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1、2023年考研英语考试模拟卷（1）本卷共分为1大题50小题，作答时间为180分钟，总分100分，60分及格。一、单项选择题（共50题，每题2分。每题的备选项中，只有一个最符合题意） 1.The purpose of the author in writing this passage is to urge the FedAto incline to a tighter policy.Bto put investment in tech-sector.Cto consider possible rate hikes.Dto abandon a neutral stance. 2.Accordin
2、g to the author, the American economyAis nowhere near a sustainable growth.Bis at its weakest point.Cis near to complete recovery at hand.Dis much better than it seems. 3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passageAThe US economy is gradually recovering from the steep declines.BThe Fed sh
3、ould take in account the shift in its outlook on economy.CIt is not the proper timing for the Fed to consider rate interests.DIt is necessary that the Fed make adjustments to its monetary policy. 4.The best title for this passage may beAA Construction Company under Fire.BFears Haunted in the World.C
4、A Debate on Building Upwards.DSkyscrapers on the Boom. 5.The authors attitude toward the construction of skyscrapers seems to be that ofAopposition.Bindifference.Capproval.Dsuspicion. 6.In the wake of September 11, the construction techniques of skyscrapers are innovated so as to make themAlook incr
5、edibly smart in design.Bmore resistant to potential disasters.Csound particularly luxurious.Dmore protective to their occupants. 7.It can be inferred from Paragraph 5 that in Japan skyscrapersAare already under construction.Bprove to be quake-resistant.Care absolutely prohibited.Dturn out be energy-
6、efficient. 8.When the writer says that the London Bridge Tower would not stand in Manhattan, he meansAits residents are unlikely to embrace skyscrapers.BEurope is one of the largest financial markets.CAmericans hold a continuing fear of terrorism.DKPF has been subjected to strong criticisms. 9.Secti
7、on Reading Comprehension Part A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. Text 1 The planet’s wild creatures face a new threat from yuppies, empty nesters, singletons and one parent families. B
8、iologists studying the pressure on the planet’s dwindling biodiversity today report on a new reason for alarm. Although the rate of growth in the human population is decreasing, the number of individual households is exploding. Even where populations have actually dwindledin some regions of Ne
9、w Zealand, for instancethe number of individual households has increased, because of divorce, career choice, smaller families and longer lifespans. Jianguo Liu of Michigan State University and colleagues from Stanford University in California re port in Nature, in a paper published online in advance
10、, that a greater number of individual house holds, each containing on average fewer people, meant more pressure on natural resources. Towns and cities began to sprawl as new homes were built. Each household needed fuel to heat and light it; each household required its own plumbing, cooking and refri
11、geration. In larger households, the efficiency of resource consumption will be a lot higher, because more people share things, Dr. Liu said. He and his colleagues looked at the population patterns of life in 141 countries, including 76 hotspot regions unusually rich in a variety of endemic wildlife.
12、 These hot spots included Australia, New Zealand, the US, Brazil, China, India, Kenya, and Italy. They found that between 1985 and 2000 in the hotspot parts of the globe, the annual 3.1% growth rate in the number of households was far higher than the population growth rate of 1.8 %. Had the average
13、household size remained at the 1985 level, the scientists report, there would have been 155m fewer households in hotspot countries in 2000. Paradoxically, smaller households do not mean smaller homes. In Indian River county, Florida, the average area of a one-storey, single family house increased 33
14、 % in the past three decades. Dr. Liu’s work grew from the alarming discovery that the giant pandas living in China’s Wolong reserve were more at risk now than they were when the reserve was first established. The local population had grown, but the total number of homes had increased mo
15、re swiftly, to make greater inroads into the bamboo forests. Gretchen Daily of Stanford, one of the authors, said: We all depend on open space and wild places, not just for peace of mind but for vital services such as crop pollination, water purification and climate stabilization. The alarming thing about this study is the finding that, if family groups continue to become smaller and smaller, we might continue losing biodiversityeven if we get the aggregate human population size stabilised.The first paragraph mainly tells us that（）Athe
