2023年抚州市崇仁县考研《英语一》临考冲刺试题含解析.docx

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1、2023年抚州市崇仁县考研英语一临考冲刺试题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)Beverly and I have been the best friends for years. And our friendship, like a well-worn sweater, has 1 in there, th

2、rough thick and thin. After her divorce, she moved several 2 away. We keep in touch through phone calls.Last Saturday night, Beverly called, telling me she found a lump (月中块)in her breast and was 3 for surgery on Tuesday. She was terrified, and 4 was I. After we hung up, I booked a flight. 5 I could

3、nt let Beverly face her _ 6 future alone.On Monday morning I went to the airport. I stepped up the 7 and handed my identification to a girl. Her fingers _ 8 the computer keys fbr a moment. When she looked up and handed my identification back, she said JTm sorry to 9 you this flight is overbooked. Bu

4、t, I stammered (结结巴巴地说)，I have to get on this flight. This is not just a10trip. My best Mend is having surgery-she needs me.Tm sorry.A tear 11 my cheek.Perhaps I can help you,“ said an older woman with smiling blue eyes. Well, I have a ticket. Td be 12 if you would take my place/9 She 13 the ticket

5、and boarding pass at me.ctMy journey is not 14 J she added. “Go to your friend.”She handed me the ticket and we made the necessary 15 at the counter. I turned to this generous lady and 16 my hand. She took it and said, Someday you will see a woman in 17 and you will do the same. With a smile, she le

6、t go of my 18.To this day, I often think of that woman who 19 convenience for friendship. I will never forget her 20 of kindness.1、 A. placed B. put C. hung D. laid 2 A. states B. streets C. miles D. blocks3、 A. intended B. asked C. allowed D. scheduled4、 A. such B. it C. so D. nor5 A. In all B. Aft

7、er all C. Above all D. First of all6、 A. uncertain B. hopeless C. disappointing D. promising7、 A. flight B. counter C. pilot D. computer 8 A. hit B. knocked C. tapped D. struck1、1. c2. A3. D4. C5. B6. A7. B8. C9. A10. D11. B12. A13. B14. D15. C16. B17. D18. A19. B20. CSection II Reading Comprehensio

8、n2、1. C2. A3. D3、1. C2. B3. B4. A5. A4、1. B2. C3. B4. A 5、1. D2. B3. C4. A6 1. at2. was conducted3. what7、 1. traditionally2. areas3. so4. going5. that/which6. selected7. . are pu8. but9. for10. to pleaseSection III Translation8、1. B2. D3. C4. F5. E9、1. A2. D3. F4. B5. G9、 A. inform B. remind C. war

9、nD. instruct10 A. day B. plane C. surgery D. vacation11 A. turned down B. rolled down C. fell down D. poured down12、A. honoredB. satisfied C. annoyed D. upset13、A. pointedB. waved C. threw D. flashed14、 A. necessary B. convenient C. meaningful D. urgent15、 A. comments B. bargains C. changes D. plans

10、16、 A. raised B. extended C. held D. reached17、 A. danger B. hurry C. operationD , sorrow18、A. handB. ticket C. pressureD. trouble19 A. broughtB. sacrificedC. took D. received20 A. wordB. smileC. act D. giftSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts.Answer the que

11、stions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark youranswers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1Children and Youth Sidewalk SaleYoung people are bursting with artistic energy. The Children and Youth Sidewalk Sale (CYSS) of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts is a fun way for boys a

12、nd girls to express themselves visually. It focuses on encouraging the creative growth of young people, believing they can develop their artistic potential through personal expression in individual original objects.CYSS is a highlight of Children and Youth Day, Wednesday, July 12, 2018. This day fea

13、tures performances for and by young people, art and craft workshops and demonstrations. All artists must he between the ages of 8 and 18 and live or have relatives living in any of the centrally located Pennsylvania counties to participate.All artworks must be original and age-appropriate for the ev

14、ents audience, most of whom are under 18. The sales of work made from small animals and the sales of food are prohibited. A complete listing of the rules can be found in the application. Please review the rules carefully as they may have changed since you last participated in the event.Artists must

15、personally be present during the entire clay. Representatives, including family members, may not attend in place of the artist.How to Enter1. Complete both sides of the entry form. A parent signature is required.2. On a separate sheet, provide a brief description of the artwork and the materials use

16、d. Do not send samples; they cannot be returned.3. Enclose at least one photograph of your work.4. Mail application and photo of your work to P. O. Box 1023, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts.1、Whafs the aim ofCYSS?A. To teach young people to develop their interest in arts.B. To help young p

17、eople get some extra money for their work.C. To get young people to develop their artistic potential.D. To improve the performing skills of young people.2、Whafs the feature of Children and Youth Day?A. All the artworks are original and proper for young people.B. Most of the artworks are focused on a

18、nimal protection.C. The participants must be residents of central Pennsylvania.D. The sales of artworks about animals are not allowed.3、Which of the following is required for application?A. A sample of the applicants artwork.B. A return envelope with stamps on it.C. Detailed description of the artwo

19、rk.D. The signature of the applicants parent.Text 2Still seeking a destination for your weekend break? There are some places which are probably a mere walk away from your college.Kings Art CentreA day at the Centre could mean a visit to an exhibition of the work of one of the most interesting contem

20、porary artists on show anywhere. This weekend tees the opening of an exhibition of four local artists.You could attend a class teaching you how to learn from the masters1 or get more creative with paint free of charge.The Centre also runs two life drawing classes for which there is a small fee.The B

21、otanic GardenThe Garden has over 8,000 plant species; it holds the research and teaching collection of living plants for Cambridge University.The multi-branched7?rc/i Aloe here is impressive. The African plant produces red flowers above blue-green leaves, and is not one to miss.Get to the display ho

22、use to seeDionaea muscipula, a plant more commonly known as the Venus Flytrap that feeds on insects and other small animals.The Garden is also a place for wildlife-enthusiasts. Look for grass snakes in the lake. A snake called Hissing Sid* is regularly seen lying in the heat of the warm sun.Byrons P

23、oolMany stories surround Lord Byrons time as a student of Cambridge University, Arriving in 1805, he wrote a letter complaining that it was a place of nmess and drunkenness”. However, it seems as though Byron did manage to pass the time pleasantly enough. Fm not just talking about the pet bear he ke

24、pt in his roans. He spent a great deal of time walking in the village.It is also said that on occasion Byron swam naked by moonlight in the lake, which is now known as Byrons Pool. A couple of miles past Grantchester in the south Cambridgeshire countryside, the pool is surrounded by beautiful circul

25、ar paths around the fields. The cries of invisible birds make the trip a lovely experience and on the way home you can drop into the village for afternoon tea. If you dont trust me, then perhaps youll take it from Virginia Woolf-over a century after Byron, she reportedly took a trip to swim in the s

26、ame pool.1、As mentioned in the passage, there is a small charge forA. attending the masters1 classB. working with local artistsC. learning life drawingD. seeing an exhibition2、Torch Aloe1 and Venus Flytrap* are.A. common insectsC. rarely-seen snakesB , impressive plantsD wildlife-enthusiasts3、We can

27、 infer from the passage that Byron seemedA. to fear pet bearsB to like walkingC. to be a heavy drinkerD. to finish university in 18054、In the passage Byrons Pool is described as a lake.A. surrounded by fieldsB. owned by Lord ByronC. located in GrantchesterD. discovered by Virginia Woolf5、What is the

28、 passage mainly about?A. Some places for weekend breakB. A way to become creative in art.C The colourful life in the countryside.D. Unknown stories of Cambridge University.Text 3Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted （预测）in reaction to climate change, which could have long damaging ef

29、fects on food chains and ecosystems.Global warming is having a great effect on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing some living patterns, scientists say.Increased carbon dioxide （CO2） in the air from burning coal and oil can have an effect on how plants produce oxygen, whi

30、le higher temperatures and changeable rainfall patterns can change their patterns of growth.Predicting species, reaction to climate change is a major challenge in ecology,“ said the researchers of several U.S. universities. They said plants had been the key object of study because their reaction to

31、climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystem services.The study, published on the Nature website, uses the findings from plant life cycle studies and experiments across four continents and 1,634 species. It found that some experiments had underestimated （低估）the speed of flowering

32、 by 8.5 times and leafing by 4 times.“Across all species, the experiments under-predicted the speed of the advance-for both leafing and flowering- that results from temperature increase/9 the study said.The design of future experiments may need to be improved to better predict how plants will react

33、to climate change, it said.Plants are necessary for life on the Earth. They are the base of the food chain, using photosynthesis （光合作用）to produce sugar from carbon dioxide and water. They let out oxygen which is needed by nearly every organism on the planet.Scientists believe the worlds average temp

34、erature has risen by about 0.8 since 1900, and nearly 0.2 every ten years since 1979.So far, efforts to cut emissions （排放）of planet-warming greenhouse gases are not seen as enough to prevent the Earth heating up beyond 2 this century-a point scientists say will bring the danger of a changeable clima

35、te in which weather extremes are common, leading to drought, floods, crop failures and rising sea levels.1、What is the main idea of Paragraph 1 ?A. Plants, reaction to weather could have damaging effects on ecosystems.B. The increasing speed of flowering is beyond scientists9 expectation.C. Climate

36、change leads to the change of food production patterns.D. Food chains have been seriously damaged because of weather.2、We can learn from the study published on the Nature website that .A. plants flowering is 8.5 times faster than leafingB. there are 1,634 plant species on the four continentsC. scien

37、tists should improve the design of the experimentsD. the experiments failed to predict how plants react to climate change3、Scientists pay special attention to the study of plants because .A. they can prove the climate change clearlyB. they are very important in the food chainsC. they play a leading

38、role in reducing global warmingD. they are growing and flowering much faster than before4、What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs about the worlds temperature?A. It needs to be controlled within 2 in this century.B , Its change will lead to weather extremes.C. It is 0.8 higher in 1979 than

39、 that of 1900.D. It has risen nearly 0.2 since 1979.Text 4 The human beings seem to be facing a crisis （危机）. After our best Go players were defeated one by one by the artificial intelligence （AI） AlphaGo, we lost our pride of being at the top of the intelligence chain. And in October, when Saudi Ara

40、bia gave citizenship to a robot named Sophia, another privilege of being human was taken away. It looks like everything that separates humans and AI is at risk fight now.But we keep hoping that instead of everything, there*s still something left in us that makes us irreplaceable.To Hao Jingfang, win

41、ner of the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novelette, thatnsomething is our consciousness. AlphaGo is intelligent in a certain way, but not intelligent enough to ask the important questions Do I like playing Go? Do I want to play Go today? Why do I have to play Go when you tell me to? ” she once said. In o

42、ther words, computer programs dont have a choice to say no”. They probably don*t even know what a choice is - all they ever do is calculate.And to He Huaihong, a philosophy （哲学） professor at Peking University, imagination and creativity are also what make us special. A machine couldnt have come up w

43、ith the theory of gravity just because it was hit by a falling apple”, he said. Its human imagination that connects what seem to be completely random and irrelevant concepts, something that a machinewhich works by fixed rules onlycan*t do, at least for now. ”This is why BBC reporter Viktor Mayer-Sch

44、onberger suggested that instead of focusing on how computers have oveishadowed us on calculating abilities than humans, we should probably consider our quality at a different end of thespectrum (光谱)：creativity, originality (原创性)，even plain illogical craziness, instead of hard-nosed (顽固的) logic”， he

45、wrote.So maybe in the future, as artificial intelligence becomes even more intelligent, humans and Al will learn to use each others talents for good. If AI can handle the boring tasks like calculating and driving for us, well have more time to create, think, and be busy with Hbeing human”.1、What can

46、 we learn about AlphaGo, according to Hao Jingfang? A. It will be taught to say no in the future.B. It will be more intelligent than humans one day.C. It has difficulty answering personal questions.D. It is unable to think independently as humans do.2、What does He Huaihong believe is unique to human

47、s? A. Intelligence. B. Originality.C. The ability to make rules. D. The ability to make choices.3、What does the underlined word overshadowed” in paragraph 5 probably mean? A. Competed with B. Taken control ofC. Been more successful than D. Influenced4、What could be the future of AI according to the

48、author? A. It will be used to help humans, rather than compete with us.B. It may develop creativity besides better logical thinking.C. It might be very dangerous to humans in different fields.D. It will be applied to provide driving service for humans.Part BDirections:Read the following text and answer the questions by choosing the most suita