2023年河北省保定市望都县考研英语一模拟试题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)The sandwich manMichael rises every morning at 4:00, in good and bad weather, and walks into his sandwich shop. By 5:50, hes making the rounds of the shelters on Centre Streets. He 1 out 200 sandwiches to the homeless, before beginning his workday.It started 20 years ago when Michael came across a homeless man named John. He began to help him 2 effort then. Day after day, he brought John some food and, when it was really 3 , a resting place in his car while he worked. Once he asked John if he wanted to get cleaned up. It was a(n) 4 offer, because Michael thought John would refuse. 5 , John said, “Are you going to wash me?” Michael knew that he was looking at a 6 of his promise. It was at the moment that Michael 7 to help the homeless.Michael began his work. He received no sponsorship, saying, “Im not getting media 8 . I just want to do some good in my way. There are days when its snowing, and I have a hard time leaving my warm bed and the 9 of my family to go downtown with sandwiches. But Ive 10 .”Michael makes 200 sandwiches every day for the past 20 years. “I dont simply 11 the sandwiches on a table for the homeless to pick up. I shake their hands and 12 them a good day,” says Michael. Once Mayor (市长) Koch came to make the rounds with him. They 13 the media, and it seemed like it was just the two of them. But of all Michaels 14 , working side by side with the Mayor was not as important as working next to someone elseA man had 15 from the sandwich takers, and Michael thought about him from time to time. He hoped the man had moved on to a more 16 environment. One day, the man came back, greeting Michael and 17 sandwiches of his own to hand out. He said Michaels daily food, warm handshakes and wishes had given him the 18 he badly needed. After achieving some success, he decided to do the same thing as Michael.The moment needed no 19 . The two men worked silently, side by side, handing out their sandwiches. It was another day on Centre Streets, but a day with just a little more 20 .1、ApicksBsetsCgivesDfinds2、AwithBaroundCfromDover3、AsunnyBwarmCcloudyDcold4、AsillyBemptyCcrazyDfree5、AFortunatelyBDisappointedlyCSurprisinglyDThankfully6、AtestBgiftCtrickDview7、AdemandedBagreedCpretendedDdetermined8、AbenefitBattentionCsympathyDinformation9、AcomfortBwealthCvalueDhonor10、AsufferedBhesitatedCmanagedDwondered11、AcheckBlayCmatchDcover12、AwitnessBpredictCfollowDwish13、AignoredBblamedCconfirmedDhandled14、AsituationsBmemoriesCschedulesDprofessions15、AescapedBvolunteeredCdisappearedDsurvived16、AcompetitiveBcomplexCfamiliarDstable17、AcarryingBseekingCoccupyingDtreating18、AresponsibilityBpermissionCencouragementDachievement19、ApurposeBdialogueCreliefDdoubt20、AluckBfunCprideDhopeSection 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 1My father was a taxi driver but I am a kingKing Renato, of the country Pontinha, an island on Funchal harbour. Its in Madeira, Portugal, where I grew up. It was discovered in 1419; Captain Cook once came here.In 1903, the Portuguese government didnt have enough money to build a harbor port, so the king sold the land to a wealthy British family, the Blandys, who make Madeira wine. Fourteen years ago, the family decided to sell it for just 25,000 (19,500). I decided to buy it though I had no moneyI was just an art teacher.I tried to find some business partners, but they all thought I was crazy to want to buy what is actually a large rock; it has a small cave, a platform on top, and no electricity or running water. So I sold some of my possessions, put my savings together and bought it.When the king of Portugal originally sold the island in 1903, he and all the governors signed a document, selling all the “possessions and the dominions (领土)” of the island. It means I can do what I want with itI could start a restaurant, or a cinema, but nobody thought that someone would want to start a country. So thats what I did: I decided that this would no longer be just a rock on the port of Funchal. It would be my island, about the size of a one-bedroom house.After I bought it, the governor of Madeira asked to buy my island. Of course, I said no. He said that unless I sold it back to the state, he wouldnt let me connect to any electricity. But I have a solar panel and a small windmill, and maybe in the future I will be able to generate power