考研英语一2023年潢川县考前冲刺预测试卷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) My kids sit in Gees living room and cautiously lift antique Christmas ornaments(饰品) out of a well-loved cardboard box. Gee stands beside them, quietly 1 each treasure. She tells me that she and Tom built their ornament 2 piece by piece during each years after-Christmas sale. She 3 as we leave with the box. Her precious treasures, gathered over a lifetime, have found a new 4 .We first met Tom and Gee in the early days of our marriage. Someone had been 5 our garbage cans to the garage each garbage day, and Jim and I had 6 who. Then one day we 7 him: an elderly man who lived across the street.I baked cookies and left them on a stool outside the garage with a thank-you note. When we got home from work that day, a typed letter had 8 the gift. The letter was from Tom and explained how he had come to walk the neighborhood on garbage day, returning cans for people he 9 knew. Back when hed been fighting a war I wasnt 10 to see, his young wife, Gee, had found herself living alone. Neighbors had taken the time to handle her garbage cans 11 she didnt have to, and he never forgot. Now he 12 it forward by doing the same for all of us.A few years after wed moved in, Tom 13 . We photocopied that 14 and attached it to one of our own for Gee. We told her how 15 Tom had been to us and how we grieved for her. She wrote back and told us she 16 talked to Tom every day. When Gee invited us over to look through Christmas ornaments, I realized how hard it must be to 17 with that box, a piece of Tom.Jim and I agree to 18 our tree with Gees ornaments this Christmas, out of the box that is 19 in Toms handwriting. Maybe Ill talk to him just as Gee still does. Thank you, Ill say, for teaching us what it 20 to be a neighbor.1、AconfirmingBexplainingCrevealingDtouching2、AshelfBbasementCartDcollection3、AsmilesBweepsCsighsDhesitates4、AhomeBdestinationCfunctionDchance5、AdistributingBexposingCreturningDattaching6、AdiscoveredBwonderedCforeseenDinvestigated7、AspottedBimpressedCacknowledgedDgrasped8、AansweredBreplacedCdeliveredDrewarded9、AespeciallyBthoroughlyCpreviouslyDbarely10、AwillingBvoluntaryCaliveDkeen11、AsoBbeforeCbecauseDif12、AbroughtBcarriedCpaidDpushed13、AsurvivedBwithdrewCretiredDdied14、AnoteBgiftCletterDtreasure15、AgratefulBcloseCspecialDsuperior16、AstillBevenCjustDever17、AliveBfinishCgoDpart18、AsupplyBmanageCdecorateDarm19、AdraftedBlabeledCsignedDpreserved20、AreflectsBdesiresCanticipatesDmeansSection 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 Recently whenever I turned on my computer or my mobile phone, news about the great effect of Hurricane Harvey on thousands of people caught my eyes. We saw many unfortunate events. However, there were also the bright news that confirmed the goodness of mankind. As a journalist, I wrote many human interesting stories during my career. Thats why the story about the guys in the bakery caught my eyes.When the staff at a Mexican bakery chain in Houston were trapped inside the building for two days, they didnt sit there feeling sorry for themselves. They used their time wisely after flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey. While they were waiting for the eventual rescue that came on Monday morning, four decided to make as many loaves of bread as possible for their community.The flood water rose in the street outside. They took advantage of their emergency power supply to bake bread. They used more than 4,200 pounds of flour to create hundreds of loaves and sheets of sweet bread. Although the water kept rising, they continued baking to help more people. By the time the owner managed to get to them, they had made so much bread that we took the loaves to loads of emergency centers across the city for people affected by the floods.The store manager, Brian Alvarado, told The Independent，“Whenever a disaster occurs, nobody should just feel _forlorn_. Instead，we should take positive action to save ourselves and help others. Our acts of kindness will make a big difference.”1、What did the bakery store workers do after flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey?AThey volunteered to make bread for their community.BThey managed to live by selling more bread in the store.CThey felt sorry that they couldnt escape from the store.DThey ate nothing but to wait for their community to rescue them.2、Which of the following best explains“forl