2023年宜春市靖安县考研英语一模拟试题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)What would you do if you had $5, but were limited to two hours to make as much money as possible? Buy a lottery ticket. While this is the most 1 suggestion from people, it means a significant risk in return for a 2 chance.Tina Selling, who invented the 3 for her students of Stanford University, has a 4 story to tell.Selling gave each of the fourteen teams a sealed envelope that contains five dollars of “seed funding”. They were, 5 to spend as much time planning, but once they had 6 the envelope they then had two hours to make as much money as possible. The next week, each team were to 7 their project in a three-minute presentation.It 8 that most of the 14 teams didnt use the five dollars 9 . They realized that focusing on the 10 actually limited the way of solving the problem too tightly. They understood that five dollars is essentially 11 and decided to reinterpret the problem more 12 : what can be done if 13 with absolutely nothing?The average 14 on the five dollar investment was 4,000 times! So what did they 15 do?One team started a stand on campus to check the bike tire 16 for free and charged $1 to refill tires. Another team made 17 at busy restaurants and then sold each of them for up to twenty dollars to customers who didnt want to 18 line. The team who made the greatest 19 sold their presentation time to a company that wanted to employ them to advertise. They 20 a good business for that company in the three-minute presentation and brought in $ 650,000.1、Afancy Buseful Ccommon Dinteresting2、Aslim Bbig Chopeful Dpossible3、Aform Bchallenge Cplan Dmethod4、Afunny Bshocking Cdull Dcool5、Aadvised Bforced Cpermitted Ddetermined6、Aopened Blost Cgot Dposted7、Astudy Bcomplete Creport Dlimit8、Apointed out Bturned out Cbrought about Dcame about9、Aat all Bafter all Caccidentally Dstrangely10、Aenvelope Bresult Cclassroom Dmoney11、Aanything Bsomething Cnothing Deverything12、Aaccurately Bbroadly Cpatiently Dslowly13、Adealing Bworking Cmeeting Dbeginning14、Anumber Breturn Cexpense Dscore15、Aactually Broughly Cmerely Dgenerally16、Aair Bquality Cpressure Dsize17、Asnacks Bdecisions Cappointments Dreservations18、Asit Btake Cserve Dwait19、Aprofit Bprogress Cpromise Dpresent20、Ahad Bcreated Csold DranSection 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 South Korean man and the 21 ducklings he has been raising as his children ever since they hatched have been breaking the internet with their amazing bond. A video that recently went viral in the western world shows the cute birds following their “mother” on a mountain hike and listening to his every command.The middle-aged man, whose name is not revealed in the video, has been taking care of his 21 ducklings ever since they were eggs, making sure the incubation( 孵 化 ) period went smoothly, and even helping the tiny birds break through their shell when it came time to hatch. He was the first thing they laid eyes on in this world, and he has remained the most important figure in their lives since.Ducklings naturally follow their mother around, and since the man was the one who acted as their mother, these birds follow him everywhere, even up a mountain. To them its only natural, but the middle-aged man considers it training and conditioning for the time when he finally releases them into the wild. He would love to raise them all as pets, but knows that wouldnt be ideal for him or the birds, so hes making sure that they are strong enough to survive in the wild.The video shows the ducks following the middle-aged man as he hikes up a mountain outside Seoul, stopping whenever he does and refusing to follow anyone else, even if they give the same “lets go” command their human mother does. Unless they hear his voice and see him moving, they dont budge. Its actually quite remarkable. I mean, its one thing to see dogs acting like this, but ducklings? Thats something else.While its not clear what the man does for a living, Im pretty sure he has a lot of experience with ducks, as at one point he reveals a certificate for “father of ducklings” dated 2005.1、What can we learn from the video?AThe ducklings just broke through their shells.BThe man accidentally saved some ducklings.CThe duckli