2010年考研英语二真题及答案
2010年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试(英语二)试题
Section I Use of English
Directions: Read the following passage. For each numbered blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET l.
(10 points)
The outbreak of swine flu that was first detected in Mexico was declared a global epidemic on June 11, 2009. It is the first worldwide epidemic__1__ by the World Health Organization in 41 years.
The heightened alert ___2__an emergency meeting with flu experts in Geneva that convened after a sharp rise in cases in Australia, and rising___3___in Britain, Japan, Chile and elsewhere.
But the epidemic is "__4__" in severity, according to Margaret Chan, the organization's director general, __5__ the overwhelming majority of patients experiencing only mild symptoms and a full recovery, often in the __6___ of any medical treatment.
The outbreak came to global__7__in late April 2009, when Mexican authorities noticed an unusually large number of hospitalizations and deaths__8___healthy adults. As much of Mexico City shut down at the height of a panic, cases began to __9___in New York City, the southwestern United States and around the world.
In the United States, new cases seemed to fade__10__warmer weather arrived. But in late September 2009, officials reported there was __11__flu activity in almost every state and that virtually all the__12___tested are the new swine flu, also known as (A) H1N1, not seasonal flu. In the U.S., it has__13__more than one million people, and caused more than 600 deaths and more than 6,000 hospitalizations.
Federal health officials__14___Tamiflu for children from the national stockpile and began__15__orders from the states for the new swine flu vaccine. The new vaccine, which is different from the annual flu vaccine, is __16__ ahead of expectations. More than three million doses were to be made available in early October 2009, though most of those __17__doses were of the FluMist nasal spray type, which is not__18__for pregnant women, people over 50 or those with breathing difficulties, heart disease or several other __19__. But it was still possible to vaccinate people in other high-risk group: health care workers, people __20___infants and healthy young people.
1 [A] criticized [B] appointed [C]commented [D] designated
2 [A] proceeded [B] activated [C] followed [D] prompted
3 [A] digits [B] numbers [C] amounts [D] sums
4 [A] moderate [B] normal [C] unusual [D] extreme
5 [A] with [B] in [C] from [D] by
6 [A] progress [B] absence [C] presence [D] favor
7 [A] reality [B] phenomenon [C] concept [D] notice
8 [A]over [B] for [C] among [D] to
9 [A] stay up [B] crop up [C] fill up [D] cover up
10 [A] as [B] if [C] unless [D] until
11 [A] excessive [B] enormous [C] significant [D]magnificent
12 [A]categories [B] examples [C] patterns [D] samples
13 [A] imparted [B] immerse [C] injected [D] infected
14 [A] released [B] relayed [C] relieved [D] remained
15 [A] placing [B] delivering [C] taking [D] giving
16 [A] feasible [B] available [C] reliable [D] applicable
17 [A] prevalent [B] principal [C] innovative [D] initial
18 [A] presented [B] restricted [C] recommended [D] introduced
19 [A] problems [B] issues [C] agonies [D] sufferings
20 [A] involved in [B] caring for [C] concerned with [D] warding off
Section Ⅱ Reading comprehension
Part A
Directions:
Read the following four passages. Answer the questions below each passage by choosing A, B, C and D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)
Text1
The longest bull run in a century of art-market history ended on a dramatic note with a sale of 56 works by Damien Hirst, “Beautiful Inside My Head Forever”，at Sotheby?s in London on September 15th 2008. All but two pieces sold, fetching more than ￡70m, a record for a sale by a single artist. It was a last victory. As the auctioneer called out bids, in New York one of the oldest banks on Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy.
The world art market had already been losing momentum for a while after rising bewilderingly since 2003. At its peak in 2007 it was worth some $65 billion, reckons Clare Mc Andrew, founder of Arts Economics, a research firm—double the figure five years earlier. Since then it may have come down to $50 billion. But the market generates interest far beyond its size because it brings together great wealth, enormous egos, greed, passion and controversy in a way matched by few other industries.
In the weeks and months that followed Mr. Hirst?s sale, spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable, especially in New York, where the bail-out of the banks coincided with the loss of thousands of jobs and the financial demise of many art-buying investors. In the art world that meant collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms. Sales of contemporary art fell by
two-thirds, and in the most overheated sector—for Chinese contemporary art—they were down by nearly 90% in the year to November 2008. Within weeks the world?s two biggest auction houses, Sotheby?s and Christie?s, had to pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them.
The current downturn in the art market is the worst since the Japanese stopped buying Impressionists at the end of 1989, a move that started the most serious contraction in the market since the Second World War. This time experts reckon that prices are about 40% down on their peak on average, though some have been far more fluctuant. But Edward Dolman, Christie?s chief executive, says: “I?m pretty confident we?re at the bottom.”
What makes this slump different from the last, he says, is that there are still buyers in the market, whereas in the early 1990s, when interest rates were high, there was no demand even though many collectors wanted to sell. Christie?s revenues in the first half of 2009 were still higher than in the first half of 2006. Almost everyone who was interviewed for this special report said that the biggest problem at the moment is not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to sell. The three Ds—death, debt and divorce—still deliver works of art to the market. But anyone who does not have to sell is keeping away, waiting for confidence to return.
21. In the first paragraph, Damien Hirst's sale was referred to as “a last victory” because ____.
A. the art market had witnessed a succession of victories
B. the auctioneer finally got the two pieces at the highest bids
C. Beautiful Inside My Head Forever won over all masterpieces
D. it was successfully made just before the world financial crisis
22.By saying “spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable”(Line 1-2,Para.3)，the author suggests that_____.
A. collectors were no longer actively involved in art-market auctions
B .people stopped every kind of spending and stayed away from galleries
C. art collection as a fashion had lost its appeal to a great extent
D .works of art in general had gone out of fashion so they were not worth buying
23. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A .Sales of contemporary art fell dramatically from 2007 to 2008.
B. The art market surpassed many other industries in momentum.
C. The market generally went downward in various ways.
D. Some art dealers were awaiting better chances to come.
24. The three Ds mentioned in the last paragraph are ____
A. auction houses ' favorites
B. contemporary trends
C. factors promoting artwork circulation
D. styles representing impressionists
25. The most appropriate title for this text could be ___
A. Fluctuation of Art Prices
B. Up-to-date Art Auctions
C. Art Market in Decline
D. Shifted Interest in Arts
TEXT2
I was addressing a small gathering in a suburban Virginia living room—a women's group that had invited men to join them. Throughout the evening one man had been particularly talkative, frequently offering ideas and anecdotes, while his wife sat silently beside him on the couch. Toward the end of the evening I commented that women frequently complain that their husbands don't talk to them. This man quickly nodded in agreement. He gestured toward his wife and said, "She's the talker in our family." The room burst into laughter; the man looked puzzled and hurt. "It's true," he explained. "When I come home from work, I have nothing to say. If she didn't keep the conversation going, we'd spend the whole evening in silence."
This episode crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations, they often talk less at home. And this pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage.
The pattern was observed by political scientist Andrew Hacker in the late 1970s. Sociologist Catherine Kohler Riessman reports in her new book "Divorce Talk" that most of the women she interviewed—but only a few of the men—gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces. Given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent，that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year —a virtual epidemic of failed conversation.
In my own research complaints from women about their husbands most often focused not on tangible inequities such as having given up the chance for a career to accompany a husband to his or doing far more than their share of daily life-support work like cleaning, cooking, social arrangements and errands. Instead they focused on communication: "He doesn't listen to me." "He doesn't talk to me." I found as Hacker observed years before that most wives want their husbands to be first and foremost conversational partners but few husbands share this expectation of their wives.
In short the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face, while a woman glares at the back of it, wanting to talk.
26. What is most wives' main expectation of their husbands?
A. Talking to them.
B. Trusting them.
C. Supporting their careers.
D. Sharing housework.
27. Judging from the context, the phrase “wreaking havoc”(Line 3,Para.2)most probably means ___ .
A. generating motivation.
B. exerting influence
C. causing damage
D. creating pressure
28. All of the following are true EXCEPT_______
A. men tend to talk more in public than women
B. nearly 50 percent of recent divorces are caused by failed conversation
C. women attach much importance to communication between couples
D. a female tends to be more talkative at home than her spouse
29. Which of the following can best summarize the main idea of this text?
A. The moral decaying deserves more research by sociologists.
B. Marriage break-up stems from sex inequalities.
C. Husband and wife have different expectations from their marriage.
D. Conversational patterns between man and wife are different.
30. In the following part immediately after this text, the author will most probably focus on ______
A. a vivid account of the new book Divorce Talk
B. a detailed description of the stereotypical cartoon
C. other possible reasons for a high divorce rate in the U.S.
D. a brief introduction to the political scientist Andrew Hacker
Text 3
Over the past decade, many companies had perfected the art of creating automatic behaviors — habits — among consumers. These habits have helped companies earn billions of dollars when customers eat snacks, apply lotions and wipe counters almost without thinking, often in response to a carefully designed set of daily cues.
“There are fundamental public health problems, like dirty hands instead of a soap habit, that remain killers only because we can?t figure out how to change people?s habits,” Dr. Curtis said. “We wanted to learn from private industry how to create new behaviors that happen automatically.”
The companies that Dr. Curtis turned to —Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever —had invested hundreds of millions of dollars finding the subtle cues in consumers? lives that corporations could use to introduce new routines.
If you look hard enough, you?ll find that many of the products we use every day — chewing gums, skin moisturizers, disinfecting wipes, air fresheners, water purifiers, health snacks, antiperspirants, colognes, teeth whiteners, fabric softeners, vitamins— are results of manufactured habits. A century ago, few people regularly brushed their teeth multiple times a day. Today, because of canny advertising and public health campaigns, many Americans habitually give their pearly whites a cavity-preventing scrub twice a day, often with Colgate, Crest or one of the other brands.
A few decades ago, many people didn?t drink water outside of a meal. Then beverage companies started bottling the production of far-off springs, and now office workers unthinkingly sip bottled water all day long. Chewing gum, once bought primarily by adolescent boys, is now featured in commercials as a breath freshener and teeth cleanser for use after a meal. Skin moisturizers are advertised as part of morning beauty rituals, slipped in between hair brushing and
putting on makeup.
“Our products succeed when they become part of daily or weekly patterns,” said Carol Berning, a consumer psychologist who recently retired from Procter & Gamble, the company that sold $76 billion of Tide, Crest and other products last year. “Creating positive habits is a huge part of improving our consumers? lives, and it?s essential to making new products commercially viable.”
Through experiments and observation, social scientists like Dr. Berning have learned that there is power in tying certain behaviors to habitual cues through relentless advertising. As this new science of habit has emerged, controversies have erupted when the tactics have been used to sell questionable beauty creams or unhealthy foods.
31. According to Dr. Curtis, habits like hand washing with soap________.
A. should be further cultivated
B. should be changed gradually
C. are deeply rooted in history
D. are basically private concerns
32. Bottled water, chewing gun and skin moisturizers are mentioned in Paragraph 5 so as to____
A. reveal their impact on people?s habits
B. show the urgent need of daily necessities
C. indicate their effect on people?s buying power
D. manifest the significant role of good habits
33. W hich of the following does NOT belong to products that help create people?s habits?
A. Tide
B. Crest
C. Colgate
D. Unilever
34. From the text we know that some of consumer?s habits are developed due to _____
A. perfected art of products
B. automatic behavior creation
C. commercial promotions
D. scientific experiments
35. T he author?s attitude toward the influence of advertisement on people?s habits is____
A. indifferent
B. negative
C. positive
D. biased
Text4
Many Americans regard the jury system as a concrete expression of crucial democratic values, including the principles that all citizens who meet minimal qualifications of age and literacy are
equally competent to serve on juries; that jurors should be selected randomly from a representative cross section of the community; that no citizen should be denied the right to serve on a jury on account of race, religion, sex, or national origin; that defendants are entitled to trial by their peers; and that verdicts should represent the conscience of the community and not just the letter of the law. The jury is also said to be the best surviving example of direct rather than representative democracy. In a direct democracy, citizens take turns governing themselves, rather than electing representatives to govern for them.
But as recently as in 1986, jury selection procedures conflicted with these democratic ideals. In some states, for example, jury duty was limited to persons of supposedly superior intelligence, education, and moral character. Although the Supreme Court of the United States had prohibited intentional racial discrimination in jury selection as early as the 1880 case of Strauder v. West Virginia, the practice of selecting so-called elite or blue-ribbon juries provided a convenient way around this and other antidiscrimination laws.
The system also failed to regularly include women on juries until the mid-20th century. Although women first served on state juries in Utah in 1898, it was not until the 1940s that a majority of states made women eligible for jury duty. Even then several states automatically exempted women from jury duty unless they personally asked to have their names included on the jury list. This practice was justified by the claim that women were needed at home, and it kept juries unrepresentative of women through the 1960s.
In 1968, the Congress of the United States passed the Jury Selection and Service Act, ushering in a new era of democratic reforms for the jury. This law abolished special educational requirements for federal jurors and required them to be selected at random from a cross section of the entire community. In the landmark 1975 decision Taylor vs. Louisiana, the Supreme Court extended the requirement that juries be representative of all parts of the community to the state level. The Taylor decision also declared sex discrimination in jury selection to be unconstitutional and ordered states to use the same procedures for selecting male and female jurors.
36. From the principles of the US jury system, we learn that ______
A. both liberate and illiterate people can serve on juries
B. defendants are immune from trial by their peers
C. no age limit should be imposed for jury service
D. judgment should consider the opinion of the public
37. The practice of selecting so-called elite jurors prior to 1968 showed_____
A. the inadequacy of antidiscrimination laws
B. the prevalent discrimination against certain races
C. the conflicting ideals in jury selection procedures
D. the arrogance common among the Supreme Court justices
38. Even in the 1960s, women were seldom on the jury list in some states because_____
A. they were automatically banned by state laws
B. they fell far short of the required qualifications
C. they were supposed to perform domestic duties
D. they tended to evade public engagement
39. After the Jury Selection and Service Act was passed.___
A. sex discrimination in jury selection was unconstitutional and had to be abolished
B. educational requirements became less rigid in the selection of federal jurors
C. jurors at the state level ought to be representative of the entire community
D. states ought to conform to the federal court in reforming the jury system
40. In discussing the US jury system, the text centers on_______
A. its nature and problems
B. its characteristics and tradition
C. its problems and their solutions
D. its tradition and development
Part B
Both Boeing and Airbus have trumpeted the efficiency of their newest aircraft, the 787 and A350 respectively. Their clever designs and lightweight composites certainly make a difference. But a group of researchers at Stanford University, led by Ilan Kroo, has suggested that airlines could take a more naturalistic approach to cutting jet-fuel use, and it would not require them to buy new aircraft.
The answer, says Dr Kroo, lies with birds. Since 1914, and a seminal paper by a German researcher called Carl Wiesel Berger, scientists have known that birds flying in formation—a V-shape, echelon or otherwise—expend less energy. The air flowing over a b ird?s wings curls upwards behind the wingtips, a phenomenon known as upwash. Other birds flying in the upwash experience reduced drag, and spend less energy propelling themselves. Peter Lissaman, an aeronautics expert who was formerly at Caltech and the University of Southern California, has suggested that a formation of 25 birds might enjoy a range increase of 71%。
When applied to aircraft, the principles are not substantially different. Dr Kroo and his team modeled what would happen if three passenger jets departing from Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas were to rendezvous over Utah, assume an inverted V-formation, occasionally swap places so all could have a turn in the most favorable positions, and proceed to London. They found that the aircraft consumed as much as 15% less fuel (coupled with a reduction in carbon-dioxide output). Nitrogen-oxide emissions during the cruising portions of the flight fell by around a quarter。
There are, of course, kinks to be worked out. One consideration is safety, or at least the perception of it. Would passengers feel comfortable traveling in convoy? Dr Kroo points out that the aircraft could be separated by several nautical miles, and would not be in the intimate groupings favored by display teams like the Red Arrows. A passenger peering out of the window might not even see the other planes. Whether the separation distances involved would satisfy air-traffic-control regulations is another matter, although a working group at the International
Civil Aviation Organization has included the possibility of formation flying in a blueprint for new operational guidelines。
It remains to be seen how weather conditions affect the air flows that make formation flight more efficient. In zones of increased turbulence, the planes’wakes will decay more quickly and the effect will diminish. Dr Kroo says this is one of the areas his team will investigate further. It might also be hard for airlines to co-ordinate the departure times and destinations of passenger aircraft in a way that would allow them to gain from formation flight. Cargo aircraft, in contrast, might be easier to reschedule, as might routine military flights。
As it happens, America’s armed forces are on the case already. Earlier this year the country’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced plans to pay Boeing to investigate formation flight, though the program has yet to begin. There are reports that some military aircraft flew in formation when they were low on fuel during the Second World War, but Dr Lissaman says they are apocryphal. “My father was an RAF pilot and my cousin the skipper of a Lancaster lost over Berlin,” he adds. So he should k now。
41. Findings of the Stanford University researchers will promote the sales of new Boeing and Airbus aircraft。
42. The upwash experience may save propelling energy as well as reducing resistance。
43. Formation flight is more comfortable because passengers can not see the other planes。
44. The role that weather plays in formation flight has not yet been clearly defined。
45. It has been documented that during World War II, America’s armed forces once tried formation flight to save fuel.
Part C
Directions:
In this section there is a text in English .Translate it into Chinese. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET2.(15points)
“Sustainability” has become a popular word these days, but to Ted Ning, the concept will always have personal meaning. Having endured a painful period of unsustainability in his own life made it clear to him that sustainability-oriented values must be expressed though everyday action and choice。
Ning recalls spending a confusing year in the late 1990s selling insurance. He?d been though the dot-com boom and burst and, desperate for a job, signed on with a Boulder agency。
It didn?t go well. “It was a really had move because that?s not my passion,” says Ning, whose dilemma about the job translated, predictably, into a lack of sales. “I was miserable, I had so much anxiety that I would wake up in the middle of the night and stare at the ceiling. I had no money and needed t he job. Everyone said, …Just wait, you?ll turn the corner, give it some time.?”
Section IV Writing
Part A
Directions:
You have just come back from the U.S. as a member of a Sino-American cultural exchange program. Write a letter to your American colleague to
1) Express your thanks for his/her warm reception;
2) Welcome him/her to visit China in due course。
You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.
Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use “Zhang Wei” instead。
Do not write your address. (10 points)
Part B
Directions:
In this section, you are asked to write an essay based on the following chart. In your writing, you should
1) Interpret the chart and
2) Give your comments
Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET 2. (15 points)
2010年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试(英语二)试题
Section I Use of English
1-5 DCBAA 6-10 BDCBA 11-15 CDDAC 16-20 BACAB
Section II Reading Comprehension
Part A
21-25 DABCC 26-30 ACBCC 31-35 AADCD 36-40 DCCBA
Part B
FTTTF
Part C
“坚持不懈”如今已成一个流行词汇，但对TedNing而言，这个概念一直有个人含义，经历了一段痛苦松懈的个人生活，使他清楚面向以坚持不懈为导向的价值观，必须贯彻到每天的行动和选择中。
Ning回忆起20世纪90年代末期卖保险的那段迷茫时光，他通过蓬勃兴起的网络疯狂地找工作，并且与Boulder代理机构签了约。
事情进展并不顺利，TedNing说到：“那真是个糟糕的选择，因为我对此没有激情，”可以预料，他把工作中的矛盾能解释为没有业务。Ning说：“我很痛苦渴望午夜起来盯着天花板，我没钱，我需要工作，每个人都说…等吧，只要有耐心会好转的。”
Section IV Writing
Part A
Directions: You have just come back from the U. S. as a member of a Sino-American cultural exchange program. Write a letter to your American colleague to
1) express your thanks for his/her warm reception;
2) welcome him/her to visit China in due course.
You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.
Do not sign 'your own name at the end of the letter. Use "Zhang Wei" instead.
Do not write your address. (10 points)
审题谋篇：
专业硕士英语试卷（俗称考研英语（二））于2010年首次登场，和学术型硕士英语试卷（英语一）分开考察，独立试卷。但是作为同一类考试，英语二写作和英语写作在试卷结构上保留了一致性，都是有应用文和短文写作两个部分构成。但是，学术型硕士和专业型硕士的培养目的是有区别的，因此，英语二和英语一的试卷又有所不同。从应用文部分来看，基本上考察仍然以信件写作为主。本年度考察感谢信这一生活和商务都经常用到的题材，首先要求对一个文化交流项目中的美国同事的热情接待表示感谢。其次邀请对方来中国，以尽地主之谊。字数要求和英语一样，要求100字左右。和英语一一样，信件写作主要要求格式的正确性、语域的适当性以及任务的完成性。
参考范文：
Dear Jack:
I would like to convey my heartfelt thanks to you for your warm reception when I participated in the exchange program in your country.
Your generous help made it possible for me to have a very pleasant stay and a chance to know American culture better. Besides, I think it is a great honor for me to make friends with you and I will cherish the goodwill you showed to me wherever I go. I do hope that you can visit China someday, so that I could have the opportunity to repay your kindness and refresh our friendship.
I feel obliged to thank you again.
Sincerely Yours,
Zhang Wei 范文分析：
本文紧扣题目要求，写一篇感谢信。格式正确、符合英文行文思路。正文开篇直入主题，表达自己对于在对方国内进行交流项目的时候受到的热情接待表示衷心的感谢。第二段首先介绍对方的行为让自己在那些方面受益，并且提议对方也能够给予对方相应的提供帮助的机会。结尾段只有一句话，再扣感谢主题，但是使用了不同的词汇。本文目的明确、层次清晰、语言流畅，成功地完成了题目的要求。
译文：
李明：
针对我在贵国参加的交流计划时你们热情的接待,我想表达我衷心的感谢。
你的帮助使我能够有个愉快旅程，并有机会更好的了解美国文化。此外,我很荣幸和你交朋友,无论身处何处，我将珍惜你给我的善意。我真的希望你一天能访问中国,这样我就可以有机会报答你的好意和重续我们的友谊。
再次向你表达我真诚的谢意。
你真诚的，
张蔚
Part B
Directions:
In this section, you are asked to write an essay based on the following chart. In your writing, you should
1 ) interpret the chart and
2) give your comments.
You should write at least 150 words.
Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET 2. (15 points)
审题谋篇：
2010年英语（二）从英语（一）中分离出來，必然会既有继承，又有变化。英语（一）的大作文写作作从2000年開始，一直是图画作文，而英语（二）只考了两年，卻连续；两年考图表作文，這就给我们英语（二）考生发出一個信号，英语（二）的大作文是不同於英语（一）的。而相對於大作文的变化，英语（二）的两年小作文考查的都是书信类，2011年是祝贺信，2010年是感谢信信，与英语（一）的考查趋势非常相似。第二，考研英语（二）的前身是MBA考試，在當前各种经济、就业的压力下，越來越多的人加入考研的队伍，主要包括艺术硕士、工程硕士、工商管理硕士等十几种专业硕士考生。因此，在英语（二）的大作文中多考实用性很强的图表作文。
MBA联考06、07年联考也曾考到图表作文，并且今年图表形式和06年如出一辙，都是在揭示一个呈上升趋势的现象。如果说存在差异，就是多了一个比较的对象，但在实际操作上并未增加考生的写作负担，因为只需侧重写一个即可。由此可见，历年真题对考生的复习来讲是弥足珍贵的。
参考范文：
The column chart on mobile-phone subscriptions above shows a striking contrast between those developing countries and developed countries in the past decade. Since 2004, people in growing numbers in developing countries use mobile phone, while those in developed countries far lag behind. By 2008, there are 4 billion mobile-phone users in developing countries, which is 3 times more than that in developed countries.
Two reasons may contribute to the contrast above. On the one hand, with the rapid increase in economy of developing countries, the telecommunication industry there surges to meet the demand of globalization. Therefore, mobile phone users grows at an incredible speed. On the other hand, developed countries had reached a state of prosperity in economy, and created less rooms for further developments in mobile subscriptions. Maybe that is the reason why the number mobile phone users in the developed countries keep even over the last decade.
To sum up, mobile phone is convenient for interpersonal communications, and gradually become the indispensable tools in people's life. When enjoying the convenience of cell phones, we should also keep an eye on the negative effects it might bring to our environment. Only in this way can people in developing countries see a sustainable grow in telecommunications.