2014年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语一试题及
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 the ANSWER SHEET.(10 points)
As many people hit middle age, they often start to notice that their memory and mental clarity are not what they used to be. We suddenly can’t remember ___1___ we put the keys just a moment ago, or an old acquaintance’s name, or the name of an old band we used to love. As the brain ___2___, we refer to these occurrences as \___3___ seemingly innocent, this loss of mental focus can potentially have a (n) ___4___ impact on our professional, social, and personal ___5___.
Neuroscientists, experts who study the nervous system, are increasingly showing that there’s actually a lot that can be dOne. It ___6___ out that the brain needs exercise in much the same way our muscles do, and the right mental ___7___ can significantly improve our basic cognitive ___8___. Thinking is essentially a ___9___ of making connections in the brain. To a certain extent, our ability to ___10___ in making the connections that drive intelligence is inherited. ___11___, because these connections are made through efFort and practice,
scientists believe that intelligence can expand and fluctuate ___12___ mental efFort.
Now, a new Web-based company has taken it a step ___13___ and developed the first \people improve and regain their mental ___14___.
The Web-based program ___15___ you to systematically improve your memory and attention skills. The program keeps ___16___ of your progress and provides detailed feedback ___17___ your perFormance and improvement. Most importantly, it ___18___modifies and enhances the games you play to ___19___ on the strengths you are developing—much like a(n)
___20___exercise routine requires you to increase resistance and vary your muscle use. 1. A. where 2. A. improves 3. A. If 4. A. uneven 5. A. wellbeing 6. A. turns B. when B. fades B. Unless B. limited B. environment B. finds C. that C. recovers C. Once C. damaging C. relationship C. points C. workouts D. why D. collapses D. While D. obscure D. outlook D. figures D. associations 7. A. roundabouts B. responses 8. A. genre 9. A. channel 10. A. persist 11. A. ThereFore B. functions B. condition B. believe B. Moreover C. circumstances D. criterion C. sequence C. excel C. Otherwise D. process D. feature D. However D. instead of D. around 12. A. according to B. regardless of C. apart from 13. A. back B. further C. aside 14. A. sharpness 15. A. Forces 16. A. hold 17. A. to B. stability B. reminds B. track B. with C. framework C. hurries C. order C. for C. constantly C. build C. idle D. flexibility D. allows D. pace D. on D. unusually D. take D. familiar 18. A. irregularly B. habitually 19. A. carry 20. A. risky
Part A
Directions:
B. put B. effective Section II Reading Comprehension
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
In order to “change lives For the better” and reduce
“dependency,” George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduced the “upfront work search” scheme. Only if the jobless arrive at the job centre with a CV, register For online job search, and start looking For work will they be eligible for benefit and then they should report weekly rather than fortnightly. What could be more reasonable?
2014年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语一试题及答案
