考研英语一循化撒拉族自治县2023年模拟试题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)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Rolling, dark clouds covered much of the sky. The warm wind suddenly became cold and picked up wildly, sending some dead leaves flying _ across the sky. A few drops of rain mixed with ice began to fall, then into heavy _.Doug, my older brother, and I first rode the bus to a bus stop. Then we _ off and began our long walk home. The wind was _ the snow around us like a huge blanket, making it _ to see clearly. The only sounds we heard were the 1 of the wind as well as the crunch of our footsteps on the snow. Slowly but _, my brother and I were _ to death. Looking to my left, I saw a pine tree and squatted down.“What are you doing here, Bud? Come on!” said Doug, “Theres no _ behind this little tree. If we rest here, we will die from the freeze.”“You go on, and Ill _ soon.” I replied.Doug was _ for a moment. Then he spoke, “Bud, do you remember the four pine trees at the side of the road? _ we get there, we can rest a while and get warm. You just stick your hand down the back of my _, keep your head down and hold on.”As we struggled through the snow, my hand _ from my brothers belt and I fell to my knees.“Where are the trees?” I said, as the snow _ up around me like a feather bed. Once again, Doug pulled me to my feet.“Just a few more _ and well be home and warm,” he said.As the darkness closed around us, we approached home, _. I only heard a worried shouting not in the distance. Then someone took my hand and _ me into a warm, bright light. And then I survived.Now, I still think about the lesson learned from our winter _ story: Never _, no matter what will happen.1、AslowlyBgentlyCpeacefullyDfiercely2、AsnowBstormCsmogDfog3、AcameBbrokeCshowedDgot4、AmeltingBrollingCpollutingDclearing5、AdifficultBsimpleCavailableDlikely6、AcallBshoutCtoneDwhistle7、AsurelyBcarefullyCsecretlyDhardly8、AscaringBfreezingCfightingDstarving9、AattractionBrecreationCprotectionDradiation10、Acatch upBfall behindClook onDhang around11、AbraveBsilentCproudDconfident12、ABeforeBUnlessCAlthoughDWhen13、AdressBbootCbeltDcoat14、AslippedBbrokeCseparatedDshook15、AwentBclearedCmixedDfolded16、AstopsBstepsCmilesDblocks17、AdiscouragedBdynamicCunconsciousDenthusiastic18、ApersuadedBfollowedCforcedDpulled19、AsurvivalBtravelCexplorationDresearch20、Ahold onBtook offCgive upDset asideSection 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 1If you dont have a college degree, youre at greater risk of developing memory problems or even Alzheimers (老年痴呆). Education plays a key role in lifelong memory performance and risk for mental disorder, and its well documented that those with a college degree possess a cognitive（认知的） advantage over their less educated counterparts in middle and old age. Now, a large national study from Brandeis University published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry shows that those with less schooling can significantly make up for poorer education by frequently engaging in mental exercises such as word games, puzzles, reading, and lectures. “The lifelong benefits of higher education for memory in later life are quite impressive, but we do not clearly understand how and why these effects last so long,” said lead author Margie Lachman, a psychologist. She suggested that higher education may encourage lifelong interest in cognitive efforts, while those with less education may not engage as frequently in mental exercises that help keep the memory agile (敏捷地). But education early in adulthood does not appear to be the only route to maintain your memory. The study found that intellectual activities undertaken regularly made a difference. “Among individuals with low education, those who are engaged in reading, writing, attending lectures, doing word games or puzzles once a week or more had memory scores similar to people with more education,” said Lachman. The study, called Midlife in the United States, assessed 3,343 men and women between the ages of 32 and 84 with a mean age of 56 years. Almost 40 percent of the participants had at least a 4-year college degree. The researchers evaluated how the participants performed in two cognitive areas, verbal memory and executive function - brain processes involved in planning, abstract thinking and cognitive flexibility. Participants were given