2023年湖南省长沙市浏阳市考研英语一高分通关卷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)It was so cold that I couldnt feel my legs. There was going to be a racing contest that night so I was 36 my horse, Skippy, up. I was simply running laps(跑道的圈) around the ring. The 37 cold air had been blowing past me, freezing my limbs, but every second I 38 it. You could hear the faint 39 of the people up at the clubhouse eating their dinner. My parents were also there, not knowing that my little sister had slowly wandered her way down to the ring. It was 40 because there was no moon or stars. Nobody else was in the ring at the time. I was really enjoying the 41 and I was able to 42 what Skippy was doing. As I took my last lap it 43 . Everything rapidly slowed down as I saw my little sister step 44 the ring. I saw true fear on her face because she knew she wouldnt be 45 to move out of the way fast enough. She knew that she was going to get hit. She tried to 46 but nothing came out of her fear-dried throat. When my horse got to her, he was still in a full out run. 47 , miraculously(奇迹般地), he slid so hard on his back feet that he 48 . It really made the 49 seem absolutely unreal. I thought that maybe I was 50 . I had 51 in my mind that I wasnt seeing what was happening. I knew I had hit my sister. There was no way I could have 52 her. My horse was rising straight up and while he was in the air I couldnt breathe. Its like I forgot 53 . As all of this happened I watched my sisters face transform (变形) through many different 54 : terror, confusion, curiosity, and then a sort of relief. Then she was laughing.As I held my sister into my arms, Skippy stood right behind me knowing that I actually owed him my life 55 he saved my sisters.1、Apicking BwarmingCcatchingDsetting2、AbitterlyBhardlyCgentlyDperfectly3、Achallenged Bwitnessed CenjoyedDhated4、Aceremony Btradition CvictoryDlaughter5、AwindyBbrightCdarkDcloudy6、AquietBquality CimpressionDsignificance7、Arely onBfocus on Cinsist on Dput on8、Alet out Bheld onCparticipated in Dtook place9、Aclose to Bout of Cinto Dtowards10、AableBfrightened Ccontent Dproud11、AevaluateBworry CscreamDescape12、AAccidentally BNormallyCGenerallyDSomehow13、Asped upBrose up Cbroke downDwore out14、AmomentBcontest Ccomment Dtechnique15、AadvancingBbreathing Cconcluding Ddreaming16、AthatBnone CneitherDit17、AhitBrecognized Cmissed Dacknowledged18、AhowBwhat CwhenDwhy19、AactionsBemotions CattitudesDthoughts20、Aif Bbecause Cas ifDso thatSection 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 While famous foreign architects are invited to lead the designs of landmark buildings in China such as the new CCTV tower and the National Center for the Performing Arts, many excellent Chinese architects are making great efforts to take the center stage.Their efforts have been proven fruitful. Wang Shu, a 49-year-old Chinese architect, won the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prizewhich is often referred to as the Nobel Prize in architectureon February 28. He is the first Chinese citizen to win this award.Wang serves as head of the Architecture Department at the China Academy of Art (CAA). His office is located at the Xiangshan campus of the university in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Many buildings on the campus are his original creations.The style of the campus is quite different from that of most Chinese universities. Many visitors were amazed by the complex architectural space and abundant building types. The curves(曲线) of the buildings perfectly match the rise and fall of hills, forming a unique view.Wang collected more than 7 million abandoned bricks of different ages. He asked the workers to use traditional techniques to make the bricks into walls, roofs and corridors. This creation attracted a lot of attention thanks to its mixture of modern and traditional Chinese elements.Wangs works show a deep understanding of modern architecture and a good knowledge of traditions. Through such a balance, he had created a new type of Chinese architecture, said Tadao Ando, the winner of the 1995 Pritzker Prize.Wang believes traditions should not be sealed in glass boxes at museums. “That is only evidence that traditions once existed,” he said.“Many Chinese people have a misunderstanding of traditions. They think tradition means old things from the past. In fact, tradition also refers to the things that have been developing and that are still being create