2023年太原市阳曲县考研英语一深度自测卷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)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。This is a real life story of the engineers building the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, USA back in 1870. The bridge was completed in 1883, after 13 years. In 1869, a creative engineer named John Roebling was 1 by an idea to build a spectacular bridge 2 New York with the Long Island. 3 , bridge-building experts throughout the world thought that this was impossible and told Roebling to forget the idea.Roebling could not ignore the vision he had in his mind of this bridge. After much discussion and persuasion he 4 to convince his son Washington, an up and coming engineer, that the bridge 5 could be built. The project started well, but when it was only a few months underway, a tragic accident took the life of John Roebling. Washington was also injured and left with a certain amount of brain damage, which 6 him not being able to talk or walk. 7 his handicap, Washington was never discouraged and still had a burning 8 to complete the bridge and his mind was still as 9 as ever. He didnt want to 10 Suddenly an idea 11 him. All he could do was move one 12 and he decided to make the best use of it. By moving this, he 13 developed a code of communication with his wife.For 13 years Washington tapped out his 14 with his finger on his wifes arm, until the bridge was finally completed. Today the spectacular Brooklyn Bridge stands for his determination not to be 15 by circumstances. It stands too as a monument to the love and 16 of his wife who for 13 years long 17 decoded（解码）the messages of her husband and told the engineers what to do.Perhaps this is one of the best examples of a never-say-die attitude that overcomes a terrible physical handicap and achieves a(n) 18 goal. Often when we face obstacles in our day-to-day life, our hurdles(障碍) seem very small in comparison to what many others have to face. The Brooklyn Bridge shows us that 19 that seem impossible can be realized with determination and persistence(坚持), no matter what the 20 are.1、AinspiredBpromotedCawardedDpresented2、AcollectingBconnectingCcontactingDcombining3、AThereforeBInsteadCHoweverDSo4、AtriedBpersuadedCmanagedDdemanded5、Ain factBin turnCin needDin general6、Abrought inBresulted inCput inDtook in7、AIn case ofBBecause ofCIn terms ofDIn spite of8、AdesireBemotionCfeelingDimpression9、AenthusiasticBsharpCeagerDaware10、Abreak downBmake outCgive upDtake up11、AhitBbeatCknockedDpatted12、AhandBarmCfingerDfoot13、AslowlyBswiftlyCquicklyDgently14、AdescriptionsBintroductionsCinstructionsDexplanations15、AcontrolledBaffectedCharmedDhurt16、AcontributionBdevotionCresponsibilityDattention17、ApatientlyBhopefullyCthankfullyDoccasionally18、ApracticalBbeneficialCparticularDimpossible19、AideasBchoicesCdreamsDchallenges20、AdifficultiesBconditionsCsituationsDpositionsSection 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 1In Shanghais Grand Theater, a fashionable, mainly young audience applauds enthusiastically as Guo Yong takes center stage. He holds a large bushy tree branch with leaves. Blowing on one of the leaves, he produces a sound like the singing of birds as he plays a traditional Buyi folk song. Some other musicians are also playing the traditional instruments from various ethnic groups in China.Its the first time such music has ever been performed in the Grand Theater. But all this is the efforts of Zhu Zheqin, a Cantonese-born singer; who has made it her mission to help preserve Chinas traditional ethnic music.Several years ago, after being appointed a United Nations Development Program ambassador, Zhu traveled through some of Chinas remotest regions in an attempt to document the traditional music of various minority groups. In the course other four- month trip, she recorded more than a thousand songs. But she noticed that many of the best musicians were old, and some of the music was at risk of dying out.“I was shocked the beauty of what I heard-it was so good,” she says. “But it needed support. I hope to let people see the beauty of these things in the contemporary times.”So Zhu decided to introduce some of the musicians to a wider audience. By doing this, she hopes to rekindle (再次点燃) the interest of the younger generation. “Young people dont like this music much; they prefer pop music and love songs. They think these songs are something their grandma sings. This kind of repackaging gives young people