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1、考研英语一哈尔滨市呼兰区2023年预测试题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)Many years ago in a small Indian village, a farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to a village mone
2、ylender. The moneylender, who was old and ugly, 1 the farmers beautiful daughter. So he proposed a 2 . He said he would forgive the farmers 3 if he could marry his daughter.Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the 4 . So the cunning moneylender suggested that he put a 5 pebble(鹅卵石)and
3、a white pebble into an empty money bag, 6 the girl would have to pick one pebble from the bag. 7 she picked the black pebble, she would become his 8 and her fathers debt would be forgiven. If she picked the white pebble she 9 marry him and her fathers debt would still be forgiven if she 10 to pick a
4、 pebble, her father would be thrown into jail.They were standing on a pebble-strewn 11 in the farmers field when the moneylender bent over to 12 two pebble. As he picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl 13 that he had picked up two black pebbles and put them into the beg.The girl put her hand into the m
5、oneybag and drew out a 14 . Without looking at it, she fumbled and let it 15 onto the pebble-strewn path where it 16 became lost among all the other pebbles.“Oh, how 17 of me!” she said. “But never mind, if you look into the bag for the one that is 18 , you will be able to tell which pebble I picked
6、.”The moneylender dared not admit his 19 . The girl changed what seemed an 20 situation into an extremely advantageous one.1、Aenvied Bmarried Cfancied Dhelped2、Ameeting Bchange Cbargain Dtoast3、Adebt Bpayment Cfault Dpride4、Athought Badvice Cplan Dproposal5、Asharp Bblack Ccommon Dsmall6、Afor Band Cb
7、ut Dor7、ABecause BAlthough CIf DSince8、Amoneylender Bservant Cwife Ddaughter9、Acouldnt Bshouldnt Cmustnt Dneednt10、Apretended Bagreed Crefused Ddecided11、Apath Barea Cplace Dgarden12、Athrow away Bask for Cpick up Dpoint at13、Aignored Bwarned Cnoticed Dsuggested14、Apenny Bpebble Ccoin Dpiece15、Aroll
8、Bfall Cfly Dmove16、Ainterestingly Bmysteriously Cunexpectedly Dimmediately17、Aclumsy Bforgetful Cstupid Dhopeless18、Aheld Bchosen Cfound Dleft19、Adishonesty Bworry Cmistake Dguilt20、Aimpossible Bembarrassing Curgent DunbelievableSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following fou
9、r texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1A study of 500,000 songs released(发行)in the UK between 193 and 2015 showed that pop music has decreased in happiness and increased in sadnessIn a report published in the jo
10、urnal Royal Society Open Science,researchers at the University of California examined hundreds of thousands of songs and classified them by their moodHappinessis going down,sadness is going up,and at the same time,the songs are becoming more danceable and more party-like,co-author Natalia LKomarova
11、told The Associated PressThe study found songs in 2014 like Stay With Meby Sam Smith,Whispers by Passenger and Unmissable by Gorgon City to have a low happiness trendHowever,tracks from 193 like Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen,Would I Lie To You? by Eurythmics and Freedomby Wham had a high happiness
12、 trendThe public seems to prefer happier songs, even though more and more unhappy songs are being released each year, the researchers wroteApart from the emotional trends,researcheis discovered that dance and pop were the most successful styles of music and that there was a clear downward trend,with
13、 the popularity oF rock beginning in the early 2000sSo it looks like,while the overall mood is becoming less happy,people seem to want to forget it all and dance, Komarova wrote in an emailIt was also found that the maleness of songsthe frequency of male singers in popular musichad decreased during
14、the last 30 years Successful songs are characterised by a larger percentage of female artists compared to all songs,they WroteThis discovery appears at a time when the convcrsation around sex equality in the music industry is at its height,with more male artists and songwriters1、The researchers examined lots of songs to Afind songs for dance and partyBchoose songs for a journalCrelease more songsDknow better about songs2、Whose music style tends to bring you more happiness?ANatalia LKomarovas BSam SmithsCGorgon Citys DBruce Springsteens3、What do