningwherecouncilsopposedevelopment.The

LiberalDemocratsaresilent.OnlyUkip,sensingitschance,hassidedwiththose

pleadingforamoreconsideredapproachtousinggreenland.ItsCampaigntoProtect

RuralEnglandstruckterrorintomanylocalconservativeparties.

Thesensibleplacetobuildnewhouses,factoriesandofficesiswherepeopleare,

incitiesandtownswhereinfrastructureisinplace.TheLondonagentsStirlingAckroyd

recentlyidentifiedenoughsitesforhalfamillionhousesintheLondonareaalone,with

nointrusionongreenbelt.WhatistrueofLondoniseventrueroftheprovinces.

Theideathat"housingcrisis“equals"concretedmeadows“ispurelobbytalk.

Theissueisnottheneedformorehousesbut,asalways,wheretoputthem.Under

lobbypressure,GeorgeOsbornefavoursruralnew-buildagainsturbanrenovationand

renewal.Hefavoursout-of-townshoppingsitesagainsthighstreets.Thisisnotafree

marketbutabiasedone.Ruraltownsandvillageshavegrownandwillalwaysgrow.

Theydosobestwherebuildingstickstotheiredgesandrespectstheircharacter.Wedo

notruinurbanDevelopmentshouldbeplanned,notletrip.AftertheNetherlands,

BritainisEurope*smostcrowedcountry.Halfacenturyoftownandcountryplanning

hasenabledittoretainanenviableruralcoherence,whilestillpermittinglow-density

urbanliving.Thereisnodoubtofthealternative—thecorruptedlandscapesof

southernPortugal,SpainorIreland.Avoidingthisratherthanpromotingitshouldunite

theleftandrightofthepoliticalspectrum.

26.Britain,spublicsentimentaboutthecountryside

[A]hasbroughtmuchbenefittotheNHS.

[B]didn*tstarttilltheShakespeareanage.

[C]isfullybackedbytheroyalfamily.

[D]isnotwellreflectedinpolitics.

27.AccordingtoParagraph2,theachievementsoftheNationalTrustarenow

being

[A]graduallydestroyed.

[B]effectivelyreinforced.

[C]properlyprotected.

[D]largelyovershadowed.

28.whichofthefollowingcanbeinferredfromParagraph3?

[A]Ukipmaygainfromitssupportforruralconservation.

[B]theConservativesmayabandon"off-plan“building.

[C]theLiberalDemocratsarelosingpoliticalinfluence.

[D]labourisunderattackforopposingdevelopment.

29.theauthorholdsthatGeorgeOsborne*spreference

[A]revealsastrongprejudiceagainsturbanareas.

[B]showshisdisregardforthecharacterofruralareas.

[C]stressesthenecessityofeasingthehousingcrisis.

[D]highlightshisfirmstandagainstlobbypressure.

30.Inthelastparagraph,theauthorshowshisappreciationof

[A]thesizeofpopulationinBritain.

[BtheenviableurbanlifestyleinBritain.

[C]thetown-and-countryplanninginBritain.

[D]thepoliticallifeintodayisBritain.

考研英語閱讀真題3

Thateveryone'stoobusythesedaysisacliche.Butonespecificcomplaintis

madeespeciallymournfully:There/sneveranytimetoread.

Whatmakestheproblemthornieristhattheusualtime-managementtechniques

don'tseemsufficient.Theweb'sfullofarticlesofferingtipsonmakingtimetoread:

“GiveupTV"or"Carryabookwithyouatalltimes"Butinmyexperience,using

suchmethodstofreeuptheodd30minutesdoesn,twork.Sitdowntoreadandthe

flywheelofwork-relatedthoughtskeepsspinning-orelseyou'resoexhaustedthata

challengingbook*sthelastthingyouneed.Themodernmind,TimParks,anovelist

andcritic,writes,“isoverwhelminglyinclinedtowardcommunication...Itisnotsim*

thatoneisinterrupted;itisthatoneisactuallyinclinedtointerruption”.Deepreading

requiresnotjusttime,butaspecialkindoftimewhichcan*tbeobtainedmereyby

becomingmoreefficient.

Infact,“becomingmoreefficient“ispartoftheproblem.Thinkingoftimeasa

resourcetobemaximisedmeansyouapproachitinstrumentally,judginganygiven

momentaswellspentonlyinsofarasitadvancesprogresstowardsomegoal

immersivereading,bycontrast,dependsonbeingwillingtoriskinefficiency,

goallessness,eventime-wasting.Trytoslotitasato-dolistitemandyou/IImanage

onlygoal-focusedreading-useful,sometimes,butnotthemostfulfillingkind."The

futurecomesatuslikeemptybottlesalonganunstoppableandnearlyinfinite

conveyorbelt,"writesGaryEberleinhisbookSacredTime,and“wefeelapressureto

fillthesedifferent-sizedbottles(days,hours,minutes)astheypass,foriftheygetby

withoutbeingfilled,wewillhavewastedthem”.Nonind-setcouldbeworseforlosing

yourselfinabook.

Sowhatdoeswork?Perhapssurprisingly,sche*ngregulartimesforreading.

You'dthinkthismightfueltheefficiencymind-set,butinfact,Eberlenotes,such

ritualisticbehaviourhelpsus“stepoutsidetime,sflow"into"soultime”.You

couldlimitdistractionsbyreadingonlyphysicalbooks,oronsingle-purposee-readers.

“Carryabookwithyouatalltimes"canactuallywork,too-providingyoudipinoften

enough,sothatreadingbecomesthedefaultstatefromwhichyoutemporarilysurface

totakecareofbusiness,beforedroppingbackdown.Onareallygoodday,itnolonger

feelsasifyouzre“makingtimetoread//butjustreading,andmakingtimefor

everythingelse.

31.Theusualtime-ma