考研英语一青海省海西蒙古族藏族自治州乌兰县2023年预测试题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)完形填空,阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中， 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。On a freezing-cold February morning in Indiana, Jhaqueil Reagan, 18, left home to walk to a job interview ten miles away, over muddy roads.Reagan had been looking for work for months. His parents had died two years earlier, and he was the only_of his two younger siblings (兄弟姊妹), Cole, 16, and Jazzlyn, seven. He was 1 for a regular paycheck 2 doing many odd jobs (零活).Three hours later, Reagan had covered only three miles. He paused outside a 3 called Papa Roux to ask for directions from 4 Art Bouvier, who was clearing ice and snow from the parking lot.“I told him to get on the bus.”says Bouvier.“He 5 me and went on his way.”Fifteen minutes later, Bouvier 6 in his car beside Reagan as he walked along.“Youve 7 got to be on the bus,”he told Reagan.“I don,t have money for the bus,”Reagan replied. Bouvier offered him a 8 On the way, he asked the boy about his job search.“I thought, this is the kind of kid I want working for me,”says Bouvier. He got Reagans 9 number and dropped him off for his 10 Later that day, Bouvier 11 about Reagan on Facebook. “He doesnt know it yet, but he 12 on Monday,”Bouvier wrote.“It,s been a while since Ive met someone so_!”A few hours later, Bouvier called to offer Reagan a job. 13 , the teen accepted on the spot. A television reporter caught wind of the 14 and interviewed the pair on camera that night.Today, Reagan is washing dishes, filling orders, and greeting Papa Roux _for 8.50 an hour.The publicity has brought in so many 15 customers that Bouvier plans to open a second restaurant by the end of the year. Reagan has 16 enough money to move into a new apartment.Now, when the weather is 17 , he takes the bus to work.1、AfriendBrelativeCcaretakerDteacher2、AgladBsorryCdesperateDnervous3、AbeforeBafterCuntilDsince4、ArestaurantBhotelCstoreDhospital5、AassistantBconsumerCwaiterDowner6、ArefusedBcomfortedCthankedDmoved7、Athrew upBpulled upClooked upDcheered up8、AalwaysBreallyCfinallyDnormally9、AliftBcarCticketDchance10、AbusBidentityCaccountDphone11、AjobBconferenceCinterviewDparty12、AtalkedBheardCcaredDwrote13、AleavesBfinishesCreturnsDstarts14、Akind-heartedBstrong-mindedCpoorDhealthy15、AShockedBTiredCEncouragedDConfused16、AtruthBstoryCreasonDjoke17、AcustomersBbossesCpassengersDreporters18、AnewBbigCregularDprivate19、AcollectedBborrowedCearnedDspent20、AbeautifulBwarmCbadDcoolSection 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 Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted (预测) in reaction to climate change, which could have long damaging effects on food chains and ecosystems.Global warming is having a great effect on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing some living patterns, scientists say.Increased carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air from burning coal and oil can have an effect on how plants produce oxygen, while higher temperatures and changeable rainfall patterns can change their patterns of growth.“Predicting species, reaction to climate change is a major challenge in ecology,” said the researchers of several U.S. universities. They said plants had been the key object of study because their reaction to climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystem services.The study, published on the Nature website, uses the findings from plant life cycle studies and experiments across four continents and 1,634 species. It found that some experiments had underestimated (低估) the speed of flowering by 8.5 times and leafing by 4 times.“Across all species, the experiments under-predicted the speed of the advancefor both leafing and flowering that results from temperature increase,” the study said.The design of future experiments may need to be improved to better predict how plants will react to climate change, it said.Plants are necessary for life on the Earth. They are the base of the food chain, using photosynthesis (光合作用) to produce sugar from carbon dioxide and water. They let out oxygen which is needed by nearly every organism on the planet.Scientists believe the worlds average temperature has risen by about 0.8 since 1900, and nearly 0.2 every ten years since 1979.So far, efforts to cut emissions (排放) of planet-warming greenhouse gases are not seen as enough to prevent the Earth heating up beyond 2 this centurya point scientists sa