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1、考研英语一从江县2023年临考冲刺试题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)The town of Pressure and the town of Pleasure were neighbors but they had 1 in common. Residents built walls to 2 influ
2、ence from the 3 town.In Pressure, everyone struggled to be the very best. When women 4 birth, they would compete to have the baby with the 5 cry. There was violent competition in every aspect of life. Because 6 was the symbol of success, people were always 7 making money, with no time for relaxation
3、. Some young people couldnt bear the intensity and chose to drive to escape. 8 , over in Pleasure, the motto was “As long as you like it, do it.” People 9 without pressure and could do anything 10 liked. Children played computer games day and night. At school, teachers didnt care 11 students came or
4、 not. Workers might sit around the office 12 drinking coffee and doing nothing. 13 the lack of regulations, nobody worried about losing their jobs. It was pleasure that mattered. No one had the slightest thought of moving 14 , either for themselves or for the town. The computers they used 15 old met
5、hods from the town of Pressure.Some of the young were addicted to 16 because of the emptiness of their lives. Then, people in the two towns began asking themselves. “What is life 17 ?” But just before life in the two towns completely failed, there came a great personMr. Reason. He went from door to
6、door, 18 with people and giving advice. People in Pressure learnt to be content with what they had, while people in Pleasure began to make plans. They 19 the wall between them and built a road to connect the two. The towns people 20 to realize the truth-there is no gap between Pressure and Pleasure
7、if they dont go to extremes.1、Aanything Bnothing Ceverything Dsomething2、Akeep out Blook out Cwork out Dgive out3、Aanother Bany Cevery Dother4、Agave Btook Coffered Dbrought5、Aloud Blouder Cloudest Dloudly6、Awealth Bhealthy Chealth Dwealthy7、Alazy Bbusy Ceasy Dhard8、AAt that time BMeanwhile CAt one t
8、ime DOnce in a while9、Agot up Bbrought up Cset up Dgrew up10、Awe Byou Cthey Dit11、Awhether Bwho Cwhere Dwhat12、Aall day long Ball night Call along Dall the way13、ABecause BThanks to COwe to DAccording to14、Abackward Bdownward Cupward Dforward15、Awas Bare Cis Dwere16、Adrugs Bmoney Cwork Dbooks17、Ain
9、Bto Cfor Dto18、Atalked Btalking Ctalks Dto talk19、Awent down Bput down Cpulled down Dwrote down20、Awent Bcame Chappened DreturnedSection 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 ANS
10、WER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1 A new study suggests climate conditions in the Sahara Desert, one of hottest, driest and most deserted areas in the world, have changed from wet to dry a about every 20,000 years.But previous evidence has suggested the Sahara did not always experience such extreme heat a
11、nd dry conditions. At times, the Sahara Ranged to a very wet climate. This permitted plants and animals to develop and grow and led to the creation of human settlements. Now, they have discovered more evidence, which, the lead researcher David Mc Gee says, supports the idea that the Saharas climate
12、kept changing between wet and dry about every 20,000,years.McGee reported these climate changes were mainly driven by changes in the Earths(地轴)as the planet travels round the sun .This process affects the amount of sunlight between seasons. Every 20,000 years the Earth receives more strong summer su
13、nlight. When the Earths axis changes again, the amount of sunlight is reduced. This season change happened continuously every 20,000 years. The other part of the season produced rainy conditions, resulting in a wetter, greener, plant-rich environment. When the rainy activity weakens, the climate bec
14、omes hot and dry, like the Sahara remains today.The scientists based their research on dust collected from ocean sediment(沉积物)in the Atlantic Ocean bottom off the coast of West Africa. The dust contained layers (层)of ancient sediment built up over millions of years. Each layer could contain traces o
15、f Saharan dust as well as the remains of life forms. This information was used to assess over what time period the dust had built up. This led to the overall finding that the Saharan changes from wet to dry climates happened every 20,000 years.David McGee said that today we only see the Sahara Desert as an extremely deserted and “inhospitable”
