青海省海东地区化隆回族自治县2023年考研《英语一》考前冲刺试卷含解析
青海省海东地区化隆回族自治县2023年考研英语一考前冲刺试卷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)How often do you let other people's nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver,impolite waiter,rude boss,or an insensitive employee 1 your day?One day I was in a taxi and we headed 2 the airportWe were driving in the 3 lane when suddenly a black car drove out of a parking space right in front of usMy taxi driver slammed on his 4 ,slid sideways,and at the very last moment our car stopped and 5 the other car by just inches!The driver of the other car looked around and started 6 at usMy taxi driver just 7 and waved at the guyAnd I mean he was really 8 So I asked,“Why did you just do that?This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!”This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call“The Law of the Garbage Truck”He explained that many people are like garbage trucksThey run around full of 9 ,full of frustration,full of anger,and full of disappointmentAs their garbage 10 up,they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on 11 Don't take it personally;Just smile, wave,wish them well,and move onBelieve meYou'll be 12 Don't take their garbage and 13 it to other people at work, at home,or on the streetsLife's too short to wake up in he morning with 14 The mark of your success is how quickly you can refocus on what's 15 ,Roy Baumeister,a psychology researcher from Florida State University,found in his extensive research that you 16 bad things more ofter than good things in your life,you store the bad memories more easily,and you 17 them more frequentlyTherefore,love the people who treat you right and ignore the ones who don'tLife is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you 18 it!When you follow“The Law of the Garbage Truck”, you take back control of your life! You make room for the good by 19 go of the badHave a marvelous,garbage-free day! The seeds you plant today 20 the harvest you will reap tomorrow1、AenrichBobtainCspareDruin2、AthroughBtoCinDfor3、AlatterBrightCoppositeDfree4、AwindowBdoorCbrakesDseat5、AknockedBovertookCmissedDlost6、AlaughingBthrowingCglancingDyelling7、AwonderedBignoredCsmiledDguessed8、AfriendlyBangryCtiredDdisappointed9、AexpectationBpassengersCgarbageDgoods10、AturnsBpilesCholdsDpushes11、AroadsBchildrenCyouDdustbin12、AupsetBhappierCpitifulDfrightened13、AeontributeBshareCexplainDspread14、AsurpriseBpleasureCdoubtDregrets15、AfunnyBimportantCstrangeDembarrassing16、ArememberBforgetCvalueDappreciate17、ArecalIBexchangeCenjoyDimagine18、AinspireBtakeCmendDnotice19、AlettingBconsistingCmakingDdreaming20、AdistinguishBdeserveCdeliverDdetermineSection 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 1 Flowers make people happy. And while that might seem obvious, there hasnt been much research to prove the point until now.Some new studies by Rutgers University scientists support the idea strongly, and the experts go on to assume that flowers have flourished on this planet, with their beauty evolving in recent thousands of years, partly because humans are so attached to them.In a test, bunches of flowers were sent by florists to 113 men and women in a retirement community. All 113 got flowers and a notebook, but some got them earlier and received a second bunch when the others got theirs. By now you can guess the outcome. The more flowers, the more smiles.The results of the studies got the scientists to thinking about how the flower industry of today has evolved into growing things that serve no other purpose than emotional (情感上的) satisfaction. Nature wont even pollinate (授粉) many of the domesticated flowers. Just among roses, there are so many types created by humans that, clearly, flowers arent what they used to be. But its likely our collective hand has played a role longer than you might think.Geneticist (遗传学家) Terry McGuire suggests that natures prettier flowers got to survive and develop well because people didnt destroy them when they cleared for agriculture. Instead, they grew them and have been doing so for over 2,000 years. “Because theyre a source of pleasure, we take care of them. In that sense theyre like dogs. They are the pets of the plant world.” McGuire says.Here is one way that might have worked:Many species of flowers that are now planted used to grow only when the ground was disturbed, McGuire explains. “As humans moved into agricultural settings, these flowers would have been weeds.” “Th