2014考研英语一真题及参考答案
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2014年考研英语一真题：完形填空
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 ___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 ___，we refer to these occurrences an “senior moments.” ___ seemingly innocent ， this loss of mental focus can potentially have a（n） ___impact on our professional， social ， and personal___.
Neuroscientists ，experts who study the nervous system ，are increasingly showing that there's actually a lot that can be done .It ___out that the brain needs exercise in much the same way our muscles do ，and the right mental ___can significantly improve our basic cognitive ___.Thinking is ___essentially a ___of making connections in the brain .To a certain extent ，our ability to ___in marking the connections that drive intelligence is inherited . ability to ___in making the connections are made through effort and practice ，___，because these connections are made through effort and practice ， scientists believe that intelligence can expand and fluctuate ___ mental effort .
Now ， a new Web-based company has taken it a step ___and developed the first “ brain training program ” designed to actually help people improve and regain their mental ___.
The Web-based program ___ you to systematically improve your memory and attention skills . The program keeps ___of your progress and provides detailed feedback ___ your performance and improvement .Most importantly， it ___modifies and enhances the games you play to ___ on the strengths you are developing - much like a（n） ___ exercise routine requires you to increase resistance and vary your muscle use .
1.[A]where [B]when [C]that [D]why
2. [A]improves [B]fades [C]recovers [D]collapses 3. [A]If [B]Unless [C]Once [D]While
4. [A]uneven [B]limited [C]damaging [D]obsucure
5. [A]wellbeing [B]envirenment [C]relationahip [D]outlook 6. [A]turns [B]finds [C]points [D]figures
7. [A]roundabouts [B]responses [C]workouts [D]associations
8. [A]genre [B]functions [C]cicumstances [D]criterion 9. [A]channel [B]condition [C]sequence [D]process 10. [A]persist [B]believe [C]excel [D]feature 11. [A]Therefore [B]Moreover [C]Otherwise [D]However
12. [A]according to [B]regardless of [C]apart from [D]instead of 13. [A]back [B]further [C]aside [D]around
14. [A]sharpness [B]stability [C]framework [D]flexibility 15. [A]forces [B]reminds [C]hurries [D]allows 16. [A]hold [B]track [C]order [D]pace 17. [A]to [B]with [C]for [D]on
18. [A]irregularly [B]habitually [C]constantly [D]unusually 19. [A]carry [B]put [C]build [D]take
20. [A]risky [B]effective [C]idle [D]familiar
2014年考研英语一真题：翻译
Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life. It might be poetic， philosophical， sensual， or mathematical， but in any case it must， in my view， have something to do with the soul of the human being. Hence it is metaphysical； but the means of expression is purely and exclusively physical： sound. I believe it is precisely this permanent coexistence of metaphysical message through physical means that is the strength of music.
（46）It is also the reason why when we try to describe music with words， all we can do is articulate our reactions to it， and not grasp music itself.
Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the
revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure. Sometimes I feel in his late works a will to break all signs of continuity. The music is abrupt and seemingly disconnected， as in the last piano sonata. In musical expression， he did not feel restrained by the weight of convention.
（47）By all accounts he was a freethinking person， and a courageous one， and I find courage an essential quality for the understanding， let alone the performance， of his works.
This courageous attitude in fact becomes a requirement for the performers of Beethoven's music. His compositions demand the performer to show courage， for example in the use of dynamics.
（48）Beethoven's habit of increasing the volume with an intense crescendo and then abruptly following it with a sudden soft passage was only rarely used by composers before him.
Beethoven was a deeply political man in the broadest sense of the word. He was not interested in daily politics， but concerned with questions of moral behavior and the larger questions of right and wrong affecting the entire society.
（49）Especially significant was his view of freedom， which， for him， was associated with the rights and responsibilities of the individual： he advocated freedom of thought and of personal expression.
Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order as if order were an imperative of human existence. For him， order does not result from forgetting or ignoring the disorders that plague our existence； order is a necessary development， an improvement that may lead to the Greek ideal of spiritual elevation. It is not by chance that the Funeral March is not the last movement of the Eroica Symphony， but the second， so that suffering does not have the last word.
2014年考研英语一真题：小作文
Write a letter of about 100 words to the president of your university， suggesting how to improve students' physical condition.
You should include the details you think necessary. You should write neatly on the ANSWER SHEET.
Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use “Li Ming” instead. Do not write the address. （10 points）
2014考研英语一真题及参考答案
