2023年会理县考研英语一预测密卷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)It was a freezing, windy winter night in Manhattan. I was walking to catch a train home, totally 1 in the next days to-do list, not paying any attention to my surroundings. “Hey man, I love your nice hat!”, said a voice to me from the sidewalk. When I 2 to see where it came from, I saw a man 3 dressed, carrying a garbage bag, standing outside a 4 with a warm smile on his face. As I was about to say thank you, a woman walked by. “Hey lady, you have the most beautiful eyes. Can you 5 some change?This homeless man had no 6 of talking to anyone and he was excellent at 7 up others. I felt pulled to help him use that 8 .I introduced myself, and 9 him to dinner inside. “Ralphs the name. Thank you so much, sir!” he said.As we sat down and ate, I told Ralph that I felt he had an amazing talent for 10 with people. 11 at first, he eventually began to open up. He spoke much about how he used to love to 12 . He was like a fishermans encyclopedia ( 百科全书). I asked him what he could see himself doing, and he said that he thought he could be a good 13 . So I asked him if he ever 14 going to the store right down the street and telling them he would help them sell their fishing equipment. There was a pause.Ralph put his hands over his face 15 he spoke through tears. Ill never 16 what he said next. “ I had a job and a family. 17 , I didnt know how to handle these things. I 18 my problems. For 11 years, no one has ever done anything like this for me. Its time for me to make things 19 again. By the end, I was in 20 as well. Ralph thanked me for my help, and we went our separate ways.1、Ainterest Babsorbed Cset Dtaken2、Aturned out Bsettled down Cgot off Dlooked back3、Acasually Bformally Cshabbily Dfashionably4、Astation Bstore Cbookshop Drestaurant5、Aspare Bshow Cmake Dintroduce6、Afear Btendency Csign Dcourage7、Asetting Bbringing Clighting Dpicking8、Aopportunity Bpotential Cqualification Dreputation9、Apushed Bforced Cguided Dinvited10、Abargaining Bcompeting Cconnecting Dparting11、AAggressive BHesitant CCheerful DConfident12、Atravel Bbeg Cfish Dread13、Asalesman Bsecretary Cfisherman Dteacher14、Arecalled Bconsidered Cresisted Davoided15、Aunless Buntil Cthough Das16、Aremember Bappreciate Cforget Dforgive17、AOtherwise BBesides CTherefore DHowever18、Aran away from Bcame up with Cfaced up to Dput up with19、Aeasy Bright Cpractical Ddiverse20、Atears Brags Cpanic DsorrowSection 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 1Dogs may actually understand what their owners are trying to say, according to a new study.Moreover, when dogs listen to someone talking, they may use brain regions that are equal to those that humans use to understand what others say, the researchers found.In other words, the new study shows that the brain mechanisms(结构）involved in the process of understanding human speech are similar in dogs and humans. This means that the brain mechanisms involved in understanding human speech are not unique to humans.To convey information through speech, people use both words and intonation (语调）, which is the way a persons voice rises and falls to express an emotion or meaning, such as praise or disapproval. Similarly, to understand what someone is trying to say, people have to pay attention to both their words and their intonation.In the study, the researchers wanted to see whether dogs also pay attention to both words and intonation when trying to understand what a human is trying to say to them.To conduct the study, the researchers looked at 13 dogs. The researchers measured the dogs brain activity with a brain scanner while the dogs listened to recordings of their trainers speaking different combinations of words and intonations.The researchers found that the dogs paid attention to both the words and intonation when trying to understand human speech, just as humans do when they try to understand human speech. This finding means that dogs may understand both the words and the intonation that humans use when they talk to dogs.The brain scans also suggested that the dogs used the left parts of their brains while trying lo understand words hut used the right parts of their brains while trying to understand intonation. Similarly, humans use the left parts of their brains while t