2023年大埔县考研英语一考前冲刺试题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) Years ago, we celebrated our oldest sons first birthday by holding a super party. I spent months 1 , cutting out handmade banners（横幅）and making all kinds of decorations. I kept 2 my husbands work as he built a cardboard city background. And I would lose 3 of my emotions when it didnt progress exactly as I 4 .I didnt know exactly why I stuck to 5 a party like that, but I felt this unspoken 6 . It was a feeling that my 7 as a mom and my love for my son were tied to how 8 this party was. Actually my son was turning one year old, and he had no idea what was going on. 9 , this clearly meant nothing to him.I tried to 10 other people and maybe even prove something to myself, only to find it made me 11 . On his birthday, I put on a ton of makeup（化妆品） to 12 my stress and smiled to our 13 even though I nearly broke down. It was the 14 party because of the memories attached to it! I ruined a 15 memory for me as a mother and decided to make a 16 .Last weekend, we celebrated my other son Hudsons sixth birthday. He asked a Ninjago theme, so a week before the party, I searched Amazon (a shopping website) and 17 a banner and some basic party materials as he 18 . On that day, we ordered a big meal and used disposable（一次性的）plates to avoid hours of cleaning up. The party was 19 but perfect. As Hudson went to bed that night, he told me it was his best birthday ever.Parents 20 for kids does not lie in the complexity of celebrating kids birthday.1、AresearchingBpreparingCthinkingDstudying2、AignoringBdoubtingCfindingDchecking3、AcontrolBcountCsightDtrack4、AlearnedBexplainedCexpectedDpromised5、AdamagingBarrangingCattendingDleaving6、AfearsBconcernCquestionsDpressure7、AdreamBjobCidentityDpost8、ApersonalBdifficultCfamiliarDbrilliant9、AHoweverBThereforeCAnyhowDBesides10、ApersuadeBremindCinspireDimpress11、AdelightedBannoyedCtiredDastonished12、AcreateBcoverCexpressDexperience13、AneighborsBrelativesCcolleaguesDguests14、AworstBnewestCbestDbiggest15、AclearBbitterCpreciousDaccurate16、AmessBdealCjokeDchange17、AdesignedBpurchasedCmadeDwanted18、AtaughtBdidCdemandedDcommanded19、AsplendidBcomplicatedCplainDboring20、AaffectionBpraiseCsympathyDadviceSection 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 1On November 24, 1868, Scott Joplin was born in Texas. He became famous as a ragtime (拉格泰姆音乐) composer and piano player. Ragtime music was an early form of jazz. This music has a lively beat and was developed from the music of African Americans.Ragtime became popular in the early 1890s, and the music was played on the piano. The piano player usually made up a melody, then changed it a little bit every time he played. Scott Joplin was very good at composing, or making up music and playing the piano. When he was growing up, Joplins home was filled with music. Still, Joplins father did not want him to be a musician. When he was about 14 years old, Joplin left home to travel and start a life of his own. He traveled all over the Midwest playing the piano and composing music. Sometimes he played with music groups. Other times he sang by himself in noisy saloons and bars. In 1899, Joplin wrote Maple Leaf Rag, a ragtime song that became a big hit and earned Joplin the title of The King of Ragtime. In all, he wrote more than 500 songs. Joplins biggest dream was to compose a ragtime opera. Finally, after 10 years, Joplin completed a ragtime opera which he called Treemonisha. This opera was about a young black woman who became a leader of her people. She tried to help her people gain their freedom and their rights.1916, Joplin became very sick. He had a disease that made him forget things and become easily afraid of things. In 1917, he was put in the hospital. He finally died there on April 1, 1917. Scott Joplins music became popular again in the early 1970s when it was used in a movie called The Sting.1、Which of the following best describes ragtime?AIt is a kind of jazz music. BIt was born in Texas.CIt sounds slow and sad. DIt is played on the guitar.2、Joplin took up ragtime .Awith strong family support Bagainst his fathers willCfor a richer and happier life Dwith the hope of traveling3、What can we know Maple Leaf Rag?AIt was a ragtime opera. BIt was attacked by other composers.CIt was used in a movie. DIt won the composer great honor.4、Which of the