2023年济宁市汶上县考研英语一押题密卷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)I ask my grandpa what it feels like to grow old. He 1 this question while we sit in his office overlooking the yard, where an empty bird feeder swings 2 from a tree branch. The yard has gone into a state of 3 in recent years. Grandpa no longer possesses the energy to maintain its 4 splendid glory.After taking a sip of his black tea, he asks me a question. “Have you ever been in a hot 5 when the water ran cold?” I tell him I have. “Thats what 6 feels like,” he says. “At first the water is too warm, but you 7 the heat and begin enjoying it. When youre young, you think its going to be this way 8 . But one day you realize the 9 begins to drop. You gradually feel the warmth leaving your body. The water is still pleasant, but you know itll soon become cold and theres nothing you can do,” he 10 . “I knew a few people who decided to 11 the shower. I was able to stay in because I 12 myself recalling the showers of my youth. Its too late now, and no matter how hard I try, Ill never get the hot water 13 again.”This is how my grandpa felt about growing old, but he has lived a good life to have 14 the birth of his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.After dinner, I fetch a bag of birdseed, take it out to the 15 and pour the seed into the feeder. I go inside, 16 to tell Grandpa about what Ive done, only to find he is sleeping. I think about waking him up 17 decide not to disturb his sleep, a sleep which will soon 18 forever. I hope he is 19 the dreams of his youth, remembering the 20 of days gone by, the days before the water ran cold.1、Areads Bconsiders Cadmits Dasks2、Awildly Blifelessly Chelplessly Dslowly3、Adecline Bpeace Cboom Drepair4、Aever Blately Conce Donly5、Astove Bshower Ctemper Dday6、Agrowing Bsleeping Caging Dliving7、Aget used to Bget addicted to Cget tired of Dget rid of8、Ainstead Bforever Csometime Dthen9、Apressure Bquality Ctemperature Dlevel10、Aconcludes Bcompromises Ccomplains Dcontinues11、Atake Benjoy Cleave Drefuse12、Acontented Bconfused Ctaught Dcheated13、Aon Boff Cup Ddown14、Aordered Bgiven Cdemanded Dwitnessed15、Awindow Byard Croom Doffice16、Adisappointed Bpuzzled Cdepressed Dexcited17、Abut Bso Cor Dand18、Aend Bchange Clast Ddisappear19、Avaluing Bachieving Cexperiencing Ddreaming20、Astrength Bwarmth Cenergy DsoulSection 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 1Hobbies Help Cure Addiction to the InternetWhile some parents have expressed concerns about the amount of time their children spent surfing the Internet during the summer break from school, it wasnt a problem for Yin Qiming.Instead, the 37-year-old Shanghai resident and his daughter divided their vacation between cyberspace and the 8-year-olds other interests.“My daughter has many hobbies and I and her mother respect her choices, so we accompany her to classes she enjoys, such as learning to play the drums and drawing,” he said.“She loves to play outside with her friends, so she doesnt think the Internet is a must-have thing in her life.”Yin added that he rarely imposes a time limit on his daughters online activity.“She sometimes uses WeChat (a popular instant-messaging tool) on my mobile phone, but only to contact her mother,” he said. “Once she has her own plans every day and realizes that the internet is just a part of life, she wont become addicted to it.”Li Lin, a primary school teacher from Liaoning province, expressed a similar opinion.“We do some homework online, including reciting stories, and the children use the Internet frequently every day of their lives,” she said, noting that the childrens online activity is limited to 30 minutes a day at school.“We should make better use of the Internet to provide children with more knowledge and help them to grow up,” said Li, who has a 10-year-old son.The key to preventing children, especially those at primary and middle schools, from becoming addicted to the Internet is to limit the time they spend online and to ensure that they know cyberspace cannot replace traditional forms of communication, she said.Mao Feizhu, a psychologist from Fujian province in southeast China, said people overestimate the influence of the internet.“Many people, even some parents, believe the Internet p