考研英语一2023年驻马店市驿城区考前冲刺试卷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) There was a businessman who was deep in debt and could see no way out. He sat on the park bench, head in hands, 1 if anything could save his company from bankruptcy (破产).Suddenly an old man appeared before him. “I can see that something is 2 you,” he said. After listening to the businessmans troubles, the old man said, “I believe I can help you.” He asked the man his name, wrote out a 3 , and pushed it into his hand saying, “Take this money. Meet me here exactly one year from today, and you can pay me back at that time.” Then he turned and disappeared as 4 as he had come.The businessman saw in his hand a check for $500,000, 5 by John DRockefeller, then one of the richest men in the world! “I can 6 my money worries in an instant!” he realized. But 7 , he decided to put the uncashed check in his safe. Just knowing it was there might give him the 8 to work out a way to save his business, he thought.With renewed 9 , he negotiated better deals. Within a few months, he was out of debt and making money once again.Exactly one year later, he returned to the 10 with the uncashed check. At the 11 time, the old man appeared. But just as the businessman was about to 12 the check and share his success story, a 13 came running up and grabbed the old man. “Im so delighted I 14 him!” she cried. “I hope he hasnt been bothering you. Hes 15 escaping from the rest home and telling people hes John DRockefeller.” And she led the old man away 16 the arm.The businessman just stood there, 17 . All year long hed been buying and selling, 18 he had half a million dollars behind him.Suddenly, he realized that it wasnt the money, real or 19 , that had turned his life around. It was his 20 self-confidence that gave him the power to achieve anything he went after.1、AwonderingBsuspectingCestimatingDhesitating2、AattackingBdisturbingCinterruptingDamusing3、AnumberBnoteCletterDcheck4、AcalmlyBquietlyCquicklyDproudly5、AsignedBhandedCdrawnDdeposited6、AloseBremoveCfaceDignore7、AinsteadBthereforeCratherDmeanwhile8、AweaknessBbeliefCurgeDstrength9、AcreativityBpermissionCoptimismDcuriosity10、AhospitalBcompanyCstreetDpark11、AadvancedBappointedCannouncedDdelayed12、Ahand backBgive outCput outDturn over13、ApolicemanBbankerCnurseDguard14、AbeatBcheatedCpushedDcaught15、AneverBseldomCalwaysDoccasionally16、AonBinCbyDat17、AexhaustedBastonishedCdisappointedDexcited18、AconvincedBinformedCremindedDwarned19、AcreatedBimaginedCdiscoveredDdonated20、Along-lostBnon-existentCever-lastingDnewly-foundSection 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 1It is important to protect yourself from harmful rays. But if you think a high-factor sunscreen keeps you safe from harmful rays, you may be wrong. Research in this weeks Nature shows that while factor 50 reduces the number of melanomas（黑瘤）and delays their occurrence, it cant prevent them. Melanomas are the most aggressive skin cancers. You have a higher risk if you have red or blond hair, fair skin, blue or green eyes, or sunburn easily, or if a close relative has had one. Melanomas are more common if you have periodic intense exposure to the sun. Other skin cancers are increasingly likely with long-term exposure.There is continuing debate as to how effective sunscreen is in reducing melanomas the evidence is weaker than it is for preventing other types of skin cancer. A 2011 Australian study of 1,621 people found that people randomly selected to apply sunscreen daily had half the rate of melanomas of people who used cream as needed. A second study, comparing 1,167 people with melanomas to 1.101 who didnt have the cancer, found that using sunscreen routinely, alongside other protection such as hats, long sleeves or staying in the shade, did give some protection. This study said other forms of sun protection no sunscreen seemed most beneficial. The study relied on people remembering what they had done over each decade of their lives, so its not entirely reliable. But it seems reasonable to think sunscreen gives people a false sense of security in the sun.Many people also dont use sunscreen properly applying insufficient amounts, failing to reapply after a couple of hours and staying in the sun too long. It is sunburn that is most worrying recent research shows five episodes of sunburn in the teenage years increases the risk of all skin cancers.The good news is that a combination