考研英语一武威市民勤县2023年预测试卷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 on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)An inspirational young man who wasnt expected to survive a climbing accident is fighting his way back to fitness and raising cash for those who saved his life.Callum Rocks family 1 the worst after their 16-year-old son suffered injuries. The 2 in the hospital lasted 12 hours to 3 his damaged body, including a severe brain injury. But despite fears that he might never walk again, Callum, now 20, has 4 everybody wrong with his amazing recovery. Not only is he walking, but he has just 5 a 5-mile run in 50 minutes to raise money for the Great North Air Ambulance.Callum, who had to re-learn 6 , has come a very long way from the day henearly 7 the accident. Back then, his parents were living every moment with the fear they might 8 him.Mum Jan said: “He wasnt expected to survive 9 his injuries were so severe. There were five surgeons 10 to repair his artery(动脉). They had great 11 in stopping the bleeding.” Jan said the surgeons were “ 12 and Callum pulled through, but then followed a long 13 of re-building his body.Jan said: “When he first 14 his eyes, he couldnt do anything. He was just like a newborn baby again. He had to be 15 how to sit up and walk.” Callum admits that having to learn things again has been 16 . He jokes that he is like “the Iron Man”, 17 the scars on his right arm.His story has 18 a local businessman, who donated 500 to Callum. With this generous donation, Callum has now 19 more than 1,800 for the air ambulance.“Its 20 to be able to raise money for them for what I owe them,” he said. “I owe so many people so much.1、AgesturedBdressedCfearedDconducted2、AprogramBinstructionCinterviewDoperation3、AshakeBrepairCcontrolDsupport4、AthoughtBmadeCprovedDkept5、AwatchedBdescribedCcompletedDabandoned6、AeverythingBnothingCsomethingDanything7、Adied fromBmet withCescaped fromDdreamt of8、AaffectBloseCharmDshock9、AorBsoCwhileDbecause10、AexpressingBweepingCworkingDlearning11、AdifficultyBexperienceCconfidenceDpleasure12、Aeasy-goingBcalmCbrilliantDhelpless13、AprogressBlistCtypeDqueue14、AdriedBrubbedCliftedDopened15、AwarnedBallowedCquestionedDtaught16、AinterestingBfrustratingCexcitingDsatisfying17、AshowingBignoringCcuttingDleaving18、AattackedBinspiredCeducatedDpuzzled19、AdiscoveredBborrowedCcollectedDwasted20、AromanticBstrangeCsafeDgoodSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1Have you ever listened to a private conversation? Maybe you were standing by a door or in a hallway and you heard people talking about someone else. You paused . you perked up your ears . and you listened. These people were not speaking to you. You eavesdropped.To eavesdrop means you secretly listen to something said in private. Nosy people, people who like to gossip and spies are all good eavesdroppers. When it was first used in the 1600s, eavesdrop was the water that fell, or dropped, from the eaves of a house. After even more time passed, eavesdropper described someone who stood near a house to secretly listen to a conversation happening inside.English has another expression related to eavesdropping and the home: the walls have ears. This means be careful what you say as there might be people listening.Some word experts say this expression may come from story about an ancient Greek ruler who had an ear-shaped cave cut and connected between the rooms of his palace. This form of eavesdropping became common practice with rulers from many cultures.Theres a great one more for eavesdropping to listen in on. When you listen in on something, you listen to people speaking without joining in, usually secretly. But not always. You can listen in on a class at university or listen in on a meeting at work. These examples do not suggest that you were listening secretly.Now, maybe you were minding your own business. Maybe you just happened to have overheard a private conversation. Overhearing is more innocent than eavesdropping. You can overhear something by being in the wrong place at the right time.1、How many expressions are mentioned on listening in different ways?A3. B4.C5. D6.2、Which is TRUE about the word of “eavesdrop”?AIt means the fallen water from a house now.BIt was first used in 1600 in ancient Greece.CRulers seldom eavesdrop in many cultures.DIt didnt originally mean “to listen secretly”.3、Which word or phrase means to listen to something by coincidence?AE