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1、考研英语一朝阳市朝阳县2023年巅峰冲刺试卷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)完型填空（共20小题；每小题15分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。 Tom was a middle-aged leather trader (皮货商) w
2、hose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often _1_ that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so _2_ with the city that he had to leave.So his family moved to another city. It was the evening of a weekend. When Tom and his wife were busily _3_ up their new h
3、ome, the light suddenly _4_. Tom was regretful to have forgotten to bring along 5_ and had to wait _6_ in a low mood. Just then he heard light, hesitant 27_ on his door that were clearly audible (听到) in the _8_ night.“Whos it?” he wondered, since Tom was a _9_ to this city. And this was the moment h
4、e especially hated to be _10_, so he went to the door and opened it _11_. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have candles? Im your neighbor. ” “No,” answered Tom in anger and shut the door _12_. “What a nuisance (麻烦事)!” He complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we se
5、ttled down than the neighbor came to _13_ things.”After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside. _14_ this time she was _15_ two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She _16_ me here to give you these.” Tom was
6、 very _17_ by what he saw. At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his _18_ in life. It was his _19_ and harshness (刻薄) with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was _20_ nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been blurred (蒙蔽) by his unsympathetic （无同情心的）mind.1、Acomplaini
7、ng Btelling Choping Dpretending2、Apleased B disappointed Bexhausted Cencouraged3、Alooking Bturning Ccoming Dtidying4、Awent on Bwent down Cwent out Dwent through5、Acandles Bmatches Clights Dflashlights6、Ahappily Bpatiently Chopefully Dhelplessly7、Asteps Bwords Cknocks Dscreams8、Adark Bquiet Cnoisy Dc
8、rowded9、Anewcomer Bstranger Cguest Dsettler10、Acalled Bdisturbed Cwatched Doffered11、Asurprisingly Bdelightedly Cimpatiently Dwillingly12、Agently Bkindly Cpolitely Dviolently13、Alend Bsell Charness Dborrow14、AAnd BBut CSo DFor15、Aholding Bhiding Cfetching Dlifting16、Asuggested Bcommanded Csent Dforc
9、ed17、Afrightened Bpleased Cpuzzled Dsurprised18、Afailure Bsuccess Ccomplaint Ddetermination19、Awarmth Bcoldness Ckindness Dsympathy20、Adoubtfully Bhardly Cactually DnearlySection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing
10、A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1 In this Pennsylvania city, Pittsburgh is shrinking but getting wealthier. Since 2000, its population has declined by 95,000 while its income per capita (人均) has shot up 24 percent. The trend is taking hold in many other cities, l
11、ike Buffalo in New York, Providence in Rhode Island and New Orleans.Some of these areas have created more high-paying jobs in energy, health care or education. Others have managed to reshape their producing industry for a new economy. Higher-paying jobs have a greater effect because they create dema
12、nd for additional services. The story in Pittsburgh is very positive, and other areas are looking at it as an example of the transformation that might be possible，”said Guhan Venkatu, who wrote an economic history of the area called “Rust and Renewal” for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.Carneg
13、ie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh have helped bring tech jobs and innovation(革新) to the area by sponsoring tech centers that help graduates start companies without moving to Silicon Valley or San Francisco. This has helped keep Pittsburghs educated young population growing even a
14、s the entire population in the city has dropped.Pittsburgh has more STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) jobs than other shrinking cities, about 80, 000 or 7% of all jobs. STEM jobs add productivity and income growth to the area. Manufacturers of high-tech medical equipment in the Pittsb
15、urgh area also have doubled employment in the last 10 years.However, some experts question whether growing income per capita can really make up for a declining population. According to Patrick Adler, a researcher at the University of Toronto, population loss does matter if it means lower-skilled workers have fled because of a lack of opportunity. Whats more, high-paying jobs in education and health care can disappear if t
