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1、考研英语一2023年河北省承德市平泉县临考冲刺试题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)J. K. Rowling: The Wizard Behind Harry PotterJ. K. Rowling was born as Joanne Rowling on July 31, 1965 in England
2、. At age four, Rowling and her family 1 to Winterbourne. It was here that she met a brother and sister who lived in her neighborhood with the last 2 Potter. During her childhood, Rowling 3 writing and story-telling.Pressured by her parents to 4 a secretary, Rowling attended the university of Exeter
3、beginning at age 18 and studied French. After college, Rowling stayed in London and worked at several jobs.While on a train from Manchester to London in 1990, Rowling came up with the 5 for Harry Potter. Pen-less at the time, Rowling spent the remainder of her train-ride 6 about the story and began
4、to write it down as soon as she arrived home.Rowling 7 to write snippets about Harry and Hogwarts, but wasnt done with the book when her mother died on December 30, 1990. Her mothers death hit Rowling 8 . In a (an) 9 to escape the sorrow, Rowling accepted a job teaching English in Portugal.In Portug
5、al, Rowling met Jorge Arantes and the two married on October 16, 1992. 10 the marriage proved a bad one, the couple had one child together, Jessica. After getting 11 in 1993, Rowling and her daughter moved to Edinburgh to be near Rowlings sister.Before starting another full-time job, Rowling was det
6、ermined to finish her Harry Potter manuscript. 12 she had completed it, she sent it to several literary 13 . After a year of searching and a number of publishers turning it 14 , the agent finally found a publisher 15 to print the book.Rowlings fist Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher
7、s Stone became hugely popular, attracting 16 of young boys and girls as well as adults. With the public demanding 17 , Rowling quickly got to work on the 18 six books, with the last one published in July 2007.In 1998, Warner Bros. bought the film 19 and since then 20 popular movies have been made of
8、 the books. From the book, the films, and the merchandise bearing Harry Potter images, Rowling has become one of the richest people in the world.1、Acarried Bmoved Csent Dlived2、Afamily Bmember Cname Dsign3、Aloved Bpreferred Cchose Dhanded4、Achange Bshare Cassume Dbecome5、Amethod Bscore Cconcept Dpos
9、sibility6、Adeclaring Bmaking Cdreaming Dmanaging7、Acontinued Bchecked Cexchanged Dpracticed8、Apeacefully Beasily Ctensely Dhard9、Aplan Bquestion Cambition Dattempt10、AInstead BAlthough CTherefore DHowever11、Adivorced Bbeaten Cached Dthrown12、AWhile BOnce CBefore DSince13、Aagents Bsubjects Cvolunteer
10、s Dreaders14、Aoff Bup Cdown Dover15、Awondering Baiming Clooking Dwilling16、Areporter Bpartner Caudience Dfriend17、Amore Bbetter Clonger Dthinner18、Alast Bwhole Crest Dnext19、Apowers Brights Cguidance Dleaders20、Adirectly Bextremely Cseparately DeventuallySection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirecti
11、ons: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 1In a world full of Kates and Sarahs, you might think itd be nice to have a unique name to help me stand out in a crowd.Being named Stacia (pronoun
12、ced stay-sha) is not so lucky to me. I11 get the occasional. “Your name is so pretty after introducing myself, but eventually my name causes me more frustration than happiness. For example, Microsoft Word always tries to tell me my name isnt a real word. I was never able to buy a cheesy Mickey Mouse
13、 keychain from Disneyland as a kid (in other words, I didnt have a childhood). I couldnt even pronounce my own name correctly until I was five.I once had a professor who pronounced my name differently each class. After a while I stopped correcting him, and thats been my reaction to strangers ever si
14、nce. In other cages, Id rather tell the cashier my name is Staci and save both of us, as well as the people standing behind me in line, valuable time.Meeting new people gives me anxiety, and Ive realized its easier just to lie about my name altogether in certain cases. Actually I didso many times th
15、at Brittany is now my chosen “going out name. It may have caused some confusion with my friends at first, who would let out a small laugh or confused look, but Ive trained them to keep a straight face whenever I came up with this fake(假的)nameNow going out on weekends means I get to have a shift of identity.
