2023年大庆市萨尔图区考研英语一全真模拟试卷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)J. K. Rowling: The Wizard Behind Harry PotterJ. K. Rowling was born as Joanne Rowling on July 31, 1965 in England. At age four, Rowling and her family 1 to Winterbourne. It was here that she met a brother and sister who lived in her neighborhood with the last 2 Potter. During her childhood, Rowling 3 writing and story-telling.Pressured by her parents to 4 a secretary, Rowling attended the university of Exeter beginning at age 18 and studied French. After college, Rowling stayed in London and worked at several jobs.While on a train from Manchester to London in 1990, Rowling came up with the 5 for Harry Potter. Pen-less at the time, Rowling spent the remainder of her train-ride 6 about the story and began to write it down as soon as she arrived home.Rowling 7 to write snippets about Harry and Hogwarts, but wasnt done with the book when her mother died on December 30, 1990. Her mothers death hit Rowling 8 . In a (an) 9 to escape the sorrow, Rowling accepted a job teaching English in Portugal.In Portugal, Rowling met Jorge Arantes and the two married on October 16, 1992. 10 the marriage proved a bad one, the couple had one child together, Jessica. After getting 11 in 1993, Rowling and her daughter moved to Edinburgh to be near Rowlings sister.Before starting another full-time job, Rowling was determined to finish her Harry Potter manuscript. 12 she had completed it, she sent it to several literary 13 . After a year of searching and a number of publishers turning it 14 , the agent finally found a publisher 15 to print the book.Rowlings fist Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone became hugely popular, attracting 16 of young boys and girls as well as adults. With the public demanding 17 , Rowling quickly got to work on the 18 six books, with the last one published in July 2007.In 1998, Warner Bros. bought the film 19 and since then 20 popular movies have been made of the books. From the book, the films, and the merchandise bearing Harry Potter images, Rowling has become one of the richest people in the world.1、Acarried Bmoved Csent Dlived2、Afamily Bmember Cname Dsign3、Aloved Bpreferred Cchose Dhanded4、Achange Bshare Cassume Dbecome5、Amethod Bscore Cconcept Dpossibility6、Adeclaring Bmaking Cdreaming Dmanaging7、Acontinued Bchecked Cexchanged Dpracticed8、Apeacefully Beasily Ctensely Dhard9、Aplan Bquestion Cambition Dattempt10、AInstead BAlthough CTherefore DHowever11、Adivorced Bbeaten Cached Dthrown12、AWhile BOnce CBefore DSince13、Aagents Bsubjects Cvolunteers Dreaders14、Aoff Bup Cdown Dover15、Awondering Baiming Clooking Dwilling16、Areporter Bpartner Caudience Dfriend17、Amore Bbetter Clonger Dthinner18、Alast Bwhole Crest Dnext19、Apowers Brights Cguidance Dleaders20、Adirectly Bextremely Cseparately DeventuallySection 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 1The hottest cities in the worldThe locations below are the hottest and also travel destinations on the planetBangkokAccording to the data， Bangkok is the hottest city on the planet not because of any particularly impressive high temperatures， but because it is consistently hot all the year round The city has an average annual temperature of 29， coupled with high dampness and an average of 128rainy days per year； while the highest temperature on record is 40Timbuktu， MaliLocated on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert， the African city of Timbuktu is similar to everything remote Its also one of the hottest cities in the world， with a hot， dry climate offering record highs of 49 Throughout April， May and June， average maximum temperatures are beyond 40 Modernday Timbuktu is slowly being swallowed by the desert and is certainly a shadow of the trade center that it once wasAhvaz， IranBuilt on the bank of the Karun River， Ahvaz is an industrial city with average highs of around 46 during July， its warmest month The citys record high is 54， making it one of the worlds hottest cities during the summer Frequent sand and dust storms and an absence of rain from July to September mix with its skyhigh temperaturesKuwait CityThe wealthy capital of Kuwait is another competitor for the title of the worlds hottest summertime