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1、长沙县2023年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)New genetic analysis has revealed that many Amazon tree species are likely to survive human-made climate warming in the
2、 coming century, contrary to previous findings that temperature increases would cause them to die out. A study, 1 in the latest edition of Ecology and Evolution, reveals the 2 age of some Amazonian tree species - more than 8 million years - and 3 shows that they have survived previous periods as war
3、m as many of the global warming imagined periods 4 for the year 2100. The authors write that, having survived warm periods in the past, the trees will 5 survive future warming, provided there are no other major environmental changes. 6 extreme droughts and forest fires will impact Amazonia as temper
4、atures 7 , the trees will stand the direct impact of higher temperatures. The authors 8 that as well as reducing greenhouse gas emissions to minimize the risk of drought and fire, conservation policy should remain 9 on preventing deforestation（采伐森林）for agriculture and mining. The study disagrees wit
5、h other recent researches which predicted tree species extinctions 10 relatively small increases in global average air temperatures. Study co-author Dr Simon Lewis (UCL Geography) said the 11 were good news for Amazon tree species, but warned that drought and over-exploitation of the forest remained
6、 major 12 to the Amazons future. Dr Lewis said: “The past cannot be compared directly with the future. while tree species seem likely to 13 higher air temperatures than today, the Amazon forest is being transformed for agriculture and 14 , and what remains is being degraded by logging, and increasin
7、gly split up by fields and roads. “Species will not move as freely in todays Amazon as they did in previous warm periods, when there was no human 15 . Similarly, todays climate change is extremely fast, making comparisons with slower changes in the past 16 .” “With a clearer 17 of the relative risks
8、 to the Amazon forest, we 18 that direct human impacts - such as forest clearances for agriculture or mining - should remain a key point of conservation policy. We also need more aggressive 19 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to make minimum the risk of drought and fire impacts and 20 the
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12、stions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1Time TravelIf you could travel in time, where would you go? Perhaps you would watch an original performance of a Shakespeares play in Elizabethan England? What about hanging out with Laozi in the
13、 Spring and Autumn Period? Or maybe youd voyage far ahead of the present day to see what the future holds.The possibility of time travel is indeed appealing. Stories exploring the subject have been around for hundreds of years. Perhaps the best known example is science fiction novel. The Time Machin
14、e, which was written by H.G. Wells and published in 1895 for the first time. It was adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time trav
15、el using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively. The term time machine, coined by Wells, is now universally used to refer to a vehicle transporting people into the far future.But could time travel actually be possible? Some scientists say yes, in theory. They propose using cracks in time and space called “wormholes”, which could b
