考研英语一福州市马尾区2023年统考试题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，掌握大意，然后从所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。Some people think if you are happy, you are blind to realityBut when we research it, happiness actually 1 every single business and educational outcome for the brainWhy do people have this social 2 about happiness? Because we assumed you were average.Many people think happiness is geneticThats only half the storyWhen we stop studying the average and begin 3 positive outliers people who are above average for a positive aspect like optimism or intelligence a 4 different picture appearsOur daily decisions and habits have a huge impact upon both our levels of happiness and success. 5 , happiness is a choiceIt is a choice about where your single processor brain will devote its limited resources as you process the worldIf you scan for the 6 first, your brain really has no resources left over to see the things you are grateful for or the meaning embedded (嵌入) in your workBut if you scan it the other way round, you start to acquire an 7 advantage.1、ArisesBarisesCarousesDraises2、AfaithBconceptCmisunderstandingDtradition3、AdiscoveringBresearchingCobservingDfinding4、AwildlyBhardlyCmildlyDcrazily5、AFortunatelyBGraduallyCStrangelyDScientifically6、ApositiveBnegativeCactiveDpassive7、AannoyingBinterestingCamazingDEmbarrassingSection 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 On a flight from Dallas, Texas, to Cincinnati, Ohio, to visit a friend in 2008, event planner Paige Chenault daydreamed about the grand birthday parties shed throw for her daughter one day. (Paige was five months pregnant at the time.) Then, flipping through a magazine, she saw a photo of an impoverished Haitian boy, skinny. “I thought, this kid has nothing,” Paige says.The image stayed with her, andshe resolved to do something to help. “I decided I would use my talents to throw birthday parties for homeless kids,” Paige says. For the next four years, Paige and her husband, Colin, took time out from parenthood to visit shelters to determine how best to pull off the parties.Finally, in January 2012, Paige launched theBirthday Party Project, a nonprofit organization, and recruited friends and family to help decorate Dallass 75-occupant Family Gateway Shelter with balloons and streamers, celebrating the birthdays of 11 boys and girls, with 60 more homeless kids in attendance. “That first party was better than I could have ever imagined,” says Paige.Now Paige and her staff of three paid employees work with regional volunteers to plan monthly themed parties at 15 shelters across the country, some of which house abused or abandoned kids. Each child celebrating a birthday that month gets a$30 gift, a decorative place mat, and an individual cake or cupcake.One of Paiges favorite parts of each party is when the kids make a wish and blow out the candles. “They rarely get a chance to dream big,” says Paige.Her daughter, Lizzie, now seven, often helps out at the parties. Paige says, “The one thing Ive always wanted is for my kid to be generous.”1、What was it that made Paige want to help the homeless children?AA flight from Dallas to Ohio.BHer daughters birthday.CThe photo of a Haitian boy.DHer talent for throwing parties.2、What does the underlined word “impoverished” mean?AadorableBpoorCtalentedDdead3、What can be learnt from the passage?AA total of 75 full-time workers are employed by Paige at present.BAfter unsuccessful attempts, Paige finally threw a wonderful party for the homeless kids.CKids can spend $30 to celebrate their birthday.DPaige commits herself to the cause of helping the homeless kids.4、What kind of person do you think Paige is?ACaring and sensitive.BCompetent and loyal.CKind and perseverant.DResponsible and disciplined.Text 2Its long been thought that in order to succeed in life you need to think only of yourself and ignore the needs of others. New research, however, suggests the exact opposite is true and being nice to others actually makes you more likely to be successful. The scientists found that givers were more likely to share knowledge, and in turn gain more information themselves.Researchers divided participants into three groups based on a personality test: givers, takers and matchers. In a social dilemma task, participants were given a made-up donation which was equal to the amount of 240($400). They were then asked to decide how much of their money they would give to a shared group pool. They were told that the money in the pool would be doubled and divided equal