考研英语一2023年肃宁县考前冲刺试题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)完形填空阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。It was my first college acting class. With great hesitation, sweating hands and an 1 heart,1 walked into the classroom. I had spent my entire life 2 public speaking. But now here l was, 3 not only to learn how to speak like someone on 4 but to become them entirely. Theater classes are 5 at many high schools and universities in the US. Theater kids are a quite different bunch who always seemed able to 6 a room with their personalities. 7 it was only a beginner-level course, my college class was filled with students who seemed a 8 fit for acting. They were confident, funny and 9 The professor, a stout（矮胖） woman with a permanent smile and gentle behavior, 10 just as well, She 11 us each with a handshake and welcoming eyes. The class was held in a circular room with 12 situated around the edges. This allowed everyone in the room to have a(n) 13 f whatever performance or lecture was 14 in the center.After our first-day of introductions, each week we 15 in a series of activities designed to help us find our own inner 16 We sang songs, danced to music, and recited 17 from our favorite short stories.The 18 was eye opening .I learned that anyone has the 19 to act, and many of us already do in our daily life. In the end, Im not 20 一that l would consider myself an actor. But I dont think I ever had more fun in a college class.1、AunsteadyBunsatisfiedCunusualDunfair2、ApracticingBavoidingCdeliveringDlearning3、ArefusingBhappeningCpreparingDhesitating4、AstageBcampusCstrikeDtrial5、AdifficultBexpensiveCadvancedDpopular6、Aput upBmake upClight upDbreak up7、AThoughBSinceCUnlessDOnce8、AstrangeBnaturalCcommonDformal9、AoutgoingBcautiousChardworkingDpatient10、AservedBpreparedCspokeDfit11、AinspiredBsuppliedCgreetedDcomforted12、AblackboardsBtablesClightsDchairs13、AviewBopinionCdebateDcommand14、AleavingBoccurringCarrivingDdeclining15、AtookBsucceededCsharedDparticipated16、AsingerBactorCprofessorDdancer17、AcharactersBproverbsClinesDplots18、AadventureBconcertCcompetitionDexperience19、AgiftBinterestCtendencyDdesire20、AcontentBsureCawareDDoubtfulSection 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 For many parents, raising a teenager is like fighting a long war, but years go by without any clear winner. Like a border conflict between neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do?Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict. In part, this is because neither is willing to admit any responsibility for starting it. From the parents point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents complete unreasonableness. And of course, the teens see it in exactly the same way, except oppositely. Both feel trapped.In this article, Ill describe three no-win situations that commonly arise between teens and parents and then suggest some ways out of the trap. The first no-win situation is quarrel on unimportant things. Examples include the color of the teens hair, the cleanness of the bedroom, the preferred style of clothing, the childs failure to eat a good breakfast before school, or his tendency to sleep until noon on the weekends. Second, blaming. The goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everything goes wrong. Third, needing to be right. It doesnt matter what the topic ispolitics, the laws of physics, or the proper way to break an eggthe point of these arguments is to prove that you are right and the other person is wrong, for both wish to be considered an authoritysomeone who actually knows somethingand therefore to command respect. Unfortunately, as long as parents and teens continue to assume that they know more than the other, theyll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any real progress.1、Why does the author compare the parent teen war to a border conflict?ABoth can continue for generations.BBoth are about where to draw the line.CNeither has any clear winner.DNeither can be put to an end.2、What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?AThe teens blame their parents for starting the conflict.BThe teens agree with their parents on the cause of the conflict.CThe teens accuse their parents of misleading them.DThe teens tend to have a full