1996-2004历年考研英语真题集 2004 年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题Section I Use of EnglishDirections：Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D onANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)Many theories concerning the causes of juvenile delinquency (crimes committed by young people) focuseither on the individual or on society as the major contributing influence. Theories1on the individual suggestthey were not sufficiently penalized for previous misdeeds or thatwith others. Theories focusing on the role of society suggestthat children engage in criminal behaviorthey have learned criminal behavior through23that children commit crimes inrejection of middle-class values.4to their failure to rise above their socioeconomic status,5as aMost theories of juvenile delinquency have focused on children from disadvantaged families, _ 6that children from wealthy homes also commit crimes. The latter may commit crimesparental control. All theories, however, are tentative and are to criticism.Changes in the social structure may indirectly juvenile crime rates. For example, changes in theeconomy that 10 to fewer job opportunities for youth and rising unemployment 11 make gainfullead more youths intothe fact7lack of adequate89employment increasingly difficult to obtain. The resulting discontent may incriminal behavior.12Families have also1314 ，children are likely to have less supervision at home16 . This lack of parental supervision is thought to be an influence on juvenile crime rates.causes of offensive acts include frustration or failure in school, the increased _ 18 _ of drugs and19 of child abuse and child neglect. All these conditions tend to increase theprobability of a child committing a criminal act,changes these years. More families consist of one-parent households or twoworking parents;traditional familyOther _17_15 was common in thealcohol, and the growing20a direct causal relationship has not yet been established.1234567891. A acting. A before. A interaction. A return. A orB relyingB unlessC centeringC untilD commentingD becauseB assimilationB replyC cooperationC referenceC butD consultationD responseB but ratherB ignoringB inD or else. A considering. A onC highlightingC forD discardingD with. A immune. A affect0. A pointB resistantB reduceB leadC sensitiveC chockD subjectD reflectC comeD amountD at length11. A in generalB on averageC by contrast1 1111111122. A caseB shortB noticedC turnD essenceD experiencedD simultaneouslyD as3. A survived4.A contrarily5. A thanC undertakenB consequentlyB thatC similarlyC whichC concept6. A system7. A assessable8. A expense9. A incidence0. A providedB structureB identifiableB restrictionB awarenessB sinceD heritageC negligibleC allocationC exposureC althoughD incredibleD availabilityD popularityD supposingSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections: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 1Hunting for a job late last year, lawyer Gant Redmon stumbled across CareerBuilder, a job database on theInternet. He searched it with no success but was attracted by the sites “personal search agent”. Its an interactivefeature that lets visitors key in job criteria such as location, title, and salary, then E-mails them when a matchingposition is posted in the database. Redmon chose the keywords legal, intellectual property and Washington, D.C.Three weeks later, he got his first notification of an opening. “I struck gold,” says Redmon, who E-mailed hisresume to the employer and won a position as in-house counsel for a company.With thousands of career-related sites on the Internet, finding promising openings can he time-consuming andinefficient. Search agents reduce the need for repeated visits to the databases. But although a search agent workedfor Redmon, career experts see drawbacks. Narrowing your criteria, for example, may work against you: “Everytime you answer a question you eliminate a possibility,” says one expert.For any job search, you should start with a narrow conceptwhat you think you want to dothen broaden it.“None of these programs do that,” says another expert. “Theres no career counseling implicit in all of this.” Instead,the best strategy is to use the agent as a kind of tip service to keep abreast of jobs in a particular database; when youget E-mail, consider it a reminder to check the database again. “I would not rely on agents for