考研英语一黑龙江省七台河市勃利县2023年考前冲刺预测试卷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)It is widely believed that inner beauty is the most impressive in the world.On the outskirts of a town in England lies a nice cottage with a large garden where there lives an old and aged man. The old man is 1 pruning（修剪）, watering or fertilizing his flowers all the time. The garden 2 bees and butterflies dance and colorful flowers blossom all year around is so well-tended（被照顾地好）that every passer-by cannot but stop for a 3 with admiration.One day a young 4 went by the old mans garden. He stopped and gazed at the splendid garden and the special cottage, totally 5 the admiration at the beauty of these sceneries, 6 how happy he could be 7 he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, all of a sudden he found the old gardener was 8 .Greatly shocked, the young painter 9 that old man, asking “why are you busy 10 these flowers every day which you cant see?” The blind gardener gave a wide smile, explaining “First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I 11 like this job. Second, while I cant see these flowers I can 12 them. Third, I can smell the sweetness of them. 13 the last one, thats you.”“Me? But you dont know me.” responded the young painter.“Yeah. But I know flowers are angels which everyone knows and would never 14 . I know a great many people who show 15 for life would stop by and the beauty of my garden will get them into a good 16 . In the meantime, it also gives a 17 to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”The old man cant see the beauty hes created. 18 , every flower has eyes 19 which they can see the beauty and kindness of the old mans heart and the sweetness of his soul.The blind man grows flowers in his heart. Failing the sight of the beauty of blossoming, he surely can 20 the voice of it, I suppose.1、Aleft Bkept Cseen Dmade2、Awhere Bwhich Cthat Dwhat3、Achat Breturn Cdiscussion Dglance4、Apainter Bneighbor Cphotographer Dtraveler5、Afaced with Blost in Cdevoted to Dmoved by6、Athinking Bwondering Cpicturing Dbelieving7、Awhen Bif Ceven if Dsince8、Aparticular Bspecial Cblind Denergetic9、Aapproached Breached Cwatched Dprevented10、Aplanting Bwatering Cfertilizing Dtending11、Aeasily Breally Caccidentally Deventually12、Aget rid of Bgive a touch to Ccome up with Dhave fun with13、AWithout BIn spite of CAnd for DEven so14、Apick them up Bturn them down Clet them down Dgive them up15、Aenthusiasm Bcalmness Ckindness Dcaution16、Amood Bcondition Cplace Dlife17、Away Btime Cchance Dhand18、ATherefore BAnyway CHowever DBesides19、Afor Bin Cfrom Dwith20、Achange Bhear Cremind DacceptSection 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 Every person plans to run off to some tropical isle, but few do. Real life, family, work, and monetary limitations get in the way. Ian Fleming let none of these considerations stop him.After the war, Fleming set down his schedule. The first week of January saw him leave England and travel to Jamaica. The first week of March saw his return. He accepted his job at Kemsley newspapers without compromise this portion of the year would be set aside for Jamaica or he would look elsewhere for employment.For 6 years Fleming traveled each winter to Jamaica, lounging in paradise, romancing women, chasing the sunset, but it was not until he faced the pressure of a married woman who was pregnant with his child did Fleming start the writers journey which would change his life and popular culture forever. As Fleming waited in Jamaica for Annes divorce to become final, he wrote the first draft of a novel, Casino Royale.Flemings career as a writer deserves more examination than can be offered here, but suffice it to say, over the next 12 years, Ian Fleming transformed his elite existence, his arrogance, his style, and his acid wit into some of the greatest thrillers ever written. Fleming incurred the respect of authors as diverse as Raymond Chandler, Kingsley Amis, and Edith Sitwell. His fans included John, Jackie, and Bobby Kennedy, and his social circle included Prime Minister Anthony Eden, Evelyn Waugh, and Somerset Maugham.Fleming filled out the 12 years of Bond with great adventure journalism. Even in stories which had little action or pay off, such as hi