宁波市北仑区2023年考研英语一巅峰冲刺试卷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)After 21 years of marriage, I discovered a new way of keeping the spark (火花) of love alive. I started to go out with another woman. It was really my wifes 1 The other woman that my 2 wanted me to visit was my mother, who has been a widow (寡妇) for 19 years, but the 3 of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only 4 That night I called to invite her to go out for 5 and a movie. “Whats wrong, are you 6 ?” she asked. My mother is the type of woman who 7 that a late night call or a surprise invitation is a sign of bad news. “I thought that it would be 8 to pass some time with you,” I responded. “Just the 9 of us.” She thought about it for a moment, then said, “I would like that very much.”We went to a restaurant that, although not elegant, was very nice and 10 My mother took my arm 11 she were the First Lady. During the dinner we had an agreeable 12 nothing extraordinary but 13 recent events of each others life. We talked so much that we 14 the movie. As we arrived at her house later, she said, “Ill 15 with you again, but only if you let me invite you.” I agreed. “How was your dinner 16 ?” asked my wife when I got home. “Very nice. Much more so than I could have imagined,” I answered.A few days later my mother 17 for her. At that moment I 18 the importance of saying in time “I LOVE YOU” and giving our loved ones the time that they 19 1、Athought Bbelief Cidea Dopinion2、Afather Bchildren Cmother Dwife3、Ademands Bpleasures Canxieties Dcommands4、Aunusually Bfrequently Coccasionally Dimmediately5、Adinner Ba walk Csome fresh air Da while6、Awell Bgood Csafe Dbad7、Aguesses Bimagines Csupposes Dsuspects8、Anecessary Bpleasant Cproper Dpossible9、Atwo Bthree Cfour Dfive10、Acheap Bcomfortable Ccool Dtasty11、Ain case Bnow that Cas if Dso that12、Atrouble Bconversation Csilence Dexperiment13、Acatching up on Bfinding out Cmaking sure Dworking out14、Amissed Benjoyed Cremembered Dwatched15、Aeat out Bgo out Crun out Dkeep out16、Aparty Bdance Chour Ddate17、Aheard of Bsuffered from Cdied of Drecovered from18、Anothing Banything Csomething Deverything19、Aaccepted Bdoubted Cconsidered Dunderstood20、Awin Bdeserve Cspend DwasteSection 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 A group of scientists is gathering today in the U. K. to discuss a thick piece of ice thats cracking in Antarctica, which is of the size of Delaware.The ice shelf is called Larsen C, and it now has a 90-mile crack running through it. The big rift (裂缝) is slicing the ice shelf from top to bottom. But this is not just another sad climate change story. Its more complicated. “A lot of things are going on deep inside the ice,” says Adrian Luckman, a glaciologist.Luckman says climate change is certainly influencing this region. Larsen C used to have two neighbors to the north, Larsen A and Larsen BAs the air and water warmed, those ice shelves started melting and then disappeared in 1995 and 2002. But the crack in Larsen C seems to have happened on its own, for different reasons.Larsen C has many cracks. All ice shelves do. This particular crack has been around since at least the 1960s. The unusual part is that in 2014, this crack and only this crack started growing quickly. Why?“Well, that is a little bit of a mystery and thats why it drew itself to our attention,” says Luckman. One puzzling aspect is how it managed to cut through areas of softer ice that bind (连接) the ice from neighboring glaciers into one giant sheet. Starting in 2014, that soft ice did very little to slow down this rift.Scientists are split on how important this crack is for the stability of the whole ice shelf. Some say if this giant section breaks off, it wont make a difference. Others disagree.“Ice shelves are the gates of Antarctica in a way, and the gatekeepers of Antarctica. The ice shelves are already floating, so if they fall apart it does not immediately affect sea levels. Its what they hold back -water from all the inland glaciers that could be problematic. If all the water packed in those glaciers made their way to the sea, it could significantly raise global sea levels,” says Ala Khazendar, a geophysicist.1、Larsen Cs two neighbors disappeared mainly because of _.Aclimate changeBhuman behavio