考研英语一河北省邯郸市邯山区2023年高分冲刺试卷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) Would you like the chance to discover a place of mystery and beauty in the southwest of China? If your answer is “yes”, consider a trip to Shangri-la!The word “Shangri-la” first 1 in the 1993 novel Lost Horizon by the British writer James Hilton. He described a beautiful kingdom where three 2 joined together, snow-capped mountains 3 to the sky, 4 fields of long grass covered the earth. In this perfect world lived people who had discovered how to stay 5 forever.Three mountains are covered with snow, tower 6 the land. These snowy mountain tops 7 a beautiful picture that will make any viewer speechless.Lakes, surrounded by vast grasslands, look 8 jewels. Sheep, cows and horses and animals feed 9 on the green grass and the forests around are 10 to lots of birds and animals. In this heavenly world, people live in perfect harmony with nature and the outside world is forgotten.1、AcameBappearedCproducedDfound2、AlakesBcountriesCriversDrailways3、AreachedBexpandedCspreadDstretched4、AbutBsoCbecauseDand5、AcalmBstillCyoungDthe same6、AoverBaboveConDbeyond7、AareBformCdevelopDshow8、AasBifClikeDfor9、AsimplyBdeeplyCfinallyDmainly10、AspaceBroomCfamilyDhomeSection 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 1Scientists have long been interested in the impact of early-life experiences on adult behavior, studying the phenomenon in monkeys and people. But hardly any studies had been done in dogs.Guide dogs presented a useful group to study for several reasons. First, at The Seeing Eye, guide dog school in America, many puppies（幼犬）are raised in a single location under fairly controlled conditions. Second, the dogs have a clear measure of success: Either they graduate from the program to become a working guide dog or they are released. And third, success as a guide dog isnt easy; the dog must be willing and able to navigate a complex and often-unpredictable environment while remaining attentive to its owner.To gather information about the puppies early-life experiences, Emily Bray and a team of researchers at The Seeing Eyes breeding center took video and closely observed 23 mothers and their 98 puppies for their first five weeks of life. “We wanted to know if we could separate the moms based on how they interacted with their puppies,” Bray said. “We recorded things like her nursing position, how much time she spent looking away from the puppies and how much time she spent in close proximity（临近）to her puppies or licking them.”When the researchers tracked the puppies a couple of years down the line, they found that those with mothers that were more attentive were less likely to graduate from The Seeing Eyes training program to become guide dogs. In particular, those dogs whose mothers nursed more often lying down, as opposed to sitting or standing up, were less likely to succeed.“If a mother is lying on her stomach, the puppies basically have free access to milk, but if the mother is standing up, then the puppies have to work to get it,” said Bray. “It seems that you have to provide your kids with minor obstacles（障碍）that they can overcome for them to succeed later in life because, as we know, life as an adult involves obstacles.”1、What does the second paragraph mainly discuss?AThe steps in training guide dogs.BHow the Seeing Eye came into being.CWhy guide dogs are idea objects for study.DThe various features of dogs at the Seeing Eye.2、What did Bray and his team focus on in their study?AThe diets of the puppies.BThe body weights of the puppies.CThe way moms reacted to their puppies.DThe moms sensitiveness to surroundings.3、Which puppies were more likely to become guide dogs?AThose with attractive mothers.BThose who were raised in a quiet place.CThose who were fed while lying down.DThose who were poorly attended by their mothers.4、Which of the following sayings does Bran seem to believe in?ANo sweet without sweat.BFailure is the mother of success.CActions speak louder than words.DA bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.Text 2 In 1874 Francis Galton, a British professor, analysed a sample of English scientists and found the vast majority to be first-born sons. This led him to theorise that first-born children enjoyed a special level of attention from their parents that allowed them to advance intellectually. Half a century later Alfred Adler, an Austrian psychologist, made a similar argument relating to personality. First-born children, he suggested, w