考研《英语一》2023年甘肃省临夏回族自治州 临夏市临考冲刺试题含解析

考研《英语一》2023年甘肃省临夏回族自治州临夏市临考冲刺试题SectionIUseofEnglishDirections:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDontheANSWERSHEET.(10points)Formanyyears,driversofelectrictrainsintheUKwereatriskfrombirdstrikes.Whentheyweretravellingathighspeeds,a1hittingthefrontofthetraincould2thewindscreenofthedrivingcab.Ioncehadapigeonbreaktheoffsidewindowintopiecesatonly20mi/h.Thepigeondidn't3,butIdid—Iamalive!Inanefforttoprovideabetterdegreeof4andreducedelays,ofcourse,researchwasdonetofinda5toughenedglasswindscreenfor6.Aspartofthisresearch,7wassoughtfromairlinesuppliers,whosaidthatagoodtestforantnewglasstypewastofireachickenathighspeed8thewindowmaterial.The9wassoonsetupandanumberofdeadchickensobtained.Eventhoughitwasofastandardusedby10,thetestwiththefirstchickenshowedthattheglasswasnot11enough.Asecondtest12broketheglass.Anothertestdamagedthethirdwindscreen!Repeated13showedthatnoglasscould14thechickenbeingfiredatit.Moreadvicewassoughtfromtheairlinepeople,whocouldnotunderstand15theglasstheyofferedcouldwithstand（禁得住）airbornebirdstrikesbut16failingtherailwaytests.Theydecidedtocometo17test.Therailwayresearchteamsetupa18testandsentsomeonetoobtainmorechickens.19thechickensarrived,itwasthenthattheairlineexpertsrealizedwhatwaswrong.Theytoldtherailwayresearchteam."Youknow,youdo20todefrost（解冻）thechickensfirst."1、A．deviceB．chickenC．birdD．stone2、A．keepoutB．passthroughC．escapefromD．takeaway3、A．flyB．appearC．fallD．survive4、A．safetyB．speedC．travelD．temperature5、A．heavyB．brightC．suitableD．flat6、A．passengersB．driversC．animalsD．pilots7、A．informationB．energyC．courageD．advice8、A．offB．towardsC．beyondD．across9、A．testB．researchC．businessD．organization10、A．governmentB．armyC．railwaysD．airlines11、A．popularB．attractiveC．toughD．transparent12、A．alsoB．thenC．everD．only13、A．changesB．attemptsC．eventsD．ideas14、A．reflectB．preventC．separateD．resist15、A．whetherB．howC．whyD．when16、A．avoidedB．keptC．stoodD．stopped17、A．witnessB．cancelC．proveD．correct18、A．strangeB．strictC．newD．necessary19、A．ThemomentB．NowthatC．EvenifD．Incase20、A．manageB．agreeC．expectD．haveSectionIIReadingComprehensionPartADirections:Readthefollowingfourtexts.AnswerthequestionsbeloweachtextbychoosingA,B,CorD.MarkyouranswersontheANSWERSHEET.(40points)Text1October31,2009,CaliforniaTsienHsue-shen,PhD’39,oneofthefoundersoftheJetPropulsionLaboratory,diedonOctober31,Hewas98.Tsien,bomintheeasternChinesecityofHangzhou,graduatedfromtheNationalQinghuaUniversityin1934andinAugustof1935heleftChinatostudyattheMassachusettsInstituteTechnology.In1936hewenttotheCaliforniaInstituteofTechnologytocommencegraduatestudies.Tsienobtainedhisdoctordegreein1939andwouldremainatCaltechfor20years,becomingtheGoddardProfessorandestablishingareputationasoneoftheleadingrocketscientistsintheUnitedStates.In1943,TsienandtwoothersintheCaltechrocketrygroupdraftedthefirstdocumenttousethenameJetPropulsionLaboratory.DuringtheSecondWorldWar,hewasamongsttheotherscientistsparticipatedthe"ManhattanProject".AfterWorldWarIIheservedasaconsultanttotheUnitedStatesArmyAirForce.Duringthistime,ConlonelTsienworkedondesigninganintercontinentalspaceplane.HisworkwouldinspiretheX—20Dyna-SoarwhichwouldlaterbetheinspirationfortheSpaceShuttle.In1945TsienHsue-shenmarriedJiangYing,thedaughterofJiangBaili——oneoftheChinesenationalistleaderChiangKai—shen’sleadingmilitarystrategists.Butin1950,theChinese-bornscientistwasaccusedofharboringCommunistsympathiesandstrippedofhissecurityclearance.InSeptember1955hewaspermittedtoleaveforChina,whereTsienresumedhisresearch,foundedtheInstituteofMechanics,andwentontobecomethefatherofChina’smissileprogram,atrustedmemberofthegovernmentandParty’sinnercircle,andthenation’smosthonoredscientist,Tsienretiredin1991andhasmaintainedalowpublicprofileinBeijing,China.ThePRCgovernmentlauncheditsmannedspaceprogramin1992andusedTsien’sresearchasthebasisfortheLongMarchrocketwhichsuccessfullylaunchedtheShenzhouVmissioninOctoberof2003.TheelderlyTsienwasabletowatchChina’sfirstmannedspacemissionontelevisionfromhishospitalbed.Inhislateyears,sincethe1980s,Tsiendevotedhimselftospiritualityresearch,andadvocatedscientificinvestigationoftraditionalChinesemedicine,Qigongand""specialhumanbodyfunctions".1、Theunderlinedword"commence"inthispassageprobablymeans________.A．makeup B．getC．begin D．promise2、TsienHsue-shengotmarriedattheageof________.A．45 B．28C．24 D．343、WhatistherightorderoftheeventsrelatedtoTsienHsue-shen?a.hislaterlifeb.returntoChinac.careerintheU.S.Ad.hisearlylifeandeducationA．a-b-c-d B．d-c-b-aC．d-b-c-a D．c-b-d-a4、WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?A．TsienHsue-shengotadoctor’sdegreein1939.B．TsienHsue-shenmarriedJiangYing,thedaughterofChinesenationalistleaderChiangKai-shen.C．TsienHsue-shenhasmadeacontributiontotheSpaceShuttle.D．TsienHsue-shenwasinterestedintraditionalChinesemedicine,qigongand"specialhumanbodyfuncitions"inhislaterlife.Text2Teensdon’tunderstandthebigfuss(小题大做).Asthefirstgenerationtogrowupinawiredworldtheyhardlyknowatimewhencomputersweren’taround,andtheyeagerlycatchthechancetospendhoursonline,chattingwithfriends,sowhat?Butresearchersnationwideareincreasinglyworriedthatteensarebecomingisolated,lessskillfulatperson-to-personrelationships,andperhapsnumbtothecheatingsthataresomuchapartofthee-mailworld.“Andateen’ssenseofselfandvaluesmaybechangedinaworldwherepersonalconnectionscanbelimitless,”saidShettyTurkle.Anotherresearcher,RobertKraut,saidhe’sworriedaboutthe“opportunitycosts”ofsomuchonlinetimeforyouths.Hefoundthatteenswhousedcomputers,evenjustafewhoursaweek,showedincreasedsignsoflonelinessandsocialisolation.“Chattingonlinemaybebetterthanwatchingtelevision,butit’sworsethanhangingoutwithrealfriends,”hesaid.Today’steens,however,don’tseeanythingstrangeinthefactthatthecomputertakesupacentralplaceintheirsociallives.“Schoolisbusyandfullofpressure.There’salmostnotimetojusthangout,”saidParkerRice,17“Talkingonlineisjusttocatchtime.”Teenssaytheyfeelgoodaboutwhattheysayonlineortakingthelimetothinkaboutareply.Someteensadmitthataskingsomeoneforadate,orbreakingup,canbeeasierinmessageform,thoughtheydon’twanttodoso.Buttheyinsistthere’snoharm.1、Theresearchersarguethat.A．teensdevelopadifferentsenseofvaluesB．nothingiswrongwithteens’chattingonlineC．teenscanmanagetheirsocialconnectionsD．spendinghoursonlinedoesmuchgoodtoteens2、Teensthinkthattalkingonlinecanhelpthem.A．usecomputersproperlyB．improvetheirschoolworkC．developaninterestinsocialskillsD．reducetheirmentalpressures3、Thetextmainlydealswith.A．teens’pleasantonlineexperienceB．teens’computerskillsandschoolworkC．theeffectsofthecomputerworldonteensD．differentopinionsonteens’chattingonline4、WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?A．Teensaremoreskillfulatperson-to-personrelationships.B．Teensshoweddecreasingsignsoflonelinessandsocialisolation.C．Chattingonlineisworsethanhangingoutwithrealfriends.D．Askingsomeoneforadate,orbreakingcanbemoredifficultinmessageform.5、Thepurposeofthetextisto.A．describecomputerresearchresuitsB．drawattentiontoteens’computerhabitsC．suggestwaystodealwithproblemteensD．discussproblemsteenshaveatschoolText3Idema,aDutchSinologist（汉学家）,hasservedasthedirectoroftheChineseLanguagesandCulturesDepartmentatLeidenUniversityoftheNetherlandsandwasalsodirectorofHarvard'sFairbankCenterforEastAsianResearch.HehasstudiedancientChineseplays,novelsandliterature,andhasauthoredortranslatedanumberofinfluentialbookspublishedinEnglishandotherlanguages.The70-year-oldDutchSinologistrecalledhishalf-century-longromancewithChinesecultureduringarecentvisittoBeijing.Asachild,thevividdescriptionsofChinainNobelandPulitzerPrize-winnerPearlS.Buck’sbookssparkedIdema'sinterestinthecountry.HelaterreadclassicChineseliteratureandspentwholedayspouringthroughworksattheNationalLibraryofChina.WhilemanyotherexpertsonChinafocusedonthecountry'seconomictransformation,IdemacontinuedtostudytraditionalChineseliterature."Therewerescholarsstudyinglaw,religionandsociety,butnottraditionalChineseliterature,whichwasmypersonalinterest,"Idemaexplains.Findingreferencebooksforhisresearch,especiallyregionalpublications,usedtobeahugechallenge,andIdemausedtospendalotoftimecollectingbooksandothermaterialsduringvisitstoChina.NowitismuchmoreconvenientwiththeInternet.Idemausuallychoosesless-knownsubjectsforhisresearchandtriestogetfirsthandmaterials.Inrecentyears,hehasdevotedhimselftotranslatingChinesefolktalesandwritingaboutChinesefolksocietyandfolkculture."TraditionalChinesecultureisapassion.Ihavebeenstudyingitfor50yearsandwillcontinuetodoso,"saystheretiredprofessor.1、Whatdoestheunderlinedword"sparked"inParagraph2mean?A．Increased.B．Broke.C．Performed.D．Aroused.2、IdemaconcentratedontraditionalChineseliteraturebecause.A．hewantedtoshowhewasdifferentfromothersB．hewasinterestedintraditionalChineseliteratureC．traditionalChineseliteratureiseasiertostudythanotherfieldsD．hecouldbenefittedalotfromthetraditionalChineseliterature3、Whatmaybethebesttitleforthetext?A．APassionforChineseCultureB．TheLifeofIdemaC．Idema'sVisittoChinaD．ThePersonalHobbyText4Microsofthasdevelopedanewsmartphoneappthatinterpretseyesignalsandtranslatesthemintoletters,allowingpeoplewithmotorneuronediseasetocommunicatewithothersfromaphone.TheGazeSpeakappcombinesasmartphone’scamerawithartificialintelligencetorecognizeeyemovementsinrealtimeandconvertthemintoletters,wordsandsentences.ForpeoplesufferingfromALS（渐冻症）,alsoknownasmotorneuronedisease,eyemovementcanbetheonlywaytheyareabletocommunicate.“Currenteye-trackinginputsystemsforpeoplewithALSorothermotorimpairmentsareexpensive,notstrongandhealthyundersunlight,andrequirefrequentre-checkandlotsofrelativelyfixedsetups,”saidXiaoyiZhang,aresearcheratMicrosoftwhodevelopedthetechnology.“Toeasethedrawbacks…wecreatedGazeSpeak,aneye-gesturecommunicationsystemthatrunsonasmartphone,andisdesignedtobelow-cost,stable,hand-heldandeasytolearn.”Theappisusedbythelistenerbypointingtheirsmartphoneatthespeaker.Achartthatcanbestucktothebackofthesmartphoneisthenusedbythespeakertodeterminewhicheyemovementstomakeinordertocommunicate.Thestickershowsfourgridsofletters,whicheachcorrespondtoadifferenteyemovement.Bylookingup,down,leftorright,thespeakerselectswhichgrids(格)theletterstheywantbelongto.Theartificialintelligencecomputationalprocedureisthenabletopredictthewordorsentencetheyaretryingtosay.Zhang’sresearch,Smartphone-BasedGazeGestureCommunicationforPeoplewithMotorDisabilities,issettobepresentedattheConferenceonHumanFactorsinComputingSystemsinMay.1、Whowillbenefitfromthenewly-developedApp?A．ALSvictims.B．peoplewitheyedisabilities.C．smartphoneaddicts.D．technologyresearchers.2、WhatarenotthebasicelementsusedintheApp?A．Artificialintelligence.B．Asmartphone’scamera.C．User’seyemovements.D．Hand-writtenletters.3、Whatdidtheresearchersdotoimprovethecurrenteye-trackinginputsystems?A．Tochecktheeyesignalstwicetomakeitfixed.B．Tocreateastableandconvenienteye-gesturecommunicationsystem.C．Topointthesmartphoneatthespeaker.D．Tolookup,down,leftorright.PartBDirections:ReadthefollowingtextandanswerthequestionsbychoosingthemostsuitablesubheadingfromthelistA-Gforeachnumberedparagraph(41-45).Therearetwoextrasubheadingswhichyoudonotneedtouse.MarkyouranswersontheANSWERSHEET.(10points)OneofMexico’straditionsiscalledthequinceera(成人礼)，1．means“fifteen-year—old”Itiswhenayounggirlturns15andshehasabigpartytocelebrateIn16th—centurySpain，thegirlwouldwearawhitedress；2．，girlsnowweardressesofanycolourFindingtherightdressforyourquinceeraisabigdealandalotoftimeisputinto3．(find)therightoneThepartycostsalotofmoneyThefirststopisforthe4．(religion)ceremonyatthechurchThenat5．birthdayparty,there’smusic，danceandlotsoffoodFamilyandfriends6．(invite)toenjoythespecialdayThefatherdanceswith7．(he)daughterandthereisamoremodemdancebythebirthdaygirlThequinceeralookslikegreatfunIt’StotallydifferentfromhowI8．(celebrate)my15thbirthdaythreeyearsagoTheage15hassomuch9．(much)significanceinMexicothaninEnglandMexicanculture10．(real)interestsmeThereissomuchmoretolearnabout，andIwouldliketovisitsomedaytoexperienceitinpersonandpractisemySpanishonthelocals!Afewdaysagosomeoftheworld’smostfamousmusiciansgatheredinParisandNewOrleanstocelebratethefirstInternationalJazzDayUNESCO(UnitedNationsEducational,ScientificandCulturalOrganization)recentlysetApril30asaday1．(raise)awareness(认识)ofjazzmusicanditsimportanceacross2．(culture)3．(actual)inAmericathejazzaudiencecontinuestodecreaseandgrowolder,andthemusichasfailedtoconnectwithyoungergenerationsIt’sJasonMoran’sjobtohelpchangethatAstheKennedyCenter’sartistic4．(advise)forjazz,MoranhopestohelpmorepeopleappreciatejazzandpreserveitshistoryandcultureMoransaysoneoftheproblems5．jazztodayisthatthemusiccan’tentertainpeopleInhisopinion,themusiccan’t6．(present)todaythewayitwasin1908or7．Ithastocontinuetomove,becausethewaytheworldworksisnot8．sameLastyear,Moran9．(arrange)FatsWaller’smusic,10．wasgenerallyconsideredtobeconcertmusic,foradancepartyWhathewantsisthatpeopleunderstandhowwehumanstalkabout11．(we)throughmusicandhowmusicgetsusintoadialogaboutouremotionsandourthoughtsSectionIIITranslationDirections:TranslatethefollowingtextintoChinese.WriteyourtranslationontheANSWERSHEET.(15points)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。ColdblessesusallIt'sNovember,thetimeofyearwhenpeopleoftengetblessedmore.ThisisnotbecauseGodlikescoldweather,norbecauseothersarefeelinggenerouswithThanksgivingjustaroundthecorner.1、Coldsandthefluarethemostcommonillnessespeoplegetinautumnandwinterastheweathergetscolder.Theyareallcausedbyviruses,butcoldsaregenerallymilder—you'llfeelannoyedbutnotasifyouwanttodie.Teenagerscatchaveragesixtotencoldsayear,accordingtostatisticsfromtheMinistryofHealth,whileadultsaveragetwotofour.Morethan200virusescausecoldsymptoms.2、Youcanbecontagious（传染的）onedaybeforesymptomsdevelopandforuptofivedaysafterbecomingsick.Thesignaturesymptomofacoldisarunnynose.Thefluwillmakeyouburnwithfever,acheallover,feelextremelytiredandcoughintensely.Theflucansometimesleadtomoreseriousdiseases,suchaspneumonia.3、Adoctorcantestyoutoseewhetheryouhavethefluinthefirstfewdaysoftheillness.Butsometreatmentsforbothareprettymuchthesame:●4、Manydoctorsconsiderwateraweaponagainstthecommoncold.Ithelpsyourblooddriveoffvirusesandfloodthemout.●Keepwarm.Youmightbecoldoneminuteandhotthenext,andwearingseverallayersisveryimportant.●Washyourhandsfrequently.Youdon'twanttomakeitworsebyspreadingtheflutoeveryoneelse.Also,avoidsharingcupsandeatingutensils(餐具)withotherpeople.5、Butifyourflusymptomsgetworse,gotoahospitalorclinicrightaway.A．Youcanpassontheflubeforeyouevenknowyouhaveit.B．Drinklotsofwater.C．Takingmedicineontimeisagoodwaytopreventtheillness.D．"Blessyou!"isacommonresponsetosneezes,thesymptomofcatchingacoldortheflu.E.Getlotsofsleepandtakeite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