考研英语一无锡市崇安区2023年高分冲刺试卷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) One of the easiest things in the world is to become a fault-finder. However, life can be 1 when you are not busy finding fault with it.Several years ago I 2 a letter from seventeen-year-old Kerry, who described herself as a world-class fault-finder, almost always 3 by things. People were always doing things that annoyed her, and 4 was ever good enough. She was highly self-critical and also found fault with her friends. She became a really 5 person.Unfortunately, it took a horrible accident to change her 6 . Her best friend was seriously hurt in a car crash. What made it almost 7 to deal with was that the day before the 8 , Kerry had visited her friend and had spent the whole time criticizing her 9 of boyfriends, the way she was living, the way she related to her mother, and various other things she felt she needed to 10 . It wasnt until her friend was badly hurt that Kerry became 11 her habit of finding fault. Very quickly, she learned to appreciate life rather than to 12 everything so harshly(刻薄). She was able to transfer her new wisdom to other parts of her 13 as well.Perhaps most of us arent as extreme at fault-finding, 14 when were honest, we can be sharply 15 of the world. Im not suggesting you 16 problems, or that you pretend things are 17 than they are, but simply that you learn to allow things to be as they are 18 most of the time, and especially when its not a really big 19 .Train yourself to bite your tongue, and with a little 20 , youll get really good at letting things go. And when you do, youll get back your enthusiasm and love for life.1、AlonelyBgreatCquietDuneasy2、AreceivedBansweredCexpectedDrejected3、AthreatenedBinterruptedCbotheredDspoiled4、AanythingBeverythingCsomethingDnothing5、AcaringBboringCinterestingDsurprising6、AattitudeBplanCmeasureDexplanation7、AurgentBunnecessaryCcertainDimpossible8、AoccasionBeventCaccidentDadventure9、AmemoryBnoticeCevidenceDchoice10、AhearBcontributeCexpressDadmit11、Aaware ofBafraid ofCcurious aboutDconfused about12、AdiscussBrealizeCjudgeDsettle13、AfamilyBlifeCcareerDeducation14、AsoBorCbutDfor15、AproudBsureChopefulDcritical16、AfaceBcreateCsolveDignore17、ArarerBbetterCstrangerDworse18、Aat leastBat lastCby farDso far19、AtaskBdealCresultDduty20、ApracticeBspeechCrestDpitySection 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 1No fashion event attracts the world quite like the Victorias Secret Fashion Show. In November 2017, more than 55 models descended upon Shanghai for the lingerie（内衣）makers first show in Asia. Victorias Secret cast eight Chinese models for the show, including Liu Wen, double the number that walked in 2016.Liu Wen, a Chinese fashion model, started her modeline career in 2005 after competing in the reality TV show New Silk Road World Model Contest. Although she did not win the competition, Liu soon began working full-time as a model, eventually becoming a national success story after working with fashion magazines like Vogue and Harpers Bazaar that are popular in China, In 2007, she was signed to the Marilyn agency, and has since walked for Burberry. Givenchy, Chanel, Tom Ford, Proenza Schooler and Tommy Hilfiger.Liu walked a record 74 shows in New York, London, Milan and Paris for the autumn/ winter 2009 season, followed by 70 for spring/summer 2010, making her the second most-booked catwalk model that year. She has also achieved 15 international Vogue covers to date.In 2009, Liu became the first woman of Chinese origin to walk in the Victorias Secret Fashion Show. Liu also participated in the 20102012 shows. She returned to the Victorias Secret runway again in 2016.In the past, Liu has said that after modeling she might enjoy working as a stylist or, were the opportunity to arise, as an actress-she feels that modeling and acting have much in common, but for now she enjoys modeling and working in the fashion industry. She has stated that she knows that, as a career choice, working as a fashion designer or stylist would be “very hard work”, but she is now more seriously considering becoming a stylist because she would like “to share her fashion style -tomboyish, vintage, and comfortable-with the world”.1、How many times has Liu appeared in Victorias Secret Fashion Show?A4. B5.C6. D7.2、Which statement is NOT true?ALiu created a record of 15 international Vogue