考研英语一2023年马边彝族自治县预测试卷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)Bill Gates doesnt pretend he lives in an equal household. When it 1 parenting his three children, the billionaire admits his wife Melinda has done more than her 2 of the work raising the kids.Gates spent two years taking math and computer science courses, but never 3 his degree. “My eldest daughter graduates from Stanford in June, so Im 4 she wont fall into my footsteps.” Gates joked.Gates said he and his wife have been quite cautious about the 5 theyve used to raise their three children. He says the couple 6 a 1970s “Love and Logic” parenting model. The core idea of the philosophy is centered on the idea that taking emotional control, essentially reducing emotional 7 like shouting or blaming kids, is 8 for parents.“One of the greatest benefits of 9 Love and Logic is that it helps us learn how to keep a tighter control on our emotions and on our 10 .” Gates said.Gates admits he and his wife havent been perfect at 11 the approach.“Can you get rid of the emotion? You cant 12 do it.” he said.Besides, the Love and Logic model also 13 the importance of not relying on rewards for kids, but instead showing unconditional love and praising kids for who they are, not what they do(or dont) 14 , like a poor test score or a(n) 15 grade.“Many highly successful people 16 with grades as children.” Gates said, “Whats most important is that our 17 develop good character, curiosity and problem-solving skills.”The model is a bit like the Socratic method, 18 it pushes parents to focus on asking questions of their kids and getting them to think about how to 19 their own problems, 20 feeding them answers.1、Adevotes to Blooks forward to Ccomes to Dleads to2、Ashare Bsight Creach Dpower3、Afinished Bmissed Clost Dpurchased4、Asorry Bpessimistic Cnormal Doptimistic5、Atheory Bmodel Cpractice Didea6、Aevaluated Bdisliked Cfollowed Dadapted7、Adisplays Bapartments Cmistakes Dreactions8、Aexpensive Buseful Cmeaningless Dfamiliar9、Afacing Blacking Capplying Drepairing10、Aminds Bhands Ceyes Dtongues11、Acarrying out Bstudying in Cbelieving in Dsurviving on12、Aroughly Bcommonly Ctotally Dgradually13、Ahides Bstresses Ccosts Dcovers14、Aearn Bachieve Clove Dshow15、Abad Bvarious Cimpressive Dharmful16、Agrew Bsmiled Ccried Dstruggled17、Astaff Bteachers Cparents Dchildren18、Awhen Bwhy Cwhere Dwhat19、Asolve Bguess Cmake Dguide20、Abut for Binstead of Cin case of Dthanks toSection 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 Flowers make people happy. And while that might seem obvious, there hasnt been much research to prove the point until now.Some new studies by Rutgers University scientists support the idea strongly, and the experts go on to assume that flowers have flourished on this planet, with their beauty evolving in recent thousands of years, partly because humans are so attached to them.In a test, bunches of flowers were sent by florists to 113 men and women in a retirement community. All 113 got flowers and a notebook, but some got them earlier and received a second bunch when the others got theirs. By now you can guess the outcome. The more flowers, the more smiles.The results of the studies got the scientists to thinking about how the flower industry of today has evolved into growing things that serve no other purpose than emotional (情感上的) satisfaction. Nature wont even pollinate (授粉) many of the domesticated flowers. Just among roses, there are so many types created by humans that, clearly, flowers arent what they used to be. But its likely our collective hand has played a role longer than you might think.Geneticist (遗传学家) Terry McGuire suggests that natures prettier flowers got to survive and develop well because people didnt destroy them when they cleared for agriculture. Instead, they grew them and have been doing so for over 5,000 years. “Because theyre a source of pleasure, we take care of them. In that sense theyre like dogs. They are the pets of the plant world.” McGuire says.Here is one way that might have worked:Many species of flowers that are now planted used to grow only when the ground was disturbed, McGuire explains. “As humans moved into agricultural settings, these flowers would have been weeds.” “These flowers might have