考研全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题精编.docx

1、考研全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题精编2017 年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语（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)Could a hug a day keep the doctor away? The answer may be a resounding yes! 1 helping you fe

2、el close and 2 to people you care about, it turns out that hugs can bring a 3 of health benefits to your body and mind. Believe it or not, a warm embrace might even help you 4 getting sick this winter.In a recent study 5 over 400 healthy adults,researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylv

3、ania examined the effects of perceived social support and the receipt ofhugs 6 the participants susceptibility（敏感性） to developing the common cold after being 7 to the virus. People who perceived greater social support were less likely to come 8 with a cold, and the researchers 9 that the stress-redu

4、cing effects of hugging 10 about32 percent of that beneficial effect. 11among those who got a cold, the ones who feltgreater social support and received more frequent hugs had less severe 12 .Hugging protects people who are under stress from the 13 risk for colds thats usually 14 with stress, notes

5、Sheldon Cohen, a professor of psychology at Carnegie. Hugging is amarker of intimacy and helps 15the feeling that others are there to help 16 difficulty.Some experts 17 the stress-reducing,health-related benefits of hugging to the release of oxytocin（后叶催产素）, often calledthe bonding hormone 18 it pro

6、motes attachment inrelationships, including that between mothers and their newborn babies. Oxytocin is made primarily in the central lower part of the brain, and some of it is released into the bloodstream. Butsome of it19 in the brain, where it 20 mood, behavior and physiology.1.ABesides BUnlike CT

7、hroughout DDespite2.Aequal Brestricted Cconnected Dinferior3.Aview Bhost Clesson Dchoice4.Aavoid Bforget Crecall Dkeep5.Acollecting Baffecting Cguiding Dinvolving6.Aon Bin Cat Dof7.Adevoted Battracted Clost Dexposed8.Aalong Bacross Cdown Dout9.Aimagined Bdenied Cdoubted Dcalculated10.Aserved Brestor

8、ed Cexplained Drequired11.AThus BStill CRather DEven12.Adefeats Bsymptoms Cerrors Dtests13.Ahighlighted Bincreased Ccontrolled Dminimized14.Apresented Bequipped Cassociated Dcompared15.Aassess Bgenerate Cmoderate Drecord16. Ain the name ofB in the form ofC in the face ofD in the way of17.AattributeB

9、commitCtransferDreturn18.AunlessBbecauseCthoughDuntil19.AremainsBemergesCvanishesDdecreases20.AexperiencesBcombinesCjustifiesDinfluencesSection II Reading ComprehensionPart A Directions:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C orD. Mark your answers on

10、the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1First two hours, now three hours this is how far in advance authorities are recommending people show up to catch a domestic flight, at least at some major U.S. airports with increasingly massive security lines.Americans are willing to tolerate time-consuming securi

11、ty protocols in return for increased safety. The crash of Egypt Air Flight 804, which terrorists may have downed over the Mediterranean Sea, provides another tragic reminder of why. But demanding too much of air travelers or providing too little security in return undermines public support for the p

12、rocess. And it should: Wasted time is a drag on Americans economic and private lives, not to mention infuriating.Last year, the Transportation Security Administration(TSA) found in a secret check that undercover investigators were able to sneak weapons both fake and real past airport security nearly

13、 every time they tried. Enhanced security measures since then, combined with a rise in airline travel due to the improving economy and low oil prices, have resulted in long waits at major airports such as Chicagos OHare International. It is not yet clear how much more effective airline security has

14、become but the lines are obvious.Part of the issue is that the government did not anticipate the steep increase in airline travel, so the TSA is now rushing to get new screeners on the line. Part of the issue is that airports have only so much room for screening lanes. Another factor may be that mor

15、e people are trying to overpack their carry-on bags to avoid checked-baggage fees, though the airlines strongly dispute this.There is one step the TSA could take that would not require remodeling airports or rushing to hire: Enroll more people in the PreCheck program. PreCheck is supposed to be a win-win for travelers and the TSA. Passengers who pass a background check are eligible to use expedited screening lanes. Thi