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1、辽宁省沈阳市苏家屯区2023年考研英语一高分冲刺试卷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)“Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easytheyre given after all. Choices can be hard.”I g
2、ot the 1 to start Amazon 16 years ago. I 2 the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2300 percent per year.Id never seen or heard of anything that grew so fast. And the idea of building an 3 bookstore with millions of titles was very 4 to me. I had just turned 30, and Id been married for a yea
3、r. I told my wife that I wanted to 5 my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldnt 6 ,and I wasnt sure what to 7 .She told me I should 8 the idea. Id always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my 9 .I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a 10 boss that
4、 I admired very much. I went to my boss and 11 with him that I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park and listened 12 to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, 13 it would be an even better idea for someone who didnt al
5、ready have a good job.”That logic made some 14 to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours 15 making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really was a difficult 16 , but finally, I decided I had to give it a shot. I didnt think Id regret 17 and failing. And I suspected I would alwa
6、ys be troubled by the decision not to try at all. After much 18 , I took the less 19 .path to follow my dream, and Im 20 of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our choices1、AideaBsupportCfundDmessage2、Agot throughBset asideCcame acrossDturned down3、AonlineBavailableCintelligentDexpensive4
7、、ApracticalBexcitingCflexibleDproductive5、AtakeB1andCexchangeDquit6、AmatterBworkCfailDexist7、AdoBachieveCplanDexpect8、Agive upBset upCstick toDput off9、ApassionBpaceChobbyDexample10、AcruelBbrilliantCgreedyDmodest11、AsharedBarguedCreasonedDenquired12、AgraduallyBeventuallyCcarefullyDgenerously13、AsoBa
8、ndCotherwiseDbut14、AsenseBdifferenceCbetDbargain15、AwhileBbeforeConceDsince16、ApuzzleBsuggestionCchoiceDreport17、AmanagingBrequestingCchangingDtrying18、AconsiderationBdeterminationCconversationDApplication19、AstableBsecureCamusingDinteresting20、AconfidentBregretfulChopefulDproudSection II Reading Co
9、mprehensionPart 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 1Energy independence. It has a nice ring to it. Doesnt it? If you think so, youre not alone, because energy independence ha
10、s been the dream of American president for decades, and never more so than in the past few years, when the most recent oil price shock has been partly responsible for kicking off the great recession(经济衰退). “Energy independence” and its rhetorical (修辞的) companion “energy security” are, however, slipp
11、ery concepts that are rarely though through. What is it we want independence from, exactly? Most people would probably say that they want to be independent from imported oil. But there are reasons that we buy all that old from elsewhere. The first reason is that we need it to keep our economy runnin
12、g. Yes, there is a trickle(涓涓细流)of biofuel(生物燃料)available, and more may become available, but most biofuels cause economic waste and environmental destruction. Second, Americans have basically decided that they dont really want to produce all their own oil. They value the environmental quality they
13、preserve over their oil imports from abroad. Vast areas of the United States are off-limits to oil exploration and production in the name of environmental protection. To what extent are Americans really willing to endure the environmental impacts of domestic energy production in order to cut back im
14、ports? Third, there are benefits to trade. It allows for economic efficiency, and when we buy things from places that have lower production costs than we do, we benefit. And although you dont read about this much, the United States is also a large exporter of oil products, selling about 2 million ba
15、rrels of petroleum products per day to about 90 countries. There is no question that the United States imports a great deal of energy and, in fact, relies on that steady flow to maintain its economy. When that flow is interrupted, we feel the pain in short supplies and higher prices, At the same time, we derive massive economic benefits when we buy the most affordable energy on the world market and when we engage in energy trade around the world.1、What does t