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1、云南省昆明市2023年考研英语一考前冲刺预测试卷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)“Dad. I want to run for the student union. Can you help me?”Just last week, Ian, my eldest son asked me this quest
2、ion. As a 1 . I was excited my son wanted me to help him for such an important 2 . The student union for a fifth grader is a 3 deal. It is like the presidential 4 for 10 and 11-year-old candidates. 5 this event would be life changing based on Ians 6 of its significance(意义).“I will help you with your
3、 speech, Ian. 7 do you want to get started?”“Lets do it tonight after dessert!”The moment had arrived. We sat at the table. I figured I would start the process by asking him the 8 questions:1. Why do y ou want to run for the student union?2. What will you do as a member of the student union?3. Why a
4、re you the best person to 9 for?Three questions were provided to Ian on a small sheet of paper. He read the questions and 10 replied. “I dont know! You are a writer, and you are 11 to help me write this 12 !”I 13 my head and replied, “My definition(定义) of help may be a little 14 from yours. When you
5、 say help I think you mean doing it for you. When I say help I mean 15 you through the processhelping you learn and grow. ”At last, being the father that I am, who 16 his children improperly, I wrote the speech the night before the event. Then Ian stood in front of the class, recited the words aloud
6、 and . 17 the election. My words were not what the kids were looking forward to hearing. They wanted to hear from Ian.In our times of deepest 18 , we often find ourselves asking others for help. It is during these 19 that we have to make sure we are 20 he right type of help but not the wrong type.1、
7、Awriter Bprofessor Cjournalist Dteacher2、Aprogram Bceremony Cproblem Doccasion3、Aimportant Bbig Ccheap Dconvenient4、Apromotion Bcompetition Celection Dspeech5、AHolding BOrganizing CSupporting DWinning6、Aunderstanding Bage Cconcept Deffort7、AHow BWhen CWhere DWhat8、Afollowing Bprevious Cimportant Ddi
8、fficult9、Astand Bapply Csearch Dvote10、Aquickly Bcarefully Cangrily Dhurriedly11、Alikely Bwilling Ckeen Dsupposed12、Aletter Barticle Cspeech Dcomposition13、Alowered Bshook Ctouched Dnodded14、Adifficult Bdistant Cabsent Ddifferent15、Aseeing Bputting Cgoing Dassisting16、Atreated Bfed Cloved Dpunished1
9、7、Aended Blost Cbegan Dwon18、Aneed Bemotion Cheart Dhelp19、Ayears Bmoments Cweeks Ddays20、Alooking for Blooking forwards Clooking through Dlooking upSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark you
10、r answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1Do you have a spare room in your house? What about a driveway for your car? Both of these can help you make money.Many people who are feeling the pinch are taking advantage of whats been called the “sharing economy”.Perhaps the best-known example of a
11、company in this field is Airbnb-an American web business which allows you to rent out your spare room to holidaymakers.It says it operates in 34,000 cities and it has over 1,500,000 listings.It seems to have concerned the market!A British company is doing something with parking spaces.JustParks foun
12、der, Anthony Eskinazi, says ,“When I had the original idea,Ispotted a driveway close to a sports stadium.It would have been so convenient if I could have just parked in that driveway rather than in commercial car park.” And he has a big clientele（客户）:around 20,000 people have advertised their spaces
13、 on the site,and he says around half a million drivers use it.There are other sites doing very similar things,like Uber and Lyft-these let drivers share their cars with other passengers.Any driver knows how valuable a place to park is .A church near Kings Cross in central London has apparently made
14、over 200,000 by renting out space in its yard to travelers!Because this is a new business world,those rules arent there yet and many people are happy to share.as long as it pays!But the sharing economy has its critics:the competitors of these new companies.People who run things like traditional B&B,
15、 commercial car parks and taxi services are afraid of ending up out of pocket.And there is another issue:regulations on these new business are unclear.How will renting out your driveway affect your neighbor?1、What does the underlined phrase “feeling the pinch” probably mean?ALacking in money BFull of curiosityCW
