2015年考研英语二阅读理解点评

一、阅读文章的题材和体裁

四篇文章的体裁都是议论文，这也是考研一贯的选材标准。

题材如下:

Text 1: More stress at home than workplace. (家里比工作场所压力更大)

Text 2: First-generation college students(第一代大学生，即父母都没上大学的大学生)

Text 3：lingua franca(office speak)(办公室用语的变化)

Text 4: employment in the US(美国的就业状况)

从这四篇文章的题材可以看出，考研文章的topic十分广泛，不局限在某一个领域，可以考经济类，也可以考社会科学和人文类的文章。

所以对于2016考研的同学，应该培养"所有题材都一样"的能力。

二、阅读文章的词汇和句式

词汇: 词汇的能力要求和六级(CET-6)相当，比英语一的要求要低很多。只考察词汇的基本含义，没有过多涉及熟词生意，近义词和同义替换。

句式: 句式特点是层次较少，长句较短，难度较低。多数情况下，不需要刻意分析句型，只要具备相应的词汇量和基础语法知识，就可以把文章大致看懂。

三、考研阅读真题分析

以Text 4 为例

Text 4

Many people talked of the 288,000 new jobs the Labor Department reported for June, along with the drop in the unemployment rate to 6.1 percent, as good news. And they were right. For now it appears the economy is creating jobs at a decent pace. We still have a long way to go to get back to full employment, but at least we are now finally moving forward at a faster pace.

However, there is another important part of the jobs picture that was largely overlooked. There was a big jump in the number of people who report voluntarily working part-time. This figure is now 830,000(4.4 percent) above its year ago level.

Before explaining the connection to the Obamacare, it is worth making an important distinction. Many people who work part-time jobs actually want full-time jobs. They take part-time work because this is all they can get. An increase in involuntary part-time in June, but the general direction has been down. Involuntary part-time employment is still far higher than before the recession, but it is down by 640,000(7.9 percent) from its year ago level.

We know the difference between voluntary and involuntary part-time employment because people tell us. The survey used by the Labor Department asks people if they worked less than 35 hours in the reference week. If the answer is "yes," they are classified as working part-time. They survey then asks whether they worked less than 35 hours in that week because they wanted to work less than full time or because they had no choice. They are only classified as voluntary part-time workers if they tell the survey taker they chose to work less than 35 hours a week.

The issue of voluntary part-time relates to Obamacare because one of the main purposes was to allow people to get insurance outside of employment. For many people, especially those with serious health conditions of family members with serious health conditions, before Obamacare the only way to get insurance was through a job that provided health insurance.

However, Obamacare has allowed more than 12 million people to either get insurance through Medicaid or the exchanges. These are people who may previously have felt the need to get a full-time job that provided insurance in order to cover themselves and their families. With Obamacare there is no longer a link between employment and insurance.

36. Which part of the jobs picture was neglected?

A. The prospect of a thriving job market.

B. The increase of voluntary part-time jobs.

C. The possibility of full employment.

D. The acceleration of job creation.