考研英语一2023年甘南县巅峰冲刺试卷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)On June 23, 1970. I had just left the Army after completing my one-year duty in Vietnam. I was on 1 returning home in Texas. I had been warned about the 2 of our fellow countrymen. There was no 3 welcome for us when we came home from that unpopular war.I sat, in uniform, in a window seat, 4 eye contact with my fellow passengers. NO one was sitting next to me, which added to my 5 . A little girl suddenly appeared in the passage. She 6 and, without saying a word, 7 handed me a magazine. I accepted her 8 , her quiet “welcome home.” All I could say was, “Thank you.” Her small gesture of 9 was the first I had experienced in a long time.I always believe in the connection between 10 when they reach out to one another.That girl 11 has no memory of what happened years ago. She might have been told to do that by her mother. It doesnt matter 12 she gave me the magazine. The 13 thing is that she did.Since then, I have followed her example and tried. in different ways for different people, to 14 for them. Like me on that plane ride long ago, they will 15 know why a stranger gave a hand. But I absolutely know that my 16 since then are all because of that little girl. Her kindness of offering a magazine to a 17 , scared and lonely soldier has been 18 throughout my life. I have to believe that my small 19 have the same effect on others. And to that little girl, now a 20 , I would like to say again: thank you.1、Abus Btrain Cplane Dboat2、Astories Bdifficulties Cunfriendliness Denthusiasm3、Ahometown Bschool Ccold Dimmediate4、Aseeking Bnoticing Ckeeping Davoiding5、Apride Bloneliness Canger Dexcitement6、Asmiled Blistened Cturned around Dbent down7、Anaturally Bproudly Cshyly Dworriedly8、Aoffer Bdonation Caccompany Dcontact9、Ainvitation Bsympathy Cagreement Dinspiration10、Asoldiers Bstrangers Cfamilies Dgirls11、Asimilarly Bfinally Cimmediately Dundoubtedly12、Awhen Bhow Cwhy Dwhere13、Amemorable Bsatisfactory Cimportant Dvaluable14、Ado the same Bfind a seat Cget things ready Dpass a magazine15、Aalways Bnever Chappily Dobviously16、Afeelings Bideas Cmodels Dattempts17、Abusy Byoung Cexcited Dtired18、Aaccepted Bspread Chonored Dneglected19、Aactions Bbenefits Cdonations Dsacrifices20、Astranger Bwife Cmother DwomanSection 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 1A second-grade education has not stopped garbage collector Jose form bringing the gift of reading to thousands of Colombian children.Jose started rescuing books from the trash almost 20 years ago. He was driving a garbage truck at night through the countrys wealthier neighborhoods. The discarded reading material slowly piled up, and now the ground floor of his small house is a makeshift community library stacked from floor to ceiling with some 20,000 books. They range from chemistry textbooks to childrens classics.He says books are luxuries for boys and girls in low-income neighborhoods such as his, with new reading material at bookstores too expensive. There are 19 public libraries in Bogota, a city of 8.5 million people,.But they tend to be located far away from poorer areas.This should be in all neighborhoods, on each corner of every neighborhood, in all the towns, in all departments, and all the rural areas, says Joes. Books are our salvation and that is what Colombia needs.The 53-year-old Jose has a love of reading he attributes to his mother.She always read to him even though she was too poor to keep him in school.She used to read me stories every night, said Jose.He has traveled to book fairs in Mexico and Chile to share his experience of starting a library with thrown-away reading material. To me, books are the greatest invention and the best thing that can happen to a human being.While Jose still examine the rubbish for additions to his library, his fame as Colombias Lord of the Books has also brought him thousands of donated books. He has sent many to other libraries around the country. That is because he doesnt have room for them all.He says he doesnt reject technology that allows books to be read digitally. But he prefers to read the printed word on paper.Theres nothing more beautiful than having a book in your pocket, in your bag or inside your car, he says.1、What do w