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1、2023年张掖市民乐县考研英语一最后冲刺试题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)Research confirms that performing acts of kindness and sharing thankful thoughts have many positive effects on mood
2、and health. They are among the top five predictors of happiness.When you feel thankful for something, thats gratitude. You never get it out of 1 ; you are clear who or what is responsible, whether thats a loved one, a stranger, or a higher power. Gratitude is how you 2 to others when you see yoursel
3、f in connection with things larger than yourself. 3 , this understanding of our reliance on others is becoming more 4 today. With commercial and social media, everything makes the younger generation feel that they are the 5 of the universe. If its all about them, why thank others?If true, there woul
4、d be a disturbing 6 trend. Canadian researchers found that people who wrote thank-you letters or performed good deeds for a six-week period decreased their pain, upped their energy, and improved their mental health. And you can 7 these benefits at any age. Old people who choose to be thankful are le
5、ss likely to worry about their 8 health.Gratitude tends to be easily spread, as well. Those who are helped are more likely to pay kindness 9 . One study found that when someone is thanked, it more than doubles his or her chances of being 10 again, likely because he or she enjoys feeling socially 11
6、.If you arent particularly grateful now, you can learn to be. People who keep a journal of three positive things that happen to them each day 12 health-inducing thankfulness. At first, it may be difficult to 13 the good things that occur. But 14 , your brain gets trained into a more appreciative mod
7、e. And in the end, the journal becomes a book of joyful 15 . Gratitude training certainly comes to your aid during the 16 times because a greater 17 for life is the part you focus on. 18 your gratefulness directly with the person you feel grateful to, the benefits of happiness 19 . You dont need a s
8、cientific study to know that showing and accepting gratitude can ensure you an 20 life, a much better life than you thought.1、Asomething Banything Ceverything Dnothing2、Arefer Bsubmit Csubscribe Drelate3、ATherefore BMeanwhile CHowever DBesides4、Astrange Bdifficult Cstubborn Dridiculous5、Amaster Bcen
9、ter Csurvivor Dcreator6、Ahealth Bmental Ccultural Dindustrial7、Acontinue Bapproach Csustain Dreap8、Aoriginal Bimproving Cfailing Dfalling9、Aforward Bdownward Cbackward Dupward10、Athankful Brespectful Chelpful Dcareful11、Avalued Binfluenced Cattracted Dnoticed12、Acultivate Bemphasize Cbenefit Dtransm
10、it13、Aanalyze Brecognize Csummarize Dorganize14、Aroughly Bdecidedly Cgradually Daccidentally15、Aessays Bthoughts Cfiles Dmemories16、Adark Bgolden Cspecial Durgent17、Aadmiration Ballocation Cappreciation Daffection18、ASupplying BExperiencing CSharing DRecalling19、Adisappear Baccumulate Cemerge Dweake
11、n20、Aenriched Bengaged Cenlarged DenabledSection 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 1You can see a sea turtle named Herman, an octopus (章鱼) calle
12、d Octavia, and a seal named Lidia at the Smithsonians National Zoo in Washington, DCRather than real animals, they are actually artworks made out of plastic trash from the ocean.These artworks are part of a traveling exhibit called “Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea”. The Washed Ashore project, led
13、 by the artist called Pozzi, works to raise awareness about plastic pollution in Earths oceans.More than 315 billion pounds of plastic litter the worlds oceans today. Most of the plastic is garbage from towns and cities, as well as trash that people leave on beaches. Rainwater, winds, and high tides
14、 bring the trash into the ocean or into rivers that lead to the ocean. Once it is under the waves, the plastic begins to break up into smaller and smaller pieces.Thousands of sea animals die each year from eating plastic bags and other things. Each year, millions more pounds of plastic end up in the
15、 ocean. A recent study found that if that continues, by 2050 the total weight of plastic will be more than that of all the fish in the ocean.The Washed Ashore project is working to stop that from happening. Since 2010, Washed Ashore volunteers have collected 38,000 pounds of plastic trash from more than 300 miles of beaches. They helpe
