考研英语一温州市平阳县2023年巅峰冲刺试卷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)J. K. Rowling: The Wizard Behind Harry PotterJ. K. Rowling was born as Joanne Rowling on July 31, 1965 in England. At age four, Rowling and her family 1 to Winterbourne. It was here that she met a brother and sister who lived in her neighborhood with the last 2 Potter. During her childhood, Rowling 3 writing and story-telling.Pressured by her parents to 4 a secretary, Rowling attended the university of Exeter beginning at age 18 and studied French. After college, Rowling stayed in London and worked at several jobs.While on a train from Manchester to London in 1990, Rowling came up with the 5 for Harry Potter. Pen-less at the time, Rowling spent the remainder of her train-ride 6 about the story and began to write it down as soon as she arrived home.Rowling 7 to write snippets about Harry and Hogwarts, but wasnt done with the book when her mother died on December 30, 1990. Her mothers death hit Rowling 8 . In a (an) 9 to escape the sorrow, Rowling accepted a job teaching English in Portugal.In Portugal, Rowling met Jorge Arantes and the two married on October 16, 1992. 10 the marriage proved a bad one, the couple had one child together, Jessica. After getting 11 in 1993, Rowling and her daughter moved to Edinburgh to be near Rowlings sister.Before starting another full-time job, Rowling was determined to finish her Harry Potter manuscript. 12 she had completed it, she sent it to several literary 13 . After a year of searching and a number of publishers turning it 14 , the agent finally found a publisher 15 to print the book.Rowlings fist Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone became hugely popular, attracting 16 of young boys and girls as well as adults. With the public demanding 17 , Rowling quickly got to work on the 18 six books, with the last one published in July 2007.In 1998, Warner Bros. bought the film 19 and since then 20 popular movies have been made of the books. From the book, the films, and the merchandise bearing Harry Potter images, Rowling has become one of the richest people in the world.1、Acarried Bmoved Csent Dlived2、Afamily Bmember Cname Dsign3、Aloved Bpreferred Cchose Dhanded4、Achange Bshare Cassume Dbecome5、Amethod Bscore Cconcept Dpossibility6、Adeclaring Bmaking Cdreaming Dmanaging7、Acontinued Bchecked Cexchanged Dpracticed8、Apeacefully Beasily Ctensely Dhard9、Aplan Bquestion Cambition Dattempt10、AInstead BAlthough CTherefore DHowever11、Adivorced Bbeaten Cached Dthrown12、AWhile BOnce CBefore DSince13、Aagents Bsubjects Cvolunteers Dreaders14、Aoff Bup Cdown Dover15、Awondering Baiming Clooking Dwilling16、Areporter Bpartner Caudience Dfriend17、Amore Bbetter Clonger Dthinner18、Alast Bwhole Crest Dnext19、Apowers Brights Cguidance Dleaders20、Adirectly Bextremely Cseparately DeventuallySection 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 Boomerang children who return to live with their parents after university can be good for families, leading to closer, more supportive relationships and increased contact between the generations, a study has found.The findings contradict research published earlier this year showing that returning adult children trigger a significant decline in their parents quality of life and wellbeing.The young adults taking part in the study were “more positive than might have been expected about moving back homethe shame is reduced as so many of their peers are in the same position, and they acknowledged the benefits of their parents financial and emotional support. Daughters were happier than sons, often slipping back easily into teenage patterns of behaviour, the study found.Parents on the whole were more uncertain, expressing concern about the likely duration of the arrangement and how to manage it. But they acknowledged that things were different for graduates today, who leave university with huge debts and fewer job opportunities.The families featured in the study were middle-class and tended to view the achievement of adult independence for their children as a “family project”. Parents accepted that their children required support as university students and then as graduates returning home, as they tried to find jobs paying enough to enable the