考研人数逐年增加，竞争之激烈使得我们不得不加急复习的日程。众所周知，阅读理解占据了考研英语二100分试卷的一半分值，而考研英语阅读文章大多来自英美国家的主流报刊杂志，所以如果能在日常就多多阅读这些文章，对以后读懂文章做对题目来说会大有裨益。
学习步骤如下：
1.不看汉语译文自己看一遍短文做理解
2.看汉语译文比对自己理解的意思与之出入
3.强化记忆重点单词（以记忆其汉语意思为主）
The researchers from Ohio University used a database that covered more than 10,000 firms and more than 64,000 different directors between 1989 and 2004. Then they simply checked which directors stayed from one proxy statement to the next. The most likely reason for departing a board was age, so the researchers concentrated on those "surprise" disappearances by directors under the age of 70. They found that after a surprise departure, the probability that the company will subsequently have to restate earnings increased by nearly 20%. The likelihood of being named in a federal class-action lawsuit also increases, and the stock is likely to perform worse. The effect tended to be larger for larger firms. Although a correlation between them leaving and subsequent bad performance at the firm is suggestive, it does not mean that such directors are always jumping off a sinking ship. Often they "trade up,"leaving riskier, smaller firms for larger and more stable firms.
短文翻译
俄亥俄大学的研究人员利用数据库开展研究,该数据库收录了1989年至2004年1万多家公司和6.4万多不同的董事的资料。接着,他们只核查了哪些董事能够获得连任。因为董事离职最有可能的原因是年龄问题,因此研究人员将重点放在了那些未满70岁就“突然”离职的董事身上。他们发现,这些人意外离职后,其所在公司随后重申盈利的可能性增加了近20%。这些公司遭遇联邦集体诉讼的可能性也随之增加,股价也有可能下跌。这种影响对大公司来说往往更大。虽然研究表明董事离职与其所在公司随后业绩的下滑存在一定的关联,但这并不能表明这些董事总是在自保。他们的惯用做法是另谋高就,逃离风险高的小公司,奔向发展更加稳定的大公司。
核心单词一览
真题练习
*一定要做题哦
23. According to the researchers from Ohio University, after an outside director's surprise departure, the firm is likely to______.
[A] become more stable
[B] report increased earnings
[C] do less well in the stock market
[D] perform worse in lawsuits
题目解析
23.【解析】根据题干信息定位到原文第三段第四句和第五句，公司在独立董事离开可能出现的三种情况：1）重申盈利状况的可能性增加了近 20%；2）被牵扯到联邦法院所受理的集体起诉案件中的可能性也随之增加；3）公司在股市的表现也会更糟。与这三种情况之一对应的是C项，故答案选C。A项“变得更稳定”，虽然第三段段末出现了stable一词，但与题干所问问题并无关系；B项利用文中“the probability that the company will subsequently have to restate earnings increases by nearly 20%”这个句子说的是可能性增加而非收入增加，故B项不对;D项干扰源自“The likelihood of being named in a federal class-action lawsuit also increase”，这句话指出独立董事离开后可能出现的第二种情况，“被牵扯到联邦法院所受理的集体起诉案件中的可能性也随之增加”，但并不等同于“在诉讼案件中表现更糟”，因此D项错误。
