考研英语一2023年无锡市锡山区深度自测卷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)Xinxin, a 12-year-old student from Beijing, enjoyed his winter vacation with his father in Singapore. During their visit, he even had the chance to 1 some of Singapores sights by himself 2 his father was busy with other things.Xinxins first adventure 3 in Singapore was at a water park near their hotel. He enjoyed swimming and 4 into the water by himself, and then returned to the hotel before a time in the evening that was 5 by his father.The boy also made a trip to Universal Studios Singapore 6 a guardian. He had already been to the park with his father two times during the trip. Xinxin volunteered to make his 7 trip by himself. His father gave him some pocket money to buy lunch, and then Xinxin rode the shuttle from their hotel to the studios. He spent a whole day there and had a 8 time.In an interview with Beijing Evening News, Xinxins father said that 9 he was too busy to spend all his time with his son, he decided to give him the opportunity to develop a sense of 10 Had Xinxins mother been there, she would not have let Xinxin out of her sight, the father commented.1、AstudyBexploreCtestDmeasure2、AwhileBuntilCbeforeDunless3、AalongBaliveCaloneDlonely4、AfloatingBsurfingCdrivingDdiving5、AmadeBsetCdecidedDasked6、AunderBbehindCwithDwithout7、AfirstBsecondCthirdDfourth8、AterribleBmiserableCfantasticDflexible9、AthoughBsinceCifDwhen10、AindependenceBdaringCprideDdiligenceSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1 It was a morning in January. The jet stream (急流)had dipped down, causing the Arctic cold to reach the mountains of my home. It was only 2 degrees outside, but the cold wind made it feel like it was 15 below zero. Still, I was kneeling in the snow alongside my house trying to open a tiny door, so I eoukl get in. 1 had forgotten to leave my water dripping the night before and now my water pipes were frozen and my faucets(水龙头)were dry.The wind cut into me like a knife while I struggled to get two electric heaters in place around the section of frozen pipes. The waterlines were buried except for a small piece that connected up to my house. I put a heater on each side of it, ran the extension cords(软线)into my house and plugged them in. Both heaters roared to life and started blowing hot air on the frozen water pipes. My fingers had already started to go numb, so I stayed inside to wait. I could only hope that this bit of warmth could get my water flowing again. Finally, after twenty minutes, the water started flowing through my faucets again. I went back outside into the biller cold and gathered my heaters up. I looked at the weak January sun shining on the frozen snow and smiled. Then I sent a joy filled with Thank you heavenward and returned inside to make myself a hot breakfast.Sometimes the coldness of this life can get to us as well. It can make our hearts feel icy and frozen. It can keep our kindness and love from flowing out to others. Sometimes, though, all we need is a bit of warnth to get us going again. It can be a simple smile, a kind word, a heart-felt hug, a morning sunrise, a birds song or any gentle reminder of just how much God loves us. Let us all be grateful for those bits of warmth that gel us going again. And let us all try to be that bit of wannth for others every chance we get.1、What was the direct reason why the water pipes were frozen?AThe jet stream.BThe low temperature.CThe cold wind.DThe author s own carelessness.2、Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase roared to in Paragraph 2?ABegan functioning smoothly.BWorked inappropriately.CBroke down suddenly.DScreamed out loudly.3、What did the author think of his work?AEmbarassed.BSatisfied.CMad with joy.DCautiously optimistic.4、What is the last paragraph mainly centered on?AThe coldness of life has a negative effect on our life quality.BWe meet with the coldness of life unavoidably and unwillingly.CWe should be thankful for bits of warmth of life.DWe should seize every chance to receive warmth of life from others.Text 2 Bees are unimaginably territorial (有地盘意识的), fighting to death to defend their home with painful stings (螫刺). But killer bees are particularly fierce. They appeared after African bees were imported to Brazil in the 1950s. By the 1980s, they had spread north to the United States, outgunning native bees along the way. Their massive attacks have killed more than 1,000 people.Mario Palma, a biochemist at Sao Paulo State University in Rio Clar