2015年同等學力在職申碩已經結束,報考在職研究生的考生們都陸陸續續的開始準備2016年同等學力在職申碩考試,下面是同等學力在職申碩考試英語真題。
【高頻詞匯】
decade
英 ['deke?d; d?'ke?d] 美 ['d?ked]·n.十年,十年間;十個一組;十年期
·詞根詞綴:dec(a)- 表“十”=ten,如decametre 十米
·復數:decades
·詞組:over the past decade 在過去的十年里。
【真題出處】
Even as the financial-literacy movement has gained steam over the past decade, scores have been falling on tests that measure how well students learn about things such as budgeting, credit cards,insurance and investment. A recent survey of college students conducted for the JumpStart Coalitionfor Personal Financial Literacy found that students who’d had a personal-finance or money-management course in high school scored no better than those who hadn’t.
By saying that “the financial-literacy movement has gained steam”(Para.3),the author means that the movement______D______.
A.has gone through financial difficulties
B.has received much criticism
C.has been regarded as imaginative
D.has been more and more popular
【詞匯突破】
steam 蒸汽,精力
budget 預算
credit 信用
insurance 保險
investment 投資
conduct 引導
coalition 聯合
imaginative 虛構的;富于想象的
【答案解析】
本題答案定位已經很明確,即劃線句子附近,gain steam表面意思是獲得蒸汽/精力,在這里表示動力十足、富有活力,如果知道這個意思,則很容易選出答案D(越來越流行/受歡迎);如果不認識gain steam在職申碩英語,則只有通過上下文猜測語義,關鍵詞為下半句的been falling on,意為在某方面是失敗的,又由句首的Even可知上下句是轉折關系,那么既然后半句表達失敗,則前半句一定表達成功,四個選項中只有D表達正面的成功意義。
【參考譯文】
即使在過去的十年中,金融學改革進行的如火如荼,然而學生還是無法通過做預算在職申碩英語,使用信用卡,買保險、投資的能力測試。在最近一項叫做“跳躍式啟動個人經濟素養聯盟”的對學生的調查發現,在高中時上過個人理財或金融管理課程的學生并不比那些沒上過的學生在此方面強多少。
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