2008年考研英语一真题及答案如下：
【考研英语一真题】
1. Directions: Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSwER SHEET 2. (10 points)
In the 1960s, Wernher von Braun, the leading rocket engineer of the United States, saw the future and it was the space age. In 1961, he had already helped put the first American, Alan Shepard, into space. A year later he was putting John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, into orbit. Now he was turning his attention to the moon. The lunar landing mission that he and his colleagues designed became the Apollo program, which landed the first two men on the moon in 1969.
2. Directions: For each numbered blank in the following passage, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Put your answers on ANSwER SHEET 1. (10 points)
The world is going through the biggest wave of mergers and acquisitions ever witnessed. The process sweeps from hyperactive America to Europe and reaches the emerging countries with unsurpassed might. Many in these countries are looking at this process and wondering: why do businesses need to merge and acquire other businesses? The process creates competition, which leads to efficiency. (46) When an industry consists of mainly small competitors, innovation is the key to survival. A large company is able to achieve economies of scale, which allows it to bring its products to market at a lower cost than other firms. The process of taking over one firm by another can restult in further increases in efficiency. (47) One interesting result of this process is that it allows smaller firms to pick up the big boys' slack where they lag behind. Some people blame high-tech for the reliance on ever-increasing efficiency. But it is not so simple. (48) It is true that the cost of manufacturing cars has fallen dramatically because of mass production and high-tech, but this does not mean that consumers are paying less for their cars.
3. Directions: Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSwER SHEET 2. (10 points)
The world is going through the biggest wave of mergers and acquisitions ever witnessed. The process sweeps from hyperactive America to Europe and reaches the emerging countries with unsurpassed might. Many in these countries are looking at this process and wondering: why do businesses need to merge and acquire other businesses? The process creates competition, which leads to efficiency. (46) When an industry consists of mainly small competitors, innovation is the key to survival. A large company is able to achieve economies of scale, which allows it to bring its products to market at a lower cost than other firms. The process of taking over one firm by another can restult in further increases in efficiency. (47) One interesting result of this process is that it allows smaller firms to pick up the big boys' slack where they lag behind. Some people blame high-tech for the reliance on ever-increasing efficiency. But it is not so simple. (48) It is true that the cost of manufacturing cars has fallen dramatically because of mass production and high-tech, but this does not mean that consumers are paying less for their cars.
【考研英语一答案】
1. 略
2. 略
3. 略
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