固镇县2023年考研《英语一》临考冲刺试卷含解析.docVIP

固镇县2023年考研《英语一》临考冲刺试卷 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 the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) Why study history? People live in the present. They plan for the 1 . History, however, is the study of the past. Given all the 2 and pressures that come from living in the present and 3 what is yet to come, why bother with what has been? Given all the available branches of knowledge, why insist - as most 4 systems do - on history? And why urge many students to study even more history than they are 5 to? Any subject of study needs 6 : supporters must explain why it is worth 7 . Like most widely accepted 8 , history attracts people who simply 9 the information and modes of thought involved. But for people who are less interested in the subject and more 10 about why they should bother with it, a clearer explanation of its purpose is required. 11 do not perform heart transplants, improve highway design, or arrest criminals. In a society that quite correctly expects education to serve 12 purposes, history’s functions can seem more difficult to 13 than those of engineering or medicine. History is in fact very useful, actually 14 , but the products of historical study are often less 15 and immediate than those of other subjects. History helps us understand people, societies and how they 16 . For example, how can we 17 past wars (and future threats) without using historical materials? Unfortunately, major aspects of a society’s operation cannot be set up as precise experiments. 18 , history must serve, however imperfectly, as our 19 , helping us understand who we are and why we do what we do. This, fundamentally, is why we cannot 20 history. 1、A．process B．result C．future D．environment 2、A．causes B．demands C．choices D．orders 3、A．avoiding B．fearing C．celebrating D．anticipating 4、A