考研《英语一》武穴市2023年考前冲刺预测试卷含解析

考研英语一武穴市2023年考前冲刺预测试卷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) When Freddie arrived to perform in the hospital room, Pam worried it was already too late. Her 88-year-old stepfather, Strobel, had 1 been moved to the palliative (姑息治疗) care unit. Pam could 2 that something had changed in him. A nurse told her Strobels 3 was near.“Youre probably 4 your time,” Pam told Freddie. But Freddie 5 with her what medical professionals had told him: 6 may be the last sense to go.“Let me go in and 7 ”, Freddie said. “Its as much for you as it is for him.”Freddie is a country and folk musician. When he was in his childhood, his mother encouraged her young sons 8 talent. When she was dying of cancer, he put their 9 of songs to its greatest use. He would crawl into her hospital bed with his guitar and 10 her favorites. His mother seemed to relax, a(n) 11 look crossing her face.“That moment allowed her and me to 12 like we used to when I was singing as a kid,” Freddie recalled. It emphasized to him the 13 of music. When he 14 a non-profit organization called Swan Songs which arranged free musical last wishes, Freddie signed up for the 15 .That was the case with Pams stepfather who enjoyed 16 music, and Swan Songs sent Freddie. Thats why Freddie arrived at the hospital that day, when Strobel seemed ready to say 17 Freddie played some songs and after 45 minutes, Pam asked for just one more song. Freddie 18 Love Me. He sang the last note and Strobel took his last breath.“Oh my, we just experienced one of the most 19 moments in our lives. It was a gift for us all. At a really sad time, it was 20 says Pam.1、AstillBjustCeverDalmost2、AtellBexplainCwitnessDannounce3、AfailureBreliefCtimeDrecovery4、AkillingBsparingCspendingDwasting5、AsharedBtradedCdiscussedDexchanged6、ATastingBHearingCSmellingDTouching7、AobserveBcheckCnegotiateDplay8、AathleticBcreativeCmusicalDliterary9、AloveBinstructionCchoiceDassessment10、AreciteBsingCmake upDpick up11、AembarrassedBregretfulCconfusedDpeaceful12、AcomfortBprayCconnectDescape13、ApowerBrhymeCstyleDsound14、Aset upBbroke upCheard aboutDtalked about15、AcourseBprogramCcompetitionDtreatment16、AmodemBpopularCclassicalDcountry17、AhelloBgoodbyeCsorryDno18、AchoseBanalyzedCwroteDenjoyed19、AgloriousBdifficultCridiculousDmagical20、AdelightfulBhopefulCbeautifulDforgetfulSection 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 1More and more comment(评论) sections are being shut down online.Autumn Phillips had had enough. On August 19, the executive editor of the Quad-City Times in Iowa, and Illinois, US visited her website, qutimes. com, and saw a story about a man who had been shot to death. When she got to the readers comments section at the end, she was shocked by what she saw. Below the story was a growing string of commentsa racist remark about democratic( 民主的) voters, a negative comment about police.So Phillips decided to do something she had been thinking about for a long time: she shut down the comment section.Phillips was not alone in making such a move. Last week, NPR announced it too was closing its online comments section. The decisions dont mean that the news outlets are no longer interested in what their audiences are thinking. Both stressed their eagerness to hear from readers and listeners on social networks. But both agreed that comments had deviated from their original intention. And so they had.In the early days of digital journalism, comments were seen as a key part of the new media, a wonderful opportunity for strengthening the dialogue between news producers and their audiences. It was a welcome change, given that for long many news organizations were far too separated from their readers. Much more back and forth conversation seemed like healthy and welcome evolutions. Sadly, thats not the way things turned out. Rather than a place for exchanging ideas, comments sections became the home of ugly name-calling, racism and anti-women language. Besides their poisonous quality, comments seem out of place today.“Since we made the announcement, Ive received an outpouring of responses from our readers,”she says. “Ive heard from parents whose children were hurt by our online comments. Ive heard from people who said they wouldnt send in letters to the editor because they were attacked so fiercely by comments, and it wasnt worth it.”1、Why did Autumn Phillips shut down the comments section?AIt