2019年MPAcc考研英語(yǔ)二閱讀理解

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

Unlike so-called basic emotions such as sadness, fear, and anger, guilt emerges a little later, in conjunction with a child’s growing grasp of social and moral norms. Children aren’t born knowing how to say “I’m sorry”； rather, they learn over time that such statements appease parents and friends—and their own consciences. This is why researchers generally regard so-called moral guilt, in the right amount, to be a good thing.

In the popular imagination, of course, guilt still gets a bad rap. It is deeply uncomfortable—it’s the emotional equivalent of wearing a jacket weighted with stones. Yet this understanding is outdated. “There has been a kind of revival or a rethinking about what guilt is and what role guilt can serve,” says Amrisha Vaish, a psychology researcher at the University of Virginia, adding that this revival is part of a larger recognition that emotions aren’t binary—feelings that may be advantageous in one context may be harmful in another. Jealousy and anger, for example, may have evolved to alert us to important inequalities. Too much happiness can be destructive.

And guilt, by prompting us to think more deeply about our goodness, can encourage humans to make up for errors and fix relationships. Guilt, in other words, can help hold a cooperative species together. It is a kind of social glue.

Viewed in this light, guilt is an opportunity. Work by Tina Malti, a psychology professor at the University of Toronto, suggests that guilt may compensate for an emotional deficiency. In a number of studies, Malti and others have shown that guilt and sympathy may represent different pathways to cooperation and sharing. Some kids who are low in sympathy may make up for that shortfall by experiencing more guilt, which can rein in their nastier impulses. And vice versa: High sympathy can substitute for low guilt.

In a 2014 study, for example, Malti looked at 244 children. Using caregiver assessments and the children’s self-observations, she rated each child’s overall sympathy level and his or her tendency to feel negative emotions after moral transgressions. Then the kids were handed chocolate coins, and given a chance to share them with an anonymous child. For the low-sympathy kids, how much they shared appeared to turn on how inclined they were to feel guilty. The guilt-prone ones shared more, even though they hadn’t magically become more sympathetic to the other child’s deprivation.

“That’s good news,” Malti says. “We can be prosocial because we caused harm and we feel regret.”

21.Researchers think that guilt can be a good thing because it may help______.

A）regulate a child's basic emotions

B）improve a child's intellectual ability

C）foster a child’s moral development

D）intensity a child's positive feelings

【答案】C foster a child’s positive feelings

【解析】根據(jù)題干“researchers”， “guilt”， “a good thing”關(guān)鍵詞定位到第一段最后一句，除此之外，提干中還有關(guān)鍵詞“because”， 判定該題屬于細(xì)節(jié)題中考查因果邏輯關(guān)系的題目，需要在原文中精準(zhǔn)回文定位；原文中第一段最后一段明確出現(xiàn)了“This is why researchers generally regard so-called moral guilt…a good thing.”根據(jù)代詞向前文指代的原則，題干中所問(wèn)的原因就在上一句，由“Children aren’t born knowing how to say ‘I’m sorry’， rather, they learn over time that such statements appease parents and friends----and their own conscience”，其中的“such statements appease parents and friends----and their own conscience”（該品質(zhì)能夠使父母/朋友和孩子自己都感覺(jué)更舒適），such statements指代的即為“say sorry”或文章主題詞guilt, 縱觀四個(gè)選型，只有C選項(xiàng)foster a child’s moral development（提高孩子的道德發(fā)展）可以實(shí)現(xiàn)同義替換，故為正確答案。其余選項(xiàng)A.regulate a child’s basic emotions （管理孩子基本情緒）中的regulate原文未提及， B. improve a child’s intellectual ability（改善孩子的智力）中intellectual ability原文未提及，而D.intensify a child’s positive feelings（加強(qiáng)孩子的積極感覺(jué)）在原文中未提及，故排除。

22.According to paragraph 2, many people still consider guilt to be______.

A）deceptive

B）burdensome

C）addictive

D） deception

【答案】B burdensome

【解析】 根據(jù)題干可知這是一個(gè)典型的細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵信息 “paragraph 2, “ many people still consider guild to be”定位到第二段，最終鎖定對(duì)本段第二句話的理解，尤其關(guān)鍵的是對(duì)第二句話中破折號(hào)的理解，“it is deeply uncomfortable-it’s the emotional equivalent of wearing a jacket weighted with stones. ” （這種感覺(jué)非常不舒服，就像穿著一件石頭做的夾克一樣） , 對(duì)比所給四個(gè)選項(xiàng)，只有 B 項(xiàng)“burdensome”（負(fù)擔(dān)沉重的，繁重的）與原文表述一致，故為最佳答案。 A項(xiàng)“deceptive” （欺騙的） C項(xiàng)“addictive”（上癮的） 以及D項(xiàng)“inexcusable” （不可原諒的）均與原文表述不一致，故排除。

23. Vaish hold that the rethinking about guilt comes from an awareness that______.

A）emotions are context-independent

B）emotions are socially constructive

C）emotional stability can benefit health

D）an emotion can play opposing roles

【答案】D an emotion can play opposing roles

【解析】根據(jù)題干可知這是一個(gè)典型的細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵信息 “Vaish holds that …awareness that.” 定位本文的第二段 “There has been a kind of revival or a rethinking …can serve.”但是這句話是他的觀點(diǎn)句，也就是題干信息所在句，本句沒(méi)有答案，因此，根據(jù)線性思維，下文他又繼續(xù)補(bǔ)充到“adding that this revival is a psychology researcher……in another ”（這種復(fù)興是更大的認(rèn)識(shí)的一部分，即情緒不是二元情感，在一個(gè)情境中有利的情緒在另一個(gè)情境中可能是有害的）， 對(duì)比四個(gè)選項(xiàng)，只有 D“an emotion can play opposing roles” （情緒可以起到相反的作用） 為最佳答案。A項(xiàng)“emotions are context-independent”（情緒與語(yǔ)境無(wú)關(guān)）與原文表述相反。 B 項(xiàng)“emotions are socially constructive”（從社會(huì)角度講，情緒具有積極性） 在文中沒(méi)有提及。C項(xiàng)“emotional stability can benefit health”（情緒穩(wěn)定有益與身體健康） 在文中沒(méi)有提及，故排除。

24. Malti and others have shown that cooperation and sharing _______.

A. may help correct emotional deficiencies

B. can result from either sympathy or guilt

C. can bring about emotional satisfaction

D. may be the outcome of impulsive acts

【答案】B can result from either sympathy or guilt

【解析】根據(jù)題干可知這是一道人物觀點(diǎn)題。根據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵詞“Malti and others have shown 與cooperation and sharing.”回文定位到第四段第三句：“Malti and others have shown that guilt and sympathy may represent different pathways to cooperation and sharing.” （馬爾蒂和其他人已經(jīng)表明，內(nèi)疚和同情可能代表了合作和分享的不同途徑。） 對(duì)比四個(gè)選項(xiàng)，只有B項(xiàng) can result from either sympathy or guilt（要么歸因于同情，要么歸因于內(nèi)疚）與原文表述一致，故為正確選項(xiàng)。A項(xiàng)may help correct emotional deficiencies（可能有助于改正情感缺陷）與第四段第二句話… that guilt may compensate for an emotional deficiency（內(nèi)疚可能會(huì)彌補(bǔ)情感缺陷）不符。C項(xiàng)can bring about emotional satisfaction（能夠帶來(lái)情感上的滿足）并未提及。D項(xiàng)may be the outcome of impulsive acts （可能是沖動(dòng)行為的結(jié)果） 與第四段第三句…which can rein in their nastier impulses（這可以控制他們更糟糕的沖動(dòng)）因果倒置，故排除。

25. The word “transgressions” （Para.5） is closest in meaning to _______.

A. teachings

B. discussions

C. restrictions

D. wrongdoings

【答案】D wrongdoings

【解析】根據(jù)題干要求定位到第五段第二句話“Using caregiver assessments and the children’s self-observations, she rated each child's overall sympathy level and his or her tendency to feel negative emotions after moral transgressions.” 且位于主句的“transgressions”的前面出現(xiàn)to feel negative emotions，情感屬于消極貶義。對(duì)比四個(gè)選項(xiàng)，D項(xiàng)wrongdoings壞事，不道德的行為，屬于貶義詞，與其情感色彩一致，故為正確選項(xiàng)。A項(xiàng)teachings 教導(dǎo)，屬于褒義詞。B項(xiàng)discussions 討論，屬于中性詞 。C項(xiàng)restrictions 限制；約束，屬于中性詞，故排除。

Text 2

Forests give us shade, quiet and one of the larder callenges in the fight against climate change. Even as we humans count on forests to soak up a good share of the carbon dioxide we produce, we are threatening their ability to do so. The climate change we are hastening could one day leave us with forests that emit more carbon than they absorb.

Thankfully, there is a way out of this trap-but it involves striking a subtle balance. Helping forests flourish as valuable “carbon sinks” long into the future may require reducing their capacity to absorb carbon now. California is leading the way, as it does on so many climate efforts, in figuring out the details.

The state’s proposed Forest Carbon Plan aims to double efforts to thin out young trees and clear brush in parts of the forest. This temporarily lowers carbon-carrying capacity. But the remaining trees draw a greater share of the available moisture, so they grow and thrive, restoring the forest’s capacity to pull carbon from the air. Healthy trees are also better able to fend off insects. The landscape is rendered less easily burnable. Even in the event of a fine, fewer trees are consumed.

The need for such planning is increasingly urgent. Already, since 2010, drought and insects have killed over 100 million trees in California, most of them in 2016 alone, and wildfires have burned hundreds of thousands of acres.

California plans to treat 35,000 acres of forest a year by 2020, and 60,000 by 2030- financed from the proceeds of the state’s emissions- permit auctions. That’s only a small share of the total acreage that could benefit, about half a million acres in all, so it will be vital to prioritize areas at greatest risk of fire or drought.

The strategy also aims to ensure that carbon in woody material removed from the forests is locked away in the form of solid lumber or burned as biofuel in vehicles that would otherwise run on fossil fuels. New research on transportation biofuels is already under way.

State governments are well accustomed to managing forests, but traditionally they’ve focused on wildlife, watersheds and opportunities for recreation. Only recently have they come to see the vital part forests will have to play in storing carbon. California’s plan, which is expected to be finalized by the governor next year, should serve as a model.

26. By saying “one of the harder challenges,” the author implies that _______.

A. global climate change may get out of control

B. people may misunderstand global warming

C. extreme weather conditions may arise

D. forests may become a potential threat

【答案】D forests may become a potential threat

【解析】 根據(jù)題干信息詞定位到首段。第一句引出文章話題“在人類(lèi)對(duì)抗氣候變化中，森林給我們帶來(lái)了一個(gè)更為艱巨的挑戰(zhàn)。”第二句指出人類(lèi)正在威脅到森林吸收二氧化碳的能力。第三句“The climate change we are hastening could one day leave us with forest that emit more carbon than they absorb.”為本段的主題句，指出我們?nèi)祟?lèi)所造成的氣候變化問(wèn)題最終會(huì)使得森林排放更多的二氧化碳，而不是吸收。即森林可能會(huì)威脅氣候的惡化和人類(lèi)的生存。故選擇D項(xiàng)“森林可能會(huì)變?yōu)橐粋€(gè)潛在威脅?！?/p>

27. To maintain forests as valuable “carbon sinks,” we may need to _______.

A. preserve the diversity of species in them

B. accelerate the growth of young trees

C. strike a balance among different plants

D. lower their present carbon-absorbing capacity

【答案】D Lower their present carbon-absorbing capacity

【解析】根據(jù)題干要求定位到第二段。該段首句中的前半句there is a way out of this trap對(duì)應(yīng)題干中To maintain forest as valuable “carbon sinks”， 后半句提出具體的解決方法it involves striking a subtle balance（這需要達(dá)到一個(gè)微妙的平衡），但并沒(méi)有說(shuō)這個(gè)平衡是不同植被間的平衡，故不能據(jù)此選[C]strike a balance among different plants。緊接著第二句提到要達(dá)到這一目的可能需要reducing their （forests’） capacity to absorb carbon now（降低他們（森林）現(xiàn)在吸收碳的能力），由此可知正確答案應(yīng)為[D]選項(xiàng)。

28. California’s Forest Carbon Plan endeavors to _______.

A. cultivate more drought-resistant trees

B. reduce the density of some of its forests

C. find more effective ways to kill insects

D. restore its forests quickly after wildfires

【答案】B reduce the density of some of its forests

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)題做題的技巧是“準(zhǔn)確定位和匹配”。根據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵詞 “Forest Carbon Plan”定位至第三段第一句話。題干中問(wèn)題是“endeavor to”表示“努力做…”對(duì)應(yīng)文章中 “double efforts to” ,因此答案在這個(gè)短語(yǔ)之后即“thin out young trees and clear brush in parts of the forest”表示的意思是使“森林里部分小樹(shù)變稀疏，清理部分灌木”，這與選項(xiàng)C中的“reduce the density of some of its fforests”即“降低森林的密度”一致。因此正確答案選C。

29. What is essential to California’s plan according to Paragraph 5?

A.To handle the areas in serious danger first.

B.To carry it out before the year of 2020.

C.To perfect the emissions-permit auctions.

D.To obtain enough financial support.

【答案】A To handle the areas inserious danger first

【解析】根據(jù)題目定位到第5段，題目What is essential to California's plan 中的essential可回文定位，對(duì)應(yīng)原文中的so it will be vital to prioritize areas at greatest risk of fire or drought的vital，其后的prioritize對(duì)應(yīng)選項(xiàng)中的handle…first，areas at greatest risk對(duì)應(yīng)選項(xiàng)中的the areas in serious danger，故正確選項(xiàng)為A。

30. The author’s attitude to California’s plan can best be described as _______.

A. ambiguous

B. tolerant

C. supportive

D. cautious

【答案】C supportive

【解析】根據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵詞“attitude”，可確定是態(tài)度題。做態(tài)度題的核心是把握明顯感情色彩的關(guān)鍵詞，即可快速得出答案。而在文章的最后一段，往往會(huì)出現(xiàn)本文的結(jié)論，容易出現(xiàn)感情色彩的關(guān)鍵詞。根據(jù)最后一段最后一句，California's plan, which is ……， should serve as a model （California的計(jì)劃應(yīng)該能夠起到榜樣作用），model是一個(gè)積極色彩的詞匯，所以答案選B supportive 支持的。

Text 3

American farmers have been complaining of labor shortages for several years. The complaints are unlikely to stop without an overhaul of immigration rules for farm workers.

Congress has obstructed efforts to create a more straightforward visa for agricultural workers that would let foreign workers stay longer in the U.S. and change jobs within the industry. If this doesn’t change, American businesses, communities, and consumers will be the losers.

Perhaps half of U.S. farm laborers are undocumented immigrants. As fewer such workers enter the country, the characteristics of the agricultural workforce are changing. Today’s farm laborers, while still predominantly born in Mexico, are more likely to be settled rather than migrating and more likely to be married than single. They’re also aging. At the start of this century, about one-third of crop workers were over the age of 35. Now more than half are. And picking crops is hard on older bodies. One oft-debated cure for this labor shortage remains as implausible as it’s been all along: Native U.S. workers won’t be returning to the farm.

Mechanization isn’t the answer, either—not yer, at least. Production of corn, cotton, rice, soybeans, and wheat has been largely mechanized, but many high-value, labor-intensive corps, such as strawberries, need labor. Even dairy farms, where robots do a small share of milking, have a long way to go before they’re automated.

As a result, farms have grown increasingly reliant on temporary guest workers using the H-2A visa to fill the gaps in the workforce. Starting around 2012, requests for the visas rose sharply; from 2011 to 2016 the number of visas issued more than doubled.

The H-2A visa has no numerical cap, unlike the H-2B visa for nonagricultural work, which is limited to 66,000 a year. Even so, employers complain they aren’t given all the workers they need. The process is cumbersome, expensive, and unreliable. One survey found that bureaucratic delays led the average H-2A worker to arrive on the job 22 days late. The shortage is compounded by federal immigration raids, which remove some workers and drive others underground.

In a 2012 survey, 71 percent of tree-fruit growers and almost 80 percent of raisin and berry growers said they were short of labor. Some western farmers have responded by moving operations to Mexico. From 1998 to 2000, 14.5 percent of the fruit Americans consumed was imported. Little more than a decade later, the share of imports was 25.8 percent.

In effect, the U.S. can import food or it can import the workers who pick it.

31. What problem should be addressed according to the first two paragraphs?

A. Discrimination against foreign workers in the U.S.

B. Biased laws in favor of some American businesses.

C. Flaws in U.S. immigration rules for farm workers.

D. Decline of job opportunities U.S. agriculture.

【答案】 [C] Flaws in U.S. immigration rules for farm workers

【解析】根據(jù)題干提示詞first two paragraphs可知本題依據(jù)文章前兩段命制，為雙段推理型題目?？焖賿咦x可知前兩段大意為：美國(guó)針對(duì)外來(lái)農(nóng)民所定移民規(guī)則中存在一些問(wèn)題，并指出如不及時(shí)解決美國(guó)商業(yè)，社會(huì)以及消費(fèi)者都會(huì)受到影響。比對(duì)選項(xiàng)可直接判斷正確選項(xiàng)為C項(xiàng)，其余選項(xiàng)均屬無(wú)中生有，直接排除。

32. One trouble with U.S. agricultural workforce is .

A. the rising number of illegal immigrants

B. the high mobility of crop workers

C. the lack of experienced laborers

D. the aging of immigrant farm workers

【答案】[D] the aging of immigrant farm workers

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)題干中的trouble, U.S. agricultural workforce以及段落序列定位到文中第三段第二句。定位段第三至七句都在論證第二句的內(nèi)容，其中第三句論證的是勞動(dòng)力的來(lái)源及其傾向，第四至七句論證的是勞動(dòng)力在變老并指出picking crops is hard on older bodies. 與選項(xiàng)D吻合。選項(xiàng)A中的rising及illegal屬于無(wú)中生有，選項(xiàng)B中的high mobility與定位段中的farm labors are more likely to be settled rather than immigrating矛盾，選項(xiàng)C屬無(wú)中生有。

33.What is the much-argued solution to the labor shortage in U.S. farming?

A. To attract younger laborers to farm work.

B. To get native U.S. workers back to farming.

C. To use more robots to grow high-value crops.

D. To strengthen financial support for farmers.

【答案】 [B] To get native U.S. workers back to farming.

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)題干中的much-argued solution to the labor shortage定位到第三段最后一句，其中oft-debated對(duì)應(yīng)原文的much-argued，solution對(duì)應(yīng)原文的cure，剩余信息出答案，冒號(hào)解釋了這個(gè)經(jīng)常被談?wù)摰姆椒ǎ好绹?guó)本國(guó)工人不會(huì)重返農(nóng)場(chǎng)。說(shuō)明本身的解決方法是讓美國(guó)本國(guó)工人回到農(nóng)場(chǎng)，與選項(xiàng)[B]一致。[A]選項(xiàng)attract younger laborers在文章未體現(xiàn)，文章只是提到現(xiàn)在的farm laborer在老齡化。[C]選項(xiàng)出現(xiàn)在文章的第四段，文章只是說(shuō)在high-value crops上需要?jiǎng)趧?dòng)力。在乳牛場(chǎng)機(jī)器人只做了一小部分工作。選項(xiàng)將兩部分雜糅在一起了。[D]選項(xiàng)中financial support在文中未提及，屬于無(wú)中生有。

34. Agricultural employers complain about the H-2A visa for its .

A. slow granting procedures

B. limit on duration of stay

C. tightened requirements

D. control of annual admissions

【答案】 [A] slow granting procedures

【解析】 因果細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)題干中的具體信息，agricultural employers，complain，about the H-2A visa。回文定位到第六段。根據(jù)具體信息定位到第六段的，Employers complain they aren’t given all the workers they need.這句話是抱怨的內(nèi)容，文中問(wèn)的是原因，緊接著下面一句話，the process is cumbersome，expensive，and unreliable.并且在這句話后面one survey 是例子。根據(jù)例子證明論點(diǎn)，下面的例子和前面的the process這句話表達(dá)的觀點(diǎn)是一致的。同時(shí)，在例子中有for的同義詞lead to，導(dǎo)致了arrive on the job 22 days late. Delay，late 對(duì)應(yīng)選項(xiàng)中的slow，procedure對(duì)應(yīng)process。所以選A。 B中的limit，原文后面跟著是人數(shù)66,000，偷換概念。C中的request出現(xiàn)在例子中，說(shuō)的是visa rose sharply。D項(xiàng)文中未提及，無(wú)中生有。

35. Which of the following could be the best title for this text?

A. U.S. Agriculture in Decline?

B. Import Food or Labor?

C. America Saved by Mexico?

D. Manpower vs. Automation?

【答案】B Import Food or Labor?

【解析】主旨題。文章第一段明確指出美國(guó)農(nóng)民面臨勞動(dòng)力短缺的問(wèn)題，而這一問(wèn)題的根源在于針對(duì)農(nóng)場(chǎng)工人的移民制度。二段和三段分析了移民簽證和移民現(xiàn)狀的沖突。第四段指出機(jī)械化并不能解決該問(wèn)題。第五和六段分析了現(xiàn)在農(nóng)場(chǎng)工人所依賴的H-2A簽證政策也沒(méi)能有助于解決勞動(dòng)力短缺。第七段通過(guò)研究調(diào)查再次確定了勞動(dòng)力短缺的問(wèn)題。最后一段總結(jié)指出解決方案，美國(guó)要么進(jìn)口食品，要么進(jìn)口農(nóng)場(chǎng)勞動(dòng)力。Labor為本文中復(fù)現(xiàn)的主題詞。故正確答案為B選項(xiàng)。A選項(xiàng)中的decline夸大概念。C選項(xiàng)中的saved無(wú)中生有，D選項(xiàng)中的Automation斷章取義，且與原文表述相反。

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Amold Schwarzenegger. Dia Mirza and Adrian Grenier have a message for you. It’s easy to beat plastic. They’re part of a bunch of celebrities starring in a new video for World Environment Day—encouraging you, the consumer, to swap out your single-use plastic staples like straws and cutlery to combat the plastics crisis.

The key messages that have been put together for World Environment Day do inc a call for governments to enact legislation to curb single-use plastics. But the overarching message is directed at individuals.

My concern with leaving it up to the individual, however, is our limited sense of what needs to be achieved. One their own, taking our own bags to the grocery store or quitting plastic straws, for example, will accomplish little and require very little of us. They could even be detrimental, satisfying a need to have “done our bit” without ever progressing onto bigger, bolder, more effective actions—a kind of “moral licensing” that allays our concerns and stops us doing more and asking more of those in charge.

While the conversation around our environment and our responsibility toward it remains centered on shopping hags and straws, we’re ignoring the balance of power that implies that as “consumers” we must shop sustainably, rather than as “ citizens” hole our governments and industries to account to push for real systemic change.

It’s important to acknowledge that the environment isn’t everyone’s priority-or even most people’s. We shouldn’t expect it to be. In her latest book, Why Good People Do Bad Environmental Things. Wellesley College professor Elizabeth R. DeSombre argues that the best way to collectively change the behavior of large numbers of people is for the change to be structural.

This might mean implementing policy such as a plastic tax that adds a cost to environmentally problematic action, or banning single-use plastics altogether. India has just announced it will “eliminate all single-use plastic in the country by 2022.” There are also incentive-based ways of making better environmental choices easier, such as ensuring recycling is at least as easy as trash disposal.

DeSombre isn’t saying people should stop caring about the environment. It’s just that individual actions are too slow, she says, for that to be the only, or even primary, approach to changing widespread behavior.

None of this is about writing off the individual. It’s just about putting things into perspective. We don’t have time to wait. We need progressive policies that shape collective action （and rein in polluting businesses）， alongside engaged citizens pushing for change.

36. Some celebrities star in a new video to

A. demand new laws on the use of plastics

B. urge consumers to cut the use of plastics

C. invite public opinion on the plastics crisis

D. disclose the causes of the plastics crisis

【答案】A urge consumers to cut the use of plastics

【解析】從題干” some celebrities star in a new video to”定位第一段第3句：“ They’re part of a bunch to celebrities starring in a new video for……to swap out your single-use plastic staples to combat the plastics crisis. ”意為：“鼓勵(lì)消費(fèi)者減少單一使用塑料制品，與塑料制品危機(jī)抗?fàn)帯保cA 選項(xiàng) “urge consumers to cut the use of plastics”“鼓勵(lì)消費(fèi)者減少塑料袋的使用”含義相符合。

37.The author is concerned that “moral licensing” may

A. mislead us into doing worthless things

B. prevent us from making further efforts

C. weaken our sense of accomplishment

D. suppress our desire for success

【答案】A prevent us from making further efforts

【解析】根據(jù)題干the author is concerned that “crisis licensing”定位到第3段，最后一句：“they could even …to have done our bit without ever progressing onto bigger, bolder, more effective actions---… a kind of “crisis licensing “ that eases our concerns and stops us doing more and asking more of those in charge” 意為：“……他們沒(méi)有采取更大，更明顯，更有效的舉措…”與A選項(xiàng)“ prevent us from making further efforts” “妨礙我們進(jìn)一步的舉措”含義相符。

38. By pointing out out identity “citizens”， the author indicates that

A. our focus should be shifted to community welfare

B. our relationship with local industries is improving

C. We have been actively exercising our civil rights

D. We should press our government to lead the combat

【答案】C we should press our governments to lead the combat

【解析】根據(jù)題干…“citizens”， the author indicates that, 定位到第4段，最后半句 rather than as “citizens”hold our governments and industries to account to push for real systemic change. 意為：“ 而不是作為”citizens” 去要求政府和工業(yè)去推行真正的系統(tǒng)化的改變。言外之意，就是作者希望政府做出改變?nèi)?yīng)對(duì)現(xiàn)在的情形。與C選項(xiàng)中“we should press our governments to lead the combat” “我們應(yīng)該向政府施壓，使之主導(dǎo)這次抗?fàn)帯毕喾稀?/p>

39. DeSombre argues that the best way for a collective change should be

A. a win-win arrangement

B. a self-driven mechanism

C. a cost-effective approach

D. a top down process

【答案】C a top- down process

【解析】根據(jù)題干可知這是一道觀點(diǎn)細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵詞可定位在第五、六段“Elizabeth R. DeSombre argues that the best way to collectively change the behavior of large number of people is for the change to be structural” 由該段可知，DeSombre認(rèn)為集體性的改變大多數(shù)人行為的最好的方式就是使其變成結(jié)構(gòu)性的。六段進(jìn)一步從人們和政府的角度，闡述了這種結(jié)構(gòu)化的改變，所以選項(xiàng)C a top-down process，自上而下的過(guò)程，符合文意。

40. The author concludes that individual efforts

A. can be too aggressive

B. can be too inconsistent

C. are far from sufficient

D. are far from rational

【答案】B are far from sufficient

【解析】根據(jù)題干可知這是一道觀點(diǎn)細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)題干關(guān)鍵詞可定位在最后一段，“None of this is about writing off the individual. It’s just about putting things into perspective. We don’t have time to wait. We need progressive policies that shape collective action, alongside engaged citizens pushing for change.”由該段可知，作者認(rèn)為并不是要抹殺個(gè)人，只是換一個(gè)角度去思考問(wèn)題，我們沒(méi)時(shí)間再等待，我們需要能夠形成集體行為的進(jìn)步政策，以及推動(dòng)變革的熱心公民。所以作者強(qiáng)調(diào)個(gè)人的努力還遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不夠，還需要政策的進(jìn)一步支持，選擇B選項(xiàng)，are far from sufficient。

【試題點(diǎn)評(píng)】今年四篇文章難度一般。在我們整體的考研閱讀當(dāng)中，所需要具備的一個(gè)最重要的能力就是如何去看到題目之后，定準(zhǔn)了位，并且找到那個(gè)我們真正應(yīng)該找到的位置，在四個(gè)選項(xiàng)當(dāng)中去找意思的原文最匹配的選項(xiàng)。具體相關(guān)考點(diǎn)和解題思路在考研教育網(wǎng)強(qiáng)化階段英語(yǔ)強(qiáng)化班閱讀理解部分有重點(diǎn)講解。