2023年桂林市七星区考研英语一预测试题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)It is 1971.Sally with Josh and Martin,her two brothers,discovers a massive whale stranded (搁浅) on the beach near their home.The three children 1 their sweaters into the cold sea water and rush back to wet the 2 animal.Realizing the urgency,Josh runs for help and people gather to 3 .Though they do all they can,it becomes clear that their efforts are 4 Sitting by the whale,Sally tells him hes 5 and beautiful, and that she will 6 him no matter what happens next.As Sally talks to him,the animal lets out “a deep 7 like the wind off the ocean” and dies.The Stranded Whale is a 8 book for children carrying a(n) 9 life lesson about accepting the 10 of ones power.Master storyteller Yolen and illustrator (插画家) Cataldo have 11 an honest picture of human weakness that is moving.Yolen 12 sets her story in 1971,when the lack of cell phones would delay the 13 of both helpers and broadcasters.This adds to the 14 because so much time is lost.Cataldos paintings 15 gentle and soft colors,providing vast 16 views and conveying the childrens helplessness.The ending is 17 .Sally expresses the irony to herself when 18 with a medal by the community. “So,the whale died and we were heroes.” 19 they have made great efforts to rescue the whale,Sally and her brothers learn that not all living creatures can be saved.This is an important truth for 20 .1、Asqueeze Bdip Cthrow Ddive2、Adangerous Bdeserted Cdying Ddeadly3、Arespond Bfight Cwitness Dcharge4、Aworthwhile Bin vain Cat loss Dawarded5、Apatient Bconsiderate Cstrong Dcautious6、Asave Bpity Cunderstand Dmiss7、Asigh Bcough Cscream Dyawn8、Adrawing Bpicture Creference Dwriting9、Aeasy Bbitter Cstrict Dstrange10、Afailures Bmistakes Climits Dshortcomings11、Aforesaw Bmade up Ctook up Dcreated12、Awisely Bespecially Crandomly Dusually13、Amessage Btransfer Carrival Dprotection14、Asorrow Bfun Cexcitement Dtension15、Aavoid Badjust Ccompare Demploy16、Aseashore Bisland Ccountry Doutdoor17、Atouched Brealistic Cabstract Dcomforting18、Areplied Bprovided Cpresented Drelated19、AAs long as BAs though CIf only DEven though20、Achildren Banimals Cwriters DillustratorsSection 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 1When Carson Palmer, a professional American football player, hurt his arm a few years ago, he took a week off from throwing the football. But in his head, Palmer practiced every day. The following weekend, Palmer had the best game of his life.For more than a century, scientists have been trying to understand how this mental training works. In the 1930s, researchers proved by experiment that when youre imagining an action, your brain sends signals to your muscles(肌肉) which are too weak to tighten the muscles but might help train the body to perform. In other words, mental practice might create a pattern in your head, like an inner how-to guide for a particular skill.Sports psychologists have conducted hundreds of studies comparing imagined and physical practice for actions. On the whole, the research shows that mental training works. A 2012 study, for example, compared 32 amateur golfers who practiced hitting the balls to another 32 who merely held a golf club in their hands and visualized（想象）their swings. Under the same training rules, both groups improved their skills by getting the ball about 4 inches closer to the hole.Visualization has advantages over the real thing: You can do it anywhere, even when injured. It is safe-a major plus for high-risk performers such as gymnasts and surgeons. And you can practice for longer periods of time because youre not restricted by physical tiredness, Thats not to say its easy, weve had Olympic-level athletes sitting in our lab, visualizing the movements for two hours, says Tadhg Macintyre, a sports psychologist at the University of Limerick in Ireland. “When were done, theyre absolutely tired.”It doesnt work for everyone, though. If youre a novice, the effect can be harmful,” warns Macintyre. If youre trying to visualize a free throw, and you dont even know the proper movement, then youre probably going to mentally practice the wrong skill.”1、The author introduces the topic of the text by_.Agiving an example Bpresenting an argumentCexplaining a phenomenon Dmaking an assumption