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1、英语2014年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语(一)试题 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 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

2、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 have a (n) _4_ i

3、mpact 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 significantly im

4、prove 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 inte

5、lligence 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 improve your memory and att

6、ention 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 resi

7、stance 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 Dassociations8. Ag

8、enre Bfunctions Ccircumstances Dcriterion9. Achannel Bcondition Csequence Dprocess10. Apersist Bbelieve Cexcel Dfeature11. A Therefore B Moreover C Otherwise D However12. Aaccording to Bregardless of Capart from Dinstead of13. Aback Bfurther Caside Daround14. Asharpness Bstability Cframework Dflexib

9、ility15. Aforces Breminds Churries Dallows16. Ahold Btrack Corder Dpace17. Ato Bwith Cfor Don18. Airregularly Bhabitually Cconstantly Dunusually19. Acarry Bput Cbuild Dtake20. Arisky Beffective Cidle DfamiliarSection Reading ComprehensionPart ARead the following four texts. Answer the questions belo

10、w each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (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 jobcentre with a CV, r

11、egister 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?More apparent reasonableness followed. There will now be a seven-day wait for the jobseekers allowance. Those first fe

12、w 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 to change lives

13、for the better, complete with reforms to an obviously indulgent system that demands too little effort from the newly unemployed to find work, and subsidises laziness. What motivated him, we were to understand, was his zeal for fundamental fairness- protecting the taxpayer, controlling spending and e

14、nsuring 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 embarrassing and you know that support is minimal and extraordinarily hard to get. You are now not wanted; you 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