考研《英语一》湖北省黄石市阳新县2023年统考试题含解析

1、考研英语一湖北省黄石市阳新县2023年统考试题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)A little turtle once climbed a tree. He somehow made it to the first 1 . Then he jumped into the air 2 his front legs and crashed to the ground. After a while he 3 climbed the tree again. And again he 4 . This time he flapped (拍动) all of his four limbs, but still fell to the hard ground. The turtle didnt 5 and tri

2、ed again and again. A couple of birds on another branch nearby watched his 6 . One of them said, “Dear, dont you think its the right 7 to tell him hes adopted?”There are simply some things we cannot do. Turtles cant 8 . Actor Bob Hope once thought of pursuing (追求) a career in 9 . Later in life he jokingly talked about; it. “I ruined my hands in the ring, because the judge kept stepping on 10 .”Fighting is something he could not do well. But he became a great 11 . Lots of people have ability and

3、talent. Why are some excellent but many are not? Bob Hope explained it like this. “I believe everybody is 12 and everybody is talented, 13 I just dont think everybody is disciplined (遵守纪律的).”The 14 seems to be discipline. Whatever ability we are born with is not enough. Even raw talent 15 discipline to be developed. And enough 16 work and discipline can turn the 17 or ability into a great strength.A man jumped into a 18 in New York and asked, “How do I get to Yankee stadium?” The taxi driver rep

4、lied, “Practice! Practice! Practice!”Hes 19 . Although discipline and practice may 20 get a turtle to actually fly, it will probably get us just about wherever we want to go.1、Aflower Bfruit Cleave Dbranch2、Awaving Bhanging Cbending Dcovering3、Anaturally Bslowly Cproudly Dgladly4、Ajumped Bcheated Ccounted Dmeasured5、Alook out Bkeep off Cgive up Dhold up6、Adanger Bpain Cfortunes Defforts7、Abeginning Banswer Cmoment Dangle8、Ajudge Bcomplain Csing Dfly9、Aboxing Bteaching Cperforming Dpainting10、Ait

5、 Bthem Cme Dhim11、Aactor Bwriter Cdancer Dscientist12、Akind Bbusy Chappy Dcreative13、Aand Bor Cso Dbut,14、Aexcuse Bfeeling Csecret Dname15、Aadvises Borders Cencourages Drequires16、Aboring Bnew Chard Dpublic17、Askill Bemotion Cmessage Dhonor18、Alibrary Btaxi Crestaurant Dship19、Acalm Bcrazy Cright Ddelightful20、Aseldom Bnever Csometimes DoftenSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your ans

6、wers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner, Lester Young, Holiday had a great influence on jazz and pop singing. Her voiced style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of controlling tempo (节奏). Above all, she was admired for her deeply personal and direct approach to singing.She co-wrote a few songs, and several of them have become jazz standards, nota

7、bly God Bless the Child, Dont Explain, and Lady Sings the Blues. She also became famous for singing jazz standards written by others, including Easy Living and Strange Fruit.Her early career is hard to track down with accuracy. But she later gained work singing in local jazz clubs before being spotted by a talent scout (星探), John Hammond in 1933.Her voice and recordings were loved for the depth of emotion and intensity she could bring to classic standards. Her range of voice was not the greatest

8、, but her extraordinary low rough voice was soon to become very famous and influential.She was an important icon (偶像) of the jazz era and influential in the development of jazz singing. In the late 1930s, she began singing a civil rights song called Strange Fruit, a song which told the tale of a lynching (用私刑处死) of a black man in the Deep South. It was very controversial for that period and it was not played on radios. It was recorded for Commodore Records and she performed it many times over th

9、e next 20 years.Billie Holiday had a difficult upbringing which influenced her attitude toward life. She experienced many violent relationships. She also became increasingly dependent on various drugs which contributed to her early death in 1959, aged just 44.1、What made Holiday develop a new way of controlling tempo?AHer musical partner. BHer voiced style.CJazz instrumentalists. DHer direct approach to singing.2、Why was the song Strange Fruit banned on radios?AIt was about a cruel story. BIt was recorded ve

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