化德县2023年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)I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in her 60s. When it was her turn to pay, the cashier(收银员) 1 her by name and asked her how she was doing. The woman looked down, shook her hand and said, “Not so good. My husband just lost his job and my 2 son is up to his old tricks again. The truth is, I dont know how Im going to 3 the holidays.” Then she gave the cashier food stamps.My heart 4 . I wanted to help but didnt know how. Should I offer to 5 her groceries or ask for her husbands situation? 6 I walked into the parking lot, I spotted the woman returning her shopping cart. I remembered something in my purse that I thought might help her. It wasnt a handful of cash or an 7 of a job for her husband, but maybe it would make her life 8 .My heart beat faster as I 9 the woman. “Excuse me,” I said, my voice trembling a bit. “I couldnt help overhearing what you said to the cashier. It sounds like youre going through a really 10 time right now. Im so sorry, but Id like to give you something.”I took a small card out of my purse and 11 it to her.When the woman read the cards only two words, she began to cry. And through her 12 , she said, “You have no idea how much this 13 to me.”I was a little 14 by her reply. Having never done anything like this before, I didnt know what kind of 15 I might receive. All I could think to respond was, “Oh! Would it be OK to give you a 16 ?”After we hugged 17 , I walked back to my car and began to cry too.The words on the card?“You Matter.”A few weeks earlier, a colleague gave me a similar card as 18 for a project I was working on. When I read the card, I felt a 19 glow (喜悦) spread inside of me. Deeply touched, I came home and ordered my own box of You Matter cards and started 20 them. 1、Acharged Bgreeted Crecognized Dheard2、Aconfident Bindependent Chopeless Dstubborn3、Athink about Bgive up Cgo on Dget through4、Aached Bfailed Cbeat Dpaused5、Asend for Bprovide for Cpay for Dbeg for6、AAs BThough CUnless DSince7、Aexcuse Boffer Cexperience Dopinion8、Aharder Bwealthier Csimpler Dbetter9、Atouched Bfound Cpassed Dapproached10、Ahappy Btough Cregular Dlong11、Ahanded Bshowed Cspread Dexplained12、Athanks Bfears Ctears Dbeliefs13、Abrings Bmeans Cvalues Dcontains14、Aworried Bexcited Cmoved Dshocked15、Areaction Bfeeling Cexpression Danswer16、Apresent Bpromise Chug Dride17、Awildly Btightly Canxiously Deagerly18、Aprogress Beffort Cencouragement Dpraise19、Awarm Brich Csoft Dfierce20、Agathering Benjoying Cpreparing DsharingSection 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 For the first time ever scientists prepare to set about a 3-year-long project，the Nekton Mission，to explore the Indian Ocean and document changes taking place beneath the waves that could affect the surrounding region over the coming decades.The ambitious exploration team will reach one of the last major unexplored frontiers on the planet，a vast body of water thats already feeling the effects of global warming with rising water temperatures damaging its coral reefs(珊瑚礁).Understanding the Indian Oceans ecosystem is important not just for the species that live in it，but also for the 2.5 billion people living in the region.The Nekton Mission is supported by more than 4 organizations.Researchers will spend seven weeks surveying underwater life，map the sea floor，and drop sensors(传感器)to depths of up to 6，560 feet in the seas around the Seychelles.The Seychelles aims to become a leader in the development of a“blue economy”that draws on the resources of the ocean.It relies on fishing and tourism，but has lately also been exploiting oil and gas from beneath the sea floor.“Our ocean is undergoing rapid ecological transformation by human activities.The Nekton Mission is vital to help us better know our ocean space and resources to make wise decisions.Only when we know what we have in the ocean and what is its value call we properly decide what to exploit and what to leave untouched，”said Jumeau，the Seychellesambassador to the UN.The mission will conduct further dives in other parts of the Indian Ocean over three years.The researchers expect to discover new species and send videos to the world by satellite.The research wil