考研英语一2023年滦平县巅峰冲刺试卷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)I was walking around in a Big Bazar store doing a shopping, when I saw aCashier talking to a boy who couldnt have been more than 5 or 6 years old. TheCashier said, “Im sorry, 1 you dont have enough money to buy this doll.” Then the little boy turned to me and asked, “Uncle, are you sure I dont haveenough money?”I 2 his cash and replied, “You know that you dont have enough money tobuy the doll, my dear.” The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand. Finally, I walked 3 him and I asked him 4 he wished to give this doll to. “Its the doll 5 my sister loved most and wanted so much . I wanted to gift her for her Birthday. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there.” His eyes were so 6 while saying this.“My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see Godvery soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it tomy sister.” My heart 7 stopped. The little boy 8 me and said, “Itold daddy to tell mommy not to go 9 . I need her to wait until I come backfrom the mall.”Then he looked again at the 10 with sad eyes, very quietly. I quickly 11 for my wallet and said to the boy. “Suppose we check again, just 12 you do have enough money for the doll?” I added some of my money to his, with out him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some 13 money.The little boy said, “Thank you God for giving me enough money! I asked last night God to 14 I had enough money to buy this doll. He heard me! I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose formy mommy, but I didnt 15 to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough tobuy the doll and a white rose. ”I finished my shopping in a totally different 16 from when I started. Icouldnt get the little boy out of my mind. Then I remembered a local news paperarticle two days ago, which mentioned a 17 man in a truck, who hit a caroccupied by a young woman and a little girl. The little girl died right away,and the mother was left in a 18 state.The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is 19 , tothis day, hard to imagine. And in a 20 of a second, a drunk driver hadtaken all this away from him1、Aand Bbecause Cbut Dso2、Apaid Bcharged Cexchanged Dcounted3、Aup Btoward Cwith Dat4、Awho Bwhich Cwhy Dwhen5、Awhich Bwhat Cthat Dwhere6、Aexcited Bsad Cscared Dwet7、Ahardly Bapproximately Csuddenly Dnearly8、Alook up Blook upon as Clook upon Dlook up at9、Ayet Bbut Chowever Dso10、Amoney Bme Cdoll Drose11、Agot Breached Ctook Dbrought12、Ain case Bas a result Cdespite Din terms of13、Aspare Bpocket Cavailable Dvacant14、Amake up Bmake for Cmake sure Dmake out15、Acare Bdare Cfare Dpare16、Astage Bway Cposition Dstate17、Adrunk Btimid Ccareless Dunknown18、Acriticism Bcritic Ccritical Dcriticize19、Aalways Btherefore Coften Dstill20、Asection Bfraction Cposition DimaginationSection 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 Dolphins, African gray parrots and some other animals understand the idea of “zero,” but researchers were surprised to find that honeybees also comprehend this abstract concept, considering the insects tiny brains, according to a new study. Honeybees have fewer than one million neurons (神经元), compared with the 86 billion neurons in humansand yet, they grasp a concept that humans, by some measures, dont start to understand before preschool.The researchers set up two cards, each of which had a set of symbols on them, like triangles or circles. Then, they trained a group of the bees to fly to the card with the lower number of symbols. The bees quickly learned what the humans wanted them to do to get their delicious, sweet rewards. The trained bees were then shown a card that was empty and one that had symbols on it. There is no need for the bees to be trained to fly more often to the empty cardthus showing that they understood that “zero” was a number less than the others.Although they flew more often to an empty card than to one that had one symbol on it, it became easier for them to distinguish when the symbols on the card increased in number. For example, they more often flew to the zero when the other card had four symbols than when it