莆田市仙游县2023年考研英语一模拟预测试卷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)Do you know how much your children sleep?According to the National Sleep Foundation, 1 should sleep twelve to eighteen hours 2 of every twenty-four. With a gradual 3 to twelve to fourteen hours for toddlers(初学走路的孩子) one to three; eleven to thirteen hours for 4 three to five; and ten to eleven hours for schoolchildren 5 five to ten.But things get really 6 at adolescence. Not only do teenagers need more sleep than 7 -eight and a half to nine and a quarter hours a night, according to the sleep foundation - but the times 8 which they get sleepy and are able to awaken 9 and feel rested shift in a 10 that does not match to the 11 times at most schools.Sleep studies have shown that the typical teenager does not fall asleep readily before 11 p. m. or later 12 many have to get up by 6 a. m. or 13 to get to school for a class 14 starts at 7:30 or 8 a.m. More than a few 15 off during that class, and often the 16 one as well. Even if awake, theyre in no condition to learn much of anything.In one study, more than 90 percent of teenagers 17 they slept less than the 18 nine hours a night, and 10 percent said they slept less than six hours. 19 James BMaas, a Cornell University psychologist and Leading sleep researcher, has observed, most teenagers are walking zombies(僵尸) 20 they get far too little sleep.1、AchildrenBnewbornsCeldersDyoungsters2、AfromBwithCoutDup3、AreductionBincreaseCgrowthDimprovement4、AteenagersBstudentsCbabiesDpreschoolers5、ArelatedBseparatedCagedDvaried6、AdemandingBchallengingCsatisfyingDencouraging7、AadultsBtoddlersCbabiesDschoolchildren8、AinBonCatDfor9、AexcitedlyBearlyCcasuallyDnaturally10、AformBmeansCmethodDway11、AendBstartCholidayDexamination12、ASinceBForCYetDThen13、AnicerBearlierCcleanerDbetter14、AthatBitsCwhatDwhose15、AputBtakeCdozeDcut16、AnextBotherClastDnew17、AexaminedBsurveyedCreportedDconvinced18、AregulatedBrecommendedCanalyzedDreported19、ALikeBSinceCAsDFurthermore20、AbecauseBwhichCwhileDstillSection 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 The thing that sets children apart from adults is not their ignorance，nor their lack of skillsRather，its their enormous capability for joyA friend told me a storyOne day，when she went to get his 6-year-old son from soccer practice，her kid greeted her with a sad faceThe teacher had criticized him for not focusing on his soccer drillsThe little boy walked out of the schoo1 with his head and shoulders hanging downHe seemed wrapped in sadnessBut before reaching the car door，he suddenly stopped，crouching(蹲伏)down to look at something on the sidewalk“Mom，come here! This is the strangest bug Ive ever seenIt has ，1ike， a million legsIts amazing!”The little face was overflowing with indescribable excitementNowadays，however，when we walk into a classroom，especially in a high school，well be choked by towering books and papers，and hiding behind them are a group of motionless creatures，pens in hand，minds dry，just as the hollow men portrayed by TSEliotTheir pursuit of joy has given way to their hunger for gradesLaughter and happiness are a distant memory for themAlthough joy is an unaffordable luxury in todays increasingly fierce competition，administrators and teachers need a mindset shift from crushing students with assignments to getting them to take pleasure in productive activities which develop their important qualities，like perseverance and obligationThe assumption that pleasure is the enemy of competence and responsibility makes no sense educationallyAdults tend to talk about learning as if it were medicine：unpleasant，but necessary and good for youWhy not think of learning as if it were foodsomething so valuable to humans that they want to experience it as a pleasure?1、How is Paragraph 1 mainly developed?ABy describing a procedureBBy analyzing the processCBy giving an exampleDBy collecting data2、What does the author intend to do in Paragraph 2?ASummarize the previous paragraphBProvide some advice for the readersCIntroduce the main topic for discussionDClarify some puzzling questions3、What does the text suggest administrators and teachers do?AStop giving students homeworkBInvolve students in meaningful activitiesCSupply students with luxuriesDArouse studentsfond memories4、What is the text mainly about?AJoy is the spokesperson for learningBPleasure is the