全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语一真题.docx

1、全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语一真题2014年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语（一）Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET. (10 Points)As many people hit middle age, they often start to notice that their memory and mental clarity are no

2、t what they used to be. We suddenly cant remember（ 1 ）we put the keys just a moment ago, or an old acquaintances name, or the name of an old band we used to love. As the brain（ 2 ）, we refer to these occurrences as “senior moments.”（ 3 ）seemingly innocent, this loss of mental focus can potentially h

3、ave a(an)（ 4 ）impact on our professional, social, and personal（ 5 ）.Neuroscientists, experts who study the nervous system, are increasingly showing that theres 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

4、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

5、 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 “brain training program” designed to actually help people improve and regain their mental（ 14 ）.The Web-based program（ 15 ）you to systematically improv

6、e 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 developingmuch like a(n)（ 20 ）exercise routine require

7、s you to increase resistance and vary your muscle use.1.Awhere Bwhen Cthat Dwhy2.Aimproves Bfades Crecovers Dcollapses3.AIf BUnless COnce DWhile4.Auneven Blimited Cdamaging Dobscure5.Awellbeing Benvironment Crelationship Doutlook6.Aturns Bfinds Cpoints Dfigures7.Aroundabouts Bresponses Cworkouts Das

8、sociations8.Agenre Bfunctions Ccircumstances Dcriterion9.Achannel Bcondition Csequence Dprocess10.Apersist Bbelieve Cexcel Dfeature11.ATherefore BMoreover COtherwise DHowever12.Aaccording to Bregardless of Capart from Dinstead of13.Aback Bfurther Caside Daround14.Asharpness Bstability Cframework Dfl

9、exibility15.Aforces Breminds Churries Dallows16.Ahold Btrack Corder Dpace17.A to Bwith Cfor Don18.Airregularly Bhabitually Cconstantly Dunusually19.Acarry Bput Cbuild Dtake20. Arisky Beffective Cidle DfamiliarSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the

10、questions below each text by choosing A, B, C, D. Mark your choice on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text 1In 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 jobcen

11、tre with a CV register for online job search, and start looking for work will they be eligible for benefitand then they should report weekly rather than fortnightly. What could be more reasonable?More apparent reasonableness followed. There will now be a seven-day wait for the jobseekers allowance.

12、“Those first few days should be spent looking for work, not looking to sign on.” he claimed. “Were doing these things because we know they help people stay off benefits and help those on benefits get into work faster” Help? Really? On first hearing, this was the socially concerned chancellor, trying

13、 to change lives for the better, complete with “reforms” to an obviously indulgent system that demands too little effort from the newly unemployed to find work, and subsides laziness. What motivated him, we were to understand, was his zeal for “fundamental fairness”protecting the taxpayer, controlli

14、ng spending and ensuring that only the most deserving claimants received their benefits.Losing a job is hurting: you dont skip down to the jobcentre with a song in your heart, delighted at the prospect of doubling your income from the generous state. It is financially terrifying, psychologically emb

15、arrassing and you know that support is minimal and extraordinarily hard to get. You are now not wanted; you are now excluded from the work environment that offers purpose and structure in your life. Worse, the crucial income to feed yourself and your family and pay the bills has disappeared. Ask anyone newly unemployed what they want and the answer is always: a job.But in Osborneland, your first instinct is to fall into dependency permanent dependency if you can get it supported by a state only too ready to indulge your falsehood. It is as though 2