考研英语一2023年南阳市唐河县考前冲刺试题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) While I was waiting to enter university, I saw in a newspaper a teaching job 1 at a school about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short of 2 and wanting to do something 3 I applied (申请), 4 as I did so, that without a degree and with no 5 of teaching my chances of getting the job were 6 .However, three days later, a letter arrived, calling me to Croydon for a meeting with the headmaster. It proved to be a 7 journey: a train to Croydon station, a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at 8 a quarter of a mile. As a result I arrived there, feeling too hot to be nervous. It was clearly the 9 himself that 10 the door. He was short and round.The school, he said, is made up of one 11 of twenty-four boys between seven and thirteen. I should have to teach all the subjects except art, 12 he taught himself. I should have to divide the class into 13 groups and teach them in turn at three different 14 , and I was 15 at the thought of teaching mathsa subject at which I wasnt very 16 at school. Worse perhaps was the idea of 17 to teach them on Saturday afternoon because most of my friends would be 18 themselves at that time.Before I had time to ask about my salary, he got up to his 19 . Now he said, youd better meet my wife. She is the one who really 20 this school.1、AkeptBlostCwantedDfound2、AmoneyBtimeCstudentsDclothes3、AharmfulBusefulCfunnyDsecret4、AexpectingBwhisperingCfearingDconsidering5、AmaterialBexperienceCmeansDbooks6、AniceBgreatCslightDhelpful7、AdifficultBpleasantCcomfortableDshort8、AmostBleastClastDfirst9、AteacherBdoor-keeperCstudentDheadmaster10、AshutBopenedCrepairedDkicked11、AgroupBclassCdozenDscore12、AwhichBthatCwhatDthis13、AoneBtwoCthreeDfour14、AclassesBsubjectsClevelsDplaces15、AexcitedBangryCgladDdisappointed16、ApoorBinterestedCweakDgood17、AforcingBhavingCforgettingDmanaging18、AwatchingBstudyingCenjoyingDhelping19、AletterBfeetChandsDwife20、ArunsBstartsCobservesDlikesSection 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 When he was young, Louis Armstrong was taking what was called “Creole jazz”, which was also called dance music, and combining it with trumpeter (小号手) Buddy Bolden, to create what would eventually become todays jazz.Armstrong accomplished that with almost no formal training. He received little training before he was placed in the New Orleans Colored Waifs Home at the age of 12, after a run-in (小争执) with the police. The punishment turned out to be a mixed blessing, for he also had the opportunity to play in a real band.While at the Waifs, Armstrong also got the chance to hear some of the citys finest musicians. Cornetist Freddie Keppard performed in a nearby club. So did trumpeter and bandleader, King Joe Oliver, who took the boy under his wing and taught him how to read music and work on his playing technique.When Oliver left for Chicago, Armstrong chose to stay in New Orleans and work with some of the other top musicians of the day. In Chicago, King Oliver offered him a place in his band in 1922. It became Armstrongs biggest challenge yet the band had no parts written for trumpet, so he was forced to listen to King Oliver and improvise (即兴创作).Soon, Armstrongs undeniable talent was getting notice. Even classically trained musicians would come to hear the incredible sounds this young man created.Lil Hardin, the bands piano player and the future Mrs. Armstrong, explains that Oliver kept Armstrong in the second trumpet-chair so that Oliver would still be “King”. Hardin convinced him to leave the band.Armstrong moved to New York City in 1924 to join Fletcher Hendersons band and then flew solo. In 1925, Armstrong put together the Hot Five, expanding his popularity even more. Armstrong recorded his first composition, Cornet Chop Suey, one of the most copied jazz solos of all time. This monumental 1928 recording blends (混合) artistry, endurance and showmanship that has rarely, if ever, been matched in Jazz.1、What does the underlined word “that” refer to in the second paragraph?ATo play dance music.BTo work with Buddy Bolden.CTo create modem jazz music.DTo play a jazz instrument well.2、Who taught Louis Armstrong how to play music in the early time?ABuddy Bolden.BLil Hardin.CCornetist Freddie Keppard.DKing Joe Oliver.3、Why did Louis Armstrong Leave King Olivers band?ABecause he wanted to get married in New York.