江苏省南通市崇川区2023年考研英语一预测试题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) Last summer I went on a twoday river rafting trip with my teenage daughter as the river guide. I was proud to see my baby girl 1 and confidently moving our raft through a variety of 2 whitewater conditions. I also found it 3 to have my daughter giving commands and barking 4 as to when and how to paddle(用桨划船)As we approached the largest 5 on the river I could feel my heart beating faster. Upon 6 the turbulent(湍急的) water, our boat got 7 on a large rock. I was in the front of the boat and reached 8 with my paddle, thinking I would help 9 us away from the rock. In the next instant I could feel myself falling out of the boat and into the river. I did have my moments of 10 and terror.This resistance disappeared quickly, 11 I landed in the cold, powerfully turbulent water. 12 my highquality flotation vest, I was pulled underwater, 13 thankfully, within seconds I popped(冒出) back up to the 14 . A few moments later one of the other trip leaders called for me to 15 toward his boat, where I was quickly pulled up and in. I was shaken, out of breath, and quite 16 to be out of the turbulent water.An equivalent of this experience happens all the time in our lives. This is life. You cannot count on things going 17 . When we do, we often 18 disappointed and unhappy. Resisting 19 ， which often arrives suddenly and unexpectedly, keeps us from 20 the scenario(可能要发生的事) unfolding before us clearly, and it can keep us from acting in ways that are smart and effective and that lead to results that make us feel good and proud of ourselves.1、ApainfullyBgraduallyCextremelyDskillfully2、AfreezingBchallengingCfascinatingDthrilling3、AashamedBannoyingCunbearableDtroublesome4、AopinionsBlecturesCordersDlessons5、ArapidBrockCgapDtarget6、ApouringBpumpingCenteringDcovering7、AoccupiedBstuckCrescuedDdamaged8、AbackwardBdownCforwardDacross9、AscareBhideCpullDpush10、AexcitementBperformanceCsufferingDresistance11、AbeforeBwhileCbecauseDas12、AWithBDespiteCInDBelow13、AbutBthereforeCsoDor14、AboatBsurfaceCwaterDterror15、AwanderBflowCfloatDswing16、AshockedBrelievedCdisturbedDembarrassed17、ApotentiallyBrandomlyCsmoothlyDquickly18、Awind upBhurry upCthink upDcome up19、AchangeBtemptationCpressureDeffort20、AassessingBseeingCappreciatingDmindingSection 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 1According to a Pew Research Center report from November 2013, “71% of those 10-18 turn to the internet as a main news source.” Another Pew report found from 2012 says that on an average day, 29 percent of young people were “newsless” meaning they did not get any news, from traditional platforms, mobile phones, or even social networks.Despite the fact that both my husband and I are in journalism, my husband as a design editor and myself as a writer, I have often wondered if our four sons would grow up to read printed pages with their own children someday.I got my answer last week when my failure to renew us living in a newspaper desert for two weeks. Normally we get both The Virginian-Pilot (the paper for which my husband works) and The Christian Science Monitor Weekly print edition. Our four sons have grown up with a variety of print newspapers available daily. That has changed slightly since our youngest, Quin, 10, has also become an online news tracker.However, it wasnt until the newspapers stopped coming to our doorstep seven days a week that I learned how deeply attached they all are to the printed, paper, page. Thats when we decided to make a list of what we have come to rely on newspapers to do cheaply and immediately.Heres the list we made together of what our newspaper is used for beyond learning the news itself: as an umbrella when caught in rain; to stuff in wet shoes overnight to dry; to stuff in hats to keep their shape; to stuff under doors and in cracks to stop cold wind from coming in; to wallpaper for a doll house (my dad did that once).Despite the growing list of household uses, my sons love for reading the paper before it becomes cage liner has helped me to realize that there is still hope that our kids and future generations will continue to value the printed news as more than just a means to a crafting project end, but to getting a more touchable grasp on the issues they may face in life.1、What is the Pew Research Center report probably about?AChildrens news source.BQuality