2020考研英語二真題閱讀理解Text4原文及答案解析

　　2020考研英語二考試已經(jīng)結束，希望大家考的都不錯，下面是跨考考研英語教研室老師第一時間為大家整理的2020考研英語二真題閱讀理解text4原文及答案解析，以供參考。

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　　Now that members of Generation Z are graduating college this springthe most commonly-accepted definition says this generation was bom after 1995, give or take a year-the attention has been rising steadily in recent weeks. GenZs are about to hit the streets looking for work in a labor market that's tighter than it's been in decades. And employers are planning on hiring about 17 percent more new graduates for jobs in the U.S. this year than last, according to a survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Everybody wants to know how the people who will soon inhabit those empty office cubicles will differ from those who came before them.

　　If"entitled"is the most common adjective, fairly or not, applied to millennials (those bom between 1981 and 1995), the catchwords for Generation Z are practical and cautious. According to the career counselors and expert who study them, Generation Zs are clear-eyed, economic pragmatists. Despite graduating into the best economy in the past 50 years, Gen Zs know what an economic train wreck looks like. They were impressionable kids during the crash of 2008, when many of their parents lost their jobs or their life savings or both. They aren,'t interested in taking any chances. The booming economy seems to have done little to assuage this underlying generational sense of anxious urgency, especially for those who have college debt. College loan balances in the U.S. now stand at a record $1.5 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve.

　　One survey from Accenture found that 88 percent of graduating seniors this year chose their major with a job in mind. In a 2019 survey of University of Georgia students, meanwhile, the career office found the most desirable trait in a future employer was the ability to offer secure employment (followed by professional development and training, and then inspiring purpose). Job security or stability was the second most important career goal (work-life balance was number one), followed by a sense of being dedicated to a cause or to feel good about serving the great good.

　　36. Generation Zs graduating college this spring_____.

　　[A] are recognized for their abilities

　　[B] are in favor of job offers

　　[C] are optimistic about the labor market

　　[D] are drawing growing public attention

　　37. Generation Zs are keenly aware_____.

　　[A] what a tough economic situation is like

　　[B] what their parents expect of them

　　[C] how they differ from past generations

　　[D] I how valuable a counselors advice is

　　38. The word"assuage"(line 9, para 2)is closet in meaning to_____.

　　[A]define [B]relieve [C] maintain [D] deepen

　　39.It can be learned from Paragraph 3 that Generation Zs_____.

　　[A] care little about their job performance

　　[B] give top priority to professional training

　　[C]think it hard to achieve work-Life balance

　　[D] have a clear idea about their future job

　　40 Michelsen thinks that compared with millennials, Generation Zs are_____.

　　[A]less realistic B] less adventurous [C]more diligent [D] more generous

　　36. 【C】are drawing growing public attention細節(jié)題。根據(jù)題干直接定位到文章根據(jù)提干第一段第一句話。信息選項中的“drawing growing public attention ”則對應到句中的“the attention has been rising steadily in recent weeks” (近幾周的關注度在穩(wěn)步提高)”，其中attention原詞復現(xiàn)，rising和growing同義復現(xiàn);而其他的選項則與最佳選項無緣，在定位區(qū)間中沒有相應的對應信息。

　　37. 【B】what a tough economic situation is like;細節(jié)題。根據(jù)題干中詢問Generation Z的特點我們來到第二段。題干中的aware直接定位到第二段第四行”Gen Zs know what an economic train wreck looks like(經(jīng)濟列車受到重創(chuàng)是什么樣子的)”;信息選項中的“tough economic situation ”則對應到句中的“economic train wreck ”;而其他的選項則與最佳選項無緣，在定位區(qū)間中沒有相應的對應信息。

　　38. 【C】relieve;猜詞題。根據(jù)題干，可以定位到第九段第二句話：“The booming economy seems to have done little to assuage this underlying generational sense of anxious urgency, especially for those who have college debt”,所以解題的關鍵是判斷”The booming economy(繁榮的經(jīng)濟)”和”generational sense of anxious urgency(代際焦慮)”的關系;根據(jù)常識判斷，繁榮的經(jīng)濟可以降低求職者的焦慮;再結合上一道題我們知道，Gen Zs是務實和謹慎(practical and cautious)的一代;由此可以得出繁榮的經(jīng)濟并未降低求職者的焦慮，原文已有并未(have done little),選項B中的relieve(減輕)與我們的判斷一致，因此答案為C。而其它的選項A define(定義)，B maintain(保持)，deepen(加深)和我們的判斷都不一致。

　　39. 【A】have a clear idea about their future jobs; 推斷題。題目中明確出題段落(from Paragraph 3)。因此，第三段的第一句chose their major with a job in mind(按照自己的理想工作選擇專業(yè))和選項D have a clear idea about their future jobs(對自己的未來工作有明確認識)相符合。根據(jù)原文中的第二句話(未來雇主最重要的特性是工作的穩(wěn)定性，第二位是職業(yè)發(fā)展與培訓，第三位是吸引人的目標)排除答案A和B;選項C并未體現(xiàn)。

　　40. 【B】less adventurous;細節(jié)題。題干中的compared with millennials定位到文章第二段：the catch words for Gen Zs are practical and cautious(Gen Zs的口號是務實和謹慎);由此判斷出選項B不愛冒險為正確答案。其余均與原文不不符。

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