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1、考研英语一唐山市滦南县2023年全真模拟试题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)“Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy theyre given after all. Choice can be 1 .”I got the
2、 idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact 2 the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. Id never seen or heard of anything that grew 3 fast, and the idea of building an online 4 with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old, and I 5 fo
3、r a year. I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to 6 my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldnt work since most start-ups dont, and I wasnt sure 7 to expect. MacKenzie told me I 8 go for it. As a young boy, Id been a garage inventor. Id always wanted to be a(an) 9 , and she wanted m
4、e to follow my passion.I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very 10 people, and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books 11 . He took me on a long walk in Central Park, 12 carefully to me, and f
5、inally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, 13 it would be an even better idea for someone who didnt already have a good job.” That logic 14 to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours 15 making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really was a(an) difficult 16 , but finally
6、, I decided I had to give it a shot. I didnt think Id regret trying and failing.And I suspected I would always be haunted （纠缠）by a decision to not 17 at all.After much consideration, I took the less 18 path to follow my 19 , and Im proud of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our 20 .1、Ae
7、asy Bhard Cvaluable Dwrong2、Awhat Bwhich Cthat Dwhether3、Athis Bthat Cat Dby4、Abank Bclothes store Cbook store Djob market5、Agot married Bhave married Chad married Dhad been married6、Acontinue Boffer Cget Dquit7、Ahow Bwho Cwhat Dwhen8、Amustnt Bcouldnt Cshouldnt Dshould9、Aworker Binventor Cmanager Df
8、armer10、Asmart Bstupid Clazy Dbad11、Ain the firm Bon the farm Con the Internet Din the Amazon12、Asaid Bsaying Clistened Dlistening13、Abut Band Cbecause Dor14、Amade some trouble Bmade some sense Cmade no sense Dmade no contributions15、Aafter Bbefore Csince Dfor16、Agift Bcompany Cway Dchoice17、Asay Bl
9、isten Ctry Dask18、Asafe Bhard Clong Ddangerous19、Aboss Binventor Cpassion Dregret20、Agifts Bbosses Cfirma DchoicesSection 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
10、points)Text 1 New Year s resolutions(决心)have been around long enough that we all scent to stick to the same ones-hit the gym, lay off the candy, read more books, call your mother-regardless of whether we follow through with our intentions.While January 1st seems like the perfect time to have a new s
11、tart again, exactly when people developed that mindset(思维模式)isnt common knowledge. It turns out that the modern belief of a New Years resolution isnt as old as you thought. According to many historians, the ancient Babylonians were the first group of people to make New Years resolutions. However, in
12、stead of making a commitment to self improvement, they made a commitment to the gods to pay their debts and return any objects they had borrowed.An ancient Roman tradition from 46 BC, bears even more likeness to modern resolutions. Emperor Julius Caesar declared January the month of Janus. Romans be
13、lieved Janus looked backwards into the previous year and ahead into the future. In his honor, they made sacrifices to the god and promises of good behavior for the coining year.But the modern New Years resolution didnt fully form until centuries later. The practice was common enough by the early 180
14、0s. An article in 1802 states, Statesmen have sworn to have no other objet in view than the good of their country. the physicians have determined to advise the use of medicine no more than is necessary, and to he very reasonable in their fees.”The first time “New Years resolution appeared as a phras
15、e was in the January 1st issue of a Boston newspaper in 1813. “I believe there are a lot of people, the article goes, “with a serious determination of beginning the New Year with new resolutions and new behavior, and with the full belief that they shall accept punishment for all their formerfaults and wipe them
