关于2015年考研英语二真题点评：阅读理解(2)

　　【主要内容】本文主要讲述第一代大学生(也就是父母均无大学学位的大学生)的问题。

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　　Even in traditional offices，“the lingua franca of corporate America has gotten much more emotional and much more right-brained than it was 20 years ago，” said Harvard Business School professor Nancy Koehn She started spinning off examples.“If you and I parachuted back to Fortune 500 companies in 1990，we would see much less frequent use of terms like Journey， mission，passion. There were goals，there were strategies，there were objectives，but we didn't talk about energy;we didn't talk about passion.”

　　Koehn pointed out that this new era of corporate vocabulary is very “team”-oriented-and not by coincidence.“Let's not forget sDorts-in male-dominated corporate America，it's still a big deal. It's not explicitly conscious;it's the idea that I'm a coach，and you're my team，and we're in this togethec. There are lots and lots of CEOs in very different companies，but most think of themselves as coaches and this is their team and they want to win”。

　　These terms are also intended to infuse work with meaning-and，as Khurana points out，increase allegiance to the firm.“You have the importation of terminology that historically used to be associated with non-profit organizations and religious organizations：Terms like vision，values，passion，and purpose，”said Khurana

　　This new focus on personal fulfillment can help keep employees motivated amid increasingly loud debates over work-life balance The “mommy wars” of the 1990s are still going on today， prompting arguments about why women still can't have it all and books like Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In，whose title has become a buzz word in its own right. Terms like unplug，offline，life-hack，bandwidth，and capacity are all about setting boundaries between the office and the home But if your work is your “passion，” you'll be more likely to devote yourself to it，even if that means going home for dinner and then working long after the kids are in bed

　　But this seems to be the irony of office speak：Everyone makes fun of it，but managers love it，companies depend on it，and regular people willingly absorb it. As Nunberg said，“You can get people to think it's nonsense at the same time that you buy into it.” In a workplace that's fundamentally in different to your life and its meaning office speak can help you figure out how you relate to your work-and how your work defines who you are

　　31. According to Nancy Koehn， office language has become ______.

　　[A]more emotional

　　[B]more objective

　　[C]less energetic

　　[D]less energetic

　　[E]less strategic

　　32.“team”-oriented corporate vocabulary is closely related to ______.

　　[A]historical incidents

　　[B]gender difference

　　[C]sports culture

　　[D]athletic executives

　　33.Khurana believes that the importation of terminology aims to ______.

　　[A]revive historical terms

　　[B]promote company image

　　[C]foster corporate cooperation

　　[D]strengthen employee loyalty

　　34.It can be inferred that Lean In ______.

　　[A]voices for working women

　　[B]appeals to passionate workaholics

　　[C]triggers debates among mommies

　　[D]praises motivated employees

　　35.Which of the following statements is true about office speak?

　　[A]Managers admire it but avoid it

　　[B]Linguists believe it to be nonsense

　　[C]Companies find it to be fundamental

　　[D]Regular people mock it but accept it

　　关于2015年考研英语二真题参考答案：31. A 32. C 33. D 34. A 35. C