考研英语一2023年衡山县深度预测试卷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)The Best Love I have been married to Scott for 20 years. He has 1 15 pounds. Once a marathon runner, he now runs only down 2 halls. His hair is becoming less and his body shows the 3 of long working hours and too many candy bars. When my friend asked me What will make this love last? I ran through all the obvious 4 : responsibility, unselfishness, physical attraction, communication. Yet theres more. We still have fun. Last Saturday at the grocery, we split the shopping 5 and raced each other to see who could make it to the checkout first.We 6 being together. There is understanding I understand why he must play basketball with the guys. And he understands why, once a year, I must get away from the house to 7 my sisters for a few days of nonstop talking and laughing. There is sharing. Not only do we 8 household worries and parental burdenswe also share 9 .Once, Scott sent me a thick historical novel. 10 he prefers thrillers(惊险小说) and science fiction, he had read the novel first. He 11 my heart when he explained it was because he wanted to be able to 12 ideas about the book after Id read it. There is forgiveness. When Im embarrassingly loud and 13 at parties, Scott forgives me. When he admitted 14 some of our savings in the stock market, I gave him a hug and said, Its nothing 15 . Its only money. Finally there is sensitivity. Last week he came home and told me about a 60-year-old woman whod had a stroke(中风) and would probably never 16 ? He wept as he recalled the womans 17 standing beside her bed, holding her hand. I 18 too. Because it was of the medical crisis. Because there were still people who have been married 40 years. Because my husband is still moved and 19 after years of hospital rooms and dying patients.I guess weve got what it 20 to make our love last.1、Areduced Blost Cgained Dmade2、Ahospital Bcollege Cconcert Dlecture3、Aabilities Bchances Csign Drights4、Amethods Breasons Csolutions Dadvantages5、Abasket Bcenter Ccost Dlist6、Aavoid Benjoy Chate Dmind7、Ameet Bleave Cattend Dfollow8、Abear Bshare Ctolerate Descape9、Ahappiness Bsorrow Cinterests Dideas10、AThough BSince CUnless DOnce11、Ahurt Btook Cstuck Dtouched12、Aexchange Bexpress Cfind Dprovide13、Apolite Bgentle Ccrazy Denthusiastic14、Aincreasing Blosing Cgetting Dwinning15、Astrange Binteresting Cspecial Dserious16、Amove Bwalk Cspeak Drecover17、Adaughter Bson Chusband Dbrother18、Acried Bsmiled Cregretted Dagreed19、Aexcited Bastonished Cconcerned Ddelighted20、Ameans Btakes Cpromises DbringsSection 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 1Our plan was to drive into Cambridge, catch the 7:34 train to Liverpool Street Station, then to separate and meet again for lunch. We should have arrived at Liverpool at 9:19, but due to a typical London fog, the train had to move along so slowly that it was not until 10:30 that it got there. In spite of our late arrival, Joan, my wifes sister, decided that she would go to see the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London while we went shopping. It was only after her sister had disappeared into the fog that my wife realized that we hadnt decided where we should meet for lunch. Since I had our three tickets for the concert in my pocket, this was indeed a problem. There seemed to be nothing we could do except taking a taxi to the Tower of London, and try to find her there. Needless to say, we didnt find her.It was now one oclock, and the concert began at 2:30. “Perhaps she will think of waiting outside the concert hall,” suggested my wife hopefully. By this time the fog was so thick that road traffic had to stop, and the only way to get there was by underground railway. Hand in hand we felt our way along the road to where we thought the nearest station should be. An hour later we were still trying to find it. Just as I was about to lose my temper completely when we met a blind man tapping his way confidently through the fog. With his help we found Tower Hill tube station just fifty yards down the road.By now it was far too late even to try to get to the concert hall before the performance began at 2:30, so we decided to return to Cambridge. It took seven long hours instead of the usual two to make that journey. Nor were we able to get any food and drin