合山市2023年考研英语一考前冲刺预测试卷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)As a high school coach, I did all I could to help my boys win their games. I cheered as hard for 1 as they did. A dramatic 2 , however, following a game in which I was a referee, changed my 3 on victories and defeats.It was a league championship basketball game between New Rochelle and Yonkers High. New Rochelle was 4 by Dan OBrien, Yonkers by Les Beck. The gym was 5 , and the noise made it impossible to hear. The game was well played and 6 competed. Yonkers was 7 by one point as I 8 at the clock and discovered there were but 10 seconds left to play. New Rochelle, 9 the ball, passed off and shot. The ball 10 around the rim (篮筐边沿) and off. The fans 11 . New Rochelle recovered the ball, and tapped it in for what looked like victory. The noise was 12 .I looked at the clock and saw that the game was over. I hadnt heard the final buzzer (终场哨) because of the noise. I 13 with the other official, but he could not help me. So, I 14 the timekeeper, a young man of 17 or so. He said, “Sir, the buzzer 15 before the final tap-in was made.” Yonkers won!I had to tell OBrien the sad news. His face 16 . The young timekeeper came up and said, “Im sorry, Dad. The 17 ran out before the final basket.” 18 , like the sun coming out from behind a cloud, OBriens face lit up. He said, “Thats okay, Joe. You did what you had to. Im 19 of you.” The two of them then walked off the 20 together, the coachs arm around his sons shoulder.1、Ahonesty Bdevotion Cvictory Dglory2、Aconversation Bincident Cgesture Dchallenge3、Aview Bcomment Ctheory Dimpression4、Aorganized Brepresented Cfancied Dcoached5、Acrowded Bcleared Cquaked Darranged6、Ahappily Bclosely Csmartly Drandomly7、Amoving Bprogressing Cleading Dshooting8、Awaved Bglanced Csignaled Dstared9、Ain possession of Bin charge of Cin need of Din place of10、Astuck Bfell Cswung Drolled11、Alaughed Bjumped Cyelled Ddanced12、Aannoying Bamazing Cthrilling Ddeafening13、Aexamined Bwatched Cresearched Dchecked14、Acriticized Bapproached Cinterviewed Dreminded15、Abroke down Bfaded away Cwent off Dcarried on16、Aclouded over Bsoftened up Csweated over Dwrinkled up17、Aaudience Bball Ctime Dplayer18、ACertainly BSimilarly CFortunately DSuddenly19、Aashamed Bproud Caware Dfond20、Acourt Bcourse Ctrack DfieldSection 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 the story of “The crow and the Pitcher” from Aesops Fables, a thisty crow (乌鸦)drops stones into a narrow jar to raise the low level of water inside so he can take a drink.Now scientists have evidence to back up that story. Crows actually do understand how to make water displacement (移位) work to their advantage, experiments show. The results suggest that the birds are, at least in some aspects, as smart as first-graders.Researchers, led by Sarah Jelbert at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, presented six crows with tubes filled with water. Inside the tubes, a worm or piece of meat on a piece of wood was floating, just out of reach of the crow. In front of the tubes, the researchers arranged several rubber erasers that would sink, and some plastic objects that would float. The crows found out that they could drop the erasers into the tubes in order to raise the water level and get their snack.However, the birds handled awkwardly in experiments in which they could choose to drop objects in either a wide tube or a narrow one to get a snack, the researchers said. Dropping objects into narrow tube would lift the water level by a greater amount and put the treat within reach after just two drops; while it took around seven drops to raise the snack to the same level in the wide tube. The crows obviously didnt realize this, and most of them went for the wide tube first.Previous studies showed that chimps and human children can solve similar tasks. In a 2011 study, chimps and kids found out that they could put water into a tube to reach a peanut that was floating in a small amount of water at the bottom.1、How did the crows get the snack in Sarahs experiment?ABy breaking the tube.BBy dropping in erasers.CBy standing on the wood.DBy removing the wood.2、What does the author mean by “the birds handled awkwardly” in paragraph 4?AThey were unable to tell different shap