硕士入学考试：2020年[英语一]考试真题与答案解析.pdf

硕士入学考试：2020 年英语一考试真题与答案解析硕士入学考试：2020 年英语一考试真题与答案解析【完形】【完形】Directions: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)Directions: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)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 that 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 our health.That this 3 should be rendered yet another quilty pleasure 4 to damage our health.The Food Standards Authority(FSA)has 5 a public worming 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 adarmlist 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 rumourded that smoking caused cancer for years before the evidence was found to prove a 15Doubtless a piece of boiled feef can always be 16 up on Sunday alongside some steamed vegetables,without the York shire 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 reduce their lifetime intake.However its 19 risks coming a cross as being pushy and overprotective.Constant health scares just 20 with no one listening.1.AIn BTowards Con DTill2.A match Bexpress Csatisfy Dinfluence3.Apatience Benjoyment Csurprise Dconcem4.Aintensified Bprivileged C compelled Dguaranteed5.Aissued Breceived Cignored Dcancelled6.A under Bat Cfor Dby7.Aforget Bregret Cfinish D avoid8.Apartially Bregularly C easily Dinitially9.AUnless BSince CIf DWhile10.A secondary Bextermal C conclusive D negative11.Ainsufficient Bbound Clikely Dslow12.AOn the basis of BAt the cost of C In addition to DIn contrast to13.Ainteresting Badvisable Curgent Dfortunate14.AAs usual BIn particular CBy definition DAfter all15.Aresemblance Bcombination C connection Dpattern16.Amade Bserved Csaved Dused17.ATo be fair BFor instance CTo be brief DIn general18.Areluctantly Bentirely C gradually D carefully19.A promise B experience Ccampaign D competition20.Afollow up Bpick up C open up Dend up答案（1-20）答案（1-20）1.on2.match3.enjoyment4.intensified5.issued6.at7.avoid8.easily9.while10.conclusive11.bound12.on the basis of13.advisable14.after all15.connection16.served17.to be fair18.entirely19.campaign20.end up【阅读】【阅读】Section III Reading ComprehensionSection III Reading ComprehensionPart A Directions: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)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 the ANSWER SHEET.(40 points)Text 1Text 1A 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 Zozl.Cooper and her colleagues argue that the success of the crown for Hull,where it brought in220m of investment and an avalache of arts,out not to be confined to cities.Britain town,it is true are not prevented from applying,but they generally lack the resources to put together a bit to beat their bigger competitions.A town of culture award could,it is argued,become an annual event,attracting funding and creating jobs.Some might see the proposal as a boo by prize for the fact that Britain is no longer be able to apply for the much more prestigious title of European capital of culture,a sought-after award bagged by Glasgow in 1990 and Livorpool 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 that 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 culturewashes in and 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。