考研英语一2023年西双版纳傣族自治州勐腊县统考试题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)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 1 When she won the first ever season of American Idol 11 years ago, critics believed she had little chance of staying on top. Too “girl next door”, they said. Not stylish enough. Not thin enough, either.But Kelly Clarkson, 31, has proven them all wrong with her string of worldwide hits, from Because of You to the recent Catch My Breath.Being the first Idol winner in the US was not easy. In the past decade since that victory, Clakson has had to deal with the medias scrutiny of her weight and personal style. “Everyones like, Youre a pop star. You should be smaller.” Clarkson told People Magazine. “But Im the pop star. Ill make the rules.”Since middle school, Clarkson has been aware of the power of her voice. She first joined the school choir (合唱队) at age 13 when a teacher heard her singing in the hallway and demanded that she join. “Singing gave me confidence,” Clarkson told the Orange County Register, a newspaper in California. “Friends at school were nervous because they didnt know what they wanted to do with the rest of their lives, but I had a peaceful feeling inside, because I knew. ”Despite her enormous publicity, Clarkson has remained true to her down-to-earth personality. “The reason some winners fade away is that theyre trying to model themselves on somebody else. If we already have the original, why would we need a copy? You need to be offering something new, something thats uniquely you, ”she told the Daily Mail. Around her rib cage (胸腔) is her new tattoo (纹身), indicating how strong she has become from all that shes been through. It reads: “What doesnt kill you.”1、How did critics think of Kelly?AUnique.BPlain.CBeautiful-looking.DExtraordinary.2、How did Kelley prove critics wrong?ABy losing weight.BBy winning some medals.CBy giving some worldwide concerts.DBy publishing some very famous songs.3、What does the under lined word in paragraph 3 mean?ATough inspection.BExtreme curios