2023年天津市武清区考研英语一统考试题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)Bob Weiser had been driving for Uber for more than six months 1 a conversation with an old friend sparked the idea. Everyone that rode in his car had a story to tell, a 2 life experience or some wisdom theyd picked up along the way. What if he could collect “a slice of life” from each of the hundreds of people 3 in his car , whose only known 4 was that they ordered an Uber in Chicago and had Bob Weiser 5 them up in his car?Bob Weiser, aged 66, is a 6 pilot who started driving for Uber last year as a way to keep 7 . “ You never really retire, and you always have to do something,” he said. He 8 a black notebook. On the inside cover, he wrote “ It belongs to all that read it with a(n) 9 heart and mind.”Now, when passengers get in his car, hell pass them the 10 and ask if theyd take a moment to write something in it. He has 11 more than 800 entries(条目) from passengers from all over the world.Weiser 12 one woman who wrote Mohandas Karamchand Gandhis “ Be the change you want to see in the world.” Then she flipped back and 13 someone else had used the same quote. She told him she was 14 and he said to her, “ No, thats okay. Thats the type of energy that has been in this 15 , nothing but good energy.” After his passengers write something ,theyll flip through the pages, 16 all the advice and opinions shared by the passengers who came before them.He flips through it himself sometimes; it always 17 him that people have so much warmth and positivity to 18 . No one has written anything 19 , and only a handful have turned him down, 20 because they have carsickness.1、Aafter Bunless Cwhen Dalthough2、Aunique Bstressful Cheroic Dmeaningless3、Aperforming Briding Csleeping Dquarreling4、Adevotion Brequirement Cassessment Dconnection5、Acover Btie Clift Dpick6、Aformer Byoung Cdying Dproud7、Aalive Benthusiastic Coccupied Dawake8、Ainvented Bpurchased Cstole Ddonated9、Abroken Bnormal Copen Dloyal10、Aalbum Bnotebook Cmagazine Dnovel11、Aborrowed Bcollected Caccepted Ddiscovered12、Arecalled Bappreciated Cmarried Dstruck13、Asaw Bwitnessed Cheard Dinsisted14、Aconfused Bamused Cdisappointed Dembarrassed15、Astation Bcountry Cvehicle Dhouse16、Awiping off Bpicking out Ctaking in Dputting down17、Afrustrates Bastonishes Cdepresses Dterrifies18、Astore Bsave Cseek Dshare19、Avaluable Bsensitive Cappropriate Dnegative20、Amostly Bfrequently Cdeliberately DconstantlySection 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 1If you ask most fathers, without hesitation, they will say that they would die for their children. Unfortunately, some men have been put in that situation, and with Fathers Day coming up next weekend, we want to share with you their stories.Justin McCaryOn October 8, 15, Justin McCary, his 10-year-old daughter Haley, and his niece were doing some rock collecting near a railroad bridge in Chattanooga. When they heard the train coming, they started to move away from the tracks, but that is when Haleys foot became stuck. He pushed her off the bridge and she fell 15-feet into the stream below. The girl survived, but the train killed the father instantly.Jim TramelOn Easter Sunday, 16, Jim Tramel was on vacation with his family in Palm Springs. Suddenly Jim saw that something was wrong with his nine-year-old daughter. He immediately dived into the pool and managed to get his daughter to safety, but he was pronounced dead in the hospital. Other people were far away from the faulty wiring and not seriously injured.Fredrick MartinOn April 3, 12, Fredrick and his eight-year-old son Tre were cleaning out Tres grandmothers garage when two men ran towards them and fired a few shots. Fredrick naturally bent over his son and protected him from the bullets (子弹). Police believe that this murder was random, and no one has ever been arrested in connection with the crime that left Tre Martin fatherless.Jacob MerkelEarly one morning in November 10, a fire broke out in the home of the Merkels in Manitoba, Canada. Once outside, the parents realized their fourth child, Kai, was still in the basement. Braving the flames, Jacob went back inside and reappeared from the fire with Kai in his arms. But just as he stepped out, there was an explosion behind him. Sadly, Jacob didnt survive