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1、考研英语一2023年湖南省怀化市沅陵县高分冲刺试卷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)I always wanted to be a writer. When I was fifteen, I 1 to my English class that I was going to write my own book
2、s. My classmates fell out of their chairs laughing. “Dont be 2 . Only geniuses can become writers,” the English teacher said, “And you are getting Ds.” I was so 3 that I burst into tears.That night I wrote a short sad poem about 4 dreams and mailed it to a newspaper. To my 5 , they published it and
3、sent me two dollars. I couldnt believe it. I became a published and 6 writer. 7 , I sold more poems. By the time I graduated, I had scrapbooks filled with my published work. I never 8 my writing to my teachers or classmates again as they were dream 9 .Years later, when I was ready to write my first
4、novel, I already had four children. I wrote on my typewriter while they napped. It took nine months to finish. I 10 chose a publisher, put my book in a 11 and mailed it off. The letter I 12 read, “I wrote this book myself and I hope youll like it. Thank you.”A month later I received a contract (合同)
5、and a/an 13 to start another book. My book, Crying Wind, became a best seller. Translated into fifteen languages, it was sold 14 .People asked what college I 15 and what qualifications I have to be a writer. The answer is: “None”. Im not 16 and I just write. To those who 17 writing, Im shouting at y
6、ou: “Yes, you can. Dont 18 others.” I dont write right but Ive overcome the 19 . Writing is 20 , and anyone can do it.1、Aannounced Badmitted Cintroduced Dadvertised2、Aoptimistic Benthusiastic Csilly Dsad3、Asurprised Bconfused Cworried Dashamed4、Aambitious Bbroken Cwild Dvivid5、Aannoyance Bregret Cas
7、tonishment Dsatisfaction6、Arespected Bfamous Cvalued Dpaid7、AGradually BEspecially CFinally DSuddenly8、Asubmitted Bmentioned Csold Dreturned9、Asavers Bmakers Ckillers Dseekers10、Arandomly Bpartly Cnervously Dnaturally11、Acollection Bbottle Csuitcase Dpackage12、Acovered Battached Creceived Dpublished
8、13、Arequest Bdoubt Cinstruction Dattempt14、Aseparately Boriginally Cfreely Dinternationally15、Aentered Bestablished Cattended Doperated16、Asatisfied Btrained Ccourageous Dhard-working17、Aapprove of Bdream of Csucceed in Dbelieve in18、Aargue with Brely on Cfight against Dlisten to19、Auncertainties Bq
9、ualities Cdifficulties Dcuriosities20、Aeasy Bchallenging Cboring DlogicalSection 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 This Monday, the nation wil
10、l start to celebrate Presidents Day, just seven days before George Washingtons birthday. Everyone agrees that day is a holiday, but is it just to celebrate George Washingtons Birthday? What about Abraham Lincoln? Some government offices call it Presidents Day. Others say the holiday is officially Wa
11、shingtons Birthday. Confused yet?George Washington was elected the countrys first President on April 30, 1789. Soon after, Americans began publicly celebrating his birthday. Presidential historians say the actual date of George Washingtons birth is February 11, 1732. But a change in the calendar sys
12、tem 20 years later shifted all dates，making Washingtons birthday February 22, which is now well accepted. In 1879, Congress made Washingtons birthday an official federal holiday. It was the first federal holiday to celebrate an individuals birthday. In 1968, Congress passed the Monday Holidays Act,
13、which moved the holiday to the third Monday in February. The new law did not change the holidays name. It was still called Washingtons Birthday, even though some lawmakers wanted to call it Presidents Day to include Abraham Lincoln, whose actual birthday is February 12.Many people argue that the hol
14、iday should celebrate all past Presidents. They feel Lincoln should be honored for his role in preserving the nation during the Civil War and helping to free slaves. Others feel the holiday should only honor Washington, the countrys first President. They say shifting the focus away from Washington w
15、ould mean future generations of kids would not know about the Father of Our Country.Laws have been introduced in Congress over the years to require use of the term George Washingtons Birthday.but none of those laws have been passed. Meanwhile, many state governments and school districts now use the term Presidents Day
