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Text 3The concept of man versus machineis at least as old as the industrial revolution, but this phenomenon tends tobe most acutely felt during economic downturns and fragile recoveries. And yet,it would be a mistake to think we are right now simply experiencing the painfulside of a boom and bust cycle. Certain jobs have gone away for eating up humanjobs, this phenomenon will continue to restructure our economy in ways we can’timmediately foresee. When there is exponential improvement in theprice and performance of technology, jobs that were once thought to be immunefrom automation suddenly become threatened. This argument has attracted a lotof attention, via the success of the book Race Against the Machine, byErik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, whoboth hail from MITs Center for Digital Business.Centerfor Digital Business. This is a powerful argument, and a scaryone. And yet, John Hagel, auther of The power of pull and other books, saysBrynjolfsson and McAfee miss the reason why these jobs are so vulnerable totechnology in the first place. Hagel says we have designed jobs in the U.S.that tend to be “tightly scripted” and “highly standardized” ones that leave noroom for “individual initiative or creativity.” In short, these are the typesof jobs that machines can perform much better at than human beings. That is howwe have put a giant target sign on the backs of American workers, Hagel says. It’s time to reinvent the formula for howwork is conducted, since we are still relying on a very 20th centurynotion of work, Hagel says. In our rapidly changing economy, we more than everneed people in the workplace who can take initiative and exercise theirimagination “to respond to unexpected events.” That’s not something machinesare good at. They are designed to perform very predictable activities. As Hagel notes, Brynjolfsson and McAfeeindeed touched on this point in their book. We need to reframe race against themachine as race with the machine. In our works, we need to look at the ways inwhich machines can augment human labor rather than replace it. So then theproblem is not really about technology, but rather, “how do we innovate ourinstitutions and our work practices?”31.According to the first paragraph, economic downturns would .[A] easethe competition of man vs. machine[B]highlight machines’ threat to human jobs[C]provoke a painful technological revolution[D]outmode our current economic structure选B . 细节题，定位在第一句话The concept of man versus machine is at least as old as theindustrial revolution, but this phenomenon tends to be most acutely felt during economic downturnsand fragile recoveries. 对象是 man vs human 答案一定要讲到machine 与human jobs 排除C D.AB 正好相反，选B .文章说现象在经济衰退和脆弱复苏是更加急剧。选B32. Theauthors of Race Against the Machine argue that .[A]technology is diminishing man’s job opportunities[B]automation is accelerating technological development[C]certain jobs will remain intact after automation[D] manwill finally win the race against machine选A. 细节题，容易，答案定位在第一句：When there is exponential improvement in the price and performanceof technology, jobs that were once thought to be immune from automationsuddenly become threatened.段落话题是工作与自动化，机器的关系排除B D.A C方向相反，一定选工作不利的选项选A.33. Hagelargues that jobs in the U.S. are often .[A]performed by innovative minds[B]scripted with an individual style[C]standardized without a clear target[D]designed against human creativity选D. 细节题，如果不仔细定位，容易出错，定位在第一句话：对象是creativity ，而且与之相悖。最大干扰项选C. 错在定位信息没有 clear target这个对象，Target出现在第三句话中，也可以通过非定位信息排除法排除Hagel says we have designed jobs in the U.S. that tend to be“tightly scripted” and “highly standardized” ones that leave no room for“individual initiative or creativity.”34.According to the last paragraph, Brynjolfsson and McAfee discussed .[A] thepredictability of machine behavior in practice[B] theformula for how work is conducted efficiently[C] theways machines replace human labor in modern times[D]thenecessity of human involvement in the workplace选D. 细节题，用排除法才能做对。不过正确选项和原文同义改写的不是很好。定位在最后一句话：So then the problem is not really about technology, but rather, “howdo we innovate our institutions and our work practices?”,作者否定了technology 排除A ,B而C是rather than 后面的内容。选D35. Whichof the following could be the most appropriate title for text?[A]How toInnovate Our Work Practices[B]Machineswill Replace Human Labor[C]Can WeWin the Race Against Machines[D]EconomicDownturns Stimulate Innovations选C . 主旨题，排除法做对，否则很容易做错。文章主题 machine 排除A D .剩下 B C,排除B machine会代替人非文章观点。————文章来源上海华是学院，里面有整套，这是我摘下来的一部分。
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2014考研英语一不难。考研英语复习计划：1、重点是考研词汇、基本语法，同时，阅读理解训练也要开始。语法等不会有什么变化，词汇每年大纲虽然有所修订，但变动不大，因此找本前一年的《大纲》先看着。有许多同学正好在这一阶段考CET6级，由于6级和考研难度大致相当，词汇量也差不多，所以可以结合起来复习。2、词汇方面，应该在已经大体掌握意思的基础上，开始深入掌握用法，尤其是固定搭配和习惯用法。另一个重点是解决长难句，掌握各种句式。同时要加大阅读量，一方面提高阅读能力，另一方面也通过阅读来巩固语法、词汇和句式。本阶段必须进行相当量的题型专项练习，通过做题来巩固。3、冲刺复习阶段的重要任务也有两个，一是进行大量模考练习，二是强化训练短文写作。对短文写作的强化，首先要对可能的命题范围作出预测。考研英语作文命题不会冷僻，不会很专业，通常都与学习生活紧密联系，或反映当前社会热点问题。例如保持健康、如何读书、环境保护、乱承诺等都曾是出题范围。了解到这些大概范围后，有意识地多阅读一些相关文章，熟悉有关观点、句式、词汇，多动笔写写，在考场上就可成竹在胸。
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我觉得题主不要纠结为什么要翻译成【率先】了，我看了看前面三位回答者，觉得他们的解释都是有道理的，真要找出the row和【率先】的字字对应关系怕是很难了。但是我要说的是，这个【率先】的意思是一点都没有错误的。微软的确是第一个干这事儿的，当的起【率先】二字。而且微软也的确引发了【争论】（求同存异3721的回答），也引发了类似于【划船竞赛】的跟风模仿（季子之的回答）。我也没有查到具体有力的证据证明哪个对。不过从意义上来说，说【率先】是没错的。所以，题主全面、深入地学到了row的意思，我认为这就足够了，没必要对一个翻译这么斤斤计较。分享知识啊同学！你撂下一句知道正确答案就完了是不是不大厚道啊。。。
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我这里有14年英语一两篇阅读真题，你看看吧，或许对你有帮助Text 1 In order to “change lives for the better” and reduce “dependency”, George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduced the "upfront work search" scheme. Only if the jobless arrive at the job centre with a CV, register for the online job search, and start looking for work will they be eligible for benefit—and then they should report weekly rather than fortnightly. What could be more reasonable?More apparent reasonableness followed. There will now be a seven-day wait for the jobseeker’s allowance. “Those first few days should be spent looking for work, not looking to sign on.” he claimed, “We’re doing these things because we know they help people stay off benefits and help those on benefits get into work faster.” Help? Really? On first hearing, this was the socially concerned chancellor, trying to change lives for the better, complete with “reforms” to an obviously indulgent system that demands too little effort from the newly unemployed to find work, and subsidises laziness. What motivated him, we were to understand was his zeal for “fundamental fairness”—protecting the taxpayer, controlling spending and ensuring that only the most deserving claimants received their benefits.Losing a job is hurting: you don’t skip down to the job centre with a song in your heart, delighted at the prospect of doubling your income from the generous state. It is financially terrifying, psychologically embarrassing and you know that support is minimal and extraordinarily hard to get. You are now not wanted; you are now excluded from the work environment that offers purpose and structure in your life. Worse, the crucial income to feed yourself and your family and pay the bills has disappeared. Ask anyone newly unemployed what they want and the answer is always: a job.But in Osborneland, your first instinct is to fall into dependency—permanent dependency if you can get it—supported by a state only too ready to indulge your falsehood. It is as though 20 years of ever –tougher reforms of the job search and benefit administration system never happened. The principle of British welfare is no longer that you can insure yourself against the risk of unemployment and receive unconditional payments if the disaster happens. Even the very phrase “jobseeker’s allowance” is about redefining the unemployed as a “jobseeker” who had no fundamental right to benefit he or she has earned through making national insurance contributions. Instead, the claimant receives a time-limited “allowance”, conditional on actively seeking a job: no entitlement and no insurance, at £71.70 a week ,one of the least generous in the EU. 21. George Osborne’s scheme was intended to [A] provide the unemployed with easier access to benefits.[B] encourage jobseeker’ s active engagement in job seeking. [C] motivate the unemployed to report voluntarily. [D] guarantee jobseekers’ legitimate right to benefit. 22. The phase “to sign on”(Line 3,Para.2)most probably means [A] to check on the availability of jobs at the job centre. [B] to accept the government’s restrictions on the government. [C] to register for an allowance from the government. [D] to attend a governmental job-training program. 23. What prompted the chancellor to develop his scheme? [A] A desire to secure a better life for all. [B] An eagerness to protect the unemployed. [C] An urge to be generous to the claimants. [D] A passion to ensure fairness for taxpayers. 24. According to Paragraph 3, being unemployed makes one feel [A] uneasy. [B] enraged. [C] insulted. [D] guilty. 25. To which of the following would the author most probably agree? [A] The British welfare system indulges jobseekers’ laziness. [B] Osborne’s reform will reduce the risk of unemployment. [C] The jobseekers’ allowance has met their actual needs. [D] Unemployment benefits should not be made conditional.Text 2All around the world, lawyers generate more hostility than the members of any other profession—with the possible exception of journalism. But there are few places where clients have more grounds for complaint than America.During the decade before the economic crisis, spending on legal services in America grew twice as fast as inflation. The best lawyers made skyscrapers-full of money, tempting ever more students to pile into law schools. But most law graduates never get a big-firm job. Many of them instead become the kind of nuisance-lawsuit filer that makes the tort system a costly nightmare.There are many reasons for this. One is the excessive costs of a legal education. There is just one path for a lawyer in most American states; a four-year undergraduate degree in some unrelated subject, then a three-year law degree at one of 200 law schools authorized by the American Bar Association and an expensive preparation for the bar exam. This leaves today’s average law-school graduate with $100,000 of debt on top of undergraduate debts. Law-school debt means that they have to work fearsomely hard.Reforming the system would help both lawyers and their customers. Sensible ideas have been around for a long time, but the state-level bodies that govern the profession have been too conservative to implement them. One idea is to allow people to study law as an undergraduate degree. Another is to let students sit for the bar after only two years of law school. If the bar exam is truly a stern enough test for a would-be lawyer, those who can sit it earlier should be allowed to do so. Students who do need the extra training could cut their debt mountain by a third.The other reason why costs are so high is the restrictive guild-like ownership structure of the business. Except in the District of Columbia, non-lawyers may not own any share of a law firm. This keeps fees high and innovation slow. There is pressure for change from within the profession, but opponents of change among the regulators insist that keeping outsiders out of a law firm isolates lawyers from the pressure to make money rather than serve clients ethically.In fact, allowing non-lawyers to own shares in law firms would reduce costs and improve services to customers, by encouraging law firms to use technology and to employ professional managers to focus on improving firms’ efficiency. After all, other countries, such as Australia and Britain, have started liberalizing their legal professions. America should follow. 26. A lot of students take up law as their profession due to[A] the growing demand from clients[B] the increasing pressure of inflation[C] the prospect of working in big firms[D] the attraction of financial rewards27. Which of the following adds to the costs of legal education in most American states?[A] Higher tuition fees for undergraduate studies [B] Receiving training by professional associations[C] Admissions approval from the bar association[D] Pursuing a bachelors degree in another major28. Hindrance to the reform of the legal system originates from[A] the rigid bodies governing the profession[B] lawyers’ and clients’ strong resistance[C] the stern exam for would-be lawyers.[D] non-professionals’ sharp criticism29. The guild-like ownership structure is considered “restrictive” partly because[A] prevents lawyers from gaining due profits.[B] bans outsiders’ involvement in the profession.[C] aggravates the ethical situation in the trade.[D] keeps lawyers from holding law-firm shares.30. In the text, the author mainly discusses[A] the factors that help make a successful lawyer in America.[B] a problem in America’s legal profession and solutions to it.[C] the role undergraduate studies in America’s legal education.[D] flawed ownership of America’s law firms and its causes.
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“但”字后面是重点，也就是说:妈妈爸爸都去参加工作的副作用，即家庭风险加大。后面有讲述了以前 是怎么样的——以前是男人工作，如果男人病倒了或失业了，那么女人可以充当后备军，去工作赚钱。“可是如今”，注意“可是”后面是作者要讲述的重点，现在是2个人赚钱，如果男人和女人同时失业或者别的原因，那么家庭的经济来源就没有了，所以后面的一句话也是对应了前面的一句话“很少有人能看到这些变化的副作用：家庭风险也由此加大了。”
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分词作状语的用法总结
非谓语动词短语的形式包括动名词、现在分词、过去分词、动词不定式，它们在句子中可以充当不同的句子成分，本文就来谈一下如何处理考研英语中分词作状语的情况。
一、表时间,可以和时间状语从句互换。如：
Studying in the university, he was very popular among his classmates.
When he studied in the university, he was very popular among his classmates.
Seeing those pictures, she remembered her childhood.
When she saw those pictures, she remembered her childhood.
二、表原因,可以和原因状语从句互换。如：
Not knowing her address, I wasn't able to contact her.
Because I did not know her address, I wasn't able to contact her.
三、表条件,可以和条件状语从句互换。如：
Walking to work, you will save quite a lot of money.
If you walk to work, you will save quite a lot of money.
四、表让步，可以和让步状语从句互换。如：
Defeated, he remained a popular boxer.
Although he was defeated, he remained a popular boxer.
五、表方式，如：
He earns a living driving a truck.
I'm returning you letter as requested.
六、表伴随，如：
Losing a job is hurting: you don't skip down to the job centre with a song in your heart, delighted at the prospect of doubling your income from the generous state.(考研阅读真题2014 Text 1)
在这个句子中，delighted分词短语作伴随状语，表示去求职中心的状态。
七、表结果，分词短语作结果状语在考研英语阅读中经常出现，并作为因果逻辑关系的考点出现在题干和选项中，请大家一定要注意非谓语动词短语的这种语法功能。如：
The best lawyers made skyscrapers-full of money, tempting ever more students to pile into law schools. (考研阅读真题2014 Text 2)
在这句话中，tempting分词短语作结果状语，表示最好的律师挣钱很多这种现象带来的结果是引起更多学生考法律学校。题干中的问题是A lot of students take up law as their profession due to，即学生学法律专业的原因是什么，这个问题从上句话中就可以找出答案，是因为经济回报的吸引，即选项the attraction of financial rewards。
By offering on-trend items at dirt-cheap prices, Cline argues, these brands have hijacked fashion cycles, shaking an industry long accustomed to a seasonal pace. (考研阅读真题2013 Text 1)
在这个句子中，shaking 分词短语作结果状语，表示品牌绑架时尚圈的后果。
Science and technology would cure all the ills of humanity, leading to lives of fulfillment and opportunity for all. (考研阅读真题2013 Text 3)
在这个句子中，leading分词短语作结果状语，表示科技将治愈人类所有疾病后带来的结果。
八、与逻辑主语构成独立主格，如
Human nature being what it is, most people stick with default settings. (考研阅读真题2013 Text 2)
在这种结构中，需要注意非谓语动词的主语是其前出现的名词或名词短语。Being what it is 的逻辑主语是human nature, 翻译为人类本性就是这样。
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答案：Text 331. A shedding tears gives unpleasant feelings to American32. C The tear shedder's apology and the observer's effort to stop the crying.33. C producing disastrous impact34. B It must have a role to play in man's survival.35. A Emotional tears have the function of reduction of reducing stress.真题的话我忘记在哪看到了，要不你去搜索下硕考网查找相关的资料。看能找到不，我在找看看，有的话在发给你。
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