考研英语一2023年襄樊市谷城县预测密卷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) My kids sit in Gees living room and cautiously lift antique Christmas ornaments(饰品) out of a well-loved cardboard box. Gee stands beside them, quietly 1 each treasure. She tells me that she and Tom built their ornament 2 piece by piece during each years after-Christmas sale. She 3 as we leave with the box. Her precious treasures, gathered over a lifetime, have found a new 4 .We first met Tom and Gee in the early days of our marriage. Someone had been 5 our garbage cans to the garage each garbage day, and Jim and I had 6 who. Then one day we 7 him: an elderly man who lived across the street.I baked cookies and left them on a stool outside the garage with a thank-you note. When we got home from work that day, a typed letter had 8 the gift. The letter was from Tom and explained how he had come to walk the neighborhood on garbage day, returning cans for people he 9 knew. Back when hed been fighting a war I wasnt 10 to see, his young wife, Gee, had found herself living alone. Neighbors had taken the time to handle her garbage cans 11 she didnt have to, and he never forgot. Now he 12 it forward by doing the same for all of us.A few years after wed moved in, Tom 13 . We photocopied that 14 and attached it to one of our own for Gee. We told her how 15 Tom had been to us and how we grieved for her. She wrote back and told us she 16 talked to Tom every day. When Gee invited us over to look through Christmas ornaments, I realized how hard it must be to 17 with that box, a piece of Tom.Jim and I agree to 18 our tree with Gees ornaments this Christmas, out of the box that is 19 in Toms handwriting. Maybe Ill talk to him just as Gee still does. Thank you, Ill say, for teaching us what it 20 to be a neighbor.1、AconfirmingBexplainingCrevealingDtouching2、AshelfBbasementCartDcollection3、AsmilesBweepsCsighsDhesitates4、AhomeBdestinationCfunctionDchance5、AdistributingBexposingCreturningDattaching6、AdiscoveredBwonderedCforeseenDinvestigated7、AspottedBimpressedCacknowledgedDgrasped8、AansweredBreplacedCdeliveredDrewarded9、AespeciallyBthoroughlyCpreviouslyDbarely10、AwillingBvoluntaryCaliveDkeen11、AsoBbeforeCbecauseDif12、AbroughtBcarriedCpaidDpushed13、AsurvivedBwithdrewCretiredDdied14、AnoteBgiftCletterDtreasure15、AgratefulBcloseCspecialDsuperior16、AstillBevenCjustDever17、AliveBfinishCgoDpart18、AsupplyBmanageCdecorateDarm19、AdraftedBlabeledCsignedDpreserved20、AreflectsBdesiresCanticipatesDmeansSection 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 1Here are four wonderful hotels and campsites in Europe.Ekies All Senses Resort, Chalkidiki, GreeceThis could be the perfect retreat for stressed parents who need spoiling. For a start, its in lovely Greece, but theres no need to take a ferry, as its on the mainland. With a juice bar beside the(heated)pool, open-air spa, calm beach, restaurants or meals on demand, and secret bays to explore by boat, it makes for a super-relaxed break.Doubles from 88, junior suite(sleeps 4)from 1 a night, family suite(sleeps6) from272 B&B, open lateApril-October, i-Casa Vicentina, Algarve, PortugalFor a back-to-nature feel, family-run Casa Vicentina in the Algarve is perfect. Built with ecological materials, its in a protected park area on a natural lake. Breakfast is a plentiful buffet-and bikes are supplied free of charge so you can go to the beach or cafes and restaurants. Accommodation is in brightly decorated rooms or larger suites complete with small kitchens.Rooms from 75 B&B, wonderfulland. ComFairy Chimney Inn, Cappadocia, TurkeyOlder kids will love the fairytale landscape of Cappadocia and the excitement of staying in a cave hotel. The Fairy Chimney Inn used to be part of a cave monastery(修道院). Its rooms are beautiful and homely, with traditional decorations and the occasional reminder of the modern world. All rooms have courtyards overlooking the extraordinary landscape.Rooms from 55 B&B, plus 11 per child, fairychimney. ComCasa San Gabriel, Umbria, ItalyCasa San Gabriel is a small hilltop farm where three self-catering cottages share a swimming pool, playground and barbecue. Theres added excitement for young guests in the family of alpacas(羊驼)kept on site. There are several water, wildlife and activity parks nearby, and slightly further afield a Pinocchio theme park.A week at II Fienile c