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1、考研英语一泸州市江阳区2023年预测试题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) Soon after Susan settled down on a flight to Illinois this pas May, she glanced over at her seatmate.He was in his 60
2、s, 1 bright yellow sunglasses, and was busy 2 a message. The screen of the phone was big and 3 , making it easy for Susan to 4 what he was tapping out: “Hey Babe, Im setting next to a smell fatty.”It reminded Susan of the 5 things she thought about herself on a daily basis. 6 tears streamed down her
3、 cheeks. 7 a row behind them was David, a 35-year-old bar manager. He could see the mans 8 on the phone, too and he could see Susan. “I 9 her looking at his phone,” David told wsmv. com. “I was sick to my stomach. I could not have this guy sitting next to her this whole flight and have her thinking
4、hes 10 her.”In an instant, David 11 his seat belt and stood up. “Hey, I need to talk to you,” David told the man.“ We are 12 seats! Now!” When the man asked 13 , David said, “Youre texting about her, and Im not 14 that.” The man had to 15 quickly. David took his place next to Susan and was soon chee
5、ring up his new 16 . “He told me not to let the guy 17 me and that everything was going to be fine,” Susan wrote in a Facebook post after the flight. And he was right. She and David spent the rest of the flight 18 like old friends.With her 19 in humanity restored (恢复), Susan 20 on Facebook, “The fli
6、ght attendant told him that he was her hero.He wasnt her herohe was mine.”1、AworeBremovedCpolishedDadjusted2、AwhisperingBpostingCsendingDcopying3、AnarrowBbrightCblankDflat4、AguessBpredictCrecallDread5、AcomfortableBridiculousCnegativeDpositive6、ARegularlyBSoonCAnywayDConstantly7、ASittingBHidingCStand
7、ingDLying8、ApictureBpassageCmessageDgame9、AheardBleftCstoppedDnoticed10、Amaking fun ofBrelying onCgiving upDlooking after11、AfoundBunfastenedCtightenedDcaught12、AbookingBchoosingCswitchingDtaking13、AwhereBwhenChowDwhy14、AacceptingBdoubtingCknowingDjudging15、ArefuseBanswerCagreeDexplain16、AcustomerBs
8、eatmateCmanagerDemployee17、AabandonBcontrolCcheatDannoy18、AchattingBworkingCcheeringDplaying19、AworryBfaithCknowledgeDview20、AcomplainedBwroteCwarnedDsignSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mar
9、k your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1 You have probably heard of the Mozart effect. Its the idea that if children or even babies listen to music composed by Mozart, they will become more intelligent. A quick Internet search reveals plenty of products to assist you in the task. Whatev
10、er your age is there are CDs and books to help you taste the power of Mozarts music, but when it comes to scientific evidence that it can make you more clever, the picture is more mixed.The phrase “the Mozart effect” was made up in 1991, but it was a study described two years later in the journal Na
11、ture that sparked real media and public interest about the idea that listening to classical music somehow improves the brain. It is one of those ideas that sound reasonable. Mozart was undoubtedly a genius himself; his music is complex and there is a hope that if we listen to enough of it, well beco
12、me more intelligent.The_idea_took_off,_with thousands of parents playing Mozart to their children, and in 1998 Zell Miller, the Governor of the state of Georgia in the US, even asked for money to be set aside in the state budget so that every newborn baby could be sent a CD of classical music. It wa
13、s not just babies and children who were exposed to Mozarts music on purpose, even an Italian farmer proudly explained that the cows were played Mozart three times a day to help them produce better milk.Ill leave the debate on the impact on milk yield to farmers, but what about the evidence that list
14、ening to Mozart makes people more intelligent? More research was carried out but an analysis of sixteen different studies confirmed that listening to music does lead to a temporary improvement in the ability to handle shapes mentally, but the benefits are shortlived and it doesnt make us more intell
15、igent.1、What can we learn from Paragraph 1?AMozart composed many musical pieces for children.BChildren listening to Mozart will be more intelligent.CThere are few products on the Internet about Mozarts music.DThere is little scientific evidence to support the Mozart effect.2、Why did many people believe in the idea of the Mozart effect?ABecause a study described it in the journal Nature.BBecause Mozart himself was a ge
