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年顺平县考研《英语一》临考冲刺试题2023Section IUse ofEnglishDirections:Read the following text.Choose the best wordsfor eachnumbered blankand markA,B,C orD on the ANSWER SHEET.10pointsEnglish was always myfavorite subject.In myfreshman yearof highschool,I couldwrite akiller composition.In myjunior year,my1al1owed me to givespelling teststo theclass.T hadwonderful2of thisyear.Mrs.Alexander3metosit ather deskand takeover theclasswhen shehad toleave theroom.Only my senior Englishclass was4as wehad ateacher rightout ofcollege whoexpectedcollege-level work.Every studentreceived aC orD gradethe firstquarter.5English wasstill mysubject.I graduatedfrom highschool,6early andhad children.7about myEnglish,I oftenhelped mykids withtheir Englishhomework.AndI8long articles and beautifulpoetry fora newspaper.Fifteen yearslater,I wentto college,and becauseI hadbeen an“A student,I9an“A student.I lived up tomy ownexpectations.捆Yesterday,I10my highschool reportcards whenI wasreading oldpapers.That bundleof reportcards11back theold days.Iremembered sittingin myadvisors office,explaining thatI hadalways beenexcellent atEnglish andcomplaining thatI didnot12aD fromthat inexperiencedteacher ofmysenioryear.The advisorwas13but unable to change a grade.My old14cards showedsomething elsetoo.I wantedto tearthem upor15them.I wasnot an“A student in highschoolEnglish!Somehow,I hadconvinced myselfof this,when thegrades clearlyreflected an16student withan occasional“A orB,but mostly“Cs.定义Had Ilivedupto those17and definemyself accordingto thoseletters,I wouldhave neverconfidently18my writingcareer.Had Ibelieved inmy earlygrades insteadof myself,I wouldhave allowedmy fearof19to defeatmy enthusiasmand damagemycreativity.20I regardedmy youngerself asan AEnglish student,except forthat
1、A.teacher B.headmaster C.classmate D.monitor2A.memories B,thoughts C.expectations D.impressions
3、A.forced B.appointed C.permitted D.beggedundeserved D”.、4A.active B.creative C.interesting D.disappointing、5A.So B.But C.And D.Or、6A.worked B.married C.succeeded D.progressed、7A.Confident B.Happy C.Sorry D.Anxious
8、A.wrote
8、edited C.read D.copied
6.B
7.A
8.A
9.D
10.C
11.B
12.A
13.A
14.D
15.C
16.C
17.B
18.D
19.D
20.CSection IIReading Comprehension、
21.A
2.A
3.C
4.B、
31.D
2.C
3.B、
41.B
2.A
3.A、
51.B
2.C
3.C
4.B
5.A、
61.writers
2.popularity
3.colorful
4.into
5.are
6.have returned
7.to see
8.it
9.rapidly
10.that/which、
71.winning
2.students
3.an
4.biggest
5.at
6.impossible
7.what
8.yourself
9.comes
10.usefulSection IIITranslation、
81.A
2.D
3.F
4.B
5.G、
91.A
2.E
3.D
4.C
5.G、9A.met B.lost C.admired D.remained10^A.counted B.remembered C.discovered D.approached、11A.turned B.brought C.held D.put、12A.deserve B.make C.receive D.learn14A.birthday B.post C.invitation D.report15^A.keep B.correct C.hide D.send、16A.silent B.bright C.average D.outstanding、13A.sympathetic B.energetic C.angry D.sad、17A.figures B.grades C.papers D.words、18A.changed B.ended C.damaged D.sought、19A.change B.risk C.stress D.failure20A.Otherwise B.Besides C.Instead D.StillSection IIReading ComprehensionPartADirections:Read the following fourtexts.Answer the questions beloweach textby choosingA,B,C orD.Mark youranswers on the ANSWERSHEET.(40points)Text1While staringout of the windowduring aflight,not everyonewill thinkcarefully about thequestionwhy airplaneshaverounded windowsrather thansquare ones.Over theyears,aerospace engineeringhas madehuge stepsin airplanetechnology,meaning planescan carrymore passengersandgo faster.The planeshave alsochanged shapeto increasesafety—including the windows.As commercialair traveltook offin the(密度)mid—20th century,airline companiesbegan to fly at higher altitudesto lowertheir cost-the airdensity islower upthere,creating阻力)less dragfor airplanes.However,higher altitudescame withproblems,like thefact humanbeings cantreally surviveat30,000(圆柱体)feet.To makethat possible,the cabinwas changedto acylindrical shapeto supportthe pressureinside.But atfirst,planebuilders leftin thestandard squarewindows andthis expansionmeant disaster.The de Havilland Cometcame intofashion in the1950s.With aclosed cabin,it wasableto go higherand fasterthan otheraircraft.However,where there9sacorner,there9saweak spot.Windows,having fourcorners,have fourpotential weakspots,making them一likely tocrash understress such as airpressure.By curvingthe window,the stressthat wouldeventually breakthewindowcorner is(变形),distributed and the chanceof itbreaking isreduced.Rounded shapesare alsostronger andresist deformation and canthussurvive the extreme differencesin pressurebetween theinside andoutside of the aircraft.Fortunately,designers figuredoutthelack ofdesign prettyquick.Now wehave nice,rounded airplanewindows thatcan resistthepressure oftraveling altitude.It givesbeing ableto gazeout of your windowto theworld from35,000feet awhole newoutlook,doesntit、1Why didairlines aimtoflyathigheraltitudesA.To savemoney for less drag.B.To helpthe planeto takeoff.C.To increasesafety of the plane.D,To carrymore passengersand gofaster.、2What doesthe underlinedwords“deHavillandComet“in Paragraph2refer toA.An aircraft.B.A band.C.A planet.D.A design.、3Which is the advantageof therounded windowA.It increasesthe airpressure.B.It weakensthe strengthof airpressure.C.It reducesthe possibilityof breakingup.D.It helpsto survivetheextremeweather.、4Where doesthis textcome fromA.A newspaperon safedriving.B.A sciencebook onflying.C.A websiteon survivalskills.D.A magazineon fashiondesign.Text2Over thepast century,an alarmingnumber of animals havebecome endangeredor evenextinct.Below aresome animalswhosenumbers havebeen rapidlydropping inrecent years.Panda BearOneof thebiggest reasonscontributing to the declinein thepanda speciesis thedestruction ofits naturalhabitat.Farmers inChinahave gradually been claimingmore and more of the land.As aresult,pandas areforced tomove away to placeswhere it is hardto findbamboofor food.Green TurtleThegreen seaturtle specieshas survivedfbr severalmillions ofyears,so youmight wonderwhy itsonly becomingendangerednow.A majorcause is the changein climateand temperature,which bothaffect thehatching ratesof turtleeggs.Climate changesalsocause violentweather andrising waterlevels toflood areaswhere turtlesusually goto laytheir eggs.Apart fromthis,oil spillsand otherpoisonouspollution,as wellas increasedfishing activitiescan causesickness,or evendeath to the green turtles.CheetahCheetahs arefamous forbeing the fastest animal on landbut eventhey cantrun fromsome of the largerthreats thathave harmedthem.Like thepanda bears,cheetahs havegraduallybeenlosing theirnatural homesdue tohumans claimingland anddeveloping inthoseareas.To makematters evenworse,smaller animalsmove awaywhen theseareas areoccupied,which meansthat thecheetah haslessfood!Dont forgetthat otherlarge animals,such aslions,are alsofighting fbrany foodthat they can find,so occasionallyyoungcheetahs endup asprey too.Indian ElephantElephantsare extremelyintelligent animalsand alsothe largest mammals thatlive onland.Sadly,in Asiamany elephantswerekilled sothat peoplecould removetheir tusksto useas decorativeobjects.While thispractice hasbeen bannednow,some peoplestillillegally continue.Forests inIndia havealso beensteadily destroyedand elephantsare sometimeskilled when they endup onhumanterritory.
1、Humans9increasing demandfbr landdoesnt affectthe numberof.A.Indian elephantsB.cheetahsC.panda bearsD.greenturtles、2We cansave thelargestmammalsliving onland by.A.planting morebamboosB.helping themfind matesC.stopping huntingthemD.preventing poisonouspollution、3The livingconditions of thefastestanimalonland becomeworse because.A.forests havebeen destroyedB.they arethreatened byhumans andlarger animalsC.people arefond ofhunting wildanimalsD.no lawbans peoplefrom removingtheir tusksText3Nobel prizewinners sometimesdisplay asmuch uniquenesswhen decidinghow tospend their prize moneyas theydid on thework thatwon themthe awardin the first place.When SirPaul Nursewon the Nobel Prizefor Medicinein2001,he decided to upgradehis motorbike.A fellowwinner in1993,Richard Roberts,installed acroquet lawnin frontof hishouse.Austrian authorElfriede Jelinek,who wonin2004,said theprize meantfinancialindependence.”Lars Heikensten,executive directorof theNobel Foundation,said therewere noobvious shoppingtrends amongwinners.“I thinkit dependsa loton whichcountry theycome from,their personalfinances...what kindof incomesthey havewhentheygetthe prizeJ hesaid.Real estate,however,is apopular option,at leastamong thosewilling toreveal whatthey spendthe money on.Phillip Sharp,theAmerican co-winner of the1993medicine prize,decidedtosplash outona100-year-old Federalstyle housedtook thatmoney and(法新社),bought alittle bitbigger house...Ifs abeautiful oldplace,“he toldAFP addingthat“The moneyis anice part of theprocess”,but theimportant thingabout theprize isthe recognition.^^For winnersof thepeace prizethe decisionis oftenmore clear-cut,as thehonor tendsto goto politicians,organizations andactivistswho areunder morepublic supervision.Many,like USPresident BarackObama in2009and theEuropean Unionin2012,donate tocharities.Literature winnerstend tobe moreprivate abouthow theyuse the money,but the choice is often equallystraightforward.“Even ifNobel-winning authorsare quitewell known,many ofthem willnot havemade muchmoney fromwriting,*said AnnaGunder,aNobel literatureexpert atUppsala University.While theprize mightkeep thewolf from the doorfor someyears,giving themfreedomto write,it canalso brieflyhave theopposite effect.It reallychanges theircareers...During thefirst yearafter theyvewon theyoftenwrite less,but theygenerally continueafter ayear ortwo Jsaid Gunder.、1From the passage,we learnthat.A.themoneyis actuallythe bestpartoftheNobelPrizeB.Nobel winnershave greatoriginality inusing prizemoneyC.few winnerswould spendtheirprizemoneyonhousesD.winners becomemore independenton theircountry、2Which ofthefollowingis closestin meaningtotheunderlined phraseclear-cut“in paragraph6A.open B.private C.unique D.complex、3According tothepassage,in thefirst yearafter winningNoble Prize,literature winnersmay.A.become lessproductiveB.make moremoney fromwritingC,have thefreedom tocreate moreand betterworksD.disappear fromthe publiceyes fora periodof timeText4Being attractiveisnt usuallyconsidered muchofa disadvantage intodays world.Actually,there isthe endlesspotentialbenefit aboutit,but researchershave foundone areathat beingpretty makeslife achallenge securingyourself aboring,low-paying job.This standsin contrastto alarge bodyof researchthat attractiveness,in general,helps candidatesin theselection process.For the most partgood looksis a blessing.We treatpretty peoplemore favorablyin general,often votefor themmore inelections,andpay themmore in their professions.The researchsuggests that attractive peoplemay bediscriminated againstin selectionfor relativelylessdesirable jobs.Researchers carriedout fourexperiments involvingmore than750participants,including universitystudents andmanagers whomakehiring decisionsin thereal world.Participants wereshown photosof twopotential jobcandidates,one attractiveandthe otherunattractive.Participants werethen askeda seriesof questionsdesigned tomeasure theiropinions ofthe jobcandidates andwhetherthey wouldhire thesecandidates fora less-than-desirable job.The lessdesirable jobsincluded a warehouse worker,housekeeper,customer servicerepresentative andthe moredesirable jobs(精英)included thingslike amanager,project director,IT elite.In allexperiments wherethey wereasked,participants weresignificantlyless likely to hire the attractive candidate forthe lessdesirable jobandmorelikely tohirethe attractivecandidatefor themoredesirable job.Ms Leesaid,In theselection decisionfor anundesirable job,decision makerswere morelikelytochoose theunattractiveindividual over theattractiveindividual.Co-author DrMadan Pillutlasaid,“It isinteresting thatdecision makersconsider othersopinionsin theirdecisions.They thoughtthatattractiveindividuals wouldwant better outcomes,and thereforewould beless satisfied,so theyfavored unattractive candidates whenselecting fbra lessdesirable job/5The researchalso suggeststhe establishedview thatattractivecandidatesare favoredwhen applyingfor jobsmight belimited tohigh-level jobs.、1What dopeople generallythink ofbeing attractiveA.It isadisadvantage.B.It isablessing.C.itisnot important.D.It hasnothing todo withjobs.、2What doesParagraph3mainly talkaboutA.The participantsoftheexperimentB.The importanceoftheexperimentC.The processoftheexperimentD.The resultoftheexperiment.、3An ordinary-looking graduatemay havean advantagewhen applyingfor.A,a managerB.a projectdirectorC,awarehouseworkerD.an ITelite、4Why areless attractiveapplicants preferredforlessdesirable jobsA.Because theyare morehardworking.B.Because they will bemore satisfied.C.Because theyhave norequirements atall.D.Because theywill wantbetteroutcomes.、5Which ofthefollowingagrees withthe researchA.Attractive people are morefit forhigh-level jobs.B.Less attractivepeopleareeasy tofind high-level jobs.C.Attractive people can alwaysbe hiredwhen applyingfor jobs.D.Less attractivepeoplecaneasily gethighly paidif theywork hard.Part BDirections:Read thefollowing textand answerthe questionsby choosingthemostsuitable subheadingfromthelist A-G foreachnumbered paragraph41-
45.There aretwo extrasubheadings whichyou donot need to use.Mark youranswerson theANSWER SHEET.10points语法填空」Charles Dickensisoftenthought ofas oneof Englancfsgreatest1writer,yet hislanguage isold-fashioned andhis持久的stoiy plotsoften improbableHow thento explainDickenss enduring2,popular道德的」His stories,though oftenoverlong bytodays standard,are wellwritten moraltales Theyare filledwith3colorcharactersBut whatmakes hisbooks standout fromother Englishwriters ishis insight
4.human natureDickens,like Shakespeare,tells us」truths abouthuman behaviourthat5be astrue tocitizens ofthe21st centuryas theywere tohis readersinthe19th century」」Readers6returnto Dickenssbooks againand againovertheyears7seewhat hehas tosay aboutreaders owntimeNo surprisethen that8-was Dickensthat Britonsturned to,during theeconomic crisislast year,to makesense ofa world
9.rapid fallingapartThe BBCadapted oneof hisless well-known novels,Little Dorrit,into apopular televisiondrama
10.introduced manyBritstothenovel fbrthefirsttime Itsa darkstory aboutgreed andmoney whichistheperfect storyto explainthe badtimesAs longas Dickenssnovels havesomething tosay tomodem audiences,it seemslikely thathe willremain oneofBritains bestloved writers」As astudent,you mayhave manydreams Thesedreams canbe verybig,such as1win theNoble Prize;theycanalso二be small,suchasbecoming oneofthe best2studentinyour classOnce you find adream,what doyou dowith itHave youevertried tomake your dream come trueAndrew Matthems,
3.Australian writer,tells usthat makingyour dreamscometrueis life,s
4.big challengeYou maythinkyoure notvery good
5.some schoolsubjects,and its6・possible foryou tobe successfulIn fact,everyone canrealize hisdream Thefirstthing youmust dois toremember7-your dreamis Keeptelling S^Cyou whatyou wantevery dayThere will be difficultiesonthe」road toyour dream,but thelargest difficulty9come fromyourself You needtodecide todo whatisthemost importantWhen yougetcloser toyourdream,it maychangealittle Thisis goodas youhave thechance tolearn somethingmore
10.useSection IIITranslation Directions:Translate thefollowing textinto Chinese.Write yourtranslation ontheANSWERSHEET.15points YouNeed theRightCollegeWhats outthere Howcan youlearn allof Americascolleges Bigor small,private orpublic There are manythings toconsider.、Researchers arenecessary formaking a good collegedecision.That meanscollecting informationfrom manysources.2For example,Someone toldme thatColorado Collegeis toosmall andSomeone toldme thatMichigan istoo big.Every collegehas somethingforsomeone.There isno collegethat iswonderful foreveryone.It doesntmean itwill beagoodplace foryou justbecause youhave、heard thename ofa college.
3、4That meansin thesecolleges youcan fitin withtheotherstudents,find thelevel ofeducation youneed andfeel goodon campus.Researching the colleges meansfinding severalcolleges where you reallywant togo.虚拟的、One quickwaytoresearch thecolleges isto takea virtualtour ofthecolleges on yourcomputer.5Check outthehundreds ofcollegesonthese twowebsites.When youfind onethat soundslike aplace youwould liketogoto,check outits websiteandlearn more.Make alist of20colleges andthen choosea shortlist of
10.A.How doyoufindthebestmatch—thebestcollege foryouB.Therearemany collegeswhereyou willbehappy.C.Get yourparents involvedinthedecision-making process.D.Dont easilybelieve whatothers say.E.Dont taketoo muchtime doingyour research.F.It doesntmean thatyouwillnot likeit justbecause youhave notheard thename ofa college.G.Here arethe twotop websitestoget youstarted.Helicopter parenting*describes astyle ofraising childrenwhere parentsare over-protective anddo toomuch.Itdescribes parentswho watch over theirkids athome andontheplayground likea helicopter.Today,modem technologyallows thesehelicopterparents towatchoverfrom evenfar away.Julie Lythcottwrote abook titledBreak FreeoftheOverparenting Trapand PrepareYour Kidsfor Success.In herbook,she givesreaders acloser lookat thisparenting style.2Julie Lythcottsays sheexperienced theeffects ofnHelicopter parenting
1、first-hand whenshe workedas deanof firstyear students.3But manywere unableto takecare ofthemselves.They wereturning toparents constantlyfor guidance,for problemsolving,to havethem makethechoiceabout something.So whatcan parentsdo ifthey wantto breakthe overparenting“helicopter cycle4♦Stop saying”we whenyou meanyour sonor your daughter.All toooften aparent wouldsaywe areonthetravel soccerteam
1.Well,no,your sonis oryourdaughteris.♦Stop arguingwith alloftheadults inour kids*lives.Youneedto teachyour kidsto advocatefor themselves.♦Stop doingyour kidshomework.、♦5Teach themto crossthe street,make ameal,and rememberto puttheir ownitems intheir backpacks,which becomesabriefcase oneday.When kidshave allthe skillsto takecare ofthemselves,theywillbe preparedfor adulthood.A.They cangive theirchildren directionsat anymoment fromanywhere.B.Your kidis eagerfor morefreedom,but shouldyou giveit tohimC.Four waysare offeredto stopwatching overyour children.D.The freshmenwere verysmart andaccomplished onpaper.E.She alsoexplains whyparents shouldstop it.F.Take careofyourkids inevery detail.G.Build yourkids skills.参考答案Section IUse ofEnglish、
11.A
2.A
3.B
4.D
5.B。