2015年考研英语（二）参考答案

一、完型

1. signal  2. Much  3. plugged  4. message  5. Behind  6. misinterpreted  7. judged  8. unfamiliar  9. anxious  10. Turn 11. dangerous   12. hurt 13. Conversation  14. Passengers  15. predict   16. ride  17. went through  18. in fact  19. since   20. Simple

二、阅读

21.D offered greater relaxation than the workplace

22.B childless husbands

23.A they are both bread winners and housewives

24.C earnings

25.B division of labor at home is seldom clear-cut

26.C missed its original purpose

27.A the problem is solvable

28.C are in need of financial support

29.D are inexperienced in handling issues at college

30.D colleges are partly responsible for the problem in question

31.A more emotional

32.C sports culture

33.D strengthen employee loyalty

34.A voices for working women

35.C companies find it to be fundamental

36.B  the increase of voluntary part-time jobs

37.C  cannot get their hands on full-time jobs

38.B  shows a general tendency of decline

39.B  employment is no longer a precondition to get insurance

40.A  employment in the US

41.D  Most of your fears are unreal

42.E  Think about the resent moment

43.G  There are many things to be grateful for

44.A  you are not alone

45.C  Pave your own unique path

三、翻译

46. 想想看在一条非常熟悉的路上驾驶的感觉，这可能发生在上班，进城或回家的路上。无论如何，你会熟悉路上的每一个迂回曲折。在这类旅行中，我们很容易会分散注意力并且不太关注路边的风景。结果就是你误以为旅途比实际所用的时间要少。

这是美妙的旅程所产生的效果：人们往往会低估在熟悉的旅程中所用掉的时间。

我们分散注意力的方式会导致这种结果。当我们在知名的路途中行驶时，我们不必过于集中精力，时间似乎过得飞快。随后，当我们回想整个过程时，由于没有特别留神，会变得印象模糊。此时，我们似乎会觉得这段旅程会更短些。

四、作文

47. The pie chart provides some interesting data regarding the family expense of urban residents during Spring Festival in our country. As is shown above, the family expense during the holiday is mainly used for gifts, accounting 40 percent of the whole expense.

Obviously, such statistics regarding family expenses reflects the lifestyles of the average urban family in China. To begin with, the most  expense used for buying presents suggests that Chinese people are more likely to enjoy a lifestyle of communication during holidays, which may add more flavor to their routine life. What's more, it is interesting to note that urban residents attach importance to giving others gifts, thereby devoting much of the income to gifts for friends, relatives and family members. In addition, there is no denying in saying that the major factor responsible for the phenomenon is that urban people posses more money available for gifts thanks to the growth of urban economy.

Taking above-mentioned analysisinto account, we can naturally arrive at the conclusion: as the society further develops, the trend mirrored by the table is bound to continue for a couple of years in the forthcoming future.