考研英语一2023年四川省巴中市南江县深度预测试卷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)When I was a child of seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went at once to a shop where they sold toys for children. Being 1 with the sound of a whistle that I had seen by the way, in the hands of another boy, I 2 all my money for one. I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but 3 all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, when I told of the 4 I had made, said I had given four times as much as the whistle was worth. They put me in mind of what good things I might have bought with the 5 of the money, and laughed at me so much for my folly that I cried with vexation（烦恼）. Thinking about the matter gave me more 6 than the whistle gave me pleasure. 7 , this was afterwards of use to me, for the impression continued 8 my mind, so that often, when I was 9 to buy something I did not need, I said to myself, “Dont give too much for the whistle,” and I saved my money. As I grew up, came into the world, and 10 the actions of men, I thought I met with many, very many, who “gave too much for the whistle.”If I knew a miser（守财奴）who 11 every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow citizens and the joys of friendship, 12 gathering and keeping wealth “ 13 man,” said I, “you pay too dear for your whistle.” When I met a man of pleasure, who did not try to improve his mind or his fortune but 14 devoted himself to having a good time, perhaps 15 his health, “Mistaken man, you are providing 16 for yourself, instead of pleasure; you are paying too dear for your whistle.” If I saw someone fond of 17 who has fine clothes, fine houses, fine furniture, fine earrings, all above his 18 , and for which he had run into debt, and ended his career in a prison. “Also,” said I, “he has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.” 19 , the miseries of mankind are largely due to their puffing a(n) 20 value on things to giving “too much for their whistle.”1、Afaced Bcharmed Csympathized Dprovided2、Aset aside Bput up Chanded over Dtook over3、Adisturbing Battracting Centertaining Dconfusing4、Atrouble Battempt Cchoice Dbargain5、Arest Bvalue Cmajority Dpart6、Asatisfaction Brelief Cannoyance Dstress7、AMoreover BTherefore CHowever DIndeed8、Aout of Bon Cto Dfrom9、Atempted Bdetermined Cforced Dpersuaded10、Atook Bobserved Cadmired Dfollowed11、Aturned against Bgave up Ccared about Drelied on12、Ain case of Binstead of Cfor the sake of Din terms of13、AWealthy BPoor CWise DInnocent14、Amerely Bsimilarly Cstrangely Dpositively15、Acherishing Benjoying Cbenefiting Dneglecting16、Ainconvenience Bburden Cfrustration Dpain17、Aappearance Bwealth Ccomforts Dnecessities18、Ademand Bfortune Cstandard Dvalue19、AAs a result BBy contrast COn average DIn short20、Aunexpected Bgreat Cfalse DextraSection 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 1Chinese artist Huang Yues personal exhibition of flower and bird oil paintings opened at the Peking University library in Chinas capital, Beijing, on Tuesday.Traditionally, Chinese artists have used ink painting to express the beauty of flowers and birds, but artist Huang Yue has carried on that tradition by combining it with Western style oil painting. Flower and bird ink painting, a traditional art form thats unique to China, originated during the Tang Dynasty (618907). Since then, Chinese artists have expressed their emotions with gradations (层次) only in ink, with little color to stress scenes. Its appearance differs greatly from those of Western oil paintings, where plentiful colors and textures (纹理) are used to create depth and abstractness. The artist said that his paintings are neither the traditional ink paintings of flowers and birds nor Western style oil paintings. Huang Yues oil paintings of flowers and birds exist somewhere between the two, and its completely new and innovative.The exhibition, Natures Divine Impressions, was initiated by the famous philosophy professor Zhang Shiying and is co-hosted by Peking University Peiwin Education Corporation and Huang Yue Art Foundation. Professor Zhang said Huangs paintings are not limited by any traditional techniques of artistic expression.Huang started comb