考研英语一2023年四川省凉山彝族自治州甘洛县考前冲刺试题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)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Face adversity（逆境）with a smileI told my friend Graham that I often cycle the two miles from my house to the town centre but unfortunately there is a big hill on the route. He replied, You mean 1 .”He explained that I should be glad of the 2 exercise that the hill provided.My 3 to the hill has now changed .I used to 4 as I approached it but now I tell myself the following. This hill will exercise my heart and lungs. It will help me to 5 and get fit. It will mean that I live longer. This hill is my friend 6 ,I have a smile of 7 as I reach the top of the hill.Problems are there to be faced and 8 .We cannot achieve anything with a/an 9 life. Helen Keller was the first deaf and blind person to 10 an University degree. She wrote, Character cannot be 11 in ease and quiet. Only through 12 of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.One of the main 13 of success in life is our attitude towards adversity. At times we all face hardships, problems, accidents and difficulties. 14 we cannot choose the adversity, we can choose our attitude towards itDouglas Bader was 21 when in 1931 he had both legs amputated（截肢）following a flying accident. He was 15 to fly again and went on to become one of the leading flying aces（擅长的人）He was a/an 16 to others during the war. He said ,“Dont listen to anyone who tells you that you cant do this or that. Thats nonsense. 17 your mind, and youll never 18 crutches(拐杖)or a stick, then have a go at everything. Go to school, join in all the games you can. Go 19 you want to. But never, never let them 20 you that things are too difficult or impossible.1、AslowlyBfortunatelyCcarefullyDquickly2、AabundantBproperCextraDnecessary3、AattitudeBaccessCentranceDaffection4、AclimbBconfuseCcommentDcomplain5、Aput on weighBgain weightClose weightDtake my weight6、AGraduallyBFinallyCRarelyDApproximately7、AsatisfactionBdevotionCdecorationDcaution8、AunderstoodBclarifiedCdefeatedDovercome9、AtoughBdifficultCeasyDreasonable10、AgainBacceptCaccomplishDadmire11、AfoundedBproducedCconstructedDdeveloped12、AhappinessBexperiencesCdifficultiesDpressures13、AemphasisBconflictsCfactorsDpowers14、AWhileBAsCBecauseDIf15、AdevotedBdeterminedCcommandedDforced16、AappreciationBqualificationCinspirationDdestination17、AOpen upBMake upCCome toDCome into18、ArejectBdeliverCabandonDuse19、AanywhereBeverywhereCnowhereDsomewhere20、AadviseBattemptCrequestDPersuadeSection 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 Many thousands of Chinese are studying at schools in the United States. And writer Liel Leibovitz says the students are following an example that began in the eighteen seventies.Mr. Leibovitz and writer Matthew Miller joined forces to tell the story of the students in their book, “Fortunate Sons.” The book says China sent one hundred and twenty boys from 1872 to 1875 to America to learn about developments that could help modernize their country.Mr. Leibovitz got the idea for the book about the boys a few years ago when he was traveling with his wife in China.Mr. Leibovitz learned that Qing government sent a whole delegation (代表团) of boys to learn the ways of the West. The goal was for them to return to China and help their country.The book says the boys received their American training in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. It must have been a very good education. Mr. Leibovitz says the first prime minister of the Chinese Republic completed this program. And so did the first engineer to build a large-scale railroad without foreign help. The same was true of the fathers of Chinese education, diplomacy and the Navy.The book-writers had only to open some boxes containing the writings of these men to learn about them. Their notebooks, Journals, letters and postcards were in English. Mr. Leibovitz said he was lucky to have so much information from events that took place long ago.The students returned to China after about nine years. They no longer spoke Mandarin (国语) well enough to answer questions. Police welcomed them home by putting them in jail. The young men were released after about a week. But they were given low-level jobs.Mr Leibovitz says it took about ten years for them to rise to higher positions. He said their story continues today with large nu