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1、考研英语一2023年夹江县高分冲刺试卷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)When I was 17，I read a quote that went something like：“If you live each day as if it were your last，someday you11 most
2、certainly be right”It made a deep 1 on meand since then, for the past 33 years，I have 2 in the mirror every morning and asked myself：“If today were the last day of my life， 3 I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a 4 ，I know I need to c
3、hange somethingRemembering that Ill be 5 soon is the most important tool Ive ever known to help me make the big 6 in life because almost everything falls away in the face of death， 7 only what is truly importantAbout a year ago I was 8 with cancer. My doctor even advised me to go home and get my aff
4、airs 9 order，which is a doctors way of telling people to prepare to dieI 10 with that diagnosis all day 11 ，at last an advanced test showed that it was a very rare cancer that is 12 with surgeryI had the surgery and Im fine now. 13 wants to dieEven people who want to go to heaven dont want to die to
5、 get there And yet death is the destination we all 14 No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be，because death is very likely the single best invention of 15 It is lifes change agent. It clears out the old to 16 for the newRight now the new is you, but someday not too 17 from now，you wi
6、ll gradually become the old and be cleared awaySorry to be so dramatic，but it is quite trueYour time is 18 ，so dont waste it living someone elses lifeDont be 19 by dogma(教条) which is living with the results of other peoples thinkingDont let the noise of others opinions drown out your own inner 20 An
7、d most importantly，have the courage to follow your heart1、AimpressionBcurseCdecisionDjoke2、AseenBlookedCfoundD1ost3、AwouldBshouldCmightDcould4、AhurryB1ineCmomentDrow5、AsuccessfulBrichCdeadDfrustrated6、AapologiesBfortuneCimpressionsDchoices7、AprovingBleavingCconfirmingDtelling8、AdiagnosedBcuredCtreat
8、edDround9、AonBforCinDat10、AmetBgotCdidD1ived11、AHoweverBButCThereforeDSo12、AincurableBcurableCfatalDchangeable13、AAnyoneBSomeoneCNo oneDEveryone14、AwantBavoidCshareDescape15、AdestinationB1ifeCscienceDdisease16、Amake upBmake forCmake ourDmake way17、AdistantBshortClongDaway18、A1imitedBrareCenoughD1ost
9、19、AwastedBcheatedCexcitedDtrapped20、AvoiceBloveCdirectionDconfusionSection 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 1My Favourite Travel BooksThe Old
10、Patagonian Express by Paul TherouxChoosing my favorite Paul Theroux book is like picking my favorite place in the world: Its impossible to settle on just one. But The Old Patagonian Express, which is about a train journey Theroux made from Boston, USA to southern Argentina, is right up there at the
11、top of my list. Theroux has a wicked sense of humor. He brings so much wisdom and experience to his travels.Walden by Henry David ThoreauIf he were alive today, Thoreau would probably frown if he heard someone refer to Walden as a travel book. But I regard it as a travel-writing masterpiece. “I went
12、 into the woods,” he writes, “because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” Thats the same spirit of discovery that defines so many great contemporary t
13、ravel records.The Dharma Bums by Jack KerouacLike so many people, I fell in love with Kerouacs novels in my late teens and early 20s. On the Road gets all the press, but I always love The Dharma Bums. Kerouac beautifully captures the romance of California trains, Berkeley, and backpacking in the Sie
14、rras. Its hard to read this book without wanting to leave for the mountains to brainstorm bad haikus on the trail and cook canned macaroni and cheese over a crackling campfire.Confucius Lives Next Door by T.R. ReidThis is sort of A Year in Provence in Japan, only the cross-cultural differences are m
15、uch greater. Reid and his family moved to Tokyo when he became the chief for The Washington Post, enabling him to uncover truths about the country. Among the highlights are his observations about Japanese schools, including Yodobashi No. 6 Elementary School, where his daughters were greeted by the whole school staff.1、Which book enables readers to experience great cross-cultural differences?AThe Old Patagonian Express BConfucius Lives Next Door
