2020年考研英语（一）试题
Section ⅠU of English
Directions：
Read the following text.Choo the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on theANSWER SHEET. (10 points)
Even if families are lesslikely to sit down to eat together than was once the ca, millions of Britonswill none the less have partaken this weekend of one of the nation's greattraditions: the Sunday roast. __1__ a cold winter's day, few culinary pleasurescan __2__it. Yet as we report now, the food police are determined that this__3__ should be rendered yet another guilty pleasure __4__ to damage ourhealth.
The Food Standards Authority(FSA) has __5__ a public warning about the risks of a compound calledacrylamide that forms in some foods cooked __6__ high temperatures.This meansthat people should __7__ crisping their roast potatoes, spurn thin-
crust pizzasand only __8__ toast their bread. But where is the evidence to support suchalarmist advice? __9__ studies have shown that acrylamide can cauneurological damage in mice, there is no __10__ evidence that it caus cancerin humans.
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Scientists say the compound is"__11__ to be carcinogenic" but have no hard scientific proof. __12__the precautionary principle, it could be argued that it is __13__ to follow theFSA advice. __14__, it was rumored that smoking caud cancer for years beforethe evidence was found to prove a __15__.
Doubtless a piece of boiledbeef can always be __16__ up on Sunday alongside some steamedvegetables,without the Yorkshire pudding and no wine. But would life be worthliving? __17__, the FSA says it is not telling people to cut out roast foods__18__, but to reduce their lifetime intake. However, their __19__ risks comingacross as exhortation and nannying. Constant health scares just __20__ with noone listening.
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1. A In B Towards C On D Till
2. A match B express C satisfyD influence
3. A patience B enjoyment Csurpri D concern
4. A intensified B privilegedC compelled D guaranteed
5. A issued B received Cignored D canceled
6. A under B at C for D by
7. A forget B regret C finishD avoid
8. A partially B regularly Ceasily D initially
9. A Unless B Since C If DWhile
10. A condary B external Cinconclusive D negative
11. A insufficient B bound Clikely D slow
12. A On the basis of B At thecost of C In addition to D In contrast to
13. A interesting B advisableC urgent D fortunate
14. A As usual B In particularC By definition D After all
15. A remblance Bcombination C connection D pattern
16. A made B rved C saved Dud
节约粮食的古诗10首17. A To be fair B Forinstance C To be brief D in general
18. A reluctantly B entirely Cgradually D carefully
绒毡层19. A promi B experience Ccampaign D competition
20. A follow up B pick up Copen up D end up
Section ⅡReading Comprehension
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Part A
Directions:
Read the following four texts.Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark youranswers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)
Text 1
西红柿蛋花汤>孔孟思想A group of Labour MPs,among 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 卫生间英文alongside the existing city of culture title,which was held by Hull in 2017.and has been awarded to Coventry for 2021.Cooper and her colleagues argue that the success of the crown for Hull,where it brought in E 220m of investment and an avalanche of arts,ought not to be confined to cities.Britain's towns,it is true,are not prevented from applying,but they generally lack the resources to put logether a bid to beat their bigger competitors.Atown of culture award could,it is argued,become an annua levent,attracting funding and creating jobs.
Some might e the proposal as a booby prize for the fact that Britain is no longer able to apply for the much more prestigious title of European capital of culture,a sought-after awa
rd bagged by lasgow in 1990 and Liverpool in 2008.Acynic might speculate that the UK is on the verge of disappearing into an endless fever of lf-celebration in its desperation to reinvent itlf for the post-Brexit world:after town of culture,who knows what will follow-village of culture?
Suburb of culture?Hamlet of culture?It is also wi to recall that such titles are not a cure-all.A badly run"year of culture"washes in and out of a place like the tide,bringing prominence for a spell but leaving no lasting benefits to the community.The really suceessful holders of such titles are tho that do a great deal 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 lf-image of the city into a bolder and more optimistic light.It is hard to get right,and requires a remarkable degree of vision,as well as cooperation between city authorities,the unity groups and cultural organisations.But it can be done:Glasgow's year as European capital of culture can certainly be en as one of a complex ries of factors that have turned the city into the powerhou of
