考研英语一2023年陕西省渭南市大荔县考前冲刺预测试卷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)My husband and I insisted that our children were old enough to clean their rooms and make their beds. But they thought 1 . My complaints, even self-justified shouting. were always landing on 2 ears. Very often a whole hours scolding would end with their 3 into tears, I felt very frustrated. I realized I needed to 4 my method of “mothering”.One day when they were at school, I spent some time 5 their rooms. On their desks, in plain 6 , I left the cards: “Dear Bill (the other card was 7 to Sarah, your room was messy this morning and Im sure you like it clean. Love. the Room Fairy.” 8 arriving back, the children were 9 excited to receive the little mole from the Rom Fairy. The next day. their room were fairly tidy. Sure enough. there was another note from the Room Fairy 10 for them, thanking them for their nice “gift” of a clean room and 11 aking them to play a certain violin 12 .Each day, thank-you notes would be written differently to keep the ideas 13 .Sometimes the Room Fairy would propose a little 14 : “If you can finish your homework and 15 your lessons before dinner, Id like to watch a particular television program with you tonight.” Sometimes some colored markers or other little items would be left in 16 of well done jobs the day 17 . 18 I cant remember how long. “the Room Fairy” continued leaving her love notes. When they were age appropriate. we used various versions of Post-Its (贴条), The bathroom mirror became the 19 centre of our home. Appointments, notices about visiting relatives. lesson schedules. and changes in plans could be posted.We all benefited from and 20 the idea of sharing reminder and daily details of life through notes. I believe the true advantage of the Room Fairy notes survives in our frequent and enjoyable communication.1、Aindifferently Botherwise Cdoubtfully Dgratefully2、Aside Beither Cneither Ddeaf3、Acrying Bbreaking Cbumping Dbursting4、Aadjust Badopt Caccess Daddict5、Aclearing Btidying Cemptying Dsearching6、Adistance Bspeech Cwords Dsight7、Asent Bread Caddressed Ddelivered8、AAs BAt CIn DUpon9、Amore than Brather than Cno more than Dother than10、Aasking Bpraying Cwaiting Dexpecting11、Asadly Bcalmly Cgently Dtoughly12、Amusic Bpiece Csong Dtone13、Afresh Buninteresting Cincredible Drespectable14、Aadvice Bquestion Csuggestion Dchallenge15、Ago with Bgo over Clook up Dlook into16、Aresponse Banswer Chonor Dpraise17、Aahead Bbefore Cover Dago18、AEven if BEven so CActually DThough19、Areminder Bmain Cmemory Dlife20、Alearned Bappreciated Cshared DthankedSection 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 1Education is not a bystanders sport. Numerous researchers have shown that when students participate in classroom discussion they hold more positive attitudes toward school, and that positive attitudes promote learning. It is no coincidence that girls are more passive in the classroom discussion and score lower than boys on SATs.We found that at all grade levels in all communities and in all subject areas boys controlled classroom communication. They participated in more interactions than girls did, and their participation became greater as the year went on.Our research contradicted the traditional assumption that girls control classroom communication in reading while boys in math. We found that whether the subject was language arts and English or math and science, boys got more than their fair share of teacher attention. That teachers talk more to male students is simply because boys are more aggressive in grabbing their attention by calling out answers to the teachers questions first. While girls sit patiently with their hands raised or keep silent. Psychologist Lisa Serbin and K.Daniel OLeary, then at the state university of New York at stony brook studied classroom interaction at preschool level and found that teachers gave boys more attention, praised them more often and were at least twice as likely to have extended conversations with them.Years of experience have shown that the best way to learn something is to do it yourself. It is also important to give students specific and direct feedback about the quality of their work and answers. Teachers behave differently depending on whether boys or girls are active to provide an