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2026 年全国硕士研究生招生考试（英语一）试题
（科目代码：201）
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]ontheANSWERSHEET.(10 points)
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are rapidly every aspect of human life.
Theworld ofAI is buzzingwith an exciting potentialto improveand enrich our
lives 1 ,AI also has the potential hazard of 2 our experiences in ways we
might find difficult to control. One such 3 is how we understand and experience
beauty.
AI can be a collaborative tool in a wide range of creative endeavors. 4
human creativity andAI algorithms can lead to unique artistic 5 that are beautiful
to the human eye. There collaborations are likely to become increasingly common.
6 , as convenient and provocative, AI enables virtual try-on experiences where you
can virtually 7 makeup, hairstyles, clothing, and even cosmetic procedure
8 making any physical changes. Individuals can now experiment with different
looks and 9 their preferences, potentially expanding the range of beauty in
deals.
AI algorithms can 10 financial features and skin conditions to provide
personalized beauty recommendations. This 11 approach aims to cater to individual
preferences and enhance the concept of beauty tailored to each person's unique
characteristics. 12 ,AI can be afun vehicle for self-discovery.
While AI offers exciting possibilities, it also raises ethical 13 . There is a
risk of deepening societal beauty 14 and perpetuating unattainable beauty
standards 15 . AI-powered beauty filters and editing tools can lead to distorted
self-perception and 16 body dissatisfaction.As summarized in a recent post on
"The Hidden Dangers of Online Beauty Filters", 17 on this technology for
social presentation can cause harm 18 body image issues, lower self-esteem,
and social anxiety.
It's important to note that whileAI can enhance our 19 of beauty, it should
not 20 the genuine human experience and the emotional connections we derive
from seeing thebeauty in each other.
第 1 页 共 14 页1.[A]Still [B]Therefore [C]Afterward [D]Instead
2.[A]reviewing [B]narrating [C]ignoring [D]dominating
3.[A]reason [B]area [C]clue [D]belief
4.[A]Balancing [B]Distinguishing [C]Combining [D]Introducing
5.[A]prospect [B]outcomes [C]ambitions [D]sentiments
6.[A]At first [B]By comparison [C]For instance [D]In general
7.[A]test [B]copy [C]link [D]save
8.[A]upon [B]beyond [C]through [D]before
9.[A]explore [B]recall [C]simplify [D]cherish
10.[A]recover [B]arrange [C]reserve [D]analyze
11.[A]localized [B]normalized [C]randomized [D]customized
12.[A]At best [B]Tothecontrary [C]By definition [D]In thisway
13.[A]divisions[B]expectations [C]concerns [D]values
14.[A]pressures [B]mysteries [C]understandings [D]suspicions
15.[A]Approximately[B]Additionally [C]Alteratively [D]Accidentally
16.[A]deal with [B]result from [C]contributeto [D]focus on
17.[A]starting [B] checking [C]relying [D]working
18.[A]apart from [B]such as [C]regardless of [D]priorto
19.[A]imitation [B] appreciation [C]preservation [D]consumption
20.[A]replace [B]seize [C]share [D]reflect
第 2 页 共 14 页Section II Reading Comprehension
PartA
Directions:
Read the following four texts.Answer the questions below each text by choosing
[A], [B],[C]or[D]. Mark your answers ontheANSWERSHEET.(40 points)
Text1
For thousands of years, donkeys have been critical for propelling human
civilizations forward. They've helped pull wheeled vehicles, carry travelers and move
goods across the world. But where and when these animals first became intertwined
with humans has been a mystery. Now, researchers have used genomes of over 200
donkeys to trace their domestication back to a single event around 7,000 years ago in
East Africa—about 3,000 years before humans tamed horses. The team published
theirfindings in thejournal Science this month.
"Through their DNA, the animals are telling their history themselves," co-author
Samantha Brooks, an equine researcher at the University of Florida, says in a
statement "We usually only get the human's side of history through written accounts,
but of course written history does not always record exactly how something happened.
Looking at these DNA sequences, we get a biological testimony to the environment
theseanimals lived in andtheexperiences they survived."
The researchers examined 207 genomes from modern donkeys living in 31
countries across the globe. They also looked at genomes from 15 wild equids and 31
earlier donkeys that lived between about 4,000 and 100 years ago. The team
reconstructed the animals' evolutionary tree and used computer models to pinpoint the
domestication event: when herders in Kenya and the Horn ofAfrica tamed wild asses.
They then traced how the animals spread across the rest of the continent into Europe
andAsiaabout 2,500years later.
Though it's still unclear why the original domestication happened, Science News'
Freda Kreier reports that the event coincided with the Sahara growing larger and drier.
"Donkeys are champions when it comes to carrying stuff and are good at going at
Paul Sabin deserts," co-author Ludovic Orlando, an evolutionary biologist at Paul
Sabin University in France, tells the publication. Prehistoric humans may have tamed
donkeys' helpnavigate theexpanding Sahara.
Researchers say these findings could help put donkeys in the spotlight The
animals could benefit from more research: Currently, there are no published genomes
from donkeys located south of the Equator in Africa. But understanding where the
第 3 页 共 14 页animals were first domesticated could guide archaeologists to a narrow region to
search for insights about theoriginal tamed donkeys.
Not only does human-understanding the equines' genetic makeup help reveal
their contribution to human history,but it also might improve their management in the
future, as climatechange alters theplanet's environment, writetheauthors.
21.What canbelearned about donkeys from paragraph 1?
[A]They seemed mysterious to human ancestors.
[B]They underwent multipledomestication events.
[C]They were tamed at an earliertimethan horse.
[D]They were vividlyportrayed byancient travelers.
22.What message is conveyed in Brooks' statement?
[A]Theearliest habitats ofdonkeys are hardly traceable.
[B]It is increasingly easy to read donkeys'DNAsequences.
[C]Writtenaccounts contain vital dues for donkey research.
[D]Genetic analysis offers insight into thehistory ofdonkeys.
23.In theirstudy,theresearchers investigated howdonkeys?
[A]dispersed widely in theworld.
[B]survived with thehelp ofherders.
[C]developed certain behavioral traits.
[D]adapted tothe changing environment.
24.As towhy theoriginal domestication ofdonkeys happened, Orlando?
[A]challenges conventional ideas.
[B]provides a possibleexplanation.
[C]calls for evidence from the Sahara.
[D]holdsa different view from Kreier.
25.Theauthors thinkthat their research could help with
[A]greater protection ofwildlife.
[B]better management ofdonkeys.
[C]recovering early types ofdonkeys.
[D]raising awareness ofclimatechange.
第 4 页 共 14 页Text2
There's no business like show business—but in Los Angeles, it feels like there's
no business at all. If that sounds melodramatic, consider this:TheArt Directors Guild,
a labor union representing about 3,000 film workers, has suspended a training
program and issued a statement explaining that "we cannot in good conscience
encourage you to pursue our profession is a reaction to Hollywood's decline, which is
reaching acritical point fortheindustry and Southern California."
Production has been slipping away from Hollywood since the 1950s, but the
effects have never been more apparent than at present. Other regions in the United
States, Canada and Europe have steadily increased incentives to attract TV shows and
movies, leaving California in the dust. Georgia offers up to 30% in transferable tax
credits on film and TV production costs, plus an additional 10% increase on the base
tax credit iftheproject includes aGeorgiapromotional logo.
Even as California lost a huge volume of production to other locations, there was
still plenty of film production taking place in Los Angeles before this year. We were
kept afloat by "peak TV", the glut of content that was required by the explosion of
streaming services.
If productions in Southern California dip below a critical level for too long, the
industry's essential talent will drift away along with enormous sums of revenue.
Persuading studios to film here would become much more challenging if we couldn't
after a deep bench of local film workers, on-screen talent and local businesses that
support theentertainment industry.
That's why the California Film Commission and its Los Angeles counterpart,
Film LA, now should act, before it's too late. These agencies and other government
bodies should dramatically improve incentives to keep our current shows and attract
new productions to Los Angeles. Let's go on with the show..and make sure the show
doesn't go onwithout us.
第 5 页 共 14 页26.TheArt Directors Guild's statement reveals
[A]people's reduced interest in film.
[B]film workers' nostalgia forthe past.
[C]theappeal of Southern California.
[D]thegloomy situation ofHollywood.
27.TheexampleofGeorgia isused toillustratetheefforts to
[A]lureproduction with tax incentives.
[B]drive improvements infilm facilities.
[C]stimulate competitionamong states.
[D]collect funds for filmandTVmaking.
28.PeakTVpassed its peak as
[A]streamers losttheir technical advantages.
[B]streamers changed theirstrategic priorities.
[C]subscribers grew wary oflarge platforms.
[D]subscribers were unhappy with new shows.
29.According to paragraph 6,California's entertainment industry might face
[A]adecline in product quality.
[B]ademand for foreign talent.
[C]abrain drain to other places.
[D]adramatic risein laborcosts.
30.Theauthor concludes thetextbyemphasizingthat California shouldstriveto
[A]maintainits positionintheindustry.
[B]attract moreinvestment than it had.
[C]pursue ahigher standard of production.
[D]strengthen coordination with other states.
第 6 页 共 14 页Text3
The pioneers of wireless saw it as a gift to all the people. Sir John Reith said that
it would end "isolation of the spirit" and rejoiced:"It does not matter how many
thousand maybe listening, there is always enough for others... thegenius and the fool,
thewealthy and thepoorlisten simultaneously."
Between two great wars this technological innovation built a new kind of
national consciousness Opening this week, a book and exhibition curated by Beatty
Rubens at the Bodleian in Oxford records how radio changed everyday life from 1922
to 1939. She draws on letters, diaries and fiction, and a 1939 field notebook of
verbatimaudience research byWinifred Gill.
There's fun in testimonies of people enjoying the sheer newness. A cartoon
mocks a group failing to converse because they're all in headphones. People report
that broadcast music made workmen whistle new tunes. A woman says there have
been fewer street fights since the arrival of the wireless but also less stopping and
"talking onthebrush handle".
By and large the wireless was welcome. I loved the man from the Thirties
research who found that wireless suddenly offered "a lot of variety..things I thought
I'd never be interested in..ice hockey, perhaps". True: for more than 80 pre-digital
years, linear speech broadcasting brought the gift of serendipity, random enlivening of
a car journey or dull manual task. In my own book about radio I recorded how,on one
drive: "I caught up with the news, learnt some 17th-century history, and was
startlingly educated by an unpretentious programme on the history of the
stethoscope."
But radio's enriching serendipity is ebbing.With multiple networks and countless
podcasts, a smartphone user selects what to hear and when.And while it is wonderful
to take a walk with anything in your headphones, infinite choice encourages us to
shrink intoniche interests and sympathetic beliefs.
第 7 页 共 14 页31.What canbelearnt about wireless from SirJohn Reith?
[A]It was accessibletoeveryone.
[B]It improved interpersonal relations.
[C]It was amiracle ofhuman ingenuity.
[D]It led to anew eraof isolatingculture.
32.What isthetheme oftheexhibition at theBodleian in Oxford?
[A]Theimpact ofradio onitsearly audience.
[B]The roleofradio in publicmusiceducation.
[C]The innovation process ofradio technology.
[D]Theeminent pioneers in radio broadcasting.
33.It isindicated in Paragraph 4that
[A]theresearch onradio used to be inadequate.
[B]thecharm ofradio remains inthedigital age.
[C]radio listeners could makeunexpected gains.
[D]radio shows have changed littleover theyears.
34.The expression "talking on the brush handle" in Paragraphs 3 refers to the act
of
[A]making aloud noise.
[B]having a casual chat.
[C]starting atrivial quarrel.
[D]hummingapopular song.
35.In thelast paragraph, theauthor intendstoexpress theopinion that
[A]technology should beaimed at benefiting humans.
[B]actions shouldbetaken to revive theart oflistening.
[C]adolescents should form healthy socialmedia habits.
[D]peopleshould adopt asensibleattitudetoinnovations.
第 8 页 共 14 页Text4
When Tom Swetnam joined the U.S. Forest Service in the 1970s, his mandate
was to "put everything out," he recalled. But when Swetnam enrolled in graduate
school at the University of Arizona's Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, he was
surprised to find a record of repeated blazes dating back hundreds of years before
European colonists arrived on the continent Some of the trees he analyzed bore more
than 20fire scars amongtheirrings.
The fact that fires happened so often meant they couldn't have been severe
enough to kill most trees. Instead, a growing body of research showed that frequent,
low-severity fires made many ecosystems healthier. They rid the forest of dead and
sick trees, reducing competition and curbing the spread of disease. Because
flammable material couldn't build up on the landscape, blazes tended to move slowly
and peter out whenthey reached the footprintsof previous burns.
In 2022, Swetnam and other scientists teamed up to compile a database of
fire-scarred trees from across the continent. Their North American tree-ring fire-scar
network (NAFSN) provided the basis for a study published last month. In the study,
the researchers compared the historical fire cadence with the wildfires recorded over
the past few decades, and uncovered a striking shortfall. The NAFSN sites
experienced less than a quarter of the number of fires that would have been expected
withoutfire suppression.
This deficit is a testament to the effectiveness of modern firefighting, said Kelly
Martin, a past president of the International Association of Wildland Fire. "Yet the
combined consequences of suppression and climate change have eroded humanity's
ability to suppress fires, particularly those that ignite under the most dangerous
weatherconditions."
To prevent entire ecosystems from going up in smoke, Martin said, people must
bring healthy fire back to places that need it. At Yosemite National Park, Martin
oversaw the use of what is known as prescribed burns to make the landscape more
resilient. These fires were carefully planned and intentionally ignited during periods
when weather kept the blazes easy to control, and helped eliminate some of the fuel
that had build up around the important park's facilities. Research shows that these
prescribed burns make subsequent wildfires less severe, even if later fires happen
underthe mostdangerous weather conditions.
Yet even as scientists and publicofficials increasingly agree on theneed for more
fires in ourforests, climate change is making this tactic morechallenging, experts said.
"It's a double-edged sword because wildfires are getting more severe and larger under
climate change and we need this work even more, but then the work gets more
challenging." said Susan Prichard, afire ecologist at the University ofWashington.
第 9 页 共 14 页36.According to Paragraph 1,Swetnam was surprised by
[A]thescarcity oftree-ring research in theU.S.
[B]thefirefighting measures inancient Europe.
[C]theforest management practices in the1970s.
[D]thenumberof wildfires inprecolonial times.
37.Paragraph 2mainly focuses on
[A]thecauses ofprevious burns.
[B]thetreatment ofdiseased trees.
[C]thebenefits oflow-severity fires.
[D]theimportanceof forest ecosystems.
38.What didthe studyfind about thewildfires over thepast few decades?
[A]Theirintensity has vastly fluctuated.
[B]Their frequency has markedly decreased.
[C]Their threats havebeen underestimated.
[D]Theirrecords have been misinterpreted.
39.What canbeinferred about modern firefighting?
[A]Its workforce needs moretraining.
[B]Its effectiveness is questioned bythepublic.
[C]It may render traditionaltactics useless.
[D]It may makesevere fires harder to putout.
40.Both Martin and Prichard would agree that
[A]itis challenging to predict large wildfires.
[B]it isurgent to assess theuse ofplanned fires.
[C]it isnecessary to introduce prescribed burns.
[D]itis rewarding to doublefire detection efforts.
第 10 页 共 14 页Part B
Directions:
The following paragraphs are given in a wrong order. For Questions (41)-(45),
you are required to recognize these paragraphs into a coherent text by choosing from
the list [A]-[G] and filling them into the numbered boxes. Paragraphs [F] and [C]
have been correctly placed. Mark your answers onANSWERSHEET.(10 points)
[A] The negotiation, between you and it,is the heart of the matter. What does the
poet see that you don't? What does the difference mean? It could be one of the best
conversations you ever have. Forget self-help books; reading is self-help in action.
And just read a single poem. In his Oxford lectures, Seamus Heaney argued that a
poem draws a picture of reality, a "glimpsed alternative" that sets up a contradiction
withyour own,in ways little and large.
[B] But for the most part, this isn't what the business community does. I have yet
to meet a chief executive who reads regularly. Many skip newspapers, and magazines
are a stretch. They don't have time, they say. It's inefficient;, they can get the
information they need from those around them. At a pinch, they might pick up a
business book before a long flight, in the hope that, like a cookbook, it will provide a
foolproof recipe. Some are drawn to what I think of as "business car crash" books -
the stories of Theranos, Purdue, or WeWork. But outside those narrow pools of
interest, a vast ocean awaits, bountiful with simmering ideas, mental adventure and
imaginativerefreshment.
[C] Neuroscientists have been at pains to demonstrate that the pleasure a book
provides isn't indulgence, it's good for you. Reading will keep you better informed
about the world but it can also improve our tech-shattered ability to concentrate.
Standing in the shoes of others fine tunes our social understanding. useful as we
struggle to understand friends, neighbours, customers and co-workers. Different parts
of our brain engage as we simulate scenes, characters and mental states. Our
imagination- remember that?- isrekindled.
[D]It is undoubtedly true that all work and noplay really does make Jack, orJill,
dull. The cure is right at hand, reading is cheap, easy and, most important,it's fun,
Liberate your imagination thisyear.
[E]Weare livingthrough agolden age ofscience writing. so lucid and accessible
that even lay readers can relish the unpredictability of discovery. Daunted by
uncertainty? Stand in the shoes of scientists and witness the degree to which
breakthroughs emerge from accidents, conflict and sheer mental stamina "We are
never sureof anything." says thephysicist(and writer) Carlo Rovelli.
第 11 页 共 14 页[F]You don't need to get out more. If, like most business people, you spend your
life dashing from office to plane, train to home, boardroom to washroom, what you
reallyneed to dois stay in more. Sitdown- and readabook.
[G] Reading has also been found to make us more helpful, to reduce bias, and
even to increase longevity—something we will enjoy all the more if we have a good
book in our hands. (And yes, all these benefits are more closely associated with
physical books than digital ones.)
[H] Read fiction. Any fiction. Free yourself from algorithms and choose -
anything you don't need technology for an immersive experience just surrender to
narratives across timeand place. Modern (Sebastian Barry orOlgaTokarczuk), classic
(Virginia Woolf or James Baldwin) or genre (Stephen King. Margaret Atwood,
Georges Simenon) -it doesn't matter. Fiction invites you to loiter in the unseen. In the
lives of others. We are living through a golden age of translation too, so you can go
anywherein timeorplace.
Part C
Directions:
Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments
into Chinese. Your translation should be written neatly on theANSWER SHEET. (10
points)
Science education today revolves around the idea of scientific literacy - the
base-level knowledge about science that nonscientists require to effectively get on in
the world. This concept has served as a central goal for curriculum developers, local
school boards, business and community leaders, and policymakers ever since its
introduction nearly 80years ago.
(46) Tracing the history of the term, we can see how the definition of scientific
literacy has shifted over time, muddying the waters when it comes to determining the
goals of science education, And that's a shame, because there is much to recommend
in the idea of scientific literacy as it was originally articulated in 1945, a time when
science appeared tobe thekey toprogress and scientists seemingly held the fate ofthe
world in their hands. (47)Areturn to that version of scientific literacy. which focused
more on teaching what science is and how it works and less on memorizing scientific
facts, seems likesomething society today desperately needs.
In the United States, the desire to provide the public with a general, nontechnical
education in science originated as far back as the late 1800s. (48) Educators advanced
the idea of having students complete detailed laboratory exercises in high schools in
第 12 页 共 14 页the belief that such work was beneficial primarily as a way to enhance logical
reasoning and observational skills. The development in 1915 of the popular new
subject "general science " was another effort to train students to apply the principles
ofscience to everyday,nonscience problems.
Although these efforts were aimed at the nonscience-bound student, they never
really made their way into mainstream thought and public discourse as a means to
rally widespread support for the importance of science teaching in schools. (49) It
wasn't until the phrase "scientific literacy" came along in the 1940s that science had
the formidable slogan it needed to command public attention and make improving
science education an important national goal.
(50) The intense focus on scientific literacy in the United States originally grew
out of the critical role of science and technology during World War II, as well as the
perceived deficiencies of American soldiers. As the war unfolded, science rapidly
assumed a central role. Battles increasingly depended on new military technologies
such as radar and the proximity fuze. Science-based analytical approaches proved
remarkably successful in the hunt for German submarines in theAtlantic Ocean. And
there was the (then-secret) work building the world's first atomic bomb. As a result,
scientists—physicists in particular—found themselves inhigh demand.
Section IIIWriting
PartA
51. Directions: Read the following email from your friend paul and write him a
reply.
You should write about 100 words on theANSWER SHEET. Do not use your
own name intheemail, use"Li Ming" instead. (10points)
Hi Li Ming,
I was really moved by the Chinese families' handwritten letters you posted
yesterday. They are priceless! Could you please tell me a bit more about them?
And are they currently on public display somewhere? I'm very keen to see them in
person.Thanks.
Yours,
Paul
第 13 页 共 14 页Part B
52.Directions: Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the pie chart and bar
graph below.In your essay,you should
1)describe thedrawing briefly,2
2)interpret thecharts, and
3) give your comments. Write your answer in 160-200 words on the ANSWER
SHEET.(20 points)
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