考研英语一梅州市梅县2023年高分冲刺试题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)Since childhood Id been accustomed to a life where I would be afraid of everything. I saw myself as an insecure and 1 individual. But then, all too suddenly, something 2 , and over a period of 6 months I firmly managed to 3 one of my diets, and lost 30 pounds. This 4 me from overweight straight down to underweight. The 5 taught me that I could change myself.I heard about a public speaking 6 going on at my university, and for the first time, I actually managed to 7 the courage to go there. It was 8 . For the first time I shared my story in front of dozens of people 9 judging me, and suddenly all the 10 fears about speaking publicly started 11 . This taught me I could get rid of my 12 .My road to change, from that point on, went from a（n） 13 to a neat and orderly highway, and I started changing rapidly.Using the fact that I could get rid of my fears, I started working on them one by one. My fear of 14 strangers, my fear of asking simple 15 I should “make 16 of by myself”, my fear of hanging out with people. All of them were gone. And I still continue to 17 to this day without 18 .At the end, my weakness of being socially incompetent for so long became my 19 as it taught me how to change, as I now fight to become far better than the 20 , and the absolute best I can be.1、Aunconfident Bdissatisfied Csurprised Dthoughtful2、Amissed Bjumped Cpolished Dstruck3、Aaccount for Bapply for Cstick to Dsee to4、Aproduced Bbrought Cexposed Dintroduced5、Afailure Badventure Cexperience Dconnection6、Aorganization Binstruction Cidea Devent7、Agather Bobserve Cattract Dbalance8、Aoffering Bliberating Cblinding Dconfusing9、Aimpatiently Bhopefully Cpotentially Dcheerfully10、Atemporary Bcomfortable Climited Drandom11、Aaccelerating Bdisappearing Cremoving Dconvincing12、Afears Burges Cappointment Danger13、Achance Border Cmoment Dmess14、Atreating Bwitnessing Cgreeting Dremembering15、Aoccasions Bquestions Cpurposes Dpromises16、Asense Bnotes Cfun Dknowledge17、Aprogress Bpromote Ccomplain Dresearch18、Aexample Bdiscovery Cstop Dinformation19、Afeeling Bheight Ccontribution Dstrength20、Atypical Baverage Cextra DpreciousSection 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 My motivation for starting our family tradition of reading in the car was purely selfish: I could not bear listening to A Sesame Street Christmas for another 10 hours. My three children had been addicted to this cassette on our previous summers road trip.As I began to prepare for our next 500-mile car trip, I came across a book Jim Treleases The Read Aloud Handbook. This could be the answer to my problem. I thought. So I put Roald dahls James and the Giant Peach into my bag. When I began to read aloud the tale of the boy who escapes the bad guys by hiding inside a giant peach, my three kids argued and wrestled in their seats. But after several lines, they were attracted into the rhythm of the words and began to listen.We soon learned that the simple pleasure of listening to a well-written book makes the long miles pass more quickly. Sometimes the books we read became highlights of the trip. I read Wilson Rawlss Summer of the Monkeys as we spent two days driving to the beach. We arrived just behind the power crews restoring (恢复) electricity after a tropical storm. The rain continued most of the week, and the beach was covered with oil washed up by the storm. When we returned home, I asked my son what he liked about the trip. He answered without hesitation, “The book you read in the car.”Road trips still offer challenges, even though my children now are teenagers. But we continue to read as we roll across the country. And Im beginning to see that reading aloud has done more than help pass the time. For at least a little while, we are not shut in our own electronic worlds. And maybe weve started something that will pass on to the next generation.1、Why did the author start reading in the car?AShe wanted to have a better journey.BShe wanted to keep a family traditionCHer children were addicted to music.DShe wanted to kill the time.2、How did the children react after the author read a few lines?AThey kept quarrelling.BThey hid themselves.CThey soon settled down.DThey continued to fight