考研英语一2023年上海市金山区最后冲刺试题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)One of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit ones mistakes.It is extremely hard sometimes to say a(n) 1 thing like“I was wrong about that”,and it is even harder to say,“I was wrong,and you were right about that”.And I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made 2 fifteen years ago.He told me he had been the 3 of a certain store in the neighborhood where I grew up,and he asked me 4 I remembered the egg boxes.Then he told me 5 and I began to remember vaguely what he was describing.I was about eight years old at the time,and I had wandered into 6 with my mother to do the weekly shopping.On that 7 day.I must have found my way to the dairy food department 8 the incident took place.There must have been a special sale on eggs that day because there was an impressive 9 of eggs in dozen and half-dozen boxes.The boxes were piled three or four feet high.I must stopped in from of them to admire the 10 .just then 11 came by,pushing her grocery cart, 12 the boxes carelessly and left.For some reason,I 13 to put the display back together even though it was not my 14 so I began to work.The manager heard the 15 and came rushing over to see what had happened.When he appeared,I was on my knees 16 some of the boxes to see if any of the eggs were 17 ,but to him it looked as if I was the wrongdoer.He severely scolded me and wanted me 18 any broken eggs to make up to the loss.I tried to explain that I was looking at the boxes,but it 19 no good.Even though I didnt regret for my decision and quickly forgot all about the incident, 20 the manager did not.1、Apleasant Benjoyable Csimple Ddifficult2、Aan discovery Ba friend Can incident Da mistake3、Aboss Bcleaner Ccashier Dmanager4、Aif Bhow Cwhy Dwhen5、Aa story Bthe department Can accident Dan incident6、Athe shop Bthe store Cthe supermarket Dthe grocery7、Ausual Blucky Cwonderful Dparticular8、Awhere Bafter Cuntil Dthough9、Aexhibits Bstorage Cdisplay Dboxes10、Aeggs Bboxes Cstorage Dsale11、Aa woman Ba customer Ca manager Da stranger12、Aknocked on Bknocked over Cknocked off Dknocked at13、Adeclared Bbegan Cdecided Dstarted14、Afault Btask Ceggs Dboxes15、Ascream Balarm Cnoise Dcall16、Ato check Bchecking Cchecked Dhaving checked17、Abad Bgood Clost Dbroken18、Ato pay off Bto pay back Cto pay for Dto pay out19、Awas Bdid Cworked Dhad20、Aobviously Bfrequently Cunfortunately DunnecessarilySection 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 The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has welcomed home two paintings by the Dutch master, more than 14 years after they were ripped (扯) off the museums wall in a nighttime theft. Museum director Axel Rueger called their return “one of the most special days in the history of the museum”. The paintings were discovered last year by Italian police while they were searching an Italian criminals farmhouse near Naples for evidence of drug dealing. They were in a box and hidden behind a wall in a toilet when they were found.The paintings were considered among the artworks most searched for in the world. After years in darkness, they can now shine again. They are back on display at the museum before being taken to the conservation studio for repair. Fortunately, they suffered surprisingly little damage as thieves who had climbed up a ladder and broken a window to get into the museum in 2004 ripped them out of their frames.“It is not only a surprise that the works have been recovered but its even more surprising they are in relatively unharmed condition,” Rueger said.The museum director was on vacation when the call came last year from Italian authorities who believed they had recovered the paintings. He didnt celebrate right away. Hed had calls like this before.“I was hopeful but also a little hesitant. Over these years, we had so many occasions when people phoned us, contacted us, claiming that they knew something about the whereabouts (下落) of the works and each time it was false, the trace went cold,” he said. “So the way has been full of disappointment.” But museum experts sent to Italy to check the authenticity (真实性) of the works quickly turned Ruegers doubts into delight.Rueger said the paintings are now back at the museum, which is home to dozens of works by