考研《英语一》2023年汕头市金平区点睛提分卷含解析.docVIP

考研《英语一》2023年汕头市金平区点睛提分卷 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) When I was eighteen, I couldn’t wait to get my first job, which meant I made the first step toward adulthood. But it was difficult to get a work permit. One day I was dropped off by my parents at the? 1 , where applicants took their physical tests for work permits. Although I had night blindness, my vision was clearer during the day, which helped me walk? 2 by myself. Then the doctor began the? 3 . He looked into my eyes with a bright light. “I?suggest your parents take you to an eye specialist,”?he said,?“I? 4 you have a retinal(视网膜) disease. If you do, you’ll never? 5 a?day in your life…” My parents did take me to specialists. After much time and money spent seeking an? 6 result, it was determined that I had an eye disease that slowly? 7 a?person of sight. But still, during daylight, I could walk without? 8 . I could read, but not for hours. My eyes began to?tear and words slipped off the page when I read more than a few pages. However, no matter how 9 my eyes became, I never gave up reading. I knew the? 10 of great writers as well as the most popular music stars. Their words were powerful, which? 11 me to try writing. Soon writing brought me a lot of? 12 each time I completed a paper. Then an important phone call from an editor changed my life. An article I? 13 appeared in a local newspaper. The newspaper, to my? 14 ,?continued to print my work. Next, a book series published several of my essays. I got interested in writing and? 15 up with each acceptance. On the pages, readers never knew of my blindness? 16 I chose to present it. For me, finding my voice through writing gave me the pride and?satisfaction I?began to 17 so many years ago. Now, I have numerous essays and articles in? 18 .