考研英语一2023年盘锦市双台子区巅峰冲刺试卷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)One day, a professor entered the classroom and asked his students to prepare for a surprise test. They waited anxiously at their desks for the test to begin. The professor 1 the question papers，with the text facing down as usual. 2 he handed them all out, he asked his students to 3 the page and begin. To everyones surprise, there were no 4 , just a black dot in the center of the page.The professor, seeing the expression on everyones face, told them the following：“I want you to write what you 5 there.”The students, 6 , got started on the inexplicable (费解的) task.At the end of the class, the professor 7 all the answer papers and started reading each one of them aloud in front of all the students. All of them, with no 8 , described the black dot, trying to explain its position in the middle of the sheet, etc. After all had been 9 , the classroom was silent, and the professor began to explain：“Im not going to grade (打分) this. I 10 wanted to give you something to think about. No one wrote about the 11 part of the paper. Everyone focused on the black dot, and the same happens in our 12 We have a white paper to observe and 13 , but we always focus on the dark spots. Our life is a 14 given to us with love and care, and we always have 15 to celebrate：nature renewing itself every day, our friends around us, the job that 16 our livelihood and the miracles we see every day. 17 , we insist on focusing only on the dark spots：the health issues that bother us，the lack of money, the 18 relationship with colleagues, the 19 with a friend, and etc.The dark spots are very 20 compared to everything we have in our lives, but they are the ones that pollute our minds.”1、Ahanded out Bwrapped up Creferred to Dpointed at2、ASince BUntil CIf DAfter3、Afold Bturn Copen Duse4、Aexercises Bchoices Cquestions Dscores5、Aremember Bimagine Cstudy Dsee6、Asurprised Bconfused Ccurious Ddispleased7、Acollected Bfinished Cmarked Dselected8、Aexcuse Bdoubt Cexception Dexplanation9、Asaid Banswered Creturned Dread10、Aalso Bjust Ceven Dfinally11、Abig Bblack Cbeautiful Dwhite12、Alives Bclassrooms Ccolleges Dstudies13、Asend Bkeep Cenjoy Dshow14、Aburden Bgift Cpressure Dlesson15、Areasons Btime Cfreedom Dfestivals16、Athreatens Bruins Cprovides Dchanges17、AHowever BTherefore CBesides DMoreover18、Aclose Bcomplicated Cspecial Dstrong19、Astay Bcontact Csatisfaction Ddisappointment20、Adark Bround Csmall DdirtySection 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 1 A thrilling polar competition between two adventurers to cross Antarctica alone, unsupported and unassisted had a happy ending with both explorers achieving the unprecedented feat (功绩). American professional athlete Colin OBrady and British Army Captain Louis Rudd set off a mile apart at the same time on November 3, 2018, from the Atlantic coast with the aim to become the first person to ski across the remote continent alone.Louis Rudd maintained the lead at first. However, OBrady caught up with Rudd on November10 and never let the British man get close to him again. OBrady was the first to conquer the 930 mile icy land, arriving at the Ross Ice Shelf on the Pacific coast by way of the South Pole on December 26, 2018. The 33-year-old spent 54 days skiing the worlds coldest continent while pulling a 300-pound sled(雪橇) with supplies.Instead of leaving the harsh environment after completing the historic adventure, the explorer set up a tent on the worlds largest ice sheet and waited patiently for Rudd to complete the great undertaking. On December 29, just three days after OBrady arrived, the British explorer finished his adventure, becoming the worlds second person to complete the solo crossing of the frozen continent.Rudd was not disappointed at being second since he never considered it to be a “race”. Besides, the 49-year-old British Army Captain had a more selfless motive for attempting the feat. He was doing it in memory of his friend Henry Worsley, who had introduced him to polar exploration. The disaster happened while Worsley was trying to cross the continent alone in 2016. Rudd said, I didnt want to get drawn into a race. All that mattered to me was that I completed it, and that I skied solo and unsupported, carry