考研英语一2023年厦门市海沧区巅峰冲刺试卷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)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。It was my sister Sandras first Christmas without her husband. Last Thursday, she was in the store 1 for an ideal card for her two sons and daughter. Time passed by quickly as she_the many choices. She wanted a card that sent something 2 to each of them, as she knew they would have a(n) 3 place in their heart this holiday season.Finally, she found the one that expressed the 4 feeling. 5 , a sharp pain pierced (穿透) her heart when she realized that the card was 6 “mom and dad”. She stood, holding it close for a long time, unable to move from the spot._began to run over her cheeks.“Is there something I can do for you?” a 7 voice asked. She 8 o face a stranger, a woman. “Uh.oh.OH!” Sandra 9 , “I cant give this card to my children becausebecause my husband died and this is the 10 card.”The strangers face softened with 11 and love. She reached out and 12 my sister into her arms, giving her unspoken_to cry in the protection of her embrace (拥抱). She 13 held my sister until her 14 returned.During her telling of this event I was feeling 15 that I hadnt been there. My sister needed me and a stranger had to do my 16 “You know,” she went on, “a friend suggested that it was like meeting with an Angel.” My guilt 17 in an instant. My sister required an Angel, and I think that is exactly what she got.1、ApayingBcaringCcallingDlooking2、AleftBofferedCreadDdiscovered3、AattractiveBspecialCtraditionalDwealthy4、AunknownBemptyCsafeDdifferent5、AsadBstrangeCamazingDperfect6、AHoweverBThereforeCAnyhowDOtherwise7、AforBtoCfromDby8、ATearsBSweatsCLightsDSmiles9、AfirmBproudCcoldDsoft10、AwalkedBturnedCdecidedDwoke11、ArespondedBdemandedCaskedDexplained12、AdelicateBoldCwrongDdecorative13、AdevotionBrespectCsympathyDresponsibility14、ApulledBcaughtCsentDthrew15、AthoughtBpermissionCsorrowDsuggestion16、AquietlyBtightlyCeagerlyDseriously17、AconfidenceBcourageChappinessDcalmness18、AshockedBangryCshyDhopeless19、AtaskBhouseworkCfavorDjob20、AstruckBreturnedCdisappearedDsankSection 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 1The summer before seventh grade our family moved and I said goodbye to everything that was familiar. For my parents it was a good thing because it meant owning a home for the first time. But it meant that I d have to change schools and that put some butterflies in my stomach.On the first day of school, kids jammed the school grounds. Thats when I met Barbara. We made a nervous conversation and soon learned we were in the same class. She was funny and we had a lot in common. But she was very critical of others and sometimes of me. She made fun of my bushy hair, my big glasses and the clothes I wore. But it seemed as though the things we had in common were more important than the annoyances.The girls in the “popular” crowd had also been exposed to her sharp tongue. One day, one of the girls approached me while I gathered my books. “We really like you,” she said. “The only way you can play with us, though, is if you keep your distance from Barbara.”Were those girls only trying to make trouble between the two of us? Would they watch me dump (抛弃) Barbara and then dump me for laughs?From the comer of my eye I found two of the other girls from the group. They were watching me and giggling (咯咯地笑). I wondered if I was cool enough for them. I didnt want to make the choice they were forcing me to make. So I shook my head and said, “I dont think so. I like Barbara and were good friends.” Then I gathered my books and ran away.Even though Barbara still annoyed me at times, I knew Id done the right thing. Id made my own decision about a girl who had befriended me when I badly needed a friend. When she moved the following year I missed her friendship terribly. But what I kept has never left memy self-respect.1、What does the underlined phrase mean?AGot me to feel more excited. BLeft me in a state of desire.CBrought me more expectation. DMade me have a nervous feeling.2、What do we know about Barbara?AShe was a girl with a sharp tongue. BShe was popular with kids at school.CShe offered others help in critical moments. DShe was very critical of her own dress.3、What was the writer asked to do by one girl?ATo join the “popular” crowd. BTo end her friendship with Barbara.CTo invite Barbara to hang out