考研英语一赣州市信丰县2023年全真模拟试卷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)When Mercado dreamed of becoming a professional model,she surfed the Internet for someone with a physical disability in the modeling world.That was eight years ago,when disabled models were 1 .Thus,her search 2 empty.“I didnt think it was a 3 .Thats not because I wasnt worthy of it,but because I didnt see 4 else like me out there.” However,Mercado,who was diagnosed with spastic muscular dystrophy（肌肉萎缩症）as a teen,has helped 5 that reality because of not giving up.Last year,Mercado signed with IMG Models,the powerhouse agency that 6 top supermodels,“Theres 7 been a problem with the team not getting what they need to get from me.Theres never been a(n) 8 - she has a disability,this is not going to work because the photos wont look nice. ” She says.“If Im a 9 ,a clothing company wants to display their clothes 10 me.Thats all it should be.”Her small body has more than a dozen surgical 11 and she felt both nervous and ex-cited when she decided last year to 12 them for a lingerie（内衣） company.“ 13 Im very outspoken with what I believe in.Im very much of a 14 person still at heart.But I wanted to 15 a new challenge.”She liked 16 people that everyone can feel attractive in their own skin,“You shouldnt be ashamed of your own 17 .In the meantime,shes focused on using her blog to encourage those who want to follow her example.She 18 her success to confidence,faith and never 19 .“I turned my weakness into my strength.Im a(n) 20 that you can do what you want,because ” she pauses,“Just because! Thats it.You just can!”1、Apopular Bcommon Creserved Dscarce2、Acame up Bput up Cheld up Dlooked up3、Aresponsibility Bpossibility Cstability Dflexibility4、Anothing Bnobody Canything Danyone5、Aescape Bprove Cchange Davoid6、Arejects Brepresents Cpraises Dcomplains7、Aever Bjust Cnever Deven8、Asuggestion Bexcuse Cassessment Dnotice9、Amodel Bdirector Cdesigner Dmanager10、Aon Bin Caround Dbeside11、Asymptoms Bmarks Cscars Dwounds12、Agrow Bbare Chide Dcover13、AAs though BAs usual CEver since DEven though14、Aambitious Bkind Cshy Dactive15、Aresist Babandon Crun Dmeet16、Aobserving Breminding Cinforming Dwarning17、Abody Bfailure Cmisfortune Dstrength18、Aconsiders Btends Cowes Dadmits19、Ablowing up Bgiving up Ccalling off Dputting off20、Aexample Badvisor Cprofessor DmotivatorSection 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 1Movies are a great means of entertainment for many. There are some advantages of watching movies. Comedies, for example, help reduce your blood pressure. Laughter for 15 minutes during a film makes your blood vessels (血管) wider. Besides, when you watch a sad movie, youre more likely to come away from it thinking about loved ones and feeling happy about what you have.Watching movies can make you creative. A study shows that young children, who watched the use of magic in Harry Potter, score significantly higher in a creative thinking test than children who watched something else. Moreover, movies are very useful for strengthening peoples mental health. They enable people to take time to really relax and temporarily forget about their daily concerns and problems.However, watching movies arent always beneficial. Studies have shown that some people get real pleasure out of being scared by horror movies, but in various ways they may be risking their physical and mental health without even knowing it. When you watch a tense scene in a movie, your heart rate and blood pressure increase. Meanwhile this change in your brain chemistry reminds you of times when you were in a similar state, even if you have no idea you even had those memories. So if something horrible happens to you, being scared again by a movie can unintentionally make you experience it once more.Scientists, politicians and parents have debated for decades if being exposed to movie violence leads to actual real-life violence. Overall the answer to that is probably still up in the air, but a new study seems to prove that watching aggression on screen can contribute to being a bully (土霸) in real life, even if it is just in the short term.In conclusion, certain movies play a positive role, but not all movies do. It depends completely on the subject of the movie. So its always advisable to choose the movies concern