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2014年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语（一）
Section Ⅰ Use of English
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)
As many people hit middle age, they often start to notice that their memory and mental clarity are not what they used to be. We suddenly can't remember 1 we put the keys just a moment ago, or an old acquaintance's name, or the name of an old band we used to love. As the brain 2 , we refer to these occurrences as \potentially have a(an) 4 impact on our professional, social, and personal 5 .
Neuroscientists, experts who study the nervous system, are increasingly showing that there's actually a lot that can be done. It 6 out that the brain needs exercise in much the same way our muscles do, and the right mental 7 can significantly improve our basic cognitive 8 . Thinking is essentially a 9 of making connections in the brain. To a certain extent, our ability to 10 in making the connections that drive intelligence is inherited. 11 , because these connections are made through effort and practice, scientists believe that intelligence can expand and fluctuate 12 mental effort.
Now, a new Web-based company has taken it a step 13 and developed the first \regain their mental 14 .
The Web-based program 15 you to systematically improve your memory and attention skills. The program keeps 16 of your progress and provides detailed feedback 17 your performance and improvement. Most importantly, it 18 modifies and enhances the games you play to 19 on the strengths you are developing--much like a(n) 20 exercise routine requires you to increase resistance and vary your muscle use.
1. [A] that [B] when [C] why [D] where 2. [A] fades [B] improves [C] collapses [D] recovers
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3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
[A] Unless [B] While [C] Once [D] If
[A] damaging [B] limited [C] uneven [D] obscure [A] relationship [B] environment [C] wellbeing [D] outlook [A] figures [B] finds [C] points [D] turns [A] responses [B] associations [C] workouts [D] roundabouts [A] genre [B] criterion [C] circumstances [D] functions
9. [A] channel [B] process [C] condition [D] sequence 10. [A] persist [B] feature [C] excel [D] believe 11. [A] However [B] Moreover [C] Otherwise [D]
Therefore
12. [A] according to [B] regardless of [C] apart from [D]
instead of
13. [A] back [B] further [C] aside [D] around 14. [A] framework [B] stability [C] flexibility [D]
sharpness
15. [A] hurries [B] reminds [C] allows [D] forces 16. [A] order [B] track [C] pace [D] hold
17. [A] on [B] on [C] for [D] with 18. [A] habitually [B] constantly [C] irregularly [D]
unusually 19. [A] carry [B] put [C] build [D] take 20. [A] idle [B] risky [C] familiar [D]
effective
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 the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)
Text 1
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In order to “change lives for the better” and reduce “dependency,” George Osbome, Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduced the “upfront work search” scheme. Only if the jobless arrive at the jobcentre with a CV register for online job search, and start looking for work will they be eligible for benefit-and then they should report weekly rather than fortnightly. What could be more reasonable?
More apparent reasonableness followed. There will now be a seven-day wait for the jobseeker’s allowance. “Those first few days should be spent looking for work, not looking to sign on.” he claimed. “We’re doing these things because we know they help people say off benefits and help those on benefits get into work faster” Help? Really? On first hearing, this was the socially concerned chancellor, trying to change lives for the better, complete with “reforms” to an obviously indulgent system that demands too little effort from the newly unemployed to find work, and subsides laziness. What motivated him, we were to understand, was his zeal for “fundamental fairness”-protecting the taxpayer, controlling spending and ensuring that only the most deserving claimants received their benefits.
Losing a job is hurting: you don’t skip down to the jobcentre with a song in your heart, delighted at the prospect of doubling your income from the generous state. It is financially terrifying , psychologically embarrassing and you know that support is minimal and extraordinarily hard to get. You are now not wanted; you support is minimal and extraordinarily hard to get. You are now not wanted; you are now excluded from the work environment that offers purpose and structure in your life. Worse, the crucial income to feed yourself and your family and pay the bills has disappeared. Ask anyone newly unemployed what they want and the answer is always: a job.
But in Osborneland, your first instinct is to fall into dependency- permanent dependency if you can get it-supported by a state only too ready to indulge your falsehood. It is as though 20 years of ever- tougher reforms of the job search and benefit administration system never happened. The principle of British welfare is no longer that you can insure yourself against the risk of unemployment and receive unconditional payments if the disaster happens. Even the very phrase ‘jobseeker’s allowance’ is about redefining the unemployed as a “jobseeker” who had no fundamental right to a benefit he or she has earned through making national insurance contributions. Instead, the claimant receives a time-limited “allowance,” conditional on actively seeking a job; no entitlement and no insurance, at ￡71.70 a week, one of the least generous in the EU.
21. George Osborne’s scheme was intended to
[A] encourage jobseekers’ active engagement in job seeking. [B] provide the unemployed with easier access to benefits. [C] guarantee jobseekers’ legitimate right to benefits. [D] motivate the unemployed to report voluntarily.
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