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1、考研英语一江苏省常州市钟楼区2023年点睛提分卷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)It was the first time in four years that my daughter Kate had been able to have a face-to-face chat with her Chine
2、se grandfather through WeChat. Her grandfather 1 showed us his apples. Kate eagerly asked when she could eat them. Since her birth, we cant 2 time to take her back to China. Year after year, her grandfather would save us a box of the 3 apples just in case we visited. They were kept in the cold store
3、 4 and they must have been sweet. I vividly remember my first 5 of an apple picked straight from the tree.A few weeks after the 6 , when new blossoms(花) began to appear on the trees, an idea 7 Kates grandfather. If we couldnt take our 8 back this year, he would take the apples to us. He 9 the ladder
4、(梯子), carefully examining blossoms. Those that 10 his examination were picked off the trees. When the blossoms 11 small apples, he covered each apple with a special 12 consisting of three layers, which would 13 the young apples from brown spots and also help them 14 an even coloring. Several weeks p
5、assed and the apples were almost ready. He spent days 15 the outer layers of the bags. The inner red layers remained. If they were removed too early, the fruits would be damaged by the sunlight. Once they adapted to the 16 , he removed the final layers.From his 17 , he still kept one box of his fine
6、st apples but this time he was 18 to deliver them himself. 19 for his passport and visa approved, he delicately 20 his 2-kilogram bag of best apples and headed for Scotland.1、Acarefully Bproudly Csecretly Dbriefly2、Adevote Bcost Cspend Dafford3、Abiggest Bsourest Cripest Dfinest4、Awaiting Bexpecting
7、Cgrowing Dworking5、Atouch Bsight Cbite Dpurchase6、Ainterview Bdiscussion Cchat Dappointment7、Aamused Boccurred to Ccrossed Dappealed to8、Afather Bmother Cson Ddaughter9、Aclimbed Bdesigned Cmade Dfixed10、Aescaped Bpassed Cfailed Dlost11、Aburst into Bgave out Cgrew into Dlet out12、Apaper Bbag Csheet D
8、package13、Aprotect Bdiscourage Chide Dcover14、Awin Bachieve Cacknowledge Dundertake15、Asticking Bapplying Ccarrying Dremoving16、Asun Bweather Cclimate Dair17、Atree Bharvest Cexperiment Dproduct18、Aaccustomed Badvised Cengaged Ddetermined19、AInstructions BRecreations CApplications DReservations20、Apa
9、cked Bfilled Cemptied DdeliveredSection 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 1Whenever we see a button, we want to press it because we know that so
10、mething will happen. This is true in most cases, for example, on a doorbell. But some buttons are actually fake (假的), like the “close” button on a lift.Many people are in the habit of pressing the “close” button because they dont have the patience to wait for the lift doors to shut. But lifts “close
11、” buttons are a complete trick, at least in the US the doors will not close any faster no matter how hard you press.It started in the 1990s when the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in the US, making sure that all lifts stayed open long enough so that people with disabilities could enter.
12、Only US firefighters and repairmen can use the buttons to speed up the door-closing process if they have a code or special keys.But to normal lift riders, the buttons arent completely useless. According to psychologists, fake buttons can actually make you feel better by offering you a sense of contr
13、ol.“A sense of control is very important. It reduces stress and increases well-being,” said Ellen J. Langer, a psychology professor at Harvard University. Experts also added that a lot of buttons that dont do anything exist in our lives for this same purpose.For example, pedestrian crosswalk buttons
14、 dont live up to their names either. Pressing them used to help make the traffic signals change faster, but that was before computer controlled traffic signals were introduced.But psychologists found it interesting that even when people are aware of these little “white lies, they still continue to p
15、ush fake buttons because as long as the doors eventually close, it is considered to be worth the effort.1、What is the authors purpose in writing the text?ATo analyze the functions of fake buttons. BTo describe different fake buttons.CTo explore various habits of pushing buttons. DTo explain the disadvantages of f
