考研英语一汉川市2023年临考冲刺试卷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)How was school, Ben? I asked my 1 after he began kindergarten(幼儿园) this year. The work is too 2 and theres not enough time to play. he replied with a deep 3 .I couldnt help but remember Bens mother. my daughter, Jane, and her 4 to the first day of school. When Julie 5 home that afternoon. I asked her the same question . She also replied with a long, 6 face but her answer was a little different as she announced . I didnt learn to 7 today.What a disappointment for a little girl who thought she would 8 know how to read her little books after the first day of school. I had to explain to her that she would 9 learn to read but didnt happen quite that fast.My 10 went back to my school days again I could almost 11 the chalk dust in the air. I suppose few schools still use chalk and blackboards. They have probably been 12 with newer equipment and large computer screensOn the first day of school, the expectation was s 13 that I would be up early in the morning and 14 long before it was time to leave for school We 15 about 6 blocks to school 16 new shoes that felt tight and carried our small supplies inside a cigar box from one of the local stores. The stores must have saved cigar boxes just to give to us children .We 17 them from year to year until they fell apart.The first day of school was a new beginning, although there might be 18 on the first day. The doors of knowledge had been opened and we 19 great learning adventures. It is an 20 in our lives that most of us remember. Its a big step for a small child toward leaving babyhood and so there isnt enough time to play.1、AsonBgrandsonCbrotherDcousin2、AshortBlooseChardDlong3、AcheerBexpressionCconcernDsigh4、AattentionBapproachCreactionDaccess5、AreturnedBleftCheadedDescaped6、AcheerfulBfriendlyCsadDfamiliar7、AwriteBreadClistenDspeak8、AwidelyBmagicallyCperfectlyDcommonly9、AeventuallyBoriginallyCoccasionallyDconstantly10、AideaBviewCmindDsight11、AsmellBimagineCtasteDreach12、AdecoratedBreplacedCexchangedDequipped13、AsmallBgreatCfaintDslight14、AanxiousBnervousCcuriousDready15、AwalkedBdroveCranDrode16、AonBinCbyDwith17、AsavedBusedCprotectedDhid18、AexcitementBanxietyCdisappointmentDsorrow19、AexpectedBpromisedCdemandedDappreciated20、AmatterBaffairCfactDeventSection 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 AUSTRALIAN adults want to see “life skills” introduced into school curriculums, including money management, job preparation and domestic tasks. New research from Monash University showed Aussie adults also widely supported the inclusion of technology, coding and artificial intelligence subjects to student curriculums to prepare them for future jobs.Co-author Professor Neil Selwyn, from Monashs new Education Futures think tank, said the survey results of more than 2,000 Australians had taken himself and Dr Deana Leahy by surprise. “The life skillsI wasnt expecting that at all,” he said. Those quizzed were asked to rate the value of a list of subjects already in the curriculum, but were also given an open space to write what they think should be included. Prof. Selwyn said people called for schools to teach financial skills, budgeting, cooking and doing taxes. “You could argue that these are things people should be learning themselves, or learning from their families,” Prof. Selwyn said. “But weve got to be thinking forward in terms of the skills people will need for jobs and their ways of living.”One respondent said schools should introduce a “contemporary life skills” subject: “A compulsory 1-hour a week class on skills needed that parents seem continually unable to teach their kids.” Suggestions for the class included resume writing, filing tax returns and health claims. Another respondent called for students to be taught “general life skills as unfortunately not enough kids will have parents to actually be bothered to educate them or simply parents dont know themselves”.Of the subjects, maths was the highest ranked (75.5 percent), followed closely by English (74.8 percent). And while science was the third highest ranked subject (46.2 percent), it was more strongly supported by those who earned higher wages and were university educated compared to lower income earners.Aspects of school life considered least important were students having fun, learning about things that interested them and being given the opportunity to be creative.