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2015
考研英语一真题点评：阅读理解题
Section
Ⅱ
Reading
Comprehension
Part A
Directions:
Read
the
following
four
texts.
Answer
the
questions
below
each
text
by
choosing
A,
B,
C or D. Mark your answers on the
ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)
Text 1
King
Juan
Carlos
of
Spain
once
insisted
kings
don't
abdicate,
they
die
in
their
sleep. But embarrassing scandals and
the popularity of the republican left in the
recent
Euro-elections
have
forced
him
to
eat
his
words
and
stand
down.
So,
dies
the
Spanish crisis suggest
that monarchy is seeing its last days? Does that
mean the
uniting
is
on
the
wall
for
all
European
royals,
with
their
magnificent
uniforms
and
majestic lifestyles?
The Spanish case previous
arguments both for and against monarchy when
public
opinion
is
particularly.
Polarized,
as
it
was
following
the
end
of
the
France
regime,
monarchs can rise
above
It
is
this
apparent
transcendence
of
politics
that
explains
monarchs
continuing
popularity
as
heads
of
states.
And
so,
the
Middle
East
expected,
Europe
is
the
most
monarch-infested
region
is
the
world
,
with
10
kingdoms
not
counting
Vatican
city
and Andorra. But unlike
their absolutist counterparts in the Gulf and
Asia, most
royal
families
have
survived
because
they
allow
voters
to
avoid
the
difficult
search
for a non-controversial but respect
public figure.
Even
so,
kings
and
queens
undoubtedly
have
a
downside,
symbolic
of
national
unity
as
they claim to be, their very history-and sometimes
the way they behave
today-embodies
outdated
and
indefensible
privileges
and
inequalities.
At
a
time
when
Thomes Piketty and
other ecumenists are warning of rising inequality
and the
increasing power of inherited
wealth, it is bizarre that wealthy aristocratic
families should still be the symbolic
heart of modern democratic families should
still be the symbolic heart of modern
democratic states.
The
most
successful
monarchies
strive
to
abandon
or
hide
their
old
aristocratic
ways. Prince and princess have day-jobs
and ride bicycles, not horses
（
or
helicopters
）
.
Even
so,
these
are
wealthy
families
who
party
with
the
international
1%, and media
intrusiveness makes it increasingly difficult to
maintain the right
image.
While
Europe's
monarchies
will
no
doubt
be
smart
enough
to
strive
for
some
time
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to come, it is
the British royals who have most to fear from the
Spanish example.
It
is only the Queen who has
preserved the
monarchy
reputation with
her rather
ordinary
（
if
well-healed
）
granny style.
The danger will come with Charles, who
has
both
an
expensive
taste
of
lifestyle
and
a
pretty
hierarchies
view
of
the
world.
He has failed to understand that
monarchies have largely survived because they
provide a service-as non-controversial
and non-political heads of state. Charles
ought to know that as English history
shows,
it
is kings of
republicans,
who
are
the monarchy's worst enemies.
21
、
according to
the first two paragraphs, king Juan Carl of
span______.
[A]
used to enjoy high public support
[B] was unpopular among
European royals
[C] ended his reign in embarrassment
[D] ended his
relationship with his rivals
22
、
monarchs are
kept as head of state in Europe mostly______.
[A] owing to
their undoubted and respectable status
[B] to achieve balance
between tradition and reality
[C] to give voters more
public figures to look up to
[D] due to their
everlasting political embodiment
23. Which of the following
is shown to be odd, according to Paragraph 4?
[A]
Aristocrats' excessive reliance on inherited
wealth
[B] The
role of the nobility in modern democracies
[C] The simple
lifestyle of the aristocratic families
[D]The nobility's adherence
to their privileges
24. The British royals
[A] takes a rough line on
political issues
[B] fails to change his lifestyle as
advised
[C]
takes republicans as his potential allies
[D] fails to
adapt himself to his future role
25. Which of the following
is the best title of the text?
[A] Carlos, Glory and
Disgrace Combined
[B] Charles, Anxious to Succeed to the
Throne
[C]
Carlos, a Lesson for All European Monarchs
[D]Charles,
Slow to React to the Coming Threats
【参考答案】
21.D
22.A
23.B
24.B
25.C
【主要内容】本文主要讲述皇室的问题。
Text2
Just
how
much
does
the
Constitution
protect
your
digital
data
？
The
Supreme
Court
will now consider whether police can
search the
contents of
a mobile phone without
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a warrant if the phone is
on or around a person during an arrest.
California has
asked the justices to refrain from a sweeping
ruling,
particularly
one
that
upsets
the
old
assumptions
that
authorities
may
search
through
the
possessions
of
suspects
at
the
time
of
their
arrest.
It
is
hard,
the
state
argues,
for judges to assess
the implications of new and rapidly changing
technologies.
The
court
would
be
recklessly
modest
if
it
followed
California's
advice.
Enough
of
the
implications
are
discernable,
even
obvious,
so
that
the
justice
can
and
should
provide updated guidelines to police,
lawyers and defendants.
They should start by discarding
California's lame argument that exploring the
contents of a smart phone- a vast
storehouse of digital information is similar to
say,
going
through
a
suspect's
purse
.The
court
has
ruled
that
police
don't
violate
the
Fourth Amendment
when they go through
the wallet or
pocketbook, of
an arrestee
without
a
warrant.
But
exploring
one's
smart
phone
is
more
like
entering
his
or
her
home.
A
smart
phone
may
contain
an
arrestee's
reading
history
,
financial
history,
medical
history
and
comprehensive
records
of
recent
correspondence.
The
development
of
But
the
justices
should
not
swallow
California's
argument
whole.
New,
disruptive
technology
sometimes
demands
novel
applications
of
the
Constitution's
protections.
Orin Kerr, a law professor,
compares the explosion and accessibility of
digital
information
in
the
21st
century
with
the
establishment
of
automobile
use
as
a
digital
necessity of life in the 20th: The
justices had to specify novel rules for the new
personal
domain
of
the
passenger
car
then;
they
must
sort
out
how
the
Fourth
Amendment
applies to digital
information now.
26. The Supreme court, will work out
whether,
during an arrest,
it is
legitimate to______.
[A] search for suspects'
mobile phones without a warrant.
[B] check suspects' phone
contents without being authorized.
[C] prevent suspects from
deleting their phone contents.
[D] prohibit suspects from
using their mobile phones.
27. The author's attitude toward
California's argument is one of______.
[A] tolerance.
[B] indifference.
[C]
disapproval.
[D] cautiousness.
28. The author believes
that exploring one's phone content is comparable
to______.
[A] getting into one's residence.
[B] handing
one's historical records.
[C] scanning one's correspondences.
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