考研英语一2023年云南省德宏傣族景颇族自治州梁河县高分通关卷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)Order is the best manager of time. It illustrates many subjects. Thus, obedience to the natural law is order. Virtue is order. The world began with it. 1 was once common before its establishment.The merchant, the clerk and the laborer are all of the same 2 , born with the same expectations and affected by similar influences. They are, it is 3 , born in different positions, but it 4 with themselves whether they shall live nobly or evilly. They may not have their choice of riches or poverty, but they have their 5 of being good or evil.People of the highest position, 6 culture and education, have often as great hardships as the common people. They have to make their incomes go much further. They have to 7 their social status. 8 their incomes may be less satisfactory, they are desperate to 9 and bring the children up as gentlemen.Hume, a famous historian, was a man of good family but his 10 were very small when he was young. In his autobiography, he uses his own case as a(n) 11 of the advantages of frugality (节省). Despite a considerable debt, his mother, a widow, 12 met the difficulties and eventually overcame them. Though her income was less than that of many highly paid men, she educated her children well and brought them up 13 .Hume says, “While studying in France, I 14 that plan of life which I have steadily and successfully pursued. I determined to make a 15 frugality supply of my shortage of fortune and to 16 my independence.” At thirty-six he thought himself rich. These are his own words: “My appointments, with my frugality, had helped me reach a fortune which made me 17 ”.Goethe says, “It doesnt matter within what circle an honest man acts, provided he knows how to 18 that circle.” “What is the best government?” Goethe asks, “That which teaches us to 19 ourselves! Let every one only do the right in his place, without 20 himself about the confusion of the world.”1、AChaos BOffence CPunishment DCondemnation2、Aorigin Brace Cnature Dinterest3、Ahopeful Bstrange Cvital Dtrue4、Aagrees Brests Ccorresponds Dconflicts5、Aidea Boption Cfreedom Dintention6、Ain defence of Bin course of Cin anticipation of Din respect of7、Agive up Bdepend on Clook for Dkeep up8、ASince BThough CUnless DWhen9、Aeducate Bencourage Cblame Dspoil10、Aambitions Bachievements Cmeans Dcontributions11、Aassurance Bconsequence Cillustration Dcriterion12、Abravely Bstubbornly Csharply Dtentatively13、Afaithfully Bplainly Cgratefully Dvirtuously14、Aproposed Bmade Cdiscussed Dapproved15、Arigid Bcasual Cliberal Dflexible16、Abalance Brestore Cvalue Dmaintain17、Aattractive Bproud Cindependent Dknowledgeable18、Afit in Bmove in Cend in Dengage in19、Aprotect Bjustify Cgovern Ddisplay20、Aquestioning Btroubling Cscolding DabandoningSection 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 earlier Thanksgiving in Canada was to celebrate the earlier start of winter in the North, ending the harvest season earlier. Thanksgiving in Canada did not have a fixed date until the late 19th century. Many of the individual Canadian provinces had declared their own days of Thanksgiving. The first official Canadian Thanksgiving occurred on April 15, 1872, when the nation was celebrating the Prince of Wales recovery from a serious illness. By the end of the 19th century, Thanksgiving Day was normally celebrated on November 6. However, when World Warended, the Armistice Day holiday was usually held during the same week. To prevent the two holidays from conflicting with each other, in 1957 the Canadian Parliament declared Thanksgiving to be observed on its present date on the second Monday of October.Much as in Canada, Thanksgiving in the United States was observed on various dates throughout history. From the time of the Founding Fathers until the time of Lincoln, the date Thanksgiving was observed varied from state to state. The final Thursday in November had become the date of custom in most states by the beginning of the 19th century. Modern Thanksgiving was first officially called for in all states in 1863 by Abraham Lincoln. Influenced by Sarah Josepha Hale, who wrote letters to politicians for around 40 years trying to make it an official holiday, Lincoln declared the date to be the final Thurs