2023年焦作市孟州市考研英语一临考冲刺试卷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) After 20 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to 1 . She said, “I love you, but I know this other woman loves you too.”The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my mother, who has been a widow (寡妇) for 19 years, but my busy life had made it impossible to visit her 2 . That night I called to 3 her out for dinner.“Whats wrong? are you well?” she asked. My mother is the type of woman who suspects that a late night 4 is a sign of bad news.“I thought that it would be pleasant to spend some time with you,” I 5 .She thought about it for a moment, and 6 . During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation 7 extraordinary but recent events of each others life.Before we 8 , she said, “Ill go out with you again, 9 only if you let me invite you.”A few days 10 , my mother died of a heart attack. It 11 so suddenly that I didnt have a chance to do anything for her. A few days after the funeral, I received an envelope with a receipt (收据) from the same place where mother and I had 12 . An attached note 13 :“I paid this bill 14 . I wasnt sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two 15 one for you and the other for your 16 . You will never know what that night meant for me. I 17 you, son.”At that moment, I 18 the importance of saying in time: “I LOVE YOU”. Give your family the 19 they deserve, because sometimes things cannot be 20 till “some other time”.1、AhomeBtalkCmovieDdinner2、AdirectlyBfrequentlyCrarelyDexactly3、AbringBtakeCforceDinvite4、AvisitBmealCringDdate5、AarguedBwhisperedCcommittedDresponded6、AagreedBrefusedCpromisedDnodded7、AanythingBnothingCsomethingDeverything8、AmetBpartedCleftDdivided9、AbutBandCsoDor10、AbeforeBearlierCagoDlater11、AbrokeBformedCfellDstruck12、AsatBwaitedCgatheredDdined13、AsawBreadCshowedDwrote14、Ain advanceBon purposeCby accidentDwith patience15、AtablesBdishesCseatsDchances16、AmotherBfamilyCwifeDchild17、AmissBadmireCloveDhug18、AsensedBacceptedCcheckedDpursued19、AtimeBmoneyCcomfortDcalls20、AensuredBdelayedCforgottenDforgivenSection 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 1It used to be a matter of fact when Peter Pan a character from James Matthew Barries 1911 book said: “All children, except one, grow up.”But this “fact” doesnt seem to apply to todays world anymore.According to the NPD Group, a US market research company, sales of toys to adults in the UK increased by more than 20 percent in 2016, three times the pace of the childrens toy market itself. These toys ranged from puzzles and Lego building sets to vehicle models and action figures. And more than half of the sales came from millennials people born between the 1980s and 2000s.“Adults of the 21st century are channeling their inner child, one toy at a time,” commented website Koreaboo. This is also why these adults are sometimes referred to as “kidults”.According to Frederique Tutt, an analyst at NPD, the motivation of these grown-ups is to escape the stress of todays fast-paced world. They are driven toward the more immediate pleasures brought by toys than those brought by, say, getting a promotion, which is far less easy to achieve.“It reminds me of the playful side of life,” Rob Willner, a 25-year-old PhD student in the UK, told The Telegraph when talking about his love for Lego, which he said brings him both comfort and entertainment.Despite this, some social scientists see the trend as disturbing. To Frank Furendi, a professor at the University of Kent in the UK, the fact that so many adults are pursuing “the thrills of youth” is the evidence that “adulthood has got nothing attractive about it anymore”, he told The New York Times. “Thats actually quite sad.”But scientists are probably just worrying too much. According to Canadian comic book artist Todd McFarlane, collecting toys could simply be a way for people to express their individuality. “Its just pop culture stuff. Its stuff that says, I like a little of this and I like a little of that,” he told ABC News. “Its no big deal.”So now that over 100 years have passed since Peter Pan, perhaps its time to introduce a new “fact”, as stated in the tagline (标语) of the UK fashion brand KIDULT: “Growing old is mandatory (被迫的), but growing up is optional.”1、What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 2 imply?ASomething old is not suita