考研英语一商丘市虞城县2023年考前冲刺试卷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)Wherever in the world youre reading this right now, you will be aware of just how mixed modern society has become in terms of race. Within the UK, mixed-raced children are the largest 1 ethnic minority. Bringing home a partner of a different 2 to yourself is no longer viewed as, “strange” or “different” in a lot of families. When Joseph brought home Hari, the 3 that she was of Indian parentage was never even talked about she made him happy. They made each other happy. And that was all that 4 But the reason why they were together for 11 years before they got 5 is that Hari was afraid of telling her 6 about the person that shed fallen in love with. She was afraid of the consequences it would 7 for her younger sisters. Would they be packed off to India? Would they end up in arranged 8 they may not want? At 22 years old, when she first fell in love with him it was a large burden to 9 But she loved him, and 10 they moved in together and then bought a house by the Brighton coast, where they have 11 for almost 8 years. All the while her parents didnt know. Her sisters did, and they too loved Joseph they 12 him as the brother theyd never had.But after nine years together, she finally had to tell her father (her mother 13 away a few years ago). We were on tenderhooks（惶恐不安）the weekend she went up North to tell him.It was emotional and as a family we were worried. Hari had been 14 of our family for so long, we felt for her. We knew how 15 it would be. She loved her father, but knew this would hurt him, who was a very traditional Sikh man.1、AgrowingBslowingCreducingDageing2、AsexBraceCcitizenshipDnationality3、AfactBideaCstatementDnews4、AworkedBmeantCexistedDmattered5、AreunitedBacceptedCmarriedDdivorced6、AfamilyBparentsCclassmatesDfriends7、AbearBhaveCmakeDreceive8、AreunionsBgatheringsCmarriagesDparties9、AholdBbringCtakeDcarry10、AeventuallyBgenerallyCpossiblyDfaithfully11、AlivedBworkedCstudiedDdated12、AfoundBthoughtCbelivedDsaw13、AwentBranCpassedDfled14、AmemberBpartCfunDrole15、AeasyBcloseChardDawfulSection 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 1Melinda Skaar wasnt expecting any phone calls. Skaar was working late in her office at the First Internet bank of California. By 10:45 that night she was almost ready to go home when the phone rang. Picking it up, she heard a guard shouting, “There is a fire! Get out of there.” Skaar didnt panic. She figured that it was just a small fire. Her office building was huge. There were 62 floors and her desk was on the 37th floor. Skaar called out to office mate Stephen Oksas, who also stayed late to work. But when they got out to the hallway, they were met by a cloud of black smoke. Rushing back, Skaar shut the door and filled the space at the bottom of the door with her jacket to keep the smoke out.Then they called 911. Before they could call their families, however, the line went dead. That meant that they were completely cut off from the outside world. All they could do was wait and hope someone would come to rescue them.Minutes ticked by. Smoke began to float into the office. Soon it became hard for them to breathe. Looking around, Skaar noticed a small workroom. It seemed to have cleaner air. So they crowded there. That helped for a while, but in time even the workroom was filled with deadly smoke. Hopeless, they tried to break the windows, but the glass was not breakable. Everything they threw at it just bounced back. Defeated, they struggled back to the workroom. They felt weak and dizzy. Soon Skaar found Oksas had passed out.As Skaar and Oksas lay near death, rescuers were rushing to find them. At last, at about 4 a.m., firefighters found them.Skaar and Oksas knew they were lucky to be alive. Sunday is my birthday, Skaar told a reporter. She would be turning 29, but she knew she had already got the best present possiblethe gift of life.1、What did Skaar and Oksas do when they were stopped by the fire?Athey tried to run down the stairs. Bthey called their families.Cthey waited where they were. Dthey rushed back and shut the door.2、The following helped Skaar and Oksas survive the fire except .Acalling 911 for helpBshutting the door and keeping the smoke out with a jacketCbreaking the windows to get some fresh airDcrowding in a small workroom for clean air3、what can we conclude from Skaars action in the fire?Ashe was trained as a firefighterBshe was cleverer than Ok