考研英语一江苏省南通市2023年深度自测卷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) Tim, my seven-year-old son, is learning to play the drums. It is an 1 that has always caught his attentipn 2 he hears them played. Before I 3 his first lessons, drums were all he wanted. At the age of 3 he 4 his mini drum set during a show. Using that same drum set he perfected the timing and rhythm of a popular church song 5 enough for his mom to sing along to. My son had found his passion at a young age and had a natural 6 to catch on quickly.Wanting to act quickly to 7 his talent, I immediately signed him up for drum lessons. No sooner had my first payment cleared than his passion 8 . He did not want to take instructions. He wanted to play the drums 9 , To him the drums were a way of 10 . Ian wanted to “play the beat of his own drum.”The challenge was that music has more than one 11 Rock doesnt sound like smooth jazz and smooth jazz doesnt sound like 12 You cant play every 13 that exists to the same beat. If 14 were a series of songs, the melodies 15 could be calming and peacefiil, or violent and chaotic. Each event we face has its 16 own sound, so we have to learn 17 to play the tune of the moment. You should understand that even with all the natural talent in the world there is always 18 for improvement.You cant do it all without 19 .You wont know how to play every beat life throws at you without practice.You cant 20 talent forever.1、AarrangementBenjoymentCinstrumentDadvertisement2、AanywayBhoweverCwhateverDanytime3、Apaid forBwaited onCtook offDburst into4、AfoundedBplayedClostDlearned5、AsimilarBhorribleCgoodDstrange6、AtasteBtalentCtendencyDhabit7、AimproveBdecreaseCdiscoverDadmit8、AroseBstrengthenedCprogressedDdisappeared9、Aby himselfBin his wayCin personDwith others10、AexpressionBpossessionCpermissionDimpression11、AformBsoundCbeatDadvantage12、AnatureBcultureCviewDfolk13、ApoemBsongCsportDgame14、AluckBlifeCtruthDmusic15、Aat timesBas usualCin generalDon average16、AquiteBwellCfastDvery17、AwhenBwhereChowDwhy18、AplaceBspotCsceneryDroom19、AinstructionsBeffortsCcontributionsDexperiences20、Afigure outBput offCrely onDtake inSection 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 1Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus(马戏表演). Finally there was only one family between us and the ticket counter. This family made a big impression on me. There were eight children, all probably under the age of 12. You could tell they didnt have a lot of money. Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean. The children were well-behaved, all of them standing in line, two-by-two behind their parents. The children talked excitedly about the clowns, elephants and other acts they would see that night. One could sense they had never been to the circus before.The father and mother seemed happy as they could be.The tickets lady asked how many tickets the father wanted, he proudly answered, “Please let me buy eight childrens tickets and two adults tickets, so I can take my family to the circus.”The ticket lady told him the price.The father lowered his head and asked, “How much did you say?”The ticket lady again told him the price.The man didnt have enough money. How was he supposed to turn and tell his eight kids that he didnt have enough money to take them to the circus.Seeing what was happening, my dad took a $20 note from his pocket and dropped in on the ground. (We were not wealthy in any sense of the world!) My father reached down, picked up the bill, tapped the man on the shoulder and said, “Excuse me, sir, this fell out of your pocket.” The man knew what was going on. He looked straight into my dads eyes, took my dads hand in both of his, pressed tightly onto the bill, and with his lip quivering and a tear streaming down his cheek, he replied, “Thank you, thank you, Sir. This really means a lot to me and my family.”My father and I went back to our car and drove home. We didnt go to the circus that night, but we could go without.1、Why was the poor man unhappy after he spoke with the ticket lady?AThe tickets were too expensive.BHis children were noisy.CHe had lost his money.DThe tickets were sold out.2、It can be inferred from the text that the writers father didnt give the money to the father directly because_Ahe wanted to make the father feel ashamedBhe was not very willing to he