高考An express train was due to go past about thirty minutes later.

大约30分钟后，一列特快列车将驶过。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（10月） 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

四级Not everyone with a tendency to fantasise will develop HSAM, though, so Patihis suggests that something must have caused them to think so much about their past.

然而，并不是每个有幻想倾向的人都会发展出HSAM，所以帕提斯认为一定是什么原因让他们对自己的过去思考了这么多。

2017年6月阅读原文

考研As so often, the past holds the key to the future: we have now identified enough of the long-term patterns shaping the history of the planet, and our species, to make evidence-based forecasts about the situations in which our descendants will find themselves.

与以往一样，过去掌握着未来的关键：我们现在已经确定了足够多的塑造地球和我们物种历史的长期模式，以便对我们后代将面临的情况做出基于证据的预测。

2013年考研阅读原文

考研As so often, the past holds the key to the future: we have now identified enough of the long-term patterns shaping the history of the planet, and our species, to make evidence-based forecasts about the situations in which our descendant will find themselv

正如经常发生的那样，过去掌握着未来的关键：我们现在已经确定了足够多的塑造地球和我们物种历史的长期模式，以便对我们的后代将如何找到自己做出基于证据的预测

2013年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级Some people are absorbed in the past but not open to new memories, but that's not the case for me.

有些人沉湎于过去，但不愿意接受新的记忆，但我不是这样。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级It is important that we be mindful of the earth, the planet out of which we are born and by which we are nourished, guided, healed-the planet, however, which we have abused to a considerable degree in these past two centuries of industrial exploitation.

重要的是，我们要牢记地球，地球是我们出生的地方，也是我们滋养、引导和治愈地球的地方。然而，在过去两个世纪的工业剥削中，我们在很大程度上滥用了地球。

2013年12月听力原文

六级Whereas local collaborations sometimes persist past the point of usefulness because of social or academic obligations, international ones can be cultivated and dropped more freely.

由于社会或学术义务，地方合作有时会持续到有用的程度，而国际合作则可以更自由地培养和放弃。

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级The number of British films being made has declined in the past few years, according to new figures.

据最新数据显示，在过去几年中，正在拍摄的英国电影数量有所下降。

2015年12月听力原文

四级Many of the reductions over the past 30 years have been achieved either by reducing the amount of sugar, salt or fat in a product, or by finding an alternative ingredient.

在过去30年中，通过减少产品中的糖、盐或脂肪含量，或通过寻找替代成分，实现了许多减少。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级Americans should look past the gender rhetoric and consider what these Scandinavians have achieved.

美国人应该通过性别修辞，考虑这些斯堪的纳维亚人所取得的成就。

2014年6月阅读原文

四级Sara Johnson acknowledges that the global economic benefit from a fall in oil prices today is likely lower than it was in the past.

莎拉·约翰逊（Sara Johnson）承认，今天油价下跌给全球经济带来的好处可能低于过去。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级And perhaps parents are acting more like parents than in the recent past.

也许父母的行为比过去更像父母。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Senator Hokkons Baules, lead sponsor of the Palau National Marine Sanctuary Act, said the sanctuary will "help build a secure future for the Palauan people by honoring the conservation traditions of our past".

帕劳国家海洋保护区法案的主要发起人、参议员霍肯斯·鲍尔斯说，该保护区将“通过尊重我们过去的保护传统，帮助帕劳人民建立一个安全的未来”。

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

考研since his "action" is in the past, the photograph is its sole embodiment.

由于他的“行动”是在过去，照片是它的唯一体现。

2014年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级Where are you in the cycle of renewal: Are you actively preserving the present, or selectively forgetting the past, or boldly creating the future? What advice would Leah give you to move you ahead on your journey? Once we're on the path of growth, we can continually move through the seasons of transformation and renewal.

在更新的周期中，你在哪里：你是积极地保存现在，还是有选择地忘记过去，还是大胆地创造未来？Leah会给你什么建议来推动你的旅程？一旦我们走上了成长的道路，我们就可以在转变和更新的季节中不断前进。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Over the past two years, the figures on imports and exports seem not to signal a double-dip recession – a renewed decline in the broad level of economic activity in the United States – but an economic expansion.

在过去两年中，进出口数据似乎并没有预示着二次探底衰退——美国经济活动总体水平再次下降——而是经济扩张。

2011年12月阅读原文

四级Cracker Jacks has been gamifying its snack food by putting a small prize inside for more than 100 years, he adds, and the turn-ofthe- century steel magnate ( ' , 巨头) Charles Schwab is said to have often come into his factory and written the number of tons of steel produced on the past shift on the factory floor, thus motivating the next shift of workers to beat the previous one.

他补充说，100多年来，Cracker Jacks一直在通过在零食中放一个小奖品来游戏化零食，而世纪之交的钢铁巨头（“，巨头) 据说查尔斯·施瓦布经常来到他的工厂，在工厂地板上写下上一班生产的钢材吨数，从而激励下一班工人击败上一班。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级In the past few years, MathCounts added two new middle school programs to try to diversify its participant pool—the National Math Club and the Math Video Challenge.

在过去的几年里，MathCounts增加了两个新的中学项目，试图使其参与者群体多样化——国家数学俱乐部和数学视频挑战赛。

2017年6月阅读原文

高考According to the Overseas Development Institute Odi, however, just 12% of disaster-relief funding in the past two decades has gone on reducing risks in advance, rather than recovery and rebuilding afterwards.

然而，根据海外发展研究所Odi的数据，在过去二十年中，只有12%的救灾资金用于提前降低风险，而不是事后恢复和重建。

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级In the past, the young have eagerly participated in national service and civic affairs, often with lots of energy and idealism.

过去，年轻人热切地参与国家服务和公民事务，往往充满活力和理想主义。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级And based on past experiences, it takes four to five years after economic recovery for unemployment to return to pre-crisis levels.

根据过去的经验，失业率在经济复苏后需要四到五年才能恢复到危机前的水平。

2016年6月听力原文

六级How much is today's spirit of harmony a change from our more turbulent past? A mere generation ago, parentchild relations were described as the generation gap.

今天的和谐精神在多大程度上改变了我们更加动荡的过去？仅仅在一代人以前，亲子关系就被描述为代沟。

2016年6月阅读原文

考研As a condition of receiving state approval for the sale, the company agreed to seek permission from state regulators to operate past 2012.

作为获得州政府批准出售的一个条件，该公司同意寻求州监管机构的许可，在2012年后运营。

2012年考研阅读原文

四级For the past several decades, it seems there's been a general consensus on how to get ahead in America: Get a college education, find a reliable job, and buy your own home.

在过去的几十年里，人们似乎对如何在美国取得成功达成了普遍共识：接受大学教育，找到可靠的工作，买自己的房子。

2017年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级Electronics giants like Best Buy and Samsung have provided e-waste take-back programs over the past few years, which aim to refurbish (翻新) old electronic components and parts into new products.

过去几年，百思买（Best Buy）和三星（Samsung）等电子巨头提供了旨在翻新的电子垃圾回收计划(翻新) 将旧的电子元器件改造成新产品。

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

四级And such research might even suggest ways for us all to relive our past with greater clarity.

这样的研究甚至可以为我们所有人提供更清晰地重温过去的方法。

2017年6月阅读原文

考研Of all the changes that have taken place in English-language newspapers during the past quarter-century,perhaps the most far-reaching has been the inexorable decline in the scope and seriousness of their arts coverage.

在过去四分之一个世纪中，英语报纸发生的所有变化中，影响最深远的也许是其艺术报道范围和严肃性的无情下降。

2010年考研阅读原文

高考But during the past decade declining rainfall has allowed him to plant highly profitable crops.

但是在过去的十年里，降雨量的减少使他能够种植高利润的作物。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

六级In the past, scientists often worked alone.

过去，科学家们常常独自工作。

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

考研Instead, the digital services tax is part of a much larger trend, with countries over the past few years proposing or putting in place an alphabet soup of new international tax provisions.

相反，数字服务税是一个更大趋势的一部分，过去几年，各国提出或实施了一系列新的国际税收规定。

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研This could be no more than a passing literary craze, but it also points to a broader truth about how we now approach the past: less concerned with learning from forefathers and more interested in feeling their pain.

这可能只不过是一场短暂的文学热潮，但它也指出了我们现在如何对待过去的一个更广泛的事实：不太关心向祖先学习，而更关心感受他们的痛苦。

2012年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考As we move away from an industrial-based economy to a knowledge-based one, office designers have come up with alternatives to the traditional work environments of the past.

随着我们从以工业为基础的经济转向以知识为基础的经济，办公室设计师已经想出了过去传统工作环境的替代方案。

2015年高考英语上海卷 选词填空 原文

四级Although Kodak anticipated the inevitable rise of digital photography, its corporate（企业的） culture was too rooted in the successes of the past for it to make the clean break necessary to fully embrace the future

尽管柯达预见到数码摄影不可避免的崛起，但其公司(企业的） 文化过于植根于过去的成功，以至于它无法完全拥抱未来

2013年6月阅读原文

考研Over the past decade, many companies had perfected the art of creating automatic behaviors — habits — among consumers.

在过去的十年中，许多公司已经完善了在消费者中创造自动行为——习惯——的艺术。

2010年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级On the other side are parents like Mike jia, one of the thousands of Asian-American professionals who have moved to the district in the past decade,who said Aderhold's reforms would amount to a "dumbing down,"of his children's education.

另一方是像迈克·贾这样的家长，他是过去十年中搬到该区的数千名亚裔美国人专业人士之一，他说阿德霍尔德的改革将相当于他的孩子教育的“减速”。

2018年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级So we have a great amount of time for leisure than in decades past.

因此，与过去几十年相比，我们有大量的闲暇时间。

2014年6月听力原文

六级It studies these populations, in the past, present and future, using quantitative data and mathematical models as tools of analysis.

它使用定量数据和数学模型作为分析工具，研究这些人口在过去、现在和未来的情况。

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级Viewing the past in high definition can make it very difficult to get over pain and regret.

以高清晰的视角看待过去会让人很难摆脱痛苦和遗憾。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级For most of us, letting go of the safety and security of the past gives us great fear.

对我们大多数人来说，放弃过去的安全和保障会给我们带来巨大的恐惧。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级Ask Nima Veiseh what he was doing for any day in the past 15 years, however, and he will give you the details of the weather, what he was wearing, or even what side of the train he was sitting on his journey to work.

然而，如果你问尼玛·维塞在过去15年中的任何一天他都在做什么，他会告诉你天气的细节，他穿着什么，甚至他在上班途中坐在火车的哪一侧。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Of families earning more than $75,000 a year, 84% say their children have participated in organized sports over the past year, 64% have done volunteer work and 62% have taken lessons in music, dance or art.

在年收入超过75000美元的家庭中，84%的家庭说他们的孩子在过去一年里参加过有组织的体育活动，64%的家庭做过志愿者工作，62%的家庭上过音乐、舞蹈或艺术课。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级In the past decade, even as income inequality has grown, some of the socioeconomic differences in parenting, like reading to children and going to libraries, have narrowed.

在过去十年中，即使收入不平等有所加剧，但育儿方面的一些社会经济差异，如给孩子读书和去图书馆，已经缩小。

2017年6月阅读原文

考研Many of us are weighed down by the past or anxious about the future.

我们中的许多人被过去压得喘不过气来，或者对未来感到焦虑。

2015年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考At some time in the past Yellowstone must have blown up with a violence far beyond the scale of anything known to humans.

在过去的某个时候，黄石公园一定爆发了远远超出人类已知规模的暴力事件。

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 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

六级When you compare students of equivalent intelligence and past academic achievements, what sets them apart is hope.

当你比较智力相当的学生和过去的学业成绩时，他们的区别在于希望。

2010年12月听力原文

四级The past 15 years or so have been a noticeable period of improvement for food in England," the English chef says, citing the trend in British cuisine for better ingredients, preparation and cooking methods, and more appealing presentation.

过去的15年左右是英国食品显著改善的时期，”这位英国厨师说，他引用了英国烹饪的趋势，即更好的配料、准备和烹饪方法，以及更具吸引力的呈现方式。

2011年6月阅读原文

高考This is usually interpreted as a sign that today's parents are trying to manage their children's lives past the point where this behavior is appropriate.

这通常被解释为一种迹象，表明今天的父母正试图管理他们孩子的生活，而不是采取这种行为。

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

四级Indoor pollution, which includes sources like home heating and cooking, has remained constant over the past several decades despite advances in the area.

室内污染，包括家庭取暖和烹饪等污染源，尽管在这方面取得了进展，但在过去几十年中一直保持不变。

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

六级Two weeks later, she arrived at Alaska, thousands of miles from her friends, her family and her past.

两周后，她抵达阿拉斯加，距离她的朋友、家人和过去数千英里。

2013年12月听力原文

六级Professor of Sociology at WashingtonUniversity, has written numerous articles and books on the issues facing older Americans in our graying society for the past 15 years.

华盛顿大学社会学教授，在过去15年中，就美国老年人在老龄化社会中面临的问题撰写了大量文章和书籍。

2015年12月听力原文

四级As much as we would like to cling on to our past, even the saddest moments can be washed away with time.

尽管我们很想抓住过去，但即使是最悲伤的时刻也会被时间冲走。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级In the past, falling oil prices have given a boost to the world economy, but recent forecasts for global growth have been toned down, even as oil prices sink lower and lower.

过去，油价下跌提振了世界经济，但最近对全球增长的预测有所下调，即使油价越来越低。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级In the past, health experts warned us that the day would come in which it would become very difficult to provide medical care for even common problems such as lung infection or severe sour throat.

过去，健康专家警告我们，即使是肺部感染或严重咽喉酸痛等常见问题，也很难提供医疗服务的那一天将会到来。

2017年6月听力原文

六级A man who had recently reconciled with his brother told Gold there's something that lets older people to put aside bad deeds of the past and focus a little on what we need now, especially when it's sisters and brothers.

一位最近与哥哥和解的男子告诉Gold，有一种东西可以让老年人抛开过去的坏事，关注我们现在需要的东西，特别是当我们需要兄弟姐妹的时候。

2014年6月听力原文

考研In the past couple of weeks a quarrel has illustrated the value to advertisers of such fine-grained information: Should advertisers assume that people are happy to be tracked and sent behavioural ads? Or should they have explicit permission?.

在过去的几周里，一场争吵说明了这种细粒度信息对广告商的价值：广告商是否应该认为人们乐于被跟踪和发送行为广告？或者他们应该得到明确的许可？。

2013年考研阅读原文

考研In the past couple of weeks a quarrel has illustrated the value to advertisers of such fine-grained information: Should advertises assume that people are happy to be tracked and sent behavioural ads?

在过去的几周里，一场争吵说明了这种细粒度信息对广告商的价值：广告是否应该假定人们乐于被跟踪和发送行为广告？

2013年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考Actually I'm going to meet with professor smith at ten past two.

事实上，我将在两点十分会见史密斯教授。

2016年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

四级The report warns that 200 million poor workers are at risk of joining the ranks of people living on less than two dollars per day in the past three years.

报告警告说，在过去三年中，2亿贫困工人有可能加入每天生活费不足两美元的行列。

2016年6月听力原文

六级If you say no, however, it may surprise you to learn that you are only unemployed if you've been actively looking for work in the past four weeks; otherwise, you are "marginally attached to the labor force" and not actually unemployed.

然而，如果你说不，你可能会惊讶地发现，只有在过去四周里你一直在积极寻找工作的情况下，你才会失业；否则，你就“与劳动力有着轻微的联系”，而不是真正的失业。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Instead of having a literal meaning, it docs something - conveying an attitude — just like the -ed ending conveys past tense rather than "meaning.

它没有字面意义，而是记录了一些东西——传达了一种态度——就像-ed结尾传达的是过去式而不是“意义”。

2014年6月阅读原文

四级The center of American automobile innovation has in the past decade moved 2, 000 miles away.

美国汽车创新中心在过去十年中已经迁移了2000英里。

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

考研Grade inflation—the gradual increase in average GPAs grade—point averages over the past few decades—is often considered a product of a consumer era in higher education, in which students are treated like customers to be pleased.

分数膨胀在过去几十年中，平均GPA分数平均值的逐渐增加通常被认为是高等教育消费时代的产物，在这个时代，学生被当作顾客来对待，以获得满意。

2019年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研In the past, workers with average skills, doing an average job, could earn an average lifestyle.

在过去，拥有普通技能、从事普通工作的工人可以获得普通的生活方式。

2013年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级People with HSAM often have to make efforts to avoid focusing on the past.

HSAM患者通常必须努力避免关注过去。

2017年6月阅读原文

高考This phenomenon is neither good nor bad; it is a fact of college life, today and in the past.

这种现象既不好也不坏；无论是现在还是过去，这都是大学生活的一个事实。

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

四级A new batch of young women—members of the so-called millennial (千禧的) generation—has been entering the workforce for the past decade.

所谓“千禧一代”的新一批年轻女性成员(千禧的) 在过去的十年里，这一代人已经进入了劳动力市场。

2018年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

高考A retired engineer, 76-year-old Wilson has been offering free rides to college students for the past eight years.

76岁的退休工程师威尔逊在过去八年里一直为大学生提供免费乘车服务。

2019年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

六级American parents want similar things for their children, the Pew report and past research have found: for them to be healthy and happy, honest and ethical, caring and compassionate.

皮尤报告和过去的研究发现，美国父母也希望他们的孩子有类似的东西：健康快乐，诚实道德，关心他人，富有同情心。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级Saving money is becoming a thing of the past.

存钱已成为过去。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级find digital devices simply indispensablecommunicate primarily by mobile phonelight their homes with stored solar energydistribute power with wires and wooden polesbenefit their business transmit power faster promote innovationencourage competitionIt might become a thing of the past.

发现数字设备是必不可少的主要通过移动电话进行通信用储存的太阳能照亮他们的家用电线和木杆分配电力有利于他们的业务更快地传输电力促进创新勇气竞争这可能会成为过去。

2016年12月阅读原文

高考Trust is a learned behavior that we gain from past experiences.

信任是我们从过去的经验中学到的行为。

2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 七选五 原文

高考Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years?

在下面列出的杰出女性中，你认为谁是过去100年中最重要的女性？

2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

六级If you are walking past a pizza restaurant at lunchtime, your emotions and feelings probably will be stronger than your knowledge that pizza may not be the best food for your health.

如果你在午餐时间路过一家披萨店，你的情绪和感觉可能会比你知道披萨可能不是最有益健康的食物更强烈。

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

考研Despite graduating into the best economy in the past 50 years, Gen Zs know what an economic train wreck looks like.

尽管在过去50年中，Zs一代毕业后成为了最好的经济体，但他们知道经济列车失事是什么样子的。

2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考While the decline over the past decade is steep for teen readers, some data in the report shows that reading remains a big part of many children's lives.

虽然过去十年来青少年读者数量急剧下降，但报告中的一些数据显示，阅读仍然是许多儿童生活的重要组成部分。

2018年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

四级lions have disappeared from much of Africa, but for the past few years scientists have wondered if the big cats were hanging on in remote parts of Sudan and Ethiopia.

狮子已经在非洲大部分地区消失了，但在过去的几年里，科学家们一直想知道这些大型猫科动物是否在苏丹和埃塞俄比亚的偏远地区生存。

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

六级But over the past few decades a unique class of satellites has been created that fits the bill: CubeSats.

但是在过去的几十年里，一类独特的卫星被创造出来，这类卫星就是立方体卫星。

2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级It is important that we be mindful of the earth, the planet out of which we are born and by which we are nourished, guided, healed-the planet, however, which we have abused to a considerable degree in these past two centuries of industrial exploitation

重要的是，我们要牢记地球，地球是我们出生的地方，也是我们滋养、引导和治愈地球的地方。然而，在过去两个世纪的工业剥削中，我们在很大程度上滥用了地球

2013年12月听力原文

四级In the approximately 20 deep-sea crashes over the past 30 years, only one plane's black boxes were never recovered.

在过去30年大约20起深海坠机事件中，只有一架飞机的黑匣子没有找到。

2010年6月阅读原文

四级Although Kodak anticipated the inevitable rise of digital photography, its corporate（企业的） culture was too rooted in the successes of the past for it to make the clean break necessary to fully embrace the future.

尽管柯达预见到数码摄影不可避免的崛起，但其公司(企业的） 文化过于植根于过去的成功，以至于它无法完全拥抱未来。

2013年6月阅读原文

考研Over the past decade, thousands of patents have been granted for what are called business methods Amazon.

在过去的十年中，亚马逊已经为所谓的商业方法授予了数千项专利。

2010年考研阅读原文

考研Over the past decade, thousands of patents have been granted for what are called business methods.

在过去的十年中，数千项专利被授予所谓的商业方法。

2010年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研One reason for the persistence of this pyramid of production is that for the past half-century, much of the world's media culture has been defined by a single medium - television - and television is defined by downloading.

这种金字塔式的生产方式持续存在的一个原因是，在过去的半个世纪里，世界上的许多媒体文化都是由单一媒体——电视——定义的，而电视则是通过下载来定义的。

2012年考研阅读原文

六级In fact, in line with past experience, capital expenditure in the oil sector has dropped sharply in many producing countries, including the United States.

事实上，根据过去的经验，包括美国在内的许多石油生产国的石油部门资本支出大幅下降。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级For the past two months they haven't paid a cent.

在过去的两个月里，他们一分钱也没付。

2013年6月阅读原文

高考Summer has not even started yet, but temperatures have reached 40 degrees centigrade in the past three days.

夏天还没有开始，但在过去的三天里温度已经达到了40摄氏度。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 听力 原文

六级The British industrialist James Louis, held by kidnappers in Central Africa for the past 8 months, was released unharmed yesterday

英国工业家詹姆斯·路易斯（James Louis）在中非被绑架者关押了8个月，昨天获释，安然无恙

2010年6月听力原文

六级In the past few years, Math Counts added two new middle school programs to try to diversify its participant pool—the National Math Club and the Math video Challenge.

在过去的几年里，Math Counts增加了两个新的中学项目，试图使其参与者群体多样化——国家数学俱乐部和数学视频挑战赛。

2017年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级How much is today's spirit of harmony a change from our more turbulent past?

今天的和谐精神在多大程度上改变了我们更加动荡的过去？

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

考研Over the past decade, the focus has been on climate change——how the warming of the Earth from greenhouse gases is leading to conditions that worsen fires.

在过去十年中，人们关注的焦点一直是气候变化——温室气体导致地球变暖如何导致火灾恶化。

2017年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研You may feel guilt over your past, but you are poisoning the present with the things and circumstances you cannot change.

你可能会对你的过去感到内疚，但你正在用你无法改变的事情和环境毒害现在。

2015年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级The past 15 years or so have been a noticeable period of improvement for food in England," the English chef says, citing the trend in British cuisine for better ingredients, preparation and cooking methods, and more appealing presentation

在过去的15年左右，英国的食物有了显著的改善，”这位英国厨师说，他引用了英国烹饪的趋势，即更好的配料、准备和烹饪方法，以及更具吸引力的呈现方式

2011年6月阅读原文

四级However, Dr Mehmood Khan,chief scientific officer, said the company had doubled research and development spending in the past five years and was "committed to sustaining investment", adding that companies cannot cost-cut their way to increasing sales.

然而，首席科学官Mehmood Khan博士表示，该公司在过去五年中研发支出翻了一番，并“致力于维持投资”，并补充称，公司无法通过削减成本来增加销售额。

2018年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级Some socioeconomic differences in child rearing have shrunk in the past ten years.

在过去十年中，育儿方面的一些社会经济差异有所缩小。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级That may be because they have had plenty of younger ones to choose from, partly thanks to the post-war baby-boom and partly because over the past few decades many more women have entered the labour force, increasing employers' choice.

这可能是因为他们有很多年轻人可供选择，一部分是因为战后婴儿潮，另一部分是因为在过去几十年中，更多的女性进入了劳动力市场，增加了雇主的选择。

2010年12月阅读原文

考研They cite past research by several authors to show that this is the gap that must be narrowed to close the achievement gap.

他们引用了几位作者过去的研究来表明，为了缩小成就差距，必须缩小这一差距。

2015年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级Most people do not have clear memories of past events.

大多数人对过去的事情没有清晰的记忆。

2017年6月阅读原文

高考For the past two years, Gordon's students have been studying ways to kill bacteria in zero gravity, and they think they're close to a solution.

在过去的两年里，戈登的学生们一直在研究在零重力下杀死细菌的方法，他们认为他们已经接近解决方案了。

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 原文