31. Our vision of the future used to be inspired by
[A] our desire for lives of fulfillment
[B] our faith in science and technology
[C] our awareness of potential risks
[D] our belief in equal opportunity
32. The IUCN’s “Red List” suggest that human being are
[A] a sustained species
[B] a threaten to the environment
[C] the world’s dominant power
[D] a misplaced race
33. Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 5?
[A] Arc helps limit the scope of futurological studies。
[B] Technology offers solutions to social problem。
[C] The interest in science fiction is on the rise。
[D] Our Immediate future is hard to conceive。
34. To ensure the future of mankind, it is crucial to
[A] explore our planet’s abundant resources
[B] adopt an optimistic view of the world
[C] draw on our experience from the past
[D] curb our ambition to reshape history
35. Which of the following would be the best title for thetext?
[A] Uncertainty about Our Future
[B] Evolution of the Human Species
[C] The Ever-bright Prospects of Mankind
[D] Science, Technology and Humanity
Text 4
On a five to three vote, theSupreme Court knocked out much of Arizona’s immigration law Monday-a modestpolicy victory for the Obama Administration. But on the more important matterof the Constitution,the decision was an 8-0 defeat for the Administration’s effort to upset the balance of power between the federalgovernment and the states。
In Arizona v. United States, the majority overturned three ofthe four contested provisions of Arizona’s controversial plan to have state andlocal police enforce federal immigration law. The Constitutional principlesthat Washington alone has the power to “establish auniform Rule of Naturalization ”and that federal lawsprecede state laws are noncontroversial . Arizona had attempted to fashion statepolicies that ran parallel to the existing federal ones。
Justice Anthony Kennedy, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts andthe Court’s liberals, ruled that the state flew too close to thefederal sun. On the overturned provisions the majority held the congress haddeliberately “occupied the field” and Arizona had thus intruded on the federal’s privileged powers。
However,the Justices said that Arizona police would be allowed to verifythe legal status of people who come in contact with law enforcement.That’s becauseCongress has always envisioned joint federal-state immigration enforcement andexplicitly encourages state officers to share information and cooperate withfederal colleagues。
Two of the three objectingJustice-Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas-agreed with this Constitutional logicbut disagreed about which Arizona rules conflicted with the federal statute.Theonly major objection came from Justice Antonin Scalia,who offered an even morerobust defense of state privileges going back to the alien and Sedition Acts。
The 8-0 objection to PresidentObama turns on what Justice Samuel Alito describes in his objection as “a shockingassertion assertion of federal executive power”.TheWhite House argued that Arizona’s laws conflicted withits enforcement priorities,even if state laws complied with federal statutes tothe letter.In effect, the White House claimed that it could invalidate anyotherwise legitimate state law that it disagrees with 。
Some powers do belong exclusivelyto the federal government, and control of citizenship and the borders is amongthem. But if Congress wanted to prevent states from using their own resourcesto check immigration status, it could. It never did so. The administration wasin essence asserting that because it didn’t want to carry out Congress’s immigration wishes, no state should be allowed to do so either.Every Justice rightly rejected this remarkable claim。
36. Three provisions of Arizona’s plan were overturned because they
[A] deprived the federal police of Constitutional powers。
[B] disturbed the power balance between different states。
[C] overstepped the authority of federal immigration law。
[D] contradicted both the federal and state policies。
37. On which of the following did the Justices agree,according toParagraph4?
[A] Federal officers’ duty to withhold immigrants’information。
[B] States’ independence from federal immigration law。
[C] States’ legitimate role in immigration enforcement。
[D] Congress’s intervention in immigration enforcement。
38. It can be inferred from Paragraph 5 that the Alien andSedition Acts
[A] violated the Constitution。
[B] undermined the states’ interests。
[C] supported the federal statute。
[D] stood in favor of the states。
39. The White House claims that its power of enforcement
[A] outweighs that held by the states。
[B] is dependent on the states’ support。
[C] is established by federal statutes。
[D] rarely goes against state laws。
40. What can be learned from the last paragraph?
[A] Immigration issues are usually decided by Congress。
[B] Justices intended to check the power of the Administrstion。
[C] Justices wanted to strengthen its coordination with Congress。
[D] The Administration is dominant over immigration issues。
Part B
Directions:
In the following article, some sentences have been removed. For Questions41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of thenumbered blank. There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of thegaps. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
The social sciences are flourishing.As of 2005,there were almost half amillion professional social scientists from all fields in the world, workingboth inside and outside academia. According to the World Social Science Report2010,the number of social-science students worldwide has swollen by about 11%every year since 2000.
Yet this enormous resource in not contributing enoughto today’s global challenges including climate change,security,sustainable development and health。(41)______Humanity has thenecessary agro-technological tools to eradicate hunger , from geneticallyengineered crops to arificial fertilizers . Here , too, the problems aresocial: the organization and distribution of food, wealth and prosperity。
(42)____This is a shame—the community should be grasping theopportunity to raise its influence in the real world. To paraphrase the greatsocial scientist Joseph Schumpeter:there is no radical innovation withoutcreative destruction 。
Today ,the social sciences are largely focused ondisciplinary problems and internal scholarly debates,rather than on topics withexternal impact。
Analyses reveal that the number of papers including thekeywords “environmental changed” or “climate change” have increased rapidly since2004,(43)____
When social scientists do tackle practical issues,their scope is often local:Belgium is interested mainly in the effects ofpoverty on Belgium for example .And whether the community’s workcontributes much to an overall accumulation of knowledge is doubtful。
The problem is not necessarily the amount of availablefunding (44)____this is an adequate amount so long as it is aimed in the rightdirection. Social scientists who complain about a lack of funding should notexpect more in today’s economic climate。
The trick is to direct these funds better.The EuropeanUnion Framework funding programs have long had a category specifically targetedat social scientists.This year,it was proposed that system be changed:Horizon2020,a new program to be enacted in 2014,would not have such a category ,Thishas resulted in protests from social scientists.But the intention is not toneglect social science ; rather ,the complete opposite。(45)____That shouldcreate more collaborative endeavors and help to develop projects aimeddirectly at solving global problems。
[A] It could be that we are evolving two communities of social
scientists:one that is discipline-oriented and publishing in highly
specialized journals,and one that is problem-oriented and publishing
elsewhere,such as policy briefs。
[B] However,the numbers are still small:in 2010,about 1,600 of the
100,000 social-sciences papers published globally included one of these
Keywords。
[C] the idea is to force social to integrate their work with othercategories, including health and demographic change food security, marineresearch and the bio-economy, clear, efficient energy; and inclusive,innovative and secure societies。
[D] the solution is to change the mindset of the academic community, andwhat it considers to be its main goal. Global challenges and social innovationought to receive much more attention from scientists, especially the youngones。
[E] These issues all have root causes in human behavior . all requirebehavioral change and social innovations , as well as technological development. Stemming climate change , for example , is as much about changing consumptionpatterns and promoting tax acceptance as it is about developing clean energy。
[F] Despite these factors , many social scientists seem reluctant totackle such problems . And in Europe , some are up in arms over a proposal todrop a specific funding category for social-science research and to integrateit within cross-cutting topics of sustainable development 。
[G] During the late 1990s , national spending on social sciences andthe humanities as a percentage of all research and development funds-includinggovernment, higher education, non-profit and corporate -varied from around 4%to 25%； in most European nations , it is about 15%。
Part B: (10 points)
SectionIII Translation
46.Directions: Translate the following text from English to Chinese. Write yourtranslation on ANSWER SHEET2. (10points)
Directions:
Read thefollowing text carefully and then translate the underlined segments intoChinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (10points)
It isspeculated that gardens arise from a basic need in the individuals who madethem: the need for creative expression. There is no doubt that gardens evidencean impossible urge to create, express, fashion, and beautify and thatself-expression is a basic human urge; (46) Yet when one looks at thephotographs of the garden created by the homeless, it strikes one that , forall their diversity of styles, these gardens speak os various other fundamentalurges, beyond that of decoration and creative expression。
One of theseurges had to do with creating a state of peace in the midst of turbulence, a “still point of the turning world,” to borrowa phrase from T. S. Eliot. (47)A sacred place of peace, however crude it maybe, is a distinctly human need, as opposed to shelter, which is a distinctlyanimal need. This distinction is so much so that where the latter islacking, as it is for these unlikely gardens, the foemer becomes all the moreurgent. Composure is a state of mind made possible by the structuring of one’s relation to one’s environment. (48) Thegardens of the homeless which are in effect homeless gardens introduce frominto an urban environment where it either didn’texist or was not discernible as such. In so doingthey give composure to a segment of the inarticulate environment in which theytake their stand。
Another urgeor need that these gardens appear to respond to, or to arise from is sointrinsic that we are barely ever conscious of its abiding claims on us. Whenwe are deprived of green, of plants, of trees, (49)most of us give into ademoralization of spirit which we usually blame on some psychologicalconditions, until one day we find ourselves in garden and feel the expressionvanish as if by magic. In most of the homeless gardens of New York City theactual cultivation of plants is unfeasible, yet even so the compositions oftenseem to represent attempts to call arrangement of materials, an institution ofcolors, small pool of water, and a frequent presence of petals or leaves aswell as of stuffed animals. On display here are various fantasy elements whosereference, at some basic level, seems to be the natural world. (50)It isthis implicit or explicit reference to nature that fully justifies the use ofword garden though in a “liberated”
sense, to describe these synthetic constructions. Inthem we can see biophilia- a yearning for contact with nonhuman life－assuming uncanny representational forms。
Section III Writing
PartyA
51Directions:
Write an e-mailof about 100 words to a foreign teacher in your college inviting him/her to bea judge for the upcoming English speech contest。
You shouldinclude the details you think necessary。
You should writeneatly on the ANSWER SHEET。
Do not sign your own name at the end of the e-mail. Use “LiMing” instead。
Do not write the address. (10 points)
PartB: (20 points)
Part B
52 Directions:
Write an essay ofabout 160 – 200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should
(1) describe the drawing briefly,
(2) interpret its intended meaning, and
(3) give your comments。
You should writeneatly on the ANSWER SHEET. (20 points)
考研内容推荐：
| 考研资讯 | 人物故事 |
| 研究生就业 | 院校信息 专业信息 招生简章 分数线 |
| 复试指导 调剂指导 经验交流 | 复习规划：政治 英语 数学 专业课 |
| 专题报道：2013年考研真题答案 | 历年考研真题 历年研究生教育排行 |
本文来源：跨考教育
责任编辑：
王晓易_NE0011
