考研英语一2023年江苏省南通市海门市全真模拟试卷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)Happy MaggieDuring my childhood I experienced greater hardships than most people go through in a lifetime. In my short 17 years of life, I have been 1 five divorces of my parents. Having a new stepmother or stepfather every few years was 2 , but the constant moving was worse. My fathers cancer diagnosis 3 me apart, and his two heart attacks and 4 with diabetes put a huge pressure on the family. By age 13, I was 5 and emotionally scarred. I felt like I had no one to 6 and that nothing would ever get better. Then I met Maggie, and my attitude towards life changed.For many summers, I 7 at a horse-riding camp for people with special needs. We taught children and adults specialized skills 8 their abilities. For example, we would teach a child with autism(自闭症) 9 skills, or a child with cerebral palsy(脑瘫) strength-building exercise. Each volunteer was 10 a specific child during eight weeks. A few weeks later, I was asked to 11 another volunteer who was sick. That was the day my 12 on life changed forever.As I began to work with her, I looked through her file to get more information, which was 13 . She had been physically abused as a newborn and throughout her infancy. Her birth parents 14 her so badly that they caused her a serious brain injury by the age of two. Her skull had been broken, however, the amazing thing about Maggie was her 15 attitude.When I met Maggie, she was 12, and she would say 16 but“Im happy!”. If you asked her “How old are you?”, “Im happy” she replied each time. Everyone at the camp 17 her “Happy Maggie”.My life growing up was a huge struggle, 18 Maggie taught me not to get in the way of happiness. Nothing bad in life should be enough to change 19 I am. She gave me 20 . If I learned anything from Maggie, it would be, no matter what, be happy.1、AbeyondBwithCthroughDin2、AroughBexcitingCcharmingDindependent3、AbrokeBtoreCdefeatedDturned4、ArecoveryBsufferingCconcernDbattle5、AdepressedBconfusedCconfidentDpleased6、Alook afterBturn toCappeal toDtake after7、AvolunteeredBhandledCadmittedDrecommended8、Acompared withBbased onCjudging fromDowing to9、AanalyzingBcreatingCcommunicatingDcalculating10、AacquiredBseparatedCpromotedDassigned11、AinterviewBemployCreplaceDdismiss12、AdecisionBevaluationCprincipleDoutlook13、Aheart-breakingBspirit-liftingCdisappointingDsurprising14、AtendedBtreatedCopposedDprotected15、AunreasonableBunacceptableCunforgettableDunsinkable16、AeverythingBanythingCnothingDsomething17、AgaveBcomplainedCtranslatedDnicknamed18、AandByetCsoDotherwise19、AwhyBwhereCwhoDthat20、AhopeBambitionCstrengthDlessonSection 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 1As I went down the wooden snowy steps, I held the rough railing (栏杆) with one hand, held my crying daughter Kelly with the other and made my way into the yard. I knew everything would be okay if I located my mother.Instead of a smile, she greeted me with concern. I knew she had read my face as Id approached. “Whats wrong?” she asked.I held the baby out. “I cant take care of this baby,” I said simply. My mother didnt take her from my arms as I expected. She smiled slightly, and then replied firmly, “You have to take care of that baby.” This was not the response I wanted. Couldnt she hear the baby crying? I wanted her to fix this problem. Instead, she took off her gloves and asked me in for some coffee.Mom held Kelly while I held the coffee cup. At that moment the baby finally stopped crying. I glanced over at Kelly, content in my mothers arms. Her tiny blue eyes were fixed on me, as if to ask, “Whats the problem here, Mama?” Her sweet, familiar breath eased the stress in the air. I looked at my mother, feeling foolish but relieved. She stood and placed an arm around my shoulders. “By the time you came along, things were quite the opposite for me. But with my first child, you can bet that I often felt helpless.”The baby showed no signs of our afternoon struggle, while my own hair remained damp and messy from sweat and worry. “Crying is the only way babies have to communicate. Try to listen to her cries and hear them as language. Shes not crying to annoy you; shes trying to convey a message with the only voice she has.”Once again, her gentle guidance had supported me through a storm and back into clear skies. As I headed back to my own home, Mom reminded me, “It wont always be so hard. Chil