考研英语一2023年岐山县高分冲刺试题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) Born in America, I spoke English ,not Chinese , the language of my ancestors . When I was three, my parents flashed cards with Chinese 1 at my face , but I pushed them 2 . My mom believed I would learn 3 I was ready. But the 4 never came.On a Chinese New Years Eve, my uncle spoke to me in Chinese, but all I could do was 5 at him , confused , scratching my head . “Still cant speak Chinese? ” He 6 me , “You cant even buy a fish in Chinatown .”“Hey, this is America , not China. Ill get some 7 with or without Chinese.” I replied and turned to my mom for 8 .“Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu,” she said ,handing over a $20 bill . I 9 the words, running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.I found the fish 10 surrounded in a sea of customers. “Id like to buy some fresh fish,” I should to the fish man. But he 11 my English words and turned to serve the next customer .The laugh of the people behind increased 12 their impatience. With every 13 , the breath of the dragons (龙) on my back grew strongermy blood boiling 14 me to cry out . “ Xian Sheng Yu , please.” “Very Xian Sheng,” I repeated .The crowd erupted into laughter . My face turned 15 and I ran back home 16 , except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket.Should I laugh or cry? Theyre Chinese. I should feel right at 17 . Instead , I was the joke , a disgrace (丢脸)to the language.Sometimes, I laugh at my fish 18 , but , in the end, the joke is on 19 . Every laugh is a culture 20 ; every laugh is my heritage (传统) fading away.1、AcustomBgamesCcharactersDlanguage2、AaheadBaroundCalongDaside3、AwhenBbeforeCunlessDuntil4、AsuccessBstudyCtimeDattempt5、AaimingBjokingCnoddingDstaring6、Acared aboutBlaughed atCargued withDasked after7、Aright nowBfrom nowCat timesDin time8、AdecisionBpermissionCinformationDpreparation9、ArepeatedBreviewedCspelledDkept10、AfarmBstandCpondDmarket11、AguessedBforgetCdoubtedDignored12、AbyBasCwithDfrom13、AsecondBeffortCdesireDmovement14、AforcingBallowingCpersuadingDleading15、AbrightBblankCpaleDred16、Aopen-mouthedBtongue-tiedCempty-handedDbroken-hearted17、AserviceBhomeCriskDroot18、AtradeBdeedCchallengeDincident19、AitBusCmeDthem20、AthrownBlostCdividedDreflectedSection 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 1 Have you ever spent an afternoon in the backyard, maybe grilling or enjoying a basketball game, when suddenly you notice that everything goes quiet? There is an old phrase “calm before the storm”, often used in a situation-a quiet period just before a great activity or excitement. According to our own experience, we know there is actually calm before the storm. But what causes this calm? And is it always calm before the storm?A period of calm happens in a particular kind of storm, the simplest kind of storm-a single-cell thunderstorm. In this type of thunderstorm, there is usually only one main stream of current, which is warm, damp air and drawn from places near the ground. Storms need warm and damp air as fuel, so they typically draw that air in from surrounding environment. Storms can draw in the air that fit their need from all directionseven from the direction in which the storm is traveling.As the warm, damp air is pulled into a storm system, it leaves a low-pressure vacuum(真空) coming after. The rising air meets the cold dry air that has already existed in the storm clouds, thus the temperature of the warm, damp air drops, and the water vapor in it changes into tiny drops that are a precondition of rain. These drops accumulate and build on larger particles(颗粒) like dust, until they grow large enough to form raindrops.This warm, damp air keeps moving upwards, but it becomes cooler and drier during its trip through cloud. When it reaches the top of the cloud, the air is squeezed out at the top. This air is sent rolling out over the big thunderclouds. From there, the air goes down. Warm and dry air is relatively stable, and once it covers a region, that air, in turn, causes the calm before a storm.Most thunderstorms, though, dont start with calm. Thats because most are actually groups of storms with complex wind patterns. Theres so much air moving up and down storm groups that the calm before the storm never happens. Instead, before the storm, it might be really windy!1、Which best fits the description of a particular kind of storm?AA thunderstorm with