【正文】 2020 年瘋狂考研英語沖刺 考試中心 模擬題 之 (4) 摘自考試中心之 2020年全國碩士研究生入學統(tǒng)一考試英語考試參考書（非英語專業(yè)）☆☆☆☆ *********************************************************** 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) The accident drew renewed attention to the popular but I A320. It was the first plane Airbus designed using highly puterized systems that are 2 to curb pilot error and allow crews to land 3 autopilot. Now 4 all Airbus planesfrom the A320 to the jumbo A340operate on a fly by wire system, which uses electrical impulses 5 cables and pulleys to move the control 6 on the plane39。s wings. 7 into the plane39。s software also is a protective envelope that limits 8 steeply a pilot can climb, dive or band the aircraft. Still, Airbus has a relatively good safety. 9 with A320. Last week39。s crash was the seventh accidentthe fifth resulting in 10 involving A320 since its 11 in 1987. But some of those accidents have raised the question of whether the aircraft39。s puter system may be too plicated. Several of the crashed resulted from pilot39。s making errors in 12 the plane39。s puterized control or 13 devices. In one 14 1992 crash near Strassbourg airport, French investigators concluded that an Air Inter plane flew 15 a mountain several miles 16 the runway because the pilots had incorrectly 17 the plane39。s descent rate into the puter. The cockpit voice recorder showed that up till the moment of 18 , the pilots had no idea of their mistake. 19 , investigators say, such incidents indicate that Airbus may need to add or 20 warning devices that tell the pilots when they are dangerously close to the ground. 1. [A] controversial [B] disputed [C] flawed [D] defected 2. [Al suggested [B] credited [C] supposed [D] proclaimed 3. [A] on [B] with [C] at [D] by 4. [A] invariably [B] particularly [C] virtually [D] especially 5. [A] apart from [B] as well as [C] more than [D] instead of 6. [A] levers [B] panels [C] pistons [D] boards 7.[A] Composed [B] Combined [C] Made [D] Built 8. [A] when [B] how [C] where [D] if 9. [A] backgrounds [B] traditions [C] records [D] resumes 10. [A] collapses [B] damages [C] breakdowns [D]fatalities 11. [A] launch [B] mence [C] manufacture [D] construction 12. [A]regulating [B] scheduling [C] programming [D] sequencing 13. [A] direction [B] aviation [C] orientation [D] navigation 14. [A] notorious [B] eminent [C] prevalent [D] previous 15. [A] at [B] into [C] against [D] onto 16. [A] high above [B] close to [C] far from [D] short of 17. [A] registered [B] typed [C] entered [D] keyed 18. [A] influence [B] impact [C] effect [D] affect 19. [A] At the very least [B] In the last analysis [C] From every aspect [D] Of all people 20. [A] assemble [B] anize [C] elevate [D] upgrade 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) Passage 1 Save the mighty elephant! Who could argue? Well, the hippopotamus might. In 1989, with the elephant facing the threat of extinction, the nations of the world agreed to ban trade in elephant ivory. Now, ivory hunters who once shot elephants for their tusks are shooting hippos for their teeth. If nothing is done, experts say, the hippo may be wiped out in some areas of Africa. The hippo, laments Dr. Simon Lyster of the World Wide Fund for Nature, is the fotten beast. Unfortunately for hippos, they39。re easy targets. They like to gather in herds at muddy pools and just sit there, virtually motionless. Hunters simply shoot the hippos in the water. Not surprisingly, there39。s a new campaign to save the hippo. At the annual Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in Florida this week, France, Belgium and Benin will propose strict quotas and monitoring of the hunting and trade in hippos and hippo parts. The data so far are spottybut generally gloomy for the hippo. From 1988 to 1992, the number of hippo teeth carved in Hong Kong and reexported, rose from 224 to 3 868with most of those shipments bound for the United States. The trade in hippo ivory follows much the same route as the old trade in elephant tusksfrom hunters in Africa through middlemen in Europe to carvers in Hong Kong and Japan. Hippo ivory is a bit more brittle and less desirable than elephant ivory, so it sells for a good deal lessabout $ 50 to $ 70 per kilo wholesale, pared with $ 400 to $ 500 for elephant it is fashioned into trinkets and jewelry, however, few consumers can tell the difference. The trade is booming. In a rare census of African hippos last year, conservationists were alarmed to find a population of only 160 000, or about a quarter the estimated number of elephants. Even in national parks where hippos live, protections are failing, in part because many nations had used proceeds from the sale of elephant tusks to pay park police. Now that ine is gone, and some parks have bee hunting grounds. Malawi is among many African natio