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2012 考研英语一真题及答案

Section I Use of English

Directions:

Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and

mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)

Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle viewed laughter as “a bodily exercise

precious to health.” But1some claims to the contrary, laughing probably has

little influence on physical fitness. Laughter does< < 2 < < < short-term

changes in the function of the heart and its blood vessels,<< < 3 < < < heart

rate and oxygen consumption. But because hard laughter is difficult to< < 4 <

, a good laugh is unlikely to have<< < 5 < < < benefits the way, say, walking

or jogging does.

< 6 < < < , instead of straining muscles to build them, as exercise does,

laughter apparently accomplishes the< < 7 < < . Studies dating back to the

1930s indicate that laughter< < 8 < < < muscles, decreasing muscle tone for up

to 45 minutes after the laugh dies down.

Such bodily reaction might conceivably help< < 9 < < the effects of

psychological stress. Anyway, the act of laughing probably does produce other

types of< < 10 < < feedback that improve an individual’s emotional

state.<< < 11 < < one classical theory of emotion, our feelings are partially

rooted< < 12 < < physical reactions. It was argued at the end of the 19th

century that humans do not cry<< < 13 < < < they are sad but that they become

sad when the tears begin to flow.

Although sadness also< < 14 < < tears, evidence suggests that emotions can

flow< < 15 < < < muscular responses. In an experiment published in 1988,

social psychologist Fritz Strack of the University of Würzburg in Germany asked

volunteers to< < 16 < < a pen either with their teeth – thereby creating an

artificial smile – or with their lips, which would produce a(n)< < 17 <

expression. Those forced to exercise their smiling muscles< < 18 < < more

enthusiastically to funny cartoons than did those whose mouths were contracted

in a frown,< < 19 < < that expressions may influence emotions rather than just

the other way around.< < 20 < < , the physical act of laughter could improve

mood.

1.[A] among [B] except [C] despite [D] like

2.[A] reflect [B] demand [C] indicate [D] produce

3.[A] stabilizing [B] boosting [C] impairing [D] determining

4.[A] transmit [B] sustain [C] evaluate [D] observe

5.[A] measurable [B] manageable [C] affordable [D] renewable

6.[A] In turn [B] In fact [C] In addition [D] In brief

7.[A] opposite [B] impossible [C] average [D] expected

8.[A] hardens [B] weakens [C] tightens [D] relaxes

9.[A] aggravate [B] generate [C] moderate [D] enhance

10.[A] physical [B] mental [C] subconscious [D] internal

11.[A] Except for [B] According to [C] Due to [D] As for

12.[A] with [B] on [C] in [D] at

13.[A] unless [B] until [C] if [D] because

14.[A] exhausts [B] follows [C] precedes [D] suppresses

15.[A] into [B] from [C] towards [D] beyond

16.[A] fetch [B] bite [C] pick [D] hold

17.[A] disappointed [B] excited [C] joyful [D] indifferent

18.[A] adapted [B] catered [C] turned [D] reacted

19.[A] suggesting [B] requiring [C] mentioning [D] supposing

20.[A] Eventually [B] Consequently [C] Similarly [D] Conversely

Section I Use of English

1.C 2.D 3.B 4.B 5.A 6.B 7.A 8.D 9.C 10.A 11.B 12.C 13.D 14.C 15.B 16.D 17.A

18.D 19.A 20.C

Section II Reading Comprehension

Part A

Directions:

Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing

A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)

Text 1

The decision of the New York Philharmonic to hire Alan Gilbert as its next

music director has been the talk of the classical-music world ever since the

sudden announcement of his appointment in 2009. For the most part, the response

has been favorable, to say the least. “Hooray! At last!” wrote Anthony

Tommasini, a sober-sided classical-music critic.

One of the reasons why the appointment came as such a surprise, however, is

that Gilbert is comparatively little known. Even Tommasini, who had advocated

Gilbert’s appointment in the Times, calls him “an unpretentious musician with

no air of the formidable conductor about him.” As a description of the next

music director of an orchestra that has hitherto been led by musicians like

Gustav Mahler and Pierre Boulez, that seems likely to have struck at least some

Times readers as faint praise.

For my part, I have no idea whether Gilbert is a great conductor or even a good

one. To be sure, he performs an impressive variety of interesting compositions,

but it is not necessary for me to visit Avery Fisher Hall, or anywhere else, to

hear interesting orchestral music. All I have to do is to go to my CD shelf, or

boot up my computer and download still more recorded music from iTunes.

Devoted concertgoers who reply that recordings are no substitute for live

performance are missing the point. For the time, attention, and money of the

art-loving public, classical instrumentalists must compete not only with opera

houses, dance troupes, theater companies, and museums, but also with the

recorded performances of the great classical musicians of the 20thcentury.

These recordings are cheap, available everywhere, and very often much higher in

artistic quality than today’s live performances; moreover, they can be

“consumed” at a time and place of the listener’s choosing. The widespread

availability of such recordings has thus brought about a crisis in the

institution of the traditional classical concert.

One possible response is for classical performers to program attractive new

music that is not yet available on record. Gilbert’s own interest in new music

has been widely noted: Alex Ross, a classical-music critic, has described him

as a man who is capable of turning the Philharmonic into “a markedly

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