湖南省常德市安乡县2023年考研英语一模拟预测试卷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)Do you ever feel like you are studying a mad rush of one subject after another? When things happen at such a 1 pace, it is easy to lose sight of what you are learning. It is important to 2 every now and then to think about what youve been learning.Self-reflection means stopping the mad rush and 3 yourself so your brain can evaluate what it has already 4 . Some people prefer to do their self reflections 5 , while others keep a journal. Either method can work, depending on what your own personal 6 is.School textbooks are often divided into units. This can make it 7 for someone to begin the process of self-reflection. Watch for the times when you complete a unit of study. Sometimes you are reminded that the unit is 8 because there is some kind of test or quiz. Use these natural 9 as opportunities to stop and reflect.You should find a 10 placeanywhere without noise is OK. This can even be sitting at your desk at school when you finish something 11 and the other students are still working. If you are going to take notes, take out your journal. Write down some notes on things that you 12 learned in this unit. Let your mind think about the notes you have written and make some 13 .Sometimes just pausing to think deeply allows your brain to make connections 14 new information can quickly appear when you 15 it again. Next, think about things that you still wonder about. 16 maybe you learned about a certain body system, but you dont 17 how it works with the other body systems. Maybe you learned a new way to solve a math problem, but youre not sure when to use it. Writing down your 18 will help you remember to continue seeking answers the next time you 19 the same topic.Self reflection is an essential skill for a 20 student. If you have never taken the time to reflect, try it now.1、Asteady Bfast Crelaxing Dunique2、Achange Bcheck Cstop Dexercise3、Acalming Benjoying Cbehaving Dhelping4、Adealt Bforgotten Cfound Dreceived5、Apersonally Bmentally Cslowly Ddirectly6、Apace Bgrade Cskill Dstyle7、Aquick Bnecessary Ceasy Dhard8、Afinished Bdivided Cinterrupted Dcovered9、Abreaks Btests Cunits Dperiods10、Asafe Bfamiliar Cquiet Dcomfortable11、Acorrectly Bfinally Cearly Dindependently12、Aactively Bnewly Crapidly Dcarefully13、Achoices Bdecisions Cconnections Dimprovements14、Ain case Bso that Ceven if Das though15、Aseek Bshare Cshow Dneed16、AIn general BOf course CFor example DAs usual17、Aknow Bdoubt Cbelieve Dremember18、Aopinions Bmethods Cworries Dquestions19、Acome across Bget through Cthink of Dtake away20、Atalented Bsuccessful Cserious DyoungSection 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 The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has welcomed home two paintings by the Dutch master, more than 14 years after they were ripped (扯) off the museums wall in a nighttime theft. Museum director Axel Rueger called their return “one of the most special days in the history of the museum”. The paintings were discovered last year by Italian police while they were searching an Italian criminals farmhouse near Naples for evidence of drug dealing. They were in a box and hidden behind a wall in a toilet when they were found.The paintings were considered among the artworks most searched for in the world. After years in darkness, they can now shine again. They are back on display at the museum before being taken to the conservation studio for repair. Fortunately, they suffered surprisingly little damage as thieves who had climbed up a ladder and broken a window to get into the museum in 2004 ripped them out of their frames.“It is not only a surprise that the works have been recovered but its even more surprising they are in relatively unharmed condition,” Rueger said.The museum director was on vacation when the call came last year from Italian authorities who believed they had recovered the paintings. He didnt celebrate right away. Hed had calls like this before.“I was hopeful but also a little hesitant. Over these years, we had so many occasions when people phoned us, contacted us, claiming that they knew something about the whereabouts (下落) of the works and each time it was false, the trace went cold,” he said. “So the way has been full of disappointment.” But museum e