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1、考研英语一张家口市赤城县2023年考前冲刺试卷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)In this modern world, we rush around all day with no time for stillness. And when we are 1 to be still, were in lin
2、e for something, or waiting at a doctors appointment, or on a bus or train. This comes at a 2 : we lose that time for consideration, for observing and listening. We lose peace. And 3 yet: sometimes no action is better than too much action at all. You can run around crazily, but get nothing done. Tak
3、e a moment to think about how you spend your days? Are you always 4 through your schedule?Is this how you want to spend your life? If not, take a moment to be still. Dont think about what you have to do, or what youve done already. 5 be in the moment. Then after a minute or two of doing that, consid
4、er your 6 , and how youd like it to be. See your life with less movement and less rushing. See it with more stillness and more peace. Its pretty simple: all you have to do is sit still for a little bit each day. Once youve got 7 to that, try doing less each day. Find happiness now, in this moment, i
5、nstead of waiting for it.Value the stillness. Its a treasure and its 8 to us, always.1、Aforced Bordered Cinvited Dtold2、Acost Brisk Closs Ddanger3、Alater Bworse Cbetter Ddeeper4、Abreaking Brushing Cliving Dgoing5、ANearly BEver CJust DAlready6、Alife Bbelief Croad Dfuture7、Aaddicted Baccustomed Cpermi
6、tted Dready8、Aavailable Bconvenient Cpotential DreasonableSection II Reading ComprehensionPart 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 1On October 19, 1959, the first Special Engl
7、ish program was broadcast on the Voice of America. It was an experiment. The goal was to communicate by radio in clear and simple English with people whose native language is not English. Experts said the goal was admirable, but the method would not work. They were proved wrong. The Special English
8、programs quickly became some of the most popular on VOAAnd they still are.Forty years later, Special English continues to communicate with people who are not fluent in English. But during the years its role has expanded. It also helps people learn American English. And it provides listeners, even th
9、ose who are native English speakers, with information they cannot find elsewhere.Today, Special English broadcasts around the world seven days a week, five times a day. Each half-hour broadcast begins with ten minutes of the latest news followed by 20 minutes of feature programming. There is a diffe
10、rent short feature every weekday about science, development, agriculture and environment, and on the weekend, about news events and American idioms.Three elements make Special English unique. It has a limited vocabulary of 1500 words. Most are simple words that describe objects, actions or emotions.
11、 Some are more difficult. They are used for reporting world events and describing discoveries in medicine and science. Special English is written in short, simple sentences that contain only one idea. No idioms are used. And Special English is spoken at a slower pace, about two-thirds the speed of S
12、tandard English. This helps people learning English hear each word clearly. It also helps people who are English speakers understand complex subjects.Through the years, Special English has become a very popular tool for teaching English, even though it was not designed as teaching program. It succee
13、ds in helping people learn English in a non-traditional way. Individuals record the programs and play them over and over to practice their listening skills. In countries around the world, English teachers assign Special English to their students. They praise it for improving their students ability t
14、o understand American English and for the content of the programs. Universities and private companies in many countries produce packages of Special English materials for student use.1、At the beginning, Special English program was .Adoubted by some professionals Brejected by native peopleCwell receiv
15、ed Dintended for teaching English2、What kind of English is spoken on Special English?ABritish English BNot certainCBoth British and American English DAmerican English3、Which of the following are the elements that make Special English unique?a. limited vocabulary b. short simple sentencesc. good communication method d. slow speed e. interesting feature programmingAa, c, d Ba, b, dCb, d, e Da, b, c4、From the last paragraph we can infer that .Alistening to Special English can be a st
