考研英语一四平市梨树县2023年模拟试题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) Although I love my life, it hasnt been a lot of fun as Ive been ill for 28 years.Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my 1 was more manageable, I 2 ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs. 3 that was years ago and times have changed. 4 I live with my mother on a country farm.Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to 5 my disability pension (残疾抚恤金). 6 I needed to sleep in afternoons, I was limited in my 7 . I decided that I would consider 8 to singing in restaurants.My family are all musicians, so I was 9 when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didnt have a lot of 10 to get started. And 11 you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can 12 use.When I told the owner of the shop about my 13 , he gave me a long, thoughtful 14 . “This means a lot to you, doesnt it?” he said. “Come with me.”He led me 15 the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand 16 on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your 17 and Ill record them for you. That should get you started. ”I 18 . Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose 19 that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.His 20 still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.1、AlonelinessBsadnessCtirednessDsickness2、AsetBenjoyedCkeptDshared3、AGladlyBEventuallyCUnfortunatelyDSurprisingly4、ANowBThenCSometimeDMeanwhile5、Aadd up toBmake up forCget rid ofDtake advantage of6、AIfBAsCThoughDBefore7、AmovementBconditionCchoicesDpositions8、Areaching outBliving upCgetting onDgoing back9、ArecognizedBinterviewedCfoundDinvited10、AmoneyBtimeCenergyDknowledge11、AthusBonceCseldomDoften12、AactuallyBhardlyCnearlyDformerly13、AjobBfamilyCideaDoffer14、AfaceBviewClookDsight15、AoverBalongCtowardsDthrough16、AunhappilyBlovinglyCpitifullyDgratefully17、ApickBturnCroleDstep18、Ahad to cryBought to cryCshould have criedDcould have cried19、AmoreBthe onesCfewDthe rest20、AcourageBdevotionCkindnessDtrustSection 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 1The English have a difficult and, generally speaking, dysfunctional (怪异的) relationship with clothes. Their main problem is that they have a desperate need for rules, and are unable to get along without them. This helps to explain why they have an international reputation for dressing in general very badly, but with specific areas of excellence, such as high-class mens suits, ceremonial costumes, and innovative (革新的) street fashion. In other words, we English dress best when we are “in uniform”.You may be surprised that I am including “innovative street fashion” in the category of the uniform. Surely the parrot-haired punks (朋克摇滚乐迷) or the Victorian vampire goths are being original, not following rules? Its true that they all look different and eccentric (古怪的) but in fact they all look eccentric exactly in the same way. They are wearing a uniform. The only truly eccentric dresser in this country is the Queen, who pays no attention to fashion and continues to wear what she likes, a kind of 1950s fashion, with no regard for anyone elses opinion. However, it is true that the styles invented by young English people are much more eccentric than any other nations street fashion. We may not be individually eccentric, apart from the Queen, but we have a sort of collective eccentricity, and ye appreciate originality in dress even if we do not individually have it.Another “rule” of behavior I had discovered was that it is very important for the English not to take themselves too seriously, to be able to laugh at themselves. However, it is well known that most teenagers tend to take themselves a bit too seriously.The goths, in their scary black costumes, certainly look as if they are taking themselves seriously. But when I got into conversation with them, I discovered that they too had a sense of humor. I was once chatting to a goth in the full vampire costumewith a white face, deep purple lipstick, and black parrot-hair. I saw he was also wearing a T-shirt with “Goth”. “Why are you wearing that?” I