周口市扶沟县2023年考研英语一点睛提分卷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)完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)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。I was standing on stage before 200 people, dressed up as George Washington. I had the lead role in my sixth grade 36 and, for the past two months, I had walked back and forth in my room 37 to say my lines.Now it was time to give a 38 , and my heart was beating rapidly. At my 39 , I began to speak smoothly and clearly, but then it 40 : I stuttered（口吃）. I knew I would, and I did.From that moment on, I 41 that my role in that play would be my first and my last. My speech problem affected 42 .As a child, I struggled to say a full sentence, repeatedly hearing the 43 comments of my parents. “Take a deep breath and think about what youre going to say.”I was too 44 to admit I had a problem. 45 my school career progressed my speech problem became less noticeable, but it never 46 . It held me back.After realizing that class officers had to speak in front of the entire student body, I 47 running in class elections . I feared reading aloud and meeting new people. I would 48 sit in my room and cry, imagining what it would be like to be 49 , like everyone else.Finally, I came to my senses. I read articles about famous people who 50 their speech problems. I 51 the fact that I do have a problem that will always be with me.It has made me a 52 person and, with time, I know Ill gain the confidence to stand up and 53 to myself that it will never hold me back. 54 , I know that Im not the only one who 55 , because nobody is perfect.1、AplayBgame Cdance D. concert2、Adesiring Bwaiting CstrugglingDhesitating3、AtestBperformanceCsuggestionDjudgment 4、AsightBangleCnewsDturn5、AhappenedBseemedC brokeDremained6、AurgedBpromisedC admittedD repeated7、AnothingBsomethingCeverythingDanything8、AexcitingBsurprisingC puzzlingDannoying9、AashamedBwillingC weakD eager10、AThoughBAsCBeforeDUnless11、AfailedBdisappearedCburstDcombined12、Ainsisted onB put offC approved ofD gave up13、AneverBseldomCsometimeDconstantly14、AnormalBspecial C usualDalive15、ArealizedB refusedCovercameDavoided16、A doubtedB changedC hidDfaced17、AstrongerB greaterCwiserDpurer 18、AexplainBproveCrespondDscream19、A On the contraryBOn the other handCAbove allD At most20、AattemptsBarguesCsuffers DrisksSection 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 weather.Its always a talking-point in Britain.Why is that?Is it something strange about British people?Well its nice to think that a lot of British people are eccentric（古怪）,I mean,the place is famous for it. But really,its the weather thats the point of note.The UK has some of the most interesting weather in the world.Britain does not have a CLIMATE.It just has WEATHERIn hot countries most of the indoor places that need to be comfortable are air-conditioned,and in cold countries most of the places that need to be comfortable are properly heated.The UK is the exception,since the weather is often interesting and no one really takes heat and cold seriously.So although the weather can be very cold,very hot,very wet,or just wildly confused,it always takes people by surprise.When it gets to winter and there is actually some SNOW,it always takes the people by surprise.It is frontpage news,and even a few inches of snow brings the country to a standstill.But then,what happens next is even more surprising and catches the folk off guard completely.And who could possibly have predicted it?!IT MELTS! Flooding!What a surprise!Then in the summer,it gets very hot.If it had been Thailand or Australia,thered be no problem.It is supposed to be hot,so,there is air conditioning.But in the UK,just total confusion at the sudden hot weather.Shock,health problems,and despite the fact that the country is considered to be where it always rains,summertime brings drought! But do people have cisterns（水箱）and reserve water tanks?Wouldnt it make sense for people to store rainwater in case of drought?Of course it would,but it is a dependency-culture where people have been trained to be dependent on the state,which then means that in emergency people are stuck!Why is the British weather so strange?It is something to do with the combination of an almost Arctic latitude（纬度）combined with being an island and having the Gulf Stream bringing warm weather from the tropics.Helpful people in the know on geographical me