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1、考研英语一2023年西丰县考前冲刺试题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)Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she talked about how she became a pe
2、rcussion soloist (打击乐器独奏演员) in spite of her disability.“Early on I decided not to allow the 1 of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began 2 piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion (酷爱) for music grew. But I also bega
3、n to gradually lose my 3 . Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the 4 and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never 5 me.“My 6 was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I 7 to hear music differently from others. I play in
4、 my stocking feet and can 8 the pitch of a note (音调高低) by the vibrations (振动). I feel through my body and through my 9 . My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every 10 that I have.“I was 11 to be assessed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy
5、 of Music in London. No other deaf student had 12 this before and some teachers 13 my admission. Based on my performance, I was 14 admitted and went to 15 with the academys highest honors.“After that, I established(使立足) myself as the first full-time solo percussionist. I 16 and arranged a lot of mus
6、ical compositions since 17 had been written specially for solo percussionists.“I have been a soloist for over ten years. 18 the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didnt 19 that my passion couldnt be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be 20 by others. Follow your passion
7、; follow your heart, they will lead you to the place you want to go.”1、AconditionsBopinionsCactionsDrecommendations2、AenjoyingBchoosingCtakingDgiving3、AsightBhearingCtouchDtaste4、AevidenceBresultCexcuseDcause5、AleftBexcitedCaccompaniedDdisappointed6、ApurposeBdecisionCpromiseDgoal7、AturnedBlearnedCus
8、edDought8、AtellBseeChearDsmell9、AcarefulnessBmovementCimaginationDexperience10、AsenseBeffortCfeelingDidea11、AdissatisfiedBastonishedCdeterminedDdiscouraged12、AdoneBacceptedCadvisedDadmitted13、AsupportedBfollowedCrequiredDopposed14、AusuallyBfinallyCpossiblyDhopefully15、AstudyBresearchCgraduateDprogre
9、ss16、AwroteBtranslatedCcopiedDread17、AenoughBsomeCmanyDfew18、AHoweverBAlthoughCWhenDSince19、AmeanBseemCconcludeDsay20、AdirectedBguidedCtaughtDlimitedSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark you
10、r answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1 Acting is the least mysterious of all crafts, Marion Brando once said. But for scientists, working out what is going on in an actors head has always been something of a puzzle.Now, researchers have said actors show different patterns of brain activity
11、 depending on whether they are in character or not.Dr Steven Brown, from McMaster University in Canada, said, It looks like when you are acting, you are suppressing (压制) yourself; almost like the character is possessing you.Brown and colleagues report how 15 actors, mainly theatre students, were tra
12、ined to take on a Shakespeare role either Romeo or Juliet in a theatre workshop. They were then invited into the laboratory, where their brains were scanned in a series of experiments.Once inside the MRI scanner, the actors were asked to answer a number of questions, such as: would they go to the pa
13、rty? And would they tell their parents that they had fallen in love?Each actor was asked to respond to different questions, based on two different premises (前提). In one, they were asked for their own perspective, while in the other, they were asked to respond as though they were either Romeo or Juli
14、et.The results revealed that the brain activity differed depending on the situation being tested. The team found that when the actors were in character, they use some third-person knowledge or inferences about their character.The team said they also found additional reduction in activity in two regi
15、ons of the prefrontal cortex (前额皮质) linked to the sense of self, compared with when the actors were responding as themselves.However, Philip Davis, a professor at the University of Liverpool, was unimpressed by the research, saying acting is about far more than pretending to be someone it involves embodying (体现) the text and language.1、How did Dr Browns team conduct their research?ABy scanning the brain activity of some act
