考研英语完形填空真题1997年——2012年.docxVIP

考研英语完形填空真题（1997年——2012年） （1）97 Manpower Inc., with 560 000 workers, is the world’s largest temporary employment agency. Every morning, its people 1 into the offices and factories of America, seeking a day’s work for a day’s pay. One day at a time. 2 industrial giants like General Motors and IBM struggle to survive 3 reducing the number of employees, Manpower, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is booming. 4 its economy continues to recover, the US is increasingly becoming a nation of part- timers and temporary workers. This “ 5 ” work force is the most important 6 in American business today, and it is 7 changing the relationship between people and their jobs. The phenomenon provides a way for companies to remain globally competitive 8 avoiding market cycles and the growing burdens 9 by employment rules, health care costs and pension plans. For workers it can mean an end to the security, benefits and sense of 10 that came from being a loyal employee. 1.［A］ swarm ［B］ stride ［C］ separate ［D］ slip 2.［A］ For ［B］ Because ［C］ As ［D］ Since 3.［A］ from ［B］ in ［C］ on ［D］ by 4.［A］ Even though ［B］ Now that ［C］ If only ［D］ Provided that 5.［A］ durable ［B］ disposable ［C］ available ［D］ transferable 6.［A］ approach ［B］ flow ［C］ fashion ［D］ trend 7.［A］ instantly ［B］ reversely ［C］ fundamentally ［D］ sufficiently 8.［A］ but ［B］ while ［C］ and ［D］ whereas 9.［A］ imposed ［B］ restricted ［C］ illustrated ［D］ confined 10.［A］ excitement ［B］ conviction ［C］ enthusiasm ［D］ importance （2）98 Until recent l y most historians spoke very critically of the Industrial Revolution. They1that in the long run industrialization greatly raised the standard of living for the 2 man. But they insisted that its 3 results during the period from 1750 to 1850 were widespread poverty and misery for the 4 of the English population. 5 contrast, they saw in the preceding hundred years from 1650 to 1750, when England was still a 6 agricultural country, a