考研《英语一》浙江省杭州市下城区2023年预测试卷含解析.doc

考研《英语一》浙江省杭州市下城区2023年预测试卷 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) A serious defeat I suffered when I was only 10 years old helped me win the 1968 Olympic ice skating championship. It also gave me a deadly 1 ---- the other Peggy Fleming. Just before that, I had been roller-skating, playing basketball, and could climb 2 a tree as well as any boy. So Dad 3 me to take skating lessons. And soon I 4 several local figure-skating (花样滑冰) awards. Then came the Pacific Coast Championship in Los Angeles. I, a very confident young girl, proud of the 5 of friends and newspapers, walked into the stadium 6 to add another laurel (桂冠) to my recent success. Out on the ice, I 7 enjoyed myself, flying through all kinds of figures I knew so well. But when the 8 were posted, I was 9 ---- out of the 12 competitors I had finished last! The 10 burned as bright as my skate knives: “You didn’t skate your best!” I knew that only one person had 11 me that day ---- myself, my own 12 . When I trained for Olympics, I would 13 the same 69 figures over and over, eight hours a day. A skater must do five figures for the Olympics, but you aren’t told 14 the last minute which figures these will be. So you must be very 15 with the 69 figures. Often in the middle of practicing a figure, the other Peggy Fleming would whisper, “Good enough ---- why 16 yourself so hard?” And then I would 17 my lesson in Los Angeles. Now I skate professionally. 18 I still face this competitor, myself. I firmly believe that each of us has been given a special 19 . And if we bury our talent in our own self-satisfaction, simply do not want to make the effort or fear trying, we will 20 completely. 1、A．follower B．leader C．injury D．competitor 2、A．up B．over C．off D．down 3、A．promised