考研英语一日喀则地区康马县2023年模拟试题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) Tim, my seven-year-old son, is learning to play the drums. It is an 1 that has always caught his attentipn 2 he hears them played. Before I 3 his first lessons, drums were all he wanted. At the age of 3 he 4 his mini drum set during a show. Using that same drum set he perfected the timing and rhythm of a popular church song 5 enough for his mom to sing along to. My son had found his passion at a young age and had a natural 6 to catch on quickly.Wanting to act quickly to 7 his talent, I immediately signed him up for drum lessons. No sooner had my first payment cleared than his passion 8 . He did not want to take instructions. He wanted to play the drums 9 , To him the drums were a way of 10 . Ian wanted to “play the beat of his own drum.”The challenge was that music has more than one 11 Rock doesnt sound like smooth jazz and smooth jazz doesnt sound like 12 You cant play every 13 that exists to the same beat. If 14 were a series of songs, the melodies 15 could be calming and peacefiil, or violent and chaotic. Each event we face has its 16 own sound, so we have to learn 17 to play the tune of the moment. You should understand that even with all the natural talent in the world there is always 18 for improvement.You cant do it all without 19 .You wont know how to play every beat life throws at you without practice.You cant 20 talent forever.1、AarrangementBenjoymentCinstrumentDadvertisement2、AanywayBhoweverCwhateverDanytime3、Apaid forBwaited onCtook offDburst into4、AfoundedBplayedClostDlearned5、AsimilarBhorribleCgoodDstrange6、AtasteBtalentCtendencyDhabit7、AimproveBdecreaseCdiscoverDadmit8、AroseBstrengthenedCprogressedDdisappeared9、Aby himselfBin his wayCin personDwith others10、AexpressionBpossessionCpermissionDimpression11、AformBsoundCbeatDadvantage12、AnatureBcultureCviewDfolk13、ApoemBsongCsportDgame14、AluckBlifeCtruthDmusic15、Aat timesBas usualCin generalDon average16、AquiteBwellCfastDvery17、AwhenBwhereChowDwhy18、AplaceBspotCsceneryDroom19、AinstructionsBeffortsCcontributionsDexperiences20、Afigure outBput offCrely onDtake inSection 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 1 Dont we all know a “Happy Meal” when we see one the famous boxed meal that includes a hamburger, kid-sized French fries, fruits and milk, served with a toy thats extremely popular with children who love to collect them?A Happy Meal is a form of kids meal sold at a certain fast-food chain since 1979. A toy is included in the meal, both of which are usually contained in a box or paper bag. However, collectors of these little toys will not get them any longer, since the company will replace toys with books and each of these books will mainly pass on nutritional messages.Happy Meals are extremely popular with kids, especially for their collectable toys, when you consider that over 1.3 billion of these packages are sold each year. These packages have been very controversial. Health supporters believe that drawing kids to these meals with toys is clever way of promoting unhealthy food choices. They see it as an advertising strategy of “catching its customers young”a move that has paid off very well for the fast-food company.Child development experts say that food habits get formed in children by age six and continue through to their adult life. Fatty and sugary foods such as those served in Happy Meals are believed to play a big role in growing health problems such as obesity and diabetes. Public health care costs have gone up and untold amounts of money have been spent on coping with these health problems. On November 2, 2010, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a law requiring that childrens meals sold in restaurants must meet certain nutritional standards before they could be sold with toys, to overcome the problem of childhood obesityin other words, the State of California tried to ban the toys in Happy Meals. However, it was strongly opposed by some as being heavy-handed, and the ban was thrown out by the government.While some people believe that the fast-food company, with its large following of children, can create a powerful message through the books, others believe its actions are contradictory. Anyway, the company is trying to spread the message of nutrition while it is serving food that is anything but healthy.1、The aim of the question raised in Paragraph 1