2023年山东省临沂市莒南县考研英语一考前冲刺试卷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) At 15, I had started a band with three mates Id met at the local rehearsal (排练)rooms.We played our first performance at a pub in Bolton. We were 1 , but the crowd didnt seem to mind,and after a few more local concerts, we recorded some songs and we started to 2 .We sent out hundreds of demo(样本)tapes in 3 of our favourite band, the Manics. After finishing my high school, we drove to London to play at the Dublin Castle. Only five people 4 .But we persevered(坚持) and slowly things began to 5 . Two years after our first performance, we 6 a record deal. We 7 endlessly for the next two years and built up a small but 8 following. At the end of 2002, the Manics 9 us to play with them. My teenage dreams had come true, the band I looked up to seemed to 10 of us.We 11 performing in New York, and to 5,000 people at the Fuji Rock festival in Japan. Theres no greater 12 than the moment you step on stage. The lights darken, the crowd swells (波浪起伏) and they 13 in applause as you finish.Our album was 14 in 2003. Unfortunately, no one bought the thing. 15 , I think that was about right. 16 I m extremely proud of the music we produced, we were riding a wave of hype(天花乱坠的宣传) we could 17 live up to. Our record company quietly 18 us and, as quickly as it had started, my time in a band was over. We 19 peacefully on the day it was released. We even had alast supperto mark our demise(停业).The band had 20 everything. My old school welcomed me back and I worked harder and was finally admitted to Oxford University at the grand old age of 21.1、AtroublesomeBthrilledChopefulDterrible2、AhesitateBsucceedCdreamDqualify3、AimitationBfavourCchargeDcelebration4、Adropped outBturned upCdived inDpassed by5、Acatch onBtake offCpick upDget round6、AdeclinedBlostCexpectedDsigned7、ApracticedBstudiedCtouredDwaited8、AseparatedBdevotedCconcernedDrelieved9、ApersuadedBrequiredCremindedDinvited10、AapproveBtireChearDthink11、Agave upBended upCput offDinsisted on12、AriskBpainClossDrush13、AeruptBgatherCsqueezeDwithdraw14、ApreservedBreleasedCdisplayedDevaluated15、ALooking forwardBLooking downCLooking backDLooking up16、AThoughBSinceCUnlessDBefore17、AactuallyBsomehowCalwaysDnever18、AbetrayedBdroppedCimpressedDsponsored19、Asplit upBhung aroundCmoved awayDbroke down20、AexperiencedBdisturbedCchangedDreplacedSection 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 1A parent might place his daughters drawing on the fridge out of a love for his child rather than for the wonderful image, but for many people, that children art is actually quite amazing. In fact, adult artists were often inspired by childrens drawing. For the museum-goers out there who tend to point to a piece of modern art and say, “My kid could have made that !”Its worth remembering that often, thats actually just what the artist had in mind.For many kids, drawing is exciting not because of the final product it leads to, but because they can live completely in the world of their drawing for a few minutes. Even children are scribbling(涂鸦), theyre representing through action, not through pictures. Liane Alves, a prekindergarten teacher, recalled a student who presented her with a drawing featuring a single straight line across the page. Alves assumed the child hadnt given too much thought to the drawing until he explained that the line was one of the stems (茎) from The Princess and the Pea, one of the fairy tales they read in class.Maureen Ingram, whos a preschool teacher at the same school,said her students often tell different stories about a given piece of art depending on the day, perhaps because they werent sure what they intended to draw when they started the picture. “We as adults will often say, Im going to draw a horse, and we set out. . . and get frustrated when we cant do it, ”Ingram said. “Children seem to take a different approach, where they just draw, and then they realize, it is a horse. ”And what about those odd or scary-looking drawings? Does that mean kids are telling themselves stories that are odd or scary? Its hard to say, but its rarely a good idea to over-interpret it. Ellen Winner, a psychology professor, pointed to parents who worry when their kid draws a child bigger than the adults. Whats most important to remember is that“childrens art has its own logic,” Winner said. “Children are not being crazy. ”1