考研英语一辽阳市白塔区2023年点睛提分卷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)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。For many, just taking part in a single marathon is the achievement of a lifetime. But for Julie Weiss, it has become a 1 routine. She has run 12 marathons once a weekfor the past year in memory of her dad who 2 just 35 days after he was 3 with pancreatic cancer(胰腺癌). When Julie Weiss lost her father in 2010, she was 4 to find the research for pancreatic cancer is so short of fund. “It made me feel 5 ” she said, “I knew I had to do something.”So this marathon queen, 6 she calls herself, did what she did best; she went running. Having completed 25 marathons during the 7 two years, Julie now vowed(发誓) to run 12 marathons in 12 weeks in 8 of her father. After asking people to 9 money for each marathon, she 10 a website, marathon goddess, com, to collect money for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network(PANCAN), a nonprofit organization. Julie began her incredible 11 with a marathon in Rome and then entered a race every 12 in some city across North America. 13 leaving work at 5 p.m.on Friday she would be ready to begin the next race, before she 14 home to California on Sunday. Julie finished her 1,2.4-mile journey in March 2013, 15 more than $ 200,000 in the process for PANCAN.While running, she stuck to a strict training schedule. “My bodys getting used to this. Im changing my diet, becoming more healthy and learning to run more 16 ” she said. When her muscles began to 17 , she kept her 18 in mind. “When you do what you love, for those you love, that is where the 19 happen. Together we can make a(n) 20 , and pave the way for a happy, healthy, cancer free life.” she said.1、AweeklyBmonthlyCdailyDyearly2、Apassed byBpassed awayCdied offDdied out3、AconnectedBdiagnosedCtreatedDdealt4、AinspiredBexhaustedCinterestedDshocked5、AdesirableBhelplessChopefulDwishful6、AwhileBwhatCasDsince7、ApreviousBpreciousCpresentDprecise8、AsearchBneedChonorDplace9、ApayBdonateCmakeDearn10、Aset upBmade upCheld upDbroke up11、AexperimentBstageCroadDchallenge12、AdayBmorningCweekendDweekday13、AAtBByCWithDOn14、ApartedBleftCheadedDmissed15、AraisingBearningCspendingDwasting16、AmerrilyBefficientlyCspecificallyDcasually17、AswellBstressCburnDache18、AstrengthBreliefCmotivationDinterest19、AmiraclesBaccidentsCstoriesDevents20、AofferBsacrificeCpromiseDdifferenceSection 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 1A study of 500，000 songs released（发行）in the UK between 1985 and 2015 showed that pop music has decreased in happiness and increased in sadnessIn a report published in the journal Royal Society Open Science，researchers at the University of California examined hundreds of thousands of songs and classified them by their moodHappinessis going down，sadness is going up，and at the same time，the songs are becoming more danceable and more party-like，co-author Natalia LKomarova told The Associated PressThe study found songs in 2014 like Stay With Meby Sam Smith，Whispers by Passenger and Unmissable by Gorgon City to have a low happiness trendHowever，tracks from 1985 like Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen，Would I Lie To You？ by Eurythmics and Freedomby Wham had a high happiness trendThe public seems to prefer happier songs， even though more and more unhappy songs are being released each year， the researchers wroteApart from the emotional trends，researcheis discovered that dance and pop were the most successful styles of music and that there was a clear downward trend，with the popularity oF rock beginning in the early 2000sSo it looks like，while the overall mood is becoming less happy，people seem to want to forget it all and dance， Komarova wrote in an emailIt was also found that the maleness of songsthe frequency of male singers in popular musichad decreased during the last 30 years Successful songs are characterised by a larger percentage of female artists compared to all songs，they WroteThis discovery appears at a time when the convcrsation around sex equality in the music industry is at its height，with more male artists and songwriters1、The researchers examined lots of songs to Afind songs for dance and partyBchoose songs for a journalCrelease more songsDknow better about songs2、Whose music style tends to bring you more happiness？ANatalia LKomarovas BSam SmithsCGo