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1、2024年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语二模拟真题二材料题根据以下材料，回答1-20题A preference for i（江南博哥）nstrumental music indicates higher intelligence, research finds. People 1 ambient music, smooth jazz, film soundtracks, classical music and similar genres without vocals tend to have higher IQs. While vocal music 2 be seen as the 3 of
2、instrumental music, liking vocal music has no link to IQ. 4 other words, many people with high IQs also like vocal music, but so do many with less impressive levels of 5. The conclusions come from a survey of 1,500 people. All were 6 IQ tests and asked about their preferences for eighteen musical 7.
3、 The results showed that of age, race, sex, education, family income, religion, current and past marital status and 8 of children, more intelligent Americans are more likely to prefer 9 music such as big band, classical and easy listening than less 10 Americans. A second 11 survey of thousands of 16
4、-year-olds and their musical preferences was carried out in the UK in the 1980s. This also found a 12 between high intelligence and apreference for instrumental music. One theory about why liking instrumental music is linked to high IQ is the cognitive complexity of the music. 13, the researchers fo
5、und this couldnt be true. Opera, for example, is seen as complex, yet the people who like it are no more intelligent than those who 14. The studys authors write: It would be difficult to make the case 15 big-band music is more cognitively complex than classical music. On the other extreme, as 16, pr
6、eference for rap music is 17 negatively correlated with intelligence. However, preference for gospel musicis even more strongly negatively correlated with it. It would be difficult to make the case that gospel is less cognitively complex than rap. Instead, the 18, according to Dr Satoshi Kanazawa, t
7、he studys co-author, is that instrumental music is more novel. Music that is novelin other words, 19 more recently in evolutionary termstends to be preferred by people with 20 IQs. 查看材料1. 【完形填空】 第（1）题选A. good atB. fond ofC. gifted inD. used to 正确答案：B参考解析：【答题思路】根据第一句 A preference for instrumental mus
8、ic indicates higher intelligence, research finds.研究发现，偏好器乐表明智力更高。 后一句people teed to have IQs，空格处修饰主语people，因为偏好器乐智力会更高，所以应该空格表喜欢此类音乐的人拥有高智商，B正确。【选项辨析】good at 擅长 fond of 喜欢 gifted in 有天赋 used to 习惯于查看材料2. 【完形填空】第（2）题选A. mustB. wouldC. mightD. should 正确答案：C参考解析：【答题思路】考查情态动词。选项A和D在表达语气上都不适合客观描述事物，所以排除；
9、选项B体现了趋势和预测，同样不是在描述既定的客观事实；选项C是在陈述观点，但语气委婉，所以C符合题意。【选项辨析】must必须、一定 would 会、将 might 也许 should应该查看材料3. 【完形填空】第（3）题选A. equivalentB. oppositeC. substitutionD. contradictory 正确答案：B参考解析：【答题思路】while 表转折。前一句：喜欢器乐的往往拥有更高的智商，后一句：liking vocal music has no link to IQ“喜欢声乐与智商无关”，similar genres without vocals与voc
10、al music明显的对立，因此可以确定选项B符合题意。【选项辨析】equivalent 等价的、相当的 opposite 对立的 alternative 替换的 contradictory 矛盾的查看材料4. 【完形填空】第（4）题选A. WithB. AtC. ByD. In 正确答案：D参考解析：考查固定搭配。短语in other words，表示“换句话说”。查看材料5. 【完形填空】第（5）题选A. preferenceB. intelligenceC. wisdomD. interest 正确答案：B参考解析：【答题思路】最后一句话对这个研究的总结：喜欢器乐的往往智商更高，喜欢声乐
11、与智商无关，也就是说，喜欢器乐的智商往往比较高， 喜欢声乐的又高智商的，也有智商较低的。所以many people with high IQs also like vocal music“很多高智商的也喜欢声乐”, but so do many with less impressive levels of intelligence“但是很多低智商的也喜欢声乐”，B正确。【选项辨析】preference喜爱、偏好 intelligence 智力 wisdom 智慧 interest 兴趣查看材料6. 【完形填空】第（6）题选A. givenB. presentedC. providedD. ta
12、ken 正确答案：A参考解析：【答题思路】The conclusions come from a survey of 1,500 people 这个结论基于一份对1500人的调查，根据后面asked about their preferences for eighteen musical，所以空格处是做了IQ测试，选项B和D不能用于本句中的被动语态， 选项C常与with连用，且短语provide sb with sth，表示“向某人提供某物”。A符合题意，短语give sb tests表示“让某人做测试”。【选项辨析】given 给予 presented 呈现 provided提供 taken
13、拿查看材料7. 【完形填空】第（7）题选A. genresB. featuresC. instrumentsD. plays 正确答案：A参考解析：【选项辨析】翻译：这些结论是基于一份对1500人的调查。这1500人都进行了智商测试并被问及他们对18种音乐_的偏好。因为本文讨论的是喜爱音乐与智商的关系，且上文已经提及了vocal music(声乐)和instrumental music(器乐)，所以应填入“类别”或“种类”等词汇。由此可知选项A符合题意。【答题思路】genres流派、体裁 features 特点 instruments 乐器 plays 表演查看材料8. 【完形填空】第（8）题
14、选A. educationB. ideasC. numberD. love 正确答案：C参考解析：【答题思路】and连接并列的词性age，race，sex，education，family income都是形容人的属性，所以空格处是小孩的数量，C正确。【选项辨析】education 教育 ideas主意、想法 number 数量 love 爱查看材料9. 【完形填空】第（9）题选A. rapB. instrumentalC. folkD. classical 正确答案：B参考解析：【答题思路】根据第一段的结论高智商的，都喜欢器乐，more intelligent Americans are m
15、ore likely to prefer _ music such as big band, classical并且 such as 后面的 big band，classical 都是器乐，B正确。【选项辨析】rap 说唱音乐 instrumental 乐器的 folk 民间的 classical 古典的查看材料10. 【完形填空】第（10）题选A. stupidB. wiseC. cleverD. intelligent 正确答案：D参考解析：【答题思路】more than 是一个比较结构，即more intelligent Americans与lessAmericans构成对比，所以选项D符合题意。【选项辨析】stupid 愚蠢的 wise 有智慧的 clever 聪明的 intelligent 有智力的查看材料11. 【完形填空】第（11）题选A. recentB. likelyC. familiarD. similar 正确答案：D参考解析：【答题思路】根据The conclusions
