考研《英语一》云南省昆明市西山区2023年临考冲刺试题含解析.doc

考研《英语一》云南省昆明市西山区2023年临考冲刺试题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)Please Beat MeI once had the opportunity to meet Dan Miller, an Amish neighbor of mu dad. He told me that years ago my dad had 1 to him that his apple trees looked beautiful but weren’t producing any apples. After listening 2 , Dan told my dad to go home, grab a hammer and give his trees a severe beating around the 3 He said they needed to have something to 4 them up-that life had been too 5 and they needed a challenge to come alive. While this seemed contrary 6 the careful fertilizing, watering and nurturing my dad had been giving his prized trees, he 7 the wisdom of his Amish neighbor.The next year the trees produced so heavily that my dad saw branches 8 under the weight of the number of apples. With a little research I now find that this is a 9 approach. We know that roses, 10 left to themselves, will grow leaves but few 11 The best way to get them to produce what they are 12 to do is to cut them back severely and annually 13 growing roots.Is there a 14 in this for us? Every day I hear from people who have had all the 15 —famous university degrees, fine homes, cars and positions. And they suspect the easy life they’ve been given is keeping them from the 16 of adventure that would release the best version of themselves.Are you taking the “ 17 ” route in life to avoid the stresses and challenges that are trying to release your biggest 18 ?And no, you probably don’t need to find someone to 19 you or to create a stressful situation in your life. I know that in mine, those things have just 20 consistently. But I hope I’m getting smarter in seeing “What does this make possible?”1、A．complained B．suggested C．explained D．reported2、A．angrily B．gladly C．anxiously D．carefully3、A．root B．trunk C．branch D．field4、A．cut B．bring C．wake D．send5、A．easy B．long C．hard D．busy6、A．with B．to C．for D．in7、A．proved B．doubted C．trusted D．learned8、A．hanging B．waving C．flying D．breaking9、A．crazy B．mysterious C．strange D．common10、A．if B．because C．unless D．though11、A．fruits B．roses C．grasses D．bushes12、A．approved B．scheduled C．expected D．exposed13、A．put down B．dig up C．pull out D．cut off14、A．lesson B．skill C．secret D．fact15、A．chances B．advantages C．results D．concerns16、A．course B．price C．challenge D．danger17、A．rough B．short C．familiar D．safe18、A．harvest B．courage C．emotion D．knowledge19、A．comfort B．support C．love D．beat20、A．sorted out B．left out C．shown up D．set downSection 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 1Shipwrecked PrayersA voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men aboard were able to swim to a small, desert-like island. Not knowing what else to do, the two survivors agreed that they had no alternative but to pray to God.However, to find out whose prayers were more powerful, they agreed to divide the territory between them and stay on opposite sides of the island.The first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning, the first man saw a fruit-bearing tree on his side of the island, and he was able to eat its fruit. But the other man’s parcel of land remained barren.After a week, the first man became lonely and decided to pray for a wife. The next day, another ship was wrecked and the only survivor was a woman who swam to his side of the island. But on the other side of the island, there was nothing.Soon thereafter the first man prayed for a house, clothes and more food. The next day, like magic, all of these things were given to him. However, the second man still had nothing.Finally, the first man prayed for a ship so that he and his wife could leave the island, and in the morning he found a ship docked at his side of the island.The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave the second man on the island, considering the other man unworthy to receive God’s blessings since none of his prayers had been answered.As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from Heaven booming, “Why are you leaving your companion on the island?”“My blessings are mine alone since I was the one who prayed for them,” the first man answered. “His prayers were all unanswered and so he doesn’t deserve anything.”“You are mistaken!” the voice rebuked him. “He had only one prayer, which I answered. If not for that, you would not have received any of my blessings.”“Tell me,” the first man asked the voic。