考研英语一福州市晋安区2023年高分冲刺试题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)I first discovered Cafe Gratitude several months ago. My friend Heather invited me to 1 her for lunch. Heather had 2 moved to Los Angeles, and we would discuss the project we were doing. As we sat down and were 3 the delicious vegetarian menu, the server who came to take our, 4 asked us the question of the day. What are you grateful for? I felt a familiar stir(震动) in my chest, and my eyes began to water. 5 a pause, Heather 6 her hand to me and said that it was with me. I expressed my gratitude to be with her 7 , enjoying this moment of our shared 8 and her new start in Los Angeles. After a delicious lunch. I decided to stay a while longer 9 the question had inspired me to meet the co-owner, Ryland. Pauses or 10 in life are a very good time to listen to whats 11 inside of our hearts.When Ryland came over to my 12 with his big smile, his title of Chief Inspiration Officer seemed very. 13 for his personality. He gave me his 14 attention as he opened his heart to listen. I told him how I wanted to help him openmore 15 so there could be more places to eat and help spread this 16 of “being generous and grateful every day.” Since that 17 , Caf Gratitude is my favorite place to eat.What a rewarding and meaningful experience! And Ive since learned that Caf Gratitude 18 business through what they call Sacred Commerce where they provide “inspired service and express 19 for the richness of our lives.”A simple question that day 20 me down new paths and gave me new friendships.1、Aattend Baccompany Cinvolve Djoin in2、Aeven Bever Cseldom Djust3、Alooking Btesting Cplanning Dstudying4、Aspace Btime Corder Dplace5、AWithout BDespite CIn terms of DRegardless of6、Areached Bshook Cclapped Dstuck7、Aeither Bas well as Calso Dtoo8、Aproject Bseat Cfriendship Dhonesty9、Afor Bas Cif Dbefore10、Aactions Bdreams Churries Ddelays11、Alooking on Binsisting on Cgoing on Dagreeing on12、Acompany Btable Chouse Dcar13、Asuitable Bready Ceager Dlonging14、Asimple Bfull Curgent Dregular15、Ahotels Bschools Cclubs Drestaurants16、Alesson Bnote Cmessage Dlecture17、Ameeting Bperformance Cact Dvacation18、Apractice Breviews Ctrains Dconcludes19、Aexplanation Bappreciation Cconsideration Dapplication20、Asurprised Breturned Cled DheldSection 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 1 Parents tend to favour children of one sex in certain situations or so evolutionary biologists tell us. A new study used colored backpack sales data to show that parental wealth may influence spending on sons different from daughters.In 1973 biologist Robert Trivers and computer scientist Dan Willard published a paper suggesting that parents invest(投入)more resources, such as food and effort, in male children when times are good, and in female children when times are bad. According to the Trivers-Willard hypothesis(假说), a son given lots of resources can become a gentleman but parents with few resources tend to invest them in daughters, who generally find it easier to be a fair maiden.Studying parental investment after birth is difficult, however. The new study looked for a standard of measurement of such investment that met several criteria: it shouldnt be affected by sex differences in the need for resources; it should measure investment rather than outcomes; and it should be objective.Study author Shige Song, a sociologist at Queens College, City University of New York, examined spending on pink and blue backpacks purchased in China in 2015 from a large retailer, JDcom. He narrowed the data to about 5, 000 bags: blue backpacks bought by families known to have at least one boy and pink ones bought by families known to have at least one girl. The results showed that wealthier families spent more on blue than pink backpacks suggesting greater investment in sons. Poorer families spent more on pink packs than blue ones. The findings were published in Evolution and Human Behavior.Songs evidence for the Trivers-Willard hypothesis is “indirect” but “pretty convincing,” says Rosemary Hopcroft, a sociologist at the. University of North Carolina at Charlotte, who was not connected with the new study. Hopcroft reported in 2016 that U. S. fathers with high-status occupations were more likely to send their