考研英语一湖北省黄冈市黄梅县2023年全真模拟试题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)The sandwich manMichael rises every morning at 4:00, in good and bad weather, and walks into his sandwich shop. By 5:50, hes making the rounds of the shelters on Centre Streets. He 1 out 200 sandwiches to the homeless, before beginning his workday.It started 20 years ago when Michael came across a homeless man named John. He began to help him 2 effort then. Day after day, he brought John some food and, when it was really 3 , a resting place in his car while he worked. Once he asked John if he wanted to get cleaned up. It was a(n) 4 offer, because Michael thought John would refuse. 5 , John said, “Are you going to wash me?” Michael knew that he was looking at a 6 of his promise. It was at the moment that Michael 7 to help the homeless.Michael began his work. He received no sponsorship, saying, “Im not getting media 8 . I just want to do some good in my way. There are days when its snowing, and I have a hard time leaving my warm bed and the 9 of my family to go downtown with sandwiches. But Ive 10 .”Michael makes 200 sandwiches every day for the past 20 years. “I dont simply 11 the sandwiches on a table for the homeless to pick up. I shake their hands and 12 them a good day,” says Michael. Once Mayor (市长) Koch came to make the rounds with him. They 13 the media, and it seemed like it was just the two of them. But of all Michaels 14 , working side by side with the Mayor was not as important as working next to someone elseA man had 15 from the sandwich takers, and Michael thought about him from time to time. He hoped the man had moved on to a more 16 environment. One day, the man came back, greeting Michael and 17 sandwiches of his own to hand out. He said Michaels daily food, warm handshakes and wishes had given him the 18 he badly needed. After achieving some success, he decided to do the same thing as Michael.The moment needed no 19 . The two men worked silently, side by side, handing out their sandwiches. It was another day on Centre Streets, but a day with just a little more 20 .1、ApicksBsetsCgivesDfinds2、AwithBaroundCfromDover3、AsunnyBwarmCcloudyDcold4、AsillyBemptyCcrazyDfree5、AFortunatelyBDisappointedlyCSurprisinglyDThankfully6、AtestBgiftCtrickDview7、AdemandedBagreedCpretendedDdetermined8、AbenefitBattentionCsympathyDinformation9、AcomfortBwealthCvalueDhonor10、AsufferedBhesitatedCmanagedDwondered11、AcheckBlayCmatchDcover12、AwitnessBpredictCfollowDwish13、AignoredBblamedCconfirmedDhandled14、AsituationsBmemoriesCschedulesDprofessions15、AescapedBvolunteeredCdisappearedDsurvived16、AcompetitiveBcomplexCfamiliarDstable17、AcarryingBseekingCoccupyingDtreating18、AresponsibilityBpermissionCencouragementDachievement19、ApurposeBdialogueCreliefDdoubt20、AluckBfunCprideDhopeSection 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 1Most cell phone companies design models especially for kids. But parents are usually the ones buying the phones, and paying the bill. According to a study, 56% of parents of children aged 8 to 12 have given their children a cell phone. According to a recent survey, 12 is the magic number. It is the most common age for kids to get their first cell phone. But 13% of children aged 6 to 10 already have one. Thats more than one out of every 10 kids.Pro-cell phone people, including many parents, notice that cell phones help kids keep in touch with their friends and families. They believe that cell phones are an important tool in a dangerous situation. Kids can stay connected with their parents at all times, whether its to ask for a ride home from soccer practice or to receive a good luck text message moments before a big game. Plus, some cell phone designed for kids can be controlled with settings that allow the phone to only be used in parent - approved ways. Whats the harm in that?But other people are worried about the health and safety effects of kids cell phones. They believe that plugged - in kids could be missing out on other activities, such as playing outside or hanging out with friends, and that sending text messages or fielding phone calls while doing homework is bad for concentration. They say that kids are spending too much time texting instead of talking to each other. “Our brains evolved to communicate face to face,” says Gary Small, a professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, in California. “A lot of this is lo