考研英语一2023年广安市岳池县押题密卷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) My brother Gene was four years older than me. By the time I turned four, I was upset that he could read but I couldnt. I burned with 1 to read a book like my brother. I begged: “Teach me to read, Mom! Please, please?!” Finally, Mom set aside time after lunch 2 reading lessons, and soon after my fifth birthday, I was reading.I longed for my father, who was a great storyteller, to read me the books that I couldnt yet read on my own. But my father worked three jobs to feed the family. He didnt have the time or 3 in the evening to read to me. 4 , every Sunday morning, my brother and I lay next to him in bed, waiting for him to tell stories about his 5 . I can still hear my fathers voice 6 the cold winters on the family farm in Poland. His family didnt have enough money to burn wood in the fireplace all night. He told us that he always volunteered to help with 7 . I can smell the soup made by my grandma and 8 my father cutting onions, carrots and tomatoes for salad, and when no one was looking, putting a piece into his mouth. “I was always 9 ,” he explained. Hearing my fathers stories 10 me closer to the books and the stories they held.One Saturday afternoon when I was seven, we walked two blocks to the small 11 in our neighborhood, and my dad filled out forms for a card. That Saturday 12 my life: I met Mrs. Schwartz, the librarian, and my dad said, “Youre 13 enough to walk to the library yourself.” And so I didalmost every afternoon.In my mind, Mrs. Schwartz was “the keeper of books and the guardian of stories.” Some days she read aloud to a small group of us 14 . Most of time, Mrs. Schwartz let me 15 myself with books I pulled from the shelves and look through them to see which ones Id 16 out. I remember that sometimes shed 17 a book and tell me a part of the story. But she always let me choose. Books became my 18 who were my comfort when I felt lonely.Yes, reading changed me. It gave me the 19 to study hard so I could become a teacher, and share my 20 of reading with my students. And inside my head, I can still hear the voices of my mother, father, and Mrs. Schwartz, which are with me every time I open the first page of a new book.1、AangerBworryCdesireDinterest2、AforBbeforeCinDuntil3、AabilityBambitionCcourageDenergy4、AStillBThenCThereforeDFinally5、AworkplaceBchildhoodCfarmlandDneighborhood6、AexplainingBdescribingCintroducingDinterpreting7、AlivingBreadingCfarmingDcooking8、AcatchBdiscoverCnoticeDpicture9、AbusyBpoorChungryDtired10、AlaidBdrewCtaughtDleft11、AlibraryBbookstoreCofficeDclub12、AsavedBchangedCtestedDanything13、AnearBreadyColdDfree14、AgraduatesBregularsCcandidatesDcommunicators15、AsurroundBfamiliarizeCexamineDreward16、AfindBlendCcheckDsign17、AwriteBrecommendCstudyDreserve18、AteachersBassistantsClistenersDcompanions19、AdriveBdreamCorderDchance20、AlessonBtimeCloveDplanSection 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 1Dry Ice is a unique substance which has many uses. Essentially, dry ice is frozen CO2. The first report of what we now call dry ice came from the French chemist Charles Thilorier in 1834. In 1924, the Drylee Corporation of America named the solid form of CO2 as Dry Ice, which is what it is popularly called today.At normal atmospheric pressure, CO2changes directly from solid to gas. It skips the liquid phase（阶段）which makes regular ice wet. Frozen CO2is also much colder than regular ice. But regular ice freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit, CO2 changes from gas to solid at -109.3 degrees Fahrenheit. This extremely cold temperature makes it very dangerous to handle with bare hands. It can cause frostbite in a very short period of time.Dry ice has been used for a variety of purposes throughout the past century. Its primary use is to refrigerate food when electrical refrigeration isnt available. Through the process of sublimation (when CO2 changes from solid to gas), it can maintain cold food for a long time.If youve ever been to a play and seen heavy fog on the ground, it is likely that you have seen dry ice in action. This effect can be achieved because CO2 is heavier than air, so evaporated （挥发的）CO2 will sink and accumulate on the ground.Another interesting use for this substance is to bait（诱杀）insects like mosquitoes. These insects have sensors which guide them to CO2. They find the high concentration of CO2 in dry ice qui