考研英语一四川省南充市营山县2023年统考试题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)阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中(A、B、C和D)，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A homeless man walked up to me and asked me for some small change, “ Ill give you a quarter if you tell me your story,” I said. He laughed, “Youll give me a quarter for my story? I laid the 1 in front of him and 2 myself “No, heres the quarter but it would be nice to hear your story.” Seeing him lost in 3 , I sat down next to him and 4 “ I was once a sniper（狙击兵）in the army.” he said. “ I was 5 to shoot down the enemy from the distance.” I listened attentively. He told me how he 6 to hunt with his family. He had his own way of 7 animals by not killing more than be needed. When the 8 came knocking on his door, he felt 9 and joined up. All those years of developing his hunting skills could now serve a larger 10 to defend us from the bad guys. He set out to 11 at the front .“ I was a sniper but I never really killed anyone.” he continued. “One day they asked me to 12 a lady from the distance. I saw the kids ne her and my hands were on the trigger（扳机）. But I couldnt 13 it. She wasnt doing anything to an and she was 14 the kids.The story went on as he described 15 being put into prison for 180 days for 16 to follow orders. “ I have no 17 ,” he said. “ I may be homeless now, 18 I never killed that lady.” He continued, “ I can 19 being homeless, but I wouldnt be able to stand killing innocent people.”I met a hero. It just never 20 to me that a hero could be a smelly old sniper.1、AnoteBcoinCdollarDwallet2、AblamedBremindedCcorrectedDadded3、AargumentBactionCconsiderationDthought4、AwhisperedBnoddedCsighedDwaited5、AdemandedBsupposedCremindedDdetermined6、AdesiredBwishedCfailedDused7、AtrackingBraisingCtrainingDrespecting8、AarmyBministerCcommanderDcompany9、AannoyedBproudCastonishedDconfused10、AgroupBbusinessCpurposeDresult11、AserveBhuntCaimDsurvive12、AmurderBfightCshootDarrest13、AremainBfireCmakeDdecide14、AbesidesBalongCinsideDamong15、AgraduallyBeventuallyCdeliberatelyDdesperately16、AmanagingBfailingChesitatingDforgetting17、AideasBattemptsCregretsDfeelings18、AhoweverBotherwiseCbutDunless19、Awork outBmeet withClive withDget through20、AhappenedBseemedCstruckDoccurredSection 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 In this list I chose inspirational young people who have made a positive difference in the world.Joan of Arc (14121431) Aged just 16, Joan of Arc made an unlikely journey to the Dauphin of France. Impressed with something inside this young peasant girl, the Dauphin of France was inspired to renew the fight with the English, defeating them at Orleansas Joan had predicted. She was burnt at the stake, aged just 19, but her predictions of France gaining her freedom proved correct.Anne Frank (19291945) While hiding in the Netherlands during the Nazi occupation, Anne Frank kept a diary of her experiences. She died in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. However, after the end of the war, her diaries were published by her father. The Diary of Anne Frank became an international best-seller and helped give a young persons view on the holocaust (大屠杀) statistics.Samantha Smith (19721985) Samantha was an American schoolgirl. In 1982, she wrote a letter to the leader of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov, asking why relations between the US and the Soviet Union were so tense. Her letter was published, and later Andropov replied. Smith was also invited to visit the Soviet Union, which she did. The visit was followed with great interest by the international media. In 1983, she visited Japan acting as Americas youngest ambassador. She died, aged just 13, in a plane crash.Nkosi Johnson (19892001) Nkosi was born with HIV inherited from his parents. In 1997, he was refused admission to a public school because of HIV status. He became a powerful speaker for treating HIV victims with equality and respect. He received the Childrens Peace Prize after death, Nelson Mandela referred to him as “an icon (偶像) of the struggle for life”.1、Joan of Arc is famous as a .Afoot travelerBnational heroineCfarmers daughterDsocial reformer2、What made Anne Frank known around the world?AHer hiding experiences.BHer death in concentration camp.CThu publication of her diaries.DThe end of World War .3、Who made a great difference in treating AIDS patients?AJoan of Arc.BAnne Frank.CSamantha Smith.DNkosi Johnson.4