甘孜藏族自治州炉霍县2023年考研英语一高分冲刺试卷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)Its only after three weeks into a new job that I made a serious mistake. My boss called it “extremely embarrassing” in a company-wide e-mail which, 1 , he wrote because he felt he needed to explain that what I did was something 2 in the company should ever do. I wish I 3 give a good excuse for what I did. At the very least, I wish I could explain it somehow 4 it on youth, inexperience or ignorance. Unfortunately, Im 5 , experienced and I know better. 6 I work with some very kind and compassionate (富于同情心的) people. For the past couple of days many of them have taken time to 7 by my desk and offer comfort, encouragement and support. Some have shared with me similar 8 they have made. Evidently Im not the only “ 9 ” person here.One of the exchanges I had this week was with Lois, the much-honored, much-respected professional who 10 the desk right next to mine. Lois was completely 11 about her work, and to be honest I was a little nervous about how she would 12 to such an extremely embarrassing incident.As I expected, Lois didnt pass over the 13 when she saw me the next day. She mentioned it directly, 14 with empathetic consideration. She listened to my 15 Just as I was ready to express my regrets, she brought my self-pity partly to a(n) 16 “It happened”, she said, “Theres nothing you can do to 17 that. It happened. But its over now. Its 18 Its in the past. You need to let it go, and move on.” And with that she returned her 19 to her work, as if to say, “Were done here.”I beat myself up for weeks. At such times I need to remember those 20 words: Its over. Its done. Let it go. And mostly, move on.1、Aby the wayBin the wayCon the wayDto the way2、AsomeoneBanyoneCno oneDthe one3、AshouldBmightCwillDcould4、AfixBblameCrelyDput5、AoutgoingBoldCcheerfulDenergetic6、AThankfullyBNaturallyCGenerallyDHopefully7、AworkBstopCwatchDsit8、AdecisionsBtroublesCattemptsDmistakes9、AannoyingBconfusingCembarrassingDpuzzling10、ArepairsBwantsCworksDoccupies11、AmadBseriousCcuriousDhopeful12、AreactBagreeCturnDobject13、AissueBoutcomeCstandardDmessage14、AforBthereforeCbutDotherwise15、AchallengeBimaginationCconclusionDexplanation16、AorderBkeyCendDprocess17、AforgetBruinCpreventDchange18、AbrokenBdoneClostDkept19、AattentionBskillCpatienceDinterest20、AsweetBpleasantCmeaningfulDcolorfulSection 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 1Moby Dick,or The Whale,of which only 5 copies were sold in the year of its first publication,has been recognized as one of the greatest masterpieces of the twentieth century novels across the world.Yet its author,Herman Melville,was not blessed enough to change his fate as the great work did.Herman was born into an upper class New York family in 1819,but he had to drop out of school at the age of 15due to bankruptcy （破产）of the family.He struggled for living by working as a clerk at a bank,a farmer and a primary school teacher,but did not manage to hold on quite long to any of the jobs.And in 1841,he turned himself a whaling sailor on a big whaler.In the next three years,his sailors life was torn apart by betrayal,injury,living with anthropophagi（食人族）， love,killing,imprisonment,prison break,which did not bear the expected fruit of fortune or being a captain.At the age of 25 ,Herman returned to America,starting his writing career.During the following five years,he published five novels,among which was Moby Dick,but none of the works brought him any fame or sense of success.He had to live up with his poor life,supported by regular financial help from his father in-law.Not much changed even after his father-in-law assisted him onto a post at the customhouse(海关).His self-doubt whether he should fight to write as an author disturbed Herman for the rest of his life till his death in 1899,which is suggested in his wifes diary.And his wife described his several struggles where he fought bitterly back to his desk to pick up his pen.1、Which of the following statements is TRUE about Moby Dick according to the passage?AIt came out as a published novel in the twentieth century.BIt was not recognized as a great work until the twentieth century.CIt was not for sale until the twentieth century.DIt was adampted from the passage?2、What can be inferred from the passage?AHerman chose his life on purpose to make himself a great writer.BHermans parents had scheduled those failur