考研英语一2023年滁州市定远县深度自测卷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)A few days ago, my sister Liz and I talked about Dad, and we decided to get him a little something for Fathers Day. We talked about the times when we were 1 up and how Mom and Dad used to play the good cop, bad cop thing on us. Dad has been a person of few words since we were 2 . He raised us more by 3 than anything else. When he spoke, though we listened, he was always mysterious and difficult to understand. There was always a(n) 4 meaning that I never got, but Liz always 5 to decipher(破解) him. By the time I got to high school, I had wanted a skateboard and I 6 I was too old to ask money from my parents, so I worked at a burger joint (美式汉堡店). One day, I was really angry about annoying burgers. I came home huffing and puffing(气喘吁吁). Dad saw me and asked me what was the 7 I told him that I was fed up with annoying burgers. He said that we all have to start somewhere, that we may not know it now, but the skills we learn even in a burger joint might come in handy _in life, Who knows, you might end up having to run a 8 or even own one when you grow up, said Dad. He 9 me down and I kept what he said in mind, even though I really didnt agree with it.A couple of years later, when I got to college, I worked in a restaurant. During one of the really 10 days that we had, we were short on kitchen staff. Our customers were getting impatient and the 11 were getting delayed. We were sure any minute something terrible would 12 out. I couldnt stand the 13 any more, so I rolled up my sleeves, got myself a hair net and helped out in the hot kitchen. We caught up with the orders 14 The owner saw what I did and called me over around 15 time. He said that he was very 16 He raised my salary and made me the assistant manager even though I could only go part-time. That was 17 I realized that what my dad said to me all those years before was absolutely true.Ive never forgotten what my dad said that day. And whenever I have to do something that requires new skills, no matter how insignificant or 18 it seems, I have a new perspective(看法) that it might really help me later on or even right now and I just dont know it. Experience is everything and it 19 a lot when you take lessons from it. Thats my lifes philosophy.1、AgettingBgoingCgrowingDcoming2、AschoolboysBkidsCadultsDgraduates3、AinstructionBexampleCorderDinspiration4、AobviousBclearCreasonableDhidden5、AfailedBrefusedCtriedDmanaged6、AimaginedBpromisedCbelievedDsuggested7、AexperienceBmatterCeventDaccident8、AlaterBsoonerClatterDlate9、ArestaurantBhospitalCschoolDplant10、AcalmedBwroteC1etDput11、AexcitingBworryingCbusyDhappy12、AmeetingsBpartiesCmenusDorders13、AbreakBshowCgoDset14、AquarrelB1azinessCrelaxationDtension15、AeventuallyBregularlyCobviouslyDthankfully16、AbreakfastB1unchCopeningDclosing17、AinfluencedBinterestedCinspiredDimpressed18、AwhenBwhyCwhetherDwhere19、AimportantBimpressiveCinterestingDsmall20、AworksBcountsCshowsDstudiesSection 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 For as long as weve known about it, humans have searched for a cure for cancer. Across the world, countless amounts of time and money have been spent on researching a way to stop this terrible disease. But now, it seems like the answer could have been inside our own bodies the whole time.Recently, the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) in the US, a government agency thats responsible for healthcare, approved a new form of gene therapy(疗法) that could mean the end of a certain type of cancer.The therapy allows scientists to “train” the immune(有免疫力的) cells of sick patients to fight leukemia(白血病) a form of blood cancer that mostly affects young people.The exciting new treatment works by removing healthy immune cells from the patient, known as T-cells, which are then changed to be able to “hunt down” cancer cells.The cells are then put back into the patient before they begin to get rid of the patients leukemia over time, similar to how the body fights off other illnesses.“This is truly an exciting new day for cancer patients,” Louis J. DeGennaro, president of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, said in a news release.Up until now, a long and painful marrow transplant(骨髓移植) was the only option for many leukemia patients.In this procedure, healthy blood cells are taken from a donator and placed into the sick patient, who also has to go through chemotherapy (化疗) to allow their b