1、2020年考研英语一真题提示：本页为插入页，方便双面打印！原文和题目在同一视野内！亦可作为封皮使用！.1.Section Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and markA,B,C or D on the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)Even if families dont sit down to eat together as frequently as before,millions ofBritons wil
2、l nonetheless have got a share this weekend of one of that nations greattraditions:the Sunday roast.1a cold winters day,few culinary pleasures can2it.Yet as we report now,the food police are determined that this3should berenderedyet anotherguilty pleasure4todamage ourhealth.The Food Standards Author
3、ity(FSA)has5a public warning about the risksof a compound called acrylamide that forms in some foods cooked6hightemperatures.This means that people should7crisping their roast potatoes,rejectthin-crust pizzas and only8toast their bread.But where is the evidence tosupport such alarmist advice?9studie
4、s have shown that acrylamide cancause neurological damage in mice,there is no10evidence that it causescancer in humans.Scientists say the compound is 11 to cause cancer but have no hard scientific proof.12 the precautionary principle,it could be argued that it is 13 to follow the FSA advice.14,it wa
5、s rumoured that smoking caused cancer for years before the evidence was found to prove a 15.Doubtless a piece of boiled beef can always be 16 up on Sunday alongside some steamed vegetables,without the Yorkshire pudding and no wine.But would life be worth living?17,the FSA says it is not telling peop
6、le to cut out roast foods 18,but to reduce their lifetime intake.However,their 19 risks coming a cross as being pushy and overprotective.Constant health scares just 20 with no one listening.2.1.A InB TowardsC OnDTill2.A matchB expressC satisfyD influence3.A patienceB enjoymentC surpriseD concern4.A
7、intensifiedB privilegedC compelledD guaranteed5.A issuedB receivedC ignoredD cancelled6.A underB atC forD by7.A forgetB regretC finishD avoid8.A partiallyB regularlyC easilyD initially9.A UnlessB SinceC IfD While10.A secondaryB externalC conclusiveD negative11.A insufficientB boundC likelyD slow12.A
8、 On the basis ofB At the cost ofC In addition toD In contrast to13.A interestingB advisableC urgentD fortunate14.A As usualB In particularC By definitionD After all15.A resemblanceB combinationC connectionD pattern16.A madeB servedC savedD used17.A To be fairB For instanceC To be briefD In general18
9、.A reluctantlyB entirelyC graduallyD carefully19.A promiseB experienceCcampaignD competition20.A follow upB pick upCopen upD end upSectionReading ComprehensionPart A Directions:Read the following four texts.Answer the questions after each text by choosing A,B,C or D.Mark your answers on the ANSWER S
10、HEET.(40 points)Text 1 A group of Labour MPs,among them Yvette Cooper,are bringing in the new year with a call to institute a UK town of culture award.The proposal is that it should sit alongside the existing city of culture title,which was held by Hull in 2017,and has been awarded to Coventry for 2
11、021.Cooper and her colleagues argue that the success of the crown for Hull,where it brought in位20m of investment and an avalanche of arts,ought not to be confined to cities.Britains towns,it is true,are not prevented from applying,but they generally lack the resources to put together a bid to beat t
12、heir bigger competitors.A town of culture award could,it is argued,become an annual event,attracting funding and creating jobs.Some might see the proposal as a booby prize for the fact that Britain 1s no longer able to apply for the much more prestigious title of European capital of culture,a sought
13、-after award bagged by Glasgow in 1990 and Liverpool in 2008.A cynic might speculate that the UK is on the verge of disappearing into an endless fever of self-celebration in its desperation to reinvent itself for the post-Brexit world:after town of culture,who knows what will follow-village of cultu
14、re?Suburb of culture?Hamlet of culture?It is also wise to recall that such titles are not a cure-all.A badly run year of culture washes in and washes out of a place like the tide,bringing prominence for a spell but leaving no lasting benefits to the community.The really successful holders of such ti
15、tles are those that do a great deal more than fill hotel bedrooms and bring in high-profile arts events and good press for a year.They transform the aspirations of the people who live there;they nudge the self-image of the city into a bolder and more optimistic light.It is hard to get right,and requ
16、ires a remarkable degree of vision,as well as cooperation between city authorities,the private sector,community groups and cultural organisations.But it can be done:Glasgows year as European capital of culture can certainly be seen as one of a complex series of factors that have turned the city into
17、 the powerhouse of art,music and theatre that it remains today.A town of culture could be not just about the arts but about honouring a towns peculiaritieshelping sustain its high street,supporting local facilities and above all celebrating its people.Jeremy Wright,the culture secretary,should welco
18、me this positive,hope-filled proposal,and turn it into action.3.21.Cooper and her colleagues argue that a town of culture award could A consolidate the town-city ties in Britain.BJ promote cooperation-among Britains towns.CJ increase the economic strength of Britains towns.DJ focus Britains limited
19、resources on cultural events.22.According to Paragraph 2,the proposal might be regarded by some as A a sensible compromise.BJ a self-deceiving attempt.CJ an eye-catching bonus.DJ an inaccessible target.23.The author suggests that a title holder is successful only if it A endeavours to maintain its i
20、mage.B meets the aspiration of its people.C brings its local arts to prominence.DJ commits to its long-term growth.24.Glasgow is mentioned in Paragraph 3 to present A a contrasting case.B a supporting example.C a background story.D a related topic.25.What is the authors attitude towards the proposal
21、?A Skeptical.B Objective.C Favourable.D Critical.4.Text2 Scientific publishing has long been a licence to print money.Scientists need journals in which to publish their research,so they will supply the articles without monetary reward.Other scientists perform the specialised work of peer review also
22、 for free,because it is a central element in the acquisition of status and the production of scientific knowledge.With the content of papers secured for free,the publisher needs only find a market for its journal.Until this century,university libraries were not very price sensitive.Scientific publis
23、hers routinely report profit margins approaching 40%on their operations,at a time when the rest of the publishing industry is in an existential crisis.The Dutch giant Elsevier,which claims to publish 25%of the scientific papers produced in the world,made profits of more than砂OOm last year,while UK u
24、niversities alone spent more than210m in 2016 to enable researchers to access their own publicly funded research;both figures seem to rise unstoppably despite increasingly desperate efforts to change them.The most drastic,an thoroughly illegal,reaction has been the emergence of Sci-Hub,a kind of glo
25、bal photocopier for scientific papers,set up in 2012,which now claims to offer access to every paywalled article published since 2015.The success of Sci-Hub,which relies on researchers passing on copies they have themselves legally accessed,shows the legal ecosystem has lost legitimacy among its use
26、rs and must be transformed so that it works for all participants.In Britain the move towards open access publishing has been driven by funding bodies.In some ways it has been very successful.More than half of all British scientific research is now published under open access terms:either freely avai
27、lable from the moment of publication,or paywalled for a year or more so that the publishers can make a profit before being placed on general release.Yet the new system has not yet worked out any cheaper for the universities.Publishers have responded to the demand that they make their product free to
28、 readers by charging their w门ters fees to cover the costs of prep ring an article.These range from around眨00 to$5,000,and apparently the work gets more expensive the more that publishers do it.A report last year pointed out that the costs both of subscriptions and of these article preparation costs
29、had been steadily rising at a rate above inflation.In some ways the scientific publishing model resembles the economy of the social internet:labour is provided free in exchange for the hope of status,while huge profits are made by a few big伍ms who run the market places.In both cases,we need a rebala
30、ncing of power.5.26.Scientific publishing is seen as a licence to print money partly because A its funding has enjoyed a steady increase.B its marketing strategy has been successful.C its payment for peer review is reduced.D its content acquisition costs nothing.27.According to Paragraphs 2 and 3,sc
31、ientific publishers Elsevier have A thrived mainly on university libraries.B gone through an existential crisis.C revived the publishing industry.D financed researchers generously.28.How does the author feel about the success of Sci-Hub?A Relieved.B Puzzled.C Concerned.D Encouraged.29.It can be lear
32、ned from Paragraphs 5 and 6 that open access terms A allow publishers some room to make money.B render publishing much easier for scientists.C reduce the cost of publication substantially.D free universities from financial burdens.30.Which of the following characterizes the scientific publishing mod
33、el?A Trial subscription is offered.B Labour triumphs over status.C Costs are well controlled.D The few feed on the many.6.Text3 Progressives often support diversity mandates as a path to equality and a way to level the playing field.But all too often such policies are an insincere form of virtue-sig
34、naling that benefits only the most privileged and does little to help average people.A pair of bills sponsored by Massachusetts state Senator Jason Lewis and House Speaker Pro Tempore Patricia Haddad,to ensure gender parity on boards and commissions,provide a case in point.Haddad and Lewis are conce
35、rned that more than half the state-government boards are less than 40 percent female.In order to ensure that elite women have more such opportunities,they have proposed imposing government quotas.If the bills become law,state boards and commissions will be required to set aside 50 percent of board s
36、eats for women by 2022.The bills are similar to a measure recently adopted in Califomia,which last year became the first state to require gender quotas for private companies.In signing the measure,California Governor Jerry Brown admitted that the law,which expressly classifies people on the basis of
37、 sex,is probably unconstitutional.The US Supreme Court frowns on sex-based classifications unless they are designed to address an important policy interest,Because the California law applies to all boards,even where there is no history of prior discrimination,courts are likely to rule that the law v
38、iolates the constitutional guarantee of equal protection.But are such government mandates even necessary?Female participation on corporate boards may not currently mirror the percentage of women in the general population,but so what?The number of women on corporate boards has been steadily increasin
39、g without government interference.According to a study by Catalyst,between 2010 and 2015 the share of women on the boards of global corporations increased by 54 percent.Requiring companies to make gender the primary qualification for board membership will inevitably lead to less experienced private
40、sector boards.That is exactly what happened when Norway adopted a nationwide corporate gender quota.Writing in The New Republic,Alice Lee notes that increasing the number of opportunities for board membership without increasing the pool of qualified women to serve on such boards has led to a golden
41、skirt phenomenon,where the same elite women scoop up multiple seats on a variety of boards.Next time somebody pushes corporate quotas as a way to promote gender equity,remember that such policies are largely self-serving measures that make their sponsors feelgood but do little to help average women.
42、7.31.The author believes that the bills sponsored by Lewis and Haddad will A help little to reduce gender bias.B pose a threat to the state government.C raise womens position in politics.D greatly broaden career options.32.Which of the following is true of the Califormia measure?A It has irritated p
43、rivate business owners.B It is welcomed by the Supreme Court.C It may go against the Constitution.D It will settle the prior controversies.33.The author mentions the study by Catalyst to illustrate A the harm from arbitrary board decision.B the importance of constitutional guarantees.C the pressure
44、on women in global corporations.D the needlessness of government interventions.34.Norways adoption of a nationwide corporate gender quota has led to A the underestimation of elite womens role.B the objection to female participation on boards.C the entry of unqualified candidates into the board.D the
45、 growing tension between labor and management.35.Which of the following can be inferred from the text?A Womens need in employment should be considered.B Feasibility should be a prime concern in policymaking.C Everyone should try hard to promote social justice.D Major social issues should be the focu
46、s of legislation.8.Text4 Last Thursday,the French Senate passed a digital services tax,which would impose an entirely new tax on large multinationals that provide digital services to consumers or users in France.Digital services include everything from providing a platform for selling goods and serv
47、ices online to targeting advertising based on user data,and the tax applies to gross revenue from such services.Many French politicians and media outlets have referred to this as a GAF A tax,meaning that it is designed to apply primarily to companies such as Google,Apple,Facebook and Amazonin other
48、words,multinational tech companies based in the United States.The digital services tax now awaits the signature of President Emmanuel Macron,who has expressed support for the measure,and it could go into effect within the next few weeks.But it has already sparked significant controversy,with the Uni
49、ted States trade representative opening an investigation into whether the tax discriminates against American companies,which in turn could lead to trade sanctions against France.The French tax is not just a unilateral move by one country in need of revenue.Instead,the digital services tax is part of
50、 a much larger trend,with countries over the past few years proposing or putting in place an alphabet soup of new international tax provisions.They have included Britains DPT.(diverted profits tax),Australias MAAL(multmat1onal anti-avoidance law),and Indias SEP(significant economic presence)test,to
