考研英语一2023年黄冈市武穴市考前冲刺试卷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) Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were the first people to climb the West Face of the Siula Grande in the Andes mountains. They reached the top 1 ，but on their way back conditions were very 2 . Joe fell and broke his leg. They both knew that if Simon 3 alone，he would probably get back 4 . But Simon decided to risk his 5 and try to lower Joe down the mountain on a rope.As they 6 down，the weather got worse. Then another 7 occurred. They couldnt see or hear each other and， 8 ，Simon lowered his friend over the edge of a precipice（峭壁）. It was 9 for Joe to climb back or for Simon to pull him up. Joes 10 was pulling Simon slowly towards the precipice. 11 ，after more than an hour in the dark and the icy cold，Simon had to 12 . In tears，he cut the rope. Joe 13 into a huge crevasse（裂缝） in the ice below. He had no food or water and he was in terrible pain. He couldnt walk，but he 14 to get out of the crevasse and started to 15 towards their camp，nearly ten kilometers 16 .Simon had 17 the camp at the foot of the mountain. He thought that Joe must be 18 ，but he didnt want to leave 19 . Three days later，in the middle of the night，he heard Joes voice. He couldnt 20 it. Joe was there，a few meters from their tent，still alive.1、AhurriedlyBcarefullyCsuccessfullyDearly2、AdifficultBsimilarCspecialDnormal3、AclimbedBworkedCrestedDcontinued4、AunwillinglyBsafelyCslowlyDregretfully5、AfortuneBtimeChealthDlife6、AlayBsettledCwentDlooked7、AdamageBstormCchangeDtrouble8、Aby mistakeBby chanceCby choiceDby luck9、AunnecessaryBpracticalCimportantDimpossible10、AheightBweightCstrengthDequipment11、AFinallyBPatientlyCSurelyDQuickly12、Astand backBtake a restCmake a decisionDhold on13、AjumpedB fellCescapedDbacked14、AmanagedBplannedCwaitedDhoped15、ArunBskateCmoveDmarch16、AaroundBawayCaboveDalong17、Aheaded forBtraveled toCleft forDreturned to18、AdeadBhurtCweakDlate19、AsecretlyBtiredlyCimmediatelyDanxiously20、AfindBbelieveCmakeDacceptSection 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 1Ever since his applauded first novel, Kazuo Ishiguro, now 60, has managed to maintain a steady literary drive, a steady amount of creative space, and a steady success rate. The Buried Giant, Ishiguros seventh novel, and his first in a decade, is as risky as it is attractive. It is a sort historical fantasy novel filled with dragons and knights (骑士）丨It is a sort of the surface, but it is also deeply human, rooted in themes fundamental to the human experience: love, history, and the ability to remember it all.JANE GAYDUK: How would you cope with the idea of memorya huge theme in The Buried Giant if you were to set a story like that in the age where everything is online?KAZUO ISHIGURO: One of the questions that attract me right nowI suppose these are questions that arose in my mind as I was writing The Buried Giant, but there was no room in the book itself for exploring themwould be, where do the memory banks in a modem society exist? And I think that question has gotten really complicated now. Maybe in simpler societies such as the one I describe in The Buried Giant I dont think those societies were simple but perhaps they were simpler in terms of this particular questionyou could point to your living memory, what the oldest people still remember about what happened, literally what is handed down.JANE GAYDUK: Do you think this changes the nature of history? It used to be written down by a select few people who bad the power to shape stories, but now its almost like every individual participates in shaping history and thought.KAZUO ISHIGURO: If you leave the official account of a nations history, a communitys history, to just a handful of people, I think thats a more dangerous situation. Particularly if its a handful of people, who are usually the upper levels, who could write the history books and then have those history books taught in schools. Of course skilled, disciplined, and talented historians have always been vital to a society, and I think theyll continue to be vital to a society, but in some ways I feel encouraged by the fact that so many ordinary people now have the ability to put down their impressions; at least theres the potential that their voices will be assessed and heard.Just as an example, when I was researching The Remains of the Day, which is about an English butler (管家），I assumed Id find a lot o