贵州省贵阳市乌当区2023年考研英语一押题密卷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)It is widely believed that inner beauty is the most impressive in the world.On the outskirts of a town in England lies a nice cottage with a large garden where there lives an old and aged man. The old man is 1 pruning（修剪）, watering or fertilizing his flowers all the time. The garden 2 bees and butterflies dance and colorful flowers blossom all year around is so well-tended（被照顾地好）that every passer-by cannot but stop for a 3 with admiration.One day a young 4 went by the old mans garden. He stopped and gazed at the splendid garden and the special cottage, totally 5 the admiration at the beauty of these sceneries, 6 how happy he could be 7 he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, all of a sudden he found the old gardener was 8 .Greatly shocked, the young painter 9 that old man, asking “why are you busy 10 these flowers every day which you cant see?” The blind gardener gave a wide smile, explaining “First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I 11 like this job. Second, while I cant see these flowers I can 12 them. Third, I can smell the sweetness of them. 13 the last one, thats you.”“Me? But you dont know me.” responded the young painter.“Yeah. But I know flowers are angels which everyone knows and would never 14 . I know a great many people who show 15 for life would stop by and the beauty of my garden will get them into a good 16 . In the meantime, it also gives a 17 to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”The old man cant see the beauty hes created. 18 , every flower has eyes 19 which they can see the beauty and kindness of the old mans heart and the sweetness of his soul.The blind man grows flowers in his heart. Failing the sight of the beauty of blossoming, he surely can 20 the voice of it, I suppose.1、Aleft Bkept Cseen Dmade2、Awhere Bwhich Cthat Dwhat3、Achat Breturn Cdiscussion Dglance4、Apainter Bneighbor Cphotographer Dtraveler5、Afaced with Blost in Cdevoted to Dmoved by6、Athinking Bwondering Cpicturing Dbelieving7、Awhen Bif Ceven if Dsince8、Aparticular Bspecial Cblind Denergetic9、Aapproached Breached Cwatched Dprevented10、Aplanting Bwatering Cfertilizing Dtending11、Aeasily Breally Caccidentally Deventually12、Aget rid of Bgive a touch to Ccome up with Dhave fun with13、AWithout BIn spite of CAnd for DEven so14、Apick them up Bturn them down Clet them down Dgive them up15、Aenthusiasm Bcalmness Ckindness Dcaution16、Amood Bcondition Cplace Dlife17、Away Btime Cchance Dhand18、ATherefore BAnyway CHowever DBesides19、Afor Bin Cfrom Dwith20、Achange Bhear Cremind DacceptSection 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 1The guzheng is a traditional Chinese musical instrument. It belongs to the zither（齐特琴）family of string instruments. It is the parent of many musical instruments of some other countries.The guzheng should not be confused with the guqin, another ancient Chinese zither but without bridges. Now the guzheng is zither with movable bridges and usually 21 strings, although it can have from 15-25 strings. The guzhengs strings were formerly made of silk, though most players used metal strings by the 20th century. Since the mid-20th century most performers use steel strings. The guzheng has a large resonant cavity（共振腔）.The guzheng has existed since the Warring States Period and became especially popular during the Qin dynasty. The number of strings on the guzheng has always fluctuated. There were as few as 6 to as many as 23 strings during the Tang dynasty. The earliest record of the guzheng belonged to the historian Sima Qian. Until 1961, the common guzheng had 16 strings, although by the mid-20th century 18-string guzheng were also in use. In 1961, Xu Zhenggao, together with Wang Xunzhi, introduced the first 21-string guzheng after two years of research and development. In 1960, they also invented the “S-shaped” left string rest, which was quickly adopted by all guzheng makers and is still used today. This curve allows for greater ease in tuning the strings and, combined with strings of different thickness, allows for greater resonance in both the deeper and the higher pitch（音调）ranges. The 21-string guzheng is the most commonly used one, but some traditional musicians s