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1、考研英语阅读理解历年真题 考研英语阅读理解历年真题 第一篇： In a family where the roles of men and women are not sharply separated and where many household tasks are shared to a greater or lesser extent, notions of male superiority are hard to maintain. The pattern of sharing in tasks and in decisions makes for equality, a

2、nd this in turn leads to further sharing. In such a home, the growing boy and girl learn to accept that equality more easily than did their parents and to prepare more fully for participation in a world characterized by cooperation rather than by the battle of the sexes. If the process goes too far

3、 and man's role is regarded as less important - and that has happened in some cases-we are as badly of as before, only in reverse. It is time to reassess the role of the man in the American family. We are getting a little tired ofmonism(母亲崇拜), - but we don't want to exchange it for aneo-popism(新父亲崇

4、拜).What we need, rather, is the recognition that bringing up children involves a partnership of equals. There are signs that psychatrists, psychologists, social workers, and specialists on the family are being more aware of the part men play and that they have decided that women should not receive

5、all the credit(信任)-not all the blame. We have almost given up saying that a woman's place is the home. We are beginning, however, o analyze men's place in the home and to insist that he does have a place in it. Nor is that place irrelevant to the healthy development of the child. The family is a co

6、operative enterprise for which it is difficult to lay down rules, because each family needs to work out its own ways for solving its own problems. Excessive authoritarianism has unhappy consequences, whether it wears skirts or trousers, and the ideal of equal rights and equal responsibilities is co

7、nnected not only with a healthy democracy, but also with a healthy family. 86. From the passage we know that the author is very concerned with the role that　　　　　. A)parents play in bringing up their children B)men play in a family C)women play in a family D)equality plays in a family 87. The a

8、uthor means to tell us that　　　　　. A)a man's place is in the home B)a woman's place is in the home C)a woman should be equal to a man D)a man should have an equal share in family matters 88. According to the author, a healthy family should be based on　　　　　. A) cooperation B) momism C)authorit

9、arianism D) neo-popism 89. Who will benefit most from a family pattern of sharing in tasks and decisions? A)The children. B) The man. C)The woman D) The psychologist. 90. We may safely conclude from the passage that　　　　　. A)male superiority maintains a healthy family B)authority and democra

10、cy are very essential to a healthy family C)authoritarianism does no good to a healthy family D)women should be equal to men 第二篇： A mysteriousblack cloudapproaches the earth-our pla's weather is severely affected. Throughout the rest of June and July temperatures rose steadily all over the Eart

11、h. In the British isles the temperature climbed through the eighties, into the niies, and moved towards the hundred mark. People plained, but there was no serious disaster. Conditions were utterly desperate throughout the tropics(热带地区)as may be judged from the fact that 7943 species of plants and a

12、nimals became totally extinct. The survival of　Man himself was only possible because of the caves and cellars(地窖)he was able to dig. Nothing could be done to reduce the hot air temperature. More than seven hundred million persons are known to have lost their lives. Eventually the temperature of the

13、 surface waters of the sea rose, not so fast as the air temperature it is true, but fast enough to produce a dangerous increase of humidity(湿度). It was indeed this increase that produced the disastrous conditions just remarked. Millions of people between the latitudes of Cairo and the Cape of Good H

14、ope were subjected to a choking atmosphere that grew der and hotter from day to day. All human movement ceased. There was nothing to be done but to lie breathing quickly as a dog does in hot weather. By the fourth week of July conditions in the tropics lay balanced between life and total death. The

15、n quite suddenly rain clouds appeared over the whole globe. The temperature declined a little, due no doubt to the clouds reflecting more of the Sun's radiation back into space, But conditions could not be said to have improved. Warm rain fell everywhere, even as far north as Iceland. The insect pop

16、ulation increased enormously, since the burning hot atmosphere was as favorable to them as it was unfavorable to Man many other animals. 81. In the British Isles the temperature　　　　　. A)stayed at eighty B)ranged from eighty to niy C)approached one hundred D)exceeded the hundred mark 82. Few pe

17、ople in the United States lost their lives because　　　　　. A)the temperature was tolerable B)people remained indoors for weeks C)the gover____ent had taken effective measures to reduce the hot temperature D)people were provided with the most fortable air-conditioners 83. Millions of people in Cai

18、ro(开罗)and the Cape of Good Hope(好望角)were subjected to a choking atmosphere because　　　　　. A)the temperature grew extremely hot B)the temperature became der and hotter as the humidity of the surface waters of the sea increased C)their conditions were too dangerous D)nothing could be done with the

19、hot temperature 84. By the fourth week of July conditions in the tropics were such that　　　　　. A)human survival would be impossible B)more and more people would lose their lives C)fewer people could be saved D)survival or death was still undecided 85. The insect population increased due to　　　　　. A)the hot air B) the tropical climate C)the rain clouds D)the d atmosphere 》》》》》》参考答案<<<<<< 第一篇：1.B　2.D　3.A　4.A　5.B 第二篇：1.C　2.D　3.B　4.D　5.A 第 8 页 共 8 页