2020年考研英语冲刺试题及答案

2020年考研英语冲刺试题及答案

2020年考研英语冲刺模拟试题及答案 Section Ⅰ Use of English

Directions： Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)

As former colonists of Great Britain, the Founding

Fathers of the United States adopted much of the legal system of Great Britain. We have a “common law”, or law made by courts 1 a monarch or other central governmental 2 like a legislature. The jury, a 3 of ordinary citizens chosen to decide a case, is an 4 part of our common-law system.

Use of juries to decide cases is a 5 feature of the American legal system. Few other countries in the world use juries as we do in the United States. 6 the centuries, many people have believed that juries in most cases reach a fairer and more just result 7 would be obtained using a judge 8 , as many countries do. 9 a jury decides cases after “ 10 ”， or discussions among a group of people, the jury’s decision is likely to have the 11 from many different people from different backgrounds, who must as a group decide what is right.

Juries are used in both civil cases, which decide 12 among 13 citizens, and criminal cases, which decide cases brought by the government 14 that individuals have committed crimes. Juries are selected from the U.S. citizens and 15 .

Jurors, consisting of 16 numbers, are called for each case requiring a jury.

The judge 17 to the case 18 the selection of jurors to serve as the jury for that case. In some states, 19 jurors are questioned by the judge; in others, they are questioned by the lawyers representing the 20 under rules dictated by state law.

1.[A]other than [B]rather than [C]more than [D]or rather 2.[A]agency [B]organization [C]institution [D]authority 3.[A]panel [B]crew [C]band [D]flock

4.[A]innate [B]intact [C]integral [D]integrated 5.[A]discriminating [B]distinguishing [C]determining [D]diminishing

6.[A]In [B]By [C]After [D]Over 7.[A]that [B]which [C]than [D]as

8.[A]alike [B]alone [C]altogether [D]apart 9.[A]Although [B]Because [C]If [D]While

10.[A]deliberations [B]meditations [C]reflections [D]speculations

11.[A]outline [B]outcome [C]input [D]intake 12.[A]arguments [B]controversies [C]disputes [D]hostilities

13.[A]fellow [B]individual [C]personal [D]private

14.[A]asserting [B]alleging [C]maintaining [D]testifying 15.[A]summoned [B]evoked [C]rallied [D]assembled 16.[A]set [B]exact [C]given [D]placed

17.[A]allocated [B]allotted [C]appointed [D]assigned 18.[A]administers [B]manages [C]oversees [D]presides 19.[A]inspective [B]irrespective [C]perspective [D]prospective

20.[A]bodies [B]parties [C]sides [D]units SectionⅡ Reading Comprehension Part A

Directions： Read the following four texts .Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points) Text One

It’s plain common sense—the more happiness you feel,

the less unhappiness you experience. It’s plain common sense, but it’s not true. Recent research reveals that happiness and unhappiness are not really two sides of the same emotion. They are two distinct feelings that, coexisting, rise and fall independently.

People might think that the higher a person’s level of unhappiness, the lower their level of happiness and vice versa. But when researchers measure people’s average levels of happiness and unhappiness, they often find little relationship between the two.