考研英语一明水县2023年临考冲刺试题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) I was driving to the grocery store on a warm morning in May. I smiled as I watched the golden sunshine 1 off the leaves. It was such a 2 and heavenly time.My calm was broken, 3 ， as I rounded a curve (拐弯处). A huge UHaul truck was coming my way several feet over the center line. I swerved as far onto the side of the road as I could to 4 it. It was followed by not one but two other UHaul trucks just as 5 . I wondered if all the stuff inside of them 6 the same person. I slowed down my car and waited for my heart rate to 7 . It was then that I 8 a selfstorage business along the side of the highway, building new units for all the people who couldnt fit their 9 into their houses. I saw a(n) 10 couple carrying boxes into one of the units. It seemed 11 that a couple just out of their teens could already have too much stuff.I lost my own 12 for owning stuff when a house fire in the middle of the night destroyed everything my family owned. The only thing I had left was the underwear I was wearing. Yet, our whole family had awakened 13 to escape. In the weeks that followed friends and family gave us a lot of stuff to get us back on our feet, but none of it seemed as 14 any more. What was important was seeing Moms smile, giving Nana a hug and a kiss, and watching Dad snooze (打盹) in his chair 15 a hard days work. What was important was the stuff of 16 ， not the stuff of this world. Since then I have tried to limit the things I would 17 .I didnt want too much stuff to 18 my life. I wanted to only buy what I needed and to spend my days in learning, growing, and 19 my family and others.I assumed that only by doing so could I make my 20 .1、AappreciatingBreflectingCadmiringDreleasing2、ArefreshingBdelightfulCpeacefulDdynamic3、AthoughBtooCanywayDinstead4、AmissBrejectCignoreDdesert5、AusefulBlargeCnewDgood6、Aturned toBreferred toCreacted toDbelonged to7、AbeatBpulseCaccelerateDfollow8、AnoticedBthoughtCdidDestablished9、AfurnitureBboxesCpossessionsDmaterials10、AoldByoungCmiddleagedDsmall11、AcuriousBapparentCcertainDobvious12、AhopeBtalentCfaithDtaste13、Ain returnBin turnCin timeDin vain14、AaffordableBsignificantCbeneficialDpractical15、AbeforeBinCafterDduring16、AmindBhandCheadDsoul17、ApurchaseBdonateCwasteDneed18、Aput upBcrowd upCbring upDset up19、AhelpingBabusingClovingDaffecting20、AnameBdayCworldDwaySection 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 recent spring morning. Susan Alexander, a retired government intelligence analyst, left her Maryland home, climbed into her Volkswagen Passat and drove about three miles to pick up two strangers. She battled rush-hour traffic on the Capital Beltway and George Washington Memorial Parkway before dropping them off at Reagan National Airport. She didnt earn a cent for her trouble, and that was the point.Alexander is a member of the Silver Spring Time Bank-one of more than 100 such exchanges around the world trying to build community by exchanging time credits for services instead of dollars and cents. “I have time,” she said. “I like giving the gift of time to other people. “In Alexanders case, passengers Mary and Al Liepold were grateful for the ride, but it wasnt charity. Mary,a retired writer and editor for nonprofit organizations, used time credits she banked for editing work and baking. Senior citizens who dont drive, the Liepolds cashed in their credits to catch a flight to Montreal for a five-day vacation.Without money changing hands or shifting between virtual accounts, the airport drop-off was more like a coffee party than a taxi ride. Driver and passengers chatted about projects theyve completed for the time bank, and no one raised an eyebrow when Mary said she likes “to avoid the conventional economy. “The beauty of this is that you make friends,” Mary Liepold said. “You dont just get services.”The Silver Spring Time Bank formed in 2015 and has about 300 members, said co-founder Mary Murphy. Last year, she said, l,000 hours were exchanged for basic home repairs, dog walking, cooking and tailoring, among other services, without the exchange of money. “ You get to save that money that you would have spent,” she said. “You get to meet somebody else in your community and get to know that person. Thats a bonus thats part of an exchange. “A deal performed partly to make friends would seem to go against c