2023年青海省果洛藏族自治州玛沁县考研英语一预测试题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)Few other nations are so much interested in horse racing as the English. The famous races Ascot are held every year and followed by sports fans all over England. The king or the queen also attends 1 and presents the winner with a gold cup. To 2 this gold cup is the dream of every owner of a race horse. All newspapers, great and small, are full of detailed description of the 3 , and the name of the 4 winner of the Ascot cup is pronounced by everyone 5 of a great hero.It happened once, however, some seventy years ago, that the gold cup was stolen a few days before the race! The police 6 for it all over the country but could not find it.Just at the time, Mark Twain, the witty American writer, 7 England. He was 8 by an England Literary Society to be 9 at a dinner given in his honor. After dinner the president of the society rose to propose a toast to Mark Twains health and 10 in every way the talent of the 11 American. Mark Twain 12 started his speech with the following words:“Gentlemen, I thank you for the great honor you have done me, 13 I very much doubt whether all your countrymen join you in your 14 welcome. When I arrived at Dover yesterday, and 15 my foot in “Merry Old England, the first thing I saw was a newspaper poster and on it, 16 my great surprise, I read two 17 printed in big red letters:MARK TWAIN ARRIVES!ASCOT CUP STOLEN!“These two announcements stood so closely together that it 18 seemed, gentlemen, as if some people in this country may be sure that my 19 had something to do with the disappearance of the gold cup!” This witty speech of the famous American author was met with a shout of 20 .1、Ait Bthem Cthat Dthis2、Ahold Bkeep Ccatch Dwin3、Arace Bwinner Cproblem Dnations4、Agood Blucky Cgreat Dbrave5、Aas this Blike that Clike those Das it6、Asearched Basked Cwaited Dcared7、Areached in Bwent into Carrived in Dgot in8、Aseen Bvisited Cinvited Dforced9、Apresent Blate Cabsent Dfree10、Asuggest Bpraise Ccheck Dunderstand11、Atiring Bselfish Cfamous Dshy12、Ain reply Bin cash Cin short Din time13、Aas soon as Bas though Ceven if Din case14、Aindifferent Bwarm Cviolent Dcold15、Aset Bgot Cwent Dstarted16、Afor Bto Cwith Dby17、Aarticles Bpassages Cparagraphs Dheadings18、Asuddenly Bhardly Creally Dmainly19、Aarrival Bprinciple Cexpression Dattitude20、Ainterest Bbreath Canger DlaughterSection 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 1The wonderful experiment I am going to introduce proves that air is just all around and that it presses down upon us. Air pressure is a wonderful force. When you swim underwater, you can feel water push down your body. The air all around you does the same. However, your body is so used to it that you do not notice this. The pressure is caused by a layer of air called the atmosphere. This layer surrounds the Earth, extending to about five kilometers above the Earths surface.The following experiment is an easy one that you can do at home. But make sure that you are supervised, because you will need to use matches. Now for the experiment！What you need:A hard-boiled egg without the shellA bottle with a neck slightly smaller than the eggA piece of paperA matchMethod:1） Check that the paper will sit firmly on the neck of the bottle.2） Tear the paper into strips and put the strips into the bottle.3） Light the paper by dropping a burning match into the bottle.4）Quickly sit the egg on the neck of the bottle.Result:Astonishingly, the egg will be sucked into the bottle. Your friends will be amazed when you show them the experiment. But be careful when you handle matches.Why it happenedAs the paper burns, it needs oxygen and uses up the oxygen（air）in the bottle. The egg acts as a seal in the neck of the bottle, so no more air can get inside. This reduces the air pressure inside the bottle. The air pressure must equalize, so more air from outside must enter the bottle. The outside air pressure against the egg and then the egg is pushed into the bottle! This proves that air is all around and that it is pressing down on it.1、Why is there the need to take care when you are doing the experiment?AThe bottle could break.BYou need to light the paper with a match.CThe egg needs to be shelled.DThe egg has to be perfect