考研英语一揭阳市榕城区2023年模拟预测试卷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)Lunch hour is crazy at SAME Cafe, the 40-seat restaurant my husband and I run in Denver.A woman in a(n) 1 suit stepped in. Hi, Libby. she said. Wow, what a 2 ! The first time she came to the cafe two years ago, she had no money to pay. 3 many customers, she volunteered to wash dishes and 4 Look at her now: confident and hopeful. Wasnt this what wed hoped for?In 2003, wed 5 this crazy dream: start a restaurant with a donation box instead of a cash register. Right away we hit hurdles（阻碍）. There is no such thing as a 6 lunch, one potential landlord sniffed. I met brokers, bankers and suppliers, only to watch them 7 , shaking their heads. No bank would lend us the money to open a restaurant with no 8 The only fund we could get was our individual retirement account. 9 we rented space from a landlord on Colfax Street. We put flyers（传单）around the neighborhood, asked friends to 10 the word, and held our breath.Word traveled fast, 11 stories in the papers and on TV. Soon we had more than 50 customers a day. A few ate without paying or 12 an hour of work. But most gave what they could, 13 it was just a dollar. Those with money gave, and then more. One of our customers left a 14 for 500 dollars. Another bought 1000 dollars in gift certificates. 15 another donated a truck so we could transport 16 from suppliers.People came here partly for what our cafe 17 SAME: So All May Eat. We treat everyone with 18 We hoped to develop a sense of community so that we might 19 one another. The woman in business suit was one of them. Our 20 to open the cafe was worth it.1、AdinnerBeveningCbusinessDsummer2、AchangeBbeautyCfoolDcoincidence3、AWithBLikeCBesidesDTowards4、AwaitBsingCperformDsweep5、AlivedBhatchedCignoredDachieved6、ApackedBdeliciousCfreeDdelivered7、Acrowd togetherBflood inCwalk awayDturn up8、Astaff supportBregular customersClunch boxesDcash register9、AUnfortunatelyBFinallyCInterestinglyDIllegally10、AanalyzeBreadCspreadDapprove11、Athanks toBapart fromCahead ofDaccording to12、AregrettingBgainingCdonatingDbalancing13、Aonly whenBand foreverCso thatDeven if14、ArewardBcheckCbillDlist15、AStillBInsteadCOtherwiseDThus16、AlunchBcustomersCdishesDproduce17、Astood forBapplied forCbenefited fromDdepended on18、ApatienceBgenerosityCconfidenceDdignity19、AprotectBtrustChelpDtreasure20、AdreamBstruggleCmanagementDStyleSection 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 Its an annual argument Do we or do we not go on holiday？ My wife says no because we have no savings to save us I say you only live once and we work hard and whats the point if you cant go on holiday The joy of a recession （不景气） means no argument next year-we just wont goSince money is known to be one of the things most likely to bring a relationship to its knees， we should be grateful For many families the recession means more than not booking a holiday A YouGov survey of 2， 000 people found 22% said they were arguing more with their partners because of concerns about money A recent research shows arguments about money were especially damaging to couplesKim Stephenson， an occupational psychologist， believes money may be different things to men and women People can say the same things about money but have different ideas of what its for he explains Theyll say its to save， to spend， for security， for freedom， to show someone you love them He says men are more likely to see money as a way of buying status and of showing their parents that theyve achieved somethingThe biggest problem is that couples assume each other know whats going on with their finances， but they dont There seems to be more of a taboo （禁忌） about talking about money than about death But you both need to know what youre doing， whos paying what into the joint account and how much you keep separately In a healthy relationship， you dont have to agree about money， but you have to talk about it1、What does the author say about going on holiday in Paragraph 1？ _AIt will cost them too much moneyBIt is the chief cause of family quarrelsCIt makes all the hard work worthwhileDFew people can afford it without working hard2、According to the text， what does Kim Stephenson believe？ _AMoney is often a symbol of a persons statusBMen and women view money in different waysCMen and women spend money on different thingsDMoney me