2023年河南省南阳市镇平县考研英语一预测试卷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)Good memories are usually thought to be connected with delicious food. It is really 1 for my experience. My grandmothers spaghetti sauce was wonderful. On Sundays, our family would always gather around for dinner. The 2 of the sauce would fill the house and Id breathe 3 with joy. My grandmother would slowly cook Italian sausages, potatoes, and pieces of chicken in the kitchen too. Then shed boil enough spaghetti to 4 a small army. When I 5 sat down at the table, I could feel my taste buds(味蕾)jumping in 6 in my mouth. 7 the dinner was done, both my stomach and my heart would be full of happiness.For years, I 8 to copy my grandmothers recipe, but was never able to get it exactly right. I would always 9 out just the right amounts of garlic, salt, sugar, pepper and olive oil to add to the tomato sauce. Id simmer(炖)it slowly and stir it with care, but it 10 came out as good as hers. Finally one day it occurred to me that I was missing the 11 ingredient that made hers so 12 : LOVE. You see, my grandmother always 13 her spaghetti with a big smile, a gentle hug and the loving 14 : “Mangia! Mangia!”, which means “Eat! Eat!” I could always taste her 15 for us in every bite.Love is the secret ingredient in our 16 too. The more you love, the sweeter your life will be. The more love you give to 17 , the happier you will become.I think Ill try my hand at making my grandmothers sauce again this week. It may never 18 as good as hers, 19 it will bring back the memory of her love and laughter. And while Im 20 stirring it, I may even imagine as if she was smiling at me.1、Aawful Btrue Cfalse Dimaginable2、Asmell Bsoup Cdishes Dfood3、Abriefly Bsurprisedly Caccidently Ddeeply4、Asupport Bfeed Creward Dserve5、Aunwillingly Bimmediately Cfinally Dsuddenly6、Awonder Bdelight Cconcern Dsadness7、ABy the time BThe time CBefore the time DThe first time8、Amanaged Bpretended Cfailed Dtried9、Ameasure Bfind Cwork Dmake10、Ausually Bever Cnever Dhardly11、Asecret Breasonable Cfavorable Dforgettable12、Aparticular Bspecial Cbeautiful Dcreative13、Aconnected Bprovided Csatisfied Dserved14、Ajokes Bnames Cwords Dsongs15、Askill Blove Ckindness Dhope16、Alife Bstudy Cdream Dcareer17、Aothers Byourself Cgrandmother Dgrandchildren18、Alook Bsound Ctaste Dsmell19、Aand Bbut Cso Dor20、Aslowly Bquickly Cviolently DpatientlySection 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 1 Alma Deutscher could read music before she could read words. She composed her first piano sonata at six，her first short opera at seven，and her first full-length opera at 10.Alma Alma，a gifted musician as well as a composer，the child prodigy，or “Little Mozart，whose music is in the classical-romantic tradition，was on stage throughout，switching between the piano and the violin.Her parents，mother Janie，and father Guy，are quite formal. They think deeply before they speak，and appear to be quiet. They maintain Alma is an adult when it comes to music and a normal girl in other ways.She has always been home-schooled and is reading Philip Pullmans His Dark Materials when we meet. Janie，who has given up her university job，is also a huge support，home-schooling both girls. And they believe Alma wouldnt have developed in mainstream education anyway. Because her needs are different and its quite difficult for any school.But perhaps what most sets her apart is the intensity(强度)of her imagination. Spend time with Alma and you are struck by how often she talks about Transylvanian，which is unrelated to the region in Romania. I must have heard the name somewhere，because I didnt know it was a real place until much later，she says.Transylvanian is my own land with its own language and there are beautiful composers there，named Antonin Yellow sink and Ashy and Shell and Flare”. Transylvanian is outside，inside；everywhere and nowhere.She has written biographies about the composers, created a magazine, Paris Flash, for the inhabitants, and even composed a Transylvanian national anthem. Her father believes her musical ability is a sign of this imagination. It all pours out like a volcano, he says.1、What can we learn about Alma from the first two paragraphs?AShe is too young to be a musician.BShe is a wonder child on music.CShe is a hard-w