考研英语一汉寿县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) The summer before the ninth grade, procrastination(拖延 )affected my life in a deep way. With only a few days until the start of school, I had 1 just one of three homework tasks we were 2 Instead of enjoying my last few moments of 3 , I spent that time doing homework, which was an 4 way to end the vacation.Putting in 100 percent 5 , I always started with strong 6 at the beginning of each school year. 7 I struggled to maintain that energy as the weeks passed.One night, my father and I were having a 8 about college. He told me, It doesnt 9 much whether you get into an Ivy League university or just a(n) 10 college-what matters is how you get there and what you do to 11 it. This really spoke to me, because it made me focus more on the 12 of my work rather than the quantity.Thanks to that conversation, I 13 the way I went through life. I started to 14 that trying my 15 best is a thousand times better than simply doing something to get it done.My effort began to 16 in my first year of high school. I had never 17 that my grades in some harder classes could be better than those in the easier ones I took last year.Now I would rather work hard for something and enjoy the 18 of success, than not try at all or give up halfway. Motivation can 19 become a habit if you repeat a(n) 20 that helps you avoid procrastination.1、AfinishedBsharedCquittedDrepeated2、ApassedBarrangedCdesignedDshowed3、AprideBfreedomCsilenceDsurprise4、AunpleasantBenjoyableCvaluableDconfusing5、AtrustBfundCeffortDknowledge6、AcuriosityBmisunderstandingCfearDmotivation7、AOtherwiseBHoweverCThereforeDBesides8、AconversationBquarrelCdiscussionDbreak9、AoccurBworkCmatterDfail10、ApopularBfamousCordinaryDnew11、AdisturbBaccomplishCattractDembarrass12、AamountBcommentCrequestDquality13、AchangedBrefusedCadmittedDcopied14、AexplainBdoubtCbelieveDexpect15、AslightBsharpCsteadyDabsolute16、Afall behindBrun outCbreak outDpay off17、AworriedBimaginedCpromiseDquestioned18、ApleasureBeffectCopinionDprogress19、AluckilyBhardlyCeasilyDsilently20、AtestBideaCgameDroutineSection 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 1Free Online CoursesReading in the Digital AgeThis course is for people from all walks of life who enjoy reading and would like to know how literary scholars understand texts in the digital age. It introduces you to a variety of ways of understanding texts. Through the course, you will become familiar with professional reading practices as well as newer, computer-driven reading skills.Duration: 6 weeks 4 hours pw 2 AugustExploring English: ShakespeareThis course is aimed at high school students and university students who wish to learn more about Shakespeare. The first week will look at Shakespeares life and times. For the rest of the course, we will look closely at a different play each week. Shakespearean actors will help us explore the universal themes in Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, The Tempest and Macbeth. Our video tutor will guide you through the course and look at the words and phrases that Shakespeare introduced to the English language.Duration: 6 weeks 2 hours pw 16 JulyThe European Discovery of ChinaThis course is aimed at anyone with an interest in Chinese, European or world history. It focuses on when and how the West first approached China. We will look at Chinas place in the world and connections to the West via the Silk Road, the rise of Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire, and finally the Ming dynasty. Well know this period of Chinese history through the eyes of Western travellers from the 13th to the 17th century. What these Western travellers saw, what they didnt see thats the story that we will uncover in this course.Duration: 8 weeks 6 hours pw 6 July129、When you take Reading in the Digital Age, you will _.Awalk into different peoples lifeBlearn ways of understanding textsCget better at computer skillsDshare opinions with literary scholars1、Who will help students better understand the themes of Shakespeares plays?AActors.BScholars.CHistorians.DVideo tutors.2、What can people learn from The European Discovery of China?AChinas discovery of the West.BThe rise and fall of the Qing Dynasty.CThe importance of the Silk Road.DChinas interest in Western traveller