36. A to review the factors that affect economic operation
37. B the economy of a nation
38. C regulation may affect business operation by increasing the cost
39. C Because there are too many reasons behind it.
40. D cooperate with businessmen and politicians
点评：这是一篇讲述经济运行与经济危机的论述文。总分结构。首段用机器形容经济体，指出很多因素会影响经济发展，如政府制定的政策法规，国际形势，人们的态度等。因为造成经济衰退的原因是不确定的，所以解决方案同样具有不确定性。而经济学家需要和商人、政客一起合作解决经济问题。本篇文章考查细节题为主，尽管文章开头有些抽象，但通篇读完还是不难理解的。
Dear John,
I will study in your university and share an apartment with you. So I am writing to tell you my living habits and consult your suggestions of living there.
Generally speaking, I am an early bird, never burning the midnight oil. Besides, I enjoy a quiet environment, and I’m afraid you may have to use an earphone when listening to the music. What’s more, I frankly hope that you could tell me the campus life there and then we may make agreements on our living habits later, which I’m sure will benefit our following days.
I’m looking forward to your reply.
Yours sincerely,
Xxx
点评：本篇考研英语二小作文是写邮件，邮件是当今最常用的交流方式之一，考生也最为熟悉。但邮件需特别注意格式以及落款，这在评分中也是一大考量因素。第一段简要说明写邮件的缘由，第二段重点阐明具体事项，第三段表示希望收件人回函，结尾注意落款的正确表达。
Growing urban population and declining rural population
From the graph, we can see that the urban population was growing and the rural population was declining from 1990 to 2010. The number of the urban population rose from 300 million in 1990 to about 460 million in 2000, and to about 685 million in 2010, while the rural population decreased from about 820 million in 1990 to 800 million in 2000 and to about 690 million in 2010. It's obvious that in the past two decades, the urban area witnessed a steady growth, but in the latter decade, the rural population had a remarkable decline.
There are two reasons for this phenomenon. On one hand, the economic boom led to the regular improvement of people’s living standard, and further resulted in a steady growing urban population. On the other hand, from 2000, the countryside urbanization oriented by the government gave rise to a conspicuously declining rural population.
In conclusion, based on the above analysis, the urban population will be growing, while the rural population will continue to drop in the future.
点评：本次考研英语二大作文是图表作文医,学,全,在,线,提,供www.med126.com，这也是历年大作文的典型题目之一。针对图表作文，我们一般采用三段式来谋篇布局， 第一段概述图表的信息，指出变化的趋势和不同，第二段分析造成这一趋势以及变化不同的原因，第三段则根据以上分析展望未来的变化。在写作过程中注意衔接词的使用以及同义词的搭配使用，使文章更加出彩。
Section III Translation
Most people would define optimism as being eternally hopeful, endlessly happy, with a glass that’s perpetually half full. But that’s exactly the kind of false cheerfulness that positive psychologists wouldn’t recommend. “Healthy optimism means being in touch with reality,” says Tal Ben-Shahar, a Harvard professor. According to Ben-Shahar, realistic optimists are those who make the best of things that happen, but not those who believe everything happens for the best.
Ben-Shahar uses three optimistic exercises. When he feels down — say, after giving a bad lecture — he grants himself permission to be human. He reminds himself that not every lecture can be a Nobel winner; some will be less effective than others. Next is reconstruction. He analyzes the weak lecture, learning lessons for the future about what works and what doesn’t. Finally, there’s perspective, which involves acknowledging that in the grand scheme of life, one lecture really doesn’t matter.
在大部分人眼中，乐观主义就意味着永远满怀希望、无忧无虑，遇事只往好的方面想。然而积极心理学专家认为这种乐观只是假象，不建议人们这么做。哈佛大学教授塔尔·本沙哈尔指出：“健康的乐观主义应该是切合实际的。”他认为，现实的乐观主义者会尽力让事事顺利，而不是迷信万事大吉。
本沙哈尔提出了“三步乐观法”。第一步：在碰到例如演讲表现糟糕这种让人沮丧的情况时，他首先会安慰自己人非圣贤，不是所有的演讲都能拿到诺贝尔奖，总会有些演讲的效果不如他人。第二步：重现场景。他会对这次失败的演讲进行分析，总结优缺点，为以后的演讲吸取经验教训。第三步：形成这样一个观念，要明白在生命的宏大蓝图中，一次演讲着实微不足道。
