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1、2023年开鲁县考研英语一预测密卷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) I did my first marathon at 25. Id 1 running to get fit and thought Id give it a go. I started too fast, found it very pa
2、inful but 2 to finish.Then, seven years ago, I went to a talk by someone who had just done the Sahara desert race. I felt so 3 . Ive always wanted to do something 4 . I registered for the 2007 Sahara marathon. My 5 was shocking and I was two stone(12.7kg) overweight, but 6 Id paid the 3,000 deposit,
3、 I knew there was no going back.On my first five-mile run, I kept pretending my shoelaces(鞋带) needed tying just so I could 7 . But I kept 8 until I was doing 30, then 40 miles. People assumed I found it easy by then-I didnt. I just learned to push throught the 9 .But nothing can truly prepare you fo
4、r running in desert temperatures. As the 10 always looked the same, the distance never seemed to get any shorter. 11 , I was never bored-I was too focused on reaching the checkpoints, and the water waiting there. Blisters(水泡) were unavoidable - the 12 gets everywhere. At night, the doctors treating
5、us would 13 them off with knives.In the following days, my feet would be hurting. I kept telling myself I couldnt 14 . If I quit, the pain would stop, but I knew I would 15 it for the rest of my life. Finally, I finished. Any suffering you experience is overridden(压倒) by the sense of 16 at the end.I
6、ts been a long progression, from being a(n) 17 slacker(懒虫) to 18 I am now. Ive lost 10lb(4.5kg) of body fat, but gained a lot of 19 -I have a better body now than at any point in my life. Anyone can do this. Im not superhuman, Im just 20 .1、Aended upBtaken upCgiven upDbacked up2、AhatedBrefusedCstrug
7、gledDoffered3、AinspiredBboredCpanickedDconfused4、AstrangeBordinaryCsecretDextreme5、AfitnessBheightCstrengthDwisdom6、AuntilBonceCunlessDwhile7、AwaitBstopCcomplainDdrink8、Adropping offBtripping overCbuilding upDslowing down9、AtensionBshameCfearDpain10、AsurroundingsBvolunteersCsandstormsDathletes11、ATh
8、ereforeBHoweverCMoreoverDOtherwise12、AsandBwaterCgrassDrubbish13、AtearBstrikeCknockDslice14、AfailBrunCbearDcry15、AtreasureBregretCforgetDappreciate16、AbelongingBfailureCequalityDachievement17、AproudBbraveCunfitDunfriendly18、AwhichBwhenCwhereDwhy19、AtimeBmuscleCreputationDsupport20、AlearnedBconsidera
9、teCdeterminedDfortunateSection 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 1Culture can affect not just language and customs, but also how people experien
10、ce the world on surprisingly basic levels.Researchers, with the help of brain scans, have uncovered shocking differences in perception（感知）between Westerners and Asians, what they see when they look at a city street, for example, or even how they perceive a simple line in a square, according to findi
11、ngs published in a leading science journal.In western countries, culture makes people think of themselves as highly independent individuals. When looking at scenes, Westerners tend to focus more on central objects than on their surroundings. East Asian cultures, however, emphasize inter-dependence.
12、When Easterners look at a scene, they tend to focus on surroundings as well as the object.Using an experiment involving two tasks, Dr Hedden asked subjects to look at a line simply to estimate its length, a task that is played to American strengths. In another, they estimated the lines length relati
13、ve to the size of a square, an easier task for the Asians.The level of brain activity, by tracking blood flow, was then measured by Brain Scanners. The experiment found that although there was no difference in performance, and the tasks were very easy, the levels of activity in the subjects brains w
14、ere different. For the Americans, areas linked to attention lit up more, when they worked on the task they tended to find more difficult estimating the lines size relative to the square. For the Asians, the attention areas lit up more during the harder task also estimating the lines length without c
15、omparing it to the square. The findings are a reflection of more than ten years of previous experimental research into East-West differences.In one study, for instance, researchers offered people a choice among five pens; four red and one green. Easterners were more likely to choose a red pen while Westerners were more likely to choose the green one.Culture is not affecting how you see the world, but how you choose to under
