2023年高州市考研《英语一》高分冲刺试题含解析.docx

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1、2023年高州市考研英语一高分冲刺试题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)I became a gardener when I was twelve. My early intension of may not have originated from my love for nature. T was to

2、2 my parents.At that time, we had a big yard in which a beautiful maple tree stood. But my mother often looked with 3 at this work of natural art. Those golden leaves seemed like tons of rubbish to her, something else to 4!” Seeing the neighborsbusy with gardening, my father even thought it a waste

3、of time.At that age, I always did something 5 to whatever my parents did! If gardening were something they found 6, I would plant a garden!I planted some lily (西合花)seeds in the yard. Bui they failed to 7, I continued to plant sunflower seeds and roses.Wild 8 joy, I found the first rose bloom (开花).On

4、e by one, the flowers bloomed their heads off. 9 I was touched by this land of wonder.10, my parents showed no interest in my garden. My father even 11 at me because he found it was 12to move around my garden to the driveway. To my mothers 13,1 put in her vase my real roses which, in her eyes, weres

5、imply weeds 14 flowers.Regardless of their 15,1 kept on planting my garden and 16 to enjoy the pleasure of gardening. Plantsmake such good companions: they breathe, they bloom, they 17 to care and love.It has been many years since I made my first garden out of my desire to 18 my parents. Today I bec

6、ome known as Mrs. Greenthumbs, teaching gardening and hosting a gardening show which makes my parents feel very 19, And now Icould say it is my 20 for nature that makes me a real gardener.1、A. memorizingB. dreamingC. gardeningD. designing2、A. pleaseB, changeC. helpD. annoy3 A. doubtB , appreciationC

7、. surpriseD. excitement4、A. collect upB. care aboutC. clean upD. come in5、A. equalB , similarC. superiorD. opposite6、A. painfulB. valuableC. upsettingD. interesting7、A. come upB , break outC. hold onD. get through8、A. toB. withC. inD. by9、A. LuckilyB. CheerfullyC. RegularlyD. Eventually8. B9. D10. B

8、11. A12. B13. B14. C15. A16. C17. C18. D19. A20. DSection II Reading Comprehension2、根据第一段的总结由A 选项 David Cameron calls for British students to learn Mandarin3、1. C2. D3. A4、1. A2. C3. D4. B5、1. D2. B3. C4. A5. 1. recently2. . introduced3. who/that4. were shown5. challenging6. whether7. involved8. on9

9、. the10. to look7、1. has done2. the3. which4. including5. . should6. Seeing7. to build8. but9. herself10. out ofSection III Translation8、1. G2. D3. C4. A5. F9、1. D2. C3. G4. A5. E10、A. InsteadB. HoweverC. ThereforeD. Besides11、A. shoutedB . laughedC. glancedD. jumped12、A. convenientB , troublesomeC.

10、 enjoyableD. dangerous13、A. sadnessB. displeasureC. delightD. relief14、A. other thanB. more thanC. rather thanD. less than15、A. dislikeB. encouragementC. threatD. suggestion16、A. decidedB. stoppedC. continuedD. struggled17、A. devoteB. turnC. respondD. lead18、A. defeatB. satisfyC- respectD. challenge

11、19 A. proudB comfortableC. strangeD. disappointed20、A. memoryB. surpriseC. hatredD. affectionSection 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 1David Ca

12、meron is urging todays youngesters to abandon French to concentrate on the tongue of the future-Mandarin（普 通话）。Cameron said: “I want Britain linked up to the worlds fast-growing economies. And that includes our young people learning the languages to seal tomorrows business deals.”“By the time the ch

13、ildren bom today leave school, China is to be the worlds largest economy. So its time to look beyond the traditional fbcus on French and German and get many more children learning Mandarin. To strengthen his message , he quoted Nelson Mandela一the former president of South Africa who said If you talk

14、 to a man in a language he understands that goes to his head; if you talk to him in his own language that goes to his heart.Cameron said that a partnership between the British Council （英国文化协会）and Hanban will double the number of Chinese language assistants in the UK by 2016 and provide increased fun

15、ding to schools of offering Mandarin as a language choice. In a development of the UK-China School Partnership programme, funding will also be provided for 60 headteachers to make study visits to China in 2014.In recent research the British Council found only 1% of the adult population speaks Mandar

16、in to a level that allows them to conduct a basic conversation. Just 3,000 pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland entered for Chinese languages GCSEs in 2013, putting it far behind the traditional choices of French with 177,000, Spanish with 91,000 and German with 62,000 entrants（力入者），as well

17、 as Urdu, Polish and Arabic.Professor Dame Helen Wallace, the British Academys foreign secretary, said, “ a lack of qualified teachers could be a barrier to improve its popularity.Laura Chan, one of the co-founders of a bilingual Mandarin-English primary school, said the prime ministers announcement

18、 was good news fbr the status of Mandarin. She said, “Its a great help. It will increase peoples awareness of Mandarin as a language they can learn.”1、What is the text mainly talking about?A. David Cameron calls for British students to learn Mandarin.B , David Cameron has visited China for three day

19、s.C. Chinese language is very popular with British people.D. The cooperation is important between the UK and China.2、Why does David Cameron urge students to learn Chinese?A. Because Chinese will be a widelyused language in the world.B. Because there are many Chinese people living in Britain.C. Becau

20、se he thinks China will become the largest economy.D. Because only a few of British people can communicate in Chinese.3、What is the writers attitude to the popularity of Mandarin?A. Its wonderful but it also has some problems.B It can be a great waste of time and energy.C. Its only a design fbr the

21、youngsters later.D. Its only a way to help students to travel abroad.4、What is the purpose of David Cameron by quoting Mandelas words in Paragraphs?A. To compare different ideas.B. To show his rich knowledge.C. To share Mandelas opinion.D. To persuade people to learn Mandarin.Text 2The Kids FarmWhil

22、e kids visit vegetable plots and animal contact areas, they will learn that most of the food we eat every day comes from farms, and that taking care of animals takes time, commitment and knowledge.Kids can see our cows, donkeys, goats, alpacas, pigs, etc. and learn all about looking after farm anima

23、ls. At the CaringCorral, they will have a chance to touch cows and donkeys, under staff members supervision.Please Note: Any time you touch an animal, there is a risk of spreading germs （细菌）.Visitors to the Kids Farm should wash their hands after touching the animals. The Caring Corral is open only

24、when the staff are available; hours are limited. The Kids Farm uses pizza to teach kids how many kinds of food grow. Hands-on exhibits show how pizza ingredients go from the farm to the pizza. The Pizza Garden has slice-shaped plots of growing ingredients, including tomatoes, wheat and herbs. The 22

25、-foot-wide Giant Pizza gives kids a place to play with oversized toppings and each other. During the busier season （beginning in June）, a free shuttle picks up visitors in need of a lift at the Kids Farm and drops them off at the Panda Plaza/the Bus Lot from 11 a. m. to 6 p.m.1、What do visitors need

26、 to do before visiting the Caring Corral?A. Wash their hands.B.Make a reservation.C.Check on its opening time.D.Read the instructions on safety.2、Where can kids play with oversized toppings and each other?A .At the Panda Plaza.B.At the Bus Lot.C .At the Pizza Garden.D.At the Giant Pizza.3、Why does t

27、he author write this passage?A. To provide information about visiting the Kids Fann.B , To show kids how pizza and farms are connected.C. To encourage kids to protect plants and animals.D. To seek sponsors for the Kids Farm.Text 3In the mid-2000s, Waze Mobile co-founder Ehud Shabtai received a cutti

28、ng-edge （尖端的）gift from girlfriend: a GPS.The expensive gift was supposed to be helpful. But straight out of the box, it was already out of date.Shabtai, a coding enthusiast, had an immediate reaction to reinvent. Shabtais solution? To build an app. With 80 million monthly active users globally and n

29、early 400,000 superusers who function much like Wikipedia volunteer editors （editing maps rather than words）, Waze Mobile caught the eye of Google as a revolutionary approach to navigation （导自亢）.Acquired by Google in 2013, Wazes value mainly lies in its high rate of user involvement. Unlike traditio

30、nal navigation apps that simply show directions, Waze asks its users to report accidents and other road conditions in real time, so other users can avoid the traffic by using an alternative route.The goal behind Wazes approach is an ambitious one: not just avoid traffic, but end it altogether. Waze

31、is finding newways to put its loyal and active user base to use to make that vision a reality, including a plan to make carpooling （拼车）cool.To be sure, traffic jams are troubling people all over the world. Waze has been quietly ahead of the game for some time. In 2013, when Waze was just a small dig

32、ital-mapping business with limited resources it had something Google Maps and other competitors didnt: richer GPS guidance thanks to its stream of live traffic reports from users.These users were the basis of Shabtais plan to solve fbr his GPS devices “silent“ hardware: he grounded the app in softwa

33、re that could be perpetually updated by users, anywhere and anytime.Waze Carpool is going straight to the heart of traffic jams, trying to get more drivers off the road and into carpools. The app has already connected tens of thousands of rideseekers with drivers willing to ferry them along a shared

34、 route, and that trend could be the answer to a traffic-free future.1、What did Shabtai do when he found his girlfriends gift out of date?A. He improved it. B. He took it apart.C , He put it away. D. He used it anyway.2、What sets Waze Mobile apart from traditional navigation apps?A. It has the most u

35、sers. B. It can indicate directions.C. It reports road conditions in real time. D. Most users help edit its words.3、What does the underlined word “perpetually“ in paragraph 6 probably mean?A. Difficultly. B. Carefully.C. Greatly. D. Constantly.4、What is mainly talked about in the text?A. The rise of

36、 carpooling. B. An advanced navigation app.C. The development of Google. D. Traffic problems in the world.Text 4The 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 t

37、he intelligence chain. And in October, when Saudi Arabia 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 everything1, there1 s still something left

38、 in us that makes us irreplaceable.To Hao Jingfang, winner of the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novelette, that something1 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

39、have to play Go when you tell me to? ” she once said. In other words, computer programs dont have a choice to say no”. They probably dont 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 a

40、lso what make us special. A machine couldnt have come up with 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 amachine-which works by fixed rules only-can11 do, at

41、least for now. ”This is why BBC reporter Viktor Mayer-Schonberger suggested that instead of focusing on how computers have overshadowed us on calculating abilities than humans, we should probably consider our quality at a different end of the spectrum （光谱）：creativity, originality （原创性），even plain il

42、logical craziness, instead of hard-nosed （顽固的） logic”， he 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 t

43、o create, think, and be busy with nbeing human”.1、What can 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 hu

44、mans do.2、What does He Huaihong believe is unique to humans? 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. Infl

45、uenced4、What could be the future of AI according to the 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

46、humans.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)Exercise could no

47、t only benefit your body, but also improve your memory, researchers found 1. (recent)In their paper, researchers in the United States and Japan2. (introduce) their experiment and conclusionScientists invited 36 volunteers3. were in their early 20s to do 10 minutes of light exercise before taking a memory test in which they 4. (show) pictures like broccoli(西兰花)or picnic baskets and asked to recall them later The same experiment was repeated with the same group of volunteers without exercising “ The memory task really was quite 5(challenge)/9 said Michael Yassa, co-author of t