2023年湖北省黄冈市麻城市考研英语一深度预测试卷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 sat and waited for Kathleen to speak. “Annie,” she said, “A food bank that serves the elderly is asking for 1 . Id like you to organize the event” “Well, errrsure.” As I stuttered (结巴地说) through my 2 , all I could think was, “What? Why me?”I walked back to my office wondering where to 3 . This was a time when the economy was 4 . The rise in unemployment forced many of my coworkers to 5 to survive. How could I ask them for more?That evening I drove home with negativity. Then I remembered a time when my father was out of work. Mom wrote a note to Jim, the milkman, asking him not to 6 any more milk. Two days later Jim picked up the 7 and left four liters of milk. He wrote his message, which read, “Kids need milk.” The milk delivery 8 as usual and Jim never collected a cent 9 us.The memory of Jims 10 fired my enthusiasm. Perhaps Id be in for a pleasant surprise.The next morning I 11 signs about our food drive all over the cafeteria and on every notice board I could find. Each sign said, “Food drive to support the poor elderly! 12 of non-perishable (不易腐的) foods are greatly needed.”Within a few days I had to locate empty office space to 13 the massive number of contributions we had 14 . One of my coworkers, Maggie, made the rounds with me every day from one department to another to 15 the canned goods and other foods. Though over sixty, she pushed our food trolley around with the 16 of a woman half her age.I asked her where she got all the enthusiasm. She said, “With the unemployment rate touching 10 percent, I cant think of a better way to be 17 for keeping our jobs when so many have 18 theirs. Sure money is 19 . But when isnt it? People need food.”As I listened to Maggie, the milkmans words 20 in my ears, “Kids need milk.”1、Aadvice Bhelp Cpity Dmedicine2、Aresponse Bcomment Cexplanation Dcomplaint3、Asit Bstay Cbegin Dwork4、Agrowing Bfading Crecovering Dbooming5、Adrive Battempt Crefuse Dstruggle6、Aspare Bdrink Cdeliver Dsell7、Akeys Bkids Ccents Dempties8、Areturned Bcontinued Cstopped Ddelayed9、Afor Bto Cwith Dfrom10、Akindness Bhappiness Cpatience Dpoliteness11、Adesigned Bnoticed Cmarked Dposted12、ABargains BDemands CDonations DPurchases13、Acheck Bstore Cseparate Dclear14、Acollected Bbought Cfound Dselected15、Atake up Btake out Cpick up Dpick out16、Asatisfaction Bquality Cenergy Dmotivation17、Alucky Bproud Cdelighted Dgrateful18、Alost Bdeserved Cabandoned Dwanted19、Aavailable Btight Cenough Dpowerful20、Arang Bdisappeared Chid DfellSection 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 concept of a working holiday is fairly simpleIt is a vacation which normally lasts for several weeks or even months，during which you divide your time between work and recreationThe typical working holiday includes some manual labor and sightseeingYou can usually get room and board in exchange for a few hours of workFor instance，Australia and New Zealand encourage working holidays by offering one-year visas to people between the ages of 18 and 30Countries all over the world offer the chances to work or volunteer and live in a new environmentAll you need is a return ticket and enough cash to live onWhile some people choose to work in restaurants or hotels，others may do fruit picking which is perhaps the most popular type of workBe prepared for long working days in the orchard，which may last up to ten hours a dayIf you are not ready for this，a more leisurely job with shorter hours is possible，but you will not make as much moneyAnother option is volunteering in foreign countriesFor example，you can work with disabled children in Bolivia and practice your Spanish，research dolphins and whales in Italy，or build schools in rural towns in GhanaA working holiday is a great way to broaden your horizons since it gives you the chance to explore a country，practice a new language，and meet people from all over the worldThese kinds of adventures sometimes have a really big impact on those who have experienced a working holidayThey often say that it was one of the best memories of their livesBe aware! Even though some working vacation programs pay，not all of them do sometimes you end up paying to go on working vacationHowever，a working holiday can get