考研英语一2023年北京市石景山区考前冲刺试卷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 retired from my family business four years ago. But Ive never been 1 of a challenge. Ive sailed around the world before. And Ive decided to fly east from Western Australia in a 2 .For the last two years I have trained hard, spending 150 hours 3 with my ground team. When the big day came, thousands of people gathered to 4 the launch. It was a 5 start, with a smooth and steady takeoff. I was 6 but still had some doubtsI was flying into the 7 I couldnt guarantee Id see my friends and family again.The capsule where I stayed was designed to 8 if I landed in water, but I was not sure whether I could 9 the cruelty of the Ocean. 10 , I kept watching the weather, communicating with my land team and 11 altitude to achieve the perfect speed and direction.On my fifth day, I was terrified to notice I was losing oxygen. 12 , I managed to save my life by adjusting the pressure in the oxygen cylinder (氧气筒) to stop the oxygen escaping.I know it was vital to stay 13 to control the flight, altitude and my oxygen flow, so I held a spoon between two fingersIf I 14 , it would fall and wake me up. I never questioned why I was doing this. It is such a unique 15 to see our beautiful planet from high above.Seeing the coast of Australia again on my 11th day was a huge 16 . I knew my journey was nearly over. It was to be a new world record. I could see my team 17 below as I flew over.This 18 really pushed me to my limits, but it hasnt 19 me. Next year, I want to fly even higher to break another 20 for the hot-air balloon flight1、Ashy Bskeptical Cfond Dconfident2、Aplane Bhelicopter Cwing suit Dhot-air balloon3、Adebating Bpreparing Ccarving Dtraveling4、Awelcome Binspect Cdelay Dwitness5、Aperfect Bfalse Cpoor Dfresh6、Aamused Bpuzzled Cexcited Dfrightened7、Afuture Bunknown Cshelter Dreality8、Adigest Brecycle Cfloat Dfly9、Asurvive Bshow Cevaluate Dcomment10、AFinally BHowever CTherefore DBesides11、Alosing Bignoring Cproving Dadjusting12、AStrangely BLuckily CNormally DConveniently13、Acalm Bawake Cpatient Drelaxed14、Alooked around Bcarried on Cdropped off Dturned up15、Aexperience Bexcuse Cdream Dtradition16、Aloss Bdisaster Cburden Drelief17、Aexercising Bcelebrating Cescaping Dquarreling18、Achallenge Baccident Crace Dfailure19、Ainterested Bconfused Cannoyed Ddiscouraged20、Apromise Bbalance Crecord DbarrierSection 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 1Dr. Ariel Brahman is not just an ordinary teacher. He was a headmaster at SMU Labschool Jakarta (senior high school). He is also an Executive Chairman of the Indonesian Natiocal Commission for UNESCO. As a teacher, hes close to his students. He always spares some time to run with us every Friday morning(our school activity) and to come and visit his students in class, just to say hi. Hosfavourite sayings are, “Students, put some pictures in the back of your classroom” and “Have a nice study.”He also encourage us to be friendly, for example, to shake hands with one another every morning, just to say good morning to one another or at least smile at other people. Simple, but meaningful.Dr. Ariel Brahman is so friendly. He shows respect to other and appreciates others. But most of all, the reason why I like him is so that he always encourages the choir(唱诗班)group at my school to keep on singing. He has always supported us and put his trust in us. Its because of him that the choir remains in existence after we nearly gave up when facing other peoples criticism.Dr. Ariel Brahman is a nationalist ,especially in education. As I mentioned above, he is a member of UNESCO for Indonesian education. He is quitting his job as the head of UniversitasNegeri Jakarta to fulfill his duty at UNESCO.My grandmother once told me that Dr. Ariel Brahman was held in jail because he said something about human rights ( I dont know exactly what it was), but unfortunately. Socharto, who was the president of Indonesia, didnt like that and put Dr. Ariel Brahman in jail. Well, I think that is one brave act for Dr. Ariel rahman to speak his mind freely without hesitating because of what other people might think.The way he respects other, the way he speaks his mind and the way he encourages us make him an inspiration for us all.1、Which of th