考研英语一长沙市浏阳市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)We were standing at the top of a tower. My father had 1 me to this spot in a small town not far from our home.1 wondered 2 .“Look down, Elsa, Father said. I gathered all my 3 and looked down. I saw the square in the center of the village. And I saw the crisscross of twisting, turning streets leading to the 4 “See, my dear. Father said gently. There is more than one way to a square .Life is like that. If you cant get to the place where you want to go 5 0ne road, try another.Now I understood why l was there. Earlier that day I had 6 my mother to do something about the awful school lunches. But she 7 because she could not believe the lunches were as 8 as I said.When I turned to Father, he would not help. Instead, he brought me to this high tower to give me a 9 the value of the open, searching mind. By the time, we reached home. I had a 10 At school the next day,1 11 poured my lunch soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I talked the cook into serving it to Mother at dinner. Everything went on smoothly. She swallowed one 12 and spat it outQuickly I t01d her what I had done，and Mother stated 13 that she would take up the matter of lunches at school the next day!In the years that followed I often remembered what Father taught me. I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago.1 was busy getting ready to show my winter fashions. But just 13 days before presentation the sewing girls all stopped working.1 was as 14 as my models.” Well never make it.” one of them cried.Accept the failure? 15 use wisdom to find another mad to my goa17 Then a great idea flashed through my mindwhy not 16 the clothes unfinished?And-exactly 13 days later, our showing turned out to be so 17 that it was a great success. Our different showing caught the 18 of the public, and orders for the clothes 19 in. Fathers wise words had 20 me once again,” There is always more than one way to thesquare1、Asent Bbrought Cdirected Dwelcomed2、Awho Bhow Cwhat Dwhy3、Athoughts Bstrength Ccourage Dspirits4、Asquare Btower Ctown Dvillage5、Ain Bon Cby Dacross6、Apersuaded Bbegged Cencouraged Dordered7、Afailed Bagreed Cpromised Drefused8、Abad Bexpensive Cdelicious Dhot9、A1esson Bchance Cshock Dride10、Agoal Bresult Cplan Dchoice11、AskillfuUy Bactively Ccarelessly Dsecretly12、Acupful Bspoonful Chandful Dbagful13、Athoughtfully Bsimply Cfirmly Drepeatedly14、Apositive Bcheerful Ccalm Dhopeless15、AOr BAnd CBut DSo16、Ashow Bbuy Cchange Dsell17、Afamous Bpoor Cunusual Dordinary18、Anotice Battention Cdesire Dimpression19、Aturned Bhanded Cstepped Dpoured20、Asuggested Bguided Ccorrected DdefeatedSection 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 1Dujiangyan Panda Base Best Panda Volunteer ProgramLocation: Dujiangyan Prefecture, 67 km or hours from ChengduActivities: panda viewing, holding pandas, and panda keeper programSuitable for: those who want a less-crowded panda volunteer programThough newly established in 2014, Dujiangyan Panda Base is quieter and sees fewer travelers than Bifengxia Panda Center, so volunteers have more time and chances to get close to the pandas. Besides, this center boasts an interactive experience: the Panda Keeper Program. Travelers can assist caretakers in taking care of pandas.Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Center Most PopularLocation: Chengdu city outskirts, 10 km away from Chengdu, easily accessibleActivities: seeing pandas, watching panda breeding moviesBest for: tourists who have limited time, and are only interested in seeing or holding pandasWell-equipped, especially, for giant panda breeding, the base aims to create an approximation of the pandas wild living environment, and to train the pandas to adapt to wild living, and then releases them into the wild.Wolong Panda Center Home of Wild PandasLocation: southwest Wenchuan County, 121 km west of ChengduActivities: seeing pandas, taking care of pandas, taking a photo with a pandaBest for: people who want to take part in the volunteer program (taking care of pandas)With a comprehensive natural resources, Wolong Panda Center has been opened after the “5.12” earthquake. Visitors can not only see pandas, but also participate in panda keeper programs to experience taking care of pandas, an