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1、九江市星子县2023年考研英语一考前冲刺试题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)I have forgotten the name of the old lady, who was a customer on my newspaper route. Yet it 1 in my memory that she
2、taught me a lesson in 2 that I shall never forget.On a winter afternoon, a friend and I were 3 stones onto the roof of the old ladys house near her garden. The 4 was to observe how the stones changed to missiles as they 5 to the roofs edge and fell into the yard like comets（彗星）falling from the 6 I f
3、ound myself a perfectly smooth rock and threw it. The stone was too 7 , however, so it slipped from my hand as I let it go and headed straight for a small 8 At the sound of broken glass, we knew we were in 9 We ran faster than any of our stones flew off her roof.I was too 10 about getting caught tha
4、t first night to be 11 about the old lady with the broken window in winter. 12 ,a few days later, when I was sure that I hadnt been discovered, I started to feel 13 for her trouble. She still greeted me with a smile each day when I gave her the newspaper, but I was no longer able to act 14 when seei
5、ng her.I decided that I would save my paper delivery money, and in three weeks I had the seven dollars that I thought would 15 the cost of her window and sent it to her in an envelope.The next day, I 16 the old lady her paper. She thanked me for the paper and gave me a bag of biscuits she had made h
6、erself. I thanked her and ate the biscuits 17 I continued my route.After several cookies, I felt an envelope and pulled it out of the 18 . When I opened the envelope, I was 19 Inside were the seven dollars and a short note that 20 ,“Im proud of you.”1、AfailsBfadesCimpressesDremains2、AforgivenessBval
7、ueChonestyDgratefulness3、AcollectingBputtingCthrowingDplacing4、AsubjectBthemeCtopicDobject5、AshotBrolledCgotDdropped6、AearthBoceanCskyDuniverse7、AsmoothBsquareCheavyDbeautiful8、AceilingBdoorCchimneyDwindow9、AdangerBtroubleCsurpriseDcomfort10、AscaredBexcitedCdisappointedDconfused11、AfrightenedBdepres
8、sedCpuzzledDconcerned12、AHoweverBThereforeCBesidesDFurthermore13、AhonoredBguiltyCpleasedDpressed14、AproudBactiveCcomfortableDenergetic15、AincludeBincreaseCcoverDmend16、AhandedBturnedCpassedDsent17、AbecauseBwhereCsinceDas18、ApaperBpocketCbagDwallet19、AannoyedBsurprisedCamusedDdelighted20、AattachedBsa
9、idCtoldDwroteSection 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 1 Gardeners such as Prince Charles who claim that talking to plants encourages them to gr
10、ow have long been seen as a little silly. But scientists 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 approac
11、hing insects.When the researchers played recordings of flying 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 t
12、he buzz compared to those left in silence or exposed to 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
13、 respond to pollinators may be weakened in city environments 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 ef
14、forts of gardeners who talk to their plants may not be in 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
15、 Royal Horticultural Society in 2009 found female voices 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 inf
