考研英语一2023年襄樊市老河口市考前冲刺预测试卷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)My mother always says that Im born to dance ballet. But that September when I was in a ballet class and went to do a turn, something just happened. I heard it and I surely 1 it. I went right to a doctor and got an X-ray examination, which 2 a lot of damage to my knee a(n) 3 injury for a dancer. I had to have a(n) 4 Everything had been going so well and now I had this huge injury. Dance was my life, but 5 , I wasnt going to be able to do it for a year or 6 never again.My dad was really a big inspiration for me. He was 7 a battle against cancer at that time. He showed me how to make it through a 8 situation. I thought that if he could do that, I could handle this, too. 9 my operation, I had great difficulty walking, but I knew that if I really worked hard, my injury would heal.Several months later, I definitely wasnt at my strongest, but I could 10 a class. The dancing I did was 11 at first moves that my knee could handle.Once we started practicing in the fall, I was beginning to feel like myself 12 One day, I 13 the schedule and my name was next to Eliot Feld. I thought it must be a(n) 14 because he is very famous in the ballet world. But it wasnt. He 15 me and taught me a lot of things. At l8, I had a solo performance! It was a big 16 I was so excited and felt like a real ballerina. After the 17 , Eliot said, “You know, you have a(n) 18 and you are also made of steel.” That, coming from him, was the 19 compliment (赞美) I have ever received. Id like to think that 20 my injury made me strong.1、AtouchedBacceptedCbrokeDfelt2、ApointedBsaidCreadDshowed3、AnecessaryBdeadlyCpracticalDimportant4、AholidayBcryCoperationDtest5、Ain timeBall of a suddenCat presentDonce in a while6、ApossiblyBluckilyCsurprisinglyDhardly7、AleadingBfightingClosingDinventing8、AwonderfulBdifficultCpositiveDheavy9、AAfterBDuringCAtDOver10、Aset outBtake upCbreak intoDget through11、AbasicBquickCformalDhard12、AbeforeBthenCagainDtoo13、AstoleBborrowedCfacedDchecked14、AmistakeBopportunityCproblemDtask15、AheldBobeyedCencouragedDreceived16、AsurpriseBsecretCsuccessDposition17、AspeechBperformanceCcompetitionDmatch18、AgiftBchanceCluckDexercise19、AsimplestBdeepestCgreatestDsmartest20、Adealing withBletting outCsetting upDturning toSection 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 1In America, each of the states likes to promote itself with a slogan (口号). I currently live in Utah, where the slogan is “Life Elevated”. Its a nod to outdoor entertainment in the hill country, including the ski industry. I previously lived in Colorado, a land with red dm. great mountains and golden plains. The slogan there is Colorful Colorado”. Years ago I lived in the “Peach State” of Georgia, and I grew up in New Mexico as a little boy, whose slogan is “Land of Enchantment (魔力)”.We never seemed to get away from dust in New Mexico, so I appreciate the story of a newcomer to the Land of Enchantment who learned about dusty wind. She was visiting an antique shop and the owner wiped down every item before showing it. The newcomer said, “Everything gets dusty here pretty quickly, doesnt it?” “Thats not dust, honey,” the shop owner replied, “Thats ENCIIANTMENT”. That made the problem more acceptable or at least can be live with. An escalator (自动扶梯) broke, so he posted a sign to warn customers. He chose not to use the traditional “Out of Order” or “Do Not Use” warnings. Instead, his sign read, “This Escalator Is Temporarily a Stairway”. He turned a minus into humor and made it a plus.And in fact there arc sonic things, like the weather, we cant change. All we can change is our ways that we think and feel about them. I believe one of the best techniques to do this is to find some humor in the situation. Finding something amusing or enjoyable of difficulty, a troublesome problem can be one of the most creative and effective things we can do. Sometimes the only sense you can make of a situation is a sense of humor.1、How many places has the author lived in from the first paragraph?A2. B3.C4. D5.2、How would the newcomer probably feel after hearing what the shop owner said?AAngry. BRelaxed.CCurious. DNervous.3、Whats the purpose of writing the text?ATo encourage people to find the funny side in their daily life.BTo show the effects of using slogans to raise the position.CTo explain the skills of turning a disadvanta