2023年安康市汉阴县考研英语一考前冲刺试卷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)When my sister Diane began playing the violin, she was seven. How did she sound? Terrible. But she didnt 1 . At twelve, she asked our parents if she could 2 a fulltime music school.They said no. Actually, everyone agreed that my sister 3 talent.I was better at my 4 . My teacher had told my parents that I had great 5 . So my parents found the best piano teacher in the area to 6 me. But the only time he was 7 was Saturday afternoons at 3 p.m. Back then, I was 8 about the British TV show The Avengers, which was 9 every Saturday at 3 p.m. I let nothing take up my The Avengers hour. So I 10 this amazing opportunity.Today, I dont even have a 11 in my house.My sister became an engineer, but she 12 stopped making music. When she was in her 40s, she switched her 13 . She went back to college, got a(n) 14 in music education, and became a music teacher. She started kids off on their first instrument and gave them all the encouragement and support she never 15 .Recently, she and a pianist pal (朋友) put on a recital. A big crowd of friends and family 16 for her. As she played, I looked around at the 17 . Everyone was 18 enjoying the music. It occurred to me that I was the only person that remembered that a 7 year-old kid making those perfectly 19 sounds and knew how far she had come, despite 20 .Talent is important. But enthusiasm is even more important.1、Aadvance Bquit Creflect Dlisten2、Ainspect Bopen Cattend Dvisit3、Alacked Bspotted Cpossessed Dadmired4、Amajor Bproject Ccomposition Dinstrument5、Apatience Benthusiasm Cpotential Dambition6、Atrain Bexamine Ccorrect Dchallenge7、Apunctual Bskillful Coccupied Davailable8、Asensitive Bcrazy Cserious Dparticular9、Afilmed Bdesigned Caired Dcommented10、Ajumped at Bturned down Cwaited for Dopened up11、Atutor Bviolin Cmusician Dpiano12、Anever Bonce Calready Deven13、Aattitude Bcareer Cplan Dposition14、Ascholarship Bsponsor Cdegree Dassistant15、Aprovided Bimagined Creceived Dexpected16、Avoted Bfeared Cstayed up Dturned up17、Astudents Baudience Cspotlights Dplatform18、Aobviously Bdesperately Cappropriately Danxiously19、Abooming Bpleasing Cawful Dpowerful20、Aeverything Bsomething Ceverybody DsomebodySection 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 1Martha Gruber, a Tampa Bay Watch environmental scientist, has been honored with a Disney Conservation Hero Award from the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund( DWCF)The award recognizes local citizens for their tireless efforts to save wildlife, protect habitats and educate communities. Recipients were nominated(提名) by nonprofit environmental organizations, and each honoree receives an award of $l,50o from DWCF.“Working with students in Tampa Bay is rewarding because I get to see firsthand the impact that our hard work has on the local habitat,” Gruber said. “Im proud to say that Tampa Bay Watchs Bay Grasses in Classes(BGIC) program has given me the opportunity to assist in restoring close to 300 acres with over 19,000 students. Being a Disney Conservation Hero is truly an honor and I am proud to share this achievement with the other Tampa Bay Watch staff members that have contributed to these efforts.”Gruber has worked with Tampa Bay Watch since 2003, overseeing the Community Salt Marsh program and the BGIC program. She also has been in charge of many large-scale(大规模的)community plantings in her term. In her more than 11 years, Gruber has worked with more than 4,400 community volunteers to restore approximately 148 acres of marsh(湿地) habitat.The BGIC program works with local middle and high schools to grow salt marsh grasses on their campuses and then involves them in the planting of their nursery raised grasses at a restoration site.In her time, Gruber has led the BGIC program to contribute salt marsh grasses to help restore 91 acres of habitat around Tampa Bay. In addition to Marthas impressive restoration impact, she also has a deep impact on everyone with whom she works. She approaches each project with a passion and work ethic(职业道德) that is inspiring.Since 2004, Disney has honored more than 100 leaders around the world for their extraordinary conservation efforts.1、DWCF gives its awards to people who .Adevote themselves to educationBhave a good