考研英语一垣曲县2023年临考冲刺试卷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)Another persons enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved.That person was my stepmother.I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia. My father 1 me to her with these words:“I would like you to meet the fellow who is 2 for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no 3 than tomorrow morning.”My stepmother walked over to me, 4 my head slightly upward,and looked me right in the eye.Then she looked at my father and replied,“You are 5 .This is not the worst boy at all, 6 the smartest one who hasnt yet found an outlet(释放的途径)for his enthusiasm.”That statement began a(n) 7 between us.No one had ever called me smart,My family and neighbors had built me up in my 8 as a bad boy . My stepmother changed all that.She changed many things.She 9 my father to go to a dental school,from which he graduated with honors.She moved our family into the county seat,where my fathers career could be more 10 and my brother and I could be better 11 .When I turned fourteen,she bought me a secondhand 12 and told me that she believed that I could become a writer.I knew her enthusiasm, I 13 it, and I saw how it had already improved our lives.I accepted her 14 and began to write for local newspapers.I was doing the same kind of 15 that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my lifes work later.I wasnt the 16 beneficiary (受益者).My father became the 17 man in town.My brother and stepbrothers became a physician,a dentist,a lawyer,and a college president.What power 18 has!When that power is released to support the certainty of ones purpose and is 19 strengthened by faith,it becomes an irresistible（不可抗拒的）force which poverty and temporary defeat can never 20 .You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it.This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.1、Arushed Bintroduced Ccarried Dsent2、Adistinguished Bfavored Cmistaken Drewarded3、Asooner Bearlier Clonger Dlater4、Adragged Bshook Craised Dbent5、Aperfect Bright Cwrong Dimpolite6、Abut Bso Cand Dor7、Aagreement Bfriendship Cgap Drelationship8、Aopinion Bimage Cexpectation Dmind9、Abegged Bpersuaded Cordered Dinvited10、Asuccessful Bmeaningful Chelpful Duseful11、Atreated Bentertained Ceducated Drespected12、Acamera Bradio Cbicycle Dtypewriter13、Aconsidered Bsuspected Cignored Dappreciated14、Abelief Brequest Ccriticism Ddescription15、Ateaching Bstudying Cwriting Dreading16、Anext Bsame Conly Dreal17、Acleverest Bstrongest Cwealthiest Dhealthiest18、Aenthusiasm Bsympathy Cfortune Dconfidence19、Adeliberately Bhappily Ctraditionally Dconstantly20、Amatch Bwin Creach DdoubtSection 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 1Just a few years out of law school, I decided that I wanted to write fictions. The only thing I had ever published before was a law-review article. I had made great efforts to write when I came home at night after work, but I was too tired. I decided to quit my job.I began my new life on a February morning. I sat down at my kitchen table at 7:30 am and made a resolution. Every day I would write until lunchtime. Then I would lie down on the floor for 20 minutes to rest my mind. After that, I would return to work for a few more hours.In my first year, I sold two stories. Then I wrote a novel, but I thought it wasnt good enough, so I ended up putting it in a drawer. My second novel, Billy Lynns Long Halftime Walk, was published to glowing reviews and received the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction.My success sounds like a familiar story, but actually it was far from sudden. I quit my job, and for every story I published in those years, I had at least 30 rejections. The novel that I put away in the drawer took my four years. My breakthrough came in 2006, 18 years after I first sat down to write at my kitchen table.Sometimes genius (天才) is just the thing that comes out after 20 years of working at your kitchen. Also, doing something truly creative requires the energy of youth. Orson Welles made his masterpiece, Citizen Kan, at 25. T. S. Eliot wrote The Love Song of J. Afred Prufrock at 23.1、When did the author decide to devote himself to writing fictions?