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考研英语二年真题

考研英语二2007 年真题
Section 1I Cloze (10 points)
DirectionsFor each numbered blank in the following passagethere are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a pencil
Advancing age means losing your hair, your waistline and your memoryright 
Dana Denis is just 40 years oldbut 2 1 she's worried about what she calls' my rolling mental blackouts." "I try to remember something and I just blank out"she says
You may 22 about these lapsescalling them " senior moments "or blaming "early
Alzheimer's (老年痴呆症)"Is it an inescapable fact that the older you getthe 23 you remember Well, sort ofBut as time goes by, we tend to blame age 24 problems that are not necessarily age-related
"When a teenager can't find her keysshe thinks it's because she's distracted or disorganized "says Paul Gold"A 70-year-old blames her 25 "In factthe 70-year-old may have been 26 things for decades黑龙江省公安厅
In healthy peoplememory doesn't worsen as 27 as many of us think"As we 28the memory mechanism isn't 29 "says psychologist Fergus Craik"It's just inefficient"
The brain's processing 30 slows down over the yearsthough no one knows exactly 31. Recent research suggests that nerve cells lose efficiency and 32 there's less activity in the brainBut cautions Barry Gordon"It's not clear that less activity is 33 A beginning athlete is winded (气喘吁吁)more easily than a 34 athleteIn the same way, 35 the brain gets more skilled at a taskit expends less
energy on it."
There are 36 you can take to compensate for normal slippage in your memory gearsthough it 37 effortMargaret Sewell says"We're a quick-fix culture, but you have to 38 to keep your brain 39 shapeIt's like having a good bodyYou Can't go to the gym once a year 40 expect to stay in top form."
21A. almost B. seldom C. already D. never
22A. joke   B. laugh   C. blame   D. criticize
23A. much   B. little   C. more  D. less
24A. since   B. for     C. by     D. because
25A. memory B. mind   C. trouble D. health
26安徽省教育招生考试院录取查询A. disorganizing B. misplacing C. putting D. finding
27A. swiftly 二建成绩查询网址B. frequently C. timely D. quickly
28Amature B. advance C. age D. grow
29A. broken   B. poor     C. perfect   D. working
30A. pattern   B. time     C. space 2022下半年青海公务员考试    D. information
31A . why     B. how     C. what     D. when
32A. since     B. hence   C. that     D. although
33A. irregular B. better   C. normal   D. worse
34A. famous  B. senior   C. popular   D. trained
35A. as       B. till     C. though  D. yet
36A. stages   B. steps   C. advantages考社工证有年龄限制吗 D. purposes
372022年下半年六级考试时间A. makes   B. takes   C. does     D. spends
38A. rest     B. come   C. work     D. study
39A. to       B. for    C. on      D. in
40A. so      B. or      C. and    D. if
Section Reading Comprehension (40 points)
Directions: There are 4 passages in this part, Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a pencil. Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage:
Prior to the 20th century, many languages with small numbers of speakers survived for centuries. The increasingly interconnected modern world makes it much more difficult for small language communities to live in relative isolation, a key factor in language maintenance and preservation.