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1、考研英语一百色市靖西县2023年统考试题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) There was once a young ballerina who had taken ballet lessons all through her childhood. She wanted to be a leading b
2、allet dancer, but she was not 1 about this. When a ballet company came to town, she went backstage after the 2 and spoke to the ballet master, “I want to be a great ballet dancer but I dont know if I have the 3 at all.” The master said, “ 4 for me.” After a minute or two he shook his head and said “
3、No, no, no, you dont have what takes to be a 5 ballerina.”The young woman went home 6 . She threw the ballet slippers into the closet and never wore them again. 7 she got married and had children. When the kids were 8 enough, she took a part-time job 9 a cashier at a corner shop. 10 later, the same
4、ballet company came to town. She 11 the performance and on the way out she 12 the same old ballet master who was then in his eighties. She 13 him that they had spoken before. She 14 him photos of her children and told him about the corner shop job that she was doing now. And then she asked, “There i
5、s just one thing that really 15 me for many years. 16 could you tell me that I dont have what it takes to be a great ballerina?”“Oh, I 17 looked at you when you danced. Thats what I told all of them who 18 to me”, he said.“But. but thats unforgivable! You have 19 my life; I could have been a great b
6、allet dancer!” she cried.“No no. I dont think so. If you have what it takes, you wouldnt have paid any 20 to what I said,” the old ballet master said.Well, whose fault is it anyway?1、AcarefulBsorryCanxiousDsure2、AperformanceBdiscussionClessonDcrowd3、AchoiceBfreedomCtalentDchance4、AWorkBPrepareCWaitD
7、Dance5、AgreatBseriousCbeautifulDpatient6、ApuzzledBexcitedChungryDheartbroken7、AHoweverBThereforeCInsteadDOtherwise8、AcleverBoldClovelyDdependent9、AlikeBwithCforDas10、AYearsBMonthsCWeeksDDays11、AplayedBcanceledChatedDattended12、Aran nitBquarreled withCbelieved inDglared at13、ApromisedBadvisedCreminde
8、dDcheated14、AawardedBshowedCsoldDmailed15、AinterestedBencouragedCfrightenedDbothered16、AHowBWhyCWhenDWhere17、AsecretlyBimmediatelyChardlyDproudly18、AcontributedBcameCrepliedDwrote19、AruinedBimprovedCexperiencedDcontrolled20、AmoneyBeffortCvisitDattentionSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirection
9、s: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 NEW HAVEN, Connecticut A surprise awaited students in Yale who showed up for Professor Laurie Santoss class. They got slips of paper that said, “No
10、 class today.” There was only one rule for the students unexpected free timeThey were not allowed to study, but to relax. Since exams and papers were coming up, everyone was tired and stressed. At this moment they were touched. With around applause, nine students hugged Santos, and two burst into te
11、ars.Yet, cancelling class was not just a break. It was also a challenge, as she was asking them to stop worrying about their grades, even if it was just an hour. One student went to the Yale University Art Gallery for the first time in her four years at Yale. A group of students went to a recording
12、studio and played a new song. More people were outside, and more were smiling. Thats why about 1,200 students were taking Santoss class, called “Psychology and the Good Life,” the largest class in Yales 317-year history. Even non-Yale students had the chance to take Santoss class. It was offered as
13、an online course and she immediately became an Internet hit.Skyler Robinson, one of her students, was at a loss for a while about what to do during his break, and then decided to take a nap. “It was a great nap,” he commented. Santos designed the class after she realized that her students kept busy
14、through long days that seemed far more depressing and joyless than her own college years. “They feel theyre in this crazy rat race. Theyre working so hard that they cant take a single hour off. Thats awful.”The ideas behind the class are simple. Santos said, “It is the hope that science can help stu
15、dents find peace among all the stresses and difficulties they face at college.” The lessons include showing more gratitude, performing acts of kindness and increasing social connections. The students really wanted to learn to lead a happy life in a science -driven way. Santos also noted the psychological happening of “mis-wanting”, which led people to work towards the wrong goals in life.One week, Santo asked students to