芜湖市鸠江区2023年考研英语一高分冲刺试卷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)I love writing letters. Im one of those people who are 1 about the National Card-and-letter-Writing Month in April. And I even accepted the “30 2 in 30 Days” social media challenge.The handwritten friendly letter is a dying art formThat 3 me because Im amazed at what letters have 4 to meSome of these letters came to me when I was a kid. They seem more thoughtful, more intentional than the 5 today. When I see my grandfathers graceful handwriting. I can almost 6 the cadence(抑扬顿挫)of his speech. These letters are 7 and rereading them still makes me feel 8 . Now，as editor in chief of a magazine, I see my young self in many of our 9 who write to the magazine with curiosity and enthusiasm. When we 10 them back, they tell us they are surprised and delighted.Even if writing letters isnt something that 11 your child, letter-writing is a practice youll want to 12 your kids to develop. Why? For starters, letter-writing improves their communication skills. It gives kids practice 13 themselves in a clear manner，letter-writing also improves 14 skills. This is increasingly 15 in all era when handwriting instruction is being cut from school curricula. 16 , letter-writing offers kids a way to understand others feelings. Is Uncle George having an operation? Is your friend who moved away feeling lonely? These are all 17 to teach your kids how to think about the 18 of others and write the kind of letter theyd like to receive in these circumstances.If we adults 19 the desired behavior for our children, we increase the possibility that theyll 20 it.1、Acurious Bcautious Cexcited Dshocked2、Abooks Bcompositions C1etters Ddiaries3、Asaddens Bmaddens Cburdens Dthreatens4、A1ent Bconveyed Cadapted Dattached5、Aad Bnote Cposter Demail6、Ahear Bnotice Cimitate Dpredict7、Asecrets Brewards Cdreams Dtreasures8、Ahurt Btouched Cconfused Dbored9、Astudents Bvisitors Creaders Dguests10、Acall Bwrite Chold Dtalk11、Acontributes to Bapplies to Coccurs to Dappeals to12、Apay Bforce Callow Dencourage13、Aexpressing Bteaching Cbehaving Dfacing14、Aspeaking Breading Chandwriting Dtranslating15、Astrange Bimportant Ccomplex Dpopular16、AMoreover BTherefore COtherwise DHowever17、Aquestions Bopportunities Ccoincidences Dconclusions18、Awords Btheories Ccomments Dfeelings19、Aimitate Bdesign Cmodel Devaluate20、Aadopt Bprotect Cstress DneedSection 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 1In a study published in the U. S. journal Science, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(CAAS) and the University of Florida identified the chemical combinations and genetic recipe for better tomato flavor(味道).“In recent years, consumers often complain that the modern tomato is less flavorful than it once was” said co-principal researcher Sanwen Huang. “Our results provide a practical road map for breeding tomato varieties with better flavor.”For the study, a 170-person consumer group was created to evaluate 160 tomatoes representing 101 varieties, based on qualities such as “overall liking” and “flavor degree”. The results pointed to dozens of chemical compounds of interest, and further research using a statistical model discovered 33 flavor compounds connected with consumer liking, such as glucose(葡萄糖). The reason why modern tomatoes dont taste good anymore is that a total of 13 of these flavor-associated compounds “were significantly reduced in modern varieties,” their paper wrote. Moreover, the researchers found that smaller fruit tended to have greater sugar content, suggesting that “selection for more sizable tomatoes has cost sweetness and flavor”.Based on this knowledge, Huang and Professor Harry Klee of the University of Florida studied the whole genomes of 398 varieties of tomato, identifying about 250 positions of genes on a chromosome(染色体), which controlled tomato flavor.“Were just fixing what has been damaged over the last half century to push them back to where they were a century ago,” said Klee in a statement. “We can make the supermarket tomato taste noticeably better.” Klee said new tomato varieties with better flavor could be ready in three to four years. In addition, “the genes and pathways identified here in the tomato almost certainly point to pathways w