考研英语一湖南省怀化市会同县2023年统考试题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)My lungs hurt as I struggled for breath. I had been crying so 1 that I didnt notice the woman passing by. I stopped 2 , saying to her “How refreshing it is!” Then I walked away before she could 3 the pain on my face.It was mid-December. The park was 4 with people exchanging their ideas for the coming Christmas. However, in my mind, Christmas was not going to be a 5 day. My husbands unemployment check had not arrived. Our food stamps were almost 6 , and the money we had borrowed from my daughter was a memory.I sighed heavily and decided to walk one more loop around the park. I 7 to have my husband see me like thistears streaming down my face, broken 8 . I walked to the park office where a group of people were laughing and talking. Their pace was slow and 9 . They chose this life.As I passed the park office, a man 10 as Santa asked me if I would attend the annual Christmas potluck (百家宴). I 11 immediately, saying we had other plans.I wondered if anyone could sense my 12 as I left the office. On the way back home, 13 swirled through my mind-Why had we gotten ourselves into this mess? How could we be both out of 14 the same week? And why was everyone else so happy 15 I felt as if I was living in a jail cell?As I opened the door, I heard 16 paying on the radio, eggs frying in the kitchen. My husband turned and flashed a smile, “Hi, how was your 17 ?” I thought for a moment and realized that each day is a 18 . We often dont get to choose what happens to us, only how we 19 to it-it was a decision. I reached out and smiled at him-“ 20 ! They are having a potluck in the park for Christmas. Do you want to go?”1、Aclearly Bdeep Chard Dslightly2、Ascreaming Bsobbing Cglaring Dlaughing3、Aread Bremove Crelieve Dtreat4、Aassociated Bfaced Cconnected Dpacked5、Anormal Bbusy Chappy Dsimple6、Agone Bmailed Csold Denongh7、Apretended Battempted Cpromised Dhated8、Afamily Bspirits Cdescription Dsymptoms9、Adisappointed Boccupied Cleisured Ddepressed10、Atook in Bbrought out Cpicked up Ddressed up11、Aaccepted Brefused Cadmitted Dproved12、Apain Bpatience Cpanic Ddoubt13、Amessages Bdemands Crequests Dquestions14、Acontrol Bjob Csight Ddate15、Aunless Bsince Cwhile Dbefore16、Amusic Bads Cdialogue Dtalk17、Aillness Bdinner Cwork Dwalk18、Atest Bchoice Cstrength Dschedule19、Ahappen Bappeal Creact Dcontribute20、AExcellent BRidiculous CAnnoying DHorribleSection 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 1Neither style of thinking is better or worse than the other; theyre just different, as Professor Ankush Chopra explains To be a great artist, musician, or big-picture thinker, holistic thinking is importantits about context, and intuition (直觉) is importantMany careers like those in science or law, reward analytic thinking, which looks at parts and units, and is specific and logical Of course, the most successful people will be able to do both kinds of thinking, though generally holistic thinking, linked to creativity, is more difficult to teach than analytic thinkingSo those people who are analytic thinkers will see a price of $1.99 by looking at the single numbers, and will prioritize the first number when it comes to price. “Holistic thinkers tend to view all price numbers as a whole and are less likely to be affected by the nine-ending price effect,” Lingjiang Lora Tu, Ph. D, professor of marketing at Baylor and a studys lead author, told Phys. orgHowever, that the type of thinking allows holistic thinkers to see the whole rather than the parts goes out the window when theyre stressed or distracted (分心的)“Our findings suggest that regardless of consumers thinking style, nine-ending prices are most likely to be effective in situations that overuse consumers resources, such as when shoppers are time-pressured at the checkout counter or distracted by background music or occupied with an interactive product demonstration,” Tu saidThis study was done with the idea that marketers should know about these differences in thinking style and keep them in mind when theyre pricing things for different types of peopleBut anyone who buys things can benefit too, by figuring out what kind of thinker you are, and then keeping that in mind when the signs show “sale” with