2020年全国硕士研究生考试英语（一）真题（含解析）

Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or Don the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) Even if families dont sit down to eat together as frequently as before, millions of Britons will nonetheless have got a share this weekend of one of the nations great traditions: the Sunday roast. 1 a cold winters day, few culinary pleasures can 2 it. Yet as we report now, the food police are determined that this 3 should be rendered yet another guilty pleasure 4 to damage our health. The Food Standards Authority (FSA) has 5 a public warning about the risks of a compound called acrylamide that forms in some foods cooked 6 high temperatures. This means that people should 7 crisping their roast potatoes, reject thin-crust pizzas and only 8 toast their bread. But where is the evidence to support such alarmist advice? 9 studies have shown that acrylamide can cause neurological damage in mice, there is no 10 evidence that it causes cancer in humans. Scientists say the compound is 11 to cause cancer but have no hard scientific proof. 12 the precautionary principle, it could be argued that it is 13 to follow the FSA advice. 14 , it was rumoured that smoking caused cancer for years before the evidence was found to prove a 15 Doubtless a piece of boiled beef can always be 16 up on Sunday alongside some steamed vegetables, without the Yorkshire pudding and no wine. But would life be worth living? 17 the FSA says it is not telling people to cut out roast foods 18 , but to reduce their lifetime intake. However, their 19 risks coming across as being pushy and overprotective. Constant health scares just 20 with no one listening. 2020年全国硕士研究生考试英语（一）真题第 1 页，共 78 页1. AJ In 2. AJ match 3. A J patience 4. AJ intensified 5. AJ issued 6. AJ under 7. AJ forget 8. AJ partially 9. AJ Unless 10. AJ secondary 11. AJ insufficient 12. A On the basis of 13. A J interesting 14. A As usual 15. A J resemblance 16. AJ made 17. AJ To be fair 18. AJ reluctantly 19. AJ promise 20. AJ follow up PartA Directions: BJ Towards CJ On DJ Till B express CJ satisfy DJ influence B enjoyment CJ surprise DJ concern B privileged CJ compelled DJ guaranteed B received CJ ignored DJ cancelled B at CJ for DJ by B regret CJ finish DJ avoid B regularly CJ easily D initially B Since CJ If DJ While B external CJ conclusive DJ negative B bound CJ likely DJ slow B At the cost of C In addition to D In contrast to B advisable CJ urgent DJ fortunate B In particular C By definition D After all B combination CJ connection D pattern B served CJ saved DJ used B For instance CJ To be brief DJ In general B entirely CJ gradually DJ carefully B experience CJ campaign DJ competition BJ pick up CJ open up DJ end up Section II Reading Comprehension Read the following four texts. Answer the questions after each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points) -i ( -) -iM .2. ( 14 gf ) 2020年全国硕士研究生考试英语（一）真题第 2 页，共 78 页Text 1 A group of Labour MPs, among them Yvette Cooper, are bringing in the new year with a call to institute a UK town of culture award. The proposal is that it should sit alongside the existing city of culture title, which was held by Hull in 2017, and has been awarded to Coventry for 2021. Cooper and her colleagues argue that the success of the crown for Hull, where it brought in 220m of investment and an avalanche of arts, ought not to be confined to cities. Britains towns, it is true, are not prevented from applying, but they generally lack the resources to put together a bid to beat their bigger competitors. A town of culture award could, it is argued, become an annual event, attracting funding and creatingjobs. Some might see the proposal as a booby prize for the fact that Britain is no longer able to apply for the much more prestigious title of European capital of culture, a sought-after award bagged by Glasgow in 1990 and Liverpool in 2008. A cynic might speculate that the UK is on the verge of disappearing into an endless fever of self-celebration in its desperation to reinvent itself for the post-Brexit world: after town of culture, who knows what will follow-village of culture? Suburb of culture? Hamlet of culture? It is also wise to recall that such titles are not a cure-all. A badly run year of culture washes in and washes out of a place like the tide, bringing prominence for a spell but leaving no lasting benefits to the community. The really successful holders of such titles are those that do a great deal more than fill hotel bedrooms and bring in high-profile arts events and good press for a year. They transform the aspirations of the people who live there; they nudge the self-image of the city into a bolder and more optimistic light. It is hard to get right, and requires a remarkable degree of vision, as well as cooperation between city authorities, the private sector, community groups and cultural organisations. But it can be done: Glasgows year as Europe