考研英语一2023年永靖县深度预测试卷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)A visit to the hospital is rarely a pleasant one. As I made my way to the ward （病房）, I took a deep breath and 1 a smile. After all, nobody needed another 2 face in the room.As I entered the ward, I overheard my relatives making plans for a 3 . My grandfather had remained 4 for almost a week, with a 5 diagnosis from the doctor. Was this really the end for him? 6 at my grandparents place since young, I 7 a very close relationhip with them. He would sneak me downstairs for ice cream when Grandmother was in the bathroom, while I 8 added more sugar in his morning drink because he had a 9 tooth that Grandmother disapproved of.I wanted to 10 this quiet man. I did not believe it was his time to go. I had 11 about paper cranes（鹤） and wishes coming true. For every one thousand folded paper cranes, we get a wish 12 by the gods. 13 as it sounds to the adults, I managed to 14 my sisters and cousin to carry out this sacred plan.The last few cranes were 15 but a week later he was still in a deep sleep. The one thousand paper cranes had not delivered our 16 to the gods. We only had one wish - was that too 17 to ask for?Just when all hope seemed 18 , a call from my aunt changed everything. She wanted us to come to the hospital immediately my grandfather was awake. A visit to the hospital is 19 a pleasant one. However, this time, I was 20 by the scent（香气）of flowers that visitors brought. I stepped into my grandfathers ward and saw him holding our jar of paper cranes. This man of few words looked up at me and said, “My good girl, thank you.”1、Ahid Bgave Cpracticed Dreturn2、Abeautiful Bmiserable Cserious Dugly3、Afuneral Bcelebration Cmeeting Drecovery4、Aawake Bsilent Cuncertain Dunconscious5、Afirm Bwrong Ccorrect Ddiscouraging6、ASupported BRaised CHeld DKept7、Aimproved Bdestroyed Cestablished Dhandled8、Asecretly Bdelightedly Csurprisedly Dgladly9、Abroken Bhealthy Csweet Dwhite10、Acall Bunderstand Cforget Dawaken11、Aread Bset Cbrought Dlooked12、Asent Bignored Cgranted Dexpressed13、AReal BNice CSimple DRidiculous14、Aallow Bconvince Cadvise Dinform15、Acompleted Bperformed Cstarted Dleft16、Awish Bsuggestion Cinformation Dopinion17、Aheavy Bhigh Cmuch Dfar18、Apromising Blost Creasonable Dinspired19、Ausually Bgradually Crarely Dtypically20、Apraised Baccepted Creminded DgreetedSection 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 International Painting Contest on Googles homepage in 2015 may look pretty strange, but it spotlightings a very serious issue: clean water, which is unusual for an 11-year-old from Long Island.Audrey Zhang, a fifth-grader from Levittown, N.Y, is the winner of this years Doodle 4 Google contest, rising to the top of some 100, 000 entries on the theme of “draw one thing to make the world a better place.”Her piece, titled “Back to Mother Nature,” describes a detailed water-cleaning machine. Zhang worked with a team of artists at Google to animate(使生动)her drawing.“To make the world a better place, I came up with a transformative water purifier, a machine used to remove dirty or harmful substances,” Google quoted Zhang as saying. “It takes in dirty and polluted water from rivers, lakes and even oceans, then massively transforms the water into clean, safe and pure water. When humans and animals drink this water, they will live a healthier life.”She created a whole world around the deviceone populated by humans, a whale in a top hat and dragons.Zhang, s piece is “so vivid and so rich and so full and so complete, Google Doodle team leader Ryan Germick told the Washington Post. “Every leaf seemed to have life in it.”Along with having her artwork featured on Googles homepage, Zhang wins a $30,000 college scholarship. In addition, her school will receive a $50,000 Google for Education technology grant, and the company is donating $20,000 in her name to a charity devoted to bringing clean water to schools in Bangladesh.On Sunday, the night before her work was revealed on net, Zhang told Newsday she was excited by the big win, but said she wouldnt be awake when her art first went online at midnight.“I have school-tomorrow, so I cant stay up late,” she told the paper.1、Whats the passage mainly about?AThe winner and her