2021年1月23日发(作者：胡萝卜的英语)
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Directions:
The following paragraphs are given in a wrong order. For Questions 41-45, you are required
to reorganize these paragraphs into a coherent article by choosing from the list A-E to fill in
each
numbered
box.
The
first
and
the
last
paragraphs
have
been
placed
for
you
in
Boxes.
Mark
your
answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
[A] On the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December, the electors who have been
chosen in November assemble in their respective state capitals to signal their preference. The
future
president
and
vice- president
must
receive
at
least
270
electoral
votes,
a
majority
of
the
total
of
538,
to
win.
Members
of
the
electoral
college
have
the
moral,
but
not
the
legal,
obligation
to vote for the candidate who won the popular vote in their state. This moral imperative, plus
the fact that electors are members of the same political party as the presidential candidate
winning
the
popular
vote,
ensures
that
the
outcome
in
the
electoral
college
is
a
valid
reflection
of the popular vote in November.
[B] It is even possible for someone to win the popular vote, yet lost the presidency to
another candidate. How? It has to do with the electoral college.
[C] The electoral college was created in response to a problem encountered during the
Constitutional
Convention
of
1787,
where
delegates
were
trying
to
determine
the
best
way
to
choose
the president. The framers of the Constitution intended that the electors, a body of men chosen
for their wisdom, should come together and choose on behalf of the people. In fact, the swift
rise of political parties guaranteed that the electoral of the people. In fact, the swift rise
of
political
guaranteed
that
the
electoral
system
never
worked
as
the
framers
had
intended;
instead,
national parties, i. e. nationwide alliances of local interests, quickly came to dominate the
election campaigns. The electors became mere figureheads representing the state branches of the
parties who got them chosen, and their votes were predetermined and predictable.
[D]
How
are
the
electors
chosen?
Although
there
is
some
variation
among
states
in
how
electors
are appointed, generally they are chosen by the popular vote, always on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November. Each political party in a state chooses a state of local worthies
to be members of the electoral college if the party
’
s presidential candidate wins at least a
plurality of the popular vote in the state.
[E] How is the number of electors decided? Every state has one elector for each senator
and representative it sends to Congress. States with greater populations therefore have more
electors in the electoral
college. All
states have at
least
3 electors, but
California,
the most
populous state, has 54. The District of Columbia, though not a state, is also allowed to send
three electors.
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[F] How can one win the popular vote yet lose the presidency? Let
’
s simplify for the sake
of argument:
imagine
that
instead
of
50 states America had only two.
California
and
Montana. Now
suppose
that
candidate
A
wins
in
California
by
9,000,500
votes
to
9,000,400;
the
100-vote
margin
still
gives
him
54
electors.
But
then
candidate
A
loses
in
Montana
by
201,000
to
205,000,
candidate
B
gets
Montana
’
s
electoral
votes.
The
total
number
of
votes
for
A
is
9,210,500
and
for
B,
9,205,400;
yet A, with 54 electoral votes out of 57, wins the election!
[G] America
’
s election day is 7 November. On the day citizens who wish to will cast their
ballots for the presidential candidate they prefer. The result of this process is called the
popular vote, and these days the winner of the popular vote is usually known shortly after the
polls close. However, not one of the votes cast on Election Day actually goes directly to a
particular candidate.
Order:
G
→
41.
→
42.
→
43.
→
44.
→
45.
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这篇 文章共分
7
段，
[G]
段和
[F]
段已分别被定为篇首段与 篇尾段。
[G]
段介绍了美国的大选日，并说
每个投票的人都可以把票投给所喜欢的人 ，这叫普选。又说在普选中实际上没有一张票是直接投向具体的
候选人的。
[F]
段解 释了为什么会出现假选人在普选中获胜却得不到总统职位的原因，
并举了例子加以说明。
从首尾 两段可以看出这是一篇介绍美国总统选举的文章，其中解释了一些美国特有的选取举办法。

[G]
段末尾说，在普选中，实际上没有一张票是直接投向具体候选人的。这必然后引起人们的好奇。< br>[B]
段则继续讲了一个更惊人的情况：某候选人在普选中获胜，但总统宝座却让别人得去了。显 然
[B]
段是
[G]
段的继续，所以
[B]
段排在
[G]
段后，是
41
题的答案。

[B]
段说，
How? It has to do with the electoral college. [C]
段开头说，
The electoral college
was created
…

首尾呼应，表示
[C ]
段应接在
[B]
段后，是
42
题的答案。

[C]
段介绍了
electoral college
（选举团）的情况。成 立选举团的初衷是：选出一些智囊人士，集
中在一起组成选举团代表民意进行总统选举。实际上选举团从 未像宪法制定者们希望的那样运作，他们被
一些党派操纵，他们成了各州党派的代言人，他们的选票是预 先定好了的。

[E]
段进一步讲了选举团的人员构成情总，所以是
[C]
段的继续，应排在
[C]
段后，是
43
题的答案。
[D]
段进一步进了选举团成员是怎么选出来的。他们是由在某州的普选中得票多的总统候选人所在 的
政党，在该州内挑选出的当地的杰出人换。显然
[D]
段应排在
[E]段后，是
44
题的答案。

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[A]
段讲选举进行的具体情况，及选举中获胜当总统的条件。< br>[F]
段以实便解释了为什么某候选人在
普选中获胜却得不到总统职位的原因，也回答了
[B]
段提出的问题，足以说明
[A]
段在
[F]
段前，是
45
题的
答案。

［答案］

41. [B] 42. [C] 43. [E] 44. [D] 45. [A]
考研英语段落排序题全真模拟练习二

Directions:
The following paragraphs are given in a wrong order. For Questions 41-45, you are required
to reorganize these paragraphs into a coherent article by choosing from the list A-E to fill in
each
numbered
box.
The
first
and
the
last
paragraphs
have
been
placed
for
you
in
Boxes.
Mark
your
answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
[A] As anxiety-makers, examinations are second to none. That is because so much depends
on
them.
They
are
the
mark
of
success
or
failure
in
our
society.
Your
whole
future
may
be
decided
in one fateful day. It doesn
’
t matter that you weren
’
t feeling very well, or that your mother
died. Little things like that don
’
t count; the exam goes on. No one can give off his best when
he is in mortal terror, or after a sleepless night, yet this is precisely what the examination
system expects him to do.
[B]
The
results
on
which
so
much
depends
are
often
nothing
more
than
a
subjective
assessment
by
some
anonymous
examiner.
Examiners
are
only
human.
They
get
tired
and
hungry;
they
make
mistakes.
Yet they have to mark stacks of hastily scrawled scripts in a limited amount of time. They work
under the
same sort of pressure as the candidates.
And their
word
carries
weight. After a
judge
’
s decision you have the right of appeal, but not after an examiner
’
s.
[C] They lower the standards of teaching, for they deprive the teacher of all freedoms.
Teachers
themselves
are
often
judged
by
examination
results
and
instead
of
teaching
their
subjects,
they are reduced to training their students in exam techniques which they despise. The most
successful
candidates
are
not
always
the
best
educated;
they
are
the
best
trained
in
the
technique
of working under duress.
[D]
The
moment
a
child
begins
school,
he
enters
a
world
of
vicious
competition
where
success
and
failure
are
clearly
defined
and
measured.
Can
we
wonder
at
the
increasing
number
of
‘
drop- outs
’
;
young people who are written off as utter failures before they have even embarked on a career?
Can we be surprised at the suicide rate among students?
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[E] A good education should, among other things, train you to think for yourself. The
examination
system
does
anything
but
that.
What
has
to
be
learnt
is
rigidly
laid
down
by
a
syllabus,
so the
student
is
encouraged to memorize. Examinations do
not motivate
a student to
read widely,
but to restrict his reading; they do not enable him to seek more and more knowledge, but induce
cramming.
[F]
There
must
surely
be many
simpler
and
more
effective
ways
of
assessing
a
person
’
s
true
abilities. Is it cynical to suggest that examinations are merely a profitable business for the
institutions that run them? This is what it boils down to in the last analysis. The best comment
on
the
system
is
this
illiterate
message
recently
scrawled
on
a
wall:
“
I
were
a
teenage
drop-out
and now I am a teenage millionaire.
”

[G]
We
might
marvel
at
the
progress
made
in
every
field
of
study,
but
the
methods
of
testing
a
person
’
s
knowledge
and
ability
remain
as
primitive
as
ever
they
were.
It
really
is
extraordinary
that
after
all
these
years
educationists
have
still
failed
to
device
anything
more
efficient
and
reliable than examinations. For all the pious claim that examinations test what you know, it is
common knowledge that they more often do the exact opposite. They may be a good means of testing
memory, or the knack of working rapidly under extreme pressure, but they can tell you nothing
about a person
’
s true ability and aptitude.
Order:
G
→
41.
→
42.
→
43.
→
44.
→
45.
→
F
［试题分析］

这篇文章 共有
7
段落，其中
[G]
和
[F]
段已分别确定为篇首段和 篇尾段。
[G]
段说，对研究领域所取得
的成果我们都可能发出赞叹，但是测试人的知 识和能力的考试仍然像以往那样原始。令人不可理解的是经
过了这么多年教育家们还没有找到更有效、更 可靠的方法，仍然依赖考试。尽管有人声考试是为了测试你
所学到的东西，但实际上人们都知道考试的结 果适得其反。

从
[G]
段可以看出作者对考试是否定态度的。
[F ]
段说，要想测试一个人真正的能力肯定有更为简单、
更为有效的方法。作者甚至认为考试机构 举办考试只不过是为了赚钱罢了。根据首尾两段，可以看出本篇
文章是谈论考试，并且作者是不喜欢这种 测试形式的，了解了这两点对重新安排段落的次序很在帮助。

[A]
段说，考试的 最大作用就是制造焦虑，因此考试维系着许多重大事伯，有可能一个人的未来就由
几次考试来决定。不管 你当时心情不好，或你的母亲刚刚去世，考试还是照旧进行。当一个人处于极度恐
慌是经历了一个不眠之 夜后，他是不可能发挥出最佳水平的。这一段紧接
[G]
段，诉说考试的弊端，街接紧
密，所以
[A]
段是
41
题的答案。

[A]
段指出了考试的弊端，下面一段有可能

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会继续陈述考试的坏处或缺点，从余下的
4
段中找到[D]
段。其中说到，孩子们从踏进校门的那一刻
起就陷入残酷的竞争。在这种竞争中，成 功和失败界限分明。对那些还没有开始自己的事业就被社会定为
失败的人而辍学，你会感到惊讶吗？面对 居高不下的学生自杀率你会吃惊吗？
[D]
段接着数落考试的弊病，
所以
42
题的答案应当是
[D]
。

[E]
段说，一种好的教育应 该培养人们的独立思考能力，而考试制度却不是培养学生去独立思考，大
纲规定了学生要学的东西，并鼓 励学生去死记硬背。考试限制了学生的阅读量，考试鼓励填鸭式教学。

[C]
段说 ，他们降低了教育水准，因为他们剥夺了教师们的自由。因为学生的考试成绩也是评判老师
教学效果的标 准，所以教师不是教授课程，而是把教学简化成训练学生的考试技巧。结果最成功的应试者
不是知识最丰 富的人，而是被迫掌握考试技巧最为熟练的人。

[E]
段与
[C]
段以讲教学为主，着墨在教师身上。很明显
[C]
段应排在
[E]
段之后， 所以
[E]
段是
43
题
的答案，
[C]
段是
44
题的答案。

[B]
段讲，结果至关重要的考试只不过是某个匿名主 考官的主观评价。主考官们也是人，他们会累、
会饿，也会出错，但是他们必须在规定的时间内判定写得 乱糟糟的试卷。前面讲了考试、学生、教师，这
段讲考试的主考官，最后一段又讲，相信有一种更简单、 更有效的测试方法，所以很显然
[B]
段应该在
[F]
段之前，所以
[B]
段应该是
45
题的答案。

［答案］

41. [A] 42. [D] 43. [E] 44. [C] 45. [B]
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Directions
：



The following paragraphs are given in a wrong order. For Questions 41
—
45, you are required
to reorganize these paragraphs into a coherent article by choosing from the list A
—
E to fill
in each numbered box. The first and the last paragraphs have been placed for you in Boxes. Mark
your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)


[A]
“
I just don
’
t know how to motivate them to do a better job. We
’
re in a budget
crunch and I have absolutely no financial rewards at my disposal. In fact, we
’
ll probably have
to lay some people off in the near future. It
’
s hard for me to make the job interesting and
challenging because it isn
’
t
—
it
’
s boring, routine paperwork, and there isn
’
t much you can
do about it.
”



[B]
“
Finally,
I
can
’
t say
to
them that their promotions
will hinge
on the
excellence
of their paperwork. First of all, they know it
’
s not true. If their performance is adequate,
most are more likely to get promoted just by staying on the force a certain number of years than
for some specific outstanding act. Second, they were trained to do the job they do out in the
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