考研《英语一》西宁市湟中县2023年预测试卷含解析

考研英语一西宁市湟中县2023年预测试卷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)“Elsa, its you!” It was the four-year-olds surprise birthday party, and her favorite Disney character, Elsa from Frozen, had 1 . The two 2 began to sing the movies big song, “Let It Go”, and were soon 3 by four other fairy-tale princesses. You would swear you were celebrating at the most 4 place on earth.But this wasnt Disney World. It was a cancer center at a childrens 5 in New York. And the princesses were college students who 6 for “A Moment of Magic”, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to lift the spirits of 7 children.It all 8 with a family movie night featuring Frozen. Maggie, now 23, 9 that she and Elsa had matching blond hair and big blue eyes. Maggie and her friend Kylee then were 10 a new community project to work on, ideally one with kids. That sparked a(n) 11 dressing up as Disney princesses and visiting young patients. “Its nice to give the kids in hospital 12 to get some magic,” says Maggie.In 2015, after 13 $2,000 on a GoFundMepage to pay for 14 and travel expenses, Maggie and Kylee gave their first 15 . They dressed as Elsa and her sister, Anna, to the screaming 16 of the girls and blushing smiles from the boys. They spent nearly three hours singing songs, taking pictures, and traveling from one bedside to the next 17 they had visited and chatted with every one of the fifty 18 . “To see the kids believe in me, my character It was life changing,” says Maggie.Of course, a princess cannot work so many miracles at one time, 19 Maggie and Kylee recruited (招募) their peers. Today, “A Moment of Magic” has 400 volunteers from 11 colleges and a 20 kingdom of fans. These girls give young patients the moment of imagination, freedom, and happiness of dreaming.1、Aleft Barrived Cstopped Descaped2、Anoisily Bcuriously Canxiously Dexcitedly3、Ajoined Borganized Cdismissed Dpraised4、Afrightening Bmagical Cprimitive Ddistant5、Acampus Breserve Chospital Dcommunity6、Avolunteered Bvoted Cwaited Dstudied7、Aabandoned Bgenerous Csick Dwell-behaved8、Aended Bsettled Cmoved Dbegan9、Astressed Bnoticed Cconcluded Dadmitted10、Asearching for Bcatching up Ccheering for Dmaking up11、Asuggestion Bprinciple Cidea Dpicture12、Amoney Btime Cwork Dknowledge13、Adepositing Bmaking Cinvesting Draising14、Acostumes Bbooks Csweets Dfoods15、Aproject Bperformance Cmatch Dcelebration16、Asorrow Bhorror Canger Ddelight17、Asince Bafter Cuntil Dwhen18、Aperformers Bchildren Cnurses Dparents19、Abecause Bthough Cso Dif20、Agrowing Brelaxing Csatisfying DdecreasingSection 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 1Safety is a huge concern whenever I run with my earphones in. But I need music to run. Otherwise all I hear is the sound of my own breathing. So Ive found a compromise: I run with only one earphone in. The music sounds off. Its an imperfect solution.An updated pair of headphones, called AfterShokz, aim to do better. AfterShokz bills itself as using bone conducting technology to conduct music from the front of the ear, delivering sound through your cheekbone and inner ear. This keeps your eardrum (鼓膜) free to hear everything else.“Earbuds (耳塞式耳机) are typically designed to block out all sound, which is fine when youre inside. But when youre outside, you need all your senses. It would be like sending you out cycling with a blindfold on,” says Rod Annet, managing director of AfterShokz.Heres where AfterShokz comes in. The headphones hook over the back of your head with the main “bud” resting high up against your cheek. This keeps your ear free to delight in other sounds.So do they work? In a word, yes. During a 45-minute jog, they didnt bounce or shift. I heard far more of my environment than I normally do: a nearby bike there; a runner passing me again to my left; and so forth.What about the downsides? If youre a huge fan of high-quality sound, you might find the headphones a bit tinny. One friend expressed concerns about missing the ability to get lost in the music as you might be distracted by other noises, although I personally didnt find that an issue.Yet those are all minor details. For me, probably the biggest problem is the price. Ranging between £ 49.96 to £ 83.29, AfterShokz headphones arent exactly cheap.With all that considered, woul