2023年山西省晋中市考研英语一模拟试题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)Last month, I visited one of my old neighborhoods in New York. I had not been there for twenty years and as I walked along the street, my mind was 1 by memories of the past. I saw the old 2 building where I had lived and the playground where I had played. As I viewed these once 3 surroundings, images of myself as a child there 4 . However, what I saw and what I remembered were not the same. I 5 realized that the best memories were those kept 6 .My old apartment building, as I remember, was bright and alive. It was more than just a place to live. It was a movie house, a space station, or whatever my young mind could 7 . I would steal away with my friends and play in the 8 . This was always exciting because it was so cool and dark, and there were so many things there to 9 among. There was a small river in the back of the building, We would go there to lie in the shade of trees and enjoy ourselves.However, what I saw was 10 different. The apartment building was now in bad 11 . What was once more than a place to live in looked hardly worth 12 in. The windows were all 13 . The once clean walls were covered with dirty 14 . The river was hardly recognizable. The water was polluted and the trees and flowers were all 15 . The once sweet-smelling river now smelled 16 . It was really heartbreaking to 17 all this.I do not 18 having seen my old neighborhood. However, I do not think my 19 childhood memories can ever be the same. I suppose it is 20 when they say, “You can never go home again.”1、Aprevented Bpushed Cflooded Dproduced2、Astore Boffice Cexperiment Dapartment3、Astrange Bfamiliar Csimilar Dcomplex4、Aburst into tears Bcame to mind Ccame into effect Dcame to light5、Asadly Bcuriously Cluckily Dgenerally6、Aunharmed Buntouched Cuncompleted Dunmoved7、Aimagine Bwrite Csave Dintroduce8、Aclassroom Bpark Cbasement Dlibrary9、Ahide Bclimb Csit Dlive10、Ahardly Bmostly Cregularly Dcompletely11、Aeffect Btemper Cbehavior Dcondition12、Aplaying Bliving Cstudying Dtravelling13、Aold Bmessy Cbroken Dugly14、Amarks Bnames Cnotes Dpictures15、Agreen Bfresh Cdead Drare16、Afunny Btasty Cunusual Dterrible17、Asee Bsay Cremember Dcollect18、Aconsider Benjoy Cpermit Dregret19、Adark Bremote Cbeautiful Dshort20、Afake Btrue Cattractive DinterestingSection 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 1One morning more than thirty years ago, I entered the Track Kitchen, a restaurant where everyone from the humblest(卑微的)to the most powerful came for breakfast. I noticed an empty chair next to an elderly, unshaven man, who looked somewhat_. He was wearing a worn-out hat and was alone. I asked if I might join him. He agreed quietly and I sat down to have my breakfast.We cautiously began a conversation and spoke about a wide rang of things. We never introduced ourselves. I was concerned that he might have no money and not be able to afford something to eat. So as I rose to go back to the counter and buy a second cup of coffee, I asked,“My I get you something ?”“A coffee would be nice.”Then I bought him a cup of coffee, We talked more , and he accepted another cup of coffee, Finally, I rose to leave, wished him well, and headed for the exit. At the door I met one of my friends. He asked,“How did you get to know Mr. Galbreath?”“Who?”“The man you were sitting with. He is chairman of the Board of Churchill Downs.”I could hardly believe it. I was buying, offering a free breakfast, and feeling pity for one of the worlds richest and most powerful men!My few minutes with Mr. Galbreath changed my life. Now I try to treat everyone with respect, no matter who I think they are, and to meet another human being with kindness and sincerity.1、What does the underlined word “disheveled” mean?AUnfriendly. BUntidy. CGentle. DKind.2、The author bought coffee for the old man because Ahe thought the old man was poor Bhe wanted to start a conversationChe intended to show his politeness Dhe would like to thank the old man3、How did the author probably feel after he talked with his friend?AProud. BPitiful. CSurprised. DRegretful4、What is the message mainly expressed in the story?AWe should learn to be generous. BIt is honorable to help those