考研英语一沧州市运河区2023年高分冲刺试卷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)“Good night, Yammine.”“Good night, Chief，” I reply.The cell door 1 and I hear Chiefs keys clinking as other doors clang shut further down the row. I step into my little cell and sit down. I glance up at the window, covered in mesh(铁网)，and think to myself, “This isnt a life, its just a(n) 2 ”Being 3 makes me feel as though Im being buried alive. I am a puppet(木偶) with people 4 strings so that I eat, sleep and wake when they want me to.I lie on my bed as night 5 and think the same thoughts 6 I think about how it all went so wrong, and imagine how I will 7 for all the time Ive lost.Every day I live the same routine and nothing changes except the people. Prisoners depart for other prisons, or get 8 Others 9 from different prisons, or fresh from custody. Its a 10 revolving(旋转) door.When I committed my 11 ， I was a lost young boy, but now I am 12 Walking around the yard, I would notice my fellow prisoners reading books and writing letters to friends and family, which upset me as my 13 at school was limited.I longed for the day when Id be able to sit in the sun, enjoying a cup of coffee and reading a newspaper or book 14 my choice. I also longed to write letters to my friends and family, sharing my thoughts and feelings.I decided not to waste my time inside and, 15 ， make the most of all the resources available to me. I started to learn and was 16 to realize my dream.Now, after five years persistence, heartache and hard work, I have 17 my goal. Having 18 a course as a reading adviser, I can now help others to read and write. And I have even started a creative writing workshop at Junee Correctional Centre. Learning to read and write at a highter level has given me the inner strength to present myself in a more 19 manner.And the day Ive dreamed about has come true: I now enjoy my cup of coffee with a book in my other hand. Learning to read and write has changed my life and this article is my first piece of “proper” writing, and it wont be my 20 1、AopensBclosesCbreaksDsticks2、AexistenceBappearanceCoffenceDholiday3、Aat schoolBat homeCin hospitalDin prison4、ApullingBshakingCwindingDcasting5、AbecomesBdropsCfeelsDfalls6、Aonce and for allBover and over againConce againDfor good7、Ado upBmake upCfix upDmend up8、ArevealedBsentencedCpunishedDreleased9、AreachBgetCarriveDgo10、AcontinuallyBoccasionallyCaccidentallyDrarely11、AmistakeBcrimeCerrorDfault12、AcaughtBhomeCfoundDtrapped13、AattendanceBabsenceCallowanceDassistance14、AinBofCoverDby15、AhoweverBinsteadCthusDnevertheless16、AdevotedBdedicatedCdeterminedDdecided17、AgainedBrecognizedCarrivedDachieved18、AattendedBcompletedCstartedDorganized19、ApositiveBnegativeCsensitiveDpassive20、AbestBworstClatestDlastSection 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 I was a boy there were no smartphones, and our television only got one channel clearly.Still, I was never bored.The fields, hills, and woodlands around my home were the perfect playground.I can remember once hiking to a nearby lake.At the backside of it I was amazed to find an old dirt road that I had never seen before.It was full of muddy tracks and deep woods bordered it on both sides, but exploring it still seemed like a fine adventure.I walked on and on for hours.I was sure my guardian angel was whispering in my ear “Turn around and head back home”， but I was stubborn, so I walked on.There was still neither a car nor a house in sight.I noticed that the sun was starting to go down and I grew scared.I didnt want to end up trapped on this road, and I was worried that it would be dark before I could make my way back to the lake again.I continued to walk on with something growing inside of me.My heart was pounding and my legs were aching.I was almost in tears when I turned one last curve and saw something in the distance.It was a house that I recognized.I jumped up and down and laughed out loud.It was still over a mile away but my legs felt like feathers and I hurried back to my house in no time.I walked in with a big smile on my face just in time for dinner.I remembered this recently when I saw a sign that said “All roads lead home”It is true.In life, all roads, no matter how they twist and turn, can lead us home again.What is important, though, is how we travel them.Are we going to go forth in fear or are we going to go forth in faith? Are we going to make this life a terrible t