Section I Structure and Vocabulary Part A Directions:Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D].Choose the one that best completes the sentence.Mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET 1 by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets with a pencil.(5 points)Example:I have been to the Great Wall three times _ 1979.[A] from [B] after [C] for [D] since The sentence should read, “I have been to the Great Wall three times since 1979.Therefore, you should choose [D]Sample Answer [A] to have caught [B] to catch [C] catching〔B〕[D] having caught 1.As Ill be away for at least a year, Id appreciate _ from you now and then telling me how everyone is getting along.[A] hearing [B] to hear [C] to be hearing [D] having heard 海纳百川，有容乃大；壁立千仞，无欲则刚。林则徐2.Greatly agitated, I rushed to the apartment and tried the door, _ to find it locked.[A] just [B] only [C] hence [D] thus 3.Doctors see a connection between increase amounts of leisure time spent _ and the increased number of cases of skin cancer.[A] to sunbathe [B] to have sunbathed [C] having sunbathed [D] sunbathing 4.Unless you sign a contract with

the term “ plant neurobiology ” was _ 1 _ around the notion that some aspects of plant behavior could be _ 2 _ to intelligence in animals . _ 3 _ plants lack brains , the firing of electrical signals in their stems and leaves nonetheless triggered responses that _ 4 _ consciousness , researchers previously reported . But such an idea is untrue , according to a new opinion article . Plant biology is complex and fascinating , but it _ 5 _ so greatly from that of animals that so - called _ 6 _ of plants intelligence is inconclusive , the authors wrote . Beginning in 2006 , some scientists have _ 7 _ that plants possess neuron - like cells that interact with hormones and neurotransmitters , _ 8 _ “ a plant nervous system , _ 9 _ to that in animals , ” said lead study author Lincoln Taiz , “ They _ 10 _ claimed that plants have brain - like command centers at their root tips . ” This _ 11 _ makes sense if you simplify the workings of a complex brain , _ 12 _ it to an array of electrical pulses ; cells in plants also communicate through electrical signals . _ 13 _ , the signaling in a plant is only _ 14 _ similar to the firing in a complex animal brain , which is more than “ a mass of cells that communicate by electricity , ” Taiz said . “ For consciousness to evolve , a brain with a threshold _ 15 _ of complexity and capacity is required , ” he _ 16 _ . ” Since plants dont have nervous systems , the _ 17 _ that they have consciousness are effectively zero . ” And whats so great about consciousness , anyway ? Plants cant run away from _ 18 _ , so investing energy in a body system which _ 19 _ a threat and can feel pain would be a very _ 20 _ evolutionary strategy , according to the article . 1 . [ A ] coined [ B ] discovered [ C ] collected [ D ] issued 2 . [ A ] attributed [ B ] directed [ C ] compared [ D ] confined 3 . [ A ] Unless [ B ] When [ C ] Once [ D ] Though 4 . [ A ] coped with [ B ] consisted of [ C ] hinted at [ D ] extended to 5 . [ A ] suffers [ B ] benefits [ C ] develops [ D ] differs 6 . [ A ] acceptance [ B ] evidence [ C ] cultivation [ D ] creation 好学 近乎 知 ， 力行 近乎 仁 ， 知 耻 近乎 勇 。 《 中庸 历年 考试 真题 2023 年 整理 7 . [ A ] doubted [ B ] denied [ C ] argued [ D ] requested 8 . [ A ] adapting [ B ] forming [ C ] repairing [ D ] testing 9 .