考研《英语一》隆安县2023年考前冲刺试题含解析

1、考研英语一隆安县2023年考前冲刺试题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)Wherever in the world youre reading this right now, you will be aware of just how mixed modern society has become in terms of race. Within the UK, mixed-raced children are the largest 1 ethnic minority. Bringing home a partner of a different 2 to yourself is no longer viewed as, “strange” or “different” in a lot of fa

2、milies. When Joseph brought home Hari, the 3 that she was of Indian parentage was never even talked about she made him happy. They made each other happy. And that was all that 4 But the reason why they were together for 11 years before they got 5 is that Hari was afraid of telling her 6 about the person that shed fallen in love with. She was afraid of the consequences it would 7 for her younger sisters. Would they be packed off to India? Would they end up in arranged 8 they may not want? At 22 y

3、ears old, when she first fell in love with him it was a large burden to 9 But she loved him, and 10 they moved in together and then bought a house by the Brighton coast, where they have 11 for almost 8 years. All the while her parents didnt know. Her sisters did, and they too loved Joseph they 12 him as the brother theyd never had.But after nine years together, she finally had to tell her father (her mother 13 away a few years ago). We were on tenderhooks（惶恐不安）the weekend she went up North to te

4、ll him.It was emotional and as a family we were worried. Hari had been 14 of our family for so long, we felt for her. We knew how 15 it would be. She loved her father, but knew this would hurt him, who was a very traditional Sikh man.1、AgrowingBslowingCreducingDageing2、AsexBraceCcitizenshipDnationality3、AfactBideaCstatementDnews4、AworkedBmeantCexistedDmattered5、AreunitedBacceptedCmarriedDdivorced6、AfamilyBparentsCclassmatesDfriends7、AbearBhaveCmakeDreceive8、AreunionsBgatheringsCmarriagesDparties

5、9、AholdBbringCtakeDcarry10、AeventuallyBgenerallyCpossiblyDfaithfully11、AlivedBworkedCstudiedDdated12、AfoundBthoughtCbelivedDsaw13、AwentBranCpassedDfled14、AmemberBpartCfunDrole15、AeasyBcloseChardDawfulSection 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 Laughter is part of the universal human vocabulary. All members of the human species understand it.

6、Unlike English or French or Swahili, we dont have to learn to speak it. We re born with the capacity to laugh.Very little is known about the specific brain mechanisms responsible for laughter. Contrary to folk wisdom, most laughter is not about humor; it is about relationships. To find out when and why people laugh, I went with several assistants to local malls and recorded what happened just before people laughed. Over a 10-year period, we studied over 2,000 cases of naturally occurring laughte

7、r.We found that most laughter does not necessarily follow jokes. People may laugh after a variety of statements, such as, “Here comes Mary,” “How did you do on the test?” or “Do you have a rubber band?” These certainly arent jokes.We believe laughter evolved from the panting (喘气的) behavior of our ancient ancestors. Today, if we tickle (使发痒) chimps, they dont laugh. But, instead, they produce a panting sound. Thats the sound of ape laughter, and its the root of human laughter.Apes laugh in the ki

8、nds of situations that lead to human laughter, like games that involve chasing. Other animals produce sounds during play, but they are so different from laughter. Rats, for example, produce high sounds during play and when tickled, but these are very different in sound from human laughter.Laughter is often positive, but it can be negative too. Theres a difference between “laughing with” and “laughing at”. People who laugh at others may be trying to drive them out of the group.No one has actually

9、 counted how much people of different ages laugh, but young children probably laugh the most. At ages 5 and 6 we probably laugh more than at any other times. Adults laugh less than children, probably because they play less.Work now underway will tell us more about the brain mechanisms behind laughter, how it has evolved, and why were so susceptible to tickling.1、What was the purpose of the decades research?ATo prove that people laugh because of humour.BTo find out the real reason for people s laughter.CTo research people s different reaction on jokes.DTo record conversations among shoppers in malls.2、What can we learn from the text?APeople who play more tend to laugh more.BApes produce high sounds when tic

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