2023年百色市平果县考研英语一预测试卷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) Each of us fails from time to time. If we are wise, we accept these failures as a 1 part of the learning process. But all too often as parents and teachers we 2 this same right to our children. When I see a child 3 from this kind of pressure, I think of Donnie.Donnie was my youngest third-grader. His 4 of failure kept him from classroom games that other children enjoyed. He 5 answered questions he was afraid he might be wrong. I tried my best to build his 6 . But nothing changed until midterm, when Mary Anne, a student teacher, was assigned to our classroom. She was young and pretty, and she loved children. My pupils, Donnie included, all 7 her very much.One morning, we were working on math problems at the chalkboard. Donnie had 8 the problems with pains-taking tidiness. Pleased with his progress, I 9 the children with Mary Anne and went for art materials. When I returned, Donnie was in 10 . Hed missed the third problem.My student teacher looked at me in despair. Suddenly her face 11 . From the desk we shared, she got a container filled with pencils.“Look, Donnie,” she said, kneeling beside him and gently 12 the tear-stained (弄脏的) face from his arms. “Ive got something to 13 you.” She removed the pencils, one at a time, and placed them on his desk.“See these 14 , Donnie,” she continued. “They belong to Mrs. Lindstrom and me. See how the erasers are 15 ? Thats because we make mistakes too. But we erase the mistakes and try again. Thats what you 16 learn to do, too.”She kissed him and stood up. “Here,” she said, “Ill leave one of these pencils on 17 desk so youll remember that everybody makes mistakes, 18 teachers.” Donnie looked up with love in his eyes and a smile.The 19 became Donnies prized possession. That, together with Mary Annes frequent encouragement, gradually 20 him that its all right to make mistakes as long as you erase them and try again.1、AsmallBbasicCnecessaryDlarge2、AgiveBdisallowCofferDpermit3、AcomeBtakeCfallDsuffer4、AfearBlessonCchanceDsense5、AalwaysBoftenCneverDseldom6、Aself-protectionBself-improvementCself-confidenceDself-learning7、ArespectedBdislikedCavoidedDminded8、Aworked outBwritten downCgone overDlearned9、AleftBofferedCmissedDparted10、AsurpriseBastonishmentCangerDtears11、AdarkenedBbrightenedCpulledDloosened12、AliftingBpickingCholdingDpushing13、AhelpBshowCrewardDpromise14、ApencilsBmistakesCmarksDcontainers15、AusedBbuiltCwornDdamaged16、AmayBmustCoughtDcan17、AmyBsomeonesCthe teachersDyour18、AstillBalsoCevenDnot19、ApencilBwordsCmistakeDdesk20、AwarnedBinformedCpersuadedDremindedSection 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 Sydneys Royal Botanic Gardens are to start a war on gray-headed flying foxes. These super bats have invaded one of Australias most famous public spaces. Officials have said the animals are destroying trees and have to move on.These unwanted guests at Sydneys Royal Botanic Gardens look like tiny foxes with wings. Officials have estimated there are about 11,000 of them living in the picturesque harbor-side park. After inspecting damage to dozens of trees they now believe there are twice as many as previously thought. Branches have been breaking under the weight of these furry invaders and their droppings have been poisoning plants.Help may well be at hand, however, in the shape of the ordinary garbage bin. The gardens director Dr. Tim Entwistle hopes the unpleasant sounds of crashing bin lids will agitate the flying foxes and force them to move on. “The way to disturb them is to use noises, so weve used the loud noises made by rubbish bins in the past. You can also use speakers as long as you move the noise around, and what well do is have a series of noises, at the beginning and end of the day. What weve found in the past is that the flying foxes leave the gardens and go somewhere else,” said Tim.The gray-headed flying fox is Australias largest bat. It flies around at night using its eyes and a powerful sense of smell to search for fruit and flowers. Officials at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney have said theyre optimistic the unwelcome colony can be uprooted. If and when the bats do move to other parts of the city they will of course then become someone elses problem.1、According to the passage, Why do people want to get rid of the flying foxes ?ABecause the garden are