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年高州市考研《英语一》高分冲刺试题2023Section IUse ofEnglishDirections:Read the following text.Choose thebest wordsfor eachnumbered blankand markA,B,C orD on the ANSWER SHEET.10pointsI became a gardenerwhen I was twelve.My earlyintension of]may nothave originatedfrom mylove for nature.T was to2my parents.At thattime,we hada bigyard inwhich abeautiful mapletree stood.But mymother oftenlooked with3at thiswork ofnatural art.Those goldenleaves seemedlike tonsof rubbishto her,something elseto4!”Seeing theneighborsbusy withgardening,my fathereven thoughtit awaste of time.At that age,I alwaysdid something5to whatevermy parentsdid!If gardeningwere somethingthey found6,I wouldplant agarden!西合花I plantedsome lilyseeds in the yard.Bui theyfailed to7,I continuedto plantsunflower seedsand roses.开花.Wild8joy,I foundthe firstrose bloomOne byone,the flowersbloomed theirheads off.9Iwastouched bythis landofwonder.10,my parentsshowed no interest inmy garden.My fathereven11at mebecause hefound it was12to movearound mygarden to the driveway.To mymothers13,1put in her vasemy realroses which,inhereyes,weresimply weeds14flowers.Regardless of their15,1kept onplanting mygarden and16to enjoythe pleasureof gardening.Plantsmake suchgood companions:they breathe,they bloom,they17to careand love.It hasbeen manyyears sinceI mademy firstgarden out of mydesire to18my parents.Today Ibecome knownas Mrs.Greenthumbs,teaching gardeningand hostinga gardeningshow whichmakes myparents feelvery19,And nowIcould sayit is my20fornaturethat makesmeareal gardener.
1、A.memorizing B.dreaming C.gardening D.designing、2A.please B,change C.help D.annoy3A.doubt B,appreciation C.surprise D.excitement、4A.collect upB.care aboutC.clean upD.come in、5A.equal B,similar C.superior D.opposite、6A.painful B.valuable C.upsetting D.interesting、7A.come upB,break outC.hold onD.get through、8A.to B.with C.in D.by、9A.Luckily B.Cheerfully C.Regularly D.Eventually
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20.DSection IIReading Comprehension、根据第一段的总结由选项2A David Cameron calls for British students to learn Mandarin、
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10、A.Instead B.However C.Therefore D.Besides、11A.shouted B.laughed C.glanced D.jumped、12A.convenient B,troublesome C.enjoyable D.dangerous、13A.sadness B.displeasure C.delight D.relief、14A.other thanB.more thanC.rather thanD.less than、15A.dislike B.encouragement C.threat D.suggestion、16A.decided B.stopped C.continued D.struggled、17A.devote B.turn C.respond D.lead、18A.defeat B.satisfy C-respect D.challenge19A.proud B・comfortable C.strange D.disappointed、20A.memory B.surprise C.hatred D.affectionSection IIReading ComprehensionPartADirections:Read thefollowing fourtexts.Answer the questions beloweach textby choosingA,B,C orD.Mark youranswers onthe ANSWERSHEET.(40points)Text1(普通话)David Cameronis urgingtodays youngestersto abandon French toconcentrate onthe tongueof the future-MandarinCameron said:“I wantBritain linkedup to the worldsfast-growing economies.And thatincludes ouryoung peoplelearning thelanguagesto sealtomorrows businessdeals.”“By thetime the children bomtoday leaveschool,China isto be the worldslargest economy.So itstime tolook beyondthetraditional fbcusonFrenchand Germanand getmany morechildren learningMandarin.To strengthenhis message,he quotedNelson一Mandela theformer presidentof SouthAfrica whosaid Ifyou talkto aman in a languagehe understandsthat goesto hishead;if youtalkto himin hisown languagethat goesto hisheart.^^(英国文化协会)Cameron saidthat apartnership between the British Council andHanban willdouble thenumber ofChineselanguage assistantsin theUK by2016and provideincreased fundingto schoolsof offeringMandarin as a languagechoice.In adevelopmentof theUK-China SchoolPartnership programme,funding willalso beprovided for60headteachers to make studyvisits toChinain
2014.In recentresearch the BritishCouncilfound only1%of theadult populationspeaks Mandarinto alevel thatallows themtoconduct abasic conversation.Just3,000pupils inEngland,Wales andNorthern Irelandentered forChinese languagesGCSEs in2013,(力□入者),putting itfar behindthe traditionalchoices ofFrench with177,000,Spanish with91,000and Germanwith62,000entrantsas wellas Urdu,Polish andArabic.Professor DameHelen Wallace,theBritishAcademys foreignsecretary,said,“a lack of qualifiedteachers couldbe abarrier toimproveits popularity.^^Laura Chan,one of the co-founders of a bilingualMandarin-English primaryschool,said theprime ministersannouncement wasgoodnews fbr the statusof Mandarin.She said,“Its agreat help.It willincrease peoplesawareness ofMandarin as a languagethey canlearn.”、1What isthe textmainly talkingaboutA.David CameroncallsforBritishstudents to learn Mandarin.B,David Cameronhas visitedChina forthree days.C.Chinese languageis verypopular withBritish people.D.The cooperationis importantbetweentheUK andChina.、2Why doesDavidCameronurge studentstolearnChineseA.Because Chinesewill be a widely—used languagein theworld.B.Because thereare manyChinese peopleliving inBritain.C.Because hethinks Chinawill becomethe largesteconomy.D.Because onlya fewof Britishpeople cancommunicate inChinese.、3What isthe writersattitude tothe popularityof MandarinA.Its wonderfulbut italso hassome problems.B・It can beagreat wasteoftimeand energy.C.Its onlya designfbrtheyoungsters later.D.Its onlya wayto helpstudentstotravel abroad.、4What isthe purposeof DavidCameron byquoting Mandelaswords inParagraphsA.To comparedifferent ideas.B.To showhis richknowledge.C.To shareMandelas opinion.D.To persuadepeople tolearnMandarin.Text2The Kids FarmWhile kidsvisit vegetableplots andanimal contactareas,they willlearn thatmost of the foodwe eatevery daycomes fromfarms,and thattaking careof animalstakes time,commitment andknowledge.Kids cansee ourcows,donkeys,goats,alpacas,pigs,etc.and learnall aboutlooking afterfarm animals.At the CaringCorral,they willhave achance totouch cowsand donkeys,under staffmembers supervision.Please Note:(细菌).•Any timeyou touchan animal,there isa riskof spreadinggerms Visitorstothe KidsFarmshould washtheir handsaftertouching theanimals.•The CaringCorral isopen onlywhen thestaff areavailable;hours arelimited.•The KidsFarm usespizza toteach kids how manykinds offood grow.Hands-on exhibitsshow howpizza ingredientsgo fromthefarm tothe pizza.The Pizza Garden hasslice-shaped plotsof growingingredients,including tomatoes,wheat andherbs.•The22-foot-wide Giant Pizza giveskids aplace to play with oversized toppings and eachother.()•During thebusier seasonbeginning inJune,a freeshuttle picksup visitorsin needof alift at the KidsFarm anddrops themoffat thePanda Plaza/the Bus Lot from11a.m.to6p.m.、1What dovisitors needto do before visiting theCaringCorralA.Wash theirhands.B.Make areservation.C.Check onits openingtime.D.Read theinstructions onsafety.、2Where cankids playwithoversizedtoppingsandeach otherA.At thePanda Plaza.B.At theBusLot.C.At thePizzaGarden.D.At theGiantPizza.、3Why doesthe authorwrite thispassageA.To provideinformation aboutvisitingtheKids Fann.B,To showkidshowpizza andfarms areconnected.C.To encouragekids toprotect plantsand animals.D.To seeksponsors for theKidsFarm.Text3(尖端的)In themid-2000s,Waze Mobileco-founder EhudShabtai receiveda cutting-edge giftfrom girlfriend:a GPS.The expensivegift wassupposed to be helpful.But straightout ofthe box,it wasalready outof date.Shabtai,a codingenthusiast,had animmediate reactionto reinvent.Shabtais solutionTo buildan app.With80million monthly(active usersglobally andnearly400,000superusers whofunction muchlike Wikipediavolunteer editorsediting mapsrather than)(导自亢).words,Waze Mobilecaught theeye of Google asa revolutionaryapproach tonavigationAcquired byGoogle in2013,Wazes valuemainly liesin itshigh rateof userinvolvement.Unlike traditional navigation appsthatsimply showdirections,Waze asksits usersto reportaccidents and other road conditions in real time,so otherusers canavoid thetrafficby usingan alternativeroute.The goalbehind Wazesapproach isan ambitiousone:not justavoid traffic,but endit altogether.Waze isfinding new(拼车)ways toput itsloyal andactive userbase to use to make thatvision areality,including aplan to make carpoolingcool.To besure,traffic jamsare troublingpeople allover theworld.Waze hasbeen quietlyahead ofthe gamefor sometime.In2013,when Wazewas justa smalldigital-mapping businesswith limitedresources ithad somethingGoogle Mapsandothercompetitorsdidnt:richer GPSguidance thanksto itsstream oflive trafficreports fromusers.These userswere thebasis ofShabtais planto solvefbr hisGPS devices“silent“hardware:he groundedthe appin softwarethatcould beperpetually updatedby users,anywhere andanytime.Waze Carpoolis goingstraight tothe heartof trafficjams,trying toget moredrivers offthe roadand intocarpools.The apphasalready connectedtens ofthousands ofrideseekers withdrivers willingto ferrythem alonga sharedroute,and thattrend couldbe theanswerto atraffic-free future.、1What didShabtai dowhen hefound hisgirlfriends giftoutofdateA.He improvedit.B.He tookit apart.C,He putit away.D.He usedit anyway.、2What setsWaze Mobileapart fromtraditionalnavigation appsA.It hasthe mostusers.B.It canindicate directions.C.It reportsroadconditionsinrealtime.D.Most usershelp editits words.、3What doesthe underlinedword“perpetually“in paragraph6probably meanA.Difficultly.B.Carefully.C.Greatly.D.Constantly.、4What ismainly talkedabout in the textA.The riseof carpooling.B.An advancednavigationapp.C.The developmentofGoogle.D.Traffic problemsin theworld.Text4(危机).The humanbeings seemto befacing acrisis Afterour bestGo playerswere defeatedone byone bythe artificial()intelligence AIAlphaGo,we lostour prideof beingatthetop ofthe intelligencechain.And inOctober,when SaudiArabia gavecitizenshipto arobot namedSophia,another privilegeof beinghuman wastaken away.It lookslike everythingthat separateshumansand AIis atrisk fightnow.But wekeep hopingthat instead of everything1,there1s stillsomething leftin usthat makesus irreplaceable.To HaoJingfang,winner ofthe2016Hugo Awardfor BestNovelette,that something1is ourconsciousness.AlphaGo isintelligentina certain way,but notintelligent enoughto askthe importantquestions-Do Ilike playingGo DoI wanttoplay Go todayWhydo Ihave toplayGowhen youtell me to”she oncesaid.In otherwords,computer programsdont havea choiceto sayno”.Theyprobably donteven knowwhat achoice”is-all theyever dois calculate.(哲学)And toHe Huaihong,a philosophyprofessor atPeking University,imagination andcreativity arealso whatmake usspecial.A machinecouldnt havecome upwith thetheory ofgravity justbecause itwas hitby afalling apple,he said.Its humanimaginationthat connectswhat seemto becompletely randomand irrelevantconcepts,something thatamachine-which worksby fixedrules only-can11do,at leastfor now.”This iswhy BBCreporter ViktorMayer-Schonberger suggested that insteadof focusingon howcomputers haveovershadowed us(光谱)on calculatingabilities thanhumans,we shouldprobably considerour qualityatadifferent endofthespectrum creativity,originality(原创性),even plainillogical craziness,insteadofhard-nosed(顽固的)logic”,he wrote.So maybeinthefuture,as artificialintelligence becomeseven moreintelligent,humans andAl willlearn to use eachothers talentsforgood.If AIcan handlethe boringtasks likecalculating anddriving forus,well havemore timeto create,think,and bebusy withnbeinghuman”.、1What canwe learnabout AlphaGo,according toHao JingfangA.It willbe taughtto saynointhefuture.B.It willbe moreintelligent thanhumans oneday.C.It hasdifficulty answeringpersonal questions.D.It isunable tothink independentlyas humansdo.、2What doesHe Huaihongbelieve isunique tohumansA.Intelligence.B.Originality.C.The abilitytomakerules.D.The abilitytomakechoices.、3What doesthe underlinedword overshadowedin paragraph5probably meanA・Competed withB.Taken controlofC.Been moresuccessful thanD.Influenced、4What couldbe thefuture ofAI accordingtotheauthorA.It willbe usedto helphumans,rather thancompete withus.B.It maydevelop creativitybesides betterlogical thinking.C・It mightbe verydangerous tohumans indifferent fields.D.It willbe appliedto providedriving servicefor humans.Part BDirections:Read thefollowing textand answerthequestionsby choosingthe mostsuitable subheadingfrom thelist A-G foreachnumbered paragraph(41-45).There aretwo extrasubheadings whichyou donot needtouse.Mark youranswers onthe ANSWERSHEET.10pointsExercise couldnot onlybenefit yourbody,but alsoimprove yourmemory,researchers found
1.recentIn theirpaper,researchers inthe UnitedStates andJapan
2.introduce theirexperiment andconclusionScientists invited36volunteers
3.were intheir early20stodo10minutes oflight exercisebefore takinga memorytest inwhich西兰花they
4.show pictureslike broccolior picnic baskets andasked torecall themlater Thesame experimentwas repeatedwiththe samegroup ofvolunteers withoutexercising“The memorytask reallywas quite5^challenge/9said MichaelYassa,co-author ofthestudy“We usedvery similaritems tosee ifthey wouldremember6,itwasthis exactpicnic basketversus thatpicnicbasket”Researchers alsoscanned brainsof someoftheparticipants duringthe experimentTheyfound increasedcommunication betweenparts
7.involve inthe storageand recollectionof memoriesin brainsof thosewhohad exercisedThissuggestedthatjust10minutes oflight exercisemight havea positiveeffect
8.memory powerAsall
9.volunteers inthe experimentwere relativelyyoung,researchers arestill working
10.look atthe influenceof lightexerciseon olderpeople“Our maingoal isto tryto develop an exerciseway thatcan beused byolder adultswho mighthave disabilitiesJsaid YassaDirections:After readingthe passagebelow,fill inthe blankstomakethe passagecoherent andgrammatically correctFor theblankswith agiven word,fill ineach blankwith theproper formofthegiven word;fortheother blanks,use oneword thatbest fitseach blankTheBritish actress,Emma Watson,finally gotto bringher childhoodhero tolife Sheplayed thebeautiful Bellein Disneysnew动画片」live-action versionof itsclassic animationBeavity andthe BeastWatson alsosang inthe film—the firsttime she1do soinher career」」To beable toplay2role,Watson turneddown theoffer ofLa La Land,3ended upwinning sixawards,4Best Actress,at thisyearsOscarsHowever,she doesntregret itShe toldVanity Fairthat shebelieves themovie sayssomething importantthat people5,hear沉迷于事业的
6.see thekind-hearted Belleasabetter rolemodel thanLaLaLands career-obsessed Mia,Watson happilytookon thischaracter But
7.build her own versionof Belle,Watson hada handin shapingthe characterIn theoriginal Disneymovie,Belle isan assistantto herinventor father,8-the remakesees herasacreator inherownrightNot contentwith beinga globalmovie star,Watson alsospends timebeing creativeelsewhere Herhouse isfull ofpaintings that」自画像she created9One inparticular standsout—a self-portraitof herholding acamera Herwork wouldntbe10,place hangingonthe wallofaNew Yorkart gallerySectionIII TranslationDirections:Translate thefollowing textinto Chinese.Write yourtranslation ontheANSWERSHEET.15pointsHeres someinformation tohelp youavoid sufferingtoo muchIndian cultureshock whenyou arrive.•Cows in India漫Similar tohow somepeople wonder if kangarooscanbefound incities inAustralia,they alsowonderifcows reallyroam步the streetsin India.Actually,its trueabout thecows.Youll findthese fearlesscreatures walkingalong allover theplace,even on、the beach.1Depending onwhere youtravel inIndia itslikely thatcows wontbetheonly animalsyoull seeontheroads.•Sounds inIndiaIndia isnot aquiet country.Indians lovetousetheir hornswhen driving.Theyll honkwhen turningcomers,when overtaking,and、when thereare vehiclesintheway.2•People inIndiaIndian societyis veryclose-knit,and personalspace andprivacy areforeign conceptsto mostpeople.3The downside ofthisthought isthat theytend tostare andask lotsof questions,many ofthem personalin nature.It canbe confrontingif youdont expectit,but dontbe afraidto askthe samequestions inreturn.You wontcause offense.4•Pricing inIndiaAs aforeigner inIndia,dobeaware thatthe priceyou areoffered foritems willusually bemuch highercommonly upto threetimesmore thanthe priceIndians wouldpay.5Never acceptthe firstprice given.A.In fact,people willbe happythat youvetaken aninterest inthem.B.So itis politeto keepacertainspace fromIndians whentalking.C.However,Indians arewarm heartedand curiouspeople.D.The constantnoise isone ofthe mosttiring thingsabout beinginIndia.E.Actually theyare wellworth whatthey askfor.F.Hence,its importantto negotiate.G.They9re huge,but quiteharmless.Helicopter parentingrefers to a styleof parentswho areover focusedon theirchildren.、1For example,it canincrease feelingsof loveand acceptance.However,helicopter parentingmay beharmful tochildrensdevelopment inthefollowingways.自尊.Decreased confidenceand self-esteemThe messagethe parentsover-involvement sendsto kidsismyparents donttrust、metodo thison myown”.2Increased anxiety.A studyfrom theUniversity ofMary Washingtonhas shownthat overparentingis associatedwith higherlevelsof childanxiety anddepression.Undeveloped problem-solving skills.If parentsare alwaysthere toclean upa childsmess orprevent theproblem inthe firstplace,、how doesthechildever learnto dealwith loss,disappointment,or failure3(权利).Strengthened sense of entitlementChildren whohave alwayshad theirsocial,academic,and athleticlives adjustedbytheir parentsto bestfit theirneeds canbecome accustomedto alwayshaving theirway andthus theydevelopasenseofentitlement.、4Parents whoalways tieshoes,clear plates,and packlunches,even afterchildren areable todo thetasks,prevent theirchildrenfrom masteringthese lifeskills themselves.、So,parents shouldlet childrenstruggle,allow themtobedisappointed,and whenfailure occurs,help themto workthrough it.5Remember:taking onestep backfrom solvingchildrens problemswill helpbuild theindependent,and self-confident kids.A.Weakened lifeskills.B.Damaged lifeexperiences.C.And thisdistrust leadstoalackofconfidence.D.Helicopter parentinghas manybenefits forchildren.E.Parents shouldalso letchildren dotasks theyare physicallyand mentallyable todo.F.Making your3-year-olds bedsounds reasonable,while makingyour13-year-olds beddoesnt.G.Studies foundhelicopter parentingcan makechildren feelless ablein dealingwith thestresses oflife ontheir own.参考答案SectionIUse ofEnglish、
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