考研英语一陕西省榆林市横山县2023年高分冲刺试卷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)完形填空阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。I made a name for myself when I was about 26.It never means anything 1 to me, but of course I cant say I am free from vanity(虚荣). When a signing event was organized for my book at its 2 sale or when I was invited to deliver a speech at a meeting, I would be_and cheerful, especially if there were lots of participants. 3 , I have never been controlled by such 4 , for I have my own idea of it. To me, a(n) 5 remains popular only for three seconds. This morning somebody 6 me on the way and said, “Ah, thats Zhu Deyong!” I was glad to be 7 by a stranger and enjoyed myself, “ 8 , I am famous!” But such enjoyments 9 only three seconds. He passed by and turned to the person walking with him, “What shall we have for lunch?” No 10 of me any longer. Shall I_my life cherishing those three seconds? Is it necessary to make efforts to 11 such three-second enjoyments? No, I dont want to.As life is 12 and only comes around once, it is of great value to the person himself, but of no value to others. For most people, ones name remains 13 only for three generations: ones 14 generation, the second (your son may say “Ah, its my dad.”) and the third (your grandson may still 15 , “Ah, its my grandpa.”) If a member of the fourth generation is asked about you, he might be 16 , “Who is it?” If he is shown a picture of you, he might give it a glance, put it aside and 17 forget it. It amounts to nothing more than a 18 with an unknown name.1、AimpressiveBreasonableCappropriateDimportant2、AuniqueBfirstCbestDfinal3、AhappyBupsetChesitantDnervous4、ALikewiseBThereforeCHoweverDMeanwhile5、AdiscouragementsBembarrassmentsCexcitementsDdisappointments6、AspeechBnameCbookDevent7、AsawBhitCpattedDintroduced8、AspottedBrecognizedCnoticedDliked9、ATotallyBAbove allCFinallyDAfter all10、AmaintainedBstayedClastedDremained11、AmindBideaCthoughtDmemory12、AwasteBspareCdevoteDafford13、AreachBacquireCofferDhonor14、AeasyBordinaryCtoughDshort15、AwelcomeBpersonalCrespectableDknown16、ApastBownCfutureDnew17、ArememberBmemorizeCremindDbelieve18、AannoyedBinterestedCpuzzledDfrightened19、AquicklyBseldomCdeliberatelyDotherwise20、AfriendBwriterCgrandpaDstrangerSection 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 1An old man in a faded yellow shirt sat in a windowless room on a raised concrete form. The only source of heat came from somewhere beneath the plastic mattress and the rough blanket the blank-faced police woman had handed him after taking his thumb prints. He heard voices and metallic clang as the cell door swung open.At the front desk a tired looking policeman handed the old man back his belongings, his worn-out cap and the Seiko watch that had stopped working the day his beloved Evelyn left. The policeman dramatically held the blue plastic bag at an arms length to the old man who took it and made sure its contents were undamaged: the goat meat, palm oil, leaves and spices. He ignored the confused expression on the officers face and signed the document declaring he had been returned the possessions they had taken off him the night before.No one spoke to him as he walked slowly towards the exit.“Mr. Easy-nwa?” He stopped and prayed to the God who now took care of Evelyn to please take him far away from this unhappy place of expressionless faces, clipped accents and people who did not even attempt to pronounce his name right.“Ezenwa,” He said and looked at a woman with tangerine lips, her name tag said Jessica Harlow, Social Services. “A bit far from home，she said as she drove fast and with confidence the way Evelyn used to. He wondered if she meant the 50 miles from Liverpool or the 50,000 miles from Enugu，a city in Nigeria. He did not bother replying as this woman had plenty to say about the weather, bad drivers, her daughters school play.At last she drew up outside the block of flats where he lived.“Got here in the end”，said she seriously, “Really Mr. Easy-nwa, if you keep getting lost, we will have to consider moving you into a home”.“No need, I was not lost，he answered. He carefully rolled up the sleeves of the oversize bomber jacket he wore and turned on the tap to wash his hands, relieved the pipes were not frozen. In a clean pan he placed the chopped pieces of goat meat. The herbs and spices that had taken him three months to track down, the uziza seeds had