考研英语一2023年盘锦市兴隆台区考前冲刺试题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)Flowers for Miss BensonMiss Benson was the kindest, sweetest, most beautiful person on the earth in my mind. She was my second-grade 1 . Early in the term, I started asking my mother to put an extra apple in my lunch for Miss Benson. 2 I never quite worked up the courage to hand my gift to her 3 . Each day it found its way unobserved to the corner of her desk. And each day the response was the same:Miss Benson would come in and sit down. “Good morning, children. Why, how nice!” She would pick up the 4 of the day, and then look around the room. “What 5 little boy or girl brought me this?”No one 6 the honor, least of all me. I kept my head down, looking at my desk.“Can it be that I have a secret admirer?” she would ask.I would feel the 7 rising in my face. I was certain that everyone was looking at me, and I would sigh with 8 when Miss Benson started the lesson after putting the fruit away.One fall morning, the class was boiling with 9 . As was said, the next day, Friday, was Miss Bensons birthday. Everyone wanted to get her a present. My heart gave a jump; at last I could give her something 10 . That afternoon was spent combing the fields for wild flowers.In the morning I hung back as others 11 their gifts. Finally I went to the desk and gave the flowers to Miss Benson. My reward was a smile and a pat on the head.The next Monday, Miss Benson didnt 12 . Later on, I was asked to go to the principals office. He, clearly and slowly, told me that because of the poison 13 I gave her, Miss Benson was in hospital.I 14 all the way home because of the tragedy to my loving teacher. I begged my mother to take me to visit Miss Benson.Miss Benson was sitting up in bed when we arrived. Her 15 was covered with bandages. Only one eye was showing.“I didnt know they were poison flowers,” I burst out. “I didnt 16 to make you sick. I only wanted to give you something.” I stopped talking and swallowed hard.Miss Benson 17 me with the eye. “You wanted to give me something 18 , didnt you, Paul?”I nodded.“All those 19 were from you, werent they?”Again I nodded.“Ill tell you a great big secret, Paul,” she continued, “When I am married, if I have a son, I would like him to grow up just 20 you.”I wasnt certain that I saw tears in her eye as Mother led me out of the room.1、Astudent Bclassmate Cfellow Dteacher2、ASo BAnd CBut DFor3、Asecretly Bdirectly Cgently Dbeautifully4、Aoffering Bhunting Cremaining Dcatching5、Auseful Bforgetful Cshameful Dthoughtful6、Aclaimed Bshared Cminded Drefused7、Acold Bred Cdark Dproud8、Ashame Banxiety Crelief Danger9、Adisappointment Bexcitement Cembarrassment Damusement10、Aopenly Bquietly Ccasually Dsafely11、Abought Bfetched Cbrought Dpresented12、Aawake Bagree Cappear Danswer13、Aflowers Bleaves Cplants Dfruit14、Alaughed Bsang Cshouted Dsobbed15、Aleg Barm Cface Dhair16、Amanage Bmean Cfail Dhesitate17、Ablamed Bscolded Cpunished Dstudied18、Asimple Bspecial Cawful Duseful19、Aapples Boranges Cbananas Dpears20、Abeside Bfor Clike DbySection 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 It hurts to keep secrets. Secrecy (保密) is associated with lower well-being, worse health, and less satisfying relationships. Research has linked secrecy to increased anxiety, depression, symptoms of poor health, and even the more rapid progression of disease. There is a seemingly obvious explanation for these harms: hiding secrets is hard work. You have to watch what you say.New research, however, suggests that the harm of secrets doesnt really come from the hiding after all. The real problem with keeping a secret is not that you have to hide it, but that you have to live with it, and think about it.To better understand the harms of secrecy, researchers first set out to understand what secrets people keep, and how often they keep them. They found that 97% of people have at least one secret at any given moment, and people have, on average, 13 secrets.Across several studies, researchers asked participants to estimate how frequently they hid their secret during conversations with others, and also how frequently they thought about the secret outside of social interactions. They found that the more frequently people simply thought about their sec