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1、酒泉市安西县2023年考研英语一点睛提分卷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)There is an interesting story about how Pablo Picasso, the famous Spanish artist, developed the ability to produce an
2、 amazing work in just minutes.As the story goes, Picasso was walking through the market one day when a woman 1 him. She stopped the artist, pulled out a piece of paper and said, “Mr. Picasso, I am a fan of your works. Could you do a little 2 for me, please ?”Picasso smiled and 3 drew a small, but be
3、autiful piece of art on the paper. Then, he 4 the paper back to the woman, saying, “That will be one million dollars.”“But Mr. Picasso, it only 5 you 30 seconds to draw this little masterpiece,” said the woman“My good lady, I spend 30 years 6 to draw that masterpiece in thirty seconds.” said Picasso
4、.Picasso isnt the only 7 man who worked for decades to master his craft. His 8 is typical of many creative geniuses. Even people of considerable talent 9 produce amazing work before decades of 10 . A recent study 11 the ages of Nobel Prize winners, great inventors, and scientists. The researchers fo
5、und that most groundbreaking work 12 during the late thirties at least a full decade into any personal career. Even in the fields of science and maths, creative 13 is often made after more than ten years work.These findings 14 the work done by previous researchers as well. For example, a study 15 at
6、 Carnegie Mellon University by professor John Hayes found that out of 500 famous musical pieces, nearly all of them were created after ten years of the composers career. In later studies, Hayes found similar 16 with poets and painters. He began 17 this period hard work and little fame as the“ten yea
7、rs of 18 .”Whether you are a composer or a scientist, creativity is not a 19 you are born with or without. It is something that is discovered, honed（磨练）, and improved 20 real work.1、Arealized Brecognized Cinterviewed Dfollowed2、Achatting Breading Cshopping Ddrawing3、Afinally Bunwillingly Cquickly Ds
8、uddenly4、Ahanded Btransported Carranged Ddelivered5、Atook Bwasted Cspent Drequested6、Apractising Bteaching Clearning Dintending7、Afunny Bcomplex Carguable Dbrilliant8、Ajourney Bpainting Cmodel Dachievement9、Aalways Brarely Cnever Dpossibly10、Await Bsurvey Cpractice Dformation11、Asaw Bkept Cconnected
9、 Dtracked12、Acompleted Bpeaked Csucceeded Dcreated13、Aadvance Bcollection Cdevelopment Dprogress14、Amatch Bshow Cinclude Ddelay15、Acarried Bexplored Cconducted Dremoved16、Apatterns Blifestyles Cconditions Dcustoms17、Alooking at Breferring to Ctaking over Ddressing up18、Areview Bsilence Crise Dtrick1
10、9、Acase Bcharacter Cquality Drole20、Abefore Bwith Calong DthroughSection 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 My friends, Emma Daniels, spent the
11、 summer of 1974 traveling in Israel. During her month-long stay in Jerusalem she often went to a caf called Chocolate Soup. It was run by two men, one of whom Alex used to live in Montreal. One morning when Emma went in for coffee, while chatting with her new friend Alex, she mentioned that she had
12、just finished the book she was reading and had nothing else to read. Alex said he had a wonderful book she might like, and that hed be happy to lend it to her. As he lived just above the caf, he quickly ran up to get it. The book he handed to Emma just minutes later was Markings, a book by a former
13、Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN).Emma had never read it, nor had she ever bought a copy. But, when she opened it up, she was floored to see her own name and address inside the cover in her own handwriting. It turned out that the summer before, at a concert back in Montreal, Emma had met
14、a Californian who was in town visiting friends. They decided to exchange addresses, but neither of them had any paper. The man opened up a book he was carrying in his backpack and asked Emma to write her name and address inside. When he returned to California, he left the book behind in Montreal, an
15、d his friend Alex kept it. When Alex later moved to Jerusalcm, he took the book along.1、Alex lent Emma the book, Markings,_.Ato show his friendliness to herBto show his interest in readingCto tell her about the importance of UNDto let her write her name and address inside2、How did Emma feel the moment she op
