2023年宁波市慈溪市考研《英语一》押题密卷含解析.docVIP

2023年宁波市慈溪市考研《英语一》押题密卷 Section I Use of English Directions: 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) About 30 years ago, Marie Roth taught a painting class. When some of her 1 expressed an interest in purchasing her works, she turned painting into a profession. She’s 70 now, an age when many folks are starting to be 2 on the sofa in front of the TV. But 3 are if there’s a (n) 4 barn (谷仓) coming down somewhere in northeastern Illinois, Marie will be there. Wearing leather gloves, Marie will pick through the piles of wood and 5 pieces that, as she describes, “whisper” to her. She’ll remove the 6 boards to her home, where she’ll 7 them and allow them to dry out before 8 the pieces together and gluing them into place. But it’s only when Marie 9 painting them in the eye-catching, beautiful colors loved by every American that it becomes clear what she’s 10 . From the broken-down barns, she constructs fine wooden reproductions of the American 11 . “The wood is continually 12 by animals, or sometimes nailed and hammered by humans,” she said. “Recently, I had a piece of wood from the floor of a barn that was 13 by hooves (蹄子). I used it to paint flags from the Civil War era—the marks made me 14 all those brave soldiers.” Marie comes by her love of barn wood 15 because her father is a carpenter. She painted her first flag on a shipping pallet (托盘) more than 30 years ago. The old pallet, she 16 , “ 17 looked like a flag.” The self-taught artist paints American flags 18 she is really good at drawing straight lines. Creating art is 19 she has to do. She sometimes 20 that she hopes one day she dies with a paintbrush in her hand. 1、A．students B．employees C．customers D．managers 2、A．bravely B．modestly C．gratefully D．comfortably 3、A．tasks B．processes C．chances