考研英语一陕西省西安市2023年临考冲刺试卷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)A man hired a taxi outside the airfieldThe cab had a woolen carpet with 1 lace edgesOn the glass partition that 2 the drivers seat was a copy of a famous paintingIts windows were all cleanThe customer was very much 3 and said to the driver，“Ive never seen a nicer 4 ”“Thank you for your praise”the driver answered 5 “The car isnt mine，”said the driver“It belongs to the companyI used to be a 6 of cabsWhen they returned，all of them were as 7 as garbage cans with cigarette butts and rubbish 8 here and thereOn the seats and door-handles could be found something 9 like peanut sauce or, chewing gumWhy so? I thought if the car itself were very clean the passengers would most 10 be considerate and refrain from littering”“So when I got a 11 to be a taxi-driver，I began 12 my idea into practice-to tidy and 13 the car Now before a new passenger gets on my car，Id make a cheek and be sure it is in good orderWhen my car 14 after a days work，it always remains 15 ”When doing a thing，one makes efforts and wants to see the resultTo change others，one has to make twice the 16 but get half the resultTo change oneself is the other way round-more fruit with less effortOne had better ask oneself why one makes 17 on others much more than on oneself 18 you take enough care to do as best you can for other peoples sake，your efforts will yield results，If you 19 the inner world of your own，examine yourself and wipe out the dust and dirt，instead of fixing your eyes on other people，you will find a cheerful 20 for yourself and create a pleasant environment for others1、AuglyBexcitingCbrilliantDfavorite2、AseparatedBcoveredCprotectedDprevented3、AmovedBannoyedCdisappointedDsurprised4、AseatBcarpetCgarageDcab5、AnaturallyBsmilinglyChopefullyDfirmly6、AdriverBcleanerCrepairerDcustomer7、AattractiveBpleasantCdirtyDclean8、AspreadBextendedCdottedDleft9、AfunnyBbusyCstickyDclumsy10、AlikelyBwillinglyCextremelyDregularly11、ApermitB1icenseCcertificateDpassport12、AputBtakeCmakeDget13、AprovideBdriveCdecorateDdescribe14、AspeedsBleavesCarrivesDreturns15、AspotlessBprettyCbrightDdirty16、AprogressBeffortCattemptDtrial17、AsuggestionsBcommentsCdemandsDdecisions18、AThoughBWhileCAsDIf19、Alook intoBlook forClook upDlook through20、AspiritBmoodCmindDsenseSection 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 1Predictions about higher educations future often result in two very different visions about what is next for colleges and universities. In one camp: those who paint a rosy picture of an economy that will continue to demand higher levels of education for an increasing share of the workforce. In the other: those who believe fewer people will enroll（入学）in college as tuition costs go out of control and alternatives to the traditional degree emerge.“We are living in an age for learning, when theres so much knowledge available, that one would think that this is good news for higher education,” Bryan Alexander told me recently. Alexander writes often about the future of higher education and is finishing a book on the subject for Johns Hopkins University Press. “Yet weve seen enrollment in higher education drop for six years.”Alexander believes that for some colleges and universities to survive, they need to shift from their historical mission of serving one type of student (usually a teenager fresh out of high school) for a specific period of time. “Were going to see many different ways through higher education in the future,” Alexander said, “from closer ties between secondary and postsecondary（中学后）schools to new options for adults. The question is, which institutions adopt new models and which try desperately to hang on to what they have.”“The fact is that to maintain affordability, accessibility and excellence, something needs to change,” Rafael Bras, Georgia Techs provost (院长), told me when he unveiled the report at the Milken Institute Global Conference this past spring.The commissions report includes many impressive ideas, but three point to the possibility of a very different future for colleges and universities.1) College for life, rather than just four years. The primary recommendation of the Georgia Tech report is that the university turns itself into a place for lifelong learning that allows students to “associate rather than enroll.”“Students who we educate now are expected to have a dozen occupations,” Bras said.