1、考研英语二（完形填空）模拟试卷 134（无答案）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. (10 points) 0 To master the violin takes 10,000 hours of practice. Put in that time and【C1】_will follow. This, at least, is what many music te
2、achers tell their pupils. Psychologists are more【C2】_. Some agree practice truly is the thing that【C3】_experts from beginners, but others suspect genes play a role, too, and that【C4】_the right genetic make-up even 20,000 hours of practice would be pointless.A study just published in Psychological Sc
3、ience, by Miriam Mosing of the Karolinska Institute, in Sweden, suggests that the skeptics are【C5】_. Practicing music without the right genes to【 C6】_that practice up is【C7】_useless.Dr Mosing drew her【C8 】_in a time-honored wayby studying twins. She and her colleagues【C9】_1,211 pairs of identical tw
4、ins (who share all their genes) and 1,358 pairs of fraternal twins (who share half). They asked each participant【C10】_he or she played a musical instrument or actively【C11】_singing. Those who did were asked to【C12】_how many hours a week they had practiced at different ages. From this Dr Mosing was a
5、ble to calculate a【C13】_for each individuals lifetime practice. Anyone who did not play an instrument or sing got no point.Next, Dr Mosing tested her volunteers musical a-bilities. Expert musicians are exceptionally good at【C14 】_differences in pitch, melody and rhythm. She therefore expected to fin
6、d that if someone had put in【C15】_practice time his musical ability would be as high as an experts. But that was not true. In fact, there appeared to be no【C16】_between practice and musical ability of the sort she was measuring. A twin who practiced more than his genetically identical co-twin did no
7、t appear to have better musical abilities as a result. In one case the difference between two such twins was 20,228 hours of practice,【C17】_the pairs measured musical abilities were found to be the same.That is not to say practice has no【C18】_. Playing an instrument and singing are physical skills,
8、and do take a long time to【C19】 _. And Dr Mosing has shown that musical ability has a big genetic【C20】_.1 【C1 】（A）prestige（B） expertise（C） confidence（D）interest2 【C2 】（A）radical（B） knowledgeable（C） dependable（D）skeptical3 【C3 】（A）separates（B） keeps（C） detaches（D）guarantees4 【C4 】（A）except（B） despite
9、（C） without（D）behind5 【C5 】（A）clever（B） right（C） wrong（D）stupid6 【C6 】（A）back（B） warm（C） clear（D）link7 【C7 】（A）so（B） either（C） quite（D）indeed8 【C8 】（A）attention（B） assumption（C） conclusion（D）distinction9 【C9 】（A）surveyed（B） observed（C） checked（D）examined10 【C10 】（A）how（B） why（C） whether（D）where11 【C
10、11 】（A）exposed to（B） concerned about（C） engaged in（D）connected with12 【C12 】（A）imagine（B） estimate（C） dictate（D）prove13 【C13 】（A）percentage（B） cost（C） profit（D）score14 【C14 】（A）recording（B） revising（C） detecting（D）researching15 【C15 】（A）scientific（B） enjoyable（C） inspiring（D）sufficient16 【C16 】（A）re
11、lationship（B） variation（C） interaction（D）boundary17 【C17 】（A）so that（B） even though（C） now that（D）even if18 【C18 】（A）value（B） prospect（C） direction（D）efficiency19 【C19 】（A）evaluate（B） demonstrate（C） master（D）prepare20 【C20 】（A）influence（B） consequence（C） opponent（D）component20 Big companies swallow
12、little ones every day. So the【C1】_on March 25th by Yahoo (annual revenue, $5 billion) of Summly, a British start-up (annual revenue, zero), for a reported $30m would normally【C2】_merely a shrug of the shoulders and some muttering about the【C3】_economics of the internet. The deal is worth noting,【C4
13、】_, for two reasons. One is that Summlys founder, Nick dAloisio, is only 17: this summer he will be sitting his【C5】_like other teenagers. He invented an iPhone app to【C6】_articles in 300-400 characters, ideal for the smartphone-user wondering what he should【C7】_reading.Li Ka-shing, a Hong Kong telec
14、oms tycoon, invested money in the【C8】_, having got wind of an early version of the app after tech blogs wrote about it, Mr dAloisio says. Famous actors, artists and entrepreneurs have also【C9】_in, taking the sum outsiders invested in Summly to $1.5m. Mr dAloisio says that he remained the largest sha
15、reholder.The second reason is that Summly is just the latest of half a dozen start-ups【C10】_by Yahoo in as many months. The internet company has also bought Stamped, Alike and Jybe, which built apps for personalized recommendations of,【C11】_other things, books, food and music; OnTheAir, a video-chat
16、 company; and Snip.it, which created an app for managing and sharing articles.Marissa Mayer, Yahoos boss since July, says she is【C12】_make the company a stronger force on smartphones and tablets. Yahoo was born on the desktop, but【C13 】_Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook, points out Thomas Husson of
17、 Forrester, a research firm, it【C14】_a mobile platform, such as an operating system or social network, through which to provide its【C15】_. Yahoo, says Mr Husson, “will have to go through the【C16】_platforms to maximize reach“.On mobile devices, thinks Mr Husson, personalized content will be especiall
18、y【C17】_. The companies bought by Yahoo have all been trying to provide【C18 】_that. Ms Mayer, who has also improved Yahoos news and e-mail apps in recent months, has neither time nor money to【C19】_. Had she waited until Mr dAloisio left school, it might have been too【 C20】_.21 【C1 】（A）statement（B） pr
19、opose（C） purchase（D）operation22 【C2 】（A）merit（B） earn（C） rate（D）demand23 【C3 】（A）disastrous（B） controversial（C） notorious（D）curious24 【C4 】（A）also（B） though（C） then（D）therefore25 【C5 】（A）certificates（B） suspects（C） experiments（D）exams26 【C6 】（A）comprise（B） summarize（C） publish（D）appreciate27 【C7 】（A
20、）bother（B） recommend（C） favor（D）delay28 【C8 】（A）design（B） project（C） venture（D）instrument29 【C9 】（A）broke（B） cut（C） stepped（D）chipped30 【C10 】（A）snapped up（B） held up（C） turned over（D）taken over31 【C11 】（A）among（B） within（C） through（D）behind32 【C12 】（A）frightened to（B） determined to（C） encouraged to
21、（D）disappointed to33 【C13 】（A）before（B） in（C） unlike（D）from34 【C14 】（A）restricts（B） lacks（C） opposes（D）prefers35 【C15 】（A）technology（B） guidance（C） content（D）assistance36 【C16 】（A）superior（B） unusual（C） unique（D）various37 【C17 】（A）beneficial（B） advanced（C） formidable（D）attractive38 【C18 】（A）increasingly（B） exactly（C） merely（D）massively39 【C19 】（A）manage（B） relax（C） spare（D）react40 【C20 】（A）late（B） exhausting（C） easy（D）complicated
