2013 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语（一）模拟试题（一）Section 1 Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. 1 the turn of the century when jazz was born, America had no prominent 2 of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was 3 , or by whom. But it began to be 4 in the early 1900s. jazz is Americas contribution to 5 music. In contrast to classical music, which 6 formal European traditions, jazz is spontaneous and free-form. It bubbles with energy, 7 moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s jazz 8 like America, 9 it does today.The 10 of this music are as interesting as the music 11 , American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, were the jazz 12 . They were brought to the Southern states 13 slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long 14 . When a Negro died, his friends and relatives 15 a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a band often accompanied the 16 . On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion. 17 on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their 18 , but the living were glad to be alive. The band played 19 music, improvising on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes 20 at the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz.1.A）By B）At C）In D）On2. A）music B）song C）melody D）style3. A）discovered B）acted C）invented D）designed4. A）noticed B）found C）listened D）heard5. A）classical B）sacred C）popular D）light6. A）forms B）follows C）approaches D）introduces7. A）expressing B）explaining C）exposing D）illustrating8. A）appeared B）felt C）seemed D）sounded9. A）as B）so C）either D）neither10. A）origins B）originals C）discoveries D）resources11. A）concerned B）Itself C）available D）oneself12. A）players B）followers C）fans D）pioneers13. A）for B）as C）with D）by14. A）months B）weeks C）hours D）times15. A）demonstrated B）composed C）hosted D）formed16. A）demonstration B）procession C）body D）march17. A）Even B）Therefore C）Furthermore D）But18. A）number B）members C）body D）relations19. A）sad B）solemn C）happy D）funeral20. A）whistled B）sung C）presented D）showedSection 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 ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text 1The Sun has been strangely unblemished this year. On more than 200 days so far this year, no sunspots were spotted. That makes the Sun blanker this year than in any year since 1954, when it was spotless for 241 days. The Sun goes through a regular 11-year cycle, and it is now emerging from the quietest part of the cycle, or solar minimum. But even for this phase it has been unusually quiet, with little roiling of the magnetic fields that induce sunspots. As of Thursday, the 276th day of the year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colo., had counted 205 days without a sunspot. In another sign of solar quiescence, scientists reported last month that the solar wind, a rush of charged particles continually spewed from the Sun at a million miles an hour, had diminished to its lowest level in 50 years.Scientists are not sure why this minimum has been especially minimal, and the episode is even playing into the global warming debate. Some wonder if this could be the start of an extended period of solar indolence that would more than offset the warming effect of human-made carbon dioxide emissions. From the middle of the 17th century to the early 18th, a period known as the Maunder Minimum, sunspots were extremely rare, and the reduced activity coincided with lower temperatures in what is known as the Little Ice Age. Compared to the Maunder Minimum, the current pace of sunspots “makes it look like were having a feast, not a famine,” Dr. Hathaway said.Scientists expect that sunspot activity will pick up in the coming months, but exactly what will happen next is open to debate. Dr. Hathaway had predicted two years ago, based on the Suns behavior near the end of the last cycle, that the maximum this time would be ferocious. But many of the other competing predictions more than 50 over all pointed to a quieter-than-average cycle.The solar wind is another piece of the puzzle. The pressure exerted by the solar wind particles during the current minimum is about a quarter weaker than during the last solar minimum, Dr. McComas said, and scientists were still trying to figure out how all the data fits together. “There are a number of researchers who predict the next solar cycle,” he said. “There are also a number of investment counselors who predict the future of the stock market.”21.From the first t