考研“The Heart of the Matter,” the just-released report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences ( ' , AAAS), deserves praise for affirming the importance of the humanities and social sciences to the prosperity and security of liberal democracy in America.

美国艺术与科学院（AAAS）刚刚发布的报告《问题的核心》肯定了人文社会科学对美国自由民主繁荣与安全的重要性，值得赞扬。

2014年考研阅读原文

考研"The Heart of the Matter," the just-released report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, deserves praise for affirming the importance of the humanities and social sciences to the prosperity and security of liberal democracy in America.

美国文理学院刚刚发布的报告《问题的核心》肯定了人文和社会科学对美国自由民主繁荣和安全的重要性，值得赞扬。

2014年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级A new study from the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University shows that today's youth vote in larger numbers than previous generations, and a 2008 study from the Center for American Progress adds that increasing numbers of young voters and activists support traditionally liberal causes.

塔夫茨大学公民学习和参与信息与研究中心（CIRCLE）的一项新研究表明，今天的年轻人投票人数比前几代人多，美国进步中心2008年的一项研究补充说，越来越多的年轻选民和活动家支持传统的自由主义事业。

2010年6月阅读原文

考研Regrettably, however, the report’s failure to address the true nature of the crisis facing liberal education may cause more harm than good.

然而，令人遗憾的是，报告未能解决通识教育所面临危机的真实性质，可能弊大于利。

2014年考研阅读原文

考研Regrettably, however, the report's failure to address the true nature of the crisis facing liberal education may cause more harm than good.

然而，令人遗憾的是，报告未能解决通识教育所面临危机的真实性质，可能弊大于利。

2014年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研At its best, the European project is remarkably liberal: built around a single market of 27 rich and poor countries, its internal borders are far more open to goods, capital and labour than any comparable trading area.

在最好的情况下，欧洲项目是非常自由的：建立在一个由27个富国和穷国组成的单一市场上，其内部边界对商品、资本和劳动力的开放程度远远高于任何可比贸易区。

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Within just the past five years, I have noticed parents returning to a belief that teenagers need the guidance of elders rather than the liberal, anything goes mode of child-rearing that became popular in the second half of the 20th century.

在过去的五年里，我注意到家长们回归到一种信念，即青少年需要长辈的指导，而不是20世纪后半叶流行的自由主义、随大流的育儿模式。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级within just the past five years, I have noticed parents returning to a belief that teenagers need the guidance of elders rather than the liberal, "anything goes" mode of child-rearing that became popular in the second half of the 20th century.

在过去的五年里，我注意到家长们回归到一种信念，即青少年需要长辈的指导，而不是20世纪下半叶流行的自由主义的“随大流”育儿模式。

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级The question of whether our government should promote science and technology or the liberal arts in higher education isn't an either/or proposition(命题),although the current emphasis on preparing young Americans for STEM（science, technology, engineering, maths）-related fields can make it seem that way.

我们的政府是否应该在高等教育中推广科学技术或文科，这不是一个非此即彼的命题(命题),尽管目前强调让美国年轻人为STEM（科学、技术、工程、数学）相关领域做好准备，但这可能会让人觉得是这样。

2014年6月阅读原文

四级The liberal arts in higher education help enrich students' spiritual life

高等教育中的文科有助于丰富学生的精神生活

2014年6月阅读原文

四级Simultaneously, the liberal arts become more important than ever.

与此同时，文科变得比以往任何时候都重要。

2013年12月阅读原文

四级Learning to express ideas well in both writing and speech, knowing how to find information, and knowing how to do research are all solid background skills for a wide variety of roles, and such training is more important than any particular major in a liberal arts college

学习在写作和演讲中很好地表达想法，知道如何找到信息，知道如何做研究，对于各种各样的角色来说都是坚实的背景技能，这种训练比文科学院的任何专业都更重要

2013年12月阅读原文

四级Students majoring in liberal arts usually have difficulty securing a job.

文科专业的学生通常很难找到工作。

2013年12月阅读原文

四级What does the author think a liberal arts college should focus on

作者认为文科学院应该关注什么

2013年12月阅读原文

六级Since 2003 the small, elite liberal arts school in Brunswick, Maine, has boosted the proportion of so-called under-represented minority students in entering freshman classes from 8% to 13%.

自2003年以来，缅因州不伦瑞克的一所小型精英文科学校将所谓代表性不足的少数民族学生进入新生班的比例从8%提高到13%。

2011年6月阅读原文

六级The prestige of its liberal arts programs

其文科课程的声望

2011年6月阅读原文

考研Today, professors routinely treat the progressive interpretation of history and progressive public policy as the proper subject of study while portraying conservative or classical liberal ideas —such as free markets, self-reliance—as falling outside the boundaries of routine, and sometimes legitimate, intellectual investigation.

如今，教授们通常将渐进式的历史解读和渐进式的公共政策视为合适的研究主题，同时将保守或经典的自由主义思想——如自由市场、自力更生——描绘为超出常规、有时是合法的知识调查的界限。

2014年考研阅读原文

考研Unfortunately, despite years in the making, “The Heart of the Matter” never gets to the heart of the matter: the illiberal nature of liberal education at our leading colleges and universities.

不幸的是，尽管经过多年的努力，“核心问题”从未触及问题的核心：我们领先的学院和大学的自由教育的不自由性质。

2014年考研阅读原文

考研Sadly, the spirit of inquiry once at home on campus has been replaced by the use of the humanities and social sciences as vehicles for publicizing “progressive,” or left- liberal propaganda.

可悲的是，曾经在校园里呆在家里的探究精神已经被人文社会科学作为宣传“进步”或左翼自由主义宣传的工具所取代。

2014年考研阅读原文

考研The commission ignores that for several decades America’s colleges and universities have produced graduates who don’t know the content and character of liberal education and are thus deprived of its benefits.

委员会忽略了几十年来美国的学院和大学培养出的毕业生不了解通识教育的内容和特点，因此被剥夺了通识教育的好处。

2014年考研阅读原文

考研Justice Anthony Kennedy,joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and the Court's liberals,ruled that the state flew too close to the federal sun.

安东尼·肯尼迪大法官、首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨和法院自由派人士裁定，该州离联邦太阳太近。

2013年考研阅读原文

考研Sadly, the spirit of inquiry once at home on campus has been replaced by the use of the humanities and social sciences as vehicles for publicizing "progressive, " or left- liberal propaganda.

可悲的是，曾经在校园里呆在家里的探究精神已经被人文社会科学作为宣传“进步”或左翼自由主义宣传的工具所取代。

2014年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研The commission ignores that for several decades America's colleges and universities have produced graduates who don't know the content and character of liberal education and are thus deprived of its benefits.

委员会忽略了几十年来美国的学院和大学培养出的毕业生不了解通识教育的内容和特点，因此被剥夺了通识教育的好处。

2014年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Justice Anthony Kennedy,joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and the Courts liberals, ruled that the state flew too close to the federal sun.

安东尼·肯尼迪大法官、首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨和自由党法庭裁定，该州离联邦太阳太近。

2013年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Today, professors routinely treat the progressive interpretation of history and progressive public policy as the proper subject of study while portraying conservative or classical liberal ideas — such as free markets, self-reliance — as falling outside th

如今，教授们通常将渐进式的历史解读和渐进式的公共政策视为合适的研究主题，而将保守或经典的自由主义思想（如自由市场、自力更生）描述为不属于

2014年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Unfortunately, despite 2.5 years in the making, "The Heart of the Matter" never gets to the heart of the matter: the illiberal nature of liberal education at our leading colleges and universities.

不幸的是，尽管经过了2.5年的酝酿，“核心问题”从未触及问题的核心：我们领先的学院和大学的自由教育的不自由性质。

2014年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级Students majoring in liberal arts usually have difficulty securing a job

文科专业的学生通常很难找到工作

2013年12月阅读原文

考研The AAAS displays great enthusiasm for liberal education.

AAS对自由教育表现出极大的热情。

2014年考研阅读原文

四级The liberal arts in higher education help enrich students' spiritual life.

高等教育中的文科有助于丰富学生的精神生活。

2014年6月阅读原文

四级Learning to express ideas well in both writing and speech, knowing how to find information, and knowing how to do research are all solid background skills for a wide variety of roles, and such training is more important than any particular major in a liberal arts college.

学习在写作和演讲中表达好想法，知道如何找到信息，知道如何做研究，对于各种角色来说都是坚实的背景技能，而这种训练比文科学院的任何专业都更重要。

2013年12月阅读原文

四级For computer literacy is not a form of literacy (读写能力); it is a trade skill that should not be taught as a liberal art.

因为计算机识字不是识字的一种形式(读写能力); 这是一种贸易技能，不应该作为一门自由的艺术来教授。

1998年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级The reality that has blocked my path to become the typical successful student is that engineering and the liberal arts simply don’t’ mix as easily as I assumed in high school.

阻碍我成为典型成功学生的现实是，工程和文科并不像我在高中时想象的那样容易混合。

2001年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级The current interest in sign language has roots in the pioneering work of one rebel teacher at Gallaudet University in Washington, D. C. , the world’s only liberal arts university for deaf people.

目前人们对手语的兴趣源于华盛顿加劳德特大学一位反叛教师的开拓性工作，该大学是世界上唯一一所为聋人开设的文科大学。

2004年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级During that time, it rose in US News & World Report’s ranking of the best liberal arts colleges, from 25 to 17.

在此期间，它在《美国新闻与世界报道》的最佳文科学院排名中从25所上升到17所。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级I recommend Harvard's 2011 “Pathways to Prosperity ” report for more attention to the“forgotten half” ( those who do not go on to college) and ideas about how to address this issue． Simultaneously，the liberal arts become more important than ever.

我建议哈佛大学2011年的“繁荣之路”报告更多地关注“被遗忘的一半”（那些没有上大学的人），以及如何解决这个问题的想法。

2013年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第1套)

四级Learning to express ideas well in both writing and speech，knowing how to find information , and knowing how to do research are all solid background skills for a wide variety of roles，and such training is more important than any particular major in a liberal arts college.

学习在写作和演讲中很好地表达想法，知道如何寻找信息，知道如何进行研究，这些都是各种角色的坚实背景技能，而这种培训比文科学院的任何特定专业都更重要。

2013年12月大学英语四级考试真题(第1套)

四级The question of whether our government should promote science and technology or the liberal arts in higher education isn’t an either/or proposition (命题), although the current emphasis on preparing young Americans for STEM (science, technology, engineering, maths)-related fields can make it seem that way.

我们的政府应该在高等教育中推广科学技术还是文科，这不是一个非此即彼的命题(命题), 尽管目前强调让美国年轻人为STEM（科学、技术、工程、数学）相关领域做好准备，这可能会让人觉得是这样。

2014年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套）

四级Then there are the liberals, with whom I would normally side, who protest that government regulation would be yet another instance of interference in our lives.

还有自由主义者，我通常会站在他们一边，他们抗议政府监管将是干涉我们生活的又一个例子。

2014年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第3套)

考研“Those things that do not show up in the test scores—personality, ability, courage or humanity—are completely ignored,” says Toshiki Kaifu, chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s education committee.

执政的自民党教育委员会主席Toshiki Kaifu表示：“那些没有出现在考试成绩中的东西——个性、能力、勇气或人性——被完全忽视了。”。

2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Last year Mitsuo Setoyama, who was then education minister, raised eyebrows when he argued that liberal reforms introduced by the American occupation authorities after World War II had weakened the “Japanese morality of respect for parents.

去年，时任教育大臣的濑户光夫（Mitsuo Setoyama）辩称，二战后美国占领当局推行的自由主义改革削弱了“日本尊重父母的道德”，这让人大跌眼镜。

2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研In his latest book, Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of language and Music and Why We Should Like, Care, John McWhorter, a linguist and controversialist of mixed liberal and conservative views, sees the triumph of 1960s counter-culture as responsible for the decline of formal English.

约翰·麦克沃特（John McWhorter）是一位语言学家，也是一位自由派和保守派观点混杂的争议论者，在他的最新著作《做我们自己的事：语言和音乐的退化以及为什么我们应该喜欢、关心》中，他认为20世纪60年代反文化的胜利是正式英语衰落的原因。

2005年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题