考研英语一2023年丹东市振兴区预测试题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)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。I believe in miracles（奇迹）because Ive seen so many of themOne day，a patient was referred to me who was one hundred and two years old“Theres a 1 ，”she said“I told my own dentist its nothing，but he 2 I come to see you”Her eighty-year-old son accompanied herHe would 3 to add something，but she stopped himShe wanted to tell everything herselfI found a large cancer that spread over much of theZXXK 4 of her mouthA careful examination later 5 that it was a particularly bad sort of cancerDuring her next appointment，I explained to her the 6 of the problem. She clasped myhand in hers and said，“I know youre worried about me，but Im just 7 ”I thought otherwiseAfter considerable 8 on my part，and kindness on her part because she wanted to 9 me，she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeonShe saw him，but as I expected， 10 treatmentAbout six months later she returned to my office，still energetic and 11 “How are you?”I asked“Im just fine，honey，”she responded 12 high spirits“When can I get started on fixingmy dentures（假牙）?”Surprised to see her at all，I answered 13 ，“Let me take a look in your mouth and wellsee about it. ”I couldnt believe my eyesThe cancer that had 14 nearly the entire roof of her mouth was goneonly one small area of redness 15 I had read of such things happening，but had 16 seen them with my own eyesThat was my first miracleSince then Ive seen many others，because they keep getting 17 to seeIn fact，miracles are daily events for me nowAnd people are a miracle， 18 through them we have a chance to know ourselves and to 19 the miracles of one anotherSince my first miracle，Ive come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is 20 we choose to find it1、AcutBpainCwoundDcancer2、AdeclaredBsuspectedCpromisedDinsisted3、ArefuseBcontinueCattemptDmanage4、AroofBcornerCbottomDsurface5、AconfirmedBconvincedCconsideredDconcluded6、ApossibilityBimportanceCseriousnessDresolution7、AoldBsickCfineDglad8、ApermissionBsupportCapprovalDeffort9、ApersuadeBpleaseCencourageDastonish10、AdeclinedBprovidedCreceivedDrequired11、AhealthyBelegantCoptimisticDhumorous12、AtoBinCwithDby13、AworriedlyBconfusedlyCpatientlyDconfidently14、AcoveredBreachedCspreadDgrown15、AcuredBfadedCexpandedDremained16、AeverBalsoCneverDalready17、AeasierBrarerChappierDcloser18、AorBsoCyetDfor19、AreadBmakeCkeepDsee20、AwhatrBwhereverCwhoeverDwhicheverSection 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 1Have you ever heard of the following people? Maybe yes, maybe no. But they may be an inspiration for you.The Tree LadyKate Sessions was an American botanist and landscape architect closely associated with San Diego, California. After becoming the first woman that graduate from the University of California, Berkeley, she took a job as a teacher far south in the dry desert town of San Diego. Kate decided that San Diego needed trees more than anything else. Therefore, this young woman single-handedly started a movement transforming the town into the leafy, garden-filled place as it is today.The Snowflake (雪花) ManWilson Bentley is one of the first known photographers of snowflakes. His enthusiasm for taking photos of snowflakes began from his boyhood and was often misunderstood in his time, but his determination revealed two important truths ： no two snowflakes are alike, and each one is surprisingly beautiful. In 1931, he worked with William J. Humphreys of the U. S. Weather Bureau to publish Snow Crystals, a book containing 2,500 photographs.The Father of His CountryBy the late 1760s, George Washington had experienced first-hand the effects of rising taxes imposed on American colonies (殖民地) by the British, and came to believe that it was in the local peopled best interests to declare independence from England. During the American War of Independence, he led the colonial forces to victory. In 1787, he was elected president of the Convention that wrote the U. S. Constitution. Two years later, Washington became Americas first president. His retirement from office after two terms established a tradition that lasted until 1940, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt won a third term. The 22nd Amendment now limits the president to two elected terms.1、Who made a great effort to make an area beautiful?AKate Sessions. BWilson Bentley.CGeorge Washington. DW