考研《英语一》2023年湖南省岳阳市临湘市深度预测试卷含解析.docVIP

考研《英语一》2023年湖南省岳阳市临湘市深度预测试卷 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) My father, Danny Thomas, was a famous comedian, singer, actor, and producer with many fans. When I was a child I 1 him. Once, my father made a(n) 2 with Margaret O’Brien and he often took me to the set. I also wanted to be a movie star. Ten years later, at age seventeen, I got my 3 . I played the lead in Gigi. However, the 4 of finally being a real actress was painfully short-lived. All the interviews and all the reviews 5 my father. Would I be as good as my father? Was I as gifted, as funny? Would I be as popular? I was extremely 6 . I loved my father, but my 7 was just him. “Daddy,” I began, “please don’t be 8 when I tell you this. I want to change my 9 . I love you but I don’t want to be a Thomas anymore.” I tried not to 10 during the long silence. And then he said, “I raised you to be a thoroughbred(优秀的赛马). When thoroughbreds run, they wear blinders to keep their eyes focused straight 11 with no disturbance, no other horses. They hear the crowd but they don’t 12 . They just run their own race. That’s what you have to do. Don’t listen to anyone 13 you to me or to anyone else. You just run your own race.” The next night 14 the crowd filed into the theater, the state manager 15 me a white box with a red ribbon. I opened it up and inside was a pair of old horse blinders with a little note that 16 , “Run your own race, Baby.” Run your own race, Baby. Dad could have said it a dozen other ways: “Be 17 ”: “Don’t be influenced by others.” But it wouldn’t have been the same. He chose the right words at the right time. And all 18 my life, I’ve been able to come to the point by asking myself. “Am I running my race or 19 else’s?” I thank my father for all his words that continue to live in my