考研英语（一）真题试卷
SectionⅠ 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)
Use
of
English
Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle viewed laughter as “a bodily exercise precious to health.” But __1___some claims to the contrary，laughing probably has little influence on physical fitness Laughter does __2___short-term changes in the function of the heart and its blood vessels，___3_ heart rate and oxygen consumption But because hard laughter is difficult to __4__，a good laugh is unlikely to have __5___ benefits the way，say，walking or jogging does. __6__，instead of straining muscles to build them，as exercise does，laughter apparently accomplishes the __7__，studies dating back to the 1930’s indicate that laughter__8___ muscles，decreasing muscle tone for up to 45 minutes after the laugh dies down.
Such bodily reaction might conceivably help _9__the effects of psychological stress. Anyway，the act of laughing probably does produce other types of ___10___ feedback，that improve an individual’s emotional state. __11____one classical theory of emotion，our feelings are partially rooted ____12___ physical reactions. It was argued at the end of the 19th century that humans do not cry ___13___they are sad but they become sad when the tears begin to flow. Although sadness also ____14___ tears，evidence suggests that emotions can flow __15___ muscular responses. In an experiment published in 1988,social psychologist Fritz Strack of the University of würzburg in Germany asked volunteers to __16___ a pen either with their teeth-thereby creating an artificial smile – or with their lips，which would produce a(n) __17___ expression. Those forced to exercise their enthusiastically to funny catoons than did those whose months were contracted in a frown，____19___ that expressions may influence emotions rather than just the other way around __20__ ，the physical act of laughter could improve mood.
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[B] catered [C] turned
[D]
[B] requiring [B] Consequently
[C] mentioning [C] Similatly Reading
Reading the following fours texts. Answer the question below each text by Choosing [A],[B],[C] or [D]. Mark Text
your
answer
on
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The decision of the New York philharmonic to hire Alan Gilbert as its next music director has been the talk of the classical-music world ever since the sudden announcement of his appointment in . For the most part，the response has been favorable，to say the least “Hooray！A t last!” wrote Anthony
Tommasini，a sober-sided classical-music critic
One of the reason why the appiontment came as such a surprise，however，is that Gilber is commparatively little known Even Tommasini，who had advocated Gilbert’s appointment in the Times，calls him “an unpretentious musician with no air of the formidable conductor about him.”As a description of the next music director of an orchestra that has hitherto been led by musicians like Gustav Mahler and Pierre Boulez，that semms likely to have struck at least some Times readers as faint prwise For my part，I have no idea whether Gilbert is a great conductor or even a good one. To be sure，be performs an impressive variety of interesting composition，but it is not necessary for me to visit Avery Fisher Hall，or anywhere else，to hear interesting orchestral music. All I have to do is to go to my CD shelf，or boot up my computer amd download still more recorded music form iTumes Devoted concertgoers who reply that recording are no substitute for live performance are missing the point. For the time，attention，and money of the art-loving public，classical instrumentalists must compete not only with opera houses，dance troupes ，theeater companies，and museums，but also with the recorsed performances of the great classical musicians of the 20th century. There recording are cheap，available everwhere，and very often much higher in artistic quality than today’s choosing. The widespread availabilyty of such recording has thus brought about a ctisis in the institution of the traditional
classical
councert
One possible reponse is for classical performers to program attravtive new music that is not yet available on recors. Gilbert’s own interest in new music has been widely noted：Alex Ross ，a classical-music critic，has described him as a man who is capable of turning the Phiharmonic into “a markedly different，more vibrant organization” But what will be the nature of that difference?Merely，expanding the orchestra’s repertorre will not be enough. If Gilbert and thr Philharmonic are to succeed，they must first change the relationship between America’a olderest orchestra and the new audience it hops to attract. 21.We [A]incured [B]raised [C]raceived
learn
from
Para
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that
Gilbert’s
appointment
has_________
criticism suspicion acclaim
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