2023年保定市安新县考研英语一巅峰冲刺试卷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) After 20 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to 1 . She said, “I love you, but I know this other woman loves you too.”The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my mother, who has been a widow (寡妇) for 19 years, but my busy life had made it impossible to visit her 2 . That night I called to 3 her out for dinner.“Whats wrong? are you well?” she asked. My mother is the type of woman who suspects that a late night 4 is a sign of bad news.“I thought that it would be pleasant to spend some time with you,” I 5 .She thought about it for a moment, and 6 . During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation 7 extraordinary but recent events of each others life.Before we 8 , she said, “Ill go out with you again, 9 only if you let me invite you.”A few days 10 , my mother died of a heart attack. It 11 so suddenly that I didnt have a chance to do anything for her. A few days after the funeral, I received an envelope with a receipt (收据) from the same place where mother and I had 12 . An attached note 13 :“I paid this bill 14 . I wasnt sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two 15 one for you and the other for your 16 . You will never know what that night meant for me. I 17 you, son.”At that moment, I 18 the importance of saying in time: “I LOVE YOU”. Give your family the 19 they deserve, because sometimes things cannot be 20 till “some other time”.1、AhomeBtalkCmovieDdinner2、AdirectlyBfrequentlyCrarelyDexactly3、AbringBtakeCforceDinvite4、AvisitBmealCringDdate5、AarguedBwhisperedCcommittedDresponded6、AagreedBrefusedCpromisedDnodded7、AanythingBnothingCsomethingDeverything8、AmetBpartedCleftDdivided9、AbutBandCsoDor10、AbeforeBearlierCagoDlater11、AbrokeBformedCfellDstruck12、AsatBwaitedCgatheredDdined13、AsawBreadCshowedDwrote14、Ain advanceBon purposeCby accidentDwith patience15、AtablesBdishesCseatsDchances16、AmotherBfamilyCwifeDchild17、AmissBadmireCloveDhug18、AsensedBacceptedCcheckedDpursued19、AtimeBmoneyCcomfortDcalls20、AensuredBdelayedCforgottenDforgivenSection 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 When youre a junior in high school, three little letters quickly become larger than life: SAT.At the start of my junior year, I realized that the environment was packed with competition. Surprisingly, this pressure didnt come from adults. It came from the other students. Everyone in my grade had college on the brain. To get into the college of our choice, we all believed, we had to outcompete and outscore everyone else with less sleep, because time for sleeping was time you didnt spend studying for the SAT.I let myself get swept up in the pressure. My new motto was, if I wasnt in every single honor level class, I wasnt doing enough. I was bad-tempered and I couldnt focus. I stopped talking to my friends and my mom, and I couldnt figure out who I was. I didnt have the confidence to know that my own passions and unique skills were what would make me stand out to colleges.Thats when I realized: I am not my SAT score. Trying to stick to what I thought colleges wanted masked who I really am. I decided to rely on my strengths and get away from the crazy pressure I was putting on myself.Instead of forcing myself into higher levels of math, I took on an extra history class. I learned how to love what I was doing and not what I thought I was supposed to do. I learned to shine as an individual, not a faceless member of the crowd. And I found that not only was this better for my happiness, but it also made me more effective and efficient when I studied.To me, individuality means having the confidence to decide who I am and who I want to be, and a number on a page is never going to change that. I am more sure of myself, and more ready to apply for college, than ever.1、At the start of the junior year, the author decided to study for the SAT _.Ato overcome the pressure from other high school studentsBto test how good she was at studying compared to othersCbecause it was exciting to compete with others to get into collegeDbecause she was eager to get an advantage over others in the competition2、When did the author realize she shouldnt just compete for scores?AWhen she got in every single honor level class.BWhen everybody stopped talking to her.CWhen she found she was no longe