考研英语一2023年襄樊市枣阳市预测试卷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)What is it that you love to do but never feel that you get it quite right? Perhaps you dont even try any more because you think what you do is not 36 enough. Discouragement seems to follow us a good part of the time, 37 whatever it is that we work so hard doing, it seems that there is 38 someone else who can do it much better. I have always enjoyed music and it is 39 to me that every musician has a 40 of their own. My father_41 several instruments and when he played with others, it was not difficult to 1 42 his sound in a group. Whether it was guitar or another instrument, he had his own 43 sound. I 44 read of a music teacher who commented to a discouraged student, “ 45 else can make the sound that you make. The sound that you make may not be the same as someone elses but who is to say which is 46 . ” It is said that, “ 47 is in the eye of the beholder（观看者）, ” perhaps it could be said that “a delightful sound is in the ear of the 48 . ” Every person has a different tone of voice that 49 only to them, 50 we all know people with an unforgettable laugh or a way of 51 that is unique to them. It might not be the sound of your music or your voice at all. It 52 be the way you whistle or the sound of your footsteps. Each person has a（an） 53 on the world in some way. Someone else can do what you do, but they cannot do it 54 the same way that you do it. The next time you feel 55 , remember “Nobody else can make the sound that you make. ”1、Aeasy Bhard Csimple Dgood2、Awhen Balthough Cbecause Dif3、Aseldom Bsometimes Cnever Dalways4、Asatisfying BinterestingCinspiring Dconvincing5、Agift Bsong Clife Dsound6、Acreated Bdesigned Cplayed Dchecked7、Apick out Bcall up Cturn down Dgive off8、Aspecial B. powerful Cperfect Dloud9、AevenByet ConceDstill10、ANobody BSomebody CAnybody DEverybody11、Abigger Bdeeper Cbetter Dlower12、AinterestBbeautyCpatience Dhonesty13、Aspeaker Breceiver Clooker Dlistener14、AbelongsBadds Cadapts Ddevotes15、Abut Byet Cfor Dand 16、Aspeaking Bwalking Cjumping Drunning17、Amust Bwould Cmight Dcould18、Aeffect Bopinion Cduty Dchoice19、AcarefullyBexactlyCcautiously Dseriously20、Aannoyed BpuzzledCbotheredDdiscouragedSection 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 1Mandy Harvey is a 29-year-old singer from the American state of Florida. She suffers from connective tissue disorder. She lost most of her ability to hear when she was 18. As a child and during her teenage years, Harvey was a singer. But she stopped singing for a time after she went deaf.But she decided to start singing again after she learned how to feel a songs beat through the wooden floor of a stage or theater. She uses visual aids to make sure her musical instruments are tuned correctly and she is singing in the correct pitch (音高).Harvey is now a professional singer. But until Tuesday night, not many people in the United States had heard of her. Of course that changed when she appeared on the television show “Americas Got Talent.” The show has four judges who watch people perform and decide if they should continue in the competition.Mandy Harvey appeared on stage with a small instrument: a ukulele. A sign language interpreter stood next to the judges. One of the judges, Simon Cowell, asked Harvey about the condition that caused her to go deaf. Then she got ready to perform. She sang a piece she wrote, called “Try.” Harvey said: “After I lost my hearing, I gave up. But I want to do more with my life than just give up.” Cowell said: “Good for you,” and clapped his hands loudly.As she was singing，one camera cut away to capture images of people in the theater. Many were seen crying. At one point, everyone stood up and cheered. By Wednesday afternoon, a video of Harveys performance had been played 46 million times.Shortly after she finished singing, Cowell smiled, and said “Mandy, I dont think youre going to need a translator for this.” And he reached over and hit a button that released golden confetti (五彩纸屑) into the air. That meant Harvey automatically moved on to the final part of the talent competition.1、How does Mandy Harvey sing with her musical instruments as a deaf person?ABy senses of touch. BBy her instrument.CBy experience. DBy sight.2、What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 3 refer to?AHarvey is not well-known.BHarvey is a professional s