高考From my experience, there are three main reasons why people don't cook more often: ability, money and time, money is a topic i'll save for another day.

根据我的经验，人们不经常做饭有三个主要原因：能力、金钱和时间。我会把钱作为一个话题留到下一天。

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

高考I found out that I have no artistic ability at all, and now I know for sure that I do not want to be an artist.

我发现自己根本没有艺术能力，现在我清楚地知道我不想成为一名艺术家。

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读表达 原文

高考Large brains for their bodies and the ability to walk upright are two characteristics of human beings.

人类的两大特点是大脑体积大，身体发达，走路直立。

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 任务型阅读 题设

高考Points were awarded for part-time jobs, housework, effort in school, and ability to deal with problems.

兼职工作、家务、在学校的努力和处理问题的能力得分。

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

四级Another group of helpless children who were simply rewarded for their success on easier problems did not improve their ability to solve hard math problems.

另一组无助的孩子仅仅因为他们在较容易的问题上取得了成功而得到奖励，但并没有提高他们解决数学难题的能力。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级They can affect a person's ability to get a job and qualification for benefits.

它们会影响一个人获得工作的能力和获得福利的资格。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级The ability to sleep in one chunk (整块时间) overnight goes down as we age but the amount of sleep we need to function well does not change," Dr Drummond told the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in San Diego

一块睡的能力(整块时间) 夜间睡眠随着年龄的增长而减少，但我们需要的睡眠量并没有改变，”Drummond博士在圣地亚哥举行的美国科学进步协会会议上说

2011年6月阅读原文

六级More than a decade ago, cognitive scientists John Bransford and Daniel Schwartz, both then at Vanderbilt University, found that what distinguished young adults from children was not the ability to retain facts or apply prior knowledge to a new situation but a quality they called preparation for future learning.

十多年前，当时就读于范德比尔特大学的认知科学家约翰·布兰斯福德（John Bransford）和丹尼尔·施瓦茨（Daniel Schwartz）发现，年轻人区别于儿童的不是保留事实或将先前知识应用于新环境的能力，而是他们称之为未来学习准备的素质。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级Instead of normalising the undesirable behaviour, the message needs to marginalise it, for example, by stating that if even one person buys yet another SUV, it reduces our ability to be energy-independent.

这条信息不是要让不良行为正常化，而是要将其边缘化，比如说，如果一个人再买一辆SUV，就会降低我们独立于能源的能力。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级In the 1930s,when only one in 10 Americans had a degree from a four-year college, an admissions committee was content to ask for a sample of applicants'chool papers to assess their writing ability

20世纪30年代，只有十分之一的美国人拥有四年制大学的学位，招生委员会满足于要求申请人提供一份学校论文样本，以评估他们的写作能力

2013年12月阅读原文

六级A robot's appearance affects its ability to successfully interact with humans, which is why the riKEN-Tri Collaboration Center for Human-Interactive Robot Research decided to develop a robotic nurse that looks like a huge teddy bear.

机器人的外观会影响其与人类成功互动的能力，这就是为什么人类互动机器人研究的riKEN Tri协作中心决定开发一种看起来像巨大泰迪熊的机器人护士的原因。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级But, for most people, lying gets limited as we develop a sense of morality and the ability to self-regulate.

但是，对大多数人来说，随着我们道德感和自我调节能力的发展，撒谎变得有限。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级given the moth's ability also to attack crops like pepper and potatoes, Audu Ogbeh, Nigeria's minister of agriculture, has warned that the pest may "create serious problems for food security" in the country.

尼日利亚农业部长奥杜·奥格贝（Audu Ogbeh）警告说，这种害虫可能会给该国的粮食安全带来严重问题，因为这种蛾子也能攻击辣椒和土豆等作物。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

六级This can hinder your ability to make decisions, speak up and gain recognition for your individual skills and strengths.

这可能会妨碍你做出决策、畅所欲言和获得个人技能和优势认可的能力。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级When Liu, the UCLA sleep researcher and professor of medicine, brought chronically sleep-restricted people into the lab for a weekend of sleep during which they logged about 10 hours per night, they showed improvements in the ability of insulin to process

加州大学洛杉矶分校睡眠研究人员兼医学教授刘教授将长期睡眠受限的人带到实验室进行一个周末的睡眠，期间他们每晚记录大约10个小时的睡眠，结果显示胰岛素的处理能力有所提高

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

考研A lack of formal education, however, doesn't constrain the ability of the developing world's workforce to substantially improve productivity for the forested future.

然而，缺乏正规教育并不限制发展中国家劳动力为森林覆盖的未来大幅提高生产力的能力。

2009年考研阅读原文

考研To encourage innovation and competition, the report calls for increased investment in research, the crafting of coherent curricula that improve students’ ability to solve problems and communicate effectively in the 21st century, increased funding for teachers and the encouragement of scholars to bring their learning to bear on the great challenges of the day.

为了鼓励创新和竞争，该报告呼吁增加对研究的投资，制定连贯的课程，提高学生在21世纪解决问题和有效沟通的能力，增加对教师的资助，鼓励学者将他们的学习成果用于应对当今的巨大挑战。

2014年考研阅读原文

考研A lack of formal education, however, doesn't constrain the ability of the developing world's workforce to substantially improve productivity for the foreseeable future.

然而，缺乏正规教育并不限制发展中国家劳动力在可预见的未来大幅提高生产率的能力。

2009年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Our ability to mute our hard-wired reactions by pausing is what differentiates us from animals: dogs can think about the future only intermittently or for a few minutes.

我们能够通过停顿来抑制我们的本能反应，这是我们与动物的区别：狗只能断断续续地或几分钟地思考未来。

2013年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研To combat the trap of putting a premium on being busy, Cal Newport, author of Deep work: Rules for Focused Success in a distracted World, recommends building a habit of "deep work"—the ability to focus without distraction.

为了克服过分强调忙碌的陷阱，《深度工作：分心世界中专注成功的规则》一书的作者卡尔·纽波特建议养成“深度工作”的习惯——不分心专注的能力。

2018年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研To encourage innovation and competition, the report calls for increased investment in research, the crafting of coherent curricula that improve students' ability to solve problems and communicate effectively in the 21st century, increased funding for teac

为了鼓励创新和竞争，报告呼吁增加对研究的投资，制定连贯的课程，提高学生在21世纪解决问题和有效沟通的能力，增加对teac的资助

2014年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考And the good morning Britain presenter says she's been able to put a lot of what she's learnt into practice in her own home, preparing meals for sons, Sam, 14, finn, 13.

这位《早安英国》节目主持人说，她能够在自己家里把学到的很多东西付诸实践，为14岁的山姆和13岁的芬恩的儿子们做饭。

2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考As the smallest child of his family, Alex is always longing for the time when he should be able to be independent.

作为家中最小的孩子，亚历克斯总是渴望自己能够独立的时间。

2015年高考英语陕西卷 单项填空 原文

高考For breakfast, we were able to eat papaya and other fruits from their trees in the backyard.

早餐，我们可以吃木瓜和后院树上的其他水果。

2019年高考英语全国卷3 语法填空 原文

高考For example, these robots will be able to distinguish when someone is happy or sad.

例如，这些机器人将能够区分某人何时快乐或悲伤。

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考For many students, Wilson's help is not only appreciated, it's also entirely necessary for them to be able to complete their college education.

对许多学生来说，威尔逊的帮助不仅值得赞赏，而且对他们完成大学教育也是完全必要的。

2019年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

高考I was able to buy it a little over a year ago because I had my relatives give me money for my birthday instead of clothes that wouldn't fit.

一年多前，我买了它，因为我的亲戚给了我生日礼物，而不是不合身的衣服。

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

高考If the plot, characters, or word usage is confusing for you, likely won't be able to remember what you read.

如果情节、字符或单词用法让你感到困惑，你很可能记不住你读了什么。

2017年高考英语浙江卷（11月） 阅读理解 七选五 原文

高考Parents ought to be able to opt out only for limited medical or religious reasons.

父母只能出于有限的医疗或宗教原因选择退出。

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考The coach is able to focus on the kids while the other parents are relieved to be off the hook for another season.

教练可以把注意力集中在孩子身上，而其他家长则可以放心地在下一个赛季摆脱困境。

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考The crowne plaza hotel in copenhagen is offering a free meal to any guest who is able to produce electricity for the hotel on an exercise bike linked to a generator.

哥本哈根皇冠假日酒店将为任何一位能够使用连接到发电机的健身自行车为酒店发电的客人提供免费用餐。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（10月） 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级If you're training for a marathon, you wouldn't expect to turn up and just be able to run it.

如果你正在为马拉松训练，你不会期望出现并且能够跑完它。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级After taking appropriate measures to contain the RF interference to our test lab, we tested the attack out for ourselves, and were able to verify that it's possible with the right equipment.

在采取适当措施控制对我们测试实验室的射频干扰后，我们自己测试了攻击，并能够验证使用正确的设备是否可行。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级For me it took the form of my first, and I hope only, encounter with writer's block—I was not able to produce anything for three years.

对我来说，这是我第一次，而且我只希望是，遇到了作家的阻碍——三年来我什么都没能创作出来。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级"Women want to be able to do it all—volunteer for school parties or cook delicious meals—and so their answer to any request is often "Yes,I can."

女性希望能够做到这一点，她们自愿参加学校聚会或烹饪美味佳肴，因此她们对任何请求的回答通常是“是的，我能。”

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

四级For me it took the form of my first, and I hope only, encounter with writer's block— I was not able to produce anything for three years.

对我来说，这是我第一次，我只希望是第一次，遇到了作家的阻碍——三年来我什么都没能创作出来。

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级Still, Jones represents a small percentage of first-generation students who are able to gain entry into more elite universities, which are often known for robust financial aid packages and remarkably high graduation rates for first-generation students.

尽管如此，琼斯在能够进入更多精英大学的第一代学生中只占一小部分，这些大学通常以丰厚的经济资助和第一代学生的高毕业率而闻名。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级Fortunately for the planet, social science and behavioural economics may be able to do that for us.

幸运的是，社会科学和行为经济学可以为我们做到这一点。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级It's a rare thing for anybody to be able to change who they really are.

对于任何人来说，能够改变自己的真实面目是一件非常罕见的事情。

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

六级Several years ago when my grandparents were well into their eighties, they were faced with the reality of no longer being able to adequately care for themselves.

几年前，当我的祖父母快80多岁的时候，他们面临着无法充分照顾自己的现实。

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

考研For example, even in dense forest, you should be able to spot gaps in the tree line due to roads, train tracks, and other paths people carve through the woods.

例如，即使在茂密的森林中，由于道路、火车轨道和人们在树林中开辟的其他路径，你也应该能够在树线中找到一些间隙。

2019年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

考研Some might see the proposal as a boo by prize for the fact that Britain is no longer be able to apply for the much more prestigious title of European capital of culture, a sough-after award bagged by Glasgow in 1990 and liverpool in 2008.

有些人可能会把这项提议看作是一个不折不扣的奖励，因为英国已经无法再申请更具声望的“欧洲文化之都”称号，这一称号是1990年格拉斯哥和2008年利物浦分别获得的。

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研States will be able to force more people to pay sales tax when they make online purchases under a Supreme Court decision Thursday that will leave shoppers with lighter wallets but is a big financial win for states.

根据最高法院周四的一项裁决，各州将能够迫使更多的人在网上购物时缴纳销售税。这项裁决将使购物者钱包更轻，但对各州来说是一个巨大的财政胜利。

2020年考研真题（英语一）翻译 Section Ⅲ

考研Today's CEO, at least for major American firms, must have many mere skills than simply being able to "run the company" CEOs must have a good sense of financial markets and Maybe even how the company should trade in them.

今天的首席执行官，至少对美国的大公司来说，必须具备许多技能，而不仅仅是能够“管理公司”。首席执行官必须对金融市场有很好的认识，甚至可能对公司应该如何交易金融市场有很好的认识。

2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研As the economy picks up, opportunities will abound for aspiring leaders.

随着经济复苏，对有抱负的领导人来说，机会将比比皆是。

2011年考研阅读原文

考研Opportunities for misinterpretation, error, and self-deception abound.

误解、错误和自欺欺人的机会比比皆是。

2012年考研阅读原文

高考About 100 of these stayed rich men for the rest of their lives.

其中大约有100人在他们的余生中都是富人。

2018年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考According to the world bank, China accounts for about 30 percent of total global fertilizer consumption.

根据世界银行的数据，中国占全球化肥消费总量的30%左右。

2018年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文

高考After spotting a wallet on the front seat inside a parked car with its window down, he stood guard in the rain for about two hours waiting for the owner to return.

在发现一辆车窗朝下的停着的汽车的前排座椅上有一个钱包后，他在雨中站岗了大约两个小时，等待车主回来。

2018年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

高考Europe has only around 200 languages; the Americas about 1000; Africa 2400; and asia and the pacific perhaps 3200, of which papua new guinea alone accounts for well over 800.

欧洲只有大约200种语言；美洲大约有1000人；非洲2400人；亚洲和太平洋地区可能有3200个国家，其中巴布亚新几内亚一国就占了800多个国家。

2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考For Dutch people, Hilversum is all about textile and media industries, and modern architecture.

对于荷兰人来说，Hilversum是关于纺织和媒体产业以及现代建筑的。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考For example, on Christmas morning, children are excited about playing with their new toys.

例如，在圣诞节的早晨，孩子们对玩他们的新玩具感到兴奋。

2014年高考英语全国卷1 完形填空 原文

高考For example, Russian, French, and Spanish persons may use silence to show agreement between parties about the topic under discussion.

例如，俄罗斯人、法国人和西班牙人可能会使用沉默来表示双方就讨论的主题达成一致。

2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考For hill, it is impossible not to talk about China as the leading player when discussing fashion.

对希尔来说，在讨论时尚时，不可能不谈论中国是领先者。

2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考For more information about buying senior/disabled farecards, farecard or smartrip cards and passes, please visit metroopendoors.com.

有关购买高级/残疾票价卡、票价卡或智能RIP卡和通行证的更多信息，请访问metroopendors.com。

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考For the first time, I feel good about myself because I'm doing something, not because someone told me I was doing good.

第一次，我对自己感觉良好是因为我正在做一些事情，而不是因为有人告诉我我做得很好。

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

高考He had walked for about a mile when a volunteer searcher found him.

当一名志愿搜索者发现他时，他已经走了大约一英里。

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

四级It's not about that; it's about growth for me.

与此无关；对我来说是关于成长的。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级Almost half of those surveyed said their companies were either in the middle of restructuring or about to embark on ( ' , 开始) it; and for the most part, restructuring meant putting more emphasis on teams.

几乎一半的受访者表示，他们的公司要么处于重组中，要么即将开始。开始) 信息技术在大多数情况下，重组意味着更加重视团队。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级Long queues, delayed flights and over - crowding at airports have become almost as much a topic for conversation in Britain as the traditional complaining about the weather.

在英国，排长队、航班延误和机场人满为患几乎成了人们谈论的话题，就像传统上抱怨天气一样。

2016年6月听力原文

四级The students who held a fixed mind-set, however, were concerned about looking smart with less regard for learning.

然而，持有固定思维定势的学生担心自己看起来聪明，而不太重视学习。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级Informing students about the brain as a learning machine is a good strategy to enhance their motivation for learning.

让学生了解大脑是一台学习机器，这是增强他们学习动机的一个好策略。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级If we are designing for engineers, I'm not talking about a ‘game' at all, Cornetti says.

科内蒂说，如果我们是为工程师设计的，我根本不是在说“游戏”。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级For instance, talking about mathematical geniuses who were more or less born that way puts students in a fixed mind-set, but descriptions of great mathematicians who fell in love with math and developed amazing skills produce a growth mind-set.

例如，谈论或多或少与生俱来的数学天才会让学生产生固定的思维定势，但对热爱数学并发展出惊人技能的伟大数学家的描述会产生一种成长的思维定势。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级As a person who writes about food and drink for a living, I couldn't tell you the first thing about Bill Perry or whether the beers he sells are that great.

作为一个以写饮食为生的人，我不能告诉你比尔·佩里的第一件事，也不能告诉你他卖的啤酒是否那么好。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级Russians, for example, began to wake up about a half-hour later each day after President Vladimir Putin shifted the country permanently to winter time starting on October 26.

例如，俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京从10月26日起将该国永久性地改为冬季后，俄罗斯人开始每天大约半小时后醒来。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级Adults tend to talk about learning as if it were medicine: unpleasant, but necessary and good for you.

成年人在谈论学习时往往把它当作一剂良药：不愉快，但却是必要的，而且对你有益。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级Today, there is a serious question about this issue: Should there be a minimum age limit for executing criminals? In other words, is it right for convicted murderers who kill when they are minors—that is under the age of 18—to receive the death penalty?.

今天，关于这个问题有一个严肃的问题：是否应该对处决罪犯设定最低年龄限制？换言之，被定罪的杀人犯在未满18岁时杀人，是否应该被判处死刑？。

2015年12月听力原文

四级They asked, Was it as good as American beef? It was very exciting for me to be on Japanese TV, speaking in Japanese about how delicious the beef was.

他们问，它和美国牛肉一样好吗？能在日本电视上用日语讲述牛肉的美味，我感到非常兴奋。

2015年12月听力原文

四级The blasthit a bus about to set off for the Ugandan capital Kampala.

爆炸击中了一辆准备开往乌干达首都坎帕拉的公共汽车。

2015年12月听力原文

六级They are more likely to grow up in neighborhoods that their parents say aren't great for raising children, and their parents worry about them getting shot, beaten up or in trouble with the law.

他们更有可能在父母认为不适合抚养孩子的社区长大，父母担心他们被枪杀、殴打或触犯法律。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级These math circles cost nothing, or they're very cheap for students to get involved in, but you have to know about them, said Rusczyk.

Rusczyk说：“这些数学圈不花钱，或者学生参与其中的成本很低，但你必须了解它们。”。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级For example, one of the most popular data sets on multidisciplinary repository Dryad is about wood density around the world; it has been downloaded 5,700 times.

例如，关于多学科知识库Dryad的最流行数据集之一是关于世界各地木材密度的数据集；已下载5700次。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Another influential feeder for advanced-math students is an online school called Art of Problem Solving, which began about 13 years ago and now has 15,000 users.

另一个对高等数学学生有影响力的反馈者是一个名为“问题解决艺术”的在线学校，它大约在13年前开始，现在有15000名用户。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级It had, apparently, been fished out of existence; and the once mighty Newfoundland fleet now gropes about frantically for crab on the sea floor.

很明显，它已经不存在了；曾经强大的纽芬兰舰队现在疯狂地在海底搜寻螃蟹。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级For almost five centuries a very large supply of cod ( ' , 鳕 鱼) provided abundant raw material for an industry which at its peak employed about 40,000 people, sustaining entire communities in Newfoundland.

近五个世纪以来，鳕鱼的大量供应，鳕 鱼) 为该行业提供了丰富的原材料，该行业在鼎盛时期雇用了约40000人，维持了纽芬兰的整个社区。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Enrollees would have to pay more money for many services out of their own pockets, and that would encourage them to think twice about whether an expensive or redundant test was worth it.

报名者将不得不从自己的口袋中为许多服务支付更多的费用，这将鼓励他们重新考虑是否值得进行昂贵或重复的测试。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级You know, one of the first things I like to tell people when they ask me about the supplements, is that a lot of them are promoted as a cure for your memory, but your memory doesn’t need a cure.

你知道，当人们问我关于补充剂的事时，我喜欢告诉他们的第一件事是，很多补充剂被宣传为治疗你的记忆，但你的记忆不需要治疗。

2016年6月听力原文

六级Earlier this year, British explorer  Hadow and his team trekked for three months across the frozen Arctic Ocean, taking measurements and recording observations about the ice.

今年早些时候，英国探险家；哈多和他的团队在冰冻的北冰洋上跋涉了三个月，对冰层进行了测量和记录。

2016年6月听力原文

六级There's a lot for students to complain about: the repayment threshold for paying back loans will be frozen for five years, meaning that lower-paid graduates have to start repaying their loans; and maintenance grants have been replaced by loans, meaning that students from poorer backgrounds face higher debt than those with wealthier parents.

学生们有很多抱怨：偿还贷款的还款门槛将被冻结五年，这意味着低收入的毕业生必须开始偿还贷款；赡养费补助已经被贷款所取代，这意味着来自贫困家庭的学生比那些父母更富有的学生面临更高的债务。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级It's a dramatic endorsement for a technology most people think about only when their smartphone goes dark.

这是对一项大多数人只有在智能手机变暗时才会想到的技术的戏剧性认可。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级It is natural for students to make complaints about university education.

学生抱怨大学教育是很自然的事。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级Companies are pushing it hard but make it almost overwhelming even to dip a toe in the water for the average consumer, because there are so many compatibility issues to think about.

公司正在努力推动，但对于普通消费者来说，这几乎是压倒性的，因为有太多的兼容性问题需要考虑。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级Carli says that one of the most significant things about his study is that it provides new early-warning signs for parents, teachers and mental health-care providers.

卡利说，他的研究最重要的一点是，它为家长、教师和心理保健提供者提供了新的预警信号。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级And when it comes to the hyper-connected super-smart world that technology firms are painting for us, it seems that consumers are growing more uneasy about handing over the massive amounts of consumer data needed to provide the personalized, customized solutions that companies need to improve their services.

当涉及到科技公司为我们描绘的超互联超智能世界时，消费者似乎越来越不愿意交出大量消费者数据，以提供个性化、定制的解决方案，而这些解决方案正是公司改善服务所需要的。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级American scientists complain about lack of sufficient money and equipment for their expansion in Antarctica.

美国科学家抱怨他们在南极洲的扩张缺乏足够的资金和设备。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级What Nijay didn't realize about his school—Tennessee State University — was its frighteningly low graduation rate: a mere 29 percent for its first-generation students.

尼杰没有意识到他的学校田纳西州立大学的毕业率低得吓人：第一代学生的毕业率只有29%。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级We worry most about now because if we don't survive for the next minute, we're not going to be around in ten years' time, says Professor Elke Weber of the Centre for Research on Environmental Decisions at Columbia University in New York.

纽约哥伦比亚大学环境决策研究中心的艾尔克·韦伯教授说：“我们现在最担心的是，如果我们不能在下一分钟生存下来，我们将无法在十年内生存。”。

2015年12月阅读原文

考研This DNA can reveal genetic information about only one or two ancestors, even though, for example, just three generations back people also have six other great-grandparents or, four generations back, 14 other great-great-grandparents.

这种DNA只能揭示一个或两个祖先的遗传信息，尽管举例来说，仅三代人之前，人们还有六位曾祖父母，或者四代人之前，还有14位曾曾祖父母。

2009年考研阅读原文

考研The first and more important is the consumer's growing preference for eating out: the consumption of food and drink in places other than homes has risen from about 32 percent of total consumption in 1995 to 35 percent in 2000 and is expected to approach 38 percent by 2005.

首先也是更重要的是消费者越来越倾向于外出就餐：在家以外的地方，食品和饮料的消费量占总消费量的比例已从1995年的约32%上升到2000年的35%，预计到2005年将接近38%。

2010年考研阅读原文

考研In those far-off days, it was taken for granted that the critics of major papers would write in detail and at length about the events they covered.

在那些遥远的日子里，人们想当然地认为，主要报纸的评论家们会详细、详尽地报道他们报道的事件。

2010年考研阅读原文

考研Equally unsurprisingly, only about half end up with professorships for which they entered graduate school.

同样不足为奇的是，只有大约一半的学生最终进入了研究生院担任教授。

2011年考研阅读原文

考研Besides generating income, the presence of other marketers makes the site seem objective, gives companies opportunities to learn valuable information about the appeal of other companies’ marketing, and may help expand user traffic for all companies concerned.

除了产生收入外，其他营销人员的存在使网站看起来客观，使公司有机会了解有关其他公司营销吸引力的宝贵信息，并可能有助于扩大所有相关公司的用户流量。

2011年考研阅读原文

考研Stemming climate change, for example, is as much about changing consumption patterns and promoting tax acceptance as it is about developing clean energy.

例如，遏制气候变化既关乎发展清洁能源，也关乎改变消费模式和促进税收接受。

2013年考研阅读原文

考研You make further inferences, for instance, about how the test may be significant to you, or about its validity—inferences that form the basis of a personal response for which the author will inevitably be far less responsible.

例如，你可以进一步推断测试对你的意义，或者推断测试的有效性，这些推断构成了个人回答的基础，而作者对此的责任必然要小得多。

2015年考研阅读原文

考研Precisely because readers from different historical periods, places and social experiences produce different but overlapping readings of the same words on the page-including for texts that engage with fundamental human concerns-debates about texts can play an important role in social discussion of beliefs and values.

正是因为来自不同历史时期、不同地方和不同社会经验的读者在页面上对同一个词产生了不同但重叠的解读，包括涉及人类基本问题的文本，关于文本的辩论可以在信仰和价值观的社会讨论中发挥重要作用。

2015年考研阅读原文

考研How does your reading proceed? Clearly you try to comprehend, in the sense of identifying meanings for individual words and working out relationships between them, drawing on your explicit knowledge of English grammar ( ' , 41) you begin to infer a context for the text, for insta4ce, by making decisions about what kind of speech event is involved: who is making the utterance, to whom, when and where.

你的阅读是如何进行的？显然，你试图理解，从识别单个单词的意义和找出它们之间的关系的意义上来说，利用你对英语语法的明确知识（'，41），你开始推断文本的上下文，对于insta4ce来说，通过决定涉及什么样的言语事件：谁在说话，给谁，何时何地。

2015年考研阅读原文

考研“We estimate that either eliminating a substantial labour-rights concern, such as child labour, or increasing corporate giving by about 20% results in fines that generally are 40% lower than the typical punishment for bribing foreign officials,” says one researcher.

一位研究人员表示：“我们估计，要么消除童工等重大劳动权利问题，要么将企业捐赠增加20%左右，其罚款通常比贿赂外国官员的典型惩罚低40%。”。

2016年考研阅读原文

考研Look for cues about how others perceive you.

寻找别人如何看待你的线索。

2016年考研阅读原文

考研It tells the fashion industry that it must take responsibility for the signal it sends women, especially teenage girls, about the social tape-measure they must use to determine their individual worth.

它告诉时尚界，它必须对它向女性，特别是少女发出的关于她们必须使用社会卷尺来确定个人价值的信号负责。

2016年考研阅读原文