考研英语一邢台市柏乡县2023年预测试卷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)When I was a boy growing up, we lived across a river from the main road next to a set of rail road tracks. The only way to our house was across a 1 . Our only neighbor, Frankie, lived in a(n) 2 house on the hillside behind our home. His house, 3 , was over a hundred years old.Frankie was already nearly 80 years old when I was 4 . He was a first generation, Italian immigrant who had never married. He had 5 on the railroad for over 40 years before retiring but still worked hard every day. I would watch him with 6 grow plants on hillsides. Frankie was 7 by todays standards. He had no electricity or running water and would 8 once a week with water he boiled. I never seemed to 9 the smell when I visited him, though. His 10 remained broken even after all his years in America but somehow I never had any trouble 11 him.Frankie also 12 me in my spiritual growth. He did this mainly by 13 . He never lectured or taught. He just showed me how to live with honesty, kindness, and goodness. He showed me the joy of nature, the 14 that can come from just sitting outside on a sunny day.When Frankie 15 , we found he had over 40,000 dollars in the bank, a 16 at that time, from a lifetime of saving. It was sent to his brothers and sisters 17 living in Italy. We often wondered why he hadnt used it to buy a better home and live more 18 . Looking back now, however, I know the 19 . He had food, shelter, clothes, and warmth both in his house and in his spirit. He 20 nothing more to be happy in his life.1、Astreet Bboard Cmap Dbridge2、Aopen Bempty Cold Ddark3、Ain fact Bat first Cabove all Das usual4、Aemployed Bborn Cprepared Deducated5、Aworked Bwaited Cwalked Dtraveled6、Adelight Bamazement Cregret Dpatience7、Aweak Bcareless Cpoor Dsmelly8、Adive Bswim Cbathe Dpractice9、Amind Bbear Chave Dtake10、Aheart BEnglish Clife Dtime11、Aunderstanding Bfinding Cbelieving Dimproving12、Aserved Bguided Cheld Daccepted13、Anature Bchoice Corder Dexample14、Acourage Bwealth Cpeace Dstrength15、Afailed Breturned Csettled Ddied16、Arecord Bsecret Cfortune Dsuccess17、Astill Balso Cagain Doften18、Aactively Bcomfortably Csafely Dquietly19、Amethod Bprocess Cchance Danswer20、Amanaged Bchanged Cneeded DexplainedSection 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“You can choose your friends, but you cant choose your family.” That line comes from American writer Harper Lees book To Kill a Mockingbird. Now compare her words to another famous expression: “Blood is thicker than water”.However, if forced to choose which is more important, American researchers now say friendship is more important than family. Their new study suggests that friends may be more important than family members, especially as we age.The study comes from researchers at Michigan State University. They found the importance of friendship on health and happiness grows as people get older.William Chopik is an assistant professor of psychology at Michigan State and was one of the lead researchers in this study. He says, “Friendship becomes even more important as we age. Keeping a few really good friends around can make a world of difference for our health and well-being.” Chopik notes that we need to think of friendship as an investment in our future happiness.The Michigan State researchers considered information from two separate surveys. In the first group, both family and friendships influenced overall health and happiness. However, in the second, researchers said that friendships “became a stronger predictor of health and happiness” as people get older. Also in the second group, unhealthy friendships led to increased chronic conditions. But with supportive friends, Chopik noted, participants reported being happier.One reason is that people can keep the friendships that make them feel good and move on from the ones that dont. Family, on the other hand, will always be with you. They can be helpful and enjoyable, but can also cause troubles.This may be good news for people who dont have strong ties with family members. Not all of us are born into the families we need. But we all have the ability to choose friends that we need.1、94What should we invest to get later well-being according to the researchers?AGood friend ties. BEasy hea