2023年河南省南阳市社旗县考研英语一高分冲刺试卷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)For our family vacations when our children were younger, we often went river rafting. Rafting meant we could be together as a family, 1 with the beauty of nature, and meet other people. Plus, it was 2 , and being on the river meant our family never had to ask that 3 of questions: “What are we going to do today?” It was always clear 4 the boat and paddle downstream! This was our method for strengthening family bonds with less 5 .We also found that the river is always a great 6 . For example, sometimes your boat goes through a particularly difficult rapid and you find yourself thrown out of the boat and into the water. When this happens, sometimes you get caught in a 7 , where the water is churning（搅动）back upstream. What do you do? The natural tendency is to crazily attempt to swim 8 , but in this situation, the water is circulating backward, 9 you are actually swimming against the current. This is very dangerous; it is quite possible to 10 yourself and be unable to get out of the hole. Unfortunately, people have 11 this way. However, if you give up swimming and 12 , the water pulls you in and for an instant takes you upstream. Usually, this is enough for you to be 13 “spit out” of the hole.A 14 situation came up in a recent coaching meeting I had with a high-ranking engineer of a Fortune 100 company, who described his week as feeling as though he were “swimming upstream.” The more 15 he felt, the harder he worked, and the less time he spent with his managers, and with his family. He was unaware that he had become so 16 in fighting the daily battles that he had completely 17 the larger stream, the more vital 18 of his leadership role.Be aware of 19 you place your attention. If you become distracted, keep returning to your point of 20 .1、Ainteract Bgo Clive Dbreathe2、Ainspiring Bcautious Cadventurous Dconscious3、Amost curious Bdeadliest Cmost interesting Dgreatest4、Aget in Bget down to Cget off Dget round5、Atime Bcommunication Ccooperation Deffort6、Ateacher Bmother Csoldier Dleader7、Amess Bcenter Churry Dhole8、Asafely Bdownstream Caway Dpast9、Aor Band Cbut Dso10、Aexhaust Bhurt Cjustify Drefresh11、Adisappeared Bfought Cdied Dbehaved12、Arelax Breflect Clie Dwatch13、Acalmly Bquickly Cshockingly Damazingly14、Apositive Bstrange Csimilar Dconfusing15、Aanger Bpressure Cmotivation Dattraction16、Ainvolved Btrapped Clost Dbathed17、Alost track of Bturned blind to Clost sight of Dlooked down upon18、Acalls Bpriorities Cappeals Dpromises19、Awhere Bhow Cwhy Dwhen20、Atarget Bachievement Ccondition DfocusSection 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 1For the longest time,Amber Austwick was unable to speak.In fact,it took a donkey to inspire her first words. Amber,a 6-year-old girl in Birmingham,England,was born prematurely,along with her twin sister,Hope,in June 2010.Both babies suffered severe bleeding in their lungs,but Hope got stronger while Amber needed a life-saving tracheotomy（气管切开术）that restricted air to vocal cords（声带）.As a result,she was able to breathe,but unable to speak.But that changed three years ago,when Ambers mom,Tracy Austwick,took her to an animal shelter.It was there that Amber met Shocks,a donkey that had been rescued from abuse.“It was quite scary really,”Tracy Austwick said.“Shocks was in the stadium and the riding instructor took little Amber to him and I found it scary for me because Shocks was so much bigger than her.”“But Amber wasnt scared and Shocks was really excited to meet her and theyve kept that bond ever since.”The bond is so strong that when Amber was ready to say her first words,she said them to Shocks:“I love you.”Ambers mother was shocked that her daughter spoke to Shocks.“It was such an emotional moment.I couldnt believe my daughter had finally found her voice,”she said.“Once she met Shocks he brought her out of her shell, shes a lot more confident with him and with friends at school who she loves to talk to about him and the donkey shelter.”Although Shocks still lives at the shelter,hes part of the Austwick family.“Amber will always visit Shocks and she still sees him whenever she can,”Tracy said.1、What do the twin sisters have in common?AThey were born deaf and dumb.BThey had vocal cord injured.CThey suff