考研英语一2023年湖南省郴州市临武县模拟试题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) Personally I think trains are exciting and romantic. I must 1 that trains are not important means of transportation in the US, but I do have some 2 with them.When I was a child, growing up in a small town with very little 3 , we used to go to the station to watch the passenger trains coming in. There was something 4 about the steaming, roaring string of trains coming into view around the mountains, slowly growing larger and 5 and finally 6 crowds of strangers onto the platform.I took my 7 train trip when I was ten years old. I went with my elder sister to visit our cousins six hundred miles away. The trainso loud and violent on the outside was 8 and rocking inside. We were very excited, and as that was also our first time away from our parents, we felt somewhat frightened too. However, because I had 9 so much, I was a little disappointed when I was finally one of the passengers I had 10 for so long.As a college student, I 11 ride an overnight train to my roommates hometown. We could never afford a 12 , so we played cards, sang, ate, read and talked 13 we finally fell uncomfortably asleep in the straight-backed seats.My idea that trains are 14 may come from the fact that my husband and I took the train on our honeymoon, spending extra money to eat in the dining car, and 15 the window as the desert scenery slid past.Now, when I make a trip, I always fly or drive, and 16 are not a very important part of my life. 17 , every time I hear the train whistle faraway on a quiet night, I can always feel the 18 in my heart to pack my bags and jump on board, entering a 19 world of motions, sounds, sights, and experience which just arent 20 in the dull environment of an airplane.1、AadmitBbelieveCpredictDensure2、AtroubleBfunCphotosDexperience3、AeducationBentertainmentCworkDmoney4、AboringBsatisfyingCexcitingDterrifying5、AsmallerBlouderCnoisierDfaster6、AspillingBthrowingCremovingDshooting7、AonlyBfirstCsecondDlast8、AgentleBsmallCbigDrough9、AexperiencedBknewCthoughtDexpected10、AwaitedBappreciatedCwatchedDtrusted11、Aused toBought toCcouldDmust12、AticketBseatCmealDsleeper13、AuntilBsinceCbeforeDafter14、AexcitingBromanticCbeautifulDcomfortable15、Aleaning againstBstanding byClooking out ofDsitting beside16、AtrainsBcarsCplanesDboats17、AStillBThereforeCIndeedDInstead18、ApossibilityBpreferenceCimpulseDimpatience19、AcommonBgentleCquietDunique20、AmentionedBmatchedCdiscussedDallowedSection 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 “How can we live longer?” many people wonder. Being sociable looks like a good way to add years to your life. Relationships with family, friends, neighbors, even pets, will all do the trick, but the biggest longevity (长寿) boost seems to come from marriage or an equal relationship. The effect was first noted in 1858 by William Farr, who wrote in 1858 by William Farr, who wrote that widows and widowers (鳏夫) were at a much higher risk of dying than their married peers. Studies since then suggest that marriage could add as much as seven years to a mans life and two to a womans, The effect holds for all causes of death, whether illness, accident or self-harm.Even though the odds are stacked against you (the conditions are not favourable to you), marriage can more than compensate. Linda Waite of the University of Chicago has found that a married older man with heart disease can expect to live nearly four years longer than an unmarried man with a healthy heart. Likewise, a married man who smokes more than a pack a day is likely to live as long as a divorced man who doesnt smoke. Theres a less pleasantside, however, as partners are more likely to become ill or die in the couple of years following their spouses; death, and caring for a spouse with mental disorder can leave you with some of the same severe problems. Even so, the odds favour marriage. In a 30-year study of more than 10,000 people, Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School describes how all kinds of social networks have similar effects.So how does it work? The effects are complex, affected by socioeconomic factor, health-service provision, emotional support and other more physiological mechanisms (机制). For example, social contact can boost development of the brain and immune system, leading to better health and less chance of depression later in life. People in supportive relatio