考研The company, a major energy supplier in New England, provoked justified outrage in Vermont last week when it announced it was reneging on a longstanding commitment to abide by the strict nuclear regulations.

该公司是新英格兰的一家主要能源供应商，上周在佛蒙特州宣布违背遵守严格核法规的长期承诺，引发了合理的愤怒。

2012年考研阅读原文

六级They want to know if the economic crisis would affect our ability to carry out the deal we signed last November.

他们想知道经济危机是否会影响我们执行去年11月签署的协议的能力。

2013年12月听力原文

六级Perhaps with the tools of this new technological revolution, we will be able to undo some of the damage done to the natural world by the last one—industrialization.

也许有了这场新技术革命的工具，我们将能够消除上一次工业化对自然世界造成的一些破坏。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

考研Last year, the Transportation Security Administration ( ' , TSA) found in a secret check that undercover investigators were able to sneak weapons---both fake and real—past airport security nearly every time they tried.

去年，美国运输安全管理局（TSA）在一次秘密检查中发现，卧底调查人员几乎每次都能通过机场安检偷运假武器和真武器。

2017年考研阅读原文

考研Last year, the Transportation Security Administration found in a secret check that undercover investigators were able to sneak weapons—both fake and real—past airport security nearly every time they tried.

去年，交通安全管理局在一次秘密检查中发现，卧底调查人员几乎每次都能从机场安检处偷运假武器和真武器。

2017年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级may be better at solving puzzlescan memorize things with more easemay have greater facility in abstract reasoningcan put what they have learnt into more effective usefind ways to slow down our mental declinefind ways to boost our memoriesunderstand the complex process of mental functioningunderstand the relation between physical and mental healthThe most important thing in the news last week was the rising discussion in Nashville about the educational needs of children.

能更好地解决难题能更容易地记忆事物能更容易地进行抽象推理能更有效地利用他们所学的知识找到减缓我们心理衰退的方法找到提高记忆力的方法理解心理功能的复杂过程理解生理和心理之间的关系上周新闻中最重要的一件事是纳什维尔关于儿童教育需求的讨论日益增多。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级In a study published last year, psychologists coined the term workplace telepressure to describe an employee's urge to immediately respond to emails and engage in obsessive thoughts about returning an email to one's boss, colleagues or clients.

在去年发表的一项研究中，心理学家创造了“工作场所远程压力”一词，用来描述员工立即回复电子邮件的冲动，以及将电子邮件回复给老板、同事或客户的强迫性想法。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级However,while talking is largely subconscious and rapid, writing is deliberate and slow, Over time,writers took advantage of this and started crafting long-winded sentences such as this one:The whole engagement lasted above 12 hours, till the gradual retreat of the Persians was changed into a disorderly flight, of which the shameful example was given by the principal leaders and……" No one talks like that casually — or should

然而，尽管谈话主要是潜意识的，而且速度很快，写作却很缓慢，随着时间的推移，作家们利用这一点，开始构思像这样冗长的句子：整个约定持续了12个小时以上，直到波斯人逐渐撤退，变成了无序的逃跑，其中主要领导人举了一个可耻的例子，并且……“没有人会这样随便说话——或者应该这样

2014年6月阅读原文

考研A report last year pointed out that the costs both of subscriptions and of these "article preparation costs" had been steadily rising at a rate above inflation.

去年的一份报告指出，订阅费和这些“文章准备费”的成本一直在以高于通胀的速度稳步上升。

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研The music is abrupt and seemingly disconnected, as in the last piano sonata.

音乐是突然的，似乎是断断续续的，就像最后一首钢琴奏鸣曲一样。

2014年考研翻译原文

六级When Nijay Williams entered college last fall as a first-generation student and Jamaican immigrant, he was academically unprepared for the rigors of higher education.

去年秋天，当尼杰·威廉姆斯（Nijay Williams）以第一代学生和牙买加移民的身份进入大学时，他在学术上对严格的高等教育毫无准备。

2015年12月阅读原文

高考I'm sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept assistance from.

我确信我是世界上他最不愿意接受帮助的人。

2016年高考英语全国卷3 完形填空 原文

考研The Dutch giant Elsevier, which claims to publish 25% of the scientific papers produced in the world, made profits of more than £900m last year, while UK universities alone spent more than £210m in 2016 to enable researchers to access their own publicly f

荷兰巨头爱思唯尔（Elsevier）声称发表了世界上25%的科学论文，去年盈利超过9亿英镑，而仅英国大学在2016年就花了2.1亿英镑让研究人员能够公开发表论文

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考Last year her fantasy story which involved the mysterious Forbidden City received critical acclaim.

去年，她关于神秘紫禁城的幻想故事受到了评论界的好评。

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 信息匹配 题设

四级Last night 40,000 people rented accommodation from a service that offers 250,000 rooms in 30,000 cities in 192 countries.

昨晚，有40000人从一家在192个国家的30000个城市提供250000间客房的服务机构租用了住所。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级According to Richard Rusczyk, the company founder, the six U.S.team members who competed at the IMO last year collectively took more than 40 courses on the site.

据该公司创始人理查德·罗斯奇克（Richard Rusczyk）称，去年在国际海事组织（IMO）参加比赛的六名美国队成员总共在该网站上学习了40多门课程。

2017年6月阅读原文

考研More than 60,000 people have purchased the PTKs since they first become available without prescriptions last years, according to Doug Fog, chief operating officer of Identigene, which makes the over-the-counter kits.

据生产非处方药包的Identigene首席运营官道格·福格（Doug Fog）介绍，自去年首次在没有处方的情况下提供PTK以来，已有6万多人购买了PTK。

2009年考研阅读原文

四级In a study last year, of all people surveyed, 48 percent said they wanted to ride in one, while 50 percent did notThe fact that attitudes toward self-driving cars appear to be so steady across generations suggests how transformative the shift to driverless cars could be.

在去年的一项研究中，48%的受访人群表示他们想乘坐无人驾驶汽车，而50%的人则不这么认为。事实上，几代人对自动驾驶汽车的态度似乎如此稳定，这表明向无人驾驶汽车的转变可能会带来多大的变革。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级Last week I came across a couple of old school friends and we spend the entire journey in the bar.

上周我遇到了几个老同学，我们整个旅程都在酒吧里度过。

2014年6月听力原文

六级The Paris climate agreement finalised in December last year heralded a new era for climate action.

去年12月敲定的巴黎气候协定预示着气候行动的新时代。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级In 2005, the Authors Guild of America, together with a group of US publishers, launched a class action suit (集团诉讼) against Google that, after more than two years of negotiation, ended with an announcement last October that Google and the claimants had reached an out-of-court settlement.

2005年，美国作家协会（Authors Guild of America）与一群美国出版商共同发起了一场集体诉讼suitxa0(集团诉讼) 针对谷歌，经过两年多的谈判，去年10月谷歌与索赔人达成庭外和解。

2011年12月阅读原文

考研In contrast to France’s actions, Denmark’s fashion industry agreed last month on rules and sanctions regarding the age, health, and other characteristics of models.

与法国的行动相反，丹麦时装业上个月就有关模特年龄、健康和其他特征的规定和制裁达成一致。

2016年考研阅读原文

考研Last year, Europe Commission vice President Viviane Reding issued a call to voluntary action.

去年，欧洲委员会副主席维维安·雷丁（Viviane Reding）发出了自愿行动呼吁。

2013年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级The manager told me that Jack Green's been very active around the shop the last few days.

经理告诉我，杰克·格林最近几天在店里非常活跃。

2016年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

六级The surface formed mostly in the last billion years, which makes it fresher and more recently active than any rocky planet other than Earth.

它的表面大部分是在过去的十亿年中形成的，这使得它比地球以外的任何岩石行星都更新鲜，最近也更活跃。

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级Morgan notified the Haslam administration of his decision to opt out in a letter sent last week.

摩根在上周发出的一封信中通知哈斯拉姆政府他决定退出。

2017年6月阅读原文

高考How long did the adventure last?

这次冒险持续了多长时间？

2015年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

六级We've had more people booking in the first quarter of this year than last," says Hubert Moineau, founder of Tselana Travel, which is planning to introduce a new program of longer adventure trips, including polar expeditions and cruises in the Galápagos.

今年第一季度，我们的订票人数比去年多，”Tselena Travel的创始人休伯特·莫尼奥（Hubert Moineau）说，该公司正计划推出一项新的更长时间的探险旅行计划，包括极地探险和加拉帕戈斯巡游。

2011年6月听力原文

六级It's been the year of interactive television advertising for the last ten or twelve years, says Colin Dixon of a digital-media consultancy.

一家数字媒体咨询公司的科林·迪克森（Colin Dixon）说，在过去的十年或十二年里，这是互动电视广告的一年。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Interactive television advertising has been under debate for the last decade or so.

互动电视广告在过去十年左右一直处于争论之中。

2016年6月阅读原文

考研These labels encourage style-conscious consumers to see clothes as disposable-meant to last only a wash or two, although they don’t advertise that –and to renew their wardrobe every few weeks.

这些标签鼓励有时尚意识的消费者将衣服视为一次性的，只能洗一两次，尽管他们并没有做广告，而是每隔几周更新一次衣橱。

2013年考研阅读原文

考研These labels encourage style-conscious consumers to see clothes as disposable一meant to last only a wash or two, although they don't advertise that一and to renew their wardrobe every few weeks.

这些标签鼓励有时尚意识的消费者将衣服视为一次性的一虽然他们没有做广告，但它的意思是只能洗一两次一每隔几周更新一次衣橱。

2013年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考During the last few years, business executives and book writers looking for a new way to advise corporate America have been exploiting Shakespeare's wisdom for profitable ends.

在过去的几年里，寻求为美国企业提供建议的新途径的企业高管和书籍作者一直在利用莎士比亚的智慧来实现有利可图的目的。

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级Last summer, Massachusetts grass-fed beef advocate John Smith launched Big Picture Beef, a network of small grass-fed beef farms in New England and New York that is projected to bring to market 2,500 head of cattle from 125 producers this year.

去年夏天，马萨诸塞州草食牛肉倡导者约翰·史密斯（John Smith）推出了“大图牛肉”（Big Picture beef），这是一个由新英格兰和纽约的小型草食牛肉农场组成的网络，预计今年将向市场推出125家生产商的2500头牛。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

高考After 75 years the plaza theater has shown its last movie.

75年后，广场剧院放映了最后一部电影。

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考Minutes after the last movie ended yesterday at the plaza theater, employees were busy sweeping up popcorns and gathering coke cups.

昨天最后一部电影在广场剧院结束几分钟后，员工们正忙着清扫爆米花和收集可乐杯。

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has issued more than 35 flood warnings covering several regions, as Scotland continues to clean up after Storm Frankhit the country last Wednesday.

苏格兰环境保护局在几个地区发布了超过35个洪水警报，上周三法兰克福风暴袭击苏格兰后，苏格兰继续清理。

2016年12月听力原文

四级A New Jersey black bear that walks upright on its two back legs and has become a social media darling has re- emerged and has been captured on video months after its last sighting.

一只新泽西黑熊重新出现，它用两只后腿直立行走，已经成为社交媒体的宠儿。在它最后一次露面几个月后，这只黑熊被拍到了视频中。

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

四级After Hurricane Florence and Hurricane Michael last fall, USPS worked with state and local election boards to make sure that absentee ballots were available and received or time.

在去年秋天的佛罗伦萨飓风和迈克尔飓风之后，USPS与州和地方选举委员会合作，以确保缺席投票可用并及时收到。

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

四级Officials of the Tunisian government are especially worried after dozens of tourists were killed in the attack in Tunisia last year.

突尼斯政府官员尤其担心去年在突尼斯发生的袭击中有数十名游客丧生。

2016年12月四级真题（第二套）听力

四级The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has issued more than 35 flood warnings covering several regions, as Scotland continues to clean up after Storm Frank hit the country last Wednesday.

苏格兰环境保护局发布了35多个洪水警报，覆盖多个地区。上周三弗兰克风暴袭击苏格兰后，苏格兰继续进行清理。

2016年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

六级After all, the percentage of Americans who say a college degree is "very important" has fallen drastically in the last 5-6 years.

毕竟，在过去的5-6年中，认为大学学位“非常重要”的美国人比例急剧下降。

2017年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

六级Longevity statistics reveal that the average person doesn't last very long after retirement.

长寿统计数据显示，普通人退休后寿命不会很长。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

六级I was shopping in your store last Sunday afternoon.

上星期天下午我在你们店里买东西。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

高考He unfortunately passed away last year due to his cancer, but he left a deep impression on me and gave me the inspiration to pick up my pen again.

去年，他不幸因癌症去世，但他给我留下了深刻的印象，给了我重新拿起笔的灵感。

2015年高考英语江苏卷 完形填空 原文

四级That was my last economics lecture of the week, and here's the weekend again.

那是我本周最后一次经济学讲座，周末又到了。

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

高考As a result, in the last twenty years or so, many people have come to believe that whatever change is happening today is the result of great technological progress, going against which will be like trying to turn the clock back.

因此，在过去二十年左右的时间里，许多人开始相信，今天发生的任何变化都是巨大的技术进步的结果，与之相反，就像试图让时钟倒转一样。

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级David Mallen, associate director of the Council of Better Business Bureau, said in the last two years the organization had seen an increase in the number of claims companies were bringing against each other for false or misleading environmental product claims.

更好的商业局理事会副主任大卫·马伦（David Mallen）表示，在过去两年中，该组织发现，因虚假或误导性环境产品索赔而相互起诉的公司数量有所增加。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级David Mallen, associate director of the Council of Better Business Bureau, said in the last two years the organization had seen an increase in the number of claims companies were bringing against each other for false or misleading environmental product cl

更好的商业局理事会副主任大卫·马伦（David Mallen）表示，在过去两年中，该组织发现，各公司因虚假或误导性环境产品而相互提出的索赔数量有所增加

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

考研Enraged by Entergy’s behavior, the Vermont Senate voted 26 to 4 last year against allowing an extension.

佛蒙特州参议院去年以26票对4票反对通过了延长投票期限的议案，因因因内瑞的行为而愤怒。

2012年考研阅读原文

考研Enraged by Entergy's behavior, the Vermont Senate voted 26 to 4 last year against allowing an extension.

佛蒙特州参议院去年以26票对4票反对通过了延长投票期限的议案，因因因内瑞的行为而愤怒。

2012年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研The food industry will be alarmed that such senior doctors back such radical moves, especially the call to use some of the tough tactics that have been deployed against smoking over the last decade.

这些资深医生支持这些激进的举措，特别是呼吁使用过去十年来针对吸烟采取的一些强硬策略，食品行业将对此感到震惊。

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考Of course! It's been ages since we met last time.

当然我们好久没见面了。

2017年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

考研In contrast to France's actions, Denmark's fashion industry agreed last month on rules and sanctions regarding the age, health, and other characteristics of models.

与法国的行动相反，丹麦时装业上个月就有关模特年龄、健康和其他特征的规定和制裁达成一致。

2016年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考I last saw him a few months ago.

我上次见到他是几个月前。

2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考The last time we met them was at our wedding three years ago.

我们最后一次见到他们是在三年前的婚礼上。

2016年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

六级The last time I was in the hermitage, three months ago

上一次我在隐居地是三个月前

2012年12月阅读原文

六级However, the last such increase in temperature took place two years ago.

然而，最近一次这样的温度升高发生在两年前。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

四级Well, to pick up where we left off last time, I believe we agreed that creativity is a mysterious idea.

好吧，为了继续上次的讨论，我相信我们一致认为创造力是一个神秘的想法。

2012年6月听力原文

六级It's also pushing ahead in 2016 with an expansion of Bluemercury, the beauty chain it bought last year.

2016年，该公司还将扩大去年收购的美容连锁店Bluemercury。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级It opened its fourth station last year and is pressing ahead with plans to build a fifth.

该公司去年开设了第四个核电站，并正在推进建设第五个核电站的计划。

2016年12月阅读原文

高考The transition, which flew at 1, 400 feet for eight minutes last month, can reach around 70 miles per hour on the road and 115 in the air.

这架上个月在1400英尺高空飞行了8分钟的飞机，在公路上的时速可达70英里，在空中的时速可达115英里。

2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级Unfortunately for them ( ' , and often the taxpayers), our energy systems are a bit like an aircraft carrier: they are unbelievably expensive, they are built to last for a very long time, they have a huge amount of inertia ( ' , meaning it takes a lot of energy to set them moving), and they have a lot of momentum once they are set in motion.

不幸的是，对他们（通常是纳税人）来说，我们的能源系统有点像一艘航空母舰：它们的价格高得令人难以置信，它们的建造寿命很长，它们有巨大的惯性（这意味着需要大量的能量才能使它们移动），一旦它们启动，它们就有很大的动力。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级Unfortunately for them and often the taxpayers, our energy systems are a bit like an aircraft carrier : they are unbelievably expensive, they are built to last for a very long time, they have a huge amount of inertia meaning it takes a lot of energy to se

不幸的是，对他们和纳税人来说，我们的能源系统有点像航空母舰：它们的价格高得让人难以置信，它们的建造寿命很长，它们有巨大的惯性，这意味着需要大量的能源才能使用

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

高考Already this year, 115 measles cases have been reported in the USA, compared with 189 for all of last year.

今年，美国已经报告了115例麻疹病例，而去年全年为189例。

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级Nearly all members of last year's winning U.S.IMO team took part in MathCounts as middle school students, as did Loh, the coach.

去年获胜的美国国际海事组织代表团几乎所有成员都是中学生，教练陆也一样。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级But over the last couple of years, and in this one in particular, we are starting to see companies shift from what is the largest screen size, the smallest form factor or the shiniest object and more into what all of these devices do that is practical in a consumer's life.

但在过去的几年里，尤其是在这一年中，我们开始看到公司从最大的屏幕尺寸、最小的外形尺寸或最亮的物体，转向所有这些设备在消费者生活中实用的功能。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级Annual fees have risen from ￡1,000 to ￡9,000 in the last decade, but contact time at university has barely risen at all.

年费已从原来的水平提高￡1000到￡在过去的十年里有9000人，但大学里的联系时间几乎没有增加。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级For all their troubles, the United States’ 3,500 institutions were flooded with more than half a million students from 193 countries last year.

去年，尽管美国3500所大学遇到了种种麻烦，但仍有来自193个国家的50多万学生涌入。

2015年12月听力原文

考研So, does the Spanish crisis suggest that monarchy is seeing its last days? Does that mean the writing is on the wall for all European royals, with their magnificent uniforms and majestic lifestyle?.

那么，西班牙危机是否表明君主制正在走向末日？这是否意味着所有欧洲皇室成员都会被写在墙上，穿着华丽的制服，过着高贵的生活方式？。

2015年考研阅读原文

四级Last year, supporters pushed for Pedals to be moved to a shelter, but New Jersey officials have said they won't allow the bear to be captured and transferred to the facility.

去年，支持者推动将脚踏板移到庇护所，但新泽西州官员表示，他们不会允许捕获这头熊并将其转移到庇护所。

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

考研In the last decade or so ,advances in technology have allowed mass-market labels such as Zara ,H&M, and Uniqlo to react to trends more quickly and anticipate demand more precisely.

在过去十年左右的时间里，技术的进步使得Zara、H&M和优衣库等大众市场品牌能够更快地对趋势做出反应，更准确地预测需求。

2013年考研阅读原文

高考A three-week trial at Holborn last year found that the number of people using escalators at any time of could be raised by almost a third.

去年在霍尔伯恩进行的一项为期三周的试验发现，在任何时候使用自动扶梯的人数都可能增加近三分之一。

2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考It's almost never good to start a meeting with general comments such as:"I didn't understand what you said about [main topic of the course] "or "I couldn't understand any of your lectures last week."

开始一次会议时，总有一些笼统的评论，比如：“我不明白你对[课程的主要主题]所说的话”或者“你上周的讲座我都听不懂”

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 主旨概括 原文

高考Last year, I spent all my time looking for a job where, without dealing with the public, I could work alone, but still have a team to talk to.

去年，我花了我所有的时间寻找一份工作，在这份工作中，我可以不与公众打交道，独自工作，但仍然有一个团队可以与我交谈。

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

四级In the last year alone, despite an increase in the UK population and a subsequent rise in the number of households, sales of toilet paper fell by 2%, with the average household reducing their toilet roll spending from £43 in 2014 to £41 in 2015.

仅去年一年，尽管英国人口增加，家庭数量随之增加，但卫生纸的销售下降了2%，普通家庭的卫生纸支出从2014年的43英镑降至2015年的41英镑。

2017年6月阅读原文

高考The musician along with his band members has given ten performances in the last three months.

这位音乐家和他的乐队成员在过去三个月里演出了十场。

2019年高考英语江苏卷 单项填空 原文

六级Land Usage: Over the last five decades, improved farming techniques and technologies have helped to significantly increase crop yields along with a 12% expansion of farmed land use

土地利用：在过去五十年中，改进的农业技术和技术有助于显著提高作物产量，同时增加了12%的耕地利用

2013年12月阅读原文

六级The last time a major earthquake occurred along the Cascadia fault was in 1700, so officials worry that another event could occur any time.

卡斯卡迪亚断层上一次发生大地震是在1700年，因此官员们担心随时可能发生另一次地震。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级Also last year, Farrant and colleagues published a detailed molecular study of another candidate, Xerophyta viscosa, a tough-as-nail South African plant with lily-like flowers, and she says that a genome is on the way.

同样在去年，Farrant和同事发表了另一个候选植物Xerophyta viscosa的详细分子研究，这是一种结实的南非植物，开着百合般的花，她说基因组正在研究中。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级The alternative, he suggested, was to face the prospect of becoming another Palo Alto, California, where outsize stress on teenage students is believed to have contributed to a number of suicides in the last six years.

他建议，另一种选择是面对成为加利福尼亚州帕洛阿尔托市另一个城市的前景，据信，在过去六年中，青少年学生承受的巨大压力导致了许多自杀事件。

2018年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级With fertilizer prices jumping nearly 50% per metric ton over the last year in some places, human waste is an attractive, and often necessary, alternative.

在一些地方，化肥价格比去年每公吨上涨了近50%，人类粪便是一种有吸引力的、而且经常是必要的替代品。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考At last I ended up hitting the set with my first, and it stopped working altogether.

最后，我终于用我的第一个打到了片场，它完全停止了工作。

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

四级There are people who always wait until the last minute, and make it much harder than it needs to be.

有些人总是等到最后一分钟，让事情变得比需要的困难得多。

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

考研Madrid was hailed as a public health beacon last November when it rolled out ambitious restrictions on the most polluting cars.

去年11月，马德里对污染最严重的汽车实施了雄心勃勃的限制，被誉为公共卫生的灯塔。

2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研"The ancient Hawaiians were astronomers," wrote Queen Liliuokalani, Hawaii's last reigning monarch, in 1897.

“古代夏威夷人是天文学家，”夏威夷最后一位在位君主利略卡拉尼女王在1897年写道。

2017年考研阅读原文

六级The most recent one took place last week in Washington, D.C.Students join a team through their schools, which provide a volunteer coach and pay a nominal fee to send students to regional and state competitions.

最近的一次是上周在华盛顿特区举行的。学生们通过学校加入一个团队，学校提供志愿者教练，并支付象征性的费用让学生参加地区和州比赛。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Morgan said last week that he would retire at the end of January because of the governor's proposal to split off six universities of the Board of Regents system and create separate governing boards for each of them.

摩根上周表示，他将于1月底退休，因为州长建议将摄政委员会系统中的六所大学拆分，并为每所大学分别设立管理委员会。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Interest in elite high school math competitions has grown in recent years, and in light of last summer's U.S. win at the International Math Olympiad ( ' , IMO)—the first for an American team in more than two decades— the trend is likely to continue.

近年来，人们对高中数学竞赛的兴趣与日俱增，鉴于去年夏天美国队在国际数学奥林匹克运动会（IMO）上获胜——这是美国队20多年来首次获胜——这种趋势可能会持续下去。

2017年6月阅读原文

考研Moreover, average overall margins are higher in wholesale than in retail; wholesale demand from the food service sector is growing quickly as more Europeans eat out more often; and changes in the competitive dynamics of this fragmented industry are at last making it feasible for wholesalers to consolidate.

此外，批发业务的平均总利润率高于零售业务；随着越来越多的欧洲人外出就餐，食品服务业的批发需求正在快速增长；而这一分散行业竞争动态的变化最终使批发商得以整合。

2010年考研阅读原文

四级Last week, for example, Postmaster General Pat Donahoe announced plans to stop mail delivery on Saturdays, a move he says could save three billion dollars annually.

例如，上周，邮政署长帕特·多纳霍（Pat Donahoe）宣布计划在周六停止邮件递送，他说此举每年可以节省30亿美元。

2016年12月听力原文

六级Annual fees have risen from £1,000 to £9,000 in the last decade, but contact time at university has barely risen at all.

在过去十年中，年费从1000英镑增加到9000英镑，但在大学的联系时间几乎没有增加。

2016年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级The Love Food, Hate Waste campaign entered into a collaboration last year with another such network — the Women's Institute.

爱食物、恨浪费运动去年与另一个这样的网络——妇女研究所合作。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级The " Love Food, Hate Waste " campaign entered into a collaboration last year with another such network — the Women's Institute.

“爱食物，恨浪费”运动去年与另一个这样的网络——妇女研究所合作。

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级This last finding would appear to contradict another popular hypothesis that it is our burdening of students with assignment that is causing all the problems.

这最后一个发现似乎与另一个流行的假设相矛盾，即是我们给学生布置作业的负担造成了所有问题。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级The journalist Ian Leslie, in his new and enjoyable book Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on it, insists that the answer to that last question is "Yes".

记者伊恩·莱斯利（Ian Leslie）在其令人愉快的新书《好奇：渴望知道以及为什么你的未来取决于它》中坚持最后一个问题的答案是“是”。

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

考研In the last decade or so, advances in technology have allowed mass-market labels such as Zara, H&M, and Uniqlo to react to trends more quickly and anticipate demand more precisely.

在过去十年左右的时间里，技术的进步使得Zara、H&M和优衣库等大众市场品牌能够更快地对趋势做出反应，更准确地预测需求。

2013年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考The ice won't last any longer.

冰不会再结冰了。

2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

四级Americans drove more miles last year than any other year on record.

美国人去年开车的英里数超过了有记录以来的任何一年。

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

六级Not only does she have a tendency to be moody all the time, but she misses appointments, doesn't follow through on projects, and doesn't seem to plan anything till the last minute.

她不仅总是喜怒无常，而且错过了约会，没有完成项目，似乎直到最后一刻才计划任何事情。

2013年12月听力原文