考研英语阅读真题解析和全文翻译(1996-2015).doc

考研英语阅读真题解析和全文翻译 （199－2012）2008 Text 1 56 2008 Text 2 60 2008 Text 3 64 2008 Text 4 68 2007 Text 1 4 2007 Text 2 9 2007 Text 3 14 2007 Text 4 20 2006 Text 1 28 2006 Text 2 32 2006 Text 3 36 2006 Text 4 40 2005 Text 1 43 2005 Text 2 49 2005 Text 3 53 2005 Text 4 58 2004 Text 1 63 2004 Text 2 66 2004 Text 3 71 2004 Text 4 75 2003 Text 1 81 2003 Text 2 85 2003 Text 3 90 2003 Text 4 94 2002 Text 1 99 2002 Text 2 103 2002 Text 3 107 2002 Text 4 112 2001 Passage 1 116 2001 Passage 2 121 2001 Passage 3 124 2001 Passage 4 128 2001 Passage 5 131 2000 Passage 1 136 2000 Passage 2 140 2000 Passage 3 143 2000 Passage 4 147 2000 Passage 5 151 1999 Passage 1 155 1999 Passage 2 159 1999 Passage 3 163 1999 Passage 4 167 1999 Passage 5 171 1998 Passage 1 175 1998 Passage 2 179 1998 Passage 3 183 1998 Passage 4 188 1998 Passage 5 191 1997 Passage 1 195 1997 Passage 2 198 1997 Passage 3 202 1997 Passage 4 205 1997 Passage 5 209 1996 Passage 1 213 1996 Passage 2 216 1996 Passage 3 219 1996 Passage 4 223 1996 Passage 5 227 1995 Passage 1 229 1995 Passage 2 232 1995 Passage 3 235 1995 Passage 4 239 1995 Passage 5 242 1994 Passage 1 245 1994 Passage 2 248 1994 Passage 3 250 1994 Passage 4 253 1994 Passage 5 256 2012 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 ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points) Text 1 Come on –Everybody’s doing it. That whispered message, half invitation and half forcing, is what most of us think of when we hear the words peer pressure. It usually leads to no good-drinking, drugs and casual sex. But in her new book Join the Club, Tina Rosenberg contends that peer pressure can also be a positive force through what she calls the social cure, in which organizations and officials use the power of group dynamics to help individuals improve their lives and possibly the word. Rosenberg, the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, offers a host of example of the social cure in action: In South Carolina, a st