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1、考研英语一洛阳市汝阳县2023年临考冲刺试卷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)When my sister Diane began playing the violin, she was seven. How did she sound? Terrible. But she didnt 1 . At twel
2、ve, she asked our parents if she could 2 a fulltime music school.They said no. Actually, everyone agreed that my sister 3 talent.I was better at my 4 . My teacher had told my parents that I had great 5 . So my parents found the best piano teacher in the area to 6 me. But the only time he was 7 was S
3、aturday afternoons at 3 p.m. Back then, I was 8 about the British TV show The Avengers, which was 9 every Saturday at 3 p.m. I let nothing take up my The Avengers hour. So I 10 this amazing opportunity.Today, I dont even have a 11 in my house.My sister became an engineer, but she 12 stopped making m
4、usic. When she was in her 40s, she switched her 13 . She went back to college, got a(n) 14 in music education, and became a music teacher. She started kids off on their first instrument and gave them all the encouragement and support she never 15 .Recently, she and a pianist pal (朋友) put on a recita
5、l. A big crowd of friends and family 16 for her. As she played, I looked around at the 17 . Everyone was 18 enjoying the music. It occurred to me that I was the only person that remembered that a 7 year-old kid making those perfectly 19 sounds and knew how far she had come, despite 20 .Talent is imp
6、ortant. But enthusiasm is even more important.1、Aadvance Bquit Creflect Dlisten2、Ainspect Bopen Cattend Dvisit3、Alacked Bspotted Cpossessed Dadmired4、Amajor Bproject Ccomposition Dinstrument5、Apatience Benthusiasm Cpotential Dambition6、Atrain Bexamine Ccorrect Dchallenge7、Apunctual Bskillful Coccupi
7、ed Davailable8、Asensitive Bcrazy Cserious Dparticular9、Afilmed Bdesigned Caired Dcommented10、Ajumped at Bturned down Cwaited for Dopened up11、Atutor Bviolin Cmusician Dpiano12、Anever Bonce Calready Deven13、Aattitude Bcareer Cplan Dposition14、Ascholarship Bsponsor Cdegree Dassistant15、Aprovided Bimag
8、ined Creceived Dexpected16、Avoted Bfeared Cstayed up Dturned up17、Astudents Baudience Cspotlights Dplatform18、Aobviously Bdesperately Cappropriately Danxiously19、Abooming Bpleasing Cawful Dpowerful20、Aeverything Bsomething Ceverybody DsomebodySection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the
9、 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 This week, a mammoth (猛犸象) possibly killed by humans 10,000 to 15,000 years ago was found in soy fields about 50 miles west of Detroit. It was found by farme
10、r James Bristle and his neighbor Trent Satterthwaite, who were reportedly digging in the field. At first, they couldnt figure out what they were seeing.“It was probably a rib bone that came up,” Bristle tells Ann Arbor News. “We thought it was a bent fence post.” Upon closer inspection, however, it
11、became clear even to untrained eyes this was no fence post. “We knew it was something special.” Then they sped up the dig.After finding the bones Monday night, Bristle called the University of Michigan Tuesday morning to report his find. Scientist Daniel Fisher arrived to inspect it Wednesday, and b
12、y Thursday morning he had confirmed its a woolly mammoth. He concludes the animal was about 40 years old when it died. It was hunted by humans, he says, who killed it arid stored the remains in a pond as a way of preserving the meat for future use. Its still too early to tell exactly how it died, Fi
13、sher tells Detroits WWJ-TV, “but the skeleton showed signs of humans butchering.”The bones are being temporarily stored nearby, according to the Free Press, and it remains unclear where theyll eventually end up. Their research value will be determined once theyve been cleaned and dried.Woolly mammot
14、hs once lived in Eurasia and North America, and most disappeared by 10,000 years agoa demise (终止) that has been linked not only to humans, but also to changing climate. Its now believed that warming weather weakened their populations before humans dealt the final blows.1、How did James Bristle and his neighbor find what they found at first?AIts delicate.BIts old.CIts unique.DIts worthless.2、What can we know about the mammoth according to the text?AIt might die in its 40s.BIt was native to Eurasia.CIt preferred walking in the fields.DIt mainly died from climate change.3、Which is Daniel Fishers
