考研英语一漳州市云霄县2023年预测试题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)A few years ago, an elderly woman entered my video store, along with her daughter. The 1 was showing an air of impatience, 2 her watch every few seconds. If the daughter had possessed a rope, she would have 3 her mother to it as a means of pulling her along.The old woman began to pick DVDs herself. I walked over and asked 4 I could help her find something. The woman smiled up at me and showed me a 5 on a piece of paper. 6 rushing off to find the DVD for the woman, I asked her to 7 with me so I could show her where she could find it and I wanted to enjoy her 8 for a moment. Something about her movements 9 the memories of my own mother, whod 10 . As we walked along the back of the store, I described what was on the shelves: old television shows, action movies, cartoons, science fiction. The woman seemed glad of the unrushed “trip and 11 conversation.I said to her daughter,“ 12 some advice?”“ Of course not,” said the daughter. “ 13 her” I said. “When shes gone, its those precious 14 that will come back to you. Times like this, I know.” It was 15 .I still missed my mom and remembered the times when Id used my impatience to make her 16 .Together they 17 their way toward the stores exit. They stood there for a moment, side by side, 18 the holiday crowds. Then the daughter glanced over and looked at her mother lovingly. And slowly, she placed her arm with apparently unaccustomed affection 19 her mothers shoulders and 20 guided her back into the crowd.1、Amother Bdaughter Cmerchant Dwaitress2、Achecking Bfixing Cadjusting Dremoving3、Aaccustomed Bfastened Capplied Ddevoted4、Awhy Bwhen Chow Dif5、Areceipt Bticket Ctitle Dtip6、AInstead of BRegardless of CApart from DAs to7、Ajog Btrade Cwalk Dcommunicate8、Aholiday Btime Cstay Dcompany9、Acalled on Bcalled for Ccalled up Dcalled in10、Adied away Bpassed away Cmoved away Dgiven away11、Ameaningless Bconvincing Cserious Dcasual12、AOffer BLack CMind DPrepare13、ASeize BCherish CForgive DLeave14、Achances Bfeelings Cmoments Dpresents15、Atrue Bappropriate Creasonable Dimpossible16、Apuzzled Bastonished Cdesperate Dupset17、Atook Bmade Cfelt Dheaded18、Aobserving Bexpecting Capproaching Dfollowing19、Aaround Bagainst Cbeneath Ddown20、Adeliberately Bhurriedly Crandomly DgentlySection 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 1Many people may have watched the film “March of the Penguins”, which shows a real group of birds in Antarctica. Imagine a group of fat black and white birds walking in a line. Suddenly, one penguin loses his balance and falls on the ice. Every time penguins fall down, people laugh. The animals are cute!People like the film very much. So much, in fact, that police in England think that it may be the reason behind a crime. A man went to a zoo in London and stole a baby penguin. Authorities think that the man stole the penguin after seeing the film and believe he wanted to give it away as a Christmas gift.Michael Gauthier-Clerc, an expert studying penguins, thinks that many people like penguins but some people do not understand them. He told The New York Times newspaper, “People love the penguins colors, its way of standing straight upright and the way it walks.”These things make penguins seem cute to people, but there are good reasons for all of these things. For example, penguins move from side to side when they walk and may seem to be out of balance. But Doctor Gauthier-Clerc says that the penguins waddle to save energy. The penguins colour also has a special purpose. It protects the penguins when they are swimming. From below, larger animals cannot see the penguins white underside because it looks the same as the bright sky or ice. And from above, other animals cannot see the penguins black back against the dark ocean floor.The penguins colors protect them in nature. But scientists have found that some of these physical details also have an effect on humans. They make animals seem cute to people. Scientists believe that humans are very sensitive to things that are cute, such as human baby and even objects that may look like parts of a baby.Recent studies show that cute images affect the brain in a special way. A study done at the University of Michigan tested young peoples reactions to images. It found