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      纵观2015年英语二联考真题，阅读理解多以细节题为主，辅以推断和主旨题，完型填空以词汇为主，翻译和写作这些题型和解题技巧在我校联考词汇、基础班、阅读精讲阶段、强化阶段都作以详细的答题技

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Section I Use of English

Directions:

    Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered black and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)

 

 

 

1、【答案】[C] signal

　 【解析】此题所在的上下文内容的意思是：陌生人之间没有交流，大家都只关注自己的手机，甚至不_______。A项“票”，B项“允许”，C项“信号，打招呼”，D项“记录”;选项中，只有C项符合上下文语义，因此signal正确。

2、【答案】[D] much

　 【解析】第二个空格所在句子的语义内容是：我们避免和其他人交流是件很悲哀的是，原因在与和陌生人交流，我们会收获_______。根据句子内容，显然是指和陌生人交流，我们会从中收获很多东西。A.B.C.三个选项均不符合句意。因此答案选much.

3、【答案】[C] plugged

　 【解析】该题所在语境的意思是：不知道和陌生人交流，我们会从中收获很多东西吗，原因在于____我们的手机。A.打;B.引导;C.插入，投入;D.带来;四个选项分别带入句中，可以判断出plugged符合句意。

4、【答案】[A] message

　 【解析】该题所在句子的意思是：这种普遍存在的盔甲(不和陌生人交流)传递了“不要靠近我”这个________。显然这里考察了动宾搭配的考点，而且空格处的内容是说“不要靠近我”。所以，根据send这个动词和空格处后面的内容可以判断出，答案为message。其他选项均不符合前后语义。

5、【答案】[C] behind

　 【解析】该所要表达的意思是：…藏在我们屏幕的_______位置。A.下面;B.之外; C.后面;D. 来自;四个选项分别带入原句，只有behind符合句意。

6、【答案】[A] misinterpreted

　 【解析】空的语境为：我们害怕被拒绝，也害怕我们善意的社交之举被____成“怪异的”，只有答案D符合上下文语义。

7、【答案】[D] delayed

　 【解析】空格所在句与前后句同为we fear…的并列句，故句意应前后保持一致。前一句说“我们害怕被拒绝，被误解”，后一句说“我们害怕被打扰”，A选项带入语义不通，B，C选项不符合该文语境，D选项带入文中“我们害怕被耽搁时间”，符合上下文语义，故答案为D。

8、【答案】[D] unfamiliar

　【解析】空格处需填入一个形容词修饰strangers(陌生人)，所以该词应符合陌生人的身份与特点，既是陌生人，肯定是“不熟悉的”，故答案为D。

9、【答案】[C] anxious

　 【解析】空所在语境为“因为陌生人固有的陌生感，所以当与朋友和熟人相比，在沟通时，我们很容易感到_____。”填入的词应满足前后句的因果逻辑关系，不难判断空格处应填入一个消极的词汇，故首先排除A和B选项，D选项“生气的”和C选项“紧张的，焦虑的”，根据常识，C选项更符合陌生人所带来的感觉，故答案为C。

10、【答案】[D] turn (to)

　　【解析】空格要求填入一个动词，首先需与介词to构成搭配，其次需满足 “为了避免这种不自在，我们____我们的手机。”的语义，D选项turn to表示转向求助于某物某事，符合上下文语义，故答案为D。

11、【答案】[A] dangerous

　　【解析】根据此处结构protect us from what we perceive is going to be more _______(保护我们以防我们观察的东西更加_______)，可推断空处填入词汇为负向感情色彩，A选项dangerous(危险的)意思吻合，且和前文uneasiness(不安);security(安全)形成呼应;B选项mysterious(神秘的)与主题关联不大，且为中性词;C选项violent(暴力的)意思比较极端，且不合题意;D选项boring(无聊的)同样不吻合该段主题。故答案为A选项dangerous。

12、【答案】[A] hurt

　　【解析】该句意思为：当我们撕掉创可贴，把智能手机揣到口袋里，并且抬头行走，并没有_______那么糟糕。A选项hurt(伤害)、B选项resist(抵抗)、C选项bend(弯曲)、D选项decay(衰退)，其中hurt符合题意，it doesn’t hurt so bad(没那么令人难受)。因此答案为A选项hurt。

13、【答案】[B] conversation

　　【解析】由上文推断此处为研究者进行的一项实验内容，根据该句后面一句中talk to可知，实验是让研究对象进行交谈，可锁定B选项conversation(对话)，与talk to对应。A选项lecture(讲座)、C选项debate(讨论)、D选项negotiation(谈判)均不吻合题意，故答案为B选项conversation。

14、【答案】[D] passengers

　　【解析】该句意思为：他们让芝加哥火车上的通勤者和他们的_______交谈。根据commuter(通勤者)一词可找到与之对应的A选项passengers(乘客)，B选项employees(雇员)、C选项researchers(研究者)、D选项trainees(受训者)都不正确。故答案为A选项passengers。

15、【答案】[C] predict

　　【解析】该句意思为：“当两位博士让火车站的其他人_______和其他陌生人交谈会有什么感觉，乘客们认为……”。A选项reveal(揭露;曝光)，多接负面现象，此处不搭配;B选项choose(选择)不合题意;C选项predict(预测)代入文中翻译通顺，文法符合;D选项design(设计)不合题意。故答案为C选项predict。

16、【答案】[D] ride

　　【解析】此处需要填入一个与commuters“上下班往返的人”相关的词。因此排除A选项voyage“旅途”和B选项flight“航班”。上文提到了“the same train station”， 因此排除C选项walk“步行”，选项D为正确答案。

17、【答案】[A] went through

　　【解析】此处考察固定词组。 A选项go through with意为“完成”，B选项“do away with”意为“废除，消灭”，C选项“catch up with”意为“跟上，赶上”，D选项put up with 意为“忍受”，因此符合文意，能够和实验搭配的只能是选项A。

18、【答案】[B] In fact

　　【解析】此处需要填入一个固定词组，起到承接上下文的作用。上文提到那些放下手机，积极与乘客交流的人并没有受到冷落。空格后指出，与那些没有对话的人相比，这些人更加的开心。可见上下文之间是并列或递进的关系。A 选项In turn意为“轮流，以此”，不符合上下文关系，C选项In particular“尤其是，特别是”常常用来表示举例的逻辑关系，因此排除。D选项In consequence“结果”，表示因果的逻辑关系，因此排除。所以正确答案为B选项in fact“事实上”。

19、【答案】[B] since

　　【解析】此处考察上下文的逻辑关系。上文指出，与那些没有对话的人相比，那些积极交谈的人更加开心。下文则提到人类的繁荣起源于社会联系。显然，这二者之间不是假设关系，因此排除A选项unless和C选项if，也非转折关系，因此排除D选项whereas，正确答案为B选项since，表因果关系。

20、【答案】[C] simple

【解析】此处需要填入一个可以形容冒号后句子的形容词。与陌生人交谈让你觉得不孤单。显然这一事实，绝非funny“滑稽的”, logical “有条理的”，也非rare“稀有的”。 C选项“简单的”符合文意，是正确答案。

 

点评：2015年完型填空难度适中，与往年相比变化不大，具体相关知识点和解题思路在英语冲刺班的完型填空部分有重点讲解， 在强化班完形填空及考研词汇中也有所涉及。做题的主要方法还是我们的十六字原则：瞻前顾后、胸怀大局，先易后难，边做边猜。重点考查根据上下文辨析词汇、词组的能力。对语法知识的测试比较少，而对词汇、固定搭配和逻辑衔接方面的考查比较多，因此也提醒备考2016年的考生在解答完型填空时，一定要从上下文的角度来考虑，运用逻辑思维解题，对文章整体、句际关系及句子内部进行综合把握。

 

 

Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension

Part A

Directions:

    Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET.(40 points)

Text 1

　 　A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys, people are actually more stressed at home that at work. Researchers measured people's cortisol, which is a stress marker, while they were at word and while they were at home and found it higher at what is supposed to be a place of refuge.

　　"Further contradicting conventional wisdom, we found that women as well as men have lower levels of stress at work that at home," writer one of the researchers, Sarah Damaske. In fact women even say they feel better at work, she notes."It is men, not women, who report being happier at home that at work." Another surprise is that the findings hold true for both those with children and without, but more so for nonparents. This is why people who work outside the home have better health.

　　What the study doesn't measure is whether people are still doing work when they're at home, whether it is household work or work brought home from the office. For many men, the end of the workday is a time to kick back. For women who stay home, they never get to leave the office. And for women who work outside the home, they often are playing catch-up-with-household tasks. With the blurring of roles, and the fact that the home front lags well behind the workplace in making adjustments for working women it's not surprising that women are more stressed at home.

　　But it's not just a gender thing. At work, people pretty much know what they're supposed to be doing to be doing: wording, making money, doing the tasks they have to do in order to draw an income. The bargain is very pure: Employee puts in hours of physical or mental labor and employee draws out life-sustaining moola.

　 　On the home front, however, people have no such clarity. Rare is the household in which the division of labor is so clinically and methodically laid out. There are a lot of tasks to be done, there are inadequate rewards for most of them. Your home colleagues-your family-have no clear rewards for their labor; they need to be talked into is, of if they're teenagers, threatened with complete removal of all electronic devices. Plus, they’re teenagers, threatened with complete removal of all electronic devices. Plus, they're your family. You cannot fire your family. You never really get to go home from home.

　 　So it's not surprising that people are more stressed at home. Not only are the tasks apparently infinite, the co-workers are much harder to motivate.

 

21. According to Paragraph 1, most previous surveys found that home________.

　  [A] offered greater relaxation than the workplace

　　[B] was an ideal place for stress measurement

　　[C] generated more stress than the workplace

[D] was an unrealistic place for relaxation

22. According to Damaske, who are likely to be the happiest at home?

    [A] Childless wives

　　[B] working mothers

　　[C] Childless husbands

　　[D] Working fathers

23. The blurring of working women’s roles refers to the fact that____

　　[A] it is difficult for them to leave their office

　　[B] their home is also a place for kicking back

　　[C] there is often much housework left behind

　　[D] they are both bread winners and housewives

24. The word 'moola'(Line 4, para.4) most probably means____

　  [A]skills

　　[B]energy

　　[C]earnings

　　[D]nutrition

25. The home front differs from the workplace in that_____

　  [A]division of labor at home is seldom clear-cut

　　[B]home is hardly a cozier working environment

　　[C]household tasks are generally more motivating

[D]family labor is often adequately rewarded

 

21.【答案】[A] offered greater relaxation than the workplace

   【解析】细节题。答案定位在第一段的首句“A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys, people are actually more stressed at home that at work.”

文中提到与大多数研究不同，人们在家中比在工作中压力更大。也就是说，大多数研究认为：在家中的压力没有工作中的压力大。由此得出答案是A选项。

22. 【答案】[C] Childless husbands

    【解析】细节题。答案定位在第二段，比起女人，男人在家中比在工作中更快乐。有没有孩子都成立，但在未为人父母的人群中这点体现得更为明显。此题为典型的综合细节题，将原文中的两处子细节进行了概括。答案应该是没孩子的丈夫。

23. 【答案】[D] they are both bread winners and housewives

    【解析】细节题。答案定位在第三段， 一边在外工作，一边忙着家务活。答案中bread winners and housewives这两个角色精确概括了原文中work outside the home, they often are playing catch-up-with-household tasks这句话。

24. 【答案】[C] earnings

　  【解析】词汇题。答案定位句：Employee puts in hours of physical or mental labor and employee draws out life-sustaining moola. 他们付出劳动，他们得到维持生计的?那还能是什么，只能是钱呗!况且这个词在美语俚语中的意思就是钞票。因此得出答案。

25.【答案】[A] division of labor at home is seldom clear-cut　

  【解析】细节题。答案定位句：On the home front, however, people have no such clarity. Rare is the household in which the division of labor is so clinically and methodically laid out. 从家庭层面来说，人们的分工就没有这么明显了。很难客观冷静得分清楚谁该干什么。因此得出答案A选项：家庭中的分工很少那么清晰。

 

　文章大意：本文出自Time一篇题为Could be that you're still laboring but not getting paid的文章。文章主要介绍了一项新的调查研究，即人们在家比在工作时更能感受到压力。该调查的一位研究者指出，女性和男性工作时的压力反倒比在家里的压力要小，而男性又比女性在家里更能感受到快乐。为人父母也是同样的情况。相对来说，已婚但未养育子女的男性最能在家里感受到快乐。但人们在家是否工作，做的是家务活儿还是从办公室带回家的工作，该研究却未能进行评估。对于既要忙工作又要处理家务的女性而言，她们在家里能感受到压力就不足为奇了。文章后半部分指出，除了性别因素外，劳动分工是否明确也是一影响因素。工作时，人们非常清楚该做些什么，工作就是为了赚钱。而在家里，人们面对的是家庭成员，付出劳动并没有明确的回报。因此，要调动他们的积极性就并没有那么容易了。

    点评：文章内容相对简单，语言难度也不大，文章长度适中；以细节题为主，命题人完全按照段落顺序出题，并且明确标注答题区间，易于找到正确答案。所以通过学习百源欣才基础班阅读技巧，做过强化班阅读习题和模考卷的学员都可以从容应对。

 

Text 2

　　For years, studies have found that first-generation college student – those who do not have a parent with a college degree – lag other students on a range of education achievement factors. Their grades are lower than and their dropout rates are higher. But since such students are most likely to advance economically if they succeed in higher education, colleges and universities have pushed for decades to recruit more of them. This has created “a paradox” in that recruiting first-generation student, but then watching many of them fail, means that higher education has “continued to reproduce and widen, rather than close.” An achievement gap based on social class, according to the depressing beginning of a paper forthcoming in the journal Psychological Science.

　　But the article is actually quite optimistic, as it outlines a potential solution to this problem, suggesting that an approach (which involves a one-hour, next-to-no-cost program) can close 63 percent of the achievement gap (measured by such factors as grades) between first-generation and other students.

　　The authors of the paper are from different universities, and their findings are based on a study involving 147 students (who completed the project) at an unnamed private university. First generation was defined as not having parent with four-year college degree. Most of the first-generation students (59.1 percent) were recipients of Pell Grants, a federal grant of undergraduates with financial need, while this was true only for 8.6 percent of the students with at least one parent with four-year degree.

　　Their thesis – that a relatively modest intervention could have a big impact – was based on the view that first-generation students may be most lacking not in potential but in practical knowledge about how to deal with the issues that face most college students. They cite past research by several authors to show that this is the gap that must be narrowed to close the achievement gap.

　　Many first-generation students “struggled to navigate the middle-class culture of higher education, learn the ‘rules of the game,’ and take advantage of college resources,” they write. And this becomes more of a problem when colleges don’t talk about the class advantages and disadvantages of different groups of students. Because US colleges and universities seldom acknowledge how social class can affect students’ educational experiences, many first-generation students lack of sight about why they are struggling and do not understand students ‘like them’ can improve.”

26. Recruiting more first-generation students has .

　　[A]. reduced their dropout rates

　　[B]. narrowed the achievement gap

　　[C]. missed its original purpose

　　[D]. depressed college students

27. The author of the research article are optimistic because .

　　[A]. the problem is solvable

　　[B]. their approach is costless

　　[C]. the recruiting rate has increased

　　[D]. their findings appeal to students

28. The study suggests that most first-generation students .

　　[A]. study at private universities

　　[B]. are from single-parent families

　　[C]. are in need of financial support

　　[D]. have failed their college

29. The author of the paper believe that first-generation students .

　　[A]. are actually indifferent to the achievement gap

　　[B]. can have a potential influence on other projects

　　[C]. may lack opportunities to apply research projects

　　[D]. are inexperienced in handling their issues at college

30. We may infer from the last paragraph that .

[A]. universities often reject the culture of their middle-class

[B].colleges are partly responsible for the problem in question

[C]. students are usually to blame for their lack of resources

　　[D]. social class greatly helps enrich educational experiences.

 

26.【答案】[C] missed its original purpose

   【解析】细节题。答案定位第一段第二句，原文说原来的目标是希望能让屌丝逆袭，但事与愿违，所以选没能够达成预期目标。因此答案选择C选项。

27.【答案】[C] the problem is solvable

　 【解析】答案在原文定位：But the article is actually quite optimistic, as it outlines a potential solution to this problem 原文说为什么乐观，因为为解决这个问题提供了一种潜在的可能。对应答案的是C选项这个问题能被解决。

28.【答案】[C] are in need of financial support

　 【解析】细节题。答案原文定位：Most of the first-generation students (59.1 percent) were recipients of Pell Grants, a federal grant for undergraduates with financial need.因此答案为C.

29. 【答案】[D] are inexperienced in handling their issues at college

　  【解析】细节题。答案原文定位：first-generation students may be most lacking not in potential but in practical knowledge about how to deal with the issues that face most college students, 原文的deal with换成了答案中的handling, 因此答案选择D选项。　　

29. 【答案】[B] colleges are partly responsible for the problem in question

【解析】推断题+细节题。答案定位在最后一段：And this becomes more of a problem when colleges don't talk about ...affect students' educational experiences 典型先果后因，言下之意是现在出现这种情况，恰恰是大学应该部分上负起责任。因此得出答案是B选项。

　

    文章大意：本文出自Inside Higher Ed网站一篇题为An Hour Makes a Difference的文章。本文介绍了心理科学杂志的一篇文章。该文章指出，多年的研究表明“第一代大学生”（父母没有上过大学）在教育成就方面落后于其他学生。具体体现在：学习成绩差、辍学率高等等。而“第一代大学生”的不断扩招却使得这一差距不断拉大。文章说明，通过实施“一小时，零花费”项目可以缩小差距。接着，文章对此进行了具体阐述。该项目让大学里不同背景的高、低年级学生一起谈论如何适应大学生活，寻找资源和寻求帮助等问题。而为了不让“第一代大学生”感到受侮辱，这一项目是旨在针对所有学生的。该项目在提高学生成绩、帮助寻找资源方面也取得了一定的效果。文章最后还指出，学校未表明社会阶层对教育的影响，也使得学生不能明白努力学习、其他学生如何看待他们能帮助其提高成绩的意义。

    点评：文章的题目难度不大，主要还是以细节题为主，按照做题顺序原则，各题定位到相应文章段落也比较容易判断选项正误。这篇文章是有点心理学意思的简化版学术论文。难度远低于2011、2012、2013和2014年出的第二篇文章。

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　　Even in traditional offices, “the lingua franca of corporate America has gotten much more emotional and much more right-brained than it was 20 years ago,” said Harvard Business School professor Nancy Koehn. She started spinning off examples. “If you and I parachuted back to Fortune 500 companies in 1990, we would see much less frequent use of terms like journey, mission, passion. There were goals, there were strategies, there were objectives, but we didn’t talk about energy; we didn’t talk about passion.”

　　Koehn pointed out that this new era of corporate vocabulary is very “team”-oriented—and not by coincidence. “Let’s not forget sports—in male-dominated corporate America, it’s still a big deal. It’s not explicitly conscious; it’s the idea that I’m a coach, and you’re my team, and we’re in this together. There are lots and lots of CEOs in very different companies, but most think of themselves as coaches and this is their team and they want to win.”

　　These terms are also intended to infuse work with meaning—and, as Khurana points out, increase allegiance to the firm. “You have the importation of terminology that historically used to be associated with non-profit organizations and religious organizations: Terms like vision, values, passion, and purpose,” said Khurana.

　　This new focus on personal fulfillment can help keep employees motivated amid increasingly loud debates over work-life balance. The “mommy wars” of the 1990s are still going on today, prompting arguments about why women still can’t have it all and books like Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In, whose title has become a buzzword in its own right. Terms like unplug, offline, life-hack, bandwidth, and capacity are all about setting boundaries between the office and the home. But if your work is your “passion,” you’ll be more likely to devote yourself to it, even if that means going home for dinner and then working long after the kids are in bed.

But this seems to be the irony of office speak: Everyone makes fun of it, but managers love it, companies depend on it, and regular people willingly absorb it. As Nunberg said, “You can get people to think it’s nonsense at the same time that you buy into it.” In a workplace that’s fundamentally indifferent to your life and its meaning, office speak can help you figure out how you relate to your work—and how your work defines who you are.

31. According to Nancy Koehn ,office languages become_____.

　　[A] more emotional

　　[B] more objective

　　[C] less energetic

　　[D] less strategic

32.”Team”-oriented corporate vocabulary is closely related to_____.

　　[A] historical incidents

　　[B] gender difference

　　[C] sports culture

　　[D] athletic executives

33.Khurana believes that the importation of terminology aims to_____.

　　[A] revive historical terms

　　[B] promote company image

　　[C] foster corporate cooperation

　　[D] strengthen employee loyalty

34.It can be inferred that Lean In_____.

　　[A]voices for working women

　　[B] appeals to passionate workaholics

　　[C] triggers debates among mommies

　　[D] praises motivated employees

35.Which of the following statements is true about office speak?

　　[A]Managers admire it but avoid it.

　　[B] Linguists believe it to be nonsense.

　　[C]Companies find it to be fundamental.

[D] Regular people mock it but accept it.

 

30.  【答案】[A] more emotional

　  【解析】细节题。答案原文定位：Even in traditional offices, "the lingua franca of corporate America has gotten much more emotional and much more right-brained than it was 20 years ago,"这种题型英语二中很常见，且题难度较小，答案与原文more emotional一样。因此选择A选项。

31. 【答案】[C] sports culture

　  【解析】细节题。答案在原文定位第二段，整个第二段中细节共同指向了运动文化这个选项。历史事件和性别差异这两个选项属于无中生有，运动管理这个选项属于点点对应，不能概括整段。因此答案选C选项。

32. 【答案】[D] strengthen employee loyalty

　  【解析】细节题。答案在原文定位：These terms are also intended to infuse work with meaning—and, as Khurana points out, increase allegiance to the firm.同义词替换可知答案为D选项。

33. 【答案】[A] voices for working women

　  【解析】推断题。答案原文定位第四段，得知因为那时女性可能无法在工作和生活间保持平衡。现在为什么还继续，说明现在保持平衡也很难，而这本书的就是一个绝佳的例子。所以我们推出：这本书是为工作的女性发声的。属于难度系数略高的题型。　

34. 【答案】[D] Regular people mock it but accept it

　  【解析】推断题。答案原文定位在最后一段，该题略有争议性，可以用排除法解答。

 

   文章大意： 本文出自The Atlantic的一篇专栏文章，略有删减。原文讲述的是办公室用语对员工的影响。第一段讲解办公室语言的变化，相比20年前，现在的用语更感性。第二段讲解这一趋势的源头——体育运动。第三段讲述这一趋势导致的结果，即员工更加忠诚。第四段讲述的是生活工作平衡的矛盾。最后一段讲诉人们对这些办公司语言的反应和接受度。

    点评：考察的五道题都需要一定程度的推断和词义衍生理解，难度并不算大，可以直接回到原文，细节推断解答、如何去定位和精准找出推断答案，我校己详细在课堂讲解。

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　　Many people talked of the 288,000 new jobs the Labor Department reported for June, along with the drop in the unemployment rate to 6.1percent, as good news. And they were right. For now it appears the economy is creating jobs at a decent pace. We still have a long way to go to get back to full employment, but at least we are now finally moving forward at a faster pace.

　　However, there is another important part of the jobs picture that was largely overlooked. There was a big jump in the number of people who report voluntarily working part-time. This figure is now 830,000 (4.4 percent) above its year ago level.

　　Before explaining the connection to the Obamacare, it is worth making an important distinction. Many people who work part-time work because this is all they can get. An increase in involuntary part-time work is evidence of weakness in the labor market and it means that many people will be having a very hard time making ends meet.

　　There was an increase in involuntary part-time in June, but the general direction has been down. Involuntary part-time employment is still far higher than before the recession, but it is down by 640,000(7.9percent) from is its year level.

　　We know the difference between voluntary and involuntary part-time employment because people tell us. The survey used by the Labor Department asks people if they worked less than 35 hours in the reference week. If the answer is “yes,” they are classified as working part-time. The survey then asks whether they worked less than 35 hours in that week because they wanted to work less than full time or because they had no choice. They are only classified as voluntary part-time workers if they tell the survey taker they chose to work less than 35 hours a week.

　　The issue of voluntary part-time relates to Obamacare because one of the main purpose was to allow people to get insurance outside of employment. For many people, especially those with serious health conditions or family members with serious health conditions, before Obamacare the only way to get insurance was through a job that provided health insurance.

However, Obamacare has allowed more than 12 million people to either get insurance through Medicaid or the exchanges. These are people who may previously have felt the need to get a full-time job that provided insurance in order to cover themselves and their families. With Obamacare there is no longer a link between employment and insurance.

36.Which part of the jobs picture was neglected?

　　[A] The prospect of a thriving job market.

　　[B] The increase of voluntary part-time jobs.

　　[C] The possibility of full employment.

　　[D] The acceleration of job creation.

37.Many people work part-time because they_____.

　　[A] prefer part-time jobs to full-time jobs.

　　[B] feel that is enough to make ends meet.

　　[C] cannot get their hands on full-time jobs.

　　[D] haven’t seen the weakness of the market.

38.Involuntary part-time employment in the US____.

　　[A] is harder to acquire than one year ago.

　　[B] shows a general tendency of decline.

　　[C] satisfies the real need of the jobless.

　　[D] is lower than before the recession.

39.It can be learned that with Obamacare,_____.

　　[A] it is no longer easy for part-times to get insurance.

　　[B] employment is no longer a precondition to get insurance.

　　[C] it is still challenging to get insurance for family members.

　　[D] full-time employment is still essential for insurance.

40.The text mainly discusses_____.

　　[A] employment in the US.

　　[B] part-timer classification.

　　[C] insurance through Medicaid.

　　[D] Obamacare’s trouble.

 

36.【答案】[B]The increase of voluntary part-time jobs.

　 【解析】细节题。答案定位在文章第二段，没什么难度。

37. 【答案】[C] cannot get their hands on full-time jobs.

　 【解析】细节题。原文说许多做兼职工作的人不想做全职吗？并不是这样，他们是只能做兼职，做不了全职而已。

38.【答案】[B] shows a general tendency of decline.

　 【解析】细节题。答案原文定位：There was an increase in involuntary part-time in June, but the general direction has been down. 原文说总体来说下滑，选项选总体下滑。　　

39.【答案】[B] employment is no longer a precondition to get insurance.

　 【解析】细节题。答案原文定位在最后一段，原文说过去只要有全职，一般就能上保险。现在有了奥巴马新出的政策，就算就业也不一定能得到保险。

40.【答案】[C]Insurance through Medicaid

　 【解析】主旨题。

 

点评： 本文出自Center for economic and policy research， 原题为：The Good News About Obamacare in the June Jobs Report。这是一篇关于美国就业问题的议论文，主要讨论了美国当前整体就业形式较好，其中一个主要原因是： 从事兼职工作人数较之前有较大增长。导致兼职工作人数增长的原因为：一方面，劳动力市场疲软使得美国人民难以找到长期的工作；另一方面，奥巴马医疗改革保证了人们不管是否从事长期正式的工作，都可以得到医疗和收入保障。

    文章本身话题和语言难度不高，直接在原文进行信息定位即可排除错误选项，找到正确答案。本文还是延续出题者的风格，以细节题为主。如何去定位和精准找出推断答案，我校己详细在课堂讲解。

 

Part B

Directions:

　 　Read the following text and answer the questions by choosing the most suitable subheading from the list A-G for each numbered paragraph (41-45).There are two extra subheadings which you do not need to use. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)

 

　　[A]You are not alone

　　[B]Don’t fear responsibility for your life

　　[C]Pave your own unique path

　　[D]Most of your fears are unreal

　　[E]Think about the present moment

　　[F]Experience helps you grow

[G]There are many things to be grateful for

 

Some Old Truths to Help You Overcome Tough Times

　 　Unfortunately, life is not a bed of roses, We are going though life facing sad experiences. Moreover, we are grieving various kinds of loss: a friendship, a romantic relationship or a house . Hard times may hold you down at what usually seems like the most inopportune time, but you should remember that they won’t last forever.

　　When our time of mourning is over, we press forward, stronger with a greater understanding and respect for life. Furthermore, these losses make us mature and eventually move us toward future opportunities for growth and happiness. I want to share these old truths I’ve learned along the way.

　　41.[D]Most of your fears are unreal

　 　Fear is both useful and harmful. This normal human reaction is used to protect us by signaling danger and preparing us to deal with it. Unfortunately, people create inner barriers with a help of exaggerating fears. My favorite actor Will Smith once said, "Fear is not real. It is a product of thoughts you create. Do not misunderstand me. Danger is very real. But fear is a choice. " I do completely agree the fears are just the product of our luxuriant imagination.

　　42.[E]Think about the present moment

　 　If you are surrounded by problems and cannot stop thinking about the past, try focus on the present moment. Many of us are weighed down by the past or anxious about the future. You may feel guilt over your past, but you are poisoning the present with the things and circumstances you cannot change. Value the present moment and remember how fortunate you are to be alive. Enjoy the beauty of the world around and keep the eyes open to see the possibilities before you. Happiness is not a point of future and not a moment from the past, but a mindset that can be designed into the present.

　　43.[G]There are many things to be grateful for

　 　Sometimes it is easy to feel bad because you are going through tough times. You can be easily caught up by life problems that you forget to pause and appreciate the things you have. Only strong people prefer to smile and value their life instead of crying and complaining about something.

　　44.[A]You are not alone

　 　No matter how isolated you might feel and how serious the situation is, you should always remember that you are not alone. Try to keep in mind that almost everyone respects and wants to help you if you are trying to make a good change in your life. Especially your dearest and nearest people. You may have a circle of friends who provide constant good humor, help and companionship. If you have no friends or relatives, try to participate in several online communities, full of people who are always willing to share advice and encouragement.

　　45.[C]Pave your own unique path

　 　Today many people find it difficult to trust their own opinion and seek balance by gaining objectivity from external sources. This way you devalue your opinion and show that you are incapable of managing your own life. When you are struggling to achieve something important you should believe in yourself and be sure that your decision is the best. You live in your skin, think your own thoughts, have your own values and make your own choices.

　　

点评：2015英语二Part B的考察题型为标题匹配，标题匹配题做起来还是非常轻松的，关键在于能否看懂每小段的大意，并抓住关键词乃至选项所复现的原句。以41、44题为例，所选择的小标题均复现了原文中的重点词汇与句子。41题，答案为Most of your fears are unreal，原文中明确出现“Fear is not real.” 44题，答案为You are not alone，原文中出现“… you should always remember that you are not alone.” 其余几题，虽然并没有如此明确的原句复现，但是通过快速扫读，也能够通过个别关键词轻松做出答案，如42题对应的段落中出现了present，45题对应的段落中反复出现you和your。总体来说，只要是参加过百源欣才培训的考生做这篇小标题还是非常容易的，相信不少同学都能够轻松拿满分。

 

Section III Translation

46. Directions:

Translate the following text into Chinese. Write your translation on the ANSWER SHEET. (15 points)

　　Think about driving a route that’s very familiar. It could be your commute to work, a trip into town or the way home. Whichever it is, you know every twist step turn like the back of your hand. On these steps of trips it’s easy to lose concentration is that you perceive that the trip has taken less time than it actually has.

　　This is the well-travelled road effect. People tend to underestimate the time it takes to travel a familiar route.

The effect is caused by the way we allocate our attention. When we travel down a well-known route, because we don’t have to concentrate much, time seems to flow more quickly. And afterward, when we come to think back on it, we can’t remember the journey well because we didn’t pay much attention to it. So we assume it was shorter.

 

　　设想一下，你正开车行驶在一条非常熟悉的路线上。可以是你每天上下班、去城里、或者回家的路。不管是什么路，你对每一个拐每一个弯都了如指掌，非常熟悉。在这样的路途中，我们容易在开车的时候心不在焉，对途中的景色也几乎是全然不顾。结果是你觉得路途上所花的时间比实际要少。

　　这就是所谓的“熟悉路线效应”：人们往往会低估在熟悉的线路上所花费的时间。

这种效应是由于我们注意力分配的方式不同引起的。如果我们行驶在熟悉的路线上，因为不需要太集中精力，会感觉时间流逝较快。以后，一旦回想这段路程，因为注意力没有集中在此，我们就会全然忘记。这样，我们就会觉得路程更短。

 

点评：文章来自一个关于心理学方面的网站。原文标题是：The Well-Travelled Road Effect: Why Familiar Routes Fly By  2015年的翻译难度与去年难度相当。今年英语二的翻译在难度上有所上升。文章中虽然没有出现过多的生词，但整体要从语义上完整通顺地翻译出来，这就需要考生结合上下文，采用增词，意译的方式来处理。同时也给备考2016的同学以警醒：在掌握翻译技巧的同时，一定要夯实基础，平时多加练习，才能应对自如。在我校重点开设翻译题型课，以长难句解析为主，让考生轻松翻译得到高分。

 

总结：在管理类联考中，英语二独占一科，有“得英语二，得研究生”这说法！英语二设有单独分数线要求，这样就要求考生对英语的重视，我校正是针对这国家考试政策，辽宁省唯一北京师资全程英语面授，从联考必考词汇讲起，语法，长难句分析再根据联考各式题型，包括英语两篇作文，应试教育，循循渐进，精准讲解各题型和解题技巧，押中历年英语作文，让广大考生轻松通过联考！选择百源欣才，就是选择成功！