20xx年全国硕士学位研究生入学统一考试英语试题参考答案(编辑修改稿)

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successful matches. 43. The expression“tip service” （ Line 4， Paragraph 3） most probably means [A] advisory. [B] pensation. [C] interaction. [D] reminder. 44. Why does CareerSite‘s agent offer each job hunter only three job options。 [A] To focus on better job matches. [B] To attract more returning visits. [C] To reserve space for more messages. [D] To increase the rate of success. 45. Which of the following is true according to the text。 [A] Personal search agents are indispensable to jobhunters. [B] Some sites keep Emailing job seekers to trace their demands. [C] Personal search agents are also helpful to those already employed. [D] Some agents stop sending information to people once they are employed. Text 2 Over the past century， all kinds of unfairness and discrimination have been condemned or made illegal. But one insidious form continues to thrive： alphabetism. This， for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage， refers to discrimination against those whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet. It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone directories. Less well known is the advantage that Adam Abbott has in life over Zo。 Zysman. English names are fairly evenly spread between the halves of the alphabet. Yet a suspiciously large number of top people have surnames beginning with letters between A and K. Thus the American president and vicepresident have surnames starting with B and C respectively； and 26 of Gee Bush‘s predece ssors （ including his father） had surnames in the first half of the alphabet against just 16 in the second half. Even more striking， six of the seven heads of government of the G7 rich countries are alphabetically advantaged （ Berlusconi， Blair， Bush， Chirac， Chr233。 tien and Koizumi）。 The world’s three top central bankers （ Greenspan， Duisenberg and Hayami） are all close to the top of the alphabet， even if one of them really uses Japanese characters. As are the world‘s five richest men （ Gates， Buffett， Allen， Ellison and Albrecht）。 Can this merely be coincidence。 One theory， dreamt up in all the spare time enjoyed by the alphabetically disadvantaged， is that the rot sets in early. At the start of the first year in infant school， teachers seat pupils alphabetically from the front， to make it easier to remember their names. So shortsighted Zysman junior gets stuck in the back row， and is rarely asked the improving questions posed by those insensitive teachers. At the time the alphabetically disadvantaged may think they have had a lucky escape. Yet the result may be worse qualifications， because they get less individual attention， as well as less confidence in speaking publicly. The humiliation continues. At university graduation ceremonies， the ABCs proudly get their awards first； by the time they reach the Zysmans most people are literally having a ZZZ. Shortlists for job interviews， election ballot papers， lists of conference speakers and attendees： all tend to be drawn up alphabetically， and their recipients lose interest as they plough through them. 46. What does the author intend to illustrate with AAA A cars and Zodiac cars。 [A] A kind of overlooked inequality. [B] A type of conspicuous bias. [C] A type of personal prejudice. [D] A kind of brand discrimination. 47. What can we infer from the first three paragraphs。 [A] In both East and West， names are essential to success. [B] The alphabet is to blame for the failure of Zo Zysman. [C] Customers often pay a lot of attention to panies‘names. [D] Some form of discrimination is too subtle to recognize. 48. The 4th paragraph suggests that [A] questions are often put to the more intelligent students. [B] alphabetically disadvantaged students often escape form class. [C] teachers should pay attention to all of their students. [D] students should be seated according to their eyesight. 49. What does the author mean by“most people are literally having a ZZZ” （ Lines 23， Paragraph 5）。 [A] They are getting impatient. [B] They are noisily dozing off. [C] They are feeling humiliated. [D] They are busy with word puzzles. 50. Which of the following is true according to the text。 [A] People with surnames beginning with N to Z are often illtreated. [B] VIPs in the Western world gain a great deal from alphabetism. [C] The campaign to eliminate alphabetism still has a long way to go. [D] Putting things alphabetically may lead to unintentional bias. Text 3 When it es to the slowing economy， Ellen Spero isn‘t biting her nails just yet. But the 47yearold manicurist isn’t cutting ， filling or polishing as many nails as she‘d like to ， either. Most of her clients spend $12 to $50 weekly， but last month two longtime customers suddenly stopped showing up. Spero blames the softening economy.“I’m a good economic indicator， ”she says.“I provide a service that people can do without when they‘re concerned about saving some dollars.”So Spero is downscaling ， shopping at middlebrow Dillard’s department store near her suburban Cleveland home ， instead of Neiman Marcus.“I don‘t know if other clients are going to abandon me， too”she says. Even before Alan Greenspan‘s admission that America’s red hot economy is cooling， lots of working folks had already seen signs of the slowdown themselves. From car dealerships to Gap。