考研英语一鞍山市铁西区2023年点睛提分卷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)In a fast-paced world driven by noise, excitement, and continuous connections due to technology, I think weve lost a(n) 1 for something essential to the human experience: Quiet.Im not talking about the library style version of soft whispers, but about the soul-defining quiet of introspection(自省), of solitude and of being 2 .This past weekend, I found myself glued to my computer screen in a flurry (忙乱) of 3 work to build my career. I was 4 social media and worrying about building my vision for tomorrow. Like so many evenings, the call of the internet had 5 me in, and the beautiful July night in Pennsylvania was 6 until my husband stepped in and reminded me that theres more to life than noises, likes and followers.We got into our truck and drove ten minutes to a local state park, a place that has 7 our different stages of life through the years. Phones and computers 8 , we spent the evening in nature, enjoying simple scenes and 9 in the quiet of the setting.Gone were the rings of notifications, the honking horns of cars flying by, and the 10 of YouTube videos. In their place, a silence 11 something we both know but sometimes lose 12 of: Lifes quiet, simple moments are sometimes the most beautiful.In these peaceful moments, I found a(n) 13 with nature and with my husband. I found a reminder that there is a world 14 the computer and the 15 of our fast-paced life. 16 , I was reminded that in these quiet moments, we were able to hear the most important voice: our own.Our world 17 constant attention and engagement. We become so 18 to constantly connecting and engaging with others that we fail to appreciate something 19 to our happiness: our inner voice.So take a moment, take a break and take some time to find the quiet in your life. Let the quiet moments in life remind you that your inner voice 20 to be heard.1、Acooperation Bappreciation Cconfidence Dopportunity2、Aunfolded Bunconfirmed Cunplugged Dunaccompanied3、Aregular Bsimply Cdesperate Dinteresting4、Adrowning in Bfond of Ccurious about Dsensitive to5、Ashowed Bsucked Cforced Dled6、Aacquired Boccupied Cignored Dstressed7、Amarked Bexperienced Cpresented Dundertaken8、Ahung on Bturned on Cworn out Dshut off9、Atrapped Binvolved Cbathed Danchored10、Aexistence Bdraw Cimpression Dseparation11、Aremoved Breflected Crestricted Drefreshed12、Atouch Bsight Ccontrol Dhope13、Aconnection Bimagination Cexploration Dprediction14、Aagainst Bwith Cbeyond Dabout15、Achaos Bvalues Cmess Dquality16、AIn addition BIn short CAfter all DAbove all17、Aavoids Bdesires Ctransfers Dspells18、Aopposed Blimited Centitled Daddicted19、Aglorious Bunique Ccrucial Dsuperior20、Aremains Btends Cappears DdeservesSection 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 1Ive been researching my family tree since 1998 ，and Ive long been curious about DNA as a way to learn more about my roots. The technology has come a long way in the last decade, and its become more affordable too. Finally, I went ahead and ordered a Y-DNA test.The results came in my email inbox from the DNA lab! When I logged in to see the results, there are 29 living people today with whom I share a common direct male ancestor in about the last 1,000 years. They live in Ireland, England, Scotland, South Africa, the United States and probably elsewhere.I had two close matches, and the rest were more distant. They both live in Ireland! What makes the connection to these two men so interesting is that most Irish genealogical (族谱的)records were burned in fires in Dublin and dont exist today. Without them, it s hard to trace Irish roots any further back than the 1800s. Ive written emails to both of them and hope to hear back !I did some more research on my Y-DNA and found my direct male ancestors were Celtics. They seem to have lived in Western Europe at the time of Ancient Rome. Migration patterns show that my DNA group likely originated in Western Asia, living there 20, 000 and 30, 000 years ago. There are relatives with similar DNA going thousands of years back in what is now Iran, India, Syria, Israel and Turkey.I was so excited by these results that I decided to trace my motherly line too. My DNA is already at the lab, so now I just have to wait another month o