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

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

四级That's the conclusion of a new study that finds that Earth's oceans now 26 absorb heat at twice the rate they did 18 years ago.

这是一项新研究的结论，该研究发现地球海洋现在吸收热量的速度是18年前的两倍。

2016年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

四级Before you brush this argument aside as rubbish, or think of joy as an unaffordable luxury in a nation where there is awful poverty, low academic achievement, and high dropout rates, think again.

在你把这个论点当作垃圾而不予理睬之前，或者在一个极度贫困、学业成绩低、辍学率高的国家，把快乐当作一种负担不起的奢侈品之前，请三思。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级They can multiply at an accelerating rate.

它们可以加速繁殖。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Further, children whose fathers are warm, loving, and accepting toward them have higher self-esteem and lower rates of aggression and behavior problems.

此外，父亲对他们热情、爱和接受的孩子有更高的自尊，攻击性和行为问题的发生率更低。

2010年12月阅读原文

考研At any rate, this change will ultimately be acclaimed by an ever-growing number of both domestic and international consumers, regardless of how long the current consumer pattern will take hold.

无论如何，这一变化最终将受到越来越多的国内和国际消费者的欢迎，无论当前的消费模式将持续多久。

2010年考研阅读原文

六级Mr.Ishiguro, have you ever found one of your books at a secondhand bookstore? According to a study of race and equity in education, black athletes are dropping out of college across the country at alarming rates.

石黑浩先生，你有没有在二手书店找到过你的书？根据一项关于种族和教育公平的研究，全国黑人运动员的大学辍学率令人震惊。

2017年6月听力原文

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

六级Well, amazingly enough, the dolphins achieved a 100 % success rate.

好吧，令人惊讶的是，海豚取得了100%的成功率。

2012年6月听力原文

六级According to a study of race and equity in education, black athletes are dropping out of college across the country at alarming rates.

根据一项关于种族和教育公平的研究，全国黑人运动员的大学辍学率令人震惊。

2017年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

考研They argue that government action is necessary to curb Britain's addiction to unhealthy food and help halt spiraling rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

他们认为，政府的行动是必要的，以遏制英国对不健康食品的上瘾，并帮助阻止肥胖、糖尿病和心脏病不断上升的发病率。

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Then increase it at a higher rate each year and essentially try to generate additional revenue.

然后每年以更高的速度增加，并从根本上努力创造额外的收入。

2016年考研阅读原文

六级The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for instance, admits only that the graduation rate for its first-generation pupils is much lower than the percentage of all students who graduate within four years ( ' , 81 percent).

例如，北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校只承认第一代学生的毕业率远远低于所有四年内毕业的学生的百分比（81%）。

2015年12月阅读原文

高考The annual death rate for adult condors has dropped from 38% in 2000 to 5%.

成年秃鹰的年死亡率已从2000年的38%下降到5%。

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级There is an incompatibility in the rate at which these are advancing relative to the way we're digesting it, he said.

他说：“相对于我们消化它的方式，它们的前进速度是不相容的。”。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级Global temperatures affect the rate of economic development.

全球气温影响经济发展速度。

2011年6月阅读原文

四级The divorce rate rose again during the rest of the decade as the recovery took hold

在接下来的十年里，随着经济复苏，离婚率再次上升

2012年6月阅读原文

六级In recent years, the death rate among American centenarians—people who have lived to age 100 or older—has decreased, dropping 14% for women and 20% for men from 2008 to 2014.

近年来，美国百岁老人中活到100岁或以上的死亡率有所下降，从2008年到2014年，女性和男性的死亡率分别下降了14%和20%。

2016年12月听力原文

六级But by 2014, the death rate from Alzheimer’s Disease for this age group have more than doubled, increasing from 3.8% to 8.5%, making the progressive brain disease the second leading cause of death for centenarians.

但到2014年，这一年龄组的阿尔茨海默病死亡率已经翻了一番多，从3.8%上升到8.5%，使进展性脑病成为百岁老人的第二大死因。

2016年12月听力原文

六级The Mediterranean groups had lower mortality rates in all age brackets and from all causes, particularly from heart disease.

地中海人群在所有年龄段和各种原因中的死亡率都较低，尤其是心脏病。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

高考The same surveys also indicate that the rate of parental involvement is greater today than it was a generation ago.

同样的调查也表明，如今父母的参与率比上一代人更高。

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

六级The graduation rate among 25- to 34-year-olds is no better than the rate for the 55- to 64-year-olds who were going to college more than 30 years ago.

25-34岁的人的毕业率并不比30多年前上大学的55-64岁的人高。

2011年6月阅读原文

考研finally, figures close to the France government have murmured, euro-zone members should agree to some fiscal and social harmonization: e.g., curbing competition in corporate-tax rates or labour costs.

最后，接近法国政府的人士私下表示，欧元区成员国应该同意某种财政和社会协调：例如，抑制公司税率或劳动力成本方面的竞争。

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级It is also troubling that voting rates among our youngest eligible voters—18- to 24-year-olds—are way down: Little more than one in four now go to the polls, even in national elections, compared with almost twice that many when 18-year-olds were first given the vote.

同样令人不安的是，我们最年轻的合格选民——18至24岁的选民——的投票率正在大幅下降：即使在全国选举中，也只有四分之一的人参加投票，而18岁的选民首次获得投票时，这一比例几乎是原来的两倍。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级It is also troubling that voting rates among our youngest eligible voters—18- to 24-yearolds— are way down: little more than one in four now go to the polls, even in national elections, compared with almost twice that many when 18-year-olds were first giv

同样令人不安的是，我们最年轻的合格选民——从18岁到24岁——的投票率正在大幅下降：即使在全国选举中，参加投票的选民也只有四分之一多一点，而18岁的选民首次参加giv选举时，这一比例几乎是原来的两倍

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

考研Many people talked of the 288,000 new jobs the Labor Department reported for June, along with the drop in the unemployment rate to 6.1 percent, as good news.

许多人谈到劳工部6月份报告的28.8万个新工作岗位，以及失业率下降到6.1%，这是个好消息。

2015年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研While polls show Britons rate “the countryside” alongside the royal family, Shakespeare and the National Health Service ( ' , NHS) as what makes them proudest of their country, this has limited political support.

民意调查显示，英国人将“乡村”与皇室、莎士比亚和国家卫生局（NHS）并列为他们最自豪的地方，但这一点在政治上的支持有限。

2016年考研阅读原文

考研While polls show Britons rate "the countryside" alongside the royal family, Shakespeare and the National Health Service as what makes them proudest of their country, this has limited political support.

民意调查显示，英国人将“乡村”与皇室、莎士比亚和国家卫生局并列为他们最自豪的地方，但这一点在政治上的支持有限。

2016年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Also, some research suggests that the explanation for rising rates of mortality, mental-health problems, and addiction among poorly-educated middle-aged people is shortage of well-paid jobs.

此外，一些研究表明，教育程度低的中年人死亡率、心理健康问题和上瘾率上升的原因是缺乏高薪工作。

2017年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

六级It's a fact not lost on American educators, who amid rising math failure rates are debating how math can better meet the real-life needs of students.

美国教育工作者并没有忘记这一事实，在数学失败率不断上升的情况下，他们正在辩论数学如何更好地满足学生的现实生活需要。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

四级Nadeau says sugar and processed foods are big contributors to the rising diabetes rates among children.

纳多说，糖和加工食品是儿童糖尿病发病率上升的主要原因。

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级Both bills would reduce the rate of growth in annual Medicare payments to hospitals, nursing homes and other providers by amounts comparable to the productivity savings routinely made in other industries with the help of new technologies and new ways to organize work.

这两项法案都将降低医院、疗养院和其他医疗机构的年度医疗保险费用增长率，其数额相当于其他行业借助新技术和新的工作组织方式通常节省的生产力。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级The team conducted a computer-based analysis to determine the impact a 3-g-per-day reduction in salt intake on rates of heart disease and death.

研究小组进行了一项基于计算机的分析，以确定每天减少3克盐摄入量对心脏病和死亡率的影响。

2013年6月阅读原文

四级And the quit rates were particularly convincing given that before the study started, most of the people had said they'd rather cut down gradually before quitting.

考虑到在研究开始之前，大多数人都说他们宁愿在戒烟之前逐渐减少吸烟量，因此戒烟率尤其令人信服。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级The annual inflation rate in Britain.

英国的年通货膨胀率。

2010年6月听力原文

六级Spending on such "durables" dropped at a 12% annual rate in 2008's third quarter, a 20% rate in the fourth.

2008年第三季度，这类“耐用品”的支出以12%的年率下降，第四季度为20%。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Both bills would reduce the rate of growth in annual Medicare payments to hospitals, nursing homes and other providers by amounts comparable to the productivity savings routinely made in other industries with the help of new technologies and new ways to o

这两项法案都将降低医院、疗养院和其他医疗机构的年度医疗保险费用增长率，其数额相当于其他行业借助新技术和新方法实现的生产率节约

2016年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级Grass-fed beef is enjoying a 25-30% annual growth rate.

草食牛肉的年增长率为25-30%。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级( ' , Harvard, for example, boasts a six-year graduation rate for underrepresented minority groups of 98 percent)Christian Vazquez, a first-generation Yale graduate, is another exception, his success story setting him far apart from students such as Nijay.

（例如，哈佛大学就以代表人数不足的少数群体六年毕业率高达98%而自豪）耶鲁大学第一代毕业生克里斯蒂安·巴斯克斯（Christian Vazquez）是另一个例外，他的成功经历使他与尼杰（Nijay）等学生相去甚远。

2015年12月阅读原文

考研Rather than have people simply rate their beauty compared with others, he asked them to identify an original photograph of themselves from a lineup including versions that had been altered to appear more and less attractive.

与其让人们简单地将自己的美貌与他人进行比较，他还让他们从一系列照片中辨认出自己的原始照片，包括那些被修改过的看起来越来越不吸引人的版本。

2014年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级If we can help to direct students to more of these types of campuses and help students to understand them to be realistic and accessible places, have them apply to these schools at greater frequency and ultimately get in and enroll, we are going to raise the success rate, Rubinoff said, citing a variety of colleges ranging from large state institutions to smaller private schools.

鲁宾诺夫说：“如果我们能够帮助学生进入更多的此类校园，帮助学生理解这些校园是现实的、方便的场所，让他们更频繁地申请这些学校，并最终入学，我们将提高成功率。”，列举了从大型国立机构到小型私立学校的各种学院。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级Their approach is flexible enough that in principle other important quality-of-life changes could be incorporated—for example, decreases in total emissions of pollutants and declines in crime rate.

他们的方法足够灵活，原则上可以纳入其他重要的生活质量变化，例如污染物排放总量的减少和犯罪率的下降。

2018年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

高考In a further twist, birth rate is highest in poorly educated rural areas and lowest in highly educated urban areas.

另一方面，出生率在教育程度低的农村地区最高，而在教育程度高的城市地区最低。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

四级What's less clear is whether divorce and separation rates rise in a recession - financial pressures mean couples argue more but make splitting up less affordable.

不太清楚的是，离婚率和分居率是否会在经济衰退中上升——经济压力意味着夫妻争吵更多，但分居的代价更低。

2011年12月阅读原文

六级Clickthrough rates have been high so far ( ' , around 3-4%, compared with less than 0.3% online), but that may be a result of the novelty.

到目前为止，点击率一直很高（约为3-4%，而在线点击率不到0.3%），但这可能是新事物的结果。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Click-through rates have been high so far around 3-4%, compared with less than 0.3% onlin, but that may be a result of the novelty.

到目前为止，点击率一直很高，约为3-4%，相比之下，在线点击率还不到0.3%，但这可能是新事物的结果。

2016年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级The one in the House bill would have to negotiate rates with providers, rather than using Medicare rates, as many reformers wanted.

众议院法案中的一项将不得不与医疗机构协商费率，而不是像许多改革者所希望的那样使用医疗保险费率。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级As a result, the bills do not require, as they should, that the results of these studies be used to set payment rates in Medicare.

因此，法案没有要求（正如他们应该的那样）将这些研究的结果用于确定医疗保险的支付率。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级He predicts high failure rates for smaller, regional banks in 2010 as commercial real estate loans come due.

他预测，随着商业房地产贷款到期，规模较小的地区性银行在2010年的倒闭率将很高。

2016年6月听力原文

四级If the food situation continues to worsen, entire nations will break down at an ever increasing rate.

如果粮食状况继续恶化，整个国家将以越来越快的速度崩溃。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Parking rates will be attracted about $400 monthly or $25 per day, according to Ari Milstein, the director of planning for Automation Parking Systems, which is the U.S. subsidiary of a German company.

根据自动化停车系统规划总监Ari Milstein的说法，停车收费每月约400美元或每天25美元。自动化停车系统是一家德国公司在美国的子公司。

2013年6月听力原文

四级"If you ask Japanese students to list the positive attributes they expect in a romantic partner, they rate highly things like loyalty, commitment and devotion," says O'Sullivan.

O'Sullivan说：“如果你让日本学生列出他们期望浪漫伴侣具备的积极品质，他们会对忠诚、承诺和奉献等方面给予很高的评价。”。

2013年6月阅读原文

高考By analysing the numbers, it found the average mother works 119 hours a week, 40 of which would usually be paid at a standard rate and 79 hours as overtime.

通过分析这些数字，研究发现，母亲平均每周工作119小时，其中40小时通常按标准工资支付，79小时加班。

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级According to social psychologist Brian Nosek, executive director of the Center for Open Science, the average data-sharing rate for the journal Psychological Science, which uses the badges, increased tenfold to % from 2013 to 2015.

根据社会心理学家、开放科学中心执行主任布赖恩·诺斯克（Brian Nosek）的说法，使用徽章的《心理科学》杂志的平均数据共享率从2013年到2015年增加了10倍，达到%。

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级Their bank savings rate dropped to zero.

他们的银行储蓄率降到了零。

2012年12月阅读原文

高考Data collected from the device could be used to recognize different participants based on how they typed, with very low error rates.

从该设备收集的数据可用于根据不同参与者的打字方式识别不同参与者，错误率非常低。

2019年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

四级If you factor in the projected rates of technological change, either your skills will become unnecessary, or your industry outdated.

如果你考虑到技术变革的预期速度，要么你的技能变得不必要，要么你的行业已经过时。

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级Newly developing countries that are beginning to industrialise, primarily in Africa, with high to very high population growth rates, and characterised by a predominantly young age profile.

正在开始工业化的新兴发展中国家，主要是在非洲，人口增长率从高到极高，以年轻人为主。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级The graduation rates for blacks, Latinos, and Native Americans lag far behind the graduation rates for whites and Asians.

黑人、拉丁美洲人和美洲土著人的毕业率远远落后于白人和亚洲人的毕业率。

2011年6月阅读原文

考研Despite attempts by the Church to strong-arm this new generation of logicians and rationalists, more explanations for how the universe functioned were being made, and at a rate that the people-including the Church -could no longer ignore.

尽管教会试图加强这一新一代逻辑学家和理性主义者的力量，但对宇宙如何运行的更多解释正在形成，并且以包括教会在内的人们无法再忽视的速度出现。

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Only three states, with a combined population not much larger than that of Brooklyn, have unemployment rates below 5%.

只有三个州的失业率低于5%，总人口不比布鲁克林大多少。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Only three states, with a combined population not much larger than that of Brooklyn,have unemployment rates below 5%.

只有三个州的失业率低于5%，总人口不比布鲁克林大多少。

2016年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

考研For public institutions, state funds are sometimes tied partly to their success on metrics such as graduation rates and student retention—so better grades can, by boosting figures like those, mean more money.

对于公共机构来说，国家资金有时部分与它们在毕业率和学生留任率等指标上的成功有关，因此，通过提高这些数字，更好的成绩意味着更多的钱。

2019年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Thoughts turn first to some sort of global statistic, some indicator which would rate the wealth of nations in both economic and environmental terms and show a relationship between the two.

人们首先想到的是某种全球统计数据，某种指标可以从经济和环境两方面对各国的财富进行评级，并显示两者之间的关系。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Tennessee State's overall graduation rate is a tiny 39 percent, but at least it has a smaller gap between the outcomes for first-generation students and those of their peers.

田纳西州的整体毕业率只有39%，但至少第一代学生的成绩与同龄人相比差距较小。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级Once you get beyond the initial learning curve, knitting and crocheting can lower heart rate and blood pressure.

一旦你超过了最初的学习曲线，编织和钩针可以降低心率和血压。

2017年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

高考But while increasing health was a typical feature of the 20th century, declining birth rate could be a defining one of the 21st.

虽然健康水平的提高是20世纪的一个典型特征，但出生率的下降可能是21世纪的一个决定性特征。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

高考In the north of india, the population is booming due to high birth rates, but in the south, where most economic development is taking place, birth rate is falling rapidly.

在印度北部，由于高出生率，人口正在迅速增长，但在经济发展最为迅速的南部，出生率正在迅速下降。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

高考The birth rate in the 21st century may be much than it was in the 20th.

21世纪的出生率可能比20世纪要高得多。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 题设

高考The impact of dropping birth rate on developing countries may not be but disastrous.

出生率下降对发展中国家的影响可能不是灾难性的，而是灾难性的。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 题设

四级Blood pressure and heart rate are typically at their lowest levels during sleep.

血压和心率通常在睡眠时处于最低水平。

2016年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

考研Laughter does produce short-term changes in the function of the heart and its blood vessels, boosting heart rate and oxygen consumption.

笑确实会使心脏及其血管的功能发生短期变化，提高心率和耗氧量。

2011年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

六级Bond prices generally fluctuate inversely (相反地)with current market interest rates.

债券价格通常是反向波动的(相反地)以目前的市场利率。

2014年6月阅读原文

六级As interest rates go up, bond prices tall, and vice versa (反之亦然)

随着利率的上升，债券价格会上升，反之亦然(反之亦然)

2014年6月阅读原文

六级Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investors Service rate the level of risk of many corporate and government bonds.

标准普尔和穆迪投资者服务公司对许多公司和政府债券的风险水平进行评级。

2014年6月阅读原文

高考Hospital patients who see tree branches out their window are likely to recover at a faster rate than patients who see buildings or sky instead.

看到窗外树枝的医院病人比看到建筑物或天空的病人恢复得更快。

2019年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 七选五 原文

四级By following individuals over time, Salthouse said, we gain insight in cognition changes, and may possibly discover ways to slow the rate of decline.

索尔特豪斯说，随着时间的推移，通过跟踪个体，我们可以洞察认知变化，并可能发现减缓认知下降速度的方法。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考I can certainly change that for you, but there will be a change in the room rate.

我当然可以为您更改，但房价会有所改变。

2016年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

四级It is cheaper than calling long distance, and a lot more convenient than waiting until Sunday for the telephone rates to drop.

这比打长途电话便宜，也比等到星期天才降低电话费方便得多。

2010年12月听力原文

六级Washington and Lee University is cited as an example to show that the gap of graduation rates between whites and minorities can be closed.

华盛顿和李大学的例子表明，白人和少数族裔之间的毕业率差距可以缩小。

2011年6月阅读原文

四级We encourage students to go on to college whether they are prepared or not, or have a clear sense of purpose or interest, and now have the highest college dropout rate in the world

我们鼓励学生继续上大学，不管他们是否有准备，或者有明确的目标或兴趣，现在他们的大学辍学率是世界上最高的

2013年12月阅读原文

四级Nonetheless, physicians say that they look at the collective data and a clear picture emerges: that the salt, sugar, fat and processed foods in the American diet contribute to the nation's high rate of obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

尽管如此，医生们说，他们查看了这些集体数据，一幅清晰的画面浮现出来：美国饮食中的盐、糖、脂肪和加工食品导致了美国肥胖、糖尿病和心脏病的高发病率。

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级It helps advertisers to measure the click-through rates.

它帮助广告商测量点击率。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级It found that human-influenced climate change was raising the global death rates from illnesses including malnutrition (营养不良)and heat-related health problems.

研究发现，受人类影响的气候变化正在提高包括营养不良在内的疾病的全球死亡率(营养不良)以及与热有关的健康问题。

2011年6月阅读原文

考研Most of the money would come from a penny-per-letter permanent rate increase and from shifting postal retirees into Medicare.

大部分资金将来自每封信一便士的永久性加息，以及将邮政退休人员转入医疗保险。

2018年考研阅读原文

六级Community colleges have low graduation rates generally – but rock-bottom rates for minorities.

社区大学的毕业率普遍较低，但少数族裔的毕业率却处于最低水平。

2011年6月阅读原文

四级And the inflation rate is there for comparison.

通货膨胀率是可以比较的。

2010年6月听力原文

四级We wanted to know if the length of time food is in contact with a contaminated surface affected the rate of transfer of bacteria to the food.

我们想知道食物与污染表面接触的时间长短是否会影响细菌向食物的转移速度。

2018年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

考研The use of this little-known practice has accelerated in recent years, as colleges continue to do their utmost to keep students in school and paying tuition and improve their graduation rates.

近年来，这种鲜为人知的做法的使用速度加快了，因为大学继续尽最大努力让学生留在学校，支付学费，提高毕业率。

2019年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent, that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year—a virtual epidemic of failed conversation.

鉴于目前的离婚率接近50%，在美国每年有数百万起离婚案件——这实际上是一种失败对话的流行病。

2010年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级Companies like Intel developed faster microprocessors, so personal computers could process the incoming signals at a more rapid rate.

像英特尔这样的公司开发了更快的微处理器，因此个人电脑可以更快地处理输入信号。

2017年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

四级Phone lines could only transmit information at a limited rate.

电话线只能以有限的速率传输信息。

2017年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

六级Late-stage developing nations that are currently industrialising rapidly, for example China, which will experience declining rates of population growth, coupled with increasing affluence (富裕）and age profile.

目前正在快速工业化的晚期发展中国家，例如中国，其人口增长率将下降，同时富裕程度将提高(富裕）和年龄分布。

2013年12月阅读原文

四级Creating the highest dropout rate in the developed world.

创造了发达国家最高的辍学率。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级After the personal-savings rate dipped to zero in 2005, the shock of the economic crisis last year prompted people to snap shut their wallets.

2005年个人储蓄率降至零后，去年经济危机的冲击促使人们迅速收起钱包。

2012年12月阅读原文

六级They found some evidence that some crude measures, like income inequality, correlated with changes in well-being, but economic measures with a more direct impact, like family income and unemployment rates which put families into difficulties, had no relat

他们发现一些证据表明，一些粗略的衡量标准，如收入不平等，与幸福感的变化相关，但更直接的经济衡量标准，如使家庭陷入困境的家庭收入和失业率，与幸福感的变化无关

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级When Beijing allows its currency exchange rates to float.

当北京允许其货币汇率浮动时。

2012年12月阅读原文

四级Rates of death from illnesses have risen due to global warming

由于全球变暖，疾病死亡率上升

2011年6月阅读原文