2023年金川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) In kindergarten, I met my first love dancing. For the last eleven years, I have spent many hours at the dance studio. The 1 I began as a little girl has shaped my personality, forming 2 that I will have for the rest of my life.Once while our dance team 3 for the state competition, six senior members quit without notice, leaving our team without a 4 . My teams enthusiasm for the season was cut in half. 5 , I was determined to become the new captain and lead my team past this obstacle.During the first practice after the seniors quit, my teams emotion was 6 . As a leader, I tried to motivate my team through 7 . I started to do 8 work outside practice to improve my kicking technique. My team respected me as a coach because I showed 9 . On weekends, I spent hours trying to make up a creative competition routine. I wanted my team members to 10 the dance and perform well.Before the state meet, I drilled the 11 into the girls heads and constantly encouraged them to work harder. I would shout out names of people who were 12 well during the dance, and the girls would 13 with even more energy. Through my dance experience, I also found I got better by 14 myself. I mixed new skills into the routine for the state competition to 15 my teams technique. We wanted to prove to ourselves and our school that we could still be a(n) 16 dance team without the girls who 17 .On the stage, I felt my teams 18 . I was proud that we were able to rebuild our confidence and go beyond our expectations at the state competition. We were 19 for all our hard work by placing in the top five. This experience taught me a lesson: with a passion for something, I could 20 any obstacle with creativity and determination.1、Aeducation Bactivity Ctravel Dresearch2、Aqualities Bcompetitions Cconnections Dopinions3、Alooked Bleft Cpracticed Dhoped4、Atarget Bcaptain Cproject Dguide5、AOtherwise BBesides CInstead DHowever6、Agrowing Bnormal Clow Dappealing7、Aexample Baward Cpromise Dexperience8、Anew Bextra Clittle Dpersonal9、Aproduction Bexpectation Cpromotion Ddevotion10、Alove Bcheck Cbelieve Dignore11、Aresult Bfailure Croutine Dfunction12、Aplanning Bjudging Cpredicting Dperforming13、Adeal Brespond Cdefend Dcompare14、Areminding Bteaching Cprotecting Dchallenging15、Aadmire Bshare Cimprove Dprove16、Afamiliar Bsimilar Cordinary Dbrilliant17、Aquit Bjoined Cappreciated Dapproached18、Apatience Bkindness Cenergy Dpride19、Arewarded Bthanked Cprepared Dmoved20、Athink of Bget over Ccare about Dkeep offSection 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 1Predictions about higher educations future often result in two very different visions about what is next for colleges and universities. In one camp: those who paint a rosy picture of an economy that will continue to demand higher levels of education for an increasing share of the workforce. In the other: those who believe fewer people will enroll（入学）in college as tuition costs go out of control and alternatives to the traditional degree emerge.“We are living in an age for learning, when theres so much knowledge available, that one would think that this is good news for higher education,” Bryan Alexander told me recently. Alexander writes often about the future of higher education and is finishing a book on the subject for Johns Hopkins University Press. “Yet weve seen enrollment in higher education drop for six years.”Alexander believes that for some colleges and universities to survive, they need to shift from their historical mission of serving one type of student (usually a teenager fresh out of high school) for a specific period of time. “Were going to see many different ways through higher education in the future,” Alexander said, “from closer ties between secondary and postsecondary（中学后）schools to new options for adults. The question is, which institutions adopt new models and which try desperately to hang on to what they have.”“The fact is that to maintain affordability, accessibility and excellence, something needs to change,” Rafael Bras, Georgia Techs provost (院长), told me when he unveiled the report at the Milken Institute Global Conference this past spring.The commissions report includes many impressive ideas, but three point to t