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1、考研英语一湖北省孝感市孝昌县2023年预测密卷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)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的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。Every fast-food employee knows that the drive-through window is
2、the worst position. The window sticks with constant ice; the roar of engines hurts your 1 ; your words are lost in the howling wind.On a 2 afternoon, everything changed.Every once in a while, the sub-zero temperatures seal a 3 windows shut. Drivers dont exactly enjoy having to stand outside in the c
3、old, 4 their orders into a speaker box, when they expect to drive through on their heated leather seats. In such cases, most customers tend to show their annoyance to the employees.This woman was 5 “Ill get the next cars 6 as well,” she said as she came up to the window to pay. She stood outside, 7
4、much snow on her hair. Though she was obviously freezing, her bright 8 lit up her face like a fire.“You cant 9 their drinks,” I said, confused and tired.“No, but Ill buy them,” she said. “Pay it forward and all that.”Completely puzzled, I charged her as 10 , and when the next customer arrived at the
5、 window I explained what had just happened. I watched as his 11 changed first angry to be out in the cold, then 12 at the random act of kindness, and finally, delighted by his 13 “I suppose Ill pay for the next order then,” he replied, nodding and waving at the impatient driver 14 him. He 15 over th
6、e cash and received his pre-paid hot drink.The trend continued. Customers arrived annoyed, only to leave 16 and pleased. Some were shocked to spend much more than they had expected, 17 others ended up receiving their order for less than half the price.Five vehicles passed, then ten, then twenty. No
7、one refused to pay. Customers stood at my window 18 a fist-full of change to buy drinks for a complete stranger. Cars drove off, honking (鸣笛) and 19 their thanks.It only takes one customer, one person, to change the entire 20 of traffic. It only takes one moment, one smile, to warm up even the colde
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9、estedCdirectedDsuggested11、AgestureBexpressionCfigureDfeeling12、AinspiredBupsetCsurprisedDdisappointed13、AturnBsenseCdeedDluck14、AbeyondBbeforeCbesideDbehind15、AtookBlookedChandedDthought16、AshyBcalmCanxiousDregretful17、AwhileBsinceCasDunless18、AmakingBemptyingClyingDholding19、AexplainingBsendingCin
10、troducingDcasting20、AjamBrowCflowDlineSection 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 1Apple and Microsoft each launched new products. One company ast
11、onished everyone. The other made people sleepy. Can you guess which was which? You probably guessed wrong. Because Apple, famous for its creative products, was the tech giant whose new product caused a collective shrug(耸肩). While Microsoft, which stole a move out of the Apple Playbook, won cheers fr
12、om high-end, creative-class consumers like business analysts, media designers and music producers.As Hayley Tsukayama remarked at The Washington Post, the Surface Studio, one of Microsofts new products, is really just a super-sized version of the Surface Books product that Microsoft has been selling
13、 for years. But if youve ever watched science fiction movies like Minority report-where Tom Cruise seems to operate pictures and data hanging on mid-air by touching them, spreading his fingers to increase on details, and sending files and information sliding from one folder to another with a click o
14、f the fingers, you can see how Microsoft is trying to show the same experience.Meanwhile, apples new products were almost like some fine promotions for its Apple TV. They boast(炫耀)that the new Macbook Pros has a smaller size and more functions, and a new touch screen bar on laptop keyboards where fu
15、nction keys used to be.So whats going on? In many ways, Apple is focusing on attracting the average consumers who have been attracted by Microsoft. And Microsoft is focusing on targeting the high-end professionals Apple has historically been associated with. You can even see this is the companies ad campaigns: Microsofts ads stress imagination and creativity, while Apple,s commercial chief performance and convenience of its Macbooks.So Apple is trying to contro
