考研英语一苏州市沧浪区2023年点睛提分卷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) Although I love my life, it hasnt been a lot of fun as Ive been ill for 28 years.Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my 1 was more manageable, I 2 ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs. 3 that was years ago and times have changed. 4 I live with my mother on a country farm.Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to 5 my disability pension (残疾抚恤金). 6 I needed to sleep in afternoons, I was limited in my 7 . I decided that I would consider 8 to singing in restaurants.My family are all musicians, so I was 9 when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didnt have a lot of 10 to get started. And 11 you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can 12 use.When I told the owner of the shop about my 13 , he gave me a long, thoughtful 14 . “This means a lot to you, doesnt it?” he said. “Come with me.”He led me 15 the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand 16 on his treasure and said, “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your 17 and Ill record them for you. That should get you started. ”I 18 . Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose 19 that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.His 20 still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance.1、AlonelinessBsadnessCtirednessDsickness2、AsetBenjoyedCkeptDshared3、AGladlyBEventuallyCUnfortunatelyDSurprisingly4、ANowBThenCSometimeDMeanwhile5、Aadd up toBmake up forCget rid ofDtake advantage of6、AIfBAsCThoughDBefore7、AmovementBconditionCchoicesDpositions8、Areaching outBliving upCgetting onDgoing back9、ArecognizedBinterviewedCfoundDinvited10、AmoneyBtimeCenergyDknowledge11、AthusBonceCseldomDoften12、AactuallyBhardlyCnearlyDformerly13、AjobBfamilyCideaDoffer14、AfaceBviewClookDsight15、AoverBalongCtowardsDthrough16、AunhappilyBlovinglyCpitifullyDgratefully17、ApickBturnCroleDstep18、Ahad to cryBought to cryCshould have criedDcould have cried19、AmoreBthe onesCfewDthe rest20、AcourageBdevotionCkindnessDtrustSection 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 1Mr. Omorogbe was originally set to graduate in 2014. But after a fight with his dad, he was “tossed out” on the street. Eventually, his grandmother took him in for a while, but with her working during the day, Omorogbe needed to care for his seriously ill grandfather. School eventually became too much, so he dropped out.For many students across the country, circumstances like Omorogbes can derail (使偏离轨道) them the high-school-to-college track. In his case, Boston Public Schools Re-Engagement Center was able to connect him with EDCO Youth Alternative, a school that provides extra support to nontraditional and struggling students. He started in September 2016 and will have his diploma in hand by May.“I have my counselor (指导教师) who calls me every day. If I miss school for two or three days, shell call me, and ask, Are you OK? ” says Omorogbe. “During the vacations, shell call me; for my birthday, shell bake me a cake.”Ten years ago, Boston high school students like Omorogbe were far less likely to get their diploma. In 2007, the citys graduation rate was 59 percent. This year, in 2017, the number of Boston students who graduated in four years hit a record high of 72.4 percent. Statewide, the graduation rate inched up to a record 87.5 percent from 87.3 percent last year, according to state figures.“Youre seeing gradual progress,” says Paul Reville, a professor at Harvards Graduate School of Education and former Secretary of education for Massachusetts. “Were dealing with one of the most important problems that we have in education these days, which is people dropping out without a high school education and having no place to go in our economy.”Education experts say Bostons record graduation rate was particularly encouraging because of the gains by the citys African-American and Latino students in the last decade 13.6 and 16.5 percentage points respectively.But with roughly 5,500 kids across the state still dropping out of high school every year, professor Reville and others ad