考研英语一2023年湘西土家族苗族自治州保靖县全真模拟试卷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 sitting in the surgical waiting area at the hospital waiting for word of my wifes operation. The small room was filled with other families and friends, who were _36_ waiting to hear how their loved ones were doing.There was a young boy sitting quietly in the _37_ . He held a small box of _38_ in one hand and a tablet(写字板) in the other. Every so often hed place the tablet on his lap and draw something. As the hours passed I began to see the room almost _39_ . And there was a strange silence.Daddy, when is Mommy going home? the young boy asked, breaking the _40_. Tomorrow. his father replied. The boy picked up his crayons and _41_ something on the tablet.I _42_ him as he moved his feet back and forth, looking up at the ceiling and then toward the sunshine-filled window. Whens _43_, Daddy? he asked. His father _44_ him over to sit by him. Come, _45_ here next to me, he said with a gentle tone in his voice._46_ his things, the little boy walked slowly to his fathers side from the corner.The man _47_ out and held his son by his shoulder.There are three days in life. Yesterday, today and tomorrow. One is over and done, one we live in, the other we _48_ . We cant live in yesterday, but if we are happy enough today, we will be even happier tomorrow, he said in an attempt to _49_ the boy.The little boy looked at him for a moment and said, If Mommy is going home tomorrow, Ill be _50_. So, I want it to be tomorrow already, Daddy.Now hanging on every word of this _51_ , I leaned forward to hear his response. It was _52_.Son, the one great thing about today is once it _53_, it is already almost tomorrow.I thought about how _54_ it was. Even in my adult life, I still live waiting for what tomorrow may _55_. Now I know that it is already almost tomorrow.1、AeagerlyBpatientlyChappilyDcuriously2、AchairBcornerCdistanceDshadow3、AgiftsBtoysCchalksDcrayons4、AdarkBfullCemptyDclean5、ApromiseBruleCrecordDsilence6、AwroteBdrewCprintedDcarved7、AfollowedBfoundCwatchedDcaught8、AtodayByesterdayCfutureDtomorrow9、AknockedBorderedCcalledDpulled10、AstandBsitClieDsleep11、AgatheringBforgettingCsavingDchoosing12、AgotBtookCsetDreached13、AspendBwasteCkillDexpect14、AfrightenBsatisfyCpersuadeDwarn15、AhappierBcalmerCsmarterDsadder16、AstoryBargumentCconversationDdiscussion17、AhumorousBsillyCpositiveDperfect18、AendsBstartsCpassesDlasts19、AmeaningfulBimportantCinterestingDfantastic20、AhappenBcomeCbringDneedSection 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 Work is a part of livingmy grandparents understood that.They lived and worked on a farm that has been in my family for 150 years.They raised chickens for eggs,pigs and cattle for meat.Cows were kept for milk and the cream,from which Grandma made butter and cheese.What little yard they had became a garden.The Depression（大萧条时期）,therefore,didnt make much change in their lives.But it did bring a lot of men out of work,drifting from job to job,to the farm.The first to show up at the door of the kitchen was a man in rags.He took off his hat and quietly explained that he hadnt eaten for a while.Grandpa stood watching him a bit,then said, “Theres a stack of firewood against the fence behind the barn（谷仓）.Ive been needing to get it moved to the other side of the fence.You have just about enough time to finish the job before lunch.”Grandma said a surprising thing happened.The man got a shine in his eyes and he hurried to the barn at once. She set another place at the table and made an apple pie.During lunch,the stranger didnt say much,but when he left, his shoulders had straightened.“Nothing ruins a man like losing his self-respect,”Grandpa later told me.Soon after,another man showed up asking for a meal.This one was dressed in a suit and carried a small old suitcase.Grandpa came out when he heard voices.He looked at the man and then offered a handshake.“There is a stack of firewood along the fence down behind the barn Ive been meaning to get it moved.Itd sure be a help to me. And wed be pleased to have you stay for lunch.”The fellow set his suitcase aside and neatly laid his coat on top. Then he set off to work.Grandma says she doesnt remember how many strangers they shared a meal with during those Depression days-or how many times that stack of wood got moved.1、When he was asked to move a stack of firewood,the first man who ask