考研《英语一》桂林市2023年考前冲刺试卷含解析

考研英语一桂林市2023年考前冲刺试卷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)Not so long ago, a terrible fire broke out in an apartment in die city of Pitesti, just west of Bucharest. In no time, 1 were welcomed by 5-metre-tall flames and roaring smoke. 2 , using their advanced equipment, they quickly brought the beast under 3 .The apartment's owner Mr. Petri and his lovely dog, Sandy, were the 4 of the big fire. Local firefighting hero, Costache Mugurel 5 his way through the cruel flames to rescue theman and his pet. Mr. Petri, 6 injured in the fire, was rushed to hospital. Sandy fell over 7 breathing in too much smoke and lifelessly lay on the roadside.Mugurel, remembering his CPR(心脏复苏术）training，passionately 8 the chest of the dog, desperately trying to 9 his life. And he began to lose hope after many 10 .He was physically and mentally 11 . Finally he performed mouth-to-mouth on the dog, screaming“ 12 gets left behind!”. Unexpectedly the dog 13 himself and began panting. The on-looking crowd cheered and Mugurel began to weep with 14 . He hurriedly carried him to the awaiting vet(兽医).Like 15 , the story of Mugurel and his newfound friend spread around the city. His Facebook was 16 words of gratitude, loving emoticons(表情符号）and notes from friends and fans alike.According to vet experts, recovering animals via CPR is rather 17 The American Heart Association calculates that only less than 6 percent of cats and dogs survive if they 18 heart attacks.There have been many stories related to 19 in Pitesti, but none have caught the 20 of the population quite like Sandy's.1、Afirefighters Bpolicemen Cfriends Dneighbours2、ATherefore BBesides CHowever DMoreover3、Atreatment Bcontrol Cstress Dway4、Acauses Bresults Cvictims Dheroes5、Abattled Blost Cpushed Dgot6、Ablindly Bhardly Cslightly Dseriously7、Aafter Bbefore Cin spite of Din case of8、Apatted Bbeat Cexamined Dtouched9、Acare about Btake away Csave Dstop10、Acountings Btrainings Cshouts Dattempts11、Arelaxed Bexhausted Cconcerned Dtroubled12、ASomebody BEverybody CNobody DAnybody13、Acame up Bcame over Ccame out Dcame to14、Ajoy Bpity Cstress Dfright15、Awildfire Bwind Cdisasters Dsounds16、Ainformed of Blinked with Creminded of Dflooded with17、Acommon Brare Cpractical Deasy18、Acure Bavoid Cmiss Dsuffer19、Afires Bvets Cdogs Daccidents20、Aattention Bmeaning Cbreath DheartSection 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 Today the Nobel Prize in Literature awarded journalist Svetlana Alexievich approximately $970,000 in recognition of a lifetime of excellence. The 67-year-old author of Voices From Chernobyl and War's Unwomanly Face was praised by the Swedish Academy “for her polyphonic(复调式的) writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time.”Prizes like the Nobel inspire much expectations before the announcement. People give their best guesses as to who will win, look back on past winners, and even place bets as if spectators at a Derby(赛马会).Literary prizes reward artistic brilliance. They help writers earn a decent living. But is the publics fascination with prize-winning authors healthy? Our impulse seems to increasingly contribute to a culture of turning authors into celebrities, where readers follow the author instead of the book.A story should stand on its own, as a considered, complete book, without biographical information from author. Its an idea perhaps best conveyed in Roland Barthess 1968 essay The Death of the Author. “The image of literature to be found in contemporary culture is arbitrarily centered on the author, his person, his history, his tastes, his passions.”Nearly 50 years later, a few still agree. “I believe that books, once they are written, have no need of their authors,” New York Times bestselling author Elena Ferrante once wrote. “If books have something to say, they will sooner or later find readers; if not, they wont,”she continued. “True miracles are the ones whose makers will never be known.”But the rules for submission for the Man Booker International Prize, for example, strongly encourage authors to “make themselves available for publicity”. And the foundation behind the National Book Award requires finalists to participate in their “website-related publicity”. In 2007, a reporter who showed up uninvited at Doris Lessings house was t