考研英语一乐陵市2023年临考冲刺试题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)A U.S man found 300 letters to God floating in the Atlantic Ocean last week. He said on Friday he would 1 them to a church instead of selling them on eBay following protests from religious people.The letters , sent to a late Baptist clergyman (牧师), were2 put in a sealed plastic shopping bag near a 3 in Atlantic, New Jersey.Bill Lacovara, an insurance adjuster from Ventnor, New Jersey, said he got the bag while on a fishing trip last week.The letters were 4 to the clergyman, who died in 2004. Someone cleaning his house may have 5 the bag, which Lacovara found about 100 miles (160km) from Coopers house.They include one from a teenage girl asking God to 6 her for her wrongdoing, one from a prisoner who said he was 7 and someone had set a trap for him, and 8 from a man who wanted Gods help winning the lottery, according to media reports.Lavovara said he could have 9 them on eBay for up to $15,000(7,889 pounds) according to his prediction of the compete price and would have given the money to charity. But he has changed his mind because he said the move caused 10 to some religious people.“They said they were 11 in me, and I didnt want to do something thats going to create 12 results.” he told Reuters.Some 13 him to burn the letters, throw them back in the ocean or give them to a church, Lacovara said.Lacovara said about a dozen clergymen have offered to take the letters, and he is evaluating the 14 to make sure the letters dont fall into the 15 hands.1.Adonate Bshow Csell Dowe2.Ahurriedly Bprivately Cmysteriously Doccasionally3.Ariver Blake Chill Dbeach4.Ataken Boffered Caddressed Dgiven5.Acollected Bthrown Copened Ddestroyed6.Aforgive Bpunish Cadjust Dcharge7.Afriendly Bcorrect Cinnocent Denergetic8.Aothers Banother Cthe other Done9.Aauctioned Bbought Cdonated Ddiscounted 10.Adamage Boffence Cinjury Dworry11.Aabsorbed Binvolved Cinterested Ddisappointed12.Afinal Bdirect Csame Dbad13.Aforced Burged Cquestioned Dpleased14.Arequests Borders Ccommands Dinvitations15.Awrong Bpoor Ctight DfirmSection 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 1Playing a musical instrument throughout: your life protects your hearing in old age, a Canadian study suggests. The study, published in Psychology and Aging, carried out hearing tests on 74 adult musicians and 89 non-musicians. It found a 70-year-old musicians hearing was as good as that of a 50-year-old who did not play.Hearing normally declines as people age. By 60, 10-30% of people have moderate hearing loss. By 80, that goes up to as many as 60%. Problems are particularly seen in the central auditory (听觉的) processing system, which is associated with understanding speech, especially when there is background noise.Previous studies have shown musicians have better hearing than non-players. But this research, by a team at the Rotman Research Institute in Toronto, looked at adults of all ages - from 18 to 91 - to see how people were affected as they aged. They carried out hearing tests on 74 amateur and professional musicians (who had played since the age of 16, were still practising and had been given formal music lessons) and 89 non-musicians (who had never played an instrument). Musicians were significantly better at picking out speech against noise.The researchers suggest that lifelong musicianship reduces age-related changes in the brain, probably due to musicians using their auditory systems at a high level on a regular basis.The head of biomedical research at Action on Hearing Loss, Dr Ralph Holme, said: “While this study suggests that musicians might be more able to cope with the consequences of hearing loss, it is far better to reduce damage in the first place by using appropriate ear protection. We have always campaingned for everyone who plays a musical instrument or listens to loud music to wear hearing protection, like earplugs, which reduce the risk of damaging your hearing permanently.”1、What can we learn from Paragraph 2?AA person aged 80 will lose 30% hearing.BA person aged above 60 must have bad hearing.CPeople have fewer problems with b