考研英语一2023年浙江省台州市黄岩区临考冲刺试题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)Zigfried, a little mouse, blew his breath on the frosty window of the farmhouse and rubbed it to see the outside. Still nobody came. Maybe today, he thought 1 It was only a few days before Christmas and he was watching for a miracle (奇迹).This farmhouse had been 2 too long. It needed a family. Zigfrieds 3 made a noise. He realized that he hadnt eaten anything since yesterday. He jumped from the windowsill (窗沿), grabbed a 4 from his home, and went next door to Farmer Mikes.Farmer Mikes house had been a great place for the little mouse 5 the farmer married a wife who had a cat. Zigfried 6 when he thought of it. He looked around cautiously as he 7 into the room where grain was stored and was quite 8 as he filled his bag with wheat. He was turning to leave when suddenly he 9 , and without thinking he started to run and luckily 10 the cats paws (爪子).The next afternoon Zigfried heard some good news: a 11 family would be moving into the farmhouse soon. Zigfrieds granny would arrive on Christmas Eve to 12 with him. He hoped that the family would come before his granny came. Before long, a car came 13 the road leading to the house, with butter sandwiches, cheese and chocolate.Zigfrieds Christmas miracle did arrive!The house came 14 the next few days. Zigfried 15 every single hour of them. 16 , the day before Christmas when he was drinking hot chocolate with a 17 smile at the door of his home, he heard the 18 of the children of the family about what they might get for Christmas. What? A cat? The 19 froze on his face； his mouth fell wide open. After a long while, he at last found his voice: “Hey! Whose Christmas miracle is this?”1、AcarefullyBexcitedlyChopefullyDproudly2、AshabbyBnoisyCmessyDempty3、AmouthBnoseCstomachDthroat4、AbagBstickCbowlDcoat5、AalthoughBuntilCwhereasDunless6、AleaptBsniffedCtrembledDwithdrew7、AbrokeBmarchedCpacedDstole8、AcuriousBnervousCpitifulDsensible9、AtookBreleasedCfeltDdrew10、AstronglyBirregularlyCslowlyDwildly11、AescapedBseizedCrubbedDscratched12、AcloseBhappyCnewDyoung13、AcelebrateBcommunicateCcompeteDcompromise14、AacrossBfromCoffDup15、AaliveBlooseCopenDstill16、AcountedBenjoyedCmissedDwasted17、AHoweverBInsteadCMoreoverDTherefore18、AbitterBforcedCpoliteDsatisfied19、AintroductionBdiscussionCcommentDdebate20、AbloodBsmileCtearDsweatSection 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 1 On a flight from Dallas, Texas, to Cincinnati, Ohio, to visit a friend in 2008, event planner Paige Chenault daydreamed about the grand birthday parties shed throw for her daughter one day. (Paige was five months pregnant at the time.) Then, flipping through a magazine, she saw a photo of an impoverished Haitian boy, skinny. “I thought, this kid has nothing,” Paige says.The image stayed with her, andshe resolved to do something to help. “I decided I would use my talents to throw birthday parties for homeless kids,” Paige says. For the next four years, Paige and her husband, Colin, took time out from parenthood to visit shelters to determine how best to pull off the parties.Finally, in January 2012, Paige launched theBirthday Party Project, a nonprofit organization, and recruited friends and family to help decorate Dallass 75-occupant Family Gateway Shelter with balloons and streamers, celebrating the birthdays of 11 boys and girls, with 60 more homeless kids in attendance. “That first party was better than I could have ever imagined,” says Paige.Now Paige and her staff of three paid employees work with regional volunteers to plan monthly themed parties at 15 shelters across the country, some of which house abused or abandoned kids. Each child celebrating a birthday that month gets a$30 gift, a decorative place mat, and an individual cake or cupcake.One of Paiges favorite parts of each party is when the kids make a wish and blow out the candles. “They rarely get a chance to dream big,” says Paige.Her daughter, Lizzie, now seven, often helps out at the parties. Paige says, “The one thing Ive always wanted is for my kid to be generous.”1、What was it that made Paige want to help the homeless children?AA flight from Dallas to Ohio.BHer daughters birthday.CThe photo of a Haitian boy.DHer talent for throwing parties.2、What does the underlined word “impoverished” mean?AadorableBpoorCtalentedDdead3、What can be learnt from the passage?AA total of 75 full-time work