考研英语一2023年日照市岚山区模拟预测试卷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)I am a social worker. I wanted to tell everyone about my very dear friend who passed away a few months ago.I met him many years ago while doing my internship (实习期) in the country prison. He was 1 a program he had designed to help prisoners with drug and alcohol problems. He was always 2 new ways to bring hope and help to these men and their 3 .One of his favorite 4 was the Toy Drive. He would run every Christmas for the children of the prisoners. He did this for twenty years 5 his sudden death. As last Christmas 6 ，I decided that this tradition had to be 7 ，for the children as well as the 8 of my friend.But the file where he kept the names of the people who had been helped by him over the years was 9 . I had to start anew(重新) and with very little 10 ! I started making phone calls, explaining about the project and my 11 . I prayed every night that the event would, 12 , be worthy of my friend. To my great 13 , individuals, churches and businesses began to come on board and, 14 , I had enough toys to give to all the children of the prisoners with some left over for the local community 15 !When Christmas Eve finally arrived, I felt very happy, thinking I had done all I could do and reflecting on what a(n) 16 it had been for me. I was bagging up the remaining toys 17 if there was anyone left who might like them. Then my phone rang.It was my daughter. She 18 to explain about a woman she knew in Kentucky who had five children, one seriously ill, no husband, no heating in the home, no toys! Oh! How could we not?My daughter and I drove all night, from New York to Kentucky, and those children woke up in a nice warm house with plenty of 19 !My friends 20 of kindness lived on that year, reaching all the way to Kentucky!1、Arecording Bdirecting Cattending Dimproving2、Aputting up with Bkeeping up with Ccoming up with Dcatching up with3、Afamily Bgroup Ccompany Dclub4、Aevents Bsports Chobbies Dgames5、Aafter Buntil Cbecause Dsince6、Aarrived Bapproached Cfollowed Dfinished7、Acarried out Blived on Clived out Dcarried on8、Abenefit Bpleasure Cmemory Dfavor9、Aactive Bextra Cmissing Dhiding10、Apressure Btime Cenergy Dconfidence11、Aatmosphere Bimpression Cimportance Ddifficulties12、Asomehow Bhowever Cotherwise Dthough13、Acuriosity Bdisappointment Cthought Drelief14、Aabsolutely Boccasionally Ceventually Dgenerally15、Aas well Bin particular Conce more Dat first16、Aburden Bpity Chonor Ddiscovery17、Apredicting Brealizing Cevaluating Dwondering18、Acalled Bcame Creturned Ddrove19、Achocolates Bcandies Cflowers Dtoys20、Aposition Bspirit Ccourage DattentionSection 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 1An old man in a faded yellow shirt sat in a windowless room on a raised concrete form. The only source of heat came from somewhere beneath the plastic mattress and the rough blanket the blank-faced police woman had handed him after taking his thumb prints. He heard voices and metallic clang as the cell door swung open.At the front desk a tired looking policeman handed the old man back his belongings, his worn-out cap and the Seiko watch that had stopped working the day his beloved Evelyn left. The policeman dramatically held the blue plastic bag at an arms length to the old man who took it and made sure its contents were undamaged: the goat meat, palm oil, leaves and spices. He ignored the confused expression on the officers face and signed the document declaring he had been returned the possessions they had taken off him the night before.No one spoke to him as he walked slowly towards the exit.“Mr. Easy-nwa?” He stopped and prayed to the God who now took care of Evelyn to please take him far away from this unhappy place of expressionless faces, clipped accents and people who did not even attempt to pronounce his name right.“Ezenwa,” He said and looked at a woman with tangerine lips, her name tag said Jessica Harlow, Social Services. “A bit far from home，she said as she drove fast and with confidence the way Evelyn used to. He wondered if she meant the 50 miles from Liverpool or the 50,000 miles from Enugu，a city in Nigeria. He did not bother replying as this woman had plenty to say about the weather, bad drivers, her daughters school play.At last she drew up