2023年河南省信阳市光山县考研英语一临考冲刺试卷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)“I just think, a year ago, at 54 years of age, I couldnt swim. I was terrified at the thought of going into the water. Now, I have just 1 my 200 meters. It feels like a 2 , and it is all thanks to Everyday Swim”.Its never too late to learn swimming. Angela King, 55, is a perfect 3 of it. For years, she had to 4 sitting on the side of a pool watching her family splash(拍水)around. Then in August 2016, the family went to an attraction they hadnt 5 for 15 years. Angela thought, “All this time, I still cant 6 . When I get back home tomorrow, Im going to find out more about swimming 7 .In the cold light of day, she felt a little 8 ,but her husband David searched the Internet for swimming classes. He found Everyday Swim at the local Haleigh pool and 9 Angela to sign up. When she turned up for her first training, she says, I felt a bit sick and 10 , but this soon passed. The instructor 11 put me at ease, as did the other people in the class. They were all shapes and sizes, 12 they were all feeling like me.”As the lessons 13 , she learned to become more 14 in the water. At first, it was a simple 15 of learning she wasnt going to sink. Then during the third lesson, the Olympic gold medal winner Duncan Goodhew turned up to offer 16 . “I couldnt believe it. He held my hand and we all held hands in a circle and splashed under the water. What he did made me believe that I could 17 it.”When the 10 lessons for 100 offer finished at the pool, she 18 to sign up for lessons. In fact, from initially(开始) being 19 of the water, Angela was now becoming a regular swimmer and 20 some certificates along the way.1、Aundertook Bwon Ccompleted Dchallenged2、Adream Bgame Cshow Dsuffer3、Afounder Bsuccess Cexample Dpioneer4、Asettle for Bgive up Cturn in Dlook out5、Avisited Bsearched Cpassed Dcovered6、Abelieve Bswim Clearn Dforget7、Ahours Blessons Cplaces Dproblems8、Acalm Bfrightened Cgrateful Dhesitant9、Areminded Ballowed Cforced Dencouraged10、Astrange Bworried Cdesperate Ddisappointed11、Aonly Bnearly Chardly Dreally12、Afor Bso Cand Dthough13、Aprogressed Bfinished Cimproved Dbegan14、Aenergetic Battractive Cconfident Doutstanding15、Amatter Bact Csymbol Dsign16、Aprize Bsupport Cstrength Dsafety17、Atry Btake Cget Dmake18、Ahelped Bjoined Cbegan Dcontinued19、Afond Bcurious Cscared Ddoubtful20、Apicking Bcollecting Caccepting DregisteringSection 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 1Your 38 Reading List, Provided by Bill GatesMost of us cant live like billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, but we can read like him. Gates recommended four books in 38though some were published earlier.Leonardo da Vinci, by Walter Isaacson (37)The bestselling biographer of Steve Jobs and Albert Einstein researched deeply into da Vincis contributions beyond art, highlighting the breadth of his scientific, technological, and creative output. “Leonardo nearly understood almost all of what was known on the planet at the time. Thats mostly because of his curiosity about every area of natural science and the human experience,” said Gates.The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir, by Thi Bui (37)Gates calls this graphic novel “really impressive”. Bui is the daughter of Vietnamese refugees who came to America after the fall of Saigon, and becoming a parent inspired her to look into her own parents miserable history. “I was struck by how the experiences Bui illustrates manage to be both universal and specific to their circumstances,” said Gates.Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders (38)Saunders, a long-time short story writer, won high praise for this novel. The book imagines the ghosts that haunt (萦绕) the basement of Willie Lincoln, Abraham Lincolns son, who died at 11 in real life. “Willies death after the Civil War made the president have a new understanding of the grief hes creating in other families by sending their sons off to die in battle,” said Gates.Origin Story: A Big History of Everything, by David Christian (38)This new book is by the creator of Big History, a free, online social studies course. It traces history in wide, sweeping movements, starting with the Big Bang, and it provides, in effect, a short course in modern science. This is a brief history