2023年长治市沁源县考研英语一临考冲刺试题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)According to a recent survey, the modem housewife spends an average of 60 hours a week on household work compared to 46 to 52 hours some 50 years ago; and a far greater part of her 1 hours are spent in shopping.In grandmas 2 , the butcher, the baker and the grocers shop were just 3 . Todays housewife goes to the 4 at least twice a week- 5 the stores are so big, so crowded and so far away that each trip 6 anything up to three hours.I dont think we have to go as far back as 50 years for confirmation of the great 7 in shopping patterns. It is only 23 years 8 I moved from one of the most beautiful High Streets in Buckinghamshire-a lovely wide street where almost every 9 is listed as an architectural jewel. Wandering back last week I 10 to think about the changes. Of some 15 shops, 12 have turned 11 to antiques or something similar. So shops that had been in the High Street for generations are 12 forever - and a way of life has gone with them.I love the 13 of those old shops, the gossip and the chatter while 14 to be served, the arrival of new neighbors and the births and deaths all swiftly 15 . We were part of a neighborhood-made so by our 16 meetings-and we stayed friends.Soon after my daughter was married she returned to live in this same High Street. “Why, Fiona,” 17 the postwoman when she walked into the tiny P.O. store which 18 survives, “how lovely to see you! You havent changed a bit.” Fiona was a 19 girl when we left and the postwoman hadnt seen her for 13 years or more.See what I 20 ? It could never happen in a supermarket!1、Abusy Bspare Chappy Dextra2、Aname Bhome Cday Dway3、Aoutside the town Bin the distance Con the way Daround the corner4、Acountryside Bsupermarket Cpark Drestaurant5、Aso Bbut Cthough Dbecause6、Atakes Bprovides Csaves Dcontains7、Atime Bfun Cidea Dchange8、Athat Buntil Csince Dwhen9、Abuilding Bgarden Cneighbor Dcustomer10、Aforgot Bhated Cpaused Dmanaged11、Aback Bover Cup Don12、Alost Bruined Cmissed Dkept13、Abusiness Bfriendliness Ctidiness Dfairness14、Ahelping Bpreparing Cwaiting Doffering15、Areminded Brecorded Creviewed Dreported16、Adaily Brare Cofficial Dprivate17、Aasked Bsaid Cwhispered Dannounced18、Ahardly Balso Ceven Dstill19、Alittle Bnice Cshy Dlovely20、Adoubt Bguess Cmean DrememberSection 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 1Movies are a great means of entertainment for many. There are some advantages of watching movies. Comedies, for example, help reduce your blood pressure. Laughter for 15 minutes during a film makes your blood vessels (血管) wider. Besides, when you watch a sad movie, youre more likely to come away from it thinking about loved ones and feeling happy about what you have.Watching movies can make you creative. A study shows that young children, who watched the use of magic in Harry Potter, score significantly higher in a creative thinking test than children who watched something else. Moreover, movies are very useful for strengthening peoples mental health. They enable people to take time to really relax and temporarily forget about their daily concerns and problems.However, watching movies arent always beneficial. Studies have shown that some people get real pleasure out of being scared by horror movies, but in various ways they may be risking their physical and mental health without even knowing it. When you watch a tense scene in a movie, your heart rate and blood pressure increase. Meanwhile this change in your brain chemistry reminds you of times when you were in a similar state, even if you have no idea you even had those memories. So if something horrible happens to you, being scared again by a movie can unintentionally make you experience it once more.Scientists, politicians and parents have debated for decades if being exposed to movie violence leads to actual real-life violence. Overall the answer to that is probably still up in the air, but a new study seems to prove that watching aggression on screen can contribute to being a bully (土霸) in real life, even if it is just in the short term.In conclusion, certain movies play a positive role, but not all movies do. It depends completely on the subject of the movie. So its always advisable to choose the movies co