2023年常州市考研英语一高分冲刺试卷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) It wasnt that I was embarrassed my husband was out of work. Its just that we were 1 people and didnt share our 2 much with others. So when he lost his job, we just acted like nothing had changed and no one seemed to 3 .It didnt take long before my friends found out that my husband 4 a lot more. When asked about it, I told my good friend and neighbour Tammy the 5 and I said we were still looking. She then told me that her husband had also been hunting for 6 all over town because his company was closing down. I was 7 . We constantly did things together, yet I hadnt found any sign of their 8 .After knowing what they were 9 , I wanted to help them even though we didnt have much ourselves. So, I became a 10 shopper. I looked for discount offers everywhere, and when I finished my 11 , I would offer to buy things for Tammy at the 12 price. It seems like our money goes even further because we are willing to 13 .It goes the other way too. Tammy and her husband have given us enough wood to 14 our house this winter. It has been a huge 15 , reducing our gas bill to almost nothing. There are other 16 of helping each other. I teach Tammy how to make bread; she 17 my kids when I go to job interviews. and the 18 goes on.I dont have much to give, but I can give of myself. I can have 19 , love and hope, and the more I give these away, the more I 20 .1、AstrangeBselfishCmatureDprivate2、AdutiesBproblemsCopinionsDplans3、AmindBcareCnoticeDsympathize4、Awent huntingBvisited neighborsCstayed homeDdined out5、AdifferenceBtruthCresultDmessage6、AjobsBfriendsCpromotionDcomfort7、ArelievedBdisappointedCconfusedDshocked8、AstarvingBhesitatingCstrugglingDquarrelling9、Agoing throughBpreparing forClooking forDlooking forward to10、AprofessionalBpersonalCmodemDsecret11、AhouseworkBprojectCsearchDconversation12、AearlierBlowerCaverageDsuggested13、AshopBbargainCcompromiseDshare14、AdecorateBsupportCbuildDheat15、AhelpBvictoryCburdenDprofit16、AdifficultiesBexamplesCexpensesDtraditions17、AwatchesBpraisesCadoptsDraises18、AinterviewBnegotiationClistDparty19、AcuriosityBambitionCfreedomDkindness20、Ahunt forBget backCbelieve inDcome acrossSection 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 1 There is a 1930s-old restaurant in my hometown that has done little to update itself over the past 80 years. This is part of its charm, as is the wooden phone booth that sits neglected in the age of the cellphone.Ah, the phone booth. We need it now more than ever.For me it symbolizes that phone calls were once private affairs, even if the information being shared was not sensitive in any way. It was simply assumed that a phone conversation was meant for two people, and two people only. In public places this meant turning to the phone bootha private chamber where one could converse in peace without being overheard.Even at home, phone calls used to be regarded as private. Growing up in the 1960s, we had one phone in the housefixed to the kitchen wall.As a kid, I didnt get or make many calls. I do, however, remember answering the phone, asking for the identity of the caller, and then handing the phone to my mom. Shed take it, say “Hello, Mrs. Flaubert，” and then, “one moment please，” as she placed her hand over the receiver, turned to me, and directed, “This is for me. Why dont you go outside and play？”Flash forward to what cellphones have done to the past. Within the space of very few years, private conversations have become public declaration, and being overheard seems to be the point. A large part of the problem, of course, is that we now carry our phones with us, and the reflex(反射) to answer the device as soon as it rings is a response Pavlov would have appreciated.But the information is revealed! Not long ago I was sitting in Bostons South Station, waiting for my train. After purchasing a sandwich, I sat down at a table near a man who was on his cellphone.Let me paraphrase what the man had to say：“Yes, thats right. The red and yellow roses. That will be a Visa.” Then he proceeded to recite his card number and expiration date before signing off.I stared unbelievably at the fellow. He glanced at me and asked，“What？”My response was immediate: I recited his card number back to him, along with the expiration date.There is no more privacy, no longer a sense of personal borders or limits and the c