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1、黄冈市蕲春县2023年考研英语一考前冲刺试题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)I decided to become a comet searcher on a bright clear morning 50 years ago in Montreal. It was a bit of an imprompt
2、u (即兴的） 1 . I had a French test 2 and knew that the examiner, Mr. Hutchison, would ask me about my career plans. I had to come up with something that was both credible and easily 3 into French.About six years earlier I truly had become 4 about the night sky, but to stand up and say, “Astronomie!” wa
3、s not enough. Mr. Hutchison would want 5 . I recalleda comet that had recently been discovered from Japan-one that 6 became the brightest of the 20th century. Without a further thought, I decided that I was going to be a 7 for comets. Not coincidentally, the English and French words for a comet (une
4、 comte) sound very 8 , so my new occupation was 9 to talk about in French.And 10 to the answer I gave Mr. Hutchison, I began searching for cornels after graduation. Fortunately, working as a science journalist and giving lectures about the night sky have allowed me to 11 my cosmic passion and still
5、pay the bills.Discovering my first cornet 12 almost 19 years. On that particular night, November 13, 1984. As I 13 the telescope again and again, I slowly 14 that a fuzzy (模糊的）object was not staying in the same place but was creeping northward, as only a cornet 15 .I telephoned an astronomer at Lowe
6、ll Observatory Ariz., who 16 my find. I felt as though I could 17 right up to the sky I loved so much. Michael Rudenko discovered the comet the next evening, and 18 the new object became known as Cornel Levy-Rudenko.In the following 50 years, I discovered 22 other new cornels. It is the joy of the s
7、earch, 19 the discoveries, that 20 me going.1、Aplan Bidea Cdecision Dthought2、Acoming up Bcoming up Ccoming over Dcoming down3、Aexpressed Bput Cwritten Dspoken4、Aparticular Bcurious Cpassionate Dconfident5、Adetails Bcontents Cdescriptions Dcontacts6、Ainevitably Binvariably Cunexpectedly Deventually7
8、、Areporter Bhunter Cresearcher Dobserver8、Adifferent Bsame Calike Dpleasant9、Ahard Bmild Ccasual Deasy10、Atrue Bclose Copen Dcontrary11、Aarouse Bshare Cawaken Dpursue12、Atook Bspent Ccost Dused13、Alooked into Blooked though Csaw though Dsaw to14、Aconsented Brealized Cconcluded Drecognized15、Amight B
9、should Cwould Dcould16、Aaccepted Bconfirmed Capproved Dopposed17、Aclimb Bgrow Cflee Dfloat18、Ayet Bstill Cthus Dalso19、Amore than Bbetter than Cother than Drather than20、Adrags Bkeeps Cleaves DcatchesSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions
10、 below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1On November 24, 1868, Scott Joplin was born in Texas. He became famous as a ragtime (拉格泰姆音乐) composer and piano player. Ragtime music was an early form of jazz. This music has a lively beat and was dev
11、eloped from the music of African Americans.Ragtime became popular in the early 1890s, and the music was played on the piano. The piano player usually made up a melody, then changed it a little bit every time he played. Scott Joplin was very good at composing, or making up music and playing the piano
12、. When he was growing up, Joplins home was filled with music. Still, Joplins father did not want him to be a musician. When he was about 14 years old, Joplin left home to travel and start a life of his own. He traveled all over the Midwest playing the piano and composing music. Sometimes he played w
13、ith music groups. Other times he sang by himself in noisy saloons and bars. In 1899, Joplin wrote Maple Leaf Rag, a ragtime song that became a big hit and earned Joplin the title of The King of Ragtime. In all, he wrote more than 500 songs. Joplins biggest dream was to compose a ragtime opera. Final
14、ly, after 10 years, Joplin completed a ragtime opera which he called Treemonisha. This opera was about a young black woman who became a leader of her people. She tried to help her people gain their freedom and their rights.1916, Joplin became very sick. He had a disease that made him forget things a
15、nd become easily afraid of things. In 1917, he was put in the hospital. He finally died there on April 1, 1917. Scott Joplins music became popular again in the early 1970s when it was used in a movie called The Sting.1、Which of the following best describes ragtime?AIt is a kind of jazz music. BIt was born in Texas.CIt sounds slo
