考研英语一合作市2023年高分冲刺试题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)It is Sunday and lunch has, as usual, come to a hurried endMy wife and I are still sitting at the tableMy wife likes to be 1 in the life of her child, but I sometimes fear she is in too deepShe has 2 the morning on an online student forum, asking questions about UCAS 3 Dick“A lot of people havent had any offers yet,” she says “I said I already had one”“Wait,” Dick says “Are you 4 to be me?”“No, I have my own login details now,” she says“How do you know he isnt his own mother pretending to be him?” Dick saysEarlier, when we all sat down to lunch, Dick, who had been to parties the 5 evening, came back“Who were there?” my wife asks Dick “What was it like?”“It was OK” he says“Not good enough,” she says “What was the worst thing 6 happened?” My wifes continued question 7 a deepening, boring silence I start to eat faster There is a long, highly 8 pause in the conversation“So,” she says 9 , “was it a kissing party?”“Oh my God!” shouts Dick, 10 his fork “What is wrong with you? Why are you like this?”Surrounded by further scolds, lunch comes to a hurried end Dick finds himself 11 with clearing up 12 , the running of water and the sound of washing plates are the only sounds in the room“ 13 at any time youre prepared to apologize for being rude,” she says, “you can go and finish watching the football”“Are you joking?” he shouts “No way! Why 14 I apologize to you?”He pauses to look into the bottom of a pan, and a smile 15 across his face “What I mean is, Im really very sorry,” he says, dropping the pan into the sink and running from the room “Bye!”“You dont have to worry,” my wife says “In a 16 s time, youll be 18 and I wont be able to do this to you any more”“Really?” he says“Youll be a（n） 17 ,” she saysThe boy stops to consider the blue print that after a 18 set seven days from then on, his parents will be 19 to stop ruining his life He looks both doubtful and a little alarmedI approaches my wife，whispering to her “Dear, I agree with youunderstanding and trust may 20 be a good way to communicate with our teen children”1、Alost Bconfused Cinvolved Djoined2、Aspent Bcost Cspared Dused3、Ain need of Bon behalf of Cin charge of Das a result of4、Awilling Bbound Cintended Dpretending5、Aurgent Blatter Cprevious Dobvious6、Ato be Bthat Cwhich Dbeing7、Afocuses on Bmeets with Ccaters to Ddeals with8、Amotivated Bunlikely Cevolved Dcharged9、Afinally Bgradually Cinitially Drandomly10、Acasting Bfalling Cdropping Dwashing11、Acrowded Bfurnished Cequipped Dtasked12、AFor a time BOnce upon a time CSooner or later DIn time13、AUnless BSupposing CIf only DWhile14、Amust Bwill Cshould Dshall15、Acomes Bwanders Cgets Dsteals16、Amoment Bweek Cyear Dmonth17、Aadult Bfreedom Corigin Dfriend18、Agoal Brecord Cexample Ddeadline19、Arequired Blimited Cforbidden Dpermitted20、Aalso Btoo Cas well DeitherSection 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 Canada is a bilingual country with co-official languages. English and French enjoy equal status as the official languages of all government agencies in Canada. This means that the public has the right to communicate with and receive services from government in either English or French. Government employees have the right to work in the official language of their choice in certain bilingual regions.Like the United States, Canada started as a colony. Beginning in the 1500s it was part of New France but later became a British colony after the Seven Years War. As a result, the Canadian government recognized the languages of both colonizers: France and England. The Constitution (宪法)Act of 1867 admitted the use of both languages in federal courts. Years later, Canada strengthened its commitment to bilingualism when it passed the Official Languages Act of 1969, which reconfirmed the constitutional origins of its co official languages.Recognition of both English and French protects the rights of all Canadians. Among other benefits, the 1969 Act recognized the Canadian citizens should be able to access federal laws and government documents, whether their native language was French or English. The general law also requires that consumer products feature bilingual packaging throughout the country.The Cana