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1、肇庆市怀集县2023年考研英语一临考冲刺试题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)Mike and I wanted to celebrate our wedding anniversary. We made a 1 at our favorite restaurant, but when we arrived,
2、 our 2 wasnt well prepared.We walked toward the bar in the restaurant to wait. Mike 3 a chair for me and the man next to me 4 over to give me room to slide in. I smiled my thanks.“Im here on business. Can you 5 some interesting things to do 6 when I have some time off?” the man asked.Mike and I imme
3、diately shifted our attention to the stranger. We love our adopted hometown an quickly suggested half a dozen fun 7 .The strangers name was Bill. He and Mike 8 to be both mechanical engineers. The two men had 9 to talk about. Seconds turned into minutes and strangers turned into friends.When the hos
4、tess 10 and told us our table was 11 , we said goodbye to Bill.“Were out to 12 our wedding anniversary,” I said as we 13 to follow the waitress to our table.“Wow! I really 14 you taking the time to talk to me,” Bill said. “You could have 15 me. Happy anniversary!”The evening sped by. Soon we had to
5、go home. Mike signaled our waiter for the bill. 16 , the waiter smiled and handed us a note:Thank you again for talking to a stranger. I really appreciate your kindness. 17 is on me.Bill 18 , we looked at the waiter.“Yes,” he said. “Its true. He paid your bill.”We walked back to the 19 to thank Bill
6、, but his seat was 20 . But we never forgot his generosity and decided to pay it forward.1、Areservation Bwish Cpreparation Dplan2、Aroom Bbreakfast Ctable Darrangement3、Aordered in Bpicked up Ctook up Dpulled out4、Amoved Bgot Cjumped Dcame5、Achoose Bthink of Crecommend Drefer to6、Afrequently Blocally
7、 Centirely Dexactly7、Astories Bbooks Crestaurants Dactivities8、Aannounced Bseemed Cpretended Dhappened9、Anothing Blittle Cplenty Deverything10、Aapproached Breturned Creplied Dapologized11、Afull Bcollected Cready Dclean12、Acongratulate Bcelebrate Chold Dwatch13、Agot up Btook up Ccame back Dshowed up1
8、4、Aimagine Bappreciate Cmind Denjoy15、Ahelped Bseen Cforgiven Dignored16、AInstead BTherefore CBesides DOthervse17、APraise BBlame CResponsibility DDinner18、ACurious BSurprised CGrateful DRelaxed19、Akitchen Bbar Cdoor Dentrance20、Adirty Bgone Cempty DoccupiedSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirec
9、tions: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 Secret to HappinessA new report makes it clear that when it comes to the life satisfaction of UK citizens, the ball is in the governments co
10、urt. For some time, sensible people have been arguing that governments need to focus less on economic growth and more on the wellbeing（幸福）of citizens. Be careful what you wish for.In response to this demand, from 2011 David Cameron instructed the Office for National Statistics to gather data on peop
11、les self-reported happiness and life satisfaction. Little practical good has come from this so far, but a new report by George Bangham for the Resolution Foundation is one of the best attempts to make useful sense of the data. He concludes: “The best prospects for policymakers targeting future incre
12、ases in national wellbeing lie in raising job quality, raising incomes, particularly at the lower end, and policies to improve security in the housing market.”The age correlation（相关）turns out to be certainly linked to politics, despite the fact that no political party can make a difference to your d
13、ate of birth. The happiness of pensioners is not just a function of their age, but of policy. On average, 70-year-old boomers today are the most affluent retirees in history, often owning their own homes and in receipt of generous pensions. People of 70 are not going to be as content in 30 or 40 yea
14、rs time if they are unable to retire, dont own their homes and have small incomes.However, there is one respect in which teens and recent retirees are remarkably similar. Compared to other age groups, they tend to inhabit a sweet spot of having high degrees of freedom. The typical 16-year-old has ne
15、w freedoms without ever having had any serious responsibilities. The typical 70-year-old, having experienced a lifetime of work and family duties, has a very different kind of freedom, one born from relief.Besides，it should not surprise us to find that people tend to be happier when they have fewer worries. But this,
