揭西县2023年考研英语一预测试题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)Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salomes 1 filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so 2 that I decided to write an article about her.I 3 Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essencemagazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She 4 and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I 5 I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadnt even written a grocery list.I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there 6 , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me” I soon realized that 7 Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The 8 was almost unbearable. I struggled for days 9 draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.It didnt take long. My manuscript 10 How stupid of me! I thought. How could I 11 in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldnt 12 the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.Five years later, I was moving to California. While 13 my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editors letter in 14 :Ms. Profit,Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some more relevant materials. Please 15 those and return the article immediately. We would like to 16 your story soon.Shocked, it took me a long time to 17 Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and the chance of having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of 18 writing. Today, I have become a full-time writer. 19 this experience, Ive learned a very important lesson: You cant 20 to doubt yourself.1、Avoice Bjoy Csmile Dspeech2、Aproud Bmoved Csatisfied Dactive3、Avisited Bemailed Cinterviewed Dphoned4、Arefused Bagreed Chesitated Dpaused5、Aexplained Bdiscovered Cknew Dreplied6、Aseriously Bnervously Cpatiently Dquietly7、Afooling Bblaming Cinviting Durging8、Ahardship Bfailure Ccomment Dpressure9、Aon Bby Cwith Din10、Adisappeared Bimproved Cspread Dreturned11、Acompare Bsurvive Ccompete Dstruggle12、Aface Bdeliver Cignore Dreceive13、Adecorating Brepairing Cleaving Dcleaning14、Aanxiety Bdisbelief Chorror Dtrouble15、Aincrease Breplace Cadd Dmix16、Abroadcast Bcreate Cassess Dpublish17、Aconcentrate Bprepare Cescape Drecover18、Aenergetic Benjoyable Ctypical Dendless19、AHolding on to BDating back to CLooking back on DDropping in on20、Aafford Battempt Cexpect DpretendSection 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 In the space of just two years, the app Douyin, created by Beijing-based company ByteDance, has gathered more than half a billion usersaround 40 of them outside Chinawho share short videos of themselves lip-syncing （假唱）, cooking, dancing or just being silly. What sets ByteDance apart is its success in the social media category, which is controlled by Facebook, Twitter and Snapall Western companies.ByteDance calls itself an artificial intelligence company. It uses machine learning and algorithms （算法） to figure out what people like most and give them more of what they want to see. On Douyin, people can edit and beautify 15-second videos before posting them online. The app has even made a phrase to describe people glued to their customized feeds: “shua Douyin” or “scrolling through Douyin”. Last year, the company released TikTok, the overseas version of Douyin. ByteDances growing video empire has made it the worlds fifth biggest app maker. ByteDance says TikTok and Douyin together have more than 500 million monthly active users.Investors like ByteDance because its hundreds of millions of users attract a lot of advertising money. The video apps are lucrative because they attract a lot of users in their teens and 20s, who are more generous with the money. ByteDance also makes money through income sharing deals. People on TikTok, for example, can buy digital coins to give to other people on the applike throwing money in a performers tip jar. ByteDance takes a cut of those earnings.ByteDances founder and CEO is Zhang Yiming, a 35-year-old former Microsoft empl