2023年宜宾市兴文县考研英语一全真模拟试题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)When my kids were small, I started a tradition in our house of giving eight gifts over the course of the eight days of Hanukkah(光明节). I liked the idea of 1 a candle every night and giving my children a gift to unwrap to 2 . It was easy to go into a toy store and pick up something 3 less than $10 each, or even $1 each (at the Dollar Store). My children didnt ask for anything much in particular and they 4 whatever they got.As the years progressed, I 5 the tradition of eight gifts for each night of Hanukkah.But this year, Hanukkah 6 something else. My special-needs son decided that he wanted to 7 a computer, and it was up to me to buy all the parts of it. When I wouldnt 8 that, he decided he wanted a PlayStation. Then Amazon gift cards. Then money. And it became clear that it wasnt going to happen, he got 9 .I keep 10 him that Hanukkah isnt about greed or materialism. Its about the miracle of an oil lamp that 11 for eight days. Its about being 12 of our heritage. Its about freedom.But he 13 . I know deep down that his obsessions(迷恋) are out of his 14 , and definitely out of mine. Having a special-needs child is as 15 as it gets. Some days are better than others and not all holidays 16 the way I hope. But despite his unrealistic requests, hes a(n) 17 child who is showing me the true meaning of life.And as we enter a new year and light the 18 approaching the time, I welcome his differences 19 I learn how to turn negative requests into 20 ones.1、Abuying Bdonating Clighting Ddrawing2、Acelebrate Bpresent Csend Dplay3、Awith Bfor Cof Dfrom4、Aate Bthrew Cliked Ddrank5、Aheld up Bgave in Chanded in Dkept up6、Amade Bbecame Cfound Ddesigned7、Abuild Bbuy Cuse Dwatch8、Arely on Blearn from Cagree to Ddream about9、Acalm Bhappy Cselfish Dupset10、Atelling Bwarning Cpromising Daccusing11、Alays Bhangs Cwaits Dburns12、Atired Bproud Cafraid Dlack13、Anodded Bslept Cinsisted Dfailed14、Amind Bsight Ccontrol Dplace15、Awonderful Bdangerous Cinteresting Dchallenging16、Arun out Bbreak down Cwork out Dput down17、Astrange Bamazing Cbad Denergetic18、Acandles Blamps Ctorches Dlanterns19、Awhen Bas Cunless Duntil20、Arelative Bpossible Creasonable DpositiveSection 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 1The First HelloThe man from the telephone department got off the bus, and made his way to the tea stall, wiping the sweat off his head, face, then slipping his handkerchief under his shirt to wipe his neck and back. It was a year ago that the phone line had been installed, six months later men from the public works department had come to put up the phone bootha neat box-like structure, with a glass window, and wooden ledges, yellow in colour. And days after that, a painter had taken an entire day to colour in broad, black brushstrokes, the words: STD Booth, local and STD allowed.No one could tell that the last word had been misspelled. Besides, he had taken the entire day. After he had a cup of tea, he left, waving cheerfully. And now months later, someone else was here again.Everyone watched the man as he sat on the bench. No one said a word, and soon the sound of him slurping his tea filled the hot afternoon. A few leaves fell, heavy in the heat, and sometimes a car passed, on its way to the main city farther away.When the man had finished, he tried to pay but the tea shop owner who sat behind his steaming kettle and the washed upturned cups, waved him away.“You are our guest here.”So the man took his handkerchief out again and wiped his face.They crowded around him as he shut himself up in the phone booth. When the children pressed their nose against the glass, he shooed them away, as he took out a shiny black soon changed to an excited yell as they saw him dial a number, pressing a finger into the ringed dialer of the phone and letting it go all the way in a half-circle. A while later, they hear him say into the mouthpiece, “Hello.”“Hello, ”the children around the booth took up the cry, the teashop owner broke into a smile and the men waiting for a bus smiled and said hello to each other. The sadhu(印度的僧人)who sat under the banyan tree nodded wisely. As the sound carried, more hellos were heard. The women winnowing grain giggled as they tried the word tentatively, the she