昭通市大关县2023年考研英语一统考试题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) I used to watch her from my kitchen window when she played with boys on the playground. She seemed so small as she 1 her way through the crowd of boys. A sea of children，and yet to me，she 2 from them a11.She 3 to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net and no one could stop her.I began to notice her practicing dribbling and shooting alone over and over again， sometimes until dark. One day I asked her why she practiced so much. Without 4 ，she said. “I want to play college basketball. My father told me if I was good enough，I would get a 5 ，which was the only way for me to go to college. My Daddy said if the dream was big enough，the facts didnt 6 .”Well，she was really 7 I watched her practicing playing through those junior high years and into high schoo1.Every week，she 8 her school team to victory.One day in her senior year，I saw her 9 in the grass，head buried in her hands. I 10 her disappointment and I felt my own throat tighten. I sat down in the cool grass beside her and 11 asked what was wrong. “OH，nothing , ” came a soft 12 .“I am just too 13 .”The coach told her that at 5.5 feet she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team. She was heartbroken.But after a while，she 14 her head from her hands and told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just did not understand the 15 of a dream. He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college，if she 16 wanted a scholarship，nothing could stop her except one thingher own 17 .The next year，as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game，she was 18 by a college recruiter(招聘员)。She was indeed 19 a scholarship to a Division I，NCAA womens basketball team and her dream came true. The words 20 in my ears again: If the dream is big enough，the facts dont count.1、AfeltBlostCinchedDmuscled2、Astood outBcame outCfigured outDmade out3、AintendedBmanagedCexpectedDpretended4、AsatisfactionBeffortChesitationDdoubt5、AscholarshipBbudgetCallowanceDreward6、AcareBcountCspreadDcontrol7、ApositiveBnegativeCoutgoingDdetermined8、AledBprovidedCdroveDpushed9、AroilingBstandingCsittingDrelaxing10、AexpressedBtouchedCsensedDgrasped11、AquietlyBanxiouslyCinitiallyDsimply12、AstepBreplyCreliefDsound13、Aover-weightedBtiredCdisappointedDshort14、AnoddedBturnedC1iftedDshook15、AmeaningBweightCpowerDprinciple16、AgladlyBtrulyCpatientlyDbravely17、AhabitBattitudeCheightDinterest18、AseenBdesertedCpunishedDadopted19、ArequiredBobtainedCchosenDoffered20、AinspiredBreceivedCdiscoveredDrangSection 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 1When John Muir was 11 years old, his family moved from Scotland to the United States and settled in Wisconsin. John was good with tools and soon became an inventor. He first invented a model of a sawmill. Later, he invented an alarm clock that would cause the sleeping person to be tipped out of bed when the timer sounded.Muir left home at an early age. He took a 1,000-mile walk south to the Gulf of Mexico in 1867 and 1868. Then he sailed for San Francisco. The city was too noisy and crowded for Muir, so he headed inland for the Sierra Nevadas.When Muir discovered the Yosemite Valley in the Sierra Nevadas, it was as if he had come home. He loved the mountains, the wildlife, and the trees. He climbed the mountains and even climbed trees during thunderstorms in order to get closer to the wind. He put forth the theory in the late 1860s that the Yosemite Valley had been formed through the action of glaciers (冰川). People ridiculed him. Not until 1930 was Muirs theory proven correct.Muir began to write articles about the Yosemite Valley to tell readers about its beauty. His writing also warned people that Yosemite was in danger from timber mining and sheep ranching interests. In 1901, Theodore Roosevelt became president of the United States. He was interested in conservation. Muir took the president through Yosemite, and Roosevelt helped get laws passed to create Yosemite National Park in 1906.Although Muir won many conservation battles, he lost a major one. He fought to save the Hetch Hetchy Valley, which people wanted to dam in order to provide water for San Francisco. In late 1913, a bill was signed to dam the valley. Muir died in 1914. Some people say losing the fight to protect the valley killed Muir.1、When did Muir invent a unique form of a