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1、贞丰县2023年考研英语一考前冲刺预测试卷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)How far would you walk to learn about something that interested you? When he was young, Jacob Lawrence often walked m
2、ore than sixty 1 from his home in the Harlem section of New York City to the Metropolitan Museum of ArtJacob wanted to be a（n） 2 ，and he believed that studying the famous paintings 3 in that museum would help himIt was 1930,when many people were out of work, money was 4 and people suffered a lotStil
3、l the streets were 5 with energy and colorAs he walked through Harlem, Jacob looked hard at the people, the churches, and barbershops and so onHe 6 those images in his mind, along with the images of paintings he saw in the 7 Jacob came from a poor familyHis mother believed there was little chance 8
4、her son could grow up to be a successful painterShe wanted him to aim for something more 9 But Jacobs teacher, Alston, in an art program saw that he was talentedAlston 10 him how to use paints to make stage setsAs time passed, Alston let Jacob rent work space in his own studio That was an exciting p
5、lace for a young black man 11 to become an artistMany creative people 12 there to talk about art, literature and historyFrom their 13 ,Jacob learned that history books often 14 the accomplishments of African AmericansHe decided to paint a sel1es of pictures describing the story of a black heroHe 15
6、Toussaint, who had helped free his people 16 French rulingMany people admired Jacobs pictures, but he needed 17 admirationTo help his family, he often had to work at jobs that 18 him away from paintingThen something encouraging happenedAn artist named Augusta got Jacob a jobFor eighteen months, Jaco
7、b was given a 19 to paint pictures For the first time, he felt like a 20 artist1、Asteps Bblocks Cbuildings Davenues2、Aartist Btutor Cscholar Dofficial3、Aswinging Bexisting Changing Dtwisting4、Ablank Bloose Ctough Dtight5、Alined Bdecorated Cassociated Dfilled6、Astored Breceived Ccreated Dremembered7、
8、Amuseum Bstudio Cchurch Dstreet8、Awhether Bwhich Cthat Dwhen9、Aprecious Bpractical Cstandard Dflexible10、Arecommended Breminded Cprovided Dshowed11、Ahesitating Bstruggling Cmarching Dparticipating12、Asettled Bwandered Cgathered Drushed13、Aexperiences Bperformances Caccents Dconversations14、Aacknowle
9、dged Baccused Cignored Dwitnessed15、Achose Baccepted Ccounted Demployed16、Aagainst Bfrom Cfor Dwith17、Amore than Brather than Cother than Dless than18、Abroke Bgave Cpermitted Dtook19、Aaward Btitle Csalary Dprize20、Apermanent Bpopular Cpositive DprofessionalSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirec
10、tions: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 year marks the 170th anniversary of Paul Gauguins birth. He lived for just 54 years but he packed his brief life with activity.The French
11、painter spent his early childhood in Peru before returning to France. As an adult, he continued to travel a lot. Most famously, he spent much of the last decade of his life in Tahiti, an island in southern Pacific Ocean. Indeed, Gauguin is best known for his colorful paintings of Tahitians and their
12、 culture.The restlessness of this great painter has been normal among modern artists since the middle of the 19th century. Theyre never satisfied for long with a certain style or way of life. Once something becomes conventional, its turned down.The artistic culture that Gauguin developed from was th
13、at of Impressionism (印象派). Painters like Claude Monet had wanted to paint how they saw the world, not how their teachers taught them it should be seen. Gauguin, and similar artists like his friend Vincent van Gogh, moved even further away from “respectable” art than the Impressionists. For them, it
14、was not simply a matter of seeing the world differently, but feeling and thinking about it differently, too.Gauguin saw, felt and thought differently from most members of European society. He thought that European culture was too fancy and not spontaneous. This is why he turned to the traditions of
15、other parts of the world, like Africa, and, eventually, Tahiti. Artists like Gauguin used the word “primitive” for these cultures, but not as a negative term. For him, Europe, in becoming modem, industrial and scientific, seemed less natural than other parts of the world.In truth, Gauguins paintings may be unconventional but they are certainly
