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1、考研英语一2023年沈阳市新民市高分冲刺试题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)I ask my grandpa what it feels like to grow old. He 1 this question while we sit in his office overlooking the yard,
2、 where an empty bird feeder swings 2 from a tree branch. The yard has gone into a state of 3 in recent years. Grandpa no longer possesses the energy to maintain its 4 splendid glory.After taking a sip of his black tea, he asks me a question. “Have you ever been in a hot 5 when the water ran cold?” I
3、 tell him I have. “Thats what 6 feels like,” he says. “At first the water is too warm, but you 7 the heat and begin enjoying it. When youre young, you think its going to be this way 8 . But one day you realize the 9 begins to drop. You gradually feel the warmth leaving your body. The water is still
4、pleasant, but you know itll soon become cold and theres nothing you can do,” he 10 . “I knew a few people who decided to 11 the shower. I was able to stay in because I 12 myself recalling the showers of my youth. Its too late now, and no matter how hard I try, Ill never get the hot water 13 again.”T
5、his is how my grandpa felt about growing old, but he has lived a good life to have 14 the birth of his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.After dinner, I fetch a bag of birdseed, take it out to the 15 and pour the seed into the feeder. I go inside, 16 to tell Grandpa about what Ive done
6、, only to find he is sleeping. I think about waking him up 17 decide not to disturb his sleep, a sleep which will soon 18 forever. I hope he is 19 the dreams of his youth, remembering the 20 of days gone by, the days before the water ran cold.1、Areads Bconsiders Cadmits Dasks2、Awildly Blifelessly Ch
7、elplessly Dslowly3、Adecline Bpeace Cboom Drepair4、Aever Blately Conce Donly5、Astove Bshower Ctemper Dday6、Agrowing Bsleeping Caging Dliving7、Aget used to Bget addicted to Cget tired of Dget rid of8、Ainstead Bforever Csometime Dthen9、Apressure Bquality Ctemperature Dlevel10、Aconcludes Bcompromises Cc
8、omplains Dcontinues11、Atake Benjoy Cleave Drefuse12、Acontented Bconfused Ctaught Dcheated13、Aon Boff Cup Ddown14、Aordered Bgiven Cdemanded Dwitnessed15、Awindow Byard Croom Doffice16、Adisappointed Bpuzzled Cdepressed Dexcited17、Abut Bso Cor Dand18、Aend Bchange Clast Ddisappear19、Avaluing Bachieving C
9、experiencing Ddreaming20、Astrength Bwarmth Cenergy DsoulSection 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 1Rich as a KingWilliam 1, who conquered Englan
10、d some 930 years ago, had wealth, power and an army. Yet although William was very rich by the standard of his time, he had nothing like a flush toilet (抽水马桶), paper towels, or riding lawn mower (除草机). How did he get by?History books are filled with wealthy people who were poor compared to me. I hav
11、e storm windows, Croesus did not. Entire nations trembled before Alexander the Great, but he couldnt buy cat food. Czar Nicholas lacked an electric saw.Given how much better off I am than so many famous dead people, youd think Id be content. The trouble is that, like most people, I compare my wealth
12、 with that of living person: neighbors, school classmates, famous TV people. The greed I feel toward my friend Howards new kitchen is not reduced by the fact that no kings ever had a refrigerator with glass doors,There is really no rising or falling standard of living. Over the centuries people simp
13、ly find different things to feel sad about. Youd think that simply not having disease would put us in a good mood, but no we want a hot bath too.Of course, one way to achieve happiness would be to realize that even by todays standards the things I own are pretty nice. My house is smaller than the ho
14、uses of many investment bankers, but even so it has a lot more rooms than my wife and I can keep clean.Besides, to people looking back at our era from a century or two in the future, these bankers fancy counter tops and my awn worn Formica will seem equally shabby, I cant keep up with my neighbors right now. But just wait.1、What docs the underlined phrase “get by” in the first paragraph mean?ASucceed as a king.BDeal with complains.CGet some extra money.DLive in a satisfactory way.2、How many historical figures are mentioned to compare lives in the past and present?A3.B4.C5.D6.3、According to
