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1、考研英语模拟题12考研英语模拟题12 试卷总分：100 答题时间：100分钟 Section Use of EnglishSection Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) from each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) Driving through snowstorm on icy roads for long distances is a most nerve-rac
2、king experience. It is a paradox that the snow, coming _1_ gently, blowing gleefully in a high wind, all the while _2_ down a treacherous carpet, freezes the windows,_3_ the view. The might of automated man is_4_ . The horses, the powerful electrical systems, the deep-tread tires, all go _5_ nothing
3、. One minute the road feels _6_, and the next the driver is sliding over it, light as a_7_, in a panic, wondering what the heavy trailer trucks coming up_8_the rear are going to do. The trucks are like _9_ when you have to pass them, not at sixty or seventy _10_ you do when the road is dry, but at t
4、wenty-five and thirty. _11_ their engines sound unnaturally loud. Snow, slush and_12_ of ice spray from beneath the wheels, obscure the windshield, and rattle _13_your car. Beneath the wheels there is plenty of _14_ for you to slide and get mashed to a pulp. Inch _15_ inch you move up, past the rear
5、 wheels, the center wheels, the cab, the front wheels, all_16_too slowly by. Straight ahead you continue,_17_ to cut over sharply would send you into a slip,_18_in front of the vehicle. At last, there is_19_enough, and you creep back over, in front of the truck now, but_20_the sound of its engine st
6、ill thundering in your ears. 2分-正确答案(C)1. upA offB downC onD 2分-正确答案(B)2. liesA laysB settlesC sendsD 2分-正确答案(A)3. blocksA strikesB puffsC cancelsD 2分-正确答案(A)4. mutedA discoveredB doubledC undervaluedD 2分-正确答案(A)5. forA withB intoC fromD 2分-正确答案(D)6. comfortableA weakB riskyC firmD 2分-正确答案(B)7. loaf
7、A featherB leafC fogD 2分-正确答案(C)8. beneathA fromB underC beyondD 2分-正确答案(B)9. dwarfsA giantsB patientsC princessesD 2分-正确答案(C)10. whatA sinceB asC thatD 2分-正确答案(D)11. SoA ButB OrC ThenD 2分-正确答案(C)12. flakesA flocksB chipsC cakesD 2分-正确答案(C)13. ontoA againstB offC alongD 2分-正确答案(C)14. snowA earthB ro
8、omC iceD 2分-正确答案(A)15. byA afterB forC withD 2分-正确答案(D)16. climbingA crawlingB windingC slidingD 2分-正确答案(D)17. meanwhileA unlessB whereasC forD 2分-正确答案(D)18. sheerA mostlyB rarelyC rightD 2分-正确答案(B)19. mightA distanceB airC Section Reading ComprehensionSection Reading Comprehension Part A Directions
9、: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points) Passage 1 Researchers at Stanford University are now developing software to help people become aware that they are having a dream so that they can then liv
10、e out their fantasies during REM sleep. During lucid dreams, people are “awake” within their dreams, and can sometimes direct what happens next in the dream. With enough practice you can fly, visit exotic places, experience vivid colors, or eat all the ice cream you want, all without taking your hea
11、d off the pillow. Being awake during a dream may seem like a contradiction, but to those involved in lucid dream research, its all, well, crystal clear. “Lucid dreaming lets you make use of the dream state that comes to you every night to have a stimulating reality,” said Dr. Stephen LaBerge, founde
12、r of the Lucidity Institute at Stanford University. LaBerge said that controlling dreams can also have therapeutic value. Potentially, he said, people can overcome nightmares that haunt them repeatedly. It may even help a person improve in sports, enhance self-confidence or confront problems that el
13、ude being solved in waking life. Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming, a book co-authored by LaBerge and Howard Rheingold, is one of many books to help would-be lucid dreamers get started. The book asks that you learn to recognize “dreamsigns,” or signals within a dream that alert you to your alter
14、ed state. One common dreamsign: elements within your dream are out of context. Objects are not where they belong within a room, or certain people are in locations they normally wouldnt behow often do your parents drop in at the office? The Lucidity Institutes NovaDreamer includes a mask that tracks
15、eye movement to recognize when youre in REM as well as to determine the amount of time you take to get to sleep. Depending on how you configure NovaDreamer (a determination made partially on the basis of how light or heavy a sleeper you are), the NovaDreamer flashes a series of red lights into your
16、(hopefully closed) eyes, providing yet another signal that you are dreaming and can now do whatever you please in the dream. LaBerges research indicates that when a person does something in their dreams, the experience may be closer to reality than youd think. Early experiments show that lucid dreamers have a good comprehension of time while dreaming. Researchers that asked lucid dreamers to move their eyes in a specific pattern, and then repeat the patter
