2023年考研外语命题预测试卷2.pdf

考研外语命题预测试卷2一、Use of English1、I t is often observed that the aged spend much time thinkingand talking about their past lives,rather than about the future.These reminiscences are not simply random or trivial memories,(1)is their purpose merely to make conversation.The oldperson，s recollections of the past help to(2)an identitythat is becoming increasingly fragile:(3)any role thatbrings respect or any goal that might provide(4)to thefuture,the individual mentions their(5)as a reminderto listeners,that here was a life(6)living(7),the memories form,part of a continuing life(8),in whichthe old person(9)the events and experiences of the yearsgone by and(10)on the overall meaning of his or her ownalmost completed life.As the life cycle(1 1)to its close,the aged must alsolearn to accept the reality of their own impending death.(1 2)this task is made difficult by the fact that deathis almost a(1 3)subject in the United States.The merediscussion of death is often regarded as(1 4).As adults,many of us find the topic frightening and are(1 5)to thinkabout it and certainly not to talk about it(16)thepresence of someone who is dying.Death has achieved this taboo(1 7)only in the modern industrial societies.There seemsto be an important reason for our reluctance to(1 8)theidea of death.I t is the very fact that death remains(19)our control;it is almost the only one of the natural processes(2 0)is so.Notes:reminiscence n.回忆。

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