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1、2023年贵州省铜仁地区沿河土家族自治县考研英语一模拟预测试卷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)The day for the great balloon competition finally arrived. Every insect in the garden had been 1 hard, and
2、now they were preparing to begin their routines. The balloon competitions were always something really special.Each time, the flying insects were favourite 2 to win, because they could seize the balloon strings and fly off in all directions, creating all sorts of 3 in the air. 4 , on this occasion t
3、here were some rather unusual insects taking part: a group of ants. Of course, 5 expected that they could do anything special. They were so light that no ant had ever 6 to take part, but it was quite impressive to see all the ants all 7 organized and prepared.So the competition began, and the 8 inse
4、cts took their turns, performing beautiful movements with the balloons. As always the butterflies left everyone 9 with their twist and turns, and their wonderful colours. When it was time for the ants to perform, it seemed like the competition had already been decided.For the 10 time in living memor
5、y, the ants shared just one balloon between them, and one by one they climbed up the balloon string, 11 a thin black thread of ants. When all the string was covered, the last ant climbed 12 his teammates to reach the balloon. 13 he got there, he climbed onto the top of the balloon.This strange 14 at
6、tracted everyones curiosity, and they were just about to witness the most important 15 : the ant opened his jaws as wide as he could. . . and then he made a violent movement at the balloon with all his strength!The result was powerful! The balloon began blowing out its air, flying 16 about, here and
7、 there, doing a thousand turns and spins, while the ants made all kinds of beautiful shapes out of the string.Of course, that acrobatic(杂技般的) flight 17 with quite a hard landing, but it didnt 18 The creativity and teamwork of the ant performance was so 19 that the crowd didnt even have to vote for t
8、here to be a winner.From then on, in that garden, everyone understood how much could be achieved by working 20 In the years to come, the balloon competitions were full of displays carried out by teams, and they put on some wonderful routines; something those individual insects could never have achie
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11、e18、AhelpBworkCmatterDtell19、AnecessaryBimpressiveCnaturalDimportant20、AaloneBbehindCoutDtogetherSection 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 1What
12、 do Leonardo da Vincii, Marie Curie, and Albert Einstein have in common? They were all left-handed, along with other famous people including Brad Pitt PrinceWilliam, and Barack Obama. In fact, an estimated 13 percent of the worldspopulation may be left-handed and still most people around the world a
13、re right-handed.What makes a person become right-handed rather than left-handed? As yet no onereally knows for sure. One simple idea suggests that people normally get right-handedness from their parents. Studies have found that two right-handed parents have only a 9.5 percent chance of having a left
14、-handed child, whereas two left-handed parents have a 26 percent chance of having a left-handed child. Another common theory is that left-handed people suffer mild brain damage during birth, which makes them left-handed. However, if this theory were true, it would not explain why the percentage of l
15、eft-banded people is so similar in every society, when birth conditions vary so much from society to society.Whatever the reasons behind it, peoples attitudes toward left-handedness have changed a lot over the years. Statistics show that although 13 percent of young people (10-20 years old) are left-handed, only 6 percent of the elderly are left-handed. Left-handed children used to be punished until they began using their right hand like other children, but today people who are left-ha
