考研《英语一》藤县2023年临考冲刺试题含解析

考研英语一藤县2023年临考冲刺试题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)I decided to become a comet searcher on a bright clear morning 50 years ago in Montreal. It was a bit of an impromptu (即兴的） 1 . I had a French test 2 and knew that the examiner, Mr. Hutchison, would ask me about my career plans. I had to come up with something that was both credible and easily 3 into French.About six years earlier I truly had become 4 about the night sky, but to stand up and say, “Astronomie!” was not enough. Mr. Hutchison would want 5 . I recalleda comet that had recently been discovered from Japan-one that 6 became the brightest of the 20th century. Without a further thought, I decided that I was going to be a 7 for comets. Not coincidentally, the English and French words for a comet (une comte) sound very 8 , so my new occupation was 9 to talk about in French.And 10 to the answer I gave Mr. Hutchison, I began searching for cornels after graduation. Fortunately, working as a science journalist and giving lectures about the night sky have allowed me to 11 my cosmic passion and still pay the bills.Discovering my first cornet 12 almost 19 years. On that particular night, November 13, 1984. As I 13 the telescope again and again, I slowly 14 that a fuzzy (模糊的）object was not staying in the same place but was creeping northward, as only a cornet 15 .I telephoned an astronomer at Lowell Observatory Ariz., who 16 my find. I felt as though I could 17 right up to the sky I loved so much. Michael Rudenko discovered the comet the next evening, and 18 the new object became known as Cornel Levy-Rudenko.In the following 50 years, I discovered 22 other new cornels. It is the joy of the search, 19 the discoveries, that 20 me going.1、Aplan Bidea Cdecision Dthought2、Acoming up Bcoming up Ccoming over Dcoming down3、Aexpressed Bput Cwritten Dspoken4、Aparticular Bcurious Cpassionate Dconfident5、Adetails Bcontents Cdescriptions Dcontacts6、Ainevitably Binvariably Cunexpectedly Deventually7、Areporter Bhunter Cresearcher Dobserver8、Adifferent Bsame Calike Dpleasant9、Ahard Bmild Ccasual Deasy10、Atrue Bclose Copen Dcontrary11、Aarouse Bshare Cawaken Dpursue12、Atook Bspent Ccost Dused13、Alooked into Blooked though Csaw though Dsaw to14、Aconsented Brealized Cconcluded Drecognized15、Amight Bshould Cwould Dcould16、Aaccepted Bconfirmed Capproved Dopposed17、Aclimb Bgrow Cflee Dfloat18、Ayet Bstill Cthus Dalso19、Amore than Bbetter than Cother than Drather than20、Adrags Bkeeps Cleaves DcatchesSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections: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 1The weather.Its always a talking-point in Britain.Why is that?Is it something strange about British people?Well it's nice to think that a lot of British people are eccentric（古怪）,I mean,the place is famous for it. But really,it's the weather that's the point of note.The UK has some of the most interesting weather in the world."Britain does not have a CLIMATE.It just has WEATHERIn hot countries most of the indoor places that need to be comfortable are air-conditioned,and in cold countries most of the places that need to be comfortable are properly heated.The UK is the exception,since the weather is often interesting and no one really takes heat and cold seriously.So although the weather can be very cold,very hot,very wet,or just wildly confused,it always takes people by surprise.When it gets to winter and there is actually some SNOW,it always takes the people by surprise.It is frontpage news,and even a few inches of snow brings the country to a standstill.But then,what happens next is even more surprising and catches the folk off guard completely.And who could possibly have predicted it?!IT MELTS! Flooding!What a surprise!Then in the summer,it gets very hot.If it had been Thailand or Australia,there'd be no problem.It is supposed to be hot,so,there is air conditioning.But in the UK,just total confusion at the sudden hot weather.Shock,health problems,and despite the fact that the country is considered to be where it always rains,summertime brings drought! But do people have cisterns（水箱）and reserve water tanks?Wouldnt it make sense for people to store rainwater in case of drought?Of course it would,but it is a dependency-culture where people have been trained to be dependent on the state,which then means that in emergen