2023年肥东县考研英语一最后冲刺试题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)There once was a beggar who loved to hear himself sing.He lived 1 a dustbin next to a supermarket.He had the most amazing voice.No one would listen to him, 2 .Cats and dogs would come to sing along.All animals would come to hear this sound.No 3 though.His 4 audience were the animals.Even without people to sing to.the man was filled with 5 for he loved his voice.Then one day,a little girl was on her way to the supermarket.The man was singing one of his favorite songs.The little girl 6 him and wondered what that noise was.She began 7 around every corner until she found him. The girls eyes began to grow wide as she saw the man in his 8 clothes.She asked him to sing,with no 9 of danger in her voice.This shocked the man.He sang for the girl with joy in his eyes.Although it was nice to be 10 to sing,it was also nice to have an audience.He sang until they heard the girls mother 11 for her.The girl quickly said 12 and ran off.The girl returned the next day and asked him to sing. 13 he sang for the little girl.After a few songs,she left 14 the call of her mother.She came the day after,with an older woman.This was the girls 15 .She did not seem to mind being led behind a 16 dustbin.The girl asked the beggar to sing.The man sang his heart out for the 17 of them to hear.The mothers frown began to 18 and a smile began to appear.The days after were full of cheerful singing and the audience of two 19 ,they would bring more people to listen.The beggar continued to sing until he could not sing anymore. 20 he loved his voice anymore.1、Aover Bunder Cbeside Dbehind2、Aalthough Bbut Cthough Dstill3、Acats Baudience Canimals Dhumans4、Aonly Bdevoted Centhusiastic Dexcited5、Aregret Bjoy Cpain Dsorrow6、Asaw Bnoticed Cheard Dmade7、Alooking Bresearching Csearching Dfinding8、Atidy Bclean Cdirty Dcheap9、Afear Bsignal Cexpression Dnoise10、Aawake Balone Caware Dashamed11、Aphoning Bcrying Cappealing Dcalling12、Agoodbye Bokay Csorry Dhello13、AOnce BAgain CMore DOften14、Ain Bon Cat Dover15、Afriend Bmother Csister Dteacher16、Abig Bdeserted Csmelly Dbeautiful17、Aboth Bnone Call Deither18、Areplace Bruin Cfade Dbreak19、ALater BEarlier CSooner DOtherwise20、AA part from BThanks to CNot just DIn additionSection 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 1Idema,a Dutch Sinologist（汉学家）,has served as the director of the Chinese Languages and Cultures Department at Leiden University of the Netherlands and was also director of Harvards Fairbank Center for East Asian Research.He has studied ancient Chinese plays,novels and literature,and has authored or translated a number of influential books published in English and other languages.The 70-year-old Dutch Sinologist recalled his half-century-long romance with Chinese culture during a recent visit to Beijing.As a child,the vivid descriptions of China in Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winner Pearl S.Bucks books sparked Idemas interest in the country.He later read classic Chinese literature and spent whole days pouring through works at the National Library of China.While many other experts on China focused on the countrys economic transformation,Idema continued to study traditional Chinese literature.There were scholars studying law,religion and society,but not traditional Chinese literature,which was my personal interest,Idema explains.Finding reference books for his research,especially regional publications,used to be a huge challenge,and Idema used to spend a lot of time collecting books and other materials during visits to China.Now it is much more convenient with the Internet.Idema usually chooses less-known subjects for his research and tries to get firsthand materials.In recent years, he has devoted himself to translating Chinese folk tales and writing about Chinese folk society and folk culture.Traditional Chinese culture is a passion.I have been studying it for 50 years and will continue to do so,says the retired professor.1、What does the underlined word sparked in Paragraph 2 mean?AIncreased. BBroke.CPerformed. DAroused.2、Idema concentrated on traditional Chinese literature because .Ahe wanted to show he was different from othersBhe was interested in traditional Chinese literatureCtraditional Chinese literature is easier to st