2023年茂名市考研英语一深度预测试题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) It was a cool October evening. Excitement and family members 1 the hall. I was only a 7-year-old girl, but I was the center of 2 . Finally, after weeks of preparation, I would 3 all my hard work in a dance of performance. Everything would be 4 so I thought. I waited backstage all 5 in my black tights with a golden belt. In a loud and clear voice, the master of ceremonies 6 that my class was next.My dance class was doing a routine on wooden boxes two feet by two feet, facing the 7 . All I had to do in the next move was to put one foot on the box next to mine and keep my other foot on my box. It really was an 8 move. I was concentrating so much 9 the huge smile on my face and holding my head up that I did not look 10 I was going. I missed my partners box altogether and 11 .There I was standing on the stage floor when my classmates were on top of their boxes. I could hear giggles(咯咯笑) coming from the audience, and I felt the 12 rush to my face. I remembered my dance teacher had told us, “If you make a mistake, keep smiling so the audience will not 13 .I did my best to follow her 14 as I continued with the routine.When the curtain dropped, so did my 15 for the evening. I 16 bitterly, tasting the salt from the tears that streamed down my face. I ran backstage, but no one could 17 me down.Recently I realized I had been a 18 that night. I was 19 but I fought the urge to run off the stage. 20 I finished the routine with a smile on my face. Now when friends and family laugh about the time I slipped during a dance performance, I can laugh too.1、AfilledBattendedCdecoratedDvisited2、AimpressionBdebateCattentionDpressure3、Ashow offBtake overCgive upDlook after4、AobviousBreasonableCsuitableDperfect5、Amixed upBdressed upCfolded upDcovered up6、AexplainedBsuggestedCannouncedDpredicted7、AmusicBaudienceCstageDcurtain8、AactiveBadventurousCeasyDextra9、AcontainingBhidingCsharingDkeeping10、AwhyBwhatCwhetherDwhere11、AslippedBwanderedCskippedDwaved12、AprideBpleasureCtearDblood13、AleaveBcheerCnoticeDbelieve14、AadviceBgestureCexampleDplan15、AhopesBvoiceCpatienceDdoubts16、AarguedBshoutedCbeggedDsobbed17、AturnBcalmCletDput18、ApioneerBstarCloserDfool19、AmovedBembarrassedCsatisfiedDconfused20、AInsteadBHoweverCIn returnDIn totalSection 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 Jamey Turner often performs to large crowds in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. You can find him playing an unusual musical instrument, the glass harp(竖琴) , near Alexandrias historic waterfront.A glass harp is made up of different-sized drinking glasses, each filled with water. Turner makes music by running his fingers over the tops of the glasses. By doing so, each glass makes a different musical sound.Turner is 78 years old now. He became interested in playing the glass harp at the age of six, when he heard his father playing with a glass of water at the dinner table. He has been playing it for 50 years.Today Turner puts together his instrument by placing 60 different glasses on a wooden soundboard. He holds the glasses in place with rubber bands, which keeps them from breaking. He then adds different amounts of water to each one to create different musical notes. Adding or taking away just a little water will change the sound. Adding water to a glass will make a lower sound. The smaller bowls of water produce a higher sound, while the larger ones produce a lower, deeper sound.Turner always uses low-priced glass because it sounds better than costly crystal(水晶) and he has more control over the sound. Before buying new glasses, he will test them in stores.The glass harp was popular 300 years ago when composers like Wolfgang Mozart wrote music for the instrument. There have been about 400 pieces of music written just for the glass harp. But Turner plays all kinds of music, even popular music from China. Few people play the glass harp these days, but Turner says he sees videos of people experimenting with the instrument on YouTube. He hopes the next generation will continue making their music.1、What do we know about Turner?AHe began playing the glass harp at six.BHe often teaches glass harp lessons online.CHe is a great master of the Chinese language.DHe was inspired by his father to learn the glass harp.2、What does the author say about the glass harp?AIts inventor is Wolfgang Mozart.BIt is made up of glasses of