2023年江西省赣州市全南县考研英语一考前冲刺试题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)I grew up on a farm outside Port Clinton, Ohio. I was the youngest son, with four brothers and four sisters, plus a girl my folks took in. By the late 60s, most of us were 1 and had families of our own. One day, 2 we were visiting my parents in late summer or early fall, Dad mentioned hed 3 wanted a Crimson King maple tree for the yard. Mom agreed that they were pretty.Like many parents, mine were 4 to shop for something, so I 5 this was a great 6 to get them something theyd appreciate. I also thought if they wanted one tree, two would be even better. I 7 the price at work and decided it was a bit more than I could 8 -but all of my siblings agreed to give a hand.In northern Ohio, we dont plant maple trees at Christmas, so we decided to surprise Mom and Dad with a 9 Christmas in October before the ground froze. We asked my aunt 10 shed help us with the deception(欺骗), and she called my parents in 11 to say she was coming for a Sunday visit. Then my sisters and sisters-in-law went into 12 , planning a big holiday turkey dinner.On the 13 Sunday, we all met at my house and loaded the trees in a pickup truck. I 14 up as Santa Claus. Then off we went, nine or 10 cars 15 with people and food, plus the pickup.When the caravan(队伍) 16 my folks house, Dad came rushing out of the back door, convinced something was 17 . He and Mom were 18 when we told them why we were there.When Christmas 19 , of course, we couldnt go to our parents house empty handed, so Mom and Dad got double presents that year. Almost half a century later, I still drive by the old farmhouse(农庄) and smile when I see those big, handsome 20 and remember giving a special gift to special people on Christmas in October.1、Adivorced Bmarried Cborn Dfriendly2、Aonce Bsince Cwhile Dif3、Acasually Boccasionally Chardly Dalways4、Ahard Bconvenient Cavailable Danxious5、Aperformed Bfigured Cpromoted Dguaranteed6、Aopportunity Bperformance Cpermission Daccess7、Awatched Bchecked Cnoticed Dtested8、Aaccount Bacquire Cafford Dadvocate9、Acommon Busual Cordinary Dspecial10、Aif Bwhy Cthat Dwhat11、Adetail Bsurprise Cadvance Dexcitement12、Afashion Bdirection Cinstruction Daction13、Agreeting Badjusted Cchosen Dpredicted14、Alooked up Btook up Cturned up Ddressed up15、Acovered Bloaded Csurrounded Dcrowded16、Aarrived at Breached for Cleft for Dheaded for17、Aadequate Bwrong Cbeautiful Dinvisible18、Aamazed Bdelighted Camused Dconfused19、Afaded away Bturned around Crolled away Drolled around20、Afolks Bpickups Ctrees DtrucksSection 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 1Your New Years plan to move more is one of the toughest to stick to, and a group of scientists working with obese(过度肥胖的) mice think theyre starting to understand whyRather than our sedentary(久坐的) lives causing weight gain, says Alexxai Kraviz, the National Institutes of Health neuroscientist who led the study, changes in brain chemistry after we start gaining weight affect our capacity to move.“Obses mice can move just fine,” says Kravitz, who published the work with his team in Cell Metabolism “They just dont.”What Kravitzs team found is that the activity of a particular dopamine(多巴胺) receptor linked to movement goes down as mice gain weight on a high-fat diet. So the nice slow down and they move less. And when the researchers restored the activity of that dopamine receptorDR2the mice started moving more, even though they were still obese. The team also saw that lean mice missing the DR2 receptor acted like obese mice. This is the target, says Kravitzrestoring that dopamine receptor function. “Maybe 20 or 30 years down the road, we could do that in people,” he says.And there is one more thing: The scientists fed normal mice and the mice lacking DR2 the same high-fat diet. Both sets of mice gained weight at the same rate.Kravitz says this is important because mice lacking DR2 move less from the get-go, whereas a normal mouse takes a little time to start seeing that dopamine receptor-related loss of exercise. The ability to exercise seems to be disconnected from weight gain, he says.“Exercise is a healthy thing to do, but its impact on weight loss has been exaggerated,” he says. “We have to be realistic about the size of the effect of ex