考研英语一真题及答案.docx

1、考研英语一真题及答案【完形】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)Even if families dont sit down to eat together as frequently as before, millions of Britons will nonetheless have got a share this weekend of one

2、of that nations great traditions: the Sunday roast. 1 a cold winters day, few culinary pleasures can 2 it. Yet as we report now. The food police are determined our health. That this 3 should be rendered yet another quilty pleasure 4 to damage our health.The Food Standards Authority (FSA) has 5 a pub

3、lic worming about the risks of a compound called acrylamide that forms in some foods cooked 6 high temperatures. This means that people should 7 crisping their roast potatoes, reject thin -crust pizzas and only 8 toast their bread. But where is the evidence to support such adarmlist advice? 9 studie

4、s have shown that acrylamide can cause neurological damage in mice, there is no 10 evidence that it causes cancer in humans.Scientists say the compound is 11 to cause cancer but have no hard scientific proof 12 the precautionary principle it could be argued that it is 13 to follow the FSA advice. 14

5、 it was rumourded that smoking caused cancer for years before the evidence was found to prove a 15Doubtless a piece of boiled feef can always be 16 up on Sunday alongside some steamed vegetables, without the York shire pudding and no wine. But would life be worth living? 17 ,the FSA says it is not t

6、elling people to cut out roast foods 18 , but reduce their lifetime intake.However its 19 risks coming a cross as being pushy and overprotective. Constant health scares just 20 with no one listening.1. AIn BTowards Con DTill2. A match Bexpress Csatisfy Dinfluence3.Apatience Benjoyment Csurprise Dcon

7、cem4.Aintensified Bprivileged C compelled Dguaranteed5. Aissued Breceived Cignored Dcancelled6. A under Bat Cfor Dby7. Aforget Bregret Cfinish D avoid8. Apartially Bregularly C easily Dinitially9. AUnless BSince CIf DWhile10.A secondary Bextermal C conclusive D negative11.Ainsufficient Bbound Clikel

8、y Dslow12.AOn the basis of BAt the cost of C In addition to DIn contrast to13.Ainteresting Badvisable Curgent Dfortunate14.AAs usual BIn particular CBy definition DAfter all15.Aresemblance Bcombination C connection Dpattern16.Amade Bserved Csaved Dused17.ATo be fair BFor instance CTo be brief DIn ge

9、neral18.Areluctantly Bentirely C gradually D carefully19.A promise B experience Ccampaign D competition20.Afollow up Bpick up C open up Dend up答案(1-20)1. on2. match3. enjoyment4. intensified5. issued6. at7. avoid8. easily9. while10. conclusive11. bound12. on the basis of13. advisable14. after all15.

10、 connection16. served17. to be fair18. entirely19. campaign20. end up【阅读】Section III Reading ComprehensionPart A Directions: 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 1A group of labour MPs, am

11、ong them Yvette Cooper, are bringing in the new year with a call to institute a UK town of culture award. The proposal is that it should sit alongside the existing city of culture title, which was held by Hull in 2017 and has been awarded to Coventry for Zozl. Cooper and her colleagues argue that th

12、e success of the crown for Hull, where it brought in220m of investment and an avalache of arts, out not to be confined to cities.Britain town, it is true are not prevented from applying, but they generally lack the resources to put together a bit to beat their bigger competitions. A town of culture

13、award could, it is argued, become an annual event, attracting funding and creating jobs.Some might see the proposal as a boo by prize for the fact that Britain is no longer be able to apply for the much more prestigious title of European capital of culture, a sought-after award bagged by Glasgow in

14、1990 and Livorpool in 2008. A cynic might speculate that the UK is on the verge of disappearing into an endless fever of self-celebration in its desperation to reinvent itself for the post-Brexit world: after town of culture, who knows that will follow-village of culture? Suburb of culture? Hamlet o

15、f culture?It is also wise to recall that such titles are not a cure-all. A badly run year of culturewashes in and out of a place like the tide, bringing prominence for a spell but leaving no lasting benefits to the community. The really successful holders of such titles are those that do a great dea

16、l more than fill hotel bedrooms and bring in high-profile arts events and good press for a year. They transform the aspirations of the people who live there; they nudge the self-image of the city into a bolder and more optimistic light.It is hard to get right, and requires a remarkable degree of vis

17、ion, as well as cooperation between city authorities, the private sector, community groups and cultural organisations. But it can be done: Glasgows year as European capital of culture can certainly be seen as one of complex series of factors that have turned the city into the power of art, music and

18、 theatre that it remains today.A town of culture could be not just about the arts but about honouring a towns peculiarities-helping sustain its high street, supporting local facilities and above all celebrating its people and turn it into action.21. Cooper and her colleagues argue that a town of cul

19、ture award couldA consolidate the town-city ties in Britain.B promote cooperation among Britains towns.C increase the economic strength of Britains towns.D focus Britains limited resources on cultural events.22. According to Paragraph 2, the proposal might be regarded by some asA a sensible compromi

20、se.B a self-deceiving attempt.C an eye-cotching bonus.D an inaccessible target.23. The author suggests that a title holder is successful only if itA endeavours to maintain its image.B meets the aspirations of its people.C brings its local arts to prominence.D commits to its long-term growth.24. Glas

21、gow is mentioned in Paragraph 3 to presentA a contrasting case.B a supporting example.Ca background story.D a related topic.25. What is the authors attitude towards the proposal?A SkepticalB ObjectiveC FavourableD Critical答案(21-25)21.D focus Britains limited resources on cultural events.22.B a self-

22、deceiving attempt.23.D commits to its long-term growth.24.B a supporting example.25.C Favourable.Text2Scientific publishing has long been a licence to print money, Scientists need journals in which to publish their research, so they will supply the articles without monetary reward. Other scientists

23、perform the specialised work of peer review also for free, because it is a central element in the acquisition of status and the production of scientific knowledge.With the content of papers secured for free, the publisher needs only find a market for its journal. Until this century, university libra

24、ries were not very price sensitive. Scientific publishers routinely report profit margins approaching 40% on their operations, at a time when the rest of the publishing industry is in an existential crisis.The Dutch giant Elsevier, which claims to publish 25% of the scientific papers produced in the

25、 world, made profits of more than f 900m last year, while UK universities alone spent more than f 210m in 2016 to enable researchers to access their own publicly funded research;both figures seem to rise unstoppably despite increasingly desperate efforts to change them.The most drastic, and thorough

26、ly illegal, reaction has been the emergence of Sci-Hub, a kind of global photocopier for scientific papers, set up in 2012, which now claims to offer access to every pay walled article published since 2015. The success of Sci-Hub, which relies on researchers passing on copies they have themselves le

27、gally accessed, shows the legal ecosystem has lost legitimacy among its users and must be transformed so that it works for all participants.In Britain the move towards open access publishing has been driven by funding bodies.In some ways it has been very successful. More than half of all British sci

28、entific research is now published under open access terms; either freely available from the moment of publication,or pay walled for a year or more so that the publishers can make a profit before being placed on general release.Yet the new system has not worked out any cheaper for the universities. P

29、ublishers have responded to the demand that they make their product free to readers by charging their writers fees to cover the costs of preparing an article. These range from around500 to $5,000.A report last year pointed out that the costs both of subscriptions and of these article preparation cos

30、ts had been steadily rising at a rate above inflation.In some ways the scientific publishing model resembles the economy of the social internet:labour is provided free in exchange for the hope of status, while huge profits are made by a few big firms who run the market places. In both cases, we need

31、 a rebalancing of power.26. Scientific publishing is seen as a licence to print money partly becauseA its funding has enjoyed a steady increase.B its marketing strategy has been successful.C its payment for peer review is reduced.D its content acquisition costs nothing.!27. According to Paragraphs 2 and 3, scientific publishers Elsevier haveA thrived mainly on u