2023年蚌埠市蚌山区考研英语一预测试卷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)完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。The human nose is an underestimated tool. Humans are often thought to be 1_ smellers compared with animals, but this is largely because, unlike animals, we stand upright. This means that our noses are 2 to detecting those smells which float through the air, 3 the majority of smells which stick to surfaces. In fact though, we are extremely sensitive to smells, even if we do not generally realize it. Our noses are capable of 4 human smells even when these are 5 to far below one part in one million. 6 , some people find that they can smell one type of flower but not another, while others are sensitive to the smells of both flowers. This may be because some people do not have the genes necessary to generate 7 smell receptors in the nose. These receptors are the cells which sense smells and send 8 to the brain. However, it has been found that even people insensitive to a certain smell at first can suddenly become sensitive to it when 9 to it often enough.The 10 for insensitivity to smell seems to be that brain finds it 11 to keep all smell receptors working all the time but can 12 new receptors if necessary. This may also explain why we are not usually sensitive to our own smells we simply do not need to be. We are not 13 of the usual smell of our own house but we 14 new smells when we visit someone elses. The brain finds it best to keep smell receptors _ 15 for unfamiliar and emergency signals such as the smell of smoke, which might indicate the danger of fire.1. AsensitiveBoutstandingCinsensitiveDawkward2. AlimitedBcommittedCdevotedDconducted3. AcatchingBignoringCmissingDtracking4. AdistinguishingBdiscoveringCdeterminingDdetecting5. AreducedBreservedCrescuedDrefused6. AFortunatelyBStrangelyC HappilyDAmazingly7. AunusualBparticularCuniqueDtypical8. AsignsBinformationCmessagesDsignals9. AsubjectedBleftCdrawnDexposed10A. expectationBexpressionCextensionDexplanation11.A convenientBcompetitiveCinefficientDadequate12.A introduceBgatherCdevelopDproduce13.A sureBsickCawareD tired14.A tolerateBresistCneglectDnotice15.A availableBreliableCvaluableDsuitableSection 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 1The beloved and longtime host of Mister Rogers Neighborhood, Fred Rogers was born on march20, 1928, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.After graduating from Latrobe High school, Rogers was admitted to Dartmouth College, where he studied for a year before transferring(转学) to Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. Rogers, whod begun playing the piano at a young age, graduated with high honour in 1951 with a degree in music composition.During his senior year of college he visited his parents and was amazed by the familys newest household addition: a television set. He could see a bright future for the medium and, as hed later remembered, Rogers immediately decided he wanted to be a part of it.Rogers first job in television came in 1953 when he was employed to work in programming by WQED in Pittsburgh, a recently launched community TV station that was the first of its kind in the country.In the following year, he was co-producing a new program, The Childrens Corner. This allowed Rogers, whod fallen in love with puppetry(木偶戏) as a child, to introduce some of his favourite puppets from his home to his young audience.As his experience grew, so did his aspirations(抱负). He earned his divinity(神学) degree in 1962. After that Presbyterian Church asked him to serve children and families through television. Rogers made his first appearance the following year as Mister Rogers on a Canadian Broadcast System show called Misterogers. The program helped lay the foundation in its look and approach for Rogers later show.Canada, however, was not where Rogers or his wife, Joanne, whom hed met at Rollins, wanted to raise their two young sons. Soon, the Rogers family was back in Pittsburgh, where Rogers launched Mister Rogers Neighborhood in 1996.1、What inspired Fred Rogers decision to enter a career in television?AHis parents encouragement. BHis major at college.CA television set in his home. DHis deep love in music.2、Which one mainly influenced Mister Rogers Neighborhood?AMisterogers in Canada. BThe Childrens CornerCRogers divinity degree. DRogers first job.3、Why did the couple move back to Pittsburgh?ARogers planned to launch