考研英语一平利县2023年临考冲刺试卷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)One Bite at a TimeStephen was on campus to register when I first met him.One summer day 1 I was heading for the administration building, I heard someone call my name. I 2 around and saw Philip, one of my colleagues standing with another young man. As Philip introduced me to the young man, named Stephen, he reminded him that he would be taking one of my 3 , Introduction to Literature. With a somewhat 4 expression, Stephen asked if my class was going to be hard. Would he be able to pass? I 5 he was concerned about failing before the 6 day of classes. We talked about what the class would 7 and I saw Stephens eyes getting big with 8 .Then I remembered a bit of classical dialog:Question: How do you eat an elephant?Answer: One bite at a time.I told him to 9 his work that way. To do his assignment, all of them, and to get them in on time. I added that most 10 students I knew made a timetable of all the assignment so they could 11 their workload.As time went on, I learned more of Stephens story. He had 12 in middle school. It had taken him longer to finish than most young people. Family members, including his mother, kept reminding him that he was a 13 . Now, in the face of their negative-saying he had been admitted into college. He told me that before coming to our campus no one had believed he had much 14 .Stephen didnt become an A student. He didnt make any honor rolls. Still, he managed to 15 most of his courses by being in class every day, turning in all of his assignment on time and breaking down his studying into 16 digestible parts. By passing course after course he began to gain a measure of self-respect. He was a great singer and he was 17 the schools cross-country team.Every time I saw him on campus, he would brighten up and say, One bite at a time. Whenever he introduced me to his friends, he would tell them that he was 18 when he was supposed to be failing. His 19 , he said, was that he was 20 what I taught him before classes ever started: Take it one bite at a time.1、AafterBwhenCuntilDonce2、AturnedBsatCmovedDwent3、AjobsBtestsCclassesDprojects4、AinnocentBangryCinspiredDpained5、AsensedBimaginedCheardDadmitted6、AgatheringBpartingCclosingDopening7、AchangeBadjustCcoverDproduce8、AinterestBangerCfearDexcitement9、AavoidBcontinueCpresentDapproach10、AquietBoptimisticCenergeticDsuccessful11、AplanBincreaseCreduceDmeasure12、AfittedBhesitatedCstruggledDprogressed13、AcheatBfailureCwinnerDleader14、AexperienceBinformationCpotentialDhonor15、ApassBbeginCtakeDdesign16、Afull-sizedBbite-sizedCpocket-sizedDmedium-sized17、AforBonCatDof18、AchangingBrecoveringCconcentratingDsucceeding19、AsecretBskillCreplyDtheory20、AspreadingBconsideringCpracticingDexpressingSection 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 What makes a person a giver or taker? The idea “give vs. take” takes shape in all interactions (互动) and relationships of our lives. Were either giving advice, making time for people, or were on the receiving end. We keep changing between the two based on different situations on a daily basis, if not an hourly one.According to Adam Grant, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, most people are matchers. They make careful observations on takers and make it a point for them to pay something back. They hate to see people who act so generously towards others not receive any rewards. Actually, most matchers will try hard to promote and support givers so that they can get the good they deserve.Is there a gender factor (性别因素) that plays a part in this?A study led by Hannah Riley Bowles, a professor at Harvard University, focused on this question. She asked 200 senior managers to sit down in pairs where one person would act as the boss and the other as an employee to discuss salary promotions. Male “employees” asked for an average salary of $146k while the females asked for only $141k. But why did they not bargain as hard as the men? Simply because they were more likely to be givers.As a woman, I do enjoy the act of giving up my time, my knowledge, and my care and my attention to others. I dont expect anything in return, but I do tend to pull myself away when I feel like Im being taken for granted. I also tend to get upset when I see a loved ones continuous actions of kindness go unnoticed. So, its safe to say Im 50% giver, 35% matcher