2023年苍溪县考研《英语一》考前冲刺试题含解析.docx

2023年苍溪县考研英语一考前冲刺试题Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)When our second child was born, the doctor pointed out that her feet were turned inward. "Left uncorrected, it would be a 1 J he told us.We 2 to do anything we could do help our baby. 3 she was growing I had to take her back to the doctor every two weeks to have each foot recast. 4 the casting was finished and it was time for corrective 5 ,Jim and I watched with hope and concern as she 6 to walk. Those first, awkward steps made us so 7 By the time she enteredpreschool, her steps appeared quite 8. Encouraged by her progress, we looked for something else to help strengthen her_ 9 body.As it turned out, she loved the 10! When she tuned six, we helped her join in skating lessons and soon she wasskating 11 a swan. She kept working hard at every new 12, and her efforts 13 At fifteen, she competed inboth pairs-skating and the ladies5 singles at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Australia, wining both 14!I thought back to the early years of 15for Kristi-the years of fear for us as her parents, and the same years of frustration for her as a child two 16 wanted to walk. During those years, we didn't expect gold medals and a good professional career 17 her. We admired Kristi herself, 18 her strength and efforts, and how far she had come on two tiny feetthat had 19 been bound in heavy casts. In our eyes, Kristi had always walked with the 20 of a true champion.1 > A. surpriseB , problemC. gift D. success2、A. forgotB. promisedC , stopped D. refused3> A. So B. If C. BecauseD. But4、A. SuddenlyB , ImmediatelyC. Especially D. Finally5、 A. shoes B. books C. bags D. hats6、A. failedB , pretendedC. struggled D. disliked7> A. lucky B. upset8、 A. hard B. special9、A. weakB. strongC. proud D. helplessC. interested D. normalC. new D. big10、A. waterB. ice C. fire D. air11 > A. for B. withC. on D. like12、 A. project B. side C. text D. movement13、A. got off B. paid off C. put off D. showed off10. B11. D12. D13. B14. A15. C16. A17. C18. B19. A20. DSection II Reading Comprehension2、1. C2. B3. D4. A3、1. B2. A3. D4. B4、1. C2. D3. A5、1. A2. D3. D4. C6、1. be completed2. looks3. in4. called5. which6. projects7. finished8. will contain9. surrounding10. an7、 1. impression2. clearly3. pronouncing4. which5. Being6. an7. . organized /organised8. teaching9. bored10. summariesSection III Translation8、1. D2. A3. F4. G5. C9、1. B2. A3. D4. G5. C14、A. events15、A. opinionB. accidents C. debts D. storiesB. reward C. challenge D. hope16、 A. merely B. almost C. easily D. seldom17、 A. in need of B. in spite of C. ahead of D. instead of18、 A. doubting B. respecting C. limiting D. controlling19、 A. once B. still C. never D. seldom 20> A. interest B. shadow C. task D. beautySection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. （40 points）Text 1The world's first “Sky Pool“ has been uncoated （曝光）-and it'll give anyone a touch of dizziness （眩晕）,unless he orshe is not bothered by heights.Situated in the capitaPs new riverside district beside Battersea Power Station, the glass pool, hanging 10 storeys, or 110 feet up as a bridge between two apartment buildings, is 25m long, 5m wide and 3m deep with a water depth of 1. 2m. Swimmers will be able to look down 35 meters to the street below as they take a dip, with only 20cm of glass between them and the outside world. It's even got a bar, folding chairs and an orange garden.The pool will be part of Embassy Gardens at Nine Elms, a huge £ 15 billion building project beside the new American Embassy in south-west London. The project is creating thousands of apartments, the smallest of which are expected to cost nearly $1 million, and the pool will only be open to the apartments? owners.Embassy Gardens takes design inspiration from the Meatpacking District of New York with floor to ceiling windows and brick frontages. The designer, Sean Mulryan, desired to push the boundaries in the capability of construction and engineering and do something that had never been done before. The Sky Pool's transparent structure is the result of significant advancements in technologies over the last decade.The experience of the pool will be truly unique and it will feel like floating through the air in central London.Those people lucky enough to swim there will have a perfect view of the Palace of Westminster and the London Eye. It will be a selling point for developers when the second stage of the development is released to market.1、Who can swim in the Sky Pool?A. Anyone at Nine Elms.B. Visitors to London.C. People living in Embassy Gardens.D. Those who are not terrified of heights.2、People lucky enough to swim in the Sky Pool can do the following except .A. drinking with friends B. experiencing diving and surfingC. appreciating the London Eye D. sitting in the orange garden 3、What do we know from the text?A. The pool lies in the centre of London.B , The pool is 25 metres above the ground.C. The pool was similar to New York's modem constructions.D. The pool is helpful for selling apartments in Embassy Gardens.4、We can infer from the text that .A. the apartments in Embassy Gardens are fairly expensiveB. the new American Embassy has been moved awayC. Nine Elms is a street in Embassy GardensD. building the pool is not a complex jobText 2Both honeybees and ants are social insects that live in groups called colonies. They survive by means of their collective intelligence. Their decision-making power is distributed throughout the group; that is, no one ant or bee makes decisions for the group. Instead, they work together. As Deborah M. Gordon, a biologist at Stanford University, says," Ants aren*t smart. Ant colonies are.”The same is true for bee colonies. Although bees and ants are quite different physically, they have a lot in common in terms of their social behavior. Specifically, honeybees and ants have similar roles within the colony, both have communication systems, and both have the capacity for learning.Ants communicate by using chemicals called pheromones, which can alert others to danger or to a food source. For example, when worker ants find a promising source, they let the rest of the colony know how to find it by leaving a trail of pheromones on the way back to the colony. The other ants pick up the message using their sense of smell. Bees, on the other hand, use movement to communicate with each other. Worker bees send messages to each other by means of a "dance". Different speeds and movements send different messages. For example, when worker bees called scouts go out to find a new home for the colony, they return and do a dance for the other worker bees that indicates the location of the new home and how suitable it is. The faster the scouts dance, the better the new location is.Honeybees and ants are both capable of learning. One Chinese study found that bees can be trained to learn and remember a route to a food source. The researchers also found that bees can be taught to recognize hidden objects and use the concepts of"sameness" and "difference“ to accomplish certain tasks. Ants take this one step further. Recent American research has shown that ants not only have the ability to learn, but also can teach their foraging skills to other younger ants.They observed that older ants accompany young ants in search of food and teach them the route and how to avoid obstacles.As we can see, the social behavior of honeybees and ants is quite similar. Both coordinate complex actions and accomplish crucial survival tasks by cooperating in groups consisting of many individuals. Unintelligent as they may be as individuals, as groups they often show amazing brilliance as they go about their everyday activities.1、What do ants and bees have in common?A. They live in similar-sized colonies.B. They make use of collective intelligence.C. They have small leadership groups that make all decisions.D. They use the same methods to communicate with each other.2、What does the speed of a bee's dance indicate?A. The quality of a new colony location.B , The distance to a neighboring colony.C. The discovery of a new food source.D. The direction to a potential food source.3、In paragraph 3, how does the author demonstrate the idea that Honeybees and ants are both capable of learning ?A. By using statistics.B. By explaining reasons.C. By referencing opinions.D. By presenting study findings.4、What is the benefit of collective intelligence?A. It allows the colony to reproduce more rapidly.B. It improves work cooperation within the colony.C. It reduces the division of labour among members.D. It enables individuals to teach each other new skills.Text 3Summer Programs for TeensUniversity of Maryland: TERP Young ScholarsThis program is the perfect summer camp for academically talented teenagers who want to pursue academic interests, explore career opportunities, and discover college life at the University of Maryland.During three weeks of intellectual exploration, teens can study with students who share similar interests, and communicate with some of the university's best teachers. Upon successful completion, students can earn three college credits.Carpe Diem: The University-bound AdventureCarpe Diem supports both American and international students in applying to a university by providing private consultation. This 2-week experience also includes tours of famous East Const universities Students will also have the opportunity to build their resumes （简历）by working with writing experts.Great Books Summer ProgramThis is a lively, warm and welcoming summer camp community of outstanding teens, who love literature and ideas In the past eleven years, it has gathered middle and high school students from across the world to read selections from the greatest works of literature, experience heated discussions and enjoy summer camp fun with other literary-minded students. Participants can gain confidence in their ability to read a text closely and express their ideas clearly both verbally and in writing.Zeal TravelWe offer our teens two week and three- week long trips to Hawaii, Alaska, Australia and Spain. All trips include 15-25 hours of community service activities.Depending on your trip of choice, you'll be helping Hawaiians protect their forest ecosystem, caring for dogs in Spain, working with Habitat for Humanity, and much more. Every trip also includes exciting outdoor activities like surfing, driving, ice-climbing, hiking and more. The possibilities are endless and there is a zeal trip for every interest.1、Which program offers students the opportunity to develop academic interests?A. Carpt Diem.B. Zeal Travel.C. University of Maryland.D. Great Books Summer Program.2、What can students do in Great Books Summer Program?A. Learn how to write stories.B. Attend a campus cultural event.C. Make friends with famous writers.D. Read and discuss the great works of literature.3、What is special about Zeal Travel?A , It includes a lot of thrilling outdoor activities.B. It provides community service for students.C. It offers students exciting free trips.D. It will last 3 weeks.Text 4Scientists think they have answered a mystery: How some ocean creatures got so huge so quickly.A few million years ago, the largest whales, averaged about 15 feet long. Then seemingly overnight, one type of whale, the toothless baleen whale （须鲸类）became huge. Modern blue whales get as big as 100 feet. Nicholas Pyenson of the Smithsonian Natural History Museum said, “Why is that?”、It happened in the glance of an evolutionary eye, which makes it harder to figure out what happened/9 said Graham Slater, lead author of the study. Their study has suggested an answer: Ice ages in the last 3 to 5 million years started it, changing the oceans and food supply for whales.The researchers used fossil records of the smaller whales to create a family tree for baleen whales which include blue whales, humpbacks and right whales. Using computer simulations （模拟）and knowledge about how evolution works, they concluded that when the size changes started, the poles got colder, ice expanded and the water circulation in the oceans changed and winds shifted, Slater and Pyenson said cold water went deep and moved closer to the equator（赤道）and then eventually moved back up with small fish and other small animals that whales eat.Baleen whale, which have no teeth, feed by eating huge amounts offish they capture. Toothed whales, like sperm whales （抹香鲸）,hunt individual fish, so the ocean chants that made food less evenly spread out didn't affect them as much. But baleen whales hunt schools of fish.Olivier Lambert at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences calls it “a really convincing situation”. But he said the lack of fossils in certain time periods is an issue. As oceans warm from man-made climate change, the seas will be more like it was when the whales smaller and they will have a more difficult time surviving.1、What does the author mean by "It happened in the glance of an evolutionary eye“ in the second paragraph?A. The change of baleen whales happened too quickly.B , The change of baleen whales was too difficult to explore.C. Researchers paid little attention to the change of baleen whales.D. Researchers thought the change of baleen whales was unimportant.2、What played the key role in baleen whales9 becoming huge?A , Man-made climate change.B. Its eating a huge amount of fish.C. The water circulation in the oceans.D. The increase of food supply for whales.3、What do we know about sperm whales and blue whales according to the text?A. Sperm whales eat more food.B. Blue whaler live much longer.C. Sperm whales prefer to hunt schools of fish.D. Blue whales usually swallow schools of fish.4、What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. There are no whale fossils now.B. The whales may become even bigger.C. Global warming has threatened the whales.D. Olivier Lamber thinks the study is perfect.Part BDirections:Read the following text and answer the questions by choosing the most suitable subheading from the list A -G for each numbered paragraph (41 - 45). There are two extra subheadings which you do not need to use. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)Five meters below the surface of the North Sea, near the southernmost tip of Norway, Europe's first underwater restaurant