谢通门县2023年考研英语一预测密卷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)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。I was a ten-year-old girl living with my parents and four-year-old brother in Madrid, Spain. We had 1 our country Cuba just a few months before. The Christmas season arrived.The Corte Ingles Department store had a shiny red 2 that circled the town, 3 its horn (喇叭) at every turn. My younger brother, Santiago, had never seen it. However, 4 were considered a luxury(奢侈)then for my family and were very hard to 5 My brother fell in love with it. Every day he would push his nose 6 the glass in the window. My parents pain was 7 as they looked at their sons 8 face. But I didnt want to 9 the innocence of a four-year-old. So next time, I pulled him aside.“Santiago, you know that we left our country and we are in a strange land” I said. “ 10 we are only here in Madrid for a little while, Santa probably doesnt have our 11 ”I also told him that once we 12 in the United States, Santa would find us once again. Much to my surprise, he accepted my 13 without question. A year later, we lived in Union City, New Jersey. Both my parents were working in factories to make ends meet. Santiago and I were 14 a new school and quickly learning English.That Christmas was 15 , but my parents bought a silver-colored Christmas tree. On Christmas Day, I woke up early, and to my surprise and 16 , I found several presents under the tree. My brother 17 a square box. Inside was a shiny, brand-new train! It 18 the one that had so attracted my brother a year before. Santiagos face 19 like the Christmas tree. He looked at my parents and me, happy and surprised.“You were 20 !” my brother told me eagerly, “Santa found our address.”1、AreachedBvisitedCleftDmissed2、AlightBcarCbikeDtrain3、AsoundingBpressingCturningDmaking4、AclothesBdecorationsCmealsDtoys5、AfindBgetCsearchDexhibit6、AbeneathBagainstCaboveDunder7、AobviousBweakCstrangeDpuzzling8、AfearfulBhopefulCambitiousDnervous9、ArealizeBsolveCexpectDdestroy10、ASinceBWhetherCAlthoughDWhen11、AtelephoneBnamesCaddressDpermission12、AallowedBdeterminedCsettledDdevoted13、AdirectionsBinstructionsCexcuseDexplanation14、Aapplying forBadapting toClooking forDwaiting for15、AexpensiveBdepressingCcolorfulDsimple16、AsorrowBworryCcareDdelight17、AthrewBdesignedCopenedDhid18、AresembledBmeantCrecognizedDcalled19、Aturned upBcame upClit upDwent up20、AsurprisedBrightCwrongDkinSection 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 1Whether you went in for a hug only lo be met with a handshake, or simply had a fall in front of a crowded room, youre probably wondering what to do next. Avoid the awkwardness or confront it? According to research, youll want to do a bit of both.In one study, Joshua W. Clegg, an associate professor of psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, found that the first thing you should do is acknowledge the situation. He wrote, “Direct responses were associated with a re-established sense of social harmony. He noted this is often best done through humorsaying something as simple as “Awkward” can put you at ease. Reminding others of your mistakes will only draw the moment out, and can make things more un-comfortable.Facing the situation head-on also helps you realize how much of a non-event most awkward moments are. Withdrawing, on the other hand, “can actually make that anxiety and that sense of awkwardness worse because youre not getting to find out that you can recover,” Bethany Teachman, a professor in the University of Virginians Department of Psychology, said.Now that youve faced the situationmaybe even laughed it offlet it go. Still feeling uneasy? Remember that embarrassment is normal. u It is the price we pay for being messy, imperfect ,normal humans, Susan David, PhD, a Harvard Medical School psychologist, said. “A key part of moving on from embarrassment is to practice self-compassion and self-forgiveness. When you recognize that you are only human and imperfect, just like all other humans are imperfect, it gives us permission to let go of the past embarrassment with the knowledge that we did our best.”1、What is Joshua W. Cleggs suggestion about the situation?ATo run away from it. BTo speak out your feeling directly.CTo cover your face to protect yourself. DTo remember the people laughing at you.2、What does the underlined word Withdrawing” in