考研英语一阜阳市颍东区2023年模拟预测试卷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)Large companies need a way to reach the savings of the public at large. The same problem, on a smaller_1_, faces practically every company trying to _2_ new products and create new jobs. There can be little prospect of raising the sort of sums needed from friends and people we know. While banks may agree to provide short-term finance, they are generally _3_ to provide money on a permanent basis for long-term projects. So companies turn to public, inviting people to lend them money, or take a share in the business in _4_ for a share in future profits. This they do by _5_ stocks and shares in the business through the Stock Exchange. By doing so they can put into circulation the savings of _6_ and organizations, both at home and overseas.When the saver needs his money back, he does not have to go to the company with whom he originally placed it. _7_, he sells his shares through a stockbroker to some other saver who is seeking to _8_ his money.Many of the _9_ needed both by industry and by each of us are provided by the government or by local authorities. Without hospitals, electricity, telephones, railways, this country could not _10_. All these require _11_ spending on new equipment and new development if they are to serve us properly, requiring more money than is raised through taxes alone. The government, local authorities, and nationalized industries _12_ frequently need to borrow money to finance major capital spending, and they, too, come to the Stock Exchange.There is _13_ a man or woman in this country whose job or whose standard of living does not _14_ the ability of his or her employers to raise money to finance new development. In one way or another this new money must come from the savings of the country. The Stock Exchange _15_ to provide a channel through which these savings can reach those who need finance.1、AlevelBextentCscaleDbasis2、AprogrammeBprovideCdevelopDprepare3、AunexpectedBunwillingCunbelievableDuncertain4、AsearchBexchangeCvalueDcomfort5、AissuingBallowingCproducingDacquiring6、AimmigrantsBinvestigatorsCinheritorsDindividuals7、AIndeedBIn factCIn additionDInstead8、AeliminateBreflectCinvestDprofit9、ApropertiesBappliancesCfoundationsDservices10、AfunctionBexperienceCshareDlaunch11、AinvisibleBcontinuousClimitedDeconomical12、AthereforeBhoweverCneverthelessDotherwise13、AdefinitelyBalmostChardlyDprobably14、Aturn downBdepend onCtake overDput off15、AreleasesBforcesCleavesDexistsSection 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 snowy owl (雪鹗) is a white-colored owl with many unique characteristics. This bird bears a pure white appearance (only the male), with a rounded head, and black bill. While the male is actually a pure white individual, the female and young ones have a darker appearance with dusky spots. The female owl never attains complete whiteness in her lifetime. As young owls get older, they get whiter, losing their heavy stripes (条纹) and dark spots. This bird is between 18 to 20 inches long. Its Wingspan is 49 to 59 inches. It weighs between 3.5 to 6.5 pounds.The snowy owl lives in the regions of Greenland, Iceland, Canada, and the northern parts of USACarolus Linnaeus was the first person to classify this bird. Apart from being the heaviest owl in North America, it is also the official bird of Quebec. It is known by other names such as “the Arctic Owl” or “the Great White Owl”. The reason for this birds adaptation to the cold temperatures of the Arctic Circle is its splendidly beautiful, white, and thick feathers. These feathers help it to survive the extreme cold and develop a perfect camouflage (伪装) in the “white” of its Arctic habitat.The snowy owl is a very patient hunter, and it can sit in one place for hours. Gifted with great hearing and keen eyesight, it is known to be an efficient and clever hunter. It is not difficult for it to track down its prey, which might be barely visible under thick plants or snow cover. Before soaring off in pursuit, the bird waits patiently and identifies its potential prey. Once the prey comes within the proper range, it lays its attack with its sharp-hooked claws. It hunts both during the day and at night.1、What can we conclude about the snowy owl from the first paragraph?AIt is a bird with pure white feathers.BIt is a bird which is big and heavy.CIt has a white appearance with black spots.DThe female owl is whiter than the male one.2、Why can the snowy owl adapt to the cold climate of the Arctic Circle?A