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1、林芝地区2023年考研英语一高分冲刺试卷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) I did my first marathon at 25. Id 1 running to get fit and thought Id give it a go. I started too fast, found it very
2、 painful but 2 to finish.Then, seven years ago, I went to a talk by someone who had just done the Sahara desert race. I felt so 3 . Ive always wanted to do something 4 . I registered for the 2007 Sahara marathon. My 5 was shocking and I was two stone(12.7kg) overweight, but 6 Id paid the 3,000 depos
3、it, I knew there was no going back.On my first five-mile run, I kept pretending my shoelaces(鞋带) needed tying just so I could 7 . But I kept 8 until I was doing 30, then 40 miles. People assumed I found it easy by then-I didnt. I just learned to push throught the 9 .But nothing can truly prepare you
4、 for running in desert temperatures. As the 10 always looked the same, the distance never seemed to get any shorter. 11 , I was never bored-I was too focused on reaching the checkpoints, and the water waiting there. Blisters(水泡) were unavoidable - the 12 gets everywhere. At night, the doctors treati
5、ng us would 13 them off with knives.In the following days, my feet would be hurting. I kept telling myself I couldnt 14 . If I quit, the pain would stop, but I knew I would 15 it for the rest of my life. Finally, I finished. Any suffering you experience is overridden(压倒) by the sense of 16 at the en
6、d.Its been a long progression, from being a(n) 17 slacker(懒虫) to 18 I am now. Ive lost 10lb(4.5kg) of body fat, but gained a lot of 19 -I have a better body now than at any point in my life. Anyone can do this. Im not superhuman, Im just 20 .1、Aended upBtaken upCgiven upDbacked up2、AhatedBrefusedCst
7、ruggledDoffered3、AinspiredBboredCpanickedDconfused4、AstrangeBordinaryCsecretDextreme5、AfitnessBheightCstrengthDwisdom6、AuntilBonceCunlessDwhile7、AwaitBstopCcomplainDdrink8、Adropping offBtripping overCbuilding upDslowing down9、AtensionBshameCfearDpain10、AsurroundingsBvolunteersCsandstormsDathletes11、
8、AThereforeBHoweverCMoreoverDOtherwise12、AsandBwaterCgrassDrubbish13、AtearBstrikeCknockDslice14、AfailBrunCbearDcry15、AtreasureBregretCforgetDappreciate16、AbelongingBfailureCequalityDachievement17、AproudBbraveCunfitDunfriendly18、AwhichBwhenCwhereDwhy19、AtimeBmuscleCreputationDsupport20、AlearnedBconsid
9、erateCdeterminedDfortunateSection 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 1 New York City is a world capital in every sense of the wordits a cultural
10、and economic powerhouse, and arguably the most influential city on the planet. But it wasnt always this way, as the following cities once dominated the world around them.DjenneDjennoIn the flood lands of the Niger delta people have been building houses and other structures with clay for centuries. T
11、he town of DjenneDjenno is made entirely out of clay. It was inhabited as far back as 250 BC, and became an important link in the transSaharan gold trade(跨撒哈拉黄金交易). Constructed on hills called “toguere”, the city managed to escape the marshy(沼泽的) landscape and annual floods produced by the rainy sea
12、son. DjenneDjenno is believed to be one of the earliest settlements in the subSaharan region, and is considered by some to be “the typical African City”.Archeological evidence shows us a continuous human presence in the area up until the 14th century AD, when people moved to the nearby town of Djenn
13、e, founded in the 11th century. Further evidence points out that even before the citys construction, the Bozo people were growing wild rice in the region. In the 13th century AD, with King Koumboros conversion to Islam, its palace transformed into a mosque.CarthageLegend has it that Carthage was fou
14、nded by Queen Dido of the Phoenicians. She fled the city of Tyre located in presentday Lebanon in order to escape the hatred of her brother Pygmalion, who was her rival to the throne. Along with a group of settlers, she traveled a great distance by sea and landed in North Africa, where she met King
15、Iarbas. He offered to give them land in order to build a settlement, but no bigger than the surface covered by the hide(牛皮) of an ox. They cleverly cut the hide into thin strips and were able to enclose a fairly large area of land. On this land, the mighty city of Carthage was built.These stories are most likely just that, but the fact that the Phoenicians built the city around 760 BC is true. Located in such a good pos