考研英语一巩义市2023年考前冲刺试卷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) Draper, the owner of a secondhand bookstore, was sorting through a pile of old books when an envelope fell from one. Inside was an undated 1 and a faded photo of a woman holding a little girl on her lap. The letter said if Bethany was 2 it, it meant the author had died.Tears were welling up in Drapers eyes. These were a 3 womans last words to her child. He had to 4 Bethany. “Whoever it is will 5 this,” he thought. “You wouldnt 6 a letter like that.”He supposed if the 7 ended up in his shop then Bethany was likely from around Bishop Auckland. And he thought he 8 recognized the little girls face. Even if shed since left the area, there might be someone in town who would recognize the 9 .He started with the local newspaper. The Northern Echo ran the story of the 10 letter. 11 , Bethany Gash, now 21 and a(n) 12 herself, was on Facebook about 10 miles away when a close friend messaged her to check out the 13 . As she read her mothers 14 , which she thought had been lost forever, she said she thought she must be 15 .Gash was only 4 when her mother 16 . Five years later, her family moved to a new home and the letter, put away in the pages of a book for safe keeping, was unintentionally 17 .She remembers unpacking and looking for the letter, and then 18 searching through everything in the hope that it was there. “Thats when I realized it was 19 gone by now and Id never see it again,” she said.Draper 20 the letter in person. He also brought her a childrens book for her son. Gash was greatly moved to have the letter back, and also touched by the strangers kindness.1、AmessageBemailCpostcardDletter2、AreadingBdestroyingCforgettingDcopying3、AdeterminedBkindCselfishDdying4、AfindBintroduceCphoneDcomfort5、AenjoyBavoidCwantDlike6、Atear openBcut upCthrow awayDpull out7、AgirlBbookCreporterDnews8、AhardlyBactuallyCunfortunatelyDaccidentally9、AauthorBteacherCpictureDstranger10、AlostBvaluableCwetDbroken11、AMeanwhileBThereforeCHoweverDEventually12、AeditorBmotherCdaughterDassistant13、AticketBmagazineCarticleDhomework14、AvocabularyBtermsClanguagesDwords15、AwritingBjokingCplayingDdreaming16、Acame backBpassed awayCdied outDcalmed down17、AdonatedBburnedCdirtiedDrobbed18、AsecretlyBsuddenlyCmadlyDregularly19、AalmostBneverCstillDlong20、AkeptBdeliveredCcomposedDpublishedSection 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 Some best music and opera holidays for 2019.Tangle wood FestivalThe villages of Lenox and Stockbridge in western Massachusetts have been the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for more than 80 years, and its annual Tanglewood festival is East Coast Americas most distinguished music event. Andris Nelsons, BSO music director, conducts 14 of the concerts and star performers include Emanuel Ax, Paul Lewis and Anne-Sophie Mutter. Tickets on sale Feb 10.June 15Aug 25 (tanglewood.org)Aspen FestivalThis year is the 70th anniversary of the Aspen Music Festival, one of the longest-running and most prestigious festivals in the United States. The 2019 program has yet to be announced, but a typical eight- week summer season includes more than 400 classical music eventsincluding concerts by five orchestras, solo (独奏) and classical music performances, fully staged opera productions, music lessons, lectures, and childrens programming. Tickets and details available in February.June 27Aug 18 (aspenmusicfestival. com)Grand Teton Music FestivalAspens great classical music competitor in the Rocky Mountains is the Grand Teton, which has been held in Jackson Hole since 1962 and at its heart is a timber concert hall, the Walk Festival Hall, famous for its friendly atmosphere and excellent natural sound. Despite its relatively modest size, the hall attracts the greatscurrent music director is the Scottish conductor Donald Runnicles. The program for 2019 is yet to be announced but subscriptions are on sale from Feb 1, single tickets from March 1.July 2Aug 17 ( gtmf. org)Salzburg FestivalThe excitement is building in Salzburg both for this summer and for its 100th anniversary year in 2020. Bar the Proms, it is the worlds oldest music festival and this year it will pack in an unbelievable 199 performances in 43 days at 16 venues. This years theme is Myths and includes first public performances of Mozarts Idomeneo and George Enescus opera dipe.