考研英语一安徽省淮北市烈山区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 （共20小题；每小题l分，满分20分）请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。My husband and I went into a shop that sold handcrafted items in hopes of finding a few last-minute Christmas gifts. There was a lot 36 . Every shelf and 37 was loaded with different crafters handiwork. As I walked through the store, I noticed a wooden plaque(瓷花金属板) hanging on a wall. I turned to take 38 look and remember shaking my head yes at 39 printed on the plaque. Life isnt about waiting for the 40 to pass, the plaque proclaimed（宣布）. Its about learning to dance in the rain.As I pulled my husband over and directed his attention to the plaque, I could see that he too 41 the simple lesson the plaque shared. How often in our daily lives had we put conditions on our 42 ? When we get the house paid off, then we can be happy. When things settle down with the kids, then well be able to do more together. There is so little joy for the here and now in the uncertainties of the 43 and thens.Looking at the plaque, I found myself 44 to a hot and muggy day the summer before, when I unknowingly 45 the plaques message. Light rain continued to fall as I walked out to get my mail. Water was still running 46 through the gutters（屋顶檐槽）. I dont know what came over me, 47 I suddenly felt forced to do something a little crazy 48 my fifty-plus years.I 49 my shoes and stockings and began walking barefoot through the water. It was deliciously 50 , heated by the pavement that had been 51 by the summer heat.Im sure my neighbors thought that I had 52 my last vestige of sanity（神智健全）, but I didnt care. For in that moment, I was alive. I wasnt worried about bills, the future or any other day-to-day cares. I was 53 a gift a pure and simple moment of joy!The plaque now hangs in my living room, a Christmas gift from my husband. I walk past it multiple times each day and 54 pause to ask myself, So, am I 55 in the rain?I think I am. I know I try to. One step at a time, I am learning to dance in the rain!1、Ato purchase Bto see Cto choose Dto order2、Awall BcounterCdrawer Dpanel3、 Aa first Ba second Ca better Da worse4、Athe word Bthe designCthe note Dthe message5、Atrouble Bhappiness Cstorm Dfortune6、Aconsidered Brecalled Cappreciated Dacknowledged7、 Ahappiness BresponsibilityCdesire Dvirtue 8、 Awheres Bifs Cbuts Dwhens9、Akeeping back Bthinking back Cgoing back Ddating back 10、Ainterpret Bunderstood Cconveyed Dlived11、Ahigh Bfiercely Cdeep Dlow12、 Aortherwise Band Cbut Dthus13、 Ain Bfor Cabove Dat14、Acome off Bput on Cthrow away Dslipped off15、Acold Bwarm Csmooth Dswift16、Abaked Bswollen Cremoved Dburned17、Adismissed Bsuffered Clost Dgained18、 AexperiencingBdistributingCreceiving Dpresenting19、 Ahardly Bincidentally Cseldom Dfrequently20、Astuck Brunning Cdancing DcaughtSection 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 Allan Guei, 18, was a star basketball player at Compton High School in the Los Angeles area before he graduated last month. His good grades made him eligible for an unusual competition: A free-throw contest in the Compton High gymnasium. The top prize: 40,000 in scholarship money.Guei, whose parents immigrated to the United States from the Ivory Coast, knew how much that financial aid could mean for his family. He was also feeling a fair share of pressure as students and teachers crushed into the gym to watch Guei and seven other randomly compete against each other.Guei won the free-throw contest by one basket and netted the 40,000. But its what he did next thats truly astonishing.In the weeks following the March free-throw competition, Guei learned that hed scored a full-ride basketball scholarship to California State University-Northridge. NCAA(全国大学生体育协会)rules allowed Guei to accept the athletic scholarship and also keep most of the 40,000 he had won.But Guei couldnt stop thinking about the seven talented runners-up from the free-throw contest. They, too, had dreams and very real needs. So, he asked Principal Jesse Jones to make a surprise announcement at Compton Highs graduation ceremony: Geui wanted to donate the 40,000 to the other seven st