南充市南部县2023年考研英语一深度预测试卷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)Over the years, thanks to my lifes obstacles, I understood the meaning of faith and the strong will to survive. It was Hurricane Ike that made me fully 1 the beauty of our strength and a humans motivation to 2 .Mom had a two-week 3 in summer. While we enjoyed our holiday in Southeast Texas, we didnt realize the fact that Ike 4 cause months and likely years of “labor”. By September 7th, the “eyes of Texas” were watching Hurricane Ike more 5 , making the typical mad rush for last-minute hurricane 6 . Two days later, both oil and ice were in 7 demand.In the early hours of September 11th, some neighbors were planning to 8 the storm in their homes, 9 others were making final preparations to get away. At first, we decided to stay. But that afternoon, the Houston-Galveston area would be on the more 10 side of the storm. Mom and I packed some of our most 11 belongings in the car and 12 the East Texas town of Lufkin.As Ike pushed farther inland, we 13 power in Lufkin. On Sunday, our next-door neighbor told us via cell phone that our 14 had remained well. Our hopes could not have been 15 . But a few hours later, the neighbors reported that our brick chimney had 16 , and it was sitting on our living room, 17 a hole in the roof between two skylights (天窗).We wouldnt be allowed to return home 18 September 17th. I climbed upstairs, and looked toward the hole in the roof which showed a beautiful blue sky. Without hesitation, I shouted, “Wow! A third skylight!” My neighbors could not believe I was making jokes 19 crying, but 20 is always good medicine. It was with that joke that I knew, given time, everything would be okay.1、Aobserve Bexplore Cappreciate Dimprove2、Arecover Bapologize Cwork Dchange3、Ameeting Bjourney Cschedule Dvacation4、Amust Bmight Cwould Dshould5、Aclosely Bconstantly Cwarningly Ddifferently6、Aadventure Bsupplies Cequipment Dreports7、Abasic Bpure Cneat Dhigh8、Aput away Bget through Ctest out Dsuffer from9、Asince Bwhen Cwhile Duntil10、Aawesome Babundant Cpeaceful Ddangerous11、Aprecious Bconcrete Cavailable Dpotential12、Aset out Bheaded for Csettled down Dwatched out13、Alost Breduced Cproduced Dprovided14、Agarden Bpool Chouse Dyard15、Aclearer Bhigher Clower Dwilder16、Apassed Bstood Cfollowed Dgone17、Adigging Bfilling Cleaving Dkicking18、Aby Bbefore Cafter Duntil19、Ain spite of Binstead of Capart from Din terms of20、Alaughter Bwill Cstrength DfaithSection 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 1Asking a patient to hum(哼唱)piano tunes and play fin instrument while undergoing brain surgery(手术)may sound like a strange request from a doctorHowever，that is exactly what a team of brain specialists，led by Pilcher，requested Dan Fabbio to doIn 2015，the then 25-year-old musician was diagnosed with a brain tumor(肿瘤)，which was located in the part of the brain known to be active when people listen to and make music“Removing a tumor from the brain can have significant consequences depending on its location，”Pilcher says“Both the tumor and the operation can damage tissue and affect communication between different parts of the brain”Fabbio，therefore，feared the surgery would cause him to lose his musical abilityTo prevent that from happening，Pilcher and his colleague designed many tests，including asking Fabbio to listen to piano tunes and hum back during MRI scansThis enabled the physicians to locate the area that is vital for music and language processing and create a 3-D map of Fabbios brainDespite the great starting point，it was not a perfect way to prevent possible damage to theThe only way was to keep the patient awake and ask him to hum piano tunes during the surgery so that the surgeons could identify the areas to avoidWhile the surgery went smoothly，the real test came when Fabbio was asked to play a song on his saxophoneThe tunehad been simplified to ensure that it would not require too much strength and cause harm to the stitches(缝线)in the brainHe played it faultlessly，and when he finished，the entire operating room erupted in applauseThe researchers say that a year after the groundbreaking surgery，the young musician can once again hear tunes in everythingeven his electric toothbrush1、What can we infer from Pilchers word