考研英语一甘肃省兰州市皋兰县2023年最后冲刺试题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) At a beautiful beach a little boy on his knees packs the sand into a bucket He turns the bucket upside down and 1 it. To the 2 of the little architect, a castle tower is created. He works all afternoon packing the walls building sentries( 5E)with bottle tops and bridges with sticks. And a sandcastle will be built.In a big city with 3 streets and traffic, a man works in an office. He packs papers into piles, holds the phone between his 4 and shoulder and 5 the keyboard with his fingers. Contracts get signed and to the joy of the man, a 6 is made. His pension will be sentries and capital gains will be 7 . An empire will be built.The two builders of the two castles have very much 8 . They both 9 smallness into greatness. They both make something beautiful out of 10 .And for both. the tide will rise and the 11 will come. Yet that is where the 12 stop. The little boy sees the end of his castle while the man 13 it. As the dusk approaches and waves near, the child 14 to his feet and begins to clap as the waves wash away his 15 . There is no sorrow. no 16 and no regret. He smiles and goes home.The man in his office is not very 17 like the child. As his empire is fading, he is terrified, trying to 18 it. Its my castle! he 19 at the incoming tide.Go ahead and build your dreams, but with a childs heart. When the sun 20 and the tides take, just applaud. Salute the process of life and go home with a smile.1、Akicks Blifts Cbreaks Dcovers2、Asurprise Brelief Camusement Ddelight3、Alonely Bbusy Cclean Dempty4、Ahand Bneck Carm Dear5、Afixes Btouches Chits Dchecks6、Aprofit Bpoint Crecord Dwish7、Abridges Btool Cbuckets Dbeaches8、Ain hand Bin common Cin need Din total9、Aincrease Bcut Cshape Dput10、Asomething Banything Ceverything Dnothing11、Aaward Bvictor Cfuture Dend12、Asimilarities Bcompetitions Cdifferences Dchanges13、Afollows Baccepts Cignores Denjoys14、Ajumps Bstruggles Csticks Dbend15、Adream Bgift Cmasterpiece Dmemory16、Aexcitement Bhesitation Cfear Ddesire17、Awise Bnaughty Ccurious Dactive18、Afinish Bprotect Cimprove Dcollect19、Aglances Bstares Cyells Dpoints20、Aset Bshines Crises DburnsSection 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 1Brrriiinnng. The alarm clock announces the start of another busy weekday in the morning. You jump out of bed, rush into the shower, into your clothes and out the door with hardly a moment to think. A stressful journey to work gets your blood pressure climbing. Once at the office, you glance through the newspaper with depressing stories or reports of disasters. In that sort of mood, who can get down to work, particularly some creative, original problem-solving work?The way most of us spend our mornings is exactly opposite to the conditions that promote flexible, open-minded thinking. Imaginative ideas are most likely to come to us when were unfocused. If you are one of those energetic morning people, your most inventive time comes in the early evening when you are relaxed. Sleepy peoples lack of focus leads to an increase in creative problem solving. By not giving yourself time to_, youre missing out on the surprising solutions it may offer.The trip you take to work doesnt help, either. The stress slows down the speed with which signals travel between neurons (神经细胞), making inspirations less likely to occur. And while we all should read a lot about whats going on in the world, it would not make you feel good for sure, so put that news website or newspaper aside until after the days work is done.So what would our mornings look like if we wanted to start them with a full capacity for creative problem solving? Wed set the alarm a few minutes early and lie awake in bed, following our thoughts where they lead. Wed stand a little longer under the warm water of the shower, stopping thinking about tasks in favor of a few more minutes of relaxation. Wed take some deep breaths on our way to work, instead of complaining about heavy traffic. And once in the officeafter we get a cup of coffeewed click on links not to the news of the day but to the funniest videos the web has to offer.1、According to the author, we are more creative when we are _.AfocusedBrelaxedCawakeDbusy2、What does the author imply ab