考研英语一2023年甘肃省庆阳市宁县考前冲刺试卷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)I grew up on a farm outside Port Clinton, Ohio. I was the youngest son, with four brothers and four sisters, plus a girl my folks took in. By the late 60s, most of us were 1 and had families of our own. One day, 2 we were visiting my parents in late summer or early fall, Dad mentioned hed 3 wanted a Crimson King maple tree for the yard. Mom agreed that they were pretty.Like many parents, mine were 4 to shop for something, so I 5 this was a great 6 to get them something theyd appreciate. I also thought if they wanted one tree, two would be even better. I 7 the price at work and decided it was a bit more than I could 8 -but all of my siblings agreed to give a hand.In northern Ohio, we dont plant maple trees at Christmas, so we decided to surprise Mom and Dad with a 9 Christmas in October before the ground froze. We asked my aunt 10 shed help us with the deception(欺骗), and she called my parents in 11 to say she was coming for a Sunday visit. Then my sisters and sisters-in-law went into 12 , planning a big holiday turkey dinner.On the 13 Sunday, we all met at my house and loaded the trees in a pickup truck. I 14 up as Santa Claus. Then off we went, nine or 10 cars 15 with people and food, plus the pickup.When the caravan(队伍) 16 my folks house, Dad came rushing out of the back door, convinced something was 17 . He and Mom were 18 when we told them why we were there.When Christmas 19 , of course, we couldnt go to our parents house empty handed, so Mom and Dad got double presents that year. Almost half a century later, I still drive by the old farmhouse(农庄) and smile when I see those big, handsome 20 and remember giving a special gift to special people on Christmas in October.1、Adivorced Bmarried Cborn Dfriendly2、Aonce Bsince Cwhile Dif3、Acasually Boccasionally Chardly Dalways4、Ahard Bconvenient Cavailable Danxious5、Aperformed Bfigured Cpromoted Dguaranteed6、Aopportunity Bperformance Cpermission Daccess7、Awatched Bchecked Cnoticed Dtested8、Aaccount Bacquire Cafford Dadvocate9、Acommon Busual Cordinary Dspecial10、Aif Bwhy Cthat Dwhat11、Adetail Bsurprise Cadvance Dexcitement12、Afashion Bdirection Cinstruction Daction13、Agreeting Badjusted Cchosen Dpredicted14、Alooked up Btook up Cturned up Ddressed up15、Acovered Bloaded Csurrounded Dcrowded16、Aarrived at Breached for Cleft for Dheaded for17、Aadequate Bwrong Cbeautiful Dinvisible18、Aamazed Bdelighted Camused Dconfused19、Afaded away Bturned around Crolled away Drolled around20、Afolks Bpickups Ctrees DtrucksSection 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 Researchers have found bees can do basic mathematics, in a discovery that deepens our understanding of the relationship between brain size and brain power. Recently, A study conducted by researchers from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia showed that bees could perform arithmetic operations like addition and subtraction (减法).Solving math problems requires a complex level of involving the mental management of numbers, long-term rules and short-term working memory. The finding that even the tiny brain of a honeybee can grasp basic mathematical operations has a possible effect on the future development of Artificial Intelligence, particularly in improving rapid learning.RMITs Professor Adrian Dyer said numerical (数字的) operations like addition and subtraction are complex because they require two levels of processing. “You need to be able to hold the rules around adding and subtracting in your long-term memory, while mentally using skillfully a set of given numbers in your short-term memory,” Dyer said. “On top of this, our bees also used their short-term memories to solve arithmetic problems, as they learned to recognize plus or minus as abstract concepts.”The findings suggest that advanced numerical cognition (认知) may be found much more widely in nature among non-human animals than previously suspected.“If math doesnt require a massive brain, there might also be new ways for us to include interactions of both long-term rules and working memory in designs to improve rapid AI learning of new problems,” said Dyer.Many species can understand the difference between quantities and use this to search for food, make decisions and solve problems.