考研英语一涞水县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)When Athaya Slaetalid first moved from Thailand to the Faroe Islands, where winter lasts six months, she would sit next to the heater all day:People told me to go 1 because the sun was shining but I just said: No! Leave me alone, Im very 2 .Moving here six years ago was tough for Athaya 3 , she admits. She 4 her husband Jan when he was working with a Faroese friend who had started a business in 5 .Jan knew 6 that bringing his wife to this very different 7 , weather and landscape would be challenging.I had my 8 , because everything she was leaving 9 everything she was coming to were opposites, he admits. But knowing Athaya, I knew she would 10 .There are now more than 300 women from Thailand and Philippines living in the Faroes. It doesnt 11 like a lot, but in a population of just 50,000 people, they now 12 the largest ethnic minority in these 18 islands, located between Norway and Iceland.In recent years the Faroes have experienced population 13 , with young people leaving, often in search of education, and not returning. Women have 14 more likely to settle abroad. As a result, according to Prime Minister Axel Johannesen, the Faroes have a gender deficit with 15 4,000 fewer women than men.This, 16 , has lead Faroese men to look 17 the islands for romance. Many, though not all, of the 18 women met their husbands online, some through commercial 19 websites. Others have made connections through social media networks or existing Asian-Faroese 20 .1、Aoutside Binside Caway Doff2、Ahot Bcold Cwarm Dcool3、Aat last Bat once Cat first Dat length4、Awould find Bhad found Cwould meet Dhad met5、AIceland BPhilippines CFaroes DThailand6、Aahead schedule Bin advance Cwithout hesitation Din particular7、Acountry Bnation Cculture Dminority8、Aconcerns Bconflicts Cbeliefs Dproblems9、Abut Band Cwhile Dwhen10、Amake Bget Chandle Dcope11、Asound Bhear Clook Dappear12、Aconsist of Bbelong to Cmake up Dbuild up13、Adecline Bincrease Cboom Dfailure14、Ashown Bremained Cproved Dtended15、Amostly Btotally Cexactly Dapproximately16、Ahowever Bthen Cactually Dinstead17、Awithin Bfaraway Cthroughout Dbeyond18、AEuropean BAsian Cforeign Dpoor19、Aknowing Bplaying Cdating Dmarrying20、Acouples Bwives Chusbands DfamiliesSection 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 1Britons are increasingly entertaining guests at home with dinner, film and karaoke nights, inspired by television shows on cookery (烹饪术) and home entertainment, according to a survey.More than half (53 percent) of the respondents to a poll (民意测验) of 1,000 Britons across the country said they now prefer to spend quality time with family and friends by inviting them over to their homes rather than meeting in bars and restaurants, the survey by mobile phone operator T-Mobile showed.Popular television shows such as “Come Dine With Me,” where amateur chefs attempt to wow the audience with their culinary (烹调的) skills, “Master Chef” where ordinary people compete to cook to Michelin standards (米其林餐厅评分标准) and a number of celebrity cookery shows have inspired Britons to entertain at home.The poll showed that nearly a third of respondents had spent money on home entertainment improvements such as sofas, dining tables and bigger televisions to impress the guests.“Over the last couple of years, my clients have increasingly asked for home parties rather than ones at independent places,” party planning expert Liz Brewer said in a statement accompanying the polls results.“This is not only due to a slowing of economic activity but because many have become increasingly house-proud and eager to show off their cooking skills, in addition to their latest home entertainment purchases.”Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver was the top choice for dream host of respondents, while Prime Minister Gordon Brown was one of the least favored, alongside Conservative leader David Cameron.1、Britons interest in entertaining guests at home is growing because of the impact of .AMichelin standards Btelevision programsCfast economic development Dmobile phone operator T-Mobile2、The underlined word “wow” in Paragraph 3 probably means “ ”.Afill BcompareCimpress Dassociate3、To entertain guests at home, the hosts