考研英语一2023年灌阳县高分通关卷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)I agree with the saying that some people “see old memories as a chance to deal with the past and unite past and present.” Many people are so _1_ by things that happened in their past that they are not able to focus on the _2_ . For example, in the book Ceremony, the main character, Tayo, cannot concentrate on the present because he cant forget his troubled childhood and _3_ continues to relive things that happened during that time.However, past memories can help people to _4_ in the present. A _5_ example of people learning from the past would be the Marshall Plan. After the _6_ of World War II there were many war-torn countries around the world in need of _7_ assistance to help rebuild their countries, and the United States would have to be the one to _8_ that assistance. Many American politicians thought it was _9_ for the US government to spend money abroad on countries that would not be able to repay it for a long time. However, George Marshall, a former US general, remembered how the exact same _10_ of why should we spend money on war-torn nations that really owe us reparations (赔款)? had been used after World War I towards Germany. The _11_ of assistance towards Germany after World War I had caused a gigantic economic depression in Germany that had made the Mark (German money) virtually _12_ . The German people became so desperate that they started _13_ an extreme German nationalist named Adolf Hitler, who eventually started World War II. Marshall knew that if the US did not _14_ war-torn Germany and, especially, Japan, we could _15_ have a World War III on our hands.1、AshockedBtroubledCpunishedDannoyed2、AmemoryBsituationCpresentDfuture3、AconstantlyBinnocentlyCridiculouslyDrarely4、AforgetBrecoverCenjoyDcompare5、ApersonalBscientificChistoricalDcommercial6、AconclusionBdecisionCinvasionDextension7、AmedicalBpoliticalCeconomicDlawful8、AneedBprovideCfindDprevent9、AreasonableBnecessaryCdifficultDfoolish10、AstatementBargumentCsuggestionDintroduction11、AintensionBrequestCinfluenceDlack12、AhopelessBworthlessCworldwideDvaluable13、ArefusingBemployingCsupportingDcharging14、AstopBwarnCresistDhelp15、AsimilarlyBsimplyCregularlyDunlikelySection 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 1The earlier Thanksgiving in Canada was to celebrate the earlier start of winter in the North, ending the harvest season earlier. Thanksgiving in Canada did not have a fixed date until the late 19th century. Many of the individual Canadian provinces had declared their own days of Thanksgiving. The first official Canadian Thanksgiving occurred on April 15, 1872, when the nation was celebrating the Prince of Wales recovery from a serious illness. By the end of the 19th century, Thanksgiving Day was normally celebrated on November 6. However, when World Warended, the Armistice Day holiday was usually held during the same week. To prevent the two holidays from conflicting with each other, in 1957 the Canadian Parliament declared Thanksgiving to be observed on its present date on the second Monday of October.Much as in Canada, Thanksgiving in the United States was observed on various dates throughout history. From the time of the Founding Fathers until the time of Lincoln, the date Thanksgiving was observed varied from state to state. The final Thursday in November had become the date of custom in most states by the beginning of the 19th century. Modern Thanksgiving was first officially called for in all states in 1863 by Abraham Lincoln. Influenced by Sarah Josepha Hale, who wrote letters to politicians for around 40 years trying to make it an official holiday, Lincoln declared the date to be the final Thursday in November in an attempt to raise a sense of American unity between the Northern and Southern states. However, a nationwide official Thanksgiving date was not realized until the 1870s. On December 26, 1941, President Franklin DRosevelt changed the national Thanksgiving Day from the last Thursday in November to the fourth Thursday.1、What do Canada and the USA have in common about Thanksgiving?AThey both have fixed dates of Thanksgiving in historyBThey both celebrate their Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November.CThey both celebrated their first official Thanksgiving in the 1870s.DThey both observed thanksgiving to raise a sense of unity of their countries.2、Who made American Thanksgiving Day celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November officially?AAbraham Linco