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1、2023年宜城市考研英语一深度自测卷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)Wherever in the world youre reading this right now, you will be aware of just how mixed modern society has become in ter
2、ms of race. Within the UK, mixed-raced children are the largest 1 ethnic minority. Bringing home a partner of a different 2 to yourself is no longer viewed as, “strange” or “different” in a lot of families. When Joseph brought home Hari, the 3 that she was of Indian parentage was never even talked a
3、bout she made him happy. They made each other happy. And that was all that 4 But the reason why they were together for 11 years before they got 5 is that Hari was afraid of telling her 6 about the person that shed fallen in love with. She was afraid of the consequences it would 7 for her younger sis
4、ters. Would they be packed off to India? Would they end up in arranged 8 they may not want? At 22 years old, when she first fell in love with him it was a large burden to 9 But she loved him, and 10 they moved in together and then bought a house by the Brighton coast, where they have 11 for almost 8
5、 years. All the while her parents didnt know. Her sisters did, and they too loved Joseph they 12 him as the brother theyd never had.But after nine years together, she finally had to tell her father (her mother 13 away a few years ago). We were on tenderhooks（惶恐不安）the weekend she went up North to tel
6、l him.It was emotional and as a family we were worried. Hari had been 14 of our family for so long, we felt for her. We knew how 15 it would be. She loved her father, but knew this would hurt him, who was a very traditional Sikh man.1、AgrowingBslowingCreducingDageing2、AsexBraceCcitizenshipDnationali
7、ty3、AfactBideaCstatementDnews4、AworkedBmeantCexistedDmattered5、AreunitedBacceptedCmarriedDdivorced6、AfamilyBparentsCclassmatesDfriends7、AbearBhaveCmakeDreceive8、AreunionsBgatheringsCmarriagesDparties9、AholdBbringCtakeDcarry10、AeventuallyBgenerallyCpossiblyDfaithfully11、AlivedBworkedCstudiedDdated12、
8、AfoundBthoughtCbelivedDsaw13、AwentBranCpassedDfled14、AmemberBpartCfunDrole15、AeasyBcloseChardDawfulSection 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 1 I
9、n this Pennsylvania city, Pittsburgh is shrinking but getting wealthier. Since 2000, its population has declined by 95,000 while its income per capita (人均) has shot up 24 percent. The trend is taking hold in many other cities, like Buffalo in New York, Providence in Rhode Island and New Orleans.Some
10、 of these areas have created more high-paying jobs in energy, health care or education. Others have managed to reshape their manufacturing (制造业) for a new economy. Higher-paying jobs have a greater effect because they create demand for additional services. “The story in Pittsburgh is very positive,
11、and other areas are looking at it as an example of the transformation that might be possible,” said Guhan Venkatu, who wrote an economic history of the area called “Rust and Renewal” for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh have helped bri
12、ng tech jobs and innovation (革新) to the area by sponsoring tech centers that help graduates start companies without moving to Silicon Valley or San Francisco. This has helped keep Pittsburghs educated young population growing even as the entire population in the city has dropped.Pittsburgh has more
13、STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) jobs than other shrinking cities, about 80,000 or 7% of all jobs. STEM jobs add productivity and income growth to the area. Manufacturers of high-tech medical equipment in the Pittsburgh area also have doubled employment in the last 10 years.However,
14、some experts question whether growing income per capita can really make up for a declining population. According to Patrick Adler, a researcher at the University of Toronto, population loss does matter if it means lower-skilled workers have fled because of a lack of opportunity. Whats more, high-pay
15、ing jobs in education and health care can disappear if the population declines too greatly. So itd be wise to find ways to increase the population.1、In what aspect does Pittsburgh set a good example?ATransforming new energy.BCreating more well-paid jobs.CProhibiting the manufacturing.DSponsoring higher education.2、How do some academic institutions help with the local economy?ABy helping to attract more talents from other areas.BBy providing much technical support to local companies.CBy successfully keeping educated yout
