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1、2023年揭阳市揭东县考研英语一预测试卷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)A few years ago, my younger brother and I went to Norfolk, Virginian by plane. 1 before we took off, we heard the pilo
2、ts voice throughout the plane, “Sorry, ladies and gentlemen. We have no 2 on the plane. We have a generator(发电机), and we are going to 3 the engines with it. We will 4 in the air and head to Norfolk, and see what happens. ”See what happens? We are going to get up in the air, and see what happens? At
3、this point, one woman started crying. “Oh, no! We are going to 5 ！” There were sighs of 6 and anxiety quickly spreading throughout the plane, and we hadnt even 7 yet. Thirty minutes passed and we were still 8 there. Then the voice of the pilot came over again,“ Ladies and gentlemen, I know you are 9
4、 , so are we. We only have one engine going right now, and it is working double time. ”There was crying 10 we had walked in to grave(坟墓). But the pilot told us our one engine was working double time, and his 11 was to get up in the air and see what happens! Then we did. We got up in the air and 12 h
5、appened. We arrived in Norfolk and everyone 13 for still being alive.Although I do sincerely like to have a plan 14 “see what happens”, it really isnt such a bad life strategy. All too often, I would see people pursuing their goals 15 with inaction just because they dont have 16 success. Actually, s
6、uccess will never be guaranteed. The 17 thing that you can do is just get up in the air, and see what happens.If you are planning to learn a new skill, “get up in the air, and see what happens!” It might not be as 18 as you thought. You might be smarter than you thought, and the result could be very
7、 19 ! So dont stay there trying nothing just because there is no 20 of guaranteed success.1、AHopefullyBExcitedlyCUnfortunatelyDThankfully2、AserviceBpowerCwaterDfuel3、AshutBfixCchangeDstart4、Aget upBpack upClight upDspeed up5、AwaitBdelayCcrashDsuffer6、ArumorBdesperationCdiseaseDpain7、Alooked overBgon
8、e outCgot acrossDtaken off8、AsittingBcheckingCwatchingDboarding9、ApuzzledBpatientCanxiousDembarrassed10、Aeven ifBas ifCwhat ifDonly if11、AcommentBcomplaintCpromiseDplan12、AeverythingBsomethingCnothingDanything13、AescapedBcheeredCsighedDpraised14、Aless thanBother thanCbetter thanDmore than15、AfrozenB
9、annoyedCconcernedDsatisfied16、ArealisticBorganizedCpotentialDguaranteed17、AsameBcommonCbestDlast18、AinterestingBchallengingCsurprisingDencouraging19、ArewardingBdisappointingCsorrowDtrouble20、AmeaningBsignCactionDrewardSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. An
10、swer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1 Ive just got to talk about this problem Im having with my postman. It all began a year ago，after the birth of his first child. Not wanting to appear rude，I asked him about the baby.
11、The next week，not wanting him to think I had asked out of mere politeness the week before. I asked all about the baby again. Now I cant break the habit. I freeze whenever I see him coming. The words Hows the baby？come out on their own. It holds me up. It holds him up. So why cant I stop it？The answe
12、r is that I want him to like me. Come to think of it，I want everyone to like me. My sister had the same problem with the caretaker of her block of flats: All he ever does is complain；he talks at me rather than to me，never listen to a word I say，and yet for some reason Im always really nice to him. I
13、m worried in case I have a difficulty one day，and he wont lift a finger to help. What about at work？Richard Lawton，a management trainer，warns: Those managers who are actually liked by most of their staff are always those to whom being liked is not the primary goal. The qualities that make managers p
14、opular are being honest with staff，treating them as human beings and observing common politeness like saying hello in the morning. To explain the point，Richard mentions the story of the company chairman who desperately wanted to be liked and who，after making one of his managers fired，said with moist
15、（湿润的）eyes that he was so，so sorry the man was leaving. The employee replied If you were that sorry，I wouldnt be leaving. The lesson being，therefore，that if you try too hard to be liked，people wont like you. The experts say it all starts in childhood. If children feel they can only get love from their parents by being good，says Zelda West-Meads，a marriage guidance consultant，they develop low self-confidence and become compulsive（难以抑制的）givers. But is there anything
