高考Children may have greater ability to figure out things than scientists.

儿童可能比科学家有更大的理解事物的能力。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

四级While it may sound like an advantage to many, people with this rare condition often find their unusual ability burdensome.

虽然对许多人来说这听起来像是一种优势，但患有这种罕见疾病的人往往会发现他们非同寻常的能力是一种负担。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级John Nielsen, AAA’s managing director of automotive engineering and repair, said tests suggest drivers may be overestimating their own abilities.

AAA汽车工程和维修部总经理约翰·尼尔森（John Nielsen）表示，测试表明驾驶员可能高估了自己的能力。

2017年6月听力原文

四级These patterns suggest that some types of mental flexibility decrease relatively early in adulthood, but that the amount of knowledge one has, and the effectiveness of integrating it with one's abilities, may increase throughout all of adulthood if there are no diseases, Salthouse said in a news release.

索尔特豪斯在一份新闻稿中说，这些模式表明，某些类型的心理灵活性在成年早期相对降低，但如果没有疾病，一个人拥有的知识量以及将知识与能力相结合的有效性可能会在整个成年期增加。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级But that may have more to do with their ability to select the best students.

但这可能更多地与他们选择最好学生的能力有关。

2011年6月阅读原文

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The company might be very optimistic, but the ability of their machine to detect deception has not provided credible proof.

该公司可能非常乐观，但他们的机器检测欺骗的能力并没有提供可靠的证据。

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

考研Big retailers must understand these differences before they can identify the segments of European wholesaling in which their particular abilities might unseat smaller but entrenched competitors.

大型零售商必须了解这些差异，才能确定欧洲批发市场的哪些细分市场，在这些细分市场中，他们的特殊能力可能会击败规模较小但根深蒂固的竞争对手。

2010年考研阅读原文

考研At first glance this might seem like a strength that grants the ability to make judgments which are unbiased by external factors.

乍一看，这似乎是一种力量，赋予了人们做出判断的能力，而这种判断不受外部因素的影响。

2013年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

高考I might not be able to do it.

我可能做不到。

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

高考If I could locate the nest, I might have been able to put it back, but no luck.

如果我能找到鸟巢，我也许能把它放回去，但运气不好。

2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考If I kept going I might not be able to see my way back.

如果我继续走，我可能就看不见回去的路了。

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读表达 原文

高考Machines with specific purposes are associated with living things partly because they might be able to prevent themselves from being destroyed.

有特定用途的机器与生物联系在一起，部分原因是它们可能能够防止自己被摧毁。

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 题设

高考Some 60, 000 novels were published during the victorian age, from 1837 to 1901; today a casual reader might be able to name a half-dozen of them.

从1837年到1901年，维多利亚时代出版了约6万部小说；今天，一个随便的读者也许能说出其中的六个。

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

四级With wired setups, the fear is that a burglar ( ' , 入室盗贼) might be able to shut your system down simply by cutting the right cable.

通过有线设置，人们担心的是窃贼（“，入室盗贼) 只需切断正确的电缆，就可以关闭您的系统。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级Generally, young women have had growing success in the paid labor market since 1960 and hence might increasingly be expected to be able to afford to live independently of their parents.

一般来说，自1960年以来，年轻妇女在有报酬的劳动力市场上取得了越来越大的成功，因此，人们可能越来越期望她们能够独立于父母生活。

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

四级with wired setups, the fear is that a burglar might be able to shut your system down simply by cutting the right cable.

通过有线设置，人们担心的是窃贼可能只需切断正确的电缆就可以关闭你的系统。

2016年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

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And to get at the contents of a single iPhone, the government says it needs a court order and Apple's help to write new code; in earlier versions of the iPhone, ones that were created before Apple found religion on 热衷于 privacy, the Fbi might have been abl

政府表示，要获取一部iPhone的内容，需要法庭命令和苹果的帮助来编写新代码；在iPhone的早期版本中，这些版本是在苹果出现宗教信仰之前创建的热衷于 隐私，Fbi可能是abl

2017年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级If Apple alters the security model of future iPhones so that even its own engineers' "reasonable assistance" will not be able to crack a given device when compelled by the government, a precedent set in this case might lose its lasting force.

如果苹果改变了未来iphone的安全模式，以至于在政府的强制下，即使是自己的工程师的“合理协助”也无法破解给定的设备，那么这一案例中的先例可能会失去持久的效力。

2017年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级some schools have shown remarkable determination and ingenuity in ensuring that all their pupils are able to take up opportunities that may be truly life-changing.

一些学校表现出非凡的决心和创造力，确保所有学生都能抓住可能真正改变生活的机会。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级The message to young people who might not otherwise be able to afford to break into the business is, "You can purchase this $3 million piece of land here, because I'm guaranteeing you today you'll have 1, 000 Bison on it."

对年轻人来说，如果不是这样的话，他们可能无法进入这个行业，“你可以在这里购买这片价值300万美元的土地，因为我向你保证，今天你会有1000头野牛。”

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级The report found that although some king penguins may be able to relocate to new breeding grounds closer to their retreating food source, suitable new habitats would be scarce.

该报告发现，尽管一些王企鹅可能能够迁移到离它们撤退的食物来源更近的新繁殖地，但合适的新栖息地将十分稀少。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级They may be able to handle a drought of some length, and many people use the term "drought tolerant" to describe such plants, but they never actually stop needing to consume water, so Farrant prefers to call them drought resistant.

它们可能能够应对一定长度的干旱，许多人用“耐旱”一词来形容这种植物，但它们从来没有停止过用水，所以Farrant更愿意称它们为抗旱植物。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

考研Thus poor countries might not be able to escape their poverty traps without political changes that may be possible only with broader formal education.

因此，如果没有政治变革，穷国可能无法摆脱贫困陷阱，而政治变革只有通过更广泛的正规教育才能实现。

2009年考研阅读原文

考研However， Allen believed that the unconscious mind generates as much action as the conscious mind， and while we may be able to sustain the illusion of control through the conscious mind alone， in reality we are continually faced with a question： “Why cannot I make myself do this or achieve that？ ”Since desire and will are damaged by the presence of thoughts that do not accord with desire， Allen concluded ： “ We do not attract what we want， but what we are.

然而，艾伦认为，潜意识产生的行动与意识产生的行动一样多，虽然我们可能能够通过意识维持控制幻觉，但实际上我们不断面临一个问题：“为什么我不能让自己做这件事或实现那件事？”因为欲望和意志会受到艾伦总结道：“我们吸引的不是我们想要的，而是我们自己。”。

2011年考研翻译原文

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The fact that this is not an uncommon occurrence means that dishonest persons might be able to access bank accounts in electronic payments systems and steal from someone else's accounts.

事实上，这种情况并不罕见，这意味着不诚实的人可能能够访问电子支付系统中的银行账户，并从其他人的账户中窃取。

2013年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

考研There are concerns that government, employers, and marketers might be able to access these data, thereby violating our privacy.

有人担心政府、雇主和营销人员可能会访问这些数据，从而侵犯我们的隐私。

2013年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

高考Dreaming about whether you would want to read minds, see through walls, or have superhuman strength may sound silly, but it actually gets to the heart of what really matters in your life.

梦想你是想读心术，看穿墙壁，还是拥有超人的力量，听起来可能很傻，但实际上它触及到了你生活中真正重要的核心。

2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读B 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

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

四级I am about to make things more complicated by suggesting that what kind of facility an older person lives in may matter less than we have assumed.

我想让事情变得更复杂，因为我建议老年人居住的设施可能比我们想象的要重要。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级The secret to eating less and being happy about it may have been cracked years ago—by McDonald's.

少吃多开心的秘诀可能早在几年前就被麦当劳破解了。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级It may make you feel uncertain about your own decisions.

这可能会让你对自己的决定感到不确定。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级But, in the years that followed, her sustained tutoring suggested that Kafka might be wrong about the solitude.

但是，在随后的几年里，她持续的辅导表明卡夫卡关于孤独的看法可能是错误的。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级Teachers in low-income urban and rural areas with no history of participating in math competitions may not know about advanced-math opportunities like MathCounts—and those who do may not have support or feel trained to lead them.

在低收入的城市和农村地区，没有参加过数学竞赛的历史的教师可能不知道像MathCounts这样的高等数学机会，而那些不知道的教师可能得不到支持，或者觉得没有受过训练来领导他们。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级About 100,000 students around the country participate in the program's competition series, which culminates in a national game-show-style contest held each May.

全国约有10万名学生参加了该项目的比赛系列，最终在每年5月举行的全国游戏表演风格比赛中达到高潮。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级In fact, you may have heard about the new superbugs, which are antibiotic-resistant bacteria that have developed as a result of overprescribed antibiotics.

事实上，你可能听说过新的超级细菌，它们是由于过量使用抗生素而产生的抗抗生素细菌。

2017年6月听力原文

六级This might not be right, but school-leavers who fail to acknowledge as much risk making the wrong decision about going to university.

这可能是不对的，但不承认这一点的离校生有可能在上大学时做出错误的决定。

2016年12月阅读原文

考研To take this approach to the New Englanders normally mean to start with the Puritans’ theological innovations and their distinctive ideas about the church-important subjects that we may not neglect.

对新英格兰人采取这种方法通常意味着从清教徒的神学创新和他们关于教会重要主题的独特思想开始，我们不能忽视这些主题。

2009年考研阅读原文

考研Consumers passionate about a product may create “owned” media by sending e-mail alerts about products and sales to customers registered with its Web site.

对产品充满热情的消费者可以通过向在其网站上注册的客户发送有关产品和销售的电子邮件通知来创建“自有”媒体。

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Perhaps willfully , it may be easier to think about such lengthy timescales than about the more immediate future.

也许出于故意，考虑如此漫长的时间尺度可能比考虑更近的未来更容易。

2013年考研阅读原文

考研As much as some scientists may complain about the new awards, two things seem clear.

尽管一些科学家可能会抱怨新的奖项，但有两件事似乎很清楚。

2014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Ms Brooks may or may not have had suspicions about how her journalists got their stories, but she asked no questions, gave no instructions—nor received traceable, recorded answers.

布鲁克斯女士可能怀疑，也可能不怀疑她的记者是如何得到他们的报道的，但她没有提出任何问题，没有给出任何指示，也没有收到可追踪的、有记录的答案。

2015年考研阅读原文

考研But policymakers who refocus efforts on improving well-being rather than simply worrying about GDP figures could avoid the forecasted doom and may even see progress.

但如果决策者将工作重点重新放在改善福利上，而不仅仅是担心GDP数据，就可以避免预测的厄运，甚至可能看到进展。

2017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 concer

除了产生收入，其他营销人员的存在使网站看起来客观，给公司机会了解关于其他公司营销吸引力的有价值信息，并可能有助于扩大所有公司的用户流量

2011年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Consumers passionate about a product may create "earned" media by willingly promoting it to friend,and a company may leverage "owned" media by sending e-mail alerts about products and sales to customers registered with its Website.

对某一产品充满热情的消费者可能会通过自愿将其推广给朋友来创建“赚来的”媒体，而公司可能会通过向在其网站注册的客户发送有关产品和销售的电子邮件提醒来利用“自有”媒体。

2011年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级That statement comes not, as you might imagine, from a stereotypical tree-hugging, save-the-world greenie ( ' , 环保主义者), but from Gordon Brown, a politician with a reputation for rigour, thoroughness and above all, caution.

正如你可能想象的那样，这句话并不是出自一种老套的拥抱树木的方式，即“拯救世界”，环保主义者), 但是来自戈登·布朗，一位以严谨、彻底和最重要的是谨慎著称的政治家。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级As noted above, indifferent relationships may not always be the most helpful approach in resolving some of the issues that pop up at work.

如上所述，在解决工作中出现的一些问题时，冷漠的关系可能并不总是最有帮助的方法。

2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级That statement comes not, as you might imagine, from a stereotypical tree-hugging, save-the-world greenie 环保主义者, but from Gordon Brown, a politician with a reputation for rigour, thoroughness and above all, caution.

正如你可能想象的那样，这句话并不是出自一种老套的拥抱树木的方式，即拯救世界环保主义者, 但是来自戈登·布朗，一位以严谨、彻底和最重要的是谨慎著称的政治家。

2016年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级Left alone, it was assumed, the world's rain forests would not only flourish but might even rescue us from disaster by absorbing the excess carbon dioxide and other planet-warming greenhouse gases.

人们认为，如果不加以考虑，世界雨林不仅会繁衍生息，甚至可能通过吸收过量的二氧化碳和其他导致地球变暖的温室气体，将我们从灾难中解救出来。

2013年6月阅读原文

考研Helping forests flourish as valuable "carbon sinks" long into the future may require reducing their capacity to absorb carbon now.

帮助森林在未来长期繁荣成为有价值的“碳汇”可能需要降低它们吸收碳的能力。

2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考Sadly the abundance of passenger pigeons may have been their undoing.

可悲的是，大量的信鸽可能是它们的毁灭。

2014年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级Although these may not seem like large effects, the impact of early attention problems continued throughout the children's academic careers.

虽然这些可能看起来影响不大，但早期注意力问题的影响在儿童的整个学术生涯中持续存在。

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级And although anxious parents may not welcome the notion, educators could turn adolescent recklessness to academic ends.

尽管焦虑的家长可能不欢迎这种想法，但教育者可能会将青少年的鲁莽行为转变为学术目的。

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

考研Academic inquiry, at least in some fields, may need to become less exclusionary and more holistic.

学术调查，至少在某些领域，可能需要减少排他性，更加全面。

2011年考研阅读原文

四级They may be ancient "beer-making tools", and the earliest direct evidence of beer brewing in China, the researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

研究人员在《国家科学院院刊》上报道说，它们可能是古老的“啤酒制造工具”，也是中国啤酒酿造的最早直接证据。

2017年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

六级Students in university towns may also have access to another lever for involvement in accelerated math: math circles.

大学城的学生也可以利用另一个杠杆参与加速数学：数学圈。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级And the head-to-head competition might give them a strong incentive to lower their prices, perhaps by accepting slimmer profit margins or demanding better deals from providers.

而面对面的竞争可能会给他们一个降低价格的强烈动机，可能是通过接受较低的利润率或要求供应商提供更好的交易。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Though the Swedish model appears workable for most American parents, it may not be accepted by them in its entirety.

尽管瑞典模式对大多数美国父母来说似乎是可行的，但他们可能并不完全接受瑞典模式。

2014年6月阅读原文

考研But even if you accept Friedman’s premise and regard corporate social responsibility( ' , CSR) policies as a waste of shareholders’ money, things may not be absolutely clear-cut.

但即使你接受弗里德曼的前提，认为企业社会责任（CSR）政策是对股东资金的浪费，事情也可能不是绝对明确的。

2016年考研阅读原文

考研But even if you accept Friedman's premise and regard corporate social responsibility policies as a waste of shareholders' money, things may not be absolutely clear-cut.

但即使你接受弗里德曼的前提，认为企业社会责任政策是浪费股东的钱，事情也可能不是绝对明确的。

2016年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级People who do not have access to a good listener may not only be denied the opportunity to heighten their self-awareness, but they are also denied valuable feedback as to the validity and acceptability of their inner thoughts and feelings.

无法接触到好的倾听者的人可能不仅被剥夺了提高自我意识的机会，而且还被剥夺了关于其内心想法和感受的有效性和可接受性的宝贵反馈。

2012年12月阅读原文

六级For example, they may have access to drinking water, but not clean safe drinking water.

例如，他们可以获得饮用水，但不能获得清洁安全的饮用水。

2017年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级The startup's product, SentabTV, enables older adults who may not be comfortable with computers to access email, video chat and social media using just their televisions and a remote control.

这家初创公司的产品SentabTV使那些可能不习惯使用电脑的老年人能够通过电视和遥控器访问电子邮件、视频聊天和社交媒体。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

考研Critics make three main arguments against gene patents: a gene is a product of nature, so it may not be patented; gene patents suppress innovation rather than reward it; and patents'monopolies restrict access to genetic tests such as Myriad's.

批评家们对基因专利提出了三个主要论点：基因是自然的产物，所以它可能没有专利；基因专利抑制创新而不是奖励创新；专利的垄断限制了像Myriad这样的基因检测。

2012年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考In general, the kind of news which may be expected to give immediate reward are news of crime and corruption, accidents and disasters, sports, social events, and human interest.

一般来说，可以立即获得回报的新闻类型包括犯罪和腐败、事故和灾难、体育、社会事件和人类利益。

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

高考It's about time they had to be registered and insured, so when they do hit a pedestrian or a vehicle, or cause an accident, at least they can be treated and there might be an opportunity to claim.

现在是他们必须登记和投保的时候了，所以当他们撞上行人或车辆，或造成事故时，至少他们可以得到治疗，并且可能有机会索赔。

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

六级The serious accident may leave Anna paralyzed.

这起严重事故可能使安娜瘫痪。

2012年6月听力原文

六级That notion is not concrete enough and it blurs two key components of hope,' Doctor Snyder said, 'Having hope means believing you have both the will and the way to accomplish your goals, whatever they may be.

斯奈德博士说，这一概念不够具体，它模糊了希望的两个关键组成部分，有希望意味着相信你有实现目标的意愿和方法，不管目标是什么。

2010年12月听力原文

四级Dogs may have learned to detect threat signs from humans and respond by trying to make peace, according to researcher Sanni Somppi.

研究人员Sanni Somppi表示，狗可能已经学会了检测人类发出的威胁信号，并通过尝试实现和平做出反应。

2017年6月听力原文

六级Facing water shortages and escalating fertilizer costs, farmers in developing countries are using raw sewage ( ' , 下 水道污水) to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 million acres of cropland, according to a new report—and it may not be a bad thing.

面对水资源短缺和化肥成本不断上升，发展中国家的农民正在使用未经处理的污水（“，下 水道污水) 根据一份新的报告，灌溉和施肥近4900万英亩的农田，这可能不是一件坏事。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考A politician may read an account of his latest successful public meeting, not for its delayed reward, but very much as his wife reads an account of a party.

一位政治家可能会读一篇关于他最近一次成功的公开会议的报道，不是因为它延迟了回报，而是因为他的妻子读一篇关于一个政党的报道。

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

六级Newspapers relay daily accounts of goal-setting prevalent in industries and businesses up and down both Wall Street and Main Street , yet there has been surprisingly little research on how the long-trumpeted practice of setting goals may have contributed to the current economic crisis , and unethical （不道德的）behavior in general.

报纸每天都在报道华尔街和主街上下各行各业普遍存在的目标设定情况，但令人惊讶的是，很少有人研究长期鼓吹的目标设定做法是如何导致当前的经济危机的，这是不道德的(不道德的）一般行为。

2012年6月阅读原文

高考Leaving aside the birth rate issue, India's economy may take off when the country achieves of educational opportunity.

撇开出生率问题不谈，印度经济可能会在该国实现教育机会的最大化后起飞。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 题设

高考The real problem relates to the possibility that artificial intelligence(AI) may become extremely good at achieving something other than what we really want.

真正的问题在于，人工智能（AI）可能变得非常擅长于实现我们真正想要的东西以外的东西。

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

六级It might be tempting, therefore, to think that the old barriers have been broken down and equal opportunity achieved.

因此，认为旧的壁垒已经被打破，机会均等已经实现，这可能是一种诱惑。

2011年6月阅读原文

六级We cannot predict what we might achieve when our own minds are amplified by AI.

当我们自己的思想被人工智能放大时，我们无法预测我们会取得什么成就。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级The researchers also acknowledged that there are a few areas where race as a construct might still be useful in scientific research: as a political and social, but not biological, variable.

研究人员还承认，在科学研究中，种族作为一种结构可能在一些领域仍然有用：作为一种政治和社会变量，而不是生物学变量。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级If supervisors do not acknowledge such outstanding performance, employees may either lose their enthusiasm and reduce their effort or search for a new job at a firm that will reward them for high performance.

如果主管不承认这些出色的表现，员工可能会失去热情，减少努力，或者在一家公司寻找一份新工作，以奖励他们的出色表现。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级When it gets a little boring, I might pull it out," acknowledged Naomi Pugh, a first-year student at Freed- Hardeman University in Henderson, Tenn.

田纳西州亨德森市弗里德-哈德曼大学一年级学生纳奥米·普格承认：“当它变得有点无聊时，我可能会把它拉出来。”。

2013年6月阅读原文

四级If you are a graduate student, you may depend on your adviser for many things, including help with improving grades, acquiring financial support, forming an examining committee and getting letters of recommendation.

如果你是一名研究生，你可能会在很多事情上依赖你的导师，包括帮助你提高成绩、获得经济支持、成立审查委员会和获得推荐信。

2016年6月听力原文

六级As you acquire a distinctive identity, your attitudes are further refined by the behavior of those with whom you identify—your family, those of your gender and culture, and the people you admire, even though you may not know them personally.

当你获得一种独特的身份时，你的态度会随着那些你认同你的家庭、你的性别和文化的人以及你崇拜的人的行为而进一步完善，即使你可能并不认识他们。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级Although these educators may have good intentions,their advice to families is misguided, and it stemsfrom misunderstandings about the process of language acquisition.

尽管这些教育者可能有良好的意图，但他们给家庭的建议是错误的，这是由于对语言习得过程的误解造成的。

2013年12月阅读原文

高考Nurses and other care-givers need to be aware of the possible meanings of silence when they come across the personal anxiety their patients may be experiencing.

当护士和其他护理人员遇到患者可能经历的个人焦虑时，他们需要意识到沉默的可能含义。

2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

四级Although the ingredients may not strike diners as being traditional, they can be found in dishes across Britain.

虽然食客可能不会觉得这些配料是传统的，但在英国各地的菜肴中都可以找到。

2011年6月阅读原文

考研Across the country, factory owners are now grappling with a new challenge: Instead of having too many workers, they may end up with too few.

在全国范围内，工厂主们正面临着一个新的挑战：与其雇佣太多的工人，不如雇佣太少的工人。

2017年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考Not everyone acts the same in response to events, and that is why what triggers one person may or may not trigger another.

并不是每个人对事件的反应都是一样的，这就是为什么触发一个人的东西可能触发另一个人，也可能不会触发另一个人。

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

六级This situation is more serious, and the supervisor may need to take action

这种情况更加严重，主管可能需要采取行动

2013年12月阅读原文

六级The action should beconsistent with the firm's guidelines and may include reassigning the employees to new jobs, suspending them temporarily, or firing them.

该行动应符合公司的指导方针，可能包括将员工重新分配到新的工作岗位、暂时停职或解雇他们。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级And for this to happen, we may need action on a global scale.

要实现这一点，我们可能需要在全球范围内采取行动。

2016年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

六级That's not to say that risk is always good, but it is related to taking action, whereas decision fatigue assuredly leads to inaction and the possible chagrin of a decision maker who might otherwise prefer a new course but is unfortunately hindered.

这并不是说风险总是好的，但它与采取行动有关，而决策疲劳无疑会导致决策者无所作为和可能的懊恼，否则决策者可能更喜欢新的课程，但不幸的是受到阻碍。

2018年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

考研This might mean implementing policy such as a plastic tax that adds a cost to environmentally problematic action, or banning single-use plastics altogether.

这可能意味着实施塑料税等政策，增加环境问题行动的成本，或完全禁止一次性使用塑料。

2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级So say "good night" sooner and it may help you stay active and vital to a ripe old age.

所以，早点说“晚安”，它可能会帮助你保持活力，对成熟的晚年至关重要。

2016年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级The experience at Duke University may ease some concerns because the students have used iPods for active interactions .

杜克大学的经历可能会缓解一些担忧，因为学生们使用iPod进行了积极的互动。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级For a follow-up analysis, he found that people whose neural reward centres were more active when they won money were also more likely to be among the group of liars一suggesting that lying may have to do with the inability to resist temptation.

为了进行后续分析，他发现那些在赢钱时神经奖励中心更活跃的人也更有可能成为说谎者一这表明说谎可能与无法抵抗诱惑有关。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

四级It might mean monitoring employee productivity on a digital leaderboard and offering prizes to the winners, or giving employees digital badges or stars for completing certain activities.

这可能意味着在数字排行榜上监控员工的工作效率，为获奖者提供奖品，或者为员工提供完成某些活动的数字徽章或明星。

2016年12月阅读原文