黔西南布依族苗族自治州2023年考研英语一高分冲刺试题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)完形填空 （共20小题；每小题l分，满分20分）When Andra Rush started her trucking company, all she had was an old van，two used pick-up trucks and the simple certainty of a 23-year-old girl. But she planned to make her fortune in about four years to 36 her true goal: dealing with poverty on Native American reservations across North America. I thought I could retire by the time I was 27, says Rush, At that age, you dont know 37 you dont know.Rush is 49 now and 38 working hard. Her tiny start-up just outside Detroit has 39 to a $400 million North American business. Today Rush is a(an) 40 not only for Native Americans but also for women in the male-controlled world of trucking. Rush was 41 30 miles outside Detroit. When the teenage Rush visited the reservation for the first time, she was 42 by the poverty and lack of hope. I really wanted to 43 she says.She graduated from the University of Michigan in 1982. She took a nursing job with a 44 pay and then practiced at an airgoods company, 45 the speed of package pickups and deliveries made a little more a little more profits. I thought I could do that 46 , Rush says.Within six months, Rush had ten employees, and clients(客户) 47 Ford and GM were paying her to 48 small packages from the airport. Ford was the first to offer her a job trucking parts between its plants and supplier. By 2001, many of Rushs 1,000 employees were Native Americans, working alongside people of every 49 But she felt she hadnt done enough. 50 she joined forces with a Canadian parts maker to design and gather auto components. She located the plants near reservations, 51 opportunities where they were needed most. By 2009, her auto parts business was earning $370 million 52 .Shes come a long way from the 53 23-year-old who thought the cash would just roll in. But Rush wouldnt change a thing: I love my job, she says. I 54 the fact that you can start to get some motivation and keep 55 yourselfand then suddenly you lift your head and its been 25 years2308、AmakeBaccomplishC receiveDarrive1、AwhatBwhichCwhyDwho2、 AsoBsomehowCstillDanyhow 3、 A grownBbecomeCgotDgone4、Aable housewifeBordinary womanCrole modelDtruck driver5、 AbroughtBlivedCrisen Draised6、 AmovedBinterestedCstruckDencouraged7、 A have an influenceBmake a differenceCset an exampleDmake a decision8、 AlowBhighCcheapDexpensive9、AwhichBthatCwhenDwhere10、AwellBbadlyCworseDbetter11、AlikeBbesidesCforDexcept12、AtakeBfetchCbringDlift13、AeducationBfamilyCbackgroundDcity14、ABecauseBForCButDSo15、AseizingBcreatingCgraspingDlosing16、.Ain caseBin turnCin returnDin need17、AinexperiencedBexperiencedCexpertDskilled18、AenjoyBhateCdoubtDrefuse19、AfightingBforcingCchallengingDamusingSection 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 1Weaving hammocks is an art that takes a sharp eye, a skilled hand and lots of patience. But in Lenwood Haddocks case, being blind works to his advantage. His trained, sensitive hands are acutely aware of every step of the process. Since beginning his craft in 1986, Lenwood has woven about 145, 000 perfect hammocks.Lenwood lost his sight in 1973, at age 18, during a hunting accident. “My whole working career has been blind,” he says. He first found a job as a woodworker, but when that organization closed, the North Carolina Division of Services for the Blind connected him with Hatteras Hammocks. On his first day of work. “I did a total of one hammock,” Lenwood recalls, laughing. “And then I came home and lay down to sleep. I lift weights, but I wasnt as tough as I thought until I started weaving.lt takes a lot of energy, and youre standing up all day.”In time, however, Lenwood found he had a knack (窍门) for the job. At first he worked on-site at the company, but after a year Lenwood moved his operation to the home workshop where he had worked for 10 years during his woodworking days.There, he creates dozens of hammocks each week from ropes in a variety of sizes. One day, he realized the step counter on his phone recorded him walking eight miles without ever leaving his shop.The process of weaving a hammock involves making and catching hundreds of loops (环). A single missed stitch (织针) creates a hole that can widen and make the hammock uncomfortable or even dangerous to use. Experienced weavers miss loops sometimes, but to his companys knowledge, Lenwood has never turned in a hammock with even one dropped stitch. Lenwoods skilled fingers a