考研英语一2023年甘肃省白银市白银区点睛提分卷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)Trying new things is the only way we can discover hidden talents. I 1 my career as an editor for a magazine. I didnt really mind the work, but I wanted something more 2 . Then I was offered a management 3 of a digital reading company. The job was a seemingly 4 mix of my skills and interests, so I jumped at it. 5 , soon after I joined the company, its model changed to focus on K-12 education, and everything about my position changed. I was asked to take on the 6 different roles of selling content to teachers and training people. I felt more than a little 7 my comfort zone.I knew I wanted to grow as a(an) 8 and make a serious effect on the company. I told myself that everything feels 9 at first and I should at least try. 10 , I felt like I didnt have a(an) 11 . I knew jumping out of the 12 was the right thing for me, even though it felt pretty awful.I was fortunate to be 13 by very helpful people, both at work and at home. They kept 14 me. I spent hours researching my companys 15 . I asked lots of questions and spoke to many people in need. I looked for opportunities to put in extra 16 . The more I did, the better I felt.Over time, I discovered that the job was 17 I could do and liked doing. It was an amazing 18 to see the company grow and know that my efforts contributed to 19 success and that its important to take risks and accept new 20 . Actually, theres nothing worse than failing because you refuse to even try.1、Astarted out Bmoved up Cdeveloped Dspent2、Asteady Bcomfortable Cpaying Dchallenging3、Aguidance Bsuggestion Cposition Dcourse4、Aloose Bperfect Cmild Dcomplex5、AHowever BInstead CAdditionally DThus6、Aslightly Bcompletely Crelatively Dstrangely7、Ainside Baround Cwithin Doutside8、Aindividual Bconsumer Cleader Dadult9、Asilly Btough Cfresh Deasy10、AOn the contrary BIn brief CIn a way DOn one hand11、Achoice Bidea Cdream Dreason12、Acontrol Btouch Cnest Dcompany13、Ainformed Bsurrounded Cfollowed Dimpressed14、Aconvincing Breminding Caccessing Dencouraging15、Astaff Bincome Cproducts Dconditions16、Aeffort Bmoney Coffer Dcare17、Aanything Beverything Csomething Dnothing18、Aprofit Breward Cplatform Dbehavior19、Amy Btheir Cyour Dits20、Aopportunities Brequests Ccultures DservicesSection 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 Compassion（同情）is a desire within us to help others. With effort, we can translate compassion into action. An experience last weekend showed me this is true. I work part-time in supermarket across from a building for the elderly. These old people are our main customers, and its not hard to lose patience over their slowness. But last Sunday, one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson. This untidy man walked up to my register（收款机）with a box of biscuits. He said he was out of cash, had just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards. He asked if we could let him have the food on trust. He promised to repay me the next day.I couldnt help staring at him. I wondered what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before, and what he would be like if fortune had gone his way. I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world. I told him that I was sorry, but store rules didnt allow me to do so. I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my job.Just then, another man, standing behind the first, spoke up. If anything, he looked more pitiable, “Charge it to me,” was all he said.What I had been feeling was pity. Pity is soft and safe and easy. Compassion, on the other hand, is caring in action. I thanked the second man but told him that was not allowed either. Then I reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself. I reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compassion.1、The aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits_.Apromised to obey the store rulesBhoped to have the food first and pay laterCforgot to take his credit card with himDcould not afford anything more expensive2、Which of the following best describes the old gentleman?AKind and lucky.BFriendly and helpful.CPoor and lonely.DHurt and disappointed.3、Why did the author refuse the old gentle mans request first?A