2023年平凉市庄浪县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)“All men are created equal” is one idea that nearly every American would agree upon 1 they sometimes betray the idea in their daily lives, they have a deep faith 2 in some fundamental way no one is born superior to anyone else.In the early years of American history, because titles of nobility(贵族) were forbidden, no 3 class system developed in the United States. Firmly believing that being born into a lower class would not 4 them from success and they would have a better chance in America, thousands of immigrants 5 to leave the European societies, where their 6 in life was determined 7 by the social class into which they were born. It was because the dreams of many of there immigrants were 8 in their new country, though there might be 9 in some situations, that Americans came to believe in equality of opportunity.Americans do not mean that everyone should be 10 equal when they say they believe in equality of opportunity 11 , they do mean that each person should have an equal chance for success. Abraham Lincoln once said, “We wish to 12 the humblest(最微贱的) man an equal chance to get rich with everybody else. When one starts poor, free society is 13 that he knows he can 14 his condition.”However, competition is the price to be 15 for his equality of opportunity. Americans match their energy and intelligence against that of others in a competitive contest for success, because they believe competition 16 the best in any person. Indeed, the pressure of competition causes an American to be 17 , but it also places a constant emotional stress on him. In fact, in a society that gives so much 18 to those “winners”, 19 does not compete successfully for whatever reason never 20 into it as well as those who do.1、ASinceBAsCAlthoughDBecause2、AwhatBthatCasDwhich3、AnormalBmoralCformalDgeneral4、AbenefitBpreventCsaveDlimit5、AforcedBrequiredCchoseDlooked forward6、AplaceBmeaningCfunctionDpurpose7、AslightlyBlargelyCoriginallyDpublicly8、Acome trueBruinedCsucceededDrealized9、AexcitementsBexpectationsCexceptionsDdisappointments10、AreallyBtotallyCactuallyDtruly11、ABesidesBMeanwhileCMoreoverDInstead12、AallowBencourageCapproveDshare13、AsoBthe oneCsuchDas14、AenjoyBbetterCmaintainDstand15、ApaidBaskedCcaredDsought16、Agives outBcomes outCbrings outDstands out17、AexhaustedBenergeticCrealisticDeffective18、AhonorBpressureChappinessDburden19、AanyoneBwhoConeDwhoever20、AentersBfitsCfallsDmatchesSection 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 1A recent trend in California restaurants shows new eating habits among those out to have an interesting dining experience. Appetizer(开胃品) seem to be the name of the games as diners turn away from the more traditional three-course meal in favor of smaller snacks sampled in various types of restaurants, bars and cafes. In this way, in the course of an evening out, you might go to a restaurant for a tasty dish to eat at one end of town, to a bar with some live music at the other end, then for a coffee, and finally back to the restaurant for a further appetizer.Reasons for this trend are the fact that so many different types of restaurants have been set up recently, each with their own particular type of food and special atmosphere, combined with the increased quality in the type of snacks being offered. Gone are the cheese sticks of the old days, when appetizers were not really taken seriously. Some favorite snacks of the moment are slices of hot pizza, creamy fish-based dishes and crispy cakes and so on.Prices for appetizers are not equal to a full meal; however, their new popularity has meant that are by no means as cheap as they used to be. Certainly, for that special occasion, a meal in a nice restaurant, complete with the piano performance, is hard to beat. However, if we see that this trend for “butterfly eating” moving around several different places in one eveningcontinues, then all the traditional style restaurants may well have to provide their own appetizer bars as well!1、Which of the following could best reflect the change of California peoples eating habits?APeople love more interesting restaurants.BMost people eat less than they used to.CA full restaurant meal is losing popularity.DFood is combined with sports and games.2、What can we learn from Paragraph 2 that _.Aappetizers used to be relatively importantBthe quality of snacks has been improvedCr