山东省聊城市高唐县2023年考研英语一临考冲刺试题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)My father, Danny Thomas, was a famous comedian, singer, actor, and producer with many fans. When I was a child I 1 him. Once, my father made a(n) 2 with Margaret OBrien and he often took me to the set. I also wanted to be a movie star. Ten years later, at age seventeen, I got my 3 .I played the lead in Gigi. However, the 4 of finally being a real actress was painfully short-lived. All the interviews and all the reviews 5 my father.Would I be as good as my father? Was I as gifted, as funny? Would I be as popular? I was extremely 6 .I loved my father, but my 7 was just him.“Daddy,” I began, “please dont be 8 when I tell you this. I want to change my 9 . I love you but I dont want to be a Thomas anymore.”I tried not to 10 during the long silence. And then he said, “I raised you to be a thoroughbred(优秀的赛马). When thoroughbreds run, they wear blinders to keep their eyes focused straight 11 with no disturbance, no other horses. They hear the crowd but they dont 12 . They just run their own race. Thats what you have to do. Dont listen to anyone 13 you to me or to anyone else. You just run your own race.”The next night 14 the crowd filed into the theater, the state manager 15 me a white box with a red ribbon. I opened it up and inside was a pair of old horse blinders with a little note that 16 , “Run your own race, Baby.”Run your own race, Baby. Dad could have said it a dozen other ways: “Be 17 ”: “Dont be influenced by others.” But it wouldnt have been the same. He chose the right words at the right time. And all 18 my life, Ive been able to come to the point by asking myself. “Am I running my race or 19 elses?”I thank my father for all his words that continue to live in my 20 .1、Ahated Badored Cfeared Davoided2、Amovie Balbum Crecord Dinterview3、Aposition Baward Cdegree Dchance4、Aaffection Banxiety Cexcitement Dbitterness5、Afocused on Brelied on Cappealed to Dattended to6、Acalm Bupset Ctouched Dguilty7、Abelief Blimit Cmodel Dproblem8、Apuzzled Binjured Churt Dconfused9、Arole Bname Cschool Dmajor10、Acry Bsmile Cscream Dlaugh11、Aahead Baround Cabout Daside12、Ahesitate Bmove Cshout Dlisten13、Aleading Bcomparing Ctying Dintroducing14、Auntil Bthough Cas Dsince15、Adelivered Bhanded Cdropped Dpressed16、Awrote Bshowed Cprinted Dread17、Agrateful Bmodest Cindependent Dconsiderate18、Atoward Bbeyond Cthrough Dbehind19、Asomebody Banybody Cnobody Deverybody20、Arecognition Bdream Cexperience DheartSection 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 1Like many young people, I dreamed of growing up and becoming a successful writer one day. My first part-time job came when I was 18 years old. I was working in a paint factory. Because of the terrible smell of pain, it because normal for me to temporarily pass out during my lunch time.All of my spare time was spent writing and sending stories to any publisher that would read them, dreaming that one day losing consciousness while eating my ham sandwiches would no longer be a part of my daily routine.I discovered content mills, where a writer could devote his time to writing soul-destroying online copy. It provided a little pay, but I wouldnt faint. So I quit my day job. But it is difficult to work from home. At times, I would lose all passion for writing 500 words about a bed for a few pounds, but the terrible smell of paint reminded me to get back to writing.Several months later, the money got better. I was given consistent work writing for one of the largest entertainment websites in the world. The job was simple: I complained about everything that was wrong with society and they paid me 50 for each article. A guy from the website asked if I would be interested in leaving my small town life to move to the big city of Manchester to become a professional writer for them. I accepted.After a pretty successful year, I was offered a promotion. Just 18 months earlier, I was suffering from the smell of paint on a daily basis and now I was managing a team of nine writers. I had come a long way.1、What happened to the writer when he was in a paint factory?AHe passed out for a long time.BHe lost his breath during lunch time.CHe loved his part-time job.DHe became unconscious due to the bad smell of paint.2、Wh