鹤壁市山城区2023年考研英语一押题密卷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)One day I was doing a big clean-up when I 1 a knotted handkerchief with an old dark brown coin inside. I took one look and immediately 2 an unforgettable time.In 1991, I spent five months in Niger, with sandstorms and great heat. Its 3 and beggars were my biggest and most constant complaint. Street beggars would continually reach out their hands, shouting “Gift! Gift!”One day, I 4 for neighboring Burking to work in a health clinic.Arriving by taxi at our destination in Burkina, we began to 5 In darkness, a motorbike with two men approached slowly. Without any 6 , one of them grabbed my pack as the motorbike swept close by. Within seconds, the two were out of sight, 7 up by the night.The bag had my passport, money, travelers cheques, a camera, an airline ticket and other things 8 to me. I was in deep trouble.In the weeks that followed, I 9 guarded the rest of my valuables and regarded all 10 with suspicion. All I wanted was to leave this place.Then, walking through Burkinas streets, I met with an old woman. “Gift! Gift!” she cried. Id had enough. I was 11 of the country: its poverty(贫困), its thieves, the heat, and the dust. I told her angrily, “A thief stole all my money and now I cant 12 out of your country. I cannot give you anything.”The woman beggar listened attentively and 13 my words. Then she reached 14 the folds of her dress.“Then I will give you a gift,” she announced. Kindly, she placed an old, dark brown coin in my hand. I looked at it in 15 It was a very small amount of money, but for this woman, the coin 16 a meal. At that moment, I felt a shame. In spit of her 17 , she was able to give me something priceless.I saw then the 18 beauty of the people of Burkina, and appreciated deeply the quiet 19 of the poor. With the old womans gift, I hope never to part with the coin she gave me. With one small coin, she 20 my concept completely.1、Acared aboutBcame acrossClooked forDfocused upon2、ApresentedBgaveCrecalledDreminded3、AtrafficBdustCnoiseDclimate4、AheadedBstruggledCstoodDcame5、AmoveBunloadChideDpass6、AwarningBplanningCthinkingDarranging7、AhungBputCswallowedDcleared8、AobviousBexpensiveCfamiliarDprecious9、AelegantlyBcautiouslyCdependentlyDfrequently10、AlocalsBthievesCbeggarsDmen11、AproudBconsciousCsickDaware12、AgetBrunCcomeDrush13、Aattended toBlooked upCthought aboutDwrote down14、AforBintoCoutDat15、AorderBvainCserveDshock16、AmeantBmadeCdeservedDsuggested17、AdirtinessBpovertyCkindnessDsafety18、AupdatedBunfoldedCbrokenDunexpected19、AmomentBactionCdignity（尊严）Dlife20、AchangedBdamagedCfoundDacceptedSection 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 1PerformancesLets Face the MusicRia Jones, the world-famous star of Evita, Cats, and Les Miserables, returns home for two special concerts.Proving that there is more to her than a great gift for singing the great show songs, Ria invites you on a memorable journey that goes from musical to classical and from classical to pop. Songs from Miss Saigon perfectly mix with Disney favorites from Beauty and the Beast along with some popular standards for a great evening in the company of a very special vocal talent.Song RecitalJudy Coe performs widely as a soloist( 独 唱 者 ) in America and is also a music teacher. The programme includes songs from Porgy and Bess, a successful American opera, with special solo piano arrangements by Katherine Morris. Judy ends the concert with songs whose texts are by Shakespeare, Yeats, Eliot, Oscar Wilde and Emily Dickinson. The concert will be framed by the singing of Welsh and American music by the popular Gyrlais Male Voice Choir, directed by Meirwyn Thomas.Mayte MartinMayte Martin is easily the best-known Catalan singer. She has been very popular since her early twenties, when she won a string of prizes. She has taken part in Barcelonas WOMAD festivals and in the Gipsy Kings celebrated festival Mosaique Gitane at Nimes. She will be accompanied by her regular solo guitarist, two dancers and a “clapper”.The Adventure of MalicThis show is about the fantastically dangerous life of an imaginary Iberian character called Malic. In this show he visits China and gets into fights with dragons and then travels to Barcelona where he comes across many dangerous characters. The show is told using Chinese shadow puppets ( 皮 影 ), beautifully handled, with a live narrator-musician who gives life to the show i