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1、考研英语一茂名市电白县2023年考前冲刺试卷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) I did my first wing-walk two years ago, on my 86 birthday. Then last June, aged 88, I did it again and 1 my own rec
2、ord as the worlds oldest 2 wing-walker.There was something about being strapped (捆扎) to the 3 of a bright-yellow 1944 Boeing-Stearman that 4 my imagination. Its very exciting. The first experience was nothing but tame. This year, I said to the 5 , “Can you make it a bit more adventuresome? ” He said
3、, “I could do a loop-the-loop (翻筋斗) if you like?”This time, he 6 doing half a loop which was very effective. You go down a bit, then straight up. All I felt was a bit 7 , because it was windy. But you are 8 strapped. The pilot makes sure everything is 9 . I had gloves on, earplugs and lots of layers
4、, which protected me.Both times, we 10 from Gloucestershire Airport and were in the air for 15 minutes. You dont sit on the wingyou sit on 11 looks like a chair. I wasnt nervous. But when you look at the propellers (螺旋桨), you do feel a little strange. Youre 12 at the beginning that its a 13 dangerou
5、s activity and things could go wrong. However, I said: “Well, at 88 what does it 14 ? You ve got to go sometime and you might as well go in a flame of 15 .”At my age, a lot of people are 16 in their ways. I dont think any of my 17 from my retirement home wants to 18 me. I imagine most of them think
6、Im 19 as a woman. But I do think people of my age should be doing more 20 things. You shouldnt sit back and feel sorry for yourself.1、AkeptBbrokeCsavedDprotected2、AdoctorBrepairCmaleDfemale3、AwingBheadCtailDbottom4、ApractisedBdisplayedCinspiredDbroadened5、AdriverBpilotCguideDdirector6、Aturned upBgav
7、e upCtook upDended up7、AshakyBdizzyCshinyDclumsy8、AtightlyBlargelyCsafelyDcorrectly9、AspecialBsecureCcautiousDaccessible10、Alet outBgot throughCbroke upDtook off11、AwhatBhowCwhereDthat12、AchargedBallowedCwarnedDcheated13、AactuallyBpotentiallyCdoubtfullyDcertainly14、AmeanBliveCdreamDmatter15、AgloryBs
8、ilenceCmemoryDash16、AcriticizedBbeatenCstuckDwashed17、AleadersBfriendsCopponentsDrelatives18、ApersuadeBpraiseCjoinDwin19、AcrazyBbraveCcalmDsteady20、AacademicBdifficultCadventurousDridiculousSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below eac
9、h text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1 On Sunday, March 11, most Americans will set their clocks forward an hour, as daylight saving time (sometimes wrongly called daylight savings time) begins and most of the United States can enjoy an extra hour o
10、f daylight. The spring and fall clock changes continue a long tradition started by Benjamin Franklin to conserve energy.Benjamin Franklin lakes the honor (or the blame, depending on your view of the lime changes) for coming up with the idea to reset clocks in the summer months as a way to conserve e
11、nergy. By moving clocks forward, people could take advantage of the extra evening daylight rather than wasting energy on lighting. At the time, Franklin was ambassador to Paris and so wrote a letter to the Journal of Paris in 1784, rejoicing over his “discovery” that the sun provides light as soon a
12、s it rises.Even so, DST (Daylight Saving Time) didnt officially begin until more than a century later. Germany established DST in May 1916 as a way to conserve fuel during World War I. The rest of Europe came onboard shortly thereafter. And in 1918, the United States adopted DST.Though President Woo
13、drow Wilson wanted to keep daylight saving time after WWI ended, the country was mostly rural at the time and farmers objected, partly because it would mean they lost an hour of morning light. And so daylight saving time was abolished until at the start of WWII, on Feb. 9, 1942, President Franklin R
14、oosevelt re-established daylight saving time year- round, calling it “War Time.”After the war, a free-for-all system in which U.S. states and towns were given the choice of whether or not to observe DST led to disorder. And in 1966, to avoid such “Wild West” confusion, Congress passed the Uniform Ti
15、me Act. That federal law meant that any state observing DST and they didnt have to jump on the DST system had to follow a uniform timing system throughout the state in which daylight saving time would begin on the first Sunday of April and end on the last Sunday of October.Then, in 2007, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 went into effect, expanding the length of daylight saving lime to the present timing.1、What is the passage mainly abou
