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1、考研英语一2023年息县考前冲刺试卷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)One night many years ago I was on the bridge of a ship passing one of our large cities on a quiet night. I saw its light
2、s 1 in the sky and heard the citys noises.I have spent twenty-five years on boats. Now I am a 2 . My job is to bring in the large luxury 3 and stay with them until they are safely stopped in their ports.I felt very 4 the first time I ever docked a big liner. She came 5 up the harbor on a flood tide
3、and towered high over the short little boat. As we drew alongside, a doorway opened 6 at water level and two smartly dressed sailors helped me aboard.I was escorted to the bridge where I 7 from the captain. I realized I was in 8 of a great ship worth millions of dollars. Having docked several of the
4、 large liners, I realized I was not important, 9 simply the quarterback who called the signals.In spite of 10 we read in the newspapers, I have great faith in this country, praying that a peaceful understanding will come to this 11 world, so that my children can grow up in a world full of happiness.
5、 I believe this will come 12 .I remember the understanding and 13 that took over this country, back in 1949, when a little girl named Kathy Fiskus 14 into an old well in California. Engineers and sandhogs and people in all walks of life worked almost three days, and when they got her out she was dea
6、d.People sent in thousands of dollars in 15 funds, but those who did the work and 16 the equipment wouldnt take the money. They worked for bigger things. I talked to captains of foreign 17 that came into New York Harbor, and they were just as 18 as we Americans over the tragedy.I believe some 19 wil
7、l be found to work together for world peace with the same sympathy and understanding that people worked to rescue little Kathy Fiskus. I believe God will 20 bring this about.1、Adecorated Breflected Cincluded Doccupied2、Acook Bdesigner Cpilot Dswimmer3、Aliners Bshops Chotels Doffices4、Ainteresting Bs
8、mart Clucky Dproud5、Adrawing Briding Cwalking Drunning6、Aoften Bnever Calmost Dhardly7、Atook over Bpicked up Cgot out Dbrought in8、Aplace Bneed Csearch Dcontrol9、Aso Bbut Cand Dor10、Ahow Bwhere Cwhich Dwhat11、Aundiscovered Bunsettled Cunplanned Dunexpected12、Ain Bfrom Cabout Don13、Afavor Bpity Cbeli
9、ef Dsense14、Afell Bwaved Cthrew Dhid15、Aschool Bbusiness Crescue Dloan16、Aproduced Btransported Cfurnished Dsupposed17、Abuses Bplanes Cships Dtrains18、Aworried Bsatisfied Camazed Dconcerned19、Atime Broad Cmoney Dway20、Asomeday Bforever Cnowhere DthereforeSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirecti
10、ons: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 Hotshot jet pilots are no match for cliff swallows. The birds rocket over bridges and skim over lakes, rushing forward at accelerations that woul
11、d knock an Air Force. By tracking these contests with high-speed cameras, a new study gives the first, in-depth peek into avian aerodynamics (鸟类空气力学) in the wild. “The findings may even provide insight into how to design better micro air vehicles-tiny drones. This technology will be brilliantly usef
12、ul,” says biomechanics expert Jim Usherwood of the United Kingdoms Royal Veterinary College in Hatfield. “High-resolution field studies like this have never been done before for birds.”For cliff swallows, the trouble starts when they return from wintering in South America to their summer homes in No
13、rth America. After arrival, they seek out their old mud nestsusually located under concrete bridges and freeways-and start rebuilding their homes. But rather than hunt down a fresh supply of mud, some swallows prefer stealing supplies from their more hardworking neighbors. Others take things further
14、 and will even lay an egg or two in their neighbors nest before taking off.Battles in the air follow if the invaders are caught in the act, and a new study takes advantage of these fights to learn how birds perform high-speed maneuvers (演习). The team placed three cameras along a North Carolina lake
15、crossed by a highway bridge that houses several cliff swallow nests and waited for the battles to commence.The team was surprised to learn that most of the time, chasers copied the move of fleeing invaders. Swallows also pull very hard turns to escape an enemy, with one extreme case reaching 7.8 gravity. Fighter pilots usually pass out at about 5 or 6 g
