2014考研英语全真模拟押题及答案解析（三）

　　[D] to evaluate possible solutions to a problem.

　　39. When mentioning “thinking/acting cycles”(in Para. 4), the author is most likely to believe that

　　[A] a manager analyzes a series of problems and then acts on that analysis.

　　[B] a manager gathers data by acting and then observes the effects of action.

　　[C] action and analysis in managerial practice invariably occur simultaneously.

　　[D] a manager takes action, being able to clarify reasons for that action.

　　40. According to the text, which of the following would most probably be one major difference in behavior between Manager X, who uses intuition to reach decisions, and Manager Y, who uses only formal decision analysis?

　　[A] Manager X checks possible solutions to a problem by systematic analysis; Manager Y does not.

　　[B] Manager X takes action in order to arrive at the solution to a problem; Manager Y does not.

　　[C] Manager Y draws on years of personal experience in creating a solution to a problem; Manager X does not.

　　[D] Manager X depends on day-by-day tactical activities; Manager Y does not.

　　Part B

　　Directions:

　　You are going to read a text about stress, followed by a list of arguments. Choose the best argument from the list A—G for each numbered subheading (41—45). There are two extra arguments which you do not need to use. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)

　　41. Two types of stress:

　　There are basically two types of stress placed on human beings—physical and mental.

　　42. Effects of stress—physical or emotional:

　　Whether physical or emotional in origin, stress causes the body to react in the same way.

　　43. Guilty—useful, though most harmful:

　　Probably the most harmful of all the stresses is guilt.

　　44. Instances—no need to feel guilty:

　　However, many of us as children learned rules that we no longer need.

　　No one is perfect:

　　Guilt and the worry that often accompanies this major stress are difficult to eradicate, but people subject to excessive guilt feelings should realize, as simple as it sounds, that no one is perfect. People cannot always be cheerful and helpful to every one they meet. Another good lesson is that mistakes should be forgotten, not lingered over and brought out to examine periodically.

　　45. Life with a little stress—significant:

　　A life without stress, such as retirement with nothing to do, would be boring.

　　Notes: respiration 呼吸。pupil瞳孔。dilate 膨胀。perspiration 出汗，勤奋。date 约会。sour 使别扭。eradicate vt. 消除，根除。at best 充其量。linger over 细细品味。meditation深思，沉思。might as well 不妨。

　　[A] Fat adults should no longer feel guilty about leaving a little food on the plate, a successful businessman need not feel guilty about spending a little too much money on a vacation, nor should he feel guilty that he can combine a business trip to the West Coast with some swimming and golf at an ocean resort. But many people do feel guilty over such apparently innocent actions. Excessive guilt can sour all of life and make life not worth living; it can also cause self-hatred as well as other fears and anxieties that cause all life's successes to be bittersweet, at best.

　　[B] Stress from physical activity, if not carried too far, is actually beneficial. Exercise relaxes you and may help forget about mental and emotional stress. But mental stress is almost always bad for you. If mental stress is unrelieved, it can actually cause diseases such as ulcers, migraine headaches, heart problems, or mental illness.

　　[C] Just as we need a little guilt—to keep us correct—and a little worry—to make us plan ahead—we need a little stress to stay interested in life. But when stress begins to bother you, you might as well change your routine. Take your mind off your worries with some physical activity; you may discover a solution you have overlooked before.

　　[D] Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it. In fact, it is not the bad thing it is often supposed to be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and give purpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ill health.

　　[E] Some people are not afraid of stress, and such characters are obviously prime material for managerial responsibilities, others lose heart at the first signs of unusual difficulties.

　　[F] In the first stage, your body prepares to meet the stress. The heartbeat and respiration rates increase, and the pupils of the eyes dilate; the blood sugar level increases, and the rate of perspiration speeds up, while digestion slows down as blood and muscular activity is diverted elsewhere. In the second stage, your body returns to normal and repairs any damage caused by the stressful situation. However, if stress continues, the body cannot repair itself, and the final stage, exhaustion, then begins. If this stage continues, if for example you are frustrated by your work and continue to be frustrated for a long time, physical or emotional damage will occur. These stages of stress reaction are always the same, whether the stress is caused by a cross-country run, a first date, buying a house, or narrowly missing an automobile accident.

　　[G] This common emotion is useful to have when it helps us to realize that we have, in fact, committed some error, violated our own rules or social rules. If we did not feel guilty, we would never do anything except the things that brought us immediate pleasure—we'd never obey the law, work, exercise, or even study in school, unless we wanted to do so in the first place. As a person's conscience develops, guilt feelings become inevitable; guilt is the sorrow we experience when we know we have done something incorrect.

　　Part C

　　Directions:

　　Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (10 points)

　　As civilization proceeds in the direction of technology, it passes the point of supplying all the basic essentials of life—food, shelter, clothes, and warmth. 46) Then we either raise our standard of living above the necessary for comfort and happiness or leave it at this level and work shorter hours. Mankind has probably chosen the latter alternative. Men will be working shorter and shorter hours in their paid employment. And the great majority of the housewives will wish to be relieved completely of the routine operations of the home such as washing the clothes or washing up.

　　47) By far the most logical step to relieve the housewife of routine is to provide a robot slave which can be trained to meet the requirements of a particular home and can be programmed to carry out half a dozen or more standard operations, when so switched by the housewife. 48) It will be a machine having no more emotions than a car, but having a memory for instructions and a limited degree of instructed or builtin adaptability according to the positions in which it finds various types of objects. It will operate other more specialized machines, for example, the vacuum cleaner or clotheswashing machine.

　　There are no problems in the production of such a domestic robot to which we do not have already the glimmering of a solution. When I have discussed this kind of device with housewives, some 90 percent of them have the immediate reaction, “How soon can I buy one?” The other 10 percent have the reaction, “I would be terrified to have it moving about my house.” 49) But when one explains to them that it could be switched off or unplugged or stopped without the slightest difficulty, or made to go and put itself away in a cupboard at any time, they quickly realize that it is a highly desirable object. 50) Now it is generally recognized that there is no greater pleasure than to go to bed in the evening and know that the washing up is being done downstairs after one is asleep. Most families are now delighted, no doubt, to have a robot slave doing all the downstairs housework after they were in bed at night. (376 words)

　　Notes: glimmering迹象。

　　Section Ⅲ Writing

　　Part A

　　51. Directions:

　　You have just received a short message from your father informing that your mother is very ill and you want to ask for one weeks leave. Write a note(便笺) to your Office Head Mr. Wang about it.

　　You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.

　　Do not sign your own name at the end of the note. Use “Li Ming” instead.

　　Do not write the address.

　　Part B