考研英语一2023年苏州市相城区高分冲刺试卷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)Grandma is ninety this Christmas.I remember once visiting her,crying when my big sister told me“There is no Santa Claus!”,because I knew she always told the 1 .“No Santa Claus?” she snorted(哼着说).“Ridiculous! Dont 2 it.That rumor has been going around for years.Now,put on your coat,and lets go.”“Go?Go where,Grandma?” I asked.“Where” 3 to be Kerbys General Store.As we walked in,Grandma 4 me twenty dollars.“Take the money,” she said,“and buy something for someone who needs it.Ill wait for you outdoors.”I was only eight years old,and had never shopped for anything 5 .For a few moments I just stood there, 6 ,wondering what to buy,and 7 on earth to buy it for.I thought of everybody I knew:my family,friends,classmates.Suddenly I thought of Bobbie,a kid sitting behind me in the classroom.He didnt have a 8 ; he never went out during the winter.I held the bill 9 .I would buy Bobbie a coat.I saw a red one with a hat to it.It looked really 10 .He would like that.That 11 ,Grandma helped me wrap the coat in Christmas paper and write,“To Bobbie,From 12 ”on it.Then she drove me to Bobbies house.Grandma 13 down the street,and we hid in the bushes by his front walk.Then Grandma pushed me gently.“All right,Santa Claus,get going!” she 14 .I took a deep breath, 15 for his front door,threw the 16 down,rang his doorbell and flew back.Together we waited 17 in the darkness for the front door to open.Finally it did,and there stood Bobbie.Forty years havent 18 the thrill of those moments.That night,I realized those awful 19 about Santa Claus were just what Grandma said:they were 20 .Santa was alive and well,and we were on his team.1、Astory Btruth Cjoke Dlie2、Abelieve Bignore Csuspect Dadmit3、Aseemed Bsupposed Cproved Dimagined4、Aborrowed Bdelivered Cthrew Dhanded5、Aalone Blonely Cspecial Dexpensive6、Abored Bdepressed Cfrightened Dconfused7、Awhen Bhow Cwho Dwhat8、Amoney Bcoat Cfriend Dhat9、Aexcitedly Bnervously Canxiously Dthoughtfully10、Anew Bwarm Ccheap Dbeautiful11、Amorning Bweekend Cevening Dafternoon12、AGrandma Bclassmates Cfriends DSanta Claus13、Aparked Bslowed Crode Dwalked14、Ashouted Bwhispered Ccomplained Dordered15、Asearched Bdashed Cwaited Dstarted16、Apaper Bbill Cpresent Dbush17、Adelightedly Bcheerfully Cwillingly Dbreathlessly18、Aweakened Bstrengthened Creminded Dinformed19、Asecrets Bdiscussions Crumors Dsayings20、Aunusual Bincredible Cstrange DridiculousSection 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 While famous foreign architects are invited to lead the designs of landmark buildings in China such as the new CCTV tower and the National Center for the Performing Arts, many excellent Chinese architects are making great efforts to take the center stage.Their efforts have been proven fruitful. Wang Shu, a 49-year-old Chinese architect, won the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prizewhich is often referred to as the Nobel Prize in architectureon February 28. He is the first Chinese citizen to win this award.Wang serves as head of the Architecture Department at the China Academy of Art (CAA). His office is located at the Xiangshan campus of the university in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Many buildings on the campus are his original creations.The style of the campus is quite different from that of most Chinese universities. Many visitors were amazed by the complex architectural space and abundant building types. The curves(曲线) of the buildings perfectly match the rise and fall of hills, forming a unique view.Wang collected more than 7 million abandoned bricks of different ages. He asked the workers to use traditional techniques to make the bricks into walls, roofs and corridors. This creation attracted a lot of attention thanks to its mixture of modern and traditional Chinese elements.Wangs works show a deep understanding of modern architecture and a good knowledge of traditions. Through such a balance, he had created a new type of Chinese architecture, said Tadao Ando, the winner of the 1995 Pritzker Prize.Wang believes traditions should not be sealed in glass boxes at museums. “That is only evidence that traditions once existed,” he said.“Many Chinese people have a misunderstanding of traditions. They think tradition means old things