2023年彰武县考研英语一巅峰冲刺试卷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)Research confirms that performing acts of kindness and sharing thankful thoughts have many positive effects on mood and health. They are among the top five predictors of happiness.When you feel thankful for something, thats gratitude. You never get it out of 1 ; you are clear who or what is responsible, whether thats a loved one, a stranger, or a higher power. Gratitude is how you 2 to others when you see yourself in connection with things larger than yourself. 3 , this understanding of our reliance on others is becoming more 4 today. With commercial and social media, everything makes the younger generation feel that they are the 5 of the universe. If its all about them, why thank others?If true, there would be a disturbing 6 trend. Canadian researchers found that people who wrote thank-you letters or performed good deeds for a six-week period decreased their pain, upped their energy, and improved their mental health. And you can 7 these benefits at any age. Old people who choose to be thankful are less likely to worry about their 8 health.Gratitude tends to be easily spread, as well. Those who are helped are more likely to pay kindness 9 . One study found that when someone is thanked, it more than doubles his or her chances of being 10 again, likely because he or she enjoys feeling socially 11 .If you arent particularly grateful now, you can learn to be. People who keep a journal of three positive things that happen to them each day 12 health-inducing thankfulness. At first, it may be difficult to 13 the good things that occur. But 14 , your brain gets trained into a more appreciative mode. And in the end, the journal becomes a book of joyful 15 . Gratitude training certainly comes to your aid during the 16 times because a greater 17 for life is the part you focus on. 18 your gratefulness directly with the person you feel grateful to, the benefits of happiness 19 . You dont need a scientific study to know that showing and accepting gratitude can ensure you an 20 life, a much better life than you thought.1、Asomething Banything Ceverything Dnothing2、Arefer Bsubmit Csubscribe Drelate3、ATherefore BMeanwhile CHowever DBesides4、Astrange Bdifficult Cstubborn Dridiculous5、Amaster Bcenter Csurvivor Dcreator6、Ahealth Bmental Ccultural Dindustrial7、Acontinue Bapproach Csustain Dreap8、Aoriginal Bimproving Cfailing Dfalling9、Aforward Bdownward Cbackward Dupward10、Athankful Brespectful Chelpful Dcareful11、Avalued Binfluenced Cattracted Dnoticed12、Acultivate Bemphasize Cbenefit Dtransmit13、Aanalyze Brecognize Csummarize Dorganize14、Aroughly Bdecidedly Cgradually Daccidentally15、Aessays Bthoughts Cfiles Dmemories16、Adark Bgolden Cspecial Durgent17、Aadmiration Ballocation Cappreciation Daffection18、ASupplying BExperiencing CSharing DRecalling19、Adisappear Baccumulate Cemerge Dweaken20、Aenriched Bengaged Cenlarged DenabledSection 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 1A boy shivers in the harsh Oslo winter, wrapping his arms around himself on a bus stop bench. He isnt wearing a coat and temperatures in the Norwegian capital regularly plunge to -10 during winter.A heartbreaking scene, but the actions of the ordinary people who witnessed the dilemma of 11 year old Johannes Lonnestad Flaaten are both joyous and inspiring.A young blonde woman who sat next to the boy and noticed him rubbing his arms. She immediately asked him: “Dont you have a jacket?” “No, someone stole it”, he replied. She questioned him and discovered he was on a school trip and was told to meet his teacher at the bus stop. She asked him the name of his school and where he was from as she selflessly draped(挂上) her own coat around his shoulders. Later, another older woman at first gave him her scarf, then wrapped him in her large padded jacket. Throughout the day, more and more people offered Johannes their gloves and even the coats off their backs as they waited for their bus.Johannes dilemma was a hidden camera experiment by Norwegian charity SOS Childrens Village as part of their winter campaign to gather donations to send much-needed coats and blankets to help Syrian children get through the winter. Many of the refugees (难民）have left their homes without winter clothing.Peopl