考研英语一册亨县2023年高分冲刺试题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) Im sitting in a quiet hotel room. Its just past noon, late July, and Im listening to the 1 sounds of a life-or-death struggle going on a few feet away. Theres a small fly burning out the 2 of its short lifes energies in a fruitless attempt to 3 through the glass window. The beating wings tell the moving story of the flys 4 : Try harder.But its not 5 .The crazy effort offers no hope for 6 . Ironically, the struggle is part of the 7 . It is 8 for the fly to try hard enough to succeed in breaking through the glass. This fly is doomed. It will die there on the windowsill. Across the room, ten steps away, the door is 9 . Ten seconds of flying time and this small creature could 10 the outside world it seeks. With only a fraction of the effort now being 11 , it could be free of this self-created trap. Why doesnt the fly try another approach, something dramatically 12 ? How did it get so 13 in the idea that this particular route offers the most promise for success? What logic is there in continuing to seek a/an 14 by repeating the same failed action?There is no doubt that the approach of “keep trying hard” makes sense to the fly. Regrettably, its the same idea that will eventually 15 the fly. Trying harder isnt 16 the solution to achieving more. It may not offer any real 17 for getting what you want out of life. Sometimes, trying harder is the problem. If you 18 your hopes for a breakthrough on trying harder than ever, you may 19 your chances for success. You should try harder by trying 20 .1、AsweetBdesperateCmysteriousDcurious2、AlastBfirstCbestDWorst3、AputBrunCseeDfly4、AperformanceBstrategyCcontributionDdream5、AworkingBimprovingCmovingDliving6、ApleasureBreturnCpeaceDescape7、AprizeBdesignCtrapDsuccess8、AirresponsibleBimpossibleCreasonableDpractical9、AbrightBbrokenCopenDwide10、AreachBseeCownDleave11、AdoneBtriedCsoughtDwasted12、AdangerousBdemandingCdifferentDpowerful13、AconcernedBworriedCfrustratedDlocked14、AbreakthroughBexplanationCimprovementDguarantee15、AinterruptBkillCencourageDPersuade16、AcompletelyBimportantlyCnecessarilyDappropriately17、AexperienceBpromiseCpositionDchallenge18、AfollowBshiftCgetDrisk19、AmissBincreaseCabandonDsubstitute20、AsimplerBsoonerCsmarterDbraverSection 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 1Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends. Is this a good thing? Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager.“I would never have said to my mom, Hey, the new Weezer album is really great. How do you like it?” says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.”Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits.Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are comfortable and common. And parent-child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue into adulthood.No wonder greeting cards today carry the message, “To my mother, my best friend.”But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents. “Theres still a lot of strictness and authority on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College. “In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.”Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic process that encourages everyone to have a say.“My parents were on the before side of that change, but todays parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the after side,” explains Mr. Ballmer. “Its not something easily accomplished by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now.”1、The underlined word gulf in Para.3 m