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1、四川省达州市大竹县2023年考研英语一预测试题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)An eight years old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick
2、 they had no money left. When she heard her daddy say to her 1 mother with whispered desperation（绝望）, “ 2 a miracle（奇迹）can save him now”, the little girl went to her bedroom and took out her piggy bank. She 3 all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Then she 4 her way six blocks to
3、the local drugstore（药店）.“And what do you want?” asked the chemist.Its 5 my little brother,”the girl answered back. “Hes really, really sick and I want to buy a 6 . His name is Andrew and he has something 7 growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him.”“We dont 8 miracles her
4、e, child. Im sorry,” the chemist said, smiling 9 at the little girl. In the shop was a 10 customer. He stooped (弯腰) down and asked the little girl, “What kind of miracle does your brother 11 ?”“I dont know,” she replied. “Hes really sick and mommy says he needs a(n) 12 . But my daddy cant pay for it
5、, so I have brought my 13 .”“How much do you have?” asked the man.“One dollar and eleven cents, 14 I can try and get some more,” she answered quietly.“Well, what a coincidence（巧合）,” smiled the man. “A dollar and eleven cents the 15 price of a miracle for little brothers. 16 me to where you live. I w
6、ant to see your brother and 17 your parents.”That well dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon. The operation in the hospital was completed without 18 and it wasnt long before Andrew was 19 again and doing well.The little girl was happy. She knew exactly how much the miracle cost- one dollar
7、 and eleven cents plus the 20 of a little child.1、Ahelpful Bhopeful Ctearful Dkind2、ASimple BJust CMore than Donly3、Apulled Bput Cpoured Ddrew4、Afollowed Bmade Ctook Dfound5、Ato Bfor Cas Don6、Ahope Bdoctor Cfavour Dmiracle7、Abad Bsmall Cextra Dimpossible8、Aget Boffer Cstore Dsell9、Agently Bcoldly Cs
8、adly Dstrangely10、Awellbehaved Bgoodlooking Ckindhearted Dwelldressed11、Ahave Bneed Ccare Dlike12、Adoctor Bsurgeon Ckindness Doperation13、Asavings Bwishes Cideas Dsuggestions14、Asince Bas Cbut Dafter15、Asame Bproper Cexact Dnecessary16、AShow BFollow CHelp DTake17、Apersuade Bencourage Cmeet Dhelp18、A
9、difficulty Bdoubt Ccharge Dresult19、Awell Bhome Chappy Dstrong20、Acourage Bcleverness Cdevotion DfaithSection 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
10、1Training the BrainPeople who can accomplish unbelievable tasks, such as memorizing thousands of random numbers in under an hour, state that they just have normal brains. Some memory superstars compete in Olympic-like World Memory Championships. These mental athletes, or MAs for short, can memorize
11、names of dozens of strangers in a few minutes or any poem handed them. Ed Cooke, a 24-year-old MA, explains they see themselves as participants rescuing the long-lost art of memory training. These techniques existed not to recall useless information, but to cut into the brain basic text and ideas.A
12、study in the journal Nature examined eight people who finished near the top of the World Memory Championships. The scientists examined whether their brains were fundamentally different from everyone elses or whether they were simply making better use of memorizing abilities we all possess. They put
13、the MAs and control subjects into brain scanners and had them memorize numbers and photographs. The result surprised everyone. The brains of the MAs and those of the control subjects were indistinguishable. On every test, the MAs scored in the normal range. However, when the scientists examined what
14、 part of the brain was used during a memory activity, they found the MAs relied more heavily on areas in the brain involved in spatial memory.MAs offer an explanation: anything can be fixed upon our memories and kept in order by constructing a building in the imagination and filling it with pictures
15、 of what needs to be recalled. Dating back to the fifth century, the building is called a memory palace. Even as late as the fourteenth century, when there were copies of any text, scholars needed to remember what was read to them. Reading to remember requires a different technique than speed reading. If something is made
