2023年陇南地区徽县考研英语一全真模拟试题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)When I was a child of seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went at once to a shop where they sold toys for children. Being 1 with the sound of a whistle that I had seen by the way, in the hands of another boy, I 2 all my money for one. I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but 3 all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, when I told of the 4 I had made, said I had given four times as much as the whistle was worth. They put me in mind of what good things I might have bought with the 5 of the money, and laughed at me so much for my folly that I cried with vexation（烦恼）. Thinking about the matter gave me more 6 than the whistle gave me pleasure. 7 , this was afterwards of use to me, for the impression continued 8 my mind, so that often, when I was 9 to buy something I did not need, I said to myself, “Dont give too much for the whistle,” and I saved my money. As I grew up, came into the world, and 10 the actions of men, I thought I met with many, very many, who “gave too much for the whistle.”If I knew a miser（守财奴）who 11 every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow citizens and the joys of friendship, 12 gathering and keeping wealth “ 13 man,” said I, “you pay too dear for your whistle.” When I met a man of pleasure, who did not try to improve his mind or his fortune but 14 devoted himself to having a good time, perhaps 15 his health, “Mistaken man, you are providing 16 for yourself, instead of pleasure; you are paying too dear for your whistle.” If I saw someone fond of 17 who has fine clothes, fine houses, fine furniture, fine earrings, all above his 18 , and for which he had run into debt, and ended his career in a prison. “Also,” said I, “he has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.” 19 , the miseries of mankind are largely due to their puffing a(n) 20 value on things to giving “too much for their whistle.”1、Afaced Bcharmed Csympathized Dprovided2、Aset aside Bput up Chanded over Dtook over3、Adisturbing Battracting Centertaining Dconfusing4、Atrouble Battempt Cchoice Dbargain5、Arest Bvalue Cmajority Dpart6、Asatisfaction Brelief Cannoyance Dstress7、AMoreover BTherefore CHowever DIndeed8、Aout of Bon Cto Dfrom9、Atempted Bdetermined Cforced Dpersuaded10、Atook Bobserved Cadmired Dfollowed11、Aturned against Bgave up Ccared about Drelied on12、Ain case of Binstead of Cfor the sake of Din terms of13、AWealthy BPoor CWise DInnocent14、Amerely Bsimilarly Cstrangely Dpositively15、Acherishing Benjoying Cbenefiting Dneglecting16、Ainconvenience Bburden Cfrustration Dpain17、Aappearance Bwealth Ccomforts Dnecessities18、Ademand Bfortune Cstandard Dvalue19、AAs a result BBy contrast COn average DIn short20、Aunexpected Bgreat Cfalse DextraSection 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 1Thompsons ChildrenAs her son Cameron sits at his laptop completing a task for his math degree course. Alison Thompson, a full-time mum is busy helping her daughter Emma (two years younger than Cameron) get dressed. While help has always been available for Emma, Alison and her husband also have to fight to get Cameron the support he needs.People could see that Emma has special needs but because Cameron was doing so well at school, his teachers never thought there was a problem with him, “says Alison.It took Alison and her husband a while to realize their son was different. Camerons ability didnt become clear until he began primary school. Once he even corrected the teacher when she told the class that zero was the lowest number. Cameron told her she was wrong because there were negative numbers(负数). He was four at the time. Now 14-year-old Cameron is at secondary school, studying for a distance learning math degree with the Open University, having sailed through his GCSE at 11 and his A-level at 12, achieving top grades.Bethany, another daughter of Alison, is bright too but not gifted. She is the one who will remind absent-minded Cameron to put on his coat. She also helps him out in social situations.Emma attends a specialist school and the family is quick to celebrate her successes too.“The other day she did up the