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1、考研英语一桂阳县2023年统考试题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)In Thanks for What We HaveI sat nervously and waited for Kathleen to speak. Being called to the human resources departmen
2、t is a little like being called to the principals office. “Annie,” she said, “A food bank in our town that serves the elderly is asking for 1 . Id like you to organize the event and see it through.” “Well, um, errr.sure. I guess so.” As I stuttered (结结巴巴地说)through my 2 , all I could think was, “What
3、? Why me?”I walked back to my office without any idea as to where to 3 . This was a time when the economy was 4 . The rise in unemployment forced the families of many of my coworkers to 5 to survive. How could I ask my coworkers for more?That evening I drove home filled with 6 . Then I remembered a
4、time long ago when my father was out of work. Mom wrote a note to Jim, the milkman, asking him not to 7 any more milk. Two days later Jim picked up the 8 and left four liters of milk. He wrote his own message on the back side of Moms. It read, “Kids need milk.” The milk; delivery 9 as usual and Jim
5、left four liters of milk every other day, never collecting a cent with us.The memory of Jims 40 fired my enthusiasm Perhaps Id be in for a pleasant surprise.The next morning I 10 signs about our food drive all over the cafeteria and on every notice board I could find. Each sign read, “Food drive to
6、support the elderly poor of our town! 11 of non-perishable(不易腐的)foods are greatly needed.”Within a few days I had to locate empty office space to 12 the massive number of contributions we had 13 . One of my coworkers, Maggie, made the rounds with me every day from one department to another to pick u
7、p the canned goods and other 14 . Maggie was over sixty but pushed our food trolley around with the 15 of a woman half her age.As we were making our rounds one day, I asked her where she got all the energy and enthusiasm. “Annie,” she said, “with the unemployment rate touching 10 percent, I cant thi
8、nk of a better way to be 16 for keeping our jobs when so many have 17 theirs. Sure money is 18 . But when isnt it? People need food.”As I listened to Maggie, the milkmans words 19 in my ears, “Kids need milk.”1、Aadvice Bhelp Cpity Dmedicine2、Aresponse Bcomment Cexplanation Dcomplaint3、Asit Bstay Cbe
9、gin Dwork4、Agrowing Bfading Crecovering Dbooming5、Adrive Battempt Crefuse Dstruggle6、Aappreciation Bidentity Cresponsibility Dnegativity7、Aspare Bdrink Cdeliver Dsell8、Akeys Bkids Ccents Dempties9、Areturned Bcontinued Cstopped Ddelayed10、Akindness Bhappiness Cpatience Dpoliteness11、Adesigned Bnotice
10、d Cmarked Dposted12、ABargains BDemands CDonations DPurchases13、Acheck Bstore Cseparate Dclear14、Acollected Bbought Cfound Dselected15、Aclothes Bbooks Cfoods Dgifts16、Asatisfaction Bquality Cenergy Dmotivation17、Alucky Bproud Cdelighted Dgrateful18、Alost Bdeserved Cabandoned Dwarned19、Aavailable Btig
11、ht Cenough Dpowerful20、Arang Btransformed Chid DrespondedSection 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 1 They hide in trees, hang from helicopters,
12、even follow people down on motorcyclesall so that they can snap a shot of a celebrity. They are paparazziphotographers who make a living by taking pictures of the rich and famous.This September, California, a state with plenty of celebrities, passed a law aimed at taking action against paparazzi. Th
13、e law forbids photographers from entering private property to take pictures, from using high-tech devices to take pictures of people on private property, and from “persistently following in order to take a picture.” Violators can be fined or spend time in prison. The United State Congress is conside
14、ring passing a similar law.Supporters of the California law say it will protect the privacy of celebrities, whom paparazzi have been bothering for years. Opponents (反对者) say the law restricts photojournalists from doing their job.Most celebrities seem to like having their pictures taken when they ar
15、e in public at award shows or other events. After all, its free publicity. But when theyre not in public, they say, photographers should leave them alone. Yet paparazzi have been known to secretly look in windows and worse. Actor Michael J. Fox said that paparazzi have even “tried to pretend to be medical personnel at the