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1、考研英语一红河哈尼族彝族自治州元阳县2023年高分冲刺试题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)Its a tradition for Ann Sutton to seek help for one or two families around Christmas. The Suttons dinner conv
2、ersation often turned to local families 1 This year, the youngest daughter Kate was 2 that Santa Claus would make a special visit 3 a 22-year-old single mother named Ashley.One Sunday, the 4 rang. A representative from a local organization was calling to say the 5 Ann had requested for Ashley had fa
3、llen through. No Santa Claus, no presents, nothing. Ann saw the cheer 6 from her childrens faces at the news. Without a word, Kate ran into her room. Soon, Kate returned with her piggy bank, her face set with 7 And now she 8 the coins and dollar bills out, one by one, onto the kitchen table: $3.30.
4、“Mom,” she told Ann, “I know its not much. 9 maybe this will buy a present for the baby.” 10 everyone was reaching into pockets and purses. Soon, the money 11 on the kitchen table. The total: $130.The next morning, Ann told her coworkers about her daughters latest project. Throughout the day, more c
5、oworkers 12 with contributions. Each time a little money came in, Ann called home. And with each 13 from her mother, Kate would scream into the phone and do a little dance of victory. With the story of Kates gift 14 beyond Anns office, she received more contributions. By the end of the day, the tota
6、l was now $500plenty of a Christmas for Ashleys family.That evening, Kate went with her mother to 15 the money. They bought plenty of household necessities. They 16 had enough to buy food for a Christmas dinner. On Christmas Eve, Ann 17 through the pouring rain to where the family lived. When Ashley
7、 opened the door, Ann stood under her umbrella and wished the 18 woman a Merry Christmas. Then Ann began to unload the gifts from the car. With so many gifts to take inside, she abandoned the umbrella. Ashley 19 her in the rain. Soon both women were wet through, and the surprise had turned to someth
8、ing deeper, the kind of 20 that brought them close to tears.1、Ain chargeBin needCin returnDin turn2、AexcitedBsurprisedCashamedDdisappointed3、AwithBwithoutCtoDfrom4、AdoorbellBphoneCalarmDclock5、ApleasureBpermissionCinformationDaid6、AriseBshowCtakeDdisappear7、AdeterminationBpeaceCsurpriseDpuzzle8、Acol
9、lectedBcountedCchoseDfound9、AOrBAndCButDSo10、AGraduallyBFinallyCImmediatelyDConstantly11、Amade upBpicked upCtook upDpiled up12、Aput upBcame outCset offDdropped by13、AgreetingBreportCletterDgift14、AspreadingBsharingCstartingDinventing15、AspendBdeliverCmakeDreceive16、AevenBalwaysCalreadyDyet17、Awalked
10、BdroveCranDcycled18、AastonishedBembarrassedCboredDfrightened19、AtookBheldCjoinedDattended20、AsympathyBsadnessCanxietyDjoySection 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 SHEE
11、T. (40 points)Text 1Imagine that youre the creator and show runner of the newest comedy show on television. Only it isnt so popular yet, and your live Studio audience isnt giving you the big laughs the show deserves. Do you film the show all over again, hoping that this time the audience will laugh?
12、 Or is there another option for making a joke sound funnier than it was received?Sweeten(改善) the sound by adding a laugh track! “Sweetening,” or the addition of sound effects such as laughs, screams, and other audience-produced noises to the audio track of a TV show, has been used since the 1940s to
13、 produce the appearance, or rather the sound, of an engaged and entertained response to a shows comedy. Laugh tracks came into existence as not only a solution, and sometimes replacement, for an unengaged live audience but also as a way to engage an at-home audience into a more-traditional, public,
14、and theaterlike experience. Adding a laugh track to a television show makes the viewers at home feel much less like theyre sitting on a couch staring at the television screen and much more like theyre in a room full of laughing happy people to varying degrees of success.Though the art of sweetening
15、has risen and fallen in popularity over the past 60 years, credit for its creation and continued use is owed to laugh-track pioneer and sound engineer Charles Douglass. Douglass was the first to develop, in 1953, a machine for producing “canned laughter”, accessible at the push of a button or pull of a lever (操纵杆). Despite being artificial, sensibly edited laugh tracks are found by television studios to bring about a positive audience response, as their use is usually accompanied by hig
