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1、廊坊市固安县2023年考研英语一高分冲刺试卷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)There was once a group of young people searching everywhere for happiness but what they got was only annoyance, grie
2、f and misery.So they 1 Socrates for advice on where happiness 2 But 3 giving any answers, Socrates asked them to help with building a 4 first. The group of guys had to 5 the task, laying aside their own business of seeking happiness. It took them a long time to cut down a tall tree, gouging out (挖空)
3、 the center. Through painstaking effort, they made a canoe out of the tree. They launched the canoe into a river, and then 6 together in it, singing with 7 .Socrates asked, “My children, do you have happiness now?” They answered in chorus: “We 8 be happier!” Socrates 9 , “Thats it! 10 you are too bu
4、sy pursuing something to notice anything bitter, happiness will occur.”From the story I got to know that happiness 11 hides behind every tiny thing that you are involved in, and that you may only get pleasure through 12 work and creativity.We may have to 13 pain in our daily life and in the process
5、of 14 happiness. Sometimes we tend to look for happiness in 15 things, like a new car, clothes, etc. True long term happiness, however, comes from within our 16 and spirit. So why not turn suffering into 17 life, and 18 tears into the light in your heart? Only in this way can we make it through and
6、find true happiness.So my dear friends, just remember happiness is a state of mind and a matter of 19 , and I 20 you all a life of happiness.1、Apointed toBreferred toCturned toDkept to2、AlayBbelongedCstoodDlaid3、Aapart fromBinstead ofCother thanDfor fear of4、AhouseBboatCbridgeDschool5、Aset aboutBset
7、 downCset outDset up6、AsatBstoodCgotDrowed7、AjoyBsorrowCcuriosityDhope8、AmustntBshouldntCcouldntDneednt9、AdeclaredBthoughtCaddedDassumed10、AUnlessBWheneverCUntilDHowever11、AneverBalwaysCeverDseldom12、AcautiousBendlessChardDeffective13、AexperienceBavoidCenjoyDdeny14、AsearchingBseekingChopingDimprovin
8、g15、AspiritualBniceCnewDmaterial16、AbodyBpartCsoulDhead17、AblamingBpraisingCendingDcursing18、AturnBputCdivideDdraw19、AtimeBenergyCfactDchoice20、AwishBpromiseCbringDRequireSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing
9、A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1 If English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Havent you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?According to a new study by a British
10、 university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.The study also found the effect i
11、s greater, the younger people learn a second language. A team led by Dr Andrea Michelle, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number
12、of later learners. Scans showed that grey matter density (密度) in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference.“Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed b
13、y the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists.It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. “Having two languages gives you two windows on t
14、he world and makes the brain more flexible (灵活的).” he said. “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of two and 34. Reading
15、, writing, and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. “Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,” explained the scientists.1、The main subject talked about in this passage is _.Ascience on learning a second languageBmans ability of learning a second languageClanguage can help brain powerDlanguage learning and maths study2、In the second paragraph, the writer mentions “exercise”
