考研英语一2023年山东省枣庄市台儿庄区预测试题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)Order is the best manager of time. It illustrates many subjects. Thus, obedience to the natural law is order. Virtue is order. The world began with it. 1 was once common before its establishment.The merchant, the clerk and the laborer are all of the same 2 , born with the same expectations and affected by similar influences. They are, it is 3 , born in different positions, but it 4 with themselves whether they shall live nobly or evilly. They may not have their choice of riches or poverty, but they have their 5 of being good or evil.People of the highest position, 6 culture and education, have often as great hardships as the common people. They have to make their incomes go much further. They have to 7 their social status. 8 their incomes may be less satisfactory, they are desperate to 9 and bring the children up as gentlemen.Hume, a famous historian, was a man of good family but his 10 were very small when he was young. In his autobiography, he uses his own case as a(n) 11 of the advantages of frugality (节省). Despite a considerable debt, his mother, a widow, 12 met the difficulties and eventually overcame them. Though her income was less than that of many highly paid men, she educated her children well and brought them up 13 .Hume says, “While studying in France, I 14 that plan of life which I have steadily and successfully pursued. I determined to make a 15 frugality supply of my shortage of fortune and to 16 my independence.” At thirty-six he thought himself rich. These are his own words: “My appointments, with my frugality, had helped me reach a fortune which made me 17 ”.Goethe says, “It doesnt matter within what circle an honest man acts, provided he knows how to 18 that circle.” “What is the best government?” Goethe asks, “That which teaches us to 19 ourselves! Let every one only do the right in his place, without 20 himself about the confusion of the world.”1、AChaos BOffence CPunishment DCondemnation2、Aorigin Brace Cnature Dinterest3、Ahopeful Bstrange Cvital Dtrue4、Aagrees Brests Ccorresponds Dconflicts5、Aidea Boption Cfreedom Dintention6、Ain defence of Bin course of Cin anticipation of Din respect of7、Agive up Bdepend on Clook for Dkeep up8、ASince BThough CUnless DWhen9、Aeducate Bencourage Cblame Dspoil10、Aambitions Bachievements Cmeans Dcontributions11、Aassurance Bconsequence Cillustration Dcriterion12、Abravely Bstubbornly Csharply Dtentatively13、Afaithfully Bplainly Cgratefully Dvirtuously14、Aproposed Bmade Cdiscussed Dapproved15、Arigid Bcasual Cliberal Dflexible16、Abalance Brestore Cvalue Dmaintain17、Aattractive Bproud Cindependent Dknowledgeable18、Afit in Bmove in Cend in Dengage in19、Aprotect Bjustify Cgovern Ddisplay20、Aquestioning Btroubling Cscolding DabandoningSection 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 1The most anticipated films of 2018Thanks to movies like Wolf Warrior 2, Never Say Die, Youth, The Fate of the Furious an Dangal, the 2017 box office gross (票房收入) has reached new heights. Meanwhile, audience have been fed up with Hollywoods long dependence on sequel (续集) films. A lack of origin stories has been criticized for a while.As we embrace the new year, lets look to the future, and the most anticipated films in t following year.Guardians of The TombCountry: China and AustraliaRelease Date: Jan 19, 2018Director: Kimble RendallStars: Li Bingbing, Kellan Lutz, Wu Chun, Kelsey GrammerAn innocent discovery of a well-preserved mummified Emperor from 200 BC China unearths a 2000-year-old nightmare a secret that should have remained buried.Monster Hunt 2Country: ChinaRelease Date: Feb 16, 2018Director: Raman HuiStars: Bai Baihe, Jing Boran, Tony Leung Chiu-waiMonster Hunt was a huge commercial success, breaking numerous box office records. The film took place in the distant past, when the human race existed alongside the Monster race. Monster Hunt 2 is the sequel of it.Avengers: Infinity WarCountry: United States ReleaseDate: May 4, 2018Director: Anthony Russo, Joe RussoStars: Robert Downey Jr., Josh Brolin, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleston, Chris EvansThe upcoming American superhero film, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers, is the sequel to 2012s Marvel