高考Points were awarded for part-time jobs, housework, effort in school, and ability to deal with problems.

兼职工作、家务、在学校的努力和处理问题的能力得分。

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考She also operates a website, where she shares her tips and recipes, with the goal of demonstrating that everyone has the ability to control what's on their plate.

她还开设了一个网站，分享她的秘诀和食谱，目的是证明每个人都有能力控制自己盘子里的食物。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考There is no doubt that this candidate's advantage lies in his ability to communicate with foreigners in English.

毫无疑问，这位候选人的优势在于他能用英语与外国人交流。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 单项选择 原文

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

四级The author's experiment shows that students with a fixed mind-set believe having to work hard is an indication of low ability.

作者的实验表明，思维定势固定的学生认为必须努力学习是能力低下的表现。

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The importance of non-financial firms will accordingly rise, along with their ability to attract the best talent.

非金融企业的重要性将随之上升，它们吸引最佳人才的能力也将随之上升。

2013年6月阅读原文

四级An increasingly important skill will be your ability to deal with change and even welcome it.

一项越来越重要的技能将是你应对变化甚至欢迎变化的能力。

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

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

六级Nations are also pressing ahead with space research and satellite projects to expand their global navigation abilities.

各国也在推进空间研究和卫星项目，以扩大其全球导航能力。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级Nor is the global economy forgiving of an American workforce with increasingly weak literacy, math and science abilities.

全球经济也不能原谅识字、数学和科学能力日益薄弱的美国劳动力。

2015年12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The school keeps the money, but the kid leaves with loads of debt and no degree and no ability to get a better job

学校留着钱，但孩子离开时背负着沉重的债务，没有学位，也没有能力找到更好的工作

2011年6月阅读原文

六级Their ability to deal with financial problems

他们处理财务问题的能力

2013年12月听力原文

六级A robot's appearance affects its ability to successfully interact with humans, which is why the riKEN-Tri Collaboration Center for Human-Interactive Robot Research decided to develop a robotic nurse that looks like a huge teddy bear.

机器人的外观会影响其与人类成功互动的能力，这就是为什么人类互动机器人研究的riKEN Tri协作中心决定开发一种看起来像巨大泰迪熊的机器人护士的原因。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

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Psychologists call them "masters of deception", those rare individuals with a natural ability to tell, with complete confidence, when someone is telling a lie.

心理学家称他们为“欺骗大师”，当有人说谎时，这些人天生就有能力完全自信地说出谎言。

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级Studies have found obesity is associated with impairments in cognitive functioning, as assessed by a range of learning and memory tests, such as the ability to remember a list of words presented some minutes or hours earlier.

研究发现，肥胖与认知功能受损有关，这是通过一系列学习和记忆测试评估的，例如记忆几分钟或几小时前出现的单词列表的能力。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

六级The ability to work well with others and collaborate on projects is a sought-after ability in nearly every position.

在几乎每个职位上，与他人良好合作并在项目上协作的能力都是一种受欢迎的能力。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级with such progress, Google's cars will easily surpass my own driving ability later this year.

有了这样的进步，谷歌的汽车将很容易在今年晚些时候超过我自己的驾驶能力。

2019年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

考研Since our chief business with them is to enable them to share in a common life we cannot help considering whether or no we are forming the powers which will secure this ability.

由于我们与他们的主要业务是让他们共同生活，我们不禁要考虑我们是否正在形成确保这种能力的力量。

2009年考研翻译原文

考研A more practical goal is to try, to the best of your ability, to be as tolerant and composed as you can when faced with trying situations involving your children.

一个更实际的目标是，在面对涉及孩子的艰难处境时，尽你最大的能力，尽量做到宽容和沉着。

2020年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

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Meanwhile, with her parents' help, Moore is generally able to live a normal teenage life.

与此同时，在父母的帮助下，摩尔基本上能够过上正常的青少年生活。

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考Parents are not able to help with children's homework.

父母不能帮助孩子做家庭作业。

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

高考Prinstein has also found that the qualities that made the neighbors want you on a play date-sharing, kindness, openness — carry over to later years and make you better able to relate and connect with others.

普林斯坦还发现，邻居们希望你在一起玩耍的特质——分享、友善、开放——一直延续到晚年，让你能够更好地与他人建立联系。

2019年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考Then I'll be able to have dinner with my wife.

那我就可以和我妻子共进晚餐了。

2015年高考英语北京卷 听力 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After taking appropriate measures to contain the RF interference to our test lab, we tested the attack out for ourselves, and were able to verify that it's possible with the right equipment.

在采取适当措施控制对我们测试实验室的射频干扰后，我们自己测试了攻击，并能够验证使用正确的设备是否可行。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级For me it took the form of my first, and I hope only, encounter with writer's block—I was not able to produce anything for three years.

对我来说，这是我第一次，而且我只希望是，遇到了作家的阻碍——三年来我什么都没能创作出来。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级Furthermore, students will be able to purchase sections of the text instead of buying the whole thing, with individual chapters costing as little as $

此外，学生将能够购买课文的各个部分，而不是购买整个内容，每个章节的成本仅为$

2013年6月阅读原文

四级With culinary improvement in recent years, London's restaurants are now able to appeal to the tastes of

近年来，随着烹饪技术的进步，伦敦的餐馆现在能够迎合顾客的口味

2011年6月阅读原文

四级"As what happened with tobacco, this will require a cultural shift, but that can happen," says Nguyen. "In the same way physicians used to smoke, and then stopped smoking and were able to talk to patients about it,I think physicians can have a bigger voic

Nguyen说：“正如烟草所发生的那样，这需要文化的转变，但这是可以实现的。”就像医生过去吸烟，然后戒烟，并能和病人谈论它一样，我认为医生可以有更大的voic

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级For me it took the form of my first, and I hope only, encounter with writer's block— I was not able to produce anything for three years.

对我来说，这是我第一次，我只希望是第一次，遇到了作家的阻碍——三年来我什么都没能创作出来。

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

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Nearly a decade ago it was predicted that viewers of Friends, a popular situation comedy, would soon be able to purchase a sweater like Jennifer Aniston's with a few taps on their remote control.

近十年前，有人预测，《老友记》是一部颇受欢迎的情景喜剧，只要轻敲遥控器，观众很快就能买到詹妮弗·安妮斯顿的毛衣。

2016年6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In a competitive work environment, employers are able to use technology to demand more from their employees rather than motivating workers with flexibility that benefits them.

在竞争激烈的工作环境中，雇主能够利用技术向员工提出更高的要求，而不是以有利于他们的灵活性激励员工。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级And with it, I was able to print the first garment, a red Jacket that had the word "Freedom" embedded into it.

有了它，我可以打印出第一件衣服，一件红色的夹克，里面嵌入了“自由”这个词。

2016年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级In a competitive work environment, employers are able to use technology to demand more from their employees rather than motivating workers with flexibility that benefits them.

在竞争激烈的工作环境中，雇主能够利用技术向员工提出更高的要求，而不是以有利于他们的灵活性激励员工。

2016年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级Nearly a decade ago it was predicted that viewers of "Friends", a popular situation comedy, would soon be able to purchase a sweater like Jennifer Aniston's with a few taps on their remote control.

近十年前，有人预测，流行情景喜剧《老友记》的观众只需轻敲遥控器，很快就能买到詹妮弗·安妮斯顿的毛衣。

2016年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级Perhaps with the tools of this new technological revolution, we will be able to undo some of the damage done to the natural world by the last one—industrialization.

也许有了这场新技术革命的工具，我们将能够消除上一次工业化对自然世界造成的一些破坏。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级Perhaps you're bringing your unique knowledge and gaining access to someone else's professional network, or Maybe you're able to learn a new skill by working with someone.

也许你带来了你独特的知识，并获得了其他人的专业网络，或者你能够通过与他人合作学习新技能。

2019年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

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

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

六级The notion of space tourism took hold in 2001 with a $20 million flight aboard a Russian spacecraft by Dennis Tito, a millionaire engineer with an adventurous streak.

2001年，丹尼斯·蒂托（Dennis Tito）乘坐一艘俄罗斯宇宙飞船，耗资2000万美元，成为一名富有冒险精神的百万富翁工程师，太空旅游的概念开始深入人心。

2015年12月阅读原文

考研Most leading retailers have already tried e-commerce, with limited success, and expansion aboard.

大多数领先的零售商已经尝试过电子商务，但成效有限，并在海外扩张。

2010年考研阅读原文

高考After spotting a wallet on the front seat inside a parked car with its window down, he stood guard in the rain for about two hours waiting for the owner to return.

在发现一辆车窗朝下的停着的汽车的前排座椅上有一个钱包后，他在雨中站岗了大约两个小时，等待车主回来。

2018年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

高考Art students making a good living with these statistics/data/analyses in mind, art students need not worry about their career and have an alternative plan.

艺术类学生生活得很好考虑到这些统计/数据/分析，艺术类学生不必担心自己的职业生涯，而是有一个可供选择的计划。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 填空题 原文

高考As shown here, Lainey can become excited about reading when presented with literature on topics that interest her, and when the people around her model involvement in the reading process.

如图所示，当莱尼看到有关她感兴趣的主题的文学作品时，当她周围的人参与到阅读过程中时，她会对阅读感到兴奋。

2016年高考英语四川卷 完形填空 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Body language can give away a lot about your mood, so standing with your arms folded can send out a signal that you are being defensive.

肢体语言可以透露出你的很多情绪，所以双臂交叉站着可以发出一个信号，表明你在防御。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 单项填空 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Even more worryingly, the fascination with the Internet by people in rich countries has moved the international community to worry about the "digital divide" between the rich countries and the poor countries.

更令人担忧的是，富国人民对互联网的迷恋已经让国际社会开始担心富国和穷国之间的“数字鸿沟”。

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考For example, on Christmas morning, children are excited about playing with their new toys.

例如，在圣诞节的早晨，孩子们对玩他们的新玩具感到兴奋。

2014年高考英语全国卷1 完形填空 原文

高考Get smart about the people who you spend your time with.

对与你共度时光的人要聪明一点。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 七选五 原文

高考Helen Mirren stars in the play by Peter Morgan, about queen Elizabeth II of the UK and her private meetings with twelve prime ministers in the course of sixty years.

海伦·米伦（Helen Mirren）主演了彼得·摩根（Peter Morgan）的话剧，讲述了英国女王伊丽莎白二世（queen Elizabeth II）及其在60年中与12位首相的私人会晤。

2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

高考Her marriage with a serious music critic has drawn her to his world, so she is now crazy about classical music and will not miss any chance to attend a concert with her husband.

她与一位严肃的音乐评论家的婚姻将她吸引到了他的世界，因此她现在对古典音乐着迷，不会错过任何与丈夫一起参加音乐会的机会。

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 信息匹配 题设

四级Six months out, more people who had quit abruptly had stuck with it—more than one-fifth of them, compared to about one-seventh in the other group.

六个月后，更多突然戒烟的人坚持戒烟超过五分之一，而另一组约为七分之一。

2017年6月阅读原文

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

四级Wild carrots probably evolved with the other flowering plants about 360 million years ago.

野生胡萝卜大概在3.6亿年前和其他开花植物一起进化而来。

2017年6月听力原文

四级Soon however, Katherine found herself comparing herself with the people she was reading about on Facebook.

然而，很快，凯瑟琳发现自己正在和她在Facebook上读到的人进行比较。

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What about supply? The three environmental trends—the shortage of fresh water, the loss of topsoil and the rising temperatures—are making it increasingly hard to expand the world's grain supply fast enough to keep up with demand.

供应呢？三大环境趋势——淡水短缺、表土流失和气温上升——使得世界粮食供应越来越难以快速增长，以满足需求。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级The students who held a fixed mind-set, however, were concerned about looking smart with less regard for learning.

然而，持有固定思维定势的学生担心自己看起来聪明，而不太重视学习。

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For instance, talking about mathematical geniuses who were more or less born that way puts students in a fixed mind-set, but descriptions of great mathematicians who fell in love with math and developed amazing skills produce a growth mind-set.

例如，谈论或多或少与生俱来的数学天才会让学生产生固定的思维定势，但对热爱数学并发展出惊人技能的伟大数学家的描述会产生一种成长的思维定势。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级At the beginning of seventh grade, we assessed the students' mind-sets by asking them to agree or disagree with statements such as Your intelligence is something very basic about you that you can't really change.

在七年级开始时，我们评估了学生的心态，让他们同意或不同意这样的说法，比如你的智力是你最基本的东西，你不能真正改变。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级Everything about the look and feel of a wallet—the way the fastenings and materials wear and tear and loosen with age, the plastic and paper and gold and silver, and handwritten phone numbers and printed cinema tickets—is the very opposite of what our world is becoming.

钱包的外观和感觉——扣件和材料随着年龄的增长而磨损和松动，塑料、纸张、金银、手写电话号码和印刷电影票——与我们的世界正相反。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级But what I learned, and what stuck with me through my time teaching writing at Harvard, was a deeper lesson about the nature of creative criticism.

但我学到的，以及我在哈佛大学教写作期间所学到的，是关于创造性批评本质的更深刻的一课。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级While rich parents are more concerned with their children's psychological well-being, poor parents are more worried about their children's safety.

富有的父母更关心孩子的心理健康，而贫穷的父母更担心孩子的安全。

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With us to talk about the findings in this study is Washington Post columnist Kevin Blackistone.

华盛顿邮报专栏作家凯文·布莱克斯顿（Kevin Blackistone）与我们一起讨论这项研究的发现。

2017年6月听力原文

六级I remember talking with a young lawyer who was about to begin her first jury trial.

我记得和一位年轻的律师交谈过，她即将开始她的第一次陪审团审判。

2017年6月听力原文

六级Perhaps there is less to fight about, with the country in a period of tranquility and the dangers of drug abuse and other unwholesome behavior well known.

也许没有那么多可以争论的，因为这个国家正处于一个平静的时期，吸毒和其他不健康行为的危险是众所周知的。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Interviews with students find many of them are only concerned about personal matters.

对学生的采访发现，他们中的许多人只关心个人问题。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Now, a new study that began with about 1,000 children in New Zealand has tracked how a child’s low self-control can predict poor health, money troubles and even a criminal record in their adult years.

现在，一项始于新西兰约1000名儿童的新研究追踪了儿童低自控力如何预测健康不佳、金钱问题，甚至成年后的犯罪记录。

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There's a lot for students to complain about: the repayment threshold for paying back loans will be frozen for five years, meaning that lower-paid graduates have to start repaying their loans; and maintenance grants have been replaced by loans, meaning that students from poorer backgrounds face higher debt than those with wealthier parents.

学生们有很多抱怨：偿还贷款的还款门槛将被冻结五年，这意味着低收入的毕业生必须开始偿还贷款；赡养费补助已经被贷款所取代，这意味着来自贫困家庭的学生比那些父母更富有的学生面临更高的债务。

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No one should have to live with what a Texas mother described as constant stress, tension, even fear about money.

任何人都不应该生活在德克萨斯州一位母亲所说的持续的压力、紧张甚至对金钱的恐惧之中。

2016年12月听力原文

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The researchers’ argument stems from a simple observation about social influence,with the exception of a few celebrities like Oprah Winfrey-whose outsize presence is primarily a function of media,not interpersonal,influence-even the most influential members of a population simply don’t interact with that many others.

研究人员的论点来源于对社会影响的简单观察，除了奥普拉·温弗瑞（Oprah Winfrey）等少数名人，他们的超凡存在主要是媒体的作用，而不是人际影响，即使是人口中最有影响力的成员也不会与那么多其他人互动。

2010年考研阅读原文

考研Curbs on business-method claims would be a dramatic about-face, because it was the federal circuit itself that introduced such patents with is 1998 decision in the so-called state Street Bank case, approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual-fund assets.

对商业方法权利主张的限制将是一个戏剧性的转变，因为是联邦巡回法院本身在1998年所谓的“州街银行案”的判决中引入了这类专利，该判决批准了一项以汇集共同基金资产为方式的专利。

2010年考研阅读原文

考研Even Tommasini, who had advocated Gilbert’s appointment in the Times, calls him “an unpretentious musician with no air of the formidable conductor about him”.

就连在《泰晤士报》上鼓吹任命吉尔伯特的托马西尼也称他为“一位谦逊的音乐家，身上没有令人敬畏的指挥家的神气”。

2011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Two of the three objecting Justice-Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas-agreed with this Constitutional logic but disagreed about which Arizona rules conflicted with the federal statute.

三名反对法官塞缪尔·阿利托（Samuel Alito）和克拉伦斯·托马斯（Clarence Thomas）中的两名同意这一宪法逻辑，但不同意亚利桑那州的哪些规则与联邦法规相冲突。

2013年考研阅读原文

考研Precisely because readers from different historical periods, places and social experiences produce different but overlapping readings of the same words on the page-including for texts that engage with fundamental human concerns-debates about texts can play an important role in social discussion of beliefs and values.

正是因为来自不同历史时期、不同地方和不同社会经验的读者在页面上对同一个词产生了不同但重叠的解读，包括涉及人类基本问题的文本，关于文本的辩论可以在信仰和价值观的社会讨论中发挥重要作用。

2015年考研阅读原文

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

高考An engineer named Ellis Chesbrough convinced the city that it had no choice but to build the pipes above ground and then cover them with dirt.

一位名叫埃利斯·切斯堡（Ellis Chesbrough）的工程师让城市确信，它别无选择，只能在地面上建造管道，然后用泥土覆盖。

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文