2023年湘西土家族苗族自治州保靖县考研英语一临考冲刺试卷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)As I write, a gentle, much needed rain is falling this morning. It has been a dry 1 here in Vermont, 2 dry that the Spring Peepers(雨蛙)were late in coming that many thought these frogs would fail to bless us with their song. But they came, and I cant 3 them for being late. They are a 4 of spring, and of rebirth.It is late June and the mountain snow has 5 the higher slopes of the mountains. My family 6 our garden during the last weekend of May, and frost came twice since then, 7 not a killing frost. But others were not so lucky: they lost most of young plants this year. Twice this spring has been 8 enough in the day so that my family went swimming, but there was 9 on the ground the next morning.Planting a garden in Vermont amounts to an act of 10 . Will our sweat 11 , or will these efforts be in vain? My family was recently faced with a 12 decision: shall we leave this place and its people, or shall we stay and make a 13 ? Well, we have decided this is 14 we will make our stand. 15 the garden, this year we have planted ourselves. Will my family be 16 with what is needed to grow and flourish(兴旺)? We have no way of knowing this but we do have faith.What is planted must be revisited often and the garden must be taken care of with love, which 17 to our lives as well. Hopes and dreams must be revisited often for fear that we lose sight of the things that 18 . Commitments must be 19 as carefully as any garden plot. But as with gardening, there are no 20 . But there is faith, and today is a beautiful day.1、Asummer Bspring Cfall Dwinter2、Atoo Brather Cso Dmuch3、Aappreciate Bblame Cthank Dhate4、Ascene Breward Cmessage Dsign5、Acovered Bdecorated Cleft Dawoken6、Aweeded Bwatered Ccleared Dplanted7、Afortunately Bproperly Cobviously Dnaturally8、Afresh Bwarm Cbitter Dcool9、Asnow Brain Cmist Dfrost10、Alove Bprayer Cfaith Dchoice11、Apay off Bflood out Cfall off Drun out12、Aprimary Btough Crandom Dcasual13、Amistake Bprofit Ccommitment Dcompromise14、Awhy Bwhat Chow Dwhere15、ADue to BRather than CAlong with DRegardless of16、Ablessed Bsurrounded Cfilled Dsatisfied17、Aapplies Boccurs Cappeals Dhappens18、Ahurt Bchange Cmatter Dstay19、Amade Btended Csettled Dreviewed20、Aharvests Bpossibilities Cguarantees DadvantagesSection 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 Last month, voters in the second Congressional District in New Orleans, Louisiana , made a historic choice.They elected Anh Joseph Cao a Vietnamese-American Republican party member, as their representative. It is the first time in over one hundred years that voters in this area of New Orleans elected a non-democratic Party lawmaker. And, Anh Cao is the first Vietnamese-American to be elected to the United States Congress (议会) .Anh Cao went through difficult times to get to where he is now. He was born in Saigon in nineteen sixty-seven during the war in Vietnam. In nineteen seventy-five, North Vietnamese troops took control of Saigon. He was separated from his family for many years. Anh Cao lived with his uncle in Indian, then later moved to Houston,Texas.He decided to work for social justice in a non-religious way. So, he worked as a lawyer in New Orleans.He joined the Republican Party and became active on local and state political committees. He decided to compete against his local representative in Congress, William Jefferson, who had been in office since nineteen ninety-one. Minister Jeffersons reelection campaign was not helped by federal corruption charges against him.Mister Cao won the election. That night he said that never in his life did he think he could be a congressman. He said the American dream is alive and well.1、Which statement according to this news is true?AAnh “Joseph” Cao was elected a Vietnamese-American Democratic party member.BIt is the first time ever that voters in this area of New-Orlearis have elected a non-Democratic Party memberCThe first Vietamese-American elected to the United State Congress is Anh Cao.DAll the voters in USA made a historic choice.2、Which description about Anh Joseph Cao is true?AAnh Cao went through difficult times to get the achievement now.BHe was born in nineteen sixty-seven. CHe was separated from his family for many years.