高考Part of this ability is that they can infer what others know or are thinking.

这种能力的一部分是他们可以推断出别人知道或在想什么。

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级Team-building skills are in short supply: Deloitte reports that only 12% of the executives they contacted feel they understand the way people work together in networks and only 21% feel confident in their ability to build cross-functional teams.

团队建设技能供不应求：德勤报告称，在他们接触的高管中，只有12%的人认为他们了解人际网络中的合作方式，只有21%的人对他们建立跨职能团队的能力充满信心。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级They had negative views of effort, believing that having to work hard was a sign of low ability.

他们对努力持否定态度，认为必须努力工作是能力低下的表现。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级Mistakes crack their self-confidence because they attribute errors to a lack of ability, which they feel powerless to change.

错误会打击他们的自信心，因为他们把错误归因于缺乏能力，而他们感到无力改变。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级Attributing a bad grade to their own lack of ability, those with a fixed mindset said that they would study less in the future, try never to take that subject again and consider cheating on future tests.

把一个坏的等级归因于他们自己的能力缺乏，那些有固定心态的人说他们将来会学习更少，试着不再去接受这个主题，并在将来的考试中考虑作弊。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级What distinguishes children from adults is their strong ability to derive joy from what they are doing.

儿童与成人的区别在于他们从所做的事情中获得快乐的强大能力。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级They can affect a person's ability to get a job and qualification for benefits.

它们会影响一个人获得工作的能力和获得福利的资格。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级As a result, they will help improve your ability to think.

因此，它们将有助于提高你的思考能力。

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级Attributing a bad grade to their own lack of ability, those with a fixed mind-set said that they would study less in the future, try never to take that subject again and consider cheating on future tests.

把一个坏的等级归因于他们自己缺乏能力，那些头脑定型的人说他们将来会学习更少，试着再也不学那个科目，在将来的考试中考虑作弊。

2016年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

四级If you understand the material and have the ability to articulate your thoughts, they should be a breeze.

如果你理解材料并有能力表达你的想法，它们应该是轻而易举的事。

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级Team-building skills are in short supply: Deloitte reports that only 12% of the executives they contacted feel they understand the way people work together in networks and only 21% feel confident in their ability to build cross functional teams.

团队建设技能供不应求：德勤报告称，在他们接触的高管中，只有12%的人认为他们了解人际网络中的合作方式，只有21%的人对他们建立跨职能团队的能力充满信心。

2017年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

四级The most recent National Journal poll asked respondents about the American dream, what it takes to achieve their goals, and whether or not they felt a significant amount of control over their ability to be successful.

最新的《国家期刊》民意调查询问了受访者关于美国梦的情况，他们需要什么来实现自己的目标，以及他们是否觉得自己在很大程度上控制了自己的成功能力。

2017年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

四级Their babies retain the ability to produce their own chlorophyll, though they can't generate energy from sunlight until they've eaten enough algae to steal the necessary genes, which they can't yet produce on their own.

他们的孩子保留了自己产生叶绿素的能力，尽管他们在吃了足够多的海藻以窃取必要的基因之前无法从阳光中产生能量，而这些基因是他们自己还无法产生的。

2019年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级More than a decade ago, cognitive scientists John Bransford and Daniel Schwartz, both then at Vanderbilt University, found that what distinguished young adults from children was not the ability to retain facts or apply prior knowledge to a new situation but a quality they called preparation for future learning.

十多年前，当时就读于范德比尔特大学的认知科学家约翰·布兰斯福德（John Bransford）和丹尼尔·施瓦茨（Daniel Schwartz）发现，年轻人区别于儿童的不是保留事实或将先前知识应用于新环境的能力，而是他们称之为未来学习准备的素质。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级Developing students' ability to apply what they learn.

培养学生应用所学知识的能力。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级What we want to encourage in these students is an active intellectual experience, in which they develop the wide range of complex reasoning abilities required of good lawyers.

我们希望鼓励这些学生进行积极的智力体验，培养优秀律师所需的各种复杂推理能力。

2013年6月阅读原文

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They believe that the nerve endings in the left side of the brain develop faster in girls than in boys, and it is this side of the brain that strongly influences an individual's ability to use language and remember things

他们认为，女孩大脑左侧的神经末梢比男孩发育得更快，正是这一侧大脑强烈地影响着一个人使用语言和记忆事物的能力

2012年12月听力原文

六级However, they're more cautious about sharing information with nonmembers, as the organization guards against others developing the ability to hiJack and take control of their satellites.

然而，他们在与非成员共享信息时更为谨慎，因为该组织防范其他人发展劫持和控制其卫星的能力。

2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级They lack water-storing structures, and their existence on rock faces prevents them from tapping groundwater, so they have instead developed the ability to change their metabolism.

它们缺乏蓄水结构，而且它们在岩石表面的存在使它们无法开采地下水，因此它们反而发展了改变新陈代谢的能力。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级When Liu, the UCLA sleep researcher and professor of medicine, brought chronically sleep-restricted people into the lab for a weekend of sleep during which they logged about 10 hours per night, they showed improvements in the ability of insulin to process

加州大学洛杉矶分校睡眠研究人员兼医学教授刘教授将长期睡眠受限的人带到实验室进行一个周末的睡眠，期间他们每晚记录大约10个小时的睡眠，结果显示胰岛素的处理能力有所提高

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

六级Yet once they start growing, such plants seem not to retain the ability to hit the pause button on metabolism in their stems or leaves.

然而，一旦这些植物开始生长，它们似乎就不能保持在茎或叶中按代谢暂停按钮的能力。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

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

高考Armed with this knowledge, they're able to carry out individually targeted campaigns to cheat people.

有了这些知识，他们就能够开展针对个人的活动来欺骗人们。

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考Instead, computer users are developing stronger transactive memories; that is, people are learning how to organize huge quantities of information so that they are able to access it at a later date.

相反，计算机用户正在开发更强的交互记忆；也就是说，人们正在学习如何组织大量信息，以便日后能够访问这些信息。

2015年高考英语安徽卷 阅读理解 阅读C 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They hoped that wolves would be able to control the elk and coyote problems.

他们希望狼能够控制麋鹿和郊狼的问题。

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

四级They need to rid their minds of sentimentalism ( ' , 感情用事): the most successful teams have leaders who are able to set an overall direction and take immediate action.

他们需要摆脱感情用事（'，感情用事): 最成功的团队都有能够确定总体方向并立即采取行动的领导者。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级I don’t know about perfecting but they want at least to be able to communicate decently.

我不知道如何完善，但他们至少希望能够进行得体的沟通。

2016年6月听力原文

四级They'll be able to answer the questions of students who are in their class directly via the interactive book.

他们将能够通过互动书直接回答课堂上学生的问题。

2013年6月阅读原文

四级They want to know if they are able to pay

他们想知道自己是否有能力支付

2013年6月阅读原文

四级When submerged, they're also able to emit signals from depths of 20,000 ft.

当被淹没时，它们还能从20000英尺深处发出信号。

2010年6月阅读原文

四级Dutt says they were not able to evaluate the actual scientific qualifications of the applicants using the data in the files.

Dutt说，他们无法使用档案中的数据评估申请人的实际科学资格。

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

四级I want to make sure that older adults are still able to enjoy their old age, and that they're not spending time in hospital with infections, feeling unwell and being generally weak.

我想确保老年人仍然能够享受他们的晚年，他们不会因为感染、不适和身体虚弱而住院。

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

四级Many scientists have studied the green sea slugs to confirm that they are actually able to create energy from sunlight.

许多科学家对绿色海蛞蝓进行了研究，以证实它们确实能够从阳光中产生能量。

2019年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

四级Regular users take drugs all the time, but they are often able to keep up with the normal routine of work.

经常服用药物的人一直在服药，但他们通常能够跟上正常的日常工作。

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级They need to rid their minds of sentimentalism: the most successful teams have leaders who are able to set an overall direction and take immediate action.

他们需要摆脱感情用事：最成功的团队都有能够确定总体方向并立即采取行动的领导者。

2017年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级They didn't work anywhere and all the time – they were better able to manage their work, Moen said.

Moen说，他们没有在任何地方和任何时间工作——他们能够更好地管理自己的工作。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级They are better able to cope with the global climate change.

他们能够更好地应对全球气候变化。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级"They were able to walk fester, had improved balance, and were also able to get up out of a chair faster than the control group," Starr says.

斯塔尔说：“与对照组相比，他们能够化脓行走，平衡能力得到改善，而且能够更快地从椅子上站起来。”。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级If you're able to come this afternoon, you can give your name to the sales manager and they will be able to assist you.

如果你今天下午能来，你可以把你的名字告诉销售经理，他们会帮助你的。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

六级It's a rare thing for anybody to be able to change who they really are.

对于任何人来说，能够改变自己的真实面目是一件非常罕见的事情。

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

六级Several years ago when my grandparents were well into their eighties, they were faced with the reality of no longer being able to adequately care for themselves.

几年前，当我的祖父母快80多岁的时候，他们面临着无法充分照顾自己的现实。

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级"They didn't work anywhere and all the time – they were better able to manage their work, "Moen said.

莫恩说：“他们没有在任何地方和所有时间工作——他们能够更好地管理自己的工作。”。

2016年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

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

六级They were able to accurately place the hair samples in broad regions roughly corresponding to the movement of rain systems.

他们能够准确地将头发样本放置在大致与降雨系统运动相对应的广阔区域。

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级Through satellite tracking of both the herd and the lions in the area, they will be able to determine if their psychological trickery will work to help keep farmers from shooting lions.

通过卫星跟踪该地区的牧群和狮子，他们将能够确定他们的心理骗术是否有助于阻止农民射杀狮子。

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

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

考研Plenty of other species are able to learn, and one of the things they've apparently learned is when to stop.

很多其他物种都能学习，他们显然学到的一件事就是什么时候停止。

2009年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

考研States will be able to force more people to pay sales tax when they make online purchases under a Supreme Court decision Thursday that will leave shoppers with lighter wallets but is a big financial win for states.

根据最高法院周四的一项裁决，各州将能够迫使更多的人在网上购物时缴纳销售税。这项裁决将使购物者钱包更轻，但对各州来说是一个巨大的财政胜利。

2020年考研真题（英语一）翻译 Section Ⅲ

考研Until now, many sellers that have a physical presence in only a single state or a few states have been able to avoid charging sales taxes when they ship to addresses outside those states.

到目前为止，许多只在一个州或几个州有实体存在的卖家在将货物运送到这些州以外的地址时能够避免收取销售税。

2020年考研真题（英语一）翻译 Section Ⅲ

六级This is the process whereby helpers provide reassurance to clients that what they are experiencing is not abnormal or atypical（非典型的）, but is a normal reaction shared by others when facing such circumstances.

这是帮助者向客户保证他们所经历的不是异常或非典型的过程(非典型的）, 但这是其他人在面对这种情况时的正常反应。

2012年12月阅读原文

高考At space camp, trainees can earn their space exploration badge as they build and fire model rockets, learn about space tasks and try simulated (模拟) flying to space with the crew from all over the world.

在太空营，学员可以在建造和发射火箭模型、学习太空任务和尝试模拟太空时获得太空探索徽章(模拟) 与来自世界各地的机组人员一起飞往太空。

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考But such Ninos come with months of warning, and so much is known about how they happen that governments can prepare.

但这样的尼诺现象伴随着数月的警告而来，关于它们是如何发生的，人们知道得太多了，政府可以做好准备。

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考Daydreaming means people think about something pleasant, especially when this makes them forget what they should be doing.

白日梦意味着人们想一些愉快的事情，尤其是当这让他们忘记他们应该做什么的时候。

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 单项填空 原文

高考Everything they know about you came through this device, sometimes from hundreds of miles away.

他们所知道的关于你的一切都是通过这个设备，有时是从几百英里以外的地方。

2016年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

四级They are particular about the quality of toilet paper.

他们对卫生纸的质量很挑剔。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级Whenever she called her parents or other relatives, she always had to think about the time difference so that she wouldn’t wake someone up or call when she knew they were at church.

每当她给父母或其他亲戚打电话时，她总是要考虑时差，这样她就不会叫醒别人，也不会在知道他们在教堂时给他们打电话。

2017年6月听力原文

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The nice thing about ancient philosophy as offered by the Greeks is that they tended to see life clear and whole, in a way that we tend not to see life today.

希腊人提出的古代哲学的好处在于，他们倾向于以一种我们往往看不到今天生活的方式，把生活看得清晰而完整。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级How can they go about this? OK, Nathan, so we are talking about driving.

他们该怎么办？好的，内森，我们现在谈的是开车。

2016年6月听力原文

四级Why do some students give up when they encounter difficulty, whereas others who are no more skilled continue to strive and learn? One answer, I soon discovered, lay in people's beliefs about why they had failed.

为什么有些学生在遇到困难时会放弃，而另一些不太熟练的学生会继续努力学习？我很快发现，答案之一在于人们对自己失败原因的信念。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级That approach will eliminate most cord-cutting concerns—but what about their wireless equivalent, jamming? With the right device tuned to the right frequency, what's to stop a thief from jamming your setup and blocking that alert signal from ever reaching the base station?Jamming concerns are nothing new, and they're not unique to security systems.

这一方法将消除大多数跳线问题，但它们的无线等效干扰又如何呢？如果将正确的设备调谐到正确的频率，那么如何阻止窃贼干扰您的设置并阻止警报信号到达基站？干扰问题并不是什么新鲜事，也不是安全系统独有的问题。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级Forty-eight of the students received instruction in study skills only, whereas the others attended a combination of study skills sessions and classes in which they learned about the growth mind-set and how to apply it to schoolwork.

48名学生只接受了学习技能方面的指导，而其他学生则参加了学习技能课程和课程的组合，在这些课程中，他们学习了成长心态以及如何将其应用于学业。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级Our topic today is about something that foreigners nearly always say when they visit Britain.

我们今天的话题是外国人访问英国时几乎总是说的话。

2016年12月听力原文

四级It’s: why are the British so cold? And they’re talking about the British personality—the famous British reserve.

问题是：为什么英国人这么冷？他们在谈论英国人的性格，著名的英国保守派。

2016年12月听力原文

四级What, then, are the effects of thinking about time in these different ways? Does one make us more productive? Better at the tasks at hand? Happier? In experiments conducted by Tamar Avnet and Anne-Laure Sellier, they had participants organize different activities—from project planning, holiday shopping, to yoga—by time or to-do list to measure how they performed under clock time vs task time.

那么，以这些不同的方式思考时间会产生什么影响呢？一个能让我们更有效率吗？更好地完成手头的任务？更快乐的？在Tamar Avnet和Anne Laure Sellier进行的实验中，他们让参与者组织不同的活动，从项目规划、假日购物到按时间或待办事项列表进行瑜伽，以衡量他们在时钟时间和任务时间下的表现。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级Isn't this the same crowd that rails against processed junk and champions craft cooking? And isn't this the generation who say they're concerned about their health and the well-being of the planet? If these are truly the values of many young people, then their behavior doesn't match their beliefs.

这不正是反对加工垃圾和支持手工烹饪的人群吗？这一代人不是说他们关心自己的健康和地球的福祉吗？如果这些确实是许多年轻人的价值观，那么他们的行为与他们的信仰不符。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级A look at what goes on in most classrooms these days makes it abundantly clear that when people think about education, they are not thinking about what it feels like to be a child, or what makes childhood an important and valuable stage of life in its own right.

看看现在大多数教室里发生的事情，就可以清楚地看出，当人们思考教育时，他们并不是在思考作为一个孩子的感觉，或者是什么让童年本身成为生命中一个重要而有价值的阶段。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级Today, there is a serious question about this issue: Should there be a minimum age limit for executing criminals? In other words, is it right for convicted murderers who kill when they are minors—that is under the age of 18—to receive the death penalty?.

今天，关于这个问题有一个严肃的问题：是否应该对处决罪犯设定最低年龄限制？换言之，被定罪的杀人犯在未满18岁时杀人，是否应该被判处死刑？。

2015年12月听力原文

四级They asked, Was it as good as American beef? It was very exciting for me to be on Japanese TV, speaking in Japanese about how delicious the beef was.

他们问，它和美国牛肉一样好吗？能在日本电视上用日语讲述牛肉的美味，我感到非常兴奋。

2015年12月听力原文

六级They are more worried about their children being depressed or anxious.

他们更担心他们的孩子抑郁或焦虑。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级They are more likely to grow up in neighborhoods that their parents say aren't great for raising children, and their parents worry about them getting shot, beaten up or in trouble with the law.

他们更有可能在父母认为不适合抚养孩子的社区长大，父母担心他们被枪杀、殴打或触犯法律。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级These math circles cost nothing, or they're very cheap for students to get involved in, but you have to know about them, said Rusczyk.

Rusczyk说：“这些数学圈不花钱，或者学生参与其中的成本很低，但你必须了解它们。”。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Most American parents say they are not concerned about their children's grades as long as they work hard.

大多数美国父母说，只要他们努力学习，他们就不关心孩子的成绩。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级This is really about trying to cut through the confusion that consumers have when they are buying a product and that businesses have when they are selling a product, said Jon Leibowitz, chairman of the commission.

该委员会主席乔恩·莱博维茨（Jon Leibowitz）表示：“这实际上是为了消除消费者在购买产品时和企业在销售产品时的困惑。”。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级They have doubt about current green certification.

他们对目前的绿色认证表示怀疑。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级And that, fundamentally, is why claims that we face huge structural problems have been multiplying: they offer a reason to do nothing about the mass unemployment that is crippling our economy and our society.

从根本上说，这就是为什么说我们面临巨大的结构性问题的说法成倍增加的原因：它们提供了一个理由，让我们对正在削弱我们的经济和社会的大规模失业无所作为。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级You know, one of the first things I like to tell people when they ask me about the supplements, is that a lot of them are promoted as a cure for your memory, but your memory doesn’t need a cure.

你知道，当人们问我关于补充剂的事时，我喜欢告诉他们的第一件事是，很多补充剂被宣传为治疗你的记忆，但你的记忆不需要治疗。

2016年6月听力原文

六级it is unfair to those climate-vulnerable nationsit aims to keep temperature rise below 2 ℃ onlyit is beneficial to only fewer than 4% of countriesit burdens developed countries with the sole responsibilityThey needn't worry about the food and water they consume.

这对那些气候脆弱的国家是不公平的，它的目标只是将气温升高控制在2℃以下，这只对不到4%的国家有利，而发达国家则负有唯一的责任，他们不必担心他们所消耗的食物和水。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级We have to understand and think about the implications, and balance these great innovations with the potential downsides they naturally carry with them.

我们必须理解和思考其影响，并平衡这些伟大的创新与它们自然带来的潜在负面影响。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级Even among people who have bought connected devices of some kind, 37 percent said that they are going to be more cautious about using these devices and services in the future.

即使在购买了某种连接设备的人中，37%的人表示，他们在未来使用这些设备和服务时会更加谨慎。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级Consumers are becoming increasingly bored with what companies have to offer: A survey of 28,000 consumers in 28 countries released by Accenture found consumers are not as excited about technology as they once were.

消费者对公司提供的产品越来越厌倦：埃森哲对28个国家的28000名消费者进行的调查发现，消费者对技术的热情已不如从前。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级Consumers are often hesitant to try smart-home devices because they are worried about compatibility problems.

消费者往往对尝试智能家居设备犹豫不决，因为他们担心兼容性问题。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级Chinese officials say the expansion in Antarctica prioritises scientific research, but they also acknowledge that concerns about resource security influence their moves.

中国官员说，在南极洲的扩张优先考虑科学研究，但他们也承认，对资源安全的担忧影响了他们的行动。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级83% of workers say they're stressed about their jobs, nearly 50% say work-related stress is interfering with their sleep, and 60% use their smartphones to check in with work outside of normal working hours.

83%的员工表示他们对自己的工作感到压力，近50%的人表示与工作相关的压力干扰了他们的睡眠，60%的人在正常工作时间以外使用智能手机上班。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级However, they also deserve a home of their own, a secure retirement and freedom from worrying about unpaid bills.

然而，他们也应该有一个自己的家，一个安全的退休生活和不用担心未付账单的自由。

2016年12月听力原文

六级At worst, they’ll think the messages about soda are the same as the messages about water.

在最坏的情况下，他们会认为关于苏打水的信息和关于水的信息是一样的。

2016年12月听力原文

六级They asked both groups to generate questions about important issues needed to create recovery plans.

他们要求两个小组就制定恢复计划所需的重要问题提出问题。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级They are curious about specific features.

他们对特定的特征很好奇。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级They are concerned about social issues.

他们关心社会问题。

2015年12月阅读原文

考研When our ancestors were hunters and gatherers 10,000 years ago, they didn’t have time to wonder much about anything besides finding food.

一万年前，当我们的祖先是猎人和采集者时，除了寻找食物，他们没有时间对任何事情感到好奇。

2009年考研阅读原文

考研Theirs was a serious business, and even those reviewers who wore their learning lightly,like George Bernard Shaw and Ernest Newman,could be trusted to know what they were about.

这是一件严肃的事情，即使是那些轻描淡写的评论家，比如萧伯纳和纽曼，也可以相信他们知道他们在说什么。

2010年考研阅读原文

考研In those far-off days, it was taken for granted that the critics of major papers would write in detail and at length about the events they covered.

在那些遥远的日子里，人们想当然地认为，主要报纸的评论家们会详细、详尽地报道他们报道的事件。

2010年考研阅读原文

考研Equally unsurprisingly, only about half end up with professorships for which they entered graduate school.

同样不足为奇的是，只有大约一半的学生最终进入了研究生院担任教授。

2011年考研阅读原文

考研Americans, she finds, buy roughly 20 billion garments a year – about 64 items per person – and no matter how much they give away, this excess leads to waste.

她发现，美国人每年大约购买200亿件服装——每人大约购买64件——不管他们赠送多少，这些多余的服装都会导致浪费。

2013年考研阅读原文

考研Peretti says the Times shouldn’t waste time getting out of the print business, but only if they go about doing it the right way.

佩雷蒂说，《泰晤士报》不应该浪费时间退出印刷业，但前提是他们必须以正确的方式行事。

2016年考研阅读原文

考研It tells the fashion industry that it must take responsibility for the signal it sends women, especially teenage girls, about the social tape-measure they must use to determine their individual worth.

它告诉时尚界，它必须对它向女性，特别是少女发出的关于她们必须使用社会卷尺来确定个人价值的信号负责。

2016年考研阅读原文

考研It is not, however, a sign that they' re getting serious about transforming the postal system for the 21st century.

然而，这并不是一个迹象，表明他们正在认真考虑为21世纪改革邮政系统。

2018年考研阅读原文