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1、考研英语一2023年湖南省衡阳市耒阳市深度自测卷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) Born in America, I spoke English ,not Chinese , the language of my ancestors . When I was three, my parents flash
2、ed cards with Chinese 1 at my face , but I pushed them 2 . My mom believed I would learn 3 I was ready. But the 4 never came.On a Chinese New Years Eve, my uncle spoke to me in Chinese, but all I could do was 5 at him , confused , scratching my head . “Still cant speak Chinese? ” He 6 me , “You cant
3、 even buy a fish in Chinatown .”“Hey, this is America , not China. Ill get some 7 with or without Chinese.” I replied and turned to my mom for 8 .“Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu,” she said ,handing over a $20 bill . I 9 the words, running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.I found
4、 the fish 10 surrounded in a sea of customers. “Id like to buy some fresh fish,” I should to the fish man. But he 11 my English words and turned to serve the next customer .The laugh of the people behind increased 12 their impatience. With every 13 , the breath of the dragons (龙) on my back grew str
5、ongermy blood boiling 14 me to cry out . “ Xian Sheng Yu , please.” “Very Xian Sheng,” I repeated .The crowd erupted into laughter . My face turned 15 and I ran back home 16 , except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket.Should I laugh or cry? Theyre Chinese. I should feel right at 17 . Inste
6、ad , I was the joke , a disgrace (丢脸)to the language.Sometimes, I laugh at my fish 18 , but , in the end, the joke is on 19 . Every laugh is a culture 20 ; every laugh is my heritage (传统) fading away.1、AcustomBgamesCcharactersDlanguage2、AaheadBaroundCalongDaside3、AwhenBbeforeCunlessDuntil4、AsuccessB
7、studyCtimeDattempt5、AaimingBjokingCnoddingDstaring6、Acared aboutBlaughed atCargued withDasked after7、Aright nowBfrom nowCat timesDin time8、AdecisionBpermissionCinformationDpreparation9、ArepeatedBreviewedCspelledDkept10、AfarmBstandCpondDmarket11、AguessedBforgetCdoubtedDignored12、AbyBasCwithDfrom13、As
8、econdBeffortCdesireDmovement14、AforcingBallowingCpersuadingDleading15、AbrightBblankCpaleDred16、Aopen-mouthedBtongue-tiedCempty-handedDbroken-hearted17、AserviceBhomeCriskDroot18、AtradeBdeedCchallengeDincident19、AitBusCmeDthem20、AthrownBlostCdividedDreflectedSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirec
9、tions: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 Gardeners such as Prince Charles who claim that talking to plants encourages them to grow have long been seen as a little silly. But scientists
10、 have discovered evidence which suggests the Royal may actually be right and they could be listening to him. Biologists at Tel Aviv University in Israel have found that flowers can act as a plants “ears” to help them detect the sound of approaching insects.When the researchers played recordings of f
11、lying bees to evening primrose flowers, within three minutes the sugar concentrations in the nectar (花蜜) of its flowers increased. The fluid, produced to attract pollinating (授粉) insects, was on average 20 percent higher in flowers exposed to the buzz compared to those left in silence or exposed to
12、higher pitched sounds.Professor Lilach Hadany, who led the study, said: “Our results document for the first time that plants can rapidly respond to pollinator sounds in an ecologically relevant way.”However, Prof Hadany said a plants ability to respond to pollinators may be weakened in city environm
13、ents or beside a busy road.While plants require water, sunlight and the right temperature to grow, it is widely believed they do not have senses in the way animals do.But the study, published on the open-science website BioRxiv, suggests the efforts of gardeners who talk to their plants may not be i
14、n vain.“Plants ability to hear has implications well beyond pollination plants could potentially hear and respond to herbivores, other animals, the elements, and possibly other plants,” Prof Hadany added.A month-long experiment conducted by the Royal Horticultural Society in 2009 found female voices
15、 appear to speed up the growth of tomatoes. The research offers a possible explanation womens voices were at the right frequency for the plants to hear.1、Whats evening primrose flowers response to bees buzz?ALonger bloom.BSweeter nectar.CBrighter color.DLess fluid.2、Where can plants grow better according to Hadany?AOn a square.BBeside a highway.CIn the woods.DAlong the street.3、What can we infer from the research